• This Day In History

    From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat Feb 20 13:06:54 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    02/20/1494 Johan Friis, chancellor of Denmark; helped establish Lutheranism 02/20/1507 Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)
    02/20/1523 Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)
    02/20/1632 Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English chief minister/founded Tories
    02/20/1656 John Schenck, German/Dutch composer, baptized
    02/20/1656 John Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised
    02/20/1734 Franz Ignaz Beck, composer
    02/20/1745 Johann Peter Salomon, composer
    02/20/1752 Charles Broche, composer
    02/20/1763 Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer
    02/20/1790 Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies
    02/20/1791 Carl Czerny, Wien (Vienna), pianist (could he turn out études!) 02/20/1796 Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, military/liberal politician
    02/20/1802 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer
    02/20/1803 Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer
    02/20/1809 Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies
    02/20/1809 Henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889
    02/20/1816 Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer
    02/20/1820 Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 18
    02/20/1827 Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 19
    02/20/1835 Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philospher
    02/20/1838 James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
    02/20/1844 Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics) 02/20/1844 Mihály von Munkácsy, [Michael von Lieb], Hungarian painter 02/20/1861 Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curaçao, folk singer
    02/20/1870 Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen) 02/20/1876 Fyodor Akimenko, composer
    02/20/1881 Pedro Muñoz Seca, La vengeanza de Don Mendo
    02/20/1883 Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night)
    02/20/1886 Béla Kun, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
    02/20/1887 David McKinley Williams, composer
    02/20/1887 Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel) 02/20/1888 Dame Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher
    02/20/1888 Georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest) 02/20/1888 Marie Rambert, [Cyvia M Ramberg], Polish/England, ballerina 02/20/1889 Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer
    02/20/1893 Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father) 02/20/1896 Henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist
    02/20/1897 Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window)
    02/20/1898 Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari)
    02/20/1899 Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways) 02/20/1900 Antonio Veretti, composer
    02/20/1900 Graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer
    02/20/1901 Ali M Naguib, General of Egyptian Air Force
    02/20/1901 Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror)
    02/20/1901 Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist
    02/20/1901 Louis I Kahn, Estonia, architect (Bryn Mawr dormitory)
    02/20/1901 Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54)
    02/20/1901 René Jules Dubos, France, US microbiologist/author (Health & Disease
    02/20/1902 Ansel Adams, photographer (1966 ASMP Award)
    02/20/1903 Karel Janacek, composer
    02/20/1903 Pierre Charles, Belgian boxer
    02/20/1904 Aleksei N Kosygin, Soviet premier (1964-80)
    02/20/1904 Armin Loos, composer
    02/20/1905 Jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer (Acrobat)
    02/20/1907 Malcolm Atterbury, Phila, actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Wa
    02/20/1910 Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter/collage maker 02/20/1911 Robert Guyn McBride, Tucson Arizona, composer (Mexican Rhapsody) 02/20/1913 Jozef Kresanek, composer
    02/20/1913 Nadine Conner, US, (actress?)
    02/20/1914 John Daly, S Africa, newscaster/TV game show host (What's My Line) 02/20/1914 Willem J H Bart, vicar (Cuentanan di Nanzi)
    02/20/1916 Jackie Gleason, Bkln NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners) 02/20/1916 Julius Juzeliunas, composer
    02/20/1916 Paul Tripp, NYC, TV host (Mr I Magination)
    02/20/1920 Armin Schibler, Swiss composer (Of the Teufel im Winterpalais) 02/20/1921 Amanda Blake, Buffalo, actress (Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke)
    02/20/1921 Joseph A Walker, X-15 pilot
    02/20/1921 Ruth Gipps, composer
    02/20/1923 Forbes Burnham, premier Guyana (1964-85)
    02/20/1924 Gloria Vanderbilt, don't my jeans look great, poor little rich girl 02/20/1924 Sidney Poitier, actor (Porgy & Bess, A Raisin in the Sun) or 1927 02/20/1925 Alex La Guma, Cape Town South Africa, novelist (A Walk in the Night)
    02/20/1925 Robert Altman, movie director (Nashville, M*A*S*H)
    02/20/1926 Kenneth H Olsen, US, engineer/founder Digital Equipment Corp 02/20/1926 Robert Eugene Richards, Ill, pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-48, 52, 56) 02/20/1927 Roy Cohn, lawyer, 'grand inquisitor' for Sen Joseph McCarthy 02/20/1928 Elroy Face, baseball pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
    02/20/1929 Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yokohama Japan, composer (Sphenogramme) 02/20/1933 Hannes Postma, graphic artist
    02/20/1934 Bobby Unser, auto racer (1968, 75, 81 Indianapolis 500)
    02/20/1936 Larry Hovis, Wapito Wash, comedian (Gomer Pyle, Hogan's Heroes) 02/20/1936 Marj Dusay, Rusell Ks, actress (Kate-Bret Maverick)
    02/20/1937 David Ackles, Illinois, singer/songwriter (American Gothic) 02/20/1937 Nancy Wilson, Chillicothe Ohio, jazz singer (Feel Like Making Love) 02/20/1937 Robert Huber, München, Germany, biochemist (Nobel 1988)
    02/20/1940 Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor 02/20/1941 Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger (Now That the Buffalo Are Gone
    02/20/1942 Charlie Gillett, Lancashire, rock broadcaster (Sound of the City) 02/20/1942 Mitch McConnell, (Sen-R-KY, 1985- )
    02/20/1942 Peter Strauss, Croton-on-Hudson NY, actor (Rich Man Poor Man) 02/20/1942 Phil Esposito, NHL player/coach/GM (Bruins, Rangers)
    02/20/1943 Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-9, TM-3)
    02/20/1943 Antonio Inoki, [Kanji Rikidozan], wrestler (NJPW/JWA)
    02/20/1944 Willem van Hanegem, soccer champ (Feyenoord)
    02/20/1946 J Geils, rock guitarist/vocalist (Freeze-Frame, Centerfold) 02/20/1946 Mieke H A Boers-Wÿnberg, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
    02/20/1946 Sandy Duncan, Henderson Tx, actress (Hogan Family)
    02/20/1947 André van Duin, [Kyvon], entertainer (Bloemkoole)
    02/20/1947 Jennifer O'Neill, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, actress (Summer of '42) 02/20/1949 Ivana Trump, Gottwaldov Czech, ex-wife of Donald Trump
    02/20/1950 John Voldstad, Oslo Norway, actor (Darryl-Newhart)
    02/20/1950 Walter Becker, rock bassist (Steely Dan-Peg)
    02/20/1951 Edward Albert, LA Ca, actor (Jeff-Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free
    02/20/1951 Kathy Baillie, Morristown NJ, country singer (Baille & Boys-Oh Heart
    02/20/1951 Randy California, LA, guitarist (Spirit-I Got a Line on You) 02/20/1952 Catherine Cummins, Clintwood Va, 1st of 5 siblings born on 2/20 02/20/1953 Carol Cummins, Clintwood Va, 2nd of 5 siblings born on 2/20 02/20/1953 Riccardo Chailly, Milan Italy, conductor (West Berlin Symph Orch) 02/20/1954 Patty Hearst Shaw, SF, famous kidnap hostage (Tanya)
    02/20/1954 Vasili Vasiliyevich Tsibliyev, Russian colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-1
    02/20/1955 Kelsey Grammer, Virgin Islands, actor (Dr Fraiser Crane-Cheers) 02/20/1956 Charles Cummins, Clintwood Va, 3rd of 5 siblings born on 2/20 02/20/1958 Carol Ficatier, Auscene France, playmate (December, 1985) 02/20/1960 Kee Marcello, rocker (Europe-Final Countdown)
    02/20/1960 Mark Reilly, [Matt Bianco], rocker (Indio-Big Harvest)
    02/20/1961 Claudia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 4th of 5 siblings born on 2/20 02/20/1961 Imogen Stubbs, Rothbury England, actress (Summer Story)
    02/20/1961 Serena Robinson, [Rachel Ryan] XXX actress (Deep Obsession) 02/20/1962 Joel Ellis, rocker
    02/20/1963 Charles Barkley, Ala, NBA forward (Phila 76ers, All Star 1987-90) 02/20/1963 Ian Brown, English rock vocalist (Stone Roses-Made of Stone) 02/20/1964 Terry Ilous, rocker
    02/20/1965 Federica Moro, Carate Brianza Italy, Miss Italy (1982)
    02/20/1966 Cecilia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 5th of 5 siblings born on 2/20 02/20/1966 Cindy Crawford, Dekalb Ill, super model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit
    02/20/1967 Kurt Cobain, rock vocalist (Pearl Jam)
    02/20/1967 Rebekka Lynn Armstrong, Bakersfield Ca, playmate (Sep, 1986) 02/20/1968 Lorraine Olivia, Geneva Ill, playmate (Nov, 1990)
    02/20/1970 Cheyenne Brando, Papeete Tahiti, daughter of Marlon
    02/20/1971 Shalanda Burt, US murderess
    02/20/1972 Corinna Harney, Bremerhaven Germany, playmate (Aug, 1991)



    Deaths:

    02/20/1054 Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies
    02/20/1194 Tancredo van Lecce, King of Sicily, dies
    02/20/1431 Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies
    02/20/1569 Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician, dies at 50 02/20/1595 Ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41
    02/20/1628 Gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at 63?
    02/20/1656 James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies 02/20/1731 Frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50
    02/20/1773 Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardina/Duke of Savoy (KE III), dies 02/20/1786 Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70
    02/20/1788 Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Utrechts regent, dies at 68 02/20/1809 Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76
    02/20/1810 Johann Friedrich Kranz, composer, dies at 57
    02/20/1817 Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27
    02/20/1845 Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57
    02/20/1848 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 02/20/1851 Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81
    02/20/1860 Henry Drummond, English banker, dies
    02/20/1861 A Eugène Scribe, French playwright (Fra Diavoli), dies
    02/20/1892 Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies
    02/20/1895 Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 78 02/20/1904 Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83
    02/20/1907 Henry Moissan, French chemist (Nobel 1906), dies
    02/20/1910 Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered
    02/20/1911 Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56
    02/20/1911 Peter Nicolai von Wilm, composer, dies at 76
    02/20/1916 Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician, Nobel winner, dies 02/20/1920 Robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies 02/20/1936 John Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67
    02/20/1942 Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 77
    02/20/1951 Howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80
    02/20/1958 Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75
    02/20/1961 Otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67
    02/20/1961 Percy Grainger, composer, dies at 78
    02/20/1966 Chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 90
    02/20/1969 Ernest Ansermet, composer, dies at 85
    02/20/1970 Albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86
    02/20/1972 Herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69
    02/20/1973 Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian/US violinist, dies at 80
    02/20/1974 David Monrad Johansen, composer, dies at 85
    02/20/1975 Edgar 'Cookie' Fairchild, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 7
    02/20/1975 Robert Strauss, actor (Sgt Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey), dies at 61 02/20/1980 Alice Longworth Roosevelt, youngest daughter of Theodore, dies at 96
    02/20/1983 James G Richardson, (Tim Cassidy-Sierra), dies at 37 in ski accident
    02/20/1983 Ray Vitte, actor (Doc, Cody-Quest), killed by police at 33 02/20/1984 Fikret Dzhamil Amirov, composer, dies at 61
    02/20/1985 Clarence Nash, voice of Donald Duck, dies at 80 of leukemia, in Cali
    02/20/1986 Francisco Paolo Mignone, composer, dies at 88
    02/20/1986 Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch foreign minister (VVD), dies at 58 02/20/1987 Ivan Brkanovic, composer, dies at 80
    02/20/1992 Andrew Schenck, conducter, dies of melanoma at 51
    02/20/1992 Dick York, actor (Bewitched), dies at 63 of emphysema
    02/20/1993 Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian auto-designer (Miura), dies 02/20/1994 Derek Jarman, English director (Last of England), dies at 52 02/20/1994 Manuel F 'Garincha' dos Santos, soccer player (Brazil), dies at 49


    Significant Events:

    02/20/1613 Gerard Reynst appointed gov-gen of East-Indies
    02/20/1673 1st recorded wine auction held (London)
    02/20/1710 Johan Willem Friso becomes viceroy of Groningen
    02/20/1725 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in NH for £100/scalp bounty 02/20/1732 Treaty of Vienna ratified
    02/20/1768 1st American chartered fire insurance company receives charter, Pa 02/20/1792 US postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance 02/20/1809 Supreme Court rules federal govt power greater than any state 02/20/1816 Rossini's opera 'Barber of Seville' premieres in Rome
    02/20/1823 English Capt James Weddell reaches 74° 15' S, 1520 km from S pole 02/20/1831 Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow 02/20/1832 Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean
    02/20/1835 Concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die
    02/20/1839 Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia
    02/20/1846 British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore
    02/20/1856 John Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg-many die 02/20/1861 Dept of Navy of Confederacy is established
    02/20/1864 Civil War battle of Olustee, Florida
    02/20/1865 M I T establishes 1st US collegiate architectural school
    02/20/1869 Tenn Gov WC Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis 02/20/1872 Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin
    02/20/1872 Toothpick manufacturing machine patented in US
    02/20/1873 U of Calif gets its 1st Med School (UC/SF)
    02/20/1876 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #160 Una
    02/20/1877 1st cantilever bridge in US completed, Harrodsburg, Kentucky 02/20/1877 International Association (minor baseball league) organized 02/20/1887 1st minor league baseball association organizes in Pittsburgh 02/20/1890 Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire
    02/20/1890 R Luther discovers asteroid #288 Glauke
    02/20/1895 Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo
    02/20/1899 Ill Tel & Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system 02/20/1901 1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes
    02/20/1901 L Carnera discovers asteroid #469 Argentina
    02/20/1902 Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks & damages Sutro Baths, SF 02/20/1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF
    02/20/1917 Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die 02/20/1919 French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt 02/20/1921 Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran
    02/20/1922 Vilinus, Lithuania, agrees to separate from Poland
    02/20/1922 WOR-AM in New York City begins radio transmissions
    02/20/1927 Golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
    02/20/1928 O Oikawa discovers asteroid #1090 Sumida
    02/20/1929 American Samoa organized as a territory of US
    02/20/1931 Congress allows California to build Oakland-Bay Bridge
    02/20/1933 Curom, Curaçaose Broadcast System starts: Princess Juliana's speech 02/20/1933 House of Reps completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition 02/20/1934 O Bancilhon discovers asteroid #1333 Cevenola
    02/20/1934 Virgil Thomson's opera '4 Saints in 3 Acts' opens in NYC
    02/20/1935 Caroline Mikkelson is 1st woman on Antarctica
    02/20/1937 1st automobile/airplane combination tested, Santa Monica, Ca 02/20/1938 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1482 Sebastiana & #3569
    02/20/1938 UK Foreign Sec Eden resigns, says PM Chamberlain appeased Germany 02/20/1938 Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #1449 Virtanen, #1450 Raimonda & #2898
    02/20/1941 1st transport of Jews to concentration camp (Plotsk Poland) 02/20/1941 Nazis order Polish Jews barred from using public transportation 02/20/1941 Romania breaks relations with Netherlands
    02/20/1942 Lt E H O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers 02/20/1943 Allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia
    02/20/1943 New volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch (México) 02/20/1944 Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
    02/20/1944 US landing on Eniwetok atol
    02/20/1947 Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42² blocks in L
    02/20/1947 Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India
    02/20/1948 Czechoslovakia's non-communist minister resigns
    02/20/1950 Dylan Thomas arrives in NYC for his 1st US poetry reading tour 02/20/1950 WOL-AM in Washington DC swaps calls with WWDC
    02/20/1952 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford) 02/20/1954 General Zahedi wins election in Persia
    02/20/1956 WOSU TV channel 34 in Columbus, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 02/20/1958 Jockey Eddie Arcaro rides his 4,000th winner
    02/20/1962 John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7)
    02/20/1963 Willie Mays (SF Giants) signs a record $100,000 per year contract 02/20/1965 Beatles record 'That Means a Lot'
    02/20/1965 Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data 02/20/1965 Turkish government of Uergüplü forms
    02/20/1966 Author Valery Tarsis banished in USSR
    02/20/1968 John Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth
    02/20/1968 State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A & M 02/20/1971 General Idi Amin Dada appointed president of Uganda
    02/20/1972 1st time Cleve Cavaliers beat NY Knicks (111-109)
    02/20/1972 Ard Schenk becomes world champ skater
    02/20/1972 Sicco Mansholt becomes chairman of European Committee
    02/20/1973 10th time Islanders shut-out-4-0 vs Penguins
    02/20/1974 Gordie Howe comes out of retirement for $1 M from Houston Aeros, WHA
    02/20/1975 Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conserv Party 02/20/1976 Muhammad Ali KOs Jean-Pierre Coopman
    02/20/1978 Bob Backland beats Billy Graham in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ
    02/20/1978 Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus 02/20/1980 Actress Susan Dey (LA Law) weds producer Bernard Sofronski 02/20/1981 Flight readiness firing of Columbia's main engines; 20 seconds 02/20/1982 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2636 Lassell & #3193 Elliot 02/20/1982 NY Islanders win record 15th straight NHL game
    02/20/1983 Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km) 02/20/1983 Roland Liboton becomes world champ cross-country cycling
    02/20/1984 Asteroid #3731 discovered
    02/20/1985 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3701
    02/20/1986 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany
    02/20/1988 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
    02/20/1988 André Hoffmann skates world record 1500m (1:52.06)
    02/20/1988 Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating
    02/20/1988 Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec) 02/20/1988 Kelly Hrudy's 5th Islander shut-out win-Hartford 3-0
    02/20/1988 Peter Kalikow purchases NY Post from Rupert Murdoch for #37.6 millio
    02/20/1988 Rob Druppers runs world record 1000m indoor (2:16.2)
    02/20/1992 Orthodox patriarch Shenouda III visits Netherlands
    02/20/1993 Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp
    02/20/1993 NY Islanders retire Billy Smith's number 31
    02/20/1994 3 Afghans take 70 Pakistani children hostage
    02/20/1994 Johann Olav Koss skates world record 10 km (13:30.55)
    02/20/1994 Pope John Paul II demands juristic discrimination of homosexuals

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Feb 21 10:05:52 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    02/21/1417 Louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)
    02/21/1484 Joachim I Nestor, ruler (Brandenburg, Constitution)
    02/21/1556 Sethus Calvisius, composer
    02/21/1674 Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer
    02/21/1684 Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)
    02/21/1690 Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer
    02/21/1710 Willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman/poet (Menschelijk Life)
    02/21/1728 Peter III, Kiel Germany, Russian tsar (1761-62), husband of Catherin
    02/21/1730 Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter
    02/21/1744 Eise J Eisinga, built planetarium Franeker
    02/21/1776 Vincenzo Lavigna, composer
    02/21/1779 Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer
    02/21/1791 Carl Czerny, composer
    02/21/1794 Antonio López de Santa Anna, president of México (1833-36) 02/21/1795 Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer
    02/21/1800 John Henry Winder, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865 02/21/1801 Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer
    02/21/1801 John Henry Newman, England, cardinal/author (Dream of Gerontius) 02/21/1802 George Douglas Ramsey, Bvt Major general (Union Army), died in 1882 02/21/1805 David Tod, Governor (Union), died in 1868
    02/21/1814 Nicolo Gabrielli, composer
    02/21/1815 Ernest Meissonier, French painter/sculptor
    02/21/1817 José Zorrilla y Moral, Vallodolid Spain, poet/dramatist (El rey Loco
    02/21/1821 Charles Scribner, US, music publisher (Scribner Catalog)
    02/21/1829 Johnson Hagood, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 02/21/1831 Eduard Rappoldi, composer
    02/21/1836 Emil Hartmann, composer
    02/21/1836 Léo Delibes, Saint-Germain-du-Val France, ballet composer (Coppélia)
    02/21/1844 Charles-Marie Widor, Lyons France, composer/prof (Paris Conservatory
    02/21/1855 Alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame)
    02/21/1856 Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam)
    02/21/1857 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907- )
    02/21/1861 Pierre Breville, composer
    02/21/1867 Otto Hermann Kahn, Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co 02/21/1877 Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South Africans poet/theologist) 02/21/1878 Fritz Cortolezis, composer
    02/21/1880 Frank Orth, Phila Pa, actor (Boston Blackie, Brothers)
    02/21/1881 Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player
    02/21/1885 Sacha Guitry, France, actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat) 02/21/1887 Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player 02/21/1888 Florence Bates, actress (County Faur, Havana Rose, Strange Alibi) 02/21/1888 Willem Banning, theologist/sociologist (Religious build up) 02/21/1889 Felix Aylmer, actor (Anastasia, Hamlet, Iron Duke, Macbeth, St Joan)
    02/21/1893 Andrés Segovia, Linares Spain, classical guitarist
    02/21/1893 Vsevolod Pudovkin, Soviet film director/theorist (Mother, Deserter) 02/21/1896 Sylvain Poons, cabaret performer (Bluejackets)
    02/21/1900 Sydney Arnold, English comic/actor (Miss Jones & son)
    02/21/1902 Arthur D Nock, English/US historian (St Paul)
    02/21/1902 Bob [Hÿman] Scholte, singer [or 1909]
    02/21/1902 John Smallenbroek, Dutch minister of Internal Affairs
    02/21/1903 Anaïs Nin, Paris, novelist (Winter of Artifice, House of Incense) 02/21/1903 Eric Fogg, composer
    02/21/1903 Madeleine Renaud, French actress/theater director (Plaisir) 02/21/1903 Raymond Queneau, [M Presle], French author
    02/21/1903 Thomas Yawkey, baseball owner (Boston Red Sox)
    02/21/1904 Armand Preud'homme, Flemish organist/poet
    02/21/1907 Wystan Hugh Auden, US, poet (Age of Anxiety-Pulitzer 1948) 02/21/1908 Raymond Queneau, [M Presle], French writer
    02/21/1909 George G F van Renesse, pianist/music director
    02/21/1909 Hans Erni, Switz, painter/sculptor
    02/21/1912 Arline Judge, actress (Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consen
    02/21/1912 Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist
    02/21/1913 Glenn M Anderson, (Rep-D-CA, 1969- )
    02/21/1914 Arnold S Denker, NY, US chess champion (1944-46)
    02/21/1914 Hermanus P 'Piet' Mulder, Dutch journalist (Slogan/VARA)
    02/21/1914 Zachary Scott, actor (Mildred Pierce, Pretty Baby. Ruthless) 02/21/1915 Ann Sheridan, Denton Texas, actress (Dodge City, Good Sam) 02/21/1915 Godfrey Brown, England, 4 X 400m runner (Olympic-gold-1936) 02/21/1917 Victor GM Marijnen, Dutch premier (1963-65)
    02/21/1922 Murray 'the K' Kaufman, NYC DJ (5th Beatle)
    02/21/1922 Uros Krek, composer
    02/21/1923 Zvi Zeitlin, Dubrovnik Yugoslavia, violinist/prof (Eastman School) 02/21/1924 Robert G Mugabe, premier/president of Zimbabwe
    02/21/1925 Al Fann, Cleve, actor (Alvin-He's the Mayor)
    02/21/1925 Sam Peckinpah, film director (Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs)
    02/21/1926 Hans Andreus, [Johan W van de Zant], poet (Language of the Animals) 02/21/1927 Erma Bombeck, Ohio, humorist (Grass Is Always Greener...) 02/21/1927 Hubert Givenchy, fashion designer
    02/21/1927 Hubert de Givenchy, fashion designer (Audrey Hepburn)
    02/21/1927 Pierre Mercure, composer
    02/21/1931 Larry Hagman, TV actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Dallas)
    02/21/1932 Harold V, King of Norway (1990- )
    02/21/1933 Nina Simone, [Eunice Waymon], Tyron NC, singer/pianist (Porgy) 02/21/1934 Rue McClanahan, Healdton Okla, actress (Maude, Golden Girls) 02/21/1936 Barbara Jordan, Houston, Tx, (Rep-D-Tx)
    02/21/1937 Gary Lockwood, Van Nuys Cal, actor (2001, Survival Zone, Lieutenant)
    02/21/1937 Ron Clarke, Australia, runner (held 19 world records)
    02/21/1938 Beryl F Anthony Jr, (Rep-D-CA, 1979- )
    02/21/1939 Richard Beymer, Iowa, actor (West Side Story, Diary of Anne Frank) 02/21/1940 John Lewis, (Rep-D-Georgia)
    02/21/1940 Peter McEnery, England, actor (Game is Over, Moonspinners) 02/21/1942 Margarethe von Trotta, Germany, actress/director (Marianne) 02/21/1943 David Geffin, Brooklyn NY, record producer (Geffin, Asylum) 02/21/1944 Herman de Coninck, Flemish writer/poet (Impossible Work)
    02/21/1944 Kitty Winn, Wash DC, actress (Beacon Hill)
    02/21/1946 Tricia Nixon Cox, Richard Milhaus' daughter (or 0202)
    02/21/1946 Tyne Daly, Madison Wisc, actress (Cagney & Lacey, Angel Unchained) 02/21/1947 Jill Eikenberry, actress (Ann Kelsey-LA Law)
    02/21/1947 Olympia J Snowe, (Rep-R-ME, 1979- )
    02/21/1948 Larry Ragland, Richmond Va, comedian (Keep on Truckin')
    02/21/1949 Jerry Harrison, rock keyboardist (Talking Heads-& She Was) 02/21/1952 J J Brunel, rocker (Stranglers-Dreamtime)
    02/21/1953 Christine Ebersole, Park Forest Ill, actress (SNL, Valerie, Tootsie)
    02/21/1954 Ivo van Damme, Belgium, 800/1500m dash (Olympic-silver-1976) 02/21/1958 Jack Coleman, Easton Pa, actor (Steven Carrington-Dynasty) 02/21/1958 Jake Steinfeld, exercise expert (Body by Jake)
    02/21/1958 Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Princeton NJ, country singer (This Shirt) 02/21/1961 Christopher Atkins, Rye NY, actor (Peter-Dallas, Blue Lagoon) 02/21/1961 Ranking Roger, rock vocalist (English Beat-Drowning)
    02/21/1963 Michael Gostigian, Phila Pa, US pentathlete (Olympic-92)
    02/21/1964 Alana Soares, Redondo Beach Ca, playmate (Mar, 1983)
    02/21/1966 Nikki Charm, XXX actress (Lucky Charm, Only the Best, Strip Search) 02/21/1966 Tommy Hendricks, rocker
    02/21/1966 Wendy James, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
    02/21/1968 Todd Ferich, computer language expert
    02/21/1968 Wendy James, West London England, singer (Revolution Baby) 02/21/1973 Brian Rolston, Flint Mich, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994) 02/21/1975 Troy Slaten, actor (Jerry-Parker Lewis Can't Lose)
    02/21/1986 Amedeo, Belgium, son of princess Astrid/arch duke Lorenz


    Deaths:

    02/21/ 556 Maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies 02/21/1513 Julius II, [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Pope (1503-13), dies 02/21/1554 Hieronymus Bock, German doctor, founder of modern botany, dies 02/21/1624 Dirck van Baburen, painter (Are), dies at about 28
    02/21/1653 Adriaen Peacock, pension advisor for Holland, dies at 71
    02/21/1677 [Benedictus] Baruch Spinoza, philosopher, dies
    02/21/1684 Pieter van de Abeelen, mohammed/jeweller, dies at about 75 02/21/1689 Isaacus Vossius, [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies
    02/21/1711 Joan van Receiver, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1707-09), dies at 57 02/21/1730 Benedict XIII, [Pietro F Orsini], Pope (1724-30), dies at 81 02/21/1790 Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer, dies at 64
    02/21/1803 Edward Despard, last drawn & quartered in England
    02/21/1842 Wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85
    02/21/1862 Justinus AC Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer, dies at 75 02/21/1864 Jeffery Forrest, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle 02/21/1872 Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82
    02/21/1876 Henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70
    02/21/1879 Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 02/21/1884 John Pike Hullah, composer, dies at 72
    02/21/1887 Jean C F Demolombe, [prince l'exégèse], French lawyer, dies at 82 02/21/1919 Giovanni Bolzoni, composer, dies at 77
    02/21/1919 Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam (1901-19), murdered at 46 02/21/1919 Karl von Hohenzollern, Prince of Belgium, dies
    02/21/1919 Kurt Eisner, soc premier Bayern, murdered
    02/21/1924 Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer, dies at 78
    02/21/1925 Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer, dies at 52
    02/21/1926 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, physicist (Nobel 1913), dies
    02/21/1938 Albert Huybrechts, composer, dies at 39
    02/21/1938 George Ellery Hale, astronomer, dies
    02/21/1945 Eric Liddell, runner (Olympic-gold 1924), dies at 43
    02/21/1948 Frederick Archibald Lamond, composer, dies at 80
    02/21/1949 Ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78
    02/21/1951 Anton Roemer, actor, dies at 63
    02/21/1956 Edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78
    02/21/1961 Blaise Cendrars, [Frédéric Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73 02/21/1965 Malcolm X, [Little], black muslim leader, assassinated at 39 in NYC 02/21/1968 Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies
    02/21/1969 José de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies
    02/21/1971 Adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79
    02/21/1976 Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies
    02/21/1976 Frieda Inescort, actress (Meet Corliss Archer), dies at 74 02/21/1979 Ray Whitley, composer, dies
    02/21/1980 Chester H Lauck, actor (2 Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78 02/21/1984 Michail A Sjolochov, Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies 02/21/1985 Eric Autumn, cabaret performer, dies at 47
    02/21/1985 Ina Claire, actress/comedienne (3 Bdwy Girls), dies of stroke at 92 02/21/1985 Louis Hayward, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), dies of lung cancer at
    02/21/1991 Dame Margot Fonteyn, ballerina, dies of cancer at 71
    02/21/1992 Franc Holden, British astronomer (Binary Stars), dies
    02/21/1992 Jane Pickens Langley Hoving, singer, dies at 83
    02/21/1992 Kate A ter Horst-Arriëns, nurse (Battle of Arnhem), dies
    02/21/1992 William S Magginetti, dies
    02/21/1993 Ferruccio Lamborghini, auto manufacturer, dies at 76 of heart attack


    Significant Events:

    02/21/1431 England begins trial against Joan of Ark
    02/21/1574 Spanish garrison of Middelburg surrenders
    02/21/1583 Groningen begins using Gregorian calendar
    02/21/1613 Michael Romanov, son of Patriarch of Moscow, elected Russian tsar 02/21/1673 Michiel A de Ruyter appointed lt-admiral-general of Dutch fleet 02/21/1675 Prince Willem III appointed viceroy of Gelderland
    02/21/1777 English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John 02/21/1777 de Graaff for saluting US flag
    02/21/1782 US congress resolves establishment of a US mint
    02/21/1797 Trinidad, West Indies surrenders to British
    02/21/1804 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in Wales 02/21/1816 Dutch crown prince Willem weds Russian great monarch Anna Paulowna 02/21/1828 1st Indian newspaper in US, Cherokee Phoenix (weekly), Georgia 02/21/1842 1st known sewing machine patent in US, John Greenough, Wash DC 02/21/1846 1st US woman telegrapher, Sarah G Bagley, Lowell, Mass
    02/21/1853 US authorizes minting of $3 gold pieces
    02/21/1857 US issues flying eagle cents
    02/21/1858 1st electric burglar alarm installed (Boston, Mass)
    02/21/1861 Navaho indians elects Herrero Grande as chief
    02/21/1862 Battle of Valverde, NM Terr - CS victory
    02/21/1862 Texas Rangers win Confederate victory at Battle of Val Verde, NM 02/21/1864 -22] Battle at Okolona, Mississippi
    02/21/1864 1st US Catholic parish church for blacks dedicated, Baltimore 02/21/1866 Lucy B Hobbs (Taylor) becomes 1st US woman to earn a DDS degree 02/21/1874 Benjamin Disraeli replaces William Gladstone as English premier 02/21/1874 Oakland Daily Tribune begins publication
    02/21/1878 1st telephone directory (with 50 names) issued, New Haven, Conn 02/21/1882 NYC's 24 hour race begins, winner with most mileage in 24 hours 02/21/1885 Washington Monument dedicated (Washington, DC)
    02/21/1887 1st US bacteriology laboratory opens, in Brooklyn
    02/21/1887 Oregon becomes 1st US state to make Labor Day a holiday
    02/21/1895 NC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass
    02/21/1902 Dr Harvey Cushing, 1st US brain surgeon, does his 1st brain operatio
    02/21/1903 Cornerstone laid for US army war college, Washington, DC
    02/21/1904 National Ski Association formed, Ishpeming, Mich
    02/21/1906 A Kopff discovers asteroid #596 Scheila
    02/21/1906 M Wolf discovers asteroid #586 Thekla
    02/21/1907 Hoek van Holland & passenger ship SS Berlin collide (142 dead) 02/21/1911 Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto (Berceuse élégique) 02/21/1914 White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China
    02/21/1915 20th Russian Army corps surrenders
    02/21/1915 World's Fair in SF opens
    02/21/1916 Battle of Verdun begins (1 million casualties)
    02/21/1916 M Wolf discovers asteroid #818 Kapteynia
    02/21/1917 British Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 627 die
    02/21/1917 Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire & explodes; 100s die 02/21/1918 Austrians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Palestine
    02/21/1919 Revolutionary strike in Barcelona
    02/21/1922 Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die
    02/21/1922 Great Britain gives Egypt independence
    02/21/1922 WHK-AM in Cleveland OH begins radio transmissions
    02/21/1925 1st issue of New Yorker magazine published
    02/21/1925 Mass meeting of SPD's Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold
    02/21/1927 Franz Lehár's opera, Zarewitsch, premieres
    02/21/1932 André Tardieu becomes premier of France
    02/21/1932 Camera exposure meter patented, WN Goodwin
    02/21/1934 Nicaraguan patriot Augusto Cesar Sandino assassinated by Natl Guard 02/21/1936 F Rigaux discovers asteroid #1378 Leonce
    02/21/1939 Belgian govt of Pierlot forms
    02/21/1943 RC bishops protest against spread of Judaism
    02/21/1943 Secret Police evacuate Apeld'se Forest, North Auschwitz
    02/21/1944 'War As It Happens' news show premieres on NBC (NYC only) 02/21/1945 British Army captures Goch
    02/21/1946 Anti-British demonstrates in Egypt
    02/21/1947 1st instant developing camera demonstrated in NYC, by E H Land 02/21/1947 Whipper Billy Watson beats Bill Longson, to become wrestling champ 02/21/1950 WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA (ABC/PBS) begins broadcastin
    02/21/1952 Bangladesh Martyrs Day (martyrs of Bengali Language Movement) 02/21/1952 Dick Button performs 1st figure skating triple jump in competition 02/21/1952 Liz Taylor's 2nd marriage (Michael Wilding)
    02/21/1953 F Crick & J Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule
    02/21/1953 Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81
    02/21/1958 Egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser president (99.9% vote)
    02/21/1961 Gabon adopts constitution
    02/21/1961 Mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km
    02/21/1962 Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Neth 02/21/1964 UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US
    02/21/1966 Indonesia's president Sukarno fires General Nasution
    02/21/1968 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin 02/21/1968 Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000
    02/21/1969 1st launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes) 02/21/1969 B Burnasheva discovers asteroid #3406
    02/21/1970 Pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy
    02/21/1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Miss & La killing 117
    02/21/1972 Richard Nixon becomes 1st US president to visit China
    02/21/1973 Chicago Black Hawks, NHL record 262nd game without being shut-out 02/21/1973 Israeli fighters shoot Libyan aircraft down, killing 108
    02/21/1974 Silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London
    02/21/1974 Yugoslavia adopts constitution
    02/21/1975 John Lennon releases 'Rock 'n' Roll' album
    02/21/1976 Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht
    02/21/1977 74 Unification Church couples wed in NYC
    02/21/1979 Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite & Corsa-B (550/580 km) 02/21/1980 Eric Heiden skates 1500m in 1:55.44
    02/21/1980 Hanni Wenzel is 1st Liechtensteiner to win Olymp gold (giant slalom)
    02/21/1980 L G Karachkina discovers asteroid #3508 Pasternak
    02/21/1981 'Yorkshire Ripper' Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured 02/21/1981 Charles Rocket clearly says 'fuck' on Saturday Night Live 02/21/1981 Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k) 02/21/1981 NASA launches Comstar D-4
    02/21/1982 Bowell disc asteroid 2634 James Bradley, 2635 Huggins & 2939 Coconin
    02/21/1983 Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 m 7.1 s
    02/21/1983 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak 02/21/1985 Evert van Benthem wins 13th Friese 11 city skateing race
    02/21/1985 Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)
    02/21/1986 Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 & suspended for 10 weeks 02/21/1987 Syrian army marches into Beirut
    02/21/1988 Actor Dudley Moore marries actress Brogan Lane
    02/21/1988 Gustafson skates world record 10km (13:48.20)
    02/21/1988 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation 02/21/1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:11.94) 02/21/1989 US bust Chinese ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1B st value) 02/21/1989 US capture record 820 lbs of heroin ($1 B street value)
    02/21/1993 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 m)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Mon Feb 22 23:34:30 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    02/22/1403 Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English
    02/22/1440 Ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia
    02/22/1542 Santino Garsi, composer
    02/22/1573 Gemignano Capilupi, composer
    02/22/1732 George Washington, Virginia, 1st pres (1789-97)
    02/22/1745 Joao de Sousa Carvalho, composer
    02/22/1749 Johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist & 1st biographer of Bach 02/22/1761 Erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer
    02/22/1761 Jacob Kimball, composer
    02/22/1764 Alexander Campbell, composer
    02/22/1770 Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer
    02/22/1772 Joseph Lipavsky, composer
    02/22/1772 Karl Jacob Wagner, composer
    02/22/1773 Matthijs I of Bree, Flemish (court)painter
    02/22/1778 Rembrandt Peale, portrait & historical painter (Court of Death) 02/22/1779 Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer
    02/22/1788 Arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher (Great Pessimist) 02/22/1796 Adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician 02/22/1798 Charles Mynn Thruston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1873
    02/22/1810 Frédéric F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer
    02/22/1810 Holger Simon Paulli, composer
    02/22/1814 Henryk Oskar Kolberg, composer
    02/22/1817 Niels V Gade, Danish violinist/composer/conductor
    02/22/1817 Niels Vilhelm Gade, composer
    02/22/1819 Bernardo Calvo Puig, composer
    02/22/1819 James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat/abolitionist
    02/22/1821 Giovanni Bottesini, composer
    02/22/1822 Adolf Kuszmaul, German physician (stomach pump, Kuszmaul disease) 02/22/1827 James Barnet Fry, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894 02/22/1828 Robert Alexander Cameron, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 18
    02/22/1833 Josef Foerster, composer
    02/22/1834 Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer
    02/22/1836 Eduard Wachmann, composer
    02/22/1838 Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun 02/22/1840 F August Bebel, German social-democrat
    02/22/1843 Affonso de Escragnolle Taunay, France/Brazil writer (Inocencia) 02/22/1844 Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, composer
    02/22/1850 Isaac L Rice, Germany, (namesake of Columbia Univ's Rice stadium) 02/22/1852 Pieter K Pel, internist (Pel-Ebstein fever)
    02/22/1857 Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves 02/22/1857 Robert Baden-Powell, founded Boy Scouts, Girl Guides
    02/22/1862 Connie Mack, baseball manager (Pirates, Phila A's 1900-1950) 02/22/1864 Jules Renard, France, writer (Carrots)
    02/22/1868 Henri Polak, union leader/politician (soc-dem)
    02/22/1873 Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher 02/22/1877 Yme C Schuitmaker, potato farmer/dramatist
    02/22/1879 Johannes Brønsted, Danish physical chemist (acid-base reactions) 02/22/1882 Eric Gill, England, sculptor/engraver/typographer (Perpetua) 02/22/1883 Jaroslav Kocian, composer
    02/22/1884 Abraham 'Abe' Attell, boxing hall of famer
    02/22/1887 Mary Ellen Chase, educator/author (Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award)
    02/22/1889 Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Novel Britain)
    02/22/1891 Jan Wils, Holland, architect (designed Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium) 02/22/1891 Lucien Cailliet, composer
    02/22/1892 David Dubinsky, labor leader (Freedom Award, 1969 Medal of Freedom) 02/22/1892 Edna St Vincent Millay, poet/dramatist (Harp Weaver-Pulitzer Prize) 02/22/1894 Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer
    02/22/1895 Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, founder of Peruvian Aprista Party 02/22/1896 Edvin Wide, Sweden, 10K runner (Olympic-silver-1924)
    02/22/1896 Enid Markey, Dillon Colo, actress (Aunt Violet-Bringing Up Buddy) 02/22/1896 Paul Van Ostaijen, Flemish poet/writer/critic (Occupied City) 02/22/1898 Anton de Come, Suriname/Dutch worker's union leader/resistance fight
    02/22/1899 Dwight Frye, actor (Black Camel, Dracula, Frankenstein, Vampire Bat)
    02/22/1918 Don Pardo, Westfield Mass, TV announcer (Jeopardy, SNL)
    02/22/1900 Evald Aav, composer
    02/22/1900 Giorgios Seferis, Greece, poet (Nobel 1963)
    02/22/1900 Luis Bruñel, Calanda Spain, director (Tristana, Phantom of Liberty) 02/22/1900 Sean O'Faolain, [John Whelan], Ire, writer (Murder at Cobbler's Hulk
    02/22/1901 Charles E Whittaker, Kansas, US Supreme Court justice (1957-62) 02/22/1901 Mildred Davis, actress (Grandma's Boy)
    02/22/1903 Morley Callaghan, Canada, author (Toronto Star, Native Argosy) 02/22/1904 Peter Hurd, Roswell NM, painter (Portrait of José Herrera) 02/22/1905 Luis Sandi, composer
    02/22/1906 Edmund von Borck, composer
    02/22/1906 Gale Gordon, LA Calif, actor (Conklin-Our Miss Brooks, Here's Lucy) 02/22/1907 Robert Young, Chic Ill, actor (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby MD) 02/22/1907 Sheldon Leonard, NYC, actor/director (Danny Thomas Show, Big Eddie) 02/22/1908 John Mills, England, actor (Big Sleep, King Rat, War & Peace) 02/22/1908 Rómulo Betancourt, pres of Venezuela (1945-48, 1958-64)
    02/22/1915 Dan Seymour, Chicago Ill, actor (We the People, Sing It Again) 02/22/1915 Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight boxing champ (1947 fight of year) 02/22/1918 Charles O Finley, baseball team owner (Oakland A's)
    02/22/1918 Robert Wadlow, Alton Ill, tallest known human (2.72 m, 8' 11.1') 02/22/1918 Sid Abel, NHLer (1948-49 Hart Trophy)
    02/22/1919 Jiri Pauer, composer
    02/22/1920 Giulietta Masina, Italy, actress (La Strada, Swindle, White Sheik) 02/22/1922 Andre Asriel, composer
    02/22/1922 Felix Werder, composer
    02/22/1925 Edward Gorey, Chicago, author/artist (Curious Sofa)
    02/22/1925 Guy Mitchell, actor (Red Garters, 3 Redheads from Seattle) 02/22/1926 Bud Yorkin, producer (All in the Family, 1959, 1960 Emmy) 02/22/1927 David Ahlstrom, composer
    02/22/1927 Donald May, Chicago Ill, actor (Adam-Edge of Night, Colt .45) 02/22/1928 Bruce Forsyth, British comedian/TV host (Generation Game) 02/22/1928 Paul Dooley, Parkensburg WV, actor (16 Candles, Strange Brew, Weddin
    02/22/1929 Ryne Duren, near-sighted pitcher (NY Yankees)
    02/22/1930 Allison Hayes, Washington, actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman) 02/22/1930 JPS van Neerven, economist/editor-in-chief (Limburgs Newspaper) 02/22/1932 Edward M 'Ted' Kennedy, (Sen-D-Mass, 1962- ), (Don't let him drive)
    02/22/1932 Piper Laurie, Detroit Mich, actress (Days of Wine & Roses, Carrie) 02/22/1933 Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley, England, Duchess of Kent
    02/22/1934 George 'Sparky' Anderson, SD, baseball manager (Reds, Tigers) 02/22/1934 Thomas Paul, Chicago Illinois, bass (NYC Opera 1963-70)
    02/22/1935 Ineke [R M] Has-Berger, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
    02/22/1937 Dubravko Detoni, composer
    02/22/1937 Joanna Russ, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Female Man, Alyx)
    02/22/1937 Tommy Aaron, golfer (1969 Canadian Open)
    02/22/1938 Bobby Hendricks, US soul singer (Itchy twitchy feeling)
    02/22/1938 Ishmael Reed, US, author (Last Days of Louisiana Red)
    02/22/1939 Steve Barber, pitcher (Balt Orioles, NY Yankees)
    02/22/1940 Chet Walker, NBA all-star forward (Chicago Bulls)
    02/22/1940 Johnson P Mlambo, South african leader (Pan-African Congress) 02/22/1940 Julian Chagrin, London, mime/actor (Golddiggers)
    02/22/1943 David ESkaggs, (Rep-D-Colorado)
    02/22/1943 Dick Van Arsdale, NBA all-star (NY Knicks, Phoenix Suns)
    02/22/1943 Tom Van Arsdale, NBA all-star (Detroit, Cincinnati, KC-Omaha, Phil) 02/22/1944 Jonathan Demme, actor/director (Caged Heat, Swing Shift)
    02/22/1945 Oliver, singer (Good Morning Starshine, Jean)
    02/22/1947 John Bryant, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
    02/22/1948 Dennis Awtrey, NBA center (Chicago Bulls, Suns)
    02/22/1949 Leslie Charleson, KC Missouri, actress (Monica-General Hospital) 02/22/1949 Nikki Lauda, Austria, formula 1 auto racer (world champ 1975, 77, 84
    02/22/1950 Ellen Greene, actress (Little Shop of Horrors)
    02/22/1950 Julie Walters, actress (Buster, Educating Rita, Prick Up Your Ears) 02/22/1950 Julius Erving, ABA/NBA forward (Virg Squirers, NY Nets, Phila 76ers)
    02/22/1950 Miou-Miou, Paris France, actress (Dog Day, My Other Husband) 02/22/1951 Harley O Staggers Jr, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- )
    02/22/1952 James P Bagian, Philadelphia Pa, MDPE/astronaut (STS 29, STS 40) 02/22/1955 Tim Young, athlete
    02/22/1956 Amy Alcott, KC Mo, LPGA golfer (Vare Trophy 1980, 83)
    02/22/1958 Kyle MacLachlan, actor (Blue Velvet, Dune, Hidden)
    02/22/1959 Susan Benjamin, actress (Tracy-Accidental Family)
    02/22/1961 Debbie Linden, Glasgow Scotland, actress (Kenny Everett Show) 02/22/1961 Don Van Spall, guitarist (Sleeze Beez)
    02/22/1961 Ellen Greene, Bkln NY, singer/actress (Little Shoppe of Horrors) 02/22/1963 Dave Besteman, Madison Wis, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
    02/22/1964 Gigi Fernandez, Puerto Rico, tennis player (1988 US Open Doubles) 02/22/1964 Jim Wicek, NYC, actor (Ben-Ryan's Hope)
    02/22/1965 Pat LaFontaine, St Louis Mo, NHL center (Olym-1984, NY Islanders) 02/22/1966 Resga Riggins, Trussville Alabama, Miss Alabama-America (1991) 02/22/1972 Michael Chang, US tennis star
    02/22/1973 Ntala Skinner, Sun Valley Idaho, biathelete (Olympics-1994) 02/22/1975 Drew Barrymore, LA Calif, actress (ET, Firestarter, Poison Ivy)


    Deaths:

    02/22/ 606 Sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies
    02/22/1071 Arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Henegouwen (Arnulf I), dies in battle 02/22/1076 Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutheran, murdered 02/22/1078 Johannes van Fécamp, Italian mystic writer, dies
    02/22/1213 Wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies 02/22/1371 David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46
    02/22/1478 Hendrik Herp (Herpius/Harphius), writer (Spieghel volcomenheit), die
    02/22/1512 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), dies at 61
    02/22/1674 John Wilson, composer, dies at 78
    02/22/1690 Charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 7
    02/22/1695 Robert Southwell, English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic pries
    02/22/1727 Francesco Gasparini, composer, dies at 58
    02/22/1731 Frederik Ruysch, anatomy, dies
    02/22/1750 Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer, dies at 71
    02/22/1770 Christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution 02/22/1788 Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63
    02/22/1816 Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies
    02/22/1822 Johann Ignaz Walter, composer, dies at 66
    02/22/1824 John Davy, composer, dies at 60
    02/22/1836 John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer, dies at 65
    02/22/1838 Friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70
    02/22/1846 Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer, dies at 77
    02/22/1846 Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 [OS] 02/22/1849 Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28
    02/22/1864 Jules Renard, French writer (Poil the Carotte), dies
    02/22/1875 Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77 02/22/1878 Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84
    02/22/1903 Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Austrian composer, dies at 42
    02/22/1912 Richard Andree, German geographer (Andree's Handatlas), dies at 76 02/22/1913 Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure, Swiss translator, dies at 55 02/22/1913 Francisco Indalecio Madero, Mexican pres, assassinated in milt coup 02/22/1913 Suarez, Mexican vice pres, assassinated in a miltary coup 02/22/1925 Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister, dies 02/22/1930 Godfried CE van Daalen, general/governor of Atjeh, dies at 66 02/22/1934 Willem Kes, violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 78
    02/22/1936 Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74 02/22/1943 Christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies
    02/22/1943 Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter (Die Weisse Rose), dies 02/22/1943 Sophie Scholl, German resistance fighter (Die Weisse Rose), beheaded
    02/22/1949 Russell Porter, dies
    02/22/1956 Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], French writer (Petit ami), dies 02/22/1957 Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72
    02/22/1959 Helen Parrish, actress (Hour Glass), dies of cancer at 36 02/22/1964 Edie Martin, actor (Titfield Thunderbolt), dies at 84
    02/22/1966 Paul de Keyser, Flemish philological/story teller, dies at 74 02/22/1967 Fritz Erler, German politician (SDP), dies
    02/22/1967 Joe Forte, actor (Horwitz-Life With Luigi), dies at 70
    02/22/1968 Omer CFL Tulippe, Belgian geographer, dies at 71
    02/22/1971 Barry Macollum, actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 81
    02/22/1971 Matt McHugh, actor (Taxi, Freaks, Barbary Coast), dies at 77 02/22/1971 Rudolf Mauersberger, composer, dies at 82
    02/22/1972 Walter Sande, actor (Adventures of Tugboat Annie), dies at 65 02/22/1973 Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish novelist (Cat Jumps), dies in Lond at 7
    02/22/1973 Katina Paxinou, actress (For Whom the Bell Tolls, Zita), dies 02/22/1973 Winthrop Rockefeller, US governor (Arkansas), dies at 60
    02/22/1976 Angela Baddeley, actress (Speckled Band), dies at 71
    02/22/1976 Michael Polany, Hungarians/English chemist/sociologist, dies at 84 02/22/1977 Edith Barrett, actress(Molly & Me, Ghost Ship, Lady Gambles), dies 02/22/1978 Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien), dies at 7
    02/22/1978 Phyllis McGinley, US poetess (Pulitzer 1961), dies at 72
    02/22/1980 Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head), dies at 66
    02/22/1980 Oskar Kokoschka, Austria/British painter/graphic artist, dies at 93 02/22/1980 Richard Kallman. actor (Verboten, Hell Canyon Outlaws), dies at 46 02/22/1982 Murray 'the K' Kaufman, NYC DJ (5th Beatle), dies at 60
    02/22/1983 Christina E 'Christine' Auwen, singer/wife of John Kelly, dies at 75
    02/22/1983 Romain Maes, Belgian bicyclist, dies
    02/22/1985 Alexander Scourby, actor (Victory at Sea, Ransom), dies at 71 02/22/1985 Efrem A Zimbalist, Russian/US composer/violinist, dies at 95 02/22/1987 Andy Warhol, pop artist, dies at 58 of a heart attack
    02/22/1987 David Susskind, TV host (Open End, David Susskind Show), dies at 56 02/22/1987 Glenway Wescott, US writer (Apartment in Athens), dies at 85 02/22/1989 Joan Woodbury, actress (Super Sleuth, Northwest Trail), dies 02/22/1990 Stephen Burns, actor (Casey's Shadow), dies
    02/22/1992 Richard Sheldon, dies
    02/22/1993 Jean Lecanuet, French UDF-presidential candidate, dies at 72 02/22/1993 Pieter A H Forest, lawyer/procureur-general on Aruba, dies at 63 02/22/1994 'Papa' John Creach, US jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at 76


    Significant Events:

    02/22/ 57 -BC- Origin of Vikrama Samvat Era (India)
    02/22/ 606 Sabinian ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    02/22/ 896 Pope Formosa crowned king Arnulf of Karinthie/French emperor 02/22/1071 Battle of Cassel-Robrecht I the Frisian vs Arnulf III/I
    02/22/1281 Simon de Brion elected Pope Martinus IV
    02/22/1288 Girolamo Masci elected Pope Nicolaas IV
    02/22/1300 Pope Boniface VIII delegates degree
    02/22/1349 Jews are expelled from Zurich Switzerland
    02/22/1495 French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim crown
    02/22/1561 Willem van Orange appointed viceroy of Bourgondie/Charolais 02/22/1630 Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving
    02/22/1746 French troops conquer Brussels
    02/22/1774 English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright
    02/22/1775 1st US joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at £10 02/22/1784 Empress of China sets sail on 1st NY to China route
    02/22/1819 Spain renounces claims to Oregon Country, Florida (Adams-Onís Treaty
    02/22/1821 Spain sells (east) Florida to United States for $5 million 02/22/1825 Russia & Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary
    02/22/1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Valdivia Chile
    02/22/1836 Dutch garrison evacuates fort Du Bus New-Guinea
    02/22/1847 Battle of Buena Vista: US troops beat Mexican army
    02/22/1854 1st meeting of Republican Party, Michigan
    02/22/1856 1st national meeting of Republican Party, Pittsburgh
    02/22/1860 Organized baseball played in SF for 1st time
    02/22/1860 Shoe-making workers of Lynn Ms, strike successfully for higher wages
    02/22/1861 On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inaugurati
    02/22/1864 -27] Battle at Dalton Georgia
    02/22/1864 Battle of Okolona, MS
    02/22/1864 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee
    02/22/1865 Battle of Wilmington, NC (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals 02/22/1865 Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery
    02/22/1872 1st national convention of Prohibition Party, Columbus, Ohio 02/22/1872 Labor Reform Party forms at Columbus, Ohio
    02/22/1878 Greenback Labor Party forms at Toledo, Ohio
    02/22/1879 1st 5¢ & 10¢ store opened by FW Woolworth in Utica, NY
    02/22/1882 With 120 miles James Saunders wins NYC's 24 hour race & $100 prize 02/22/1887 Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati
    02/22/1888 John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans, Yonkers, NY 02/22/1889 Dakotas, Montana & Washington admitted to union
    02/22/1892 'Lady Windermere's Fan' by Oscar Wile premieres at St James Theater 02/22/1898 Black postmater lynched, his wife & 3 daughters shot in Lake City SC
    02/22/1900 A Charlois discovers asteroid #453 Tea
    02/22/1900 Battle at Wynne's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) 02/22/1906 M Wolf discovers asteroids #587 Hypsipyle & #588 Achilles 02/22/1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #661 Cloelia
    02/22/1909 Great White Fleet, 1st US fleet to circle the globe, returns to Va 02/22/1912 J Vedrines makes 1st airplane flight over 100 mph-161.29 kph 02/22/1913 Lowell HS, SF opens (on it's 1st campus)
    02/22/1915 Germany begins 'restricted' submarine war
    02/22/1917 German fleet torpedoes 7 Dutch ships
    02/22/1918 Germany claims Baltic states, Finland & Ukraine from Russia 02/22/1920 1st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track, Emeryville, Calif 02/22/1922 Congress authorizes Grant Memorial $1 gold coin
    02/22/1923 1st successful chinchilla farm in US, Los Angeles
    02/22/1923 Transcontinental airmail service begins
    02/22/1924 1st presidential radio address Calvin Coolidge)
    02/22/1927 Baruch Spinosa's house of mourning opened as a museum
    02/22/1928 1st solo England to Australia flight lands (Bert Hinkler) 02/22/1928 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1156 Kira
    02/22/1930 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1183 Jutta
    02/22/1935 Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House 02/22/1936 Construction on Ypenburg airport begins
    02/22/1939 A Patry discovers asteroid #1510 Charlois
    02/22/1939 Netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain
    02/22/1940 Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island
    02/22/1940 German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578
    02/22/1941 German assault on El Agheila Libya
    02/22/1941 IG Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Cam
    02/22/1941 Secret police begin rounding up Jews in Amsterdam
    02/22/1944 US 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem & Nijmegen
    02/22/1945 British troops take Ramree Island, Burma
    02/22/1948 Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die
    02/22/1950 Brockway & Weinstock publish 'Men of Music' (rev ed)
    02/22/1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: 'Heartbreak Hotel' 02/22/1957 Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win
    02/22/1958 Australian swimmer Jon Konrads sets 6 world records in 2 days 02/22/1958 Egypt & Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR)
    02/22/1958 Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes 02/22/1959 1st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins
    02/22/1962 Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts 02/22/1963 Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs) 02/22/1964 Beatles arrive back in England after their 1st US visit
    02/22/1965 USSR launches Kosmos 57 to earth orbit (Voskhod test)
    02/22/1966 Soviets launch Kosmos 110 with Veterok & Ugolek, 1st 2-dog crew 02/22/1968 Rock group Genesis release their 1st record 'Silent Sun'
    02/22/1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major US trac
    02/22/1971 Lt Gen Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria
    02/22/1972 Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani becomes Amir & Prime Minister of Qatar 02/22/1973 Israeli fighter planes shoot down a Libyan coml airliner (106 die) 02/22/1974 Ethiopia police shoot at demonstrators
    02/22/1977 Harvard College discovers asteroid #2923 Schuyler
    02/22/1978 2 tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly, Tenn 02/22/1979 Billy Martin named manager of Oakland A's
    02/22/1979 St Lucia gains independence from Britain
    02/22/1980 Afghanistan declares martial law
    02/22/1980 USA beats USSR in Olympic hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal 02/22/1982 NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for NY governor (unsuccessful) 02/22/1983 Hindus kill 3000 muslims in Assam, India
    02/22/1983 Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 1500m free style swimming record 02/22/1984 Brothers Anton & Peter Stastny score 8 pts each for NHL Québec 02/22/1987 Bruno Marie-Rose runs world record 200m indoor (20.36 sec) 02/22/1988 Bonnie Blair skates world record 500m (39.10 sec)
    02/22/1989 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' wins Grammy as song of year
    02/22/1989 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award) 02/22/1989 UK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a 'deliberate fraud' 02/22/1991 Actor Bill Bixby (57) weds Laura Michael (32)
    02/22/1992 Barry Diller resigns as CEO of Fox
    02/22/1992 Ed McMahon, 69, weds Pamela Hurn, 37
    02/22/1992 Rockers Kurt Corbain (Nirvana) & Courtney Love (Hole), wed 02/22/1998 18th Winter Olympic games close at Nagano, Japan (scheduled)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Feb 23 12:00:46 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    02/23/1417 Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71)
    02/23/1614 Jacob Colÿn(s), coat of arms painter
    02/23/1615 Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised 02/23/1633 Samuel Pepys, English composer (Diary, Memoirs)
    02/23/1649 John Blow, composer of 1st English opera (Venus & Adonis) (baptized)
    02/23/1664 Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer
    02/23/1685 Georg Friedrich Händel, English/German organist/composer (De Messias
    02/23/1700 Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Innige Christian Religion) 02/23/1730 Christian Joseph Lidarti, composer
    02/23/1744 Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founded House of Rothschild
    02/23/1776 John Walter II, manager of Times (London)
    02/23/1787 Emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame) 02/23/1792 Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor
    02/23/1811 George Washington Hewitt, composer
    02/23/1818 Jeremy F Gilmer, Maj Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept 02/23/1818 Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883
    02/23/1824 Herman N van Tuuk, translator (Tobasche Spraakkunst)
    02/23/1824 Lewis Cass Hunt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 02/23/1831 Hendrik W Mesdag, painter (Panorama Knife)
    02/23/1838 Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
    02/23/1840 Carl Menger, Austrian economist
    02/23/1848 Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer
    02/23/1859 Theodor Batthyányi, Hungarian statesman/contra revolutionary 02/23/1865 Barney Dreyfuss, baseball owner (Pitts Pirates)
    02/23/1868 William E B Du Bois, Mass, civil rights writer (Souls of Black Folk)
    02/23/1873 Dmitri Arakishvili, composer
    02/23/1874 Konstantin Päts, Estonian PM (1921-23, 1932-33), dictator (1933-40) 02/23/1875 Jozef E Stokvis, journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (SDAP) 02/23/1876 Wadi' Sabra, composer
    02/23/1880 Edgar Istel, composer
    02/23/1881 Titus [Anno S] Brandsma, philosopher
    02/23/1882 Ladislav Vycpalek, composer
    02/23/1883 Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/existentialist philosopher 02/23/1883 Victor Fleming, Pasadena Cal, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind
    02/23/1884 Frank Cellier, actor (Rhodes of Africa, Big Blockade, Quiet Weekend)
    02/23/1884 Herman Courtens, Belgian painter
    02/23/1886 Albert Edward Sammons, composer
    02/23/1887 Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer
    02/23/1889 Cyril Delevanti, actor (Black Eye)
    02/23/1889 Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations)
    02/23/1895 Richard Goolden, actor (School for Husbands)
    02/23/1900 Elinor Remick Warren, composer
    02/23/1903 Grigori V Aleksandrov, Russian director (Veselye Rebjata) 02/23/1904 Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy/founded (CP Palestina) 02/23/1904 William L Shirer, historian (Rise & Fall of 3rd Reich)
    02/23/1905 Leonidas Zoras, composer
    02/23/1908 William McMahon, PM of Australia (Liberal) (1971-72)
    02/23/1911 G Mennen Williams, Detroit, Sup Court Justice/(Gov-D-Mich, 1949-60) 02/23/1913 Charles Leonard, US, pentathelete (Olympic-1936)
    02/23/1916 George Abel, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1972) 02/23/1917 Kenneth Tobey, actor (Chuck-Whirlybirds)
    02/23/1920 Hall Overton, Bangor Michigan, composer (Enchanted Pear Tree) 02/23/1923 Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet
    02/23/1924 Lejaren Hiller, composer
    02/23/1925 Louis Stokes, (Rep-D-OH, 1969- )
    02/23/1926 Regine Crespin, French (actress?)
    02/23/1927 Ivan Hrusovsky, composer
    02/23/1928 Vasili G Lazarev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18-1)
    02/23/1929 Elston Howard, Yankee catcher (1st black NY Yankee/1963 AL MVP) 02/23/1929 Richard Moryl, composer
    02/23/1930 Harry Boldt, German Fed Rep, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1976)
    02/23/1930 Jef Geeraerts, Flemish writer (Black Venus)
    02/23/1930 Johnny Seven, NYC, actor (Ironside, Amy Prentiss)
    02/23/1931 Tom Wesselman, US statue artist (Great American Nudes)
    02/23/1933 Lee Quencey Calhoun, Laurel MS, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
    02/23/1938 Diane Varsi, San Mateo Calif, actress (Peyton Place)
    02/23/1938 Sylvia Chase, St Paul Minn, newscaster (ABC Weekend News, 20/20) 02/23/1939 Josef Feistmantl, Austria, lugeist (Olympic-gold-1964)
    02/23/1939 Majel Barrett, Columbus Ohio, actress (Christine Chapel-Star Trek) 02/23/1940 Peter Fonda, actor (Easy Rider, Lilith, Wild Angels, Trip) 02/23/1941 William Hjörtsberg, NYC, writer (Gray Matters, Fallen Angel) 02/23/1942 Beau Boulter, (Rep-R-TX, 1985- )
    02/23/1943 Fred Biletnikoff, NFL wide receiver (Oakland Raiders, Montrèal) 02/23/1943 Jada Rowland, NYC, actress (Penny-Hamptons, Amy-Secret Storm) 02/23/1944 Johnny Winter, [John Dawson], Leland Miss, guitarist (Silver Train) 02/23/1946 Rusty Young, rock steel guitarist (Poco-Heat of the Night) 02/23/1947 Shakira Caine, Guyana, actress (Man Who be King)/Miss Guyana (1967) 02/23/1948 Susan Lucci, actress (All My Children)
    02/23/1949 Anna-Maria Müller, German DR, Luge (Olympic-gold-1972)
    02/23/1949 Larry Demps, US R&B singer (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones)
    02/23/1949 Marc Garneau, Canada, astronaut (STS 13)
    02/23/1951 Ed 'Too Tall' Jones, NFLer (Dallas Cowboys)
    02/23/1952 Brad Whitford, Mass, rock guitarist (Aerosmith-Jamie Got a Gun) 02/23/1955 Howard Jones, rock vocalist (Things Can Only Get Better)
    02/23/1956 Maren Jensen, Glendale Cal, actress (Battlestar Galactica) 02/23/1958 David Sylvian, vocal/guitar (Sylvian Sylvian, Japan-Adolescent Sex) 02/23/1958 Ria Brieffies, singer (Dolly Dots)
    02/23/1960 Gloria von Thurm und Taxis, Munich German FR, Princess
    02/23/1960 Maria Gloria von Schönberg-Glauchau, wife of prince Thurn un Taxis 02/23/1962 Melinda Mays, Augusta Ga, playmate (Feb, 1983)
    02/23/1962 Michael Wilton, rock guitarist (Queensrÿche-Warning)
    02/23/1964 John Norum, rocker
    02/23/1965 Helena Sukova, Czech, tennis player (1985 US Open's Double) 02/23/1966 Marc Price, actor/comedian (Skippy-Family Ties)
    02/23/1971 Jason Keller, Scarsdale NY, actor (Jason-Out of the Blue) 02/23/1971 Shane Keller, Scarsdale NY, actor (Shane-Out of the Blue) 02/23/1973 Robert Pipkins, Staten Island NY, luger (Olympics-1994)


    Deaths:

    02/23/1447 Eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies 02/23/1554 Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, is executed 02/23/1662 Johann Cruger, composer, dies at 63
    02/23/1669 Lieuwe van Aitzema, Fries historian, dies at 68
    02/23/1682 Abraham de Wicquefort, diplomat/historian, dies at 75
    02/23/1704 Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 51 02/23/1718 François Fagel, field marshal/mayor of Nijmegen, dies at 63 02/23/1792 Joshua Reynolds, painter, dies
    02/23/1806 John Alcock, composer, dies at 90
    02/23/1807 Francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61
    02/23/1821 John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome 02/23/1821 Marie-Anne Collot, French sculptor, dies
    02/23/1828 Mihály Fazekar, Hungarian botanicus/literary (Book of Spices), dies 02/23/1848 John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 02/23/1867 George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90
    02/23/1884 Tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal, dies at 23
    02/23/1897 Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68
    02/23/1903 Albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57
    02/23/1903 Friedrich Grutzmacher, composer, dies at 70
    02/23/1915 Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC 02/23/1916 George Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71
    02/23/1920 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61
    02/23/1922 Henri Landru, executed for having 11 wives, in France
    02/23/1927 Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 80
    02/23/1930 Horst Wessel, German nazi writer (Die Fahne hoch), dies
    02/23/1930 Mabel Normand, actress/director (Extra Girl), dies at 35
    02/23/1931 Lady Nellie Melba, [Heal Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies 02/23/1934 Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard 02/23/1934 Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 77 02/23/1935 Jan Duiker, architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies
    02/23/1942 Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies 02/23/1945 Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62 02/23/1955 Paul Claudel, French poet/song writer (L'otage), dies at 86 02/23/1965 Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies in Calif
    02/23/1968 Edna Ferber, US author (Giant, Showboat), dies at 80
    02/23/1968 Fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78
    02/23/1969 Abd al-Aziz,ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saoed/King Saudia, dies 02/23/1969 Joseph Messner, composer, dies at 75
    02/23/1971 King Lockwood, dies
    02/23/1972 Michael Taube, composer, dies at 81
    02/23/1974 Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63 02/23/1976 Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74 02/23/1980 Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62
    02/23/1987 Esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies
    02/23/1990 Annelien Kappeyne Van de Coppello, Dutch politician (Liberal), dies 02/23/1990 James Gavin, commandant US 82nd Airborn Div (Normandy), dies at 82 02/23/1990 José Napoleon Duarte, president El Salvador, dies
    02/23/1992 Jacquelyn Hyde, actress (Dark, House of Terror), dies
    02/23/1993 Edwin Louis Battle, actor, dies


    Significant Events:

    02/23/ 303 Emperor Diocletian orders general persecution of Christians 02/23/1455 Johannes Gutenberg prints 1st book, Bible (estimated date) 02/23/1574 5th War of Religion breaks out in France
    02/23/1672 Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam
    02/23/1689 Dutch prince Willem III proclaimed king of England
    02/23/1778 Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge
    02/23/1804 Conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII 02/23/1813 1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Mass
    02/23/1821 College of Apothecaries organized in Phil; 1st US pharmacy college 02/23/1822 Boston is incorporated as a city
    02/23/1836 Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed 02/23/1846 Polish revolutionaries march on Cracow, but are defeated
    02/23/1847 Battle of Buena Vista México; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans 02/23/1852 'H M S Birkenhead' sinks off South Africa killing 420 troops 02/23/1861 By popular referendum, Texas becomes 7th state to secede from US 02/23/1861 Dutch premier Floris A van Hall resigns
    02/23/1869 Louisiana governor signs public accommodations law
    02/23/1870 Mississippi is readmitted to US
    02/23/1875 J Palisa discovers asteroid #143 Adria
    02/23/1883 Alabama becomes 1st US state to enact an antitrust law
    02/23/1883 American Anti-Vivisection Society organized at Philadelphia 02/23/1887 Congress grants Seal Rocks to SF
    02/23/1887 French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die
    02/23/1892 1st college student govt established, Bryn Mawr, Penn
    02/23/1895 Cut Eden skates world record 10km (17:56)
    02/23/1895 M Wolf discovers asteroid #399 Persephone
    02/23/1895 William Heard, AME minister & educator, named minister to Liberia 02/23/1900 Battle at Hart's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) 02/23/1900 Steamer 'Rio de Janeiro' sinks in SF Bay
    02/23/1903 Cuban state of Guantanamo leased to USA
    02/23/1904 Control of Panama Canal Zone acquired by US for $10 million 02/23/1905 Rotary Club International established by 4 men in Chicago 02/23/1906 Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart for HW boxing champ in 20 rounds 02/23/1909 Russian tsar Nicolas II dissolves Finland
    02/23/1910 1st radio contest held, Philadelphia
    02/23/1913 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #742 Edisona
    02/23/1915 Nevada enforces convenient divorce law
    02/23/1916 Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin
    02/23/1916 French artillery kills entire French 72nd division at Samogneux Verd
    02/23/1919 Mussolini finds Fascist party of Italy
    02/23/1920 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #928 Hildrun
    02/23/1921 1st US transcontinental air mail flight arrives in NYC from SF 02/23/1923 German Republic day with laws against worker
    02/23/1923 Great Britain lowers import duty on German products from 26% to 5% 02/23/1927 US Radio Commission created (FCC predecessor)
    02/23/1934 Casey Stengel becomes manager of Brooklyn Dodgers
    02/23/1934 Coronation of King Leopold III of Belgium
    02/23/1936 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, NY
    02/23/1936 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2067 Aksnes
    02/23/1938 E Delporte discovers asteroids #1491 Balduinus & #1722 Goffin 02/23/1938 Joe Louis KOs Nathan Mann
    02/23/1939 Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in St Louis, to become wrestling champ 02/23/1940 Russian troops conquer Lasi Island
    02/23/1942 Japanese sub fires on oil refinery in Ellwood, Calif
    02/23/1945 2nd Dutch govt of Gerbrandy forms in London
    02/23/1945 Operation Grenade: Gen Simpsons 9th Army attacks Ruhr
    02/23/1945 US Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo & statue
    02/23/1954 1st mass inoculation with Salk vaccine (Pittsburgh)
    02/23/1954 Syrian army drives out president Adib el-Shishakli
    02/23/1955 Edgar Faure forms French government
    02/23/1956 Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin
    02/23/1958 5-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels 02/23/1958 Last Municipal arc light, Mission & 25th removed (installed in 1913)
    02/23/1959 KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton, CA (PBS) begins broadcasti
    02/23/1960 Demolition begins on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field
    02/23/1965 Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president 02/23/1966 Aldo Moro forms Italian government
    02/23/1966 Military coup in Syria ends Bitar govt
    02/23/1966 Premier Obote grabs power in Uganda
    02/23/1967 25th amendment (presidential succession) declared ratified 02/23/1968 Wilt Chamberlain becomes 1st NBA to score 25,000 points
    02/23/1969 Nayif Hawatimah forms Dem People's front for Liberation of Palestine
    02/23/1969 WWVU (now WNPB) TV channel 24 in Morgantown, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast 02/23/1970 Guyana becomes a republic (National Day)
    02/23/1971 George Harrison is fined & his driving license is suspended for 1 ye
    02/23/1971 Lt Calley confessed & implicates Captain Medina
    02/23/1973 Gold goes up $10 overnight to record $95 an ounce in London 02/23/1974 Teri Garr appears on Bob Newhart Show in 'Confessions of an Orth' 02/23/1976 Harvard College discovers asteroid #2079 Jacchia
    02/23/1979 Frank Peterson Jr named 1st black general in Marine Corps 02/23/1979 George Harrison releases 'George Harrison' album
    02/23/1980 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, NY
    02/23/1980 Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics 02/23/1980 Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-mil-gallon spill 02/23/1981 Attempted military coup in Spain
    02/23/1981 People mag features drug ordeal of Mackenzie & Papa John Phillips 02/23/1981 Spanish coup under lt-col Antonio Tejero Molina fails
    02/23/1983 USFL NJ Generals sign Heisman winner Herschel Walker (3 years-$5 mil
    02/23/1984 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3519
    02/23/1985 Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game 02/23/1985 US Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as attorney general
    02/23/1986 Nelli Fiere-Cooman runs world record 6 m indoor (7.00 sec) 02/23/1987 Russian Writers Union accepts Boris Pasternak posthumous as member 02/23/1987 Supernova 1987A in LMC 1st seen; 1st naked-eye supernova since 1604 02/23/1988 15th Winter Olympic games opens in Calgary, Alberta
    02/23/1991 Military coup in Thailand, Premier Choonhaven arrested
    02/23/1991 US insists Iraq publicly announce it is leaving Kuwait by 12 PM EST 02/23/1992 16th Winter Olympic games closes in Albertville, France

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Thu Feb 25 01:03:00 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    02/24/1304 Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa)
    02/24/1463 Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist
    02/24/1500 Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)
    02/24/1501 Sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna) 02/24/1536 Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) 02/24/1545 Don John, of Austria the elder, Austrian general
    02/24/1547 Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland
    02/24/1557 Matthias, Vienna, Holy Roman emperor (1612-19)
    02/24/1595 Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet
    02/24/1619 Charles Le Brun, Paris, painter, designer (Chancellor Séguier) 02/24/1697 Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist
    02/24/1704 Hubert Renotte, composer
    02/24/1717 Bernhard Hupfeld, composer
    02/24/1766 Samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo) 02/24/1771 Johann Baptist Cramer, composer
    02/24/1786 Wilhelm Karl Grimm, story teller (Grimm's Fairy Tales)
    02/24/1797 Samuel Lover, composer
    02/24/1809 Albert Schäffle, German sociologist (Abriss of Soziologie) 02/24/1809 Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, governor/viceroy (Elzas-Lutherian
    02/24/1811 Daniel A Payne, Bishop/reformer/educator of AME Church
    02/24/1811 Edward Dickinson Baker, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 18
    02/24/1824 John Crawford Vaughn, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 02/24/1827 Charles Davis Jameson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
    02/24/1833 Eduard earl von Taaffe, Austrian premier (1868..93)
    02/24/1836 Winslow Homer, US, painter (Gulfstream)
    02/24/1838 Thomas Benton Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1923 02/24/1842 Arrigio Enrico Boito, composer
    02/24/1843 Thephilo Braga, Portuguese poet/writer/politician
    02/24/1846 Luigi Denza, composer
    02/24/1848 C Grant B Allen, Canadian writer (Woman Who Did)
    02/24/1852 George Moore, Ireland, novelist (Esther Waters)
    02/24/1854 Franz Courtens, Flemish painter (Golden Rain)
    02/24/1860 Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer (Printing Types) 02/24/1872 John Jarvis, England, swimmer (won 108 titles)
    02/24/1874 Honus Wagner, HOF shortstop (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1900-17) 02/24/1876 Jean Poveigh, composer
    02/24/1876 Victor Moore, US actor (Ziegfeld Follies, 7 Year Itch)
    02/24/1877 Rudolf Ganz, composer
    02/24/1879 Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Sun)
    02/24/1885 Bert Lytell, NYC, actor (Henry-One Man's Family)
    02/24/1885 Chester Nimitz, US admiral (commanded Pacific fleet in WW II) 02/24/1885 Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israeli Knesset (1949-59)
    02/24/1885 Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Polish novelist/satirist (Black Wings) 02/24/1890 Antonio Massana, composer
    02/24/1890 Marjorie Main, [Tomlinson], Action Ind, actress (Another Thin Man) 02/24/1898 Kurt Tank, German WW II aircraft designer
    02/24/1899 Jacob Presser, historian/writer (Under Gang)
    02/24/1905 Guillaume Landre, composer
    02/24/1909 August William Derleth, Sauk City Wisc, writer (Judge Peck Mysteries
    02/24/1909 Max Zwart, British/Americans philosopher (analytical philosophy) 02/24/1911 Konrad Lechner, composer
    02/24/1912 Julius Kowalski, composer
    02/24/1914 Zachary Scott, Austin Tx, actor (Spotlight Playhouse, Mildred Pierce
    02/24/1917 William Fairbank, Minneapolis, superconductivity physicist 02/24/1918 Jan Retèl, Dutch actor (Niet Tevergeefs, Dorp aam de Rivier) 02/24/1921 Abe Vigoda, NYC, actor (Barney Miller, Fish)
    02/24/1921 Douglas Watson, actor (Satan Murders)
    02/24/1921 Ingvar Lidholm, composer
    02/24/1922 Steven Hill, Seattle Wash, actor (Goddess, Raw Deal, Yentl) 02/24/1924 Douglass Watson, Jackson Ga, actor (Another World)
    02/24/1928 Al Lettieri, actor (Deadly Kiss, Pulp, Mr Majestyk, Getaway) 02/24/1928 Michael Harrington, St Louis, socialist/author (Fragments of Century
    02/24/1928 Paul B Elvström, Denmark, yachter (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56, 60) 02/24/1929 Richard B Shull, Evanston Ill, actor (Diana, Holmes & Yoyo) 02/24/1930 Barbara Lawrence, actress (Joe Dakota)
    02/24/1931 Marta Marzotto, Italy, countess
    02/24/1932 Andrew Jacobs Jr, (Rep-D-IN, 1965-73, 75- )
    02/24/1932 John Vernon, Canada, actor (Animal House, Chained Heat, Dirty Harry)
    02/24/1932 Michel Legrand, composer (Summer of '42, Windmills of Your Mind) 02/24/1934 Bettino Craxi, Italy's 1st Socialist premier
    02/24/1934 Flemming Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player (Olympic-silver-1960) 02/24/1934 Frank Chapot, US, equestrian (Olympic-silver-1960, 1972)
    02/24/1934 Linda Cristal, Buenos Aires Arg, actress (Victoria-High Chapparal) 02/24/1934 Renata Scotto, Savona Italy, soprano (Violetta-La Traviata) 02/24/1934 Shuko Mizuno, composer
    02/24/1938 James Farentino, Bkln NY, actor (Dead & Buried, Final Countdown) 02/24/1940 Jimmy Ellis, WBA heavyweight boxing champ (1968-70)
    02/24/1940 Theo Bosch, humanist/architect (Nieuwmarktbuurt Amsterdam) 02/24/1942 Joe Lieberman, (Sen-D Connecticut)
    02/24/1942 Paul Jones, rocker (Manfried Mann-Mighty Quinn)
    02/24/1944 Barry Bostwick, San Mateo Ca, actor (Rocky Horror Show, Megaforce) 02/24/1944 Nicky Hopkins, rocker (Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Jeff Beck, Quicksilver) 02/24/1944 Sheila Larkin, Bkln NY, actress (Deborah-Storefront Lawyer) 02/24/1945 Alain Prost, formula-1 racer (1985, 86 champ)
    02/24/1947 Edward James Olmos, Cal, actor (Miami Vice, Stand & Deliver, Triumph
    02/24/1947 Lonnie Turner, bassist/vocalist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra) 02/24/1947 Rubert Holmes, Tenafly NJ, singer (Piña Colda song)
    02/24/1948 Dennis 'Minder' Waterman, London England, actor (Fair Exchange) 02/24/1951 Helen Shaver, Ontario Canada, actress (WIOU, Praise of Older Women) 02/24/1952 Tom Burleson, USA, basketball (Oly-silv-1972) tallest Olympian-7'4' 02/24/1955 Steven Jobs, co-founder (Apple Computer)
    02/24/1956 Eddie Murray, 1st baseman (Balt Orioles)
    02/24/1956 Paula Zahn, Napperville Ill, news anchor (ABC, CBS This Morning) 02/24/1957 Phil McConkey, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
    02/24/1958 Sammy Kershaw, Kaplan LA, country singer (Cadillac Style) 02/24/1958 Susan Scannell, Lexington Mass, actress (Nicole-Dynasty)
    02/24/1961 Persijn 'Dakota' Joling, rock guitarist/singer (Pilgrims-Red) 02/24/1962 Teri Weigel, Ft Lauderdale, playmate (Apr, 1986)/XXX (Wicked Star) 02/24/1970 Jonathan Ward, Balt Md, actor (Doug-Charles in Charge, Beans Baxter)
    02/24/1973 James Michael Kennedy, Boston, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys) 02/24/1977 Alexis Jose Grullon, NYC, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)


    Deaths:

    02/24/1563 François Guise, French general strategist/duke, dies in battle at 44
    02/24/1624 Vicente Espinel, Spanish writer (Escudero Marcos de Obrégon), dies 02/24/1642 Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66 02/24/1666 Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77
    02/24/1692 Antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74
    02/24/1697 Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon, dies
    02/24/1704 Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies 02/24/1735 Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56
    02/24/1784 Anton Laube, composer, dies at 65
    02/24/1785 Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39
    02/24/1799 Georg C Lichtenberg, German physicist/writer, dies at 56
    02/24/1806 John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society of Bearing), dies at 81 02/24/1829 Auguste Chouteau, St Louis co-founder, dies
    02/24/1836 Dániel Berzsenyi, Hungarian poet, dies
    02/24/1871 Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny, French painter/etcher, dies at 73 02/24/1874 Anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49
    02/24/1876 John Pieter Heije, physician/writer/poet, dies at 67
    02/24/1895 Ignaz Lachner, composer, dies at 87
    02/24/1907 Otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77
    02/24/1908 Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer, dies at 66
    02/24/1919 Josephine McGill, composer, dies at 41
    02/24/1922 Dmitri B Sjostakovitsj, father of Russian composer Dmitri D S, dies 02/24/1924 Edmond Picard, Fren/Belg writer (Ambidextre journalist), dies at 87 02/24/1929 Andre Messager, composer, dies at 75
    02/24/1930 Jacobus van Looy, writer/painter, dies
    02/24/1933 Spottiswoode Aitken, actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home), dies at 64 02/24/1941 Lothar von Arnauld de la Périère, German vice-admiral, dies 02/24/1945 Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament 02/24/1953 Karl R G von Rundstedt, German gen-field marshal (Ardennen), dies 02/24/1960 Jean Binet, composer, dies at 66
    02/24/1964 Alexander Archipenko, Ukraine sculptor/water colors painter, dies 02/24/1964 Frank Conroy, actor (Midnight Mary, Threat), dies at 73
    02/24/1967 Franz Waxman, composer, dies at 60
    02/24/1969 Kenneth Green, actor, dies
    02/24/1970 Conrad Nagel, actor (Celebrity Time), dies at 73
    02/24/1973 Art Smith, actor (Quicksand, Painted Hills), dies
    02/24/1976 Charles Wilfred Orr, composer, dies at 82
    02/24/1976 H Allen Smith, TV host (Armchair Detective), dies at 68
    02/24/1976 Julian Rivero, actor (Via Pony Express), dies at 85
    02/24/1982 Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 72
    02/24/1983 Herbert Norman Howells, composer, dies at 90
    02/24/1983 Tennessee Williams, US playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 7
    02/24/1988 Irwan Chanin, US theater builder, dies at 96
    02/24/1990 Johnnie Ray, singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61
    02/24/1990 Malcolm Forbes, CEO (Forbes Publishing), dies at 70 of a heart attac
    02/24/1990 Sandro Pertini, president Italy, dies
    02/24/1990 Tony Conigliaro, Red Sox, dies in Salem, Mass, at 45 of kidney failu
    02/24/1991 George Gobel, comedian (I Married a Woman, Ellie), dies at 71 02/24/1991 Jean Rogers, actress (Flash Gordon, Hot Cargo), dies
    02/24/1991 Marcella Markham, dies
    02/24/1991 Webb Pierce, US country singer (Bye bye love), dies
    02/24/1992 Kay Loring, dies
    02/24/1993 Bobby Moore, captain English soccer team (World champs 1966), dies 02/24/1994 Dinah Shore, singer (Chevrolet), dies at 77


    Significant Events:

    02/24/1296 Pope Boniface VIII degree Clericis Iaicos
    02/24/1389 Battle at Falköping: Denen beats King Albert of Sweden
    02/24/1496 England's Henry VII ends commercial dispute with Flanders 02/24/1525 Imperial forces defeat French in battle of Pavia
    02/24/1528 John Zápolya, Hungarian king, recognizes Sultan Suleiman's suzerai 02/24/1530 1st imperial coronation by a Pope Charles V crowned by Clement V 02/24/1541 Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia (or 2/12)
    02/24/1552 Privileges of Hanseatic League in England are abrogated
    02/24/1582 Pope Gregory XIII approves results of his calendar reform commission
    02/24/1708 Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Groningen 02/24/1711 Handel's opera 'Rinaldo' premieres, London
    02/24/1779 George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British 02/24/1793 French troops conquer Breda
    02/24/1803 Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison) 02/24/1821 Mexico gains independence from Spain
    02/24/1836 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, lasts 13 days
    02/24/1839 Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia
    02/24/1848 King Louis-Philippe abdicates, 2nd French republic declared 02/24/1855 US Court of Claims established for cases against govt
    02/24/1857 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to govt
    02/24/1857 LA Vineyard Society organized
    02/24/1863 Arizona Territory created
    02/24/1863 Forrest's raid on Brentwood, Tennessee
    02/24/1864 -Feb 25th) Battle of Tunnel Hill, GA (Buzzard's Roost)
    02/24/1868 1st US parade with floats, Mobile, Alabama
    02/24/1868 House of Reps vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson 02/24/1881 De Lesseps' Co begins work on Panama Canal
    02/24/1888 Louisville, Ky becomes 1st govt in US to adopt Australian ballot 02/24/1894 Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of) 02/24/1895 Cuban war of independence begins
    02/24/1902 Battle at Yzer Spruit: Boer general De la Rey beats British 02/24/1905 Simplon tunnel in Switzerland opens
    02/24/1917 German plan to get Mexican help in WW I exposed (Zimmerman telegram)
    02/24/1917 Russian revolution breaks out (3/8 NS)
    02/24/1918 Estonia declares independence from Russia
    02/24/1920 NSDAP begins at Hofbräuhaus Münich
    02/24/1920 Peace treaty gives Estonia independence
    02/24/1921 1st transcontinental flight in 24 hrs flying time arrives Florida 02/24/1923 Mass arrests in US of mafia
    02/24/1924 Greek parliament proclaims republic
    02/24/1924 Mahatma Gandhi let out of jail
    02/24/1925 Thermit explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, NY 02/24/1928 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #3227 Hasegawa
    02/24/1933 League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria 02/24/1937 1st US group hospital-medical cooperative authorized, Wash, DC 02/24/1938 A Bohrmann discovers asteroids #1998 Titius & #2665
    02/24/1938 Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles 02/24/1941 43 Geuzen resistance fighter trial opens in the Hague
    02/24/1941 Anti nazi meeting at Noordermarkt Amsterdam
    02/24/1942 Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German)
    02/24/1944 Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war
    02/24/1945 Egypt & Syria declares war on nazi-Germany
    02/24/1945 Manila freed from Japanese
    02/24/1946 Juan Peron elected president of Argentina
    02/24/1948 Communist coup in Czechoslovakia
    02/24/1949 V-2/WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to outer space, White Sands, NM, 400 km 02/24/1950 Labour wins British parliamentary election
    02/24/1955 Pact of Baghdad between Iraq & Turkey signed
    02/24/1960 Italian govt of Segni falls
    02/24/1961 Explorer (10) fails to reach Earth orbit
    02/24/1962 General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea
    02/24/1964 Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston for heavyweight championship 02/24/1965 Beatles begin filming 'Help' in Bahamas
    02/24/1965 East German president Ulbricht visits Egypt
    02/24/1966 Coup ousts Pres Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
    02/24/1968 Discovery of first pulsar announced
    02/24/1968 Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games 02/24/1968 Jocelyn Bell discovers 1st pulsar
    02/24/1968 US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam
    02/24/1969 Mariner 6 launched for Mars flyby
    02/24/1970 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland) 02/24/1970 Heintje Simons (14) wins 7 gold records
    02/24/1970 KVDO TV channel 3 in Salem, OR (IND) begins broadcasting
    02/24/1971 Algeria nationalizes French oil fields
    02/24/1974 Atje Cologne-Deelstra becomes world champ all-round skater 02/24/1974 Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh
    02/24/1976 Cuba adopts its constitution
    02/24/1976 Leonid Brezjnev opens 25th congress of CPSU
    02/24/1977 Pres Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights 02/24/1978 Kevin Porter, NJ, sets NBA record with 29 assists in a game 02/24/1979 Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas 02/24/1979 War between North & South Yemen begins
    02/24/1980 Rangers scored 5 power-play goals against Islanders
    02/24/1980 USA Olympic hockey team beats Finland (4-2) & wins gold medal 02/24/1981 Boston Celtics begin 18 NBA game win streak
    02/24/1981 Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower
    02/24/1982 John Lennon & Yoko Ono's 'Double Fantasy' wins Grammy
    02/24/1982 Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92 02/24/1984 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3679
    02/24/1984 Iraq resumes air attack on Iran
    02/24/1985 Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal
    02/24/1985 Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yds 02/24/1986 Voyager 2, 1st Uranus flyby
    02/24/1987 Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack
    02/24/1988 South African apartheid regime bans the UDF
    02/24/1988 Supreme Ct votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody
    02/24/1989 Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife 02/24/1989 US Boeing 747 lost over Ocean, 9 die
    02/24/1991 End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) 1st draft 02/24/1991 US & allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Thu Feb 25 11:38:48 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    02/25/1635 Walraad the Old, earl of Nassau-Usingen
    02/25/1643 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95)
    02/25/1680 Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer
    02/25/1707 Carlo Goldoni, Italy, dramatist (Love of 3 Oranges)
    02/25/1725 Armand-Louis Couperin, Paris France, organist/composer (Notre Dame) 02/25/1731 Simon Style, Fries medical/writer
    02/25/1732 Robert Hudson, composer
    02/25/1735 Ernst William Wolf, composer
    02/25/1778 José Francisco de San Martín, liberated Argentina, Chile & Perú 02/25/1788 Mateo Ferrer, composer
    02/25/1794 Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, earl of Nijenhuis/Peckedam
    02/25/1807 George Alfred Trenholm, Secy Treas (Confederacy), died in 1876 02/25/1808 James Bowen, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 02/25/1809 George Washington Cullom, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 18
    02/25/1811 Carl Schuberth, composer
    02/25/1814 Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian national poet/painter (3/9 NS) 02/25/1815 Robert Hall Chilton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879 02/25/1833 Clement Anselm Evans, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911 02/25/1840 Alexis Hollander, composer
    02/25/1840 Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories)
    02/25/1841 Pierre Auguste Renoir, France, Impressionist painter/sculptor 02/25/1842 Karl May, German writer (Old Shatterhand/Winnetou)
    02/25/1847 John Watson, Canada, philospher (Objective Idealism)
    02/25/1856 Charles Lang Freer, art collector; endowed Freer Gallery [or 1876] 02/25/1866 Beneditto Croce, Italy, humanist/historian/editor/philosopher 02/25/1871 Oliver Samuel Campbell, tennis champ (US singles 1890)
    02/25/1873 Enrico Caruso, Naples Italy, operatic tenor (Faust)
    02/25/1876 Charles Freer, art collector; endowed Freer Gallery
    02/25/1879 Otakar Ostrcil, composer
    02/25/1881 William Foster, Mass, Communist Pres candidate (1924,28,32) 02/25/1882 Bruno? Traven, German? writer (Sierra Madre)
    02/25/1882 Jozef Goossenaerts, Flemish philogicist (Language boundary) 02/25/1882 Ludvig Nordström, Sweden, writer (Story of Peter Svensk)
    02/25/1887 Leonard Carey actor (Laughter)
    02/25/1888 John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59)
    02/25/1894 Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!) 02/25/1894 Howard Wendell, actor (Black Dakotas, 4 Skulls of Jonathan Drake) 02/25/1895 DeBenneville 'Bert' Bell, PA, NFL owner/commissioner/HOF (Eagles) 02/25/1895 Henri Martelli, composer
    02/25/1896 John J McClellan, (Sen-D-Ark)
    02/25/1899 Leo J Weisgerber, German linguist
    02/25/1900 Jed Harris, producer/director (Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball) 02/25/1901 Federico Ghisi, composer
    02/25/1901 [Herbert] Zeppo Marx, comedian/actor (Marx Brothers)
    02/25/1904 Adelle Davis, author (Lets Stay Healthy)/nutritionist (died of cance
    02/25/1906 Boris Papandopulo, composer
    02/25/1906 Domingo Ortega, Spanish bullfighter
    02/25/1906 Howard Zahniser, Father of Wilderness Act
    02/25/1906 Warren Hymer, actor (Girl From Havana, Meet the Mob, Phantom Killer)
    02/25/1907 Shimen Rushkin, actor (Beau Brummel, Having a Wonderful Time) 02/25/1908 Frank G Slaughter, author (Sangaree)
    02/25/1909 Edgar Pangborn, US, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy) 02/25/1910 Millicent Fenwick, NYC, (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82) (Doonesbury)
    02/25/1912 Richard Wattis, actor (Hobson's Choice, Prince & Showgirl) 02/25/1913 Gert Froebe, Saxony Germany, actor (Goldfinger)
    02/25/1913 Jim Backus, Cleve, actor (Mr Magoo, Thurston Howell III-Gilligan Is)
    02/25/1916 Ralph Baldwin, harness driver (set 11 major world records) 02/25/1917 Anthony Burgess, essayist/novelist (Clockwork Orange)
    02/25/1918 Bobby Riggs, tennis star (1939 US Open)
    02/25/1918 Henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg Pa, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1948
    02/25/1919 F de Jong Edz, historian
    02/25/1919 Monty Irvin, baseball hall of famer (NY Giants)
    02/25/1920 Hayes Gordon
    02/25/1921 Nancy Kelly, US, actress (Double Exposure, Jesse James)
    02/25/1922 Matti Rautio, composer
    02/25/1925 Bert Remsen, Glen Cove NY, actor (Mario-It's a Living)
    02/25/1927 Dick Jones, Snyder Tx, actor (Buffalo Bill Jr)
    02/25/1927 Jacques Monod, composer
    02/25/1927 Jane Nigh, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lorelei-Big Town)
    02/25/1928 Richard Stern, US writer
    02/25/1929 Christopher George, Royal Oak Minn, actor (Rat Patrol, Immortal) 02/25/1929 Tommy Newsom, Va, musician/bandleader/saxophonist (Tonight Show) 02/25/1932 Martin William Karlins, composer
    02/25/1934 Linda Cristal actress (Comanche, Mr Majestyk, Panic in the City) 02/25/1936 Norman Orville Scribner, composer
    02/25/1937 Basia Johnson, maid who inherited Johnson & Johnson fortune 02/25/1937 Bob Schieffer, Austin Tx, newscaster (CBS Weekend News)
    02/25/1937 Tom Courtenay, England, actor (Dresser, Dr Zhivago, To Catch a Spy) 02/25/1938 Diane Baker, Hollywood Calif, actress (Diary of Anne Frank, Marnie) 02/25/1938 Herb Elliott, Australia, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1960) 02/25/1939 Marisa Mell, Graz Austria, actress (Masquerade, Casanova '70) 02/25/1940 Billy Packer, US, actor(?)
    02/25/1940 Jesús Lopez-Cobos, Toro Spain, conductor (Intl Conductor Competition
    02/25/1940 Jud Taylor, actor (Dr Gerson-Dr Kildare)
    02/25/1940 Ron Santo, Chicago Cub (1st baseball player to veto his trade) 02/25/1941 David Puttnam, London, film producer/CEO (Columbia Pictures) 02/25/1941 Ramon Pagayon Santos, composer
    02/25/1941 Susan Browning, Baldwin NY, actress (Pat-Mary Hartman)
    02/25/1943 George Harrison, Beatle/Travelling Willberries (My Sweet Lord) 02/25/1943 Maryann Amacher, composer
    02/25/1943 Sally Jessy Raphael, TV talk show host (Sally)
    02/25/1944 Karen Grassle, Berkeley Ca, actress (Caroline-Little House on Prairi
    02/25/1944 Kristina Holland, Fayetteville NC, (Tina-Courtship of Eddie's Father
    02/25/1945 Elkie Brooks, Manchester England, rocker (Pearl's a Singer) 02/25/1945 Shivadhar Srinivasa Naipaul, Trinidad, novelist, essayist (Fireflies
    02/25/1947 Lee Edward Evans, Madera Calif, 400m runner (Olympic-2 gold-1968) 02/25/1950 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair, [Fliehr], wrestler (NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA) 02/25/1950 Emitt Rhodes, musician (Merry-go-Round)
    02/25/1950 Rick Flair, [Richard Fliehr], WCW wrestling champ
    02/25/1952 James A Barcia, (Rep-D-Michigan)
    02/25/1953 Garrett Glaser, entertainment correspondant (Entertainment Tonight) 02/25/1955 Leann Hunley, actress (Dane Carrington-Dynasty)
    02/25/1957 Stuart 'Woody' Wood, guitarist (Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night) 02/25/1958 Kurt Rambis, NBA forward (Lakers, Hornets)/Clark Kent look-a-like 02/25/1959 Mike Peters, rocker (Alarm-In the Summertime)
    02/25/1962 Birgit Fischer, German DR, 500m kayaker (Olympic-gold-1980) 02/25/1971 Jennifer LaVoie, Nashua NH, playmate (Aug, 1993)
    02/25/1971 Sean Astin, actor (Goonies, Toy Soldiers, Like Father Like Son) 02/25/1976 Chris Pitman


    Deaths:

    02/25/ 779 Walburgis, English speaking abbess/saint (Walpurgisnacht), dies 02/25/1247 Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies 02/25/1495 Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35
    02/25/1601 Earl of Essex, executed for treason in revolt against Queen Elizabet
    02/25/1602 Everard van Reyd, historian, dies at about 51
    02/25/1634 Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, [Waldstein], German duke, murdere
    02/25/1643 Marco da Gagliano, composer, dies at 60
    02/25/1682 Alessandro Stradella, composer, dies at 37
    02/25/1713 Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55
    02/25/1719 Giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66
    02/25/1723 Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies
    02/25/1826 Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at
    02/25/1851 Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53
    02/25/1865 Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47 02/25/1901 Jose Rogel, composer, dies at 71
    02/25/1902 Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer, dies at 77
    02/25/1906 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer, dies at 44
    02/25/1914 John Tenniel, illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93 02/25/1920 Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician, dies at 73
    02/25/1922 Henri-Désiré Landru, French sex murderer: guillotined at 52 02/25/1925 Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer, dies at 81
    02/25/1934 Daniel Protheroe, composer, dies at 67
    02/25/1942 Leo Ascher, composer, dies at 61
    02/25/1945 Mário R de Morais Andrade, Brazilian poet/story teller, dies at 51 02/25/1947 Friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies
    02/25/1953 Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer, dies at 49
    02/25/1955 Marij Kogoj, composer, dies at 59
    02/25/1957 Kurt von Wolfurt, composer, dies at 76
    02/25/1957 Mark Aldanov, [Mark A Landau], Russian/French chemist, dies at 70 02/25/1962 Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist, dies at 81
    02/25/1967 John Griggs, actor (Joey Bishop Show), dies at 57
    02/25/1968 Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96
    02/25/1969 Jan Zajic, Czech student, self incinerates
    02/25/1970 Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at 66 02/25/1975 Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, dies at 77 in Chicago 02/25/1978 Daniel 'Chappie' James Jr, retired Air Force general, dies at 58 02/25/1983 John Cowles Sr., Us publisher, dies at 84
    02/25/1987 James Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58
    02/25/1988 Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies
    02/25/1990 Deborah Hampton, dies
    02/25/1992 Guy Deghy, actor (Matter of Who, 1 Eyed Soldiers), dies
    02/25/1992 John E Allen Jr, dies
    02/25/1992 Ollie O'Toole, dies
    02/25/1993 Eddie Constantine, actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at 77 02/25/1993 John D Boeke, organist/conductor, dies
    02/25/1993 Sjeng, [Jean GH] Tans, Dutch social dem chairmans (1965-69), dies 02/25/1993 Troy Caldwell, country musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45 02/25/1994 Baruch Goldstein, physician/murderer (53 in mosque), lynched at 42 02/25/1994 Yann Piat, French FN/PR-parliament leader, murdered at 44


    Significant Events:

    02/25/1095 Council of Rockingham: bishop Anselmus & King Willem II Rufus 02/25/1358 Dalmatië flees Venice
    02/25/1540 Francisco Vásquez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola México
    02/25/1570 Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth, absolves her subjects from allegian
    02/25/1605 Portuguese garrison surrenders to Admiral Van Haghen
    02/25/1751 1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1¢) 02/25/1791 1st Bank of US chartered
    02/25/1793 1st cabinet meeting (At George Washington's home)
    02/25/1799 1st federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land 02/25/1799 Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation
    02/25/1803 Duitslands & about 1800 sovereign state unify into about 60 states 02/25/1804 Jefferson nominated for president at Democratic-Republican caucus 02/25/1828 John Quincy Adam's son John marries in White House
    02/25/1830 Victor Hugo's 'Hernani' premieres
    02/25/1836 Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm 02/25/1837 1st US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport 02/25/1838 London pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours 02/25/1839 Seminoles & black allies shipped from Tampa Bay Florida, to West 02/25/1847 State University of Iowa is approved
    02/25/1859 First use of 'insanity plea' to prove innocence
    02/25/1862 Congress establishes US Bureau of Engraving & Printing
    02/25/1863 Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency 02/25/1868 Andrew Johnson impeached for violation of Tenure of Office act 02/25/1870 Hiram Revels, is sworn in as 1st black member of Congress (Sen-MS) 02/25/1875 Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) turn self in at Ft Sill 02/25/1887 J Palisa discovers asteroid #265 Anna
    02/25/1892 J Palisa discovers asteroid #324 Bamberga
    02/25/1901 US Steel Corp organizes under directorship of J P Morgan
    02/25/1904 J M Synge's 'Riders to the Sea' opens at Irish Natl Theater Society 02/25/1904 Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Toronto Marlboroughs in 2 for Stanley Cup 02/25/1905 Neth Workers van Vakverenigingen, (NVV) political party forms 02/25/1907 US proclaims protectorate over Dominican Republic
    02/25/1908 1st tunnel under Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens
    02/25/1910 Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies 02/25/1911 Opera 'Natoma' is produced (Philadelphia)
    02/25/1913 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax
    02/25/1913 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #743 Eugenisis
    02/25/1916 German troops conquer Fort Douaumont
    02/25/1917 J Palisa discovers asteroid #867 Kovacia
    02/25/1917 M Wolf discovers asteroid #866 Fatme
    02/25/1919 League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty
    02/25/1919 Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1¢ per gallon)
    02/25/1921 Georgian SSR proclaimed
    02/25/1923 Bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 mark
    02/25/1924 Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland HS basketball game (163-3) 02/25/1926 Kwo-less-shrew (Guomindang) declares war on govt/warlords 02/25/1927 Gdanks & Polish accord concerning traffic through Polish corridor 02/25/1930 Check photographing device patented
    02/25/1932 Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship
    02/25/1933 1st aircraft carrier 'USS Ranger' launched
    02/25/1933 1st genuine aircraft carrier christened, USS Ranger
    02/25/1933 Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yds in, posts on goal line) 02/25/1933 Thomas Yawkey purchases Boston Red Sox
    02/25/1938 British Lord Halifax becomes Foreign Minister
    02/25/1940 1st televised (W2XBS, NYC) hockey game (Rangers vs Canadians) 02/25/1941 Boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8) 02/25/1941 February strike against spread of Judaism
    02/25/1943 Vietminh forms Indo-chinese Democratic Front
    02/25/1945 US aircraft carriers attack Tokyo
    02/25/1948 Communists seize Czechoslovakia/C Gottwald becomes premier 02/25/1949 WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record)
    02/25/1951 1st Pan American Games opens (Buenos Aires Argentina)
    02/25/1952 6th Winter Olympic games close at Oslo, Norway
    02/25/1954 Abdul Nasser appointed Egyptian premier
    02/25/1956 Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference 02/25/1957 Buddy Holly & Crickets record 'That'll Be the Day'
    02/25/1961 Niagara ends St Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak 02/25/1961 Paul Bikle in glider climbs from 1208 m at release to record 14,10 02/25/1962 Indies Congress Party wins elections
    02/25/1962 Mike O'Hara completes a record 97th marathon
    02/25/1962 Robert Kennedy visits Netherlands
    02/25/1963 Beatles release their 1st single in US 'Please Please Me' 02/25/1964 Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach resigns
    02/25/1966 Syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad
    02/25/1968 430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea
    02/25/1968 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2279 Barto
    02/25/1968 Makarios elected president of Cyprus
    02/25/1969 Beatles begin recording Abbey Road album
    02/25/1969 Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars
    02/25/1972 Lopsided trade, Cards trade Steve Carlton to Phillies for Rick Wise 02/25/1972 Paul McCartney releases 'Give Ireland back to the Irish' single 02/25/1973 Juan Corona sentenced to 25 life sentences for 25 murders 02/25/1977 New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 pts 02/25/1977 Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons 02/25/1977 Soyuz 24 returns to Earth
    02/25/1979 Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station is launched 02/25/1980 Coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname
    02/25/1981 L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain
    02/25/1981 NHL most penalized game; Bruins vs Northstars, 84 penalties (392 min
    02/25/1981 NY Islanders give up their most goals (11) vs Calgary Flames 02/25/1981 Rita Jenrette (wife of Abscam congressman) appears on Donahue 02/25/1982 Record speed for a snowmobile-239 kph
    02/25/1984 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3389
    02/25/1984 Oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500
    02/25/1986 Corazon Aquino becomes president of Philippines, Marcos flees 02/25/1986 Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao
    02/25/1986 Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel 02/25/1987 Michael Jordan, scores Chicago Bull record 58 points in a game 02/25/1987 US Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action
    02/25/1988 Bruce Springsteen 'Tunnel of Love Tour,' begins in Worcester Mass 02/25/1988 South Korea adopts constitution
    02/25/1989 1st independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary formed 02/25/1989 Dallas Cowboys' new owner fires 29-year coach Tom Landry
    02/25/1989 Lowest baramotric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt) 02/25/1989 Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 rounds
    02/25/1990 Nicaraguans vote out Sandinistas
    02/25/1991 US, barracks in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, hit by scud missile, kills 28 02/25/1993 Florida Marlins introduce their mascot 'Billy'
    02/25/1994 Israeli madman kills 29 in mosque at Hebron
    02/25/1994 Perua Yak-40 to Tingo Maria crashes into mountain, killing 31

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    02/26/1361 Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)
    02/26/1564 Christopher Marlowe, dramatist (Dr Faustus), baptized
    02/26/1588 Nicolaus Erich, composer
    02/26/1675 Guillaume Delisle, Paris France, geographer (Atlas géographique) 02/26/1675 Johann Philipp Treiber, composer
    02/26/1677 Nicola Fago, composer
    02/26/1686 Godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat
    02/26/1707 Carlo Goldoni, Ital's lawyer/playwright (Belisario)
    02/26/1717 John Randall, composer
    02/26/1770 Antoine Reicha, composer
    02/26/1772 Caspar Furstenau, composer
    02/26/1802 Victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame)
    02/26/1808 Honoré Daumier, France, painter/lithographer/caricaturist 02/26/1824 Carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause) 02/26/1825 Hans Balatka, composer
    02/26/1831 Filippo Marchetti, composer
    02/26/1832 John George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer) 02/26/1834 Aleksander Zarzycki, composer
    02/26/1835 Richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas) 02/26/1837 Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice
    02/26/1838 Wendelin Weissheimer, composer
    02/26/1842 Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy 02/26/1845 Aleksander Rozycki, composer
    02/26/1845 Alexander III, St Petersburg, Russian tsar (1881-94) (3/10 NS) 02/26/1846 William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes 02/26/1852 John Harvey Kellogg, surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry 02/26/1857 Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion) 02/26/1861 Ferdinand I, Vienna, 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria (1908-18) 02/26/1866 Herbert Henry Dow, pioneer in US chemical industry (Dow Chemical) 02/26/1867 Siegfried Passarge, German geographer (Cameroon/So Afr/America) 02/26/1869 Nadezjda K Krupskaja, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin 02/26/1873 Ewoud van Everdingen, meteorologist
    02/26/1874 Carl Vogler, composer
    02/26/1875 Emma Dunn, actress (Dr Monica, Dr Kildare's Strange Case, Hideaway) 02/26/1875 Richard Wetz, composer
    02/26/1876 Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38)
    02/26/1876 Pauline Musters, smallest man (1'11.2' (58.9 cm))
    02/26/1877 Carel S Adama van Scheltema, poet/writer (socialism)
    02/26/1877 Russell Alexander, composer
    02/26/1879 Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer/conductor/tutor of B Britte
    02/26/1883 Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek)
    02/26/1884 Dina Appeldoorn, composer
    02/26/1884 Hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor
    02/26/1885 Lili Green, [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer
    02/26/1887 Benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950) 02/26/1887 Grover Cleveland Alexander, HOF baseball pitcher (Phillies, Cubs) 02/26/1891 Alan Bridge, actor (North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills) 02/26/1893 Ivor Richards, English critic
    02/26/1893 William Frawley, Iowa, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons)
    02/26/1896 Eduard Flipse, conductor/composer
    02/26/1898 Julien de Valckenaere, Flemish writer
    02/26/1900 Jean Negulesco, Spanish director (3 Coins in a Fountain)
    02/26/1902 Menno ter Brak, writer/essayist (Carnaval of the Citizens) 02/26/1902 Rudolf Moralt, German conductor
    02/26/1902 Vercors, [Jean Bruller], French writer (Le silence de la mer) 02/26/1906 Madeleine Carroll, English actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent) 02/26/1911 Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia parliament chairman
    02/26/1913 Jon Hall, Fresno Calif, actor (Ramor of the Jungle)
    02/26/1914 Robert Alda, NYC, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain, By Popular Demand) 02/26/1914 Witold Rowicki, composer
    02/26/1915 Elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poetess (That woman & other Verses
    02/26/1916 Mordecai Seter, composer
    02/26/1917 Robert Taft Jr, (Sen-R-Oh)
    02/26/1918 Edwin Charles 'Preacher' Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers) 02/26/1918 Otis R Bowen, US Sec of Health & Human Services (1985-89) 02/26/1918 Theodore [Hamilton] Sturgeon, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar) 02/26/1919 Beppie Nooij, actress/director (Bluejackets-Rooie Sien)
    02/26/1919 Hendrika Mastenbroek, Netherlands, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1936) 02/26/1919 Luc-Andre Marcel, composer
    02/26/1919 Mason Adams, NYC, actor (Charlie Hume-Lou Grant, Deadliest Season) 02/26/1920 A W [Rie] Kuiper-Mastenbroek, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1936) 02/26/1920 Tony Randall, [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa Ok, actor (Felix-Odd Couple
    02/26/1921 Betty Hutton, Battle Creek Mich, actress (Greatest Show on Earth) 02/26/1922 Margaret Leighton, Birmingham England, actress (Astonished Heart) 02/26/1924 Mark Bucci, NYC, composer (1959 Arts & Letters Award)
    02/26/1924 Noboru Takeshita, Japanese PM (1987-89)
    02/26/1925 James Moody, US, jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader
    02/26/1926 Arsene Souffriau, composer
    02/26/1926 Cynthia Stone, Peoria Ill, actress (That Wonderful Guy, Ad Libbers) 02/26/1926 Konstantin P Feoktistov, Voronezh, cosmonaut (Voskhod 1)
    02/26/1927 Donald Gramm, Milwaukee Wisconsin, bass-baritone
    02/26/1927 Tom Kennedy, Louisville KY, quiz host (You Don't Say, Name That Tune
    02/26/1928 Aldonis Kalnins, composer
    02/26/1928 Anatoli Vasilyevich Filipchenko, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 16) 02/26/1928 Antione 'Fats' Domino, rhythm & blues pianist (Blueberry Hill) 02/26/1930 Lazar Berman, Leningrad Russia, pianist (Budapest 3rd place-1956) 02/26/1931 Francisco Kroepfl, composer
    02/26/1931 Robert Novak, Joliet Ill, news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak) 02/26/1932 Johnny Cash, Kingsland Ark, country singer (I Hear the Train Coming)
    02/26/1933 Godfrey Cambridge, actor (Cotton comes to Harlem)
    02/26/1933 James Goldsmith, Paris France, financier/corporate raider 02/26/1938 Jack Knight, Somerville Miss, actor (Mr Shamley-James at 15) 02/26/1942 Joop van den Ende, director (Alsmeer Studio)
    02/26/1943 Bob 'Bear' Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Going Up the Country) 02/26/1943 Bob van Reeth, Flemish architect
    02/26/1945 Mitch Ryder, rocker (& Detroit Wheels-Devil With the Blue Dress) 02/26/1946 Bobby 'Bingo' Smith, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers)
    02/26/1946 Phyllis Eisenstein, US, sci-fi author (Sorcerer's Son, Born to Exile
    02/26/1947 Sandi Shaw, [Sandra Goodrich], Essex, rocker (Girl Don't Come) 02/26/1948 Priscilla Lopez, Bronx NY, actress (In the Beginning, Kay O'Brien) 02/26/1950 Jonathan Cain, keyboardist (Journey-Don't Stop Believing) 02/26/1953 Michael Bolton, rock vocalist (That's What Love Is All About) 02/26/1957 Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Madison Wisc, 79k cyclist (Oly-gold-1984) 02/26/1957 Keena Rothhammer, US, 800 m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972) 02/26/1958 Jeff Fithian, actor (Trevor Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies) 02/26/1958 Joe Fithian, actor (Tracey Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies) 02/26/1958 Susan J Helms, Charlotte NC, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (STS 54, sk:64) 02/26/1965 Brittany York, London England, playmate (Oct, 1990)
    02/26/1970 Katie O'Neill, LA Calif, actress (Together We Stand)
    02/26/1970 Meeno Peluce, Amsterdam Netherlands, actor (Bad News Bears)


    Deaths:

    02/26/1076 Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered 02/26/1154 Rogier II, King of Sicily, dies
    02/26/1266 Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies 02/26/1324 Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies
    02/26/1538 Worp van Thabor, Fries abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies 02/26/1577 Erik XIV Wasa, King of Sweden (1560-69), dies at 43
    02/26/1686 Godefroi L earl d'estrades, French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 7
    02/26/1726 Maximilian II M Emanuel, ruler of Bayern, dies
    02/26/1766 August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer, dies at 30
    02/26/1770 Francois Hanot, composer, dies at 72
    02/26/1770 Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer/violinist, dies at 77
    02/26/1810 Johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60
    02/26/1813 Robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66 02/26/1823 John P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies 02/26/1827 David Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75
    02/26/1857 Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88
    02/26/1859 Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64
    02/26/1870 Wyatt Outlaw, black leader of Union League in NC, lynched 02/26/1871 Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76
    02/26/1906 Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer, dies at 70
    02/26/1913 Felix Draeseke, composer, dies at 77
    02/26/1921 Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81
    02/26/1926 Frederik Pijper, vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67 02/26/1926 Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer, dies at 75
    02/26/1930 Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies
    02/26/1931 Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies
    02/26/1933 Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer/conductor, dies at 75
    02/26/1939 E Fernández Arbós, Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75 02/26/1947 Ben Webster, actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82
    02/26/1950 Harry Lauder, composer, dies at 79
    02/26/1953 Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling), dies 02/26/1954 William R Inge, English theologist/philosopher, dies at 93 02/26/1959 Lou Costello, actor (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52
    02/26/1960 Aleksandar Belic, Swedish linguist, dies at 83
    02/26/1961 Karl Albiker, German sculptor (Problem of the Plastic), dies at 83 02/26/1961 Mohammed V, ibn Joesoef, sultan/King of Morocco, dies
    02/26/1962 Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer, dies at 83
    02/26/1963 Artturi A Leinonen, Finnish journalist/politician (Prophet), dies 02/26/1965 Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist, dies of injuries 02/26/1966 Minerva Urecal, actress (Peter Gunn, Adv of Tugboat Annie), dies at
    02/26/1967 Harry McNaughton, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 70 02/26/1968 Eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies at 55
    02/26/1969 Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86 02/26/1969 Levi Esjkol, [Sjkolnik], premier (Israel), dies
    02/26/1970 Ethel Leginska, composer, dies at 83
    02/26/1971 Fernandel, [Contandin], French actor (Death of Champion), dies at 67
    02/26/1971 Joseph Berg, composer, dies at 43
    02/26/1971 Tullio Carminati, actor (Roman Holiday, Moulin Rouge), dies at 76 02/26/1972 Tom Manders, cabaret artist (Dorus), dies at 51
    02/26/1973 Mary Finney, actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68
    02/26/1977 Maxime Jacob, composer, dies at 71
    02/26/1981 FC Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at
    02/26/1981 Howard Hanson, US composer/conductor (Nordic), dies at 84 02/26/1981 Munabi, assistant to Oegandees president Obote, murdered
    02/26/1982 Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45 02/26/1990 Cornell Gunther, US musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at 53 02/26/1990 Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher (head of Cambridge Buddhist Assn), dies 02/26/1990 Scott Jarvis, dies
    02/26/1992 Gerrit Schulte, [Le fou pedalant], 6 days bicyclist, dies 02/26/1992 Jean R Yawkey, owner (Boston Red Sox), dies at 83 of a stroke 02/26/1992 S I Hayakawa, (Sen-R-Calif), dies at 85 of a stroke
    02/26/1993 Constance Ford, US actress (Another World, Burden Hunt), dies at 64 02/26/1993 Fletcher Knebel, author (7 Days in May), commits suicide at 81 02/26/1993 Mark Kolthoff, painter/photographer, dies at 92
    02/26/1994 Avery Fisher, US audio manufacturer (1st hi-fi), dies at 87 02/26/1994 Leopold 'Hans' Kohr, Austrian social philosopher, dies at 84


    Significant Events:

    02/26/ 747 -BC- Origin of Era of Nabonassar
    02/26/1266 Battle of Benevento
    02/26/1531 Earthquake in Lisbon Portugal, kills 20,000
    02/26/1534 Pope Paul II affirms George van Egmont as bishop of Utrecht 02/26/1616 Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo
    02/26/1732 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia 02/26/1773 Construction authorized for Walnut St jail (Phila) (1st solitary) 02/26/1815 Napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France 02/26/1832 Russian czar declares realm of Poland-Russia
    02/26/1834 1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified
    02/26/1848 Marx & Engels publish 'Communist Manifesto'
    02/26/1852 British troop ship Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die 02/26/1859 Paul Morphy's chess match vs Augustus Mongredien begins; Morphy wins
    02/26/1862 Battle of Woodburn, KY
    02/26/1863 Lincoln signs National Currency Act
    02/26/1866 New York Legislature establishes NYC Metropolitan Board of Health 02/26/1869 15th Amendment guaranteeing right to vote sent to states
    02/26/1870 1st NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered)
    02/26/1877 Geheim compromise Dem-Rep over pres election result
    02/26/1881 SS Ceylon begins 1st round-the-world cruise from Liverpool 02/26/1885 Conference of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium & Nigeria to England 02/26/1891 1st buffalo purchased for Golden Gate Park
    02/26/1893 2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Mich 02/26/1893 Einar Halvorsen skates world record 500m (48 sec)
    02/26/1895 Michael Owens of Toledo, Ohio patents a glass-blowing machine 02/26/1907 Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP)
    02/26/1912 Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01)
    02/26/1913 J Rheden discovers asteroid #744 Aguntina
    02/26/1914 New York Museum of Science & Industry incorporated
    02/26/1915 Malancourt, Argonnen (1st (German) fire attack)
    02/26/1916 French cruiser Province sinks in Mediterranean Sea, kills 3100 02/26/1916 Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia
    02/26/1917 1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)
    02/26/1918 Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604 02/26/1919 Acadia National Park established (as Lafayette N P), Maine 02/26/1919 Congress established Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona 02/26/1919 US Congress opens Grand Canyon National Park
    02/26/1923 Italian nationalist & fascists merge
    02/26/1924 Trial against Hitler in Munich begins
    02/26/1925 Jihad-Saint war against Turkish govt
    02/26/1926 Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street
    02/26/1928 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1091 Spiraea
    02/26/1930 'Green Pastures' opens at Mansfield Theater
    02/26/1933 Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field 02/26/1935 Germany began Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering 02/26/1935 NY Yankees release Babe Ruth
    02/26/1936 Military coup in Japan
    02/26/1938 1st passenger ship equipped with radar
    02/26/1938 G Kulin discovers asteroid #1452 Hunnia
    02/26/1938 Rie Van Veen swims world record 200m free style (2:24.6)
    02/26/1940 US Air Defense Command established at Mitchel Field, LI, NY 02/26/1941 2 fighters unable to continued slugfest, referee declares double KO 02/26/1941 Cowboys' Amateur Association of America organized (Calif) 02/26/1941 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1632 Siebohme
    02/26/1941 Vichy-France makes religious education in school mandatory 02/26/1942 German battle cruiser Gneisenau deactivated by bomb
    02/26/1942 Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies 02/26/1942 WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message 'Sighted sub sank same' 02/26/1942 Werner Heisenberger informs nazis about uranium project 'Wunderwaffe
    02/26/1943 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2841 Puijo
    02/26/1944 1st female US navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed 02/26/1945 Very heavy bombing on Berlin
    02/26/1946 2 killed & 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia Tenn
    02/26/1949 USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight
    02/26/1951 22nd amendment to Constitution is ratified
    02/26/1951 Bread rationing in Czechoslovakia
    02/26/1952 Neth-Indonesian Unity conference
    02/26/1952 PM Winston Churchill announced that Britain had its own atomic bomb 02/26/1954 1st typesetting machine (photo engraving) used, Quincy Mass 02/26/1955 1st aviator to bail out at supersonic speed-GF Smith
    02/26/1956 Writers Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge 02/26/1960 Soviet premier Khrushchev voices support for Indonesia
    02/26/1960 USA's David Jenkins wins Olympic Gold for men's figure skating 02/26/1960 Verne Gagne beats Doctor X in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ 02/26/1962 US Supreme court disallows race separation on public transportation 02/26/1962 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs NY 02/26/1965 West Germany ceases military aid to Tanzania
    02/26/1966 KBIM TV channel 10 in Roswell, NM (CBS) begins broadcasting 02/26/1967 Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in St Paul, to become NWA champ 02/26/1968 Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmissi
    02/26/1970 Beatles release 'Beatles Again' aka 'Hey Jude' album
    02/26/1972 Dam break in WV kills 107
    02/26/1972 Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek WV, kills 125 02/26/1973 Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m
    02/26/1974 Gold hits record $188 an ounce in Paris
    02/26/1975 1st televised kidney transplant (Today Show)
    02/26/1977 1st flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747)
    02/26/1979 Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US 02/26/1980 Egypt & Israel exchange ambassadors for 1st time
    02/26/1980 Milt coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname
    02/26/1981 84 penalties (406 mins) assessed for a brawl between NHL Minn & Bost
    02/26/1981 Boston & Minnesota play most penalty-filled NHL game-406 min total 02/26/1981 French Train à Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run 02/26/1981 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3268 De Sanctis
    02/26/1983 Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 37 week
    02/26/1983 Shortwave pirate Radio USA (Wellsville, NY) begins transmission 02/26/1984 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #3575 & #3576
    02/26/1984 Rev Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called NYC, 'Hymietown' 02/26/1984 Robert Penn Warren, Pulitzer Prize winner, named 1st US poet laureat
    02/26/1986 Evert van Benthem wins 14th Friese 11 city skating race (6:55:16) 02/26/1986 Former Philippines President Ferdinand E Marcos fled in defeat 02/26/1986 Robert Penn Warren appointed US poet laureate
    02/26/1987 1st release of Beatles compact discs
    02/26/1987 NASA launches GEOS-H
    02/26/1987 NBA's Michael Jordan's 58 points is a Chicago Bull record 02/26/1987 USSR resumes underground nuclear testing
    02/26/1987 Wash blocks 20 Indiana shots tying NBA regulation game record 02/26/1988 ... Luding skates world record 1000m (1:17.65)
    02/26/1989 Lowest rated pressure in Netherlands (955 hpa)
    02/26/1989 NY Yankees announce that Tom Seaver is their new TV sportscaster 02/26/1990 Moscow begins pulling 73,000 troops out of Czechoslovakia 02/26/1991 Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capita
    02/26/1991 NY-NJ Knights (WLAF) players 1st come together
    02/26/1992 Irish Supreme Court rules 14 year old rape victim may get an abortio
    02/26/1993 2nd tallest building in world, NYC World Trade Center bombed, 7 die 02/26/1998 Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean (4m09)

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    02/27/ 289 Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (312-37), adopted Christianity 02/27/1539 Franciscus Raphelengius, Dutch book publisher
    02/27/1622 Rembrandt Carel Fabritius, painter
    02/27/1649 Johann Philipp Krieger, composer
    02/27/1702 Johann Valentin Gorner, composer
    02/27/1745 Silverius Muller, composer
    02/27/1746 Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer
    02/27/1759 Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer
    02/27/1784 Elias Annes Borger, theologist/poet (Ode on Rhine)
    02/27/1784 Job Plimpton, composer
    02/27/1792 Don Joaquin BF Espartero, Spanish adventurer/field marshal 02/27/1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Portland Maine, poet (Hiawatha) 02/27/1822 Eugene Gautier, composer
    02/27/1823 Fredinand Van Derveer, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
    02/27/1823 William Buel Franklin, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 190
    02/27/1827 Richard W Johnson, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897 02/27/1832 Alfred Pollard Edward, Civil War journalist, died in 1872 02/27/1846 Joaquin Valverde, composer
    02/27/1847 Dame Ellen Alice Terry, England, actress/director (Imperial Theatre)
    02/27/1848 Charles Hubert H Parry, English musicologist/composer (Jerusalem) 02/27/1850 Henry Edwards Huntington, US, railroad exec
    02/27/1861 Rudolf Steiner, Austria, philosopher (founded anthroposophy movement
    02/27/1867 Irving Fisher, US economist (compensating dollar)
    02/27/1867 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer
    02/27/1870 Louis Coerne, composer
    02/27/1873 Enrico Caruso, composer
    02/27/1874 Max Ettinger, composer
    02/27/1879 Jose Sancho Marraco, composer
    02/27/1881 Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, mathematician
    02/27/1881 Sveinn Björnsson, 1st president of Iceland (1944-52)/poet (Figur ild
    02/27/1886 Hugo L Black, Ala, (Sen-D-Ala)/78th Supreme Court justice (1937-71) 02/27/1887 James D Innes, English painter
    02/27/1888 Lotte Lehmann, Perleberg Germany, soprano (Fidello)
    02/27/1891 David Sarnoff, US, radio/TV pioneer/CEO (RCA)
    02/27/1891 Georges E Migot, French composer
    02/27/1892 William Demarest, St Paul Minn, actor (Uncle Charlie-My 3 Sons) 02/27/1893 Joseph Messner, composer
    02/27/1894 Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer
    02/27/1895 Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys)
    02/27/1897 Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter)
    02/27/1897 G Paul H Schuitema, graphic designer/photographer (System-O-Color) 02/27/1898 Allison Danzig, sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History)
    02/27/1898 Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer
    02/27/1899 Charles H Best, Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer (Insulin) 02/27/1899 Ian Keith, US actor (Rochefort-3 Musketeers)
    02/27/1899 Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer
    02/27/1901 Marino Marini, Italian sculptor/painter
    02/27/1902 Gene Sarazen, Harrison NY, PGA golfer (Masters 1935, US Open 1922, 3
    02/27/1902 John Steinbeck, Salinas Calif, author (Grapes of Wrath-Nobel 1962) 02/27/1903 Reginald Gardiner, Wimbeldon England, actor (Great Dictator) 02/27/1904 James Thomas Farrell, US, author (Studs Lonigan trilogy)
    02/27/1904 Renaat Verheÿen, Flemish actor/director
    02/27/1905 Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye)
    02/27/1905 Franchot Tone, Niagara Falls NY, actor (Dr Freeland-Ben Casey) 02/27/1906 H Algernon F 'Algy' Rumbold, English diplomat (S Africa/Tibet) 02/27/1907 Gerhard Alexander, actor (Prince Willem of Orange)
    02/27/1909 Elisabeth Welsh, singer
    02/27/1910 Joan Bennett, Palasades NJ, actress (Little Women, Disraeli) 02/27/1910 Peter De Vries, Chicago, author (Reuben Reuben, Prick of Noon) 02/27/1912 Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling India, writer (Alexandria Quartet) 02/27/1913 Frank Allaun, British MP (L)
    02/27/1913 Irwin Shaw, US, novelist (Rich Man Poor Man)
    02/27/1919 Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, composer
    02/27/1920 Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orch leader (Jack Paar Program)
    02/27/1921 Andras Szollosy, composer
    02/27/1922 Mervyn Jones, author (Nobody's Fault, 5 Hungarian Writers) 02/27/1923 Dexter Gordon, US tenor saxophonist
    02/27/1923 Viktor Kalabis, composer
    02/27/1925 Guy Mitchell, Detroit Mich, singer/actor (Guy Mitchell Show) 02/27/1925 Richard AFM Auwerda, journalist/writer
    02/27/1926 Peter Emery, British MP
    02/27/1930 Joanne Woodward, Thomasville Ga, actress (3 Faces of Eve, Rachel) 02/27/1932 Dolf Rover, painter
    02/27/1932 Elizabeth Taylor, London, actress (Cleopatra) violet eyes 02/27/1932 Lord Young of Graffham, CEO (Cables & Wireless)
    02/27/1933 Edward Lucie-Smith, poetry critic
    02/27/1933 Malcolm Wallop, (Sen-R-WY, 1977- )
    02/27/1933 Raymond Berry, Texas, NFL hall of famer (Baltimore Colts) 02/27/1934 Ralph Nader, ex-Corvair fan/consumer advocate (Unsafe at Any Speed) 02/27/1934 Van Williams, Fort Worth Tx, actor (Green Hornet, Tycoon) 02/27/1935 Alberto Remedious, opera singer
    02/27/1935 Mirella Freni, Modena Italy, lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly) 02/27/1936 Chuck Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again)
    02/27/1936 Roger M Mahoney, Hollywood Ca, archbishop of Los Angeles (1985- ) 02/27/1936 Virginia Maskell, actress (Suspect, Doctor in Love, Man Upstairs) 02/27/1937 Barbara Babcock, actress (Liz-Dallas, Grace-Hill St Blues) 02/27/1937 L Jay Silvester, US, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1972) 02/27/1938 Pascal Petit, actor (Code Name: Jaguar, End of Desire, Cheaters) 02/27/1939 Antoinette Sibley, ballerina
    02/27/1939 Kenzo Takada, fashion designer
    02/27/1939 Peter Revson, auto racer (1971 Indianapolis pole winner)
    02/27/1940 Howard Hesseman, Salem Or, actor (Dr Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of Clas
    02/27/1941 Paddy Ashton, New Delhi India, British MP leader (Soc/Lib Democrat) 02/27/1942 Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Due West SC, news reporter (McNeil-Lehrer) 02/27/1943 Mary Frann, St Louis Mo, actress (Joanna-Newhart, Days of Our Live) 02/27/1944 Alan Fudge, Wichita Ks, actor (Man From Atlantis, Paper Dolls) 02/27/1947 Gidon Kremer, Riga Latvia, violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1970) 02/27/1947 Marian G Fix, mime/actress (Dig up Cabbage)
    02/27/1948 Eddie Gray, rock guitarist (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue) 02/27/1951 Lee Atwater, Republican National Committee Chairman (1989-91) 02/27/1952 Dwight Elmo Jones, Houston Tx, basketball player (Olymp-silver-1972)
    02/27/1952 Henk Westbroek, singer (Good Goal)
    02/27/1954 Neal Schon, rock guitarist (Journey-Open Arms, Bad English) 02/27/1955 Garry Christian, rocker
    02/27/1957 Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist (Iron Maiden-Aces High) 02/27/1960 Andres Gomez, tennis pro (Madrid Grand Prix-1990)
    02/27/1960 Bolik Dahan, Suriname singer/radio host (Radio KBC)
    02/27/1960 Paul Humphreys, rock synthersizers (OMD-Crush, Pacific Age) 02/27/1960 Stoney Jackson, Richmond Va, actor (White Shadow, Insiders) 02/27/1961 Grant Shaud, actor (Miles Silverburg-Murphy Brown)
    02/27/1961 James Worthy, NBA forward (LA Lakers, 1988 Playoff MVP)
    02/27/1962 Adam Baldwin, actor (Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard)
    02/27/1962 Grant Show, Detroit Mich, actor (Jack Hanson-Melrose Place) 02/27/1964 Ewen Vernal, British pop bassist (Deacon Blue-Your Town)
    02/27/1966 Gregg Rainwater, actor (Buck Cross-Young Riders)
    02/27/1969 Victoria Fair, Jackson Michigan, Miss Michigan-America (1991) 02/27/1971 Ivan Robinson, Phila Pa, US boxer (Olympic-92)
    02/27/1973 'Pooh' Clark, rocker (High-5)
    02/27/1975 Christina Nigra, actress (Out of This World)
    02/27/1980 Chelsea Clinton, daughter of President Clinton


    Deaths:

    02/27/1167 Robert van Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies 02/27/1656 Johan van Heemskerk, lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies
    02/27/1731 Angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76
    02/27/1733 Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46
    02/27/1779 John Nepveu, gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59
    02/27/1797 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 62
    02/27/1805 Stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57
    02/27/1844 Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer, diplomat, statesman, & financier, dies 02/27/1852 Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69
    02/27/1862 Gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Ital Catholic youth, dies at 23
    02/27/1881 George Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at
    02/27/1887 Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, composer, dies at 53
    02/27/1920 Alexandru D Xenopol, Romanian historian, dies at 72
    02/27/1923 Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67
    02/27/1929 Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65
    02/27/1936 Ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies 02/27/1939 Nadezjda K Krupskaja, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies 02/27/1942 Karel WFM Doorman, spy (Java sea), dies
    02/27/1943 Kostís Palamás, Greek poet/scholar (Flogera tou Basília), dies at 84
    02/27/1945 HJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplin/resistance fighter (Belsen)
    02/27/1955 Tom Howard, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 66 02/27/1956 Frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54 02/27/1956 Gunther Ramin, composer, dies at 57
    02/27/1958 Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack 02/27/1960 Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer, dies at 58 02/27/1961 Platt Adams, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1912), dies
    02/27/1962 Willie Best, actor (Charlie-My Little Margie), dies at 45 02/27/1966 Minerva Urecal, actress (Apache Rose, Ghost Crazy), dies at 81 02/27/1968 Ludvik Podest, composer, dies at 46
    02/27/1969 John Boles, actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73
    02/27/1973 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, composer, dies at 72
    02/27/1974 Pat Brady, Toledo Ohio, actor (Roy Rodgers Show), dies at 59 02/27/1977 Allison Hayes, actress (Attack of 50 Foot Woman), dies at 47 02/27/1978 Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov, composer, dies at 65
    02/27/1980 George Tobias, actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 78 02/27/1982 Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer, dies at 39
    02/27/1985 David Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies 02/27/1985 Henry Cabot Lodge, (Sen-R)/diplomat, dies at 82
    02/27/1985 Pat J O'Malley, actor (My Favorite Martian, Maude), dies at 83 02/27/1987 Joan Greenwood, actress (Gentle Sex, Bad Sister), dies at 65 02/27/1989 Conrad Lorenz, Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973), dies
    02/27/1989 Joe Silver, actor (Rage, Rapid, Deathtrap, Shivers), dies 02/27/1991 Artie Mitchell, XXX producer (Behind the Green Door), shot at 45 02/27/1991 H J of Royen, director Concert worker, dies
    02/27/1991 Robert-John Akkerman, diplomat to Tunis, murdered
    02/27/1992 Marinus Ruppert, Dutch political president (CNV), dies
    02/27/1993 Lillian Gish, US actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 99
    02/27/1993 Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street), dies of cancer at 83
    02/27/1994 Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector, dies at 84 02/27/1994 Karl I Pelgrom, sculptor, dies at 66
    02/27/1994 Leopold 'Hans' Kohr, Austria social philosopher/economist, dies at 8


    Significant Events:

    02/27/ 837 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
    02/27/1526 Saxony & Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes) 02/27/1563 William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral
    02/27/1667 Abraham Crijnssen conquerors Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname 02/27/1670 Jews are expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I
    02/27/1700 Pacific island of New Britain discovered
    02/27/1713 French troops bomb Willemstadt Curaçao
    02/27/1801 Washington DC placed under Congressional jurisdiction
    02/27/1803 Great fire in Bombay, India
    02/27/1813 1st federal vaccination legislation enacted
    02/27/1813 Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail
    02/27/1814 Beethoven's 8th symphony premieres
    02/27/1816 Dutch regain Suriname
    02/27/1827 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
    02/27/1844 Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day) 02/27/1854 Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine 02/27/1861 US Congress authorizes 1st stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing 02/27/1864 6th & last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties) 02/27/1864 Near Andersonville GA, rebels open a new POW camp 'Camp Sumpter' 02/27/1865 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
    02/27/1869 John Menard is 1st black to make a speech in Congress
    02/27/1871 Meeting of Alabama claims commission
    02/27/1872 Charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Harvard U 02/27/1873 Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor 02/27/1874 Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds 02/27/1877 US Electoral College declares R Hayes winner presidential election 02/27/1881 Battle at Amajuba, S Afr: Boers vs Brit army under Gen Colley 02/27/1881 Battle at Majuba Hill: Boers beat British, 94 killed
    02/27/1883 Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine
    02/27/1890 D Needham & P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m), SF; match is draw 02/27/1900 Boer General Cronjé surrenders to English in Pardenberg, South-Afric
    02/27/1900 Conference in London calls for creation of a British labor party 02/27/1906 France & Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides
    02/27/1912 Lord Kitchener opens Khartoum-El Obeid (Nyala) railway
    02/27/1919 1st public performance of Holst's 'Planets'
    02/27/1919 American Association for Hard of Hearing formed, NYC
    02/27/1922 Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote 02/27/1924 Belgium's Theunis govt falls
    02/27/1925 Hitler's forms NSDAP political party in Munich
    02/27/1927 For 2nd Sunday in a row golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
    02/27/1929 Turkey signs Litvinov-pact
    02/27/1930 Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency
    02/27/1930 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1665 Gaby
    02/27/1932 Explosion in coal mine Boissevain, Virginia, USA (38 dead) 02/27/1933 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2248 Kanda
    02/27/1933 Nazis set fire to German parliament, blame it on communists 02/27/1936 Willy de Supervise swims world record 100 m free style (1:04.6) 02/27/1938 Britain & France recognize Franco govt in Spain
    02/27/1939 Belgian govt of Pierlot falls
    02/27/1939 France recognizes Franco's regime in Spain
    02/27/1939 Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes
    02/27/1942 Battle of Java Sea began 13 US warships sunk-2 Japanese
    02/27/1942 J S Hey discovers radio emissions from Sun
    02/27/1947 Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized
    02/27/1949 Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president
    02/27/1950 General Chang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China 02/27/1951 22nd amendment ratified, limiting president to 2 terms
    02/27/1951 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1649 Fabre
    02/27/1956 Female suffrage in Egypt
    02/27/1957 Mao's speech 'On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People' 02/27/1959 Chicago Cards trade running back Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 playe
    02/27/1960 oil pipe line from Rotterdam-Ruhrgebied in use
    02/27/1962 South-Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diems palace bombed, 1st US killed 02/27/1965 Dutch Marijnen govt resigns
    02/27/1967 Antigua & St Christopher-Nevis become associated states of UK 02/27/1967 Dominica gains independence from England
    02/27/1967 Pink Floyd release their 1st single 'Arnold Layne'
    02/27/1967 Rio de la Plata Treaty
    02/27/1969 Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes head of Syria via milt coup
    02/27/1969 President Nixon visits West-Berlin
    02/27/1970 NY Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance 02/27/1972 Pres Nixon & Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique 02/27/1973 American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota 02/27/1973 Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-yr contract with White Sox 02/27/1973 Indians occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota
    02/27/1973 L Kohoutek discovers asteroids 1999 Hirayama, 2407, 2472, 2541 & 290
    02/27/1975 CDU-politician Peter Lorentz kidnapped in West Berlin
    02/27/1975 House of Reps pass $21.3 billion anti-recession tax-cut bill 02/27/1976 Final meeting between Mao tse Tung & Richard Nixon
    02/27/1976 P Wild discovers asteroids #2080 Jihlava, #2081 Sazava & #2088 Sahli
    02/27/1976 R M West discovers asteroid #3004
    02/27/1977 Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada
    02/27/1980 Grammy Awards feature a Barbra Striesand-Neil Diamond duet 02/27/1980 Israel & Egypt exchange ambassadors
    02/27/1980 Robert Mugabes ZANU-PF wins elections in Zimbabwe
    02/27/1980 Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota
    02/27/1981 Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747 02/27/1981 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record 'Ebony & Ivory'
    02/27/1982 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw 02/27/1982 Earl Anthony becomes 1st pro bowler to win more than $1 million 02/27/1982 Wayne Williams found guilty of murdering 2 of 28 blacks in Atlanta 02/27/1983 Eamonn Coghlan set indoor mile record of 3:49.78
    02/27/1984 Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675 m)
    02/27/1984 WRC-AM in Washington DC changes call letters to WWRC
    02/27/1984 Worker's union leader Billy Nair freed in South Africa
    02/27/1985 Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief
    02/27/1985 Mauritania's new constitutional charter published
    02/27/1985 US dollar is worth ƒ3.9355 (Netherlands)
    02/27/1987 Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff
    02/27/1987 Mike Conley jumps world record (17.76m)
    02/27/1988 Bonnie Blair (US) wins Olympic 500m speedskating in record 39.1 02/27/1988 Gulfstream G-IV goes around the world 36:08:34
    02/27/1988 Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating 02/27/1989 German war criminals Aus Van de Fünten/Fischer, freed
    02/27/1991 Noureddine Morcelli set 1500m mark at 3:34:16
    02/27/1991 Singer James Brown is released from prison
    02/27/1991 US led allied 6 week war with Iraq ends
    02/27/1994 17th Winter Olympic games closes in Lillehammer, Norway
    02/27/1994 Church in Beirut bombed, 10 killed

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Feb 28 12:37:36 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    02/28/1533 Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher
    02/28/1552 Jobst Bürgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician 02/28/1573 Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)
    02/28/1616 Kaspar Forster, composer
    02/28/1683 René-Antoine de Réaumur, France, biologist/engineer
    02/28/1690 Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great
    02/28/1712 Louis Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Véran, France, general
    02/28/1747 Justin Morgan, composer
    02/28/1750 Ignacy Potocki, Polish foreign minister
    02/28/1771 French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter
    02/28/1786 D François J Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician 02/28/1792 Henriette ALF countess d'oultremont de Wégimont, wife of King Willem
    02/28/1797 Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)
    02/28/1797 W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral (10 day campaign
    02/28/1799 Johann von Döllinger, German Old Catholic theologian/historian 02/28/1810 Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian
    02/28/1817 James Craig, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 02/28/1820 John Tenniel, England, cartoonist/illustrator (Alice in Wonderland) 02/28/1822 Matthew Duncan Ector, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879 02/28/1823 Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion 02/28/1824 Charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist
    02/28/1824 John Creed Moore, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 02/28/1825 Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 188
    02/28/1833 Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general/field marshal 02/28/1850 Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist) 02/28/1854 Juliusz Zarebski, composer
    02/28/1857 Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer
    02/28/1858 Jacob P Fish, industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries) 02/28/1865 Wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary
    02/28/1866 Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russia, Symbolist poet (Pilot Stars)
    02/28/1875 Viliam Figus, composer
    02/28/1876 John Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift) 02/28/1882 Geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer) 02/28/1882 José Vasconcelos, Oaxaca México, politician/essayist/philosopher 02/28/1882 Richard Heinrich Stein, composer
    02/28/1887 William Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance) 02/28/1889 Victor Sutherland, actor (Captive City)
    02/28/1890 Vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS)
    02/28/1893 Ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page) 02/28/1895 Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit) 02/28/1895 Marcel Pagnol, French playwright
    02/28/1896 Philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel) 02/28/1898 Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey)
    02/28/1901 Linus Pauling, chemist/peace worker (Nobel 1954, 1962)
    02/28/1901 Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen)
    02/28/1907 Milton Caniff, Hillsboro Ohio, cartoonist (Terry & Pirates) 02/28/1909 Olan Soule, La Harpe Ill, actor (My 3 Sons, Arnie)
    02/28/1909 Stephen Spender, England, poet/critic (Vienna, Edge of Darkness) 02/28/1910 Roman Maciejewski, composer
    02/28/1910 Vincente Minnelli, movie director (American in Paris, Gigi) 02/28/1914 Jim Boles, Lubbock Tx, actor (Joe-One Man's Family)
    02/28/1915 Peter Medawar, England, zoologist, immunologist (Nobel 1953) 02/28/1915 Zero Mostel, actor, if I were a rich man (Fiddler on the Roof) 02/28/1917 Hans Deutgen, Sweden, world champion archer
    02/28/1917 John B Connally, (Gov/Sen-D/R-Tx), took a bullet with JFK 02/28/1918 Alfred Burke, actor (Backfire)
    02/28/1920 Jim Olin, (Rep-D-VA, 1983- )
    02/28/1921 Vladimir Sommer, composer
    02/28/1923 Charles Durning, Highland Falls NY, actor (Fury, Sting, Tootsie) 02/28/1924 Robert A Roe, (Rep-D-NJ, 1969- )
    02/28/1925 Harry H Corbett, British actor (Steptoe & Son/Jabberwacky) 02/28/1926 Seymour Shifrin, composer
    02/28/1926 Stanley Glasser, composer
    02/28/1926 Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Josef Stalin, author (My Life) 02/28/1928 Bettye Ackerman, Cottageville SC, actress (Maggie Graham-Ben Casey) 02/28/1928 Tom Aldredge, actor (What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers) 02/28/1929 Frank O Gehry, architect (Galleria-Okla City)
    02/28/1930 Leon Cooper, US physicist (Nobel 1972)
    02/28/1931 Gavin MacLeod, Mt Kisco NY, actor (Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boa
    02/28/1931 Gustav Thoni, Italy, skiier (World Cup-1971, 72, 73, 75)
    02/28/1932 Brian Moore, British commentator (Big Match)
    02/28/1932 Don Francks, Vancouver, actor (Terminal Choice, Finian's Rainbow) 02/28/1934 Willie Bobo, NYC, jazz drummer (Cos)
    02/28/1938 Martin Olav Sabo, (Rep-D-MN, 1979- )
    02/28/1939 Charles Brown, Cin Oh, featherweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1964) 02/28/1939 John Fahey, singer (Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death)
    02/28/1939 Tommy Tune, Wichita Falls Tx, dancer/choreographer (Boyfriend) 02/28/1940 Joe South, Atlanta, guitarist/songwriter/singer (Games People Play) 02/28/1940 Mario Andretti, race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500)
    02/28/1942 Brian Jones, rocker (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
    02/28/1942 Frank Bonner, actor (WKRP, Hoax, You Can't Hurry Love)
    02/28/1943 Barbara Acklin, Chicago, R&B singer (Love Makes a Woman)
    02/28/1943 Hans F Dÿkstal, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD)
    02/28/1944 Barbara Acklin, [Allen], US singer (Love makes a woman)
    02/28/1944 Bernadette Peters, [Lazzaro], Queens NY, actress (Jerk, Song & Dance
    02/28/1944 Kelly Bishop, actress (Unmarried Woman, Advice to Lovelorn) 02/28/1945 Charles 'Bubba' Smith, Tx, NFLer (Balt Colts)/actor (Police Academy)
    02/28/1945 Mimsy Farmer, Chicago Ill, actress (Devil's Angel, Road to Salina) 02/28/1945 Ronnie Rosman, rocker (Tommy James Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion
    02/28/1947 Stephanie Beacham, England, (Devil's Widow, Schizo, Dallas, Colbys) 02/28/1948 Frank Bonner, Little Rock Ark, actor (Herb-WKRP, Sidekicks) 02/28/1950 Ilene Graff, Bkln NY, actress (Marsha-Mr Belvedere)
    02/28/1950 Stephen Chatman, composer
    02/28/1951 Gustavo Thoeni, Italy, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1972)
    02/28/1952 Cristina Raines, [Tina Herazo], Manila Phil, actress (Sentinel) 02/28/1952 Jennie Lynn, San Diego Calif, actress (Love & Marriage)
    02/28/1952 Melissa Babish, SC, swimmer (Olympic)
    02/28/1953 Ricky 'Dragon' Steamboat, [Richard Blood], wrestler (NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA
    02/28/1955 Adrian Dantley, Wash DC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976) 02/28/1955 Randy Jackson, rocker (Zebra-Tell Me What You Want)
    02/28/1956 Adrian Dantley, NBA forward (Utah Jazz, 1981, 84 top scorer) 02/28/1957 Cindy Wilson, vocals/percussion (B-52's-Love Shack, Rock Lobster) 02/28/1957 John Turturro, actor (Brain Donor, Color of Money, Jungle Fever) 02/28/1957 Phil Gould, rock percussionist (Level 42-Hot Water)
    02/28/1958 Christine Lathan-Brehmer, German DR, 400m runner (Oly-gold-76) 02/28/1959 Sydney P Mufamadi, South African SACP-leader
    02/28/1960 Dorothy Stratten, Vancouver BC, playmate (August, 1979) (Galixina) 02/28/1962 Angela Bailey, England, Canadian 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984
    02/28/1962 Rae Dawn Chong, Edmonton Alberta, actress (Quest for Fire) 02/28/1965 Mikko Makela, Tampere Finland, NHL right wing (NY Islanders) 02/28/1967 Marcus Lillington, rocker (Breathe-All I Need)
    02/28/1969 Elisa Fiorillo, singer (Forgive Me For Dreaming)
    02/28/1969 Robert Sean Leonard, actor (Dead Poets Society, Mr & Mrs Bridge)


    Deaths:

    02/28/1261 Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies
    02/28/1609 Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39
    02/28/1618 Philip Willem, Prince of Orange, dies
    02/28/1626 Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51
    02/28/1638 Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56 02/28/1638 Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier, Huguenot leader, dies 02/28/1665 Lodewÿk van Nassau, Bavarian diplomat, dies
    02/28/1737 Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63
    02/28/1742 Willem J Once-Gravesande, physicist, dies at 53
    02/28/1781 Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50 02/28/1784 Phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies
    02/28/1796 Freiedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56
    02/28/1818 Adrian Loosjes Pzn, publisher/writer, dies at 56
    02/28/1844 Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeto
    02/28/1844 Thommas W Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
    02/28/1876 Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53
    02/28/1905 Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85
    02/28/1913 Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg killed, South Georgia (South Atlantic)
    02/28/1916 Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72 02/28/1922 Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51
    02/28/1925 Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies
    02/28/1929 Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (Reaction of P), dies 02/28/1929 John Ebenezer West, composer, dies at 65
    02/28/1935 Alexander WF Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16), dies at 73 02/28/1936 Pedro Muñoz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55
    02/28/1940 Alfonso XIII the Borbón, corrupt king of Spain (1902-31), dies 02/28/1940 Johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist, dies
    02/28/1941 Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1902-31), dies at 54
    02/28/1949 Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65
    02/28/1959 Maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies 02/28/1960 Jonathan Hale, actor (Blondie), dies at 68
    02/28/1961 Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies
    02/28/1962 Harold Ogden 'Chic' Johnson, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70 02/28/1963 Theodore Newton, actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at 58 02/28/1964 Dirk HW Filarski, painter/lithographer (Bergense School), dies at 78
    02/28/1965 Adolf Schärf, president of Austria (1957-65), dies at 74
    02/28/1966 Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet 02/28/1966 Elliot M See Jr, astronaut, dies at 38 in T-38 jet crash
    02/28/1968 Doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41 02/28/1968 Frankie Lymon, singer, dies at 25
    02/28/1968 Juanita Hall, actress (Capt Billy), dies at 66
    02/28/1972 Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies
    02/28/1973 Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 82 02/28/1973 Hope Landin, actress (I Remember Mama, Sugarfoot), dies at 79 02/28/1974 Mees Toxopeus, captain KNZHRM ship, dies at 89
    02/28/1975 Istvan Kardos, composer, dies at 84
    02/28/1977 Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71 02/28/1978 Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73 02/28/1978 Philip Ahn, LA Calif, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu), dies at 66 02/28/1979 Jane Hylton, actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52
    02/28/1979 Mr Ed, talking horse, dies
    02/28/1985 Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC 02/28/1986 Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59 02/28/1987 Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83
    02/28/1987 Nora Kaye, US ballet dancer, dies at 67
    02/28/1990 Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies
    02/28/1992 Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49 02/28/1992 Emilla Sherman, choreographer/rockette, dies
    02/28/1992 La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack at 53 in the Bronx 02/28/1993 Fer A Olthoff, resistance fighter (Slogan), dies
    02/28/1993 Franco Brusati, director/writer (Bread & Chocolate), dies 02/28/1993 Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81 02/28/1993 Joyce Carey, [Lawrence], English actress (Number 27), dies 02/28/1993 Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street), dies of cancer at 83
    02/28/1994 Pu Jie, b.v. the last Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, dies at 87


    Significant Events:

    02/28/ 870 8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople
    02/28/1066 Westminster Abbey opens
    02/28/1573 Flemish engraver/publisher John 'Hans' Liefrinck (about 54) buried 02/28/1610 Thomas West, Baron de La Mar, is appointed governor of Virginia 02/28/1638 Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh 02/28/1653 Driedaagse Sea battle English beats Dutch
    02/28/1667 English colony Suriname in Dutch hands
    02/28/1692 Salem witch hunt begins
    02/28/1704 Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in NYC 02/28/1704 Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 40, kidnap 100
    02/28/1708 Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die
    02/28/1749 1st edition of Henry Fieldings' 'Tom Jones' published
    02/28/1778 Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves 02/28/1794 US Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin 02/28/1810 1st US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia 02/28/1819 1st public performance of a Schubert song, 'Schäfers Klageleid' 02/28/1826 M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet
    02/28/1827 1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered 02/28/1835 Dr Elias Lönnrot publishes Finnish poem 'Kalevala'
    02/28/1847 US defeats México in battle of Sacramento
    02/28/1849 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in SF from east coast
    02/28/1854 Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisc
    02/28/1859 Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery
    02/28/1861 Territory of Colorado created
    02/28/1862 The opera 'La Reine de Saba' is produced (Paris)
    02/28/1863 Confederate raider 'Nashville' sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia 02/28/1864 -Mar 3rd] Skermish at Albemarle County Virginia (Burton's Ford) 02/28/1864 -Mar 4th) Raid at Kilpatrick's Richmond
    02/28/1871 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections
    02/28/1878 J Palisa discovers asteroid #184 Dejopeja
    02/28/1878 US congress authorizes large-size silver certificate
    02/28/1879 'Exodus of 1879' southern blacks flee political/economic exploitatio
    02/28/1879 J Coggia discovers asteroid #193 Ambrosia
    02/28/1882 1st US college cooperative store opens, at Harvard
    02/28/1883 1st US vaudeville theater opens (Boston)
    02/28/1888 Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes
    02/28/1891 Oscar Grundén skates world record 500m (50.8 sec)
    02/28/1893 Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names 'carborundum' 02/28/1900 General Bullers troops rescues Ladysmith Natal
    02/28/1906 Ottawa Silver 7 beat Queen's Univ (Kingston Ont) for Stanley Cup 02/28/1908 Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran 02/28/1911 J Palisa discovers asteroid #710 Gertrud
    02/28/1913 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic) 02/28/1914 Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (SF) 02/28/1917 AP reports México & Japan will allie with Germany if US enters WW I 02/28/1917 Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 02/28/1922 Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain 02/28/1922 English princess Mary marries viscount Lascelles
    02/28/1922 KHQ-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions
    02/28/1923 Swedish king Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands
    02/28/1924 US begins intervention in Honduras
    02/28/1925 Acting museum of Amsterdam established
    02/28/1925 Congress authorizes a special handling stamp
    02/28/1925 Longest win streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (9 games) 02/28/1925 Theater Museum of Amsterdam established
    02/28/1929 Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home 02/28/1931 Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass
    02/28/1932 A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #1310 Villigera
    02/28/1932 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1724 Vladimir
    02/28/1933 Hitler disallows German communist party (KPD)
    02/28/1939 Great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain
    02/28/1940 1st televised basketball game (college game at NYC's MSG) 02/28/1940 Richard Wright's 'Native Son' published
    02/28/1940 US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%))
    02/28/1941 British-Italian dogfight above Albania
    02/28/1942 1st weapon drop on Netherlands
    02/28/1942 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies 02/28/1942 Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit
    02/28/1943 'Porgy & Bess' opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan 02/28/1947 Anti Kuomintang demonstration in Taiwan
    02/28/1951 French govt of Pleven dissolves
    02/28/1951 Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates 02/28/1952 L Boyer discovers asteroids #1629 Pecker & #1630 Milet
    02/28/1953 Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Chroestsjov & Malenkov 02/28/1956 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott Mass
    02/28/1956 Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory
    02/28/1957 Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory
    02/28/1959 Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit
    02/28/1959 NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players
    02/28/1960 8th winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, Colo
    02/28/1960 US wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4 02/28/1961 JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor
    02/28/1962 WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN
    02/28/1966 Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes
    02/28/1967 Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal 02/28/1968 Pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air 02/28/1968 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #1793 Zoya
    02/28/1970 Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
    02/28/1970 KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast 02/28/1970 WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting 02/28/1971 Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam
    02/28/1971 WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, KY (IND) begins broadcasting 02/28/1972 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident
    02/28/1973 L Kohoutek discovers asteroids #3407 & #3627
    02/28/1973 Suriname govt of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders
    02/28/1974 Ethiopian govt of Makonnen forms
    02/28/1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
    02/28/1974 Taiwan police shoots into crowd
    02/28/1974 US & Egypt re-establish diplomatic relations after 7 years 02/28/1975 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop 02/28/1975 EG signs accord of Lomé with 46 developing countries
    02/28/1976 Ceuta & Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possessi
    02/28/1976 Spain withdraws from Western Sahara
    02/28/1977 Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends
    02/28/1979 N G Thomas discovers asteroid #2612 Kathryn
    02/28/1979 P Wild discovers asteroid #2521
    02/28/1980 'The Well-Tuned Piano' by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m) 02/28/1981 Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
    02/28/1981 China PR throws out Neth ambassador due to agreements with Taiwan 02/28/1981 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #2958
    02/28/1981 S J Bus discovers asteroids #2780 Monnig, #3287, #3307 & #3602 02/28/1982 AT & T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day 02/28/1982 FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street
    02/28/1982 H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #3288 Seleucus
    02/28/1983 Final TV episode of 'M*A*S*H' airs (CBS); record 125 million watch 02/28/1986 European Economic Community sign 'Special Act' for Europe free trade
    02/28/1988 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada
    02/28/1988 Anti-Armeense pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed
    02/28/1988 Pat Verbeek becomes 1st NJ Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game 02/28/1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13) 02/28/1989 Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes publi
    02/28/1990 Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine
    02/28/1990 US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit
    02/28/1991 Don Mattingly named 10th NY Yankee Captain
    02/28/1991 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m indoor (3:34:16) 02/28/1991 US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire
    02/28/1993 Iolanda Chen jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Thu Mar 4 23:04:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/04/1394 Henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery
    03/04/1492 Francesco de Layolle, composer
    03/04/1651 John Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700) 03/04/1678 Antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons
    03/04/1719 Aert Schouman, bird/portrait painter
    03/04/1742 Johann Heinrich Egli, composer
    03/04/1745 Charles Dibdin, composer
    03/04/1747 Casimir Pulaski, Count/American Revolutionary War general 03/04/1754 Benjamin Waterhouse, physician (smallpox vaccine pioneer) 03/04/1754 Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer
    03/04/1757 Ignaz Malzat, composer
    03/04/1765 Charles Dibdin, England, composer/author (Sea Songs)/actor (baptized
    03/04/1766 Emanuel ADMJ, French historian (Napoleon)
    03/04/1773 Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer
    03/04/1782 Johann Wyss, Swiss folklorist/writer (Swiss Family Robinson) 03/04/1789 Pavel P Gagarin, Russ monarch
    03/04/1798 John Joseph Abercrombie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 18
    03/04/1813 Wijnand YY Nuijen, romantic/water colors painter (Wrecked) 03/04/1819 Charles Oberthur, composer
    03/04/1826 John Buford, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 03/04/1828 Elisha Franklin 'Bull' Paxton, Brig General (Confederate Army) 03/04/1834 Peter Nicolai von Wilm, composer
    03/04/1835 Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italy, astronomer (discovered canals of Mars)
    03/04/1838 Paul Lacome, composer
    03/04/1844 Josip Jurcic, Slavic writer (10th brother)
    03/04/1875 Enrique Larreta, [E R Maza], Argentine diplomat (Gloria de Don Ramir
    03/04/1875 Suze [Suzanna] Groeneweg, 1st female paliament member (SDAP, 1918-37
    03/04/1877 Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, composer
    03/04/1877 Daniël G van Beuningen, art collector
    03/04/1885 Willem H Winkel, physician/founder (Red Cross of Curaçao) 03/04/1888 Knute Rockne, football player/coach (Notre Dame)
    03/04/1889 Pearl White [Victoria], US actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline) 03/04/1891 Dazzy Vance, hall of fame pitcher (led NL in strike-outs 7-yrs) 03/04/1897 Francis 'Lefty' O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball 03/04/1900 Roberto Soundy, El Salvador, trap shooter (Olympic-1968)
    03/04/1901 Charles H Goren, bridge master
    03/04/1904 George Gamow, nuclear physicist/cosmologist/writer (1, 2, 3...∞) 03/04/1905 Lili Kràus, Budapest Hungary, pianist (Austrian Cross of Honor 1978)
    03/04/1907 Edgar Barrier, actor (Cobra Woman, Macbeth, Rocky, Cornered) 03/04/1908 Boris N Poveloi, [Kampov], Russian journalist/writer [OS] 03/04/1909 Harry Helmsley, NYC, billionaire builder (Empire State Building) 03/04/1910 Tancredo Neves, president of Civil rights activist
    03/04/1912 Afro, [Basaldella], Italian painter
    03/04/1912 John Garfield, actor (Air Force, Destination: Tokyo, Juarez) 03/04/1915 Carlos Surinach, composer
    03/04/1915 Eunice Catunda, composer
    03/04/1915 Petrus de Jong, Dutch premier (KVP, 1967-71)
    03/04/1916 Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer (Botteghe oscure)
    03/04/1916 Hans Eysenck, psychologist
    03/04/1918 Margaret Osborne DuPont, Joseph Oregon, tennis pro (US Open 1948-50)
    03/04/1921 Halim El-Dabh, composer
    03/04/1921 Joan Greenwood, London, actress/director (Amorous Mr Prawn) 03/04/1923 Patrick Moore, England, astronomer/writer (A-Z of Astronomy) 03/04/1923 Piero J d'Inzeo, France, equestrian show jumper (Olymp-gold-1952, 64
    03/04/1927 Robert Di Domenica, composer
    03/04/1927 Thayer David, actor (Eiger Sanction, Rocky, Nero Wolfe, Savages) 03/04/1928 Alan Sillitoe, Brit, writer (Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner)
    03/04/1928 Samuel Adler, composer
    03/04/1929 Bernard Haitink, Amsterdam Neth, conductor (London Phil Orch 1969-78
    03/04/1929 Josep Mestres-Quadreny, composer
    03/04/1931 Gennady Rozhdestvensky, composer
    03/04/1931 Han Jansen, painter
    03/04/1932 Guido Baggiani, composer
    03/04/1932 Hessel Rienks, economist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)
    03/04/1932 Miriam Makeba, South Africa, singer (Grammy 1965)
    03/04/1933 Ann Burton, [Anna Rafalowicz], singer
    03/04/1934 Barbara McNair, Racine Wisc, singer/actress (Barbara McNair Show) 03/04/1934 Jane van Lawick-Goodall, ethologist/chimp expert (1974 Walker Prize)
    03/04/1934 Mario Davidovsky, Buenos Aires Argentinia, composer (Synchronisms) 03/04/1936 Aribert Reimann, composer
    03/04/1936 Jim Clark, race car driver (Indianapolis 500)
    03/04/1937 Graham Dowling, cricketeer (New Zealand)
    03/04/1939 Paula Prentiss [Ragusa], San Ant Tx, actress (Parallax View, He & Sh
    03/04/1940 Kas Garas, Kaunas Lithuania, actor (Hamlyn-Strange Report) 03/04/1941 Adrian Lyne, director (Fatal Attraction, 9½ Weeks, Jacob's Ladder) 03/04/1941 John Hancock, actor (Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights) 03/04/1943 Zoltan Jeney, composer
    03/04/1944 Bobby Womack, Cleve, R&B singer/guitarist (Woman's Got to Have It) 03/04/1945 Dieter Meier, Swiss singer/children book writer (Yello)
    03/04/1945 Jaime Tirelli, NYC, actor (Orlando Lopez-Ball Four)
    03/04/1946 Harvey Goldsmith, impresario
    03/04/1946 Ralph Kirshbaum, cellist
    03/04/1948 Billy Gibbons, rocker (ZZ Top-She Got Lets, Fandango)
    03/04/1948 Chris Squire, London, rock bassist (Yes-Fish Out of Water) 03/04/1948 Shakin' Stevens, [Mike Barrett], rocker (You Drive Me Crazy) 03/04/1950 Emilio Estefan, Cuba, rocker (Miami Sound Machine-1 2 3)
    03/04/1950 Kenny Dalglish, soccer manager
    03/04/1950 Rafael Canizares Poey, Alacs Mtnzs Cuba, basketballer (Oly-bronze-72
    03/04/1951 Chris Rea, English rock guitarist (Fool If You Think It Is Over) 03/04/1952 Ron Moss, actor (Hot Child in the City, Hard Ticket to Hawaii) 03/04/1953 Christopher H Smith, (Rep-R-NJ, 1981- )
    03/04/1953 Kay Lenz, LA Calif, actress (Moving Violations, Rich Man Poor Man) 03/04/1954 Catherine O'Hara, Toronto Ont, comedienne (Beetlejuice, SCTV) 03/04/1955 Benny Alexander, sec-gen (S Afr Pan-Africanist Movement)
    03/04/1959 Kelly Lynch, Golden Walley Minn, actress (Warm Summer Rain) 03/04/1960 Russell Todd, Troy NY, actor (Dr Jamie Frame-Another World) 03/04/1961 Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini, boxer (killed a boxer in the ring) 03/04/1963 Jason Newstedt, US heavy-metal bassist (Metallica-Kill 'em all) 03/04/1963 MDV, [Michiel de Vos], pop bassist (Burma Shave-Stash)
    03/04/1964 Emilia Eberle, Romania, gymnist, scored a perfect 10 in olympics 03/04/1965 Dana Brown, Memphis Tenn, Miss Tenn-America (1991) (3rd)
    03/04/1968 Patsy Kensit, London, rocker/actress (Lethal Weapon 2, 21, Hanover S
    03/04/1969 Chastity Bono, daughter of Sonny & Cher/singer
    03/04/1972 Sherida Pawiroredjo, Suriname Miss Indra Maju (1993)


    Deaths:

    03/04/1172 Stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies
    03/04/1484 Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies
    03/04/1615 Hans von Aachen, German painter, dies
    03/04/1617 Arcangelo Crivelli, composer, dies at 70
    03/04/1793 Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44
    03/04/1794 Henri D count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist Army leader, dies
    03/04/1831 Georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82
    03/04/1839 Ignace Antoine Ladurner, composer, dies at 72
    03/04/1851 Michael Henkel, composer, dies at 71
    03/04/1864 Thomas Starr King, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity) 03/04/1866 Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77
    03/04/1876 Alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38
    03/04/1883 Alexander H Stephens, VP Confederate States, dies
    03/04/1888 Amos Bronson Alcott, US theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88 03/04/1903 Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies 03/04/1916 Franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Verdun), dies at 36 03/04/1918 Eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58
    03/04/1922 Bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in NYC
    03/04/1925 Moritz Moszkowski, composer, dies at 70
    03/04/1933 Willie Walker, US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36 03/04/1936 Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64
    03/04/1941 Edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81
    03/04/1942 Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62
    03/04/1943 Nikolaos 'Sokrates' Politis, Greek diplomat/foreign minister, dies 03/04/1943 Pieter C Boutens, poet, dies
    03/04/1948 Antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51
    03/04/1948 Elsa Brändström, [Angel of Siberia], Swedish philanthropist, dies 03/04/1953 Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61 03/04/1954 Georg Gohler, composer, dies at 80
    03/04/1954 Noel Gay, composer, dies at 55
    03/04/1958 Albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies 03/04/1960 Leonard Warren, US baritone, dies on stage at 48
    03/04/1962 Cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed) dies at 77
    03/04/1963 William Carlos Williams, US physician/poet, dies at 79
    03/04/1966 Janis Medins, composer, dies at 75
    03/04/1968 Alexandre Cellier, composer, dies at 85
    03/04/1974 Adolph Gottlieb, US painter, dies at 71
    03/04/1981 Torin Thatcher, actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies 03/04/1983 Hergé, [Georges Rémi], Belgian cartoonist (Kuifje), dies
    03/04/1984 Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer, dies at 79
    03/04/1986 Henri Handsome, journalist/writer, dies at 75
    03/04/1986 Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 40 03/04/1991 Vance Colvig, actor, dies
    03/04/1992 Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), die at 84 of heart failu
    03/04/1992 C Meijer, editor in chief (Typhoon), dies
    03/04/1992 Christian K Nelson, inventor (Eskimo Pie), dies at 98
    03/04/1992 Mary Osborne, jazz guitarist, dies at 70 of liver cancer
    03/04/1992 Nestor Almendros, Spanish/US cameraman (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 6
    03/04/1993 Art Hodes, Russ/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies 03/04/1993 Richard Sale, writer/director (Oscar, Torpedo Run), dies
    03/04/1994 Guus Verstraete Sr, actor/director (Twee Druppels Waters), dies at 7
    03/04/1994 John Candy, actor (Uncle Buck), dies at 43 from a heart attack


    Significant Events:

    03/04/1152 Frederik I Barbarossa elected Roman-German king
    03/04/1461 Edward IV recognized as king of England
    03/04/1570 King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students
    03/04/1621 Jacarta, Java renamed Batavia
    03/04/1634 Samuel Cole opens 1st tavern in Boston, Massachusetts
    03/04/1665 English king Charles II declares war on Netherlands
    03/04/1675 John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of England
    03/04/1681 King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Penn 03/04/1699 Jews are expelled from Lubeck Germany
    03/04/1741 English fleet under admiral Ogle reaches Cartagena
    03/04/1774 1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel)
    03/04/1789 1st Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps) 03/04/1791 1st Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office 03/04/1791 Pres Washington calls the US Senate into its 1st special session 03/04/1791 Vermont admitted as 14th state (1st addition to the 13 colonies) 03/04/1792 Oranges introduced to Hawaii
    03/04/1793 French troops conquer Geertruidenberg
    03/04/1793 Washington's 2nd inauguration, shortest speech (133 words) 03/04/1798 Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jew
    03/04/1801 1st president inaugurated in Washington DC (Thomas Jefferson) 03/04/1809 Madison becomes 1st president inaugurated in American-made clothes 03/04/1826 1st US RR chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy, Mass
    03/04/1829 Unruly crowd mobs White House during Pres Jackson inaugural ball 03/04/1835 HMS Beagle moves into Bay of Concepción
    03/04/1837 Weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American
    03/04/1841 Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison 03/04/1849 US had no president, Polks term ends on a Sunday, Taylor couldn't 03/04/1849 be sworn-in, Sen David Atchison (pres pro tem) term ended Mar 3rd 03/04/1853 William Rufus de Vane King (D) sworn in as 13th US VP
    03/04/1861 Asteroid 64, Angelina discovered
    03/04/1861 Confederate States adopt 'Stars & Bars' flag
    03/04/1861 E W Tempel discovers asteroid #64 Angelina
    03/04/1861 Lincoln's innauguration; 1st time US has 5 former presidents 03/04/1861 Pres Lincoln opens Govt Printing Office
    03/04/1863 Battle of Thompson's Station, TN
    03/04/1863 Territory of Idaho established
    03/04/1865 Confederate congress approves final design of 'official flag' 03/04/1869 Ulysses Grant inaugurated as US president
    03/04/1876 US Congress ends 'impeachment' of Minister of War Belknap 03/04/1880 NY Daily Graphic publishes 1st half-tone engraving, by S H Horgan 03/04/1881 California becomes 1st state to pass plant quarantine legislation 03/04/1881 Holmes & Watson begin 'A Study in Scarlet', 1st case together 03/04/1881 James A Garfield inaugurated as US president
    03/04/1885 Grover Cleveland becomes 1st Democratic president since Civil War 03/04/1889 Benjamin Harrison inaugurated as US, president
    03/04/1892 M Wolf discovers asteroid #325 Heidelberga
    03/04/1893 Grover Cleveland (D) becomes 22nd US president (2nd term) 03/04/1894 Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed
    03/04/1895 Premeir of Gustav Mahlers 2nd Symphony (Berlin)
    03/04/1897 William McKinley inaugurated as 25th president of US
    03/04/1901 1st advanced copy of inaugural speech (Jefferson-Natl Intelligencer)
    03/04/1901 Term of George H White, last of post-Reconstruction congressmen, end
    03/04/1901 US president William McKinley inaugurated for 2nd term of office 03/04/1902 American Automobile Association opens
    03/04/1902 M Wolf discovers asteroid #483 Seppina
    03/04/1906 M Wolf discovers asteroid #590 Tomyris
    03/04/1907 A Kopff discovers asteroid #627 Charis
    03/04/1908 Collingwood Ohio school catches fire; 180 die
    03/04/1909 President Taft sworn-in during 10' snowstorm
    03/04/1909 US prohibits interstate transportation of game birds
    03/04/1911 Victor Berger (Wisc) becomes 1st socialist congressman in US 03/04/1913 1st US law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed 03/04/1913 Dept of Commerce & Labor split into separate departments
    03/04/1917 Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Mont) becomes 1st female member of Congress 03/04/1918 Terek Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR (until 1921) 03/04/1920 Last day of Julian civil calendar in Greece
    03/04/1921 Hot Springs National Park created in Arkansas
    03/04/1923 Lenin's last article in Pravda about Red bureaucracy
    03/04/1925 Pres Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations 03/04/1925 Swain's I (near American Samoa) annexed by US
    03/04/1926 De Geer govt in Netherlands takes office
    03/04/1928 'Bunion Run' race from LA to NYC begins; It is won by Andy Payne 03/04/1929 Charles Curtis (R-Kans) becomes 1st native American VP
    03/04/1929 Inauguration of President Herbert Hoover
    03/04/1930 Emma Fahning bowls 1st sanctioned 300 game by a woman
    03/04/1930 Mrs Charles Fahning is 1st woman to bowl a santioned perfect game 03/04/1932 H E Wood discovers asteroid #1241 Dysona
    03/04/1933 Chancellor Dollfuss disolves Austrian parliament
    03/04/1933 FDR inaugurated, says 'We have nothing to fear but fear itself' 03/04/1933 Frances Perkins becomes sec of labor, 1st US woman cabinet member 03/04/1934 Easter Cross on Mt Davidson (SF) dedicated
    03/04/1936 1st flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany
    03/04/1937 L Boyer discovers asteroids #1415 Malautra & #1416 Renauxa 03/04/1941 18 Geuzen resistance fighter sentenced to death in The Hague 03/04/1941 NHL Chicago goalee Samuel LoPresti stops record 80 of 83 Boston shot
    03/04/1944 Anti-Germany strikes in North Italy
    03/04/1945 Finland declares war on nazi-Germany
    03/04/1947 WWJ (now WDIV) TV channel 4 in Detroit, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
    03/04/1949 Andrei Vishinsky succeeds Molotov as Soviet Foreign minister 03/04/1949 Piet Van de Pol of Neth becomes world champion billiard player 03/04/1949 Security Council of UN recommends membership for Israel
    03/04/1954 1st black US sub-cabinet member appointed-JE Wilkins
    03/04/1955 1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent 03/04/1959 US Pioneer IV misses Moon & becomes 2nd (US 1st) artifical planet 03/04/1960 French freighter 'La Coubre' explodes in Havana Cuba, killing 100 03/04/1960 Lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz
    03/04/1961 Paul-Henri Spaak resigns as sec-gen of NATO
    03/04/1966 Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyo, 64 die 03/04/1966 John Lennon, says 'We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus' 03/04/1968 Joe Frazier defeats Buster Mathis for heavyweight boxing championshi
    03/04/1968 Martin Luther King Jr announces plans for Poor People's Campaign 03/04/1968 Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 5 launched
    03/04/1970 French submarine 'Eurydice' explodes
    03/04/1970 Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to avg 100+ pts per game
    03/04/1970 NY Rangers set then NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out 03/04/1971 'Stadscommando' kidnaps 4 US military men at Ankara, Turkey 03/04/1972 Keller skates world record 1000m (1:18.5)
    03/04/1972 Libya & USSR signs cooperation treaty
    03/04/1974 Harold Wilson becomes British premier
    03/04/1976 John Pezzin bowls 33 consecutive strikes at Toledo, Ohio
    03/04/1977 1st CRAY 1 supercomputer shipped, to Los Alamos Laboratories, NM 03/04/1977 Earthquake in Romania, kills 1500
    03/04/1978 Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue 03/04/1979 200th episode of 'All in the Family'
    03/04/1979 US Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings
    03/04/1980 40th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
    03/04/1980 Robert Mugabes (ZANU-PF) wins parliamentary election in Zimbabwe 03/04/1981 H Debehogne discovers asteroids #2765 & #3705
    03/04/1982 2nd double hat trick in Islander history-Bossy & D Potvin 03/04/1982 NASA launches Intelsat V
    03/04/1985 STS 51-E vehicle rolls back to Vandenberg AFB; mission cancelled 03/04/1986 C Shoemaker & E Shoemake discovers asteroid #3554 Amun
    03/04/1989 Actress Phoebe Cates marries actor Kevin Kline
    03/04/1989 Eastern Airlines machinists strike
    03/04/1989 Javier Sotomayor high jumps indoor world record (2.43m)
    03/04/1990 US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) returns from space 03/04/1991 Bank of Credit & Commerce Intl divests itself of 1st American Bank 03/04/1991 Iraq releases 6 US, 3 British & 1 Italian POW
    03/04/1994 4 Arab terrorist founded guilty of bombing the World Trade Center 03/04/1994 STS-62 (Columbia) launches into orbit

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/07/1543 Johan Casimir, count of Rhine (occupied Gent)
    03/07/1574 John Wilbye, composer
    03/07/1602 Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits)
    03/07/1621 Georg Neumark, composer
    03/07/1663 Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer
    03/07/1682 Johan W van Ripperda, diplomat/baron/duke
    03/07/1693 Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69)
    03/07/1707 Stephen Hopkins, (Gov-RI) signed Decl of Ind
    03/07/1715 Ewald Christian von Kleist, German lyric poet (Der Frühling) 03/07/1731 Jean-Louis Laruette, composer
    03/07/1762 Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, director-general (East Indies Company) 03/07/1765 Joseph Niepce, inventor (photography)
    03/07/1769 Josef Alois Ladurner, composer
    03/07/1773 Tommaso Marchesi, composer
    03/07/1785 Alessandro Manzoni, Italy, poet/novelist (Betrothed)
    03/07/1792 John Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer 03/07/1797 Karl Schwencke, composer
    03/07/1799 Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech poet (national anthem, folk song) 03/07/1807 Franz Grave von Pocci, German poet/composer (Of the Alchemist) 03/07/1811 Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer
    03/07/1813 Judocus Smits, Catholic newspaper pioneer/founder (The Time) 03/07/1820 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer
    03/07/1822 Victor Masse, composer
    03/07/1827 Henry DeLamar Clayton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 188
    03/07/1831 John Bratton, [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brig Gen 03/07/1832 Orlando Metcalfe Poe, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 03/07/1837 Henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter) 03/07/1841 Olegario Víctor Andrade, Argentina, poet (El nido the cóndores) 03/07/1842 Anne CAI of Diest, Belgian physician/feminist
    03/07/1844 Anthony Comstock, New Canaan Ct, anti-vice crusader/philatelist 03/07/1849 Luther Burbank, Lancaster, Mass, horticulturist
    03/07/1850 Tomás G Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, Father/Pres of Czech (1918-35) 03/07/1856 Matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne) 03/07/1857 Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927) 03/07/1858 Nikolai Artzibushev, composer
    03/07/1869 Earnest J Cohen, chemist
    03/07/1872 Piet Mondrian, Holland, abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie) 03/07/1872 Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer
    03/07/1875 Maurice Joseph Ravel, Cibourne France, composer (Boléro)
    03/07/1875 Maurice Ravel, composer
    03/07/1883 Carl Deis, composer
    03/07/1887 Heino Eller, composer
    03/07/1888 Alidius WLT van Starkenborch Stachouwer, gov of Neth Indies (1936-45
    03/07/1895 Juan Jose Castro, composer
    03/07/1896 Erwin Bodky, composer
    03/07/1898 John Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer
    03/07/1900 [Albert] Carel Willink, painter (realism)
    03/07/1902 Heinz Rühmann, German actor (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick)
    03/07/1904 Ivar Ballangrud, Norway, Olympic speed skater (4 gold, 2 silver) 03/07/1904 Reinhard Heydrich, German protector (Bohemen/Moravia (Lidice)) 03/07/1904 Willy Forst, Austria actor/director (Wiener Broke)
    03/07/1906 Alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer
    03/07/1906 Hans Lachman, composer
    03/07/1907 Juan Francisco Giacobbe, composer
    03/07/1907 Mircea Eliade, religious historian (Le Yoga)
    03/07/1908 Anna Magnani, Alexandria Egypt, actress (Rose Tattoo, Miracle) 03/07/1908 Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st chamber member (CPN)
    03/07/1908 Tomas de Manzarraga, composer
    03/07/1911 Stefan Kisielewski, composer
    03/07/1915 Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician
    03/07/1917 Davis Roberts, Mobile Ala, actor (Mr Johnson-Boone)
    03/07/1917 Robert Erickson, composer
    03/07/1924 Kobo Abe, Japan, playwright (Woman, the Dunes)
    03/07/1930 Anthony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon, photographer
    03/07/1930 James Broderick, Charleston NH, actor (Brenner-Brenner, Doug-Family)
    03/07/1931 Cornelis T 'Cor' van de Molen, director Social Businesses of Press 03/07/1931 Donald Barthelme, US, writer (Snow White)
    03/07/1934 Willard Scott, weather forecaster (Today Show)
    03/07/1936 Georges Perec, French writer
    03/07/1937 Don Bonker, (Rep-D-WA, 1975- )
    03/07/1938 Homero Blancas, golfer (1965 Rookie of the Year)
    03/07/1938 Janet Guthrie, race car driver, 1st woman to race in Indie 500 03/07/1939 Marion Marlowe, St Louis Mo, singer (Arthur Godfrey & Friends) 03/07/1940 Daniel J Travanti, Kenosha Wisc, actor (Frank Furillo-Hill St Blues)
    03/07/1940 Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader
    03/07/1940 Viktor Petrovich Savinykh, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-4)
    03/07/1942 Michael Eisner, Mt Kisko NY, CEO (Walt Disney)
    03/07/1942 Paul Preuss, US, sci-fi author (Medusa Encounter, Starfire) 03/07/1942 Tammy Faye Bakker, gospel singer/wife of Jim Baker (PTL)
    03/07/1942 Tommy F Robinson, (Rep-D-AR, 1985- )
    03/07/1943 Chris White, rock bassist (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
    03/07/1944 Elton Gallegly, (Rep-R-California)
    03/07/1945 Arthur Lee, rocker (Vindicator)
    03/07/1945 John Heard, actor (Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD)
    03/07/1946 Peter Wolf, rock singer (J Giels Band-Centerfold, Freeze Frame) 03/07/1947 Donna Loren, Boston Mass, singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo) 03/07/1947 Lewis J Stadlen, Bkln NY, actor (John-Benson, Savages, Windy City) 03/07/1950 Franco Harris, NFL fullback (Pitts Steelers)
    03/07/1952 Ernie Isley, US guitarist (It's Your Thing, Heat is On)
    03/07/1952 Lynn Swann, NFL receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)/sportscaster 03/07/1954 Matt Frenette, rocker (Loverboy)
    03/07/1960 Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakia, tennis pro (US Open 1985-87)
    03/07/1961 Mary Beth Evans, Pasadena Calif, actress (Kayla-Days of our Lives) 03/07/1962 Taylor Dane, Long Island NY, rocker (I'll Always Love You)


    Deaths:

    03/07/ 161 Antoninus Pius, [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at
    03/07/ 322 -BC- Aristotle, Greek philosopher, dies
    03/07/1040 Harold I, King of England (1035-40), dies
    03/07/1111 Bohemund I van Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies
    03/07/1274 Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48
    03/07/1305 Gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namen, dies at 78 03/07/1724 Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at 68
    03/07/1737 Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/field marshal, dies at 79 03/07/1750 Cornelis Consolation, portrait (It Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52 03/07/1761 Antonio Palella, composer, dies at 68
    03/07/1802 Johann Georg Witthauer, composer, dies at 50
    03/07/1804 John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies 03/07/1809 Johann G Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer, dies at 73
    03/07/1810 Albertus H Wiese, gov-gen of Neth Indies, dies at about 48 03/07/1842 Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer, dies at 61
    03/07/1862 Ben McCulloch, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 50
    03/07/1862 John Baillie McIntosh, US general-major (Union Army), dies at 32 03/07/1907 Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer, dies at 64
    03/07/1911 Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies 03/07/1926 Jindrich Z Albestu Kaan, composer, dies at 73
    03/07/1931 Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Finnish painter/illustrator, dies at 65 03/07/1931 Theo of Doesburg, [Christian EM Kupper], painter/architect, dies 03/07/1932 Aristide Briand, 11 x premier of France (Nobel 1926), dies at 69 03/07/1939 Amadeo Roldan, composer, dies at 39
    03/07/1941 Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at 63
    03/07/1945 Adolf Bartels, German writer, dies
    03/07/1951 Ali Razmara, Shah of Iran (1950-51), assassinated
    03/07/1951 Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies 03/07/1959 Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies 03/07/1959 Hinsdale Smith, developer of roll-down auto windows dies at 88 03/07/1961 Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter, dies at 42
    03/07/1961 Max Hymans, WW II resistance fighter/Head of Air France dies at 60 03/07/1964 Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at 73
    03/07/1973 André de Meulemaster, Belgian WW I pilot [Arend van Vlanderen], dies
    03/07/1975 Ben Blue, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 73 03/07/1976 Erwin Kroll, composer, dies at 90
    03/07/1979 Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84 03/07/1979 Klaus Egge, composer, dies at 72
    03/07/1981 John Gnagy, artist (Learn to Draw), dies at 73
    03/07/1981 Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin, Russian conductor/composer, dies at 67 03/07/1982 Charles Borromeo Mills, composer, dies at 68
    03/07/1983 Igor Markevich, composer, dies at 70
    03/07/1983 Robert Bray, actor (Corey-Lassie, Simon-Stagecoach West), dies at 65
    03/07/1985 George Schick, conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76
    03/07/1985 Robert W Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95
    03/07/1985 Victor W Farris, inventor of paper milk carton, etc, dies 03/07/1986 Jacob K Javits, (Sen-R-NY), dies in Palm Beach, Fla at 81 03/07/1988 Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at 83 of emphysema 03/07/1990 Max Neuhaus, composer, dies at 50
    03/07/1993 Arnold Franchetti, Ital/US composer, dies


    Significant Events:

    03/07/1138 Conrad III becomes German king
    03/07/1560 Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, N Africa 03/07/1621 John Pieterszoon Coens troops land on Lontor, East-Indies 03/07/1633 Prince Frederik Henry appointed himself viceroy of Limburg 03/07/1644 Massachusetts establishes 1st 2-chamber legislature in colonies 03/07/1719 Amsterdams master builder Steven J Vennekool buried
    03/07/1774 British close port of Boston to all commerce
    03/07/1778 Capt James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay
    03/07/1801 Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law
    03/07/1808 Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro
    03/07/1835 HMS Beagle sails from Valparaiso to Concepción
    03/07/1843 1st Catholic governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office 03/07/1847 US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico
    03/07/1848 In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed
    03/07/1850 Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850
    03/07/1851 Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends 03/07/1852 Dutch telegraph worker law established
    03/07/1854 Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes 03/07/1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Gens McCulloch & McIntosh killed 03/07/1865 -10] Battles round Kinston NC
    03/07/1870 Cin Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest & Eas
    03/07/1872 -8°F in Boston, MA
    03/07/1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone
    03/07/1894 A Charlois discovers asteroid #388 Charybdis
    03/07/1900 Battle at Poplar Brutal
    03/07/1902 Boers beat British troop in Two Bush, Transvaal
    03/07/1906 Finnish Senate agrees for general voting right, except for poor 03/07/1907 Kopff discovers asteroid 628 Christine, 629 Bernardina & 630 Euphemi
    03/07/1908 Cincinnati mayor says woman aren't physically fit to operate an auto
    03/07/1911 US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border
    03/07/1911 Willis Farnsworth, Petaluma, CA, patents coin-operated locker 03/07/1912 Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole
    03/07/1913 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #747 Winchester
    03/07/1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania
    03/07/1921 Red Army under Trotsky attack sailors of Kronstadt
    03/07/1926 1st transatlantic telephone call (London-NY)
    03/07/1927 Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan 03/07/1930 Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball 03/07/1932 Irregularities in Ford-factory Dearborn, Michigan, kill 4 03/07/1933 Game of 'Monopoly' invented
    03/07/1934 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1301 Yvonne
    03/07/1935 Saar incorporated into Germany
    03/07/1936 Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland 03/07/1937 Bucharin, Jagoda & Rykov pushed out of CPSU in USSR
    03/07/1939 Glamour magazine begins publishing
    03/07/1940 Mont Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home 03/07/1940 Ray Steele beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ 03/07/1941 3rd largest snowfall in NYC history (18.1')
    03/07/1941 50,000 British soldiers lands in Greece
    03/07/1941 British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
    03/07/1942 1st cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee
    03/07/1943 S Arend discovers asteroid #1563 Noel
    03/07/1944 Japans begins offensive in Burma
    03/07/1945 Cologne taken by allied armies
    03/07/1945 During WW II, US crosses Rhine River
    03/07/1945 US 9th Pantzer division attacks Remagen on the Rhine
    03/07/1948 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1863 Antinous
    03/07/1949 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1597 Laugier
    03/07/1950 Dick Button wins 3rd consecutive world figure skating championship 03/07/1951 Ezzard Charles wins 15-round HW decision against Jersey Joe Walcott 03/07/1954 Russia wins title in their 1st international ice hockey competiton 03/07/1955 Baseball com Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter 03/07/1955 Mary Martin as 'Peter Pan' televised
    03/07/1958 Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffa
    03/07/1959 1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow) 03/07/1960 Builders strike for CLA
    03/07/1962 Launch of OSO 1, 1st astronomy satellite (solar flare data) 03/07/1965 Alabama state troopers & 600 black protestors clash in Selma 03/07/1965 Christian-democrats win parliament in Chile
    03/07/1970 WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting 03/07/1971 Egypt refuses to renew the Suez ceasefire
    03/07/1973 Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory
    03/07/1973 Sheik Mujib ur-Rahmans Awami League wins election in Bangladesh 03/07/1974 'Monitor' (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras NC 03/07/1974 1st general striking in Ethiopia
    03/07/1975 Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate 03/07/1976 Morocco & Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria 03/07/1977 Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections
    03/07/1977 Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin meets Pres Carter
    03/07/1978 Belgium baron Charles Brought kidnap
    03/07/1978 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders 03/07/1978 Dutch 2nd Chamber votes against neutron bomb
    03/07/1981 1st homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death 03/07/1982 Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec) 03/07/1985 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released
    03/07/1986 M Inoue & O Muramatsu discovers asteroid #3432 Kobuchizawa 03/07/1986 South-Africa emergency crisis disbands Brabant & Limburg
    03/07/1986 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist 03/07/1987 Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith to win the WBA heavyweight title 03/07/1988 Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award 03/07/1989 Iran drops diplomatic relations with Gr Britain over Rushdie 03/07/1989 Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, NW North America, Greenland) 03/07/1990 H Wayne Huizenga buys ½ Joe Robbie Stadium & 15% of Dolphins for $30

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Mon Mar 8 09:34:36 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/08/1075 Aboe 'l-Kasim Mahmoed ibn Omar al-Zapowersjari, Arab theologist 03/08/1495 Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brother of Barmhartigheid)
    03/08/1607 Johann Rist, composer
    03/08/1714 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of JS Bach 03/08/1743 Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer
    03/08/1748 Willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau
    03/08/1778 Friedrich August Kanne, composer
    03/08/1783 Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer
    03/08/1783 Hannah Hoes Van Buren, NY, wife of pres Martin (1837-41) (died 1819)
    03/08/1787 Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery 03/08/1799 Simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889
    03/08/1825 George William Martin, composer
    03/08/1836 Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army) 03/08/1840 Franco Faccio, composer
    03/08/1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32) 03/08/1843 Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer
    03/08/1847 Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)
    03/08/1853 Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, Flemish composer (Parisina) 03/08/1857 Ruggero Leoncavallo, composer
    03/08/1859 Kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows)
    03/08/1859 Otto Taubmann, composer
    03/08/1862 Joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds
    03/08/1865 Frederick William Goudy, US, printer/type designer
    03/08/1872 Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer
    03/08/1876 Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio) 03/08/1879 Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 44, radiothorium/actinium
    03/08/1883 Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer
    03/08/1886 Anton Portielje, inspector of Arts/radio host
    03/08/1886 Edward Kendall, chemist, isolated cortisone (Nobel 1950)
    03/08/1888 Stuart Chase, NH, writer/economist (Tragedy of Waste)
    03/08/1889 Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business)
    03/08/1891 Sam Jaffe, NYC, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey)
    03/08/1892 Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian party leader/premier (1952-53)
    03/08/1894 Wäinö V Aaltonen, Finnish sculptor
    03/08/1898 Louise Beavers, Cin Ohio, actress (Beulah-Beulah, Made for each othe
    03/08/1898 Theophilus E Dönges, South Afr minister of Internal Affairs 03/08/1899 Eric Linklater, Scotland, novelist/poet (Blue Swallows)
    03/08/1909 Anthony Donato, composer
    03/08/1909 Claire Trevor, actress (Murder My Sweet, Marjorie Morningstar) 03/08/1911 Alan Hovhaness, Somerville Mass, composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo) 03/08/1917 A Marja, [ATE Mooy], wrtier (Snippers on the River)
    03/08/1918 Alan Hale [MacKahan] Jr, LA Calif, actor (Skipper-Gilligan's Island)
    03/08/1921 Cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (East Side
    03/08/1922 Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953)
    03/08/1923 Sembene Ousmane, Senegalese author/novelist/director (Doctor Noir) 03/08/1924 Sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur
    03/08/1925 Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer
    03/08/1925 Petrus Steenkamp, Dutch politician (KVP/CDA)
    03/08/1927 Jaromir Podesva, composer
    03/08/1927 Joseph Berg, composer
    03/08/1928 Frank Michael Beyer, composer
    03/08/1928 Judy Johnson, Norfolk Va, singer (Your Show of Shows)
    03/08/1934 Christian Wolff, composer
    03/08/1934 Ron Taylor, Sydney Australia, cinematographer (Those Amazing Animals
    03/08/1936 Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle)
    03/08/1936 Sue Ane Langdon, Paterson NJ, actress (Bachelor Father, Arnie) 03/08/1937 Juvenal Hayarimana, president of Rwanda (1973- )
    03/08/1937 Raynoma Gordy, [Mayberry], US orchestra leader (Rayber Voices) 03/08/1938 Lew DeWitt, Va, country singer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall
    03/08/1939 George William Reed, astronomy writer/cartoonist (Dark Sky Legacy) 03/08/1939 Jim Bouton, Newark NJ, pitcher (NY Yankees)/author (Ball Four) 03/08/1939 Lydia Skoblikova, USSR, speed skater (Olympics-6 gold-1960, 64) 03/08/1939 Mike Lowry, (Rep-D-WA, 1979- )
    03/08/1939 Robert Tear, Barry Wales, tenor (Welsh Natl Opera 1970)
    03/08/1939 Yannis Vlachopoulos, composer
    03/08/194- Alan Sues, Ross Calif, comedian (Laugh-In)
    03/08/1940 Leslie Isben Rogge, one of FBI's most wanted
    03/08/1940 Susan Clark, Sarnia Ontario, actress (Night Moves, Webster) 03/08/1940 Theo Laseroms, [The Tank], soccer player (Feyenoord)
    03/08/1941 Ivana Loudova, composer
    03/08/1941 Yvar Emilian Mikhashoff, composer
    03/08/1942 Ann Packer-Brightwell, England, 400m/800m runner (Oly-gold-1964) 03/08/1942 Ralph Ellis, England, rhythm (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good) 03/08/1942 [Dick] Richie Allen, baseball player (AL MVP 1972)
    03/08/1943 Lynn Redgrave, London, actress (Georgie Girl)/Weight-Watcher 03/08/1944 Carole Bayer Sager, NY, aka Mrs Burt Bachrach, singer
    03/08/1945 Jim Chapman, (Rep-D-TX, 1985- )
    03/08/1945 Mickey Dolenz, LA Calif, actor (Circus Boy)/singer (Monkees) 03/08/1946 Randy Meisner, rock bassist/vocalist (Poco, Eagles-Take it Easy) 03/08/1948 Peggy March, rock vocalist (I Will Follow Him)
    03/08/1949 Charles Lismont, Belgian marathon runner (Olympic-silver-1972) 03/08/1952 Aleksandr A Volkov, Russia, col/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-8, T-14, TM-7) 03/08/1952 Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasjoetin, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-14) 03/08/1953 Jim Rice, Boston Red Sox outfielder (AL MVP 1978)
    03/08/1953 Kathleen Ann Shower, Brookville Oh, Playmate of the Year (May, 1985)
    03/08/1954 Cheryl Baker, rock vocalist (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies) 03/08/1954 David Wilkie, England, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1976) 03/08/1954 Karl Schnabl, 90m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1976)
    03/08/1954 Marie-Thérèse Nadig, Tanneboden Switz, skier (Olympic-2 gold-1972) 03/08/1958 Gary Numan, [Gary Webb] Hammersmith England, vocalist (Replicas) 03/08/1959 Aidan Quinn, Chicago, actor (All My Sons, Reckless, Stakeout) 03/08/1964 Peter 'Ged' Gill, drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-2 Tribes) 03/08/1966 Holly Ann Salo, Keani Alaska, Miss Alaska-America (1991)
    03/08/1966 Laura McCabe, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
    03/08/1970 Rhett Harty, Pasedena CA, US soccer player (Olympic-92)


    Deaths:

    03/08/ 883 Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies 03/08/1144 Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle 03/08/1403 Bajezid I Jildirim, [Bliksemschicht], 4th sultan of Turkey, dies 03/08/1550 Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Barmhartigh), dies at 55 03/08/1638 Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 03/08/1640 Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50
    03/08/1702 William III, King of England (1689-1702), dies at 51
    03/08/1716 Harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69
    03/08/1720 Georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53
    03/08/1734 Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33
    03/08/1828 Johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75
    03/08/1862 Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56
    03/08/1869 Hector Louis Berlioz, composer, dies at 65
    03/08/1869 Louis H Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65 03/08/1874 Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74 03/08/1889 Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 8
    03/08/1901 Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64 03/08/1901 Peter Benoit, composer, dies at 66
    03/08/1917 Ferdinand von Zeppelin, air pioneer, dies
    03/08/1919 Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88
    03/08/1920 Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies
    03/08/1923 Johannes S van der Waals, physicist (Nobel 1910), dies
    03/08/1930 William Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 7
    03/08/1931 Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87
    03/08/1932 John de Mere, lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 03/08/1937 Albert Verwey, poet/literature historian (Motion), dies
    03/08/1941 Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67
    03/08/1941 Sherwood Anderson, US writer/publisher (Winesburg Ohio), dies at 64 03/08/1945 HJ Jamin, resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald
    03/08/1950 Jaroslav Kocian, composer, dies at 67
    03/08/1951 Honeymoon Killers, die in electric chair
    03/08/1951 John Winter Thompson, composer, dies at 83
    03/08/1955 Clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies 03/08/1957 Othmar Schoeck, composer, dies at 70
    03/08/1959 Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered
    03/08/1961 Thomas Beecham, English composer (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 8
    03/08/1971 Harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies at 77
    03/08/1974 Christian van Yellow, poet/sculptor, dies at 56
    03/08/1974 Willem 'Wim' Sonneveld, singer/actor (Silk Stockings), dies at 56 03/08/1975 George Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70 03/08/1983 William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 03/08/1985 Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack 03/08/1985 Thomas Creighton, US heart patient (3 implants in 46 hrs), dies at 3
    03/08/1992 Red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies
    03/08/1993 Billy Eckstine, jazz singer (Fools Rush In), dies at 78 of stroke 03/08/1993 Johan Bodegraven, radiohost (Stock exch open, dikes close), dies at
    03/08/1993 Joop Scheltens, TV host/director (Explore Your Place), dies at 69 03/08/1993 Wells Root, US screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 92 03/08/1994 Joop C Swart, publisher/founder (World Press Photo), dies at 69 03/08/1994 Knut Haukelid, Norse/US resistance fighter (Rjukan 1943), dies at 82


    Significant Events:

    03/08/1418 Jacoba van Bayern marries her cousin John IV van Brabant
    03/08/1586 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt becomes Dutch land advocate
    03/08/1658 Peace of Roskilde between Sweden & Denmark
    03/08/1702 Queen Anne ascends to the English throne
    03/08/1766 Willem V (18) becomes governor of United Provinces
    03/08/1782 Gnadenhutten massacre - Ohio militia kills 90 indians
    03/08/1801 British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt
    03/08/1838 US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes) 03/08/1854 US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan
    03/08/1855 1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls 03/08/1858 Opera 'I Pagliacci' is produced (Naples)
    03/08/1861 E W Tempel discovers asteroid #65 Cybele
    03/08/1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal 03/08/1862 Confederate ironclad Merrimack launched
    03/08/1862 Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, VA CSS Virginia, Jamestown & 03/08/1862 Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress & Monitor
    03/08/1865 Battle of Kingston, NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)
    03/08/1887 Everett Horton, CT, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes 03/08/1888 J Palisa discovers asteroid #273 Atropos
    03/08/1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #358 Apollonia
    03/08/1894 A Charlois discovers asteroid #389 Industria
    03/08/1894 NY passes 1st state dog license law
    03/08/1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #559 Nanon
    03/08/1906 Ottawa Silver 7 beat Smith Falls (Ont) for Stanley Cup
    03/08/1908 Collingwood Elementary (Cleve) burns, kills 173 kids & 2 teachers 03/08/1908 Frederick of Eden speaks in Carnegie Hall, NY
    03/08/1910 Baronne Raymonde de Laroche, France becomes 1st licensed female pilo
    03/08/1911 1st International Woman's Day
    03/08/1915 1st US navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned
    03/08/1916 US invades Cuba, to stop corrupt regime-Menocal
    03/08/1917 Russian revolution breaks out (2/24 OS) (in St Petersburg) 03/08/1917 US invades Cuba for 3rd time
    03/08/1920 Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations
    03/08/1924 Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah
    03/08/1930 Babe Ruth signs $80,000 contract with the Yankees
    03/08/1930 Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India
    03/08/1934 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars 03/08/1938 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1453 Fennia
    03/08/1941 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies) 03/08/1942 Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma
    03/08/1942 KNIL surrenders to Japanese armies
    03/08/1943 Limited gambling legalized in Mexico
    03/08/1946 1st helicopter licensed for coml use (NYC)
    03/08/1949 WAGA TV channel 5 in Atlanta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting 03/08/1949 WBAP-FM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting
    03/08/1950 1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel-BR Walters 03/08/1950 USSR announces they have developed the atomic bomb
    03/08/1951 Intl Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel
    03/08/1951 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1596 Itzigsohn
    03/08/1952 Antoine Pinay forms French government
    03/08/1952 Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis
    03/08/1953 KSWO TV channel 7 in Lawton, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting 03/08/1953 WFMJ TV channel 21 in Youngstown, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 03/08/1954 Herb McKinley sets ¼ mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne, Australia 03/08/1957 Israeli troops reopen Suez Canal
    03/08/1958 Silky Sullivan comes from 40 lengths back to win by 3 at Santa Anita
    03/08/1958 William Faulkner says US school degenerated to become babysitters 03/08/1959 Groucho, Chico & Harpo's final TV appearance together
    03/08/1959 KUAT TV channel 6 in Tucson, AZ (PBS) begins broadcasting 03/08/1959 Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq
    03/08/1961 US nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base 03/08/1961 of Holy Loch from SC in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hrs
    03/08/1963 Syrian Arab Rep Revolution Day - Military coup in Syria
    03/08/1964 F Borngen discovers asteroid #3181 Ahnert
    03/08/1964 Malcolm X begins black Muslim action
    03/08/1965 1st US combat forces arrive in Vietnam (3,500 Marines)
    03/08/1965 4000 Marines land in South Vietnam
    03/08/1967 New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day
    03/08/1968 6 year old Tommy Moore scores hole-in-one in golf (Hagerstown, Md) 03/08/1968 Fillmore East opens
    03/08/1968 Students demonstrate in Warsaw
    03/08/1969 Marriage of 12 year old Marcella Rosciglione in Palermo
    03/08/1970 WTCI TV channel 45 in Chattanooga, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting 03/08/1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali in Madison Sq Garden (NYC) 03/08/1971 Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record) 03/08/1971 Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's 'Star Spangled Banner' 03/08/1972 1st airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa)
    03/08/1972 1st flight of the Goodyear blimp
    03/08/1973 Paul & Linda McCartney are fined £100 for growing cannabis 03/08/1974 Charles the Gaulle Airport opens in Paris
    03/08/1976 1774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China 03/08/1977 Henry L Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond
    03/08/1979 China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam
    03/08/1979 Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdal
    03/08/1979 Volcanoes on Io discovered by Voyager 1
    03/08/1983 IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0
    03/08/1983 Pres Reagan calls the USSR an 'Evil Empire'
    03/08/1986 4 French TV crew members are abducted in west Beirut Lebanon 03/08/1986 Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km 03/08/1986 Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million 03/08/1987 FBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Jr in Calif
    03/08/1987 Nelli Cooman becomes world champion 60m indoor
    03/08/1990 NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 1st victim, Mario Orosco
    03/08/1991 Harry Hamlin & Nicollette Sheridan wed
    03/08/1993 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder 03/08/1994 B737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, at least 8 killed 03/08/1994 Train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Mar 9 08:18:52 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/09/1454 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America)
    03/09/1564 David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discover variable star)
    03/09/1735 August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer
    03/09/1737 Josef Myslivecek, composer
    03/09/1753 Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general/architect (Mainz, Colors) 03/09/1758 Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology)
    03/09/1777 Alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist 03/09/1810 Jean-Georges Kastner, composer
    03/09/1812 Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer
    03/09/1814 Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, national poet/painter/prof of Kiev 03/09/1824 Leland Stanford, (Gov/Sen)/found Stanford U
    03/09/1839 Felix Huston Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 192
    03/09/1839 Modest P Moessorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Gudunov) [OS] 03/09/1848 Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer
    03/09/1850 Alexandre Luigini, composer
    03/09/1874 Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer
    03/09/1875 Martin Fallas Shaw, composer
    03/09/1877 Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist
    03/09/1881 Enver Pasja, Turkish general/politician
    03/09/1881 Ernest Bevin, British minister of Labour/Foreign affairs
    03/09/1890 Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Soviet foreign minister (UN) 03/09/1892 David Garnett, England, novelist/editor (Lady into Fox)
    03/09/1892 Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Adel und Underworld) 03/09/1892 Mátyá Rákosi, [Rosencranz], premier of Hungary (1952-53)
    03/09/1892 Vita Sackville-West, England, novelist/poet (The Land)
    03/09/1893 Edgar Scauflaire, Belgian wall-painter/decorator
    03/09/1893 Hans Munch, composer
    03/09/1902 Edward Durell Stone, US, architect (US Embassy, New Delhi) 03/09/1902 Will Greer, Frankfort Ind, actor (Grandpa Walton-The Waltons) 03/09/1905 Félix L V L J Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes)
    03/09/1905 Grigori Kozintsev, Kiev Ukraine, director (Hamlet, King Lear) 03/09/1905 Peter C Quennell, English biographer/critic (Byron in Italy) 03/09/1905 Rex Warner, English poet/writer (Wild Goose Chase)
    03/09/1907 Henry Leland Clarke, composer
    03/09/1908 Luiz Cosme, composer
    03/09/1910 Ed[uard] Hoornik, writer/poet (Outlive)
    03/09/1910 Samuel Barber, West Chester Pa, composer (Pulitz, School for Scandal
    03/09/1911 Ramon Campbell Batista, composer
    03/09/1913 Ger[ar]da Brautigam, journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (PvdA)
    03/09/1914 Fred Clark, Lincoln Calif, actor (Burns & Allen, Auntie Mame) 03/09/1917 Dante B Fascell, (Rep-D-FL, 1955- )
    03/09/1918 Mickey Spillane, mystery writer (I, the Jury)
    03/09/1920 Carl Betz, Pitts, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show)
    03/09/1922 Herbert P Douglas Jr, Pitts, long jumper (Olympic-bronze-1948) 03/09/1923 André Courréges, France, fashion designer (introed the miniskirt) 03/09/1923 James Buckley, (Sen-R-NY)
    03/09/1924 Konstantin Iliev, composer
    03/09/1926 Celso Garrido Lecca, composer
    03/09/1926 Gerrit A Kooy, sociologist (Apartheid & work in South Africa) 03/09/1926 Irene Papas, Corinth Greece, actress (Moses The Lawgiver) 03/09/1927 Hans Ludwig Schilling, composer
    03/09/1927 Jack Jensen, baseball player (AL MVP 1958)
    03/09/1927 John Beckwith, composer
    03/09/1929 Hugh D Hoyte, president (Guyana, 1985- )
    03/09/1930 Harrie J B Arts, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
    03/09/1930 Thomas Schippers, Kalamazoo Mich, conductor (Amahl & Night Visitors)
    03/09/1932 Heere Heeresma, writer (Han the White goes in development aid) 03/09/1933 Lloyd Price, US, singer (Just Because)
    03/09/1933 William Francis McBeth, composer
    03/09/1934 Joyce Van Patten, Queens NY, actress (Good Guys, Don Rickles Show) 03/09/1934 Yuri Gagarin, Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space (aboard Vostok 1
    03/09/1935 Keely Smith, Norfolk Va, singer (Mrs Louie Prima)
    03/09/1935 Sister Bernard Ncube, South African nun
    03/09/1936 Glenda Jackson, England, actress (Hopscotch, Touch of Class) 03/09/1936 Marty Ingels, Bkln NY, comedian (I'm Dickens He's Fenster) 03/09/1936 Mickey Gilley, Ferriday La, country singer (Urban Cowboy) 03/09/1938 Charles Siebert, Kenosha Wisc, actor (One Day at A Time, Trapper Joh
    03/09/1940 Raul Julia, PR, actor (Eyes of Laura Mars, Kiss of the Spider Woman)
    03/09/1941 Trish Van Devere, actress (Movie, Movie, Changeling, Hearse) 03/09/1942 John Cale, Welsh/US bassist/altviolist/singer (Velvet Underground) 03/09/1942 Mark Lindsay, Eugene Oregon, singer (Paul Revere & the Raiders) 03/09/1943 Bobby Fischer, US, world chess champion (1972-75)
    03/09/1944 Trevor Burton, rocker (Move)
    03/09/1945 Laura Lee, [Rundless], singer (Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights) 03/09/1945 Ray Royer, rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
    03/09/1945 Robin Trower, London, rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale) 03/09/1946 German Semyonovich Arzamazov, Russia, cosmonaut
    03/09/1948 Jamie Lyn Bauer, Phoenix Az, actr (Young & Restless, Centerfold Girl
    03/09/1948 Jeffrey Osborne, singer (On the Wings of Love)
    03/09/1949 Kalevi Aho, composer
    03/09/1950 Danny Sullivan, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)
    03/09/1952 Iuliana Semenova, USSR, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976)
    03/09/1952 William Kirby Cullen, Santa Ana Calif, actor (How the West Was Won) 03/09/1954 Keven Wade, Chappaqua NY, screen writer (Working Girls)
    03/09/1955 Ornella Muti, Rome Italy, actress (Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife
    03/09/1955 Teo Fabi, formula-1 Indy-car racer (rookie of year-1983)
    03/09/1957 Faith Daniels, news anchor (CBS-TV)
    03/09/1957 Jon Engen, Oslo Norway, US biathelete (Olympics-1994)
    03/09/1958 Martin Fry, rock vocalist (ABC-All of My Heart)
    03/09/1959 Barbie, doll
    03/09/1962 Brian Green, Columbus Indiana, actor (Sam Fowler-Another World) 03/09/1963 Kent Ferguson, Cedar Rapids Iowa, US diver (Olympic-92)
    03/09/1965 Brian Bosworth, quarterback (Seattle)
    03/09/1966 Juliette Binoche, Paris France, actress (Unbearable Lightness) 03/09/1967 Curt Schreiner, Albany NY, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
    03/09/1967 Eric Flaim, Pembroke Mass, short track skater (Olympics-1994) 03/09/1970 Melissa Rathburn-Nealy, US soldier (Iraqi POW)
    03/09/1971 Emmanuel Lewis, Bkln NY, actor (Webster)


    Deaths:

    03/09/1620 Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer Königreich), dies at 59 03/09/1661 Jules 'Cardinal' Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies
    03/09/1688 Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89 03/09/1706 Johann Pachelbel, composer, dies at 52
    03/09/1747 Jacob Campo Weyerman, S Neth adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69 03/09/1800 Dominique Della-Maria, composer, dies at 31
    03/09/1819 Janos Fusz, composer, dies at 41
    03/09/1827 Franz Xaver Gerl, composer, dies at 62
    03/09/1870 Theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65
    03/09/1877 Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58
    03/09/1895 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59 03/09/1918 [Benjamin] Franc[lin] Wedekind, German writer/press sec, dies at 53 03/09/1931 Ida B Wells-Barnett, famous black, dies at 78 in Chicago
    03/09/1938 Sydney Baynes, composer, dies at 59
    03/09/1941 Carlos Pedrell, composer, dies at 62
    03/09/1943 Oskar Hêks, Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz 03/09/1955 Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies 03/09/1962 Howard Engstrom, Boston, a designer of Univac computer dies at 59 03/09/1964 Johanna W 'Mina' Bakker, actress (Boefje), dies at 87
    03/09/1964 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general strategist, dies at 93 03/09/1965 Anthon van der Horst, composer, dies at 66
    03/09/1969 Riad, chief of staff of Egyptian army, dies
    03/09/1969 Richard Crane, actor (Surfside 6), dies at 50
    03/09/1971 Jean-Pierre Guezek, composer, dies at 36
    03/09/1974 Earl W Sutherland Jr, US pharmacologist (Nobel 1971), dies at 58 03/09/1975 Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82 03/09/1981 Max Delbrück, German/US biologist (Nobel 1969), dies
    03/09/1982 Alan Badel, actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58
    03/09/1982 Rex Marshall, TV announcer (Circuit Rider, Herman Hickman Show), die
    03/09/1982 Richard A Butler, England, min of Finance, dies at 79
    03/09/1983 Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65 03/09/1986 Ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78
    03/09/1988 Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83 03/09/1989 Robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer, dies
    03/09/1992 James Brooks, US mural painter (Flight, La Guardia Airport NY), dies
    03/09/1992 Menachem W Begin, premier Israel (1977-80, 81-83, Nobel 1979), dies 03/09/1993 Ad de Gessel, actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies
    03/09/1993 Bob Crosby, swing-era bandleader (Bobcats), dies of cancer at 79 03/09/1993 C Northcote Parkinson, British wit (Parkinson's Law), dies at 83 03/09/1994 Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (French Connection), dies at 76


    Significant Events:

    03/09/1496 Jews are expelled from Carintha Austria
    03/09/1497 Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation, 03/09/1522 -16] Marten Luther preaches his Invocavit
    03/09/1642 English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis
    03/09/1741 English fleet under admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena 03/09/1745 Bells for 1st American carillon shipped from England to Boston 03/09/1791 George Hayward, US, surgeon, 1st to use ether
    03/09/1796 Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais
    03/09/1798 Dr George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the US navy 03/09/1820 -11) Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die
    03/09/1820 James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House
    03/09/1822 Charles Graham of NY patents artificial teeth
    03/09/1841 US Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident) 03/09/1842 The opera 'Nabucco' is produced (Milan)
    03/09/1844 The opera 'Hernani' is produced (Venice)
    03/09/1858 Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox
    03/09/1860 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in SF en route to Washington 03/09/1861 Confederate currency authorized-$50, $100, $500, $1,000
    03/09/1862 'Monitor' (Union) & 'Merrimack' (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads 03/09/1864 Ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of Union Army
    03/09/1868 The opera 'Hamlet' is produced (Paris)
    03/09/1873 Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded
    03/09/1882 False teeth patented
    03/09/1882 J Palisa discovers asteroid #223 Rosa
    03/09/1889 Kansas passes 1st general antitrust law in US
    03/09/1895 Montreal AAA beat Queens Univ (Kingston Ont) for the Stanley Cup 03/09/1897 Premier of Gustav Mahlers 3rd Symphony (Berlin)
    03/09/1902 Composer Gustav Mahler marries Alma Schindler
    03/09/1904 Brandon's Lester Patrick becomes 1st hockey defenseman to score a go
    03/09/1907 1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana
    03/09/1914 Henry Colijn appointed as director of Bataafsche Petroleum Me 03/09/1914 US Sen Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands 'Cubanisering of Mexico' 03/09/1915 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #799 Gudula
    03/09/1916 General Fransisco 'Poncho' Villa invades US (17 killed)
    03/09/1916 Germany declares war against Portugal
    03/09/1918 Russian Bolshevick Party becomes the Communist Party
    03/09/1918 Wageningen School opens
    03/09/1922 KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions
    03/09/1923 Amsterdam taxi strike ended
    03/09/1924 South slavia votes with Italy to annex Fiume (Rijeka)
    03/09/1926 Bertha Landes elected 1st woman mayor of Seattle
    03/09/1932 Eamon De Valera becomes president of Ireland
    03/09/1932 Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria
    03/09/1933 New Deal legislation begins
    03/09/1943 Greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps 03/09/1943 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1562 Gondolatsch & #1732 Heike 03/09/1945 Japanese proclaim the 'independence' of Indo-China
    03/09/1945 US bombing kills at least 120,000 in Tokyo
    03/09/1946 Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang
    03/09/1948 Temporary Indonesian government installed in Batavia
    03/09/1950 Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in NYC
    03/09/1952 Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title
    03/09/1953 A G Wilson discovers asteroid #1915 Quetzalcoatl
    03/09/1953 Josef Stalin buried in Moscow
    03/09/1954 Edward R Murrow criticizes Sen Joseph McCarthy (See it Now) 03/09/1954 WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, NH (ABC) begins broadcasting 03/09/1956 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus exiled to Seychelles
    03/09/1956 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1990 Pilcher
    03/09/1956 Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England
    03/09/1957 Earthquake/flood strikes Aleoeten
    03/09/1961 Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72
    03/09/1961 Sputnik 9 carries Chernushka (dog) into orbit
    03/09/1961 Supremes release 'I Want A Guy' & 'Never Again'
    03/09/1962 Egyptian Pres Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians 03/09/1962 US advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight
    03/09/1966 Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board 03/09/1967 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #1790 Volkov
    03/09/1968 Grammy Awards-Sgt Pepper's wins 4 awards
    03/09/1976 Islander Glenn Resch's 10th shut-out opponent-Blues 4-0
    03/09/1977 Hanafi Muslims invade 3 buildings in Wash DC, siege ended Mar 11th 03/09/1979 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered (Jupiter's satellite Io) 03/09/1980 Flemish/Walloon battles in Belgium, 40 injured
    03/09/1981 Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News
    03/09/1981 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3057 Malaren, #3106 Morabito & #3667 03/09/1983 Zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana 03/09/1984 Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections
    03/09/1984 John Lennon releases 'Borrowed Time'
    03/09/1984 Phila 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record
    03/09/1985 Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed
    03/09/1986 Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km
    03/09/1988 President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp 03/09/1989 Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy
    03/09/1989 Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec) 03/09/1989 Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary 03/09/1989 Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court 03/09/1990 Dr Antonia Novello sworn-in as US surgeon general
    03/09/1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games 03/09/1991 US 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orb
    03/09/1994 Asteroid #2060 Chiron eclipses m11.9 star

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/10/1452 Ferdinand II, the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily (expelled Jews) 03/10/1503 Ferdinand I, German emperor
    03/10/1538 Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; executed by Queen Elizabeth (1572) 03/10/1628 Constantine Huygens Jr, poet/painter/cartoonist
    03/10/1656 Adolf H van Rechteren, diplomat/politician
    03/10/1698 Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer
    03/10/1713 Christian Friedrich Schale, composer
    03/10/1713 Raphael Weiss, composer
    03/10/1748 John Playfair, Scotland, clergyman/geologist/mathematician 03/10/1755 Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer
    03/10/1772 Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde) 03/10/1776 Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III
    03/10/1780 Juan Jose Landaeta, composer
    03/10/1787 William Etty, English painter (nudist)
    03/10/1788 Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (Tie Marmorbild) 03/10/1809 William David Porter, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1864 03/10/1810 John McCloskey, US, pres of St John's College (Fordham U) 03/10/1810 Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver)
    03/10/1812 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice
    03/10/1818 George Wythe Randolph, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1867 03/10/1822 Willem Roelofs, painter/lithographer
    03/10/1824 Thomas James Churchill, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 19
    03/10/1830 Robert Lowry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 03/10/1832 William Henry Penrose, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903
    03/10/1833 Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Spain, writer (Three-Cornered Hat) 03/10/1839 Dudley Buck, Hartford, Ct, organist/church composer
    03/10/1842 Ina Donna Coolbrith, US, poet laureate of Calif
    03/10/1844 Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer (Spanish Dancing) 03/10/1845 Alexander III A Romanov, Russian tsar (1881-94)
    03/10/1850 Mary Mills Patrick, US, 1st pres of Instanbul Woman's College 03/10/1865 Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, journalist/writer/sport-organizer 03/10/1867 Lillian D Wald, US, sociologist/organizer (Visiting Nurses) 03/10/1870 Alfred Kastner, composer
    03/10/1872 Felix Borowski, composer
    03/10/1873 Jakob Wassermann, Germany, novelist (My Life as German & Jew) 03/10/1875 Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer
    03/10/1877 David M Chumaceiro, Curaçao, poet
    03/10/1878 Karel van de Woestÿne, Flemish writer (God & Sea)
    03/10/1880 Michael Jacobs, NYC, boxing promoter
    03/10/1888 Barry Fitzgerald, Dublin Ireland, actor (Acad Award-Going My Way) 03/10/1888 Krsto Odak, composer
    03/10/1891 Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (SDAP) 03/10/1892 Arthur Honnegger, Le Havre France, composer (King David)
    03/10/1892 Eva Turner, British soprano
    03/10/1898 Cy Kendall, St Louis Mo, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown)
    03/10/1899 Finn Hoffding, composer
    03/10/1900 Sherman Billingsley, Enid Ok, talk show host (Stork Club) 03/10/1903 Leon Bismarck 'Bix' Beiderbecke, US, jazz cornetist (In a Mist) 03/10/1905 Rene Bernier, composer
    03/10/1907 Robert de Roos, composer
    03/10/1908 Kristian Palusalu, Finland, heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-gold-1936)
    03/10/1909 Gerard Croiset, paragnost
    03/10/1911 Warner Anderson, Bkln, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Matthew-Peyton Place) 03/10/1914 Chandler Harper, golfer (1950 PGA champ)
    03/10/1916 James Herriot, Scotland, writer (All Creatures Great & Small) 03/10/1918 Heywood Hale Broun, journalist
    03/10/1921 Cec Linder, Galica Poland, actor (Goldfinger)
    03/10/1921 Paul Coates, NYC, columnist (Tonight! America After Dark) 03/10/1922 Adam Kennedy, Lafayette Ind, actor (Dion-Californian)
    03/10/1922 Pamela Mason, London, actress (Navy vs Night Monsters)
    03/10/1925 M J J A [Sef] Imkamp, Dutch politician (D-66)
    03/10/1926 Marques Haynes, Harlem Globetrotters' ace
    03/10/1927 Donn Trenner, New Haven Ct, orch leader (ABC's Nightlife) 03/10/1927 Paul Wunderlich, German lithograph/painter/sculptor
    03/10/1932 Anatoliy Roschin, USSR, super heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-gold-197
    03/10/1933 Bernadetta Matuszczak, composer
    03/10/1937 Tamara Press, USSR, shot putter (Olympic-gold-1960, 64)
    03/10/1938 Ron Mix, NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders) 03/10/1939 Irina Press, USSR, 80m hurdles/Pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1960, 64) 03/10/1940 Chuck Norris, [Carlos Ray], martial arts actor (Missing in Action) 03/10/1940 David Rabe, playwright (Streamers)
    03/10/1940 Dean Torrence, surf music singer (Jan & Dean-Little Old Lady) 03/10/1940 Francis Schwartz, composer
    03/10/1941 Daniel Kirkland Lentz, composer
    03/10/1941 Piotr Warzecha, composer
    03/10/1943 Alfred Whitford Lerdahl, composer
    03/10/1943 Angelique Pettyjohn, LA Calif, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek) 03/10/1943 Stephen Montague, composer
    03/10/1945 Katherine Houghton, actress (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) 03/10/1947 Avril 'Kim' Campbell, Canada's 1st female premier (1993- ) 03/10/1947 Laurie Langenbach, author
    03/10/1947 Tom Scholz, rock guitarist/keyboardist (Boston-More Than a Feeling) 03/10/1948 Austin Carr, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers)
    03/10/1952 Oupa J Gqozo, South African warden/army commandant in Ciskei 03/10/1955 Bunny DeBarge, rocker (Debarge)
    03/10/1957 Adolfo Horta, Camaguey Cuba, HW boxer (Olympic-silver-1980) 03/10/1957 Shannon Lee Tweed, St Johns NF, playmate (Nov 1981)/actr (Meatballs
    03/10/1958 Sharon Stone, Meadville Pa, actress (Basic Instinct, Sliver) 03/10/1960 Linda Jezek, Calif, backstroke swimmer (Pan Am Gold-1979) 03/10/1961 Mitch Gaylord, gymnist (Olympics 1984)/actor (American Anthem) 03/10/1962 Gary Clark, rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer)
    03/10/1963 Jasmine Guy, Boston Mass, actress (Whitley-Different World) 03/10/1964 Cynthia Brimhall, Ogden Utah, playmate (Oct, 1985)
    03/10/1964 Edward Anthony Richard Louis, Prince of Britain/Elizabeth II grandso
    03/10/1964 Neneh Cherry, Stockholm Sweden, Swedish pop singer (Money Love) 03/10/1966 Pavel Petrovich Mukhortov, Russia, cosmonaut
    03/10/1977 Shannon Miller, Rolla Mo, US gymnist (Olympic-92)


    Deaths:

    03/10/ 37 Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (14-37), dies at 77
    03/10/ 483 Simplicius, Italian Pope (468-83), dies
    03/10/1585 Rembert Dodoens, [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist, dies at
    03/10/1597 Petrus Forestus, [Pieter Foreest], artist (Willem of Orange), dies 03/10/1700 Diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer, dies at 61
    03/10/1701 Johann Schelle, composer, dies at 52
    03/10/1716 Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer, dies at 48
    03/10/1735 Dirk T van Cloon, lawyer/gov-gen of East Indies, dies at about 46 03/10/1826 Johan VI M L J, King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at 56
    03/10/1832 Muzio Clementi, composer, dies at 80
    03/10/1861 Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67
    03/10/1864 Maximilian II Jozef, King of Bayern (1848-64), dies at 52 03/10/1866 Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer, dies at 87
    03/10/1870 Ignaz Moscheles, composer, dies at 75
    03/10/1875 Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer, dies at 85
    03/10/1888 Ciro Pinsuti, composer, dies at 58
    03/10/1892 Otto van Raised, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1884-88), dies at 69 03/10/1897 Teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79
    03/10/1900 Johann Peter Hartmann, composer, dies at 94
    03/10/1901 Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, composer, dies at 39
    03/10/1906 Eugen Richter, German liberal parliament member, dies at 67 03/10/1910 Carl Reinecke, composer, dies at 86
    03/10/1910 Karl Lueger, Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies
    03/10/1913 Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, conductor on Underground RR, dies in N
    03/10/1922 Arthur Hervey, composer, dies at 67
    03/10/1922 Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer, dies at 73
    03/10/1940 Louis de Vries, actor (Merchant of Venice), dies
    03/10/1944 David Bird, Ukrainian author (Auschwitz), dies at 52
    03/10/1948 Jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide
    03/10/1966 Frederik 'Frits' Zernike, physicist (Nobel 1953), dies at 77 03/10/1966 Mari Sandoz, US author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 64
    03/10/1971 Mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer, dies at 92
    03/10/1973 Richard Sharples, governor of Bermuda, is assassinated
    03/10/1974 Quinto Maganini, composer, dies at 76
    03/10/1975 Leopold Samuel, composer, dies at 91
    03/10/1977 E Power Biggs, composer, dies at 70
    03/10/1977 Pieter John Bouman, sociologist/historian, dies at 74
    03/10/1977 Willem Schermerhorn, Dutch premier (1945-46), dies at 82
    03/10/1980 Herman Tarnower, doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris 03/10/1984 June Marlowe, actress (Pardon Us), dies at 81
    03/10/1985 Konstantin Chernenko, party leader/pres of USSR (1984-85), dies at 7
    03/10/1986 Ray Milland, actor (Lost Weekend-Acad Award 1945), dies at 81 03/10/1988 Andy Gibb, singer, dies at 30 of heart infection
    03/10/1988 Glenn Cunningham, US world record miler, dies at 78
    03/10/1988 William Brocklesby Wordsworth, composer, dies at 79
    03/10/1993 C Northcote Parkinson, English historian/sociologist (Law of P), die
    03/10/1993 David Gunn, US abortionist, murdered at 47
    03/10/1994 Charles Bukowski, German/US writer (Barfly, Hollywood), dies at 73


    Significant Events:

    03/10/ 241 -BC- Battle of Aegusa: Roman fleet sinks 50 Carthagean ships
    03/10/ 418 Jews are exculed from public office in the Roman Empire
    03/10/ 483 St Simplicius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    03/10/1526 Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal
    03/10/1535 Bishop Tomás de Berlanga discovers Galápagos Islands
    03/10/1789 Franklin College founded (1787?)
    03/10/1791 John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver
    03/10/1791 Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy
    03/10/1847 1st money minted in Hawaii
    03/10/1849 Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only US president to do so 03/10/1861 Asteroid Cybele (65) discovered by Tempel
    03/10/1862 1st paper money issued by US gov't-$5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000 03/10/1862 US issues $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000 paper money 03/10/1864 Grant is named commander of the Union armies
    03/10/1864 Red River campaign LA
    03/10/1865 Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, NC
    03/10/1874 Purdue University (Indiana) admits it's 1st student
    03/10/1876 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson) 03/10/1880 Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare & religious activity 03/10/1888 HW Boxing champ John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds 03/10/1890 A Charlois discovers asteroid #289 Nenetta
    03/10/1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #359 Georgia
    03/10/1893 Ivory Coast becomes a French colony
    03/10/1893 New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, 03/10/1893 its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed & killed the night before 03/10/1896 Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18 03/10/1896 The Bronx acquires O'Brien Square
    03/10/1900 Battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) 03/10/1902 Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri
    03/10/1903 Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine 03/10/1903 Ottawa Silver 7 beat Montreal AAA 8-0 for the Stanley Cup 03/10/1905 Japanese Army captures Manchuria (Shanghai)
    03/10/1906 Bakerloo line opens from Baker Street to Waterloo in England 03/10/1906 Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France
    03/10/1910 Pittsburgh Courier, begins publishing
    03/10/1913 Quebec Bulldogs sweep Sydney (NS) Millionaires in 2 for Stanley Cup 03/10/1913 William Knox, becomes 1st in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300 03/10/1914 Suffragettes in London damage painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez 03/10/1915 British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle 03/10/1920 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #929 Algunde
    03/10/1920 NHL's Quebec Bulldog Jim Malone scores 6 goals vs Ottawa Senators 03/10/1920 W Baade discovers asteroid #930 Westphalia
    03/10/1922 KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
    03/10/1922 state of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg S Africa 03/10/1925 Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran 03/10/1926 Run on Belgian banks
    03/10/1927 Albania mobilize by threat of Serbian, Croatian & Slavs
    03/10/1927 Hitlers speech forbidden in Bayern
    03/10/1929 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1128 Astrid
    03/10/1931 British Labour party removes fascist sir Oswald Mosley
    03/10/1933 Major earthquake in Long Beach, Calif
    03/10/1933 Nevada becomes 1st US state to regulate narcotics
    03/10/1934 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #2463
    03/10/1934 Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games) 03/10/1939 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India
    03/10/1940 1st US opera telecast, W2XBS, NYC, I Pagliacci
    03/10/1940 G Kulin discovers asteroid #1513 Matra
    03/10/1940 Germany invades the Benelux countries
    03/10/1941 Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helme
    03/10/1945 B-29 bombs Tokyo into flames
    03/10/1945 Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine
    03/10/1945 Japan declares Vietnam Independence
    03/10/1945 Pattons 3rd Army makes contact with Hodges 1st Army
    03/10/1945 Tokyo in fire after night time B-29 bombing
    03/10/1946 Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju Brazil
    03/10/1948 1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca 03/10/1952 Military coup by general Fulgencio Batista in Cuba
    03/10/1953 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #2573 Hannu Olavi
    03/10/1956 General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios 03/10/1956 Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph) 03/10/1957 Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy
    03/10/1959 Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet
    03/10/1960 USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing
    03/10/1963 Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training 03/10/1963 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 70 points vs Syracuse 03/10/1964 US begins reconnasissance flights above East-Germany
    03/10/1965 Dutch Princess Daisy & Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged 03/10/1966 5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires
    03/10/1966 Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg
    03/10/1966 North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley 03/10/1969 James Earl Ray pleads guilty of killing Martin Luther King Jr 03/10/1970 Barbra Striesand records 'The Singer' & 'I Can Do It'
    03/10/1971 Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18
    03/10/1972 1st black US political convention opens (Gary Indiana)
    03/10/1972 Gen Lon Nol becomes pres & prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia 03/10/1973 Morocco adopts constitution
    03/10/1974 Christian Democrates win Belgium parliamentary election
    03/10/1975 Dog spectacles patented in England
    03/10/1977 Rings of Uranus discovered during occultation of SAO
    03/10/1978 Soyuz 28 returns to Earth
    03/10/1980 Willard Scott becomes the weathercaster on the Today Show 03/10/1982 Pres Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
    03/10/1982 Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun
    03/10/1983 E Barr discovers asteroid #3743
    03/10/1984 Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page
    03/10/1985 Dallas Maverick coach Dick Motta is 4th NBA coach to win 700 games 03/10/1985 French socialists lose election (Nationally Front 9%)
    03/10/1988 NY Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night
    03/10/1991 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 m indoor (22.24 sec)
    03/10/1994 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Thu Mar 11 18:00:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/11/1544 Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) 03/11/1549 Henry L Spieghel, merchant/writer
    03/11/1654 Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer
    03/11/1683 Giovanni Veneziano, composer
    03/11/1726 Louise-Florence d'Épinay, France, writer (Woman, Man & 2 Kingdoms) 03/11/1731 Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence) 03/11/1754 Juan Meléndez Valdés, Spanish lawyer/poet
    03/11/1781 Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer
    03/11/1793 Jan F Willems, Flemish writer
    03/11/1811 Marsena Rudolph Patrick, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 03/11/1811 Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier, co-discovered Neptune
    03/11/1812 James Speed, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1887
    03/11/1812 Pieter Blussé van Old-Alblas, liberal minister of Finance 03/11/1812 William Vincent Wallace, composer
    03/11/1818 John Wilkins Whitfield, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 187
    03/11/1822 Allison Nelson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 03/11/1822 Marius Petipa, French ballet dancers/choreographer (Don Quiotte) 03/11/1827 Septimus Winner, composer
    03/11/1832 Franz Melde, German phyicist (Melde proof)
    03/11/1832 William Ruffin Cox, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 03/11/1840 Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 03/11/1860 Thomas Hastings, NYC, architect (NY Public Library)
    03/11/1863 Wobbe de Vries, linguist
    03/11/1876 Carl Ruggles, Marion Mass, composer (Evocations)
    03/11/1876 David Wÿnkoop, revolutionary socialist
    03/11/1879 Justus Hermann Wetzel, composer
    03/11/1879 Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist (ph-stipulation)
    03/11/1884 Jan Lemaire, writer/actor (Beautiful Juliet)
    03/11/1885 Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min (8 km/min) 03/11/1890 Vannevar Bush, developed 1st electronic analogue computer 03/11/1892 Raoul Walsh, US director (Thief of Baghdad, Battle Cry)
    03/11/1892 Wladyslaw Else, Polish general (WW I, WW II)
    03/11/1897 Henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resource
    03/11/1898 Dorothy Gish, stage/silent film actress (Orphans of the Storm) 03/11/1899 Frederick IX, [Christian FFMKWG], King of Denmark (1947-72) 03/11/1903 Dorothy Schiff, publisher (NY Post)
    03/11/1904 Maurits Wertheim, writer (Isaac De Fuentes)
    03/11/1906 Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer
    03/11/1907 Helmuth J von Moltke, German politician (July 20th plot)
    03/11/1907 Margaret Herbison, British minister (Lab)
    03/11/1908 Lawrence Welk, Strasburg ND, orch leader (Lawrence Welk Show) 03/11/1909 Ljubica Maric, composer
    03/11/1910 Robert H G Havemann, German chemist
    03/11/1911 Fitzroy Maclean, British diplomat
    03/11/1912 Xavier Montsalvatge, Spanish composer (El gato con botas) 03/11/1913 John Jacob Weinzweig, Toronto Canada, composer (Enchanted Hill) 03/11/1913 Thomas Gray, professor/anaesthetist
    03/11/1914 Ralph Ellison, writer (Invisible Man, Shadow & Act)
    03/11/1916 [James] Harold Wilson, (L) British PM (1964-70, 1974-76)
    03/11/1917 Y Göran Schildt, Finnish art historian/writer (Solbåten)
    03/11/1919 Mercer Ellington, son of Duke Ellington/bandleader
    03/11/1920 D J Enright, England, poet/novelist (Some Men are Brothers) 03/11/1920 Henry Marking, CEO (British Airways)
    03/11/1920 Kenneth Dover, chancellor (St Andrews University)
    03/11/1921 Astor Piazzolla, Argentina composer (Tango Nuevo)
    03/11/1921 F[rancis] M[arion] Busby Jr, US, sci-fi author (Star Rebel) 03/11/1922 Abdul Razak bin Hussain, premier of Malaysia (1970-77)
    03/11/1922 Thom Kelling, singer/guitarist (Programa de Manha)
    03/11/1923 A Louise Brough Clapp, Okla, tennis player (4 time Wimbeldon champ) 03/11/1923 Ad [Adrianus C] de Besten, literary (River Basin)
    03/11/1923 Morschi Mirando, [Thomas Weiss], German/Dutch gypsy
    03/11/1923 Terry Alexander, London, actor (Tony-Behind the Scenes)
    03/11/1925 James Miskin, QC/recorder of London
    03/11/1926 Ilhan Mimaroglu, composer
    03/11/1926 Patricia Tindaole, England, architect
    03/11/1926 Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader
    03/11/1927 Alan Betts, emeritus professor (Royal Veterinary College) 03/11/1927 Raymond Jackson, [Jaki], British cartoonist
    03/11/1927 Robert Mosbacher, US politician(?)
    03/11/1927 Ron Todd, british trade unionist
    03/11/1928 Albert Salmi, Bkln NY, actor (Daniel Boone, 79 Park Avenue) 03/11/1928 Peter Roger Hunt, London England, director (Dr No)
    03/11/1929 Francisco Bernardo Pulgar Vidal, composer
    03/11/1930 David Gentleman, designer/painter
    03/11/1931 Peter Walters, CEO (Midland Bank)
    03/11/1931 Rupert Murdoch, Australia, publisher (NY Post), owns FOX-TV Network 03/11/1932 Nigel Lawson, British government official (The Power Game) 03/11/1933 Terry J Hatter Jr, US judge in California
    03/11/1934 George Stamatoyannopoulos, Greece, medical genetics researcher 03/11/1934 Joep Straesser, composer
    03/11/1934 Keith Speed, British MP
    03/11/1934 Sam Donaldson, El Paso Tx, ABC White House correspondent (Prime Time
    03/11/1934 Tina Louise, NYC, marooned with Gilligan & Mary Ann (or 02110) 03/11/1936 Antonin Scalia, Trenton NJ, 105th Supreme Court Justice (1986- ) 03/11/1938 Malcolm Keith Speed, biritish high court judge
    03/11/1942 Peter Eyre, actor (Hedda)
    03/11/1944 Ric Rothwell, drummer (Mindbenders-Games of Love)
    03/11/1945 Mark Stein, vocalist/organist (Vanilla Fudge-You Keep Me Hanging On)
    03/11/1945 Timothy Mason, consultant (British Arts Council)
    03/11/1945 Tricia O'Neal, Louisiana, actress (Piranha Part II)
    03/11/1946 Brigitte Fossey, Tourcoing France, actress (Man Who Died Twice) 03/11/1947 Dominique Sanda, Paris, actress (Inheritance, Beyond Good & Evil) 03/11/1947 Geoffrey Hunt, Australia, world-champion squash player
    03/11/1948 George Kooymans, guitarist/singer: Golden Earring
    03/11/1949 Richard de Bois, drummer/producer
    03/11/195- Nina Hartley, XXX actress (Dyke Bar 2, Call Girls, Adultery) 03/11/1950 Bobby McFerrin, singer (Don't Worry Be Happy-Grammy 1989) 03/11/1952 Douglas Adams, England, author (Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy) 03/11/1952 Susan Richardson, Coatesville Pa, actress (Susan-8 is Enough) 03/11/1955 [Kater]Nina Hagen, East Berlin German DR, actress (Blue Angel) 03/11/1956 Curtis L Brown Jr, Elizabethtown NC, astronaut (STS 47, sk: STS 66) 03/11/1961 Bruce Watson, rocker (Big Country-Wonderland)
    03/11/1961 Mike Percy, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round)


    Deaths:

    03/11/ 222 Elagabalus, emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered
    03/11/ 638 Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies 03/11/1486 Albrecht III Achilles, monarch of Brandenburg, dies at 71 03/11/1715 John-Erasmus Quellinus, Flemish painter, dies at 80
    03/11/1772 George Reuter, composer, dies at 63
    03/11/1786 Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Swiss poet, dies at 28
    03/11/1787 Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 4
    03/11/1807 Anton Eberl, composer, dies at 42
    03/11/1826 Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer, dies at 66
    03/11/1833 Fridolin Weber, composer, dies at 71
    03/11/1845 John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed] dies in Allen County, Indiana 03/11/1874 Charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63
    03/11/1897 Berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58
    03/11/1897 Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist, dies
    03/11/1907 Nikola Petkow, premier Bulgaria, murdered
    03/11/1908 Peter Milne, composer, dies at 83
    03/11/1919 Harald Fryklof, composer, dies at 36
    03/11/1921 Sherburne W Burnham, US astronomer (double territory), dies 03/11/1925 Andreas Hallen, composer, dies at 78
    03/11/1937 Paul Scheinpflug, composer, dies at 61
    03/11/1941 Walford Davies, composer, dies at 71
    03/11/1944 Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies 03/11/1947 Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45
    03/11/1949 Henri-Honoré Giraud, French genl/parliament leader, dies at 70 03/11/1949 Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76
    03/11/1951 Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66
    03/11/1955 Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies 03/11/1956 Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, composer, dies at 83
    03/11/1957 Richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68
    03/11/1959 Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76
    03/11/1960 Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76
    03/11/1965 James Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered
    03/11/1967 Geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies 03/11/1969 John Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris], author (Chrysalids), die
    03/11/1970 Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80 03/11/1971 Philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64
    03/11/1971 Whitney M Young Jr, leader (National Urban League 1961-71), dies at
    03/11/1972 Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 6
    03/11/1975 Philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59
    03/11/1975 Sammy Spear, orch leader (Dom Deluise Show), dies at 65
    03/11/1975 Walter Kinsella, actor (Happy-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 74 03/11/1979 Victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88
    03/11/1982 Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55 03/11/1984 Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at 76 03/11/1987 [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74 03/11/1988 Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74
    03/11/1989 Johan Fleerackers, Flemish politician, dies
    03/11/1992 David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41
    03/11/1992 Heinz Kühn, PM (Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany), dies at 80 03/11/1992 Manuel De Dios Unanue, US anti-drug journalist, murdered at 48 03/11/1992 Richard Brooks, director (Blackboard Jungle, Key Largo), dies at 79 03/11/1993 Dino Bravo, WWF wrestler, shot to death at 44
    03/11/1993 Manuel da Fonseca, Portuguese writer (Cerro Maior), dies
    03/11/1994 Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69


    Significant Events:

    03/11/ 417 Zosimus becomes bishop of Rome
    03/11/ 537 Goths lay siege to Rome
    03/11/ 843 Icon worship officially repaired in Aya Sofia Constantinople 03/11/1302 Romeo & Juliet's wedding day, according to Shakespeare
    03/11/1513 Giovanni de' Medici chosen Pope Leo X
    03/11/1598 Countess Charlotte of Nassau marries duke Claude de la Tremoille 03/11/1669 Volcano Etna in Italy erupts killing 15,000
    03/11/1702 1st London daily newspaper
    03/11/1779 US army Corps of Engineers established (1st time)
    03/11/1789 Benjamin Banneker with L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington DC 03/11/1791 Samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent 03/11/1810 Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise 03/11/1823 1st normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord, Vt 03/11/1824 US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair
    03/11/1835 HMS Beagle anchors off Valparaiso, Chile
    03/11/1850 Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school) 03/11/1851 The opera 'Rigoletto' is produced (Venice)
    03/11/1861 Confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution 03/11/1864 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee
    03/11/1865 Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC
    03/11/1867 Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano)
    03/11/1867 The opera 'Don Carlos' is produced (Paris)
    03/11/1882 Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ 03/11/1888 Great blizzard of '88 strikes NE US
    03/11/1892 1st public basketball game (Springfield, Mass)
    03/11/1893 A Charlois discovers asteroids #360 Carlova & #361 Bononia 03/11/1895 Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed 03/11/1904 Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon (Man) Wheat Kings in 2 for Stanley Cup
    03/11/1905 Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage (Kenora) Thisles for Stanley Cup 03/11/1907 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #637 Chrysothemis
    03/11/1917 British troops conquer Baghdad
    03/11/1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #890 Waltraut
    03/11/1918 Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia
    03/11/1918 Save the Redwoods League founded
    03/11/1919 General strike in Germany becomes bloody
    03/11/1921 M Wolf discovers asteroid #949 Hel
    03/11/1924 3rd term of Belgium Theunis govt begins
    03/11/1924 M Wolf discovers asteroid #1021 Flammario
    03/11/1926 Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Fein
    03/11/1927 1st armored commercial car hold-up in US, Pittsburgh
    03/11/1927 1st golden gloves tournament
    03/11/1928 Netherlands-Belgium 1 to 1 radio report of Han Hollander begins 03/11/1930 Pres & Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington
    03/11/1934 Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer
    03/11/1935 Bank of Canada opens
    03/11/1936 German troops occupies Republic land
    03/11/1938 German troops enter Austria
    03/11/1941 Bronko Nagurski beats Ray Steele in Minn, to become wrestling champ 03/11/1941 FDR signs Lend-Lease Bill
    03/11/1942 1st deportation train leaves Paris for Auschewitz Concentration Camp
    03/11/1942 Gen MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia
    03/11/1942 Japanese troop land on North-Sumatra
    03/11/1942 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1656 Suomi
    03/11/1943 Nazi militia storms Netherlands
    03/11/1944 Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested
    03/11/1945 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs
    03/11/1948 1st black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir)
    03/11/1948 Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed
    03/11/1948 WBAL TV channel 11 in Baltimore, MD (CBS) begins broadcasting 03/11/1953 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)
    03/11/1954 US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics 03/11/1958 Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show '21'
    03/11/1959 'Raisin in the Sun,' 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens 03/11/1959 Lorraine Hansberry's 'A Raisin in the Sun' opens on Broadway 03/11/1959 Teddy Scholten wins Eurovisie Songfestival with 'One Bit' 03/11/1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth & Venus 03/11/1961 Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks & Maple Leafs (20 each) 03/11/1963 Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain
    03/11/1965 Indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto 03/11/1966 Military coup led by Indonesian Gen Suharto breaks out
    03/11/1967 Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne)
    03/11/1968 Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmittin
    03/11/1968 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 12nd strng quartet
    03/11/1970 Iraq Ba'th-party recognizes Kurd nation
    03/11/1974 Rhino Store gives people 5¢ to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album 03/11/1975 Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails
    03/11/1977 Muslis hold 130 hostages in Wash DC
    03/11/1978 Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed
    03/11/1979 Randy Hold receives 67 min in penalties in a 60 min NHL hockey game 03/11/1981 Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins 03/11/1982 Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname
    03/11/1982 Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion 03/11/1985 Mikhail S Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader 03/11/1986 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC 03/11/1986 187.27 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
    03/11/1986 Islander Mike Bossy, 1st NHLer to score 50 goals in 9 straight seaso
    03/11/1986 Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km 03/11/1986 NFL adopts instant replay rule
    03/11/1987 Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point
    03/11/1988 Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire
    03/11/1990 Lithuania declares it's Independence
    03/11/1991 Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records 03/11/1994 Eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as president of Chile

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Fri Mar 12 18:00:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/12/1336 Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern 03/12/1515 Caspar Othmayr, composer
    03/12/1685 George Berkeley, Ireland, philosopher/bishop of Cloyne
    03/12/1710 Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia) 03/12/1758 Leopold earl van Limburg Stirum, general/politician
    03/12/1768 Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer
    03/12/1788 Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor
    03/12/1793 Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer
    03/12/1800 Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian
    03/12/1806 Jane Means Appleton Pierce, 1st lady (1853-57)
    03/12/1808 Gerrit van de Linde Jz, 'Principal', poet
    03/12/1816 David Stuart, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 03/12/1818 John Lorimar Worden, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1897
    03/12/1821 John Abbott, Québec Canada, (C) 3rd Canadian PM (1891-92) 03/12/1821 Luitpold von Bayern, Prince-regent of Bayern
    03/12/1823 William Flank Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 03/12/1824 Gustav R Kirchoff, Prussia, physicist (Gesammelte Ashandlongen) 03/12/1826 Robert Lowry, composer
    03/12/1827 John Robert Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 03/12/1827 William Richard Terry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
    03/12/1830 William Felix Brantley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 187
    03/12/1831 Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer
    03/12/1832 Charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager/caused boycotts
    03/12/1835 Simon Newcomb, US, scientist/mathematician/astronomer
    03/12/1837 Alexandre Guilmant, composer
    03/12/1838 William Perkin, inventor (1st artificial dye)
    03/12/1848 Cyrill Kistler, composer
    03/12/1855 John White, composer
    03/12/1859 Josef Cyril Sychra, composer
    03/12/1860 Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer
    03/12/1862 Jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher, founded Red Cross
    03/12/1863 Adolf A Wolfschoon, Curaçaos poet
    03/12/1863 Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italy, writer/military hero (Intruder) 03/12/1874 Edmund Eysler, Austria composer
    03/12/1874 Edmund Eysler, composer
    03/12/1875 Julio Garreta, composer
    03/12/1877 Wilhelm Frick, German protector of Bohemia/Moravia
    03/12/1878 Gemma Galgani, Italian saint
    03/12/1878 Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer
    03/12/1881 Daniel Webster Hoan, Wisc (Mayor-Socialist-Milwaukee)
    03/12/1881 Kemal Atatürk, 1st pres of Rep of Turkey
    03/12/1881 Väinö A Tanner, premier of Finland (1926-27)
    03/12/1883 Judge Jackson, composer
    03/12/1888 Hall Johnson, composer
    03/12/1889 Johannes IV, [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89)
    03/12/1889 Philip Guedalla, historian
    03/12/1890 A Evert Taube, Swedish writer
    03/12/1890 Vaslav Nijinsky, Ukrainian ballet dancer (Petroesjka)
    03/12/1891 Michael Polany, Hungarian/English chemist/economist/sociologist 03/12/1898 Fredrik J 'Frits' Bakker Jr, actor (Grandfather)
    03/12/1953 Ron Jeremy, XXX actor (Babe, Bad Girls, Caught From Behind) 03/12/1900 David Croll, QC senator
    03/12/1900 Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer
    03/12/1910 Roger L Stevens, producer (Giant)
    03/12/1911 Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, president of Mexico
    03/12/1912 James McKay, lord provost of Edinburgh
    03/12/1912 Kylie Tennant, novelist (Battlers, Lost Haven)
    03/12/1912 Paul Weston, Springfield Mass, orch leader (Jim Nabors Hour) 03/12/1914 Jan Kapr, composer
    03/12/1917 Googie Withers, Karachi India, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing
    03/12/1917 Tom Normanton, British MP
    03/12/1918 James Bracken, race horse trainer
    03/12/1921 Giovanni Agnelli, CEO (Fiat Automakers)
    03/12/1921 Gordon MacRae, East Orange NJ, singer/actor (Oklahoma, Carousel) 03/12/1921 Max de Metz, publisher/interpreter
    03/12/1921 Ralph Shapey, Phila, composer (Fantasy, Rituals)
    03/12/1922 Helen Parrish, Columbus Ga, actress (Hour Glass, Show Business) 03/12/1922 Jack Kerouac, Beat writer (On the Road, Mexico blues)
    03/12/1922 Lane Kirkland, union president (AFL-CIO)
    03/12/1922 Thomas Hugh Eastwood, composer
    03/12/1923 Hjalmar Andersen, Norway, speed skater 1500, 5K, 10K (Oly-gold-1952)
    03/12/1923 Norbert Brainin, violinist
    03/12/1923 Walter M Schirra Jr, Hackensack NJ, Capt USN/ast (Mer 8, Gem 6, Ap 7
    03/12/1925 Georges Delerue, composer
    03/12/1925 Harry [Maxwell] Harrison, UK, sci-fi author (Deathworld Trilogy) 03/12/1925 Leo Esaki, [Esaki Reona], Japan, physicist (Tunnel effect-Nobel 1973
    03/12/1925 Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55)
    03/12/1925 William G Whitehurst, (Rep-R-Va)
    03/12/1926 David Oliver Williams, trade unionist (COHSE)
    03/12/1926 George R Ariyoshi, (Gov-D-Hawaii)
    03/12/1926 Gudrun Ure, actress
    03/12/1926 Hildy Park, Wash DC, actress (To Tell the Truth)
    03/12/1926 John C[lellon] Holmes, US writer (Horn)
    03/12/1926 Rolv Berger Yttrehus, composer
    03/12/1926 Ronald Alley, art gallery manager (Tate Gallery)
    03/12/1927 Mstislav Rostropovich, Baku Russia, cellist/conductor (3/27 NS) 03/12/1927 Raul Alfonsin, president (Argentina)
    03/12/1928 Edward Albee, US playwright (Virgina Woolfe, Zoo Story)
    03/12/1928 Phil Jones, principal (Trinity College of Music)
    03/12/1928 Roland Moyle, British deputy chairman (Police Complaints Authority) 03/12/1929 Bernard Costello, US, double sculls (Olympic-silver-1956) 03/12/1930 Antony Acland, provost of Eton/British ambassador to US
    03/12/1930 Scoey Mitchill, Newburgh NY, comedian (Barefoot in the Park, Rhoda) 03/12/1930 Stanko Horvat, composer
    03/12/1931 Geoffrey de Bellaigue, director (Royal Collection)
    03/12/1932 Andrew Young, US Ambassador to UN (1977-79)/(Mayor-D-Atlanta) 03/12/1934 Rudolph Agner, CEO (Consolidated Gold Fields)
    03/12/1935 Helga Pilarczyk, German soprano (Salome, Lulu)
    03/12/1935 John Gross, author (Age of Kipling, Dickens & 20th Century) 03/12/1936 Anthony Loehnis, vice chairman (S G Warburg & Co)
    03/12/1936 Lloyd Dobbins, Newport News Va, newscaster (NBC News Overnight) 03/12/1936 Patrick Procktor, painter
    03/12/1937 Elizabeth Vaughan, opera soprano
    03/12/1938 Dimitri Terzakis, composer
    03/12/1938 Karl Soderlund, Duluth Minn, Mr Sally Jesse Raphael
    03/12/1938 Norman Hogg, British MP
    03/12/1938 Tona Scherchen-Hsiao, composer
    03/12/1939 Barbara Feldon, Pitts Pa, actress (Agent 99-Get Smart)
    03/12/1939 David Mlinaric, British interior director
    03/12/1940 Al Jarreau, jazz singer (Moonlighting)
    03/12/1940 Millie Perkins, actress (Diary of Anne Frank, Table for 5, Shooting)
    03/12/1942 Bert Campaneris, baseball player (Oakland A's)
    03/12/1942 Paul Kantner, US rock singer/guitarist (Jefferson Airplane) 03/12/1942 Salvatore 'the Bull' Gravano, mobster (testified against Gotti) 03/12/1945 Hans van Emden, guitarist (Les Baroques)
    03/12/1946 Liza Minnelli, LA, singer/actress (Sterile Cuckoo, Cabaret) 03/12/1947 Jill O'Hara, Warren Penn, Broadway actress (Promises! Promises!) 03/12/1948 James Taylor, vocalist/guitarist (Up on the Roof)
    03/12/1948 Kent Conrad, (Sen-D North Dakota)
    03/12/1948 Virginia Bottomley, British minister of state health
    03/12/1949 Bill Payne, rock keyboardist (Little Feat-Time Loves a Hero) 03/12/1949 David Mellor, secretary of the British treasury
    03/12/1949 Mary Alice Williams, news reporter (NBC-TV)
    03/12/1949 Sara Lane, NYC, actress (Elizabeth Grainger-The Virginian) 03/12/1950 Willie Duggan, rugby football player
    03/12/1951 Caren Kaye, NYC, actress (My Tutor, Bambi-Blansky's Beauties) 03/12/1953 Joanna Kerns, actress (Maggie-Growing Pains)
    03/12/1956 Dale Murphy, Portland Ore, Atlanta Braves slugger (2 time NL MVP) 03/12/1957 Marlon D Jackson, US singer (Jackson 5-Maybe Tomorrow)
    03/12/1957 Steve Harris, English hard rock bassist (Iron Maiden-Gypsy's Kiss) 03/12/1958 Debra Jensen, Orange County Cal, playmate (January, 1978) 03/12/1962 Darryl Strawberry, Los Angeles, right fielder (NY Mets, LA Dodgers) 03/12/1963 Candy Costie, Seattle Wash, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984)
    03/12/1963 Joaquim Carvalho Cruz, Brazil, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1984) 03/12/1963 Paul Way, British golfer
    03/12/1966 Erich Fischer, Dinuba CA, US Olympic water polo foward (Olympic-92)


    Deaths:

    03/12/ 417 Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies
    03/12/ 604 Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies
    03/12/1209 Djamal al-din Aboe Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies 03/12/1471 Dionysius de Kartuizer/van Rijkel, scholastic theologist, dies 03/12/1496 Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philospher, dies 03/12/1507 Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed
    03/12/1570 Jacob van den Eynden, land advocate of Holland, dies
    03/12/1628 John Bull, organist/composer, dies
    03/12/1681 French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45 03/12/1734 Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], lawyer, dies
    03/12/1753 George Berkeley, English/Irish philosopher/bishop of Cloyne, dies 03/12/1824 Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48
    03/12/1831 Johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64
    03/12/1832 Friedrich Kuhlau, composer, dies at 45
    03/12/1834 Karl W Feuerbach, German mathematician (circle/posing F), dies at 33
    03/12/1840 Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61
    03/12/1852 Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75
    03/12/1877 Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52
    03/12/1888 Henry Bergh, founder (ASPCA), dies at 76
    03/12/1902 John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54 03/12/1908 Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (L'idioma Gentile), dies at 61 03/12/1909 Johanna M 'Lena' Bakker, actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach, dies at 34 03/12/1913 Joseph Bayer, composer, dies at 61
    03/12/1914 George Westinghouse, US engineer (Westinghouse Electric Corp), dies 03/12/1924 Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet, inventor (rayon), dies
    03/12/1925 Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary leader, dies
    03/12/1932 Ivar Kreuger, 'Swedish Match King' industrialist, commits suicide 03/12/1937 Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, composer, dies at 93
    03/12/1937 Jeno Hubay, composer, dies at 78
    03/12/1941 Charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72
    03/12/1942 Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76
    03/12/1949 Maria E 'Beppie' Bakker, actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95 03/12/1950 L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Zwischen the Racial), dies 03/12/1955 Charlie 'Bird' Parker, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in NYC 03/12/1958 Ingeborg, Princess of Sweden, dies at 79
    03/12/1973 Esther Williamson Ballou, composer, dies at 57
    03/12/1973 Frankie 'Fordham Flash' Frisch, baseball player, dies at 74 03/12/1973 Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chilean writer (Hijo de Ladron), dies 03/12/1974 Billy Fox, Protestant member of Dublin parliament, assassinated 03/12/1978 Tolchard Evans, composer/conductor, dies
    03/12/1982 Elisabeth Zernike, writer (Barrel of Things), dies at 90
    03/12/1983 Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at
    03/12/1984 Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies
    03/12/1985 Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarians/Us conductor, dies at 85 03/12/1992 Charles Poons, of Paul Deen, dies
    03/12/1992 Hans G Kresse, cartoonist (Eric the Viking), dies
    03/12/1992 Ida Oosterbaan, founder (Women Action Committee), dies
    03/12/1992 Karel Poons, father of Paul Danish, dies
    03/12/1992 Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/parliament leader (chr-dem), murdered 03/12/1993 Andreas J A I Bruggeman, mayor (Ship bell), dies at 62
    03/12/1993 Cheek Zhen, marxist/vice-premier of China
    03/12/1993 June Valli, singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies at 64 of cancer 03/12/1993 Michael Kanin, screenwriter (Woman of the Year), dies at 83 03/12/1994 Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59


    Significant Events:

    03/12/ 417 St Innocent I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    03/12/ 604 St Gregory I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    03/12/1000 Odo van Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III 03/12/1054 Pope Leo IX escapes captivity & returns to Rome
    03/12/1144 Gherardo Caccianemici elected as Pope Lucius II, as Callistus II 03/12/1350 Orvieto city government beheads Jewish-Christian relatives 03/12/1365 University of Vienna mental home opens
    03/12/1496 Jews are expelled from Syria
    03/12/1572 Luís Vaz de Camoes publishes 'Bullock Lusíados' in Portugal 03/12/1609 Bermudas becomes an English colony
    03/12/1642 Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand
    03/12/1664 1st naturalization act in American colonies
    03/12/1664 New Jersey becomes a British colony
    03/12/1737 Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy 03/12/1755 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine 03/12/1773 Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicag
    03/12/1789 US Post Office established
    03/12/1848 2nd republic established in France
    03/12/1849 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to Calif
    03/12/1850 1st US $20 gold piece issued
    03/12/1857 Verdi's opera 'Simon Boccanegra' 1st preformed (Venice Italy) 03/12/1860 Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists 03/12/1865 Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri
    03/12/1867 Last French troops leave Mexico
    03/12/1868 British create Basutoland in Africa
    03/12/1868 Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax
    03/12/1871 R Luther discovers asteroid #113 Amalthea
    03/12/1877 British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa
    03/12/1884 Mississippi establishes 1st US state college for women
    03/12/1888 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE US (400 die)
    03/12/1888 Blizzard hits NY; about 800 die
    03/12/1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #362 Havnia
    03/12/1896 1st movie in Netherland (Kalverstr 220)
    03/12/1900 President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein 03/12/1903 AL offically approves NY Highlanders (Yankees)
    03/12/1904 1st main line electric train in UK (Liverpool to Southport) 03/12/1904 Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund
    03/12/1906 Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast
    03/12/1908 Mont Wanderers sweeps Win Maple Leafs for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1908) 03/12/1910 Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener) 7-3 for the Stanley Cup 03/12/1912 Capt Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane 03/12/1912 Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) founded in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Lo
    03/12/1913 Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid 03/12/1916 French airship sinks British submarine D3
    03/12/1917 Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 03/12/1925 British govt of Baldwin ratifies Genevea agreement
    03/12/1926 Denmark begins unilateral disarmament
    03/12/1926 Pope Pius XI named archbishop of Mechelen
    03/12/1930 Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt ta
    03/12/1930 Stella Walsh sets record for the 220-yard dash (0:26.1)
    03/12/1931 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1308 Halleria
    03/12/1932 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1221 Amor
    03/12/1933 FDR conducts his 1st 'fireside chat'
    03/12/1934 Pres Constantine Päts sees coup in Tallinn Estonia
    03/12/1935 England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns & villages 03/12/1936 E Delporte discovers asteroid #2331 Parvulesco
    03/12/1938 Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)
    03/12/1939 Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies
    03/12/1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus 03/12/1940 G Kulin discovers asteroid #2738
    03/12/1941 German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
    03/12/1942 British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal
    03/12/1942 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #3446
    03/12/1943 Soviet troops liberate Wjasma
    03/12/1945 CPI calls on for armed uprising in Italy
    03/12/1945 NY is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment 03/12/1945 The British Empire celebrates it's 1st British Empire Day 03/12/1945 USSR gives Transylvania to Romania
    03/12/1946 Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland 03/12/1947 Belgian govt of Huysmans resigns
    03/12/1947 Pres Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism 03/12/1950 Belgium agrees (58%) for return of king Leopold III
    03/12/1950 Pope Pius XII encyclical 'On combating atheistic propaganda' 03/12/1951 Communistic troops driven out of Seoul
    03/12/1954 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1970
    03/12/1957 German DR accepts 22 Russian divisions
    03/12/1958 British Empire Day is renamed 'Commonwealth Day'
    03/12/1959 Dutch Liberal Party wins Second-Parliamentary election
    03/12/1959 House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
    03/12/1962 Dutch Premier De Quay has secret talks with Indonesia
    03/12/1963 Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold 03/12/1963 Bob Dylan cancels 'Ed Sullivan Show' television appearance 03/12/1964 Jimmy Hoffa sentence to 8 years
    03/12/1964 Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam
    03/12/1964 WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting 03/12/1966 Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record
    03/12/1966 Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins) 03/12/1966 Love's 1st album released 'Love'
    03/12/1966 Pioneer Plaza dedicated [SF?]
    03/12/1967 Austrtia's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
    03/12/1967 Indonesian congress deprives president Sukarno of authority 03/12/1968 Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day)
    03/12/1969 120 joints found at George & Patti Harrison's home
    03/12/1969 Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London
    03/12/1970 US lowers voting age from 21 to 18
    03/12/1971 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca Pérez Morena de Macias 03/12/1971 Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected president
    03/12/1971 Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army
    03/12/1972 NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons
    03/12/1974 Bundy victim Donna Manson disappears, Evergreen SC, Olympia, Wash 03/12/1975 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2577 Litva
    03/12/1975 Vietcong conquer Ben me Thuot
    03/12/1976 South African troops leave Angola
    03/12/1977 Chile president Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party
    03/12/1977 H Kosai & K Hurukawa discovers asteroid #3319 Kibi
    03/12/1977 Sadat pledges to regain Arab terrority from Israel
    03/12/1978 Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:14.99)
    03/12/1978 T Urata discovers asteroid #2090 Mizuho
    03/12/1980 Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago 03/12/1980 NY Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin
    03/12/1981 Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
    03/12/1981 Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, VA 03/12/1982 PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on 'Nightline'
    03/12/1984 National Union of Mineworkers in England begin a 51 week strike 03/12/1985 Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points
    03/12/1986 210.25 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
    03/12/1986 Giotto encounters Comet Halley
    03/12/1986 Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 03/12/1987 David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game 03/12/1987 Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North
    03/12/1989 2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia) 03/12/1989 Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election
    03/12/1990 LA Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland
    03/12/1993 317 killed by bomb attack in Bombay
    03/12/1993 Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show
    03/12/1993 Inkhata leider Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2½ week speech 03/12/1994 Church of England select 1st 33 women priests

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/13/1548 Sasbout Vosmeer, Catholic theologist/apostole
    03/13/1599 Johannes Berchmans, Jesuit/saint
    03/13/1615 Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)
    03/13/1696 Louis F A D Hertog de Richelieu, French marshal
    03/13/1700 James Kent, composer
    03/13/1700 Michel Blavet, composer
    03/13/1712 Isfrid Kayser, composer
    03/13/1733 Joseph Priestly, England, clergyman/scientist, discovered oxygen 03/13/1746 Maurus Haberhauer, composer
    03/13/1752 Josef Reicha, composer
    03/13/1764 Charles Earl Grey, (Whig), British PM (1830-34)
    03/13/1767 Heinrich Domnich, composer
    03/13/1768 Charles Louis WJ van Keverberg, Dutch civil servant
    03/13/1770 Daniel Lambert, England, giant (weighed 334 kg at death)
    03/13/1779 Oliver Shaw, composer
    03/13/1781 Karl F Schinkel, German architect/painter/writer (Schloss Tegel) 03/13/1798 Abigail Powers Fillmore, 1st lady (1850-53)
    03/13/1818 Albion Parris Howe, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897 03/13/1820 Louis Herbert, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 03/13/1832 Alberto Randegger, composer
    03/13/1850 Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer
    03/13/1855 Percival Lowell, predicted discovery of Pluto
    03/13/1858 Maximilien Luce, French painter
    03/13/1860 Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Windisch-Gräz Austria, composer
    03/13/1862 Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer
    03/13/1872 Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist
    03/13/1875 Maria EG 'Lizzy' Ansingh, house painter (Caught Sultane)
    03/13/1881 Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African writer
    03/13/1883 Enrico Toselli, composer
    03/13/1884 Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit)
    03/13/1884 Hugh S Walpole, NZ, novelist/playwright (Jeremy, Maradick at 40) 03/13/1886 Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist
    03/13/1886 Henri Gagnebin, composer
    03/13/1886 John 'Home Run' Baker, hall of famer (hit 2 HR in 1911 world series)
    03/13/1887 Carlos Isamitt, composer
    03/13/1890 Michael Taube, composer
    03/13/1892 Alec Rowley, composer
    03/13/1897 Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue)
    03/13/1897 William Herald, Australia, swimmer (Olympic-1920)
    03/13/1899 Pancho Vladigerov, composer
    03/13/1901 Paul Fix, Dobbs Ferry NY, actor (Rifleman)
    03/13/1907 Daphne Du Maurier, British writer (Homes & Haunts, Glass Blowers) 03/13/1907 Frank Wilcox, DeSoto Mo, actor (John-Beverly Hillbillies) 03/13/1908 Paul Stewart, NYC, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline)
    03/13/1908 Walter Annenberg, Milwaukee, publisher (Triangle-TV Guide)/Amb to GB
    03/13/1909 Gilbert Inglefield, Burgemeister London (1967-68)
    03/13/1910 Sammy Kaye, Rocky River Ohio, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show) 03/13/1911 Jose Ardevol, composer
    03/13/1911 L[aFayette] Ron Hubbard, sci-fi writer/scientologist (Dianetics) 03/13/1912 Ernst Hess, composer
    03/13/1913 William J Casey, headed CIA during Iran-contra scandal (1981-87) 03/13/1914 Carl-Olof Anderberg, composer
    03/13/1916 Lindy Boggs, (Rep-D-LA, 1973- )
    03/13/1917 Ina Ray Hutton, Chicago Ill, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show) 03/13/1917 Maria Vlamynck, Flemish author
    03/13/1917 Tessie O'Shea, England, actress (Entertainers)
    03/13/1918 George McAfee, NFL halfback (Chicago Bears)
    03/13/1925 Anthony Milner, composer
    03/13/1925 Bertha Tickey, Dinuba Calif, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1973) 03/13/1925 Roy Haynes, US jazz drummer
    03/13/1926 Raúl Alfonsín, Argentine pres (1983- ) (or 3/12/1927)
    03/13/1927 Charles Sickman Corsen, Netherland Antillian poet
    03/13/1929 J D Slater, writer
    03/13/1929 Peter Breck, Rochester NY, actor (Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji) 03/13/1929 Walter Medio, race horse trainer
    03/13/1929 Will Eisma, composer
    03/13/1930 Doug Harvey, hockey star (3 time James Norris winner)
    03/13/1931 Marc Dessauvage, Flemish architect
    03/13/1931 Rosalind Elias, Lowell Mass, mezzo-soprano (Grimgerde-Die Walkuere) 03/13/1933 Frank H Murkowski, (Sen-R-AK, 1981- )
    03/13/1937 Fofo I F Sunia, (Rep-D-Amer Samoa, 1981- )
    03/13/1938 Hans-Joachim Hespos, composer
    03/13/1938 Jean-Claude Risset, composer
    03/13/1938 Joseph Bellino, footballer (1960 Heisman Trophy)
    03/13/1939 Neil Sedaka, Bkln NY, singer/songwriter (Breaking Up is Hard to Do) 03/13/1947 Lesley Collier, British ballet dancer
    03/13/1947 Tomas Hinojosa, jockey
    03/13/1950 Robert S Woods, Calif, actor (Bo-One Life to Live, Waltons) 03/13/1951 Fred Berry, St Louis Mo, actor (Rerun-What's Happening)
    03/13/1952 Wolfgang Hihm, composer
    03/13/1953 Andy Bean, Lafayette Ga, PGA golfer (Western 1978, Kemper 1978) 03/13/1953 Deborah Raffin, LA Calif, actress (Ransom, Demon, 40 Carats) 03/13/1954 Robin Duke, Toronto Canada, comedienne (SNL, SCTV, Club Paradise) 03/13/1955 Glenne Headly, actress (Dick Tracy, Making Mr Right)
    03/13/1955 Olga Rukavishnikova, USSR, pentathlete (Olympic-silver-1980) 03/13/1955 Patricia J Engfer, general manager (Hyatt Regency-Orlando) 03/13/1956 Dana Delany, NYC, actress (Colleen McMurphy-China Beach)
    03/13/1958 Debi Nicolle Johnson, Torrance Calif, playmate (October, 1984) 03/13/1958 Rick A Lazio, (Rep-R-New York)
    03/13/1959 Ronnie Rogers, guitarist (T'Pau-Heart & Soul)
    03/13/1960 Adam Clayton, Oxfordshire, rock bassist (U2-I Will Follow) 03/13/1966 Akira Nogami, wrestler (NJPW)
    03/13/1968 Christopher Collett, NYC, actor (Manhattan Project)
    03/13/1971 Tracy Wells, actress (Heather-Mr Belvedere)
    03/13/1981 Howard Coble, (Rep-R-NC, 1985- )


    Deaths:

    03/13/1202 Mieszko III de Oude, great duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies 03/13/1558 Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies
    03/13/1569 Louis Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies in battle 03/13/1573 Michel de l'Hôpital, chancellor of France (1560-73), dies at about 6
    03/13/1716 Georg Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 46
    03/13/1756 Johann Melchior Conradi, composer, dies at 81
    03/13/1817 Matej Sojka, composer, dies at 77
    03/13/1839 Robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55
    03/13/1879 Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60 03/13/1881 Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated
    03/13/1890 Henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67
    03/13/1901 Benjamin Harrison, 23rd pres (1889-1893), dies in Indianapolis at 67
    03/13/1903 Nicolas Beets [Hildebrand], writer (Camera Obscura), dies 03/13/1906 Susan B[rownell] Anthony, American suffragist, dies
    03/13/1911 Jacob M of Bemmelen, physicist/chemist, dies
    03/13/1915 Sergei J White, premier of Russia, dies
    03/13/1918 Karel Stecker, composer, dies at 57
    03/13/1930 Mary E W Freeman, US writer (Pembroke), dies
    03/13/1934 Fritz Cortolezis, composer, dies at 56
    03/13/1938 Clarence S Darrow, Scopes Monkey Trial attorney, dies in Chicago at
    03/13/1941 A Coenradi, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
    03/13/1941 Bernard Iron wire, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
    03/13/1941 E Hellenbyn, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
    03/13/1941 Isaak E Babel, Russian writer (Zakat, Marija), dies at 46 03/13/1941 J Eyl, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
    03/13/1945 Herbert Bedford, composer, dies at 78
    03/13/1946 Abraham Bredius, art historian (Rembrandt), dies at 90
    03/13/1946 Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer, dies at 69
    03/13/1946 Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr, dies at 67 03/13/1951 James I Wedgwood, British theosopholgist/Catholic bishop, dies 03/13/1964 Kitty Genovese, stabbed to death in Queens; 40 neighbors looked on 03/13/1965 George Calinescu, Romanian author (Lauda Lucrorilor), dies at 65 03/13/1970 Rick Besoyan, composer, dies at 45
    03/13/1971 Piero Coppola, composer, dies at 82
    03/13/1971 Rockwell Kens, US artist/painter/illustrator, dies at 88
    03/13/1973 Stacy Harris, actor (NOPD, Doorway to Danger), dies at 54 03/13/1974 Howard St John, actor (Investigator, Dr Lewis-Hank), dies at 68 03/13/1974 Janos Prohaska, actor (Andy Williams Show), dies at 52
    03/13/1975 Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier, dies at 71
    03/13/1975 Ivo Andric, Yugoslavian author (Nemiri-Nobel 1961), dies at 83 03/13/1975 Ruth Schaumann, German author/house painter/sculptor, dies at 75 03/13/1976 Willy Alfredo, [Willem Jue], comedian, dies at 77
    03/13/1977 Fanie Lou Hamer, freedom fighter, dies
    03/13/1977 John Patocka, Czech philosopher, dies
    03/13/1978 David McKinley Williams, composer, dies at 91
    03/13/1980 Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen, composer, dies at 61
    03/13/1982 Albert Weisser, composer, dies at 64
    03/13/1982 Wilfred Hawker, Suriname sgt-major, executed
    03/13/1983 Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies at 58 03/13/1983 Paul R Lemon, sculptor, dies at 86
    03/13/1986 Alvaro Fayad Delgado, Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies 03/13/1987 Bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany), dies at 78
    03/13/1987 Finn Videro, composer, dies at 80
    03/13/1987 Gerald Moore, England, pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87 03/13/1990 Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86 03/13/1991 Cor Witschge, [Pipo the Clown], Dutch actor (Alicia), dies 03/13/1991 Jimmy McPartland, US, jazz cornetist, dies
    03/13/1992 Hans Redeker, art critic (Gen Trade Journal), dies
    03/13/1993 Ralph Smith Fults, US gangster (Bonnie & Clyde gang), dies at 82 03/13/1994 Danny Barker, US banjo player/guitarist (Bourbon St Black), dies at


    Significant Events:

    03/13/ 483 St Felix III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    03/13/ 607 12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
    03/13/1519 Cortez lands in México
    03/13/1564 Cardinal Granvelle flees Brussels
    03/13/1569 Battle of Jarnac
    03/13/1634 Académie Française opens
    03/13/1639 Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard 03/13/1656 Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam 03/13/1677 Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000
    03/13/1735 1st US Moravian bishop, David Nitschmann, consecrated in Germany 03/13/1759 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
    03/13/1781 Sir William Herschel sees 'comet' (really discovered Uranus) 03/13/1790 John Martin, 1st American-born actor, performs in Philadelphia 03/13/1835 Charles Darwin departs Valparaiso for Andersgebergte
    03/13/1852 Uncle Sam cartoon figure debuts in NY Lantern weekly
    03/13/1861 Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers 03/13/1865 US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service 03/13/1868 Senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial
    03/13/1869 Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law
    03/13/1878 Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match
    03/13/1884 Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins
    03/13/1884 Siege of Khartoum Sudan, begins
    03/13/1884 Standard Time adopted in US
    03/13/1887 Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs
    03/13/1888 Great Blizzard of 1888 rages
    03/13/1894 J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate 03/13/1895 Spanish warship Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die 03/13/1900 British troops occupies Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state
    03/13/1904 Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilian border dedicated 03/13/1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #560 Delila
    03/13/1912 Quebec Bulldogs sweep Moncton (NB) in 2 for Stanley Cup
    03/13/1913 Kansas legislature approves motion-picture censorship
    03/13/1915 Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped 03/13/1915 from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit
    03/13/1918 American Red Magen David (Jewish Red Cross) forms
    03/13/1920 Coup against Wolfgang Kapp in Berlin fails
    03/13/1921 Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia) declares independence from China 03/13/1922 WRR-AM in Dallas TX begins radio transmissions
    03/13/1923 Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures, NYC 03/13/1924 German Republic day
    03/13/1925 Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution
    03/13/1928 450 die in St Francisquito Valley Dam burst (Calif)
    03/13/1930 Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory 03/13/1931 M Wolf discovers asteroid #1178 Irmela
    03/13/1932 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1217 Maximiliana
    03/13/1933 Banks reopen
    03/13/1933 Josef Göbbels becomes German minister of Information & Propaganda 03/13/1938 Anschluß-Austria annexed by Nazi Germany
    03/13/1939 Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
    03/13/1940 Finland-Russian ceasefire signed, Finland gives up Karelische 03/13/1941 A Bougne forms AGRA (Amis du Grand Reich Allemand)
    03/13/1942 Julia Flikke, Nurse Corps, becomes 1st woman colonel in US army 03/13/1943 Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight 03/13/1943 Failed attempt on Hitler at Smolensk-Rastenburg
    03/13/1943 Frank Dixon wins Knights of Columbus mile (4:09.6)
    03/13/1944 USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio govt
    03/13/1945 Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherland
    03/13/1945 Sicherheitsdienst arrest Dutch resistance fighter Henry Werkman 03/13/1948 Kentucky wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/13/1950 General Motors reports net earnings of $656,434,232 (record) 03/13/1951 2nd Dutch govt of Drees forms
    03/13/1951 Israel demands DM 6.2 billion compensation from Germany
    03/13/1954 Viet Minh General Giap opens assault on That Bien Phu
    03/13/1955 Bir BSD Mahendra succeeds Tribhubana as king of Nepal
    03/13/1957 Bloody battles after anti-Batista demonstration in Havana Cuba 03/13/1958 Govt troops land in Sumatra Indonesia
    03/13/1960 NFL's Chicago Cardinals move to St Louis
    03/13/1961 Elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) becomes pres of US Communistic Party 03/13/1961 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johannson to retain championship 03/13/1961 JFK sets up the Alliance for Progress
    03/13/1961 Landslide in USSR, kills 145
    03/13/1962 Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty
    03/13/1963 2 Russian reconnasissance flights over Alaska
    03/13/1963 Indonesia & Netherlands recover diplomatic relations
    03/13/1964 Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack
    03/13/1965 Beatles' 'Eight Days a Week,' single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks 03/13/1965 Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds
    03/13/1967 Congo sentences ex-premier Moïse Tsjombe to death
    03/13/1968 Beatles release 'Lady Madonna' in the UK
    03/13/1969 Apollo 9 returns to Earth
    03/13/1970 100 year Beehive anniversary ends in brawl in Amsterdam
    03/13/1970 Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer
    03/13/1970 SF city employees begin 4-day strike
    03/13/1971 Live at Fillmore East recorded
    03/13/1973 J Gibson discovers asteroid #1943 Anteros
    03/13/1973 Syria adopts constitution
    03/13/1978 Moluks 'suicide commandos' occupies Province house
    03/13/1979 European Monetery System is established, ECU created
    03/13/1979 Gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement 03/13/1979 Isle's Mike Bossy's 5th career hat trick
    03/13/1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2796 Kron
    03/13/1980 Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:13.60)
    03/13/1980 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #3633
    03/13/1980 Ford Motor Co found innoncent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto 03/13/1981 Attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca
    03/13/1982 Elaine Zayak, lands 6 triple jumps to win world skating championship
    03/13/1983 1st USFL overtime game-Birmingham Stallions beat Oakld Invaders 20-1
    03/13/1985 Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow)
    03/13/1985 Michael Secrest (US) begins 24hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards 03/13/1986 Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir 03/13/1986 Space probe Giotto encounters Halley's Comet
    03/13/1987 John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering
    03/13/1987 Washington Caps score 5 goals against Toronto in 3 mins & 3 secs 03/13/1989 27th shuttle, Discovery 8, launched, 1st woman to do the countdown 03/13/1989 FDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in US
    03/13/1989 US space shuttle STS-29 launched
    03/13/1990 Nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada
    03/13/1991 Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines & cleanup of Alaskan oil spil
    03/13/1992 570 die in a Turkish earthquake
    03/13/1992 FCC rules companies can own 30 AM & 30 FM stations (formerly 12) 03/13/1992 Martina Navratilova & Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit 03/13/1993 Blizzard of '93 hits north-east US
    03/13/1994 33.3% of Austria votes for ultra-right FPÖ
    03/13/1994 Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed) 03/13/1994 President Mangope of Bophuthaswana flees

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Mar 14 18:00:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/14/1623 Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer
    03/14/1681 Georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer 03/14/1692 Peter Musschenbroek, physician/physicist (Leidse bottle)
    03/14/1726 Josef Antonin Stepan, composer
    03/14/1727 Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer
    03/14/1755 Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer
    03/14/1782 Thomas Hart Benton, (rep), 'Old Bullion'
    03/14/1795 Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer
    03/14/1800 James Bogardus, US inventor/builder (made cast-iron buildings) 03/14/1804 Johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist/comp (Radetzky March) 03/14/1808 Catharinus Putnam Buckingham, Brig General (Union volunteers) 03/14/1815 Josephine Lang, composer
    03/14/1816 Montgomery Dent Corse, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
    03/14/1820 Victor Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78) 03/14/1821 Jens Worsaae, Denmark, archaeologist
    03/14/1823 Roswell Sabine Ripley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
    03/14/1826 William Fisk Sherwin, composer
    03/14/1829 Charles Charlesworth, England, (dies at 7 of old age)
    03/14/1831 Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer
    03/14/1833 John Sappington Marmaduke, Major General (Confederate Army) 03/14/1833 Lucy Hobbs Taylor, 1st US woman dentist
    03/14/1835 Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars)
    03/14/1835 Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer
    03/14/1837 Charles Ammi Cutter, librarian, originated Cutter system
    03/14/1844 King Umberto I, of Italy (1878-1900)
    03/14/1847 Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (Espumas Flutuantes) 03/14/1854 Paul Ehrlich, Germany, bacteriologist (Nobel-1908)
    03/14/1854 Thomas Riley Marshall, (D) 28th VP (1913-21)
    03/14/1862 Vilhelm FK Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology
    03/14/1864 Casey Jones, RR engineer
    03/14/1873 Joannes DJ Aengenent, sociologist/bishop of Haarlem (1928-35) 03/14/1874 Anton F Philips, president-director of Philips
    03/14/1874 Mary Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, 2nd Wife, Pack Up Your Troubles
    03/14/1875 Isadore Gilbert Mudge, US, librarian/author (Thackeray Dictionary) 03/14/1875 Norman Houstoun O'Neill, composer
    03/14/1878 Carel T Scharten, poet/writer (Forces of the Future)
    03/14/1879 Albert Einstein, Ulm Germany, physicist E=mc² (Nobel 1921) 03/14/1883 Juan Manen, composer
    03/14/1884 Albert Egges van Giffen, archaeologist
    03/14/1884 Winter Haynes Watts, composer
    03/14/1887 Lawrence Collingwood, composer
    03/14/1891 John P Strijbos, writer (To Wander through South-Africa)
    03/14/1894 Josef Schelb, composer
    03/14/1895 French Ganshof, Belgian historian
    03/14/1905 Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist
    03/14/1906 Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer
    03/14/1907 Björn-Erik Höÿer, Swedish writer (Now dansar Sara)
    03/14/1908 Maurice (Jean Jacques) Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher
    03/14/1908 Nikolay Petrovich Rakov, composer
    03/14/1909 André Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (Margin)
    03/14/1911 Pete Piute, [Morris Kaufman], NYC, comedian (Village Barn) 03/14/1912 Les Brown, Reinerton Pa, orch leader (& his band of renown) 03/14/1913 Witold Rudzinski, composer
    03/14/1914 Fiorenzo Marini, Italy, épée (Olympic-gold-1960)
    03/14/1914 Jiri Reinberger, composer
    03/14/1915 Alexander Brott, composer
    03/14/1915 Carlos Surinach, Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo)
    03/14/1918 Dennis Patrick, Phila, actor (Dear Dead Delilah, Dallas, Rituals) 03/14/1919 Luther Henderson Jr, KC Mo, orch leader (Polly Bergen Show) 03/14/1919 Max Shulman, novelist (Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap) 03/14/1920 Dorothy Tyler-Odam, Great Britain, high jumper (Oly-silver-36, 48) 03/14/1920 Hank Ketcham, cartoonist (Dennis the Menace)
    03/14/1921 Lis Hartel, Denmark, equestrian dressage (Olympic-silver-1952, 56) 03/14/1922 Colin Fletcher, author (Walking Through Time)
    03/14/1922 Les Baxter, US, singer/orchestra leader
    03/14/1925 John Wain, England, novelist/poet (Hurry on Down)
    03/14/1926 Francois d'Assise Morel, composer
    03/14/1927 Joop F Wolff, head director (De Warheid)/Dutch politician (CPN) 03/14/1928 Frank Borman, Gary Ind, astronaut (Gem 7, Ap 8)/Eastern Airline pres
    03/14/1929 Thomas Bell Jr, race horse trainer
    03/14/1930 Dieter Schnebel, German vicar/composer
    03/14/1931 Bob Goalby, golfer (British Open-1968, Canadian Open-1968, NZ-1970) 03/14/1933 Michael Caine, British actor (Blame it on Rio/Alfie/Educating Rita) 03/14/1933 Quincy Jones, Chicago Ill, composer/singer (We Are The World) 03/14/1934 Eugene A Cernan, Chicago, Capt USN/astronaut (Gemini 9, Apollo 10 17
    03/14/1935 Jo van den Booren, composer
    03/14/1939 Bertrand Blier, France, novelist/director (Going Places)
    03/14/1939 William B Lenoir, Miami Florida, astronaut (STS-5)
    03/14/1940 Rita Tushingham, Liverpool England, actress (Green Eyes, Dr Zhivago)
    03/14/1942 Jerry Jeff Walker, Oneonta NY, country singer (Mr Bojangles) 03/14/1943 Jim Pons, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together)
    03/14/1945 Herman[us J] van Veen, cabaretier/singer/composer/writer
    03/14/1945 Michael Martin Murphey, Dallas Tx, country singer (Wildfire) 03/14/1945 Walter Parazaider, rocker (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now)
    03/14/1946 Steve Kanaly, Burbank Calif, actor (Fleshburn, Ray Krebbs-Dallas) 03/14/1946 Wes Unseld, NBA all-star (Baltimore Bullets)
    03/14/1947 Billy Crystal, Long Beach NY, comedian (Soap, SNL, City Slickers) 03/14/1947 Jan [AJ] te Fieldhuis, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
    03/14/1947 Janis Schmitt, St Louis Mo, playmate (February, 1978)
    03/14/1947 William Jefferson, (Rep-D-Louisiana)
    03/14/1952 David Byrne, guitarist/vocalist (Talking Heads-Burning Down the Hous
    03/14/1952 J Fred Muggs, chimp (Today show)
    03/14/1953 Tim McKee, US, 400m medley swimmer (Olympic-silver-1972)
    03/14/1954 Adrian Zmed, Chicago Ill, actor (TJ Hooker, Dance Fever)
    03/14/1954 David La Croix, race horse trainer
    03/14/1954 Jann Browne, country singer (Mexican Wind)
    03/14/1955 Boon Gould, rock guitarist (Level 42-Hot Water)
    03/14/1956 Irina D Latysheva, Russia, cosmonaut
    03/14/1958 Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco/bobsledder (Oly-1988
    03/14/1959 Patrick Dupond, Paris, dancer (La Bayadere)
    03/14/1960 George Horvath, Sweden, pentathlete (Olympic-1980)
    03/14/1961 Gary Dell'Abate, producer (Howard Stern Show)
    03/14/1963 Pedro Duque, Spanish engineer/astronaut candidate (Sked: Mir-1 1994?
    03/14/1964 Richard Migliore, jockey
    03/14/1966 Theo Joosten, pop guitarist/singer (Rowwen Hèze-Bestel Mar) 03/14/1967 Melissa Brennan Reeves, Eatontown NJ, actress (Jen-Days of our Lives
    03/14/1982 Kate Maberly, actress
    03/14/1989 Oliver Bernsen, son of Corbin Bernsen & Amanda Pays


    Deaths:

    03/14/ 840 Eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at 69
    03/14/1272 Re Enzo, Italian poet/son of Emp Frederik II von Hohenstaufen, dies 03/14/1298 Petrus Johannis Olivi, South France theologist, dies
    03/14/1490 Charles I, Duke of Savoy, dies at 21
    03/14/1559 Jacques d'auchy, Waals baptist merchant, executed
    03/14/1573 Claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered adm Coligny, dies
    03/14/1590 Philip van Egmont, strategist/prince of Gavere, dies in battle at 30
    03/14/1612 Philip Galle, Flemish engraver, dies at about 74
    03/14/1647 Frederik Henry, count of Nassau/prince of Orange, dies
    03/14/1682 Jacob I van Ruysdael, physician/landscape painter, dies at about 53 03/14/1757 John Byng, English admiral (Minorca), executed at 52
    03/14/1760 Anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26
    03/14/1768 Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer, dies at 58
    03/14/1801 Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer, dies at 63
    03/14/1861 Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58
    03/14/1883 Karl Marx, German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies 03/14/1899 Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76
    03/14/1903 Johannes H Weissenbruch, landscape painter, dies
    03/14/1925 Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65
    03/14/1932 George Eastman US industrialist (Kodak-camera), dies
    03/14/1944 Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66
    03/14/1953 Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 56 03/14/1954 Ludomir Michal Rogowski, composer, dies at 72
    03/14/1961 Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies 03/14/1969 Am Shahn, US painter, dies at 70
    03/14/1973 Murat B 'Chic' Young, US comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72 03/14/1975 Susan Hayward, actress (Young & Willing), dies at 56
    03/14/1976 Alberta Franklin, dies
    03/14/1976 Busby Berkeley, [William B Enos], US choreographer, dies at 80 03/14/1981 René Clair, French director (It Happened Tomorrow), dies at 82? 03/14/1982 Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer, dies at 59
    03/14/1983 Maurice Ronet, actor (Ciurcle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at 55 03/14/1984 Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/chairman of Club Rome, dies at 7
    03/14/1986 Benno Ammann, composer, dies at 82
    03/14/1986 Edith Atwater, actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop), dies at 74 03/14/1986 Jozef Kresanek, composer, dies at 73
    03/14/1989 Zita, Empress of Austria-Hungary, dies at 96
    03/14/1991 Jef Houthuys, Belgian union leader (ACV, 1968-87), dies
    03/14/1991 Robert Maroff, dies
    03/14/1992 C V Wood Jr, theme park developer (Disneyland), dies at 71 of cancer
    03/14/1992 Jean Poiret, French actor/writer (La Cage aux Folles), dies 03/14/1992 Ralph James, actor (Orson-Mork & Mindy), dies
    03/14/1992 Steven Brian Pennell, 1st executed in Delaware in 45 years, at 34 03/14/1994 Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, murdered


    Significant Events:

    03/14/1559 Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht & Woudrichem, Neth 03/14/1590 Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League 03/14/1629 Royal charter granted Massachusetts Bay Colony
    03/14/1644 England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) 03/14/1653 Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno
    03/14/1743 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall)
    03/14/1794 Eli Whitney patents cotton gin
    03/14/1812 Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812
    03/14/1821 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (NY)
    03/14/1826 General Congress of South American States assembles at Panamá 03/14/1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Australia
    03/14/1862 Battle of New Bern, NC
    03/14/1864 Rossini's 'Petite Messe Solennelle,' premieres in Paris
    03/14/1864 Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana
    03/14/1870 Calif legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible 03/14/1885 R Luther discovers asteroid #247 Eukrate
    03/14/1885 The opera 'The Mikado' is produced (London)
    03/14/1888 2nd largest snowfall in NYC history (21')
    03/14/1896 Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952) 03/14/1899 Montreal Shamrocks beat Queens Univ (Kingston Ont) for the Stanley C
    03/14/1900 Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics
    03/14/1900 US currency goes on gold standard
    03/14/1903 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, FL 03/14/1903 Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage (Kenora) Thisles for Stanley Cup 03/14/1904 M Wolf discovers asteroids #524 Fidelio & #526 Jena
    03/14/1906 A Kopff discovers asteroid #591 Irmgard
    03/14/1908 Mont Wanderers beat Tor Trolley Leaguers for Stanley Cup (3rd of 190
    03/14/1909 Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms
    03/14/1912 King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attem
    03/14/1913 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #748 Simeisa
    03/14/1913 John D Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation 03/14/1914 Serbia & Turkey sign peace treaty
    03/14/1915 German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile 03/14/1916 Battle of Verdun - Germany attacks France
    03/14/1918 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF 03/14/1922 KGU-AM in Honolulu HI begins radio transmissions
    03/14/1922 KSD-AM in Saint Louis MO begins radio transmissions
    03/14/1922 WGR-AM in Buffalo NY begins radio transmissions
    03/14/1923 Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galicië in Poland
    03/14/1923 German High advisor prohibits NSDAP
    03/14/1923 Pres Harding became 1st pres filing income tax report
    03/14/1931 1st theater built for rear movie projection (NYC)
    03/14/1931 M Wolf discovers asteroid #2650
    03/14/1933 Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation
    03/14/1933 Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense
    03/14/1935 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars
    03/14/1936 Federal Register, 1st magazine of the US govt, publishes 1st issue 03/14/1939 Hungarian troops occupy Czechoslovakia Ruthenië
    03/14/1939 Nazi dissolve republic of Czechoslovakia
    03/14/1941 Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies
    03/14/1945 RAF bombs railway link at Hannover-Hamm
    03/14/1946 Belgian govt of Spaak, forms
    03/14/1948 Freedom Train arrives in SF
    03/14/1950 FBI's '10 Most Wanted Fugitives' program begins
    03/14/1950 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1602 Indiana
    03/14/1951 During Korean War, UN forces recapture Seoul
    03/14/1951 Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany
    03/14/1953 KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 03/14/1953 Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Comm Party 03/14/1954 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins 03/14/1954 NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak
    03/14/1957 Indonesian govt of Sastroamidjojo resigns
    03/14/1958 South Africa government disallows ANC
    03/14/1960 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield Calif
    03/14/1960 Wilt Chamberlain (Phila) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points 03/14/1962 Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France
    03/14/1962 Gordie Howe (Det Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals 03/14/1963 SF Guy Rodgers ties NBA record with 28 assists
    03/14/1964 Dallas jury finds Jack Ruby guilty of Lee Harvey Oswald murder 03/14/1965 Israeli govt approves diplomatic relations with West Germany 03/14/1967 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Balt Colts pick Bubba Smith
    03/14/1967 JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial 03/14/1971 Barbra Striesand appears on 'The Burt Bacharach Special' on CBS TV 03/14/1971 South Vietnamese troops flee Laos
    03/14/1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes 03/14/1972 NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to Kansas City 03/14/1973 Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland
    03/14/1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins hias 7,000th race
    03/14/1978 Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead) 03/14/1978 NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge)
    03/14/1980 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2270 Yazhi & #2822 Sacajawea 03/14/1980 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers)
    03/14/1983 OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years
    03/14/1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-C mission 03/14/1985 Michael Secrest (US) completes 24hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards 03/14/1986 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km) 03/14/1987 Katarina Witt wins her 3rd world figure skating championship 03/14/1990 Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress 03/14/1991 Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave 03/14/1992 Farm Aid V
    03/14/1992 NY Met Daryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden accused of rape 03/14/1992 Soviet newspaper 'Pravada' suspends publication
    03/14/1993 3,000th performance of 'Nunsense'
    03/14/1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5km (6:36.57)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Mon Mar 15 18:00:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/15/1713 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, astronomer who mapped the So Hemisphere 03/15/1754 Silvestro Palma, composer
    03/15/1767 Andrew Jackson, Carolinas, General/(D) 7th pres (1828-37) 03/15/1779 William Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41) 03/15/1790 Nicola Vaccai, composer
    03/15/1801 Conrad J van Wooden, cocoa manufacturer
    03/15/1808 Gaetano Gaspari, composer
    03/15/1809 Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1st pres of Liberia
    03/15/1810 Aernout Drost, literary (Hermingard van de Eikenterpen)
    03/15/1811 Robert Allen, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1886 03/15/1824 Branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Swedish Uprising)
    03/15/1830 Paul von Heyse, Germany, writer (Nobel 1910)
    03/15/1831 Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army)
    03/15/1835 Eduard Strauss, Austria, composer (318 Dance)
    03/15/1836 Henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer
    03/15/1838 Alice Cunningham Fletcher, ethnologist (Stranger in Her Native Land)
    03/15/1851 Jozef Surzynski, composer
    03/15/1852 Augusta Gregory, Ireland, playwright/poet/Yates mistress
    03/15/1855 Lútzen Wagenaar, Fries writer/vicar (Tsjerk Ages)
    03/15/1864 Johan Halvorsen, composer
    03/15/1864 Leslie Stuart, composer
    03/15/1867 Lionel Pigot Johnson, England, poet/critic (Ireland & Other Poems) 03/15/1867 Will Rossiter, composer
    03/15/1871 Betsy van den Arend, [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs)
    03/15/1873 David Vaughan Thomas, composer
    03/15/1874 Harold L Ickes, social activist, New Deal politician
    03/15/1879 Gerrit J Heering, Roman theologist (Fall of Christianity) 03/15/1884 Rudolf Piskacek, composer
    03/15/1894 Slava Vorlova, composer
    03/15/1900 Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer
    03/15/1901 Colin McPhee, Montréal Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles)
    03/15/1901 Theo Uden Marsman, orchestra leader
    03/15/1902 Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela)
    03/15/1904 George Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel)
    03/15/1905 Berthold Donate von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler 03/15/1905 Joe E Ross, comedian (Gunther Toody-Car 54, Ritzik-Phil Silvers Show
    03/15/1907 Paul Maxey, Wheaton Ill, actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice) 03/15/1910 An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race
    03/15/1912 Louis Paul Boon, Flemish writer (Kapellekensban)
    03/15/1913 Lex Goudsmit, actor (Fiddler on the Roof)
    03/15/1913 MacDonald Carey, Sioux City Iowa, actor (One Life to Live, Dream Gir
    03/15/1915 David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris) 03/15/1915 Richard Ward, Glenside Pa, actor (Beacon Hill)
    03/15/1916 Geert Lubberhuizen, publisher (Busy At)
    03/15/1916 Harry James, Albany Ga, trumpeter (married to Betty Grable) 03/15/1918 Richard Ellmann, US, literary scholar/writer (Oscar Wilde) 03/15/1919 John Gregson, Liverpool England, actor (Gideon CID, Shirley's World)
    03/15/1919 Lawrence Tierney, Brooklyn, actor (Abduction, Dillinger)
    03/15/1920 Ranganandhan Francis, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56
    03/15/1923 George Vogel, race horse trainer
    03/15/1923 Italo Calvino, Italian writer (Split Viscount)
    03/15/1923 Laurence A Tisch, NYC, CEO (Loews Corp)
    03/15/1924 Lockrem Johnson, composer
    03/15/1926 Benjamin Burwell Johnson, composer
    03/15/1926 I T Valentine, (Rep-D-North Carolina)
    03/15/1926 Norm Van Brocklin, NFL QB/coach (LA Rams), hall of famer
    03/15/1926 Tim Valentine, (Rep-D-NC, 1983- )
    03/15/1927 Carl Smith, Maynardville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) 03/15/1928 Nicolas Flagello, composer
    03/15/1929 Tiezo Matsumura, composer
    03/15/1932 Alan Lavern Bean, Wheeler Texas, Capt USN/astronaut (Ap 12, Skylab 3
    03/15/1933 Cecil Perceval Taylor, composer
    03/15/1933 Cecil Taylor, jazz pianist
    03/15/1933 Ronald Roseman, composer
    03/15/1933 Roy Clark, country singer (Hee Haw)
    03/15/1934 Wolfgang Hufschmidt, composer
    03/15/1935 Judd Hirsch, NYC, actor (Alex Reiger-Taxi, Dear John, Ordinary Peopl
    03/15/1936 Donald K Sundquist, (Rep-R-Tennessee, 1983- )
    03/15/1938 Dick Higgins, composer
    03/15/1939 Robert Nye, writer (Facts of Life & other fiction, 3 Views of Man) 03/15/1940 Phil Lesh, rocker (Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band)
    03/15/1941 Mike Love, rock saxophonist/vocalist (Beachboys-In My Room) 03/15/1943 Brenda Scott, Cincinnati Oh, actress (Midge-Road West)
    03/15/1943 David Cronenberg, Canada, director (Shivers, Fly, Bread)
    03/15/1943 Don Mitchell, US, actor (Ironside)
    03/15/1944 Chi Cheng, Taiwan, sprinter/80m hurdler (Oly-Bronze-68)
    03/15/1944 David Costell, rocker (Gary Lewis & the Playboys-Diamond Ring) 03/15/1944 Sly Stone, Dallas, rocker (Sly & the Family Stone-Everyday People) 03/15/1945 Jörgen Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)
    03/15/1945 Mark J Green, Bkln NY, lawyer/author (Closed Enterprise System) 03/15/1945 Tracy Smith, runner
    03/15/1946 Bobby Bond, baseball player (Giants, Yankees, etc)
    03/15/1946 Howard Scott, US guitarist (War, Cisco Kid)
    03/15/1947 Larisa Grigoriyevna Pozharskaya, Russia, cosmonaut
    03/15/1947 Ry Cooder, LA, blues guitarist (Crossroads)
    03/15/1947 Stomu Yamash'ta, composer
    03/15/1947 Tomas Pettersson, Sweden, cyclist (Olympic-silver-1968)
    03/15/1949 John Duttine, actor (Day of the Triffids)
    03/15/1954 Craig Wasson, Oregon, actor (Body Double, 4 Friends, Men's Club) 03/15/1955 Dee Snider, Massapequa NY, (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It) 03/15/1955 Marcia McCabe, Bryn Mawr Pa, actress (Alicia Grande-1 Live to Live) 03/15/1957 Park Overall, Tenn, actress (Laverne-Empty Nest, Mississippi Burning
    03/15/1958 Laura Carrington, actress (Louisa-Alphabet City)
    03/15/1959 Eliot Teltscher, Calif, tennis player (US Davis Cup team) 03/15/1959 Harold Baines, Maryland, outfielder (White Sox, Rangers)
    03/15/1960 Donna Smith, Portland Oregon, playmate (March, 1985)
    03/15/1961 Fabio [Lanzoni], Italy, romance novels model (Fabio After Dark) 03/15/1961 John Melendez, jockey
    03/15/1962 Steve Coy, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round)
    03/15/1962 Terence Trent D'Arby, rock vocalist (Wishing Well)
    03/15/1963 Bret Michaels, Harrisburg Pa, guitarist (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me) 03/15/1963 Don Simington, jockey
    03/15/1963 French Koenn, pop bassist (Lois Lane-Precious)
    03/15/1963 Jimmy Baio, Bkln, actor (Billy Tate-Soap)
    03/15/1968 Sabrina [Salerno], Genoa Italy, Miss Italy (1984)/singer (Boys) 03/15/1971 Robbie Pratt, jockey
    03/15/1986 Tyler Noyes, actor (CJ-One Life to Live)


    Deaths:

    03/15/ 44 -BC- Julius Cæsar, Emperor of Rome, assassinated in Roman Senate 03/15/ 493 Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies
    03/15/ 752 Zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies
    03/15/ 963 Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies
    03/15/1034 Mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies
    03/15/1673 Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/poet/music/actor, dies at 57 03/15/1731 Adolf H van Rechteren, diplomat/politician, dies at 75
    03/15/1842 Luigi Cherubini, composer, dies at 81
    03/15/1842 M Luigi CZS Cherubini, Italian director, dies
    03/15/1880 John KJ de Young, historian, dies at 51
    03/15/1883 Karol Studzinski, composer, dies at 55
    03/15/1905 Arnold Kerdijk, liberal founder Social Weekly newspaper, dies at 60 03/15/1905 B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norse author (Paa St Jørgen), dies at 58 03/15/1918 Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer, dies at 82 03/15/1918 Lili Boulanger, composer, dies at 24
    03/15/1942 Alexander von Zemlinsky, composer, dies at 70
    03/15/1944 Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies
    03/15/1945 Herman B Wiardi Beckman, SDAP resistance fighter, dies at 41 03/15/1954 Arthur Fickenscher, composer, dies at 82
    03/15/1962 Sam Wren, actor (Wren's Nest), dies at 64
    03/15/1964 Paul Cavanagh, actor (Black Arrow, Woman in Green), dies at 75 03/15/1966 Abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63 03/15/1966 Heinrich Lemacher, composer, dies at 75
    03/15/1969 Miles Malleson, actor/writer (Postman's Knock), dies at 80 03/15/1970 Arthur Adamov, French playwright, dies
    03/15/1970 Tarjei Vesaas, Norse author/novelist/writer (Isslottet), dies at 72 03/15/1971 Jean-Pierre Monseré, Flemish cyclist, dies at 22
    03/15/1973 Carl Benton Reid, actor (Burke's Law), dies at 82
    03/15/1975 Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler/sportscaster, dies at 49 03/15/1975 Aristotle S Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, dies
    03/15/1977 Kamal Joemblat, Lebanese politician, murdered
    03/15/1983 José Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80 03/15/1987 Sterling W Cole, (Rep-R-NY) dies at 82
    03/15/1990 Tom Harmon, former Heisman Trophy winner, dies at 70 in LA 03/15/1991 Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, US jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies
    03/15/1991 Eileen Sedgwick, dies
    03/15/1992 Helen Deutsch, writer, dies
    03/15/1992 Jack Washburn, actor, dies
    03/15/1992 Vanessa Lee, dies
    03/15/1993 Anthony Bowles, music writer (Jesus Christ Superstar), dies at 61 03/15/1993 Dennis Gregory, actor (Village of the Damn), dies
    03/15/1994 Mae Zetterling, Swedish actress (Night Games), dies at 68


    Significant Events:

    03/15/ 493 Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker of Italy
    03/15/ 752 St Zachary ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    03/15/ 933 Battle at Riade: German King Henry I beats Magyaren
    03/15/1360 France invasion army lands on English south coast, conquers Winchel 03/15/1382 Conservative 'Popolo Grasso' regain power in Florence Italy 03/15/1391 Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews 03/15/1493 Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after 1st new world voyage 03/15/1672 King Charles II removes Declaration of Indulgence
    03/15/1729 Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st US nun, takes her vows, N Orleans 03/15/1744 French King Louis XV declares war on England
    03/15/1778 Nootka Sound, Vancouver Is discovered by Capt Cook
    03/15/1781 Battle of Guilford Court House, SC (English beat US)
    03/15/1812 1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River
    03/15/1820 Maine admitted as 23rd state
    03/15/1827 Freedom's Journal, 1st Black newspaper, publishes
    03/15/1827 University of Toronto is chartered
    03/15/1855 Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine 03/15/1862 Gen John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, TN 03/15/1863 R Luther discovers asteroid #78 Diana
    03/15/1864 Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, LA
    03/15/1867 Michigan becomes 1st state to tax property to support a university 03/15/1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st pro baseball team 03/15/1872 R Luther discovers asteroid #118 Peitho
    03/15/1875 1st US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested
    03/15/1887 1st salaried fish & game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan) 03/15/1889 6 US & German warships fight in harbor at Apia Samoa, 200 die 03/15/1892 NY State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine)
    03/15/1895 A Charlois discovers asteroid #400 Ducrosa
    03/15/1897 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden 03/15/1901 Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th 03/15/1906 Britten Rolls & Royce Johnson found Rolls Royce Ltd
    03/15/1912 Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins
    03/15/1912 Sam Lightnin' Hopkins, Texas, blues stylist (Ball of Twine) 03/15/1913 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)
    03/15/1913 Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court
    03/15/1915 Neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea 03/15/1916 Gen Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos 03/15/1916 University of Gent goes under Dutch control
    03/15/1917 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates (3/3 OS)
    03/15/1919 American Legion forms
    03/15/1922 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia)
    03/15/1923 Lenin is hit with his 3rd stroke
    03/15/1926 Belgium's 'black monday', franc falls
    03/15/1928 Mussolini modifies Italian electoral system
    03/15/1930 1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, NY
    03/15/1930 1st streamlined submarine of US navy, USS Nautilus, launched 03/15/1933 NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation & discrimination 03/15/1934 US Information Service opens
    03/15/1937 1st blood bank established, Chicago, Ill
    03/15/1937 1st state contraceptive clinic opens, Raleigh, NC
    03/15/1939 Hitler occupies Bohemia & Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia indepen
    03/15/1940 G Kulin discovers asteroid #3380
    03/15/1940 Göring ays 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest 03/15/1941 Blizzard in ND kills 151
    03/15/1943 Red Army evacuates Kharkov
    03/15/1944 Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing
    03/15/1946 British premier Attlee agrees with India's right to independence 03/15/1948 WCAU TV channel 10 in Philadelphia, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting 03/15/1949 WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
    03/15/1949 WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
    03/15/1950 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1616 Filipoff
    03/15/1950 NYC hires Dr Wallace E Howell as its official 'rainmaker' 03/15/1951 Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
    03/15/1952 A Schmitt discovers asteroid #1622 Chacornac
    03/15/1952 Greatest 24-hr rainfall begins: 187 cm at La Réunion, Indian Ocean 03/15/1953 A Schmitt discovers asteroid #3156
    03/15/1953 West Germany loses in soccer to The Netherlands, 2-1
    03/15/1954 'CBS Morning Show' premieres with Walter Cronkite & Jack Paar 03/15/1954 WSJV TV channel 28 in Elkhart-South Bend, IN (ABC) begins broadcasti
    03/15/1955 Dutch 2nd Chamber requires TV licenses
    03/15/1955 WLEX TV channel 18 in Lexington, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting 03/15/1956 'My Fair Lady' opens on Broadway (NYC)
    03/15/1956 Whipper Billy Watson beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA champ
    03/15/1957 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb (Britain)
    03/15/1958 KULR TV channel 8 in Billings, MT (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 03/15/1959 Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 m 42.5 s 03/15/1959 WILX TV channel 10 in Lansing, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 03/15/1960 Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park) 03/15/1960 National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated
    03/15/1962 5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter 03/15/1962 Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jum
    03/15/1962 KATU TV channel 2 in Portland, OR (ABC) begins broadcasting 03/15/1962 Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4000 pts in an NBA season 03/15/1963 WFAN TV channel 14 in Washington, DC (IND) begins broadcasting 03/15/1964 LBJ asks for a War on Poverty
    03/15/1964 Liz Taylor's 5th marriage (Richard Burton)
    03/15/1965 LBJ asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote
    03/15/1965 WMFE TV channel 24 in Orlando, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting 03/15/1966 Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles
    03/15/1967 AFCENT-headquarter moves to Brunssum
    03/15/1967 Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as pres of Civil Rights Act
    03/15/1967 WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville/Knoxville, TN (PBS) 1st broadcast 03/15/1968 Bob Beamon, sets long jump record of 27' 2 3/4'
    03/15/1968 British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown resigns
    03/15/1968 US Mint stops buying & selling gold
    03/15/1969 US Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns
    03/15/1969 Violent Chinese-Russian border dispute (100s dead?)
    03/15/1970 Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan
    03/15/1972 Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama 03/15/1972 Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112 03/15/1972 NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle
    03/15/1974 Civil rights activist president Garastazu Médici resigns
    03/15/1975 Bundy victim Julie Cunningham disappears from Vail, Colo
    03/15/1975 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (37.99 sec)
    03/15/1976 Failed coup in Niger
    03/15/1977 US House of Reps begin 90 day test of televising its sessions 03/15/1978 -21] operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon 03/15/1978 Israel invades Lebanon to rid area of Palestine guerrillas 03/15/1979 Apparat releases Newdos + 2.1 for the Radio Shack's TRS-80 03/15/1979 Isle's Bryan Trottier's 5th career hat trick
    03/15/1981 Suriname failed coup under sgt-mjr Wilfred Hawker
    03/15/1982 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3571
    03/15/1982 Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan 03/15/1982 KGB-AM in San Diego CA changes call letters to KCNN (now KPOP) 03/15/1982 Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days
    03/15/1984 Tanzania adopts constitution
    03/15/1986 Funeral services held for Swedish PM Olaf Palme
    03/15/1987 US Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay
    03/15/1988 NASA reports accelerated breakdown of ozone layer by CFK
    03/15/1988 NFL's St Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix
    03/15/1989 NY Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's #1 uniform
    03/15/1990 Fernando Collor de Mello sworn in as pres of Civil rights activist 03/15/1991 4 LA police are charged with beating Rodney King
    03/15/1991 Sergei Bubka pole vaults record 20¼'
    03/15/1991 Territories of Amapa & Roraima become states in Brazil
    03/15/1994 Asteroid ø 20m comes within 160-180,000 km of Earth
    03/15/1999 Pluto again becomes outermost planet

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/16/1585 Gerbrand Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) 03/16/1585 Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Spanish Brabander)
    03/16/1609 Michael Franck, composer
    03/16/1651 Zaccaria Tevo, composer
    03/16/1663 Nicholas Siret, composer
    03/16/1739 George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution) 03/16/1745 Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer
    03/16/1750 Caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronome
    03/16/1751 James Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17) 03/16/1757 Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen)
    03/16/1776 Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs 03/16/1787 Georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
    03/16/1802 George Archibald McCall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 18
    03/16/1806 Norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner)
    03/16/1812 Henry Dwight Terry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869 03/16/1814 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer
    03/16/1822 John Pope, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 03/16/1822 Rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill)
    03/16/1823 William Henry Monk, composer
    03/16/1832 Charles Camp Doolittle, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteer) 03/16/1836 Andrew S Hallidie, inventor (cable car)
    03/16/1839 René F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, France, poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901)
    03/16/1849 James E Smith, became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger 03/16/1856 E Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince
    03/16/1868 Maxim Gorki, USSR, playwright (The Lower Depths) (3/28 NS) 03/16/1873 Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Sereniteit)
    03/16/1876 Charles Halton, actor (Dr Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again) 03/16/1878 Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi 03/16/1878 Henry B Walthall, actor (Birth of a Nation, China Clipper, Klondike)
    03/16/1878 Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], shah of Iran
    03/16/1884 Harrison Ford (II), actor
    03/16/1885 Giacomo Benvenuti, composer
    03/16/1885 Sydney Chaplin, actor (Adding Machine, Psycho Sisters, Limelight) 03/16/1896 Conrad Nagel, Keokuk Iowa, actor (Celebrity Time)
    03/16/1901 Walter E Schäfer, German playwright
    03/16/1903 Mike Mansfield, (Sen-D-Mont) majority whip
    03/16/1903 Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Revel Estonia, composer (Variaioni Concertanto)
    03/16/1904 Clive Morton, actor (His Excellency, Run for Your Money)
    03/16/1906 Henny Youngman, comedian (Take my wife, please)
    03/16/1910 Aladar Gerevich, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1948)
    03/16/1910 Norman Wooland, Germany, actor (Hamlet)
    03/16/1912 Patricia Nixon, [Thelma Catherine], Ely Nevada, 1st lady (1968-74) 03/16/1916 Lloyd McBride, union president (United Steelworkers)
    03/16/1918 Aldo E van Eyck, architect (City Hall)
    03/16/1918 Howard Boatwright, composer
    03/16/1919 Erno Kiraly, composer
    03/16/1920 John Addison, Surrey England, composer (Tom Jones-Acad Award) 03/16/1920 Leo McKern, actor (Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared)
    03/16/1922 Harding Lemay, North Bangor NY, headwriter (Another World) 03/16/1925 Cornell Borchers, actress (Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul) 03/16/1926 Jerry Lewis, [Levitch], comedian/fund raiser (MDA), loved in France 03/16/1927 Daniel Patrick Moynihan, US ambassador to UN/(Sen-D-NY, 1977- ) 03/16/1927 Karlheinz Boehm, actor (Face of Fear, Peeping Tom, Unnatural) 03/16/1927 Olga San Juan, NYC, actress (Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus) 03/16/1927 Vladimir M Komarov, Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (Voshkod I Soyuz 1) 03/16/1928 Christa Ludwig, Berlin Germany, soprano (Vienna State Opera) 03/16/1928 Ramon Barce, composer
    03/16/1929 Edwin London, composer
    03/16/1930 Minoru Miky, composer
    03/16/1931 Betty Johnson, Guilford County NC, singer (Jack Paar Show) 03/16/1932 R Walter M Cunningham, Creston Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut (Apollo 7) 03/16/1936 Thelma Hopkins, England, high jumper (Oly-silver-1956)
    03/16/1937 Constanca Capdeville, composer
    03/16/1937 David Del Tredici, Cloverdale California, composer (1980 Pulitzer) 03/16/1940 Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma Italy, director (Last Tango in Paris) 03/16/1940 Jan P Pronk, Dutch politician (PvdA)
    03/16/1940 Jan Schaefer, Dutch asst secretary of state (PvdA)
    03/16/1942 Jerry Jeff Walker, composer (Mr BoJangles)
    03/16/1946 Erik Estrada, NYC, actor (CHiPs, Cross & Switchblade, Lightblast) 03/16/1948 Margaret [Edith] Weis, US, sci-fi author (Dragons of Spring Dawning)
    03/16/1949 Elliott Murphy, US singer/songwriter
    03/16/1949 Victor Garber, Montréal Québec, actor (Days & Nights of Molly Dodd) 03/16/1951 Kate Nelligan, London Ontario, actress (Bethune, Eye of the Needle) 03/16/1951 Ray Benson, Phila Pa, country singer (House of Blue Lights) 03/16/1954 Hollis Stacy, Savannah Ga, LPGA golfer (US Open 1977,78)
    03/16/1954 Nancy Wilson, SF, rocker (Heart-Never, Barracuda, What about Love) 03/16/1955 Isabelle Huppert, Paris France, actress (Cactus, Heaven's Gate) 03/16/1957 Pearl Moore, WBL guard (NY Stars)
    03/16/1959 Stan Thorn, Kenosha Wisc, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South) 03/16/1963 Phung Vuong, Saigon Vietnam, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) 03/16/1965 Cindy Brown, US, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1988)
    03/16/1991 Wolfgang Van Halen, son of Eddie Van Halan & Valerie Bertinelli


    Deaths:

    03/16/ 37 Tiberius Claudius Nero, emperor of Rome (14-37), dies at 77 03/16/1072 Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies
    03/16/1629 Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59 03/16/1736 Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26 03/16/1804 Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 7
    03/16/1806 Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74
    03/16/1819 Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73
    03/16/1838 Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 03/16/1841 Félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49
    03/16/1843 Anton R Falck, minister of Education/Colonization, dies at 65 03/16/1867 Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33
    03/16/1881 Modest P Moessorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godoenov), dies at 42 03/16/1882 Charles R Darwin, English naturalist (Origin of species), dies 03/16/1887 Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59
    03/16/1909 George Thorndike Angell, lawyer (ASPCA), dies at 85
    03/16/1910 Eduard FW Pflüger, German physiologist, dies at 80
    03/16/1914 Gaston Calmette, editor of Figaro, killed by Mme Caillaux 03/16/1919 Sigurd von Koch, composer, dies at 40
    03/16/1930 Miguel Primo de Riveray Orbaneja, Spain's dictator (1923-30), dies 03/16/1933 Alfred Her, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 47
    03/16/1935 John J R Macleod, Scottish/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), dies 03/16/1937 J Austen Chamberlain, English min of Foreign affairs (Nobel), dies 03/16/1940 Selma O Lagerlöf, Swedish author (Nils Holgersson, Nobel 1909), dies
    03/16/1941 John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Challenger), dies at 73 03/16/1942 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Tanz), dies at 6
    03/16/1945 Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52 03/16/1946 Marius HLW 'Max' Blokzijl, NSB-minister of propaganda, executed at 6
    03/16/1946 Max Blokzijl, NSB-minister of propaganda, executed
    03/16/1955 Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75
    03/16/1956 Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77
    03/16/1957 Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian communist/parliament chairman, dies 03/16/1958 Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65
    03/16/1959 John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111 03/16/1962 John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85
    03/16/1964 Nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80
    03/16/1967 James Friskin, composer, dies at 81
    03/16/1968 Bengt G Ekelöf, Swedish poet (Nun Serviam), dies at 60
    03/16/1968 June Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60
    03/16/1968 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer, dies at 72
    03/16/1970 Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61
    03/16/1970 Tammi Terrell, singer, dies at 23 of a brain tumor
    03/16/1971 Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70 03/16/1971 Thomas E Dewey, US president candidate (R 1944, 48), dies at 68 03/16/1972 Harold 'Pie' Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72
    03/16/1973 Carl Benton Reid, actor (Trap, Underwater City), dies at 79 03/16/1975 T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64 03/16/1978 Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists 03/16/1979 Jean Monnet, French economist/chairman (EGKS), dies at 90 03/16/1983 Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79
    03/16/1985 BVA Röling, lawyer, dies at 78
    03/16/1985 Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88 03/16/1987 Scott McKay, actor (Guest in the House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies
    03/16/1988 Dorothy Adams Foulger, dies
    03/16/1990 Ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91
    03/16/1991 Jan H van Roÿen, diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies
    03/16/1991 Wim van den Brink, actor (Turkish Fruit/Dig Up Sien), dies 03/16/1993 Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies at 86 03/16/1993 Djilalli Lyabès, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered 03/16/1993 Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl, Deadly Mantis), dies
    03/16/1993 Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Arialda), dies at 69
    03/16/1993 Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered


    Significant Events:

    03/16/1079 Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar
    03/16/1190 Crusades begin massacre of Jews of York England
    03/16/1345 Holy spirit glides above fire: 'the miracle of Amsterdam' (legend) 03/16/1621 1st Indian appears at Plymouth, Mass
    03/16/1730 Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe 03/16/1731 Treaty of Vienna: Emperor Charles VI of England & Netherlands 03/16/1792 Murder attempt on king Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera 03/16/1802 Law signed to establish US Milt Academy (West Point, NY)
    03/16/1802 US army Corps of Engineers established (2nd time)
    03/16/1815 Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium 03/16/1827 'Freedom's Journal', 1st African-American newspaper, founded 03/16/1827 1st US black newspaper, 'Freedom's Journal' (NYC), begins publishing
    03/16/1829 Ohio authorizes high school night classes
    03/16/1833 Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman grad of a pharmacy college 03/16/1834 HMS Beagle for anchor in Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands 03/16/1861 Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union
    03/16/1861 Confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain
    03/16/1865 Battle of Averasboro, NC
    03/16/1869 Hiram R Revels makes the 1st official speech by a black in the Senat
    03/16/1876 Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY) 03/16/1881 Barnum & Baily Circus debuts
    03/16/1882 US Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross
    03/16/1895 M Wolf discovers asteroid #401 Ottilia
    03/16/1896 Premier of Mahlers 'Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen'
    03/16/1897 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'The Adventure of The Devil's Foot' (BG) 03/16/1910 Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona 03/16/1911 Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ont) 13-4 for the Stanley Cup 03/16/1915 British battle cruisers Irresistible approaches Dardanellen 03/16/1916 US & Canada sign Migratory bird treaty
    03/16/1920 1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Par
    03/16/1922 England recognizes Kingdom of Egypt under King Fuad I
    03/16/1922 Sultan Foeud crowned king of Egypt
    03/16/1922 WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions
    03/16/1926 Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters
    03/16/1928 A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #1303 Luthera
    03/16/1929 WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions
    03/16/1931 C W Tombaugh discovers asteroid #3754
    03/16/1931 Genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Neth)
    03/16/1931 Society of Our Language forms
    03/16/1933 Hitler names Hjalmar Shaft, president of German Republic
    03/16/1934 Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act
    03/16/1935 Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty 03/16/1936 L Boyer discovers asteroids #1380 Volodia & #1392 Pierre
    03/16/1937 All but one senior fouls out of a scrimage game between seniors & 03/16/1937 sophomores, but he holds on to win the game 35-32
    03/16/1938 Temple defeats Colorado to win 1st NIT
    03/16/1939 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia
    03/16/1939 Hungary annexes republic of Karpato-Ukraine
    03/16/1941 Blizzard hits North Dakota & Minnesota killing 60
    03/16/1941 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj receives the Stalin Prize
    03/16/1944 Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death
    03/16/1945 US defeats Japan at Iwo Jima
    03/16/1947 Convair Liner, 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested 03/16/1949 KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting 03/16/1952 1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Réunion (world record)
    03/16/1955 Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge
    03/16/1957 Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating NY Rangers 14-1
    03/16/1959 Iraq & USSR sign economic/technical treaty
    03/16/1962 1st launching of Titan 2-rocket
    03/16/1962 US Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167 03/16/1962 USSR launch 1st Cosmos-satellite
    03/16/1964 KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting 03/16/1964 Paul Hornung & Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension
    03/16/1966 Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong & Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits 03/16/1967 Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down 03/16/1968 Mi-Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die
    03/16/1968 Robert F Kennedy announces presidential campaign
    03/16/1969 Boston Bruins scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
    03/16/1969 Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155 03/16/1970 New English Bible published
    03/16/1970 WNIN TV channel 9 in Evansville, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 03/16/1971 KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, TX (IND) suspends broadcasting 03/16/1972 John & Yoko are served with deportation papers
    03/16/1972 T Gehrels discovers asteroid #2272
    03/16/1975 US Mariner 10 makes 3rd & final fly-by of Mercury
    03/16/1976 British premier Harold Wilson resigns
    03/16/1977 US president Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland
    03/16/1978 Amoco Cadiz spills 223,000 tons of crude oil
    03/16/1978 Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed 03/16/1978 Soyuz 26 returns to Earth
    03/16/1978 US Senate accepts Panama Canal treaty
    03/16/1979 CBS-TV airs 'Wings Over the World' with Paul McCartney
    03/16/1980 C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroids #2902 Westerlund & #3634 03/16/1980 L Brozek discovers asteroid #3386
    03/16/1983 E Barr discovers asteroid #3445
    03/16/1983 Smallest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Nets-1,814) 03/16/1984 South-Africa & Mozambique sign non attack treaty
    03/16/1985 Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beiru
    03/16/1985 Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 yr
    03/16/1988 Federal grand jury indicts North & Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair 03/16/1988 US sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras
    03/16/1991 7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash 03/16/1991 Members of Irish Gay & Lesbian Organization march in NYC parade 03/16/1991 NJ Net coach Bill Fitch is 4th coach to win 800 NBA games 03/16/1992 Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted bal
    03/16/1994 Moravcik forms Slovakia government

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/17/1578 Francesco Albana, Italian painter (At-Hemelopneming van Maria) 03/17/1628 Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian 03/17/1664 Georg Osterreich, composer
    03/17/1675 Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer
    03/17/1685 Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter
    03/17/1746 Jan David Holland, composer
    03/17/1777 Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec) 03/17/1781 Dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies
    03/17/1789 Edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock)
    03/17/1804 James Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance 03/17/1820 Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 03/17/1825 Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain)
    03/17/1826 Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Völkerkunder) 03/17/1828 Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army) 03/17/1832 Moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine) 03/17/1832 Walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 03/17/1834 Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle
    03/17/1839 Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conse
    03/17/1846 Kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window) 03/17/1848 Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer
    03/17/1873 Margaret Bondfield, Brit union leader/1st woman cabinet member 03/17/1874 Kincsem, horse that never lost a race
    03/17/1874 Stephen Samuel Wise, US, pres of Zionist Org of America
    03/17/1876 Frederic Ayers, composer
    03/17/1877 Albert P Hahn, political cartoonist
    03/17/1880 Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer
    03/17/1887 Ben Sajet, physician/politician
    03/17/1890 Harold Morris, composer
    03/17/1892 Sayed Darwish, composer
    03/17/1894 Paul Green, US, novelist/playwright (In Abraham's Bosom)
    03/17/1895 Shemp Howard, comic actor (3 Stooges, Bank Dick) [or 1891] 03/17/1899 Gloria Swanson, actress (Indiscreet, Sadie Thompson, Killer Bees) 03/17/1900 Alfred Newman, New Haven, composer (Love is a Many Splendored Thing)
    03/17/1901 Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (Nobel 1974)
    03/17/1902 Bobby Jones Jr, Atlanta Georgia, PGA golfer (Grand Slam 1930) 03/17/1906 Michael O'Shea, Hartford Ct, actor (Denny-It's a Great Life) 03/17/1907 Jan M J van Houtte, premier Belgium (1952-54)
    03/17/1908 Boris N Poveloi, [Kampov], Russian journalist/writer [NS] 03/17/1908 Radie Britain, composer
    03/17/1909 Patrick Reilly, British diplomat
    03/17/1910 Bayard Rustin, civil rights leader
    03/17/1911 Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer
    03/17/1914 Sammy Baugh, Texas, NFL hall of famer QB (Wash Redskins)
    03/17/1915 Hans Namuth, German/US photographer (Todos Santos, Guatemala) 03/17/1915 William Roycroft, Austria, equestrian 3 day (Olympic-bronze-1976) 03/17/1917 Brian Boydell, composer
    03/17/1918 D Arendo, [Arend Honhoff], pianist/composer (Eleonora)
    03/17/1918 Mercedes McCambridge, Joliet Ill (Exorcist, All the King's Men) 03/17/1918 Wilhelmus M J Russell, attorney/ Member of 1st chamber (KVP/CDA) 03/17/1919 Hank Sauer, baseballer (NL MVP 1952)
    03/17/1919 Nat 'King' Cole, Montgomery Ala, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa) 03/17/1920 John La Montaine, Oak Park Ill, composer (Pulitzer 1959)
    03/17/1922 Megan Bull, British head mistress (Holloway Jail)
    03/17/1924 Stephen Dodgson, composer
    03/17/1925 G M Hughes, British zoologist
    03/17/1926 Siegfried Lenz, German writer
    03/17/1927 Maurice Ingvar Karkoff, composer
    03/17/1927 Patrick Allen, actor (High Hell, Roman Holiday, Dial 'M' for Murder)
    03/17/1927 Sulkhan Ivanovich Nasidze, composer
    03/17/1928 Edino Krieger, composer
    03/17/1930 James B Irwin, Pittsburgh Penn, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15) 03/17/1931 Eunice Gayson, London England, actress (Dr No, From Russia With Love
    03/17/1934 Erhard Grosskopf, composer
    03/17/1935 Adam Wade, Pitts Pa, singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn)
    03/17/1936 Ladislaw Kupkovic, composer
    03/17/1936 Thomas K Mattingly II, Chic, Capt USN/astro (Apollo 16, STS-4, 51C) 03/17/1937 Galina Samsova, ballerina
    03/17/1938 Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet dancer/choreographer (Kirov) 03/17/1941 Clarence Collins, US singer (Imperials-Tears on my pillow) 03/17/1941 Edward Harper, composer
    03/17/1941 Gene Pitney, Hartford Ct, rock singer (Town without Pity) 03/17/1941 Paul Kantner, rock guitarist (Jefferson Starship-White Rabbit) 03/17/1942 John Wayne Gacy, Chicago Ill, serial killer (32 boys)
    03/17/1942 Sidney K Barthelmy, US politician(?)
    03/17/1943 Don Mitchell, Houston Tx, actor (Mark-Ironside)
    03/17/1944 Danny DeVito, Neptune NJ, actor (Louie-Taxi, Twins)
    03/17/1944 John Sebastian, NYC, singer (Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter) 03/17/1944 Patti Boyd, Somerset England, (Mrs George Harrison/Mrs Eric Clapton)
    03/17/1945 Paco Gonzalez, race horse trainer
    03/17/1946 Harold Brown, rock drummer (War-Summer, Galaxy)
    03/17/1946 Michael Peter Finnissey, composer
    03/17/1948 Robert Braunwart, who added thousands of dates to this database 03/17/1948 William [Ford] Gibson, Canada, sci-fi author (Neuromancer, Count Zer
    03/17/1949 Patrick Duffy, Townsend Mont, actor (Bobby-Dallas, Man from Atlantis
    03/17/1951 Kurt Russell, Springfeild Mass, actor (Thing, Overboard, Mean Season
    03/17/1951 Scott Gorham, guitarist (Thin Lizzy-Jailbreak)
    03/17/1954 Lesley-Anne Down, London, actress (A Little Night Music, Moonraker) 03/17/1954 Wally Stocker, vocalist/guitarist (Babys-Missing You)
    03/17/1955 Bill Beyers, actor (Wally McCandless-Capitol)
    03/17/1955 Cynthia McKinney, (Rep-D-Georgia)
    03/17/1955 Paul Overstreet, Van Cleave Miss, country singer (Daddy's Come Aroun
    03/17/1957 Robin Cousins, England, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1980) 03/17/1959 Mike Lindup, British rock keyboardist/singer (Level 42-Hot Water) 03/17/1960 Lee Ann Michelle, Surrey England, playmate (Feb, 1979)
    03/17/1961 Casey Siemaszko, actor (Biloxi Blues, Young Guns, 3 O'Clock High) 03/17/1962 Clare Grogan, rocker (Altered Images-Happy Birthday)
    03/17/1962 Janet Patricia Gardner, Juneau Alaska, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up) 03/17/1962 Roxy Dora Petrucci, Rochester Minn, rock drummer (Vixen-Rev It Up) 03/17/1963 Rebeca Arthur, actress (Mary Anne-Perf Strangers, Opposites Attract)
    03/17/1964 Rob Lowe, Charlottesville Va, actor (St Elmo's Fire, Hotel NH, Class
    03/17/1964 Ron Warren Jr, jockey
    03/17/1965 Andrew Hudson, South African cricket player
    03/17/1965 Caitlin Bilodeaux, Boston Mass, US fencer (Olympic-92)


    Deaths:

    03/17/ 180 Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 5
    03/17/ 659 Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32 03/17/1040 Harold, British King (1035-40), dies
    03/17/1565 Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], theologist/physician, dies at 64 03/17/1588 Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies 03/17/1605 Pieter Bast, [Bastius], engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34 03/17/1649 Gerardus Johannis Vossius, [Gerrit Jansz Vos], regent, dies at 71 03/17/1653 Johan van Galen, admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48 03/17/1704 Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 6
    03/17/1764 George Parker, English astronomer, dies
    03/17/1796 Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Chairman National Meeting, dies at 41 03/17/1801 Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer, dies at 64
    03/17/1803 Candido Jose Ruano, composer, dies at 43
    03/17/1846 F W Bessel, measured distance to 61 Cygni, dies
    03/17/1846 Friedrich W Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), dies 03/17/1849 Willem II Frederik GL, King of Netherlands (1840-49), dies at 56 03/17/1855 Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65
    03/17/1857 Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42
    03/17/1861 Petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 57
    03/17/1862 Fromental Halevy, composer, dies at 62
    03/17/1864 Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53 03/17/1889 Joseph A Alberdingk Thijm, [Pauwels Foreestier], poet, dies at 68 03/17/1891 Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, French prince/member Natl Meeting, dies at 6
    03/17/1898 Blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washingto
    03/17/1901 Franz Melde, German physicist (Melde Proof), dies at 69
    03/17/1902 George William Warren, composer, dies at 73
    03/17/1906 Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies
    03/17/1910 Joaquin Valverde, composer, dies at 64
    03/17/1927 James Scott Skinner, composer, dies at 83
    03/17/1933 Ferdinand Von Alten, actor (Champagne), dies
    03/17/1941 Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel, Rus writer (Crvena Konjica), dies at 46 03/17/1949 Felix Bressart, actor (Escape, Ninotchka, Iceland), dies at 54 03/17/1953 Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer, dies at 73
    03/17/1954 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88
    03/17/1956 Fred Allen, comedian (Colgate Comedy Hour), dies at 61
    03/17/1956 Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist (Neutron, Nobel 1935), dies 03/17/1959 Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday
    03/17/1961 Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader dies at 101 03/17/1962 Frank Orth, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), dies at 82 03/17/1963 William Henry Squire, composer, dies at 91
    03/17/1965 Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (U of Chic), dies in Calif at 102
    03/17/1965 Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI), dies 03/17/1966 Walter Lang, composer, dies at 69
    03/17/1967 Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at 67
    03/17/1967 Richard Reeves, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel), dies at 54 03/17/1973 Geertruida MW 'Truus' Bakker, actress (2 Orphans), dies at 81 03/17/1974 Carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at 72
    03/17/1974 Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73
    03/17/1976 Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Ital director (Terra Diaeresis), dies 03/17/1980 Rudolf Escher, composer, dies at 68
    03/17/1982 Hans ter Lag, sound technician, murdered in El Salvador
    03/17/1982 Jan Kuiper, IKON news editor, murdered in El Salvador
    03/17/1982 Joop Willemsen, cameraman, murdered in El Salvador
    03/17/1982 Koos Koster, IKON newscaster, murdered in El Salvador
    03/17/1986 Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49 03/17/1989 Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies
    03/17/1990 Capucine, actress (Lion, Red Sun, Fellini Satyricon), dies at 57 03/17/1990 Marí Mejía, Guatemalian feminist, murdered
    03/17/1992 Charles Rea, dies
    03/17/1992 George Lovi, US columnist (Sky & Telescope's 'Ramblings'), dies 03/17/1992 Grace Stafford Lantz, cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87 03/17/1992 Jack Arnold, actor/director (Sid Caeser Special, Emmy 1967), dies 03/17/1993 Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at
    03/17/1993 Laadi Flici, Algerian parliament leader, murdered
    03/17/1993 Skip Young, actor (Smokey & Hotwire Gang), dies
    03/17/1994 Walter Janka, German writer (Schwierigkeiten mit Wahrheit), dies at


    Significant Events:

    03/17/ 455 Roman senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor
    03/17/1190 Crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England
    03/17/1521 Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Philippines
    03/17/1537 French troops attack Flanders
    03/17/1580 Prince Willem of Orange welcomed in Amsterdam
    03/17/1722 Willem KH Friso appointed viceroy of Drente
    03/17/1753 1st official St Patrick's Day
    03/17/1756 St Patrick's Day 1st celebrated in NYC at Crown & Thistle Tavern 03/17/1766 Britain repeals Stamp Act
    03/17/1776 British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary W
    03/17/1800 English warship Queen Charlotte catches fire; 700 die
    03/17/1824 England & Netherlands sign a trade agreement
    03/17/1833 Phoenix Society founded (NY)
    03/17/1847 The opera 'Macbeth' is produced (Florence)
    03/17/1852 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #16 Psyche
    03/17/1852 DeGasparis discovers asteroid Psyche (16)
    03/17/1854 1st park land purchased by a US city, Worcester, Mass
    03/17/1860 Japanese embassy arrives aboard Candinmarruh [sic]
    03/17/1861 Italy declares independence; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed
    03/17/1863 Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA
    03/17/1868 Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued
    03/17/1871 National Association of Professional Base-Ball players organized 03/17/1876 1st record high jump over 6' (Marshall Jones Brooks)
    03/17/1876 Gen Crook destroy Cheyennes & Oglala-Sioux indian camps
    03/17/1884 John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, Calif 03/17/1886 Carrollton Massacre, (Mississippi) 20 blacks killed
    03/17/1891 British Steamer 'Utopia' sinks off Gibraltor killing 574
    03/17/1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #363 Padua
    03/17/1897 Robert Fitzsimmons KOs James Corbert & becomes world heavyweight cha
    03/17/1898 1st practical submarine 1st submerges, NYC (for 1 hour 40 minutes) 03/17/1899 Windsor luxury hotel in NYC catches fire, 92 die
    03/17/1900 Montreal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2 for the Stanley Cup 03/17/1901 Free thinking-Democratic Union forms in Netherlands
    03/17/1902 Montreal AAA beat Winn Victorias 2 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup 03/17/1905 Eleanor Roosevelt marries FDR in NY
    03/17/1906 Pres Theodore Roosevelt uses term 'muckrake'
    03/17/1908 Quckest world heavyweight title fight (Burns KOs Roche in 88 seconds
    03/17/1912 Camp Fire Girls organization announced by Mrs Luther Halsey Gulick 03/17/1917 1st US bowling tournament for women, St Louis
    03/17/1917 Tsar Nicolas II of Russia abdicates the throne
    03/17/1919 Dutch strike for 8 hr day & minimum wages
    03/17/1921 Lenin proclaims New Economic Politics
    03/17/1921 Sailors revolt in Kronstadt (thousands die)
    03/17/1924 Netherlands & USSR begin talks over USSR recognizition
    03/17/1924 Sweden & USSR exchange diplomats
    03/17/1926 Calvinist oust Rev J G Golden out of office
    03/17/1926 Spain & Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations
    03/17/1927 US govt doesn't sign league of Nations disarmament treaty 03/17/1929 General Motors acquires German auto manufacturer Adam Opel 03/17/1929 Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera shuts university of Madrid 03/17/1931 A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #1192 Prisma
    03/17/1931 Stalin throws Krupskaya Lenin out of Central Committee
    03/17/1932 German police raid Hitlers nazi-headquarter
    03/17/1934 Dollfuss, Mussolini & Gömbös sign Donau Pact (protocols of Rome) 03/17/1935 KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa call sign is given to KWCR
    03/17/1939 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1757 Porvoo
    03/17/1941 National Gallery of Art, Wash DC opens
    03/17/1942 Belzec Concentration Camp opens
    03/17/1950 Belgian govt of Eyskens resigns
    03/17/1950 Element 98 (Californium) announced
    03/17/1951 Govt of Drees takes power
    03/17/1953 WBAY TV channel 2 in Green Bay, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting 03/17/1953 WWLP TV channel 22 in Springfield, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting 03/17/1955 Maurice 'Rocket' Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montréal 03/17/1957 Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted
    03/17/1957 Ramon Magsaysay, president of Philipines dies in a plane crash 03/17/1958 Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd US), measures Earth shape 03/17/1959 Australia & USSR recover diplomatic relations
    03/17/1959 Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India
    03/17/1960 Eisenhower decides anti-Castro-exile army to form under the CIA 03/17/1960 WSLA (now WAKA) TV channel 8 in Selma, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 03/17/1961 South Africa leaves British Commonwealth
    03/17/1963 Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game
    03/17/1963 Elizabeth Ann Seton of NY beatified (canonized in 1975)
    03/17/1963 Eruptions of Mount Agung Bali, kills 1,900 Balinese
    03/17/1965 Beatles announce their film is named '8 Arms to Hold on to You' (Hel
    03/17/1966 South Africa govt bans Defense & Aid Fund
    03/17/1966 US sub locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean
    03/17/1969 Golda Meir becomes Israeli PM
    03/17/1970 Peter O'Malley becomes CEO of LA Dodgers
    03/17/1970 US casts their 1st UN Security Council veto (Support England) 03/17/1972 Ringo releases 'Back of Bugaloo' in UK
    03/17/1973 St Patrick Day marchers carry 14 coffins commerating Bloody Sunday 03/17/1975 Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroids #2387 & #2425 03/17/1975 Valeri Muratov skates world record 1000m (1:16.92)
    03/17/1976 Malikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.76)
    03/17/1976 Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter is retried
    03/17/1977 Harvard College discovers asteroid #2395 Aho
    03/17/1978 Amoco Cadiz tanker spills 1.6 mil gallons of oil off French coast 03/17/1982 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador
    03/17/1983 70th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
    03/17/1985 Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623' 03/17/1986 Haemers gang robs gold transport in Belgium of 35 million BF 03/17/1987 IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3
    03/17/1988 Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymnt 119, Wyoming 11
    03/17/1988 Iran says Iraq uses poison gas
    03/17/1989 Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St Patrick Day Parade 03/17/1991 Irish Lesbians & Gays march in St Patrick Day parade
    03/17/1991 NJ raises turnpike tolls 70%
    03/17/1991 USSR holds a referendum to determine if they should stay together 03/17/1992 Islamic Jihad truck bombs Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires killing 29
    03/17/1992 Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit
    03/17/1993 86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta
    03/17/1994 Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbeidzjan (32 killed)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Thu Mar 18 18:00:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/18/1380 Liduina van Schiedam, 'Christ's bride'/saint
    03/18/1483 Raphael, painter (Sistine Madonna)
    03/18/1548 Cornelis Ketel, portrait painter/poet
    03/18/1556 François-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant
    03/18/1609 Frederick III, King of Denmark & Norway (1648-70); absolutist 03/18/1644 Gottfried Wegner, composer
    03/18/1657 Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer
    03/18/1690 Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position) 03/18/1734 Joseph Schmitt, composer
    03/18/1756 Johann Christoph Vogel, composer
    03/18/1765 David H Chassé, Antwerp baron (fought Napoleon at Waterloo) 03/18/1781 Gustave Vogt, composer
    03/18/1782 John Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32)
    03/18/1829 William Robertson Boggs, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 19
    03/18/1830 Numa D Fustel de Coulanges, French historian/sociologist
    03/18/1837 Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd & 24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97) 03/18/1838 Randal Cremer, Britain, trade unionist, pacifist (Nobel 1903) 03/18/1839 Francis Fessenden, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 03/18/1842 Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (L'Après-midi d'un faune)
    03/18/1844 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade) 03/18/1848 Nathaniel Herreshoff, America Cup yacht designer
    03/18/1858 Rudolph C K Diesel, German engineer (Diesel motor)
    03/18/1864 Karl M Lybeck, Finnish/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten) 03/18/1866 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer
    03/18/1866 John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs (1913-18)
    03/18/1869 [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, British PM (C, 1937-40)
    03/18/1872 Frank Hoyt Losey, composer
    03/18/1881 Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963) 03/18/1881 Paul Le Flem, composer
    03/18/1882 Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer
    03/18/1886 Edward Everett Horton, Bkln NY, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show) 03/18/1886 Kurt Koffka, Germany, Gestalt psychologist
    03/18/1886 Marianne (Goudeket-)Philips, author (Between Heaven & Earth) 03/18/1890 Gerardus van de Lion, religion historian/Dutch minister of Education
    03/18/1892 Robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter (WW II)
    03/18/1893 Wilfred Owen, England, anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth) 03/18/1898 Otto Jochum, composer
    03/18/1899 Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin 03/18/1901 Piotr Perkowski, composer
    03/18/1905 John Kirkpatrick, NYC, pianist (Concord Sonata)
    03/18/1905 Mollie Parnis, NYC, fashion designer (Mollie Roberts Collection) 03/18/1905 Robert Donat, England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Citadel)
    03/18/1906 Roy L Johnson, US admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean)
    03/18/1907 Eleanor L 'Betty' Compton, US actress (Here Comes Trouble) 03/18/1910 Chiang Ching-huo, son of Chinese pres Chiang Kai-shek
    03/18/1911 Smiley Burnette, Summum Ill, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction) 03/18/1914 Cesar Guerra Peixe, composer
    03/18/1916 Louis Toebosch, composer
    03/18/1919 Laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936) 03/18/1920 John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], Poland, Pope (1978- )
    03/18/1922 Egon Bahr, German journalist/politician
    03/18/1925 Peter Graves, Minneapolis Mn, actor (James Phelps-Mission Impossible
    03/18/1927 George Plimpton, sports writer (Paper Lion)
    03/18/1927 John Harold Kander, composer (Kander & Ebb, Cabaret)
    03/18/1928 William R Boggs, Georgia, Brig Gen/chief of engineers under Bragg 03/18/1929 Christa Wolf, German prozaïste
    03/18/1929 Ctirad Kohoutek, composer
    03/18/1930 Maurice Peress, NYC, conductor (KC Philharmonic 1974-80)
    03/18/1931 Howard Coble, (Rep-R-North Carolina)
    03/18/1932 Frederik W de Klerk, president South Africa (1989- )
    03/18/1932 John Updike, poet/novelist (Rabbit Run)
    03/18/1934 Pavle Despalj, composer
    03/18/1936 Robert Lee Smith, US singer (Tams, Your song to your daddy) 03/18/1936 Tony Nash, England, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1964)
    03/18/1937 Mark Donohue, auto racer (1972 Indianapolis 500
    03/18/1937 Robin Wright, race horse trainer
    03/18/1938 Carl Gottlieb, comedian (Ken Berry Wow Show)
    03/18/1938 Charley Pride, Sledge Miss, country singer (Sweet Country) 03/18/1938 Shashi Kapoor, actor (Shalimar, Pretty Polly, Heat & Dust, Siddharth
    03/18/1940 Kathy Hutchinson, race horse trainer
    03/18/1941 Wilson Pickett, Prattville Alabama, R&B singer (Funky Broadway) 03/18/1942 Ann Packer, England, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1964)
    03/18/1943 Kevin Dobson, Jackson Hgts NY, actor (Kojak, Knots Landing, Shannon)
    03/18/1945 Aleksey Vakhonin, USSR, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1964) 03/18/1947 Barry Wilson, drummer (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale) 03/18/1947 Robert Harrison, rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale) 03/18/1947 Steven H Schiff, (Rep-R-New Mexico)
    03/18/1950 Brad Dourif, WV, actor (Ragtime, Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty) 03/18/1950 James Conlon, NYC, conductor (Cincinnati May Festival-1979) 03/18/1950 John Hartman, drummer (Doobie Brothers-Taking it to the Streets) 03/18/1953 Helmer C Koetje, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
    03/18/1956 'The Model' Rick Martel, [Richard Vignault], wrestler (WWF/AWA) 03/18/1956 Ingamar Stenmark, Sweden, slalom (Olympic-2 gold-1980)
    03/18/1957 Christer Fuglesang, Swedish physicist/astronaut candidate (Mir-1?) 03/18/1957 Melvin Gentry, vocalits/guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking) 03/18/1958 Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein, skier (Olympic-silver-1980) 03/18/1959 Irene Cara, Bronx NYC, actress/singer (Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury) 03/18/1960 Claudia Udy, Albuquerque NM, actress (Out of Control, Nightforce) 03/18/1960 Patricia Farinelli, LA Calif, playmate (December, 1981)
    03/18/1960 Richard Biggs, Columbus Ohio, actor (Marcus-Days of Our Lives) 03/18/1963 Vanessa Williams, Millwood NY, 1st black Miss America (1983)/singer 03/18/1964 Bonnie Blair, Champaign Ill, speed skater (Olympics-gold-1994) 03/18/1964 Christina Ferguson, Phoenix Az, playmate (Apr, 1983)
    03/18/1966 Jerry Cantrell, US rock guitarist (Alice in Chains-Dirt)
    03/18/1972 Craig Johnson, St Paul Minn, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)


    Deaths:

    03/18/ 978 Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/saint, murdered 03/18/1227 Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies
    03/18/1314 Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies 03/18/1493 John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82
    03/18/1582 Jean Jaurqui, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched 03/18/1584 Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 03/18/1768 Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies 03/18/1799 John Randall, composer, dies at 82
    03/18/1816 Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67
    03/18/1817 Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67
    03/18/1870 Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48
    03/18/1875 Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43
    03/18/1886 Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Prose), dies at 91 03/18/1889 William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66
    03/18/1899 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76 03/18/1899 Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Vertrapte Ideals), dies 03/18/1900 António Nobre, Portuguese poet (Só [Lonely]), dies at 32
    03/18/1913 George I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas 03/18/1918 Willem Coenen, composer, dies at 80
    03/18/1924 John Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79
    03/18/1928 Paul van Ostaÿen, Flemish writer (Free as a Bird), dies
    03/18/1933 Luigi A hertog der Abruzzen, Italian explorer (Ruwenzori), dies 03/18/1936 Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies 03/18/1938 Cyril Rootham, composer, dies at 62
    03/18/1947 Willem Pÿper, composer, dies at 52
    03/18/1964 Norbert Wiener, US mathematician (Cybernetica), dies at 69 03/18/1965 Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies
    03/18/1967 Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42
    03/18/1968 Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85
    03/18/1969 Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43 03/18/1973 Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at
    03/18/1974 David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies
    03/18/1976 James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies
    03/18/1976 Robert de Roos, composer, dies at 69
    03/18/1977 Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murder
    03/18/1978 Faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84
    03/18/1978 Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86
    03/18/1980 Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79
    03/18/1982 Georg G Lampe, painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60 03/18/1983 Umberto van Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies 03/18/1984 Paul Frances Webster, lyricist, dies at 76 of Parkinson's disease 03/18/1985 Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89 03/18/1986 Bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71
    03/18/1987 Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82
    03/18/1989 Piet Kruiver, soccer player, dies
    03/18/1989 William Challee, actor (Desperate, Moonchild), dies
    03/18/1990 Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies 03/18/1991 Jack McCoy, dies
    03/18/1991 Vilma Banky, actress (Eagle, Son of Sheik, Rebel), dies at 93 03/18/1992 Cornelis B Vaandrager, [Cor Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies


    Significant Events:

    03/18/ 417 St Zosimus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    03/18/ 731 St Gregory III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    03/18/1123 1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 03/18/1167 Battle of El-Babein, Egypt Franken vs Amalrik-Syrians
    03/18/1190 Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmonds England
    03/18/1229 German emperor Frederik II crowns himself king of Jerusalem 03/18/1438 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Germany
    03/18/1543 De Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi R) 03/18/1582 Prince Willem of Orange injured in attck at Antwerp
    03/18/1583 Dutch States-General & Anjou signs treaty
    03/18/1766 British Parliament reinstitutes the Stamp Act
    03/18/1793 Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France
    03/18/1810 'Converse', 1st US opera, premieres in NY
    03/18/1813 David Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas 03/18/1818 Congress approves 1st pensions for government service
    03/18/1834 1st railroad tunnel in US completed, in Penn (275 m long) 03/18/1835 Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile north of Portillo Pass 03/18/1847 1st Dutch public telegram
    03/18/1850 American Express forms
    03/18/1858 Van Brugghen govt resigns
    03/18/1859 Vera Cruz besieged by Miramón (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform 03/18/1864 Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240
    03/18/1865 Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, AL
    03/18/1871 Communards revolt in Paris
    03/18/1874 J Palisa discovers asteroid #136 Austria
    03/18/1877 President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Wash DC 03/18/1881 Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG)
    03/18/1890 1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts)
    03/18/1892 Lord Stanley proposes silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup) 03/18/1892 M Wolf discovers asteroid #328 Gudrun
    03/18/1895 200 blacks leave Savannah, Ga for Liberia
    03/18/1899 Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering
    03/18/1900 Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms
    03/18/1906 M Wolf discovers asteroid #592 Bathseba
    03/18/1909 Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast
    03/18/1910 1st opera by an US composer (Converse) performed at the Met, NYC 03/18/1911 North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law
    03/18/1914 J Palisa discovers asteroid #782 Montefiore & #783 Nora
    03/18/1914 White Wolf troop beats govt army in Jingdezhen China
    03/18/1915 Failed British attack in Dardanellen
    03/18/1915 French battleship Bouvet explode, 640 killed
    03/18/1918 AJC organizes
    03/18/1919 Order of DeMolay established in Kansas City
    03/18/1920 Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar
    03/18/1921 2nd peace of Riga & Poland enlarged
    03/18/1921 Steamer 'Hong Kong' runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000 03/18/1922 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale) 03/18/1922 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #973 Aralia & #974 Lioba
    03/18/1922 Mohandas K Gandhi sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment
    03/18/1922 WBT-AM in Charlotte NC begins radio transmissions
    03/18/1923 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #994 Otthild
    03/18/1925 (8) 60-MPH tornadoes speed Mo, In, Il, Ky, & Tn kills 689 03/18/1929 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 'The new Babylon,' premieres in Leningrad 03/18/1930 Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game
    03/18/1930 Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh (US)
    03/18/1931 1st electric dry razor marketed, by Schick
    03/18/1931 Juan Bautista Aznar become(s) premier of Spain
    03/18/1933 Radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission
    03/18/1936 R Suvanto discovers asteroid #1927 Suvanto
    03/18/1936 Vaisala discovers asteroids #1421 Esperanto, #1723 Klemola& #2020 Uk
    03/18/1937 Gas explosion in school in New London, Texas: 294 die
    03/18/1938 Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties
    03/18/1938 NY 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women 03/18/1938 Pres Cardena of Mexico nationalizes US & British businesses 03/18/1939 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #1512 Oulu
    03/18/1939 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1696 Nurmela
    03/18/1941 L Oterma discovers asteroids #1679 Nevanlinna & #2640 Hallstrom 03/18/1942 Illegal Free Netherland announces boycot of theaters
    03/18/1943 Red Army evacuates Belgorod
    03/18/1944 Nazi-Germany occupies Hungary
    03/18/1945 Maurice 'Rocket' Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals 03/18/1945 US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu
    03/18/1948 France & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels
    03/18/1948 Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting
    03/18/1949 WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting 03/18/1950 CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship
    03/18/1952 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Phila)
    03/18/1952 Communist offensive in Korea
    03/18/1953 Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die
    03/18/1953 Indiana wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/18/1953 KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasti
    03/18/1953 NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903) 03/18/1957 WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins 03/18/1959 Bill Sharman begins a streak of 56 consecutive foul shots 03/18/1959 Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throw
    03/18/1959 Pres Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill
    03/18/1962 Algerian War ends after 7½ years of fighting (250,000 killed) 03/18/1962 Algerians politician Ben Bella flees
    03/18/1962 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj becomes member of Supreme Soviet of USSR 03/18/1963 Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers 03/18/1963 WGSF TV channel 31 in Newark, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 03/18/1965 Rolling Stones fined £5 each for public urination
    03/18/1965 USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 min) 03/18/1966 General Suharto forms government in Indonesia
    03/18/1966 Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1
    03/18/1967 Beatles' 'Penny Lane,' single goes #1
    03/18/1967 Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hit a rock & spills oil
    03/18/1968 WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting 03/18/1968 WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting 03/18/1970 -25) US Postal begins strike
    03/18/1970 Cambodia military coup under Gen Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees 03/18/1970 KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, TX (ABC) suspends broadcasting 03/18/1970 NFL selects Wilson as official football & scoreboard as official tim
    03/18/1971 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru
    03/18/1972 AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-4
    03/18/1972 Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston
    03/18/1972 Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game 03/18/1974 Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US
    03/18/1975 Kurds strike against Iraqi army
    03/18/1977 Clash releases their 1st recording 'White Riot'
    03/18/1977 US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodi
    03/18/1977 Vietnam hands over MIA to US
    03/18/1978 250,000 attend rock concert Calif Jam II in Ontario Calif 03/18/1978 Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death sentence 03/18/1979 Battles between Kurds & Iranians break out
    03/18/1981 Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto) 03/18/1982 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #2814 Vieira
    03/18/1982 Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident 03/18/1985 Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC
    03/18/1986 Treasury Dept announces plans to alter paper money
    03/18/1989 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth 03/18/1989 California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios 03/18/1989 Dino Ciccarelli sets Wash Cap record of 7 pts in a game
    03/18/1990 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists 03/18/1990 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends
    03/18/1990 A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch 03/18/1990 Biggest US art robbery, $100's millions at Gardner Museum, Boston 03/18/1990 German Dem Rep holds its 1st free election
    03/18/1990 Loyola Marymount beats Mich Wolverines 149-115, highest NCAA score 03/18/1991 Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round
    03/18/1991 Phila '76ers retires Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey
    03/18/1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games 03/18/1992 Donna Summers gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
    03/18/1992 Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion
    03/18/1993 Amsterdam stock exchange hits record ƒ12.2 billion
    03/18/1993 Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC
    03/18/1994 STS-62 (Columbia) lands
    03/18/1994 South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Fri Mar 19 18:00:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/19/1589 William Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized) 03/19/1601 Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada) 03/19/1604 Johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56)
    03/19/1610 Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter
    03/19/1629 Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov tsar of Russia
    03/19/1673 Pedro Vaz Rego, composer
    03/19/1715 Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer
    03/19/1721 Tobias Smollett, Scottish writer, baptized
    03/19/1728 Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter
    03/19/1734 Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) 03/19/1740 Johann Georg Roser, composer
    03/19/1740 Joseph F Weigl, German/Austria(?), violin cellist
    03/19/1742 Zacharias H Alewijn, poet
    03/19/1745 Nicolas Sejan, composer
    03/19/1752 Jose Mauricio, composer
    03/19/1767 Leonhard von Call, composer
    03/19/1777 Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat
    03/19/1785 Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer
    03/19/1809 Fredrik Pacius, composer
    03/19/1813 David Livingstone, explorer (found by Stanley in Africa)
    03/19/1816 Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer
    03/19/1817 Lewis Henry Little, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 03/19/1819 David Henry Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891 03/19/1821 Francis Barretto Spinola, Brig General (Union volunteers) 03/19/1821 Richard Burton, explorer/translator (Arabian Nights)
    03/19/1823 Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, governor of Suriname (1873-82)
    03/19/1827 Alexander Shaler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1911
    03/19/1837 Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 191
    03/19/1845 Willem H de Beaufort, historian/politician
    03/19/1847 Constantin Dimitrescu, composer
    03/19/1848 Wyatt Earp, marshall fought in Gunfight at the OK Corral
    03/19/1851 Roque Sáenz Peña, pres of Argentina (1910-14)
    03/19/1860 William Jennings Bryan, 'The Great Commoner' orator/statesman 03/19/1871 Joseph McGinnity, Rock Island Ill, baseball pitcher (NY Giants) 03/19/1872 Sergei Diaghilev, Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director 03/19/1873 Max Reger, Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/prof (Leipzig Univ) 03/19/1874 Arthur Hoyt, actor (Gold Dust Gertie, Lost Word, Goldie Get Along) 03/19/1879 Joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Tobias Wunderlich)
    03/19/1882 Gaston Lachaise, US sculptor (Standing Woman)
    03/19/1883 Josef Matthais Hauer, composer
    03/19/1883 Joseph W Stilwell, US general (China)
    03/19/1888 Josef Albers, German/US graphic artist/painter/writer (Bauhaus) 03/19/1891 Earl Warren, Ca, (Gov-R-Ca)/14th supreme court chief justice (1953-6
    03/19/1892 Robert Denzler, composer
    03/19/1896 Jean Wiener, composer
    03/19/1896 Jean Wiéner, French composer/writer (Olive Chez les Nègres) 03/19/1897 Betty Compson, actress (Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth, Street Girl) 03/19/1900 Roy Roberts, Tampa Fla, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show) 03/19/1900 [Jean] Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist (Nobel 1936) 03/19/1901 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Min of Justice (Nobel 1954) 03/19/1901 Jo Mielziner, Paris, set designer (Carousel, Death of a Salesman) 03/19/1903 Benjamin M Telders, president of Dutch Liberal States Party 03/19/1904 John J Sirica, US federal judge (Watergate hearings)
    03/19/1904 Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, composer
    03/19/1905 Albert Speer, German NSDAP-architect/minister of Army
    03/19/1906 Adolf Eichman, Ruhr Germany, Nazi Gestapo officer
    03/19/1906 Normand Lockwood, composer
    03/19/1906 Roy Roberts, actor (Bodyhold, Force of Evil, Enforcer, Borderline) 03/19/1907 Dame Elizabeth Maconchy, composer
    03/19/1907 Kent Smith, NYC, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders)
    03/19/1907 Marc Vaubourgoin, composer
    03/19/1907 Nakagawa Soen, Formosa, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)
    03/19/1909 Louis Hayward, Johannesburg S Africa, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors) 03/19/1912 Russ Case, Hamburg Iowa, orch leader (Julius La Rosa Show) 03/19/1914 Fred Clark, actor (Auntie Mame, Mardi Gras, Hazard, Zotz) 03/19/1914 Patricia Morison, actress (Peyton Place, Dressed to Kill) 03/19/1916 Irving Wallace, author (People's Almanac, The Man) [or Mar 18] 03/19/1917 Dino Lipatti, composer
    03/19/1919 Cornelis Berkhouwer, Member of 2nd chamber (Dutch Liberal Party) 03/19/1923 Janine Dacosta, French pianist
    03/19/1923 Tige Andrews, Bkln, actor (Capt Adam Greer-Mod Squad)
    03/19/1925 Brent Scowcroft, Ogden Utah, Lt Gen (USAF)/National Security Council
    03/19/1927 Richie Ashburn, baseball infielder (Phila Phillies)/sportscaster 03/19/1928 Patrick McGoohan, Astoria NY, actor (#6-Prisoner, Secret Agent) 03/19/1929 Herman van San, composer
    03/19/1929 Robert Muczynski, composer
    03/19/1930 Bill Henderson, Chic Ill, jazz singer (Torpedo-Dreams)
    03/19/1930 Ornette Coleman, jazz composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966) 03/19/1931 Bill Hoskyns, England, épée fencer (Olympic-silver-1964)
    03/19/1933 Philip Roth, novelist (Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint) 03/19/1934 Börge Andersen, Denmark, Danish Chess Champion (1967, 68) 03/19/1935 Burt Metcalfe, Saskatchewan Canada, actor/dir (Father of the Bride) 03/19/1935 Phyllis Newman, Jersey City NJ, actress (Coming of Age, TW3) 03/19/1935 Renee Taylor, NYC, actress (Jack Paar Show, Mary Hartman) 03/19/1936 Ursula Andress, Switzerland, actress (She, Sensuous Nurse) 03/19/1937 Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, musician (You Always Hurt the One You Love
    03/19/1939 Joe Kapp, NFL QB (Minn Vikings, Boston Patriots, Houston Oilers) 03/19/1942 David Minge, (Rep-D-Minnesota)
    03/19/1942 Jeff Neighbour, US bassist (Joy of Cooking)
    03/19/1944 Joseph Celli, composer
    03/19/1944 Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, LBJ's daughter
    03/19/1944 Myung-Wha Chung, Seoul Korea, cellist (Chung Sisters)
    03/19/1946 Paul Atkinson, rock guitarist (Zombies-Never Even Thought) 03/19/1946 Ruth Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-I'm So Exicted)
    03/19/1947 Earlie Fires, jockey
    03/19/1947 Glenn Close, Greenwich Ct, actress (The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction)
    03/19/1949 Danny Albee
    03/19/1952 Derek Longmuir, rocker (Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night)
    03/19/1953 Hans Rinn, German DR, 2 man lugist (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 03/19/1953 Ricky Wilson, guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster, Love Shack) 03/19/1954 Charles Pinnell, horse trainer
    03/19/1955 Bruce Willis, Penna Grove NJ, actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard) 03/19/1956 Alina Castro, Havanna Cuba, daughter of Fidel
    03/19/1957 Blake Passey, horse trainer
    03/19/1959 Shelley Burch, Tucson Az, actress (One Life to Live, Identity Crisis
    03/19/1959 Terry Hall, rocker (Colourfield-Animal Liberation)
    03/19/1992 Henry & Angus Bernsen, twin sons of Corbin Bernsen & Amanda Pays


    Deaths:

    03/19/1263 Hugo van St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies
    03/19/1635 Pieter Christiaensz, Bor, historian
    03/19/1638 Paul Moreelse, painter/master builder, dies at about 66
    03/19/1687 Robert Cavelier [LaSalle], French explorer murdered in what is now T
    03/19/1702 Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England/Scot, dies at 51 03/19/1721 Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italian Pope (1700-21), dies at 71 03/19/1782 Adrien Trudo Sale, composer, dies at 60
    03/19/1782 Louis-Henry Paisible, composer, dies at 33
    03/19/1796 Stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33
    03/19/1797 Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58
    03/19/1811 Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65
    03/19/1845 George Augustus Kollmann, composer, dies at 56
    03/19/1850 Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer, dies at 87
    03/19/1862 F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73 03/19/1866 Louis Clapisson, composer, dies at 57
    03/19/1876 Jozef Stefani, composer, dies at 75
    03/19/1884 Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer, dies at 55
    03/19/1893 Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 69
    03/19/1897 Antoine T d'abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87 03/19/1905 Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer, dies at 49
    03/19/1907 Thomas Bailey Aldrich, US writer (Stillwater Tragedy), dies at 70 03/19/1913 John Thomas, composer, dies at 87
    03/19/1918 Willem H de Beaufort, historian/liberal politician, dies at 73 03/19/1924 Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/author, dies at 71 03/19/1930 Arthur J Balfour, British theologist/premier (1902-05), dies at 81 03/19/1936 John Larkin IV, actor/writer (Charlie Chan in Panama), dies 03/19/1940 Gustaaf Juice, Belgian minister of Economic Businesses, dies at 54 03/19/1943 Vicente Ripolles, composer, dies at 75
    03/19/1945 Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed 03/19/1947 Willem FJ Pijper, composer/critic, dies at 52
    03/19/1950 Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at 74
    03/19/1954 Walter Braunfels, composer, dies at 71
    03/19/1961 Edric Cundell, composer, dies at 68
    03/19/1969 Theodor Schaefer, composer, dies at 65
    03/19/1971 John Greshoff, poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82 03/19/1971 Mary Dorna, author, dies at 79
    03/19/1974 Anne Klien, fashion designer, dies at 51
    03/19/1974 Edward Platt, actor (Chief-Get Smart), dies at 58
    03/19/1974 Hertha Kuusinen, Finnish communist/daughter of Otto K, dies at 70 03/19/1975 John A DeMott, dies
    03/19/1976 George Sklavos, composer, dies at 87
    03/19/1979 Al Hodge, actor (Capt Video), dies at 65
    03/19/1979 Richard Beckinsale, actor (Doing Time, Porridge, Lovers) dies at 31 03/19/1982 Randy Rhoads, musician, dies
    03/19/1987 Arch Oboler, radio writer (Lights Out), dies at 77
    03/19/1987 Emile Meyer, actor (Lineup, Young Jesse James, Lineup), dies 03/19/1987 Louis Broglie, French physicist (Nobel 1929), dies at 94
    03/19/1987 Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record co CEO (Charisma), dies at 53
    03/19/1991 John Russell Thomas, NFL general manager (Detroit Lions), dies 03/19/1991 Ron Pagano, dies
    03/19/1991 Sunday Wilshin, actor (Murder by Rope), dies
    03/19/1992 Cesare Danova, actor (Tentacles, Viva Las Vegas), dies at 66 03/19/1992 Robert Gilliot, father of Gerda Havertongs daughter Zulèma, dies 03/19/1993 Barend P Tammeling, journalist (Loyal, Peek on the North), dies 03/19/1994 Giuseppe Diana, Italian anti-mafia priest, murdered


    Significant Events:

    03/19/ 721 -BC- 1st recorded lunar eclipse. Location, Babylon
    03/19/1227 Earl Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX
    03/19/1452 Frederik III van Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic German Emperor 03/19/1540 Court of Holland names Amsterdams spy John Hubrechtsz a 'heretic' 03/19/1563 Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots
    03/19/1775 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy) 03/19/1822 Boston, Mass incorporated as a city
    03/19/1831 1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245000)
    03/19/1859 Opera 'Faust' by Charles Gounod premieres in Paris
    03/19/1864 Opera 'Mireille' is produced (Paris)
    03/19/1865 Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC 03/19/1866 Immigrant ship Monarch of Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die 03/19/1870 The opera 'Guarany' is produced (Milan)
    03/19/1883 Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes 03/19/1885 Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional govt, Sask 03/19/1892 J Palisa discovers asteroid #326 Tamara
    03/19/1892 M Wolf discovers asteroid #332 Siri
    03/19/1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #364 Isara
    03/19/1895 Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service 03/19/1897 Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game 03/19/1907 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada (state record) 03/19/1911 M Wolf discovers asteroid #712 Boliviana
    03/19/1914 Toronto Blueshirts sweep Victoria Capitals in 3 for Stanley Cup 03/19/1915 Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time) 03/19/1917 Adamson Act ruled constitutional (8 hr work day on railroads) 03/19/1917 US Supreme Court upheld 8-hr work day for railroad employees 03/19/1918 Congress authorizes time zones & approves daylight saving time 03/19/1918 S Potter becomes 1st US pilot to shoot down a German seaplane 03/19/1919 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #911 Agamemnon
    03/19/1920 F Gonnessiat discovers asteroid #931 Whittemora
    03/19/1926 M Wolf discovers asteroid #2732 Witt
    03/19/1927 Bloody battles between communists & nazis in Berlin
    03/19/1928 'Amos & Andy' debuts on radio (Blue Network)
    03/19/1930 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1164 Kobolda
    03/19/1930 Nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi 03/19/1931 M Wolf discovers asteroid #1179 Mally
    03/19/1931 Nevada legalizes gambling
    03/19/1934 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1319 Disa
    03/19/1936 G Neujmin discovers asteroids #1379 Lomonosowa & #1434 Margot 03/19/1938 Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes
    03/19/1940 French govt of Daladier, falls
    03/19/1941 Jimmy Dorsey & Orch record 'Green Eyes' & 'Maria Elena'
    03/19/1941 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2291 Kevo
    03/19/1942 FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non military duty 03/19/1942 Thoroughbred Racing Assn of US formed in Chicago
    03/19/1944 German troops occupy Hungary
    03/19/1945 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan
    03/19/1945 British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine)
    03/19/1945 US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure
    03/19/1946 Fr Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique & Réunion become overseas depts 03/19/1946 Nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as president of USSR
    03/19/1947 Belgian govt of Spaak, forms
    03/19/1947 Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek conquers Jenan
    03/19/1948 Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, NYC
    03/19/1949 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tn 03/19/1950 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins golf's US Women's Open
    03/19/1950 City College of NY defeats Bradley to win the NIT
    03/19/1951 Herman Wouk's 'Caine Mutiny,' published
    03/19/1953 25th Academy Awards ceremony (1st telecast)
    03/19/1954 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, NYC 03/19/1954 1st rocket-driven sled on rails tested, Alamogordo, NM
    03/19/1955 San Francisco wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/19/1956 Biggest NBA margin of victory - Minn Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75 03/19/1960 Ohio State beats California 75-55 to win NCAA title
    03/19/1962 Archbishop Suenens of Mechelen-Brussels appointed cardinal 03/19/1964 Sean Connery's 1st day of shoooting on 'Goldfinger'
    03/19/1965 Indonesia nationalist all foreign oil wells
    03/19/1965 Nicolae Ceausecu appointed 1st sect of Romanian communist party 03/19/1965 Rembrandt's 'Titus' sells for then record ƒ7,770,000
    03/19/1965 Stoica becomes president & Ceausescu party leader of Romania 03/19/1966 Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins
    03/19/1966 Texas Western Counsel wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/19/1967 Fr Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France 03/19/1968 Howard University students seize administration building
    03/19/1969 British invade Anguilla
    03/19/1969 Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention 03/19/1970 W German chancellor & E German premier Willy Stoph meet
    03/19/1971 Phila 76ers outscore Cincinnati Royals 90-8 in 1 half
    03/19/1972 India & Bangladesh sign peace treaty
    03/19/1972 Lakers humble Golden State Warriors 162-99 in most lopsided NBA game
    03/19/1973 Dean tells Nixon, 'There is a cancer growing on the Presidency' 03/19/1974 Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour
    03/19/1976 British Princess Margaret & Lord Snowdon separate
    03/19/1976 Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years
    03/19/1977 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.33)
    03/19/1978 50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb
    03/19/1979 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3665
    03/19/1979 House of Reps begins live TV broadcasts
    03/19/1980 C Torres discovers asteroid #3114 Ercilla
    03/19/1981 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident
    03/19/1981 Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4
    03/19/1982 National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27
    03/19/1984 'Kate & Allie,' premieres
    03/19/1984 John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of NY
    03/19/1984 KSD-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KUSA
    03/19/1984 Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River 03/19/1984 STS 41-C vehicle moves to launch pad
    03/19/1985 'Spin Magazine' begins publishing
    03/19/1987 Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 m (39.43 sec) 03/19/1987 Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company
    03/19/1987 Hassanali inaugurated as president of Trinidad & Tobago
    03/19/1987 PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn 03/19/1987 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85) 03/19/1988 2 British military lynchings in Belfast North Ireland
    03/19/1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25) 03/19/1989 Boeing B-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight
    03/19/1990 1st world ice hockey tournment for women held (Ottawa)
    03/19/1991 KC Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers 03/19/1992 British Prince Andrew & Princess Sarah Ferguson announce separation 03/19/1994 2500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Zeewolde Neth

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/20/1634 Balthasar Bekker, theologist (Examiner of Comets)
    03/20/1680 Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Sabat mater) 03/20/1725 Abdül-Hamid I, 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89)
    03/20/1728 Franciscus L Kersteman, lawyer/astrologist
    03/20/1739 Eligio Celestino, composer
    03/20/1750 Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus) 03/20/1770 Johann Friedrich Hölderlin, Tübingen Germany, lyric poet (Der Rhein)
    03/20/1774 John Braham, composer
    03/20/1804 Neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
    03/20/1811 George Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election) 03/20/1811 Napoleon FKJ Bonaparte II, King of Rome
    03/20/1812 George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 18
    03/20/1813 Matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High) 03/20/1820 Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Walachije/Romania
    03/20/1823 John Echols, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 03/20/1825 William Nelson Rector Beall, Brig General (Confederate Army) 03/20/1826 Carel Vosmaer, art historian/poet/editor
    03/20/1828 Henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler) 03/20/1829 Charles Albert White, composer
    03/20/1830 Eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910 03/20/1833 Henry Southwick Perkins, composer
    03/20/1834 Charles William Elliot, Boston, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909) 03/20/1853 George Godfrey, Chelsea Mass, heavyweight boxer (Old Chocolate) 03/20/1856 Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management 03/20/1863 Ernesto Nazareth, composer
    03/20/1868 Obe Postma, Fries poet/geography/historian (Friesche kleihoeve) 03/20/1870 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general strategist
    03/20/1872 Bernhard Seklas, composer
    03/20/1882 René Coty, Le Harve France, president of France (1953-58) 03/20/1883 Colin Campbell, actress (High Bright Sun, Leather Boys)
    03/20/1883 Karl Hasse, composer
    03/20/1885 Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe 03/20/1890 Lauritz Melchior, Copenhagen Denmark, baritone tenor (Natl Symphony)
    03/20/19-- Big Bird, muppet (Sesame Street)
    03/20/1948 John de Lancie, actor (Q-Star Trek Next Gen, Days of our Lives) 03/20/1902 Edgar Buchanan, Humansville Mo, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction)
    03/20/1903 Vincent Richards, hall of fame tennis pro (elected 1961)
    03/20/1904 B[urrhus] F[rederic] Skinner, Pa, Behaviorism pioneer (Skinner box) 03/20/1906 Abraham Beame, (Mayor-D-NYC), NYC's 1st Jewish mayor
    03/20/1906 Ozzie Nelson, Jersey City NJ, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet) 03/20/1906 Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer
    03/20/1908 Frank Stanton, broadcasting exec (CBS)
    03/20/1908 Michael Redgrave, actor (Browning Version, The Lady Vanishes) 03/20/1911 Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Dutch actress (Pleasant settled) 03/20/1913 Judith Evelyn, actress (13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window) 03/20/1914 Sviatoslav Richter, Zhitomir Russia, pianist (Stalin Prize-1945) 03/20/1914 Wendell Corey, Dracut Mass, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl) 03/20/1914 William Baddeley, rector (St Jame's Piccadilly)
    03/20/1915 Rudolf Kirchschläger, president of Austria (1974- )
    03/20/1916 Pierre Messmer, PM (France)
    03/20/1917 Kalervo H Hortamo, Finnish poet (Sydänmaa)
    03/20/1917 Vera Lynn, singer
    03/20/1918 Bernd Alois Zimmermann, composer
    03/20/1918 Bernd Zimmermann, German composer
    03/20/1918 Jack Barry, Lindenhurst NY, game show emcee (Joker's Wild) 03/20/1920 Bryan Genesse, actor (Bold & Beautiful)
    03/20/1920 Marian McPartland, jazz pianist (Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland) 03/20/1920 Werner Klemperer, Cologne Germany, actor (Col Klink-Hogan's Heroes) 03/20/1921 Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general of UNESCO
    03/20/1921 Primoz Ramovs, composer
    03/20/1922 Arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea)
    03/20/1922 Carl Reiner, Bronx, comedian (2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show)
    03/20/1922 Doug Barnard Jr, (Rep-D-GA, 1977- )
    03/20/1922 Jack Kruschen, Winnipeg Canada, actor (Papa-Webster, Busting Loose) 03/20/1922 Larry Elgart, New Haven Ct, bandleader/alto sax (Elgart Orch) 03/20/1922 Ray Goulding, Lowell Mass, comedian (Bob & Ray)
    03/20/1923 Marc Saporta, French writer/essayist
    03/20/1925 John Ehrlichman, Watergate conspirator
    03/20/1926 Ted Bessell, Flushing NY, actor (Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle) 03/20/1927 John Pierre Herman Joubert, composer (Chamber Music for brass quinte
    03/20/1927 Sidney Poitier, US actor/director (They call me Mr Tibbs) 03/20/1928 Anthony Blond, British publisher (The Publishing Game, Book Book) 03/20/1928 Christopher Benstead, race horse trainer
    03/20/1928 Fred 'Mr' Rogers, kid show host, 'lovely day in the neighborhood' 03/20/1928 Hans Küng, Swiss religious theologist
    03/20/1928 Jerome Cousins Biffle, Denver Co, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1952) 03/20/1930 Michel Magne, composer
    03/20/1931 Antonio Tauriello, composer
    03/20/1931 David Montgomery, chairman (British Forestry Commission)
    03/20/1931 Hal Linden [Harold Lipshitz], actor (Barney Miller, Blacke's Magic) 03/20/1931 John Rae, British educator (Conscience & Politics)
    03/20/1932 Tod Dockstader, composer
    03/20/1933 Jacquez Guyonnet, composer
    03/20/1934 Marion Conti, arch bishop (Aberdeen England)
    03/20/1937 Helmut Recknagel, Germany, 90m ski jump (Olympic-gold-1960) 03/20/1937 Jerry Reed, singer/actor ('Gator, Bat 21, Smokey & the Bandit) 03/20/1937 Mark Saville, QC, British high court judge
    03/20/1938 French J van der Heÿden, journal/Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA) 03/20/1939 Brian Mulroney, (P-C) 18th PM of Canada (1984-93)
    03/20/1940 Mickey Preger, horse trainer
    03/20/1941 Carlos Lopez, jockey
    03/20/1945 Larry Combest, (Rep-R-TX, 1985- )
    03/20/1945 Pat Riley, NBA star/coach (SD, LA Lakers, NY Knicks)
    03/20/1945 Tim Yeo, British MP/under-sect (State of Environment)
    03/20/1946 Ranger Doug, [Douglas Green], Ill, singer (Riders in Sky-Cowboy Way)
    03/20/1947 Carl Palmer, drummer (Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake & Palmer
    03/20/1948 Bobby Orr, Parry Sound, Ontario, HOF hockey pro (Boston Bruins) 03/20/1948 Pamela Sargent, US, sci-fi author (Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives) 03/20/1950 William Hurt, Wash DC, actor (Big Chill, Children of a Lesser God) 03/20/1951 Guy Perry, rocker (Motels-Only the Lonely)
    03/20/1951 Jimmie Vaughan, guitarist (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
    03/20/1951 Madan Lai, British cricketeer
    03/20/1952 Anand Armitraj, India, tennis player (Brother of ViJay)
    03/20/1954 Charlie Simmer, Ontario, NHL left winger (LA Kings)
    03/20/1954 Jim Seales, Hamilton Ala, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South) 03/20/1956 Phillip Oppenhein, British MP
    03/20/1957 Spike Lee, director (Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X) 03/20/1957 Theresa Russell, [Paup], actress (Black Widow, Razor's Edge) 03/20/1958 Holly Hunter, Atlanta Georgia, actress (Broadcast News, Roe vs Wade)
    03/20/1959 Richard Drummie, rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down) 03/20/1961 John Clark Gable, actor (Bad Jim)
    03/20/1961 Slim Jim Phantom, drummer (Stray Cats-Stray Cat Strut)
    03/20/1963 Paul Mirkovich, rock keyboardist (Nelson-Love & Affection) 03/20/1967 Dana Rinehart Dalton, Orlando Florida, Miss Florida-America (1991) 03/20/1967 Randy Gullatt, horse trainer
    03/20/1968 Eric Viscaal, soccer star (PSV/AA Gent)
    03/20/1969 Paul Atkinson, jockey
    03/20/1973 Jane March, Edgeware England, actress (Lover)


    Deaths:

    03/20/ 842 Alfonso II de Chaste, king of Asturië, dies
    03/20/1191 Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies 03/20/1351 Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India
    03/20/1393 Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, dies
    03/20/1415 Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 03/20/1501 Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Bourgondie (1480-96), dies at
    03/20/1531 Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], anabaptist, beheaded
    03/20/1568 Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77 03/20/1617 Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 03/20/1646 Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 3
    03/20/1703 Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies 03/20/1727 Issac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84 03/20/1757 Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60
    03/20/1767 Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot, dies at 87
    03/20/1804 Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47
    03/20/1812 Jan Ladislav Dussek, composer, dies at 52
    03/20/1866 Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 24
    03/20/1871 Antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56
    03/20/1873 Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52
    03/20/1874 Hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63
    03/20/1892 Arthor Goring Thomas, composer, dies at 41
    03/20/1894 Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian freedom fighter, dies at 91
    03/20/1898 Luis Palés Matos, Puerto Rican poet (Tuntún the paso y grifería), di
    03/20/1899 Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to die by electrocution 03/20/1910 Félix Tournachon, [Nadar], French writer/photographer, dies 03/20/1911 Jean-Theodore Radoux, composer, dies at 75
    03/20/1913 Christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75
    03/20/1913 Song Jiao-ren, leader Chinese Guomindang, murdered
    03/20/1920 Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico, murdered
    03/20/1925 George N Curzon, British viceroy in India, dies
    03/20/1929 Ferdinand Foch, German marshal (WW I), dies
    03/20/1933 Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FD
    03/20/1934 A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen's regent, dies at 76 03/20/1941 D A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies 03/20/1942 Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41
    03/20/1944 Felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83
    03/20/1950 Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59
    03/20/1951 Jan Ingenhoven, composer, dies at 74
    03/20/1951 Kathleen Lockhart Manning, composer, dies at 60
    03/20/1962 Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings) dies 03/20/1962 C Wright Mills, US Sociologist (Power Elite), dies at 45
    03/20/1964 Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41
    03/20/1964 Jean Rogister, composer, dies at 84
    03/20/1968 Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies 03/20/1972 Aad de Hare, religious painter/graphic artist/cartoonist, dies at 51
    03/20/1972 Jan Engelman, poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71
    03/20/1972 Marilyn Maxwell, actress (Grace-Bus Stop), dies at 50
    03/20/1974 Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62 03/20/1974 Edward Platt, actor (Chief-Get Smart), dies at 58
    03/20/1976 Michael Goodliffe, actor (Gorgon, 7th Dawn, Way Out), dies at 61 03/20/1982 Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral, dies at 52
    03/20/1987 Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure 03/20/1988 Gil Evans, US jazz composer/arranger, dies at 75
    03/20/1990 Jannetje Visser-Roosendaal, writer, dies
    03/20/1990 Jev Jasjin, Russian soccer goalie, dies
    03/20/1991 Conor Clapton, 5, son of Eric Clapton, falls out of 53rd floor windo
    03/20/1992 Avonne Taylor, actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers), dies 03/20/1992 Frank Westbrook, dies
    03/20/1992 Georges Delerue, French composer (Hiroshima, My Love), dies 03/20/1993 Claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian president Yeltsin, dies at 85 03/20/1993 Jonathan Ball, English youngster killed by IRA at 3


    Significant Events:

    03/20/ 141 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
    03/20/1345 Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: 'cause of bacteria epidemic' 03/20/1602 Operations begin at United Dutch East-Indian Company
    03/20/1697 Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring 'Zuidland' 03/20/1760 Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings
    03/20/1814 Prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands
    03/20/1815 Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule 03/20/1833 US & Siam conclude commercial treaty
    03/20/1848 King Louis I of Bayern abdicates to marry dancer Lola Montez 03/20/1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' published (Boston) 03/20/1863 Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals
    03/20/1865 Battle of Bentonville NC
    03/20/1865 Michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives
    03/20/1868 Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville Kentucky of $14.000 03/20/1883 Unity treaty of Paris signed: protects industrial property 03/20/1885 Surinamer John Matzeliger patents shoe lacing machine
    03/20/1886 1st AC power plant in US begins commercial operation, Mass 03/20/1888 Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure, 'A Scandal in Bohemia' 03/20/1890 General Federation of Womans' Clubs founded
    03/20/1890 J Palisa discovers asteroid #290 Bruna
    03/20/1890 Otto von Bismarck resigns as German chancellor
    03/20/1896 Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens
    03/20/1897 1st US orthodox Jewish Rabbinical seminary (RIETS) incorperates in N
    03/20/1897 1st known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats Penn 32-10 03/20/1904 M Wolf discovers asteroids #527 Euryanthe, #528 Rezia & #529 Prezios
    03/20/1906 A Kopff discovers asteroid #593 Titania
    03/20/1907 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #792 Metcalfia
    03/20/1911 National Squah Tennis Association formed (NYC)
    03/20/1914 1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven 03/20/1914 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #784 Pickeringia
    03/20/1915 J Comas Sola discovers asteroid #804 Hispania
    03/20/1915 M Wolf discovers asteroid 800 Kressmannia, 801 Helwerthia & 802 Epya
    03/20/1916 Allies attack on sea bridge
    03/20/1920 1st flight from London to South Africa lands (1½ months)
    03/20/1922 USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier
    03/20/1922 WIP-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
    03/20/1923 Beiers minister of Interior forbids SA political party
    03/20/1923 Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent
    03/20/1924 Finnair begins scheduled flight of Helsinki-Tallinn
    03/20/1924 Montreal Canadiens sweep Vancouver in 2 games for the Stanley Cup 03/20/1930 Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph 03/20/1931 Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin 03/20/1932 Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR 03/20/1933 Dachau, 1st concentration camp, built
    03/20/1934 Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar
    03/20/1937 Franco-offensive at Guadalajara Spain
    03/20/1938 A Wachmann discovers asteroid #1465 Autonoma
    03/20/1938 M B Protitch discovers asteroids #1517 Beograd & #1675 Simonida 03/20/1939 7,000 Jews flee German occupied Memel Lithuania
    03/20/1940 Paul Reynoud becomes French premier
    03/20/1942 Gen MacArthur vows, 'I shall return'
    03/20/1942 Major German assault on Malta
    03/20/1943 British offensive against Mareth-line
    03/20/1944 Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16
    03/20/1946 Belgian govt of Spaak, resigns
    03/20/1947 180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic 03/20/1950 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1571 Cesco
    03/20/1951 Indonesian army on Java offensive against Darul Islam
    03/20/1952 Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan 03/20/1952 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1617 Alschmitt
    03/20/1952 US senate ratifies peace treaty with Japan
    03/20/1954 La Salle wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/20/1955 A Paroubek discovers asteroid #1989 Tatry
    03/20/1955 KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting 03/20/1956 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends
    03/20/1956 E Ochab succeeds Beirut as 1st secretary of Polish CP
    03/20/1956 Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Penninsula (USSR) explodes
    03/20/1956 Tunisia gains independence from France
    03/20/1958 50' snow across the Mason-Dixon line
    03/20/1958 Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting 03/20/1958 Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission
    03/20/1960 Asteroid #2103 discovered
    03/20/1962 Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater
    03/20/1963 1st 'Pop Art' exhibition (NYC)
    03/20/1963 Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke 03/20/1964 'Funny Girl' with Barbra Striesand opens on Broadway
    03/20/1964 ESRO established, European Space Research Organization
    03/20/1965 UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/20/1967 Supremes release 'The Happening'
    03/20/1967 WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcastin
    03/20/1968 Pres Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money 03/20/1969 Abebe Bikila's auto-accident, near Addis Ababa
    03/20/1969 Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar
    03/20/1969 US president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970 03/20/1972 S Mansholt succeeds Malfatti as chairman of European Committee 03/20/1973 Roberto Clemente elected to hall of fame, 11 weeks after his death 03/20/1976 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.70)
    03/20/1976 Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery
    03/20/1977 Communists/socialists win French municipal elections
    03/20/1977 Parisians elect former PM Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century 03/20/1977 Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India
    03/20/1978 Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders 03/20/1979 Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center 03/20/1980 The Mi Amigo ship containing England's pirate Radio Caroline sinks 03/20/1980 US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran
    03/20/1981 Argentine ex-president Isabel Perón sentenced to 8 years
    03/20/1981 Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Dr 03/20/1982 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3002
    03/20/1982 Joan Jett & Blackhearts' 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' goes #1 for 7 wks 03/20/1982 Rev A Treurnicht establishes Conservative Party of South Africa 03/20/1984 Andy Kaufman & Fred Blassie's 'My Breakfast With Blassie' premieres 03/20/1985 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3326
    03/20/1986 228 KPH gust of wind strikes Cairngorm (UK record)
    03/20/1986 Jacques Chirac forms French government
    03/20/1987 NASA launches Palapa B2P
    03/20/1987 Soap opera 'Capitol' final episode
    03/20/1987 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 5 km (7:20.36) 03/20/1990 LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33
    03/20/1991 Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney
    03/20/1991 Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records 03/20/1991 US forgives $2 billion in loans to Poland
    03/20/1992 Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right se
    03/20/1992 Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses 03/20/1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (36.02 sec)
    03/20/1993 IRA-bomb kills 4 year old in Warrington England
    03/20/1993 Morton Downey Jr weds Lori Krebs
    03/20/1994 Brett Hart wins WWF championship at Wrestlemania X

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Mar 21 18:00:14 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/21/1466 French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen
    03/21/1474 Angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint
    03/21/1527 Hermann Finck, composer
    03/21/1609 Jan II Kazimierz, King of Poland (1648-68)
    03/21/1624 Francois Roberday, composer
    03/21/1642 Georg Schmezer, composer
    03/21/1685 Johann Sebastian Bach, Eisenach Germany, composer (Matthäus-Passion)
    03/21/1708 Caspar Ruetz, composer
    03/21/1713 Francis Lewis, signed Decl of Ind
    03/21/1716 Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer
    03/21/1765 Henry Fagel, baron/diplomat
    03/21/1768 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist
    03/21/1779 Alexis Garaude, composer
    03/21/1806 Benito Pablo Juárez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of México (1858-72) 03/21/1813 James Jesse Strang, King of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56) 03/21/1820 Frank Mori, composer
    03/21/1836 Jesus Monasterio, composer
    03/21/1839 Modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt) [NS] 03/21/1863 Hugo Kaun, composer
    03/21/1866 Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury, astronomer
    03/21/1869 Albert Kahn, architect, originated modern factory design
    03/21/1869 Florenz Ziegfeld, of Follies fame
    03/21/1878 Thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer
    03/21/1880 Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real)
    03/21/1880 Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist
    03/21/1881 Hermann Sandby, composer
    03/21/1883 Jules van Nuffel, composer
    03/21/1884 George D Birkhoff, US mathematician (Aesthetic measure)
    03/21/1887 Edwin Scharff, German 'entartet' painter/sculptor
    03/21/1900 Eugenie Leontovich, Russia, actor(?)
    03/21/1900 Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist/composer/conductor
    03/21/1902 Eddie James 'Son' House, folk blues musician (Delta Blues) 03/21/1903 Raymond Queneau, [M Presle], French writer (Exercises in Style) 03/21/1904 Nikolaos Skalkottas, composer
    03/21/1905 Phyllis Mcginley, US, poetress (Pulitzer 1961, Love Letters) 03/21/1906 John D Rockefeller III, billionaire philanthropist
    03/21/1910 Nick Castle, Bkln, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland) 03/21/1913 Max Youngstein, NYC, producer (United Artists)
    03/21/1914 Paul Tortelier, composer
    03/21/1916 Harold Robbins, US, novelist (Carpetbaggers) [or 0521]
    03/21/1918 Howard Cosell, Winston-Salem NC, sportscaster (Monday Night Football
    03/21/1918 Joe Carveth, NHL forward (scored 20 or more goals in 3 seasons) 03/21/1919 Lois Collier, SC, actress (Mary-Boston Blackie)
    03/21/1920 Bruno Maderna, composer
    03/21/1921 Antony Hopkins, composer
    03/21/1921 Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist
    03/21/1921 Logan Ramsey, Long Beach Calif, actor (Head, Joy Sticks, Say Yes) 03/21/1923 Mort Lindsey, Newark NJ, orch leader (Merv Griffin Show)
    03/21/1923 Philip Abbott, Lincoln Neb, actor (Arthur-The FBI)
    03/21/1924 Karl Heinz Fussl, composer
    03/21/1925 John E Grotberg, (Rep-R-IL, 1985-86)
    03/21/1925 Peter Brook, English director (1776)/TV writer
    03/21/1926 André Delvaux, Flemish screen writer
    03/21/1927 Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German FDP-minister of Foreign affairs 03/21/1928 Evelyn Ruth Anderson, composer
    03/21/1928 James W Kinnear, Pittsburgh Pa, CEO (Texaco)
    03/21/1929 James Coco, Bronx NY, actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death) 03/21/1929 Jules Verne Berman, space & science reporter (ABC-TV)
    03/21/1932 Joseph Silverstein, Detroit Mich, violinist (Denver Symphony Orch) 03/21/1933 Michael Heseltine, Welsh/British minister of Defense (1986) 03/21/1934 Al Freeman Jr, Tx, actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie) 03/21/1934 Lister Carney, Bellaire Oh, 200m runner (Olympic-silver-1960) 03/21/1936 Marek Stachowski, composer
    03/21/1937 Tom Flores, Fresno Calif, NFL quarterback/coach (Raiders) 03/21/1939 Kathleen Widdoes, Wilmington Del, actress (Without a Trace) 03/21/1939 Martha Hudson, Eastman Ga, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1960) 03/21/1941 Dirk D Frimout, Belgium, cosmonaut
    03/21/1942 Francoise Dorléac, Paris France, actress (That Man From Rio) 03/21/1943 Antal Dunai, Hungary, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1968)
    03/21/1944 Charles Edward Greene, Pine Bluff Ark, 4x100m runner (Oly-gold-1968)
    03/21/1944 Henrik Colding-Jorgensen, composer
    03/21/1944 Jamary Oliveira, composer
    03/21/1944 Marie-Christine Barrault, Paris France, actress (Stardust Memories) 03/21/1945 Charles E Greene, US, 100m sprinter (Olympic-bronze-1968) 03/21/1945 Rosemary Stone, vocalist/pianist (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People
    03/21/1945 Vernon Guy, US gospel singer (Cool Sounds, Sharpees)
    03/21/1946 Timothy Dalton, North Wales, actor (James Bond-Living Daylights) 03/21/1950 Roger Hodgston, rock vocalist (Supertramp-It's Raining Again) 03/21/1951 Russell Thompkins Jr, US soul singer (Stylistics-Sing Baby Sing) 03/21/1953 Carl Wolfson, Wash DC, comedian (Thicke of the Night)
    03/21/1953 Shotgun Johnson, rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Boys-Give it Up) 03/21/1955 Barbel Wockel-Eckert, German DR, sprinter (Olympic-4 gold-1976, 80) 03/21/1955 Jean Marie Hon, SF Calif, actress (Jane-Man From Atlantis) 03/21/1956 Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway, marathoner (Olympic-4th-1984) 03/21/1957 Sabrina Le Beauf, New Orleans La, actress (Sondra-Crosby Show) 03/21/1958 Brad Hall, Santa Barbara Calif, comedian (SNL)
    03/21/1958 Gary Oldman, actor (Sid & Nancy, Criminal Law, State of Grace) 03/21/1958 Marlies Gohr, German DR, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 03/21/1960 Ayrton Senna, Brazilian formula-1 racer (1988 champ)
    03/21/1960 Dale Baze, jockey
    03/21/1960 Guy Chadwick, English singer/songwriter (House of Love)
    03/21/1962 Matthew Broderick, NYC, actor (WarGames, Biloxi Blues)
    03/21/1962 Rosie O'Donnell, comedienne (League of Their Own)
    03/21/1963 Ronald Koeman, soccer star (Ajax, PSV, Barcelona)
    03/21/1963 Sharon June Howe Pederson, Glencoe Mn, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up) 03/21/1968 Jeff Lazaro, Waltham Mass, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994) 03/21/1968 Samantha Leah Dorman, Lakeland Fla, playmate (Sept, 1991) 03/21/1969 Jennifer Lyn Jackson, Cleveland Ohio, playmate (April, 1989)


    Deaths:

    03/21/1487 Nicholas van Fluë, Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies 03/21/1538 Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Friesland, dies at about 79 03/21/1652 Vredius, [Olivier de Wree], Flemish historian/mayor (Brugge), dies 03/21/1654 Johann Neukrantz, composer, dies at 51
    03/21/1656 Armagh James Ussher, Archbishop (said world began 4004 BC), dies at
    03/21/1734 Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer, dies at 48
    03/21/1768 John J Mauricius, governor-general of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75
    03/21/1793 Johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51
    03/21/1801 Andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59
    03/21/1844 Leopold FJJJ van Sassen Ysselt, politician, dies at 65
    03/21/1857 Abraham J van Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64 03/21/1894 Jacob Rosenhaim, composer, dies at 80
    03/21/1916 Victor de Stuers, art collector, dies
    03/21/1920 Federigo Tozzi, Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies 03/21/1921 'Big Jim' Colisimo, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
    03/21/1934 Franz Schrecker, composer, dies at 55
    03/21/1936 Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer, dies at 70
    03/21/1939 Evald Aav, composer, dies at 39
    03/21/1941 Robert Liefmann, German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at 67 03/21/1945 J Woortman, resistance fighter (in Belsen), dies at about 39 03/21/1952 AJ Pieters, SS-Untersturmführer, executed
    03/21/1952 Wilhelm Albrecht, German SD-chief, executed
    03/21/1954 Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer, dies at 84
    03/21/1958 Cyril M Kornbluth, US sci-fi writer (Space Merchants), dies at 34 03/21/1973 Antoni Szalowski, composer, dies at 65
    03/21/1975 Berend Giltay, composer, dies at 65
    03/21/1980 Gideon Fagan, composer, dies at 75
    03/21/1982 Harry Corbett, Brits actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky), dies at 57 03/21/1985 Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78
    03/21/1986 August de Boodt, Belgian politician, dies at 90
    03/21/1987 Dean Paul Martin, actor (Billy-Misfits of Science), dies at 35 03/21/1987 Robert Preston, actor (Music Man), dies at 68
    03/21/1991 Leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitar), dies
    03/21/1992 John Ireland, actor (Rawhide), dies at 78 of leukemia
    03/21/1994 Dack Rambo, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 52 from AIDs 03/21/1994 Lili Damita, wife of Errol Flynn (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 8
    03/21/1994 MacDonald Carey, actor (Days of our Lives), dies at 81


    Significant Events:

    03/21/1421 Battle of Beauge-French beat British
    03/21/1492 Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus
    03/21/1788 Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana
    03/21/1788 Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans 03/21/1791 Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN 03/21/1804 French civil Code of Napoleon adopted
    03/21/1824 Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses
    03/21/1826 Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat maj (Op 130) premieres in Vienna 03/21/1835 Charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass
    03/21/1843 Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today 03/21/1844 Origin of Bahá'í Era-Bahá'í calendar starts here (Bahá 1, 1) 03/21/1851 Yosemite Valley discovered in California
    03/21/1857 Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die
    03/21/1859 Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1st in US, incorporated 03/21/1860 US extradition treaty with Sweden
    03/21/1863 Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon
    03/21/1864 Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapides) Louisiana
    03/21/1865 Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman 03/21/1866 Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes
    03/21/1868 1st US professional women's club, Sorosis, founded in NYC 03/21/1874 US Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House
    03/21/1879 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #194 Prokne
    03/21/1890 Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law
    03/21/1891 A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia 03/21/1892 M Wolf discovers asteroid #329 Svea
    03/21/1893 A Charlois discovers asteroids #365 Corduba & #366 Vincentina 03/21/1895 A Charlois discovers asteroid #402 Chloe
    03/21/1907 A Kopff discovers asteroid #631 Philippina
    03/21/1907 US invades Honduras
    03/21/1909 Moran & MacFarland (US) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin
    03/21/1913 -26) Flood in Ohio, kills 400
    03/21/1915 J Palisa discovers asteroid #803 Picka
    03/21/1916 JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as gov-gen of Neth Indie
    03/21/1918 During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive (till March 28th) 03/21/1922 KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
    03/21/1923 J Palisa discovers asteroid #996 Hilaritas
    03/21/1923 US foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognization 03/21/1924 1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, NYC) 03/21/1925 Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar
    03/21/1927 Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee 03/21/1931 KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland
    03/21/1934 Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500
    03/21/1935 Persia becomes Iran
    03/21/1937 Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade 03/21/1937 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communi
    03/21/1939 Nazi-Germany demands Gdansk (Danzig) from Poland
    03/21/1941 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon
    03/21/1942 Heavy German assault on Malta
    03/21/1943 Assassination attempt on Hitler fails
    03/21/1943 British 8th army opens assault on Marethlinie, Tunisia
    03/21/1943 Vivian Stanshall, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band)
    03/21/1945 1st Japanese morning bomber attacks on Okinawa
    03/21/1945 During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany 03/21/1945 Resistance fighter Hannie Schaft arrested
    03/21/1946 Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFler since 1933 03/21/1946 UN set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx) 03/21/1947 Pres Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal 03/21/1947 employees to have allegiance to the United States
    03/21/1948 'Stop the Music' with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio
    03/21/1949 WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, FL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting 03/21/1951 2,900,000 US soldiers in Korea
    03/21/1951 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage
    03/21/1952 31 storms crosses 6 states killing 340 in South-Central US 03/21/1953 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2182 Semirot
    03/21/1953 NBA record 106 fouls & 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse) 03/21/1954 KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, MT (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasti
    03/21/1955 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece 03/21/1955 Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team 'Bums' 03/21/1958 1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award
    03/21/1959 California wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/21/1960 Bloodbath in Sharpeville, South-Africa
    03/21/1960 South Africa kills 69 blacks in Sharpeville & outlaws ANC 03/21/1961 Beatles' 1st appearance at the Cavern Club
    03/21/1962 A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds 03/21/1962 Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Neth for birth control 03/21/1963 Alcatraz federal penitentiary in SF Bay closed
    03/21/1964 Beatles' 'She Loves You,' single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks 03/21/1964 UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0)
    03/21/1965 Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
    03/21/1965 US Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact 03/21/1968 Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tomé
    03/21/1969 John Lennon & Yoko Ono hold bed in Amsterdam Hilton, thru 31st 03/21/1970 UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/21/1971 Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2'
    03/21/1971 WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting 03/21/1973 Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHLer to score 500 goals
    03/21/1974 Asteroid #3708 discovered
    03/21/1975 Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years
    03/21/1980 On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot
    03/21/1982 Bowell discovers asteroid 2660 Wasserman, 2709 Sagan & 3248 Farinell
    03/21/1982 Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard 03/21/1982 Movie 'Annie' premieres
    03/21/1984 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3357
    03/21/1984 NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule
    03/21/1984 Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon
    03/21/1984 Soviet sub crashes into USS aircrft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan 03/21/1985 Arthur Ashe is named to Intl Tennis Hall of Fame
    03/21/1985 Bloodbath at Longa (Uitenhage) South-Africa
    03/21/1986 199.22 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
    03/21/1986 Kania skates ladies world record 500 m (39.52 sec) & 3 km (4:18.02) 03/21/1987 PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (ƒ17 million) 03/21/1989 1st sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral 03/21/1990 'Normal Life' starring Moon Unit & Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV
    03/21/1990 'Sydney' starring Valerie Bertinelli premieres on CBS-TV
    03/21/1990 Namibia becomes independent of S Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes presiden
    03/21/1991 Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome
    03/21/1991 Tatsumi Fujinami beats Ric Flair for NWA wrestling championship 03/21/1992 2nd WLAF season begins
    03/21/1993 Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint
    03/21/1993 South Africa White Wolven kills 5 year old black girl
    03/21/1994 Schindler's List wins 66th Academy Awards
    03/21/1994 Watne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Mon Mar 22 18:00:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/22/1459 Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria 03/22/1599 Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England)
    03/22/1700 Giuseppe Sellitto, composer
    03/22/1728 Anton Raphael Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter
    03/22/1728 Giacomo Insanguine, composer
    03/22/1752 Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer
    03/22/1767 Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance
    03/22/1797 Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88)
    03/22/1799 F W A Argelander, Memel E Prussia, cataloguer of 324,188 stars 03/22/1803 Anthonie Waldrop, painter/lithographer
    03/22/1813 Gabriel Rene Paul, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 03/22/1814 Thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood)
    03/22/1817 Braxton Bragg, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1876
    03/22/1819 William Wirt Adams, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 03/22/1822 Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Education/Justice 03/22/1822 Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866)/min to Cologne 03/22/1822 Seth Williams, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1866 03/22/1824 William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army) 03/22/1834 Francis Asbury Shoup, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 03/22/1842 Mykola Vytal'yevich Lysenko, composer
    03/22/1846 Randolph Caldecott, England, illustrater (Caldecott Medal namesake) 03/22/1852 Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus], German classical/writer
    03/22/1857 Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse)
    03/22/1857 Paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32) 03/22/1865 Theophile Ysaye, composer
    03/22/1867 Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam's street hawker 03/22/1868 Hamish MacCunn, composer
    03/22/1868 Henry W Methorst, lawyer/director (Dutch Cent Bureau of Statistics) 03/22/1868 Robert A Millikan, US physicist (photoelectric effect; Nobel 1923) 03/22/1885 Adriano Lualdi, composer
    03/22/1885 Jakabs Medins, composer
    03/22/1887 Chico Marx, [Leonard Martin] NYC, comedian (Marx Brothers) 03/22/1895 Joseph Schildkraut, Vienna Aus, actor (Joseph Schildkraut Presents) 03/22/1902 Ellin Berlin [MacKay], Mrs Irving Berlin, writer (Lace Curtain) 03/22/1903 James S Russell, US pilot/admiral (WW II Pacific Ocean)
    03/22/1905 Carlo Alberto Pizzini, composer
    03/22/1905 Grigorÿ M Kosinzev, Russian director
    03/22/1905 Ruth Page, US choreographer/ballet leader (Diaghilev, Pygmalion) 03/22/1907 James Gavin, US, 82nd Airborne Div General (Sicily/Normandy) 03/22/1907 Paul J Steenbergen, Neth, actor (Ciske Rat)/founder (Hague's Comedy)
    03/22/1908 Louis D L'Amour, Jamestown ND, author (Hondo, Jubal Sackett) 03/22/1908 Maurice H Stans, US Secretary of Commerce (1969-72)
    03/22/1909 Gabrielle Roy, French-Canadian novelist (Tin Flute)
    03/22/1910 Nicholas Monsarret, England, writer (Cruel Sea)
    03/22/1913 Karl Malden, actor (Streets of SF); don't leave home without it 03/22/1913 Martha Mödl, German singer/soprano (Wagner)
    03/22/1916 George Wyle, NYC, orch leader (Jerry Lewis Show, Flip Wilson Show) 03/22/1916 Josephine van Gasteren, actress/director (Bluejackets)
    03/22/1917 Virginia Grey, LA, actress (Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Idaho
    03/22/1918 Cheddi B Jagan, dentist/founder PPP/ Guyanese Premier (1953, 1957-64
    03/22/1918 Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen, composer
    03/22/1920 Ross Martin, Grodek Poland, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West) 03/22/1921 Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer, Netherland, foreign minister (KVP) 03/22/1922 Mujib ur-Rahman, Pakistan, sheik/politician
    03/22/1923 Cor N van Dis Jr, Dutch 2nd chamber member (SGP, 1971-94) 03/22/1923 Marcel Marceau, France, mime (Barbarella, Silent Movie)
    03/22/1924 Al Neuharth, newspaper founder (USA Today)
    03/22/1924 Bill Wendell, NYC, TV announcer (Late Night With David Letterman) 03/22/1927 Mstislav Rostropovich, composer
    03/22/1928 Bill Archer, (Rep-R-TX, 1971- )
    03/22/1928 Ed Macauley, NBA'er (Boston Celtics)
    03/22/1930 Derek Bok, college president (Harvard)
    03/22/1930 Lynden O Pindling, premier Bahamas (1967-92)
    03/22/1930 Pat Robertson, televangelist (Pres candidate-R-1989)
    03/22/1930 Stephen Sondheim, US composer (Side by Side by Sondheim)
    03/22/1931 William Shatner, Montréal Canada, actor (Star Trek, T J Hooker) 03/22/1933 Buddy MacKay, (Rep-D-FL, 1983- )
    03/22/1934 Orrin G Hatch, (Sen-R-UT, 1977- )
    03/22/1936 May Britt, Germany, actress (Young Lions)/wife of Sammy Davis Jr 03/22/1936 Roger Whittaker, Nairobi Kenya, country singer
    03/22/1937 Jon Hassell, composer
    03/22/1938 Glen Campbell, singer (By the Time I get to Phoenix, Galveston) 03/22/1938 Vivian Pulliam, horse trainer
    03/22/1941 Gary Lewis, horse trainer
    03/22/1942 Barbara Parkins, Vancouver BC, actress (Peyton Place, Asylum) 03/22/1942 Jon Arthur English, composer
    03/22/1943 George Benson, Pittsburgh, singer/guitarist (Greatest Love of All) 03/22/1943 Joseph Schwantner, composer
    03/22/1943 Keith Reif, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love, Renaissance) 03/22/1945 Charles 'Chuck' Jackson, US singer (Playboy, Independents) 03/22/1945 Jeremy Clyde, England, rocker (Chad & Jeremy-Yesterday's Gone) 03/22/1946 Rudy/Rudolf [von Bittner] Rucker, US, sci-fi author (Wetware) 03/22/1946 Serge, [Ruud Schaap], Dutch singer/guitarist (Saskia & Serge) 03/22/1947 Harry Vanda, rocker (Easy Beats)
    03/22/1947 Patrick Olive, percussionist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing) 03/22/1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Broadway composer (Into the Woods, Phantom) 03/22/1948 Randy Hobbs, rocker (McCoys)
    03/22/1951 Moesa Khiramanovich Manarov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-4, TM-11) 03/22/1952 Bob Costas, sportscaster/talk show host (Later)
    03/22/1953 Thomas H Andrews, (Rep-D-Maine)
    03/22/1957 Stephanie Mills, singer/actress (Wiz)
    03/22/1958 Pete Wylie, rocker (Sinful)
    03/22/1959 Matthew Modine, actor (Full Metal Jacket)
    03/22/1970 Travis Richards, Crystal Minn, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994) 03/22/1971 Richard Castillo, jockey
    03/22/1972 Pieter Christian, Prince of Netherlands
    03/22/1976 Kellie Shanygne Williams, Wash DC, actress (Laura-Family Matters)


    Deaths:

    03/22/ 337 Constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47
    03/22/1589 Lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67
    03/22/1627 Cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish States-General, dies at about 81 03/22/1639 Thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies
    03/22/1687 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Ital/Fr composer (Marriage Forcé), dies at 54 03/22/1758 Jonathan Edwards, theologian/philospher (Original Sin), dies at 54 03/22/1777 John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77
    03/22/1796 Gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68
    03/22/1798 Justin Morgan, composer, dies at 51
    03/22/1820 Stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron, at 41 03/22/1824 Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer, dies at 77
    03/22/1838 Henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies
    03/22/1845 Franz Joseph Volkert, composer, dies at 67
    03/22/1867 Ferdinando Giorgetti, composer, dies at 71
    03/22/1906 Martin Wegelius, Finnish composer, dies at 59
    03/22/1909 Gyula Erkel, composer, dies at 66
    03/22/1922 Louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian, dies
    03/22/1923 Theophile Delcassé, French statesman, dies at 71
    03/22/1924 R G Nivelle, French military man, dies
    03/22/1929 Anton Beer-Walbrun, composer, dies at 65
    03/22/1931 Ban Johnson, founder of baseball's American League, dies at 67 03/22/1944 ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed
    03/22/1945 J Postuma, Dutch resistance fighter, dies
    03/22/1946 Clemens A von Galen, bishop of Munster/anti fascist, dies at 68 03/22/1951 J Willem Mengelberg, conductor (Matthäus Passion), dies
    03/22/1956 George Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at 71
    03/22/1958 Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 56 03/22/1964 Addison Richards, actor (Col-Pentagon), dies at 76
    03/22/1964 Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian actor (Flame of Barbary Coast), dies 03/22/1974 Peter Revson, US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35 03/22/1975 Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65), dies at 75 03/22/1978 Karl Wallenda, falls to death walking high-wire in PR, at 73 03/22/1987 Joan Shawlee, actress (Abbott & Costello Show), dies at 58 03/22/1993 Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreographer (Entartet), dies at 91 03/22/1993 Phia [Sophia R] Berghout, harpist, dies at 83
    03/22/1993 Steve Olin, pitcher (Cleve Indians), drowns at 27
    03/22/1993 Tim Crews, pitcher (Cleve Indians), drowns at 31
    03/22/1994 Dan Hartman, US singer/songwriter (Love Sensations), dies at 42 03/22/1994 Igor Aleinikov, Russian director (tractors, air crash), dies at 32 03/22/1994 Walter Lantz, US cartoonist (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 93


    Significant Events:

    03/22/ 752 Stephen begins his reign as Catholic Pope (or 23rd)
    03/22/1349 Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death) 03/22/1621 Hugo the Great escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein
    03/22/1621 Massasoit & Pilgrims agree on league of friendship (Plymouth) 03/22/1622 1st Indian massacre of whites, Jamestown, Va; 347 slain
    03/22/1630 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston) 03/22/1638 Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass Bay Colony 03/22/1765 Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists
    03/22/1778 Capt Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state
    03/22/1790 Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State
    03/22/1822 Gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna
    03/22/1822 NY Horticultural Society founded
    03/22/1841 Cornstarch patented (Orlando Jones)
    03/22/1841 Orlando Jones patents cornstarch
    03/22/1862 San Marino & Italy conclude treaty of friendship & cooperation 03/22/1865 Raid at Wilson's: Chickaswas AL to Macon GA
    03/22/1871 Wm Holden of NC is 1st governor removed from office by impeachment 03/22/1872 Illinois becomes 1st state to require sexual equality in employment 03/22/1873 Slavery is abolished in Puerto Rico
    03/22/1874 Young Men's Hebrew Association founded in NYC
    03/22/1882 Congress outlaws polygamy (again); bad news for Mormons
    03/22/1892 A Charlois discovers asteroid #327 Columbia
    03/22/1894 Montreal AAA beats Ottawa Capitals 3-2 & wins the 1st Stanley Cup 03/22/1896 Charilaos Vasilakos wins 1st marathon (3:18)
    03/22/1903 NY Highlanders (Yankees) tickets 1st go on sale
    03/22/1922 British court sentence Mahatma Gandhi to 6 year
    03/22/1925 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1041 Asta
    03/22/1929 66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes
    03/22/1929 KIT-AM in Yakima WA begins radio transmissions
    03/22/1929 USCG vessel sank Canadian schooner suspected of carrying liquor 03/22/1933 FDR makes wine & beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal
    03/22/1934 Fire destroys Hakodate Japan (kills 1,500, injures 1,000) 03/22/1939 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1511 Dalera
    03/22/1939 Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany 03/22/1939 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2486 Metsahovi
    03/22/1941 Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation
    03/22/1942 Heavy German assault on Malta
    03/22/1943 Dutch work week extended to 54 hour
    03/22/1943 Obligatory work for woman begins in Belgium
    03/22/1943 SS police chief Rauter threatens to kill half Jewish children 03/22/1945 Arab League forms
    03/22/1945 US 3rd Army attacks Nierstein on the Rhine
    03/22/1946 1st US rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up) 03/22/1946 Britain signs treaty granting independence to Jordan
    03/22/1949 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1574 Meyer
    03/22/1952 Dutch DC-6 crashes near Frankfurt, killing 44
    03/22/1953 Antonín Zápotocky chosen as president of Czechoslovakia
    03/22/1956 Death penalty against KPM-director Léon Jungschlaeger
    03/22/1957 Earthquake gives SF shakes
    03/22/1957 Republic of India adopts Saka calendar along with Gregorian 03/22/1958 Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi-Arabia
    03/22/1958 Kentucky beats Seattle 84-72 for NCAA basketball championship 03/22/1958 Liz Taylor's 3rd divorce (Mike Todd)
    03/22/1960 AL Schawlow & C H Townes obtain patent for the laser
    03/22/1962 'I Can Get It For You Wholesale' opens on Broadway
    03/22/1963 Beatles release 1st album, 'Please Please Me'
    03/22/1963 Brit Min of War John Profumo denies having sex with Christine Keeler
    03/22/1964 Barbra Striesand appears on the cover of NY Times Magazine section 03/22/1965 D Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 03/22/1967 Cassius Clay's (aka Muhammad Ali) 1st MSG fight; KOs Zora Folley 03/22/1968 Jarmila Novotna resigns presidenvy of Czechoslovakia
    03/22/1968 Lynda Johnson ordered off SF cable car for eating an ice cream cone 03/22/1968 Student riot in Nanterre at Paris
    03/22/1969 UCLA wins its 5th national championship in 6 years
    03/22/1972 Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified) 03/22/1972 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP
    03/22/1972 US Senate passes 27th amendement (Equal rights)
    03/22/1972 Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Red Sox for Sparky Lyle
    03/22/1974 C Torres discovers asteroids #2282 Andres Bello & #2518 Rutllant 03/22/1975 'Dinge-competed' wins Eurovisie Song festival
    03/22/1975 Delta State beats Immaculata for the women's AIAW championship 03/22/1975 Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens
    03/22/1977 Indira Gandhi resigns as PM of India
    03/22/1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2149 Schwambraniya & #2563 Boyarchuk
    03/22/1977 Uyl govt falls
    03/22/1978 Robert Frost Plaza, at California, Drumm & Market, SF, dedicated 03/22/1978 Rutle's 'All You Need is Cash' is show on NBC-TV
    03/22/1979 Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt
    03/22/1979 NHL votes to accept 4 WHA teams (Oilers, Jets, Nordiques & Whalers) 03/22/1981 1st class postage raised to 18¢ from 15¢
    03/22/1981 Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6
    03/22/1981 Toshihiko Seko runs world record 25k (1:13:55.8)
    03/22/1982 3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched
    03/22/1982 Iran offensive against Iraq
    03/22/1983 Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president
    03/22/1984 Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game 03/22/1985 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3713
    03/22/1985 NASA launches Intelsat VA
    03/22/1986 Debi Thomas is 1st black to win world figure skating champ 03/22/1986 Ehrig skates ladies world record 5 km (7:20.99)
    03/22/1986 HBO launches boxing's heavyweight-title-unification-tournament 03/22/1986 Heart's 'These Dreams,' single goes #1
    03/22/1986 Kania skates ladies world record 1500m (1:59.30)
    03/22/1989 NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle announces his retirement
    03/22/1989 Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years
    03/22/1989 US Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of NYC Board of Estima
    03/22/1990 Anchorage jury finds Capt Hazelwood innocent of Valdez oil spill 03/22/1991 NY Daily News begins using motto 'Forward with NY'
    03/22/1992 US Air NY to Cleveland crashes on take off at Laguardia, 27 die 03/22/1993 Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+ MIPS 03/22/1994 South African Govt/ANC take power in Ciskei homeland

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  • From HusTler@21:4/10 to Robert Wolfe on Tue Mar 23 08:10:37 2021
    Re: This Day In History
    By: Robert Wolfe to All on Mon Mar 22 2021 06:00 pm


    I don't recognize one name on this very extensive, long long list.

    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----

    Births:

    03/22/1459 Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria 03/22/1599 Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England) 03/22/1700 Giuseppe Sellitto, composer
    03/22/1728 Anton Raphael Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter 03/22/1728 Giacomo Insanguine, composer
    03/22/1752 Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer
    03/22/1767 Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance
    03/22/1797 Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88)
    03/22/1799 F W A Argelander, Memel E Prussia, cataloguer of 324,188 stars 03/22/1803 Anthonie Waldrop, painter/lithographer
    03/22/1813 Gabriel Rene Paul, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 03/22/1814 Thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood) 03/22/1817 Braxton Bragg, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1876
    03/22/1819 William Wirt Adams, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 03/22/1822 Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Education/Justice 03/22/1822 Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866)/min to Cologne 03/22/1822 Seth Williams, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1866 03/22/1824 William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army) 03/22/1834 Francis Asbury Shoup, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 03/22/1842 Mykola Vytal'yevich Lysenko, composer
    03/22/1846 Randolph Caldecott, England, illustrater (Caldecott Medal namesake) 03/22/1852 Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus], German classical/writer 03/22/1857 Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse) 03/22/1857 Paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32) 03/22/1865 Theophile Ysaye, composer
    03/22/1867 Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam's street hawker 03/22/1868 Hamish MacCunn, composer
    03/22/1868 Henry W Methorst, lawyer/director (Dutch Cent Bureau of Statistics) 03/22/1868 Robert A Millikan, US physicist (photoelectric effect; Nobel 1923) 03/22/1885 Adriano Lualdi, composer
    03/22/1885 Jakabs Medins, composer
    03/22/1887 Chico Marx, [Leonard Martin] NYC, comedian (Marx Brothers) 03/22/1895 Joseph Schildkraut, Vienna Aus, actor (Joseph Schildkraut Presents) 03/22/1902 Ellin Berlin [MacKay], Mrs Irving Berlin, writer (Lace Curtain) 03/22/1903 James S Russell, US pilot/admiral (WW II Pacific Ocean) 03/22/1905 Carlo Alberto Pizzini, composer
    03/22/1905 Grigorÿ M Kosinzev, Russian director
    03/22/1905 Ruth Page, US choreographer/ballet leader (Diaghilev, Pygmalion) 03/22/1907 James Gavin, US, 82nd Airborne Div General (Sicily/Normandy) 03/22/1907 Paul J Steenbergen, Neth, actor (Ciske Rat)/founder (Hague's Comedy)

    03/22/1908 Louis D L'Amour, Jamestown ND, author (Hondo, Jubal Sackett) 03/22/1908 Maurice H Stans, US Secretary of Commerce (1969-72)
    03/22/1909 Gabrielle Roy, French-Canadian novelist (Tin Flute)
    03/22/1910 Nicholas Monsarret, England, writer (Cruel Sea)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Mar 23 18:00:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/23/1599 Thomas Selle, composer
    03/23/1638 Frederik Ruysch, anatomist
    03/23/1699 John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany 03/23/1736 Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)
    03/23/1749 Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer
    03/23/1749 Pierre-Simon Laplace, mathematician/astronomer/physicist
    03/23/1750 Johannes Sperger, composer
    03/23/1761 John W de Winter, Dutch vice-admiral (Battle at Kamperduin) 03/23/1769 William Smith, geologist (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils) 03/23/1795 Leopold Jansa, composer
    03/23/1801 Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht)
    03/23/1808 Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, sociologist/historian (Statistic yearbook)
    03/23/1811 Camille Marie Stamaty, composer
    03/23/1811 Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer
    03/23/1818 Don Carlos Buell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1898 03/23/1821 Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper)
    03/23/1823 Schuyler Colfax, (R) 17th VP (1869-73)
    03/23/1825 Edward Lloyd Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1898 03/23/1826 Leon Minkus, composer
    03/23/1834 Julius Reubke, composer
    03/23/1837 Joseph Wieniawski, composer
    03/23/1844 Eugene Gigout, composer
    03/23/1847 Alexandru D Xenopol, Romania, historian
    03/23/1854 Alfred Milner, British governor Cape colony
    03/23/1857 Fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)
    03/23/1863 Godfried CE van Daalen, general/governor of Atjeh
    03/23/1864 Hjalmar Borgstrom, composer
    03/23/1876 Muirhead Bone, Scotland, etcher/engraver of architecture
    03/23/1878 Franz Schrecker, composer
    03/23/1881 Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53)
    03/23/1881 Roger Martin du Guard, France, novelist (Les Thibault-Nobel 1937) 03/23/1883 Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria
    03/23/1884 Glauco Velasquez, composer
    03/23/1887 Anthony van Hoboken, musicologist (Haydn-catalog)
    03/23/1887 Felix F Joessoepov, Russian monarch
    03/23/1887 Juan Gris, Spain, cubist painter (Still Life Before an Open Window) 03/23/1887 Sidney Hillman, union leader, Sidney Hillman Foundation
    03/23/1891 Catherine Murphy Urner, composer
    03/23/1895 Dane Rudhyar, composer
    03/23/1898 Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus 03/23/1900 Erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society) 03/23/1900 Jose Antonio Calcano, composer
    03/23/1901 Edmund Rubbra, composer
    03/23/1901 Jan H de Great, founder (Free Netherland)
    03/23/1902 Philip Ober, Fort Payne Ala, actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie) 03/23/1906 George Posford, composer
    03/23/1907 Daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957)
    03/23/1908 Joan Crawford [Lucille Le Sueur], actress (Mildred Pierce) 03/23/1910 Akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living) 03/23/1910 Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, German singer
    03/23/1911 Charles Joseph A Russhon, USAF lt col/liaison for James Bond films 03/23/1911 Richard Chapman, golfer (1940 US amateur, 1951 British amateur) 03/23/1912 Alfred Schwarzmann, Germany, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1936) 03/23/1912 John Payne, Roanoke Va, actor (Dodsworth, Razor's Edge)
    03/23/1912 Werner von Braun, Wirsitz Germany, rocket expert (I Aim at the Stars
    03/23/1914 Robert Gross, composer
    03/23/1917 Johnny Guarnieri, NYC, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show) 03/23/1917 Kenneth Tobey, actor (The Thing, Strange Invaders)
    03/23/1920 Alexander Grigori Harut'unyan, composer
    03/23/1920 Geoffrey Bush, composer
    03/23/1920 James Brown, Desdemona Tx, actor (Lt Rip Masters-Rin Tin Tin) 03/23/1920 Neal Smith, (Rep-D-IA, 1959- )
    03/23/1921 Donald M Campbell, boat racer, sets some speed records
    03/23/1922 Marty Allen, Pitts, comedian (Allen & Rossi), 'Hello Dere' 03/23/1923 Arnie Weinmeister, AAFC, NFL def tackle (NY Yankees, Giants) 03/23/1925 Cees de Ruyter, European champion billiards player
    03/23/1926 Martha Wright, Seattle, singer (Let's Dance, Martha Wright Show) 03/23/1927 Osvaldo Lacerda, composer
    03/23/1929 Gerrit den Braber, composer/producer
    03/23/1929 Roger Bannister, England, 1st to run a mile under 4 minutes 03/23/1931 Norman F Lent, (Rep-R-NY, 1971- )
    03/23/1933 Monique Van Vooren, actress (Andy Warhol's Frankenstein)
    03/23/1935 Szilárd Kun, Hungary, rapid fire pistol (Olympic-silver-1952) 03/23/1937 Craig Breedlove, LA, auto-racing champion (600 MPH-Spirit of America
    03/23/1937 Heinz Martin Lonquich, composer
    03/23/1938 Christopher Glenn, NYC, news anchor (CBS Nightwatch)
    03/23/1939 Bert Berdis, Pitts, comedian (Tim Conway Show)
    03/23/1939 Boris Ivanovich Tischenko, composer
    03/23/1943 Gail Goodrich, NBA star (Lakers, Suns)
    03/23/1947 Barbara Rhodes, Poughkeepsie NY, actress (Don't Just Stand There) 03/23/1949 Karen English, (Rep-D-Arizona)
    03/23/1949 Ric Ocasek, rocker (Cars-Double Life, All Mixed Up, Bye Bye Love) 03/23/1950 Corrine Clery, Paris France, actress (Moonraker, Yor)
    03/23/1953 Chaka Khan, [Stevens], Great Lakes Il, rocker (Rufus-I am Every Woma
    03/23/1953 Louie Anderson, Minn, comedian (Ratboy, Wrong Guys)
    03/23/1954 Moses Malone, NBA all star center (Phila '76ers)
    03/23/1955 Cindy Olavarri, Pleasant Hills Calif, cyclist (7-Eleven team) 03/23/1957 Amanda Plummer, NYC, actress (Hotel New Hampshire, Dollmaker) 03/23/1957 Sheila Rena Ingram, Wash DC, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1976) 03/23/1957 Teresa Ganzel, Toledo Ohio, actress (Teachers Only, Duck Factory) 03/23/1960 Terry Sweeney, St Albans NY, writer/comedian (SNL)
    03/23/1965 Richard Grieco, Waterton NY, actor (21 Jump Street, Booker) 03/23/1966 Marti Pellow, rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was)
    03/23/1971 Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, wrestler (NJPW)
    03/23/1976 Keri Russell, actress (Mickey Mouse Club)
    03/23/1977 Josh Ackerman, actor (Mickey Mouse Club)
    03/23/1990 Eugenie OF, Princess of York/daughter of prince Andrew/Sarah Ferguso


    Deaths:

    03/23/1169 Sjirkoeh, vizer of Cairo, dies
    03/23/1237 Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies 03/23/1369 Pedro de Wrede, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered
    03/23/1555 Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies
    03/23/1606 Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], classic philologist, dies at 58 03/23/1653 Johan van Galen, fleet supervisor (Monte Christo), dies at about 48 03/23/1658 Valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79
    03/23/1669 Philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54
    03/23/1676 Paul Wirtz, [Würtz], German/Neth army commander, dies at 63 03/23/1748 Johann Gottfried Walther, composer, dies at 63
    03/23/1756 Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer, dies at 57
    03/23/1783 Gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67
    03/23/1786 Patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown) 03/23/1801 Czar Paul I, assassinated
    03/23/1806 George Frederic Pinto, composer, dies at 20
    03/23/1809 Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60
    03/23/1816 Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer, dies at 95
    03/23/1818 Nicolas Isouard, composer, dies at 42
    03/23/1821 Bernhard Anselm Weber, composer, dies at 56
    03/23/1832 Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer, dies at 41
    03/23/1869 Charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60
    03/23/1880 Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67
    03/23/1881 Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 46
    03/23/1902 Kálmán Tisza, premier of Hungary (1875-90), dies at 71
    03/23/1907 Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies 03/23/1918 Cesar Cortinas, composer, dies at 27
    03/23/1937 Helge Red, Danish poet/essayist, dies
    03/23/1943 André Lichtenberger, French Sudan writer (Le Petit Roi), dies at 72 03/23/1943 Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer, dies at 47
    03/23/1944 OC Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash 03/23/1946 Alexandru Zirra, composer, dies at 62
    03/23/1952 Klaas Painter, vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61
    03/23/1957 L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77
    03/23/1960 Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78 03/23/1961 James Edward Murray, (Sen-D-Montana) (1935-61)
    03/23/1962 Josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Neth, dies at 80 03/23/1963 Davey Moore, dies 2d after being KOed in feather-weight championship
    03/23/1964 Peter Lorre, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 59
    03/23/1966 John W Elsensohn, actor/writer (Arie), dies at 82
    03/23/1968 Edwin O'Connor, US writer, dies at 49
    03/23/1971 Armin Loos, composer, dies at 67
    03/23/1971 Simon Fortress Dike, author/poet (Brass Garden), dies at 72 03/23/1982 Mario Praz, Italian author (Casa della vita), dies at 85
    03/23/1983 Barney Clark, 1st artifical heart recipient, dies after 112 days 03/23/1985 Anton Constandse, anarchist/writer, dies at 85
    03/23/1985 Patricia Roberts Harris, (Rep-D), dies at 60
    03/23/1985 Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium
    03/23/1991 Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68 03/23/1991 Fons Jansen, Dutch night club performer, dies
    03/23/1992 Friedrich A von Hayek, British economist (road to serfdom), dies 03/23/1993 Hans Werner Richter, German writer/founder (Gruppe 47), dies at 87 03/23/1994 Alvara del Portillo, Spanish Opus Dei-bishop, dies at 80
    03/23/1994 Giulietta Masina, daughter of Federico Felini/(La Strada), dies at 7
    03/23/1994 Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican pres candidate, assassinated at 44


    Significant Events:

    03/23/1066 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
    03/23/1153 Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I 'Barbarossa' & Pope Eugene III
    03/23/1490 1st dated edition of Maimonides 'Mishna Torah' published
    03/23/1579 Friesland joins Union of Utrecht
    03/23/1657 France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk 03/23/1743 George Frideric Handel's oratorio 'Messiah' premieres in London 03/23/1752 Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later 03/23/1775 Patrick Henry asks 'give me liberty or give me death'
    03/23/1794 Josiah Pierson patents a 'cold-header' (rivet) machine
    03/23/1806 Lewis & Clark reach Pacific coast
    03/23/1808 Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain
    03/23/1832 British Parliament passes reform bill
    03/23/1835 Charles Darwin reaches Los Arenales, in the Andes
    03/23/1839 1st known use of term OK [oll korrect] (Boston)
    03/23/1840 Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype) 03/23/1849 Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert vs Italian republic) 03/23/1857 Elisha Otis' 1st elevator intalled (488 Broadway, NYC)
    03/23/1858 Eleazer Gardner of Philadelphia patents a cable car
    03/23/1860 Asteroid 58, Concordia, discovered (Named for goddess of peace) 03/23/1862 Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign 03/23/1864 Encounter at Camden AR
    03/23/1865 General Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro NC
    03/23/1873 Slavery is abolish in Puerto Rico
    03/23/1880 John Stevens, Wisc, patents the flour rolling mill
    03/23/1881 Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die
    03/23/1889 Pres Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization
    03/23/1901 Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast 03/23/1903 Wright brothers obtain airplane patent
    03/23/1908 M Wolf discovers asteroid #659 Nestor
    03/23/1910 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway) 03/23/1915 Zion Mule Corp forms
    03/23/1917 4 day series of tonadoes kills 211 in Midwest US
    03/23/1918 Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River
    03/23/1918 Lithuania proclaims independence
    03/23/1918 Paris bombs 'Thick Bertha's Dike' (nickname for the widow Krupp) 03/23/1919 Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted
    03/23/1919 Benito Mussolini founds Fascist movement in Milan Italy
    03/23/1919 Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms
    03/23/1919 Mussolini fights Fasci di Combattimento
    03/23/1920 J Palisa discovers asteroid #932 Hooveria
    03/23/1920 Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms 03/23/1922 KMJ-AM in Fresno CA begins radio transmissions
    03/23/1922 WEW-AM in Saint Louis MO begins radio transmissions
    03/23/1925 Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution 03/23/1929 1st telephone installed in White House
    03/23/1933 Arend discovers asteroids 1262 Sniadeckia, 1263 Varsavia & 1348 Mich
    03/23/1933 Delporte discovers asteroids 1261 Legia, 1329 Eliane & 2236 Austrasi
    03/23/1933 German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers
    03/23/1934 US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945
    03/23/1936 Italy & Austria-Hungary sign Pact of Rome
    03/23/1937 LA Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars
    03/23/1938 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1492 Oppolzer
    03/23/1939 L Oterma discovers asteroid #1504 Lappeenranta
    03/23/1940 All-India-Muslim league calls for a Muslim homeland
    03/23/1942 2,500 Jews in Lublin, massacred
    03/23/1942 Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean
    03/23/1942 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1850 Kohoutek & #1950 Wempe 03/23/1944 Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome 03/23/1944 Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 m without a parachute & lives 03/23/1945 British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine
    03/23/1946 Oklahoma A&M wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/23/1948 John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m)) 03/23/1950 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #2546
    03/23/1950 Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government
    03/23/1950 UN World Meteorological Org established
    03/23/1951 Wages in France increase 11%
    03/23/1956 Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (Natl Day) 03/23/1956 Sudan becomes independent
    03/23/1956 U of SF wins its 2nd consecutive national championship in basketball
    03/23/1957 North Carolina wins NCAA basketball championship in 3 overtimes 03/23/1957 US army sells last homing pigeons
    03/23/1960 Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit
    03/23/1962 JFK visits SF
    03/23/1963 Loyola Ill wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/23/1964 UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva
    03/23/1965 Gemini 3 launched, 1st US 2-man space flight (Grissom & Young) 03/23/1965 Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed
    03/23/1968 Rev Walter Fauntroy, is 1st non-voting congressional delegate from D
    03/23/1968 UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/23/1969 Rally for Decency (Miami)
    03/23/1971 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept simplified divorce
    03/23/1972 NY Yanks agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx
    03/23/1973 After a 5½ year run soap 'Love is a Many Splendored Thing' ends 03/23/1973 Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in US
    03/23/1974 NC State ends UCLAs 7 year reign as NCAA basketball champions 03/23/1976 Intl Bill of Rights goes into effect, 35 nations ratify
    03/23/1980 Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt
    03/23/1982 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2710 Veverka
    03/23/1982 Guatemala military coup under gen Rios Montt, pres Romeo Lucas flees
    03/23/1982 Isle's Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals
    03/23/1982 Z Vavrova discovers asteroids #2661 & #2766
    03/23/1983 US president Ronald Reagan introduces 'Star Wars'-plan (SDI) 03/23/1984 Schöne skates ladies world record 3 km (4:20.91)
    03/23/1985 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3563
    03/23/1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-D mission 03/23/1985 Julian Lennon's 1st concert (San Antonio Texas)
    03/23/1986 Heavyweight Trevor Berbick KOs Pinklon Thomas
    03/23/1987 Soap 'Bold & Beautiful' premieres
    03/23/1987 West Germany SPD chairman Willy Brent resigns
    03/23/1989 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperatur
    03/23/1989 Joel Steinberg sentenced to 25 yrs for killing his adopted daughter 03/23/1991 20 Tornadoes kill 5 in Tennessee
    03/23/1991 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12m)
    03/23/1992 Florida Marlins begin selling tickets
    03/23/1993 Belgian govt of Dehaene, falls
    03/23/1993 NY Knicks & Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl
    03/23/1994 Amy Fisher's lover Joey Buttafuoco is released from jail
    03/23/1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:28)
    03/23/1994 Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for NY governor 03/23/1994 Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed)
    03/23/1994 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 802 goals scored

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/24/1188 Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I
    03/24/1441 Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86)
    03/24/1494 Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) 03/24/1607 Michiel A de Ruyter, spy/fleet supervisor (St Vincent Dunes) 03/24/1630 José Saenz d'aguirre, Spanish cardinal
    03/24/1703 José F de Isla, [Francisco de Salazar], Spanish Jesuit/writer 03/24/1714 Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer
    03/24/1732 Gian Francesco de Majo, composer
    03/24/1740 John Antes, composer
    03/24/1749 Bernard Jumentier, composer
    03/24/1762 Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo) 03/24/1802 Jacob van Lennep, attorney/Dutch Second-Member of parliament 03/24/1809 Joseph Liouville, France, discover of transcendental numbers 03/24/1814 Galen Clark, US, naturalist/discovered Mariposa Grove
    03/24/1817 Aime Maillart, composer
    03/24/1821 [George] Hector Tyndale, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 03/24/1834 John Wesley Powell, US, geologist/explorer/ethnologist
    03/24/1834 William Morris, England, designer/craftsman/poet/socialist 03/24/1835 Josef Stefan, Austria, physicist (Stefan-Boltzmann law)
    03/24/1837 Philips, Count of Flanders Belgium
    03/24/1855 Olive Schreiner, S African writer (Portrait of a South African Woman
    03/24/1866 Jack McAuliffe, US lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer 03/24/1867 Mary [Victoria MALOPCA of Teck], queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85 03/24/1869 Émile Fabre, France, playwright, administrator of Comédie Française 03/24/1871 Ernest Rutherford, nuclear scientist
    03/24/1874 Harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Budapest, magician/escape artist 03/24/1874 Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president of Italy (1948-55) 03/24/1878 Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhÿn-N], writer
    03/24/1883 James I Wedgwood, British theosopholgist/catholic bishop
    03/24/1884 Gino Marinuzzi, composer
    03/24/1884 Peter Debye, Holland, physical chemist (Nobel 1936)
    03/24/1885 Charles Daniels, US, swimmer (Olympic-5 gold-1904)
    03/24/1887 Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, US actor (Keystone comedies)
    03/24/1890 Miguel Suriel, Neth Antillian writer (Muhé culpabel)
    03/24/1891 Charley Toorop, house painter
    03/24/1895 Arthur Murray, dancer (Arthur Murray's Dance Party)
    03/24/1895 Sid Saylor, Chicago Ill, actor (Wally-Waterfront)
    03/24/1897 Charles Eyck, painter/sculptor
    03/24/1897 Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-US psycho analysis (character anaylsis) 03/24/1898 George Alpert, railroad executive
    03/24/1902 Thomas E Dewey, Oh, 1st Catholic Pres candidate 1944, 1948 (R) 03/24/1903 Malcolm Muggeridge, English writer (Observer of Life)
    03/24/1905 André Christiaens, Flemish writer (Onvindbaar country)
    03/24/1906 John Cameron Swayze, news correspondant, Timex spokesman
    03/24/1907 Lauris Norstad, US general NATO commander/CEO Owens-Corning Fibergla
    03/24/1907 Lucia Chase, US ballerina/co-founder (American Ballet Theater) 03/24/1907 Martin Kosleck, Germany, actor (Pursuit to Algiers)
    03/24/1909 Clyde Barrow, bank robber (of Bonnie & Clyde fame)
    03/24/1910 Jacques Chailley, composer
    03/24/1910 Richard Conte, Jersey City NJ, actor (4 Just Men, Jean Arthur Show) 03/24/1911 Enrique Jordá, San Sebastian Spain conductor (SF Symphony Orch 1970)
    03/24/1911 Joseph Barbera, animator (Hanna-Barbera)
    03/24/1918 Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter
    03/24/1919 John J Duncan Jr, (Rep-R-TN, 1965- )
    03/24/1920 Gene Nelson, [Berg], Seattle Wash, actor (Tea For 2, Oklahoma) 03/24/1923 Murray Hamilton, Washington NC, actor (Rich Man Poor Man) 03/24/1924 Norman Fell, Phila, actor (Mr Roper-3's Company, The End, Graduate) 03/24/1927 Janos Decsenyi, composer
    03/24/1928 Byron Janis, 'Yanks', McKeesport Pa, pianist (NBC Symphony Orch) 03/24/1928 Vanessa Brown, Vienna Austria, actress (My Favorite Husband) 03/24/1930 Kenneth Nelson, Rocky Mount NC, actor (Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family)
    03/24/1930 Steve McQueen, Slater Mo, actor (Wanted, Dead or Alive, Blob, Bullit
    03/24/1931 Thelma Kalama, US, 4 X 100m relay swimmer (Olympic-gold-1948) 03/24/1932 William Smith, Columbia Mo, actor (Rich Man Poor Man, Hawaii 5-0) 03/24/1933 David Harries, composer
    03/24/1936 Fredrick Kaufmamn, composer
    03/24/1937 Benjamin Luxon, Redruth England, baritone (Owen Wingrave) 03/24/1937 Billy Stewart, US R&B singer (I do love you)
    03/24/1937 Erskine Sandiford, premier (Barbados, 1987- )
    03/24/1938 Larry Wilson, NFL back (Cardinals)
    03/24/1940 Bob Mackie, Monterey Parks Calif, designer (Striesand, Cher) 03/24/1943 H Martin Lancaster, (Rep-D-North Carolina)
    03/24/1943 Marika Kilius, German FR, ice skating pair (Olympic-silver-1960, 64)
    03/24/1944 Patti Labelle, singer (Phoenix, Tasty, Chameleon)
    03/24/1946 Lee Oskar, rock harmonicist (War-Why Can't We Be Friends?) 03/24/1947 Mike Kellie, drummer (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)
    03/24/1947 Pieter W Coetzer, South African journalist/NP-parliament leader 03/24/1948 Lee Oskar, [Oskar L Hansen], Danish/US harmonica player (War) 03/24/1949 Fran Sheehan, bassist (Boston-More than a Feeling)
    03/24/1949 Nick Lowe, vocalist/producer (I Knew the Bride)
    03/24/1949 Steve Lang, rocker (April Wine)
    03/24/1951 Kenneth S Reightler Jr, Patuxent R Md, Cmdr USN/astro (STS 48, 60) 03/24/1952 Nicholas Campbell, Toronto Canada, actor (Nick-The Insiders) 03/24/1954 Donna Pescow, Brooklyn, actress (Angie, Out of this World, Rainbow) 03/24/1954 Irina Ratushinskaya, Odessa Ukraine, disident poet (Beyond the Limit
    03/24/1954 Robert Carradine, LA Calif, actor (Slim-The Cowboys, Wavelength) 03/24/1957 Scott J Horowitz, Phila Pa, USAF Capt/astronaut
    03/24/1959 Renaldo Nehemiah, US, hurdler (110m at 12.93)/NFLer (SF 49ers) 03/24/1960 Kelly LeBrock, actress (Woman in Red)
    03/24/1965 Angela Zuckerman, St Louis Mo, speed skater (Olympics-1994) 03/24/1967 Kathy Rinaldi, Florida, tennis player (Virginia Slims of Ark, 1987) 03/24/1977 Olivia Burnette, San Clemente Calif, actress (Torkelsons)


    Deaths:

    03/24/ 809 Harun al-Rashid, caliph (786-809) of the Arabian Nights, dies at 44 03/24/1400 Florens Radewijns, priest/leader modern devotie, dies
    03/24/1455 Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at
    03/24/1455 Rudolf van Diepholt, bishop/cardinal of Utrecht (1448-55) 03/24/1471 Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55
    03/24/1558 Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies
    03/24/1603 Elizabeth I Tudor, [the Maiden Queen], queen of England, dies at 69 03/24/1631 Philipp Dulichius, composer, dies at 68
    03/24/1654 Samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66 03/24/1661 William Leddra, last Quaker in Boston, dies
    03/24/1755 Theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72
    03/24/1823 Cornelis van Foreest, mayor (Alkmaar), dies at 66
    03/24/1825 Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer, dies at 64
    03/24/1838 Thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72
    03/24/1842 Stendhal [Marie-H Beyle], French writer (The Love), buried at 59 03/24/1866 Maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, di
    03/24/1877 Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies
    03/24/1878 Albin Masek, composer, dies at 73
    03/24/1882 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75 03/24/1894 Robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68
    03/24/1905 Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77
    03/24/1909 John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist/playwright/poet, dies at 37 03/24/1916 Enrique y Campina Granados, composer, dies at 48
    03/24/1918 Theophile Ysaye, composer, dies at 53
    03/24/1921 Deodat de Severac, composer, dies at 48
    03/24/1937 Léopold Courouble, Belgian writer (Pauline Platbrood), dies at 76 03/24/1941 Raf[ael] Verhulst, Flemish writer (Robert & Bertrand), dies at 75 03/24/1945 J S Nicklin, commandant Canada's 1st parachute battalion, dies 03/24/1945 Thomas Rennie, Gen-Maj (Dutch command 51st Highland Division), dies 03/24/1946 Alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies 03/24/1946 Gustaf Heintze, composer, dies at 66
    03/24/1953 Felix M Able, French dominican, dies at 74
    03/24/1953 Mary, queen of Great-Britain/North-Ireland, dies at 85
    03/24/1960 Paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies
    03/24/1964 Peter Lorre, German actor (Maltese Falcon, Raven), dies at 59 03/24/1967 Marc Lavry, composer, dies at 63
    03/24/1968 Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, [Lou de Palingboer], sect leader, dies at 70 03/24/1969 Joseph Kasavubu, president Congo (1960-65), dies at about 55 03/24/1975 Oscar Rasbach, composer, dies at 86
    03/24/1976 Bernard L Montgomery, British general, defeated Rommel, dies at 88 03/24/1976 Nelson Case, TV host (Trash or Treasure), dies at 66
    03/24/1977 Saburo Moroi, composer, dies at 73
    03/24/1978 Brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], author (Ginger Star), dies at 6
    03/24/1978 Leigh Brackett, US, sci-fi writer (Long Tomorrow), dies at 62 03/24/1980 Archbishop Oscar Romero, assassinated saying mass in San Salvador 03/24/1980 Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass 03/24/1982 Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83
    03/24/1984 Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies at 93 of cancer 03/24/1986 Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 6
    03/24/1990 An Wang, computer manufacturer (Wang), dies at 70 of cancer 03/24/1990 Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob & Ray), dies at 71 of kidney failure 03/24/1990 Rene Enrique, actor (Hill St Blues), dies at 56 of pancreatic cancer
    03/24/1993 Erik Andriesse, painter (Skulls/Skeletons), dies at 35
    03/24/1993 John Hersey, pulitzer prize author (Hiroshima), dies
    03/24/1993 Peter Roovers, sculptor/teacher (war monument), dies at 90


    Significant Events:

    03/24/1379 End of Gelderse war victory
    03/24/1629 1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia
    03/24/1664 Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island 03/24/1721 Johann Sebastian Bach opens his Brandenburgse Concerts
    03/24/1734 Willem KH Friso marries princess Anna van Hannover
    03/24/1765 Britain enacts Quartering Act
    03/24/1792 Benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London 03/24/1801 Aleksandr P Romanov becomes emperor of Russia
    03/24/1828 Philadelphia & Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized 03/24/1832 Mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred & feathered in Ohio
    03/24/1848 State of siege proclaimed in Amsterdam
    03/24/1860 Asteroid 58, Concordia, discovered
    03/24/1860 Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF, 89 days out of NY
    03/24/1860 R Luther discovers asteroid #58 Concordia
    03/24/1878 British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost
    03/24/1882 German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB 03/24/1883 1st telephone call between NY & Chicago
    03/24/1887 Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey) 03/24/1890 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge' (BG) 03/24/1894 37 miners killed at Franklin, WA
    03/24/1894 G Bigourdan discovers asteroid #390 Alma
    03/24/1913 Netherlands soccer teams 1st victory over England
    03/24/1920 1st US coast guard air station established, Morehead City, NC 03/24/1924 Greece becomes a republic
    03/24/1925 KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions
    03/24/1926 The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands 03/24/1927 1st Chamber condemns Belgian & Neth's Wielingen Treaty
    03/24/1927 Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie 03/24/1930 1st religious services telecast in US, W2XBS, NYC
    03/24/1931 C O Lampland discovers asteroid #1604 Tombaugh
    03/24/1932 1st US radio broadcast from a moving train, WABC, from Maryland 03/24/1933 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1311 Knopfia
    03/24/1933 Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency
    03/24/1934 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1318 Nerina
    03/24/1934 US declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945 03/24/1935 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1783 Albitskij
    03/24/1936 Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 mins & 30 seconds of 6th perio
    03/24/1936 Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 mins), ends 1-0
    03/24/1937 Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois) 03/24/1941 British troops conquer British Somalia
    03/24/1941 German attack near El Agheila Libya
    03/24/1941 LIU beats Ohio U 56-42 for NIT basketball championship
    03/24/1944 76 officers escape Stalag 3 (Great Escape)
    03/24/1944 In occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians
    03/24/1945 Operation Varsity: British, US & Canadian aircraft land on the Rhine
    03/24/1945 US reaches Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa
    03/24/1952 Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa
    03/24/1955 1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service
    03/24/1955 Tennessee Williams, 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' opens on Broadway 03/24/1958 Elvis Presley inducted into army in Memphis Tenn
    03/24/1959 Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact
    03/24/1962 Benny Paret, KOs in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later 03/24/1962 Cincinnati wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/24/1962 Mick Jagger & Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue & Blue Boys 03/24/1962 Ohio State beats Cincinnati 71-59 for NCAA championship
    03/24/1964 Kennedy half-dollar issued
    03/24/1965 US Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) NE of crater Alphonsus 03/24/1967 U of Mich holds 1st 'Teach-in' after bombing of North Vietnam 03/24/1970 French cartoonist Piët ends 'Sjors & Sjimmie' strip
    03/24/1971 C J Van Houten discovers asteroids #1870 Glaukos, #1871 Astyanax, 03/24/1972 Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland
    03/24/1973 Harley Race beats Dory Funk Jr in Kansas City, to become NWA champ 03/24/1973 SF 49er pres Lou Spadia proposes NFL expand to 30 teams
    03/24/1974 North Carolina State University wins NCAA basketball championship 03/24/1975 Muhammad Ali KOs Chuck Wepner to retain the heavyweight boxing title
    03/24/1976 Argentine Pres Isabel Peron deposed by country's military 03/24/1978 Wings release 'With a Little Luck'
    03/24/1979 Columbia flown on carrier aircraft lands at Kennedy Space Center 03/24/1979 P Wild discovers asteroid #2303 Retsina
    03/24/1980 ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed 'Nightline' 03/24/1980 Denny Crum won his 1st NCAA basketball championship
    03/24/1980 Louisville beats UCLA, 59-54 for NCAA championship
    03/24/1981 'Nightline with Ted Koppel' premieres on ABC
    03/24/1981 Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba
    03/24/1982 US sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia 03/24/1984 Igor Malkov skates world record 10 km (14:21.51)
    03/24/1984 Schöne skates ladies world record 5 km (7:34.52
    03/24/1986 Suriname army capt Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling
    03/24/1986 US & Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra
    03/24/1988 Quarterback Dan Fouts retires
    03/24/1989 Mary Martin in 'Peter Pan,' 1st seen on TV since 1973
    03/24/1989 Worst US oil spill, Exxon's Valdez spills 11.3 mil gallons off Alask
    03/24/1991 Barcelona Dragons beat NY/NJ Knights 19-7 in their 1st WLAF game 03/24/1991 NY Yankees beat NY Mets, 9-3
    03/24/1991 Wrestlemania 7-Hulk Hogan defeats Sgt Slaughter for championship 03/24/1992 1st Belgium in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis
    03/24/1992 Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space
    03/24/1993 Ezer Weizman elected president of Israel
    03/24/1994 F-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in NC, 120 die

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Thu Mar 25 18:00:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/25/1133 Henry II, King of England (1154-89)
    03/25/1252 Konradÿn Hohenstaufen, [Koenrad van Zwaben], son of Konrad IV 03/25/1495 Leonhard Paminger, composer
    03/25/1528 Jacob Andreae, German theologist (Schwäbische Konkordie)
    03/25/1532 Pietro Pontio, composer
    03/25/1594 Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, writer
    03/25/1653 Joseph Sauveur, French physicist
    03/25/1688 Johann Gotthilf Ziegler, composer
    03/25/1699 Johann Adolf Hasse, composer
    03/25/1702 Christian Gottlieb Ziegler, composer
    03/25/1702 Pieter Teyler van de Holly, founder (Teylers Museum, Haarlem Neth) 03/25/1713 Jean-Baptiste Canavas, composer
    03/25/1723 Kaat Mussel [Catharina Mulder], Dutch demonstrater
    03/25/1745 Nicolas Etienne Framery, composer
    03/25/1762 Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer
    03/25/1767 Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15) 03/25/1769 Salvatore Vigano, composer
    03/25/1770 Carl Friedrich Ebers, composer
    03/25/1782 Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), daughter of Napoleon
    03/25/1784 François-Joseph Fétis, Belgian musicology/composer
    03/25/1786 Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist
    03/25/1797 John Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God
    03/25/1800 Paulin Paris, French historian
    03/25/1808 José de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet (Cortes) 03/25/1818 Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 186
    03/25/1820 Xavier FMG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of Defense
    03/25/1823 William Thompson Martin, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 191
    03/25/1839 William Bell Wait, US, educated the blind
    03/25/1867 Arturo Toscanini, Parma Italy, temperamental conductor (NBC) 03/25/1867 Gutzon Borglum, sculptor (Mt Rushmore)
    03/25/1869 Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer
    03/25/1872 Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument in Argentina) 03/25/1873 Rudolf Rocker, German/US anarchist
    03/25/1877 Alphonse de Châteaubriant, French writer (Instantanés aux Pays-Bas) 03/25/1878 Theodore Samuel Holland, composer
    03/25/1879 Otakar Zich, composer
    03/25/1881 Béla Bartók, Hungary, composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra) 03/25/1881 Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/writer (At Assault!)
    03/25/1882 Haydn Wood, composer
    03/25/1892 Andy Clyde, Scotland, actor (George-Real McCoys, Cully-Lassie) 03/25/1893 Edward Hart, (Rep-D-NJ)/1st chairman of Com on Un-American Activitie
    03/25/1894 Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer
    03/25/1899 Bella Spewack, Hungary, playwright (Kiss Me Kate)
    03/25/1899 Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Race of Men)
    03/25/1901 Ed Begley, Hartford Ct, actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry) 03/25/1902 Sten Broman, composer
    03/25/1903 Frankie Carle, Providence RI, orch leader (Golden Touch)
    03/25/1905 Binnie Barnes, London, actress (Last of the Mohicans, 3 Musketeers) 03/25/1906 Alan J P Taylor, British historian (English history 1914-1915) 03/25/1906 Howard Pyle, (Gov-R-Az, 1951-55)
    03/25/1908 Bridget D'Oyly Carte, British theater & hotel director
    03/25/1908 David Lean, director (Dr Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter)
    03/25/1908 Helmut Käutner, German director (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick) 03/25/1909 Jay Blackton, NYC, conductor/arranger (Guys & Dolls)
    03/25/1910 Mario Peragallo, Italian composer
    03/25/1914 Norman E Borlaug, US agriculture scientist (Nobel 1970)
    03/25/1916 Nikolay Ivanovich Peyko, composer
    03/25/1921 Nancy Kelly, Lowell Mass, actress (Double Exposure, Jesse James) 03/25/1921 Simone Signoret, Weisbaden Germany, (Casque d'Or, Room at the Top) 03/25/1922 Eileen Ford, Modeling agency head
    03/25/1923 Lee Hale, Tacoma Wash, choral director (The Entertainers) 03/25/1923 Wim Van Est, [Locomotief/Pletmolen], cyclist
    03/25/1924 Julia Perry, Lexington Kentucky, composer (Selfish Giant) 03/25/1925 Flannery O'Connor, GA, novelist (A Good Man Is Hard to Find) 03/25/1926 Laszlo Papp, Hungary, Olympic Boxer (Gold-1948, 1952, 1956) 03/25/1927 Leslie Claudius, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56) 03/25/1928 James A Lovell Jr, Cleveland Oh, USN/astr (Gemini 7, 12, Apollo 8, 1
    03/25/1929 Harris W Fawell, (Rep-R-IL, 1985- )
    03/25/1929 Kenneth Haigh, Yorkshire England, actor (Search for the Nile) 03/25/1930 David Russell Burge, composer
    03/25/1931 Bohumil Golián, Czech, volleyball player (Olympic-bronze-1968) 03/25/1934 Gloria Steinem, Toledo Ohio, feminist/publisher (Ms Magazine) 03/25/1934 Johnny Burnette, Memphis, guitarist (Trains Kept A-Rollin, You're 16
    03/25/1938 Hoyt Axton, Duncan Okla, actor (Black Stallion, Junkman, Rousters) 03/25/1940 Anita Bryant, Barnsdall Okla, Miss America candidate/singer/homophob
    03/25/1942 Aretha Franklin, Memphis Tenn, Soul Sister #1/singer (Respect) 03/25/1942 Jacqueline Lichtenberg, US, sci-fi author (Star Trek Lives!, Dreamsp
    03/25/1942 Paul Michael Glaser, Cambridge Mass, actor (Starsky-Starsky & Hutch)
    03/25/1943 Pavel Lednev, USSR, pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1980)
    03/25/1943 Ronald Jeffers, composer
    03/25/1944 Frank Oz, muppetteer (Grover-Sesame Street, Muppet Show)
    03/25/1944 Terry L Bruce, (Rep-D-IL, 1985- )
    03/25/1946 Bonnie Bedelia, [Culkin], NYC, actress (Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel
    03/25/1947 Claudine Schneider, (Rep-R-RI, 1981- )
    03/25/1947 Elton John, [Reginald Kenneth Dwight] England, singer (Rocketman) 03/25/1948 Richard Lundy, horse trainer
    03/25/1949 Nick Lowe, England, rocker (Rockpile-Cruel to be Kind)
    03/25/1953 Mary Gross, Chicago Ill, actress/comedian (SNL, Club Paradise, Feds)
    03/25/1956 Sonia M Lannaman, England, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-bronze-1980) 03/25/1958 María Caridad Colón, Cuba, javelin thrower, (Olympic-gold-1980) 03/25/1959 Vince Guerra, jockey
    03/25/1960 Haywood Nelson, NYC, actor (Haywood-Grady, Dwayne-What's Happening) 03/25/1960 Steve Norman, rocker (Spandau Ballet-True)
    03/25/1964 Alex Solls, jockey
    03/25/1965 Sarah Jessica Parker, Nelsonville Oh, actress (Square Pegs, LA Story
    03/25/1965 Sean 'Hollywood' Hamilton, DJ (Hangin' With Hollywood, Z-100) 03/25/1966 Jeff Healey, Canada, blind pop guitarist (See the Light)
    03/25/1967 Debi Thomas, US, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1988)
    03/25/197- Lark Voorhies, actress (Wendy-Days of Our Lives)
    03/25/1973 Alexandra Quinn, [Dianne Stewart], XXX actress (Man Bait, Taboo 9) 03/25/1989 Chicken Kentucky, 1st partial birth in space (chicken)
    03/25/2184 Pavel Andreivich Chekov, Leningrad, USSR (Star Trek-character)


    Deaths:

    03/25/ 752 Stephen II, Pope, dies, only 2 days after his election (752) 03/25/1223 Afonso II, King of Portugal (1211-23), dies
    03/25/1692 Gerardus L Blasius, Flemish anatomist, dies at about 66
    03/25/1697 Hendrik Casimir II, King of Nassau-Dietzstadhouder, dies
    03/25/1751 Frederik van Hessen Kassel, King of Sweden (1720-51), dies at 74 03/25/1766 Johannes Ritschel, composer, dies at 26
    03/25/1799 Constantin Reindl, composer, dies at 61
    03/25/1823 Coelestin Jungbauer, composer, dies at 75
    03/25/1825 Rutger John Schimmelpenninck, patriot/earl, dies at 63
    03/25/1852 Alexis Garaude, composer, dies at 73
    03/25/1880 Joseph Rummel, composer, dies at 61
    03/25/1909 Ruperto Chapi y Lorente, composer, dies at 57
    03/25/1910 Kálmán Mikszáth, Hungarian author (Szent Péter Esernyöje), dies at 6
    03/25/1918 Claude A Debussy, French composer (Iberia/La mer), dies at 55 in Par
    03/25/1937 John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Bird in hand), dies 03/25/1940 Ion Nonna Otescu, composer, dies at 51
    03/25/1949 Hanns A Rauter, German SS-commandant in Netherland, executed 03/25/1951 Edward Collins, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's), dies 03/25/1956 George Luther Foote, composer, dies at 70
    03/25/1957 Fud Livingston, composer, dies at 50
    03/25/1958 Emerson Whithorne, composer, dies at 73
    03/25/1959 Billy Mayerl, composer, dies at 56
    03/25/1962 Auguste Piccard, Swiss explorer/balloonist dies at 78
    03/25/1963 David Moore, US feather weight boxer, dies at 29
    03/25/1965 Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composer, dies at 72
    03/25/1965 Viola Gregg Liuzzo, US civil rights activist: murder
    03/25/1969 Alan Mowbray, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack), dies at 72
    03/25/1969 Max F Eastman, US critic/essayist (Love & Revolution), dies 03/25/1973 Edward Steichen, pioneer of US photography, dies at 93
    03/25/1975 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arab (1964-75), shot by nephew
    03/25/1979 ... Sykes, British ambassador in The Hague, murdered
    03/25/1979 Anton Heiller, composer, dies at 55
    03/25/1983 Martha Sleeper, actress (Spitfire), dies of a heart attack at 72 03/25/1987 Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF (1965-79), dies at 83
    03/25/1992 Nancy Walker, actress (Ida Morgenstern-Rhoda), dies at 69 of cancer 03/25/1992 Noémie Perugia, French mezzo soprano, dies
    03/25/1994 Michel R Vassallucci, French/Neth publisher (Arena), dies at 32


    Significant Events:

    03/25/ 1 Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word
    03/25/ 31 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus
    03/25/ 421 Friday 12 hour (Venice asylum) (legend)
    03/25/ 708 Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    03/25/ 752 Stephen ends his reign as Catholic Pope (or 26th)
    03/25/1409 Council of Pisa opens
    03/25/1598 Cornelis de Houtmans fleet departs East-Indies
    03/25/1634 Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland
    03/25/1655 Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satelite) 03/25/1668 1st horse race in America takes place
    03/25/1669 Mount Etna, Sicily destroys Nicolosi & takes 20,000 lives 03/25/1776 Continental Congress authorizes a medal for Gen Washington 03/25/1807 British Parliament abolishes slave trade
    03/25/1813 1st US flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex 03/25/1814 Netherlands Bank established
    03/25/1820 Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack
    03/25/1821 Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day)
    03/25/1847 Pope Pius IX encyclical 'On aid for Ireland'
    03/25/1856 A E Burnside patents Burnside carbine
    03/25/1857 Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse
    03/25/1863 Skirmish at Brentwood Tennessee
    03/25/1864 Battle of Paducah, KY (Forrest's raid)
    03/25/1865 Battle of Bluff Spring, FL
    03/25/1865 Battle of Fort Stedman, VA - in front of Petersburg
    03/25/1865 Battle of Mobile, AL (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely) 03/25/1865 SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire & sinks, killing 400 03/25/1888 Socialist leader Domela Nieuwenhuis elected to Dutch 2nd chamber 03/25/1894 Coxey's Army of the unemployed sets out from Massillon, O for Wash 03/25/1895 Italian troops move into Abyssinia
    03/25/1896 Modern Olympics begin in Athens (4/6 New Style)
    03/25/1898 Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in NYC
    03/25/1900 US Socialist Party formed at Indianapolis
    03/25/1901 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown Iowa 03/25/1905 Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South 03/25/1911 L.D. Swamikannu publishes 'Manual of Indian Chronology' in Bombay 03/25/1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches fire 145 die, all but 13 girls 03/25/1913 Great Dayton Flood
    03/25/1913 Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (NYC)
    03/25/1915 1st submarine disaster; US F-4 sinks off Hawaii, 21 lives lost 03/25/1915 German U boat torpedoes Neth merchant ship Medea
    03/25/1916 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #824 Anastasia
    03/25/1916 Heavyweight Jess Willard & Franc Moran fight to no decision in NYC 03/25/1916 Women are allowed to attend a boxing match
    03/25/1920 Greek Independence Day
    03/25/1923 British govt grants Trans-Jordan autonomy
    03/25/1924 Greek parliament selects admiral Paul Koundouriótis as premier 03/25/1924 Mont Canadiens sweep Calgary Tigers in 2 for Stanley Cup (2nd of 192
    03/25/1931 Scottsboro Boys (accused of raping a white woman) arrested in Alabam
    03/25/1933 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1587 Kahrstedt
    03/25/1934 Horton Smith win 1st Master's golf championship
    03/25/1935 M Laugier discovers asteroid #2677
    03/25/1936 200' mirror blank leaves for California to be ground
    03/25/1936 Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in NHL longest game (2h56m30
    03/25/1937 It's revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads 03/25/1937 Italy & Yugoslavia sign no-attack treaty (Pact of Belgrade) 03/25/1937 Lionel Conacher misses on 1st Stanley Cup penalty shot
    03/25/1937 Wash Daily News is 1st US newspaper with perfumed advertising page 03/25/1938 1st US bred horse (Battleship) to win Grand National Steeplechase 03/25/1941 Carolina Paprika Mills, Dillon, SC, incorporated
    03/25/1943 Artsen strike against obligatory report to Artsen chamber 03/25/1944 Germany troop executes 335 residents of Rome
    03/25/1945 US 1st army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen
    03/25/1945 US 4th Pantzer div arrives at Hanau & Aschaffenburg
    03/25/1945 US Northern Tractor Flotilla departs to Okinawa
    03/25/1947 Agreement of Linggadjati signed in Batavia
    03/25/1947 Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Ill, claims 111 lives
    03/25/1947 Holy Cross wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/25/1949 SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied
    03/25/1951 E Purcell & EM Ewen detect 21-cm radiation at Harvard physics lab 03/25/1954 Pope Pius XII encyclical 'On consecrated virginity'
    03/25/1954 RCA manufactures 1st color TV set
    03/25/1955 E Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, USSR 03/25/1957 NBA modifies the free-throw rule
    03/25/1957 Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community (Common Mkt) 03/25/1958 West German Bondsdag desires German atomic weapons
    03/25/1959 French pres De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary
    03/25/1960 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut) 03/25/1960 DH Lawrence' 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' ruled not obscene (NYC) 03/25/1960 Italian govt Tambroni forms
    03/25/1961 Cincinatti wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/25/1961 Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona
    03/25/1961 Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km) 03/25/1961 Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered 03/25/1962 French OAS-leader ex-general Jouhaud arrested
    03/25/1963 KWHY TV channel 22 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting 03/25/1964 Britain sets memorial for the late Pres John F Kennedy
    03/25/1964 Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64)
    03/25/1965 Martin Luther King Jr led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Al 03/25/1965 West German Bondsdag extends war crimes retribution
    03/25/1966 US Supreme court rules 'poll tax' unconstitutional
    03/25/1967 The Turtle's 'Happy Together' goes #1
    03/25/1967 UCLA wins its 3rd national basketball championship in 4 years 03/25/1967 Who & Cream make US debut at Murray the K's Easter Show
    03/25/1968 KLVX TV channel 10 in Las Vegas, NV (PBS) begins broadcasting 03/25/1969 Andes Pact signed in Peru
    03/25/1969 John & Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam)
    03/25/1969 Pakistan Gen Agha Mohammed Jagja Khan succeeds Ayub Chan as pres 03/25/1969 Train crash in La Louvière Belgium kills 14
    03/25/1970 Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH) 03/25/1971 Boston Patriots become New England Patriots
    03/25/1971 C J Van Houten discovers asteroid #1873 Agenor
    03/25/1971 European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers 03/25/1972 Bobby Hull becomes the 2nd NHLer to score 600 goals
    03/25/1972 UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title
    03/25/1974 Barbra Striesand records the album 'Butterfly'
    03/25/1976 Argentine milt junta bans leftmost political parties
    03/25/1982 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season 03/25/1983 Christa Rothenburger skates world record 500 m ladies (39.69 sec) 03/25/1983 Pavel Pegov skates world record 1000m (1:12.58)
    03/25/1985 Edwin Meese III becomes US Attorney General
    03/25/1986 Brian Boitano (US) wins his 2nd world figure skating title 03/25/1986 Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes 1st skater to land a quadruple jump 03/25/1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-206
    03/25/1988 Robin Givens demands full access to husband Mike Tyson's money 03/25/1991 63rd Academy Awards - Dances with Wolves wins 7 Oscars
    03/25/1992 British scientists find new largest perfect # (2 756839 -1 * 2 75683
    03/25/1992 Russian manned space craft TM-14, lands
    03/25/1994 Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3 km (4:09.32)
    03/25/1994 Yasunori Miyabe skates world record 1000 m (1:12.37)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Fri Mar 26 18:00:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/26/1516 Konrad von Gesner, Zürich Switz, naturalist (Bibliotheca Universalis
    03/26/1671 Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer
    03/26/1684 Johann Graf, composer
    03/26/1717 Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer
    03/26/1758 Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer
    03/26/1773 Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant)
    03/26/1783 Johann Baptist Weigl, composer
    03/26/1806 Josef Slavik, composer
    03/26/1813 Thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879 03/26/1817 Herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 03/26/1819 Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer
    03/26/1819 Louise Otto, Germany, author/feminist
    03/26/1827 Emanuel Kania, composer
    03/26/1830 Eliza Laurillard, vicar/poet/writer
    03/26/1830 John Rogers Thomas, composer
    03/26/1833 Betsy Perk, [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist
    03/26/1840 Carli Zoeller, composer
    03/26/1850 Edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward)
    03/26/1854 Braulio Dueno Colon, composer
    03/26/1859 A E Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad)
    03/26/1859 Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer
    03/26/1862 George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer
    03/26/1868 Foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36)
    03/26/1871 Serafín Alvarez Quintéro, Spanish dramatist/playwright (El Flechazo)
    03/26/1874 Oskar Nedbal, composer
    03/26/1874 Robert Frost, SF, poet (Mending Wall, Road Not Taken)
    03/26/1875 Syngman Rhee, pres of South Korea (1948-60)
    03/26/1880 Duncan Hines, US, restaurant guide writer (Out of Kentucky Kitchens)
    03/26/1884 Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein 1905)
    03/26/1885 Julius Harrison, composer
    03/26/1885 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer
    03/26/1888 Elsa Brändström, [Angel of Siberia], Swedish philanthropist 03/26/1888 Sigurd Erixon, Swedish etnologist (Atlas över Svensk Folk culture) 03/26/1889 Vaclav Kapral, composer
    03/26/1890 Jozef Arras, Flemish writer
    03/26/1893 Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Party of Italy)
    03/26/1896 Richard Flury, composer
    03/26/1897 Jean Epstein, French director (Sa tête/Eau vive)
    03/26/1898 Renzo Massarani, composer
    03/26/1899 James B Connant, chemist/college president (Yale)
    03/26/1899 William Baines, composer
    03/26/1900 Isadore Freed, composer
    03/26/1904 Hermann Schroeder, composer
    03/26/1904 Joseph Campbell, mythologist (Mythic Image)
    03/26/1905 Pablo Garrido, composer
    03/26/1907 Leigh Harline, composer
    03/26/1907 Louis Saguer, composer
    03/26/1908 Betty MacDonald, [Anne E Campbell Bard], US writer (Egg & I) 03/26/1908 Hank Sylvern, Bkln NY, orch leader (Jane Froman's USA Canteen) 03/26/1908 Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling, Essen Germany, tennis star (French 1935) 03/26/1908 Kenneth Mellanby, entomologist
    03/26/1909 Chris[tiaan R] Reumer, opera singer
    03/26/1911 Tennessee Williams, Columbus Miss, playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    03/26/1914 William Westmoreland, army general (Vietnam era)
    03/26/1916 Christian B Anfinsen, US chemist (cell physiology, Nobel 1972) 03/26/1916 Vic Schoen, Bkln NY, orch leader (Patti Page Olds Show)
    03/26/1917 Jean Graham Hall, circuit court judge in England
    03/26/1917 Rufus Thomas, Miss, singer (Walking the Dog)
    03/26/1919 Sterling Hayden, NJ, actor (Dr Strangelove, Asphalt Jungle, Cobra) 03/26/1919 Strother Martin, Kokomo Ind, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Slapshot) 03/26/1920 George E Brown Jr, (Rep-D-CA, 1963-71, 73- )
    03/26/1922 William Milliken, actor (Drive-in)
    03/26/1923 Clifton Williams, Traskwood Arkansas, band master (Sinfonians) 03/26/1923 Elizabeth Jane Howard, British novelist (After Julius)
    03/26/1924 Bob Elliot, Boston Mass, comedian (Bob & Ray, Get a Life) 03/26/1925 Alec McCowen, England, actress (Frenzy, Hanover Street, Stevie) 03/26/1925 Claudio Spies, composer
    03/26/1925 Lord Graham of Edmonton, House of Lords (chief opposition whip) 03/26/1925 Lord Hooson QC, crown court recorder
    03/26/1925 Pierre Boulez, Montbrison France, composer/conductor (Visage Nuptial
    03/26/1926 Ann Curtis, US, 400m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1948) 03/26/1930 Cristobal Halffter, composer
    03/26/1930 Gregory Corso, beat poet (Happy Birthday of Death, Long Live Man) 03/26/1930 Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman Supreme Court Justice (1981- ) 03/26/1931 Leonard Nimoy, Boston, actor (Spock-Star Trek, Mission Impossible) 03/26/1934 Alan Arkin, actor (Catch 22, In-Laws, Simon, Wait Until Dark) 03/26/1934 Gino Cappelletti, ORFU, AFL running back (AFL Player of Year 1964) 03/26/1936 Erich Urbanner, composer
    03/26/1937 Barbara Pearl Jones, Chic Ill, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1952, 60
    03/26/1937 Wayne Embry, holder of seven basketball records at Miami of Ohio 03/26/1939 James Caan, actor (Brian's Song, Killer Elite, Godfather) 03/26/1939 Phillip R Allen, Pitts, actor (Harry-Hardy Boys Mystery, Mitch-Alice
    03/26/1940 Nancy Pelosi, (Rep-D-California)
    03/26/1940 Rod Lauren, rocker (If I Had a Girl)
    03/26/1940 Servaes [J S] Huys, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)
    03/26/1942 Erica Jong, NYC, author (Fear of Flying)
    03/26/1943 Robert Woodward, investigative reporter (Watergate, CIA crimes) 03/26/1944 Diana Ross, Detroit Mich, (Supremes, Lady Sings the Blues, Mahogany)
    03/26/1945 Mikhail Voronin, USSR, horse vault gymnist (Olympic-gold-1968) 03/26/1946 Johnny Crawford, LA Calif, actor (Mark-The Rifleman)
    03/26/1947 Carmen Krolis, Suriname/Neth singer
    03/26/1948 Kyung-Wha Chung, Seoul Korea, violinist (Chung Sisters)
    03/26/1948 Steven Tyler, NYC, rock vocalist (Aerosmith-Janie Got a Gun) 03/26/1949 Vicki Lawrence, Inglewood Ca, actress (Carol Burnette, Mama's Family
    03/26/1950 Ernest Thomas, Gary Ind, actor (Roger-What's Happening!!) 03/26/1950 Graham Barlow, cricketer
    03/26/1950 Martin Short, Hamilton Ontario, comedian (SNL, SCTV, 3 Amigos) 03/26/1950 Ronnie McDowell, Fountain Head Tn, country singer (King is Gone) 03/26/1950 Teddy Pendergrass, Phila, singer (Turn Off the Lights)
    03/26/1950 Tony Papenfuss, Minneapolis Minn, (Daryl-Newhart)
    03/26/1951 Richard B Shull, US actor (Hail to the Chief, Big Bus)
    03/26/1953 Michael Bonagura, Newark NJ, country singer (Baille & Boys-Oh Heart)
    03/26/1955 Dean Dillon, Lake City TN, country singer (Chair)
    03/26/1956 Charly McClain, Jackson Tn, country singer (Radio Heart)
    03/26/1956 Tatyana Kochergina, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 03/26/1957 Leeza Gibbons, SC, TV host (Entertainment Tonight)
    03/26/1960 Billy Warlock, Hawthorne Calif, actor (Flip-Happy Days, Baywatch) 03/26/1960 Marcus Allen, NFL footballer (LA Raiders)
    03/26/1960 Michael Evans, Fontana CA, US water polo player (Olympic-silver-88) 03/26/1962 John Stocton, Spokane Wa, basketball player (Ut Jazz/Olympic-gold-92
    03/26/1962 Richard Coles, rocker (Communards-Don't Leave Me This Way) 03/26/1962 Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut
    03/26/1963 Paul De Lion, TV host (Cry of the Lion)
    03/26/1963 Rebecca Twigg, Seattle Wash, 79K cyclist (Olympic-silver-1984) 03/26/1963 Susan Sulley, rocker (Human League-Human)
    03/26/1969 Beth Howell, Clinton Mississippi, Miss Mississippi-America (1991) 03/26/1970 Evan Richards, LA Calif, actor (Frankie-Mama Malone)
    03/26/1979 Heidi Zeigler, actress (Sherry-Just the 10 of Us)
    03/26/1986 Jessica McClure, baby trapped in Texas well in 1988
    03/26/2228 James T Kirk, science fiction captain of USS Enterprise (Star Trek)


    Deaths:

    03/26/ 809 Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Münster/saint, dies at about 66 03/26/1258 Floris, the Guardian, son of count Floris IV, dies
    03/26/1350 Alfonso XI, King of Castilië & León, dies
    03/26/1638 Palamedes 'Stevens' Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30 03/26/1657 Jacob van Eyck, blindly flautist, dies at 69
    03/26/1713 Pal Esterhazy, composer, dies at 77
    03/26/1726 John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies 03/26/1736 Georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49
    03/26/1809 Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 69
    03/26/1820 Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71
    03/26/1827 Ludwig von Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56 03/26/1831 Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71
    03/26/1837 Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 54
    03/26/1871 François-Joseph Fétis, Belgian composer, dies at 87
    03/26/1880 Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62
    03/26/1892 Anton Wallerstein, composer, dies at 78
    03/26/1892 Walt Whitman, poet, dies in Camden, NJ
    03/26/1900 Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80 03/26/1902 Cecil Rhodes, conqueror (Rhodesia), dies
    03/26/1909 Nikolai Arkas, composer, dies at 56
    03/26/1918 Cesar Cui, composer, dies at 83
    03/26/1923 Sarah Bernhardt, [Henriette R Bernard], actress (Qn Elizabeth), dies
    03/26/1924 Augusto de Oliviera Machado, composer, dies at 78
    03/26/1926 Georges Vezina, NHL hall of fame goalie, dies
    03/26/1926 Konstantin Fehrenbach, German reichs chancellor (1920-21), dies 03/26/1932 Jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25
    03/26/1945 David Lloyd George, British politician, dies
    03/26/1953 Albert Spalding, composer, dies at 64
    03/26/1956 Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70
    03/26/1957 Max Ophüls, [Maximilian Oppenheimer], German/French director, dies 03/26/1959 Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies 03/26/1962 Marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at 64
    03/26/1969 Bruno Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies
    03/26/1969 Günther Weisenborn, German/Agrgentine writer (That's Illeagal), dies
    03/26/1973 George Sisler, hall of famer 1st baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at 80
    03/26/1973 Noel Coward, actor (Surprise Package, Boom), dies at 73
    03/26/1973 Safford Cape, composer, dies at 67
    03/26/1975 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered 03/26/1979 Jean Stafford, US author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63
    03/26/1982 Henriëtte [AgaHM] de Beaufort, writer (Dolly of Arnhem), dies 03/26/1983 Anthony F Blunt, British art historian/spy for USSR, dies 03/26/1986 Bartlett Robinson, actor (Wendy & Me, Mona McCluskey), dies at 73 03/26/1987 Walter Abel, actor (Suspicion), dies at 88
    03/26/1990 Roy 'Halston' Frowick, fashion designer, dies of AIDs at 68 03/26/1991 Frans Dohmen, Dutch union leader (Neth Catholic Mine Workers), dies 03/26/1993 Luis Falco, Us choreographer (Fame, Angel Heart), dies at 50 03/26/1994 Constantine Koukouchkine, Russ diplomat murdered in Algeria at 41 03/26/1994 John Bor, violinist/painter, dies at 83


    Significant Events:

    03/26/ 752 Stephen II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    03/26/1027 John XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier roman catholics-German emperor 03/26/1147 Jewish community in Cologne fast to commerate anti-Jewish violence 03/26/1636 University of Utrecht opening ceremony
    03/26/1668 Bombay, India transferred to England
    03/26/1692 King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands 03/26/1790 Congress allows naturalization of alien free white persons 03/26/1793 Pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France
    03/26/1799 Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine
    03/26/1804 Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana 03/26/1804 Territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase
    03/26/1812 Earthquake hits Caracas; about 20,000 die
    03/26/1845 Joseph Francis, NYC, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat 03/26/1845 Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid 03/26/1859 1st sighting of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury 03/26/1862 Battle of La Glorieta Pass, NM Terr (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch) 03/26/1863 Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves 03/26/1871 Paris Commune founded
    03/26/1872 Largest Calif quake (100-mile line)
    03/26/1872 Thomas J Martin awarded patent for fire extinguisher
    03/26/1878 Hastings College of Law founded
    03/26/1885 Eastman Film Co manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film 03/26/1885 Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Sask 03/26/1895 King Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid, starts Spain's Arbor Day
    03/26/1900 1st edition The (Free) People
    03/26/1903 American Hotel opens in Amsterdam
    03/26/1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #561 Ingwelde
    03/26/1910 US forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers & the sick 03/26/1910 William H Lewis appointed asst attorney general of US
    03/26/1913 Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the 1st Balkan War
    03/26/1915 Vancouver Millionaires sweep Ottawa Senators in 3 for Stanley Cup 03/26/1916 Birdman of Alcatraz receives solitary
    03/26/1917 Seat Metropolitans beat Mont Canadiens 3 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 03/26/1923 Ottawa Senators beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 03/26/1926 ACD de Graeff appointed gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies
    03/26/1927 Alfred Hugenberg purchases German film company UFA
    03/26/1930 Congress appropriates $50,000 for Inter-American highway
    03/26/1931 Iraq & Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty
    03/26/1931 Leo Bentley bowls 3 consecutive perfect games in Lorain, Ohio 03/26/1931 New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies
    03/26/1934 Driving tests introduced in Britain
    03/26/1935 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1548 Palomaa
    03/26/1936 200' telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, NY-Cal Tech 03/26/1936 Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska
    03/26/1937 Spinach growers of Crystal City, Tx, erect statue of Popeye 03/26/1937 William H Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands) 03/26/1942 1st 'Eichmann transport' to Auschwitz & Birkenau Camps
    03/26/1942 20 tons of gelignite in a stone quarry at Easton Pa, kills 21 03/26/1942 German offensive in North-Africa under Col-general Garbage 03/26/1943 1st woman to recieve air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott) 03/26/1943 Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean
    03/26/1945 British premier Churchill looks out at the Rhine
    03/26/1945 De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34 03/26/1945 Kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto
    03/26/1945 US 7th Army strikes Worms on the Rhine
    03/26/1949 Kentucky wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/26/1951 USAF flag approved
    03/26/1953 Dr Jonas Salk announces new vaccine against polio
    03/26/1953 Kansas wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/26/1953 Salk Polio vaccine announced
    03/26/1955 'Ballad of Davy Crockett,' becomes the #1 record in US
    03/26/1958 Army launches 3rd successful US satellite, Explorer III
    03/26/1960 Iraq sentences 30 to death after attack on Pres Kassem
    03/26/1962 Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state leg
    03/26/1967 Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Populorum progressio
    03/26/1969 Nuclear reactor Dodewaard goes into use
    03/26/1969 Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched
    03/26/1970 500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945
    03/26/1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark
    03/26/1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence
    03/26/1972 LA Lakers set NBA record of 69 wins in a season (69-13)
    03/26/1973 Soap 'Young & Restless' premieres
    03/26/1973 UCLA wins their 7th straight NCAA basketball title
    03/26/1974 Romanian communist party names party leader Ceausescu president 03/26/1976 Wings release 'Wings at the Speed of Sound' album
    03/26/1977 Elvis Costello releases his 1st record 'Less Than Zero'
    03/26/1979 Camp David peace treaty between Israel & Egypt
    03/26/1980 Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10 years (The Police) 03/26/1981 Police & Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia 03/26/1982 Ground-breaking in Washington, DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial 03/26/1982 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder release 'Ebony & Ivory' in the UK 03/26/1982 Soap opera 'Capitol' premieres
    03/26/1985 57th Academy Awards, Amadeus wins 8
    03/26/1986 Geffen records signs Guns & Roses
    03/26/1987 NASA launches Fltsatcom-6, it failed to reach orbit
    03/26/1989 1st free elections in USSR; 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins 03/26/1991 63rd Academy Awards: Kathy Bates, Jeremy Irons & Dance with Wolves 03/26/1991 Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street & Lexington Ave, NYC 03/26/1991 Orlando Thunder beats San Antonio Riders in their 1st WLAF game 35-3
    03/26/1992 Mike Tyson is sentenced to 10 years for rape
    03/26/1992 NHL NY Rangers clinch 1st NHL regular season championship in 50 year
    03/26/1993 Daytime Emmy Awards
    03/26/1994 Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 m ladies (38.99 sec) 03/26/1994 Gunda Niemann skates un-official world record 10 km ladies (14:22.60
    03/26/1994 Gunda Niemann skates world record 5 km ladies (7:03.26)
    03/26/1994 Picture released showing 1st moon of an Asteroid (Ida)
    03/26/1994 Yuka Sato of Japan wins world figure skating championship in Tokyo

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/27/1416 Antonio Squarcialupi, composer
    03/27/1554 Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer
    03/27/1702 Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer
    03/27/1710 Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer
    03/27/1746 Augustin Ullinger, composer
    03/27/1746 Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney
    03/27/1757 Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer
    03/27/1760 Ishmail Spicer, composer
    03/27/1772 Giovanni Liverati, composer
    03/27/1785 Louis XVII, pretender to the throne during the French Revolution 03/27/1797 Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French writer (Moïse Chatterton) 03/27/1813 Nathaniel Currier, lithographer (Currier & Ives)
    03/27/1816 George Elvey, composer
    03/27/1818 Jakob Axel Josephson, composer
    03/27/1823 Samuel Kosciusko Zook, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 03/27/1844 Alophus Washington Greely, US, Arctic explorer
    03/27/1845 Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen, Germany, discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901) 03/27/1847 Otto Wallach, Germany, chemist (Nobel 1910)
    03/27/1851 Paul Vincent d' Indy, composer
    03/27/1851 Ruperto Chapi y Lorente, composer
    03/27/1851 Vincent d'Indy, Paris France, dandy composer (Symphonie Cévenole) 03/27/1854 Edgar Tinel, Flemish composer (Le Chant Grégorien)
    03/27/1858 Peter Christian Lutkin, composer
    03/27/1863 Henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce)
    03/27/1867 Edyth Walker, US singer
    03/27/1871 Heinrich Mann, Germany, novelist/essayist (Blue Angel); bros of Thom
    03/27/1871 Peter JM Aalberse, 2nd member of parliament/minister of Labor 03/27/1879 Edward Steichen, pioneered American photography
    03/27/1883 Jan Kunc, composer
    03/27/1886 Ludwig Mies Van de Rohe, German/US architect (Bauhaus)
    03/27/1889 Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu, Turkish writer/diplomat
    03/27/1892 Ferde (Ferdinand Rudolf von) Grofé, NY, composer
    03/27/1893 Dragoljub 'Draza' Mihailovic, Yugoslavian general/nazi collaborator 03/27/1897 Carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist
    03/27/1899 Gloria Swanson, actress (Sadie Thomson, Queen Kelly)
    03/27/1901 Albert Henneberg, composer
    03/27/1901 Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (SPD)
    03/27/1901 Sato Eisaku, (Lib) Japanese PM (1964-72) (Nobel 1974)
    03/27/1903 Walt Kiesling, NFL guard/coach (HOF)
    03/27/1907 Mary Treen, St Louis Mo, actress (Emily-Willy)
    03/27/1908 Jacques [Izaäk] den Haan, writer (Dangerous Book)
    03/27/1909 Ben[jamin F] Webster, US tenor saxophonist
    03/27/1909 Golo Mann, [Gottfried], German historian (Of Anti semitism) 03/27/1910 Rudi Ball, Germany, Jewish ice hockey star (Olympic-bronze-1932) 03/27/1912 James Callaghan, (L) British PM (1976-79)
    03/27/1912 Reuel Lahmer, composer
    03/27/1912 Robert Watson Hughes, composer
    03/27/1913 Godfrey Turner, composer
    03/27/1914 Budd Schulberg, author (On the Waterfront)
    03/27/1914 Richard Denning, Poughkeepsie NY, actor (Steve-Karen, Hawaii Five-0)
    03/27/1914 Snooky Lanson, Memphis Tn, singer (Your Hit Parade, 5 Star Jubilee) 03/27/1917 Cyrus R Vance, US Secretary of State (1977-80)
    03/27/1917 Harry West, Unionist party leader (Unionist)
    03/27/1919 Julian Amery, conservatie minister
    03/27/1919 Simon van Collem, journalist/TV host
    03/27/1921 Tom Bevill, (Rep-D-AL, 1967- )
    03/27/1923 Louis Simpson, Jamaican/US poet (Good News of Death)
    03/27/1923 Victor Hochhauser, impresario
    03/27/1924 Harold Nicholas, US actor(?)
    03/27/1924 Sarah L Vaughan, Newark NJ, jazz scat singer (Broken Hearted Melody)
    03/27/1925 Lord Plumb, MEP
    03/27/1925 Robert Cohan, artistic director (Contemporary Dance Trust) 03/27/1926 Louis Blom-Cooper QC, press arbiter
    03/27/1927 Anthony Lewis, newspaper columnist (NY Times)
    03/27/1927 Lord Fanshawe, MP
    03/27/1927 Mstislav Rostropovich, Baku, cellist/teacher (Moscow Conservatory) 03/27/1928 Douglas Applegate, (Rep-D-OH, 1977- )
    03/27/1930 Bob den Uyl, journalist/writer (Birds Look)
    03/27/1930 David Janssen, [Meyer], Naponee Nebraska, actor (Fugitive, Harry O) 03/27/1930 Richard Hayman, Cambridge Mass, orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show) 03/27/1930 Stephen Joshua Sondheim, composer
    03/27/1931 Yoriaki Matsudaira, composer
    03/27/1933 Geoffrey Parker, high master (Manchestrer Grammar School) 03/27/1934 Arthur Mitchell, choreographer (Dance Theater of Harlem)
    03/27/1934 David Hancock, secretary (British Dept of Education & Science) 03/27/1935 Julian Glover, London England, actor (QED, Heat & Dust, Mandela) 03/27/1936 Jerry Lacy, Sioux City Iowa, actor (Play it Again Sam)
    03/27/1936 Malcolm Goldstein, composer
    03/27/1937 Johnny 'Clyde' Copeland, US blues guitarist/singer (Lion) 03/27/1939 Jay C Kim, (Rep-R-California)
    03/27/1939 Ruth Ashton, general secretary (Royal College of Midwives) 03/27/1940 Cale Yarborough, auto racer (Won Daytona 500 4 times)
    03/27/1941 Charles Pashayan Jr, (Rep-R-CA, 1979- )
    03/27/1941 June Wilkinson, Eastbourne England, actress (Pajama Tops) 03/27/1941 Liese Prokop, Austria, pentathlete (Olympic-silver-1968)
    03/27/1942 Michael York, actor (Cabaret, Logan's Run, 3 Musketeers)
    03/27/1942 Raymond J McGrath, (Rep-R-NY, 1981- )
    03/27/1943 Bob Carr, (Rep-D-MI, 1975-81, 83- )
    03/27/1943 M Robert Carr, (Rep-D-Michigan)
    03/27/1946 Carl Weintraub, actor (Harry-Executive Suite)
    03/27/1947 Tom Sullivan, blind actor (If You Could See What I Hear)
    03/27/1950 Maria Ewing, opera singer
    03/27/1950 Tony Banks, rock keyboardist (Genesis-Against All Odds)
    03/27/1952 Chick Vennera, Herkimer NY, actor (High Risk, Milagro Beanfield War)
    03/27/1952 Maria Schneider, Paris, actress (Last Tango in Paris, Crime of Honor
    03/27/1953 Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1980) 03/27/1953 Pamela Roylance, Seattle Wash, actress (Sarah-Little House on Prairi
    03/27/1956 Brian Kelly, CFL wide receiver (Edmonton Eskimos)
    03/27/1956 Thomas Wassberg, Sweden, 15K/50K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1980)
    03/27/1957 Billy MacKenzie, rock vocalist (The Associates-Affectionate Punch) 03/27/1957 Duncan Goodhew, England, 100m breast stroke swimmer (Oly-Gold-1980) 03/27/1958 Susan Molinari, (Rep-R-New York)
    03/27/1959 Andy Farriss, Australian rock keyboardist (INXS-Original Sin) 03/27/1960 Jennifer Grey, actress (Dirty Dancing); Joel Grey's daughter 03/27/1961 Clark Datchler, vocalist (Johnny Hates Jazz-Don't Say it's Love) 03/27/1963 Randall Cunningham, NFL QB (Phila Eagles)
    03/27/1963 Xuxa, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, singer/actress (Xuxamania)
    03/27/1966 Kate Donahoo, Las Vegas NV, US judoka (Olympic-92)
    03/27/1967 Talisa Soto, [Miriam], Brooklyn NY, actress (Licence to Kill) 03/27/1971 Mariah Carey, NYC, singer (Love Takes Time)
    03/27/1986 Melissa Stern, [Baby M]/[Sara Whitehead], surrogate baby


    Deaths:

    03/27/ 965 Arnulf I, count of Flanders (918-65), dies
    03/27/1211 Sancho I, King of Portugal, dies at 56
    03/27/1378 Gregory XI, [Pierre R the Beaufort], last French Pope (1370-78), die
    03/27/1482 Maria, duchess of Bourgondie/countess of Holland, dies at 25 03/27/1668 Clemens Thieme, composer, dies at 36
    03/27/1679 Abraham Mignon, still life painter, dies at 38
    03/27/1701 Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, earl of Tourville/French admiral, dies 03/27/1761 Johann Ludwig Steiner, composer, dies at 72
    03/27/1769 Josef Antonin Gurecky, composer, dies at 60
    03/27/1770 Giovanni B Tiepolo, Italian painter (Banquet of Cleopatra), dies 03/27/1809 Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter/etcher, dies at 92
    03/27/1826 Jakob Haibel, composer, dies at 63
    03/27/1850 Wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53 03/27/1875 Edgar Quinet, French writer/historian (Ahasvérus), dies
    03/27/1878 Dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44
    03/27/1889 Moritz Furstenau, composer, dies at 65
    03/27/1894 Verney L Cameroon, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies
    03/27/1898 Sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80
    03/27/1900 Pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69 03/27/1910 Alexander E Agassiz, US businessman/biologist/geologist, dies 03/27/1910 David Duffle Wood, composer, dies at 72
    03/27/1920 Johan G Dancer, poet (Meetings), dies
    03/27/1922 Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer, dies at 63
    03/27/1924 Walter Parratt, composer, dies at 83
    03/27/1928 Leslie Stuart, composer, dies at 64
    03/27/1938 Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66 03/27/1939 Constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57 03/27/1945 Jørgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42
    03/27/1948 Karel Candael, composer, dies at 64
    03/27/1953 Narciso Garay, composer, dies at 77
    03/27/1960 Ian Whyte, composer, dies at 58
    03/27/1961 Jack Kane, orch leader (Steve & Eydie, Andy William Show), dies at 3
    03/27/1966 Mien Labberton, poetess, dies
    03/27/1968 Yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, & Seryogin, die in plane crash
    03/27/1972 Mauritius C Escher, lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), dies at 73 03/27/1973 Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer, dies at 72
    03/27/1975 Arthur Bliss, English composer/conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83 03/27/1977 Diana Hyland, actress (Peyton Place, 8 is Enough), dies at 41 03/27/1977 Eve Meyer, X actress (Immoral Mr Teas), dies at 46 in a plane crash 03/27/1977 Lodewijk de Vocht, composer, dies at 89
    03/27/1982 Joris Noë, Flemish literary, dies
    03/27/1983 James Hayter, actor (Pickwick Papers, Trio, Great Game), dies at 75 03/27/1983 Janis Ivanovs, composer, dies at 76
    03/27/1986 Cass Canfield, US publisher, dies at 88
    03/27/1987 Lloyd Goodrich, American Arts Museum director, dies at 90 03/27/1988 John van de Weghe, Flemish writer, dies at about 67
    03/27/1991 Aldo Ray, western actor (Battle Cry), dies at 64 of cancer 03/27/1991 Elinor Remick Warren, composer, dies at 91
    03/27/1992 Anita Colby, 1st $100 an hour model, dies at 77 of lung disease 03/27/1992 Anita Colby, US model/actress/author (Pepsi Coke), dies at 77 03/27/1992 Easley Blackwood, expert bridge player, dies at 89
    03/27/1992 James E Webb, head of NASA (1961-68), dies at 84
    03/27/1992 Martin Engelman, cartoonist/painter/graphic artist, dies
    03/27/1993 Carlos Gimenez, director (Theater Festival of Caracas), dies at 47 03/27/1993 Clifford Jordan, tenor saxophonist, dies at 61 of cancer
    03/27/1993 Kate Reid, British actress (Lil-Dallas), dies of cancer at 62 03/27/1993 Wilhelmus MJ Russell, Member of Dutch 1st chamber (KVP/CDA), dies


    Significant Events:

    03/27/1512 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León sights Florida
    03/27/1625 Charles I King of England Scotland & Ireland ascends to throne 03/27/1794 Congress authorizes the president 'to provide a naval armament' (Nav
    03/27/1802 Pallas (asteroid) discovered by Heinrich Olbers
    03/27/1802 Treaty of Amiens-French Revolutionary War ends
    03/27/1807 Vesta (asteroid) discovered by Heinrich Olbers
    03/27/1836 1st Mormon temple dedicated (Kirtland Ohio)
    03/27/1841 1st US steam fire engine tested, NYC
    03/27/1848 John Parker Paynard originates medicated adhesive plaster 03/27/1849 Joseph Couch patents steam-powered percussion rock drill
    03/27/1855 Abraham Gesner patents kerosene
    03/27/1860 M.L. Byrn patents the corkscrew (NY)
    03/27/1861 Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars 03/27/1863 President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting & prayer 03/27/1865 Siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals
    03/27/1866 Pres Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th amend 03/27/1871 1st international rugby game-Scotland 1, England 0
    03/27/1879 Longest championship fight (136 rounds)
    03/27/1884 1st long-distance telephone call, Boston-NY
    03/27/1906 A Kopff discovers asteroid #595 Polyxena
    03/27/1906 M Wolf discovers asteroid #594 Mireille
    03/27/1912 1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Wash DC
    03/27/1916 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #825 Tanina
    03/27/1916 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #850 Altona
    03/27/1917 Seattle Metropolitans, 1st US team to win Stanley Cup beat Canadiens
    03/27/1920 Hermann Müller becomes German chancellor (SPD)
    03/27/1922 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #976 Benjamina
    03/27/1922 J Palisa discovers asteroid #975 Perseverantia
    03/27/1924 Canada recognizes USSR
    03/27/1924 New French govt of Poincaré begins
    03/27/1928 KGB-AM in San Diego CA begins radio transmissions
    03/27/1930 1st US radio broadcast from a ship at sea
    03/27/1933 Farm Credit Administration (US) authorized
    03/27/1933 Japan leaves Leaguew of Nations
    03/27/1936 WOS-AM in Jefferson City Missouri goes off the air
    03/27/1937 Feyenoord-stadium official opens in Rotterdam
    03/27/1937 Pope Pius XI publishes anti-nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge 03/27/1939 University of Oregon wins 1st NCAA basketball championship 03/27/1940 Himmler orders building of Auschwitz concentration camp, at Katowice
    03/27/1941 Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to US for 99 years 03/27/1941 Yugoslavian coup gets rid of pro-German Prince Paul
    03/27/1942 Allies raid German submarine base in St Nazaire
    03/27/1942 Japan forces Java to use 'Tokyo time' 1½ hour forward
    03/27/1942 Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon to retain heavyweight boxing title (NYC) 03/27/1943 Assassination group-Van der Veen on Amsterdams registers people 03/27/1943 Assassinationattempt on Van de Peat at Amsterdams census bureau 03/27/1943 US begins assault on Fondouk-pass, Tunisia
    03/27/1944 1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp 03/27/1944 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania
    03/27/1944 40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo 03/27/1944 Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno 03/27/1945 British premier Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine 03/27/1945 DePaul beats Bowling Green for NIT title
    03/27/1945 Gen Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken 03/27/1945 Iwo Jima captured
    03/27/1945 Okla beats NYU for NCAA basketball championship
    03/27/1945 US 20th Army corps captures Wiesbaden
    03/27/1950 Netherlands recognizes People's Republic of China
    03/27/1950 WHAS TV channel 11 in Louisville, KY (CBS) begins broadcasting 03/27/1951 Kentucky beats Kansas for NCAA basketball championship
    03/27/1952 Failed assassination attempt of German Chancellor Adenauer 03/27/1952 Sun Records of Memphis begins relasing records
    03/27/1953 21 die in a train crash in Conneaut Ohio
    03/27/1955 WPRI TV channel 12 in Providence, RI (ABC) begins broadcasting 03/27/1956 French commandos land in Algeria
    03/27/1956 US seizes US communistic newspaper 'Daily Worker'
    03/27/1958 Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier & 1st sect of Communist Par
    03/27/1961 Belgium govt of Eyskens resigns
    03/27/1961 Failed assassination attempts on King Saif al-Islam Achmad of Yemen 03/27/1962 Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic schoo
    03/27/1962 Jacques Plante ties record winning 6th NHL Vezina trophy
    03/27/1964 1st true Pirate Radio station, Radio Caroline (England)
    03/27/1964 Earthquake strikes Alaska, 8.4 on Richter scale, 118 die
    03/27/1964 UN-troops arrives on Cyprus
    03/27/1966 Anit Vietnam war demonstrations in US, Europe & Australia 03/27/1968 Japanese Trade & Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in SF 03/27/1968 Suharto succeeds Sukarno as president of Indonesia
    03/27/1969 Black Academy of Arts & Letters forms in Boston
    03/27/1969 Launch of Mariner 7, flies 2,190-mi above southern Mars
    03/27/1970 Ringo releases his 1st solo album 'Sentimental Journey'
    03/27/1971 UCLA wins their 5th consecutive NCAA basketball title
    03/27/1972 Venera 8 launched to Venus
    03/27/1973 Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) stopped for speeding & LSD possession 03/27/1973 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #2562
    03/27/1976 Delta States beat Immaculata, 69-64, for AIWA basketball title 03/27/1977 583 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747 crash on Tenerif
    03/27/1978 Kentucky beats Duke for NCAA basketball championship
    03/27/1978 Rutles 'All You Need is Cash' is shown on British TV
    03/27/1979 Supreme Court rules, 8-1, cops can't randomly stop cars
    03/27/1980 Mount St Helens becomes active after 123 years
    03/27/1981 John Lennon releases 'Watching the Wheels' in UK
    03/27/1982 Randy Holt sets Wash Cap record of 34 penalty minutes
    03/27/1983 Larry Holmes decisions Lucien Rodriquez to remain heavyweight champ 03/27/1986 Disney-MGM Studio Tour groundbreaking
    03/27/1987 President Habrés troops reconquer Faya Largeau Chad
    03/27/1989 1st half-black soap opera, 'Generations,' premieres on NBC-TV 03/27/1990 Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die
    03/27/1991 New Kid Donnie Wahlberg, arrested on arson charges in Kentucky 03/27/1992 Bruce Springsteen releases 'Human Touch' & 'Lucky Town'
    03/27/1994 Church in Piedmont Alabama collapses in tornado, 19 killed 03/27/2134 32nd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Mar 28 18:00:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/28/1468 Charles I, Duke of Savoy
    03/28/1472 Fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter
    03/28/1515 Theresia van Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint 03/28/1592 Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reformer 03/28/1603 Stephan Otto, composer
    03/28/1615 Pieter the Great, regent/diplomat
    03/28/1621 Heinrich Schwemmer, composer
    03/28/1643 Jose Solana, composer
    03/28/1660 Arnold Houbraken, painter/writer
    03/28/1727 Maximilian III Jozef, King of Bayern (1745-77)
    03/28/1729 Pieter Fouquet, art seller (Atlas of Fouquet)
    03/28/1737 Francesco Zannetti, composer
    03/28/1741 Johann Andre, composer
    03/28/1750 Francisco AG de Miranda, Venezuelan freedom fighter
    03/28/1760 Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation) 03/28/1766 Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline)
    03/28/1779 Angelo Maria Benincori, composer
    03/28/1806 Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1861-66) 03/28/1817 Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer
    03/28/1818 Wade Hampton, SC, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1902 03/28/1853 Rudolf Kittel, German theologist (Psalms)
    03/28/1859 Joséphin Péladan, French writer/founder (French Red Cross) 03/28/1862 Aristide Briand, France, 11x premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926) 03/28/1868 Maxim Gorki, [Aleksei Peshikov], Russia, writer (Mother) (3/16 OS) 03/28/1868 Wojciech Gawronski, composer
    03/28/1871 Willem Mengelberg, Utrecht Neth, conductor (NY Philharmonic 1922-30)
    03/28/1872 José Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general (Morocco)
    03/28/1880 Rosina Lhévinne, Kiev Ukraine, pianist/prof (Juiliard Grad School) 03/28/1883 William H Harris, composer
    03/28/1885 Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, composer
    03/28/1886 Jaroslav Novotny, composer
    03/28/1887 Rudolf F W Boskaljon, Curaçao, musician/composer
    03/28/1890 Paul Whiteman, Denver Co, orch leader (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club)
    03/28/1891 Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (S Verlag)
    03/28/1895 Spencer W Kimball, 12th prophet of Mormon church
    03/28/1900 Achille Longo, composer
    03/28/1900 Robert Harris, actor (Big Caper, Laughing Anne)
    03/28/1902 Flora Robson, actress (Dominique is Dead, Years Between)
    03/28/1902 Paul Godwin, [Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violinist
    03/28/1903 Rudolf Serkin, Eger Bohemia, pianist (Marlboro Sch of Music) 03/28/1904 Fosco Giachetti, actor (Wastrel, We the Living)
    03/28/1905 Marlin Perkins, Carthage Mo, TV host (Wild Kingdom)
    03/28/1906 Joseph Wright, Canada, oarsman (Olympic-gold-1928)
    03/28/1909 Nelson Algren, US, novelist (Man with the Golden Arm)
    03/28/1910 Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark
    03/28/1912 A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, UK, sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space
    03/28/1914 Edmund S Muskie, (Sen-D-Me)/US Sec of State (1980)
    03/28/1914 Frank Lovejoy, Bronx NY, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw) 03/28/1919 Jacob Avshalomov, Tsingtao China, composer (Sinfonietta, The Oregon)
    03/28/1920 Dirk Bogarde, England, actor (Death in Venice, Servant)
    03/28/1920 Gene Chappie, (Rep-R-CA, 1981-86)
    03/28/1920 Lord Butterfield
    03/28/1924 Freddie Bartholomew, England, actor (Anna Karenina, David Copperfiel
    03/28/1926 Francis Burt, composer
    03/28/1928 Jose Luis de Delas, composer
    03/28/1928 Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security advisor under Carter 03/28/1930 George Bruce, painter
    03/28/1930 Robert Ashley, composer
    03/28/1932 Sven Oskar Lindqvist, Swedish writer (Myten om Wu Tao-tzu) 03/28/1933 Frank H Murkowski, (Sen-R Alaska)
    03/28/1934 Siegfried Thiele, composer
    03/28/1936 Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru, writer (Aunt Julia)/pres candidate 03/28/1940 Kevin Loughery, NBA star/coach (Balt, Phila)
    03/28/1941 Alf Clausen, Minneapolis Mn, orch leader (Mary, Simpsons) 03/28/1941 Charlie McCoy, Oak Hill WV, harmonica player (Hee Haw)
    03/28/1942 Neil Kinnock, leader of the British opposition (Labour)
    03/28/1942 Samuel Ramey, Colby Kansas, bass (La Scala)
    03/28/1943 Conchata Ferrell, Charleston WV, actress (Deadly Hero, LA Law) 03/28/1944 Ken Howard, El Centro Calif, actor (Ken-White Shadow, Dynasty, 1776)
    03/28/1944 Rick Barry, ABA/NBA forward (NY Nets, Golden State Warriors) 03/28/1945 Chuck Potz, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together)
    03/28/1945 Hans Brunhart, leader of Liechtenstein (1978- )
    03/28/1948 Dianne Wiest, actress (Radio Days, Hannah & Her Sisters, Footloose) 03/28/1948 John Evans, drummer (Blades-A Song for Jeffrey)
    03/28/1948 Wubbo J Ockels, Almelo Netherlands, astronaut (STS 22)
    03/28/1949 Milan Williams, US keyboardist (Commodores-Three Times a Lady) 03/28/1949 Ronnie Ray Smith, 4 X 100m relay runner (Olympic-gold-1968) 03/28/1953 Nydia M Velazquez, (Rep-D-New York, 1993- )
    03/28/1955 Reba McEntire, McAlester Ok, country singer (Can't Even Get the Blue
    03/28/1956 Evelin Jahl, German DR, discus thrower (Olympic-2 gold-1976) 03/28/1957 Harvey Glance, Pheonix City Ala, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976) 03/28/1958 Bart Wayne Conner, Chicago Ill, gymnist (Olympic-2 gold-1984) 03/28/1959 Todd Curtis, actor (Capitol, Skip-Young & Restless)
    03/28/1962 Ged Grimes, [Danny Wilson], rocker (Mary's Prayer)
    03/28/1969 Salt, rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang)
    03/28/1972 Jonathan Edwards, Boston Mass, doubles luger (Olympics-1994) 03/28/1977 Angelo Garcia, Brooklyn NY, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)


    Deaths:

    03/28/ 193 Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated 03/28/ 593 Guntram, French king to Bourgondie, dies at about 67
    03/28/1134 Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Cîteaux/saint, dies
    03/28/1285 Martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies
    03/28/1673 Adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, buried at 51
    03/28/1687 Constantine Huygens, diplomat/poet/composer (Korenbloemen), dies at
    03/28/1701 Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor, dies at 75
    03/28/1712 John van Heyden, painter/inventor (street lantern), dies at 75 03/28/1758 Jonathan Edwards, US theologist (Great Awakening), dies
    03/28/1799 Etta LJ 'baronne' Palm-Aelders, adventurer/spy, dies at 55 03/28/1801 Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66
    03/28/1818 Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer, dies at 62
    03/28/1840 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 03/28/1847 Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67
    03/28/1856 Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer, dies at 76
    03/28/1860 Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer, dies at 73
    03/28/1863 James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52 03/28/1865 Albert G Bilders, landscape painter, dies at 26
    03/28/1877 Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer, dies at 77
    03/28/1880 Achille Peri, composer, dies at 67
    03/28/1881 Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, composer, dies at 42
    03/28/1885 Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer, dies at 53
    03/28/1889 Matilde 'Tillie' Ziegler, 1st on electric chair
    03/28/1907 Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer, dies at 65
    03/28/1910 Edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist/conductor, dies 03/28/1914 Hanus Trnecek, composer, dies at 55
    03/28/1927 Karl Prohaska, composer, dies at 57
    03/28/1928 Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63
    03/28/1941 Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To the Lighthouse), dies 03/28/1942 Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67
    03/28/1942 Miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spanish poet (Viento del Pueblo), dies 03/28/1943 Sergej V Rachmaninoff, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69 03/28/1944 Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis
    03/28/1944 Stephen Leacock, dies
    03/28/1947 Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57
    03/28/1953 James Francis Thorpe, decathelete (Olympic-gold-12), dies at 64 03/28/1954 Francis B Young, British physician/writer (In South Africa), dies 03/28/1958 Chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53
    03/28/1959 W C Handy, jazz star, dies at 85
    03/28/1960 Ian Keith, US actor (Ramses I-10 Commandments), dies at 61 03/28/1963 Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52
    03/28/1965 VAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67
    03/28/1969 Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th pres/gen (WW 2), dies in Washington at 78 03/28/1971 Felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78
    03/28/1973 Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies 03/28/1974 Dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68 03/28/1974 Francoise Rosay, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison), dies at 82 03/28/1975 Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77
    03/28/1979 Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80
    03/28/1980 Dick Haymes, actor (Real Life, Betrayal), dies
    03/28/1980 Jesse Owens, (Oly-gold-36), dies at the age of 66, in Tucson Arizona
    03/28/1983 Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies 03/28/1983 Martinus A Jansen, bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70), dies
    03/28/1984 Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead 03/28/1985 Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97
    03/28/1985 Nand Baert, Belgian radio/tv-host, dies at 53
    03/28/1986 Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey-Man From Atlantis), dies at 39 03/28/1986 Virginia Gilmore, actress (Jennie, Western Union), dies
    03/28/1987 Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82 03/28/1987 Patrick Troughton, actor (Dr Who-Dr Who), dies at 56
    03/28/1990 Helene Fortescu Reynolds, actress (Bermuda Mystery, Moontide), dies 03/28/1991 Carlos Montalban, actor (Bananas), dies
    03/28/1992 Wendell Mayes, writer, dies
    03/28/1994 Albert Goldman, US biographer (Lives of John Lennon), dies at 66 03/28/1994 Eugène Ionesco, playwright (Leçon, Le roi se meurt), dies at about 8


    Significant Events:

    03/28/1535 Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) attacked & destroyed
    03/28/1556 Origin of Fasli Era (India)
    03/28/1774 Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts
    03/28/1797 Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine
    03/28/1799 NY State abolished slavery, 1799
    03/28/1802 H W Olbers discovers asteroid #2 Pallas
    03/28/1802 Heinrich Olbers discovers 2nd asteroid (Pallas)
    03/28/1804 Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804
    03/28/1834 Senate censure Pres Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US 03/28/1849 Dutch princess Marianne & Prince Albert of Prussia separate 03/28/1862 Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia
    03/28/1871 SF Art Assn holds open reception at 430 Pine
    03/28/1885 US Salvation Army officially organized
    03/28/1891 1st world weightlifting championship held
    03/28/1896 The opera 'Andrea Chenier' is produced (Milan)
    03/28/1900 A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #454 Mathesis
    03/28/1902 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record) 03/28/1905 Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used
    03/28/1910 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre
    03/28/1917 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv & Jaffa by Turkish authorities 03/28/1920 Thomas Masaryk becomes president of Czechoslovakia
    03/28/1922 Toronto St Pats beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 03/28/1924 WGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
    03/28/1929 Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador
    03/28/1930 Constantinople & Angora changes names to Istanbul & Ankara 03/28/1933 German Reichstage confers dictatorial powers to Adolph Hitler 03/28/1935 Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket
    03/28/1939 Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down
    03/28/1939 Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship
    03/28/1939 Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco
    03/28/1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan
    03/28/1942 British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire 03/28/1942 RAF bombs Lübeck
    03/28/1942 Raid on lock/dock St Nazaire
    03/28/1944 Astrid Lindgren begins writing Pippi Longstocking
    03/28/1944 NBA rookie of the year in 1966, Rick Barry
    03/28/1944 Utah defeated Dartmouth 42-40 to win the NCAA basketball title 03/28/1945 Last V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London
    03/28/1950 NYC college becomes 1st to win NCAA & Natl Inv Basketball in same ye
    03/28/1953 'Stock exchanges open, dikes closed' raises ƒ5,200,000
    03/28/1953 KCAU TV channel 9 in Sioux City, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting 03/28/1954 WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan, PR (TM) begins broadcasting 03/28/1957 1st National Curling Championship held
    03/28/1960 Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African & 1st Filipino cardin
    03/28/1960 Scotch factory explodes burying 20 firefighters (Glasgow Scotland) 03/28/1962 Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees
    03/28/1963 AFL's NY Titan's become the NY Jets
    03/28/1964 1st pirate radio station near England (Radio Caroline)
    03/28/1964 Earthquake strikes Alaska
    03/28/1968 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #3049
    03/28/1969 Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal
    03/28/1970 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey) 03/28/1973 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #3071 Nesterov
    03/28/1974 Rock group Raspberries breakup
    03/28/1975 Wash Caps win 1st game on road after 37 straight road loses also 03/28/1977 49th Academy Awards
    03/28/1977 Morarji Desai forms govt in India
    03/28/1977 Retiring coach Al McGuire's Marquette basketball team wins NCAA 03/28/1979 British government of Callaghan falls
    03/28/1979 Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pa (no deaths) 03/28/1981 Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 m 40.18 sec) 03/28/1981 Schönbrunn skates ladies world record 3 km (4:21.70)
    03/28/1981 Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (36.91 secs)
    03/28/1982 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2873 Binzel
    03/28/1982 JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador 03/28/1982 Lousiana Tech wond 1st NCAA women's basketball title
    03/28/1985 International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley 03/28/1985 STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad
    03/28/1986 Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India
    03/28/1987 Stacking of Discovery's SRBs gets underway
    03/28/1989 New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars & Stripes, in a NY court 03/28/1990 Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game
    03/28/1990 President Bush awards Jesse Owen the Congressional Gold Medal 03/28/1991 Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son 03/28/1993 Conservatives win French parliamentary election
    03/28/1993 Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031)
    03/28/1994 Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 50 killed
    03/28/1994 Italy's right alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Mon Mar 29 18:00:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/29/1484 Johann Spangenberg, composer
    03/29/1561 Santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/hereti
    03/29/1616 Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer
    03/29/1636 Esaias Reusner, composer
    03/29/1725 Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer
    03/29/1752 Edward Jones, composer
    03/29/1790 John Tyler, Va, (D/W) 10th Pres (1841-1845)
    03/29/1799 Edward Stanley, Earl Derby (C), British PM (1852, 1858-59, 1866-68) 03/29/1813 John Letcher, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1884
    03/29/1816 James Gallant Spears, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869 03/29/1817 Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet
    03/29/1819 Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well
    03/29/1819 Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/founded American Hebrew Congregations 03/29/1821 Joshua Thomas Owen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1887 03/29/1826 Wilhelm Liebknecht, German social-democratic parliament member 03/29/1829 Ritta & Christina, Siamese twins, in Sardinia
    03/29/1829 Robert Emmett Rodes, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 03/29/1867 Cy Young, winningest pitcher (509 wins, 1890-1911)
    03/29/1869 Ales Hrdlicka, US, anthropologist/curator (US National Museum) 03/29/1875 Lou Henry Hoover, 1st lady (1929-33)
    03/29/1875 Paul Rubens, composer
    03/29/1876 Jan Ingenhoven, composer
    03/29/1876 Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian/antifascist
    03/29/1879 Thomas Beecham, composer
    03/29/1886 Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, composer
    03/29/1888 Adrianus M de Young, writer (World Tour of Bulletje & Bonestaak) 03/29/1888 James E Casey, founder (United Parcel Service)
    03/29/1889 Howard Lindsay, writer
    03/29/1889 Warner Baxter, US actor (In Old Arizona, Cisco Kid)
    03/29/1892 József Mindszenty [Joseph Prehm), Hungarian cardinal
    03/29/1901 French U Kailas, Finnish poet
    03/29/1902 Marcel Aymé, French writer (Jument Verte)
    03/29/1902 Onslow Stevens, LA Calif, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life) 03/29/1902 William Walton, England, composer (Troilus & Cressida, Wise Virgins)
    03/29/1905 Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader
    03/29/1906 E Power Biggs, Westcliff-on-Sea England, organist/composer (CBS) 03/29/1908 Arthur O'Connell, NYC, actor (Mr Peepers, Second Hundred Years) 03/29/1908 Dennis O'Keefe, Fort Madison Iowa, actor (Suspicion)
    03/29/1909 Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish writer (Gnome Patjoepelke)
    03/29/1911 Philip Ahn, LA Calif, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu)
    03/29/1913 Niall MacGinnis, Dublin Ireland, actor (Curse of the Demon) 03/29/1913 Phil Foster, Bkln NY, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley) 03/29/1916 Eugene McCarthy, (Sen-D-Minn, presidential candidate 1968) 03/29/1917 Man O'War, racehorse, winner of 20 out of 21 races & $249,465 03/29/1918 Pearl Bailey, Newport News Va, singer (Hello Dolly)
    03/29/1918 Sam Walton, billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart)
    03/29/1919 Eileen Heckart, Columbus Ohio, actress (Doll's House, Trauma Center)
    03/29/1924 Jules de Corte, blind lead singer
    03/29/1925 Emlen Tunnell, NFL safety (Giants, Packers)
    03/29/1927 Arthur Jr Ravenel, (Rep-R-South Carolina)
    03/29/1928 Vaclav Felix, composer
    03/29/1934 Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, composer
    03/29/1936 Richard Rodney Bennett, Broadstairs Kent England, composer 03/29/1937 Billy Carter, Georgia, brother of Pres Carter
    03/29/1938 Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (CDA)
    03/29/1939 Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong, actress (Flower Drum Song, Night Creature) 03/29/1940 Raymond Davis, US rock vocalist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep)
    03/29/1941 Terence Hill, Venice Italy, actor (Super Fuzz, They Call Me Trinity)
    03/29/1942 Larry Pressler, (Sen-R-SD, 1979- )
    03/29/1943 Eric Idle, England, comedian/actor (Monty Python)
    03/29/1943 John Major, British premier (1990- )
    03/29/1943 Lech Walesa, union leader/president Poland (or 9/23)
    03/29/1943 Vangelis, composer/keyboardist (Chariots of Fire)
    03/29/1944 Denny McLain, Detroit Tiger pitcher (1968 AL MVP/Cy Young/31 wins) 03/29/1945 Julie Goodyear, British actress (Bet Lynch-Coronation Street) 03/29/1945 Walt 'Clyde' Frazier, NBA guard (NY Knicks)
    03/29/1945 Willem Ruis, Dutch TV host
    03/29/1947 Aleksandr Step Viktorenko, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3, TM-8, TM-13)
    03/29/1947 Bobby Kimball, vocalist (Toto-Africa)
    03/29/1949 Michael Brecker, musician (The Brecker Brothers)
    03/29/1950 Bud Cort, actor (Maria's Lovers, Brewster McCloud, M*A*S*H) 03/29/1952 Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 8
    03/29/1954 Karen Anne Quinlan, NJ, famous comatose patient
    03/29/1955 Dianne Kay, Phoenix Az, actress (Nancy-8 is Enough, Reggie, Glitter)
    03/29/1955 Earl Campbell, NFL running back (Houston, New Orleans)
    03/29/1956 Kurt Thomas, US, gymnist (Olympics), actor (Gymkata)
    03/29/1956 LaToya Jackson, singer (If You Feel the Funk)/posed for Playboy 03/29/1957 Christopher Lambert, actor (Highlander, Subway, Greystoke, Why Me) 03/29/1959 Marina Sirtis, London, actress (Troi-Star Trek: The Next Generation)
    03/29/1961 Ane-Marie Sanches, newscaster (Suriname TV/Radio)
    03/29/1964 Elle Macpherson, Sydney Australia, model (Sports Illustrated 1986,7,
    03/29/1964 Jill Goodacre, Lubbock Texas, model (Cosmopolitan, Victoria Secrets)
    03/29/1969 James Atkin, rocker (EMF-Unbelievable)
    03/29/1970 Lara Flynn Boyle, actress (Twin Peaks)
    03/29/1971 Ryan Mark Lambert
    03/29/1976 Jennifer Capriati, tennis pro (Federation Cup-1990)
    03/29/2334 Beverly Crusher, Copernicus Luna, fictional doctor-Star Trek Next Ge
    03/29/2336 Deanna Troi, Betazed, fictional counsellor-Star Trek Next Gen


    Deaths:

    03/29/1058 Stephen IX, [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belg Pope (1057-58), die
    03/29/1650 Cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73
    03/29/1745 Robert Walpole, count of Orford/1st British premier, dies 03/29/1792 Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds
    03/29/1794 Marie-J-A-N C Condorcet, mathematician (Theory of Comets), dies at 5
    03/29/1802 Frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 52
    03/29/1839 Bernardus JC Dibbets, baron/general-major (Maastricht), dies at 56 03/29/1847 Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies
    03/29/1848 John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 03/29/1866 Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies 03/29/1880 Jakob Axel Josephson, composer, dies at 62
    03/29/1888 Charles-Valentin Alkan, composer, dies at 74
    03/29/1892 William Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75
    03/29/1911 Alexandre Guilmant, composer, dies at 74
    03/29/1912 Robert F Scott, British pole explorer (Antarctica), dies
    03/29/1917 Fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76
    03/29/1924 Charles Villiers Stanford, composer, dies at 71
    03/29/1933 Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Ned's violinist/conductor, dies 03/29/1937 Karol Szymanowski, Polish/Ukraine composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 5
    03/29/1945 Karl T Sapper, German geography/geologist (Vulkankunde), dies at 79 03/29/1957 Joyce A L Cary, English writer (Horse's Mouth), dies
    03/29/1958 W[illiam] C[hristopher] Handy, composer, dies at 84
    03/29/1959 Barthelemy Boganda, Central African Republic's 1st president, dies 03/29/1959 Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer, dies at 84
    03/29/1963 Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish author (Stolica), dies
    03/29/1964 Ted Collins, pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63 03/29/1974 Seton I Miller, writer, dies at 71
    03/29/1979 Melville Cooper, TV panelist (I Got a Secret), dies at 82 03/29/1980 Mantovani, orch leader (Mantovani), dies at 74
    03/29/1981 Eric Williams, Prime Minister (Trinidad & Tobago), dies at 79 03/29/1982 Carl Orff, German composer (Mouth, Antigonae), dies at 86 03/29/1982 Rudy Bond, actor (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 68 of heart attac
    03/29/1982 Walter Hallstein, W German politician (CDU, H-doctrine), dies at 80 03/29/1983 Richard O'Brien, actor (Rocky Horror Show), dies of cancer at 65 03/29/1986 Harry Ritz, actor (3 Musketeers, On the Avenue), dies
    03/29/1989 Bernard Blier, actor (Les Miserables, Women & War), dies at 73 03/29/1991 Lee Atwater, political strategists (R), dies of brain tumor at 40 03/29/1991 Matt Bennett, actor (Hickey & Boggs), dies
    03/29/1992 Earl Spencer, father of Lady Diana
    03/29/1992 Paul [G J von] Henreid, Austrian actor (Laszlo-Casablanca), dies at


    Significant Events:

    03/29/1461 Battle near Towton Field (33,000 die)
    03/29/1638 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans) 03/29/1798 Republic of Switzerland forms
    03/29/1807 Discovery of 4th asteroid Vesta by Heinrich Olbers
    03/29/1807 H W Olbers discovers asteroid #4 Vesta
    03/29/1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians 03/29/1847 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico [or 0327?]
    03/29/1848 Niagara Falls stops flowing-for 1 day-because of an ice jam 03/29/1850 Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die
    03/29/1864 Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia Arkansas
    03/29/1865 -Apr 9th], Appomattox campaign, VA , 7582 killed
    03/29/1865 Battle of Quaker Road, VA
    03/29/1867 British North America Act (Canadian constitution) passed
    03/29/1871 Albert Hall opens in London
    03/29/1882 Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men
    03/29/1886 Coca-Cola created (with cocaine)
    03/29/1912 Last entry in Scott's diary, in a blizzard 18 km from the So Pole 03/29/1919 Mont & Seat win 2 games each with 1 tie, 1919 Stanley Cup not awarde
    03/29/1924 Bayern & Vatican reach accord
    03/29/1927 1st auto to exceed 200 mph (322 kph), Henry Segrave, Daytona Beach 03/29/1927 HOD Seagrave races his Sunbeam to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona 03/29/1928 Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (NYC)
    03/29/1929 Boston Bruins sweep NY Rangers in 2 games for the Stanley Cup 03/29/1932 Jack Benny debuts on radio
    03/29/1934 Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialistic worker's movement bankrupt 03/29/1935 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1754 Cunningham
    03/29/1935 French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage
    03/29/1935 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1343 Nicole
    03/29/1936 10,000 watch the 200' mirror blank passing through Indianapolis 03/29/1940 Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck to retain heavyweight boxing title 03/29/1941 WPAT radio in NJ begins broadcasting (country music format) 03/29/1941 Wisconsin beats Wash State for NCAA basketball championship 03/29/1942 British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea 03/29/1943 Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WW II
    03/29/1945 Oklahoma A & M wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/29/1948 Yanks & Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game
    03/29/1949 Turkey recognizes Israel
    03/29/1955 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2069 Hubble
    03/29/1959 'Some Like it Hot' with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres 03/29/1961 23rd Amendment ratified, allows Wash DC residents to vote for pres 03/29/1961 After a 4½ year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge 03/29/1961 KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting 03/29/1962 Argentine Pres Frondizi flees from the army
    03/29/1962 Jack Paar's final appearance on the 'Tonight Show'
    03/29/1963 Final episode of soap opera 'Young Doctor Malone'
    03/29/1966 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs George Chuval in Toronto
    03/29/1967 WCMU TV channel 14 in Mt. Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 03/29/1968 Students seize building at Bowie State College
    03/29/1969 Communist New People's Army found in Philippines
    03/29/1971 1st Lt William L Calley Jr found guilty in My-Lai massacre 03/29/1971 Chile president Allende nationalizes banks
    03/29/1971 Conrad Van Emde Boas becomes West Europe's 1st sexology professor 03/29/1971 WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton, VA (PBS) begins broadcastin
    03/29/1973 Dave Cowens, wins NBA MVP
    03/29/1973 Last US troops leave Vietnam, 9 years after Tonkin Gulf Resolution 03/29/1973 US troops leave Vietnam, 9 yrs after Tonkin Resolution
    03/29/1974 Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury, returns photos
    03/29/1975 Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers
    03/29/1976 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State student
    03/29/1976 Indiana wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/29/1979 Chernykh discovers asteroid 2553 Viljev, 2566 Kirghizia & 2703 Rodar
    03/29/1982 'Chariots of Fire' wins the 54th Academy Award
    03/29/1982 L E Gonzalez discovers asteroid #3691
    03/29/1982 North Carolina beats Georgetown, 63-63, for NCAA basketball title 03/29/1984 NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
    03/29/1985 Christos Sartzetakis elected president of Greece
    03/29/1985 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist 03/29/1986 Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
    03/29/1987 Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44 to win NCAA Ladies Basketball title 03/29/1987 Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party 03/29/1987 Largest wrestling crowd ever (90,873) at Silverdome
    03/29/1987 Wrestlemania III-Hulk Hogan beats Andre the Giant
    03/29/1988 US Congress refuses continuing aid to Nicaraguan contras
    03/29/1989 'Rainman,' Dustin Hoffman & Jodie Foster wins 61st Acadamy Awards 03/29/1989 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL 03/29/1989 1st US private commercial rocket takes suborbital test flight (NM) 03/29/1989 I M Pei's pyramidal entrance to the Louvre opens in Paris 03/29/1989 Michael Milken, junk bond king, indicted in NY for racketeering 03/29/1990 NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 2nd victim, Germaine Montenesdro

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Mar 30 18:00:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/30/1135 Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Còrodoba Spain, philospher/physician
    03/30/1135 Rambam, Jewish leader
    03/30/1222 Nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest/saint
    03/30/1432 Mohammed II [Fâtih], Sultan of Turkey (1451-81)
    03/30/1681 Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver
    03/30/1687 Johann Balthasar Freisslich, composer
    03/30/1697 John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor
    03/30/1719 John Hawkins, England, wrote 1st history of music
    03/30/1727 Tommaso MFS Traetta, Ital's opera composer/band leader (Farnace) 03/30/1746 Francisco Jose de Goya, Spain, painter/etcher (Naked Maja) 03/30/1750 John Stafford Smith, composer
    03/30/1772 Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer
    03/30/1790 Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877
    03/30/1804 Salomon Sulzer, composer
    03/30/1805 Adrien de La Fage, composer
    03/30/1815 Wincenty Studzinski, composer
    03/30/1823 Joseph Farmer Knipe, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 03/30/1824 Innis Newton Palmer, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 03/30/1825 Samuel Bell Maxey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 03/30/1830 Auguste Tolbecque, composer
    03/30/1830 Julius F A Bahnsen, German philosopher
    03/30/1835 Bernhard Scholz, composer
    03/30/1836 Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German industrialist/politician 03/30/1842 John Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher 03/30/1844 Paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur)
    03/30/1853 Vincent van Gogh, Holland, artist who always lent an ear (Irises) 03/30/1864 Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist/politician
    03/30/1865 Heinrich Rubens, German physicist
    03/30/1872 Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, composer
    03/30/1876 Clifford Whittingham Beers, US, mental hygiene pioneer
    03/30/1880 Sean O'Casey, Ireland, playwright (Playboy of the Western World) 03/30/1882 Melanie Klein, Austrian/British psycho analysis
    03/30/1883 Jo Davidson, US, sculptor (Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman)
    03/30/1886 Stanislaw Lesniewski, Poland, logician/mathematician
    03/30/1887 Albert Termote, Belgian/Neth sculptor
    03/30/1888 Anna Q Nilsson, Sweden, actress (Shenandoah, Uncle Tom's Cabin) 03/30/1891 John B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov)
    03/30/1892 Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian
    03/30/1894 Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin)
    03/30/1895 Jean Giono, French writer (World Chant)
    03/30/1898 Joyce Carey, English actress (Black Windmill)
    03/30/1899 Irving Thalberg, US producer (MGM)
    03/30/1903 Sol C Siegel, US, producer (High Society, Gentlemen prefer blondes) 03/30/1904 Akarova, [Marguerite Acarin], Belgian dancer (Lesson biches) 03/30/1905 Mikio Oda, Japan, triple jumper (Olympic-gold-1928)
    03/30/1908 Camille Schmit, composer
    03/30/1908 Kurt Bruggemann, composer
    03/30/1913 Frankie Laine, Chicago Ill, actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide) 03/30/1913 Richard Helms, former CIA head
    03/30/1914 Sonny Boy Williamson, blues musician (Down & Out Blues)
    03/30/1917 Els Aarne, composer
    03/30/1917 Rudolf Bruci, composer
    03/30/1918 Joseph Allen Jr, actor (Death of a Champion, Night Before the Divorc
    03/30/1919 McGeorge Bundy, national security adviser under JFK
    03/30/1920 Turhan Bey, actor (Dragon Seed, Sudam , Ali Baba & 40 Thieves) 03/30/1921 Kan Ishii, composer
    03/30/1921 Oto Ferenczy, composer
    03/30/1922 German Germanovich Galinin, composer
    03/30/1922 Peter Jona Korn, composer
    03/30/1924 Milko Kelemen, composer
    03/30/1925 Ivo Malek, composer
    03/30/1926 Ray McAnally, actor (My Left Foot, Mission, We're No Angels) 03/30/1926 Werner Torkanowsky, Berlin Germany, conductor (New Orleans Symph) 03/30/1927 Peter Marshall, Huntington WV, TV host (Hollywood Squares) 03/30/1928 Diether de la Motte, composer
    03/30/1929 Richard Dysart, Brighton Mass, actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law) 03/30/1929 Shirley Stoler, actress (Frankenhooker, 7 Beauties)
    03/30/1930 John Astin, Balt Md, actor (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Adamms Family)
    03/30/1930 Rolf Harris, British cartoonist
    03/30/1931 Harold Burrage, US singer/pianist (Hi Yo Silver)
    03/30/1931 Sandor Szokolay, composer
    03/30/1933 Jean-Claude Brialy, actor (Circle of Love, Claire's Knee, Cousins) 03/30/1935 Gordon Mumma, composer
    03/30/1935 John Charles Eaton, composer
    03/30/1936 Richard Baker, Santa Fe NM, Zen teacher/Dharma Sangha
    03/30/1937 Jay W Macintosh, Gainesville Ga, actress (Sons & Daughters) 03/30/1937 Warren Beatty, Richmond Va, (Bonnie & Clyde, Shampoo, Dick Tracy) 03/30/1940 Astrud Gilberto, Brazil, singer(?)/orchestra leader(?)
    03/30/1940 Jerry Lucas, NBA center (NY Knicks) (NBA rookie of year 1964) 03/30/1941 Robert C Smith, (Rep-R-NH, 1985- )
    03/30/1941 Sven Hamrin, Sweden, road race cycler (Olympic-bronze-1964) 03/30/1944 Gerrit Komrÿ, poet/essayist (Happy Schizo)
    03/30/1944 Graeme Edge, drummer (Moody Blues-Your Wildest Dreams)
    03/30/1945 Eric Clapton, [Clapp], guitarist/vocalist (Cream, Tears In Heaven) 03/30/1948 Jim Dandy Mangrum, vocalist (Black Oak Arkansas-Jim Dandy) 03/30/1948 Justin Deas, Penn, actor (Dream Lover, Montana, Intimate Strangers) 03/30/1950 Dave McCurdy, (Rep-D-OK, 1981- )
    03/30/1950 Eugene Bowen, composer
    03/30/1955 Randy Wanwarmer, vocalist (Just When I Needed You Most)
    03/30/1957 Paul Reiser, NYC, actor (My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Cross My Heart) 03/30/1957 Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova, Russia, cosmonaut
    03/30/1962 'M C' Hammer, [Stanley], rapper (It's Hammer Time)
    03/30/1964 Tracy Chapman, US singer/songwriter (Freedom Now, I Got a Fast Car) 03/30/1967 Ian Ziering, West Orange NJ, actor (Steve Sanders-Beverly Hills 9021
    03/30/1968 Celine Dion, Quebec Canada, singer (I'm Your Woman)
    03/30/1969 Marco Foddis, pop drummer (pestilence)
    03/30/1970 Secreteriat, race horse, triple crown (1973)


    Deaths:

    03/30/ 988 Arnulf II, count of Flanders, dies
    03/30/1202 Joachim Van Fiore, Italian religious founder (Joachimism), dies 03/30/1547 François I van Valois-Angoulême, King of France, dies at 52 03/30/1707 Sébastien le Prestre Vauban, French fortress architect, dies at 73 03/30/1757 Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer, dies at 40
    03/30/1764 Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist/composer, dies at 68 03/30/1864 Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer, dies 52 03/30/1871 WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway, dies at 42
    03/30/1872 Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76
    03/30/1875 Marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63
    03/30/1879 David Van de Kellen, coin engraver, dies at 74
    03/30/1884 Hans Hampel, composer, dies at 61
    03/30/1906 Betsy Perk, [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist, dies at 73 03/30/1910 Jean Moréas, [Yannis Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet, dies 03/30/1912 Karl May, German writer (Winnetou/Kara Ben Nemsi), dies
    03/30/1925 Rudolf Steiner, Austria philosopher (anthroposophy), dies 03/30/1926 Feliks E Dzjerzjinski, Lithuanian organizer (KGB), dies
    03/30/1930 Jean Moréas, [Yannis Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet, dies 03/30/1935 Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan, composer, dies at 51
    03/30/1945 Karel Moor, composer, dies at 71
    03/30/1946 John SSPV Barley, viscount of Limerick/Hamsterley, dies
    03/30/1948 Mahatma Gandhi, assassinated in New Delhi
    03/30/1949 Friedrich CR Bergius, German chemist (brown coal, Nobel 1931), dies 03/30/1950 Léon Blum, French premier (People's Front Govt), dies
    03/30/1953 Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer, dies at 75
    03/30/1955 Harl McDonald, composer, dies at 55
    03/30/1960 Joseph Haas, composer, dies at 81
    03/30/1961 P J Melotte, discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies 03/30/1963 Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer, dies at 69
    03/30/1964 Willem CN Andriessen, composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76 03/30/1966 Erwin Piscator, German play director (Plebeians test rebellion), die
    03/30/1966 Maxfield Parrish, US painter, dies at 95
    03/30/1969 Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer, dies
    03/30/1971 Selmer Jackson, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 82 03/30/1972 Gabriel Heather, US news anchor, dies at 81
    03/30/1972 Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies at 55
    03/30/1974 Ludovicus J Rogier, historian (Freedom Reborn), dies at 79 03/30/1976 Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies 03/30/1977 Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer, dies at 88
    03/30/1979 Airey Neave, British Conservatives MP, killed by a bomb
    03/30/1981 Dewitt Wallace, US founder (Reader's Digest), dies at 91
    03/30/1983 Pal Kadosa, composer, dies at 79
    03/30/1985 Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 7
    03/30/1986 James Cagney, actor (Yankke Doodle Dandy), dies in NY at 86 03/30/1986 John Ciardi, US poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at 69
    03/30/1989 Dort Clark, actor (In Harms Way), dies
    03/30/1991 Jan Willem Hofstra, actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies 03/30/1992 Art Hannes, entertainer, dies
    03/30/1992 Luigi De Laurentiis, Itallian producer (Toto, Macaroni), dies 03/30/1993 Jeremy Siegrist, entertainer, dies


    Significant Events:

    03/30/ 239 -BC- 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
    03/30/ 804 Liudger becomes 1st bishop of Münster
    03/30/ 988 Boudewijn IV with the Beard becomes earl of Flanders
    03/30/1282 Furious inhabitants of Palermo attack French occupation force 03/30/1422 Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple 03/30/1456 Prince Louis van Bourbon elected bishop of Luik
    03/30/1492 King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spai
    03/30/1533 Henry VIII divorces his 1st wife, Catherine of Aragon
    03/30/1822 Territory of Florida organized
    03/30/1842 Dr Crawford Long, 1st physician to use ether as anesthetic 03/30/1858 Hyman Lipman of Phila patents a pencil with attached eraser 03/30/1864 Skirmish at Mount Elba, Arkansas
    03/30/1865 -4] Battle at Five Forks Virginia
    03/30/1866 Bedrich Smetana's 'That Verkaufte Braut' premieres
    03/30/1867 US purchases Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (Seward's Folly) 03/30/1870 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race 03/30/1870 Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union
    03/30/1882 J Palisa discovers asteroid #224 Oceana
    03/30/1889 John T Reid opens 1st US golf course (Yonkers, NY)
    03/30/1900 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Compulsory education law
    03/30/1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #662 Newtonia
    03/30/1909 Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens
    03/30/1911 Lochtschberg tunnel in Switzerland (13,735 m) completed
    03/30/1912 French protectorate in Morocco established
    03/30/1914 A Massinger discovers asteroid #785 Zwetana
    03/30/1916 M Wolf discovers asteroid #820 Adriana
    03/30/1916 Montreal Canadiens beat Portland Rosebuds 3 games to 2 for Stanley C
    03/30/1918 Toronto Arenas beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 03/30/1919 Belgian Army attack Düsseldorf
    03/30/1919 Gandhi introduces resistance against Rowlatt Act
    03/30/1922 KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions
    03/30/1922 WWL-AM in New Orleans LA begins radio transmissions
    03/30/1923 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, formed at Howard U in 1920, incorporates 03/30/1925 Stalin supports in Komintern rights of not-Swedish Yugoslavian 03/30/1925 Stalin supports rights of non-Serbian Yugoslavians
    03/30/1929 L Volta discovers asteroid #1107 Lictoria
    03/30/1935 Newfoundland changes time to 3½ hrs W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec 03/30/1940 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #3166
    03/30/1941 German counter offensive in North-Africa
    03/30/1941 Indiana University wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/30/1942 1st RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau
    03/30/1942 SS murders 200 inmates of Trawniki labor camp
    03/30/1943 British 1st army recaptures Sejenane
    03/30/1943 University of Wyoming wins NCAA basketball championship
    03/30/1945 289 anti-fascists murdered by nazis in Rombergpark Dortmund 03/30/1945 USSR invades Austria during WW II
    03/30/1950 Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill, NJ
    03/30/1952 Goethe Link Observ discovers asteroids #1761 Edmondson & #1824 Hawor
    03/30/1953 Einstein announces revised unified field theory
    03/30/1955 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2026 Cottrell 03/30/1959 WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting 03/30/1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 m) 03/30/1964 Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race
    03/30/1966 Barbra Striesand stars on 'Color Me Barbra' special on CBS 03/30/1967 Cover picture of Beatles' 'Sgt Pepper's' is photographed
    03/30/1968 General Ludvik Svoboda elected president of Czechoslovakia 03/30/1970 Miles Davis Bitches Brew released
    03/30/1970 Soap opera 'Somerset' premieres
    03/30/1970 USSR wins its 8th straight world hockey championship
    03/30/1972 North Vietnamese troops pull out of South Vietnam
    03/30/1973 Ellsworth Bunker resigns as US ambassador to South Vietnam 03/30/1975 Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital 03/30/1976 Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation
    03/30/1981 Indiana beats North Carolina for NCAA basketball title
    03/30/1981 Pres Reagan shot & wounded by John W Hinckley Jr
    03/30/1982 3rd space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, NM 03/30/1984 US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force [0126?] 03/30/1987 59th Oscar awards
    03/30/1987 Indiana wins NCAA woman's basketball championship
    03/30/1987 Vincent van Goghs 'Sunflowers' sells for record £22.5 million 03/30/1990 Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the 'Seniors' golf tournament 03/30/1991 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yanks-Orioles) 03/30/1991 Last edition of The Free People newspaper
    03/30/1991 Last issue of Dutch Newspaper 'Vrÿe Folk'
    03/30/1991 William Kennedy Smith allegedly rapes a woman
    03/30/1992 64th Academy Awards (Silent of the Lambs sweeps)
    03/30/1992 CBS TV premieres overnight news program 'Up To The Minute' 03/30/1992 P J Patterson, resigns as 6th PM of Jamaica
    03/30/1992 WNSR-FM (105.1) changes callsign to WMXV-FM (NYC)
    03/30/1993 French govt of Balladur forms
    03/30/1993 Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed Mar 31 18:00:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    03/31/1499 Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/Pope (1559-65) 03/31/1519 Henry II, King of Germany (1547-59)
    03/31/1570 Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau
    03/31/1596 René Descartes, France, philospher (he thought, therefore he was) 03/31/1621 Andrew Marvell, England, poet (To His Coy Mistress)
    03/31/1675 Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Italy, Pope (1740-58) 03/31/1684 Francesco Durante, composer
    03/31/1717 Florian Wrastill, composer
    03/31/1723 Frederik V, King of Denmark/Norway (1746-66)
    03/31/1732 Franz Joseph Haydn, Austria, composer, help develop classical style 03/31/1747 Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer (The Mouth)
    03/31/1791 Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer
    03/31/1809 Edward FitzGerald, England, writer (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam) 03/31/1809 Nikolai Gogol, father of 19th-century Russian realism (Dead Souls) 03/31/1809 Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer
    03/31/1811 Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, Germany, chemist (Bunsen Burner)
    03/31/1822 Rafael Hernando, composer
    03/31/1831 Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist
    03/31/1837 Robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA
    03/31/1837 Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 18
    03/31/1838 Léon Dierx, French poet
    03/31/1839 Nikolay Przhevalsky, naturalist, explorer of east central Asia (OS) 03/31/1840 John Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 03/31/1844 Andrew Lang, Scotland, author (The Blue Fairy Book)
    03/31/1847 Jarolslaw Zielinski, composer
    03/31/1848 John Henry Roberts, composer
    03/31/1854 Dugald Clerk, inventor (2-stroke motorcycle engine)
    03/31/1868 Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist
    03/31/1872 Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist, founder of Sinn Féin
    03/31/1872 Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet) 03/31/1878 Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915) 03/31/1880 Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright (Juno & Paycock)
    03/31/1885 Jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist 03/31/1887 Albert P Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great) 03/31/1887 Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer
    03/31/1887 Saint-John Perse, [MRA Alexis Léger], French poet (Nobel 1960) 03/31/1891 Erich Walter Sternberg, composer
    03/31/1891 Ion Pillat, Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului)
    03/31/1891 Victor Varconi, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings, Big City) 03/31/1893 Clemens Krauss, Vienna Austria, conductor (Berlin State Orch-1937) 03/31/1895 John Jay McCloy, lawyer/banker (Sec of War 1941-45, pres Chase Man) 03/31/1895 Vardis A Fisher, US author (Darkness & Deep)
    03/31/19-- Brigitte Aime, XXX actress (Battle of the Superstars Round 1) 03/31/1900 Henry WFA, English duke of Gloucester/earl of Ulters
    03/31/1900 Lörinc Szabó, Hungary, poet (Huszonhatodik év)
    03/31/1903 Arthur Godfrey, NYC, TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts) 03/31/1906 Lauri Saikkola, composer
    03/31/1907 Eddie Quillan, Phila, actor (Julia, Hell Town)
    03/31/1909 Pieter Youngster, editor-in-chief (Neth Newspaper)
    03/31/1909 Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator
    03/31/1914 Octavio Paz, Mexico, writer/diplomat (Salamandra, Topoemas) 03/31/1915 Eliseo Morales Pajaro, composer
    03/31/1915 Henry Morgan, NYC, comedian/TV panelist (I've Got a Secret, Arena) 03/31/1916 John Vivyan, Chic Ill, actor (Imitation of Life, Mr Lucky) 03/31/1920 Marga [Sara Voeten-] Minco, writer (Bitter Herb)
    03/31/1922 Patrick J G McGee, North Ireland, actor (Clockwork Orange) 03/31/1922 Richard Kiley, Chicago, actor (Man of La Mancha, Endless Love) 03/31/1923 Donald Argee Barksdale, Berkley Cal, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1948
    03/31/1924 Leo Buscaglia, LA Calif, 'Dr Hug', psycholigist (Love)
    03/31/1926 John Fowles, England, novelist (Collector)
    03/31/1926 Sydney Chaplin, son of Charlie/ actor (Adding Machine, Psycho Sister
    03/31/1927 Cesar Chavez, Yuma Az, farm labor leader (United Farm Workers) 03/31/1927 William Daniels, Bkln NY, actor (Dr Mark Craig-St Elsewhere, 1776) 03/31/1928 Gordie Howe, Floral Sask, NHL right wing (Detroit Redwings) 03/31/1929 Lee Patterson, Vancouver BC, actor (Dave-Surfside Six)
    03/31/1932 John [William] Jakes, US, sci-fi author (Time Gate)
    03/31/1932 Nagisa Oshima, Kyoto Japan, director (Town of Love & Hope) 03/31/1933 Bob Simmons, Fulham England, stuntman (double for James Bond) 03/31/1933 Shirley Jones, Smithton Pa, actress (Partridge Family, Elmer Gantry)
    03/31/1935 Herb Alpert, bandleader/trumpeteer (Tijuana Brass)/CEO (A & M) 03/31/1935 Judith Rossner, US, writer (August)
    03/31/1935 Richard Chamberlain, Beverly Hills Calif, actor (Dr Kildare) 03/31/1936 Marge Piercy, author (Small Changes, Gone for Soldiers)
    03/31/1937 Willem Duyn, [Mouth], Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal)
    03/31/1938 John Jakes, Chicago, writer (Sir Scoundrel, Great Women Reporters) 03/31/1938 Nathaniel Taylor, St Louis Mo, actor (Rollo-Sanford & Sons) 03/31/1939 Liz Claiborne, Brussels Belgium, fashion designer (women) 03/31/1940 Barney Frank, (Rep-D-MA, 1981- )
    03/31/1940 Patrick J Leahy, (Sen-D-VT, 1975- )
    03/31/1943 Christopher Walken, Astoria Queens, actor (Deer Hunter, Brainstorm) 03/31/1946 Gabe Kaplan, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Welcome Back Kotter) 03/31/1947 Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, president (Colombia, 1990- )
    03/31/1948 Albert Gore Jr, Wash DC, (Sen-D-Tenn, 1985-92)/45th US VP (1993- ) 03/31/1948 Rhea Perlman, Brooklyn, actress (Zena-Taxi, Carla-Cheers) 03/31/1948 Thijs van Leer, Dutch singer/flutist (Introspection)
    03/31/1951 Ed Marinaro, NYC, actor (Joe-Hill St Blues, Sonny-Laverne & Shirley)
    03/31/1952 Vanessa Del Rio, [Anna Maria Sanchez], XXX actress (Babylon Gold) 03/31/1953 Greg Martin, Louisville Ky, singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett) 03/31/1953 Sean Hopper, keyboardist (Huey Lewis & the News)
    03/31/1954 Tony Brock, drummer (Babys-Missing You)
    03/31/1957 Marc McClure, San Mateo Calif, actor (Ross-California Fever) 03/31/1957 Mary Cadorette, East Hartford Ct, actress (Vicky-3's a Crowd) 03/31/1959 Angus Young, Glascow Scotland, rock guitar (AC/DC-Highway to Hell) 03/31/1960 Anne Howard, San Diego Calif, actress (Nicole Love-Another World) 03/31/1961 Ron Brown, LA Calif, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
    03/31/1964 Erik Turner, Omaha Nebraska, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie) 03/31/1964 Isabelle Ferrari, Italy, (Italy's Miss Teenager)
    03/31/1974 Carol Ann Plante, actress (Sara Henderson-Harry & the Hendersons) 03/31/1976 Josh Saviano, actor (Paul Pfeiffer-Wonder Years)


    Deaths:

    03/31/1201 Absalon Asserssön, Danish archbishop of Lund/statesman, dies 03/31/1340 Ivan I Kalita, ruler of Vladimir, dies
    03/31/1389 Everhard Tserclaes, of Brussels, murdered
    03/31/1567 Philip, the Generous, count of Hessen, dies
    03/31/1621 Felipe III, King of Spain (1598-1621), dies
    03/31/1631 John Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown)
    03/31/1656 Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 64
    03/31/1722 Campegius Vitringa, theologist, dies
    03/31/1741 Peter Burmannus, [Peter Burman], attorney/classical, dies 03/31/1809 Franz Joseph Haydn, composer, dies on 77th birthday
    03/31/1837 John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 03/31/1850 John Calhoun, dies at 68
    03/31/1855 Charlotte Brontë, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38
    03/31/1877 Antoine A Cournot, French mathematician (rule of C), dies at 75 03/31/1880 Henryk Wieniawski, composer, dies at 44
    03/31/1881 Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73
    03/31/1884 John T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77 03/31/1885 Franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies
    03/31/1885 Franz Wilhelm Abt, composer, dies at 65
    03/31/1885 Philipp Fahrbach, composer, dies at 69
    03/31/1886 Giovanni Rossi, composer, dies at 57
    03/31/1892 Adolf Rzepko, composer, dies at 66
    03/31/1895 Vardis A Fisher, US writer (Darkness & Deep), dies
    03/31/1898 Edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies 03/31/1901 John Stainer, composer, dies at 61
    03/31/1913 John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies 03/31/1928 Gustave Ador, union president of Austria 1919, dies at 82 03/31/1928 Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits), dies at 69
    03/31/1931 Knute Rockne, football player/coach dies in a plane crash at 43 03/31/1934 Franz Ehrle, German jesuit of Vatican library, dies at 88 03/31/1938 Willem Kloos, poet, dies
    03/31/1939 Indriδ Einarsson, Iceland playwright (Skipiδ Sekkur), dies at 87 03/31/1944 Mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies
    03/31/1945 Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930), dies
    03/31/1948 Egon E Kisch, Czech writer/journalist (Rasende Reporter), dies 03/31/1951 Ralph Forbes, actor (Riptide, Shock, Shock), dies at 45
    03/31/1957 Gene Lockhart, NYC actor (Going My Way), dies at 65
    03/31/1959 Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (S Verlag), dies at 68
    03/31/1960 Joseph Hare, German (opera)composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81 03/31/1961 Seerp Anema, poet/writer (Modern Art & Degenerating), dies 03/31/1967 Don Alvarado, actor (Morning Glory, Big Steal), dies at 62 03/31/1967 Hieronim Feicht, composer, dies at 72
    03/31/1970 Semjon Timosjenko, Russ marshal/inspector-general (WW II), dies at 7
    03/31/1973 Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer, dies at 68
    03/31/1974 Andrea Checci, actress (2 Women, Assassin, Black Sunday), dies at 57
    03/31/1978 Astrid Allwyn, actress (Love Affair, Girl for Calgary), dies at 68 03/31/1982 Fritz Eberhard, West German lawyer/resistor, dies at 85
    03/31/1983 Stephen Murray, actor (Guilty, Silent Dust, Master Spy), dies at 70 03/31/1986 Jerry Paris, director/actor (Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 60 03/31/1986 O'Kelly Isley, US singer/composer (Twist & Shout), dies at 48 03/31/1988 Talib Rasul Hakim, composer, dies at 48
    03/31/1990 Lillian 'Miss' Miller, audience member (Merv Griffin, Tonight), dies
    03/31/1991 John Carter, US jazz clarinetist (Roots & folklore), dies 03/31/1993 Brandon Lee, US actor (Crow)/son of Bruce Lee, accidentally shot at
    03/31/1994 Léon J Ramirez Reine, [Degrelle], Belg/Spanish nazi Rex, dies at 87


    Significant Events:

    03/31/1492 Queen Isabella of Castilia & Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews 03/31/1547 Henry II succeeds François I as king of France
    03/31/1651 Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru
    03/31/1745 Jews are expelled from Prague
    03/31/1808 French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family nam
    03/31/1814 Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris
    03/31/1831 Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends
    03/31/1831 Québec & Montréal incorporated
    03/31/1849 Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF
    03/31/1850 US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%)) 03/31/1854 Commodore Perry forces Japan to open its ports to foreign trade 03/31/1856 Asteroid 40, Harmonia discovered (named for daughter of Mars) 03/31/1856 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #40 Harmonia
    03/31/1861 Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans
    03/31/1862 Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River
    03/31/1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA
    03/31/1865 Battle of Boydton, VA (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H)
    03/31/1865 Gen Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg 03/31/1868 Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China
    03/31/1870 Thomas P Mundy became 1st black to vote in US (Perth Amboy NJ) 03/31/1880 1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, IN) 03/31/1883 Utrecht begins water pipe system
    03/31/1886 J Palisa discovers asteroids #254 Augusta & #255 Oppavia
    03/31/1889 Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opens
    03/31/1891 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #308 Polyxo
    03/31/1896 Whitcomb Judson, Chicago, patents a hookless fastening (zipper) 03/31/1899 J Coggia discovers asteroid #444 Gyptis
    03/31/1900 Brig-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands
    03/31/1903 Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (New Zealand) 03/31/1905 German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger
    03/31/1907 Romanian Army puts down Moldavian revolt
    03/31/1909 Gustav Mahler conducts NY Philharmonic
    03/31/1916 Dutch govt ends all milt engagements
    03/31/1917 US purchases Virgin Is from Denmark for $25 million
    03/31/1918 1st daylight savings time in US goes into effect
    03/31/1919 Srike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann
    03/31/1921 British coal miners goes on strike
    03/31/1922 KFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions
    03/31/1922 Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam
    03/31/1923 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs 03/31/1923 French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die 03/31/1923 Ottawa Senators sweep Edm Eskimos in 2 for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1923)
    03/31/1924 London public transport strike ends
    03/31/1925 WOWO-AM, Ft Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts) 03/31/1926 German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands 03/31/1932 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall
    03/31/1932 Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine
    03/31/1933 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, 'Soperton News' (Ga) 03/31/1933 Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps
    03/31/1933 German Republic gives power to Hitler
    03/31/1934 Netherland's Indies BC Ltd begain radio transmission (Indonesia) 03/31/1939 Britain & France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany 03/31/1940 Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes 12th Soviet republic (until 1956) 03/31/1941 Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa
    03/31/1941 Ground broken for Union Square Garage, SF
    03/31/1943 Allies bombs Wilton-Feyenoordwerf (326 dead)
    03/31/1943 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical 'Oklahoma!' opens on Broadway 03/31/1943 US errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326
    03/31/1945 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine
    03/31/1945 US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa 03/31/1946 Belgian govt of Acker, forms
    03/31/1949 Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province
    03/31/1951 US tanks exceed 38° of latitude in Korea
    03/31/1953 UN Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjöld secretary-general 03/31/1954 USSR offers to join NATO
    03/31/1955 US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes
    03/31/1958 US Navy forms atomic sub division
    03/31/1959 Tibet's Dalai Lama reaches India
    03/31/1961 Aklilou Habtewold becomes 1st premier of Ethiopia
    03/31/1962 Asteroid #3179 discovered
    03/31/1963 LA ends streetcar service after 90 years
    03/31/1964 Pres Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military 03/31/1966 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in NYC
    03/31/1966 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
    03/31/1966 USSR launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter
    03/31/1967 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London)
    03/31/1967 NATO headquarter moves to Casteau-Maisières, Belgium
    03/31/1968 LBJ announces he will not seek re-election
    03/31/1968 Pirate Radio Station Pegaus (NZ) begins transmitting
    03/31/1969 George Harrison & Patti Boyd are fined £250 each for illeagal drugs 03/31/1970 Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwauk
    03/31/1971 William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre
    03/31/1972 Offical Beatles Fan Club, closes down
    03/31/1973 Flyers score 8 goals in 1 period vs Islanders, on 60 shots 03/31/1973 Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali in a 12 round split decision 03/31/1975 John Wooden's final game, UCLA wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs
    03/31/1976 Cleve Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth
    03/31/1976 Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator 03/31/1978 USSR launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite
    03/31/1978 Wings release 'London Town' album
    03/31/1980 Heavyweight champ Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in Knoxville
    03/31/1981 53rd Academy Awards-'Ordinary People' wins
    03/31/1982 Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil 03/31/1982 Rock group Doobie Brothers split up
    03/31/1984 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3078 Horrocks
    03/31/1985 El Salvador's Pres Duartes Christian-Democrats win election 03/31/1986 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes
    03/31/1986 Louisville beats Duke for NCAA basketball title
    03/31/1987 Indiana beats Syracuse for NCAA basketball title
    03/31/1988 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Genk Belgium
    03/31/1988 NY Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night
    03/31/1988 Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for 'Beloved'
    03/31/1989 Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle
    03/31/1990 'Carol & Company' starring Carol Burnette premieres on NBC-TV 03/31/1990 Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4)
    03/31/1991 Albania offers 1st multi-party election in 50 years
    03/31/1991 Danny Bonaduce attacks a transvestite prostitute in Phoenix Az 03/31/1991 Georgian SSR votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union 03/31/1992 Bruce Springsteen releases 'Human Touch' & 'Lucky Town'

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/01/1283 Ludwig IV van Baveria, Roman Catholic German emperor (1314-47) 04/01/1578 William Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation) 04/01/1582 Thomas Simpson, composer
    04/01/1643 Christian Demelius, composer
    04/01/1697 Abbé Prévost, French novelist/journalist (Manon Lescaut)
    04/01/1721 Pieter Hellendaal, violinist/organist/composer (Glees)
    04/01/1725 Francois Bainville, composer
    04/01/1732 Franz Josef Haydn, Austria, composer (That Schöpfung)
    04/01/1755 Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer (Fisiologia del Gusto) 04/01/1772 Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer
    04/01/1785 J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter
    04/01/1793 Edouard Corbière, French captain/writer (Le negrier)
    04/01/1802 Hubert Reis, composer
    04/01/1807 Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic
    04/01/1809 Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner
    04/01/1815 Otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor (1866-90)
    04/01/1817 Johannes J van Oosterzee, Dutch theologist
    04/01/1823 Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914 04/01/1834 Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer
    04/01/1843 Ludwig Enneccerus, German leader
    04/01/1847 Gavriil Musicescu, composer
    04/01/1852 Edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail) 04/01/1858 Arnold Aletrino, physician-criminologist/author (Out the Life) 04/01/1858 Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Circulation of Elite) 04/01/1864 Marie Jungius, fairy tale writer
    04/01/1865 Richard Zsigmondy, Germany, chemist (Nobel-1925)
    04/01/1866 Ferruccio Busoni, Italy, pianist/composer
    04/01/1866 Johannes C H de Meÿere, zoologist
    04/01/1868 Edmond Rostand, France, poet/playwright (Cyrano de Bergerac) 04/01/1869 Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (De Droom)
    04/01/1871 F Melius Christiansen, composer
    04/01/1872 Tadeusz Joteyko, composer
    04/01/1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff, Novgorod Russia, composer (Prelude in C# Minor)
    04/01/1875 Edgar Wallace, England, novelist/playwright/journalist (Terror) 04/01/1878 Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa)
    04/01/1883 Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer/conductor
    04/01/1883 Lon Chaney, man of 1000 faces, actor (High Noon, Phantom of Opera) 04/01/1884 Laurette Taylor, [Heal LM Cooney], US actress (Broadway)
    04/01/1886 Casimir von Paszthory, composer
    04/01/1886 Wallace Beery, actor (Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8, Ah Wilderness)
    04/01/1887 Leonard Bloomfield, US translator
    04/01/1893 Cicely Courtneidge, actress (Double Exposure, L Shaped Room) 04/01/1895 Alberta Hunter, blues singer
    04/01/1897 Willem H van de Pol, theologist (Christian Dilemma)
    04/01/1898 Nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley), US actress (Blood & Sand) 04/01/1898 Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish writer (Stolica)
    04/01/1898 Roger Bastide, French sociologist
    04/01/1901 Boris Koutzen, composer
    04/01/1905 Clara 'Mother' Hale, US social worker (Hale House)
    04/01/1905 Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72)
    04/01/1905 Winifried Petrus Ignatius Zillig, composer
    04/01/1906 Ned Glass, Poland, actor (Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie)
    04/01/1906 Sigve Lie, Norway, yachtsmans (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
    04/01/1907 Walter Kaufmann, composer
    04/01/1908 Abraham H Maslow, US psychologist (humanistic psychology) 04/01/1909 Abner Biberman, Milwaukee Wisc, director/actor (Imhook-Kodiak) 04/01/1909 Eddie Duchin, Mass, society pianist/bandleader (Eddie Duchin Orch) 04/01/1911 Evert H 'Bep' Bakhuys, soccer star/writer
    04/01/1915 Art Lund, Salt Lake City Utah, singer (Ken Murray Show)
    04/01/1917 Johnny Andrews, Boston, singer/host (Songs at Twilight)
    04/01/1917 Leon Janney, Ogden Ut, actor (Hawk)
    04/01/1920 Toshiro Mifune, Tsing-tao China, writer/actor (Shogun)
    04/01/1921 Douglas Allenbrook, composer
    04/01/1921 William L Bergsma, Oakland California, composer (Fortunate Island) 04/01/1922 William Manchester, historian (Death of a President)
    04/01/1923 Bobby Jordan, actor (Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild) 04/01/1924 Gunther Becker, composer
    04/01/1925 Sala Burton, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
    04/01/1926 Anne [Inez] McCaffrey, US, sci-fi author (Dragonflight, Dragondrums)
    04/01/1926 Lyndon Brook, actor (Invasion, Reach for the Sky)
    04/01/1928 Dimitri Frenkel Frank, writer/director (Hadimassa)
    04/01/1928 George Grizzard, actor (Wrong is Right, Bachelor Party, Attica) 04/01/1928 Herbert Klein, newscaster/press secretary
    04/01/1928 Jane Powell, Portland Oregon, singer/actress (7 Brides for 7 Brother
    04/01/1929 Milan Kundera, Czech poet/writer (The Joke)
    04/01/1930 Grace Lee Whitney, Ann Arbor Mich, actress (Yeoman Rand-Star Trek) 04/01/1930 Joan Franks-Williams, composer
    04/01/1931 George Baker, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker, Curse of the Fly) 04/01/1932 Debbie Reynolds, El Paso Texas, actress (Singin' in the Rain) 04/01/1932 Gordon Jump, Dayton Ohio, actor (Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains)
    04/01/1932 Jiri Smutny, composer
    04/01/1933 Dan Flavin, US speed artist (minimal art)
    04/01/1934 Don Hastings, Bkln NY, actor (Capt Video, Bob-As the World Turns) 04/01/1939 Ali MacGraw, Pound Ridge NY, actress (Love Story, Goodbye Columbus) 04/01/1939 Phil Niekro, knuckleball pitcher (NY Yankees, Atlanta Braves) 04/01/1939 Rudolph Isley, singer (Isley Brothers-Shout)
    04/01/1942 Samuel R[ay] Delany Jr, US, sci-fi author (Towers of Toron, Neveryon
    04/01/1944 Carol White, England, actress (Daddy's Gone a Hunting)
    04/01/1945 Heather Young, Bremerton Wash, actress (Betty-Land of Giants) 04/01/1946 Arthur Conley, US soul singer (Sweet Soul Music)
    04/01/1946 John Barbata, drummer (Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor)
    04/01/1946 Ronnie 'Plonk' Lane, rock bassist (Small Faces-Hey Girl)
    04/01/1946 William F Fisher, Dallas Texas, MD/astronaut (STS 51-I)
    04/01/1947 David Eisenhower, grandson of Pres Dwight, married Julie Nixon 04/01/1949 Gill Scott-Heron, US, writer/poet/singer (Whities on the Moon) 04/01/1950 Ed[uardus] HTM Nijpels, Dutch minister of Environment (VVD) 04/01/1952 Annette O'Toole, Houston Texas, actress (Cat People, Superman III) 04/01/1952 Billy Currie, rock keyboardist/violinist (Ultravox-We Came to Dance)
    04/01/1952 Rey Robinson, US, 100m sprinter (Olympic-1972)
    04/01/1954 Jeff Porcaro, drummer/percussionist (Toto-Roxanne, Africa) 04/01/1956 Peter O'Toole, Irish pop bassist (Hothouse Flowers-People) 04/01/1957 Peter Deutsch, (Rep-D-Florida)
    04/01/1958 Anton Innauer, Austria, 70m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1980) 04/01/1960 Shanna McCullough, [Shauna], XXX actress (Chest Fever, Adultery) 04/01/1961 Jennifer Runyon, actress (Cindy-A Very Brady Christmas)
    04/01/1961 Mark White, rock guitarist (ABC-All of My Heart)
    04/01/1962 Phillip Schofield, TV personality
    04/01/1965 Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Normandy/Neth), dies at 76 04/01/1965 John 'Jumbo' Elliot, NFL tackle (NY Giants)
    04/01/1965 Peter O'Toole, rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go)
    04/01/1969 Traci Lin-Tavi, NYC, actress (Ryan's Hope, F/X, Fright Night 2)


    Deaths:

    04/01/1204 Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Henry II, dies at about 81
    04/01/1205 Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies
    04/01/1548 Sigismund I, the old, King of Poland, dies
    04/01/1734 Louis Lully, composer, dies at 69
    04/01/1799 Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52
    04/01/1807 Louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69
    04/01/1807 Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer, dies at 61
    04/01/1814 Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87 04/01/1830 Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51
    04/01/1832 Robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies 04/01/1866 Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer, dies at 98
    04/01/1866 Johannes C H de Meÿere, Dutch zoologist
    04/01/1869 Anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Minister of Reformed Worship, dies 04/01/1870 Patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98 04/01/1878 Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56
    04/01/1901 François M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies 04/01/1910 Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94
    04/01/1915 Johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82
    04/01/1916 Gabrielle Petit, executed
    04/01/1916 Sjoerd van de Schaaf, Fries journalist/writer (Abbingawâld) 04/01/1917 Scott Joplin, composer, dies at 48
    04/01/1918 Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64
    04/01/1922 Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies 04/01/1925 Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77
    04/01/1930 Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies 04/01/1930 Zawditu, 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies
    04/01/1933 Frederick Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-Indies (1916-21), dies
    04/01/1936 Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer, dies at 62 04/01/1941 Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian, dies
    04/01/1946 Noah Beery, actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy), dies at 64 04/01/1947 George II, king of Greece, dies at 56
    04/01/1950 Charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45 04/01/1951 Clement D'Hooghe, composer, dies at 51
    04/01/1955 Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian), dies at
    04/01/1957 Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies 04/01/1960 Piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch journalist (Telegraph, Free People), dies 04/01/1964 Bozidar Kunc, composer, dies at 60
    04/01/1965 Henry DG Crerar, Canada general (WW I, Normandy), dies
    04/01/1966 Karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89 04/01/1968 Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies
    04/01/1969 Helena Rubinstein, US cosmetic manufacturer, dies at about 89 04/01/1974 Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer, dies at 86
    04/01/1975 Eugeen Yoors, Flemish cartoonist, dies at 95
    04/01/1976 Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63 04/01/1976 Max Earnest, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor, dies at 85 04/01/1976 Miroslav Ponc, composer, dies at 73
    04/01/1976 S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal, dies at 75
    04/01/1979 Marinus Peijnenburg, politician, dies at 51
    04/01/1981 D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65 04/01/1984 Marvin Gaye, shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44 04/01/1988 Jim Jordan, radio's Fibber McGee, dies at 91 in a fall
    04/01/1988 Marius W Holtrop, economist/president (Netherlands Bank), dies at 85
    04/01/1989 Henk Gortzak, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CPN/PSP), dies
    04/01/1991 Martha Graham, US, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96 04/01/1991 Richard Thorpe, director (MGM), dies at 95
    04/01/1992 Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash 04/01/1993 Alan Kulwicki, stock car driver, dies at 38
    04/01/1993 Ihsan Mohamed Salem, [Yunis Awad], Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, kill
    04/01/1993 Wayne Mack, actor, dies
    04/01/1994 Robert Doisneau, French photographer (The Kiss), dies at 81


    Significant Events:

    04/01/ 705 Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI
    04/01/1064 Body of bishop Eleutherius of Blandain moved to Doornik
    04/01/1572 Bloys van Treslong conquers Brielle
    04/01/1578 William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation
    04/01/1663 Gemert fines unwed motherhood (50 guilder penalty)
    04/01/1748 Ruins of Pompeii found
    04/01/1778 Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates '$' symbol 04/01/1789 House of Reps 1st full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker 04/01/1792 Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce 04/01/1793 Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000
    04/01/1803 French law rules the use of intention
    04/01/1836 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands
    04/01/1850 SF County Govt established
    04/01/1853 Cincinnati became 1st US city to pay firefighters a regular salary 04/01/1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA 04/01/1863 1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect
    04/01/1865 -9] Battle at Blakely Alabama
    04/01/1865 Battle of 5 Forks Virginia, signalling end of Lee's army
    04/01/1866 US Congress rejects presidential veto gives all equal rights in US 04/01/1867 Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama
    04/01/1867 International Exhibition opens in Paris
    04/01/1867 Singapore, Penang & Malakka become British crown colonies 04/01/1868 Hampton Institute opens
    04/01/1872 1st edition of The Standard
    04/01/1873 British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die
    04/01/1873 Mehmed Kemals play 'Vatan' premeirs in Constantinople
    04/01/1873 Steamer 'Atlantic' sank off Nova Scotia drowning 481
    04/01/1876 1st official NL baseball game (Boston-6, Phila-5)
    04/01/1881 Kingdom post office in Netherlands opens
    04/01/1889 1st dishwashing machine marketed (Chicago)
    04/01/1891 Painter Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti
    04/01/1892 A Charlois discovers asteroid #331 Etheridgea
    04/01/1899 NC Mutual opens doors for business
    04/01/1900 1st edition of Dutch newspaper 'The People'
    04/01/1905 British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya 04/01/1910 Dumitru Dan (Romania) completed a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk 04/01/1916 1st US national women's swiming championships held
    04/01/1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force
    04/01/1920 Church disestablished in Wales
    04/01/1920 Ottawa Senators beat Seat Metropolitans 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
    04/01/1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa
    04/01/1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 04/01/1924 Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but Gen Ludendorff acquitted 04/01/1924 Imperial Airways forms in Britain
    04/01/1925 1st transmission of Danish state radio
    04/01/1925 Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925]
    04/01/1927 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice 04/01/1928 Chaing Kai-sheks army crosses Yang-tse
    04/01/1929 Austrian govt of Ignaz Seipel falls
    04/01/1929 Doorne's trailer factory in Einsdhoven Netherlands opens
    04/01/1929 Morehouse College, Spelman College & Atlanta University affiliate 04/01/1931 Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000
    04/01/1931 Jackie Mitchell became 1st female in professional baseball 04/01/1933 Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany
    04/01/1933 Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses
    04/01/1934 Bonnie & Clyde kill 2 police officers
    04/01/1935 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY
    04/01/1935 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1344 Caubeta
    04/01/1936 Orissa constituted a province of British India
    04/01/1937 Aden becomes British crown colony
    04/01/1937 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1417 Walinskia & #3417 Tamblyn 04/01/1937 M Laugier discovers asteroid #1426 Riviera
    04/01/1938 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY
    04/01/1938 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in NYC
    04/01/1941 Navy takes over Treasure Island (SF Bay)
    04/01/1941 Nazi's forbid Jewish access to cafés
    04/01/1942 México changes from 3 time zones to 2
    04/01/1944 German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed
    04/01/1944 Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India
    04/01/1945 1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes
    04/01/1945 Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo & Eibergen 04/01/1945 Ruhrgebied sealed off by US 1st & 9th army
    04/01/1945 US forces invade Okinawa during WW II
    04/01/1946 400,000 US mine workers strike
    04/01/1946 Belgian govt of Acker forms (without CVP)
    04/01/1946 Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo Hawaii 04/01/1946 Underseas earthquake at Aleoeten, flooding in Hawaii, kills 179 04/01/1946 Van Acker forms Belgian govt (without CVP)
    04/01/1946 Weight Watchers forms
    04/01/1952 Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow
    04/01/1953 J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea
    04/01/1953 KXMC TV channel 13 in Minot, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 04/01/1954 1st Dutch motorway, Amsterdam-Utrecht, opens
    04/01/1954 1st army helicopter battalion formed, Fort Bragg, NC
    04/01/1954 Earthquake/tsunami ravage Aleutians, 200 killed
    04/01/1954 US Air Force Academy established
    04/01/1954 WQED TV channel 13 in Pittsburgh, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting 04/01/1955 Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam
    04/01/1955 EOKA-bomb attacks against British govt buildings in Cyprus 04/01/1955 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1852 Carpenter 04/01/1955 WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (CBS) 1st broadcast 04/01/1956 KPIC TV channel 4 in Roseburg, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting 04/01/1956 Violent clashes in Algeria, kills at least 380
    04/01/1957 Trial begins in Budapest against participants october uprising 04/01/1957 WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, LA (PBS) begins broadcasting 04/01/1957 World's biggest glass oven used
    04/01/1958 KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, CA (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 04/01/1958 Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank
    04/01/1960 2nd French atom bomb explodes (Sahara)
    04/01/1960 Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee
    04/01/1960 RCA (TV & Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched 04/01/1960 U Nu elected premier of Burma
    04/01/1961 Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye
    04/01/1963 NYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike 04/01/1963 Soap operas 'General Hospital' & 'Doctors' premier on TV
    04/01/1964 John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years 04/01/1965 South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 year
    04/01/1966 1st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal)
    04/01/1966 China premier Tsjoe en-lai start 'Cultural revolution'
    04/01/1968 KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadca
    04/01/1970 Bud Selig becomes CEO of Milwaukee Brewers
    04/01/1970 John & Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations 04/01/1970 L Chernykh discovers asteroid 1805 Dirikis, 1957 Angara & 1976 Kaver
    04/01/1970 Pres Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on 1/1/71 04/01/1971 US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
    04/01/1971 United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership
    04/01/1972 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico 04/01/1972 Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike 04/01/1973 Japan allows its citizens to own gold
    04/01/1974 Pioneer Hall opens
    04/01/1974 Yourdon, Inc forms
    04/01/1975 Cambodia President Lon Nol flees to Red Khmer
    04/01/1977 Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails
    04/01/1977 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason game
    04/01/1979 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah 04/01/1980 Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz 04/01/1980 Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist 04/01/1981 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante
    04/01/1982 Anguilla (dependent territory of UK) adopts constitution
    04/01/1982 US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panamá
    04/01/1983 NY Isle Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 cons seasons 04/01/1984 8 men record longest distance rowed in 24 hours at 13 miles 04/01/1985 Villanova beats Georgetown for NCAA basketball title
    04/01/1986 US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea
    04/01/1986 World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel
    04/01/1989 1st NY Met-NY Yankee game in NYC since 1983, Yanks win 4-3 04/01/1989 A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseba
    04/01/1990 'Ha!' commedy Channel on cable tv begins transmitting
    04/01/1990 CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger
    04/01/1990 Guns & Roses' Duff divorces Mandy Brix, lead singger for Lame Flames
    04/01/1990 It becomes illeagal in Salem Oregon to be within 2' of nude dancers 04/01/1990 Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour
    04/01/1990 Wrestlemania VI-Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan for championship 04/01/1991 Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65 for NCAA championship
    04/01/1991 Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with NY Mets 04/01/1991 Iran releases british hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years
    04/01/1991 US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour
    04/01/1991 Warsaw Pact officially disolves
    04/01/1992 5th Largest wrestling crowd (64,287-Toronto SkyDome)
    04/01/1992 Battleship USS Missouri (on which, Japan surrendered) decommissioned
    04/01/1992 NFL decides to stay with 17 week sched instead of expanded 18 games 04/01/1992 Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman
    04/01/1994 Asteroid #511 Davida (ø 337 km) eclipses star GSC 62662121

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/02/ 742 Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14)
    04/02/1602 Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan 04/02/1618 Francesco M Grimaldi, naturalist (light defraction)
    04/02/1628 Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer
    04/02/1632 Georg Caspar Weckler, composer
    04/02/1711 John Point, engraver/illustrator/actor
    04/02/1713 Onno Zwier van Hairs, Fries poet (Fatherland)
    04/02/1728 Franz Asplmayr, composer
    04/02/1733 Giacomo Tritto, composer
    04/02/1735 Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer
    04/02/1735 Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer
    04/02/1763 Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari, composer
    04/02/1803 Franz Paul Lachner, composer
    04/02/1805 Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales 04/02/1814 Henry Lewis 'Old Rock' Benning, Brig General (Confederate Army) 04/02/1817 Teodulo Mabellini, composer
    04/02/1826 Philip Dale Roddey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 04/02/1833 Thomas Howard Ruger, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 04/02/1834 Frédéric-Auguste Bertholdi, France, Statue of Liberty sculptor 04/02/1840 Émile Zola, France, novelist (Nana, J'Accuse)
    04/02/1841 Clément Ader, French engineer
    04/02/1862 Nicholas Murray Butler, US, Columbia U pres/pacifist (Nobel 1931) 04/02/1863 Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau) 04/02/1868 Eduard Jacobs, singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret)
    04/02/1875 Walter Chrysler, founded car company
    04/02/1877 Arnold Schering, German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik) 04/02/1891 Max Ernst, Germany, painter/sculptor (founded surrealism) 04/02/1894 Rudolph P Cleveringa, lawyer (anti-nazi leader)
    04/02/1894 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer (Swiss Air)
    04/02/1900 Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist
    04/02/1901 Anis Fuleihan, composer
    04/02/1902 Danilo Svara, composer
    04/02/1905 Serge Lifar, Kiev, dancer, choreographer (Paris Opéra Ballet) 04/02/1908 Buddy Ebsen, Belleville Il, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jone
    04/02/1909 Jean Kurt Forest, composer
    04/02/1910 Arnie Herber, NFL QB (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants)
    04/02/1910 Irene Mayer Selznick, producer (Street Car Named Desire)
    04/02/1910 Joeri German, Russian writer
    04/02/1911 Charles 'Honi' Coles, tap dancer (Tap)
    04/02/1912 Harry Mills, US, singer (Mills Brothers)
    04/02/1914 Alec Guinness, British actor (Bridge on River Kwai)
    04/02/1915 Antony Dornhorst, professor of medicine
    04/02/1917 Dabbs Greer, Fairview Mo, actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie) 04/02/1917 Lou Monte, NJ, singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse)
    04/02/1919 Antoon J Hubben, mayor (Maasbree)/Political chairman (KVM) 04/02/1919 Ian Hunter, impresario
    04/02/1920 Jack Webb, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet) 04/02/1922 Nikolaj G Bassov, Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964) 04/02/1923 Hugh Overton, British diplomat
    04/02/1923 Jacob 'Cut' Firet, theologist (Agogisch Moment)
    04/02/1924 Denis Rooke, CEO (British Gas)
    04/02/1925 George MacDonald Fraser, poet/author (Flashman at the Charge) 04/02/1926 Michael Rizzello, sculpter/coin designer
    04/02/1927 Billy Pierce, pitcher (Chicago White Sox) seven time all star 04/02/1928 Joseph 'Cardinal' Bernardin, of Chicago
    04/02/1928 Rita Gam, Pittsburgh, actress (Distortions, Hannibal, Sierra Baron) 04/02/1928 Serge Gainsbourg, [Ginsburg], Russian/French singer/songwriter 04/02/1929 Catherine Gaskin, romantic novelist (Fiona, Coporation Wife) 04/02/1929 Frans H J J Andriessen, Dutch 2nd chamber member (KVP/CDA) 04/02/1930 Girolamo Arriego, composer
    04/02/1931 Imre Olsvai, composer
    04/02/1934 Brian Glover, actor (McGuffin)
    04/02/1934 Christopher France, British permanent secretary (Dept of Health) 04/02/1934 Diane Cilento, actress (Hombre, Tom Jones, Wicker Man, Negatives) 04/02/1934 Peter Middleton, British permanent secretary (Treasury)
    04/02/1935 Sharon Acker, Toronto Canada, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason 1973
    04/02/1936 Jack Brabham, race car driver
    04/02/1937 Paul E Kanjorski, (Rep-D-PA, 1985- )
    04/02/1939 Marvin P Gaye Jr, Wash DC, singer (Sexual Healing)
    04/02/1940 Penelope Keith, British actress (Norman Conquests, Priest of Love) 04/02/1940 Peter Haining, writer/editor (Anatomy of Witchcraft)
    04/02/1941 Leon Russell, pianist/singer (Carny)
    04/02/1942 Graham Bright, private sec to British PM
    04/02/1943 Larry Coryell, Galveston Tx, jazz guitarist (11th House)
    04/02/1945 Don Sutton, baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers)
    04/02/1945 Linda Hunt, Morristown NJ, actress (Bostonians, Eleni, Silverado) 04/02/1945 Lord Skelmersdale, British minister (C)
    04/02/1946 Kurt Winter, rocker (Guess Who)
    04/02/1947 Emmylou Harris, Birmingham Alabama, country singer (Together Again) 04/02/1948 Joan [Carol] D[ennison] Vinge, US, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Dune) 04/02/1949 Pamela Reed, Tacoma Wash, actress (Grand, Kindergarten Cop) 04/02/1949 Paul Gambaccini, British disc jockey
    04/02/1953 Debralee Scott, Elizabeth NJ, actress (Cathy-Mary Hartman, Angie) 04/02/1954 Ron Palillo, Ct, actor (Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter) 04/02/1955 Dana Carvey, comedian (Church Lady-SNL)
    04/02/1959 Brian Goodell, US, 400m/1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1976) 04/02/1959 Dean Townson, St Petersburg Fla, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake) 04/02/1959 Gelindo Bordin, Italian marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1988) 04/02/1960 Linford Christie, St Andrews Jamaica, 4x100m runner (Oly-silver-1988
    04/02/1961 Keren Woodward, rocker (Bananarama-Venus)
    04/02/1962 Billy Dean, Quincy Fla, country singer (Billy the Kid)
    04/02/1963 Dermot Reeve, British cricketeer
    04/02/1965 Rodney King, Sacramento Calif, black motorist beaten by LA cops 04/02/1969 Yj Nagata, [Yuji], wrestler (NJPW)
    04/02/1975 Deedee Magno, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)
    04/02/1984 Ashley Peldon, actress (Child of Rage, Deceived)


    Deaths:

    04/02/1118 Boudewijn I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies
    04/02/1416 Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52 04/02/1502 Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragón 04/02/1640 Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 04/02/1657 Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48 04/02/1705 Johann Lohner, composer, dies at 59
    04/02/1758 Johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67
    04/02/1784 Pierre Leclair, composer, dies at 74
    04/02/1803 Hieronymus van Alphen, attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56 04/02/1831 Charles Felix, King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74
    04/02/1865 Ambrose P Hill, confederate general, dies at 39
    04/02/1865 Richard Cobden, founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60
    04/02/1872 Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80 04/02/1876 Paul van Vlissingen, ship owner, dies at 78
    04/02/1892 Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, genealogist, dies at 79 04/02/1910 Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), dies at 37 04/02/1910 Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, dies
    04/02/1928 Theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies 04/02/1932 Hugo Kaun, composer, dies at 69
    04/02/1937 Nathan Birnbaum, Austria philosopher ('zionism'), dies at about 72 04/02/1941 Paul Teleki, premier Hungary, dies
    04/02/1944 Mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71
    04/02/1945 Maurice Rose, US Gen-maj, dies in battle of Paderborn
    04/02/1951 Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall 04/02/1952 Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies 04/02/1953 Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56
    04/02/1956 Chester Clute, actor (Niagara Falls), dies at 65
    04/02/1956 Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter, dies
    04/02/1961 August Defresne, director (Anno Christi 967), dies
    04/02/1961 Wallingford Rieger, composer, dies at 75
    04/02/1965 Renzo Bossi, composer, dies at 81
    04/02/1969 Fortunio Bonanova, actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74 04/02/1972 Gil Hodges, NY Mets manager, dies at 57
    04/02/1974 Douglass Dumbrille, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84 04/02/1974 Georges Pompidou, French president, dies in Paris
    04/02/1976 Ray Teal, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza), dies at 74
    04/02/1979 Carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72
    04/02/1987 Buddy Rich, drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
    04/02/1990 Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies 04/02/1992 Paula (II) Kelly, actress (Sweet Charity, Andromeda Strain), dies 04/02/1993 Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93 04/02/1993 Kaus Schenk, ice skater/skating coach/father of Ard, dies at 86


    Significant Events:

    04/02/ 999 Gerbert van Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope
    04/02/1416 Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Aragón
    04/02/1513 Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de León
    04/02/1550 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
    04/02/1590 States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht 04/02/1595 Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope
    04/02/1792 Congress establishes Philadelphia mint
    04/02/1819 1st successful agricultural journal ('American Farmer') begins 04/02/1845 H L Fizeau & J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun
    04/02/1860 1st Italian Parliament met at Turin
    04/02/1863 Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia
    04/02/1864 Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana
    04/02/1864 Skirmish at Spoonville/Antoine, Arkansas
    04/02/1865 Battle of Petersburg, VA (Ft Gregg, Sutherland's Station) 04/02/1865 CSA Pres Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA 04/02/1866 Pres Johnson ends war in Ala, Ark, Fla, Ga, Miss, La, NC, SC, Tn & V
    04/02/1869 R Luther discovers asteroid #108 Hecuba
    04/02/1876 Philadelphia A's & Boston Red Caps play 1st NL game, in Phila 04/02/1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
    04/02/1878 1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper
    04/02/1900 1st edition of The Volk published (Amsterdam)
    04/02/1902 1st motion picture theater opens (LA)
    04/02/1902 Country singer Wynonna Judd's 1st appearance as a single act 04/02/1905 Cairo-Capetown railway opens
    04/02/1912 Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China
    04/02/1912 Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power
    04/02/1916 Belyavskij disc asteroid #851 Zeissia & #852 Wladilena & #853 Nansen
    04/02/1917 Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of US House of Reps 04/02/1917 Pres Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
    04/02/1926 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2500
    04/02/1926 Riots between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta
    04/02/1930 1st NY-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda
    04/02/1932 Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son 04/02/1935 Mary Hirsch, becomes 1st woman licensed as a horse trainer 04/02/1935 Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
    04/02/1937 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1549 Mikko
    04/02/1941 German occupier disallows Dutch scouting assn
    04/02/1941 USS Hotnet with Jimmy Doolittles B-25 departs from SF
    04/02/1944 CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy
    04/02/1944 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 8th Symphony, premieres in NY
    04/02/1944 Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania
    04/02/1945 1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa
    04/02/1950 WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcastin
    04/02/1954 Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced [see 0126]
    04/02/1956 Soap operas 'As the World Turns' & 'Edge of Night' premieres on TV 04/02/1958 Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens
    04/02/1958 National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA
    04/02/1958 Operations begin at Antillian Brewery (Amstel beer)
    04/02/1958 Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record) 04/02/1960 Cuba buys oil from USSR
    04/02/1960 KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacom, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast 04/02/1963 Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km)
    04/02/1963 USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km
    04/02/1964 Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria 04/02/1964 Military coup between Gen Castello Branco & Pres Goulart in Brazil 04/02/1964 USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned
    04/02/1965 Hochhuths play 'Stellvertreter' banned in Italy
    04/02/1966 Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon 04/02/1966 WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
    04/02/1967 Actress Lynn Redgrave marries John Clark
    04/02/1968 Beatles form Python Music Ltd
    04/02/1968 Chad creates Union of Central African States
    04/02/1968 Senator E Mccarthy wins Democratic primaries in Wisconsin 04/02/1969 Milwaukee Bucks sign (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor)
    04/02/1970 Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state 04/02/1970 Qatar gains independence from Britain
    04/02/1971 Sci-fi soap opera 'Dark Shadows' concludes an almost 5 year run 04/02/1972 44th Academy Awards presented
    04/02/1972 Prime Minister Begin visits Cairo
    04/02/1973 CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day
    04/02/1973 Ed Kemper stuffs mother's throat in disposal
    04/02/1973 ITT pleads guilty to asking CIA to affect Chilean pres election 04/02/1974 Arganat Comm publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War
    04/02/1976 Cambodia Khieu Sampan succeeds prince Sihanouk as premier 04/02/1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2190 Coubertin & #2593 Buryatia 04/02/1976 Portuguese constitution assumed
    04/02/1977 Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumors,' album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks 04/02/1977 Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lo
    04/02/1978 TV show 'Dallas' premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series) 04/02/1979 Israeli PM Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt
    04/02/1980 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season 04/02/1981 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400
    04/02/1981 Belgium's 4th govt of Martens resigns
    04/02/1981 Heavy battle between Christian militia & Syrian army in East Lebanon
    04/02/1982 Argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Islands
    04/02/1984 Georgetown beats Houston for NCAA basketball title
    04/02/1986 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece 04/02/1986 George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans 04/02/1986 NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule
    04/02/1986 P Jensen discovers asteroid #3459 Bodil
    04/02/1987 IBM introduces PS/2 & OS/2
    04/02/1988 Simply Majestic sets horseracing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45 04/02/1989 Wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy 'Macho Man' Savage
    04/02/1989 Yanks beat Mets 4-0, sweeping 1989 mayor's trophy series in 2 games 04/02/1991 Rotterdam Newspaper begins publishing
    04/02/1992 'Hamlet' opens at Criterion Center on Broadway
    04/02/1992 Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns
    04/02/1992 John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos
    04/02/1992 Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands
    04/02/1993 1st test flight of Fokker 70 (Amsterdam)
    04/02/1993 Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat Apr 3 18:00:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/03/1245 Philips III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85)
    04/03/1367 Henry IV, Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413)
    04/03/1438 John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland
    04/03/1569 Giovanni Battista Massarengo, composer
    04/03/1593 George Herbert, English metaphysical poet (5 Mystical Songs) 04/03/1603 William Smith, composer
    04/03/1617 Antimo Liberati, composer
    04/03/1649 Joseph-Francois Salomon, composer
    04/03/1682 Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German benedictine/composer
    04/03/1720 Elia van Vilnius, [Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman], Latvian rabbi 04/03/1751 Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer
    04/03/1757 Ferenc Verseghy, composer
    04/03/1783 Washington Irving, US writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
    04/03/1798 Charles D Wilkes, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1877
    04/03/1812 Louisa Maria, queen of the Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I 04/03/1822 Edward Everett Hale, US, clergyman/author (Man without a Country) 04/03/1823 William Macy 'Boss' Tweed, corrupt NYC political boss
    04/03/1825 Adolf Rzepko, composer
    04/03/1837 John Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake) 04/03/1838 Léon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82)
    04/03/1842 Ulric Dahlgren, Col (Union volunteers), died in 1864
    04/03/1858 Matthew Ricketts, 1st Black man elected to Neb State Legislature 04/03/1859 Reginald De Koven, composer
    04/03/1860 Frederik W van Eeden, psychiatrist
    04/03/1866 James B Herzog, South African general/premier (1914-39)
    04/03/1871 José Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (El Florilegio)
    04/03/1874 Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, composer
    04/03/1881 Alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53)
    04/03/1882 Simon Elzinga, educator
    04/03/1885 Harry St John Philby, [sheik Abdullah], British explorer
    04/03/1893 Leslie Howard, [Stainer], London, actor (Gone With the Wind) 04/03/1894 Dooley Wilson, Tyler Tx, actor (Bill-Beulah, Casablanca)
    04/03/1895 Bjarne Brustad, composer
    04/03/1895 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Firenze (Florence) Italy, composer 04/03/1896 Douwe Kalma, Fries literature/leader Jongfriese Motion
    04/03/1898 George Jessel, toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic
    04/03/1898 Henry R Luce, publisher (1965 Fisher Award)
    04/03/1899 Cees Lasseur, actor/director (Haagsche Comedy in Casablanca) 04/03/1900 Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon
    04/03/1902 Henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances)
    04/03/1902 Siguringi Eirikur Hjorleifsson, composer
    04/03/1904 Iron Eyes Cody, indian/actor (Cries in litter commercial) 04/03/1904 Peter Van Steeden, Amsterdam Neth, orch leader (Break the Bank) 04/03/1904 Sally Rand, US, actress/ecdysiast/fan dancer (1933 Chic World Fair) 04/03/1907 Isaac Deutscher, Polish/English historian (Stalin/Trotsky biography)
    04/03/1912 Addeke H Boerma, dir-gen (FAO)
    04/03/1912 Bert Bakker, Dutch publisher (Free Netherlands)
    04/03/1913 George Barati, composer
    04/03/1914 Katherine Stammers Menzies, England, doubles tennis player (Wimb 193
    04/03/1915 Iron Eyes Cody, actor (Black Gold, Ernest Goest to Camp)
    04/03/1916 Herb Caen, Sacramento Calif, columnist (SF Chronicle)
    04/03/1917 Bill Finegan, Newark NJ, (Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue) 04/03/1917 Tibor Andrasovan, composer
    04/03/1918 Enrique Iturriaga, composer
    04/03/1918 Louis Applebaum, composer
    04/03/1918 Sixten Ehrling, Malmö Sweden, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm) 04/03/1920 Stan Freeman, Waterbury Conn, pianist (Melody Tour)
    04/03/1921 Harry Landers, NYC, actor (Ted Hoffman-Ben Casey)
    04/03/1921 Marilyn Maxwell, Clarinda Iowa, actress (Grace-Bus Stop)
    04/03/1923 Jan Sterling, NYC, actress (1st Monday in October, HS Confidential) 04/03/1924 Doris Day, Cincinnati Oh, 'girl next door' actress (Pillow Talk) 04/03/1924 Marlon Brando, Omaha Neb, actor (Superman, Godfather)
    04/03/1925 Tony Benn, British minister of technology (1968)
    04/03/1926 Virgil Grissom, Mitchell Ind, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Merc 4, Gemini
    04/03/1927 Eva Székely, Hungary, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1952) 04/03/1929 Miyoshi Umeki, Jap, actr (Mrs Livingston-Courtship of Eddie's Father
    04/03/1930 Helmut Kohl, chancellor (Germany)
    04/03/1930 Lawton Chiles, (Sen-D-Fl, 1971-89)
    04/03/1930 Max Frankel, journalist (Tables of Id of Organic Compounds) 04/03/1931 Alex Cord, Floral Park NY, actor (Jack-WEB, Michael-Airwolf) 04/03/1933 Robert K Dornan, (Rep-R-CA, 1977-83, 85- )
    04/03/1934 Jane Goodall, London England, ethologist (studied African chimps) 04/03/1934 Jim Parker, NFL guard, tackle (Baltimore Colts)
    04/03/1937 Simon Brown, British high court judge
    04/03/1937 William Gaunt, Leeds England, actor (Champions)
    04/03/1938 Jeff Barry, Bkln NY, rock writer (Tell Laura I Love Her)
    04/03/1938 Phillppe Wynn, rocker (Spinners)
    04/03/1939 Vitaliy Davidov, USSR, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
    04/03/1941 Eric Braeden, actor (Victor Newman-Young & Restless, Colossus) 04/03/1941 Jan Berry, singer (Jan & Dean-Deadman's Curve)
    04/03/1941 Philippe Wynne, US soul singer (Detroit Spinners, Ghetto Child) 04/03/1942 Billy Joe Royal, Valdosta Ga, country singer (Down in the Boondocks)
    04/03/1942 Marsha Mason, St Louis Mo, (Blume in Love, Cinderella Liberty) 04/03/1942 Michael Elliott, US, skier (Olympics-1968)
    04/03/1942 Rick Sylvester, parachute ski jumper (world record 3,300') 04/03/1942 Wayne Newton, Roanoke Virginia, singer (Danke Schön)
    04/03/1944 Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band-Up on Cripple Creek) 04/03/1944 Tony Orlando, NYC, singer (& Dawn-Tie a Yellow Ribbon)
    04/03/1945 Catherine Spaak, France, actress (Libertine, Hotel, Circle of Love) 04/03/1945 Richard Manuel, Canada rock vocalist/pianist (The Band-Time to Kill)
    04/03/1945 Wim J Deetman, minister of education/2nd Chamber member (CDA) 04/03/1946 Carlos Salinas de Gortari, president (México, 1988- )
    04/03/1948 Garrick Ohlsson, Bronxville NY, pianist (Intl Busoni winner 1969) 04/03/1948 Jap G de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
    04/03/1948 Mary Gordon-Watson, England, equestrian 3 day event (Oly-gold-1972) 04/03/1949 Jan Keizer, Dutch singer (BZN-Rhythm of My Heart)
    04/03/1949 Lyle Alzado, NFLer (LA Raiders)/actor (Oceans of Fire, Hangfire) 04/03/1949 Richard Thompson, vocalist/guitarist (Shoot Out the Lights) 04/03/1950 Curtis Stone, N Hollywood Calif, singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry) 04/03/1951 Gwen Yes, US actress (Desert Hearts, Nashville)
    04/03/1951 Mel Schacher, bassist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful) 04/03/1954 Mick Mars, [Bob Allen Dale], IN, guitarist (Mötley Crüe-Girls Girls)
    04/03/1955 Aleksandr Nikolayevich Yablontsev, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut 04/03/1956 Miguel Bose, Panama, spanish singer
    04/03/1958 Alec Baldwin, Amityville NY, actor (Joshua-Knots Landing, Beetlejuic
    04/03/1961 Eddie Murphy, Bkln NY, actor (SNL, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw)
    04/03/1962 John Gruffith, rocker (Red Rockers)
    04/03/1968 Sebastian Philip Clerk Bach, Bahamas, rock (Skid Row-Psycho Love) 04/03/1972 Jennie Garth, Champagn Ill, actr (Kelly Taylor-Beverly Hills 90210) 04/03/1973 Jim Campbell, Worchester Mass, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)


    Deaths:

    04/03/ 33 Christ, crucified, according to astronomer Humphreys & Waddington 04/03/1287 Honorius IV, [Giacomo Savelli], Italian Pope (1285-87), dies 04/03/1512 Richard Pafraet, printer
    04/03/1525 Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le api), dies at 49
    04/03/1581 Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor to Rotterdam/Utrecht 04/03/1695 Melchior Hondecoeter, still life painter, dies at about 58 04/03/1769 Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71 04/03/1797 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 67
    04/03/1811 Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies
    04/03/1849 Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Father of Bacteria), dies at 39 04/03/1850 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, composer, dies at 75
    04/03/1858 Sigismund Neukomm, composer, dies at 79
    04/03/1868 Franz Adolf Berwald, composer, dies at 71
    04/03/1882 Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer, dies at 71
    04/03/1882 Jesse James, shot dead at 34, in St Joseph Mo by Robert Ford 04/03/1884 Carel JCH van Nispen Sevenaer, Catholic politician, dies at 59 04/03/1897 Johannes Brahms, composer, dies at 63
    04/03/1897 John Brahms, German composer/conductor (Hungarian Dancing), dies 04/03/1909 Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer, dies at 71
    04/03/1919 Paul Geisler, composer, dies at 62
    04/03/1920 Homer Newton Bartlett, composer, dies at 74
    04/03/1936 Bruno Hauptmann, convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed 04/03/1941 Pal Teleki-von Szek, premier Hungary (1920-21, 39-41), commits suici
    04/03/1942 Albert Siklos, composer, dies at 64
    04/03/1942 Paul Gilson, composer, dies at 77
    04/03/1943 Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr Calgary), dies at 50 04/03/1945 Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Vienna Wörtlich), dies 04/03/1946 Masaharu Homma, Lt Gen (responsible for Bataan Death March), execute
    04/03/1949 Basil Harwood, composer, dies at 89
    04/03/1950 Adolf Wiklund, composer, dies at 71
    04/03/1950 Carter G Woodson, 'father of black history,' dies in Wash DC at 74 04/03/1950 Kurt Julian Weill, German composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies at 50 04/03/1951 John C Kielstra, economist/governor of Suriname (1933-44), dies at 7
    04/03/1956 T Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed
    04/03/1960 Anton Pancake, astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 77
    04/03/1962 Benny 'Kid' Paret, US welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at 24 04/03/1962 Manolis Kalomiris, composer, dies at 78
    04/03/1966 Russel Crouse, US stagewriter (Life with Father), dies at 73 04/03/1969 Rex Evans, actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara), dies at 65 04/03/1970 Manfred Bonnington Lee, [Ellery Queen], detective writer, dies at 65
    04/03/1971 Joseph Valachi, US gangster, dies at 66
    04/03/1972 Ferde Grofé, US composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80 04/03/1975 Mary Ure, actress (Sons & Lovers, Where Eagles Dare), dies at 42 04/03/1976 Maurice Johnstone, composer, dies at 75
    04/03/1980 Luella Gear, actress (Joe & Mabel), dies at 82
    04/03/1982 Herman W Filarski, bridge journalist, dies at 69
    04/03/1982 Warren Oates, actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke), dies at 53 04/03/1986 Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice), dies at 75
    04/03/1988 Milton A Caniff, US cartoonist (Terry & the Pirates), dies at 81 04/03/1989 Norman Woolard, actor (Guilty, Saul & David, Medeleine), dies at 79 04/03/1990 Katherine Balfour, actress (Love Story), dies
    04/03/1990 Sarah Vaughn, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66
    04/03/1991 Graham Greene, Brit writer (3rd Man, Our man in Havana), dies at 86 04/03/1992 Lloyd 'Slim' Andrews, actor (Buf Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies 04/03/1992 Margaret Barker, actress, dies
    04/03/1993 Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at
    04/03/1993 Dieter Plage, entertainer, dies
    04/03/1993 Eduardo Cabellero Calderon, Colombian writer/diplomat
    04/03/1993 Pinky Lee, kiddie program host, dies at 85, of heart attack 04/03/1994 Betty Furness, actress/news consumer reporter (WNBC), dies 04/03/1994 Frank G Wells, US director (Walt Disney), dies at 62
    04/03/1994 Jerome Lejeune, French geneticist (Syndrome of Down), dies at 67 04/03/1994 Pat Harper, NY news anchor (WPIX, WNBC), dies


    Significant Events:

    04/03/ 245 -BC- Origin of Era of Arsaces
    04/03/ 309 -BC- Origin of Seleucid Era
    04/03/ 419 [Etalius] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    04/03/1312 2nd council of Vienna
    04/03/1376 Battle of Navarrete (Najera), English beat France
    04/03/1559 Peace of Le Cateau-Cambrésis
    04/03/1582 French van Valois honored as duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen 04/03/1679 Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig
    04/03/1776 Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College 04/03/1783 Sweden & US sign a treaty of Amity & Commerce
    04/03/1848 Thomas Douglas becomes 1st SF public teacher
    04/03/1856 Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos
    04/03/1860 Pony Express began between St Joseph Mo & Sacramento Calif 04/03/1864 Skirmish at Okolona, Arkansas
    04/03/1865 Battle at Namozine Curch, Virginia (Appomattox Campaign)
    04/03/1865 Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond Va & Petersberg 04/03/1868 An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave 04/03/1872 J C Watson discovers asteroid #119 Althaea
    04/03/1886 J Palisa discovers asteroids #256 Walpurga & #274 Philagoria 04/03/1889 Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Va 04/03/1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #562 Salome
    04/03/1908 Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs 04/03/1910 Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mt McKinley climbed 04/03/1916 S Belyavskij disc asteroid 854 Frostia, 855 Newcombia & 856 Backlund
    04/03/1917 Lenin leaves Switzerland for Petrograd
    04/03/1918 House of Reps accepts American Creed written by William Tyler 04/03/1922 Stalin named secretary-general of Central Committee
    04/03/1925 Great Britain goes back to gold standard
    04/03/1925 Neth & Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde
    04/03/1926 2nd flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard
    04/03/1926 Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions 04/03/1927 Interstate Commerce Comm transfers Ohio to Eastern time zone 04/03/1929 Persia agrees to Litvinov Pact
    04/03/1930 Mont Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 2 games for Stanley Cup 04/03/1930 Ras Tafari becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 04/03/1933 1st airplane flight over Mt Everest
    04/03/1933 Then longest North American hockey game requires a 1:44:46 overtime 04/03/1935 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1354 Botha & #1948 Kampala 04/03/1936 Al Carr KOs Lew Massey on 1 punch, :07 of 1st round
    04/03/1936 Shortest boxing bout with gloves lasts only 10 seconds
    04/03/1937 K Inkeri discovers asteroid #1425 Tuorla
    04/03/1940 Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #2194 Arpola, #2512 Tavastia & #3099 04/03/1941 Iraq (Rasjid al-Gailani forms pro-German regime
    04/03/1943 Jan Dieters (leader of illegal CPN) arrested
    04/03/1944 British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz
    04/03/1944 Supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) 'white primaries' unconstitutional
    04/03/1945 Hengelo freed from nazi control
    04/03/1945 US 1st army conquers Hofgeismar
    04/03/1946 Neth-German postal relations resume
    04/03/1948 1st US figure skating championships held
    04/03/1948 Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries) 04/03/1949 KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS
    04/03/1949 WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasti
    04/03/1952 Dutch Queen Juliana speaks to US Congress
    04/03/1954 Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record) 04/03/1955 Balt Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC Athletics) 04/03/1955 Night express train in Guadalajara derails, killing 300
    04/03/1956 German war criminals Hinrichsen/Rühl/Siebens/Viebahn freed 04/03/1958 Fidel Castro's rebels open attack on Havana
    04/03/1960 Earthquake at Havré, Belgium
    04/03/1962 Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races) 04/03/1964 Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts 04/03/1964 US & Panamá agree to resume diplomatic relations
    04/03/1965 1st atomic powered spacecraft (snap) launched
    04/03/1966 Luna 10 orbits Moon
    04/03/1967 113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships 04/03/1968 N Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks 04/03/1970 Miriam Hargrave of England passes her drivers test on 40th try 04/03/1972 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2142 Landau
    04/03/1974 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states 04/03/1974 Gold hits record $197 an ounce in Paris
    04/03/1975 Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend 04/03/1975 James Rupers kills his family to inherit
    04/03/1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3493
    04/03/1976 Phila Flyers win record tying 20th straight NHL home game 04/03/1977 Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point
    04/03/1977 Egyptian Pres Anwar Sadat 1st meeting with President Jimmy Carter 04/03/1977 Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg adopt summer time
    04/03/1978 European market & China signs trade agreement
    04/03/1978 Larry King moves his radio show from Miami to Washington DC 04/03/1979 Belgium's Martens govt forms
    04/03/1979 Jane Byrne elected 1st female mayor of Chicago
    04/03/1981 Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumped 6' 8.25', with 1 leg
    04/03/1982 Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point
    04/03/1982 UN Security Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Island
    04/03/1984 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3676
    04/03/1984 Guinea suspends constitution after coup
    04/03/1984 Soyuz T-11 carries 3 cosmonauts (1 Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7
    04/03/1985 French government adopts equal electoral system
    04/03/1985 Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London 04/03/1986 Maureen O'Boyle (future host of Current Affair) is raped
    04/03/1986 US national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000
    04/03/1987 Bill Elliott sets NASCAR qualify record of 212.809 mph at Talladega 04/03/1988 Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Gretzky's 7 year stre
    04/03/1988 NJ Devils beat Chicago to clinch their 1st ever playoff spot 04/03/1988 Somalia & Ethiopia sign accord about Ogaden desert
    04/03/1989 'Sunrise' a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for Bronx 04/03/1989 Michigan beats Seaton Hall for NCAA basketball title
    04/03/1992 1st exhibition game at Camden Field-Orioles beat NY Mets

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Apr 4 18:00:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/04/ 188 Caracalla, [Marcus Aureiius Antoniius], Roman emperor (211-17) 04/04/1527 Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer 04/04/1646 Antoine Galland, French oriëntalist/interpreter
    04/04/1648 Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver
    04/04/1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter
    04/04/1716 John Evangelist Schreiber, composer
    04/04/1731 Francisco Morera, composer
    04/04/1740 Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer
    04/04/1752 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)
    04/04/1755 Vincenc Masek, composer
    04/04/1758 John Hoppner, portrait painter
    04/04/1762 Stephen Storace, composer
    04/04/1785 Bettina Brentano, composer
    04/04/1785 Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King) 04/04/1786 John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)
    04/04/1792 Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)
    04/04/1802 Dorothea Dix, US, aroused interest in treatment of mental inmates 04/04/1804 Joseph Fischhof, composer
    04/04/1809 Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer
    04/04/1814 John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872
    04/04/1817 John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 189
    04/04/1820 Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 18
    04/04/1821 Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock) 04/04/1823 Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)
    04/04/1823 Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers) 04/04/1826 Zénobe Théophile Gramme, inventor (electric motor)
    04/04/1828 Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) 04/04/1831 Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 04/04/1832 Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido)
    04/04/1836 Jerome Hopkins, composer
    04/04/1843 Hans Richter, composer
    04/04/1858 Rémy de Gourmont, French critic/writer (Physique de L'amour) 04/04/1870 George A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church 04/04/1872 Nikolai Amani, composer
    04/04/1872 Pauline de Haan-Manifarges, Dutch singer
    04/04/1875 Jozef Szulc, composer
    04/04/1875 Pierre Monteux, Paris France, conductor (Boston Symph Orch 1919-24) 04/04/1876 Maurice de Vlaminck, Paris, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow) 04/04/1879 Gabriel Groulez, composer
    04/04/1881 Charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)
    04/04/1882 Mary Howe, composer
    04/04/1888 Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose 04/04/1892 Cyril Smith, Peterhead Scotland, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot) 04/04/1895 Arthur Murray, NYC, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)
    04/04/1896 Robert Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight
    04/04/1896 Tristan Tzara, [Samuel Rosenfeld] French poet (Approximate Man) 04/04/1897 Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Grand Illusion)
    04/04/1901 Carmel Myers, SF Calif, actress (Carmel Myers Show)
    04/04/1902 Louise L the Vilmorin, French poetess/author (Lutin Sauvage) 04/04/1905 Eugene Bozza, composer
    04/04/1906 Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction)
    04/04/1906 John Cameron Swayze, Wichita Ks, newscaster (Timex, Hindenberg) 04/04/1907 Nathan M Pusey, educator (1963 Natl Assoc for Social Sciences Medal)
    04/04/1913 Frances Langford, Lakeland Fla, singer (Armed Forces Hour, Star Time
    04/04/1913 Jerome Weidman, US writer (Tenderloin)
    04/04/1914 John Beith, British diplomat
    04/04/1914 Marguerite Duras, France, novelist/playwright (Sea Wall)
    04/04/1915 Jan Drda, Czech writer (Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani) 04/04/1915 Lars G Ahlin, Swedish writer (Death of Me)
    04/04/1915 Muddy Waters, [McKinley Morganfield], guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man
    04/04/1918 Earl Jellicoe, chancellor (U of Southhampton)
    04/04/1918 Margaret Dupont, tennis champion
    04/04/1919 Antony Tudor, England, choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957) 04/04/1921 Willem J 'Wim' the Villiers, S Afr minister of Administration 04/04/1922 Elmer Bernstein, NYC, movie music composer (Robot Monster) 04/04/1923 Eric Rohmer, Nancy Francy, director (Claire's Knee)
    04/04/1923 Manon H E Alving, actress (Short Americans)
    04/04/1924 Gil Hodges, baseball player/manager (Bkln Dodgers, NY Mets) 04/04/1924 Peter Vaughan, actor (Haunted Honeymoon, Die Die My Darling) 04/04/1925 Elizabeth Wilson, Grand Rapids Mich, actor (Doc, East Side/West Side
    04/04/1925 Erna Spoorenberg, singer
    04/04/1926 Cloris Leachman, Des Moines Iowa, actress (Phyllis, High Anxiety) 04/04/1927 Bob Stump, (Rep-R-AZ, 1977- )
    04/04/1928 Bill Ryan, Bkln NY, newscaster (Smithsonian)
    04/04/1928 Jimmy Logan, British comedian (Mad Death)
    04/04/1928 Maya Angelou, St Louis Mo, poet/actress (Nyo-Roots)
    04/04/1928 Monty Norman, composer/writer
    04/04/1929 William F Clinger Jr, (Rep-R-PA, 1979- )
    04/04/1930 David Sexton, soccer manager
    04/04/1931 Harold L Volkmer, (Rep-D-MO, 1977- )
    04/04/1932 Andrei Tarkovski, Russian director (Solaris, Stalker)
    04/04/1932 Anthony Perkins, NYC, actor (Psycho, Fear Strikes Out, Pretty Poison
    04/04/1932 Richard G Lugar, (Sen-R-IN, 1977- )
    04/04/1933 Fritz Bolkestein, director (Shell)/Minister of Defense (VVD) 04/04/1933 Seoirse Bodley, composer
    04/04/1935 Francois-Bernard Mache, composer
    04/04/1935 Lord Ichayra, secretary-general (British Banking Assn)
    04/04/1935 Trevor Griffiths, playwright (Absolute Beginners)
    04/04/1937 Ian St James, novelist (Balfour Conspiracy, Vengeance, Money Stones)
    04/04/1937 J Hans van den Doel, economist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA) 04/04/1938 A Bartlett Giamatti, Boston, pres of Yale/baseball commish (1989) 04/04/1938 Michael Parks, Corona Calif, actor (Then Came Bronson)
    04/04/1938 Peter Attenborough, British headmaster (Charterhouse)
    04/04/1939 Hugh Masekela, South Africa, trumpeter (I Am Not Afraid)
    04/04/1939 JoAnne Gunderson Carter, Kirkland Wash, golfer (US Women's Open 1971
    04/04/1939 Joanne Carner, Kirkland Wash, LPGA golfer (US Open 1970, 76) 04/04/1940 Bijan, Iran, mens apparel designer (Beverly Hills, NYC, London) 04/04/1941 Major Lance, US boxer/dancer/singer (Hey Little Girl)
    04/04/1942 Kitty Kelley, author (Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra) 04/04/1943 Ian Robertson, British museum director (National Army Museum) 04/04/1944 David Melville, professor/director (Middlesex Polytechnic) 04/04/1944 Lawrence A Hough, US, rower (Pairs w/o cox-1968 olympic silver) 04/04/1945 Caroline McWilliams, Seattle Wash, actress (Sally-Soap, Marcy-Benson
    04/04/1946 Craig T Nelson, Spokane Wash, actor (Poltergeist, Hayden Fox-Coach) 04/04/1947 Salvatore Sciarrino, composer
    04/04/1948 Berry Oakley, rocker (Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man)
    04/04/1948 Gail Davies, Broken Bow Ok, country singer (Blue Heartache) 04/04/195- Luke Halpin, Astoria NY, actor (Sandy-Flipper)
    04/04/1950 Christine Lahti, Detroit, actress (Harvey Korman Show, Swing Shift) 04/04/1951 Steve Gatlin, Olney Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady) 04/04/1952 Dave Hill, rock guitarist (Slade-Coz I Love You)
    04/04/1952 Rosemarie Ackermann, German DR, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1976) 04/04/1954 Julie Carmen, Mount Vernon NY, actress (Gloria, Last Plane Out) 04/04/1956 Evelyn Hart, prima ballerina (Royal Winnipeg Ballet)
    04/04/1957 Graeme Kelling, British pop guitarist (Deacon Blue-Real Gone Kid) 04/04/1957 Paul Downton, British cricketeer
    04/04/1958 John Wesley Jones, Lawton Ok, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1976) 04/04/1958 Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, painter
    04/04/1960 Jonathan Agnew, British broadcaster/test bowler
    04/04/1962 Ava Fabian, Brewster NY, playmate (Aug, 1986)
    04/04/1964 Paul Parker, soccer player
    04/04/1964 Robbie Rist, Calif, actor (Oliver-Brady Bunch)
    04/04/1965 Robert Downey Jr, NYC, comedian (SNL, Less than Zero, Back to School
    04/04/1965 Zwart Francis, [Charles Thompson], US singer/songwriter (Pixies) 04/04/1966 Nancy McKeon, Westbury NY, actress (Jo Polniazek-Facts of Life)


    Deaths:

    04/04/ 397 Ambrosius, gov of Ligurie/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies 04/04/ 896 Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies
    04/04/1229 Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Luik, dies
    04/04/1284 Alfonso X, King of Castilië/León (1252-84), dies at 63
    04/04/1292 Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies
    04/04/1393 Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies
    04/04/1406 Robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies
    04/04/1417 John van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies 04/04/1585 Caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Friesland, dies at about 57 04/04/1588 Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53 04/04/1604 Thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer, dies
    04/04/1617 John Napier, inventor (logarithms), dies (birth date unknown) 04/04/1643 Simon Episcopius, bishop/theologist, dies
    04/04/1662 Davis Mell, composer, dies at 57
    04/04/1662 Leonhart Nucleus, German sculptor, dies at about 73
    04/04/1664 Adam Willaerts, seascape painter, dies
    04/04/1734 Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 04/04/1774 Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet/writer (She stoops to conquer), dies 04/04/1806 Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84
    04/04/1807 Joseph Jérôme Le Francais de Lalande, astronomer, dies
    04/04/1817 André Masséna Duc de Rivoli, soldier, dies
    04/04/1817 Prince d'Essing, dies
    04/04/1841 William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68 04/04/1844 Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 8
    04/04/1862 Harmen S Sytstra, poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45
    04/04/1889 Thomas T H Jorissen, historian, dies at 566
    04/04/1900 Edward VII, King, assassinated
    04/04/1905 Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73
    04/04/1908 Josef Sucher, composer, dies at 64
    04/04/1919 William Crookes, phsicist/chemist, dies
    04/04/1923 L Martov, [Joulij O Tsederbaum], Russ revolutionary, dies at 49 04/04/1929 Karl Freidrich Benz, automobile engineer (Mercedes), dies 04/04/1930 Vladimir Majakovski, Russian poet, dies
    04/04/1931 Andre Michelin, CEO (Michelin Tires), dies
    04/04/1931 George Whitfield Chadwick, composer, dies at 76
    04/04/1932 Wilhelm Ostwald, physical chemist (Nobel 1909), dies
    04/04/1934 Braulio Dueno Colon, composer, dies at 80
    04/04/1937 Frantisek X Salda, Czech writer/critic, dies
    04/04/1939 Ghazi, King of Iraq, dies
    04/04/1943 Oskar Schlemmer, German painter/sculptor, dies
    04/04/1943 Raoul Laparra, composer, dies at 66
    04/04/1944 John Peale Bishop, US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51 04/04/1944 Karel Weis, composer, dies at 82
    04/04/1950 Kurt Weill, German/US composer (Street Scenes), dies
    04/04/1953 Carol II, King of Romania (1930-40), dies
    04/04/1956 Fritz Künkel, German physician, dies
    04/04/1963 Endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18 04/04/1963 Jason Robards Sr, actor (Acapulco), dies at 70
    04/04/1967 Mischa Elman, Ukraine/US violinist, dies
    04/04/1968 Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated in Memphis (Dream continues) 04/04/1970 Byron Foulger, actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70 04/04/1972 Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63
    04/04/1972 John AHJS Bruins Slot, co-founder/editor in chief (illegal) 04/04/1972 Stefan Wolpe, composer, dies at 69
    04/04/1977 Jeno Zador, composer, dies at 82
    04/04/1978 Gino Contilli, composer, dies at 70
    04/04/1979 Edgar Buchanan, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77 04/04/1979 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, former Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan 04/04/1981 Brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56
    04/04/1982 Tsvetan Tsvetanov, composer, dies at 50
    04/04/1983 Gloria Swanson, actress (Airport 1975), dies at 84 of a heart ailmen
    04/04/1983 Jacqueline Logan, silent film leading lady, dies at 78
    04/04/1986 Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter, dies at 87
    04/04/1987 C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, author (Judgment Night), dies at 76 04/04/1991 John Heinz, (Sen-R-Pa), dies in a plane crash
    04/04/1991 Luc de Rÿck, Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies
    04/04/1991 Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann), dies 04/04/1992 Karl Tunberg, US scriptwriter (Ben Hur), dies
    04/04/1993 Alfred Mosher Butts, US architect/game maker (Scrabble), dies at 93 04/04/1993 Bep [Alberta B] Ogterop, [Rita la Roche], singer, dies
    04/04/1994 Ginny Simms, [Virginia Sims], singer/actress (Playmates), dies at 77
    04/04/1994 Olga Lowina, yodeler (Edelweisskapel), dies at 69


    Significant Events:

    04/04/ 896 Formosus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    04/04/1081 Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne
    04/04/1460 University of Basle in Swizerland forms
    04/04/1541 Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of Jesuits 04/04/1581 Frances Drake completres circumnavigation of world
    04/04/1625 Viceroy Frederik Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels 04/04/1660 Declaration of Breda
    04/04/1687 King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church 04/04/1737 Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor
    04/04/1818 Congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars 04/04/1828 Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam) 04/04/1832 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro
    04/04/1850 City of Los Angeles incorporated
    04/04/1858 Asteroid 54, Kalypso discovered (named for goddess of silence) 04/04/1858 R Luther discovers asteroid #53 Kalypso
    04/04/1859 Opera 'Dinorah' is produced (Paris)
    04/04/1862 Battle of Yorktown begins
    04/04/1862 US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond 04/04/1864 Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas 04/04/1865 Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse
    04/04/1870 Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800
    04/04/1887 Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS) 04/04/1896 Announcement of Gold in Yukon
    04/04/1900 Assassinaton attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII
    04/04/1900 British garrison surrenders to Boer general De Law
    04/04/1902 Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund established with $10 million 04/04/1905 Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000
    04/04/1912 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia 04/04/1912 Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet
    04/04/1912 Tibet declares independence from China
    04/04/1914 'Perils of Pauline' shown for 1st time in LA
    04/04/1916 US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WW I
    04/04/1918 Battle of Somme, ends
    04/04/1918 Food riot in Amsterdam
    04/04/1920 Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem
    04/04/1922 WAAB (Baton Rouge La) becomes 1st US radio station with 'W' calls 04/04/1929 'New Moon' musical opens in London
    04/04/1929 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held
    04/04/1932 Vitamin C 1st isolated, C.C. King, Univ of Pittsburgh
    04/04/1933 US Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of NJ, 73 die
    04/04/1933 US airship USS Akron crashes into Atlantic Ocean
    04/04/1934 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1716 Peter
    04/04/1939 Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq
    04/04/1940 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2332 Kalm
    04/04/1941 German troops conquer Banghazi
    04/04/1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia
    04/04/1944 De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communist
    04/04/1945 Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
    04/04/1945 US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld
    04/04/1947 Largest group of sunspots on record
    04/04/1947 UN's International Civil Aviation Organization established 04/04/1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Wash DC) 04/04/1949 WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 04/04/1950 Dirk Suffocated becomes chairman of OES
    04/04/1951 Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan & Eva Perón in Buenos Aires 04/04/1953 KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 04/04/1955 British govt signs military treaty with Iraq
    04/04/1958 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)
    04/04/1959 Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960) 04/04/1960 Oscar awarded to Neth director Bert Haanstra
    04/04/1960 Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center
    04/04/1960 Senegal declares independence from France
    04/04/1964 Beatles' 'Can't Buy Me Love,' single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks 04/04/1966 Pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland
    04/04/1967 Amsterdam Marines chase out 'nozems' of Central Station
    04/04/1967 Dutch De Young govt forms
    04/04/1968 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned
    04/04/1969 Dr Denton Cooley implants 1st temporary artificial heart
    04/04/1971 Marine clay under houses liquifies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec) 04/04/1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th 04/04/1975 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes 04/04/1975 USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155 04/04/1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2369 Chekhov
    04/04/1976 Seni Pramojs Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand
    04/04/1979 Jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago Ill
    04/04/1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched
    04/04/1983 North Carolina State wins NCAA women's basketball championship 04/04/1984 Winston Smith in Orwell's '1984' begins his secret diary
    04/04/1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal 04/04/1986 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
    04/04/1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts
    04/04/1988 Eddie Hill becomes 1st to race a ¼ mile in under 5 seconds 04/04/1988 Kansas upsets Oklahoma for NCAA basketball title
    04/04/1988 Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds Vs Cards
    04/04/1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
    04/04/1990 'Marshall Chronicles' premieres on ABC-TV
    04/04/1990 Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident
    04/04/1990 Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody 04/04/1992 Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees beat NY Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad
    04/04/1992 John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca 04/04/1992 Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case
    04/04/1992 Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania 04/04/1993 Wrestlemania IX-Hulk Hogan beats Okozuna for title
    04/04/1994 Arkansas Razorbacks beat Duke 76-72 for NCAA basketball title 04/04/1994 KLM Saab 340B crashes at Schiphol, 3 killed
    04/04/1994 LA Dodger Darryl Strawberry begins substance abuse treatment

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/05/1588 Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)
    04/05/1595 John Wilson, composer
    04/05/1598 Laurentius Erhard, composer
    04/05/1626 John van Kessel, Flemish painter
    04/05/1643 Charles V Leopold, Austrian field marshal
    04/05/1649 Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale
    04/05/1698 Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer
    04/05/1725 Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain) 04/05/1727 Pasquale Ankossi, composer
    04/05/1732 Jean-Honoré Fragonard, France, painter
    04/05/1752 Sébastien Erard, piano/harp manufacturer
    04/05/1784 Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust) 04/05/1788 Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund)
    04/05/1795 Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39) 04/05/1799 Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer
    04/05/1811 Jules Dupré, landscape painter
    04/05/1818 Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 04/05/1822 James Nagle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866 04/05/1824 Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet (Roman)
    04/05/1825 David Rumph 'Neighbor' Jones, Major General (Confederate Army) 04/05/1827 Joseph Lister, England, physician (founded aseptic surgery) 04/05/1828 Pietro Plantania, composer
    04/05/1830 Alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever) 04/05/1832 Jules-François Camille Ferry, French statesman
    04/05/1837 Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) 04/05/1838 Alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist
    04/05/1839 Robert Smalls, Beaufort SC, black congressman 1875-87 (Rep-SC) 04/05/1839 Stanislaw Pilinski, composer
    04/05/1845 Jules M Cambon, French gov-gen of Algeria/ambassador
    04/05/1853 Alfonso Randano, composer
    04/05/1854 Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer
    04/05/1856 Booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator (1st black on US stam
    04/05/1857 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) 04/05/1859 Wilhelm Harteveld, composer
    04/05/1862 Louis Ganne, composer
    04/05/1869 Albert Roussel, Tourcoing France, composer (Rapsodie Flamende) 04/05/1869 Karl Wagenfeld, Defeated German writer (Daud un Düwel)
    04/05/1871 Jeanne Bougeois, [La Mistinguette], artist (French revue) 04/05/1876 Viktor Patrick Vretblad, composer
    04/05/1885 Dimitrie Cuclin, composer
    04/05/1890 Fie Carelsen, actress
    04/05/1893 Clas Thunberg, Finland, speed skater (Olympic-gold-1924, 28) 04/05/1893 Pál Szabó, Hungarian farmer/author (Talpalatnyi Föld)
    04/05/1899 Willianm Hornby Steer, barrister/judge
    04/05/1900 Spencer Tracy, actor (Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib) 04/05/1901 Alexander Alexeieff, Russian/French painter/graphic artist 04/05/1901 Chester Bowles, Mass, ambassador/writer (Conscience of a Liberal) 04/05/1901 Melvyn Douglas, [Hesselberg], Macon Ga, actor (Hud, Ghost Story) 04/05/1903 Thomas Baron Pitfield, composer
    04/05/1905 Bill Raisch, one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive)
    04/05/1905 Jef Maes, composer
    04/05/1907 J Zeldenrust, Dutch pathologist/anatomist
    04/05/1908 Bette Davis, Lowell Mass, famous eyes (Of Human Bondage, Jezebel) 04/05/1908 George Schick, Prague Czech, conductor (Chicago Symphony) 04/05/1908 Grady Sutton, Chattanooga Tn, actor (Pruitts of South Hampton) 04/05/1908 Herbert von Karajan, Austria, Berlin Philharmonic conductor/Nazi 04/05/1908 Mary Hemingway, writer (Ernest Hemmingway Biography)
    04/05/1909 Alberto Romero 'Cubby' Broccoli, NYC, film producer (James Bond) 04/05/1911 Goddard Lieberson, Hanley Staffordshire England, recording exec 04/05/1911 Gordon Jones, Alden Iowa, actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott & Costello) 04/05/1916 Gregory Peck, La Jolla Calif, actor (To Kill a Mockingbird, MacArthu
    04/05/1917 Richard Yardumian, Philadelphia, composer (Come Creator Spirit) 04/05/1917 Robert [Albert] Bloch, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Psycho)
    04/05/1919 Douglas Henley, British auditor-general
    04/05/1920 Arthur Halley, England, Canadian author (Hotel, Airport)
    04/05/1920 Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch premier (1971-73)
    04/05/1921 Lady Fisher, founder (British Women Caring Trust)
    04/05/1921 Robert Q Lewis, NYC, TV host (Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show)
    04/05/1922 Charles Savage, Belgian Minister of Justice
    04/05/1922 Gale Storm, Bloomington Tx, actr (My Little Margie, Gale Storm Show)
    04/05/1922 Harry Freedman, composer
    04/05/1922 Tom Finney, British soccer star
    04/05/1923 Ernest Mandel, Belgian philosopher/economist
    04/05/1923 Nguyen Van Thieu, South Vietnam president (1965-75)
    04/05/1923 Stanley Orme, chairman (British Labour Party)
    04/05/1924 Mart Kempers, graphicy designer/statue artist
    04/05/1925 Oldrich Flosman, composer
    04/05/1926 Roger Corman, Detroit, producer/director (Little Shop of Horrors) 04/05/1928 David Farquhar Andress, composer
    04/05/1928 Michael Bryant, actor (Sakharov, Girly)
    04/05/1928 Tony Williams, US, singer (Platters-Only You, Harbor Lights) 04/05/1928 Will Gaines, jazz dancer
    04/05/1929 Hugo Claus, Flemish writer/director (Koele Lover, Sugar)
    04/05/1929 Nigel Hawthorne, actor (Tartuffe, Pope John Paul II)
    04/05/1933 Frank Gorshin, Pittsburgh Pa, comedian/impersonator (Riddler-Batman)
    04/05/1934 Stanley Turrentine, jazz saxophonist
    04/05/1934 Tina Maria Stone, runner (1 year distance record of 15,472 miles) 04/05/1935 Donald Lynden-Bell, British astronomer
    04/05/1936 John Albert, professor (Master of University College Oxford) 04/05/1936 John White, composer
    04/05/1937 Colin Powell, Bronx NY, general/asst to president (Nat Sec Affairs) 04/05/1939 David Winters, London England, choreographer (Steve Allen Comedy Hou
    04/05/1939 Lonnie White, vocalist (Smokey Robinson & Miracles-Shop Around) 04/05/1940 Aliza Kashi, Israel, actress/singer (Merv Griffin regular) 04/05/1941 David LaFlamme, electric violinist (It's a Beautiful Day) 04/05/1941 Eric Burdon, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
    04/05/1941 Michael Moriarity, Detroit, actor (Bang the Drum Slowly, Q, Stuff) 04/05/1942 Allan Clarke, rock vocalist (Hollies-Air That I Breathe)
    04/05/1943 Jonathan Lynn, Bath England, actor (Danny-Doctor in the House) 04/05/1943 Max Gail, Mich, (Barney Miller, Whiz Kids, DC Cab, Normal People) 04/05/1944 Ann [Elizabeth] Maxwell, US, sci-fi author (Jaws of Menx) 04/05/1944 Dave Holland, heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law) 04/05/1944 Peter T King, (Rep-R-New York)
    04/05/1944 Willy G 'Willeke' van Ammelrooy, actress/wife of Marco Bakker 04/05/1946 Jane Asher, Paul McCartney's former girlfriend/actress (Deep End) 04/05/1946 Jennifer Penney, ballerina
    04/05/1946 Larry Frederick Wendt, composer
    04/05/1949 Judith Arlene Resnik, Akron Ohio, ast (STS 41D, 51L-Chal disaster) 04/05/1950 Agnetha Fältskog, Stockholm Sweden, rocker (ABBA-Waterloo) 04/05/1950 Anna Ulvaeus, rocker (Aha-Take on Me)
    04/05/1950 Franklin R Chang-Diaz, Costa Rica, PhD/astro (STS 61C, 34, 46, 60) 04/05/1950 Mildred Douglas, Surinames/Dutch singer (Mai Tai)
    04/05/1951 Everett Morton, rocker (English Beat)
    04/05/1951 Roosevel Ferguson, Arkansas, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) 04/05/1954 Christopher S Nelson, New Orleans LA, actor (Sons & Daughters) 04/05/1954 Michael W Butler, created TODAY program
    04/05/1954 Stan Ridgeway, rocker (Mosquito-Garage Sale)
    04/05/1955 Janice Long, British radio host
    04/05/1957 Vince Gill, Norman Okla, country singer (When I Call Your Name) 04/05/1958 Cammie Lusko, LA Calif, Guinness' World Strongest Woman
    04/05/1958 Johan Kriek, South Africa, tennis player (US Indoor 1982) 04/05/1968 Gianna Amore, Warwick RI, playmate (August, 1989)
    04/05/2173 Harcourt Fenton 'Harry' Mudd, New Amsterdam, Arcturus (Star Trek)


    Deaths:

    04/05/ 828 Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies
    04/05/1258 Julian van Cornillon/Luik, Flemish saint, dies
    04/05/1270 Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies 04/05/1531 Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop 04/05/1649 John Winthrop, 1st governor Mass Bay Colony, dies
    04/05/1673 François Caron, Belgian colonial director, Japan, dies at about 72 04/05/1684 William Brouncker, 2nd viscout/1st pres of Royal Society, dies 04/05/1693 Anne ML of Orléans, duchess of Montpensier (Grande Mademoiselle), di
    04/05/1697 Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies
    04/05/1712 John Luyken, poet/etcher (species company, dies at 63
    04/05/1732 Johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52
    04/05/1765 Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies
    04/05/1794 Georges-Jaques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined 04/05/1811 Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies
    04/05/1871 Georg Andreas Henkel, composer, dies at 66
    04/05/1878 Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 88
    04/05/1896 John Rogers Thomas, composer, dies at 66
    04/05/1900 Comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/S African general, dies in battle
    04/05/1907 Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman philosphy in Neth), dies at 65 04/05/1908 Gaetano Coronaro, composer, dies at 55
    04/05/1918 Paul Vidal de la Blanche, French geocount, dies
    04/05/1921 Alphonsus J M Diepenbrock, classic composer, dies at 58
    04/05/1922 Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice, dies at 85
    04/05/1923 George Edward Stanhope Molyneúx Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, dies
    04/05/1928 Jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archelogist, dies
    04/05/1934 Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer, dies at 74
    04/05/1935 Emil Mlynarski, composer, dies at 64
    04/05/1944 Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 04/05/1945 Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 42
    04/05/1946 Vincent Millie Youmans, composer, dies
    04/05/1954 Claude Delvincourt, composer, dies at 66
    04/05/1963 Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 04/05/1963 Julius Harrison, composer, dies at 78
    04/05/1964 Douglas MacArthur, US general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84 04/05/1969 Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73 04/05/1969 Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuela author/president (1947-48), dies at 84 04/05/1972 Brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73 04/05/1974 William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49
    04/05/1975 Victor GM Marijnen, Dutch premier (1963-65), dies at 58
    04/05/1976 Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72
    04/05/1981 Cornelis Verolme, ship builder, dies at 80
    04/05/1982 Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71
    04/05/1984 Arthur Travors Harris, marshal of British RAF, dies
    04/05/1984 Theo Koomen, radio reporter, dies in auto-accident at 54
    04/05/1986 Manly Wade Wellman, sci-fi author (Devil's Planet), dies at 82 04/05/1990 Nico Scheepmaker, columnist/poet, dies
    04/05/1991 John Tower, (Sen-R-Tx), dies in a plane crash
    04/05/1991 Manley L 'Sonny' Carter Jr, US astronaut, dies in an accident 04/05/1992 Anthony 'Tony' Papa, big band leader, dies at 65
    04/05/1992 Sam Walton, Billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart), dies of cancer at 74 04/05/1992 Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster, dies
    04/05/1994 Marlon Riggs, US writer/director/producer (Ethnic notions)


    Significant Events:

    04/05/ 823 Pope Peschalis I crowned Lotharius I, compassionate emperor of Franc
    04/05/1058 Bishop John 'Minchio', [domkop] elected as Pope Benedictus X 04/05/1242 Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod defeats Teutonic Knights
    04/05/1242 Battle on the More of Pskov Estonia
    04/05/1585 Clemens Crabbeels becomes bishop of Hertogenbosch
    04/05/1614 2nd parliment of King James I begin session (no enactments) 04/05/1614 Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe 04/05/1621 Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England 04/05/1762 British take Grenada, West Indies, from French
    04/05/1792 George Washington casts 1st presidential veto
    04/05/1812 Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish
    04/05/1814 Netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes
    04/05/1815 Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java)
    04/05/1847 Opera 'Die Fledermaus' is produced (Vienna)
    04/05/1853 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #24 Themis
    04/05/1853 Asteroid 24, Themis discovered
    04/05/1853 DeGasparis discovers his 7th asteroid, Themis (24)
    04/05/1861 Federals abandon Ft Quitman, Tx
    04/05/1862 Siege of Yorktown VA
    04/05/1865 Battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville Va (Appomattox Campaign) 04/05/1874 'Die Fledermaus' 1st performed (Vienna)
    04/05/1881 Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty
    04/05/1886 J Palisa discovers asteroid #257 Silesia
    04/05/1887 Anne Sullivan teaches 'water' to Helen Keller
    04/05/1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of Copper Beeches' (BG) 04/05/1894 11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville, Penn
    04/05/1894 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of Empty House' (BG)
    04/05/1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of 3 Students' (BG)
    04/05/1895 Writer Oscar Wylde is arrested
    04/05/1896 1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens
    04/05/1900 Attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails 04/05/1902 Soccer match riot between Scotland & England kills 25
    04/05/1906 St Pius X encyclical 'On the Mariavites or Mystic Priests of Poland'
    04/05/1907 A Kopff discovers asteroid #632 Pyrrha
    04/05/1911 W W Aster acquires Daily Observer
    04/05/1913 S Belyavskij & G Neujmin discovers asteroid #749 Malzovia 04/05/1915 French begin Woëvre-offensive
    04/05/1915 Jess Willard defeats Jack Johnson for heavyweight boxing crown (23r)
    04/05/1919 Eamon de Valera becomes president of Dail Eireann
    04/05/1919 Heavyweight Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in Havana
    04/05/1919 Polish Army executes 35 young Jews
    04/05/1922 KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM begins radio transmissions
    04/05/1922 WDZ-AM in Decatur IL begins radio transmissions
    04/05/1924 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2235 Vittore
    04/05/1925 Belgian Working people Party wins parliamentary election
    04/05/1927 Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 & 200 m freestyle
    04/05/1929 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1116 Catriona
    04/05/1929 Lithuania signs Litvinov-pact
    04/05/1932 Dutch textile strike ends
    04/05/1933 US airship USS Akron struck by lightning in NJ, kills 73
    04/05/1935 Croatian Boeren Party wins Yugoslavian election
    04/05/1936 Tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die 04/05/1938 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Dabrowa Poland
    04/05/1938 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #2714 Matti
    04/05/1939 Membership in Hitlerjugend becomes obligatory
    04/05/1941 In SF, Castro & Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses
    04/05/1943 Allies bombs Mortsel
    04/05/1943 Japanese troops conquer Indin
    04/05/1943 Poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days
    04/05/1945 Almelo Netherlands freed
    04/05/1945 Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki 04/05/1948 WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting 04/05/1949 60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham Ill) 04/05/1950 Prague espionage trial against bishops & priests begins
    04/05/1951 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death 04/05/1952 Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title
    04/05/1953 WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 04/05/1954 Elvis Presley records his debut single, 'That's All Right' 04/05/1955 Winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him 04/05/1959 Art Wall wins golf's Masters
    04/05/1961 Barbra Striesand appears on 'Jack Paar Show'
    04/05/1961 Dutch governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council
    04/05/1962 Mgr J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp
    04/05/1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m 04/05/1962 St Bernard Tunnel finished-Swiss/Italians workers shake hands 04/05/1963 Beatles recieve their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me)
    04/05/1963 Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa 04/05/1964 1st driverless trains run on London Underground
    04/05/1966 WTVX TV channel 34 in Ft Pierce-Vero Beach, FL (IND) 1st broadcast 04/05/1967 '76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds
    04/05/1967 ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit
    04/05/1968 Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens
    04/05/1968 US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled
    04/05/1970 WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting 04/05/1971 Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy
    04/05/1971 US lt Wiliam Calley (Mi-Lai Massacre) sentenced to life
    04/05/1971 WNJT TV channel 52 in Trenton, NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting 04/05/1972 Baseball season is delayed due to a strike
    04/05/1973 NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie QBs, 1-19)
    04/05/1973 Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter
    04/05/1974 Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories)
    04/05/1975 Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely 04/05/1976 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2928
    04/05/1976 Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes PM of England 04/05/1979 Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia
    04/05/1981 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley & #2433 Sootiyo 04/05/1981 Phila Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes
    04/05/1982 British fleet sails to Falkland Islands
    04/05/1982 Lord Carrington, British foreign sect resigns due to Falkland Is war
    04/05/1983 France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats
    04/05/1984 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3364
    04/05/1986 2 US servicemen die in West Berlin discotheque bombing
    04/05/1986 Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m) 04/05/1986 US soldier & Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing 04/05/1987 Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children & Tracey Ullm
    04/05/1987 Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title
    04/05/1988 Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their pres candidate 04/05/1989 David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo 04/05/1989 Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning stre
    04/05/1989 Solidarity grants legal status in Poland
    04/05/1990 John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 yrs in a row
    04/05/1990 NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary 04/05/1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games 04/05/1991 Kitty Kelly publishes a book knocking Nancy Reagan
    04/05/1991 Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched
    04/05/1991 US begins air drops to Kurdish refugees in Northern Iraq
    04/05/1992 Comedian Sam Kenison marries live-in girlfriend Maleeka
    04/05/1992 Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees sweep NY Mets 6-5 at Shea 04/05/1992 Peru president Fujimoro disbands parliament
    04/05/1992 Thailand General Suchinda Kraprayoon installed as president 04/05/1992 Wrestlemania VIII-Randy 'Macho Man' Savage beats Ric Flair for title
    04/05/1993 73,293 see Yankees beat Indians 9-1
    04/05/1993 Colorado Rockies 1st game - lose to NY Mets 4-0
    04/05/1993 Florida Marlins 1st game - beat LA Dodgers 6-3
    04/05/1993 Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins the 125th Belmont stakes 04/05/1993 Republican Guard kills 64 in Chad
    04/05/1994 Miami Heat beat NY Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak 04/05/2348 -BC- Noah's ark grounded, Mt Ararat (calculated date)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Apr 6 00:05:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/06/1483 Raphael, [Raffaello Sanzio], Neth, painter (Sistine Madonna) 04/06/1631 Vincenzo De Grandis, composer
    04/06/1660 Johann Kuhnau, composer
    04/06/1671 Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)
    04/06/1672 Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer
    04/06/1708 George Reuter, composer
    04/06/1752 Johann Friedrich Kranz, composer
    04/06/1757 Alessandro Rolla, composer
    04/06/1773 James Mill, Scotland, philosopher/historian (Hist of British India) 04/06/1778 Joseph Funk, composer
    04/06/1810 Philip Gosse, intentor of institutional aquarium, writer (Omphalos) 04/06/1812 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer
    04/06/1815 Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer
    04/06/1818 Francis Henry Brown, composer
    04/06/1819 Johann AH Scheler, Belgian librarian
    04/06/1823 Joseph Medill, St John NB Canada, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune)
    04/06/1826 Gustave Moreau, French painter
    04/06/1828 Charles William Field, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 189
    04/06/1830 James Augustine Healy, Macon Ga, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop 04/06/1833 Johan HC Nucleus, Dutch translator (Sanskrit, Old Javan)
    04/06/1835 Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer
    04/06/1844 Joseph Ludwig, composer
    04/06/1860 René Lalique, French jeweler
    04/06/1866 Butch Cassidy [Robert Parker), US desperado (Wild Bunch Passage) 04/06/1866 Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities) 04/06/1869 Louis Raemakers, Dutch draftsman/painter
    04/06/1871 Alexander, grandson of England's Queen Victoria
    04/06/1874 Harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Hungary, famous magician/escape artist
    04/06/1878 Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer
    04/06/1883 Mien Labberton, Dutch poetress
    04/06/1884 Walter Huston, actor (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre) 04/06/1885 Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer
    04/06/1888 Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet/writer (Svarta Ballader)
    04/06/1890 André L Danjon, French astronomer
    04/06/1890 Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, Holland, aircraft pioneer (Spider) 04/06/1892 Donald Wills Douglas, US, aircraft pioneer (McConnell Douglas) 04/06/1892 Lowell Thomas, Woodington Ohio, newscaster (High Adventure) 04/06/1892 Mateusz Glinski, composer
    04/06/1896 Juan Tomas Perez, composer
    04/06/1900 Andres Sas, composer
    04/06/1900 Leo Robin, US writer (Thanks For the Memory)
    04/06/1901 Willem Pelemans, Flemish composer/music reviewer
    04/06/1903 Harold Edgerton, foremost high-speed photographer
    04/06/1903 Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher (.320 avg) 04/06/1904 Kurt G Kiesinger, German chancellor (Wherever They May Be) 04/06/1906 John Betjeman, English Poet Laureate 1972-1984 (Mount Zion) 04/06/1908 Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer
    04/06/1910 Desmond Dreyer, British admiral
    04/06/1911 Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate, composer
    04/06/1912 Endre Szekely, composer
    04/06/1914 George Reeves, Ashland Ky, actor (Superman, Gone With the Wind) 04/06/1920 Bernard Carter, British painter/etcher
    04/06/1921 Andrew Welsh Imbrie, composer
    04/06/1921 Franta Belsky, British sculptor
    04/06/1925 John Knox, British supreme court justice
    04/06/1926 Ian Paisley, Northiers clergyman
    04/06/1927 Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist/orchestra leader
    04/06/1928 James Watson, chemist (co-discovered structure of DNA)
    04/06/1928 Joi Lansing, Salt Lake City Utah, actress (Bob Cummings Show) 04/06/1929 'Crazy' Joe Gallo, mobster
    04/06/1929 André Previn, Berlin Germany, conductor (London Symphony)/pianist 04/06/1929 Edison Denisov, composer
    04/06/1929 Willis Hall, British writer
    04/06/1931 Ivan Dixon, NYC, actor (Car Wash, Hogan's Heroes)
    04/06/1931 Joan Carlyle, British soprano
    04/06/1933 Dudley Sutton, British actor (Leather Boys, Brimstone & Treacle) 04/06/1934 Antonius Geesink, Holland, judo (Olympic-gold-1964)
    04/06/1934 Reijo Jyrkiainen, composer
    04/06/1935 John Pepper Clark, Nigeria, writer (Horn, Song of a Goat) 04/06/1936 Manfred Schoof, composer
    04/06/1937 Billy Dee Williams, Harlem NYC, actor (Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back) 04/06/1937 Merle Haggard, Bakersfield Calif, country singer (Death Valley Days)
    04/06/1938 Paul Daniels, British magician
    04/06/1938 Roy Thinnes, Chicago Ill, actor (Invaders, Falcon Crest)
    04/06/1940 Homero Aridjis, Mexican poet (La Tumba de Filidor)
    04/06/1942 Phil Austin, comedian (Firesign Theater)
    04/06/1943 Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist
    04/06/1943 Susan Tolsky, Houston, actress (Madame's Place, Here Comes the Bride
    04/06/1944 Felicity Palmer, British mezzo-soprano
    04/06/1944 John Stax, rocker (Pretty Things-Don't Bring Me Down)
    04/06/1944 Michelle Phillips, Long Beach Calif, singer/actress (Mama & Papas) 04/06/1945 Bob Marley, reggae musician/singer (Whalers-No Woman)
    04/06/1947 Jan Kees Wiebenga, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
    04/06/1947 John Ratzenberger, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Cliff Clavin-Cheers) 04/06/1947 Tony Cooner, drummer (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
    04/06/1949 Jane Actman, NYC, actress (Barbara-Paul Lynde Show)
    04/06/1950 Dennis E Eckart, (Rep-D-OH, 1981- )
    04/06/1951 Ralph Cooper, drummer (Air Supply-All Out of Love)
    04/06/1952 Marilu Henner, Chicago, actress (Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Eve Shad
    04/06/1952 Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker (Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo)
    04/06/1953 Janet Lynn, ice skater (Olympics-bronze-1972)
    04/06/1954 Judi Bowker, Shawford England, actress (Clash of the Titans) 04/06/1959 Dianne Brill, Tampa, fashion designer/party girl (Queen of the Night
    04/06/1962 Stan Cullimore, bassist (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There) 04/06/1964 Johnny Dee, heavy metal drummer (Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra
    04/06/1965 Rica Reinisch, German DR, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympic-gold-1980) 04/06/1966 Kymberly Paige, Newport Beach Ca, playmate (May, 1987)
    04/06/1969 Ari Meyers, San Juan PR, actress (Emma McArdle-Kate & Allie) 04/06/1972 Jason Hervey, actor (Wayne Arnold-Wonder Years)
    04/06/1975 Damon Pampolina, drummer (Party)
    04/06/1975 Dannon Phillip Pampolina, rapper (Party)
    04/06/1976 Candace H Cameron, actress (DJ Tanner-Full House)
    04/06/1976 Soleil Moon Frye, Glendora Calif, actress (Punky Brewster) 04/06/1979 Frederick MGDL Windsor, under English prince Michael


    Deaths:

    04/06/ 912 Nottker 'the Stamelaar', benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71 04/06/1199 Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41 04/06/1252 Peter van Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45 04/06/1348 Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague
    04/06/1362 Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle
    04/06/1472 Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies 04/06/1489 Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded
    04/06/1490 Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, dies
    04/06/1520 Raphael, artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 35th birthday 04/06/1528 Albrecht Dürer, German painter/graphic artist, dies in Germany 04/06/1590 Francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies
    04/06/1605 John Stow, British historian, dies
    04/06/1674 Charles de Méan, Belgian lawyer (Observations), dies at 69 04/06/1707 Willem Van de Velde, the Young, seascape painter, dies a 73 04/06/1779 Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer/bandmaster (Farnace), di
    04/06/1782 Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer, dies at 90
    04/06/1805 Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer, dies at 56
    04/06/1817 Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer, dies at 78
    04/06/1822 Franz Xaver Partsch, composer, dies at 62
    04/06/1829 Niels H Able, Norse mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26 04/06/1838 José B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74 04/06/1854 William Strickland, US architect, dies
    04/06/1862 Adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 51 04/06/1862 Albert Sidney Johnston, US Confederate general, dies in battle 04/06/1865 John Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36 04/06/1906 Alexander L Kielland, Norse writer (Working People), dies at 57 04/06/1913 Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer, dies on 78th birthday
    04/06/1919 Stefan Surzynski, composer, dies at 63
    04/06/1926 Giovanni Amendola, antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo), dies at 4
    04/06/1931 Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer, dies at 73
    04/06/1935 Edward Arlington Robinson, US poet, dies
    04/06/1939 Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies
    04/06/1940 Andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49
    04/06/1945 Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies 04/06/1947 Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58
    04/06/1951 Halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71
    04/06/1961 Jules JBV Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90 04/06/1962 J C Heldring, businessman, dies at 74
    04/06/1968 Bobby Hutton, US Black Panther leader, shot to death
    04/06/1971 Igor F Strawinsky, Russ composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies at 89
    04/06/1972 Heinrich Lübke, West Germany chancellor (1959-69), dies at 77 04/06/1974 Willem Dudok, architect (Hilversum town hall), dies at 89 04/06/1975 Chiang Kai-Shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies at 87
    04/06/1978 Nicolas Nabokov, composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74
    04/06/1978 Reinoud Anders, actor (Unrest of Grave), dies at 65
    04/06/1979 M Marie Widlow, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at 61 04/06/1979 Milton Ager, US composer, dies
    04/06/1981 Bob 'the bear' Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies
    04/06/1983 Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered
    04/06/1984 Jimmy Kenndy, British songwriter (South of the Border), dies 04/06/1990 Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dress woman), dies at 73
    04/06/1992 Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies at 72 from kidney failur
    04/06/1992 Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey), dies of Alzheimers at 9
    04/06/1993 Divya Bharati, 'baby doll', Indies actress, dies by accident at 19 04/06/1994 Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Rwanda/1st female PM in Africa, murdered 04/06/1994 Cyprian Niayamira, president of Burundi (1994), assassinated 04/06/1994 Juvénal Habayarimana, president of Rwanda, assassinated
    04/06/1994 Theo Bosch, humanist/architect (Amsterdam), dies at 54


    Significant Events:

    04/06/ 610 Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran descended to Earth
    04/06/ 648 -BC- Earliest total solar eclipse; chronicled by Greeks
    04/06/ 774 Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy
    04/06/1106 Fire in Venice
    04/06/1327 Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura
    04/06/1362 Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France
    04/06/1516 A Willaert installed as cardinal Ippolito I d'este
    04/06/1634 Heeren XIX askes 'to secure Eylands Curaçao'
    04/06/1652 John of Riebeeck lands/establishes VOC-post in Capetown
    04/06/1663 King Charles II signs Carolina Charter
    04/06/1712 Slave revolt in NY
    04/06/1789 1st US Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, NYC 04/06/1830 Joseph Smith & 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, NY 04/06/1841 Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri
    04/06/1848 Jews of Prussia granted equality
    04/06/1853 Asteroid 25, Phocaea discovered
    04/06/1853 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #25 Phocaea
    04/06/1855 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #34 Circe
    04/06/1859 US recognizes Liberal government in México's War of Reform 04/06/1862 Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee 04/06/1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off
    04/06/1865 Skirmish at High Bridge VA (Appomattox); 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off
    04/06/1866 G.A.R. established
    04/06/1868 Brigham Young marries his 27th & final wife
    04/06/1878 Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #186 Celuta
    04/06/1883 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of Speckled Band' (BG) 04/06/1886 City of Vancouver, BC incorporated
    04/06/1886 Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga
    04/06/1891 J Palisa discovers asteroid #309 Fraternitas
    04/06/1893 Andy Bowen & Jack Burke box 7 hrs 19 mins to no decision (111 rounds
    04/06/1893 Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City dedicated
    04/06/1896 1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece [3/25 OS]
    04/06/1896 American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history
    04/06/1900 Jim Jeffries KO's Jack Finnegan in 55 seconds
    04/06/1903 General railroad strike against 'worgwetten' (anti-strike laws) 04/06/1905 P Gotz discovers asteroid #563 Suleika
    04/06/1906 1st animated cartoon copyrighted
    04/06/1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #755 Quintilla
    04/06/1909 1st credit union established in US
    04/06/1909 North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary & Matthew Henson 04/06/1916 German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare
    04/06/1916 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #857 Glasenappia
    04/06/1917 US declares war on Germany, enters World War I
    04/06/1920 French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau
    04/06/1922 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #977 Philippa
    04/06/1924 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight 04/06/1924 Bayern: Völkische Block (nazi's) recieves 17.8% of vote
    04/06/1924 Italy fascists recieves 65% of vote of parliament
    04/06/1925 1st film shown on an airplane (British Air)
    04/06/1926 Montreal Maroons beat Victoria Cougars 3 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 04/06/1930 1st transcontinental glider tow completed
    04/06/1931 1st Scottsboro (Ala) trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape 04/06/1934 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany
    04/06/1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses & sinks 371 more 04/06/1936 ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam
    04/06/1936 Tornado, kills 203 & injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia 04/06/1939 Great Britain & Poland sign military pact
    04/06/1939 US & UK agree on joint control of Canton & Enderbury Is (Pacific) 04/06/1941 Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die) 04/06/1941 British general Gambier-Parry caught in North Africa
    04/06/1941 German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes)
    04/06/1941 Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British & Ethiopian forces 04/06/1942 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto
    04/06/1943 British & US army link up in Africa during WW II
    04/06/1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested 04/06/1945 Coevorden freed from nazis
    04/06/1945 Japanese large battleship Jamamoto heads to Okinawa
    04/06/1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa
    04/06/1945 US marines explores Tsugen Shima near Okinawa
    04/06/1947 Jimmy Demaret wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament
    04/06/1950 John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Sect of State Acheson 04/06/1952 Sam Snead wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament
    04/06/1954 Mont Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Det 04/06/1956 Polish communist Gomulka resigns
    04/06/1957 NYC ends trolley car service
    04/06/1958 Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters
    04/06/1964 Egypt & Belgium recover diplomatic relations
    04/06/1965 Intelsat 1 ('Early Bird') 1st coml geosynchronous comm satellite 04/06/1966 Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka & India
    04/06/1967 Premier Pompidou forms new French government
    04/06/1967 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #1804 Chebotarev
    04/06/1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution 04/06/1968 Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va) 04/06/1968 HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas
    04/06/1972 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
    04/06/1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium
    04/06/1973 Indies troops invade Sikkim
    04/06/1973 Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter & Saturn
    04/06/1973 Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his #
    04/06/1973 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks 04/06/1974 200,000 attend rock concert 'California Jam'
    04/06/1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1
    04/06/1975 Bundy victim Denise Oliverson disappears from Grand Junction, Colo 04/06/1975 Fastest hat trick by a Wash Cap 3 mins 26 secs (Stan Gilbertson) 04/06/1976 1st quadrophonic movie track: 'Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones
    04/06/1977 Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
    04/06/1977 Kingdome in Seattle opens
    04/06/1979 Rod Stewart & Alana Collins wed
    04/06/1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season
    04/06/1981 Yugoslav govt routes troops to Kosovo
    04/06/1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands 04/06/1983 Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead 04/06/1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)-Challenger 5 is launched 04/06/1985 Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
    04/06/1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab 04/06/1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs
    04/06/1987 Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler
    04/06/1988 Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington 04/06/1988 NJ Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to Isles 4-3 (OT) in 1st round 04/06/1991 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy 04/06/1991 NY-NJ Knights 1st home game (Giant Stad) lose to Frankfurt 27-17 04/06/1991 Subhana, becomes 1st Australian woman to become a Zen teacher 04/06/1992 1st game at Camden Field, Balt-Orioles beat Indians 2-0
    04/06/1992 Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin & TV-AM radio licenses 04/06/1992 Duke beats Michigan 71-51 for NCCA basketball championship 04/06/1992 Swedish troops begin siege of Sarajevo
    04/06/1992 Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps
    04/06/1993 1st test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow)
    04/06/1993 Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to LA Dodgers)
    04/06/1994 Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe v Wade) resigns 04/06/1994 Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed Apr 7 00:05:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/07/1506 Francis Xavier, saint/Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, & Japan 04/07/1534 José de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary (Brazilian Tupi-Indians)
    04/07/1613 Gerard Dou, painter (Night School)
    04/07/1622 Louise Hollandine, daughter of King Frederik V & Elizabeth Stuart 04/07/1629 Juan José, of Austria, Spanish general/governor of Netherlands 04/07/1648 Ferdinand van Kessel, Flemish painter
    04/07/1694 Coelestin Praelisauer, composer
    04/07/1699 Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, composer
    04/07/1727 Henri Hardouin, composer
    04/07/1727 Michel Adanson, French biologist (Natural History of Sénégal 04/07/1745 Georg Druschetzky, composer
    04/07/1748 Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer
    04/07/1756 Charles Felix, King of Sardina (1821-31)
    04/07/1768 Karl Theodor Toeschi, composer
    04/07/1770 William Wordsworth, England, poet laureate (Prelude)
    04/07/1772 F M Charles Fourier, French socialist
    04/07/1775 Francis C Lowell, founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill 04/07/1780 William Ellery Channing, US, Unitarian clergyman
    04/07/1786 William Rufus DeVane King, (D) 13th VP (1853)
    04/07/1801 Henry Eagle, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882
    04/07/1805 Francis Wilkinson Pickens, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1869 04/07/1819 Hubert Leonard, composer
    04/07/1820 György Klapka, Hungarian general/parliament leader (Komárom-castle) 04/07/1822 Gershom Mott, Major General (Union volunteers)
    04/07/1826 Johann Hermann Berens, composer
    04/07/1851 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer
    04/07/1858 Adrien H Gerhard, SDAP-politician
    04/07/1859 Walter Camp, Ct, father of American football (Yale)
    04/07/1860 W K Kellogg, a real corn flake
    04/07/1869 David Grandison Fairchild, US, botanist/explorer, brought plants to
    04/07/1870 Gustav Landauer, German socialist
    04/07/1870 Joseph Ryeland, Belgian composer/Baron
    04/07/1872 William Monroe Trotter, famous African
    04/07/1878 Jozef C Bittremieux, Flemish theologist (Virgin & Mother of God) 04/07/1882 Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor (12/2/32-1/28/33)
    04/07/1884 Charles Dodd, English new testament authority
    04/07/1884 Louis HN Bosch van Rosenthal, Dutch politician/resistance fighter 04/07/1889 Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (Desolación, Tenderness) (Nobel 1945)
    04/07/1893 Allan W Dulles, US politician
    04/07/1894 Gerald Brenan, English writer
    04/07/1895 Eduardo Toldra, composer
    04/07/1896 Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25)
    04/07/1897 Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud, composer
    04/07/1897 Walter Winchell, Harlem NYC, newscaster/columnist (Untouchables) 04/07/1899 Robert Marcel Casadesus, French pianist/composer (Prix Diémer) 04/07/1900 Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, England, 50K walker (Olympic-bronze-1952) 04/07/1903 Willi Forst, Austrian actor/director (Im weissen Rössl)
    04/07/1908 Le Duan, Vietnamese politician
    04/07/1908 Percy Faith, conductor (Summer Place)
    04/07/1912 Valère Depauw, Flemish writer
    04/07/1915 Billie Holiday, [Eleanora Fagan], Balt, singer (Aint Nobodys Busines
    04/07/1915 Henry Kuttner, US, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were) 04/07/1917 R G Armstrong, Birmingham Ala, actor (T.H.E. Cat)
    04/07/1918 Peanuts Hucko, Syracuse NY, dixieland clarinetist (Lawrence Welk Sho
    04/07/1918 Peter Aryans, [PCJ Vander], radio actor (Shoot Out)
    04/07/1918 Ronald Howard, Norwood England, actor (Naked Edge, Africa-Texas Styl
    04/07/1919 Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italy, épée (Olympic-gold-1952)
    04/07/1919 Ralph Flanagan, Loraine Ohio, orch leader (Let's Dance)
    04/07/1920 Gino Marinuzzi, composer
    04/07/1920 Ravi Shankar, Benares India, sitar player (Sounds of India) 04/07/1922 Kenneth Howard Peacock, composer
    04/07/1924 Ikuma Dan, composer
    04/07/1924 Nick Perito, Denver Colo, orch leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show) 04/07/1926 Johannes Rood, immunologist (Eurotransplant)
    04/07/1928 Alan J Pakula, director (All the President's Men, Klute)
    04/07/1928 James Garner, Norman Okla, actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick) 04/07/1928 James White, UK, sci-fi author (Star Surgeon, Star Healer) 04/07/1930 Andrew Sachs, actor (Manuel-Fawlty Towers)
    04/07/1931 Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon whistleblower, patriot
    04/07/1931 Donald Barthelme, Phila Pa, writer (Snow White, Sadness)
    04/07/1933 Wayne Rogers, Birmingham Ala, actor (M*A*S*H, House Calls, Chiefs) 04/07/1934 Ian Richards, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Montgomery-Ike)
    04/07/1935 Bobby Bare, Irontown Oh, country singer (Detroit City)
    04/07/1935 Hodding Carter III, press secretary (Jimmy Carter)
    04/07/1938 Freddie Hubbard, Indianapolis, jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey) 04/07/1938 Yvonne Lime, Glendale Calif, actress (Father Knows Best, Dobie Gilli
    04/07/1938 [Edmund] Jerry Brown Jr, (Gov-D-Cal), Linda Ronstadt's boyfriend 04/07/1939 David Frost, Tenderdon England, TV host (That Was the Week That Was)
    04/07/1939 Donald L Holmquest, Dallas Texas, astronaut
    04/07/1939 Francis Ford Coppola, Detroit, director (Godfather, Apocalypse Now) 04/07/1940 Jan Wilhelm Morthenson, composer
    04/07/1940 Patricia Paay, Dutch singer (You are not hip)
    04/07/1943 Mick Abrahams, rock guitarist (Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick) 04/07/1943 Roberta Shore, Monterrey Park, Calif, actress/singer (Virginian) 04/07/1943 Spencer Dryden, rocker (Jefferson Airplane-Go Ask Alice)
    04/07/1946 Barbara Benary, composer
    04/07/1946 Bill Kreutzmann, drummer (Grateful Dead-Touch of Grey)
    04/07/1947 Patricia Bennett, US singer (He's So Fine)
    04/07/1950 Janis Ian, [Janis Fink], NYC, folk singer (Society's Child, At 17) 04/07/1951 John Dittrich, Union NJ, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels) 04/07/1952 Bruce Gary, drummer (Knack-My Sharona)
    04/07/1952 Jane Frederick, US pentathlete (Olympics-7th-1976)
    04/07/1953 Everard Endt, US, yachting (Olympic-gold-1952)
    04/07/1954 Tony Dorsett, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
    04/07/1958 Alexandra Neil, Boston, actress (Rose-Guiding Light)
    04/07/1958 Tony Aire, rocker (Adventures-Sea of Love)
    04/07/1960 Simon Climie, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Climie Fisher-Love Changes)
    04/07/1962 Bonny Warner, Mount Baldy Calif, lugist
    04/07/1966 Teri Ann Linn, Honolulu Hawaii, actress (Kristen-Bold & Beautiful) 04/07/1969 Peggy Clasen, St Paul Minn, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
    04/07/1975 Beverly Peele, model


    Deaths:

    04/07/ 30 Christ, crucified, according to astronomer Schaefer
    04/07/ 924 Berengarius I, Emperor of Italy, murdered
    04/07/1498 Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), dies
    04/07/1524 Philip van Bourgondie, bishop of Utrecht, dies
    04/07/1614 El Greco, Spanish painter (View of Toledo), dies (birth date unknown
    04/07/1719 Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theory/saint, dies at 67 04/07/1766 Tiberius Hemsterhuis, classical musician, dies at 81
    04/07/1767 Franz Sparry, composer, dies at 51
    04/07/1768 Michel Mathieu, composer, dies at 78
    04/07/1778 Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer, dies at 52
    04/07/1783 Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer, dies at 71
    04/07/1789 Abdül-Hamid I, 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89), dies at 64 04/07/1789 Peter Camper, gene/animal scholar, dies at 59
    04/07/1803 [François D] Toussaint L'Ouverture, dies
    04/07/1810 Pieter L van de Kasteele, politician/patriot, dies at 61
    04/07/1833 Antoni Henryk Radziwill, composer, dies at 58
    04/07/1842 Henrik A Bjerregaard, Norw writer/poet (Fjeldeventyret), dies at 50 04/07/1850 William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets), dies
    04/07/1858 Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer, dies at 76
    04/07/1862 Sydney Nelson, composer, dies at 62
    04/07/1871 Alexander, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 1 day old 04/07/1871 Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Aus admiral (Helgoland/Lissa), dies
    04/07/1877 Errico Petrella, composer, dies at 63
    04/07/1880 Diederich Krug, composer, dies at 58
    04/07/1881 Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican rep of people, dies at 65 04/07/1884 Maria van Ackere-Doolaeghe, Flemish poet (Avondlamp), dies at 80 04/07/1891 Phineas T Barnum, US circus promoter (B & Bailey, dies at 88 04/07/1917 Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53
    04/07/1932 Erv A Kelley, US policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd 04/07/1934 William Monroe Trotter, African, dies on 62nd birthday in Boston 04/07/1943 Jovan Ducic, Serbian poet (Blauwe legends), dies
    04/07/1958 Judge Jackson, composer, dies at 75
    04/07/1958 Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov, composer, dies at 58
    04/07/1961 Jesus Guridi, composer, dies at 74
    04/07/1961 Marian Jordan, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 62 04/07/1961 Yusef Greiss, composer, dies at 61
    04/07/1968 Jim Clark, of Scotland, world driving champ, dies at 32 in race car 04/07/1970 Josina Machel, wife of Mozambique's 1st pres Samora Machel, dies 04/07/1971 Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, (Olympic-gold-1928, 32), dies at 74 04/07/1972 'Crazy' Joe Gallo, mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party 04/07/1972 Abeid Karume, Tanzanian sheik/president, murdered
    04/07/1976 Mary Margaret McBride, TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at 7
    04/07/1977 Siegfried Buback, West German procureur-general, murdered 04/07/1978 Ernest Kanitz, composer, dies at 83
    04/07/1982 Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at
    04/07/1983 Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82 04/07/1984 Frank Church, (Sen-D-Ohio, 1957-81), dies at 59
    04/07/1984 Samuel C Engel, poet, dies of heart failure at 79
    04/07/1988 Cesar Bresgen, composer, dies at 74
    04/07/1992 Clovis Ruffin, designer, dies at 46 of AIDs
    04/07/1993 Max Croiset, actor/dramatist/director (Zeekant), dies at 80 04/07/1994 Angelus Gottfried 'Golo' Mann, German/US historian, dies at 85 04/07/1994 Evert Hartman, writer (War Without Friends), dies at 56
    04/07/1994 François de Grossouvre, Pres Mitterrand advisor, suicide at 76 04/07/1994 Kurt Cobain, grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27 04/07/1994 Lee Brilleaux, British R&B-singer/guitarist (Stupidity), dies at 41


    Significant Events:

    04/07/ 30 Scholars' reckon Jesus crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem 04/07/ 451 Attila's Hunnen plunder Metz
    04/07/1456 Louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik
    04/07/1498 Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy 04/07/1521 Inquisitor-general Adrian Boeyens bans Lutheran books
    04/07/1584 Ieper surrenders to duke Van Parma
    04/07/1645 Michael Cardozo becomes 1st Jewish lawyer in Brazil
    04/07/1652 Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, S Africa
    04/07/1655 Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII
    04/07/1712 Slave revolt (NYC)
    04/07/1788 1st settlement in Ohio, at Marietta
    04/07/1798 Territory of Mississippi organized
    04/07/1805 Premiere of Beethovens 'Eroica'
    04/07/1818 Gen Andrew Jackson conquers St Marks Fla from Seminole indians 04/07/1831 Dom Pedro abdicates to son, Dom Pedro II crowned emperor of Brazil 04/07/1860 Grand duke Frederik I liberalizes laws in Bathe
    04/07/1862 Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn
    04/07/1862 H P Tuttle discovers asteroid #73 Klytia
    04/07/1862 Island #10 falls after long siege, Battle of Shiloh
    04/07/1863 Battle of Charleston SC
    04/07/1863 Failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter, SC
    04/07/1865 Battle of Farmville VA
    04/07/1880 V Knorre discovers asteroid #215 Oenone
    04/07/1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure 'Yellow Face' (BG)
    04/07/1891 Nebraska introduces 8 hour work day
    04/07/1901 SDAP demands general voting right/abolishing First Chamber 04/07/1906 Act of Algeciras drawn between Moroccan police & banking business 04/07/1922 Naval Reserve #3, 'Teapot Dome,' leased to Harry F Sinclair 04/07/1923 Workers Party of America (NYC) becomes official communist party 04/07/1926 Forest fire burns 900 acres & kills 2 (San Luis Obispo Calif) 04/07/1926 Mussolini's Irish wife breaks his nose
    04/07/1927 Using phone lines TV is sent from Wash DC to NYC
    04/07/1931 Seals Stadium opens in SF
    04/07/1933 1st 2 NAZI anti-Jewish laws, bars Jews from legal & public service 04/07/1933 Prohibition ends, Utah becomes 38th state to ratify 21st Amendment 04/07/1933 University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic
    04/07/1939 Italy annexes Albania
    04/07/1940 Jimmy Demeret beats Lloyd Mangrum for the Masters
    04/07/1941 British generals O'Connor & Neame captured in North Africa 04/07/1942 Heavy German assault on Malta
    04/07/1943 Lt colonel Claus von Stauffenberg seriously wounded at allied air ra
    04/07/1943 NFL adopts free substitution rule
    04/07/1945 1st & last assault of German Rammkommando on US bombers
    04/07/1945 Kamikaze attack on fleet at Okinawa
    04/07/1945 Task Force 58 sinks Jap large battleship Jamamoto (on suicide missio
    04/07/1946 Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR
    04/07/1948 Rogers & Hammerstein's 'South Pacific' opens on Broadway
    04/07/1948 World Health Organization established by UN
    04/07/1949 'South Pacific' opens at Majestic Theater (for 1925 performances) 04/07/1951 American Bowling Congress begins 1st masters tournament
    04/07/1951 Ben Hogan wins Masters golf tournament
    04/07/1953 1st west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight
    04/07/1953 Dag Hammarskjöld of Sweden elected 2nd UN general-secretary 04/07/1953 J A Brouwer discovers asteroid #1660 Wood
    04/07/1953 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids 2214 Carol, 2278, 2652 Yabuuti & 2806
    04/07/1954 German govt refuses to recognize DDR
    04/07/1954 Pres Eisenhower fears 'domino-effect' in Indo-China
    04/07/1954 WALB TV channel 10 in Albany, GA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 04/07/1956 Philadelphia beats Fort Wayne, 4 games to 1, for NBA championship 04/07/1956 Spain relinquishes her protectorate in Morocco
    04/07/1959 Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years
    04/07/1959 Radar 1st bounced off Sun, Stanford Calif
    04/07/1962 Yugoslav ex-president Milovan Djilas returns to jail
    04/07/1963 Jack Nicklaus wins 1st Masters golf tournament
    04/07/1963 Yugoslavia proclaimed a Socialistic republic
    04/07/1966 US recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean floor (whoops!) 04/07/1967 Israeli/Syrian border fights
    04/07/1967 Progressive Rock radio begins-KMPX-FM, San Francisco
    04/07/1970 J A Bruwer discovers asteroid #1794 Finsen
    04/07/1971 Pres Nixon orders lt Calley (Mi Lai) free
    04/07/1971 WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, FL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 04/07/1976 Chinese Politburo fires vice-premier Deng Xiaoping
    04/07/1977 Consumer Product Safety Comn bans 'TRIS' flame-retardant
    04/07/1978 Guttenberg bible sold for $2,000,000 in NYC
    04/07/1978 Pres Carter defers production of neutron bomb
    04/07/1979 Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8' of water
    04/07/1979 Houston Astro Ken Forsch no-hits Atlanta Braves, 6-0
    04/07/1979 Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against Flyers
    04/07/1980 Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis 04/07/1981 Belgium Eyskens govt forms
    04/07/1981 Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit # in 29 sec 04/07/1982 Iran minister of Foreign affairs Ghotbzadeh arrested
    04/07/1982 Penguins 1-Isles 8-Preliminary-Isles hold 1-0 lead
    04/07/1983 Caps 4-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals-series tied 1-1
    04/07/1983 STS-6 specialist Story Musgrave & Don Peterson 1st STS spacewalk 04/07/1984 Detroit Tiger Jack Morris no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0
    04/07/1985 1st live telecast of Easter Parade
    04/07/1987 National Museum of Female Physician opens in Wash DC
    04/07/1988 Devils 3-2 over Isles, 1st round tied 1-1
    04/07/1988 Gerrit John Heijns murderer, arrested
    04/07/1990 Farm Aid IV concert
    04/07/1990 John Poindexter (Natl Sec Advisor) found guilty on Iran-Contra scand
    04/07/1990 Michael Milken pleads innocent to security law violations 04/07/1990 NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 5-2, Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary 04/07/1991 Compton Gamma Ray Observatory orbits Earth
    04/07/1991 George Washington Bridge raises toll from $3.00 to $4.00
    04/07/1991 Wrestlemania VII scheduled in LA, actually performed 03/24 04/07/1994 NY Yankees beat Texas Rangers 18-6
    04/07/1994 Shannen Doherty files for divorce from Ashley Hamilton
    04/07/1994 Vatican acknowledges Holocaust for 1st time (Nazis killing Jews) 04/07/1994 Vatican for 1st time ever commemorates Nazi murder of Jews in WW II

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Thu Apr 8 00:05:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/08/ 383 -BC- Buddha Shakyamuni, Lumbini Gardens Nepal
    04/08/ 563 -BC- Gautama Buddha, (as celebrated in Japan-Kambutsue)
    04/08/1460 Ponce de León, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida 04/08/1533 Claudio Merulo, organist/composer
    04/08/1605 Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)
    04/08/1631 Coirnelis de Heem, painter
    04/08/1642 Gerard Callenbach, Dutch fleet supervisor
    04/08/1655 Louis Willem I, Count of Baden-Baden
    04/08/1692 Giuseppe Tartini, Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo) 04/08/1697 Pierre Prowo, composer
    04/08/1708 Georg Zarth, composer
    04/08/1726 Lewis Morris, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence)
    04/08/1731 William Williams, signed Decl of Independence
    04/08/1741 José B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay)
    04/08/1756 Joseph Gehot, composer
    04/08/1776 Thaddaus Weigl, composer
    04/08/1783 John Claudius, London England, horticulturist
    04/08/1798 Dionysios Solomos, poet
    04/08/1816 Frederick William Burton, painter
    04/08/1818 Christaan IX, king of Denmark (1863-1906)
    04/08/1828 George Baird Hodge, Brig General (Confederate Army)
    04/08/1831 Allard Pierson, theology/philosopher/art historian/poet
    04/08/1832 Count Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal
    04/08/1843 Asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer
    04/08/1850 William Henry Welch, US, pathologist, founded John Hopkins 04/08/1859 Edmund Husserl, Germany, philosopher, founded Phenomenology 04/08/1869 Harvey Cushing, US, neurosurgeon (blood pressure studies) 04/08/1875 Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34) 04/08/1878 Rudolf Nelson, composer
    04/08/1880 Victor Schertzinger, coposer/director (Uptown NY)
    04/08/1881 Fernand Lamy, composer
    04/08/1885 Dimitrios Levidis, composer
    04/08/1887 Walter Connolly, actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl)
    04/08/1889 Adrian Boult, Chester England, conductor/composer (BBC Sym Orch) 04/08/1893 Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor (Sereniteit)
    04/08/1893 Mary Pickford, [Gladys Smith], actress (Poor Little Rich Girl) 04/08/1895 Sigurdur Thordarson, composer
    04/08/1896 Karl Hermann Pillney, composer
    04/08/1897 Herbert Eimert, German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel) 04/08/1898 Achiel H Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58)
    04/08/1898 C M Bowra, professor of poetry (Oxford University)
    04/08/1898 Cecil [Maurice] Bowra, British classics expert (Greek experience) 04/08/1898 E Y 'Yip' Harburg, [Isidore Hochberg], lyricist/librettist 04/08/1902 Josef Krips, Vienna Austria, conductor (London Symph 1954-63) 04/08/1903 Ilka Chase, NYC, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien) 04/08/1904 John Antill, composer
    04/08/1904 John R Hicks, British economist (Nobel 1972)
    04/08/1905 Hans Scherfig, Danish marxist/writer (Idealister, Frydenholm) 04/08/1905 Helen B M Fennell Joseph, anti-apartheid writer (Side by Side) 04/08/1905 Pierre Wigny, Belgian minister of Foreign affairs (1958-61) [or 4/18
    04/08/1906 Charles J B Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer (Mirror of the Sea) 04/08/1907 Maurice Stacey, chemist
    04/08/1908 Neil Lawson, British high court judge
    04/08/1909 Olavi Pesonen, composer
    04/08/1910 George Musso, NFL guard (Chicago Bears)
    04/08/1911 Melvin Calvin, US chemist (photosynthesis, Nobel 1961)
    04/08/1912 Sonja Henie, Oslo Norway, ice skater/actress (Olympic-gold-1928,32,3
    04/08/1913 H Earnest, bishop of Breda
    04/08/1919 Ian Smith, PM (Rhodesia)
    04/08/1920 Erik Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936) 04/08/1921 Betty Bloomer Ford, 1st lady/namesake for Betty Ford Clinic 04/08/1921 Jan Novak, composer
    04/08/1922 Carmen McRae, NYC, singer (Down Beats New Star of 1954)
    04/08/1923 Edward Mulhare, Cork Ireland, actor (Daniel Gregg-Ghost & Mrs Muir) 04/08/1923 Franco Corelli, Anconia Italy, tenor (Don José-Carmen)
    04/08/1925 Shecky Greene, Chicago Ill, comedian/actor (Love Machine, Combat) 04/08/1928 Eric Porter, London England, actor (Antony & Cleopatra, 39 Steps) 04/08/1928 John Gavin, LA Calif, actor (Back Street, Psycho, Murder for Sale) 04/08/1928 Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus, chairman (NVSH)
    04/08/1928 Monty Sunshine, bandleader
    04/08/1929 Jacques Brel, Belgium, singer/actor (Pain in the A__)
    04/08/1929 Walter Berry, Austria singer/ex husband of Christa Ludwig 04/08/1930 Dorothy Tutin, London, actress (Importance of Being Ernest, Cromwell
    04/08/1930 John Bartholomew Tucker, Pa, TV host (Candid Camera, Treasure Island
    04/08/1930 John Reardon, NYC, baritone (Falke-Die Fledermaus)
    04/08/1930 Julien Van Remoortere, [Piet Mortelman], Flemish writer (Fist) 04/08/1930 Mary Moore, principal (St Hilda's College, Oxford)
    04/08/1933 Fred Ebb, lyricist (Cabaret)
    04/08/1933 Jaroslav Smolka, composer
    04/08/1935 Albert G Bustamante, (Rep-D-TX, 1985- )
    04/08/1935 Donald Thompsett, cricket umpire
    04/08/1936 Klaus Lowitsch, Berlin, actor (Despair, Marriage of Marla Braun) 04/08/1937 Seymour Hersh, award winning investigative reporter (NY Times) 04/08/1938 Barton Keith McLean, composer
    04/08/1938 Lory Patrick, Beckley WV, actress (TRina-Tales of Welles Fargo) 04/08/1940 John Havlicek, Martin's Ferry Ohio, NBA hall-of-famer (Boston Celtic
    04/08/1941 Peggy Lennon, LA Calif, singer (Lennon Sisters)
    04/08/1942 Eduard Fisherman, writer (Fyffes to be called now Chiquita) 04/08/1942 Eduard Visser, writer (Fyffes heten nu Chiquita)
    04/08/1943 Carol Lavell, Fairfax Vt, US Equestrian athlete (Olympic-92) 04/08/1943 J P Kavanaugh, racehorse trainer
    04/08/1943 Michael Bennett, aids victim/choreographer (Chorus Line)
    04/08/1943 Robby Weaver, actor (Stone)
    04/08/1943 Tony Banks, English politician (Lab)
    04/08/1943 William Garth Morrison, Chief scout
    04/08/1944 Anthony Farrar Hockley, military historian
    04/08/1944 Roger Chapman, vocalist (Family-Family Entertainment)
    04/08/1944 Santiago Jimenez Jr, US accordionist
    04/08/1945 Ian White, MEP
    04/08/1946 Jim 'Catfish' Hunter, major-league pitcher (A's, Yankees) 04/08/1947 Cindy Pickett, Norman Okla, actress (Guiding Light, St Elsewhere) 04/08/1947 Steve Howe, Yes, he plays guitar (Asia, Yes-Roundabout)
    04/08/1947 Thomas D Delay, (Rep-R-Texas, 1985- )
    04/08/1948 Richard Alan Litchfield, Mass, bank robber (FBI most wanted) 04/08/1949 Jim Lampley, Hendersonville NC, newscaster (Monday Night Baseball) 04/08/1952 Adam Woods, rocker (Fixx)
    04/08/1954 Gary Carter, catcher (Mont Expos, NY Mets)
    04/08/1954 John Schneider, Mt Kisco NY, actor (Bo-Dukes of Hazzard)
    04/08/1959 Martin Weston, cricketer
    04/08/1962 Izzy Stradlin, [Jeff Isabelle], Lafayette IN, guitarist (Guns & Rose
    04/08/1963 Alec Stewart, cricketer
    04/08/1963 Erica Terwillegar, Nelsonville NJ, lugist
    04/08/1963 Julian Lennon, John's son/singer (Too Late for Goodbyes)
    04/08/1967 Robin Wright, Dallas Tx, actress (Kelly-Santa Barbara, Princess Brid
    04/08/1984 Taran Noah Smith, actor (Home Improvement)


    Deaths:

    04/08/ 217 Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at
    04/08/1143 John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an acciden
    04/08/1364 Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44
    04/08/1537 Willem Aerts, Flemish architect
    04/08/1629 Willem Teellinck, theologist/vicar, dies at 50
    04/08/1697 Niels Juel, Danish admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjögebocht), dies at 67 04/08/1736 Pedro Vaz Rego, composer, dies at 63
    04/08/1759 Francois de La Croix, composer, dies at 76
    04/08/1778 Pieter Teyler van de Holly, founder (Teyler Museum), dies at 76 04/08/1783 Franz Habermann, composer, dies at 76
    04/08/1794 Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat, mathematician dies
    04/08/1844 Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72
    04/08/1848 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer, dies at 50
    04/08/1851 John Parry, composer, dies at 75
    04/08/1853 John W Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73
    04/08/1858 Anton Diabelli, composer, dies at 76
    04/08/1863 Joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70
    04/08/1865 John Park, composer, dies at 61
    04/08/1870 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer, dies 04/08/1871 Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer, dies at 68
    04/08/1890 Junius Morgan, philanthropist, dies at 76
    04/08/1894 Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Mrinalini, Anandamath), dies at 55 04/08/1897 George Garrett, composer, dies at 63
    04/08/1897 Heinrich von Stephan, UK politician, dies
    04/08/1902 Sipyagain, Russian min of interior/headed Secret Service, assassinat
    04/08/1914 Jakub Arbes, Czech author (Andél Miru), dies at 73
    04/08/1919 Roland baron Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, dies at 70
    04/08/1920 Charles Tomlinson Griffes, composer, dies at 35
    04/08/1921 Earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies
    04/08/1931 Eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies
    04/08/1935 Edwin Cannan, economist, dies
    04/08/1937 Arthur William Foote, composer, dies at 84
    04/08/1937 William Henry Hadow, composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77 04/08/1941 Eugène-Marcel Prévost, novelist, dies
    04/08/1943 Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed
    04/08/1943 Richard Sears, 1st to win US amateur national tennis match, dies at
    04/08/1947 Henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies
    04/08/1948 Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40 04/08/1950 Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63
    04/08/1950 Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky, Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies in London 04/08/1959 Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies
    04/08/1969 Arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78
    04/08/1969 Denton Cooley, US open heart surgeon, dies at 48
    04/08/1970 Marie V Felix, Prince of Luxemburg, dies
    04/08/1973 Pablo (Ruiz y) Picasso, Spanish/French painter (Guernica), dies at 9
    04/08/1976 Phil Ochs, rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35
    04/08/1977 Frank Milan, actor (Witness), dies at 71
    04/08/1978 Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83
    04/08/1981 Omar Bradley, last US 5-star general, (Normandy) dies in NY at 88 04/08/1987 Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 9
    04/08/1990 Ryan White, hemophiliac aids sufferer, dies at 18
    04/08/1993 H Earnest, bishop of Breda
    04/08/1993 Marian Anderson, US contralto (My Lord, What a Morning), dies at 96 04/08/1994 Frank Wells, president of Disney, dies in helicopter crash 04/08/1994 Walter Arnold, Germ theologist (World council of Churches), dies at


    Significant Events:

    04/08/1195 Alexius III Angelus drives out brother Isaäk II as Byzantine emperor
    04/08/1341 Francesco Petrarca crowned in Rome
    04/08/1378 Bartolomeo Prignano elected as Pope Urban VI
    04/08/1455 Alfonso the Borgia elected as Pope Callistus III
    04/08/1513 Ponce de León discovers Florida
    04/08/1730 1st Jewish congregation in US consecrates synagogue (NY)
    04/08/1766 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley & chain 04/08/1781 Premiere of Mozart's violin sonata K379
    04/08/1789 House of Representives 1st meeting
    04/08/1802 French Protestant church becomes state-supported & -controlled 04/08/1832 Charles Darwin begins trip through Rio de Janeiro
    04/08/1838 Steamship 'Great Western' maiden voyage (Bristol England to NYC) 04/08/1848 1st battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians
    04/08/1861 US mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by confederacy
    04/08/1864 Battle of Mansfield, La Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor 04/08/1865 Lee's retreat cut off near Appomattox Court House
    04/08/1876 Opera 'La Gioconda' is produced (Milan)
    04/08/1893 The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink 04/08/1898 Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese 04/08/1904 Entente Cordiale signed by France & England
    04/08/1904 Gr Brit & France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter 04/08/1908 Herbert Henry Asquith becomes PM of England
    04/08/1912 Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200
    04/08/1913 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified 04/08/1914 US & Columbia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone
    04/08/1916 Norway approves active & passive female suffrage
    04/08/1931 'White Horse Inn' opens in London
    04/08/1931 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' ballet 'The arrow', premieres
    04/08/1935 Works Progress Administration approved by Congress
    04/08/1938 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #2911
    04/08/1939 King Milk I of Angolia flees
    04/08/1940 Germany battle cruiser sinks British aircraft carrier Glorious 04/08/1941 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tony Musto in St Louis
    04/08/1943 Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins for Stanley Cup
    04/08/1943 Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, founder of Sanbo Kyodan, receives dharma 04/08/1943 Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya convicted of involvement with Mau Mau 04/08/1946 League of Nations assembles for last time
    04/08/1947 Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed
    04/08/1948 Soen Nakagawa & Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in SF
    04/08/1952 Pres Truman seizes steel mills to prevent a strike
    04/08/1953 Dag Hammarskjöld chosen as secretary-general of UN
    04/08/1954 'By the Beautiful Sea' opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway 04/08/1956 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradies Is SC 04/08/1956 M Bandaranaikes People's front wins election in Ceylon
    04/08/1960 Neth & Germany sign accord concerning war casualties
    04/08/1961 British liner 'Dara' explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236
    04/08/1962 Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France 04/08/1964 Unmanned Gemini 1 launched
    04/08/1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner
    04/08/1966 Leonid Breznev elected secretary-general of communist party 04/08/1966 OAO 1, 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, launched
    04/08/1968 Czechoslovakia Cernik govt forms
    04/08/1968 New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect
    04/08/1968 WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting 04/08/1970 Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court 04/08/1971 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)
    04/08/1974 Discovery Island opens
    04/08/1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaks Babe Ruth's record 04/08/1975 Frank Robinson 1st black baseball mgr (Cleveland, beats NY 5-3) 04/08/1977 Israel premier Rabin resigns
    04/08/1978 W Liller discovers asteroid #2449
    04/08/1979 204th & final episode of 'All in the Family'
    04/08/1979 People's Republic of China joins IOC
    04/08/1981 Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs
    04/08/1982 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Preliminary-Isles hold 2-0 lead
    04/08/1982 Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th US swimming title
    04/08/1985 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster 04/08/1986 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California, Make his day 04/08/1987 Al Campanis, LA Dodger VP resigns after racial remarks on 'Nightline
    04/08/1989 Entertainment Tonights Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman 04/08/1990 'Twin Peaks' with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV
    04/08/1990 Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die
    04/08/1991 Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of pancreas 04/08/1991 Oakland A's stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking 04/08/1992 'Five Guys Named Moe' opens at Eugene O'Neill theater on Broadway 04/08/1992 After 151 years Britain's 'Punch Magazine' final issue
    04/08/1993 STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit
    04/08/1994 Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0
    04/08/1994 Japans premier Morihiro Hosokawa resigns
    04/08/1994 Smoking banned in Pentagon and all US military bases

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    Births:

    04/09/1598 Johann Cruger, composer
    04/09/1611 Giacomo Maria Predieri, composer
    04/09/1627 Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer
    04/09/1630 François Couperin, French music theory/organist, baptised 04/09/1634 Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau
    04/09/1649 James Scott Duke, of Monmouth
    04/09/1716 Johann Georg Zechner, composer
    04/09/1717 Matthias Georg Monn, composer
    04/09/1751 Emanuel Schikaneder, [Johann J Schickeneder], German playwright 04/09/1754 Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer
    04/09/1754 Pieter Paul, lawyer/chairman (National Meeting)
    04/09/1757 Wojciech Boguslawski, composer
    04/09/1785 Sibrand Acker Stratingh, physician/chemist (electric baboon 1835) 04/09/1794 Theobald Böhm, flautist/composer
    04/09/1798 Giuditta Pasta, [Negri], soprano
    04/09/1802 Elias Lönrot, folklorist
    04/09/1806 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer 04/09/1806 Louis count of Barrthyányi, premier of Hungary
    04/09/1812 Randolph Barnes Marcy, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887 04/09/1821 Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, France, symbolist poet (Flowers of Evil) 04/09/1826 Thomas Hewson Neill, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 188
    04/09/1830 Eadweard Muybridge, England, pioneered study of motion, photography 04/09/1835 Leopold II, King of Belgium (1865-1909)
    04/09/1847 Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer
    04/09/1847 Francis William Davenport, composer
    04/09/1848 Helena Lange, German feminist
    04/09/1850 Herman Zumpe, composer
    04/09/1851 C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (Neth Indies) 04/09/1854 Seaborn M Denson, composer
    04/09/1861 Charles Holroyd, painter/etcher
    04/09/1865 Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Germany, experiment with AC electricity 04/09/1865 Erich Ludendorff, general (Germany)
    04/09/1871 Arthur Fickenscher, composer
    04/09/1872 Léon Blum, French premier (People's front govt)
    04/09/1874 Julius Bittner, Austrian composer (Tie Veilchen)
    04/09/1879 Gerald Festus Kelly, artist
    04/09/1879 W C Fields, [William Claude Dukinfield], Phila (or 01291880) 04/09/1883 Renzo Bossi, composer
    04/09/1884 Franco Vittadini, composer
    04/09/1888 Sol Hurok, theatrical impresario
    04/09/1889 Efrem Zimbalist, Rostov on the Don Russia, composer/concert violinis
    04/09/1894 Ernest Kanitz, composer
    04/09/1895 Mance Lipscomb, Texas, blues musician (Texas Sharecropper) 04/09/1895 Rudolf Kattnigg, composer
    04/09/1898 Earl 'Curly' Lambeau, NFL coach (GB Packers)
    04/09/1898 Julius Patzak, Austrian tenor singer
    04/09/1898 Paul Robeson, Philadelphia, singer (Old Man River)/actor/footballer 04/09/1900 Allen Jenkins, NYC, actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit) 04/09/1902 Frantisek Suchy, composer [or April 21, 1891]
    04/09/1903 Gregory Pincus, inventor (birth control pill)
    04/09/1903 Ward Bond, Denver Colo, actor (Seth-Wagon Trains)
    04/09/1903 Willem Pée, Belgian linguist
    04/09/1905 J William Fulbright, (Sen-D-Ark)
    04/09/1906 Antal Dorati, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Dressden Opera 1928-29) 04/09/1906 Todd Naylor 'Hugh' Gaitskell, leader British Labour party 04/09/1908 Fred Lohse, composer
    04/09/1908 Victor Vasarely, painter (Op Art)
    04/09/1909 Domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio
    04/09/1909 Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, composer
    04/09/1909 Robert Murray Halpmann, dancer
    04/09/1910 Abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct)
    04/09/1911 Lord Deramore, architect
    04/09/1914 Richard Young, CEO (Boosey & Hawkes)
    04/09/1917 Vincent O'Brien, racehorse trainer
    04/09/1918 Jörn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House)
    04/09/1919 John Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC) 04/09/1920 Alex Moulton, bicycle designer
    04/09/1920 Art Van Damme, Norway Mich, jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz) 04/09/1920 David Walker, Professor of Law (Glasgow University)
    04/09/1920 F Don Miller, Racine Wisc, Boxing coach (Olympic-1956)
    04/09/1921 Frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet)
    04/09/1922 Gerald Moverley, Roman Catholic bishop (Hallam)
    04/09/1922 Michael Palliser, head of British diplomatic service
    04/09/1923 Bruno Kiefer, composer
    04/09/1924 Harald Heilmann, composer
    04/09/1925 Michael Richardson, vice chairman (N M Rotschild)
    04/09/1925 Tom Jackson, British union leader (Post Office)
    04/09/1926 Graham Hills, principal (Strathclyde University, England) 04/09/1926 Harris Wofford, (Sen-R-Pennsylvania)
    04/09/1926 Hugh Hefner, magazine publisher (Playboy)
    04/09/1926 Lord Fitt, MP (Belfast Ireland)
    04/09/1926 Michael Ogden, QC
    04/09/1928 Brian Cubbon, British senior civil servant
    04/09/1928 Floyd D Spence, (Rep-R-SC, 1971- )
    04/09/1928 Tom Lehrer, parody/folk singer, proposed poisoning pigeons 04/09/1929 Harvey Lichtenstein, pres Bkln Academy of Music
    04/09/1931 Bill Gilbert, Wasah DC, sports author (They Also Served, Big E) 04/09/1931 Martin Rogers, director (Farmington Institute for Christian Studies)
    04/09/1932 Carl Perkins, Jackson Tn, singer/songwriter (Blue Suede Shoes) 04/09/1932 Jim Fowler, Albany Ga, naturalist (Wild Kingdom)
    04/09/1932 Peter Moores, director of Littlewoods
    04/09/1933 Gian Maria Volontè, Milan Italy, actress (Fistful of Dollars) 04/09/1933 Jean-Paul Belmondo, Paris France, actor (Casino Royale, Magnifique) 04/09/1933 Richard Rose, Professor of Public Policy (Strathclyde University) 04/09/1935 Aulis Sallinen, composer
    04/09/1935 Avery Schreiber, Chicago Ill, comedian (My Mother the Car) 04/09/1936 Jerzy Maksymiuk, composer
    04/09/1936 Michael Somare, British foreign affairs minister (Paupa & New Guinea
    04/09/1937 Barrington J[ohn] Bayley, UK, sci-fi author (Collision Course) 04/09/1937 Valerie Singleton, British broadcaster
    04/09/1939 Michael Learned, Wash DC, actress (Olivia-Waltons, Nurse) 04/09/1941 Hannah Gordon, actress (Oh Alfie)
    04/09/1942 Brandon De Wilde, Bkln NY, actor (Jamie, Wild in the Sky) 04/09/1942 Earl F Hillard, (Rep-D-Alabama)
    04/09/1942 Galina Koulakova, USSR, nordic skier (Olympic-3 golds-1972) 04/09/1945 Gus Hardin, [Carol Ann Blankenship], Tulsa Okla, country singer 04/09/1946 Alan Knott, cricketer
    04/09/1946 Les Gray, vocalist (Mud-Cat Crept In)
    04/09/1946 Philip Wright, rocker (Paper Lace)
    04/09/1948 Chico Ryan, rocker (Sha Na Na)
    04/09/1950 Kenneth D Cockrell, Austin Texas, Astronaut (STS 56)
    04/09/1950 Nathan Cook, Phila Pa, actor (Milton-White Shadow, Billy-Hotel) 04/09/1952 Magnar Am, composer
    04/09/1953 Hal Ketchum, Greenwich NY, country singer (Small Town Saturday Night
    04/09/1954 Dennis Quaid, Houston TX, actor (Big Easy, Dreamscape, Right Stuff) 04/09/1957 Ednita Nazario, Ponce PR, spanish singer
    04/09/1957 Severlano Ballesteros, Spain, golfer (British Open 1979, 84, 88) 04/09/1958 Tony Sibson, boxer
    04/09/1959 Dave Innis, Bartlesville Okla, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels
    04/09/1961 Mark Kelly, Dublin Ireland, keyboards, (Marillion-Real to Reel) 04/09/1965 Paulina Porizkova, Prostejov Czech, model (Playboy-Aug 87) 04/09/1967 Robin Wright, Dallas Texas, actress (Loon, State of Grace, Denial) 04/09/1971 Wang Yang, youngest Olympic record breaker at age 17 (Oly-1988) 04/09/1979 Keshia Knight Pulliam, Newark NJ, actress (Rudy-Crosby)
    04/09/1990 Marston Glenn Hefner, son of Hugh Hefner & Kimberley Conrad


    Deaths:

    04/09/ 715 Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies
    04/09/1024 Benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies 04/09/1483 Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38
    04/09/1492 Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies
    04/09/1553 François Rabelais, author (Gargabtua & Pantagruel), dies at 63 04/09/1557 Michael Agricola, Finnish theologist/church reformer/bishop, dies 04/09/1626 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, statesman, dies
    04/09/1681 Alfonso Marsh, composer, dies at 54
    04/09/1747 Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat Jacobite, last man beheaded in Englan
    04/09/1761 William Law, theologian, dies
    04/09/1765 Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 7
    04/09/1793 Ernestus Weinrauch, composer, dies at 62
    04/09/1804 Jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman
    04/09/1806 Willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau, dies at 58
    04/09/1807 John Opie, infant prodigy/painter/illustrator, dies
    04/09/1821 Felix Maximo Lopez, composer, dies at 78
    04/09/1850 William Prout, physician/chemist, dies
    04/09/1851 Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer, dies at 80
    04/09/1852 John Howard Payne, actor/playwright (Fair Warning), dies
    04/09/1862 George W Johnson, US planter/Confederate (gov-Ky), dies at about 50 04/09/1865 Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32 04/09/1879 Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer, dies at 70
    04/09/1882 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet/pre-Raphaelite painter, dies 04/09/1886 Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Ekkehard), dies at 60 04/09/1893 Disma Fumagalli, composer, dies at 66
    04/09/1904 Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68), dies at 73
    04/09/1909 Charles Conder, artist, dies
    04/09/1916 Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer, dies at 62
    04/09/1917 Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I
    04/09/1923 Mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies 04/09/1931 Paul Antonin Vidal, composer, dies at 68
    04/09/1933 Sigfrid Karg-Elert, composer, dies at 55
    04/09/1939 Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer, dies at 89
    04/09/1940 Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies 04/09/1944 Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59
    04/09/1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged 04/09/1945 Hans Oster, German major-general/spy, 'July 20th plot', hanged 04/09/1945 Hans von Dohnanyi, 'July 20th plotter', hanged
    04/09/1945 Wilhelm Canaris, Admiral/headed Germany Abwehr, hanged
    04/09/1947 Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer, dies at 43
    04/09/1948 Jorge Elecier Gaitán, Colombian politician, murdered
    04/09/1951 Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Hadji Aga), dies
    04/09/1951 Vilhelm F K Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology, dies at 89
    04/09/1954 Philip Greeley Clapp, composer, dies at 65
    04/09/1959 Frank Lloyd Wright, US architect (Guggenheim Museum NY), dies at 89 04/09/1961 Milk I, [Ahmed Zogu], PM/president/king of Angolia, dies at 65 04/09/1961 Zog, King of Albania (1925-39), dies at 65
    04/09/1962 Juan Belmonte, famed bullfighter, dies at 70
    04/09/1966 Sutan Sjahrir, premier of Indonesia (1945-47), dies at 57 04/09/1976 Akio Yashiro, composer, dies at 46
    04/09/1982 Robert H G Havemann, German chemist/dissident, dies
    04/09/1982 Wilfred Pelletier, symph conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 85 04/09/1984 Basil Henry Blackwell, British publisher, dies
    04/09/1986 Jean Mogin, Belgian poet, dies at 64
    04/09/1988 Brook Benton, singer (Just a Matter of Time), dies at 56 of meningit
    04/09/1988 Dave Prater, singer, dies at 50 in an auto accident
    04/09/1991 Maurice Binder, title designer (James Bond Movies), dies at 73 04/09/1992 Gale McGee, senator-Wyoming (1959-77)
    04/09/1993 Wouter Perquin, journalist/Dutch politician (KVP), dies at 74 04/09/1994 Cornelis N 'Cor' van Dis Jr, Dutch 2nd parl (1971-94), dies at 71 04/09/1994 Keith Watson, British comic strip artist (Dan Dare), dies at 59 04/09/1994 Marcel Ichac, French alpinist/director (Karakoram), dies at 87 04/09/1994 Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian general-major, murdered


    Significant Events:

    04/09/ 715 Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    04/09/1241 Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles & Germans 04/09/1388 Battle of Näfels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army 04/09/1555 Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II
    04/09/1609 Spain & Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact
    04/09/1621 Spain & Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends
    04/09/1667 1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris)
    04/09/1682 La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France
    04/09/1770 Capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)
    04/09/1808 Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace
    04/09/1816 African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Phila)
    04/09/1829 Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200
    04/09/1831 Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain & Spain 04/09/1833 1st tax-supported public library (Peterborough, NH)
    04/09/1838 National Galley opens in London
    04/09/1861 Asteroid 66, Maia discovered
    04/09/1861 H P Tuttle discovers asteroid #66 Maja
    04/09/1864 Battle of Pleasant Hill LA
    04/09/1865 Federals capture Ft Blakely, Alabama
    04/09/1865 Robert E Lee & 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox 04/09/1866 Civil Rights Bill passes over Pres Andrew Johnson's veto
    04/09/1869 Hudson Bay Company cedes it's territory to Canada
    04/09/1870 American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves
    04/09/1906 3½th modern Olympic games opens in Athens (4/22 NS)
    04/09/1907 P Lowell discovers asteroid #793 Arizona
    04/09/1912 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard) 04/09/1912 Titanic leaves Queenstown Ireland for NY
    04/09/1913 Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0
    04/09/1914 1st full color film shown 'World, Flesh & Devil' (London) 04/09/1914 Tampico incident - US ship crew arrested in Mexico
    04/09/1917 Battle of Arras begins
    04/09/1917 Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops
    04/09/1918 Latvia proclaims independence
    04/09/1925 Babe Ruth rushed to hospital
    04/09/1927 Italy & US anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti given death sentences 04/09/1928 Mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play 'Diamond Lil'
    04/09/1928 Turkey passes separation of church & state
    04/09/1931 Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period 04/09/1931 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1180 Rita
    04/09/1932 Tor Maple Leafs sweep NY Rangers in 3 games for Stanley Cup 04/09/1935 Montreal Maroons sweep Tor Maple Leafs 3 games to 0 for Stanley Cup 04/09/1938 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #1715 Salli
    04/09/1939 Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial
    04/09/1940 German cruiser Blücher torpedoed/capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die 04/09/1940 Germany invades Norway & Denmark during WW II (Denmark surrenders) 04/09/1940 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2639 Planman
    04/09/1941 PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame
    04/09/1942 Battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japs at Bataan 04/09/1945 Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier
    04/09/1945 Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360
    04/09/1945 NFL requires players to wear long stockings
    04/09/1946 Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 04/09/1947 Atomic Energy Commission formed
    04/09/1947 Baseball suspends Bkln Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year
    04/09/1947 Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300 04/09/1950 Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance
    04/09/1950 Jimmy Demaret wins 3rd Masters golf tournament
    04/09/1952 Popular uprising in Bolivia
    04/09/1953 'TV Guide' publishes 1st issue
    04/09/1953 Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya
    04/09/1954 WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting 04/09/1957 Suez Canal cleared for all shipping
    04/09/1959 1st 7 astronauts presented to press
    04/09/1959 Balt Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Wash Senators) 04/09/1959 Bill Sharman hits a record 56 consecutive foul shot
    04/09/1959 Boston Celtics win 8th consecutive NBA championship (record) 04/09/1959 NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury
    04/09/1960 Boston beats St Louis, 4 games to 3, for NBA championship 04/09/1960 South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle
    04/09/1962 Arnold Palmer wins his 3rd Masters golf tournament
    04/09/1962 JFK throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium
    04/09/1963 Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary US citizen (posthumously) 04/09/1965 Beatles 'Ticket to Ride' is released in UK
    04/09/1965 India & Pakistan engage in border fight
    04/09/1966 Anaheim Stadium for Calif Angels opens
    04/09/1967 1st Boeing 737 rolls out
    04/09/1967 Shortwave broadcaster Radio NY Worldwide's transmitter burns down 04/09/1968 German DR adopts constitution
    04/09/1968 Martin Luther King Jr, buried in Atlanta
    04/09/1968 Minn's Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 04/09/1968 Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference 04/09/1969 Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-
    04/09/1970 Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles
    04/09/1971 Ringo releases 'It Don't Come Easy' in UK
    04/09/1972 Jack Nicklaus wins Masters golf tournament
    04/09/1972 USSR & Iraq sign peace treaty
    04/09/1973 Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam
    04/09/1976 US & Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use 04/09/1977 Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years
    04/09/1978 Gary Player wins his 3rd Masters golf tournament
    04/09/1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hrs, begins
    04/09/1980 Belgium's Marten's govt resigns
    04/09/1980 Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Isles 04/09/1980 Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6
    04/09/1981 LA Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0 04/09/1981 US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru 04/09/1982 LA Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record 04/09/1983 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth
    04/09/1983 Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penality shot 04/09/1985 White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game 04/09/1986 'Dallas' announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character 04/09/1987 For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game 04/09/1987 Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ
    04/09/1988 Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round
    04/09/1988 US imposes economic sanctions on Panama
    04/09/1989 Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car 04/09/1989 Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt & loses Masters golf tournament 04/09/1990 'Capital News' starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV 04/09/1990 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees 04/09/1990 NY Islanders beat NY Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1
    04/09/1990 World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (NYC)
    04/09/1991 Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0
    04/09/1991 Georgia SSR votes to seceede from USSR
    04/09/1992 'Redwood Curtain' opens at Neiderlander theater on Broadway 04/09/1992 John Majors, (C) elected PM of England
    04/09/1992 Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug & racketeering charges
    04/09/1992 Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12) 04/09/1993 Colorado Rockies 1st home game & 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos 04/09/1994 STS-59 (Endeavour) launches into orbit

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/10/ 401 Theodosius II, the younger, emperor of Austria
    04/10/1569 Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon 04/10/1583 Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law 04/10/1633 Werner Fabricius, composer
    04/10/1695 Balthazar Huydecoper, translator/historian
    04/10/1737 Francois Giroust, composer
    04/10/1778 William Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic
    04/10/1783 Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10) 04/10/1794 Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan
    04/10/1797 Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) 04/10/1806 Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864
    04/10/1808 Auguste Franchomme, composer
    04/10/1823 Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army) 04/10/1827 Lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur) 04/10/1829 William Booth, founded Salvation Army
    04/10/1833 David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 04/10/1833 James Edward Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 04/10/1847 Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer
    04/10/1847 Joseph Pulitzer, Hungary, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY Worl
    04/10/1854 Jozef M T Orelio, baritone
    04/10/1857 Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker
    04/10/1864 Eugène FC 'Eugen' Albert, German pianist/composer (Golem) 04/10/1868 George Arliss, English/US actor (Devil, Green Goddess)
    04/10/1880 Frances Perkins, 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position (Labor) 04/10/1882 Simon FHJ Berkelbach Van de Sprenkel, theologist (Fear & Religion) 04/10/1887 Bernardo A Houssay, Argentine physiologist (Nobel 1947)
    04/10/1887 Heinz Tiessen, composer
    04/10/1892 Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, German anthropologist (Rassenkunde) 04/10/1892 Victor de Sabata, Trieste Italy, conductor/composer (Il Macigno) 04/10/1894 Ben Nicholson, English painter/sculptor (Circle)
    04/10/1898 Hans Ehrke, German writer/poet (Narrenspiegel, Füer)
    04/10/1900 Jean Duvieusart, premier (Belgium 1950)
    04/10/1903 Clare Boothe Luce, former US ambassador to Vatican
    04/10/1905 Jan H van Roÿen, diplomat/Netherland foreign minister
    04/10/1906 Fud Livingston, composer
    04/10/1906 Kathleen Major, principal (St Hilda's College, England)
    04/10/1907 Pete Desjardins, US, platform/springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1928) 04/10/1908 Aidan Crawley, CEO (London Weekend TV)
    04/10/1910 Abu-Bakr Khairat, composer
    04/10/1911 Maurice Schumann, French statesman/writer (La Voix du couvre-feu) 04/10/1912 Clarke Hinkle, NFL fullback (Green Bay Packers)
    04/10/1913 Stefan Heym, German writer (Crusaders, Family Benda)
    04/10/1915 Harry Morgan, Detroit Mich, actor (December Bride, M*A*S*H, Dragnet)
    04/10/1915 Leo Vroman, poet/biologist
    04/10/1917 Robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist (Nobel 1965)
    04/10/1921 Chuck Connors, Bkln NY, actor (Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa) 04/10/1921 Sheb Wooley, Erick Okla, vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw) 04/10/1923 Floyd M Simmons, actor/decathlete (Olympic-bronze-1948, 52) 04/10/1924 David Halberstam, NY Times intl correspondant (Pulitzer 1964) 04/10/1926 'Alvin' Junior Samples, Cummings Ga, country singer (Hee Haw) 04/10/1926 Jacques Casterede, composer
    04/10/1929 Dusan Radic, composer
    04/10/1929 Max Von Sydow, Lund Sweden, actor (Hawaii, Exorcist, Dune, Dreamscap
    04/10/1930 Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator (College of Justice, Scotland) 04/10/1931 Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet
    04/10/1932 Adrian Henri, poet/president (Liverpool Academy of Arts)
    04/10/1932 Hari Rhodes, Cincinnati Oh, actor (Mike-Daktari, Roots)
    04/10/1932 Mae Faggs, US sprinter (Olympic-gold-1952)
    04/10/1932 Mae Heriwentha Faggs Starr, NJ, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1952) 04/10/1932 Omar Sharif, [Michael Shalhoub], Egypt, actor (Dr Zhivago, Top Secre
    04/10/1933 Philip Corner, composer
    04/10/1933 Poncie Ponce, actor (Kazuo Kim-Hawaiian Eye)
    04/10/1933 Robert Rhodes James, historian
    04/10/1934 Zsolt Durko, composer
    04/10/1935 Jorge Mester, Mexico City Mexico, conductor (Louisville Orch 1967-79
    04/10/1935 Patrick Garland, director (Doll House)
    04/10/1936 John Madden, Oakland Raiders football coach, CBS sports commentator 04/10/1936 Robert 'Bobby' Smith, US singer (Spinners)
    04/10/1937 Stan Mellor, British racehorse trainer/jockey
    04/10/1938 Don Meredith, Mount Vernon Texas, NFL QB (Cowboys)/Mon Night Footbal
    04/10/1939 Daniel Oliver, NYC, chairman (Federal Trade Commission)
    04/10/1940 Gloria Hunniford, British broadcaster
    04/10/1941 Paul Theroux, American travel book writer (Mosquito Coast) 04/10/1944 Danny Woods, US musician (Chairman of the Board)
    04/10/1945 Vera Misevich, USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1980) 04/10/1946 Armand, [Herman van Loenhout], singer (Blommenkinders)
    04/10/1947 Bunny Waller, vocalist/percussionist (Bob Marley & Wailers) 04/10/1948 Thomas Spencer, conservative MEP
    04/10/1949 Frank de Lion, guitarist (Bob Color)
    04/10/1950 Eddie Hazel, US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Uncle Jam Wants You) 04/10/1952 Steven Seagal, actor (Above the Law, Hard to Kill)
    04/10/1953 David Moorcroft, British athlete
    04/10/1954 Jouko Törmänen, Finland, 90m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1980) 04/10/1958 Ken Griffy, baseball player (Cin Reds, NY Yanks)
    04/10/1960 Brian Setzer, rock guitarist (Lobos-La Bamba, Stray Cats-Sexy & 17) 04/10/1960 Julie Fulton, Evanston Ill, actress (Lime Steel)
    04/10/1961 Jeb Adams, Hollywood Calif, actor (Lt Jeb Pruitt-Baa Baa Black Sheep
    04/10/1961 Olivia Brown, Frankfurt GFR, actor (Det Trudy Joplin-Miami Vice) 04/10/1962 Cathy Turner, Rochester NY, short track skater (Olympics-1994) 04/10/1963 Warren DeMartini, heavy metal rocker (Dokken-Alone Again, Ratt) 04/10/1964 Alan 'Reni' Wren, English pop drummer (Stone Roses-Fools Gold) 04/10/1965 Tim 'Herb' Alexander, US funk metal drummer (Primus-Prok soda) 04/10/1969 Billy Jacoby, Flushing NY, actor (Brad-Silver Spoons, Maggie) 04/10/1969 William Jayne, actor (Mikey Randall-Parker Lewis Can't Lose) 04/10/1970 Wesley Barnett, St Joseph Mo, Oly weightlifter (Pan Am-silver-1987) 04/10/1975 Floris, Prince of Netherlands
    04/10/1984 Zoe, Melbourne Australia, 1st frozen-embryo child


    Deaths:

    04/10/ 879 Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies
    04/10/ 947 Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies
    04/10/1008 Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies
    04/10/1362 Machteld, countess of Holland, dies
    04/10/1533 Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61
    04/10/1585 Gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies 04/10/1640 Agostino Agazzari, composer, dies at 61
    04/10/1640 Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I, dies at 60 04/10/1712 Yusuf Nabi, Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77
    04/10/1723 Claude F Tserclaes, South Neth earl of Tilly, dies at 74
    04/10/1731 Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, composer, dies at 58
    04/10/1756 Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer, dies at 95
    04/10/1760 Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75 04/10/1784 Simon Fokke, book illustrator, dies at 71
    04/10/1807 Anna Amalia van Brumswijk-Wolfenbüttel, duchess of Saxon-Weimar, die
    04/10/1810 Konrad Back, composer, dies at 61
    04/10/1825 Paul-Louis Courier, (Méré), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53 04/10/1848 Godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69 04/10/1862 William Harvey Lamb Wallace, US lawyer/brig-general, dies at 40 04/10/1863 Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77 04/10/1885 John H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73
    04/10/1909 Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, dies at 72
    04/10/1911 Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, composer, dies at 35
    04/10/1919 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered
    04/10/1920 Tryggve Andersen, Norse writer (Mod Kvaeld), dies at 53
    04/10/1929 Edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies
    04/10/1937 Algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77
    04/10/1938 Nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W Nzima Ghana
    04/10/1945 Henry Werkman, Dutch resistance fighter (Blue Schuit), executed at 6
    04/10/1954 Auguste Lumière, French photograph/movie pioneer, dies at 81 04/10/1955 Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer, dies at 68
    04/10/1956 Bozidar Sirola, composer, dies at 66
    04/10/1956 Clarence Beaumont, 1st batter in 1st World Series, dies at 75 04/10/1956 Jozef Szulc, composer, dies at 81
    04/10/1958 W C Handy, composer/musician, dies at 84 in NY
    04/10/1960 Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at
    04/10/1962 Stu Stutcliffe, original Beatle bassist, dies
    04/10/1966 Christian J Modeste, king of gypsies, dies at 71
    04/10/1966 Evelyn Waugh, British writer (Black mischief), dies
    04/10/1974 Roger Bastide, French sociologist, dies at 76
    04/10/1975 Marjorie Main, actress (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 85
    04/10/1975 Walker Evans, US photographer (Fortune Magazine), dies at 71 04/10/1979 Nino Rota, Italian composer, dies at 67
    04/10/1980 Kay Medford, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies at
    04/10/1983 Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered
    04/10/1983 Olf S von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist, dies
    04/10/1984 Nate Nelson, R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies on 52 birthda
    04/10/1986 Joseph P Addabbo, US defence specialist/(Sen-D), dies at 61 04/10/1991 Kevin Peter Hall, actor (Harry & Hendersons), dies of aids at 35 04/10/1991 Natalie Schafer, actress (Gilligan's Island), dies at 90 from cancer
    04/10/1992 Sam Kinison, loud mouth comedian, dies at 38 in a car crash 04/10/1993 Chris Hani, sec-gen South Africian Communist Party, murdered 04/10/1994 Victor Afanasiev, Rus editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89), dies at 7


    Significant Events:

    04/10/ 847 St Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    04/10/ 879 Louis III, crowned King of France
    04/10/1516 1st ghetto, Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice 04/10/1589 Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg
    04/10/1656 Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo Ceylon
    04/10/1739 Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing
    04/10/1741 Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz
    04/10/1790 US Patent system established
    04/10/1816 2nd Bank of US chartered
    04/10/1825 1st hotel in Hawaii opens
    04/10/1825 Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at León
    04/10/1835 Charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile
    04/10/1845 More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa 04/10/1849 Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (NYC); sold rights for $100 04/10/1863 Rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn
    04/10/1864 Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of México
    04/10/1865 At Appomattox, Gen Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last
    04/10/1866 American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms 04/10/1868 Brits defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala
    04/10/1871 William Hammond Hall's maps & surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted 04/10/1872 1st National black convention meets in New Orleans
    04/10/1872 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #120 Lachesis
    04/10/1872 Arbor day 1st celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to Apr 22 04/10/1877 Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia SC
    04/10/1878 Calif St Cable Car RR Co starts service
    04/10/1880 J Palisa discovers asteroid #216 Kleopatra
    04/10/1882 Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco & Hawaii) 04/10/1896 Spiridon Louis wins 1st Olympic marathon (2:58:50)
    04/10/1912 J Palisa discovers asteroid #730 Athanasia
    04/10/1912 RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st & last voyage
    04/10/1916 1st professional golf tournament held
    04/10/1917 Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers 04/10/1923 Hitler speaks on 'hatred & more hatred' in Berlin
    04/10/1925 Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd)
    04/10/1925 F Scott Fitzgerald publishes 'Great Gatsby'
    04/10/1930 Synthetic rubber 1st produced
    04/10/1932 Paul von Hindenburg elected 1st German president (Hitler is 2nd) 04/10/1934 Chic Black Hawks beat Det Red Wings 3 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 04/10/1936 200' mirror blank arrives in Pasadena
    04/10/1938 2nd govt of Blum replaced by Daladier govt in France
    04/10/1938 Austria becomes a state of Germany
    04/10/1939 Colijn's Dutch govt opens camp Westerbork for German Jews 04/10/1939 Grens mobilization due to Italian invasion in Albania
    04/10/1941 German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica
    04/10/1942 Cigarettes & candy rationed in Holland
    04/10/1943 12 Jewish patients of Herren Loo-Lozenoord escape nazis
    04/10/1944 'Patrolling the Ether' is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously 04/10/1944 Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazis
    04/10/1945 Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech) 04/10/1945 Canadian troops conquer Deventer
    04/10/1945 German troops attack Ijsselbrug
    04/10/1945 NFL's Boston Yanks & Brooklyn Tigers merge
    04/10/1945 US troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa
    04/10/1946 1st election for Japanese Diet
    04/10/1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers)
    04/10/1947 King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned
    04/10/1948 Jewish Hagana repells an Arab attack on Mishmar HaEmek
    04/10/1949 Sam Snead wins Masters golf tournament
    04/10/1950 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1760 Sandra
    04/10/1953 'House of Wax,' 1st 3-D movie, released (NYC)
    04/10/1953 Minneapolis beats New York, 4 games to 1, for NBA championship 04/10/1954 KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting 04/10/1955 Ruth Ellis shoots jilting lover David Blakely
    04/10/1955 Syracuse beats Fort Wayne, 4 games to 3, for NBA championship 04/10/1956 Montreal Canadiens beat Det Red Wings 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 04/10/1956 Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs
    04/10/1957 Jordanian govt of Naboelsi resigns
    04/10/1957 Suez canal for all ship workers reopens
    04/10/1958 Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco
    04/10/1959 Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda 04/10/1960 Arnold Palmer wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament
    04/10/1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
    04/10/1961 Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to JFK about New Guinea 04/10/1961 Gary Player becomes 1st foreign golfer to win Masters
    04/10/1962 1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium
    04/10/1962 1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2 04/10/1962 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th HR
    04/10/1963 Thresher, US atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Bosto
    04/10/1964 Iranian motor launch catches fire & sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf)
    04/10/1971 1st baseball game at Phila's Veterans Stadium, Phils beat Expos 04/10/1971 US table tennis team arrives in China PR
    04/10/1972 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars 04/10/1972 US, USSR & 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons 04/10/1973 BEA flight to Basel Switz, crashes on landing, killing 104 of 143 04/10/1973 Pakistan suspends constitution
    04/10/1974 American Boccaccio Association established
    04/10/1974 Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli PM Golda Meir
    04/10/1975 Rangers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
    04/10/1976 Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-Yanks win 9-7 04/10/1976 Cleve Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title
    04/10/1978 Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced
    04/10/1979 Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian
    04/10/1981 'Caveman' with Ringo premieres
    04/10/1981 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded
    04/10/1981 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parlime
    04/10/1982 LA Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton in 3rd period, win in OT 6-5 04/10/1982 Penguins 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Preliminary- Isles hold 2-1 lead
    04/10/1983 Caps 3-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isles win series 3-2 04/10/1983 Hennie Kuiper wins Paris-Roubaix
    04/10/1983 Jordan king Hussein ceases negotiations with PLO
    04/10/1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
    04/10/1984 John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games 04/10/1984 US Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors
    04/10/1985 At 80 Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game 04/10/1985 Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals-Caps hold 1-0 lead 04/10/1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission 04/10/1986 Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan
    04/10/1988 Herschel Walker performs Fort Worth Ballet
    04/10/1988 Islanders beat Devils 5-4 (OT) 1st round tied at 2-2
    04/10/1989 Intel corp announces shipment of 80486 chip
    04/10/1990 CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma Japan 04/10/1991 Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138 04/10/1991 Last automat (coin operated cafeteria) closes (3rd & 42nd St, NYC) 04/10/1992 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka
    04/10/1992 Floriade (Flower Show) opens at Hague, Netherlands
    04/10/1992 NHL strike ends after 10 days
    04/10/1993 Ottawa Senators win 1st road game (Islanders) after 38 straight lose

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Apr 11 00:05:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/11/1370 Frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony
    04/11/1586 Pietro Della Valle, composer
    04/11/1602 Johann Neukrantz, composer
    04/11/1638 Diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer
    04/11/1681 Anne Danican Philidor, composer
    04/11/1682 Jean-Joseph Mouret, composer
    04/11/1715 John Alcock, composer
    04/11/1722 Christopher Smart, English poet & journalist (Ceremony of Carols) 04/11/1735 Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye, composer
    04/11/1769 Johann Georg Lickl, composer
    04/11/1770 George Canning, (C) British PM (1827)
    04/11/1775 Charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer
    04/11/1779 Louise Reichardt, composer
    04/11/1793 Nicolaas C Kist, church historian/archivist
    04/11/1794 Edward Everett, Dorchester Mass, (Gov-Mass), statesman/orator 04/11/1801 Claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin) 04/11/1837 Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861
    04/11/1838 Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer
    04/11/1840 John Conrad Nordqvist, composer
    04/11/1859 Basil Harwood, composer
    04/11/1862 Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41) 04/11/1866 Carla Ford, Henry's wife
    04/11/1867 John P Lotsy, botanist/geneticist (Genetics)
    04/11/1879 Leendert Round, sculptor (Entrance diergaarde happy village) 04/11/1881 Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer
    04/11/1883 Leonard Mudie, actor (Magnetic Monster, British Intelligence) 04/11/1888 Donald Calthrop, actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Murder, Rome Express) 04/11/1889 Nick La Rocca, US coronetist/composer (Tiger Rag)
    04/11/1893 Dean G Acheson, statesman/US Secretary of State (1949-53) 04/11/1893 Johannes T Thÿsse, founder (Waterloopkundig lab Delft)
    04/11/1898 Lou Holtz, comedian/actor (Follow the Leader)
    04/11/1899 Percy L Julian, chemist (drugs for treatment of arthritis) 04/11/1901 Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer (typewriter) 04/11/1901 Glenway Wescott, US writer (Apartment in Athens)
    04/11/1901 Theodor Rogalski, composer
    04/11/1902 Quentin Reynolds, NYC, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI) 04/11/1904 Paul McGrath, actor (Witness, No Time for Love)
    04/11/1907 Paul Douglas, Phila Pa, actor (Adventure Theater, Clash by Night) 04/11/1908 Karel Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto)
    04/11/1910 Anna Magnani, Ital's actress (Awakening, Roma)
    04/11/1910 Antonio de Spínola, general/president Portugal
    04/11/1911 Stella Walsh-Olson, Polish/US 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1932) 04/11/1911 Stella Walsh-Stanislawa-Walasiewicz, Poland, sprinter (Oly-gold-32) 04/11/1912 John Larkin, Oakland Calif, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High
    04/11/1913 Oleg Cassini, Paris France, fashion designer for Jackie Kennedy 04/11/1916 Alberto E Ginastera, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Panambi) 04/11/1916 Dan Fortmann, NFL guard (Chicago Bears)
    04/11/1918 Cameron Mitchell, actor (Hombre, How to Marry a Millionaire) 04/11/1918 Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber, journalist
    04/11/1919 Hugh Carey, (Gov-D-NY)
    04/11/1922 Alexander Raichev, composer
    04/11/1925 Ethel Kennedy, wife of Bobby
    04/11/1925 Rik Kuÿpers, Belgian director (Sea gulls die of illness in harbor) 04/11/1926 Robert Hall Lewis, composer
    04/11/1927 Domenico Guaccero, composer
    04/11/1929 Lawrence Coughlin, (Rep-R-PA, 1969- )
    04/11/1930 Carl Franklin, Richmond Calif, actor (Fantastic Journey)
    04/11/1930 Kazuo Fukushima, composer
    04/11/1930 Nicholas F Brady, US Secretary of Treasury (1988-93)
    04/11/1930 W G [Bill] Hefner, (Rep-D-NC, 1975- )
    04/11/1931 Johnny Sheffield, actor (Tarzan Finds a Son, Tarzan's NY Adventure) 04/11/1932 Joel Grey, [Joe Katz], actor (Cabaret, Remo Williams, 7% Solution) 04/11/1932 Max Schubel, composer
    04/11/1933 John Sheffield, Pasadena Calif, actor (many Tarzan movies) 04/11/1933 Tony Brown, Charleston WV, newsman (Tony Brown's Journal) 04/11/1934 Mark Strand, American poet/editor/translator (Another Republic) 04/11/1935 Pierre Kartner, [Father Abraham], Dutch singer (Smurf Song) 04/11/1938 Michael Deaver, politician/influence peddler (S&L scandal) 04/11/1939 Louise Lasser, NYC, actress (Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!) 04/11/1941 David Lyle Boren, (Sen-D-OK, 1979- )
    04/11/1941 Frederick 'Rick' Hauck, Long Beach Ca, astr (STS-7, STS 51-A, STS-26
    04/11/1942 Anatoli Berezovoi, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5)
    04/11/1943 E J Dommering, Dutch lawyer
    04/11/1943 Elmer R Wilsoe, hotel/casino director in Curaçao
    04/11/1947 Peter Riegert, NYC, actor (Animal House, Crossing Delancey) 04/11/1948 Ellen Goodman, syndicated columnist (or 1941)
    04/11/1950 Bill Irwin, actor (My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall)
    04/11/1955 Michele Scarabelli, actress (Jo Santini-Airwolf)
    04/11/1957 John Castellanos, San Diego Calif, actor (John Silva-Young & Restles
    04/11/1958 Stuart Adamson, rock vocalist/guitarist (Big Country-Wonderland) 04/11/1963 Eddy Moya, El Paso Tx, actor
    04/11/1966 Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer (Around the World)
    04/11/1967 Wendel Suckow, Marquette Mich, luger (Olympics-1994)
    04/11/1969 South African president Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse 04/11/1970 Delroy Pearson, rocker (Five Star-Between the Lines)
    04/11/1984 ?, 1st deep freeze baby, in Australia


    Deaths:

    04/11/ 678 Donus, Italian Pope (676-78), dies
    04/11/1034 Romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), dies
    04/11/1240 Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies 04/11/1500 Michael T Marullus, Greeks poet, drowns
    04/11/1648 Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer, dies at 53
    04/11/1729 Manuel de Egues, composer, dies at 72
    04/11/1810 Jakob Zupan, composer, dies at 75
    04/11/1812 Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Opfer Noachs), dies at 35 04/11/1839 John Galt, Scottish writer (Last of the Lairds), dies at 59 04/11/1842 John England, bishop of Charleston Carolina, dies
    04/11/1853 Louis Emmanuel Eadin, composer, dies
    04/11/1875 Heinrich Schwabe, discoverer of 11-year sunspot cycle, dies 04/11/1887 Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54
    04/11/1901 Ivar Christian Hallstrom, composer, dies at 75
    04/11/1902 ... Potgieter, South African Boer general, dies in battle 04/11/1903 Gemma Galgani, Italian saint, dies at 25
    04/11/1906 Georgi Apollonovitsj, Russian-orthodox clergyman, dies
    04/11/1906 James A Bailey, circus showman (Barnum & Bailey), dies at 58 04/11/1916 Richard Harding Davis, journalist, dies at 52
    04/11/1921 Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies 04/11/1921 Virginia O'Brien, LA Calif, actress (Francis in the Navy) 04/11/1936 Mitya Stillman, composer, dies at 44
    04/11/1952 Wadi' Sabra, composer, dies at 76
    04/11/1961 Francis de Bourguignon, composer, dies at 70
    04/11/1969 Ludvig Irgens Jensen, composer, dies at 74
    04/11/1970 John H O'hara, US journalist/writer (Pal Joey, Rage to Live), dies 04/11/1973 Ted Decorsia, actor (Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon), dies at 69
    04/11/1977 Jacques Prévert, French poet (La puil et le beau), dies at 77 04/11/1983 Dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78
    04/11/1985 Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76
    04/11/1987 Erskine Caldwell, novelist (Tobacco Road), dies at 83
    04/11/1987 Kent Taylor, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders), dies at 79 04/11/1987 Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer (Survival in Aushchwitz), dies at
    04/11/1988 David Talker, US singer (Sam & Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at
    04/11/1988 Jeff Donnell, actor (Hoedown, 9 Girls), dies at 66 of a heart attack
    04/11/1989 Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies
    04/11/1992 Eve Merriam, poet, dies of liver cancer at 75
    04/11/1992 James Brown, actor (Rip-Adv of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 72
    04/11/1993 Mohammed el-Himi, brigade-general of Egyptian police, murdered 04/11/1993 Rachmon Nabijev, President of Tadzjikistan (1973-92), dies at 63 04/11/1994 Johan Block, pilot/aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at 6


    Significant Events:

    04/11/ 672 Deusdedit III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    04/11/ 678 Donus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    04/11/1471 King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI
    04/11/1564 Luik prince-bishop Robert van Put flees
    04/11/1567 Antwerp prince Willem of Orange flees to Breda
    04/11/1579 Venlo joins Union of Utrecht
    04/11/1580 Drenthe joins Union of Utrecht
    04/11/1677 Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince Willem III 04/11/1713 English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese & French peace treaty 04/11/1713 Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain 04/11/1814 1st abdication of Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba
    04/11/1830 Robert Schumann's live piano concerto of Paganini
    04/11/1856 Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans 04/11/1862 Rebels surrender Ft Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels surrender
    04/11/1863 Battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House)
    04/11/1865 Battle of Mobile, AL - evacuated by Confederates
    04/11/1865 Lincoln urges a spirt of generous conciliation during reconstruction
    04/11/1876 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks organized
    04/11/1878 J Coggia discovers asteroid #187 Lamberta
    04/11/1881 River ferry 'Princess Victoria' sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die 04/11/1881 Spelman College founded
    04/11/1895 Anaheim completes it's new electric light system
    04/11/1898 President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration 04/11/1899 Treaty of Paris ratifies; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US
    04/11/1902 Battle at Rooiwal, South-Africa
    04/11/1904 M Wolf discovers asteroid #530 Turandot
    04/11/1907 NY Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards 04/11/1911 Bob Dylan's 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village 04/11/1912 Cornerstone of Technion in Haifa Palestine laid
    04/11/1914 George Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmalion,' premieres
    04/11/1921 Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax
    04/11/1921 KDKA broadcast 1st sporting event on radio, a boxing match 04/11/1921 Turkestan ASSR established in Russian SFSR
    04/11/1924 1st men's college swimming championships begin
    04/11/1924 Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections
    04/11/1924 WLS-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
    04/11/1925 Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco
    04/11/1926 Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) established in Ghent
    04/11/1927 Chilean gen Carlos Ibáñez names himself president
    04/11/1929 KLO-AM in Ogden UT begins radio transmissions
    04/11/1929 Loetafoon celuloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam
    04/11/1933 Hermann Göring becomes premier of Prussia
    04/11/1936 Detroit Red Wings beat Tor Maple Leafs 3 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 04/11/1939 Hungary leaves League of Nations
    04/11/1941 Germany blitzes Conventry, England
    04/11/1941 Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis
    04/11/1941 Nazi occupiers in Neth confiscate Jewish assets
    04/11/1942 Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized 04/11/1943 Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft 04/11/1944 RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague
    04/11/1945 SS burns & shoots 1,100 at Gardelegen
    04/11/1945 US captures Tsugen Shima
    04/11/1945 US soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp 'Buchenwald' 04/11/1945 US troops conquers Mülheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen 04/11/1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball 04/11/1950 Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco
    04/11/1950 US B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia
    04/11/1951 Pres Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur
    04/11/1953 Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, & Welfare 04/11/1956 French govt decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria 04/11/1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites 04/11/1957 Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires
    04/11/1957 Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off & land vertically 04/11/1958 Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (SF)
    04/11/1959 Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory
    04/11/1960 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1)
    04/11/1961 Boston beats St Louis, 4 games to 1, for NBA championship 04/11/1961 Israel begins Adolf Eichman WW II crimes trial
    04/11/1962 New York Mets make a losing debut
    04/11/1963 John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity & liberty 04/11/1965 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 & injuring 5,000 04/11/1965 Jack Nicklaus scores a record 271 in his 2nd Masters win
    04/11/1966 Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire
    04/11/1966 Jack Nicklaus becomes 1st man to win consecutive Masters
    04/11/1967 F Borngen discovers asteroid #3539 Weimar
    04/11/1967 Harlem (NYC) voters defy Congress & reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr 04/11/1968 Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president
    04/11/1968 Pres Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act
    04/11/1968 W Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstatration 04/11/1968 WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting 04/11/1970 Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days 04/11/1970 Beatles' 'Let It Be,' single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks 04/11/1971 WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting 04/11/1972 Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC
    04/11/1974 WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested
    04/11/1975 JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Ranger
    04/11/1977 Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile
    04/11/1978 E F Helin & G Grueff discovers asteroid #3101 Goldberger
    04/11/1979 Tanzanian troops conquers Kampala
    04/11/1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala 04/11/1980 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harrassment
    04/11/1980 Paul McCartney releases 'Coming Up'
    04/11/1981 Race riot in London area of Brixton
    04/11/1981 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him 04/11/1981 Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen
    04/11/1982 Penguins 5-Isles 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2
    04/11/1983 NASA launches RCA-F
    04/11/1983 Steve Ballesteros wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament
    04/11/1984 Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair 04/11/1984 Chinese troops invade Vietnam
    04/11/1984 Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth
    04/11/1984 USSR party leader Chernenko elected president
    04/11/1985 Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead 04/11/1986 Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days 04/11/1986 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km 04/11/1986 KXA-AM in Seattle WA changes call letters to KRPM
    04/11/1987 Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs KC Royals
    04/11/1988 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens
    04/11/1990 Angels Mark Langston & Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle, 1-0
    04/11/1990 NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary 04/11/1991 NYC's Museum of Broadcasting becomes 'Museum of Radio & Television' 04/11/1991 Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands
    04/11/1991 UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration 04/11/1992 Boston Red Sox beat Cleve Indians, 7-5, in 19 innings
    04/11/1992 Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payn
    04/11/1992 Euro-Disney opens near Paris
    04/11/1992 Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3 04/11/1993 Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as president of Kalmukkie

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Mon Apr 12 00:05:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/12/1500 Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist
    04/12/1573 Jacques Bonfrère, bible expert
    04/12/1579 François de Bassompierre, marshal of France
    04/12/1626 Paul Hainlein, composer
    04/12/1695 Caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht Neth)
    04/12/1716 Felice de Giardini, composer
    04/12/1722 Pietro Nardini, composer
    04/12/1724 Lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence) 04/12/1727 Gaspare Gabellone, composer
    04/12/1760 Juan Manuel Olivares, composer
    04/12/1764 Dirk van de Boetzelaer, regent of Holland
    04/12/1769 Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer
    04/12/1777 Henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician
    04/12/1788 Johann Erik Nordblom, composer
    04/12/1791 Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe) 04/12/1793 Ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary 04/12/1794 Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry)
    04/12/1801 Henry de Cock, reformed vicar/leader of Afscheiding
    04/12/1801 Josef Franz Karl Lanner, composer
    04/12/1801 Joseph F K Lanner, Austria, composer/violist
    04/12/1802 François MP Liberman, French relig leader (Congregation of Heart) 04/12/1815 Henry Hugo Pierson, composer
    04/12/1823 Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers) 04/12/1827 Edward Mollenhauer, composer
    04/12/1831 Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor
    04/12/1831 George Burgwyn Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army)
    04/12/1831 Grenville Mellen Dodge, Major General (Union volunteers)
    04/12/1838 John Shaw Billings, US, librarian/army physician
    04/12/1839 Victorin de Joncieres, composer
    04/12/1840 Edmond Audran, composer
    04/12/1851 Emil Liebling, composer
    04/12/1856 William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen) 04/12/1863 Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School)
    04/12/1869 Henri-Désiré Landru, French sex murderer
    04/12/1871 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general/dictator (1936-41)
    04/12/1878 Richard B Goldschmidt, German/US zoologist
    04/12/1879 Frederick G Melcher, US, publisher/editor/founded children book week
    04/12/1882 Pedro Regas, Sparta Greece, actor (Pat Paulsen's ½ Comedy Hour) 04/12/1883 Imogen Cunningham, photographer (1965 ASMP award)
    04/12/1884 Otto Meyerhof, Germany, psychologist/biochemist (Nobel-1922) 04/12/1885 Robert Délaunay, French painter
    04/12/1892 Johnny Dodds, early jazz clarinettist
    04/12/1894 Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese general/president (1951-58) 04/12/1898 Grantley H Adams, president of Barbados
    04/12/1902 Louis J M Beel, premier of Netherland (1945-47)
    04/12/1903 John Tinbergen, economist/UN advisor (Nobel 1969
    04/12/1908 Carlos Lleras Restrepo, president Colombia
    04/12/1910 Jürgen Rausch, German philosopher/author (End of the Playboys) 04/12/1911 Darrell A Amyx, US archaeologist (Greek Ceramics)
    04/12/1912 Eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep)
    04/12/1912 Georges Franju, France, director (Judex, L'homme sans visage) 04/12/1912 Herbert Mills, singer, (Mills Brothers)
    04/12/1913 Gabor Jodal, composer
    04/12/1915 Emil [Theodore] Petaja, US, sci-fi author (Star Mill, Tramontane) 04/12/1917 M Marie Widlow, St Louis Mo, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957) 04/12/1919 Istvan Anhalt, composer
    04/12/1919 Maurice Girodias, French publisher
    04/12/1920 Robert Fizdale, Chicago Illinois, pianist (Misia)
    04/12/1923 Ann Miller, Houston Tx, dancer/actress (On the Town)
    04/12/1923 Maria Callas, opera singer (Carmen)
    04/12/1924 Sergiu Natra, composer
    04/12/1925 Johnny Jordan, England, cameraman (You Only Live Twice)
    04/12/1925 Tiny Tim, [Herbert Khaury], singer (Tiptoe Through the Tulips) 04/12/1927 Jane Withers, Ga, actress (All Together Now, Josephine the plumber) 04/12/1928 Brooklyn Supreme, Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse (1450 kg) 04/12/1928 Hardy Kruger, Berlin Germany, actor (Barry Lyndon, Wrong is Right) 04/12/1928 Jean-Francois Paillard, composer
    04/12/1930 Betty Clooney, Maysville Ky, singer (Jack Paar Show)
    04/12/1930 Lou A de Count, Dutch asst secretary of State (CDA)
    04/12/1931 Billy Vaughn, Glasgow Ky, singer (Chapel by the Sea)
    04/12/1931 Martin Boykan, composer
    04/12/1932 Henri Lazarof, composer
    04/12/1932 Jack Gelber, US, playwright (Connection, Apple)
    04/12/1933 Montserrat Caballé, Barcelona Spain, soprano (Mimi-La Boheme) 04/12/1936 Charles Napier, actor (Night Stalker, Rambo)
    04/12/1936 Kennedy A Simmonds, premier (St Kitts & Nevis, 1983- )
    04/12/1937 Igor Petrovich Volk, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-12)
    04/12/1937 Raymond Ceulemans, Belgian world champ billiards player
    04/12/1940 Herbie Hancock, Chicago, pianist (I Thought it Was You)
    04/12/1941 Julio B Euson, Aruban singer (I Use the Soap)
    04/12/1942 Daniel Winslow Schmidt, composer
    04/12/1942 Frank Bank, Hollywood Calif, actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver) 04/12/1943 Charles Ludlam, actor (Big Easy)
    04/12/1944 John Kay, rocker (Steppenwolf-Hour of the World)
    04/12/1946 Ed O'Neill, actor (Al Bundy-Married with Children)
    04/12/1946 Peter L de Job, actor/director/playwright (Leonce & Lena) 04/12/1946 René Krÿnen, sound check (Lesson Baroques)
    04/12/1947 Christian F L Leipoldt, South Africa, writer (Die Moormansgat), dies
    04/12/1947 Dan Lauria, actor (Jack Arnold-Wonder Years) (1947 approx) 04/12/1947 David Letterman, Indianapolis Ind, comedian (Late Night)
    04/12/1950 David Cassidy, NYC, singer/actor (Keith-Partridge Family) 04/12/1951 Jackson Spires, rocker (Blackfoot)
    04/12/1952 Alexis Arguello, Managua Nicaragua, featherweight boxer (1974 champ)
    04/12/1952 JD Nicholas, English guitarist (Heatwave, Commodores)
    04/12/1954 Marvin Johnson, US, middleweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972) 04/12/1954 Pat Travers
    04/12/1956 Andy Garcia, Cuba, actor (Stand & Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die) 04/12/1956 Doris EHP Baaten, actress (Sesame Street, Fien)
    04/12/1958 Fish, [Derek Dick], rock vocalist (Marillion-Real to Reel) 04/12/1958 Tony James, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111) 04/12/1958 Will Sergeant, rock guitarist (Echo & Bunnymen-Killing Moon) 04/12/1959 Elissa Leeds, NYC, actress (Cissy-Dorothy)
    04/12/1959 Pascal Barré, France, sprint relay team (Olympic-bronze-1980) 04/12/1959 Patrick Barré, France, sprint relay team (Olympic-bronze-1980) 04/12/1961 D D Verni, heavy metal rocker (Overkill-Hello From the Gutter) 04/12/1961 Julius Kariuki, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-gold-1988) 04/12/1965 Elaine Zayak, NJ, figure skater (Olympics-6th-1984)
    04/12/1967 Mellow Man Ace, Cuba, spanish rapper
    04/12/1971 Shannen Doherty, Memphis Tn, actress (Little House, Bev Hills 90210)
    04/12/1978 Eddie Robinson, actor (Neil Atwater-Swan's Crossing)


    Deaths:

    04/12/ 352 Julius I, pope (337-52), dies
    04/12/1550 Claude of Lutherans, duke of Guise, dies at 53
    04/12/1555 Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 04/12/1690 Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71
    04/12/1704 John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76
    04/12/1748 William Knows, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies 04/12/1760 Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64
    04/12/1777 Claude-Prosper J de Crébillon, French writer (Le sopha), dies 04/12/1788 Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56
    04/12/1788 Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer, dies at 67
    04/12/1795 Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80
    04/12/1797 Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71
    04/12/1817 Charles Messier, 'comet ferret' & catalogs famous 'M objects,', dies
    04/12/1828 Jean Henri Appelius, lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60 04/12/1845 Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65
    04/12/1864 Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50 04/12/1878 William M 'Boss' Tweed, NY politician, dies
    04/12/1896 Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 63
    04/12/1909 Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79
    04/12/1910 William G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist, dies
    04/12/1912 Clara Barton, organized American Red Cross, dies at 90
    04/12/1914 Josef Nesvera, composer, dies at 71
    04/12/1922 Frantisek Ondricek, composer, dies at 64
    04/12/1938 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man & Mark), dies at 65 04/12/1938 Serafín Alvarez Quintéro, Spanish playwright (Piropos), dies at 67 04/12/1942 John E Akkeringa, painter/etcher, dies at 80
    04/12/1945 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd Pres (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63 04/12/1946 August Borms, Flemish collaborator, executed
    04/12/1947 Christian DFL Leipoldt, South Africa physician/writer, dies 04/12/1951 Harold Vincent Milligan, composer, dies at 62
    04/12/1954 Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, journalist/sports-organizer, dies 04/12/1956 José Moscardo Ituarte, Spanish general (Alcázar 1936), dies 04/12/1959 Ernest Willem Mulder, composer, dies at 60
    04/12/1961 Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer, dies at 50
    04/12/1965 Linda Darnell, US actress (Dakota Incident, Unfaithfully Yours), die
    04/12/1966 Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed
    04/12/1972 C W Ceram, [Kurt Marek], German/US writer (1st American), dies at 57
    04/12/1972 Henri Potiron, composer, dies at 89
    04/12/1975 Joséphine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergère), dies 04/12/1976 Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74
    04/12/1977 Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82 04/12/1980 William R Tolbert Jr, Liberian President & 27 others killed in coup 04/12/1981 Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78
    04/12/1981 Hendrik F Andriessen, organist/composer (To Deum), dies at 88 04/12/1981 Joe Louis, [Brown bomber], US heavyweight champ (1937-49), dies at 6
    04/12/1984 Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76 04/12/1987 Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90 04/12/1989 Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52 04/12/1989 Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheime
    04/12/1991 James Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies
    04/12/1992 Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61
    04/12/1994 Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81


    Significant Events:

    04/12/ 352 St Julius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    04/12/1065 Pilgrims under bishop Günther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem
    04/12/1111 Pope Paschalis II crowned Henry V, Roman Catholic German emperor 04/12/1204 4th Crusade sacks Constantinople
    04/12/1229 Queen Blanche of Castilië & earl Raymond VII van Toulouse sign peace
    04/12/1385 John without Fear marries Margaretha van Brabant
    04/12/1385 Willem van Oostervant weds Philip the Stoutes daughter Margaretha (1
    04/12/1583 Willem of Orange marries Louise de Coligny
    04/12/1606 England adopts Union Jack as its flag
    04/12/1648 University of Harderwijk solemn opens
    04/12/1713 Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom
    04/12/1770 Townsend Acts repealed
    04/12/1776 Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina 04/12/1787 Philadelphia's Free African Society forms
    04/12/1811 1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA 04/12/1826 1st performance of Webers opera Oberon (London)
    04/12/1849 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #10 Hygiea
    04/12/1857 Gustave Flaubert's 'Madame Bovary' published
    04/12/1858 1st US billards championship (Michael J Phelan wins)
    04/12/1859 Hibernia Savings & Loan Society of SF incorporates
    04/12/1861 Fort Sumter, SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War 04/12/1862 James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, GA 04/12/1862 Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia
    04/12/1863 -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana
    04/12/1864 Battle of Blair's Landing LA
    04/12/1864 Confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tn 04/12/1869 North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law
    04/12/1872 Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead/$1,500) 04/12/1877 British annex Transvaal, in South Africa
    04/12/1877 Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game
    04/12/1898 Army transfers Yerba Buena Island in SF Bay to Navy
    04/12/1904 M Wolf discovers asteroid #531 Zerlina
    04/12/1905 French Dufaux brothers test helicopter
    04/12/1905 Hippodrome arena opens (NYC)
    04/12/1907 Belgium govt of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns
    04/12/1908 Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts
    04/12/1909 Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens 04/12/1911 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m)
    04/12/1919 British Parliament signs 48 hour work week with minimum wages 04/12/1926 Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms
    04/12/1927 Gen Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai 04/12/1928 Assassination attempt on king Victor Emanuel II of Italy
    04/12/1931 Joe McCarthy becomes Yankee manager
    04/12/1931 Spanish voters reject the monarchy
    04/12/1933 Moffatt Field commissioned
    04/12/1934 Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mt Washington, NH, 231 mph 04/12/1935 Germany prohibits publishing 'not-Arian' writers
    04/12/1938 1st US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses (NY) 04/12/1938 Chicago Black Hawks beat Tor Maple Leafs 3 games to 1 for Stanley Cu
    04/12/1939 G Kulin discovers asteroid #1489 Attila
    04/12/1940 Italy annexes Albania
    04/12/1940 NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards
    04/12/1941 Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings for Stanley Cup
    04/12/1941 Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalan consults with Hitler
    04/12/1942 Byron Nelson wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament
    04/12/1942 Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan
    04/12/1943 Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa
    04/12/1943 Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed
    04/12/1945 Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Neth 04/12/1945 Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd pres
    04/12/1945 US liberates Buchenwald concentration camp
    04/12/1946 Syria gains independence from France
    04/12/1951 Israel Knesset designates day as Holocaust Day
    04/12/1952 Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government
    04/12/1953 Ben Hogan wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament
    04/12/1953 KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 04/12/1953 Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston
    04/12/1954 Belgian government-Houtte resigns
    04/12/1954 Billy Haley records 'Rock Around the Clock'
    04/12/1954 Joe Turner releases 'Shake, Rattle & Roll'
    04/12/1954 Minneapolis beats Syracuse, 4 games to 3, for NBA championship 04/12/1954 Sam Snead beats Ben Hogan to win his 3rd Masters tournament 04/12/1955 1st game in KC, KC A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2
    04/12/1955 Salk polio vaccine safe & effective; 4 billion dimes marched 04/12/1957 Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record
    04/12/1958 St Louis beats Boston, 4 games to 2, for NBA championship 04/12/1959 France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria
    04/12/1960 Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for 'Glass'
    04/12/1960 Bill Veeck & Chicago Comiskey Park debuts 'Exploding Scoreboard' 04/12/1961 Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner 04/12/1961 Ray Charles wins 4 Grammys
    04/12/1961 Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1
    04/12/1962 San Mateo County withdraws from BART district (SF Bay area) 04/12/1963 Beatles 'From Me to You' is released in UK
    04/12/1963 Birmingham police use dogs & cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators 04/12/1964 Arnold Palmer wins his 4th Masters golf tournament
    04/12/1965 1st NL game at Houston's Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0) 04/12/1966 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
    04/12/1966 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2 04/12/1966 Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck 04/12/1969 Simon & Garfunkel releases 'Boxer'
    04/12/1970 Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio
    04/12/1973 France recognizes North Vietnam
    04/12/1973 Sudan adopts constitution
    04/12/1973 Swaziland suspends constitution
    04/12/1975 Linda Ronstadt releases 'When Will I Be Loved'
    04/12/1979 Soyuz 33 returns to Earth
    04/12/1980 BCMA, Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, forms
    04/12/1980 Brewers beat Red Sox 18-1
    04/12/1980 Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper & Money hit grand slams
    04/12/1981 Maiden voyage Space Transit System-space shuttle Columbia launched 04/12/1982 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
    04/12/1983 Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor
    04/12/1985 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Ga
    04/12/1985 US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games
    04/12/1986 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines 04/12/1987 Larry Mize's 50-yard wedge shot ends Masters 3-way-tie
    04/12/1987 Texaco files for brankruptcy
    04/12/1988 Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round
    04/12/1988 Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of Balt Orioles 04/12/1989 Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through 04/12/1990 Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers
    04/12/1990 James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months 04/12/1991 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
    04/12/1991 Nepalese Congress party wins general elections
    04/12/1991 US announces closing of 31 major US military bases
    04/12/1992 'Streetcar Named Desire' opens at Ethel Barrymore theater on Broadwa
    04/12/1992 2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, NY Knicks 61 04/12/1992 Earthquake rocks Germany
    04/12/1992 Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France
    04/12/1992 Fred Couples wins Golf's master
    04/12/1992 Lynn Gunther of Calif threatens to blow herself up in front of UN 04/12/1992 Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1
    04/12/1992 NY Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962
    04/12/1992 Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/13/1519 Catherine de Médicis, Queen consort of Henry II of France 04/13/1648 Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic (quiétisme) 04/13/1713 Pierre de Jelyotte, composer
    04/13/1721 John Hanson, Maryland, 1st US Pres under Articles of Confederation 04/13/1729 Thomas Percy, English bishop of Dromore
    04/13/1732 Frederick Lord North, (C) British PM (1770-82)
    04/13/1733 Johann Heinrich Zang, composer
    04/13/1743 Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, (D-R) 3rd pres (1801-09)
    04/13/1749 Frederik Sigismund van Bylandt, vice-admiral
    04/13/1756 Louis H J Condé, French prince
    04/13/1762 Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra, Lady Macbeth) 04/13/1762 Karl Friedrich Horn, composer
    04/13/1771 Adam FJA van de Duyn, governor (South Holland)
    04/13/1771 Richard Trevithick, inventor (steam locomotive)
    04/13/1784 Cornelis Smit, ship builder
    04/13/1791 Félix PBOG earl the Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance 04/13/1799 Heinrich F L Rellstab, German musician
    04/13/1799 Joseph Rastrelli, composer
    04/13/1810 Félicien C David, French composer (Perle du Brésil, Désert) 04/13/1816 William Sterndale Bennett, composer
    04/13/1817 Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian/archivist (Brussels)
    04/13/1822 Leroy Augustus Stafford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 18
    04/13/1822 William Stephen Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 189
    04/13/1830 Eduard Lassen, composer
    04/13/1832 James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator
    04/13/1847 Cornelis Pÿnacker Hordÿk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies)
    04/13/1852 Frank W Woolworth, 5 & 10 King
    04/13/1854 Richard T Ely, US economist (Hard Times)
    04/13/1860 James Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen)
    04/13/1865 Heinrich Reinhardt, composer
    04/13/1868 John Blackwood McEwen, composer
    04/13/1873 Theodore Morse, composer
    04/13/1881 Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist (Über Ideenflucht)
    04/13/1883 Alexander Alexandrov, composer
    04/13/1885 György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher (Zerstörung of Vernunft) 04/13/1885 Pieter S Gerbrandy, lawyer/premier to London (1940-45)
    04/13/1886 Ethel Leginska, composer
    04/13/1892 Robert A Watson-Watt, England, physicist (radar)
    04/13/1894 Ludvig Irgens Jensen, composer
    04/13/1895 Olof R Jändel, Swedish poet
    04/13/1899 Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer
    04/13/1899 Alfred Moser Butts, game inventor ('Scrabble')
    04/13/1901 René-Jean Pleven, French premier (1950-52)
    04/13/1902 Philippe de Rothschild, Paris, manager (Bordeaux Vineyard) 04/13/1903 Rex Evans, actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara, Matchmaker) 04/13/1906 Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, US jazz saxophonist (Eel)
    04/13/1906 Samuel Beckett, French playwright (Waiting for Godot, Nobel 1969) 04/13/1907 Harold Stassen, (Gov-R-Minn) perennial pres candidate
    04/13/1909 Eudora Welty, US novelist (Optimist's Daughter-Pulitzer 1973) 04/13/1909 John Veldkamp, geophysicist/director (KNMI)
    04/13/1911 Nino Sanzogno, composer
    04/13/1912 Roy Winsor, Chicago, producer (Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life) 04/13/1913 David Donald Albritton, Danville Al, high jumper (Olympic-silver-193
    04/13/1915 Bert [Albert L F] Peleman, [Dirk Dyckmans], Flemish writer 04/13/1917 Howard Keel, Ill, actor/singer (7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Kiss Me Kat
    04/13/1919 Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist (opppsed prayer in school) 04/13/1921 Carlo Prosperi, composer
    04/13/1922 John Braine, English novelist (Life at the Top)
    04/13/1924 Stanley Donen, SC, film director/producer (Bedazzled, Damn Yankees) 04/13/1925 Hilda Dianda, composer
    04/13/1926 Don Adams, NYC, comedian (Maxwell Smart-Get Smart, Check it Out) 04/13/1927 Mari Blanchard, Long Beach Calif, actress (Kathy-Klondike) 04/13/1927 Maurice Ronet, actor (Frantic, Sphinz, Circle of Love)
    04/13/1932 Karl Kroeger, composer
    04/13/1933 Ben Nighthorse Campbell, (Sen-D Colorado)
    04/13/1933 Shani Wallis, Ireland, singer/actress (Oliver)
    04/13/1934 Horace Kay, US singer (Tams-Song to Your Daddy)
    04/13/1934 Siegfried Matthus, composer
    04/13/1935 Erich von Däniken, author (Chariots of the Gods)
    04/13/1935 Lyle Waggoner, KC Kansas, actor (Carol Burnette Show, Wonder Woman) 04/13/1937 Edward Fox, London England, actor (M-Never Say Never Again) 04/13/1937 Lanford Wilson, US playwright (Hot L Baltimore)
    04/13/1938 Frederic Rzewski, Westfield Mass, composer (Spacecraft)
    04/13/1939 Barbara-Rose Collins, (Rep-D-Michigan)
    04/13/1939 Wÿnie Jabaÿ, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)
    04/13/1940 Lester Chambers, vocalist (Chamber Brothers-Time Has Come Today) 04/13/1941 Margaret Price, Tredegar Wales, soprano (Pamlina-Die Zauberflöte) 04/13/1942 Bill Conti, Providence RI, composer (For Your Eyes Only, Rocky IV) 04/13/1944 Brian Pendleton, rocker (Pretty Things)
    04/13/1944 Jack Casady, bassist (Jefferson Airplane-Miracles, Hot Tuna) 04/13/1945 Carlos Gimenez, Arg/Venez founder (Theater festival of Caracas) 04/13/1945 Edward J Caruthers Jr, Troy Ala, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1968) 04/13/1945 Lowell George, rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat-Time is a Hero) 04/13/1945 Raymond van Geytenbeek, Dutch singer/drummer (Les Baroques) 04/13/1945 Stacy Johnson, US singer (Sharpees-Tired of Being Alone)
    04/13/1945 Tony Dow, Hollywood Calif, actor (Wally-Leave it to Beaver) 04/13/1946 Al Green, Arkansas, singer (Lets Stay Together)
    04/13/1948 Amy Robinson, writer/actress (Mean Streets)
    04/13/1948 Kathleen Battle, US soprano (Tannhäuser)
    04/13/1949 Philippe Petit, Nemours France, juggler/aerialist
    04/13/1950 Riff West, rocker (Molly Hatchet)
    04/13/1950 Ron Perlman, Bronx NY, actor (Quest for Fire, Beauty & the Beast) 04/13/1951 Beatrix 'Trixie' Schuba, Austria, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1972) 04/13/1951 Jack Quinn, (Rep-R-New York)
    04/13/1951 [Robert] Peabo Bryson, R&B singer, Greenville SC, (I'm So into You) 04/13/1954 Jimmy Destri, rocker (Blondie-Rapture)
    04/13/1955 Louis Johnson, rocker (Brothers Johnson)
    04/13/1956 Michael Nikolay, German DR, gymnist (Olympics)
    04/13/1957 Gary Kroeger, Cedar Falls Iowa, comedian (SNL, Return of Shaggy Dog
    04/13/1957 Saundra Santiago, Bronx NY, actress (Gina-Miami Vice)
    04/13/1957 Wayne Lewis, keyboardist, (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) 04/13/1958 Randy Piper, heavy metal rocker (Wasp-Wildchild)
    04/13/1959 Vicki Witt, playmate (Aug, 1978)
    04/13/1961 Tammy Stephens, Arlington Tx, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel
    04/13/1963 Gary Kimovich Kasparov, USSR, world chess champion (1985- ) 04/13/1964 Bill D'Angelo, heavy metal rocker
    04/13/1964 Jose Rijo, pitcher (NY Yankees, Cin Reds)
    04/13/1964 Page Hannah, Chicago Ill, actress (Kate Riley-Fame)
    04/13/1969 Harold Pruett, rocker (Outsiders-Time Won't Let Me)
    04/13/1970 Rick Schroder, SI NY, actor (Ricky-Silver Spoons, Champ, Earthling 04/13/1971 Corey Yothers, LA Calif, actor (Off the Rock)
    04/13/1976 Jonathan Brandis, Danbury Ct, actor (Never Ending Story II) 04/13/1991 Dylan Francis Penn, LA Calif, daughter of Sean Penn & Robin Wright 04/13/1992 Jet Travolta, daughter of John Travolta & Kelly Preston


    Deaths:

    04/13/ 799 Paulus Diaconus Warnafridi, Longobardisch writer, dies
    04/13/1475 Matteo Palmieri, Italian writer (Città di Vita), dies at 69 04/13/1517 Tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged
    04/13/1638 Henri II, duke of Rohan-Gié, French hugenot leader, dies at 58 04/13/1728 Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer, dies at 63
    04/13/1742 Giovanni Veneziano, composer, dies at 59
    04/13/1756 Johann TG Goldberg, German klavecinist/composer, dies at 29 04/13/1806 Jean-Jacques Bachelier, French painter, dies at about 82
    04/13/1822 Gaetano Valeri, composer, dies at 61
    04/13/1825 Josef Gelinek, composer, dies at 66
    04/13/1826 Franz Danzi, composer, dies at 63
    04/13/1831 Ferdinand Kauer, composer, dies at 80
    04/13/1864 Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74
    04/13/1868 Theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide
    04/13/1873 Carlo Coccia, composer, dies at 90
    04/13/1886 Karoly Thern, composer, dies at 68
    04/13/1903 Derk Haspels, actor, dies at 65
    04/13/1904 Vasili Veresjtsjagin, Russian painter (War & peace), dies 04/13/1928 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer, dies at 36
    04/13/1932 Johannes T de Visser, 1st Dutch Min of Education, dies at 75 [or 14t
    04/13/1936 Demertzis, Greek premier, dies
    04/13/1942 Henk Sneevliet, leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed
    04/13/1944 Paul Hazard, French literature historian, dies
    04/13/1946 William Henry Bell, composer, dies at 72
    04/13/1959 Eduard A van Beinum, musician/conductor, dies
    04/13/1959 Rigardus 'Rhine' Rijnhout, Giant of Rotterdam (2.375m), dies at 38 04/13/1967 Luis Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1956-63), dies at 44 04/13/1975 N'garta Tombalbaye, president Chad, dies
    04/13/1978 Paul McGrath, actor (Witness, No Time for Love), dies at 74 04/13/1984 Christopher Wilder, FBI's 'most wanted man,' accidentally kills self
    04/13/1992 Walter Stuart Surridge, cricketeer (Capt of Surrey), dies at 74 04/13/1993 Henny Budie, director/producer (Sterrenslag)
    04/13/1993 Max Tripels, attorney/Second-Member of parliament, dies at 72 04/13/1994 Nikolai Krjoetsjkov, Russian actor (Ballad of Soldatje), dies at 83 04/13/1994 PJ English, KVP Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, dies at 70 04/13/1994 Robert E van Gennep, publisher (Guevara, Gorz, Mandèl), dies at 56 04/13/1994 Taleb Ali al-Suheil, Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at 64


    Significant Events:

    04/13/ 837 Best view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years
    04/13/1055 Bishop Gebhard van Eichstätt named Pope Victor II
    04/13/1111 Pope Paschalis II crowns Roman catholics-German king Hendrik II 04/13/1180 Republic day of Gelnhausen
    04/13/1204 Crusaders occupy Constantinople
    04/13/1241 Battle at Theiss: Mongols beat Hungarian King Béla IV
    04/13/1346 Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy 04/13/1367 Battle at Nájera Spain: Castilië & England beat Aragón & France 04/13/1517 Osmaanse army occupies Cairo
    04/13/1556 Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Po
    04/13/1598 Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots 04/13/1626 Lt-admiral Aert Jansz van Nes, baptised
    04/13/1741 Dutch people protest bad quality of bread
    04/13/1742 Dublin: 1st performance Händels oratorium De Messias
    04/13/1759 French beat European Aliies in Battle of Bergen
    04/13/1796 1st elephant brought to America (from Bengal, India)
    04/13/1808 William Henry Lane ('Juda') perfects tap dance
    04/13/1829 English Parliament grants freedom of religion to Catholics 04/13/1834 HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia 04/13/1842 Lord Rosse successfully casts 72' (183-cm) mirror for a telescope 04/13/1849 Hungarian Republic proclaimed
    04/13/1861 After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft Sumter surrenders to Confederates 04/13/1863 Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)
    04/13/1865 Battle of Raleigh, NC
    04/13/1865 Sherman's march through Georgia begins
    04/13/1869 Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse)
    04/13/1873 Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed) 04/13/1883 Alfred Packer convicted of cannibalism
    04/13/1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of Solitary Cyclist' (BG) 04/13/1902 JC Penney opened his 1st store in Kemmerer, Wyo
    04/13/1904 Congress authorizes Lewis & Clark Expo $1 gold coin
    04/13/1906 M Wolf discovers asteroid #598 Octavia
    04/13/1906 Munity on Portuguese battleships Dom Carlos & Vasco da Gama 04/13/1908 Groundbreaking on Philadelphia's Shibe Park (home of A's & Phillies)
    04/13/1918 Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital 04/13/1919 Amritsar Massacre-British Army fires on nationalist rioters in India
    04/13/1919 British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar Massacre) 04/13/1923 Army wins 1st college three-weapon fencing championships
    04/13/1924 Greek plesbicite for a republic
    04/13/1926 At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout 04/13/1926 Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam 04/13/1927 Ottawa Senators beat Bos Bruins with 2 wins & 2 ties for Stanley Cup
    04/13/1928 1st trans atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hünefeld-Köhl) 04/13/1933 1st flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale)
    04/13/1933 NY Rangers beat Tor Maple Leafs 3 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 04/13/1934 4.7 million US families report receiving welfare payments 04/13/1936 Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece
    04/13/1936 P Djurkovic discovers asteroid #1605 Milankovitch
    04/13/1940 1st pole vaulter to clear 15' (4.57 m), C Warmerdam, Berkeley, CA 04/13/1940 2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed
    04/13/1940 Cornelious Warmerdam became 1st man to pole vault 15 ft
    04/13/1940 NY Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 04/13/1941 Heavy German assault on Tobruk
    04/13/1941 Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect
    04/13/1943 FDR dedicates Jefferson Memorial
    04/13/1943 Nazi's discover mass grave of Polish officers near Katyn
    04/13/1944 Mont Canadiens sweep Chicago Black Hawks for Stanley Cup
    04/13/1944 SC rejects black suffrage
    04/13/1945 Assen frees Neth from Nazis
    04/13/1945 Red Army occupy Wien (Vienna)
    04/13/1945 US marines conquer Minna Shima at Okinawa
    04/13/1946 Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage & price freeze over
    04/13/1949 Minneapolis beats Washington, 4 games to 2, for NBA championship 04/13/1954 Balt Orioles 1st game, lost to Tigers in Detroit 3-0
    04/13/1954 Robert Oppenheimer accused of being a communist
    04/13/1955 20.33' (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record) 04/13/1956 KETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting 04/13/1957 Boston beats St Louis, 4 games to 3, for NBA championship 04/13/1957 Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in US is halted 04/13/1959 USAF launches Discover II into polar orbit
    04/13/1959 Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
    04/13/1959 Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics for voting for communists 04/13/1960 France becomes 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara 04/13/1960 Transit 1B, 1st navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit 04/13/1961 UN General Assembly condemns South Africa for apartheid
    04/13/1962 US steel industry forces price increases
    04/13/1963 Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit
    04/13/1963 Pirate's Bob Friend balks 4 times in a game
    04/13/1964 Ian D Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia
    04/13/1964 New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day 04/13/1964 Sidney Poitier became 1st black man to win Oscar for best actor 04/13/1965 Beatles record 'Help'
    04/13/1965 Lawrence Bradford Jr, 16 of NYC became 1st black congressional page 04/13/1966 Pan Am places $525,000,000 order for 25 Boeing 747s
    04/13/1970 Billy Casper wins Masters golf tournament
    04/13/1970 Greek composer Mikis Theordorakis freed
    04/13/1972 1st baseball players' strike ends after 13 days
    04/13/1975 Chad military coup by General Odingar
    04/13/1975 Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians, begins Lebanese civil war 04/13/1975 Jack Nicklaus wins his 5th Masters golf tournament
    04/13/1975 Penguins 5-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 1-0 lead
    04/13/1976 $2 bill re-introduced as US currency
    04/13/1976 1st NBA playoff game for Cleve Cavliers, they lose 100-95 to Wash 04/13/1976 Federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes
    04/13/1977 Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #2382 Nonie
    04/13/1979 Christian Turks occupy St Jansbasiliek
    04/13/1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours
    04/13/1979 Yusuf Lule becomes premier
    04/13/1980 Steve Ballesteros becomes youngest winner of Masters
    04/13/1980 US boycotts Summer olympics in Moscow
    04/13/1980 Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #2568 Maksutov
    04/13/1981 Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for 'Crimes of the Heart' 04/13/1981 Wash Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax
    04/13/1982 Penguins 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Preliminary-Isles win series (3-2) 04/13/1983 Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assaul
    04/13/1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth 04/13/1984 Pete Rose becomees 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career 04/13/1985 'TASS' denounced US boycott of Moscow Olympics
    04/13/1985 Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas 04/13/1985 Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-1 lead 04/13/1985 Ramiz Alia succeeds Enver Hoxha as party leader of Albania 04/13/1986 Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record
    04/13/1986 Golfer Jack Nicklaus wins his 6th Masters, at age 46
    04/13/1986 Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogu
    04/13/1986 Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second
    04/13/1987 Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999) 04/13/1988 Italy govt of De Mita forms
    04/13/1990 4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis 04/13/1990 Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS
    04/13/1990 NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1 04/13/1992 'Two Trains Running' opens at Walter Kerr theater on Broadway 04/13/1992 5.5 earthquake hits Netherlands
    04/13/1992 American Airlines reduce its 1st-class fares 20%-50%
    04/13/1992 Crystal Pepsi begins test marketing in Providence, Denver & Dallas 04/13/1992 Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood 04/13/1992 Leak in tunnel underneath Chicago River, $800m in damages 04/13/1992 Lou Conaseca retires as coach of St John's basketball team 04/13/1992 Nelson Mandela separates from Winnie
    04/13/1994 President guard at Kigali Rwanda, chops 1,200 church members to deat

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed Apr 14 00:05:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/14/1578 Philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621)
    04/14/1629 Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings) 04/14/1676 Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer
    04/14/1710 Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer
    04/14/1718 Emanuele Barbella, composer
    04/14/1723 John Wainwright, composer
    04/14/1738 Duck of Portland, (C) British PM (1783, 1807-09)
    04/14/1782 Carlo Coccia, composer
    04/14/1803 Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter
    04/14/1809 George W Vreede, lawyer/politician
    04/14/1813 Junius S Morgan, US, merchant/philanthropist (Metro Museum of Art) 04/14/1820 Harry Thompson Hays, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876 04/14/1831 Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia
    04/14/1832 James Hewett Ledlie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882 04/14/1842 Sven August Korling, composer
    04/14/1843 Gustave Leon Huberti, composer
    04/14/1852 Henrique Oswald, composer
    04/14/1857 Edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver) 04/14/1862 Pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11)
    04/14/1866 Anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller
    04/14/1873 Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer
    04/14/1874 Count Alexander, of Athlone, gov-gen (South-Africa/Canada) 04/14/1877 Daniël Plooy, new testament scholar
    04/14/1879 James Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads) 04/14/1881 Anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater)
    04/14/1886 Edward C Tolman, US psychologist (behaviorism)
    04/14/1886 Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian
    04/14/1889 Arnold Toynbee, England, historian (Study of History)
    04/14/1889 Efim D Bogoljubov, Russian chess player
    04/14/1889 James Stephenson, actor (Letter, Espionage Agent, Nancy Drew) 04/14/1892 Giorgio Cesana, Italy, coxswain, (Olympic-gold-1906)
    04/14/1892 Vere G Childe, British archaeologist/prehistorian
    04/14/1895 Mary Marquet, actress (Matter of Resistance)
    04/14/1895 Wiktor Labunski, composer
    04/14/1898 Lee Tracy, Atlanta Ga, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye) 04/14/1900 Salvatore Baccaloni, actor (Fanny, Merry Andrew, Rock-a-Bye Baby) 04/14/1901 Alfred West, champion cyclist/record hair splitter (17 splits) 04/14/1902 Menachem A Schneerson, rebee (head of Lubavitcher Jews)
    04/14/1904 John Gielgud, Great Britain, actor (Arthur, Ages of Man)
    04/14/1904 Reinout W van Bemmelen, geologist
    04/14/1904 Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Neth choreography
    04/14/1905 Frits Philips
    04/14/1906 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, King Saudi-Arabia (1964-75)
    04/14/1906 Hunter Johnson, composer
    04/14/1907 François 'Doc' Duvalier, physician/dictator Haïti
    04/14/1907 Otto F A H van Nispen, mayor of Pannerden/(KVP) 1st Chamber 04/14/1907 Phyllis Konstam, actress (Murder, Skin Game)
    04/14/1910 Werner Wolf Glaser, composer
    04/14/1912 Piet van Egmond, organist/conductor
    04/14/1913 Everhard van Royen, flautist/founder (Alma musica)
    04/14/1913 Jean Fournet, French conductor
    04/14/1913 John Howard, Cleve Ohio, actor (Dave-My Three Sons)
    04/14/1916 Denis ApIvor, composer
    04/14/1916 Emerson Buckley, composer
    04/14/1918 Mary Healy, New Orleans, actress (2nd Fiddle, He Married his Wife) 04/14/1920 Eduardo Maturana, composer
    04/14/1922 David Alexandrovich Toradze, composer
    04/14/1924 Shorty Rogers, composer
    04/14/1925 Abel Muzorewa, bishop (Rhodesia)
    04/14/1925 Bill Harris, US guitarist (Clovers-Good Lovin')
    04/14/1925 Rod Steiger, actor (Illustrated Man, Pawnbroker, Chosen)
    04/14/1926 Jan Carl Christian Maegaard, composer
    04/14/1927 Gloria Jean, Buffalo NY, actress (Never Give a Sucker an Even Break)
    04/14/1928 Robert Mugabe, president (Zimbabwe, 1988- )
    04/14/1929 William Edgar Thornton, Faison NC, MD/astronaut (STS-8, 51-B, sk:49)
    04/14/1930 Bradford Dillman, SF Calif, actor (Piranha, Sudden Impact, Enforcer)
    04/14/1930 George W Gekas, (Rep-R-PA, 1983- )
    04/14/1930 Jay Robinson, NYC, actor (Born Again, Malibu Bikini Shop) 04/14/1933 Buddy Knox, Happy Tx, rock vocalist (Party Doll, Lovey Dovey) 04/14/1933 Morton Subotnick, LA Calif, composer (Wild Bull)
    04/14/1935 Joan Darling, Boston, actress (Frieda-Owen Marshall)
    04/14/1935 Loretta Lynn, Butcher's Hollow Ky, singer (Coal Miner's Daughter) 04/14/1939 Jennifer Fowler, composer
    04/14/1941 Julie Christie, Assam India, actress (Dr Zhivago)
    04/14/1941 Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds, Charlie hustle (most hits in majors) 04/14/1942 Valentin Vitaliyevich Lebedev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 13, 35, T-5) 04/14/1943 Yvonne Vriens-Auerbach, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
    04/14/1945 Ritchie Blackmore, Engld, guitarist (Rainbow-Stone Cold, Deep Purple
    04/14/1945 Steve Martin, writer/actor (Jerk, Housesitter)
    04/14/1945 Uwe Beyer, German DR, shot-putter (Olympic-gold-1976)
    04/14/1946 Patrick Fairley, guitarist (Marmalade-Oh La Di Oh La Do)
    04/14/1946 Tom Monteleone, US writer (Dark Star & Illumination)
    04/14/1948 Chester G Atkins, (Rep-D-MA)
    04/14/1948 Larry Ferguson, keyboardist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing) 04/14/1949 John Shea, NH, actor (Honeymoon, New Life)
    04/14/1949 Michael Shea, Glendale NY, actor (Lucas- New Dick Van Dyke Show) 04/14/1950 Randolph Powell, Iowa City Iowa, actor (Alan-Dallas, Logan's Run) 04/14/1954 Bruce Sterling, US, sci-fi author (Involution Ocean, Schismatrix) 04/14/1955 Simone Griffeth, Savannah Georgia, actress (Death Race 2000, Amanda'
    04/14/1958 Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco
    04/14/1961 John Clarke, actor (Michael-Days of Our Life)
    04/14/1963 Cynthia Cooper, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1988)
    04/14/1967 Marla Wynne, Easton Penn, Miss Penn-America (1991) (top 10) 04/14/1968 Anthony Michael Hall, Boston Mass, comedian (SNL, Breakfast Club) 04/14/1977 Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress (Kendall-All My Children)


    Deaths:

    04/14/ 485 Proclus, Greek philosopher, dies
    04/14/ 711 Childebert III, king of French, dies at about 27
    04/14/ 911 Sergius III, Italian Pope (904-11), dies
    04/14/1099 Conrad, bishop of Utrecht, burned at stake
    04/14/1427 John IV, duke of Brabant, dies
    04/14/1433 Liduina van Schiedam, mystic (Christ's Bride)/saint, dies at 53 04/14/1471 Richard N graaf van Warwick, (kingmaker), English politician, dies 04/14/1552 Laurentius Andreae, [Lars Andersson], Swedish church reformer, dies 04/14/1574 Hendrik, count of Nassau-Dillenburg, murdered
    04/14/1574 Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies in battle at 35
    04/14/1655 Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39
    04/14/1692 Carlos de Gurrea, Spanish land owner in Spanish Netherlands, dies 04/14/1695 Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables), dies at 73
    04/14/1759 Georg Friedrich Händel, organist/composer (Watermusic), dies at 74 04/14/1764 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer, dies at 84
    04/14/1768 François de Cuvilliés, Belgian architect of Bayern, dies
    04/14/1813 Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer, dies at 34
    04/14/1843 Josef Franz Karl Lanner, composer, dies at 42
    04/14/1843 Joseph F K Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42
    04/14/1874 Hermanus J Abbring, author/engineer on Curaçao, dies at 86 04/14/1888 William Fisk Sherwin, composer, dies at 62
    04/14/1914 Paul Ehrenreich, German etnologist/mythologist, dies
    04/14/1915 James Hutton Brew, Pioneer of West African Journalism, dies 04/14/1917 Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish physician/linguist (Esperanto), dies
    04/14/1924 Louis H Sullivan, architect (Wainwright building St Louis), dies at
    04/14/1924 Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer, dies at 65
    04/14/1925 Pieter D van Essen, Dutch artillery officier, dies
    04/14/1941 Jack Edmonson, Australian corporal in Tobroek (Victoria Cross), dies
    04/14/1943 Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer, dies at 63
    04/14/1949 Joseph A Cushman, US paleontologist, dies
    04/14/1953 Emmanuel K de Bom, Flemish writer (Scheldelucht), dies at 84 04/14/1964 Earle Hodgins, actor (Guestward Ho!), dies at 64
    04/14/1964 Rachel L Carson, US biologist/author (Silent spring), dies 04/14/1971 Armand Spitz, developer of small educational planetarium, dies 04/14/1973 Magda Janssens, Flemish/Neth actress/acting teacher, dies at 88 04/14/1975 Frederic March, actor (Inherit the Wind), dies at 77
    04/14/1976 Gerard Romsée, Flemish nationalist, dies at 74
    04/14/1976 Maude Prickett, actress (Rosie-Hazel), dies at 60
    04/14/1977 Riekus Waskowsky, poet, dies at 44
    04/14/1980 Tom Fadden, actor (Duffeild-Broken Arrow, Cimarron City), dies at 84
    04/14/1983 Nina Dumbadze, Discus thrower (Olympic-bronze-1952), dies at 64 04/14/1983 Willem F Voucher, composer, dies at 42
    04/14/1985 Reginald Beane, pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63
    04/14/1986 Jean Genêt, French, playwright (Lesson Nègres), dies at 75 04/14/1986 Simone de Beauvoir, French author (Deuxième Sexe), dies at 86 04/14/1987 Karl Holler, composer, dies at 79
    04/14/1988 Herbert Reynolds Inch, composer, dies at 83
    04/14/1988 Johan Franco, composer, dies at 79
    04/14/1992 Sammy Price, US boogie-woogie pianist, dies
    04/14/1993 Jo Farmer, author (Heir)
    04/14/1993 Sam Ntombani, ANC-secretary in Soweto South-Africa, shot to death 04/14/1994 Harry Cordon, comic (Fred Haché Show), dies at 70
    04/14/1994 Selometsi Baholo, vice-premier of Lesotho, murdered


    Significant Events:

    04/14/ 193 Lucius Septimus Severus crowned emperor of Rome
    04/14/ 754 Pact of Quierzy: between Pope Stephen II, [III] & Pippin the Korte 04/14/ 972 Notger becomes bishop of Luik
    04/14/ 979 Chanllenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England
    04/14/1028 German emperor Conrad II the Salier crowns his son Henry III, king 04/14/1191 85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III
    04/14/1471 Battle of Barnet-King Edward IV vs Earl of Warwick
    04/14/1574 Battle of Mookerhei-D'Avila beats Louis of Nassau
    04/14/1611 Word 'telescope' is 1st used (Prince Federico Cesi)
    04/14/1614 Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, marries planter John Rolfe 04/14/1756 Gov Glen of SC protests against 900 Acadia indians
    04/14/1775 1st abolitionist society in US organizes in Phila
    04/14/1818 US Medical Corp forms
    04/14/1828 18-gun sloop 'Acorn' sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard 04/14/1828 1st edition of Noah Webster's dictionary published
    04/14/1860 1st Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo
    04/14/1861 Formal Union surrender of Ft Sumter
    04/14/1862 Battle of Ft Pillow TN
    04/14/1865 Mobile, Alabama is captured
    04/14/1865 Pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth 04/14/1868 SC voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228
    04/14/1872 Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act
    04/14/1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure 'Reigate Squires' (BG) 04/14/1890 Pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Wash DC) 04/14/1894 1st public showing of Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures) 04/14/1900 Veteran's Hospital at Ft Miley established
    04/14/1906 Pres Theodore Roosevelt denounces 'muckrakers' in US press 04/14/1909 Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London
    04/14/1910 President Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day 04/14/1913 Belgium begins general strike for voting rights
    04/14/1915 Dutch merchant navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo
    04/14/1917 Chic White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0
    04/14/1921 Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route 04/14/1922 Republic rebels occupies 4 govt courts in Dublin
    04/14/1923 Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters 04/14/1926 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1095 Tulipa
    04/14/1928 Maddus AL starts 1st regular passenger flights between SF & LA 04/14/1928 NY Rangers beat Montreal Maroons 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 04/14/1931 Mont Canadiens beat Chicago Black Hawks 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
    04/14/1931 Spain becomes republic with overthrow of King Alfonso XIII 04/14/1933 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2856
    04/14/1935 Sandstorm ravages US midwest (Dust Bowl)
    04/14/1940 Allies troops land in Norway
    04/14/1941 1st massive German raid in Paris, 3,600 Jews rounded up
    04/14/1942 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2501 Lohja
    04/14/1944 1st Jews transported from Athens arrive at Auschwitz
    04/14/1944 Freighter 'Fort Stikene' explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376 04/14/1944 Greek Colonel Venizelos forms govt
    04/14/1945 Arnhem/Zwolle freed from nazis
    04/14/1945 Tokyo incendiary raids, using B-29's, damage Imperial Palace 04/14/1945 US marines attack Yae Take in Okinawa
    04/14/1948 A flash of light is observed in crater Plato on Moon
    04/14/1948 Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings for Stanley Cup 04/14/1950 Doorne's Auto factory opens in Netherlands
    04/14/1953 Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 04/14/1953 Viet-Minh offensive in Laos
    04/14/1953 WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begin
    04/14/1955 Detroit Red Wings beat Mont Canadiens 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup 04/14/1955 WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 04/14/1956 Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder 04/14/1957 Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women's singles ping pong championship 04/14/1958 Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere
    04/14/1959 (Robert) Taft Memorial Bell Tower dedicated in Wash DC
    04/14/1959 KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines, IA (PBS) begins broadcasting 04/14/1960 1st underwater launching of polaris rocket
    04/14/1960 Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Maple Leafs for Stanley Cup 04/14/1961 1st live television broadcast from Soviet Union
    04/14/1961 Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua
    04/14/1961 US element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered
    04/14/1962 Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam 04/14/1962 Georges Pompidou becomes president of France
    04/14/1963 George Harrison is impressed by unsigned group 'Rolling Stones' 04/14/1967 Gen Gnassingbe Eyadema becomes president of Togo
    04/14/1968 Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card
    04/14/1969 1st major league baseball game outside US played in Montreal, Canada
    04/14/1969 41st Academy Awards
    04/14/1969 KEET TV channel 13 in Eureka, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting 04/14/1969 Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College
    04/14/1969 Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540
    04/14/1971 Fort Point, SF dedicated as a national historic site
    04/14/1971 president Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China 04/14/1974 Gary Player wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament
    04/14/1978 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #2364 Seillier
    04/14/1978 WRR-AM in Dallas Texas changes call letters to KAAM
    04/14/1980 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2759 Idomeneus & #2830 Greenwich 04/14/1980 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner's Song) 04/14/1981 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth
    04/14/1982 M Watt discovers asteroid #2675 Tolkien
    04/14/1983 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Ranger
    04/14/1983 North Carolina State beats Houston for NCAA basketball title 04/14/1983 Rangers 1-Isles 4-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 1-0 lead
    04/14/1984 Farewell concert of 'Doe Maar' in Den Bosch Neth
    04/14/1985 Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru
    04/14/1985 Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Wash Caps 1st playoff penality shot
    04/14/1985 Caps 4-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Series tied at 2-2
    04/14/1986 Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown
    04/14/1986 US aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya
    04/14/1987 Turkey asks to join European market
    04/14/1988 Devils 6-5 over Islanders-Devils take 1st round 4-2
    04/14/1988 USSR, US, Pakistan & Afghanistan sign Afghanistan treaty
    04/14/1989 1,100,000,000th Chinese born
    04/14/1992 'Guys & Dolls' opens at Martin Beck theater on Broadway
    04/14/1992 Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft
    04/14/1992 UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc
    04/14/1992 UN imposes embargo against Libya takes effect
    04/14/1994 Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley announces plans to divorce 04/14/1994 US F-15 accidentally shoots 2 US helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat Apr 17 00:05:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/17/1573 Maximilian I, duke/ruler of Bayern (Catholic League)
    04/17/1586 John Ford, English dramatist ('Tis Pity She's a Whore)
    04/17/1587 Marco Ivan Lukacic, composer
    04/17/1622 Henry Vaughan, English poet (Silex Scintillans)
    04/17/1666 François Valentine, vicar/writer
    04/17/1676 Frederik I, van Hessen Kassel, King of Sweden (1720-51)
    04/17/1683 Johann David Heinichen, composer
    04/17/1699 Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave)
    04/17/1715 Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer
    04/17/1719 Christian Gottfried Krause, composer
    04/17/1738 Philip Hayes, composer
    04/17/1741 Johann Gottlieb Naumann, composer
    04/17/1741 Samuel Chase, judge (signed Decl of Ind)
    04/17/1774 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer
    04/17/1788 Joseph Gilbert Totten, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1864 04/17/1797 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor 04/17/1809 Philip St George Cocke, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 186
    04/17/1811 Ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer
    04/17/1813 Henry Washington Benham, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 188
    04/17/1820 Gottfried Conradi, composer
    04/17/1837 John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel)
    04/17/1845 Isabel Barrows, US, editor/penologist (Conference on Negro Question)
    04/17/1863 Johannes P Boskaljon, Curaçaos composer/conductor
    04/17/1868 Charles R Gallas, lexicographer (French dictionary)
    04/17/1869 Johannes M Meulenhoff, publisher
    04/17/1870 Ray Stannard Baker, US, journalist (Puliter Prize 1940)
    04/17/1876 Ian Hay, Scotland, novelist/playwright (PIp, Carrying On) 04/17/1882 Artur Schnabel, Lipnik Austria, pianist (Beethoven Piano Sonatas) 04/17/1883 Hermann Darewsky, composer
    04/17/1885 Cecil Burleigh, composer
    04/17/1885 Isak Dinesen, Danish writer (Out of Africa, 7 Gothic Tales) 04/17/1885 Karen Blixen-Finecke, Danish writer (Out of Africa)
    04/17/1886 Otto Lederer, actor (Jazz Singer)
    04/17/1890 Art Acord, western actor
    04/17/1894 Nikita S Khrushchev, 1st secretary USSR (1953-64)
    04/17/1895 Bert Wheeler, actor (Nitwits, Hold 'em Jail, High Flyers, Rainmakers
    04/17/1897 Antonius F 'Anton' Coolen, author (Village on the River)
    04/17/1897 Harald Saeverud, Bergen Norway, composer (Saline)
    04/17/1897 Thornton Wilder, US, novelist/playwright (Our Town)
    04/17/1899 Vincent Wigglesworth, entomologist
    04/17/1900 Willy Burkhard, composer
    04/17/1901 George Keyt, artist
    04/17/1902 Anton Beuving, textbook writer (Ketelbinkie)
    04/17/1903 Gregor Piatigorsky, Ekaterinoslav Russia, cellist (or 4/20) 04/17/1903 Nicolas Nabokov, Near Lubcha Minsk Russia, composer (Holy Devil) 04/17/1904 Edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Story of Louis Pasteur) 04/17/1905 Arthur Lake, Corbin Ky, actor (Dagwood-Blondie)
    04/17/1905 Louis Jean Heydt, Montclair NJ, actor (Joe-Waterfront)
    04/17/1906 M Rooi, editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Current)
    04/17/1911 Mikhail Botvinnik, of USSR, world chess champion (1948-63) 04/17/1913 Paul Langton, Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Leslie-Peyton Place) 04/17/1913 Richard Travis, NM, actor (Missile to the Moon)
    04/17/1916 Azÿn Banana, [Oscar Enau], Antillian publicist
    04/17/1916 Sirimavo Bandaranaike, world's 1st woman PM (Sri Lanka, 1960..77) 04/17/1916 Vinegar Banana, [Oscar Enau], Antillean publicist
    04/17/1918 Anne Shirley, UK, actress (Devil & Daniel Webster, Stella Dallas) 04/17/1918 William Holden, actor (Stalag 17, Bridge Over River Kwai, SOB) 04/17/1920 Bengt N Anderberg, Swedish poet/writer (Kain)
    04/17/1923 Harry Reasoner, Dakota City Iowa, newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC, CBS) 04/17/1923 Lindsay Anderson, Bangalore India, director (Thursday's Children) 04/17/1923 Lloyd Biggle Jr, US, sci-fi author (Silence is Deadly)
    04/17/1925 Anne Harris, CEO (Natl Federation of Women's Institutes)
    04/17/1925 John Yates, bishop (Lambeth England)
    04/17/1926 Michael Vernon, CEO (RNLI)
    04/17/1927 Christopher Whelen, composer
    04/17/1927 Tadeusz Mazowiecki, premier of Poland (1989-90)
    04/17/1928 Cynthia Ozick, US, author (Pagan Rabbi & Other Stories)
    04/17/1929 Eileen Stamers-Smith, headmistress (Malvern Girls' College) 04/17/1929 James Last, bandleader
    04/17/1930 Chris Barber, jazz trombonist
    04/17/1930 Genevieve, Paris France, singer (Jack Paar Show)
    04/17/1931 Joan Clague, director of nursing services (Marie Curie Foundation) 04/17/1931 John Bartlett, tennis player (Davis Cup capt-Britain)
    04/17/1931 Joyce Molyneux, chef
    04/17/1931 Ruth Etchells, principal (St John's College-Durham)
    04/17/1932 Graziella Sciutti, Italian opera singer
    04/17/1932 Han Jansen, journalist (King Comes!)
    04/17/1933 Monique Van Vooren, Brussels Belgium, actress (Warhol's Frankenstein
    04/17/1934 Don Kirshner, rock & roll producer invented bubblegum music 04/17/1941 Adolphus Hailstork, composer
    04/17/1941 Bill Fury, vocalist/guitarist (When Will You Say I Love You) 04/17/1945 Vincent A M van der Burg, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
    04/17/1946 Clare Francis, yachtswoman/novelist (Come Hell or High Water) 04/17/1946 Henry Kelly, British broadcaster
    04/17/1948 Jan Hammer, composer (Escape from TV)
    04/17/1949 Heini Hemmi, Switzerland, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1976) 04/17/1949 John Oates, guitarist/vocalist (Hall & Oates-Rich Girl)
    04/17/1951 Olivia Hussey, Buenos Aires, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Death on Nile)
    04/17/1954 Kim Tyler, Hollywood Calif, actress (Kyle-Please Don't Eat Daisies) 04/17/1954 Riccardo Patrese, driver (Grand Prix)
    04/17/1955 Pete Shelley, vocal/guitar (Buzzcocks-Going Steady, Love Bites) 04/17/1955 Rob Bolland, singer/guitarist (B&B)
    04/17/1956 'Sugar' Ray Charles Leonard, Wilmington Del, boxer (Olympic-gold-197
    04/17/1956 Faye Young, WBL forward (NY Stars, NJ Stars)
    04/17/1956 Kaye Young, WBL forward (NY Stars, NJ Stars)
    04/17/1956 Pillow, [Therese Joan Bell], Calif, bodybuilder (Gold Classic 1983) 04/17/1958 Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russia, major/cosmonaut
    04/17/1959 Elizabeth Lindsey, actress
    04/17/1959 Teri Austin, Toronto Canada, actress (Terminal Choice, Knots Landing
    04/17/1961 Boomer Esiason, NFL QB (Cincinnati Bengals, NY Jets)
    04/17/1961 Norman Cowans, cricketeer
    04/17/1962 Nancy Hogshead, Iowa City, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984)/model (jockey
    04/17/1967 Leslie Bega, LA Calif, actress (Maria Tomlinson-Head of the Class) 04/17/1967 Timothy Gibbs, Burbank Calif, actor (Father Murphy, Santa Barbara) 04/17/1968 Maurits, Prince of Netherlands
    04/17/1968 Ritchie Woodhall, boxer


    Deaths:

    04/17/ 485 Proclus, Greek mathematician, dies in Athens
    04/17/ 818 Bernhard I, King of Italy, dies
    04/17/ 858 Benedict III, Italian Pope (855-58), dies
    04/17/1297 Willem van Afflighem, Flemish poet/abbot St Truiden, dies at about 8
    04/17/1427 Jan IV, duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies 04/17/1574 Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German philologist, dies 04/17/1630 Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (battle of White Mt), dies 04/17/1679 John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53
    04/17/1711 Jozef I, emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about 32
    04/17/1714 Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer, dies at 56
    04/17/1726 Henriëtte Amalia, ruler of Nassau-Dietz, dies at 49
    04/17/1764 Johann Mattheson, composer, dies at 82
    04/17/1790 Benjamin Franklin, US, (Poor Richards Almanac), dies at 84 04/17/1835 William Henry Ireland, forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies 04/17/1837 Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies 04/17/1854 Gottlob Wiedebein, composer, dies at 74
    04/17/1863 Daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61
    04/17/1873 Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer, dies at 60 04/17/1890 John Barnett, composer, dies at 87
    04/17/1891 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77
    04/17/1899 Hans Balatka, composer, dies at 74
    04/17/1915 Johannes P Kelly, [Kellÿ], actor/operetta writer, dies at 60 04/17/1936 Charles JM Ruys de Beerenbrouck, Dutch PM (1918-23, 29-33), dies 04/17/1945 Hannie Schaft, 'Girl with red hair,' executed
    04/17/1945 Ion Pillat, Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului), dies 04/17/1945 Walter Model, German field marshal, commits suicide at 54 04/17/1948 Johan P earl of Limburg Stirum, diplomat, dies at 75
    04/17/1960 Eddie Cochran, rocker, dies in an auto accident
    04/17/1970 Sergei U S Aleksi, patriarch of Russian-Orthodox church, dies at 92 04/17/1971 Roberto Lupi, composer, dies at 62
    04/17/1974 Frank McGee, Today show host, dies of cancer at 52
    04/17/1974 Herbert Elwell, composer, dies at 75
    04/17/1976 Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter, dies at 85
    04/17/1977 Marjorie Gateson, actress (One Man's Family), dies at 85
    04/17/1983 Felix Pappalardi, rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies
    04/17/1983 Mark W Clark, US general (WW II), dies at 87
    04/17/1983 Peter Potter, DJ (Peter Potter Show, Juke Box Jury), dies at 78 04/17/1987 Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (No woman no cry), dies at
    04/17/1987 Dick Shawn, comedian (Producers), dies at 63
    04/17/1988 Eva Novak, actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at 90 04/17/1990 Ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist, dies at 64
    04/17/1991 Jack Yellen, US poet, dies at 97
    04/17/1992 Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure 04/17/1993 Turgut Özal, president of Turkey (1989-93), dies at 65
    04/17/1994 Peter Hacker, US journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69


    Significant Events:

    04/17/ 858 Benedict III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    04/17/1421 Dikes at Dort Holland breaks, 100,000 drown
    04/17/1492 Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies 04/17/1521 Martin Luther is excommunicated from Roman Catholic Church 04/17/1524 NY Harbor discovered by Giovanni Verrazano
    04/17/1747 French troops occupy Zeeuws-Flanders, Netherlands
    04/17/1758 Francis Williams, 1st US black college graduate, publishes poems 04/17/1793 Battle of Warsaw
    04/17/1808 Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of US ships 04/17/1817 1st US school for deaf (Hartford, Conn)
    04/17/1824 Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54° 40' N 04/17/1839 Guatemala forms republic
    04/17/1852 Asteroid 17, Thetis discovered
    04/17/1852 R Luther discovers asteroid #17 Thetis
    04/17/1853 Thorbecke govt resigns
    04/17/1853 US Marine Hospital at Presidio (SF) established
    04/17/1861 Asteroid 67, Asia discovered
    04/17/1861 Indianola TX-'Star of West' taken by Confederacy
    04/17/1861 N R Pogson discovers asteroid #67 Asia
    04/17/1861 Virginia become 8th state to secede
    04/17/1863 R Grierson's: La Grange, TN to Baton Rouge, LA
    04/17/1864 Battle of Plymouth, NC
    04/17/1864 Bread revolt in Savannah, Georgia
    04/17/1864 Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges
    04/17/1865 Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination
    04/17/1869 1st pro baseball games-Cin Reds 24, Cin amateurs 15
    04/17/1875 'Snooker' (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain 04/17/1888 J Palisa discovers asteroid #276 Adelheid
    04/17/1892 1st Sunday NL baseball game, Reds beat Cards 5-1
    04/17/1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) 04/17/1900 7 high chiefs of American Samoa sign Instrument of Cession 04/17/1905 US Supreme court judges maximum work day unconstitutional 04/17/1907 Ellis Island, NY-11,745 immigrants arrive
    04/17/1915 M Wolf discovers asteroid #805 Hormuthia
    04/17/1920 American Professional Football Association forms
    04/17/1923 Longest NL opening game, Phillies & Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14 04/17/1925 Paul Painlevé follows Edouard Herriot on as French premier 04/17/1927 Japans Wakarsoeki govt falls/Baron Tanaka becomes premier 04/17/1930 Abkhazian ASSR established in Georgian SSR
    04/17/1932 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery
    04/17/1934 New Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5 04/17/1935 Provincial-National elections (Musserts NSB achieves 7.9%/44 chairs)
    04/17/1939 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Jack Roper in LA
    04/17/1939 Stalin signs British-France-Russian anti-nazi pact
    04/17/1941 British troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to nazis 04/17/1941 Office of Price Administration established (handled rationing) 04/17/1942 Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp
    04/17/1945 German occupiers flood Wieringermeer Neth
    04/17/1945 Mussolini flees from Salò to Milan
    04/17/1945 US troops lands in Mindanao
    04/17/1946 Syria declares independence from French administration
    04/17/1947 Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit
    04/17/1951 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4
    04/17/1953 Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Wash DC's Griffith Stadium 04/17/1956 Bulgaria premier Tchervenkov resigns
    04/17/1956 Premium Savings Bonds introduced in Great Britain
    04/17/1956 USSR's Cominform (Parliament) dissolves
    04/17/1956 Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament 04/17/1958 Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens
    04/17/1960 American Samoa sets up a constitutional government
    04/17/1961 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro 04/17/1964 1st game at Shea Stadium, NY Mets lose to Pitts Pirates, 4-3 04/17/1964 Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base)
    04/17/1964 Jerrie Mock becomes 1st woman to fly solo around the world 04/17/1966 100th intl soccer meet between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1)
    04/17/1967 Shortwave Radio NY Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off 04/17/1967 Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20
    04/17/1968 A's 1st game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Balt Orioles 04/17/1968 P Wild discovers asteroids #1773 Rumpelstilz, #1830 Pogson, 04/17/1968 #1831 Nicholson & #2138 Swissair
    04/17/1969 Bernadette Devlin elected to British house of commons
    04/17/1969 Czechoslovakia's Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed 04/17/1969 Mont Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits Phillies, 7-0
    04/17/1969 Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Sen Robert F Kennedy 04/17/1969 The Band (formerly The Hawks), perform their 1st concert
    04/17/1970 Apollo 13 limps back safely, Beech-built oxygen tank no help 04/17/1970 Paul McCartney's 1st solo album 'McCartney'
    04/17/1971 Egypt, Libya & Syria form federation (FAR)
    04/17/1971 People's Republic Bangladesh forms, under sheik Mujib ur-Rahman 04/17/1972 Nina Kuscsik wins 1st women's title in Boston Marathon
    04/17/1972 Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillie Vet crashes 04/17/1972 into centerfield seats
    04/17/1974 Bundy victim Susan Rancourt disappears from CWU, Ellensburg, WA 04/17/1974 Moslem fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis Egypt 04/17/1975 Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea Natl Day) 04/17/1975 Penguins 6-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-0 lead
    04/17/1977 Christian-democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
    04/17/1977 E F Helin & S J Bus discovers asteroid #2135 Aristaeus
    04/17/1978 63,500,000 shares traded on NY stock exchange (record)
    04/17/1978 Bill Rodgers wins his 2nd Boston Marathon
    04/17/1978 Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sagan for 'Dragons of Eden' 04/17/1981 Isle Potvin's 3 playoff power-play goals tie NHL record vs Oilers 04/17/1981 Ranger's Anders Hedberg is 2nd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty sho
    04/17/1982 Canada adopts its constitution
    04/17/1983 1st National Coin Week begins
    04/17/1983 In Warsaw, police route 1,000 Solidarity supporters
    04/17/1983 India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket
    04/17/1984 Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead
    04/17/1986 IBM produces 1st megabit-chip
    04/17/1986 Netherlands & Scilly Islands sign peace treaty (war of 1651) 04/17/1986 Pulitzer prize awarded to Larry McMurtry for 'Lonesome Dove' 04/17/1987 Julius Erving becomes 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points 04/17/1987 Richard Wilbur appointed as US poet laureate
    04/17/1988 Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50) 04/17/1989 Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week 04/17/1989 Soviet-US agreement allows Soviets to fight US pros
    04/17/1990 Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die 04/17/1991 Dow Jones closes for 1st time over 3,000 (3004.46)
    04/17/1991 Railroad workers go on strike in US
    04/17/1993 Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney Kings civil rights 04/17/1993 STS-56 (Discovery) lands
    04/17/1994 Aruba govt of Oduber falls

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Apr 18 00:05:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/18/1480 Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) 04/18/1521 François de Coligny heer van Andelot, French general (Jarnac) 04/18/1580 Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)
    04/18/1590 Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)
    04/18/1605 Giacomo Carissimi, composer
    04/18/1732 George Colman, 'the Elder', playwright (baptised)
    04/18/1740 Francis Baring, banker/merchant
    04/18/1744 Pieter It Hen, Dutch journalist/patriot
    04/18/1759 Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer
    04/18/1764 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer
    04/18/1777 Ignac Ruzitska, composer
    04/18/1786 Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer
    04/18/1797 Louis-Adolphe Thiers, statesman
    04/18/1803 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61) 04/18/1806 Ludwig Schuberth, composer
    04/18/1817 George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe) 04/18/1819 Franz von Suppé, Spalato Dalmatia, composer (Light Cavalry Over) 04/18/1839 Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer
    04/18/1839 Henry Clarence Kendall, poet
    04/18/1842 Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)
    04/18/1845 Wilhelm Gericke, composer
    04/18/1852 George Clausen, painter
    04/18/1855 Abraham Bredius, art historian (John Stone)
    04/18/1855 Josef Gruber, composer
    04/18/1857 Clarence S Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial 04/18/1864 Richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig) 04/18/1868 Didericus G van Epen, genealogist (Dutch Patriarchy)
    04/18/1871 Henry Stephenson, actor (Conquest, Little Old NY, Mr Lucky) 04/18/1873 Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer
    04/18/1881 Max Weber, Polish/Russian/US painter
    04/18/1882 Leopold Stokowski, London England, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony) 04/18/1884 Magda Janssens, Flemish/Neth actress/acting teacher (Maria Stuart) 04/18/1888 Arnold Henry Moore Lunn, skier
    04/18/1889 Jessie Street, Austrialian pro womans/aborigine rights fighter 04/18/1889 John Kilbane, US, featherweight boxing champ (1912-23)
    04/18/1890 James Rennie, actor (Lash, Little Damozel)
    04/18/1895 Anton F Pieck, illustrator (Efteling, Kaatsheuvel)
    04/18/1896 C Eugène Wegmann, Swiss geologist (Le Jura plissé)
    04/18/1897 Pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour)
    04/18/1898 Lord Leatherland, British journalist/Labour peer
    04/18/1900 Louise Tazewell, entertainer
    04/18/1903 Leonid Kinskey, St Petersburg Russia, actor (Casablanca)
    04/18/1903 Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer
    04/18/1906 Clara Eggink, [Ebbele], poetess (Leven met JC Bloem)
    04/18/1906 Edgar Unsworth, Justice of Appeals (Gibralter)
    04/18/1907 Miklos Rozas, movie composer
    04/18/1907 Stephen Longstreet, American writer (All or Nothing)
    04/18/1908 Edward Roberts, bishop (Ely)
    04/18/1908 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festspiele) 04/18/1910 Jamie L Whitten, (Rep-D-MS, 1941- )
    04/18/1910 Sylvia Fisher, soprano
    04/18/1911 Huntington Hartford, A & P heir
    04/18/1912 Wendy Barrie, Hong Kong, hostess (Wendy Barrie Show)
    04/18/1913 Al Hodge, actor (Capt Video)
    04/18/1913 Kent Wheeler Kennan, composer
    04/18/1913 Milos Sokola, composer
    04/18/1914 Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Mermber of Dutch 2nd chamber (PSP) 04/18/1917 Louise Frederika, Queen of Greece
    04/18/1918 Robert Zimonyi, Hungary, cox (Olympic-Hungary-bronze-1948/US-gold-64
    04/18/1918 Roger de Grey, president (Royal Academy)
    04/18/1918 Tony Mottola, Kearney NJ, guitarist/host (Melody Street)
    04/18/1920 Walter Clegg, MP
    04/18/1921 Barbara Hale, Dekalb Ill, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason) 04/18/1922 Avril Angers, actress (Brass Monkey)
    04/18/1923 Baroness Platt of Writtle, British CEO (Equal Opportunities Comm) 04/18/1923 Leif Panduro, Danish writer ('k Have varnish on traditions) 04/18/1924 Buxton Daeblite Orr, composer
    04/18/1924 Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Vinton La, blues singer (Mary is Fine) 04/18/1924 Henry J Hyde, (Rep-R-IL)
    04/18/1924 Lord Mason of Barnsley, MP (Lab)/British defense secretary 04/18/1925 Bob Hastings, Bkln NY, actor (McHale's Navy, All in the Family) 04/18/1925 Robert Caldwell Crawford, composer
    04/18/1926 Gunter Meisner, Germany, actor (Between Wars, Quiller Memorandum) 04/18/1928 Jean-François Pailliard, Vitry-le-François France, conductor 04/18/1929 Peter Hordern, British CEO (Fina)
    04/18/1929 Peter Jeffrey, actor (Dr Phibes Rides Again, Twinsanity)
    04/18/1930 Clive Revill, Wellington NZ, actor (Legend of Hell House) 04/18/1931 Klas Lestander, Sweden, 20K biathlon (Olympic-gold-1960)
    04/18/1932 Dominic Milroy, OSB/headmaster (Ampleforth College England) 04/18/1933 Alan Devereux, CEO (Scottish Tourist Board)
    04/18/1934 James Drury, NYC, actor (Virginian)
    04/18/1934 Jan Klusak, composer
    04/18/1934 Jap F Scherpenhuizen, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
    04/18/1934 Mark Kingston, actor (Intimate Contact)
    04/18/1935 Joel Hefley, (Rep-R-Colorado)
    04/18/1936 Brian Fuller, commandant (Fire Service College, England)
    04/18/1936 Harold Innocent, actor (Centerville Ghost)
    04/18/1937 Robert Hooks, Wash DC, actor (Fast Walking, Aaron Loves Angela) 04/18/1937 Tatyana Shchelkanova, USSR, long jumper (Olympic-bronze-1964) 04/18/1938 Andreas J 'Cat' Liebenberg, supreme commander (S Afr army) 04/18/1938 Harold Innocent, [HS Harrison], English actor (Tall Guy)
    04/18/1940 Ed Garvey, labor leader (Major League Baseball Players Assn) 04/18/1940 Ira von Furstenberg, [Virginia Caroline] Rome Italy, Princess (Monac
    04/18/1940 Joseph L Goldstein, Sumter SC, physcian (Nobel-1985)
    04/18/1941 Mike Vickers, guitarist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
    04/18/1942 Dick K J Tommel, chemist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (D66)
    04/18/1942 Jochen Rindt, German race car driver
    04/18/1944 Rudy Shackelford, composer
    04/18/1946 Alexander 'Skip' Spence, guitarist/vocalist (Moby Grape-Omaha) 04/18/1946 Anne Boyd, composer
    04/18/1946 Hayley Mills, London England, actress (Parent Trap, Pollyanna) 04/18/1946 Lenny Baker, rocker (Sha Na Na)
    04/18/1947 David Gee, director (Friends of the Earth)
    04/18/1947 Dorothy Lyman, Minneapolis Mn, (All my Children, Naomi-Mama's Family
    04/18/1947 James Woods, Warwick RI, actor (Salvador, Against All Odds) 04/18/1947 Lori Martin, Glendale Calif, actress (Velvet-National Velvet) 04/18/1948 'Tiny' Nate Archibald, NBA guard (Cincinnati)
    04/18/1948 Catherine Malfitano, NYC, soprano (Metropolitan Opera)
    04/18/1948 Skip Stephenson, Omaha Neb, comedian (Real People)
    04/18/1950 Bill Sudderth III, trumpeteer (Atlantic Star-Touch 4 Leaf Clover) 04/18/1952 Jim Scholten, Midland Mich, country singer (Betty's Bein' Bad) 04/18/1953 Rick Moranis, Toronto, (SCTV, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Spaceballs) 04/18/1954 Kim Stone, bassist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
    04/18/1956 Eric Roberts, Miss, actor (Pope of Greenwich Village, King of Gypsie
    04/18/1956 John James, Minneapolis Mn, actor (Jeff Colby-Dynasty)
    04/18/1956 Melody Thomas Scott, actress (Nikki-Young & Restless)
    04/18/1958 Bernadette Robi, model/ex-wife of football player Lynn Swann 04/18/1958 Lee Pattinson, rock bassist (Echo & Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here) 04/18/1958 Malcolm Marshall, British cricketer
    04/18/1961 Kelly Hansen, heavy metal rocker (Hurricane-I'm on to You) 04/18/1962 Mick Sweda, heavy metal (Bulletboys, King Kobra-Ready to Strike) 04/18/1962 Shirlie Hollman, rocker (Pepsi & Shirley-All Right Now)
    04/18/1964 Robert Kelker-Kelly, actor (Bo Brady-Another World)
    04/18/1967 Jayce Fincher Jr, heavy metal bassist (Southgang-Tainted Angel) 04/18/1968 Christian Slater, actor (Tucker, Wizard, Young Guns 2)
    04/18/198- Courtland Mead, actor (Phillip-Young & Restless)


    Deaths:

    04/18/ 680 Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies
    04/18/1504 Filippino Lippi, painter, dies
    04/18/1530 François Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43
    04/18/1552 John Leland, antiquary, dies
    04/18/1556 Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61 04/18/1567 Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63
    04/18/1587 John Foxe, author (Book of Martyrs), dies
    04/18/1612 Emanuel Van Meteren, merchant/historian, dies
    04/18/1684 Gonzales Cocx, [Coques], painter, dies
    04/18/1689 George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies 04/18/1690 Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian field marshal, dies 04/18/1710 Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75
    04/18/1800 John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84
    04/18/1800 Pieter Fouquet, art merchant (Atlas of Fouquet), dies
    04/18/1807 Erasmus Darwin, physician/writer (Influence), dies
    04/18/1818 Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59
    04/18/1824 Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72
    04/18/1830 Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62
    04/18/1845 Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77 04/18/1854 Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer, dies at 85
    04/18/1855 Jean-Baptiste Isabey, painter, dies
    04/18/1860 Count István Széchenyi, statesman, commits suicide
    04/18/1861 Heinrich August Neithardt, composer, dies at 67
    04/18/1871 Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor, dies at 64 04/18/1873 Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist, dies at 69
    04/18/1879 Anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies 04/18/1883 Agnes Tyrrell, composer, dies at 36
    04/18/1898 Gustave Moureau, painter, dies
    04/18/1917 Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73
    04/18/1919 Enny Peace, [Maria M Müller], actress, dies
    04/18/1928 Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer, dies at 58
    04/18/1935 Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist, dies at 90 04/18/1936 Ottorino Respighi, composer, dies at 56
    04/18/1936 Seaborn M Denson, composer, dies at 82
    04/18/1938 Richard Runciman Terry, musicologist, dies
    04/18/1939 Theo Mann, actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler), dies at 88 04/18/1940 Florrie Forde, music hall artist, dies
    04/18/1940 Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, historian, dies
    04/18/1941 ... Korysis, PM of Greece, commits suicide
    04/18/1943 I Yamamoto, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies
    04/18/1944 Cécile Chamindale, composer, dies
    04/18/1945 Ernest T Pyle, British newscaster, dies at 44
    04/18/1945 John Ambrose Fleming, electrical engineer, dies
    04/18/1947 Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25), dies at 51 04/18/1949 Leonard Bloomfield, linguist/philospher, dies
    04/18/1955 Albert Einstein, German/US physicist (E=MC²), dies
    04/18/1955 Eugen Herrigel, Zen philosopher/scholar, dies in Germany at 70 04/18/1958 Richard B Goldschmidt, German zoologist (butterflies), dies 04/18/1959 Irving Cummings, actor/director (In Old Ariz), dies at 70 04/18/1960 Emory Johnson, director (Phantom Express, Shield of Honor), dies 04/18/1963 Henrietta Kreis, 3rd of famous Wallenda aerialist to fall to death 04/18/1964 Albe Vidakovic, composer, dies at 49
    04/18/1964 Ben Hecht, playwright (Child of the Century), dies at 71
    04/18/1969 Piotr F Scharoff, Russ/Italian actor/director (Chechov), dies at 82 04/18/1971 Masao Oki, composer, dies at 69
    04/18/1974 Betty Compson, actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at 77 04/18/1974 Marcel Pagnol, French writer/movie (Topaz), dies at 79
    04/18/1976 Percy Julian, holder of more than 138 chemical patents, dies at 78 04/18/1984 John Lee Mahin, screenwriter, dies of emphysema at 81
    04/18/1986 Marcel Dassault, [Bloch], French airplane builder, dies at 94 04/18/1990 Robert D Webb, director/actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies 04/18/1992 Florence Randall, model/designer (Bill Blass), dies at 54 of cancer 04/18/1993 Arthur P Smith, US founder of Miami Planetarium, dies at 76 04/18/1994 Ken Oosterbroek, South African press photographer, shot dead at 32


    Significant Events:

    04/18/ 310 St Eusebius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    04/18/ 387 Bishop Ambrosius of Milan baptizes Augustinus
    04/18/1599 Valencia arch duke Albrecht of Austrian marries Isabella of Spain 04/18/1666 Peace of Kleef: Netherlands & bishop Von Galen of Münster 04/18/1676 Sudbury, Mass attacked by Indians
    04/18/1775 Paul Revere & William Dawes warn 'British are coming!'
    04/18/1809 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England
    04/18/1834 Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia
    04/18/1838 Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails
    04/18/1839 Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) 04/18/1853 1st train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km)
    04/18/1859 Montreal Canadiens wins their 4th straight NHL Stanley Cup 04/18/1861 Battle of Harpers Ferry, VA
    04/18/1861 Col Robert E Lee turns down offer to command Union armies 04/18/1862 Battle of Ft Jackson, Ft St Philip & New Orlean's, LA
    04/18/1864 Battle of Poison Springs, AR (Camden Expedition)
    04/18/1868 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #98 Ianthe
    04/18/1868 San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed 04/18/1869 1st international cricket match, held in SF, wins by Californian 04/18/1874 Remains of David Livingstone interred in Westminster Abbey 04/18/1876 Daniel O'Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hrs 32 min 04/18/1879 Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on indians citizen rights begins 04/18/1881 Natural History Museum of South Kensington England opens
    04/18/1899 John McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager
    04/18/1904 L'Humanité, under Jean Jaurès begins publishing
    04/18/1906 Calvinist Reformed Union in Neth Church forms in Utrecht
    04/18/1906 SF earthquake & fire kills nearly 4,000 & destroys 75% of city 04/18/1907 Fairmont Hotel opens
    04/18/1908 Heavyweight Tommy Burns KOs Jewey Smith
    04/18/1909 Joan of Arc declared a saint
    04/18/1911 J Helffrich discovers asteroid #713 Luscinia
    04/18/1915 M Wolf discovers asteroids #806 Gyldenia & #807 Ceraskia
    04/18/1922 Netherland soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0
    04/18/1923 74,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium 04/18/1923 Poland annexes Central Lithuania
    04/18/1925 World's fair opens in Chicago
    04/18/1927 Chiang Kai-Shek forms anti-govt in China
    04/18/1929 Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire 04/18/1933 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1277 Dolores
    04/18/1934 1st 'Washateria' (laundromat) opens (Ft Worth, Tx)
    04/18/1934 Hitler names J von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament 04/18/1935 Gen Sarazen's double eagle on 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters 04/18/1935 Netherland election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote)
    04/18/1936 Clipper begins regular passenger flights from SF to Honolulu 04/18/1938 Find headless Mad Butcher victim Cleveland
    04/18/1939 Hubert Pierlot forms Belgian government
    04/18/1942 'Stars & Stripes' paper for US armed forces starts
    04/18/1942 James H Doolittle bombed Tokyo & other Japanese cities
    04/18/1942 Tor Maple Leafs beat Det Red Wings 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup 04/18/1945 1 armed outfielder, St L Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4 04/18/1946 League of Nations dissolves (3 months after UN starts)
    04/18/1946 US recognizes Tito's Yugoslavia govt
    04/18/1948 International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands 04/18/1949 Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth
    04/18/1950 1st opening night-game, Cards beat Pirates, 4-2
    04/18/1950 1st transatlantic jet passenger trip
    04/18/1950 Polish Catholic church & govt sign accord over relations
    04/18/1950 Yankees win 15-10 after trailing Red Sox 9-0 in 6th
    04/18/1951 Dutch Antilles govt of Da Costa Gomez forms
    04/18/1951 France, West Germany & Benelux form European Steel & Coal Community 04/18/1952 A Schmitt discovers asteroid #1614 Goldschmidt
    04/18/1954 Colonel Nasser seizes power & becomes PM of Egypt
    04/18/1955 1st Bandoeng Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens
    04/18/1956 Egypt & Israel agree to a ceasefire
    04/18/1956 Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco (civil ceremony) 04/18/1957 Asteroid #2307 discovered
    04/18/1958 Govt troops reconquer Padang, Middel-Sumatra Indonesia
    04/18/1959 Montreal Canadiens beat Tor Maple Leafs 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup
    04/18/1962 Boston beats Los Angeles, 4 games to 3, for NBA championship 04/18/1963 Tor Maple Leafs beat Det Red Wings 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 04/18/1964 Artsen strike in Belgium ends
    04/18/1966 Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics) 04/18/1968 178,000 employees of US Bell Telephone System go on strike 04/18/1968 1st ABA basketball championship began
    04/18/1968 Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms
    04/18/1968 London Bridge is sold to US oil company (to be erected in Arizona) 04/18/1968 SF's Old Hall of Justice demolished
    04/18/1969 Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund
    04/18/1974 Red Brigade kidnaps officer of justice Mario Sossi
    04/18/1975 John Lennon releases 'Stand by Me'
    04/18/1977 Alex Haley, author of 'Roots,' awarded Pultizer Prize
    04/18/1977 Eddie Murray hits his 1st HR
    04/18/1977 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Cristofer for 'Shadow Box' 04/18/1978 US Senate approves transfer of Panama Canal to Panamá in 1999 04/18/1979 'Real People' premieres on NBC TV
    04/18/1979 Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent
    04/18/1980 Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from UK 04/18/1981 Pawtucket & Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game
    04/18/1982 Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros) 04/18/1982 Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act 04/18/1982 M Watt discovers asteroid #2687
    04/18/1982 Zimbabwe capital Salisbury renamed Harare
    04/18/1983 A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at US Embassy in Lebanon
    04/18/1983 Joan Benoit set a women's record for Boston Marathon
    04/18/1983 KMO-AM in Tacoma Wash changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO) 04/18/1983 N G Thomas discovers asteroid #2933 Amber, #3151 Talbot & #3561 Devi
    04/18/1983 Pulitzer prize awarded to Alice Walker for 'Color Purple' 04/18/1983 Rangers 3-Isles 1-Patrick Div Finals-Series tied at 2-2
    04/18/1984 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 04/18/1985 Flyers 3-Isles 0-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead
    04/18/1987 An unconscous skydiver is rescued by another diver in mid-air 04/18/1987 Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race 04/18/1987 Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run (vs Robinson-Pirates)
    04/18/1987 Pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph
    04/18/1988 Barbra Striesand records 'Warm All Over'
    04/18/1989 Zimbabwe gains independence
    04/18/1990 Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines 04/18/1990 Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF
    04/18/1991 Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike
    04/18/1992 Tennis ace Stefan Edberg marries Annette Olsen in Sweden
    04/18/1993 Beirut-hostage Terry Anderson marries Madeleine Bassil
    04/18/1993 David Lee Roth arrested in NYC for purchasing marijuana for $10 04/18/1994 Arsenio Hall announces he will end his show in May 1994
    04/18/1994 Cricketer Brian Lara hits 375 runs on 1 day (world record) 04/18/1994 Lebanon drops relations with Iran
    04/18/1994 Roseanne Barr Arnold files for divorce from Tom Arnold
    04/18/1994 STS-59 (Endeavour) lands [approx]

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Mon Apr 19 00:05:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/19/1320 Pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)
    04/19/1605 Orazio Benevoli, composer
    04/19/1660 Sebastian Duron, composer
    04/19/1700 Georg Abraham Schneider, composer
    04/19/1715 James Nares, composer
    04/19/1721 Roger Sherman, signer (Decl of Ind, Constitution)
    04/19/1721 Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) 04/19/1728 Francisco Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright
    04/19/1737 Geert Reinders, cattle breeder/propagandist
    04/19/1768 Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist
    04/19/1771 Giuseppe Cartufo, composer
    04/19/1772 David Ricardo, economist
    04/19/1785 Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer
    04/19/1795 Christian Gottfried Ehrenburg, German zoologist
    04/19/1798 Franz Joseph Glaser, composer
    04/19/1798 Heinrich Maria von Hess, historical painter
    04/19/1801 Gustav T Fechner, [Dr Mises], German philospher/physicist 04/19/1805 Charles E Henri de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian 04/19/1817 John Philip, painter
    04/19/1821 Mortimer Dormer Leggett, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 189
    04/19/1830 Rudolf Cornely, German bible expert/jesuit
    04/19/1832 José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, mathematician/dramatist (Nobel 1904) 04/19/1832 Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, 1st lady (1881)
    04/19/1838 August(us) Allebé, painter/lithographer
    04/19/1850 Edward John Gregory, painter/engraver
    04/19/1850 Theo Mann, actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler)
    04/19/1857 Lucien Levy-Bruhl, philospher
    04/19/1858 May Robson, [Mary J Robison], Australian/US actress (Apple Annie) 04/19/1858 Siegfried Ochs, composer
    04/19/1861 Warden Oncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish landlord/writer 04/19/1863 Felix Blumenfeld, composer
    04/19/1866 Henri WA Deterding, oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell)
    04/19/1868 Max Von Schillings, German composer/conductor (Of the Pfeifertag) 04/19/1874 Firmin Baes, Flemish painter
    04/19/1876 Hendrik W A E, King of Mecklenburg-Schwerin/prince of Netherlands 04/19/1877 Ole Evinrude, inventor (outboard marine engine)
    04/19/1879 Richard Scheibe, German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz)
    04/19/1883 Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil (1930-45, 1951-54), modernizer 04/19/1888 William L Axt, composer
    04/19/1890 Lou Bandy, [Lodewÿk F Dieben], revue-artist (Look for the Sun) 04/19/1891 Francoise Rosay, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband) 04/19/1891 Riccardo Bacchelli, Italian writer/poet (La Ronda)
    04/19/1892 Germaine Tailleferre, [Les Six], Pau-St-Maur France, composer 04/19/1895 Anton F Pieck, painter/cartoonist/enterperneur
    04/19/1897 Vivienne Segal, US Broadway actress (Pal Joey)
    04/19/1898 Constance Talmadge, US comedienne/actress (Intolerance)
    04/19/1898 Sybil Andrews, English/Canadain painter
    04/19/1900 Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, English writer (Fiction as Truth) 04/19/1903 Eliot Ness, untouchable (FBI agent-Chicago)
    04/19/1905 John S 'Jimmy' Thach, US pilot/admiral (WW II)
    04/19/1907 Alan Wheatley, England, actor (Adventure of Robin Hood)
    04/19/1907 Gino Contilli, composer
    04/19/1910 Andrew Gilchrist, historian/diplomat
    04/19/1911 Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer
    04/19/1912 Glen T Seaborg, US chemist (AEC, plutonium, Nobel 1951)
    04/19/1913 Cyril English, British educator
    04/19/1914 Andrew Wilkinson, pediatrician
    04/19/1915 Dorian Le Gallienne, composer
    04/19/1917 Johnny Hoes, musician/producer (...i but at mother at home lost) 04/19/1920 Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Mass, comedian (Crazy Guggenheim) 04/19/1921 Glyn England, CEO (CEGB, Windcluster Ltd)
    04/19/1921 Will Ogdon, composer
    04/19/1922 Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot (downed 352 Russian aircrafts) 04/19/1922 Luigi Barbbarito, reverend (Apostolic ProNuncio)
    04/19/1925 Hugh O'Brian, [Krampke], Rochester NY, actor (Wyatt Earp, Search) 04/19/1927 Don Barbour, Greencastle Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
    04/19/1928 Alexis Korner, Paris, musician (Blues Inc-Bootleg Him)
    04/19/1928 John Horlock, British vice-chancellor (Open College)
    04/19/1929 Edward Crook, Detroit Mich, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1960) 04/19/1931 Alex Webster, football coach (NY Giants)
    04/19/1931 Denis Henry, British high court judge
    04/19/1931 Garfield Morgan, Brtish actor
    04/19/1931 Hendrick J 'Kobie' Coetsee, South Africa minister of Defense/Justice
    04/19/1932 Andrea Mead Lawrence, Rutland Vt, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1948, 5
    04/19/1932 Jayne Mansfield, [Vera Jane Palmer], Bryn Mawr Pa, actress (Fat Spy)
    04/19/1933 Dick Sargent, Carmel Calif, actor (Darrin-Bewitched)
    04/19/1933 Harold 'Dickie' Bird, cricket test umpire
    04/19/1934 Jan Helge Guttorm Bark, composer
    04/19/1934 John Roch, high court judge
    04/19/1935 Dudley Moore, actor (10, Arthur, Bedazzled, 6 Weeks)
    04/19/1935 Peter Scott, QC
    04/19/1936 Csaba Szabo, composer
    04/19/1936 Ruby Johnson, US singer (I'll Run Your Hurt Away)
    04/19/1936 Wilfried Martens, premier (Belgium, 1981- )
    04/19/1937 Elinor Donahue, Tacoma Wash, actress (Father Knows Best, Get a Life)
    04/19/1938 Jonathan Tunick, composer
    04/19/1939 E Clay Shaw Jr, (Rep-R-FL, 1981- )
    04/19/1939 Ellen Weston, NYC, actress (Betty-SWAT)
    04/19/1940 Algy Cluff, CEO (Spectator, Cluff Resources)
    04/19/1941 Michel Roux, chef de cuisine
    04/19/1942 Alan Price, rock keyboardist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) 04/19/1944 Bernard Worrell, US keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Blind Alley) 04/19/1944 Margo MacDonald, Scotish national broadcaster
    04/19/1944 Mark 'Flo' Volman, rocker (Flo & Eddie, Turtles-Eleanor)/DJ (WKRK) 04/19/1945 Nuria Ortiz, Mexico, skeet shooter (Olympic-13th-1968)
    04/19/1946 Leon Wessels, S Afr lawyer/underminister of Law & Order
    04/19/1946 Tim Curry, actor (Rocky Horror Show)
    04/19/1946 Viktor Vasiliyevich Zabolotsky, Russia, cosmonaut
    04/19/1947 Frits Castricum, journalist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA) 04/19/1947 Murray Perahia, NYC, pianist (Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988)
    04/19/1947 Wilf Stevenson, director (British Film Institute)
    04/19/1949 Paloma Picasso, [Gilot], Paris France, actress (Immoral Tales) 04/19/1950 Marc Demeyer, Belgian bicyclist (Paris-Brussel '74)
    04/19/1953 Sara Simeoni, Italy, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1980)
    04/19/1954 Trevor Francis, British soccer manager
    04/19/1956 Sue Barker, England, tennis star
    04/19/1957 Belinda Lipscomb, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
    04/19/1957 Boas Bo Watson, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
    04/19/1960 Frank Viola, Hempstead NY, pitcher (Twins, Mets) (Cy Young-1988) 04/19/1961 Richard Phelps, British pentathelete
    04/19/1962 Al Unser Jr, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)
    04/19/1964 Scott Kamienicki, pitcher (NY Yankees)
    04/19/1965 Melita Rühn, Romania, horse vaulter (Olympic-bronze-1980) 04/19/1970 Luis Miguel, Vera Cruz México, spanish singer


    Deaths:

    04/19/ 843 Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome
    04/19/1044 Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies
    04/19/1054 Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 5
    04/19/1390 Robert II, King of Scotland, dies
    04/19/1560 Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63 04/19/1588 Paolo Veronese (Cagliari), painter, dies
    04/19/1608 Earl of Dorset, poet/statesman, dies
    04/19/1645 Anton van Diemen, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at about 51 04/19/1645 William Smith, composer, dies at 42
    04/19/1689 Christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies
    04/19/1706 Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies
    04/19/1739 Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies
    04/19/1770 Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74
    04/19/1772 Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66
    04/19/1773 Florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43
    04/19/1791 Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies 04/19/1799 Pieter Hellendaal, violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78 04/19/1813 Benjamin Rush, physician/abolotionist (signed Decl of Ind), dies at
    04/19/1824 Lord George Gorden Noel Byron, poet, dies
    04/19/1862 Louis Powell Harvey, US governor of Wisconsin, drowns
    04/19/1862 Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer, dies
    04/19/1867 Robert Smirke, British architect, dies
    04/19/1870 Andreas Schelfhout, painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 83 04/19/1870 Camille Marie Stamaty, composer, dies at 59
    04/19/1870 William Henry Havergal, composer, dies at 77
    04/19/1874 Owen Jones, architect, dies
    04/19/1876 Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer, dies at 65
    04/19/1881 Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl (Beaconsfield)/novelist, dies 04/19/1881 Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor, dies at 53
    04/19/1882 Charles Robert Darwin, evolutionist (Origin of Species), dies 04/19/1889 Warren De La Rue, astronomer/chemist, dies
    04/19/1893 John Addington Symonds, critic/poet, dies
    04/19/1895 George Scharf, critic, dies
    04/19/1895 Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at
    04/19/1900 Ivan K Aïvazovski, Russian painter (harbor scenes), dies at 82 04/19/1906 Pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies 04/19/1914 Charles Pierce, philospher/scientist, dies
    04/19/1923 Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer, dies at 75
    04/19/1926 Squire Bancroft, [Butterfield], actor/manager, dies
    04/19/1932 Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer, dies at 77
    04/19/1937 William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at
    04/19/1938 Henry John Newbolt, poet/author (Studies Green & Gray), dies 04/19/1941 Johanna Muller-Hermann, composer, dies at 63
    04/19/1943 Alexander Schmorell, German resistance fighter, beheaded
    04/19/1943 Gustave Doret, composer, dies at 76
    04/19/1943 Kurt Huber, German resistance fighter, beheaded
    04/19/1943 Willy Grave, German resistance fighter, beheaded
    04/19/1944 Tommy Hitchcock, polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 27), dies at 44 04/19/1950 Gerald Berners, composer, dies at 66
    04/19/1950 Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th baron Berners composer, dies
    04/19/1954 Joe Laurie Jr, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 61
    04/19/1956 Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 69
    04/19/1956 Lionel KP 'Buster' Crabb, British diver (WW II), dies at 47 04/19/1956 Léon N H Jungschlaeger, head milt intelligence Neth-Indies, dies at
    04/19/1957 Charles Funk, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls), dies at 76 04/19/1957 Johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch SDAP minister (1939-45), dies at 79 04/19/1965 George Davis, actor (Private Lives, Devil May Care), dies at 75 04/19/1966 Väinö A Tanner, Finnish premier (1926-27)/minister, dies at 85 04/19/1967 Conrad Adenauer, West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 91 04/19/1968 Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61 04/19/1969 Casper Höweler, music critic, dies at 71
    04/19/1972 Adolf Bach, German translator/sociologist, dies at 82
    04/19/1978 Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70
    04/19/1980 Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88 04/19/1980 Tony Beckley, actor (Assault, Penthouse, When a Stranger Calls), die
    04/19/1981 Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85
    04/19/1983 Jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73 04/19/1983 Lorene Scott, actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74
    04/19/1986 Alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78
    04/19/1986 Dag Ivar Wiren, composer, dies at 80
    04/19/1987 Maxwell D Taylor, US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85 04/19/1989 Daphne Du Maurier, England, writer (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), dies 04/19/1992 Alice Mary Riley, entertainer, dies
    04/19/1992 Frankie Howerd, actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front), dies 04/19/1992 Pat Thompson, actress, dies
    04/19/1992 Robert F Clayton, drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash 04/19/1992 Robert Paul Haynes, bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash 04/19/1993 David Koresh, [Vernon Howell], cult leader (Davidians), suicide 04/19/1993 George Mickelson, Gov of SD, & 7 others, die in a plane crash 04/19/1994 Michel van Rooy, actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43


    Significant Events:

    04/19/1524 Pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly 04/19/1587 Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain & sinks Spanish fleet 04/19/1619 Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam
    04/19/1770 Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname
    04/19/1782 Netherlands recognizes US
    04/19/1825 33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay
    04/19/1837 Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth 04/19/1839 Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom & 04/19/1839 Luxembourg a Grand Duchy
    04/19/1852 Calif Historical Society forms
    04/19/1853 Netherlands Van Hall govt forms
    04/19/1855 R Luther discovers asteroid #35 Leukothea
    04/19/1861 Baltimore riots-4 soldiers, 9 civilians killed
    04/19/1861 Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War)
    04/19/1863 Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia
    04/19/1864 Naval Engagement at Cherbourg, FR: USS Kearsage vs CSS Alabama 04/19/1870 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #110 Lydia
    04/19/1874 Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire
    04/19/1876 J C Watson discovers asteroid #161 Athor
    04/19/1877 Opera 'Les Cloches de Cornerville' is produced (Paris)
    04/19/1879 J Palisa discovers asteroid #195 Eurykleia
    04/19/1882 J Palisa discovers asteroid #225 Henrietta
    04/19/1892 Charles Duryea takes 1st American-made auto out for a spin 04/19/1896 Herzl's 'The Jewish State' is published
    04/19/1897 1st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston)
    04/19/1897 1st performance of Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande'
    04/19/1900 Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10 04/19/1902 Sammy A Mellor wins 6th Boston Marathon (2:43:12)
    04/19/1904 R S Dugan discovers asteroids #533 Sara & #534 Nassovia
    04/19/1906 Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail 04/19/1906 SF Earthquake ends killing 452
    04/19/1909 Joan of Arc, declared a saint
    04/19/1910 Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao) 04/19/1916 'Bing Boys are Here' opens in London
    04/19/1916 Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano
    04/19/1919 French assembly decides on 8 hour work day
    04/19/1919 Leslie Irvin of US makes 1st parachute jump & free fall
    04/19/1919 Opera 'Monsieur Beaucaire' is produced (London)
    04/19/1921 Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria
    04/19/1923 New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers 04/19/1924 'National Barn Dance' premieres on WLS Chicago
    04/19/1927 'Vagabond King' opens in London
    04/19/1928 Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland
    04/19/1930 Clarence DeMar wins his 7th Boston Marathon (2:34:48.2)
    04/19/1932 Pres Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week
    04/19/1933 FDR announces US will leave gold standard
    04/19/1934 Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, 'Stand Up & Cheer' 04/19/1936 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Palestine
    04/19/1938 Phil Emmett Mueller & Dodger Ernie Koy both homer in their 1st at ba
    04/19/1939 Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late) 04/19/1940 'Lake Shore Ltd' derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY 04/19/1940 Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege
    04/19/1941 Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia
    04/19/1941 L Oterma discovers asteroids #2804 Yrjo & #3497
    04/19/1941 Milk rationed in Holland
    04/19/1943 -May 16th: Revolt in Warsaw Ghetto under Mordechai Anielewicz 04/19/1943 Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto
    04/19/1944 Gerard Cote wins his 2nd straight & 3rd career Boston Marathon 04/19/1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical 'Carousel' opens on Broadway 04/19/1945 US aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid 04/19/1945 US offensive against Shuri-barrier on Okinawa
    04/19/1946 Yankees switch from 3rd base to 1st base dug out
    04/19/1947 AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds
    04/19/1947 French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522 04/19/1947 Tor Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
    04/19/1948 Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China
    04/19/1948 Gerard Cote wins his 4th Boston Marathon
    04/19/1949 Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth
    04/19/1950 19-year-old Ham Young becomes youngest Boston Marathon winner 04/19/1951 Shigeki Tanaka, survivor of Hiroshima A-bomb, wins Boston Marathon 04/19/1953 WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting 04/19/1956 1st ML baseball game in NJ, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium 04/19/1956 US actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III 04/19/1959 Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails
    04/19/1960 Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs 04/19/1960 Comiskey Park's famed 'exploding' scoreboard begins operating 04/19/1962 Eino Oksanen wins his 3rd Boston Marathon
    04/19/1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900 m 04/19/1963 'Hot Spot' opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway
    04/19/1964 Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier
    04/19/1965 T.A.M.I. Show premieres in London
    04/19/1965 WINS radio in NYC goes all-news
    04/19/1966 Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon 04/19/1967 'Casino Royale' premieres
    04/19/1967 Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't) 04/19/1967 US Surveyor III lands on Moon
    04/19/1967 Yugoslav author Mihaljo Mihaljov sentenced 4½ years
    04/19/1968 1st American since 1957 wins 72nd Boston Marathon
    04/19/1968 Belgian construction workers strike
    04/19/1969 'Oliver,' Cliff Robertson & Katharine Hepburn win 51st Acadamy Award
    04/19/1971 Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder)
    04/19/1971 Russia launches its 1st Salyut space station
    04/19/1971 Sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day)
    04/19/1971 USSR Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit
    04/19/1972 Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth
    04/19/1972 Hungary revises constitution
    04/19/1972 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2328 Robeson
    04/19/1973 Barbra Striesand records 'Between Yesterday & Tomorrow'
    04/19/1973 Steinbrenner replaces Mike Burke with Gabe Paul as Yankee president 04/19/1974 Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against NY Yankees 04/19/1974 P Wild discovers asteroids #1938 Lausanna & #2040 Chalonge 04/19/1975 India launches 1st satellite with help of USSR
    04/19/1976 C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2114 Wallenquist
    04/19/1978 Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel
    04/19/1979 FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY) 04/19/1979 J C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666
    04/19/1982 Alberto Salazar wins Boston Marathon in a record 2:8:51
    04/19/1982 Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut
    04/19/1982 Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery
    04/19/1982 Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut
    04/19/1982 USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit
    04/19/1984 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451
    04/19/1984 Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in print (Nature mag) 04/19/1985 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth 04/19/1986 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes for heavyweight boxing title 04/19/1987 Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 & record 12th straight AL win
    04/19/1987 Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph) 04/19/1987 LA Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record
    04/19/1989 Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors
    04/19/1989 Kevin Elster (NY Mets), sets errorless shortstop mark at 73 04/19/1989 Republic Day in Sierra Leone
    04/19/1990 Marla Maples appears on ABC's Prime-Time
    04/19/1990 Pistons & 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA recor
    04/19/1990 Truce in Nicaragua's civil war
    04/19/1991 Battle of Ages-Evander Hollyfield beats 42 year old George Foreman 04/19/1991 Greyhound Bus posts $195 million loss for 1990
    04/19/1992 Balki & Mary Ann wed on 'Perfect Strangers'
    04/19/1993 Branch Davidians in Waco Texas commit suicide after 51 day siege 04/19/1993 Cosmas N'Deli wins Boston Marathon in 2:09:33
    04/19/1993 Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40
    04/19/1993 Olga Markova is 1st woman finisher in Boston Marathon (2:25:27) 04/19/1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10km (11:25.88)
    04/19/1994 Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Apr 20 00:05:04 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/20/ 121 Marcus Aurelius, 16th Roman emperor (161-80), philosopher 04/20/1442 Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)
    04/20/1494 John Agricola [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister 04/20/1594 Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer
    04/20/1705 Balthasar Schmid, composer
    04/20/1725 Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer
    04/20/1726 Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer 04/20/1745 Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry
    04/20/1748 Georg Michael Telemann, composer
    04/20/1748 Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer
    04/20/1761 Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer
    04/20/1808 Louis-Napoleon (Napoleon III), emperor of France (1852-71) 04/20/1809 John Smith Preston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1881 04/20/1824 Alfred Holt Colquitt, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 04/20/1827 John Gibbon, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 04/20/1839 Carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914)
    04/20/1840 Odilon Redon, French painter/author (La nuit, Rêves)
    04/20/1850 Daniel Chester French/American sculptor (Minute Man)
    04/20/1858 Auguste Chapuis, composer
    04/20/1860 Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP Member of 2nd parliament 04/20/1866 Victor Hollaender, composer
    04/20/1870 Simeon Roncal, composer
    04/20/1871 William Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp) 04/20/1876 Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince Willem of Orange) 04/20/1879 Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance) 04/20/1881 Nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us
    04/20/1881 Sem Dresden, composer/conductor
    04/20/1889 Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45) 04/20/1890 Adolf Schärf, president Austria
    04/20/1893 Harold Lloyd, Burchard Neb, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last) 04/20/1893 Juan Miró, Spain, painter/sculptor (Dog Barking at the Moon) 04/20/1894 Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling)
    04/20/1897 Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh)
    04/20/1897 Gregory Ratoff, Russian/US actor/director (Corsican Brothers) 04/20/1900 Fred Raymond, composer
    04/20/1900 Kees Verwey, painter/water colors painter/cartoonist
    04/20/1901 Michel Levis, French cultural anthropologist
    04/20/1902 Donald Wolfit, actor (Becket, Guilty, Room at the Top, Svengali) 04/20/1902 Vesselin Stoyanov, composer
    04/20/1903 Dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author (Kamrathustru-Wife & Comrade) 04/20/1904 Bruce Cabot, Carlsbad NM, actor (Diamonds are Forever, King Kong) 04/20/1907 William Dollar, St Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer
    04/20/1908 Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Hertogenbosch
    04/20/1909 Lionel Hampton, orchestra leader/vibraphone improviser
    04/20/1910 Robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1954-65)
    04/20/1912 Ed Jones, (Rep-D-TN, 1969- )
    04/20/1912 Soewarsil Djojopoespito, Indonesia, writer (Toe the Line) 04/20/1913 Dick Wessel, actor (Dick Tracy vs Cueball, Beware of Blondie) 04/20/1920 John Paul Stevens, Illinois, 103rd Supreme Court Justice (1975- ) 04/20/1923 Tito Puente, Puerto Rico, bandleader (Dance Mania)
    04/20/1924 Gerhard Samuel, composer
    04/20/1924 Nina Foch, Leiden Netherlands, actress (American in Paris) 04/20/1925 Ernie Stautner, NFL defensive tackle (Pitts Steelers)
    04/20/1925 Richard Hoffmann, composer
    04/20/1927 Karl Müller, Switzerland, superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987) 04/20/1929 Bob Braun, Ludlow Ky, singer (Dotty Mack Show)
    04/20/1931 Lee H Hamilton, Daytona Beach Fla, (Rep-D-Ind, 1965- )
    04/20/1936 Pat Roberts, (Rep-R-KS, 1981- )
    04/20/1938 Bernard Malivoire, France, cox pair (Olympic-gold-1952)
    04/20/1938 Betty Cuthbert, Australia 100m/200m/400m dash (Olympic-gold-1956, 64
    04/20/1938 Johnny Tillotson, Jacksonville Fla, singer (Gidget, Poetry in Motion
    04/20/1939 Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norse premier (1981-82, 86-89, 90- ) 04/20/1940 George Takei, LA Calif, actor (Sulu-Star Trek, Green Berets) 04/20/1940 John Cremer, writer/sculptor (I, John Cremer)
    04/20/1941 Joni Evans, NYC, publisher (Simon & Schuster, Random House) 04/20/1941 Ryan O'Neal, LA Calif, actor (Peyton Place, Paper Moon, Love Story) 04/20/1943 Edie Sedgwick, actor (Ciao Manhattan)
    04/20/1943 Ian Watson, UK, sci-fi author (Book of Being, Whores of Babylon) 04/20/1943 Michael Greer, Galesburg Ill, actor (Bobby Gentry Show)
    04/20/1945 Jimmy Winston, organist (Samll Facres-Itchycoo Park)
    04/20/1947 David Leland, actor/director (Nothing But Trouble)
    04/20/1948 Craig Frost, keyboardist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful
    04/20/1949 Jessica Lange, Cloquet Minnesota, actress (King Kong, Tootsie) 04/20/1950 Itumeleng J Mosala, S Afr president (Azanian People's Org) 04/20/1951 Luther Vandross, rock vocalist (On the Wings of Love)
    04/20/1957 Richenel, [Hubertus R Baars], singer/perforner (Turn my page) 04/20/1959 Clint Howard, Burbank Calif, actor (Gentle Ben)
    04/20/1961 Don 'Hitman' Mattingly, Indiana, NY Yankee 1st baseman (MVP 1985) 04/20/1963 Brett Edward Garsed, Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist (Nelson)
    04/20/1963 Kal Swan, heavy metal rocker
    04/20/1967 J D Roth, Beverly Hills Calif, TV host (Fun House)
    04/20/1967 Lara Jill Miller, Allentown Pa, actress (Samantha-Gimme a Break) 04/20/1975 Joey Lawrence, Phila Pa, actor (Joey-Gimme a Break, Summer Rental) 04/20/1977 Lisa Ervin, figure skater (US Nationals-4th-1992)


    Deaths:

    04/20/1164 Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies 04/20/1314 Clement V, [Bertrand the Got], pope (1305-14) moved papacy to Avigno
    04/20/1317 Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies
    04/20/1534 Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies 04/20/1632 Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake 04/20/1643 Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75
    04/20/1662 Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies
    04/20/1695 Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63
    04/20/1786 John Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21 04/20/1812 George Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office 04/20/1820 Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture)
    04/20/1821 Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67
    04/20/1836 Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/field marshal, dies at 75 04/20/1839 Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, die
    04/20/1869 Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72
    04/20/1869 Piotr Studzinski, composer, dies at 42
    04/20/1872 Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 04/20/1899 Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/comedian (voice où), dies at 64 04/20/1900 Mebel Mercer, popular singer of England
    04/20/1906 Australian wombat, dies in London Zoo at 26; oldest known marsupial 04/20/1912 Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies 04/20/1935 Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter, dies at 92
    04/20/1941 Barend de Her, Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at 49
    04/20/1947 Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47), dies
    04/20/1956 Jaap Vranken, organist/composer (Stabat mater), dies
    04/20/1956 Lieven Duvosel, composer, dies at 78
    04/20/1962 Arthur Harmat, composer, dies at 77
    04/20/1962 Jesse G Vincent, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine, dies at 82 04/20/1965 Richard Wessell, actor (Carney-Riverboat), dies at 54
    04/20/1968 Marion Weeks, entertainer, dies
    04/20/1971 Cecil Parker, actor (Court Jester, Operation Snafu), dies at 73 04/20/1973 Robert Armstrong, actor (Fall Guy, Exposed), dies at 82
    04/20/1974 Agnes Moorehead, actress (Endora-Bewitched), dies at 67
    04/20/1974 Mohammed Ayub Khan, premier/president (Pakistan), dies
    04/20/1977 Bryan Foy, director/writer, dies
    04/20/1979 Peter Donald, host (Masquerade Party), dies at 60
    04/20/1982 Archibald MacLeish, US, lawyer/writer (Conquistador), dies at 89 04/20/1982 Mimi Boesnach, actress (The wedding of Kloris & Roses), dies at 82 04/20/1984 Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84 04/20/1987 Antony Tudor, dancer/choreographer (Amer Ballet Theater) dies at 78 04/20/1991 Don[ald] Siegel, US director (Coogan's bluff/Dirty Harry), dies 04/20/1991 Jumjaagiyn Tsedenbal, Mongolian politcian, dies
    04/20/1991 Sean O'Faolain, [John Whelan], Irish writer (Nest of Simple), dies 04/20/1991 Steve Marriott, England, rocker (Humble Pie/All or nothing), dies 04/20/1992 Benny Hill, comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67
    04/20/1992 Johnny Shines, Delta blues singer/guitarist, dies at 76
    04/20/1993 Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexican actor (Pepe), dies at 81 04/20/1994 Jean Carmet, French actor (Merci la vie, Le sucre), dies at 72


    Significant Events:

    04/20/ 295 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
    04/20/ 850 Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne
    04/20/1139 2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 04/20/1505 Jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg 04/20/1770 Capt Cook arrives in New South Wales
    04/20/1775 British begin siege of Boston
    04/20/1777 New York adopts new constitution as an independent state
    04/20/1792 France declares war on Austria, Prussia & Sardinia
    04/20/1799 Napoleon issues a decree calling for establishing Jerusalem for Jews
    04/20/1809 Napolean I defeats Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria 04/20/1836 Territory of Wisconsin created
    04/20/1841 1st detective story (Poe's 'Murders in Rue Morgue') published 04/20/1853 Harriet Tubman starts Underground Railroad
    04/20/1861 Battle of Norfolk, VA
    04/20/1861 Robert E Lee resigns from Union army
    04/20/1871 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus) 04/20/1872 SF Bar Association organized
    04/20/1879 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus
    04/20/1884 Pope Leo XIII encyclical 'On Freemasonry'
    04/20/1888 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India
    04/20/1894 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase
    04/20/1898 US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens
    04/20/1902 Marie & Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium
    04/20/1903 R S Dugan discovers asteroid #508 Princetonia
    04/20/1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St Louis
    04/20/1904 M Wolf discovers asteroid #532 Herculina
    04/20/1910 Cleve Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0 04/20/1910 Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km 04/20/1912 Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7-6 in 11 04/20/1912 Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens
    04/20/1914 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colo
    04/20/1914 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #786 Bredichina
    04/20/1914 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #787 Moskva
    04/20/1916 German-British sea battle off Belgian coast
    04/20/1916 Wrigley Field in Chicago opens
    04/20/1917 Pravda (Lenin names Russia 'Free land of world')
    04/20/1919 Polish Army captures Vilno, Lithuania from Soviet Army
    04/20/1920 7th modern Olympic games opens in Antwerp Belgium
    04/20/1920 Balfour Declaration recognized, makes Palestine a British Mandate 04/20/1920 Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio
    04/20/1920 Tornadoes kill 219 in Alabama & Mississippi
    04/20/1926 1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across Atlantic 04/20/1931 British House of Commons agrees for sports play on Sunday 04/20/1934 Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector Prussian secret state police 04/20/1935 'You're Hit Parade' begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly) 04/20/1936 Jews repell an Arab attack in Petach Tikvah Palestine
    04/20/1939 New York World's Fair opens
    04/20/1939 Ted Williams' 1st hit (off of Yankee Red Ruffing) a double 04/20/1940 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa 04/20/1941 100 German bombers attack Athens
    04/20/1942 German occupiers forbids Dutch access to their beach
    04/20/1942 Heavy German assault on Malta
    04/20/1944 Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter John Postma sentence to dea
    04/20/1944 NFL leagalizes coaching from bench
    04/20/1945 German occupiers flood Beemster & Fencer
    04/20/1945 Soviet troops enter Berlin
    04/20/1945 US 7th army captured German city of Nuremberg
    04/20/1945 US forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa
    04/20/1946 1st baseball broadcast in Chicago, Cards vs Cubs
    04/20/1948 Walter P Reuther UAW pres shot & wounded at his home in Detroit 04/20/1949 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 1st race, in Albany, California 04/20/1950 Balt's Memorial Stadium opens - Orioles of International League 04/20/1950 R C Cameron discovers asteroid #1575 Winifred
    04/20/1951 Velsen city council demands investigation of police collaborators 04/20/1957 John Kelley, 1st American since 1945, wins Boston Marathon 04/20/1957 Yankee Bill Skowron becomes 3rd player to hit a ball out of Fenway 04/20/1958 Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM
    04/20/1958 Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 04/20/1958 Morocco demands departure of Spanish troops
    04/20/1961 American Harold Graham makes 1st rocket belt flight
    04/20/1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 m 04/20/1962 New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move Nort
    04/20/1962 OAS-leader ex-general Salan arrested in Algiers
    04/20/1964 86% of black students boycott Cleveland schools
    04/20/1965 People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid 04/20/1966 WDCA TV channel 20 in Washington, DC (IND) begins broadcasting 04/20/1967 French author Régis Debray caught in Bolivia
    04/20/1967 NY Met Tom Seavers 1st victory, beating Cubs, 6-1
    04/20/1967 US Surveyor 3 lands on Moon
    04/20/1967 US planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War
    04/20/1968 Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM
    04/20/1968 S Afr Boeing 707 crashes at Windhoek, 122 killed
    04/20/1970 Bruno Kreisky becomes 1st socialistic chancellor of Austria 04/20/1970 Ron Hill's 2:10:30 at Boston, sets new US marathon record 04/20/1971 Barbra Striesand records 'We've Only Just Begun'
    04/20/1971 US Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregati
    04/20/1972 Apollo 16's Young & Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2 04/20/1973 Canadian ANIK A2 becomes 1st commercial satellite in orbit 04/20/1974 Paul McCartney releases 'Band on the Run'
    04/20/1975 Penguins 1-Isles 3-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-1 lead
    04/20/1976 George Harrison sings lumberjack song with Monty Python
    04/20/1977 A R Klemola discovers asteroid #2261
    04/20/1977 Supreme Court rules 'Live Free or Die' may be covered on NH licenses
    04/20/1977 Woody Allen's film 'Annie Hall' premieres
    04/20/1978 Korean Airlines flight 007 shot down by Soviets in Russian airspace 04/20/1980 Cubans begin to arrive in US from Mariel boatlift
    04/20/1981 Final performance of TV show 'Soap' airs
    04/20/1981 Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession
    04/20/1983 Pres Reagan signs a $165B bail out for Social Security
    04/20/1983 Rangers 2-Isles 7-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 3-2 lead
    04/20/1983 Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock 04/20/1984 Russian offensive in Panshirvallei Afghanistan
    04/20/1985 Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12)
    04/20/1985 Karyn Marshall of NYC lifted 303 lbs in a clean & jerk lift 04/20/1986 Michael Johnson sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game 04/20/1986 Vladimir Horowitz performs in his Russian homeland
    04/20/1987 Sri Lanka: Tamils shoot 122 Singalezen dead
    04/20/1987 Toshihko Seko & Rosa Mota win Boston Marathon
    04/20/1987 US deports Karl Linnas, charged with nazi war crimes, to USSR 04/20/1988 Balt Orioles worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21) 04/20/1988 NJ Devils 1st playoff hat trick-Eric Broten
    04/20/1988 US accuses Renamo of killing 100,000 Mozambiquians
    04/20/1988 Yanks HR 9,999 (D Winfield) 10,000 (C Washington) 10,001 (J Clarke) 04/20/1990 Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income
    04/20/1991 1st non stop flight Schiphol-Flamingo airport Bonaire
    04/20/1991 Raghib 'Rocket' Ismael signs with Toronto Argonauts for $26.2 millio
    04/20/1992 100th episode of 'Murphy Brown' airs
    04/20/1992 All star concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadiu
    04/20/1992 Expo '92 opens in Seville Spain
    04/20/1992 Madonna signs $60-million deal with Time Warner
    04/20/1992 Queen's concert at Wembley stadium
    04/20/1993 Uranus passes Neptune (once every 171 years)
    04/20/1994 Serbian army bombs hospital in Goradze Bosnia, 47 killed

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed Apr 21 00:05:14 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/21/1546 Arcangelo Crivelli, composer
    04/21/1619 John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) 04/21/1672 Johann Philipp Kafer, composer
    04/21/1713 Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France
    04/21/1729 Catharina II, the Great, writer/emperess of Russia (1762-96) 04/21/1730 Antonin Kammel, composer
    04/21/1749 Johann Michael Malzat, composer
    04/21/1774 Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist) 04/21/1775 Alexander Anderson, US, engraver/illustrator (Shakespeare) 04/21/1779 William Knyvett, composer
    04/21/1782 Friedrich W A Fröbel, German educator (founded kindergarten) 04/21/1795 Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint
    04/21/1803 Levin Minn Powell, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885
    04/21/1806 Peter van Schendel, painter
    04/21/1809 Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secy State (Confederacy) 04/21/1814 Beni Egressy, composer
    04/21/1816 Charlotte Brontë, Tornton England, novelist (Jane Eyre)
    04/21/1816 Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Confederate Army, died in 1874
    04/21/1824 Anselmo Clave, composer
    04/21/1828 Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian (Voyage & Italy) 04/21/1834 William Rufus Terrill, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
    04/21/1837 Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908) 04/21/1838 John Muir, US, naturalist, discovered glaciers in High Seirras 04/21/1840 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis) 04/21/1849 Oskar Hertwig, Germany, embryologist, discovered fertilization 04/21/1853 Charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer
    04/21/1854 Eusapia Palladino
    04/21/1854 Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer
    04/21/1864 Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian (Ancient Judaism) 04/21/1867 Benjamin A Jesurun, Antillian literary
    04/21/1871 Leo Blech, composer
    04/21/1871 Vojtech Rihovsky, composer
    04/21/1878 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist
    04/21/1886 Charlie Naughton, (Frozen Limits)
    04/21/1887 Lillian Walker, entertainer
    04/21/1889 Efrem Alexandrovich Zimbalist, composer
    04/21/1892 Jaroslav Kvapil, composer
    04/21/1896 Attila Hörbiger, Austrian actor (Die Grosse Liebe, Die Julika) 04/21/1896 Henry M de Montherlant, French stage author (La Reine Morte) 04/21/1898 Steve Owen, NFL tackle, coach (NY Giants)
    04/21/1899 Clement D'Hooghe, composer
    04/21/1899 Randall Thompson, NYC, composer (Trip to Nahant)
    04/21/1901 Julian Bautista, composer
    04/21/1903 Hans Hedtoft, premier Denmark
    04/21/1904 Gÿsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67)
    04/21/1904 Jean Hélion, artist/author (They Shall Not Have Me)
    04/21/1905 Edmund G 'Pat' Brown, (Gov-D-Calif)
    04/21/1907 Antoni Szalowski, composer
    04/21/1907 Beatrice Kay, NYC, singer/actress (Sister Sue-Calvin & Col) 04/21/1908 Louis Hostin, France, Light Heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1932, 36) 04/21/1909 Rollo May, US, psychologist (Love & Will)
    04/21/1911 Leonard Warren, NYC, baritone (Met 1939-60) died on stage 04/21/1912 Feike P Asma, organist
    04/21/1912 Marcel Camus, French director (Orfeu negro)
    04/21/1912 Nell [Petronella GS] Koppen, actress (Kniertje in on hoop of zegen) 04/21/1913 Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor (isolated growth hormones) 04/21/1913 Kai-Uwe von Hassel, German politician
    04/21/1913 Norman Parkinson, England, fashion photographer (Harper's Bazaar) 04/21/1915 Andor Kovach, composer
    04/21/1915 Anthony Quinn, México, actor (Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia) 04/21/1915 Frick, [W Groebli], Swiss clown (Frick & Frack
    04/21/1916 Sidney Clute, Brooklyn NY, actor (Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey) 04/21/1917 Emanuel Vardi, Jerusalem Israel, violist (SD Symph 1978-82) 04/21/1919 Franc [Franklin E] Essed, Suriname agricultural eng (Oper Grasshoppe
    04/21/1920 Bruno Maderna, Venice Italy, conductor/composer (Hyperion) 04/21/1920 Christopher Dark, actor (Suddenly, Tenderfoot)
    04/21/1923 Andrea Domburg, actress (Theo d'Or Prize, Keetje Tippel)
    04/21/1924 Daniel Melnick, NYC, producer (Get Smart)
    04/21/1924 Ira Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer (Louvin Brothers) 04/21/1926 Elizabeth, Alexandra Mary Windsor II, Queen of England (1952- ) 04/21/1927 Robert Brustein, NYC, dean (Yale School of Drama)
    04/21/1930 Margaret Rose, London England, Princess of York
    04/21/1930 Silvana Mangano, Italy, actress (Death in Venice, Barabbas) 04/21/1932 Elaine May, Phila Pa, comedienne/writer/actress (New Leaf) 04/21/1933 Easley Blackwood, Indianapolis In, composer (Un Voyage á Cythere) 04/21/1935 Charles Grodin, actor (Woman in Red, Lonely Guy, Heartbreak Kid) 04/21/1935 Robin Dixon, England, 2 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1960)
    04/21/1936 Anthony Joseph Gnazzo, composer
    04/21/1936 Bob Cleary, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
    04/21/1937 Charles Lee Herron, Ky, FBI most wanted fugitive (Jan 1 1986) 04/21/1939 John McCabe, composer
    04/21/1941 David L Boren, (Sen-D Oklahoma)
    04/21/1942 Bobby McClure, US gospel singer (Don't Mess Up a Good Thing) 04/21/1947 Iggy Pop, [James Osterberg], Mich, rocker (Zombie Birdhouse) 04/21/1947 John Weider, bassist (Family-Family Entertainment)
    04/21/1948 Gary A Condit, (Rep-D-California)
    04/21/1948 Paul Davis, Meridian Mi, country/rock vocalist (I Go Crazy) 04/21/1949 Patti LuPone, Northport NY, actress/singer (Evita, Life Goes On) 04/21/1951 Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveikin, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-2) 04/21/1951 Paul Carrack, rocker (Squeeze/Ace-How Long)
    04/21/1951 Tony Danza, Brooklyn, (Tony Banta-Taxi, Tony Micelli-Who's the Boss)
    04/21/1956 Rick DeMont, US, 400m swimmer, drug disqualification (1972 Olympics)
    04/21/1957 Jesse Orosoco, baseball relief pitcher (NY Mets, LA Dodgers) 04/21/1958 Andie MacDowell, [Rosalie Anderson], Gaffney SC, actress (Green Card
    04/21/1959 Robert Smith, rock guitarist/vocalist (Cure-Hell's Kitchen) 04/21/1960 Julius Korir, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-gold-1984) 04/21/1962 Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin, Russia, major/cosmonaut
    04/21/1963 John Cameron Mitchell, actor (Misplaced, Band of the Hand) 04/21/1965 Karen Foster, Lufkin Tx, playmate (Oct, 1989)
    04/21/1971 Samantha Druce, youngest woman to swim English Channel
    04/21/1978 Avi Phillips, Ontario, actor (Maniac Mansion)
    04/21/1984 Ashley Peldon, Staten Is NY, actress (Marsha Lewis-Guilding Light)


    Deaths:

    04/21/1073 Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies
    04/21/1109 Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies
    04/21/1142 Pierre Abélard, French philosopher (Sic et Nun, Héloïse), dies at 62
    04/21/1509 Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies
    04/21/1574 Cosimo d' Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54 04/21/1652 Pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66
    04/21/1696 Andres de Sola, composer, dies at 61
    04/21/1730 John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79 04/21/1736 French E van Savoye, Austria army commander, dies at 72
    04/21/1780 Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60
    04/21/1878 Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62
    04/21/1898 Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78
    04/21/1899 Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80 04/21/1900 Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55
    04/21/1910 Mark Twain, [Samuel Langhorne Clemens], author, dies in Redding Conn
    04/21/1918 'Red Baron', [Manfred von Richtofen], killed in WW I
    04/21/1924 Eleanora Duse, Italian actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies 04/21/1930 Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, actress (Mother), dies
    04/21/1930 Robert S Bridges, poet laureate (Testament of beauty), dies at 85 04/21/1938 Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch east indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, die
    04/21/1939 Herman Finck, composer, dies at 66
    04/21/1946 John M Keynes, English economist (How to pay for the war?, dies 04/21/1948 Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66
    04/21/1952 Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61 04/21/1961 James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57
    04/21/1962 Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), die
    04/21/1967 André L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77
    04/21/1968 Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69
    04/21/1968 Toby Halicki, car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt 04/21/1971 Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81
    04/21/1971 François 'Doc' Duvalier, dictator Haïti, dies at 64
    04/21/1973 Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66 04/21/1975 Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70
    04/21/1977 Gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84 04/21/1982 Joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 8
    04/21/1983 Walter Slezak, actor (Lifeboat), commits suicide at his NY home at 8
    04/21/1985 Rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62
    04/21/1985 Tancredo Neves, President (Civil rights activist), dies at 75 04/21/1987 Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77
    04/21/1989 James Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64 04/21/1990 Erté, art deco stylist, dies at 97
    04/21/1990 Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games
    04/21/1991 Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74
    04/21/1991 Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies 04/21/1992 Robert Harris, executed in Calif's gas chamber, at 39
    04/21/1992 Vladimir Romanov, pretender to Russian throne, dies at 74 04/21/1993 Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82


    Significant Events:

    04/21/ 753 -BC- Traditional date of foundation of Rome
    04/21/ 953 Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights
    04/21/1420 Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike
    04/21/1453 Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople 04/21/1600 1st date in James Clavell's novel Shogun (OS)
    04/21/1649 Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship 04/21/1689 William III & Mary Stuart proclaimed king & queen of England 04/21/1789 John Adams sworn in as 1st US VP (9 days before Washington) 04/21/1828 Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary
    04/21/1836 Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from México 04/21/1855 1st train crosses Miss River's 1st bridge, Rock Is Ill-Davenport Ia 04/21/1856 1st railroad bridge across Mississippi completed
    04/21/1857 A Douglas patents bustle
    04/21/1862 Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Co
    04/21/1863 Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Feast of Ridván (Jalâl 13, 20) 04/21/1865 Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington
    04/21/1874 J Palisa discovers asteroid #137 Meliboea
    04/21/1876 Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #162 Laurentia
    04/21/1878 Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia
    04/21/1892 1st buffalo born in Golden Gate Park
    04/21/1892 Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St Louis Mo 04/21/1898 Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat 04/21/1898 Spanish-American War begins
    04/21/1901 L Carnera discovers asteroid #470 Kilia
    04/21/1908 Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (He didn't)
    04/21/1910 Cleve Indians play 1st game at League Park, lose to Tigers 5-0 04/21/1913 German passenger ship Imperator runs aground
    04/21/1914 US marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months
    04/21/1921 Ottawa Senators beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 04/21/1925 Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR
    04/21/1930 Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322
    04/21/1933 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1264 Letaba
    04/21/1935 King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political Party
    04/21/1939 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1505 Koranna
    04/21/1940 1st $64 Question, 'Take It or Leave It', on CBS Radio
    04/21/1940 Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer
    04/21/1941 Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany
    04/21/1944 NFL Chic Cardinals & Pitts Steelers merge (disolves on Dec 3) 04/21/1945 He Shima in. Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die
    04/21/1945 Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin
    04/21/1946 SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany 04/21/1948 Baltimore beats Philadelphia, 4 games to 1, for NBA championship 04/21/1951 Rochester beats New York, 4 games to 3, for NBA championship 04/21/1951 Tor Maple Leafs beat Mont Canadiens 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 04/21/1952 BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route) 04/21/1954 Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of USSR
    04/21/1954 USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
    04/21/1955 Bkln Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season 04/21/1955 Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die
    04/21/1959 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod 04/21/1959 Alf Dean using a rod & reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10' white shark 04/21/1960 Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil
    04/21/1961 Dirk U Suffocated chosen as sec-gen of NATO
    04/21/1961 French army revolts in Algeria
    04/21/1961 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,000 m
    04/21/1962 Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington
    04/21/1963 Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time
    04/21/1964 Pirates & Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5
    04/21/1965 New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd & final season
    04/21/1966 Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica 04/21/1967 Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games) 04/21/1967 EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in Netherlands
    04/21/1967 Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier 04/21/1967 Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC 04/21/1969 Record 1,152 starters compete in Boston Marathon
    04/21/1972 John Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)
    04/21/1972 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched 04/21/1975 Bill Rodgers wins his 1st Boston Marathon in 2:9:55
    04/21/1975 Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years
    04/21/1976 Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing
    04/21/1977 Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6 04/21/1977 Broadway play 'Annie' opens, 1st of 2,377 performances
    04/21/1977 Zia ur-Rahman appointed president of Bangladesh
    04/21/1981 US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
    04/21/1982 Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game
    04/21/1982 Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses US Congress
    04/21/1982 M Watt discovers asteroid #2991
    04/21/1983 Soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?]
    04/21/1983 £1 coin introduced in United Kingdom
    04/21/1984 'Nightline' reverts back from 1 hour to ½ hour
    04/21/1984 After 37 weeks, 'Thriller' is knocked off as top album by 'Footloose
    04/21/1984 Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph 04/21/1985 Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels
    04/21/1985 Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
    04/21/1985 Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06 04/21/1986 Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz) 04/21/1986 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing 04/21/1987 Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season 04/21/1987 Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed
    04/21/1988 Barbra Striesand records 'You'll Never Know'
    04/21/1989 George W Bush & Edward W Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers 04/21/1990 'Cartoon All Stars to Rescue' shown on all 4 TV networks
    04/21/1990 National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards 04/21/1992 'High Rollers' opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway
    04/21/1992 Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill 04/21/1993 Brazil votes against a monarchy
    04/21/1993 Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria 04/21/1994 Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/22/1357 Johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433)
    04/22/1451 Isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columb
    04/22/1610 Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italy, lawyer/Pope (1689-91) 04/22/1640 Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun
    04/22/1658 Giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer (Concert Grossi op 8)
    04/22/1682 Willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter 04/22/1690 John Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42) 04/22/1707 Henry Fielding, England, novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones) 04/22/1724 Immanuel Kant, Germany, philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason) 04/22/1766 Madame de Staël, Swiss-French belle-lettrist (An Extraordinary Woman
    04/22/1773 Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader
    04/22/1775 Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen) 04/22/1781 Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer
    04/22/1799 Jean Poiseuille, physician/physiologist (blood pressure)
    04/22/1818 Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Major General (Union volunteers) 04/22/1823 Alfred Gibbs, Major General (Union Army), died in 1868
    04/22/1827 William Hopkins Morris, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 19
    04/22/1828 Guilherme Antonio Cossoul, composer
    04/22/1831 Alexander McDowell McCook, Major General (Union volunteers) 04/22/1832 Julius Sterling Morton, Nebraska, (Gov-Neb), started Arbor Day 04/22/1839 August W Eichler, German botanist
    04/22/1853 Alphonse Bertillon, France, anthropologist, devised crime ID system 04/22/1854 Henri-Marie Lafontaine, Belgium, international lawyer (Nobel 1913) 04/22/1858 Ethel Mary Smyth, composer
    04/22/1863 Cornelis A J van Dishoeck, publisher
    04/22/1866 Hans von Seeckt, German general (Future of the Reich)
    04/22/1868 Jose Vianna da Motta, composer
    04/22/1870 Nikolai Lenin, [Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov], Bolshevik/USSR revolutionis
    04/22/1873 Ellen Anderson Glasgow, US, novelist (Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942) 04/22/1876 O E Rölvaag, Norwegian-American novelist (Giants in the Earth) 04/22/1876 Robert Bárány, Sweden, otologist, vestibular expert (Nobel 1914) 04/22/1878 Kitty Gordon, entertainer
    04/22/1884 Armas Emmanuel Launis, composer
    04/22/1884 John van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Dies Sept 3, 1992) 04/22/1884 Otto Rank [Rosenfeld], Austria psychoanalysis (Künstler)
    04/22/1891 Belle Bennett, actress (Way of All Flesh, Stella Dallas, Iron Mask) 04/22/1891 Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev, composer
    04/22/1892 Nikolai Obouhov, composer
    04/22/1899 Martyn Green, actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Mikado, Iceman Cometh) 04/22/1902 Megan Lloyd George, English politician
    04/22/1904 J[ulius] Robert Oppenheimer, head of Manhattan (A-bomb) Project 04/22/1904 Robert J Oppenheimer, US nuclear physics/director (Los Alamos) 04/22/1906 Eric William Fenby, composer/president (Delius Society)
    04/22/1908 Eddie Albert, [Heimberger], Rock Island Il, actor (Oliver-Green Acre
    04/22/1909 Ralph Byrd, Dayton Ohio, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show)
    04/22/1910 Eric Scowen, physician
    04/22/1910 R J Ritchie, tennis player
    04/22/1912 Gavalda Miguel Querol, composer
    04/22/1912 Kathleen Mary Ferrier, England, contralto (Orfeo Ed Evridice) 04/22/1914 Charles Hubert Sisson, author/poet (Christopher Homm)
    04/22/1914 Jan de Hartog, Dutch/English writer (Holland's Glory)
    04/22/1915 Dick Dudley, Tenn, TV host (Village Barn)
    04/22/1915 Lord Airedale, British social democrat
    04/22/1916 Earl of Oxford & Asquith, governor (Seychelles)
    04/22/1916 Yehudi Menuhin, NYC, violinist/conductor (Bartok's Sonata) 04/22/1917 Leo Abse, biographer/MP
    04/22/1917 Mile Yvette Chauviré, ballerina assoluta
    04/22/1917 Sidney Nolan, Australia, painter/illustrator (Ned Kelly)
    04/22/1918 Robert Wadlow, Alton Ill, world's tallest man (8'11.1')
    04/22/1919 Donald Cram, US, biochemist (Nobel 1987)
    04/22/1920 Hal March, SF Calif, actor/TV host ($64,000 Question, Outrage) 04/22/1922 Charles Mingus, Arizona, jazz bassist (Pithecanthropus Erectus) 04/22/1922 Lou Stein, Phila Pa, pianist (Tonight! America After Dark) 04/22/1922 Richard C Diebenkorn Jr, US, painter (Ocean Park Paintings) 04/22/1923 Betty Page, Kingsport Tn, playmate (Jan, 1955)/model (Dark Angel) 04/22/1923 Hugh Lloyd, actor (Punch & Judy Man, Dunroamin' Rising)
    04/22/1923 Paula Fox, US children's books author (Poor George)
    04/22/1923 Peter Bowring, CEO (C T Bowring)
    04/22/1925 George Cole, actor (Minder, Vampire Lovers, Gone in 60 Seconds) 04/22/1926 Bob Flannigan, Greencastle Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
    04/22/1926 Charlotte Rae, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (Edna-Facts of Life) 04/22/1927 Pascal Bentoiu, composer
    04/22/1928 Aaron Spelling, TV executive producer (Charlie's Angels)
    04/22/1929 Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist
    04/22/1929 Michael Atiyah, educator (Trinity College - Cambridge England) 04/22/1929 Robert Wade-Gery, diplomat/exec director (Barclays de Zoete Wedd) 04/22/1931 Henk Gortzak, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CPN/PSP)
    04/22/1931 Robert Dickson, Canada, ice hockey player (1948)
    04/22/1931 Ronald Hynd, British choreographer
    04/22/1931 Siem Devout, actor
    04/22/1932 Michael Colgrass, Chicago Illinois, composer (Best Wishes) 04/22/1933 John A Llewellyn, Cardiff Wales, astronaut
    04/22/1933 Robin Hutton, merchant banker
    04/22/1934 Nico Ladenis, restauranteur
    04/22/1934 Viscount Portman
    04/22/1935 Christopher Ball, linguist/warden (Keble College-Oxford)
    04/22/1935 Glen Campbell, Delight Ark, actor/singer (Time I Get to Phoenix) 04/22/1937 Bobbi Fiedler, (Rep-R-CA, 1981- )
    04/22/1937 David Summerscale, head master (Westminster School England) 04/22/1937 Jack Nicholson, NJ, actor (One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest, Shining) 04/22/1937 Kenneth Palmer, cricket umpire
    04/22/1938 Alan Bond, tycoon/yachtsman
    04/22/1939 Jason Miller, actor/writer (Exorcist, Light of Day)
    04/22/1944 Joshua Rifkin, composer
    04/22/1945 Alan Dukes, Irish leader (Fine Gael)
    04/22/1945 Donald Graham, US businessman(?)
    04/22/1945 Gielÿn Escher, Dutch postage stamp artist
    04/22/1945 Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage 04/22/1946 Archy Kirkwood, MP (L-D)
    04/22/1946 Dectuplets, Bacacay Brazil, 8 males & 2 females
    04/22/1947 Barry Guy, composer
    04/22/1948 Carole Drinkwater, actress (Father, Haunted School)
    04/22/1949 Spencer Haywood, Silver City Ms, NBAer (Oly-gold-1968, Knicks) 04/22/1950 Lewis Biggs, curator (Tate Gallery-North Liverpool)
    04/22/1950 Peter Frampton, rock guitarist/vocalist (Frampton Comes Alive) 04/22/1952 Tamara Sergeyevna Zakharova, cosmonaut
    04/22/1954 Joseph Bottoms, Santa Barbara Cal, actor (Surfacing, Blind Date) 04/22/1955 Arthur Baker, rock producer (Afrika Banbaataa-Planet Rock) 04/22/1956 Catherine Mary Stewart, actress (Passion & Paradise, Riding the Edge
    04/22/1957 Ethel White, WBL guard (NY Stars)
    04/22/1960 Lloyd Honeyghan, welterweight boxing champ
    04/22/1961 Byron Allen, LA Calif, comedian (Real People, Byron Allen Show) 04/22/1961 Jeff Hostetler, NFL QB (NY Giants, 1990 Superbowl)
    04/22/1962 Michael Damien, actor (Young & Restless)
    04/22/1964 Chris Makepeace, actor (Vamp, My Bodyguard, Meatballs, Oasis) 04/22/1967 Sheryl Lee, actress (Love Lies & Murder)
    04/22/1968 Vernell Coles, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1988)
    04/22/1969 Craig Logan, Scotland, rock bassist (Bros Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey
    04/22/197- Scott Nemes, actor (Grant Schumacker-It's Garry Shandling) 04/22/1972 Anna Falchi, Tampera Finland, actress (La Dolce Vita '90) 04/22/1980 Aaron Metchnik, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Stephen-Torkelsons) 04/22/1985 Lauri Hendler, Ft Belvoir Va, actress (Julie-Gimme a Break)


    Deaths:

    04/22/ 536 Agapitus I, Italian Pope (535-36), dies
    04/22/1253 Elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39), dies at about 53 04/22/1355 Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II, dies at 36 04/22/1462 Gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies 04/22/1648 Catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem, dies at 69 04/22/1662 John Tradescant, gardener, dies
    04/22/1699 Hans A Freiherr von Abschatz, poet, dies
    04/22/1776 Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67 04/22/1778 James Hargreaves, inventor (spinning jenny), dies
    04/22/1782 Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66
    04/22/1788 Zacharias H Alewijn, poet, dies at 46
    04/22/1827 Thomas Rowlandson, cartoonist, dies
    04/22/1830 Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary, dies at 69
    04/22/1833 Richard Trevithick, inventor (steam locomotive), dies at 62 04/22/1844 Henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76
    04/22/1864 Joseph Gilbert Totten, US Union general-major, dies at 76 04/22/1878 Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhÿn-N], writer, dies
    04/22/1883 Octave Fouque, composer, dies at 38
    04/22/1892 Edouard Lalo, composer, dies at 69
    04/22/1901 William Stubbs, historian/bishop, dies
    04/22/1908 Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British premier (1905-08), dies 04/22/1925 Andre Caplet, composer, dies at 46
    04/22/1929 Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer, dies at 86
    04/22/1930 Jeppe Aakjær, Danish journalist/author/poet (Rugens sange), dies at
    04/22/1933 Frederick Henry Royce, motorcar pioneer, dies
    04/22/1944 Mezio Agostini, composer, dies at 68
    04/22/1946 Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 7
    04/22/1946 Lionel Atwill, actor (Capt Blood, Great Waltz), dies at 61 04/22/1950 Charles H Houston, architect of NAACP legal campaign, dies at 54 04/22/1951 Stanley Ridges, actor (possessed, Sgt York, Mr Ace), dies 04/22/1957 I Roy D Campbell, British writer (Garcia Lorca), dies at 54 04/22/1957 Ignatius Roy Dunnachie Campbell, poet, dies
    04/22/1962 Solomon Pimsleur, composer, dies at 61
    04/22/1962 Vera Reynolds, actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at 62 04/22/1967 Tom Conway, actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), dies at 62 04/22/1975 Mary Philips, actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at 75
    04/22/1976 Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer, dies at 79
    04/22/1977 Charles Sanford, orch leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71 04/22/1978 Will Geer, actor (Grandpa Walton-Waltons), dies at 75
    04/22/1980 Jane Froman, singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at 72 04/22/1981 Brailsford Reese Brazeal, dean (Morehouse College), dies at 76 04/22/1982 Melville Bell Grosvenor, pres (Natl Geographic Society), dies at 80 04/22/1983 Earl 'Fatha' Hines, US, jazz pianist/conductor, dies
    04/22/1983 Walter Slezak, actor (Lifeboat, Spy Hunt, Black Beauty), dies at 80 04/22/1984 Ansel Adams, US photographer, dies at 82
    04/22/1988 Irene Rich, US actress (Beau Brumell, Champ), dies at 96
    04/22/1989 Huey Newton, US, Black Panther leader, shot dead at 47
    04/22/1990 Bertil Unger, actor, dies
    04/22/1992 Billy Wayne White, murderer, executed in Texas, at 34
    04/22/1992 Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st Chamber member (CPN), dies 04/22/1992 Youcca Troubatzkoy, actress (Flower of the Night), dies
    04/22/1993 Andries Treurnicht, founder S Afr Conservative Party, dies at 72 04/22/1993 Cesar Chavez, US farm worker (United Farm Workers), dies at 66 04/22/1993 Mark Koenig, baseball shortstop (NY Yankees), dies at 88
    04/22/1994 D Nauta, theologist/church historian/lawyer, dies at 96
    04/22/1994 Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President (1969-75), dies at 81 of strok


    Significant Events:

    04/22/ 296 St Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    04/22/ 536 St Agapitus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    04/22/ 687 -BC- Chinese record a meteor shower in Lyra
    04/22/1073 Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII 04/22/1145 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
    04/22/1164 Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III 04/22/1370 Bastille begins being built in Paris
    04/22/1500 Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil & claims it for Portugal 04/22/1509 Henry VIII ascended to throne of England
    04/22/1526 1st slave revolt occurs in SC
    04/22/1529 Spain & Portugal divide eastern hemisphere in Treaty of Saragosa 04/22/1662 Royal Society incorporates
    04/22/1674 Netherlands & Münster sign peace treaty
    04/22/1676 Battle of Etna (Ned/Spain-France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded 04/22/1769 Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's 'official' mistress 04/22/1796 Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi
    04/22/1809 Battle at Eckmühl - Napoleon beats Austria arch duke Karl 04/22/1817 Curaçao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight 04/22/1823 Baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London
    04/22/1838 English steamship 'Sirius' docks in NYC after Atlantic crossing 04/22/1861 Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia forces
    04/22/1864 US mints 2¢ coin (1st appearance of 'In God We Trust')
    04/22/1876 1st NL game, Boston Braves beat Phila Athletics 6-5
    04/22/1884 Thomas Stevens starts 1st bike trip around world (2 yrs 9 mos) 04/22/1889 Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were 'sooner' 04/22/1897 NYC Jewish newspaper 'Forward' begins publishing (stiil active) 04/22/1898 1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship 04/22/1898 Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0
    04/22/1898 Cincinnati Red Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pirates 11-0 04/22/1898 US gunboat Nashville defeats Spanish ship Buena Ventura
    04/22/1898 US president Mckinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors
    04/22/1903 American Power Boat Association forms
    04/22/1903 NY Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game, Senators win 3-1 before 11,950 04/22/1905 Operations beginn uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam 04/22/1906 10th anniversay Olympic games open at Athens, Greece
    04/22/1909 A Kopff discovers asteroid #680 Genoveva
    04/22/1911 H E Wood discovers asteroid #715 Transvaalia
    04/22/1913 Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania
    04/22/1914 Mexico ends diplomatic relations with US
    04/22/1915 1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WW I 04/22/1915 2nd Battle of Ypres begins
    04/22/1915 Yankees don pinstripes & hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time 04/22/1922 South Ossetian Autonomous Region established in Georgian SSR 04/22/1924 Hague Chambers of Commerce forms
    04/22/1925 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1042 Amazone & #1043 Beate 04/22/1926 Persia, Turkey & Afghanistan sign treaties of security
    04/22/1927 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1209 Pumma
    04/22/1930 H Van Gent discovers asteroid #1226 Golia
    04/22/1930 US, Britain & Japan agree to reduce naval forces
    04/22/1931 Egypt & Iraq sign peace treaty
    04/22/1933 Dutch govt forbids leftwing radio address
    04/22/1937 NYC college students stage 4th annual peace strike
    04/22/1941 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1567 Alikoski
    04/22/1943 RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea 04/22/1944 Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea
    04/22/1944 Hitler & Mussolini meet at Salzburg
    04/22/1945 Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen liberated
    04/22/1945 Toronto Maple Leafs beat Det Red Wings 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup 04/22/1946 SED, Sozialistic Einheitspartei Deutschlands, party forms 04/22/1947 Philadelphia beats Chicago, 4 games to 2, for 1st NBA championship 04/22/1948 WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting 04/22/1951 Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in NYC
    04/22/1952 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nevada
    04/22/1954 Achiel of Acker forms Belgian govt
    04/22/1954 NBA adopts 24-second shot clock & 6 team-foul rule
    04/22/1954 Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began
    04/22/1954 USSR joins UNESCO
    04/22/1955 Congress orders all US coins bear motto 'In God We Trust' 04/22/1955 KC Athletic's 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2
    04/22/1961 Uprising of French parachutist of Gen Salan/Challe in Algeria 04/22/1962 Tor Maple Leafs beat Black Hawks 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 04/22/1964 Tanganyika & Zanzibar form republic Tanzania
    04/22/1964 World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, NY) opens
    04/22/1966 Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating NY Mets 8-4
    04/22/1967 Martial Law goes into effect in Greece
    04/22/1969 Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zygiewicz in 1:36
    04/22/1969 Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 day non-stop sailing
    04/22/1970 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources 04/22/1970 NY Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher 04/22/1970 NY Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19 04/22/1970 Senators beat Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings
    04/22/1971 Soyuz 10 launched
    04/22/1972 Apollo astronauts John Young & Charles Duke ride on Moon
    04/22/1974 Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of Today Show
    04/22/1974 C Torres discovers asteroid #2976 Lautaro
    04/22/1975 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-2 lead
    04/22/1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor 04/22/1976 Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation
    04/22/1977 Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel
    04/22/1979 Mick Jaggar & Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada 04/22/1981 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike
    04/22/1981 Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike
    04/22/1982 Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season
    04/22/1982 Launch of STS-3-Lousma & Fullerton [03/23]
    04/22/1983 Rangers 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles win series 4-2 04/22/1983 Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth
    04/22/1986 Consumer Price Index drops .04% for 2nd month in a row
    04/22/1987 Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed
    04/22/1989 Nolan Ryan strikesout his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson) 04/22/1990 Lebanon releases hostage Robert Polhill
    04/22/1991 Earthquake strikes Costa Rica & Panama, kills 95
    04/22/1991 Intel releases 486SX chip
    04/22/1991 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show 04/22/1991 Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn & Quee
    04/22/1992 Gas explodes in sewer, kills 200 in Guadalajara Mexico
    04/22/1992 Holocaust Museum dedicated in Washington DC
    04/22/1992 Richter 6 Earthquake in California
    04/22/1993 Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox
    04/22/1994 Ice skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500 04/22/1994 Michael Moorer beats Hollyfield to become 1st lefty HW boxing champ 04/22/1994 Schelto Patijn appointed mayor of Amsterdam

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/23/1464 Johanna van Valois, Queen of France
    04/23/1464 Robert Fayrfax, composer
    04/23/1484 Julius Cæsar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) 04/23/1500 Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician 04/23/1547 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quioxite) 04/23/1564 William Shakespeare, bard (Hamlet, MacBeth, Julius Cæsar) (approx) 04/23/1598 Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander
    04/23/1629 John Commelin, director (Hortus Botanist Amsterdam)
    04/23/1649 Andreas Kneller, composer
    04/23/1697 George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer
    04/23/1715 Johann Friedrich Doles, composer
    04/23/1728 Samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island)
    04/23/1731 William Williams, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence) 04/23/1735 Ildephons Haas, composer
    04/23/1747 Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer
    04/23/1756 Alexander Reinagle, composer
    04/23/1775 Joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck) 04/23/1791 James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61) 04/23/1791 W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist
    04/23/1803 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice
    04/23/1809 Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer
    04/23/1810 Thomas Wright, historian
    04/23/1812 Louis-Antoine Julien, conductor
    04/23/1813 Stephen Arnold Douglas, (Little giant), US senator (Lincoln debates)
    04/23/1818 James Anthony Froude, historian
    04/23/1818 John Gill Shorter, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1872
    04/23/1821 Pierre Dupont, song writer
    04/23/1823 Abdül-Medjid, 31st sultan of Turkey (1839-61)
    04/23/1827 Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer
    04/23/1828 Albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902)
    04/23/1852 Edwin Markham, US, poet (1st winner of Amer Acad of Poets Award 1937
    04/23/1855 Earnest L Wolzogen, German writer (stichtte cabaret Überbrettl) 04/23/1857 Ruggero Leoncavallo, Naples Italy, composer (I Medici)
    04/23/1858 Ethel Mary Smyth, composer
    04/23/1858 Max KE Ludwig Planck, German physicist (Planck constant, Nobel 1918 04/23/1861 Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Field Marshal 04/23/1867 Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher
    04/23/1877 Arthur Farwell, composer
    04/23/1881 Otakar Sini, composer
    04/23/1882 Albert Coates, St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle) 04/23/1882 Max [G M J] Winders Maximilien, Belgium, architect (WW II) 04/23/1890 Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer
    04/23/1890 Marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter (El Dorado) 04/23/1891 Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf) 04/23/1892 Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Neart], Flemish writer
    04/23/1893 Frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo) 04/23/1894 Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife) 04/23/1894 Georges Renavent, actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X) 04/23/1896 Margaret Kennedy, novelist
    04/23/1897 Harold French, director (Encore)/actor
    04/23/1897 John Wengraf, actor (12 to Moon, Pride & Passion)
    04/23/1897 Lester Bowles Pearson, (L) 14th Canadian PM (1963-68) (Nobel 1957) 04/23/1897 Lucius du Bignon Clay, US, general (WW II)/gov (West Germany) 04/23/1898 Edwin E Dwinger, German writer (General Wlassow)
    04/23/1899 Edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ, Kiwi mystery writer (Black Beech & Honeydew) 04/23/1899 Vladimir Nabokov, St Petersburg Russia, novelist (Lolita, Ada) 04/23/1900 Ary Verhaar, composer
    04/23/1900 Henry Barraud, composer
    04/23/1902 Halldór Laxness, Iceland, novelist (Salka Valka) (Nobel 1955) 04/23/1904 Duncan Renaldo, Spain, actor (Cisco Kid)
    04/23/1904 Leslie French, actor/singer (More than a Miracle)
    04/23/1905 Lord Carew
    04/23/1906 Marcel Hillaire, Cologne Germany, actor (Adv in Paradise) 04/23/1906 Maria Arnoldo, [Adrianus Broeders], photographer/writer
    04/23/1907 Baroness Dudley
    04/23/1908 Herbert Telley, British actuary
    04/23/1909 Thomas Padmore, senior civil servant
    04/23/1911 Ronald Neame, director (1st Monday in Oct, Poseidon Adventure) 04/23/1913 Jan Meyerowitz, composer
    04/23/1914 Andrew Martin, Lord-Lt (Lechestershire England)
    04/23/1914 John Hubbard, Indiana Harbor Indiana, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie) 04/23/1914 Mitsu Suzuki, teacher of tea ceremony at SF Zen Center
    04/23/1914 Simone Simon, France, actress (All Money Can Buy, Ladies in Love) 04/23/1915 Arnold Hall, CEO (Hawker Siddeley Group)
    04/23/1916 Bud Wilkinson, college football coach (Oklahoma)
    04/23/1917 Jacob Kistemaker, nuclear physicist (ultra centrifuge)
    04/23/1918 Anthony Craxton, British TV producer
    04/23/1918 Maurice Druon, [Kessel], French writer/journalist (Prix Goncourt) 04/23/1919 Dorian Leigh, entertainer
    04/23/1919 Talivaldis Kenins, composer
    04/23/1920 Eric Yarrow, CEO (Clydesdale Bank)
    04/23/1920 Louis Barron, composer
    04/23/1921 Janet Blair, Altoona Pa, actress (Leave it to the Girls, Smith Famil
    04/23/1921 Warren Spahn, left-handed pitcher (Boston/Milwaukee Braves) 04/23/1922 Boy [Segundo JA] Ecury, Aruba, resistance fighter
    04/23/1922 Diarmuid Downs, auto engineer
    04/23/1923 Avram Davidson, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Peregrine: Primus, Rork!) 04/23/1923 James Kirkup, travel writer/poet/novelist (African in Greenland) 04/23/1924 Arthur Frackenpohl, Irving NJ, composer (Natural Superiority of Musi
    04/23/1924 Colin Welch, columnist/critic
    04/23/1924 Malcolm Anson, CEO (Wessex Water Authority)
    04/23/1926 James P Donleavy, Brooklyn, novelist (Ginger Man, Onion Eaters) 04/23/1926 Richard Laws, Master (St Edmunds College Cambridge)
    04/23/1927 Russell Smith, composer
    04/23/1928 Bill Cotton, CEO (Noel Gay TV)
    04/23/1928 Okke Jager, theologist/writer/poet
    04/23/1928 Shirley Temple Black, Santa Monica Calif, child actress/ambassador 04/23/1929 George Steiner, professor of English
    04/23/1930 Michael Bowen, RC Archbishop (Southwark)
    04/23/1932 Halston, [R Halston Frowick], fashion designer (1972 Hall of Fame) 04/23/1932 Jim Fixx, jogger/writer (Jim Fixx on Running)
    04/23/1933 Roger Wittevrongel, Flemish painter
    04/23/1935 David Evans, MP
    04/23/1936 Elias, [Etienne Michiels], Flemish painter
    04/23/1936 Glen Campbell, Billstown Ar, country singer (Gavelston)
    04/23/1936 Joseph Willaert, Flemish painter
    04/23/1936 Roy Orbison, sings about his Pretty Woman (Traveling Willberries) 04/23/1937 Victoria Glendinning, author (Edith Sitwell A Unicorn Among Lions) 04/23/1938 Russell Hillhouse, under-sect Scottish Office
    04/23/1938 Steven D Symms, (Sen-R-ID, 1981- )
    04/23/1939 David Birney, Wash DC, actor (Brigette Loves Bernie, St Elsewhere) 04/23/1939 Ray Peterson, Denton Tx, singer (Tell Laura I Love Her)
    04/23/1939 William Hagerty, editor (People)
    04/23/1940 Lee Majors, [Harvey Yeary], TV actor ($6,000,000 Man, Stunt Man) 04/23/1940 Richard Monaco, US, sci-fi author (Grail War, Final Quest) 04/23/1941 Ed Stewart, British DJ
    04/23/1941 Hal Daub, (Rep-R-NB, 1981- )
    04/23/1942 Sandra Dee, Bayonne NJ, actress (Gidget, Imitation of Life) 04/23/1943 Carmen von Thyssen, Barcelona Spain, Baroness
    04/23/1943 Herve Villechaize, France, 'Da Plane! Da Plane!' (Fantasy Island) 04/23/1943 Hugh Davies, composer
    04/23/1943 Tony Esposito, Ontario, NHL goalie (Chicago Blackhawks)
    04/23/1947 Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Ireland, political activist (or 1940) 04/23/1947 Saskia, [Trudy van den Berg], singer (S & Serge, Spinning Wheel) 04/23/1948 Tessa Wyatt, actress (Beast in the Cellar, Wedding Night) 04/23/1949 Blair Brown, Wash DC, actress (Altered States, Molly Dodd) 04/23/1949 John Miles, vocal/guitar/keyboards (John Miles Band-Rebel, Zaragon) 04/23/1949 Joyce DeWitt, Wheeling WV, actress (Janet Wood-Three's Company) 04/23/1949 Walter Sweeney, MP
    04/23/1951 Loek M L H A Hermans, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
    04/23/1952 Lionel Johnston, Augusta Ga, actor (Sons & Daughters)
    04/23/1952 Narada, [Michael Walden], Mich, rocker (Don't Want Nobody Else) 04/23/1952 Tony Maselli, (fictional character on 'Who's the Boss')
    04/23/1953 Fred Upton, (Rep-R-Michigan)
    04/23/1953 James Russo, actor (My Own Private Idaho, China Girl, Extremities) 04/23/1955 Mike Smith, British DJ
    04/23/1955 Su Ingle, British TV hostess
    04/23/1955 Tony Miles, chess player
    04/23/1957 Jan Hooks, Decatur Georgia, comedienne actress (SNL, Designing Women
    04/23/1958 Max Planck, physicist (Quanta Physics)
    04/23/1960 Steve Clark, rock guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria)
    04/23/1960 Valerie Bertinelli, Del, (1 Day at a Time, Sydney); Ms Eddie Van Hal
    04/23/1964 Dan Frischman, Whippany NJ, actor (Arvid Engen-Head of the Class) 04/23/1964 Gen, [Simon Matthews], English pop drummer (Jesus Jones-Zeroes & One
    04/23/1967 Brent Muscat, rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over) 04/23/1967 Melina Kanakaredes, Akron Ohio, actress (Eleni Andros-Guiding Light)
    04/23/1968 Susan Emily Savastano, E Providence RI, Miss RI-America (1991) 04/23/1969 Nadeem Shahid, cricketer
    04/23/1981 Lady Gabriella MAO Windsor, daughter of English prince Michael


    Deaths:

    04/23/ 34 Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton
    04/23/ 303 George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded
    04/23/ 990 Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet
    04/23/ 997 Vojtech 'Adalbert' of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at
    04/23/0303 George, knight of Cappadocië?/saint/patron of England, beheaded 04/23/1016 Aethelbred II 'the Unready', king of England (979-1016), dies 04/23/1416 Blaise/Blasius of Parma, Ital astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies 04/23/1616 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at
    04/23/1616 William Shakesphere, Engl author (Hamlet), dies on his 52nd birthday
    04/23/1625 Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies, dies at 57
    04/23/1670 Loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69
    04/23/1695 Henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72
    04/23/1728 Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83
    04/23/1732 Cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 64
    04/23/1740 Thomas Tickell, poet, dies
    04/23/1742 Mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62
    04/23/1762 Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67
    04/23/1774 Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies
    04/23/1812 Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85
    04/23/1827 Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at
    04/23/1838 John W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75 04/23/1847 Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64
    04/23/1850 William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80
    04/23/1853 Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies
    04/23/1865 James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24
    04/23/1878 Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies
    04/23/1885 William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73
    04/23/1895 Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies
    04/23/1897 Clement Harris, composer, dies at 25
    04/23/1905 Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54
    04/23/1915 Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27 04/23/1918 Percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies 04/23/1926 Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies
    04/23/1929 Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies
    04/23/1942 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73 04/23/1943 Fréderic baron d'Erlanger, French composer/banker, dies at 56 04/23/1946 Jesus Castillo, composer, dies at 68
    04/23/1952 Elisabeth Schumann, singer, dies
    04/23/1952 Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Neart], Flemish writer, dies at 60
    04/23/1957 William Orlamond, actor (Flesh & Devil, Words & Music), dies at 89 04/23/1960 Tojohiko Kagawa, Japanese christian-social reformer/writer, dies 04/23/1962 Stirling Moss, auto racer, killed while racing
    04/23/1965 Josephina J 'Fien' de la Mar, actress (Pygmalion), dies at about 67 04/23/1969 Krzystzof Komeda, composer, dies at 37
    04/23/1970 Herb Shriner, host/humorist (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51 04/23/1971 William Tubman, president of Liberia, dies
    04/23/1973 Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85
    04/23/1975 Pete Ham, rokcer (Badfinger), dies at 27
    04/23/1976 James Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69
    04/23/1976 Ronald Radd, actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies 04/23/1976 Shimen Ruskin, actor (Meyer-Corner Bar), dies at 68
    04/23/1980 Jane Froman, US singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72
    04/23/1983 Buster Crabbe, Olympic swimmer/actor (Flash Gordon), dies at 75 04/23/1983 Selena Royale, actress (Robot Monster), dies at 78
    04/23/1984 August 'Guus' Oster, actor/director (Carrie), dies at 68
    04/23/1985 Kent Smith, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78
    04/23/1985 Sam J Ervin Jr, (Sen-D-NC), dies at 88
    04/23/1986 Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], US composer, murdered at 81 04/23/1986 Otto Preminger, dir (Advise & Consent, Anatomy of Murder), dies at 7
    04/23/1988 Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies 04/23/1990 Albert Salmi, actor (Love Child, Hard to Hold), dies at 62 04/23/1990 Palmer Deane, actor, dies
    04/23/1990 Paulette Goddard, actress (Hazard), dies at 78 (or 84) in Switzerlan
    04/23/1991 Peter Bailey, Graphic designer/calligrapher
    04/23/1992 Deron Johnson, 1965 NL run leader, dies of cancer at 53
    04/23/1992 Satayajit Ray, Indian director (Distant Thunder/Agantuk), dies at 70
    04/23/1992 Victoria Kellem Lederma, entertainer, dies
    04/23/1993 Bertus Aafjes, poet/writer (World is a Muze), dies at 78
    04/23/1993 Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan minister, murdered at 59 04/23/1994 Cecile Dreesmann, son of Anton Dreesmann, dies at 74


    Significant Events:

    04/23/1014 King Brian Boru of Ireland beats Danes at Battle of Clontarf 04/23/1348 1st English order of knighthood founded (Order of Garter) 04/23/1662 Connecticut chartered as an English colony
    04/23/1723 Cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht
    04/23/1775 Opera 'Il Ré Pastore' is produced (Salzburg)
    04/23/1789 President George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY 04/23/1795 William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason
    04/23/1798 Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution
    04/23/1826 Missolonghi captured by Turks
    04/23/1838 English steamship 'Great Western' crossing Atlantic docks in NYC 04/23/1860 Dem convention in Charleston SC divided over slavery
    04/23/1861 Arkansas troops seize Ft Smith
    04/23/1861 Battle of San Antonio, TX
    04/23/1864 Battle of Cane River, LA (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry) 04/23/1867 Queen Victoria & Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel 04/23/1871 Blossom Rock in SF Bay blown up
    04/23/1878 1st Dutch test drive of steam tram
    04/23/1881 Gilbert & Sullivan's opera 'Patience' produced in London
    04/23/1883 John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch govt
    04/23/1891 Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia
    04/23/1896 Premier of motion pictures (Koster & Bial's Music Hall, NYC) 04/23/1896 Vitascope system of movie projection 1st demonstrated (NYC) 04/23/1900 1st know occurrence of word 'hillbillie' (NY Journal)
    04/23/1904 American Academy of Arts & Letters forms
    04/23/1908 Denmark, Germany, Engld, France, Neth & Sweden signs North Sea accor
    04/23/1910 International Exhibition opens in Brussels
    04/23/1915 ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA) 04/23/1918 Battle of Zeebrugge ends
    04/23/1918 Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea
    04/23/1918 National Urban League forms
    04/23/1920 Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara
    04/23/1924 British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley
    04/23/1924 London: king George V opens British Empire Exposition
    04/23/1925 1st London performance of operetta 'Fasquita' staged
    04/23/1925 Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Radio Workers (KRO) 04/23/1930 H Van Gent discovers asteroids #1225 Ariane & #1267 Geertruida 04/23/1932 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon
    04/23/1936 M Laugier discovers asteroid #1651 Behrens
    04/23/1938 Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government
    04/23/1940 Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss)
    04/23/1940 NY Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert
    04/23/1942 4-day allie bombing on Rostock begins
    04/23/1945 Concentration camp Flossenbürg freed
    04/23/1945 US troops in Italy cross river Po
    04/23/1946 Bkln Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
    04/23/1948 KSTP TV channel 5 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast 04/23/1949 Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing
    04/23/1949 Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in SF
    04/23/1949 Netherland annexes Elten & Tudderen
    04/23/1950 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)
    04/23/1950 Detroit Red Wings beat NY Rangers 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup 04/23/1950 Minneapolis beats Syracuse, 4 games to 2, for NBA championship 04/23/1950 Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island
    04/23/1952 Oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Banias completed
    04/23/1953 KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix, AZ (NBC) begins broadcasti
    04/23/1953 WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, AL (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting 04/23/1954 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers
    04/23/1954 NBA adopts 24 second shot clock rule
    04/23/1956 US Supreme court ends race segregation on buses
    04/23/1959 1st heliport in Britain opens in London
    04/23/1962 NY Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1 04/23/1962 Ranger 4, 1st US satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canavera
    04/23/1965 Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite
    04/23/1967 Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty 04/23/1968 1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 & 10 pence)
    04/23/1968 United Methodist Church forms
    04/23/1969 Over 1000² mi flooded in Shantung Province China
    04/23/1969 Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy 04/23/1971 Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike 04/23/1971 Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station 04/23/1972 Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface
    04/23/1976 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2808
    04/23/1977 Czech chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously 04/23/1977 Dr Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops
    04/23/1980 Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die
    04/23/1984 AIDS-virus identified (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) 04/23/1985 Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational
    04/23/1985 C Shoemaker & E Shoemake discovers asteroid #3581 Alvarez 04/23/1985 Flyers 5-Isles 3-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead
    04/23/1985 New Coke debuts
    04/23/1985 P Jensen discovers asteroid #3318 Blixen
    04/23/1986 Grand Floridan Beach Resort groundbreaking
    04/23/1986 Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec)
    04/23/1987 28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Ct 04/23/1987 NJ Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY 04/23/1988 A greek pedals self-powered aircraft, 74 miles
    04/23/1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker
    04/23/1989 Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts
    04/23/1991 Bjorn Borg loses 6-2, 6-3 to Jordi Arrese after 8 year lay off 04/23/1991 USSR grants republics right to secede under certain conditions 04/23/1992 'Shirnada' opens at Broadhurst theater on Broadway
    04/23/1992 Marion Berry (former mayor of Wash DC) let out of prison
    04/23/1993 Eritrea votes to seceed from Ethiopia
    04/23/1994 Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives Haiti
    04/23/1994 Libertarian party nominates Howard Stern for Governor of NY

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat Apr 24 00:05:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/24/1538 Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer
    04/24/1594 Benedikt Lechler, composer
    04/24/1620 John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography 04/24/1660 Cornelis Dusart, painter/engraver
    04/24/1670 Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer
    04/24/1706 Giovanni Battista Martini, composer
    04/24/1721 Johann Kirnberge, German music theroist, baptised
    04/24/1721 Johann Philipp Kirnberger, composer
    04/24/1742 Roman Hoffstetter, composer
    04/24/1743 Edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom) 04/24/1750 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician
    04/24/1766 Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac)
    04/24/1769 Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington
    04/24/1773 Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director
    04/24/1791 Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)
    04/24/1804 Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy)
    04/24/1807 Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 18
    04/24/1814 Vincente F López, Argentina historian (La novia del hereje) 04/24/1815 Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers) 04/24/1815 James Edward Harrison, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875
    04/24/1822 Erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 04/24/1824 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp designer
    04/24/1828 Robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 04/24/1829 George Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 04/24/1836 Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist
    04/24/1837 Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) 04/24/1845 Carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919) 04/24/1849 Joseph S Galliéni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris) 04/24/1851 Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) 04/24/1856 Henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime)
    04/24/1864 George AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen (PTT)/Dutch Min of War (1918-20
    04/24/1867 Fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death) 04/24/1873 Theodor Körner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president 04/24/1874 John Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial)
    04/24/1874 Willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist
    04/24/1875 Jeno Huszka, composer
    04/24/1877 Charles Cuvillier, composer
    04/24/1883 Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik)
    04/24/1886 R Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man (died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108)
    04/24/1892 Jack Hulbert, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack)
    04/24/1893 Robert Harron, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance)
    04/24/1895 S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner 04/24/1897 Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)
    04/24/1897 Gyorgy Kosa, composer
    04/24/1903 José A Primo de Rivera y Saénz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange)
    04/24/1903 Mike Michalske, NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers) 04/24/1904 Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist, dies
    04/24/1904 Willem De Kooning, Netherlands, artist (North Atlantic Light) 04/24/1905 Robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men) 04/24/1907 Vaclav Trojan, composer
    04/24/1909 Bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany)
    04/24/1911 Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian (Disorderly Orderly) 04/24/1911 Karl O Schiller, German economist/minister of Economic
    04/24/1911 Robert Joseph Kane, Ithaca NY, Pres of US Olympic Comm (1976) 04/24/1911 Sigursveinn David Kristinsson, composer
    04/24/1914 Ruth White, actress (Up the Down Staircase)
    04/24/1916 Stanley Kauffmann, NYC, playwright (Red Handkerchief Man) 04/24/1921 Laci Boldemann, composer
    04/24/1922 J D Cannon, Salmon Idaho, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory) 04/24/1924 Marilyn Erskine, Rochester NY, actor (Fran-Tom Ewell Show) 04/24/1924 Yehoshua Lakner, composer
    04/24/1927 Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1952) 04/24/1928 Gustav Krivinka, composer
    04/24/1929 Ferit Tuzun, composer
    04/24/1931 Bridget Riley, British painter (op-art)
    04/24/1932 Coen[rad] Flink, Dutch actor (Pastorale 1943, Havinck, Honneponnetje
    04/24/1933 Freddie Scott, US songwriter/singer (Cry to Me)
    04/24/1934 John Barbour, Toronto, TV host (Real People)
    04/24/1934 Shirley MacLaine, Richmond Va, actress/mystic (Irma la Douce) 04/24/1935 Louis Keith, Chicago, physician (expert on multiple-births) 04/24/1936 Jill Ireland, London, actress (Breakout, Assassination, Chino) 04/24/1941 John Williams, Melbourne Australia, guitarist (Acad Award) 04/24/1942 Barbra Streisand, Bkln NY, singer/actress/award winner (People) 04/24/1943 Richard Sterban, Camden NJ, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira) 04/24/1944 [Bernard] St Clair Lee [Calhoun], US singer (Rock the Boat) 04/24/1945 Doug Clifford, rock drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary
    04/24/1945 Eugene O'Brien, composer
    04/24/1946 Bruce Stuart Saylor, composer
    04/24/1947 Glenn Cornick, rock bassist (Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick) 04/24/1947 Hubert Ann Kelly, US singer (Hues Corporation/Rock the boat) 04/24/1948 Eddie James Hart, Martinez Cal, 4x100m relay runner (Olympic-gold-72
    04/24/1953 Eric Bogosian, actor (Talk Radio)
    04/24/1953 John P Hiler, (Rep-R-IN, 1981- )
    04/24/1953 Porter Carroll Jr, drummer (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) 04/24/1954 Captain Sensible, [Ray Burns], UK, rock bassist (Women & Capts 1st) 04/24/1954 Jack Blades, rocker (Damn Yankees-Coming of Age)
    04/24/1954 Vince Ferragamo, NFL/CFL quarterback (LA Rams, Montréal Alouettes) 04/24/1955 Jack Kingston, (Rep-R-Georgia)
    04/24/1955 Michael O'Keefe, actor (Caddyshack, Ironweed, Slugger's Wife) 04/24/1957 Tricia Lange, Hollywood Calif, playmate (June, 1984)
    04/24/1960 (weatherman (WNYW TV NYC)
    04/24/1960 Paula Yates, London England, Mrs Bob Geldof/rocker/writer (Blondes) 04/24/1963 Joey Vera, heavy metal rocker (Armored Saint-Aftermath)
    04/24/1976 Shane McDermott, actor (Garrett Booth-Swan's Crossing)


    Deaths:

    04/24/ 709 Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76
    04/24/ 729 Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89
    04/24/1077 Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies
    04/24/1530 Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies
    04/24/1731 Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies
    04/24/1758 Florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41
    04/24/1776 Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84
    04/24/1776 Giuseppi Paolucci, composer, dies at 49
    04/24/1824 Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 04/24/1827 Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82
    04/24/1848 Francois van Campenhout, composer, dies at 69
    04/24/1850 Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70
    04/24/1855 Walenty karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75
    04/24/1875 Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 04/24/1891 Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/field marshal, dies 04/24/1900 George JD Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76 04/24/1904 Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies
    04/24/1922 Richard Batka, composer, dies at 53
    04/24/1928 Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72
    04/24/1935 Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80
    04/24/1936 Bernard van Dieren, composer, dies at 51
    04/24/1939 John Foulds, composer, dies at 58
    04/24/1943 Gerardus H de Hare, socialist vicar, dies at 63
    04/24/1945 Anton de Come, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47
    04/24/1945 Hubert Bath, composer, dies at 61
    04/24/1948 Jazeps Vitols, composer, dies at 84
    04/24/1948 Manuel Marua Ponce, Mexican composer (Ferial), dies at 65 04/24/1948 Rosita Marstini, actress (I Cover the Waterfront, Big Parade), dies 04/24/1952 Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57 04/24/1952 Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State, dies at 82
    04/24/1955 Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer, dies at 79
    04/24/1956 Henry Stephenson, actor (Conquest, Mr Lucky), dies at 85
    04/24/1957 Andries CD de Graeff, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1926-31), dies at 84 04/24/1959 Jef van Hoof, composer, dies at 72
    04/24/1960 John P 'John' Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84
    04/24/1961 Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies at 72
    04/24/1965 Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at
    04/24/1967 Frank Overton, actor (12 O'Clock High), dies at 48
    04/24/1967 Vladimir Komarov, cosmonaut is 1st to die in space, aboard Soyuz 1 04/24/1968 Norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies
    04/24/1968 Tommy Noonan, actor (Gentlemen Perfer Blondes), dies at 45 04/24/1974 Bud Abbott, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 78
    04/24/1975 William Hartnell, actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life), dies at 67 04/24/1976 Mark Tobey, US abstract artist, dies at 85
    04/24/1979 John Carroll, actor (Hired Wife, Fiesta, Geraldine), dies at 72 04/24/1980 Alentejo Carpentier, Cubans/French writer (Guerra del tiempo), dies 04/24/1986 Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, (Edward abdicated for her), dies at
    04/24/1990 Joseph Leberman, entertainer, dies
    04/24/1990 Tom Rolfing, actor (He Knows You're Alone), dies
    04/24/1991 J de Graaf, ethicus/president church & peace, dies
    04/24/1993 Oliver Tambo, chairman (African National Congress), dies at 75


    Significant Events:

    04/24/ 858 Nicolaas I succeeds Benedict III as pope
    04/24/1288 Jews of Yroyes France are accused of ritual murder
    04/24/1311 Gen Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India 04/24/1364 Pope Urbabus V names John V van Virneburg as bishop of Utrecht 04/24/1547 Battle of Mühlberg: Emperor Karel V vs ruler Johan F the Brave 04/24/1704 Boston News-Letter, 1st successful newspaper in US, established 04/24/1792 'La Marseillaise' composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle 04/24/1792 -25) Officer Joseph Rouget d'Isle writes Marseillaise Natl Anthem 04/24/1800 Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation
    04/24/1833 Patent granted for 1st soda fountain
    04/24/1854 Austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth AE 'Sissi'
    04/24/1863 Skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid) 04/24/1865 Fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF) 04/24/1867 Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Va streetcars 04/24/1871 Opera 'Aida' is produced (Cairo)
    04/24/1872 Volcano Vesuvius erupts
    04/24/1877 Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans) 04/24/1884 National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta)
    04/24/1888 Eastman Kodak forms
    04/24/1891 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure 'Final Problem'
    04/24/1894 French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18 04/24/1894 Phillies Lave Cross hits for cycle vs Bkln Dodgers
    04/24/1895 Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat 04/24/1897 1st reporter, William Price, assigned to White House
    04/24/1898 Spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba 04/24/1898 US fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines 04/24/1900 Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer
    04/24/1901 1st AL game, White Sox beat Indians 8-2, 3 other games rained out 04/24/1905 Senators execute a triple-play & beat Yankees 4-3
    04/24/1909 Harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 second
    04/24/1915 German army fires chloroform gas in Ieper
    04/24/1915 Massacre of Armenians by Turks (Armenian Martyrs Day)
    04/24/1915 Pitts' Frank Allen no-hits St Louis (Federal League), 2-0 04/24/1916 Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins 04/24/1917 Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway 04/24/1920 British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years) 04/24/1920 Polish troops attack Ukraine
    04/24/1921 1st municipal elections for men & women in Belgium
    04/24/1923 General harbor strike begins in NYC
    04/24/1929 1st non-stop England to India flight takes-off
    04/24/1929 Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark
    04/24/1930 H Van Gent discovers asteroid #1165 Imprinetta
    04/24/1931 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1193 Africa
    04/24/1932 German national election (NSDAP 36.3% in Prussia)
    04/24/1932 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1862 Apollo
    04/24/1933 1st major league to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 inn (Dick Bartell
    04/24/1941 Dutch Prince Bernhard becomes an RAF pilot
    04/24/1944 1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China 'over the Hump'
    04/24/1944 United Negro College Fund incorporates
    04/24/1945 Albert B 'Happy' Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner 04/24/1950 Independent republic of South Molukken's declared
    04/24/1950 Pres Truman denies there are communists in US govt
    04/24/1953 Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
    04/24/1954 1st American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina 04/24/1954 Australia & USSR break diplomatic relations
    04/24/1954 WSEE TV channel 35 in Erie, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
    04/24/1955 Conference of Bandung against colonialism & self determination, ends
    04/24/1955 KFDM TV channel 6 in Beaumont, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 04/24/1955 KMAU (now KGMV) TV channel 3 in Wailuku, HI (CBS) begins broadcastin
    04/24/1957 Asteroid #3648 discovered
    04/24/1958 Lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2
    04/24/1959 Neth Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig & Cut Flier)
    04/24/1959 WICD TV channel 15 in Champaign, IL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 04/24/1960 Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed
    04/24/1961 JFK accepts 'sole responsibility' following Bay of Pigs
    04/24/1961 Vasa, which sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, is raised
    04/24/1962 1st Lockheed A-12 is taxi tested
    04/24/1962 MIT sends TV signal by satellite for 1st time: CA to MA
    04/24/1962 Sandy Koufax's 2nd 18-strikeout game
    04/24/1963 Boston beat LA, 4 games to 2, for NBA title; Bob Cousy retires 04/24/1963 English princess Alexandra marries sir Angus Ogilvy
    04/24/1965 Military coup under Donald Reid Cabral in Dominican Republic 04/24/1967 Philadelphia beats San Francisco, 4 games to 2, for NBA championship
    04/24/1968 Leftist students take over Columbia University, NYC
    04/24/1969 Gen Lin Piao succeeds Mao, is seriously wounded
    04/24/1969 Lebanese army in battle with Palestinians
    04/24/1969 Paul McCartney says their is no truth to rumours he is dead 04/24/1969 US B-52 drops 3,000 ton bombs at Cambodian boundary
    04/24/1970 China PR launches its 1st satellite transmitting song 'East is Red' 04/24/1970 Gambia becomes a republic within Commonwealth
    04/24/1970 Senegal adopts constitution
    04/24/1971 Soyuz 10 returns to Earth
    04/24/1974 Dutch women hockey team becomes world champion
    04/24/1974 NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers
    04/24/1975 Penguins 1-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-series tied at 3-3
    04/24/1977 C Kowal discovers asteroid #2063 Bacchus
    04/24/1979 Rhodesian bishop Muzorewa wins general election
    04/24/1980 US miltary operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die 04/24/1981 Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jocke
    04/24/1981 IBM-PC introduced
    04/24/1981 San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to set NBA reg game record 04/24/1981 US ends grain embargo against USSR
    04/24/1982 150 Khomeini followers assault student dormatory in West Germany 04/24/1982 C Torres discovers asteroid #3361 Orpheus
    04/24/1983 Austrian socialistic party loses parliamentary election
    04/24/1984 Oiler's Wayne Gretzky is 3rd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 04/24/1985 Pulitzer prize awarded to Carolyn Lizer for 'Yin'
    04/24/1989 10s of thousands of students strikes in Beijing China
    04/24/1989 Massachusetts declares today 'New Kids on the Block Day'
    04/24/1990 Security law violator Michael Milken pleads guilty to 6 felonies 04/24/1990 US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) launches into orb
    04/24/1990 West & East Germany agree to merge currency & economies on July 1st 04/24/1992 'Man of La Mancha' with Sheena Easton opens at Marquis theater 04/24/1992 David Bowie marries model Iman in Switzerland
    04/24/1992 George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball
    04/24/1992 Vinson Pike fined £1000 for distributing obscene computer pictures 04/24/1993 1000 kg heavy IRA-autobomb explodes in London, killing 1
    04/24/1994 Armando Calderón Sol wins El Salvador presidential election 04/24/1994 Bomb attack in center of Johannesburg, 9 killed
    04/24/1994 NY Rangers sweep NY Islanders in NHL playoffs

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Apr 25 00:05:04 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/25/1214 Louis IX, King of France (1226-70)
    04/25/1284 Edward II, King of England (1307-27)
    04/25/1567 Aurelio Signoretti, composer
    04/25/1599 Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England (1653-58) 04/25/1614 Hieronymus van Beverningk, chief Dutch treasurer/maecenas 04/25/1614 Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer
    04/25/1666 Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer
    04/25/1690 Gottlieb Muffat, composer
    04/25/1710 James Ferguson, astronomer
    04/25/1723 Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer
    04/25/1730 Fedele Fenaroli, composer
    04/25/1769 Mark Isambard Brunel, engineer/inventor
    04/25/1792 John Keble, Anglican priest/founder (Oxford Movement)
    04/25/1818 Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer
    04/25/1824 Gustave-Rodolphe-Clarence Boulanger, painter
    04/25/1825 Charles Ferdinand Dowd, US, standardized time zones
    04/25/1837 William Charles Levey, composer
    04/25/1840 James Dearing, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865 04/25/1840 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (1812 Overture) (5/7 NS) 04/25/1841 Pauline Lucca, soprano
    04/25/1842 Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il santo/Leila)
    04/25/1849 Felix Klein, German mathematician (Evanston Colloquium)
    04/25/1862 Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affair
    04/25/1867 Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist
    04/25/1869 Karl Prohaska, composer
    04/25/1871 Sara Amsel, Indonesian/Dutch actress
    04/25/1872 Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/writer
    04/25/1873 Walter De la Mare, English poet/anthologist (Behold the Dreamer) 04/25/1874 Guglielmo Marconi, Bologna Italy, inventor (radio) (Nobel 1909) 04/25/1876 Ruben Marcos Campos, composer
    04/25/1881 Hans Windisch, German new testament expert
    04/25/1883 Elsa Maxwell, Keokuk Iowa, writer (Jack Paar Show)
    04/25/1895 Stanley Rous, British soccer official
    04/25/1897 Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer
    04/25/1897 VAA Mary, English princess
    04/25/1900 Lord Gladwyn, British Liberal
    04/25/1900 Wolfgang Pauli, Swiss/Us physicist (Pauli inhibition, Nobel 1945) 04/25/1901 Ernst Gernot Klussmann, composer
    04/25/1903 Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, composer
    04/25/1906 William J Brennan Jr, Newark NJ, 92nd Supreme Court justice (1956-90
    04/25/1906 Zoltan Gardonyi, composer
    04/25/1907 Paula Trueman, NYC, actress (Gran-Billy)
    04/25/1907 Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer
    04/25/1908 Edward R Murrow, Pole Creek NC, newscaster (Person to Person) 04/25/1909 Jaroslav Doubrava, composer
    04/25/1912 Gladys L Presley, mother of Elvis
    04/25/1913 Earl Bostic, Tulsa OK, alto sax player (Flamingo, Temptation) 04/25/1913 Russ Conway, Brandon Manitoba, actor (Richard Diamond Private Eye) 04/25/1914 Marcos Perez Jimenez, president/dictator Venezuela
    04/25/1915 Aja Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer
    04/25/1918 Astrid Varnay, Stockholm Sweden, soprano (Met Opera 1941-56) 04/25/1918 Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer (Is it live or is it Memorex) 04/25/1919 Heinz Wunderlich, composer
    04/25/1920 Marre, reformer of the bar
    04/25/1921 Jean Mogin, Belgian poet
    04/25/1923 Albert King, Mississippi, blues singer/guitar (Bad Look Blues) 04/25/1923 Anita Bjorak, actress (Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People) 04/25/1923 Francis Graham-Smith, British astronomer
    04/25/1923 Melissa Hayden, Toronto Canada, ballerina (1961 Silver Bowl) 04/25/1924 Erzsebet Szonyi, composer
    04/25/1924 Franco Mannino, composer
    04/25/1925 Anthony Christopher, British trade unionist
    04/25/1926 Paul Walter Furst, composer
    04/25/1927 Ernst Widmer, composer
    04/25/1929 Yvette Corlett, athlete
    04/25/1929 Yvette Williams, NZ, long jumper (Oly-gold-52)
    04/25/1930 Dotty Mack, Cincinnati Ohio, actress (Paul Dixon Show)
    04/25/1930 Paul Mazursky, US, writer/director (Moscow on the Hudson) 04/25/1931 David Shepherd, painter
    04/25/1932 Lia Manoliu, Romania, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1968)
    04/25/1932 Meadowlark Lemon, basketball star (Harlem Globetrotter) (or 0421) 04/25/1932 William Roache, England, actor (Ken Barlow-Coronation Street) 04/25/1933 Helen Paling, British circuit judge
    04/25/1934 David de Peyer, cancer research campaigner
    04/25/1934 Denny 'Scott' Miller, Bloomington Ind, actor (Wagon Train) 04/25/1937 Bo Brundin, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Rhinemann Exchange) 04/25/1937 Thomas Faber, publisher
    04/25/1939 Lord Lichfield, British photographer
    04/25/1939 Veronica Sutherland, British diplomat
    04/25/1940 Al Pacino, NYC, actor (And Justice For All, Godfather, Scorpio) 04/25/1940 Marian Norrie
    04/25/1940 OB McClinton, [Burnett], country singer (Keep your arms around me) 04/25/1941 Chris Augustine, rocker (Every Mother's Son)
    04/25/1941 Lawrence J Smith, (Rep-D-FL, 1983- )
    04/25/1942 John Martin Dalby, composer
    04/25/1942 Jon Kyl, (Rep-R-Arizona)
    04/25/1944 John Bryant, editor (Europeans)
    04/25/1945 Bjorn Ulvaeus, rock vocalist/guitarist (ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen
    04/25/1945 Stu Cook, rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary) 04/25/1945 Walt Wesley, NBA star (Cleve Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, LA Lakers) 04/25/1946 ... Zhirinovsky [Edelstein), Russian ultra nationalist/anti semite 04/25/1946 Digby Fairweather, jazz trumpeter
    04/25/1946 Peter Sutherland, CEO (Allied Irish Banks)
    04/25/1946 Talia Shire, [Coppola], Lake Success NY, actress (Adrienne-Rocky) 04/25/1947 Bill Fontana, composer
    04/25/1947 Jeffrey DeMunn, actor (Blaze, Frances, Windy City, Sessions) 04/25/1947 Johan Cruyff, soccer manager
    04/25/1949 Michael Brown, keyboardist (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee) 04/25/1950 Steve Ferrone, drummer (Average White Band)
    04/25/1951 Ian McCartney, MP
    04/25/1951 Linda Stone, pharmacist
    04/25/1954 Rob Crosby, Sumter SC, country singer (She's a Natural)
    04/25/1955 Buster Mottram, tennis player
    04/25/1955 John Nunn, British chess player
    04/25/1957 Eric Bristow, England, dart thrower (5 World Masters titles) 04/25/1958 Fish, [Derek William Dick], Scottish vocalist (Marillion-Sugar Mice)
    04/25/1964 Andy Bell, rocker (Erasure-Oh L'Amour)
    04/25/1966 Isabelle Pasco, France, actress (Ave Maria)/model (Elle, Vogue) 04/25/1967 Cameo, XXX actress (Patriot Dames, Suburban Buttnicks, Women in Need
    04/25/1975 Ruben Gomez, rocker (Menudo-Cannonball)
    04/25/1985 Jonathan Halyalkar, Ramsey NJ, actor (Billy-Who's the Boss)


    Deaths:

    04/25/ 974 Ratherius Van Verona/Luik, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84 04/25/1295 Sancho IV, the brave, leader/king of Castilië/León, dies
    04/25/1342 Benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies
    04/25/1472 Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies
    04/25/1482 Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies
    04/25/1566 Diane de Poitiers, of French King Henry II, dies
    04/25/1595 Torquato Tasso, poet, dies
    04/25/1607 Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle 04/25/1607 Jacob van Heemskerck, Dutch Admiral (Nova Zambia), dies in battle 04/25/1635 Alessandro Tassoni, Italian poet (La secchia rapita), dies 04/25/1647 Matthias Gallas, Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at 62 04/25/1663 Heinrich Pape, composer, dies at 53
    04/25/1690 David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79 04/25/1728 John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies
    04/25/1744 Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies 04/25/1792 Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer, dies at 54
    04/25/1792 Nicolas J Pelletier, Frenchman, 1st guillotined
    04/25/1800 William Cowper, poet, dies
    04/25/1808 Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 67
    04/25/1828 John Goldberg, patriot/statesman, dies at 64
    04/25/1840 Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (Poisson verdeling), dies
    04/25/1845 Thomas Duncan, painter, dies
    04/25/1853 William Beaumont, physiologist, dies
    04/25/1882 Johann CF Zöllner, German astronomer (astro photography), dies 04/25/1905 Jacob Olie, photographer, dies
    04/25/1906 John Knowles Paine, composer, dies at 67
    04/25/1915 Nicola d' Arienzo, composer, dies at 72
    04/25/1925 George Stephanescu, composer, dies at 81
    04/25/1926 Ellen Key, Swedish author/feminist (Century of the Child), dies 04/25/1928 Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies
    04/25/1937 Clem Sohn, air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to ope
    04/25/1943 Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko, playwright/director, dies 04/25/1951 Jerzy Fitelberg, composer, dies at 47
    04/25/1954 Joseph Hergesheimer, novelist (Java Head), dies
    04/25/1955 Constance Collier, actress (Perils of Pauline), dies at 77 04/25/1955 Paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer, dies
    04/25/1960 Amanullah, emir/king of Afhanistan (1919-28), dies at 67
    04/25/1960 Hope Emerson, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn), dies at 62 04/25/1960 Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn, composer, dies at 92
    04/25/1966 Maurice Roelants, Belgian author, dies at 70
    04/25/1969 Margarita Xirgu, actress (Bloody Wedding), dies at 80
    04/25/1970 Anita Louise, actress (Gorilla, Anthony Adverse), dies at 53 04/25/1971 Max Drischner, composer, dies at 80
    04/25/1972 George Sanders, actor (Mr Freeze-Batman, Ivanhoe), dies at 65 04/25/1976 Carol Reed, director (Agony & Ecstasy), dies
    04/25/1976 Margaret Bannerman, actress (Great Defender), dies at 79
    04/25/1981 Dixie, a mouse who lived 6½ years
    04/25/1982 Celia Johnson, actress (Brief Encounter, Happhy Breed), dies at 73 04/25/1982 Don Wilson, TV announcer (Jack Benny Show), dies at 81
    04/25/1982 John Cody, US cardinal/archbishop of Chicago (1965-82), dies at 74 04/25/1982 Paul de Vree, Flemish writer/essayist (Round Table), dies 04/25/1982 William R Burnett, US, writer (Asphalt Jungle), dies at 82 04/25/1984 Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies at 64 of a heart attack 04/25/1985 Murray Matheson, actor (Felix-Banacek), dies at 72
    04/25/1985 Richard Haydn, British actor (Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 80 04/25/1988 Boris Kremenliev, composer, dies at 76
    04/25/1988 Carolyn Franklin, singer/songwriter/son of Aretha, dies at 43 04/25/1988 Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at
    04/25/1989 George Coulouris, actor (Papillon, Runaway Bus), dies at 85 04/25/1990 Dexter Gordon, jazz tenor saxophonist, dies at 67 in Philadelphia 04/25/1991 Frank Hamilton, actor (Subterraneans), dies
    04/25/1991 Theo Laseroms, [Tank], soccer player (Feyenoord), dies
    04/25/1992 Brian Macleod, Canadian musician, dies of cancer at 39
    04/25/1992 Dany [Daniël S] Tuijnman, Dutch min of traffic & water, dies at 77 04/25/1992 Panos Christi, entertainer, dies
    04/25/1992 Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese rock artist, dies at 26 of pulmonary edema 04/25/1993 Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies
    04/25/1994 George Gennimatas, Greek minister of National Economy, dies at 55 04/25/1994 Talaat Yassin Hamman, militant moslem leader, shot dead at 32


    Significant Events:

    04/25/ 404 Army of Sparta conquerors Athens
    04/25/1185 Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Joritomo beats Taira-family 04/25/1449 Anti-pope Felix V resigns
    04/25/1541 -26) Luik flooded after heavy down pour
    04/25/1604 Earl Maurits' army lands at Cadzand
    04/25/1607 Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet 04/25/1614 Amsterdam Bank of Loan established
    04/25/1660 Parliament meets & votes to restore Charles II
    04/25/1678 French troops conquer Ieper
    04/25/1684 Patent granted for thimble
    04/25/1707 Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese 04/25/1747 Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand
    04/25/1792 Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier 04/25/1848 A Graham discovers asteroid #9 Metis
    04/25/1859 Ground broken for Suez Canal
    04/25/1861 7th NY arrives to reinforce Washington, DC
    04/25/1861 Battle of Lavaca, TX
    04/25/1862 Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans, La
    04/25/1862 Battle of New Orleans LA - captured by US Admiral Farragut 04/25/1864 Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition)
    04/25/1867 Tokyo is opened for foreign trade
    04/25/1875 Latest date for measurable snow in NYC (3')
    04/25/1876 Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout) 04/25/1881 250,000 Germans petition to bar foreign Jews from entering Germany 04/25/1886 Sigmund Freud opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna
    04/25/1890 J Palisa discovers asteroids #291 Alice & #292 Ludovica
    04/25/1891 Pres Benjamin Harrison visits SF
    04/25/1896 Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado) 04/25/1898 US declares war on Spain
    04/25/1901 Erve Beck hit 1st home run in American League
    04/25/1905 Whites win suffrage in South-Africa
    04/25/1906 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #599 Luisa
    04/25/1915 78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli
    04/25/1925 Paul von Hindenburg takes office as president of Germany
    04/25/1926 Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowned himself Shah Palawi 04/25/1926 Puccini's opera 'Turandot' 1st performed
    04/25/1927 Spain routes 20,000 soldiers to Morocco (uprising Rifkabylen) 04/25/1933 NY Yankee Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0 04/25/1933 US & Canada drop Gold Standard
    04/25/1938 1st use of seeing eye dog
    04/25/1945 45 countries convene UN Conference on Intl Organization in SF 04/25/1945 British troops reach Grebbelinie
    04/25/1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmissi
    04/25/1945 Last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany
    04/25/1945 Red army completely surrounding Berlin
    04/25/1945 US & Soviet forces meet at Torgau Germany on Elbe River
    04/25/1946 'Exposition Flyer' rammed at Napierville Illinois, killing 48 04/25/1946 45 die in a train crash in Naperville Illinois
    04/25/1947 Lou Thesz beats Whipper Watson in St Louis, to become wrestling cham
    04/25/1949 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1922 Zulu
    04/25/1949 Michael Brown, rocker (Left Banke-Don't Walk Away Renee)
    04/25/1950 Ambon (proclaims RMS (Republik Maluku Selatan)
    04/25/1950 Chuck Cooper becomes 1st black to play in NBA
    04/25/1952 American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter 04/25/1952 German 'Country' Bathe-Württemberg forms
    04/25/1952 Minneapolis beats New York, 4 games to 3, for NBA championship 04/25/1954 Bell labs announces 1st solar battery (NYC)
    04/25/1954 British raid Nairobi Kenya
    04/25/1954 WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting 04/25/1956 Elvis Presley's 'Heartbreak Hotel' goes #1
    04/25/1957 1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated
    04/25/1957 Ibrahim Hashim forms Jordanian govt
    04/25/1957 WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting 04/25/1959 St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping 04/25/1960 1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed (Triton) 04/25/1961 Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin 04/25/1961 Premier Moïse Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo
    04/25/1961 Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit
    04/25/1961 Unmanned Mercury test explodes on launch pad
    04/25/1962 US Ranger spacecraft crash lands on Moon
    04/25/1962 US resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island 04/25/1964 Tor Maple Leafs beat Det Red Wings 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup 04/25/1965 Boston beats Los Angeles, 4 games to 1, for NBA championship 04/25/1966 Drunk driver kills 10 children in Asse Belgium
    04/25/1967 Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland
    04/25/1969 BBC Radio serial 'Dales' 5,400th & last episode
    04/25/1970 Freda Payne releases 'Band of Gold'
    04/25/1970 Melanie releases 'Lay Down'
    04/25/1971 US canal rights in Nicaragua & rights to Corn Islands expire 04/25/1972 Hans-Werner Grosse glides 907.7 miles (1,461 km) in an AS-W-12 04/25/1974 Chancellor Willy Brandt sect Günther Guillaume found to be a spy 04/25/1974 Dictator António Salazar overthrown in Portugal (Carnation revolutio
    04/25/1974 Leo Tindemans forms Belgium govt
    04/25/1974 NFL moves goal posts & adopts sudden-death playoff
    04/25/1975 1st Boeing Jetfoil revenue service, Hong Kong to Macao
    04/25/1975 Portugal holds its 1st free election in 50 years
    04/25/1975 West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm Sweden
    04/25/1976 Portugal adopts constitution
    04/25/1977 Cin Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Braves 23-9 04/25/1978 Phillie Phanatic makes 1st appearance
    04/25/1978 Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more 04/25/1979 'Rock 'n Roll High Schools' premieres
    04/25/1979 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2656 Evenkia & #3653
    04/25/1980 Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran 04/25/1981 Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28) 04/25/1982 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2688 Halley, #3275 Oberndorfer & #3692
    04/25/1982 In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawl 04/25/1983 'Nightline' expands from ½ hour to a full hour
    04/25/1983 Portugal's Soares' Partido Socialista wins parliamentary election 04/25/1983 Yuri Andropov invites US schoolgirl Samantha Smith to USSR 04/25/1984 Rock group Wings disbands
    04/25/1985 Flyers 2-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead
    04/25/1985 For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Cup game 04/25/1985 West German Parliament makes it punishable to deny the holocaust 04/25/1986 ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5
    04/25/1988 'Nightline' goes on location to Jerusalem Israel
    04/25/1988 John Demjanjuk (Ivan the Terrible), sentenced to death in Jerusalem 04/25/1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-211
    04/25/1989 Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY 04/25/1989 Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st perio
    04/25/1990 25th Academy of Country Music Awards (Clint Black & Kathy Mattea win
    04/25/1990 Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle discovery 04/25/1990 Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6 year term as Nicaragua's pres
    04/25/1991 Designer Mary McFadden (52) announces divorce of Kohie Yohannan (23)
    04/25/1991 Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL NE Patriots for sexual harassment
    04/25/1993 Russia elect Boris Yeltsin leader
    04/25/1994 14' of snow in Southern Calif
    04/25/1994 Bomb attack on taxi stand in Johannesburg, 10 killed
    04/25/1994 Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed
    04/25/1994 King Azlan Shah of Malaysia resigns
    04/25/1994 Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/26/ 121 Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus A Verus], Emperor of Rome (161-180
    04/26/1319 Jan II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)
    04/26/1538 Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)
    04/26/1567 Nicolas Forme, composer
    04/26/1573 Marie de'Medici, Queen of France
    04/26/1603 Francesco Nigetti, composer
    04/26/1648 Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)
    04/26/1711 David Hume, England, empiricists/philospher (Treatise of Human Natur
    04/26/1718 Esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy)
    04/26/1776 Joan M Kemper, lawyer (designed civil code law book)
    04/26/1782 Maria Amalia van Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Lodewijk Filips of Austria 04/26/1785 John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist
    04/26/1796 Auguste Mathieu Panseron, composer
    04/26/1798 Ferdinand Eugène Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journa
    04/26/1806 Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer
    04/26/1812 Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant
    04/26/1820 Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel) 04/26/1822 Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park) 04/26/1822 Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist
    04/26/1827 Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 04/26/1834 Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist
    04/26/1834 Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer
    04/26/1836 Erminnie Adelle Platt, US, ethnologist (Iriquois-English Dictionary)
    04/26/1838 John Wilkes Booth, actor/assassin (Pres Lincoln), died in 1865 04/26/1839 Cyrus Hamblin, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 04/26/1841 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian
    04/26/1860 Alphonse M A J Ariëns, Dutch pastor
    04/26/1863 Charles Haslewood Shannon, lithographer/painter
    04/26/1868 Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publishe
    04/26/1868 Robert Herrick, US writer (Common lot)
    04/26/1875 Syngman Rhee, South Korea, pres of South Korea (1948-60)
    04/26/1878 Ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again) 04/26/1879 Owen Williams Richardson, England, physicist (Nobel 1928) 04/26/1880 Mikhail Fokine, Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance 04/26/1884 Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers)
    04/26/1888 Aleksandr Mikhailov, USSR, astronomer
    04/26/1889 Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austria, philosopher (Tractatus)
    04/26/1890 Edgar 'E Livingstone' Kennedy, US actor/director (My Old Dutch) 04/26/1893 Anita Loos, author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
    04/26/1895 Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy Führer, only prisoner at Spandau 04/26/1897 Olga Chekova, actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children) 04/26/1898 Edward PF Eagan, Denver, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32
    04/26/1898 John Grierson, documentary film maker
    04/26/1898 Vicente Aleixandre, Spain, writer (Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel 1977
    04/26/1899 Guinn Williams, Decatur Tx, actor (Big Boy-Circus Boy)
    04/26/1900 Charles Richter, Ohio, Earthquakes seismologist (Richter scale) 04/26/1900 Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, actor (Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail) 04/26/1900 James Sutherland, English literature scholar
    04/26/1903 Geoffrey Worthington, Air vice-marshall
    04/26/1903 Niven Busch, US screenwriter (Postman Always Rings Twice) 04/26/1904 Paul E 'Cardinal' Leger, archbishop of Montreal
    04/26/1904 William 'Count' Basie, jazz pianist
    04/26/1905 Charles K Feldman, [Gould], NYC, producer (Casino Royale) 04/26/1905 Denis O'Dea, actor (Esther & the King, Treasure Island)
    04/26/1905 Jean Vigo, France, actor/director (Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante) 04/26/1906 Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns, comedienne (George Burns Show) 04/26/1906 Leopold Spinner, composer
    04/26/1907 Theun de Vries, writer (February; PC Hooft prize 1981)
    04/26/1910 Erland von Koch, composer
    04/26/1910 Ernst Tittel, composer
    04/26/1910 Johan Thorn, writer/journalist/resistance fighter (Orange Newspaper)
    04/26/1912 A[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn) 04/26/1914 Bernard Malamud, US, novelist (Fixer, Natural, Pulitizer 1967) 04/26/1914 Charlie Chester, comedian
    04/26/1914 Wilfred Howard Mellers, composer
    04/26/1916 Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer
    04/26/1916 Morris L West, Australia, novelist (Shoes of the Fisherman) 04/26/1917 Ieoh Ming 'I M' Pei, architect (1961 Brunner Prize)
    04/26/1917 Sal 'The Barber' Maglie, pitcher, 8th all-time won-lost pct 04/26/1918 Fanny Blankers-Koen, Holland, 100m/200m dash, hurdler (Olym-gold-194
    04/26/1918 Prof Jack Morpurgo, American Literature scholar (Leeds University) 04/26/1918 Stafford Repp, Calif, actor (Chief O'Hara-Batman, Plunder Road) 04/26/1920 Juan C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer
    04/26/1921 Harry Knutton, Maj-Gen/dir-general (London City & Guilds Institute) 04/26/1921 Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician
    04/26/1921 Margaret Gowing, professor of history of science
    04/26/1922 James Holt, medieval historian
    04/26/1922 Jeanne Sauve, 1st female Governor-General (Canada, 1984-90) 04/26/1922 Margaret Scott, founder (Australian Ballet School)
    04/26/1922 Mike Kellin, Hartford Ct, actor (Honestly Celeste, Fitz & Bones) 04/26/1922 Paul-Andre Gaillard, composer
    04/26/1922 Pol Bury, Belgian speed artist
    04/26/1923 Oliver Millar, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures
    04/26/1924 Russell Nype, Zion Ill, singer/actor (Burton Farley-Dorothy) 04/26/1926 Anton PO Ekström, Swedish writer (Summer Dances)
    04/26/1926 David Coleman, sports commentator
    04/26/1926 Michael Joughin, CEO (Scottish Hydro-Electric)
    04/26/1926 Oldrich Frantisek Korte, composer
    04/26/1926 Preston 'Bob' Tisch, NFL co-owner (NY Giants)
    04/26/1927 Anne McLaren, biologist/zoologist
    04/26/1927 Jack Douglas, comedian (My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show
    04/26/1928 Gordon Downey, British Comptroller General/Reader Rep (Independent) 04/26/1930 Derek Waring, actor
    04/26/1930 Justin Gosling, principal (St Edmund Hall Oxford)
    04/26/1930 Roger Moens, Belgium, 800m runner (Olympic-silver-1960)
    04/26/1933 Carol Burnett, San Antonio Tx, comedian/actress (Annie, 4 Seasons) 04/26/1934 J Micheal McCloskey, environmentalist, Sierra Club chairman 04/26/1936 Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge
    04/26/1937 Robert Boozer, Omaha Neb, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1960) 04/26/1938 Duane Eddy, Phoenix, Az, country singer (Peter Gunn, Cannonball) 04/26/1938 Willie Wood, bowler
    04/26/1939 Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge
    04/26/1941 John Battle, MP
    04/26/1942 Bobby Rydell, Phila Pa, rock singer (Wild One, Bye Bye Birdie) 04/26/1942 Claudine Auger, Paris France, Miss France (1958)/actress (Thunderbal
    04/26/1943 Gary Wright, singer, dream weaver (Spooky Tooth-It's All About) 04/26/1944 Bruce Johnston, US pop musician (Beach Boys-God Only Knows) 04/26/1944 David O'B Martin, (Rep-R-NY, 1981- )
    04/26/1944 Martha Rockwell, Providence RI, skier
    04/26/1947 Donna Elizabeth De Varona, Greenwich Ct, swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-64)
    04/26/1948 Gerry Sikorski, (Rep-D-MN, 1983- )
    04/26/1948 Stevie Nicks, Calif, rocker/druggie (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours) 04/26/1950 Peter Schaufuss, director of ballet (Deutsche Opera Berlin) 04/26/1951 Lynne Jones, MP
    04/26/1952 Popo Simon Molefe, secretary-general (South Africa UDF)
    04/26/1956 Koo Stark, [Kathleen Dee-Anne], photographer/actress (Emily) 04/26/1958 Giancarlo Esposito, actor (Bob Roberts, School Daze, King of NY) 04/26/1958 Johnny 'Earl of' Dumfries, racing driver
    04/26/1960 Roger Taylor, rock drummer (Duran, Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf) 04/26/1961 Albert Lawrence, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984) 04/26/1962 Graham 'Skin' Skinner, rocker (Hipsway)
    04/26/1962 Michael Damian, San Diego, singer (Rock on)/actor (Young & Restless)
    04/26/1964 Tod Bass, LA Calif, actor (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In)
    04/26/1966 Andrea Temesvari, Hungary, tennis player (US Clay 1983, 1984)


    Deaths:

    04/26/ 757 Stephen II, [III/Orsini?], Pope (752-57), dies
    04/26/1196 Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies
    04/26/1558 Jean François Fernel, French physician, dies
    04/26/1648 Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79
    04/26/1703 Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58
    04/26/1726 Jeremy Collier, historian/opponent to theater
    04/26/1785 Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40
    04/26/1827 Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90
    04/26/1865 Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74
    04/26/1865 John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead at 27 near Bowling Green V
    04/26/1907 Pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79
    04/26/1910 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies 04/26/1920 Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indies genius (π/Notebooks), dies at 32 04/26/1922 Hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84
    04/26/1924 Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82
    04/26/1938 Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79
    04/26/1940 Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies 04/26/1941 Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiology, dies at 74
    04/26/1946 Hermann Keyserling, German philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65
    04/26/1951 John Alden Carpenter, composer, dies at 75
    04/26/1952 Charles L Bass, actor (Vrouwentemmers), dies at 59
    04/26/1956 Edward Arnold, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66 04/26/1960 Wander J de Hare, physicist (Einstein-de Hare effect), dies at 82 04/26/1961 Gail Russell, actress (Calcutta, Moonrise, El Paso), dies at 36 04/26/1964 Edwin John Pratt, poet/literature professor
    04/26/1964 Pieter Van de Line, geologist (Keienboek), dies at 93
    04/26/1965 Aaron Avshalomov, composer, dies at 70
    04/26/1970 Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper/actress (Pruitts of S Hampton), dies at 56 04/26/1972 Margaret Bonds, composer, dies at 59
    04/26/1973 Irene Ryan, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69 04/26/1976 Allan Jackson, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60 04/26/1976 Neil McCallum, actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at 45
    04/26/1976 Sid James, actor (Lavander Hill Mob), dies at 62
    04/26/1980 Cicely Courtneidge, actress (Double Exposure), dies at 87 04/26/1981 Jim Davis, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65
    04/26/1981 Madge Evans, TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 71
    04/26/1982 Celia Johnson, British actress (Jean Brodie), dies of stroke at 73 04/26/1982 Ville Ritola, Finnish 5/10km runner (Olympic-gold-1924, 28), dies 04/26/1983 Bronislaw Kaper, composer, dies at 81
    04/26/1983 Vaughn Taylor, actor (Johnny Jupiter), dies at 72
    04/26/1984 Henry Rowland, actor (Rogue's Regiment), dies at 70
    04/26/1984 May McAvoy, actress (Ben-Hur), dies at 82 after a heart attack 04/26/1984 William 'Count' Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday 04/26/1986 Bessie Love, actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at 87 04/26/1986 Broderick Crawford, actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74
    04/26/1989 Lucille Ball, comedienne/actress dies at 78 of a massive heart attac
    04/26/1990 Carlos Pizarro, Colombian presidents candidate, murdered
    04/26/1991 Carmine Coppola, composer, dies
    04/26/1991 Emily McLaughlin, US actress (Jessie-General Hospital), dies at 60 04/26/1992 Alberta Vaughn, actress (Wild Horse, Silver Devil), dies
    04/26/1992 Clyde Hartley, entertainer, dies


    Significant Events:

    04/26/ 757 Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I 04/26/1220 German king Frederik II grants bishops sovereign rights
    04/26/1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo & kill Giuliano de'Medici 04/26/1514 Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn
    04/26/1564 William Shakespeare baptized
    04/26/1607 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va 04/26/1637 Governor Philip J van Lichtenbergh of Suriname baptised
    04/26/1654 Jews are expelled from Brazil
    04/26/1709 Fries viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa 04/26/1777 Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia
    04/26/1803 Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France
    04/26/1814 King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England
    04/26/1819 Odd Fellows Lodge established
    04/26/1841 'Bombay Gazette' begins publishing
    04/26/1853 King Willem III disbands 2nd Chamber
    04/26/1855 Composer Gioacchino Rossini leaves Italy
    04/26/1861 G Schiaparelli discovers asteroid #69 Hesperia
    04/26/1865 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #83 Beatrix
    04/26/1865 Battle of Durham Station, NC (Greensboro)
    04/26/1865 Battle of Ft Tobacco, VA
    04/26/1865 Confederate general Joseph Johnston surrenders
    04/26/1865 Gen Joseph E Johnston surrenders Army of Tennessee, at Durham, NC 04/26/1876 J Perrotin discovers asteroid #163 Erigone
    04/26/1884 J Palisa discovers asteroid #236 Honoria
    04/26/1887 Huntsville Electric Co established to sell electricity
    04/26/1904 Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms
    04/26/1906 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii
    04/26/1907 Jamestown, Va Tercentenary Exposition opens
    04/26/1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #756 Lilliana
    04/26/1912 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)
    04/26/1913 Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF
    04/26/1913 Sun Yet San announces revolt against pres Yuan Shikai in China 04/26/1917 M Wolf discovers asteroid #868 Lova
    04/26/1920 H Shapley & H.D. Curtis hold 'great debate' on nature of nebulae 04/26/1923 Duke of York (King George VI) marries Elizabeth Lyon
    04/26/1923 English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 04/26/1925 Pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for 'So big'
    04/26/1926 Germany & Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty
    04/26/1926 Karachai Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943) 04/26/1928 Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London
    04/26/1929 1st non-stop England to India flight lands
    04/26/1933 Jewish students are barred from school in Germany
    04/26/1936 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 4th Symphony
    04/26/1937 German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain 04/26/1938 Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks 04/26/1941 A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs) 04/26/1941 Potatoes rationed in Holland
    04/26/1941 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2091 Sampo
    04/26/1942 Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria
    04/26/1944 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down 04/26/1944 Papandreou govt in Greece forms
    04/26/1947 'Bless the Bride' musical opens in London
    04/26/1950 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run
    04/26/1950 U of Miami ends William & Mary straight tennis match victories at 82
    04/26/1951 Queen Juliana opens Brielsche Mausoleum
    04/26/1952 Patty Berg scores 64, best competitive round of golf by a woman 04/26/1952 US minesweeper 'Hobson' rams aircraft carrier 'Wasp,' kills 176 04/26/1954 Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva
    04/26/1954 Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins
    04/26/1957 Jamestown, Va 350th Anniversary Festival opens
    04/26/1959 Cuba invades Panama
    04/26/1961 French Army revolt fails
    04/26/1961 Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961
    04/26/1962 1st Lockheed A-12 flies
    04/26/1962 Ranger 4 crash lands on Moon
    04/26/1962 Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits White Sox 1-0
    04/26/1962 US/UK launch Ariel; 1st international payload
    04/26/1964 Boston beats SF, 4 games to 1, for 6th straight NBA championship 04/26/1964 Tanganyika & Zanzibar form United Republic of Tanganyika & Zanzibar 04/26/1966 Arnold 'Red' Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach
    04/26/1967 KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 04/26/1968 Students seize administration building at Ohio State
    04/26/1968 US underground nuclear test, 'Boxcar', 1 megaton device
    04/26/1971 Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15' in 24 hrs 04/26/1971 SF lightship replaced by automatic buoy
    04/26/1971 Turkey state of siege proclaimed
    04/26/1973 2 Gentlemen of Verona, musical opens in London
    04/26/1974 Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam 04/26/1974 Malta adopts constitution
    04/26/1975 Penguins 0-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Isles win series 4-3
    04/26/1976 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #3649
    04/26/1977 NY's famed disco Studio 54 opens
    04/26/1978 France routes troops to Chad
    04/26/1978 NASA launches space vehicle S-201
    04/26/1980 Iran begins scattering US hostages from US Embassy
    04/26/1980 Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120'
    04/26/1980 Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats Cards) 04/26/1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island 04/26/1982 CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio
    04/26/1982 Rod Stewart is mugged, gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche
    04/26/1983 Bruins 2-Isles 5-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 1-0 lead 04/26/1983 Dow Jones Industrial Avg breaks 1200 for 1st time
    04/26/1983 San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game 04/26/1984 Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens
    04/26/1984 Pres Reagan visits China
    04/26/1986 Actor/bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shrive
    04/26/1986 Worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl USSR, 31 die
    04/26/1988 1st TNN Viewers choice awards-Randy Travis wins in 5 categories 04/26/1989 AT&T announces NJ's 201 area code will split into 908 & 201 04/26/1989 Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany 04/26/1990 126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China
    04/26/1990 Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal & twists his ankle
    04/26/1990 NY court of appeals ends 2½ year legal battle over 1988 America's 04/26/1991 'Dinosaurs' premieres on ABC-TV
    04/26/1991 23 killed in Kansas & Okla by tornadoes
    04/26/1992 'Jolly's Last Jam' opens at Virginia theater on Broadway
    04/26/1992 'Who's The Boss,' final episode after 8 years
    04/26/1992 Alex Haley, (Roots), wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously 04/26/1992 Final episode of 'Growing Pains' airs
    04/26/1992 Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base
    04/26/1993 Boeing 737 crashes at Aurangabad, kills 56
    04/26/1993 NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman
    04/26/1993 STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit
    04/26/1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] 04/26/1994 26.9°C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record) 04/26/1994 Dr Nomaza Paintin in NZ is 1st black South African to vote 04/26/1994 General elections in South Africa
    04/26/1994 Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya Japan, 262 killed

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/27/1410 John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand
    04/27/1623 Johann Adam Reincken, composer
    04/27/1701 Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardina
    04/27/1707 John Burman, botanist/director botanical gardens
    04/27/1724 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer
    04/27/1737 Edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp) 04/27/1759 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)
    04/27/1767 Andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of Glocke) 04/27/1791 Samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph) 04/27/1802 Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer
    04/27/1803 Alfred Julius Becher, composer
    04/27/1812 Friedrich von Flotow, composer
    04/27/1820 Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Static
    04/27/1822 Ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77) 04/27/1824 William Richard Bexfield, composer
    04/27/1828 Gerben Colmjon, Fries language publisher
    04/27/1835 John Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 04/27/1840 Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865)
    04/27/1861 Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer
    04/27/1861 Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte)
    04/27/1865 Emile Erens, Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars)
    04/27/1869 William Victor Harris, composer
    04/27/1871 Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer
    04/27/1873 Harry M O'Connor, entertainer
    04/27/1875 Lumsden Hare, actor (Svengali, Great Impersonation, His Double Life)
    04/27/1883 Hubert Harrison, St Croix Virgin Island, writer/freedom fighter 04/27/1884 Louis de Bree, [Louis C Davids), actor (Bluejackets)
    04/27/1892 Louis Victor de Broglie, physicist (studied electrons)
    04/27/1893 Norman Bel Geddes, Adrian Mich, theatrical designer (Rivals, Dead En
    04/27/1894 Nicolas Slonimsky, composer
    04/27/1896 Rogers Hornsby, 2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)
    04/27/1896 Wallace Hume Carothers, inventor (nylon)
    04/27/1900 Walter Lantz, animator (Woody Woodpecker's creator)
    04/27/1902 Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of the Jury, Behind Office Doors) 04/27/1903 Frank Belknap Long, American writer (Rim of the Unknown)
    04/27/1904 Arthur F Burns, economist/chairman (Federal Reserve Board) 04/27/1904 Cecil Day-Lewis, England, poet laureate/detective (Nicholas Blake) 04/27/1904 Ragnar Skrede, Norse poet (Lauvfall)
    04/27/1905 Philip Radcliffe, composer
    04/27/1909 Muriel C Bradbrook, English writer (That Infidel Place)
    04/27/1911 Colin Gordon, Ceylon, actor (John-Baron)
    04/27/1911 Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Kuifje)
    04/27/1914 Albert Soboult, French historian
    04/27/1916 Jan Rychlik, composer
    04/27/1918 John Scali, newspaperman/correspondant (ABC)
    04/27/1918 Kirby Stone, NYC, jazz combo leader (Baubles Bangles & Beads) 04/27/1922 Daphne Anderson, actress (Beggar's Opera, Hobson's Choice) 04/27/1922 Jack Klugman, Phila (Oscar-Odd Couple, Quincy, Goodbye Columbus) 04/27/1927 Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist
    04/27/1927 John Joseph Moakley, (Rep-D-Massachusetts, 1973- )
    04/27/1929 Nina Ponomareva Romaschkova, USSR, discus thrower (Oly-gold-1952, 60
    04/27/1930 Roelof F 'Pik' Botha, South African minister of Foreign affairs 04/27/1931 Igor Oistrach, Russian violinist/son of David Oistrach
    04/27/1931 Krzystzof Komeda, composer
    04/27/1932 Anouk Aimee, [Francoise Dreyfus], Paris, actress (8½, La Dolce Vita)
    04/27/1932 Casey Kasem, Detroit, radio personality (American Top 40) 04/27/1932 Charles Adkins, US, light welterweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1952) 04/27/1932 Chuck Knox, NFL coach (Rams, Bills, Seahawks)
    04/27/1932 Francois Bayle, composer
    04/27/1932 Petar Ozgijan, composer
    04/27/1937 Phil Jones, newsman (CBS)
    04/27/1937 Sandy Dennis, Nebraska, actress (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) 04/27/1938 Earl Anthony, bowler (PBA money champ 1974-6, 1981-3)
    04/27/1939 Jerry Mercer, rocker (April Wine)
    04/27/1939 Judy Carne, Northhampton Engl, comedienne (Laugh-in, Fair Exchange) 04/27/1941 Friedrich Goldmann, composer
    04/27/1941 Jan D Blaauw, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
    04/27/1941 Judith Blegen, Missoula Mont, opera singer (Papagena-Magic Flute) 04/27/1942 Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-6) 04/27/1943 Helmut Marko, auto racer (Le Mans Grand Prix)
    04/27/1944 Cuba Gooding, US singer (Everybody Plays the Fool)
    04/27/1944 Herb Pedersen, Berkley Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) 04/27/1944 Michael Fish, British TV weatherman
    04/27/1945 August Wilson, US, playwright (Fences, Puilitzer 1987)
    04/27/1947 Ann Peebles, Missouri, singer (I Can't Stand the Rain)
    04/27/1947 Herbie Murrell, US singer (Stylistics-You are My Everything) 04/27/1947 Pete Ham, rock guitarist/pianist/vocalist (Badfinger-Come & Get It) 04/27/1947 Peter Gena, composer
    04/27/1948 Katie Pierson, vocals/guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster, Love Shack) 04/27/1949 Douglas Sheehan, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Ben-Knots Landing) 04/27/1949 Yoshiaki Fujiwara, wrestler (NJPW/PWF/UWF)
    04/27/195- Cora Ann Mahalick, news anchor (WNYW-TV)
    04/27/1951 Ace Frehley, Bronx NY, heavy metal rocker (Kiss-Beth, Frehley's Come
    04/27/1951 Boris Kinberg, rocker (Mink DeVille)
    04/27/1953 Ellen L Shulman Baker, Fayetteville NC, MD/astronaut (STS 34, 50) 04/27/1959 Sheena Easton, [Shirley Orr], Glasgow Scotland, singer (Sugar Walls)
    04/27/1963 Arther van Dijk, drummer (Ivy Green)
    04/27/1963 Schae Harrison, Orange Calif, actress (Darla-Bold & Beautiful) 04/27/1967 Bridgette Gordon, Deland Fla, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1988) 04/27/1967 Willem-Alexander CGF, Prince of Orange/son of Queen Beatrix of Neth 04/27/1969 Mica Paris, rocker (So Good)
    04/27/1971 Hayley Carr, Salzburg Austria, actress (Courtney-As the World Turns)
    04/27/1973 André Govan, Culver City Calif, actor (Monster Squad)
    04/27/1975 André Gower, actor (Baby Makes 5, Fathers & Sons, Mr President) 04/27/1992 James Duke Mason, son of singer Belinda Carlisle & Morgan Mason


    Deaths:

    04/27/1076 Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies
    04/27/1404 Philips de Stoute, Duke of Burgundy, dies
    04/27/1521 Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives 04/27/1605 Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69 04/27/1656 Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65
    04/27/1656 John J van Goyen, landscape painter, dies at 60
    04/27/1694 Johan Georg IV, ruler of Saxon (1691-94)
    04/27/1695 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies 04/27/1702 Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies 04/27/1758 Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 67
    04/27/1764 Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73
    04/27/1806 Amalia Fürstin Gallitzin, Prussian daughter of Golitsyn, dies at 57 04/27/1813 Zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34 04/27/1871 Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59 04/27/1872 Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 04/27/1881 Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76
    04/27/1882 Ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive men), dies
    04/27/1893 John Murray Corse, US general (Union), dies on his 58th birthday 04/27/1901 Richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81
    04/27/1902 Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72 04/27/1915 Alexander N Skrjabin, Russian composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 04/27/1932 Hart Crane, sailing from Mexico to NY commits suicide
    04/27/1937 Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46 04/27/1938 Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Germany, dies at 44
    04/27/1950 Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70
    04/27/1950 Karl Straube, German organist/conductor, dies
    04/27/1957 Mario A Gianini, creator of maraschino cherry, dies
    04/27/1959 Gordon Armstrong, inventor of baby incubator, dies
    04/27/1961 Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67 04/27/1965 Alan Bunce, actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert), dies at 61
    04/27/1965 Edward R Murrow, newscaster (Person to Person), dies at 57 04/27/1969 Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies
    04/27/1970 Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73
    04/27/1972 Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62
    04/27/1973 Libbe de Wal, founder of Humanistic Covenant, dies at 72
    04/27/1975 Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies
    04/27/1977 Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies 04/27/1978 Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered 04/27/1982 Tom Tully, actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85
    04/27/1984 Piet Kraak, soccer, dies at 63
    04/27/1991 Ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, Calif Gold Rush), dies at 74 04/27/1991 Marcus Heeresma, writer/poet (Anna, Son of a Whore), dies 04/27/1993 Hans Sahl, German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90 04/27/1994 John Preston, US writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48 04/27/1994 Lynne Frederick Unger, actress (Trail of Pink Panther), dies at 39


    Significant Events:

    04/27/1509 Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice
    04/27/1518 Treaty of St Truiden: anti-French Trapdoors/Bourgondisch covenant 04/27/1526 Mogol Kingt Babur beats sultan of Delhi
    04/27/1565 1st Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms
    04/27/1576 Peace of Beaulieu/Paix de Monsieur
    04/27/1662 Netherlands & France sign military covenant
    04/27/1773 British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this) 04/27/1805 US Marines attack shores of Tripoli
    04/27/1813 Americans under Gen Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed
    04/27/1838 Fire destroys half of Charleston
    04/27/1841 Imakita Kosen, 1st Zen teacher of D.T. Suzuki, found the awakening 04/27/1857 Establishment of Jewish congregations in Lower Austria prohibited 04/27/1859 'Pomona' sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard
    04/27/1860 Thomas J Jackson is assigned to command Harpers Ferry
    04/27/1861 President Abe Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus
    04/27/1861 West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from US 04/27/1863 Battle of Streight's raid: Tuscumbia to Cedar Bluff, AL
    04/27/1865 Cornell University (Ithaca NY) is chartered
    04/27/1867 Opera 'Roméo et Juliette' is produced (Paris)
    04/27/1874 White League, Paramilitary white supremacist organization, forms 04/27/1877 Opera 'Le Roi de Lahore' is produced (Paris)
    04/27/1877 President Hayes removes Federal troops from LA, Reconstruction ends 04/27/1881 Pogroms against Russian Jews start in Elisabethgrad
    04/27/1897 Grant's Tomb (famed of song & legend) dedicated
    04/27/1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out, Phila A's win 6-0
    04/27/1903 Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens
    04/27/1905 World Exposition opens in Luik
    04/27/1908 4th modern Olympic games opens in London
    04/27/1909 Sultan of Turkey Abdul Hamid II is overthrown
    04/27/1910 Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting right
    04/27/1912 Relief laws replaces those of 1854, in Netherlands
    04/27/1918 Bkln Dodgers get 1st victory after worse major league start (0-9) 04/27/1919 A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #912 Maritima
    04/27/1920 Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence
    04/27/1921 Hadjememaar, [Corn de Gelder] elected in Amsterdam
    04/27/1922 Fritz Langs 'Dr Mabuse, der Spieler' premieres in Berlin
    04/27/1922 Yakut ASSR formed in Russian SFSR
    04/27/1923 Mussolini govt italian place in South Tirol/Alto Adige
    04/27/1924 Antwerp soccer tie Belgium-Netherlands 1-1
    04/27/1931 100° F (38° C), Pahala, Hawaii (state record)
    04/27/1932 Apollo asteroid discovered, with a perigee of 2 million miles 04/27/1933 Karl Jansky reports reception of cosmic radio signal in Wash DC 04/27/1935 Brussel's World Expo opens
    04/27/1935 Yanks pull a 1st inning triple-play & beat Phila A's 9-8
    04/27/1937 1st US social security payment made
    04/27/1937 US Social Security system makes its 1st benefit payment
    04/27/1940 Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp 04/27/1942 Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars
    04/27/1942 Tornado destroys Pryor Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300 04/27/1943 Lou Jansen & Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland
    04/27/1943 Soviet Union breaks contact with Polish government exiled in London 04/27/1944 Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-0
    04/27/1945 2nd Republic of Austria forms
    04/27/1945 Italian partisans take Mussolini prisoner
    04/27/1945 US 5th army enters Genua
    04/27/1946 1st radar installation aboard a coml ship installed
    04/27/1947 Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through US
    04/27/1948 Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River
    04/27/1950 South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races
    04/27/1951 Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia
    04/27/1953 1st general elections in British Guyana, won by Jagans PPP 04/27/1953 Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins term 'Pencil neck geek'
    04/27/1956 Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing 04/27/1959 'Today' show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France)
    04/27/1959 Liu Sjau-chi elected president of China PR
    04/27/1960 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee) 04/27/1960 South Korean pres Syngman Rhee resigns
    04/27/1960 Togo (formerly French Togo) declares independence from French adm 04/27/1961 NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays 04/27/1961 NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio
    04/27/1961 Sierra Leone declares independence from UK
    04/27/1962 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroids #2334 Cuffey & #3474 04/27/1963 'Jopie' Pengel forms govt in Suriname
    04/27/1963 Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow
    04/27/1964 John Lennon's 'In His Own Write' is published in US
    04/27/1965 RC Duncan patents 'Pampers' disposable diaper
    04/27/1966 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 2nd cello concert
    04/27/1967 Expo '67 opens in Montreal
    04/27/1968 Balt Oriole Tom Phoebus no-hits Boston, 6-0
    04/27/1968 Congress of Political Party Radicals (PPR) forms in Netherlands 04/27/1968 Jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title 04/27/1970 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2469 Tadjikistan
    04/27/1972 Apollo 16 returns to Earth
    04/27/1972 NYC Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported 04/27/1973 KC Royal Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0
    04/27/1974 Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107
    04/27/1976 Abu Dhabi establishes Arabic Monetary Fund
    04/27/1977 Bloody riots in Soweto South Africa
    04/27/1977 H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2234 Schmadel
    04/27/1977 HCC, Hobby Computer Club, forms in Netherlands
    04/27/1978 14th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 4-3 in 11
    04/27/1978 Accident at nuclear reactor Willow Island, W Virginia, kills 51 04/27/1978 Afghánistán revolution (National Day), pro-Russian military coup 04/27/1979 George Harrison releases 'Love Comes to Everyone'
    04/27/1981 1st female soccer official is hired by NASL
    04/27/1981 Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach [Goldbach] 04/27/1982 Nordiques 1-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles hold 1-0 lead
    04/27/1982 Trial of John W Hinckley Jr attempted assassin of Reagan, begins 04/27/1983 Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3509), passing Walter Johnson 04/27/1984 Asteroid #3625 discovered
    04/27/1984 Cleve Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings
    04/27/1984 Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana
    04/27/1986 Captain Midnight (John R MacDougall) interrupts HBO
    04/27/1987 US Justice Dept bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering
    04/27/1987 US, due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II
    04/27/1989 Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China
    04/27/1989 Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500
    04/27/1989 Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy
    04/27/1990 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich) 04/27/1990 Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery 04/27/1990 Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10 04/27/1992 NY Jets finish perfect 5-0 pre-season for 1st time
    04/27/1992 NY Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent 04/27/1993 Afghan Antonov AN-32 crashes at Tashqurgan, kills 76
    04/27/1994 29.0°C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record) 04/27/1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (52,713 km)
    04/27/1994 President Nixon buried in Nixon Library in Calif
    04/27/4977 -BC- Johannes Kepler's date for creation of universe

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed Apr 28 00:05:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/28/1442 Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83)
    04/28/1592 George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral
    04/28/1698 Karel Jozef, ruler of Batthyányi
    04/28/1715 Franz Sparry, composer
    04/28/1748 Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer
    04/28/1750 Paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer
    04/28/1753 Franz K Achard, German physicist
    04/28/1757 Claus Nielsen Schali, composer
    04/28/1758 James Monroe, Westmoreland Va, (D-R) 5th pres (1817-25)
    04/28/1774 Francis Baily, describer of 'Baily's Beads' during solar eclipse 04/28/1795 Charles Sturt, England, explorered Australia
    04/28/1809 Conradus Leemans, archaeologist
    04/28/1810 Daniel Ullmann, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 04/28/1812 Daniel Henry Rucker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910 04/28/1815 Andrew Jackson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
    04/28/1825 James Winning McMillan, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 04/28/1826 Alexander Stadtfeld, composer
    04/28/1838 Tobias M Carel Asser, Holland, advocate of world law (Nobel 1911) 04/28/1842 Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Brazil (1870-89)
    04/28/1846 Johann E Backlund, Swedish astronomer (planets/asteroids) 04/28/1848 Ludvig Schytte, composer
    04/28/1870 Hermann Suter, composer
    04/28/1873 Harold Bauer, English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association)
    04/28/1874 Sidney Toler, US actor (Madame X, Meeting at Midnight)
    04/28/1876 Frank Cavanagh, one of football's coaching greats
    04/28/1878 Lionel Barrymore [Blythe], US actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildaire) 04/28/1879 Edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher
    04/28/1882 Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrialist
    04/28/1886 Erich Salomon, German photographer
    04/28/1888 Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Italy/Netherland) 04/28/1889 António de Oliveira Salazar, premier/dictator Portugal (1932-68) 04/28/1889 Bryant Washburn, acrtor (Exposure, Millionaire Kid, Nabonga) 04/28/1889 Karel WFM Doorman, spy
    04/28/1892 Georges Antoine, composer
    04/28/1892 John Jacob Niles, composer
    04/28/1892 Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger)
    04/28/1900 Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (hypothesized 'Oort Cloud') 04/28/1900 Maurice Thorez, secretary-general French Communistic Party 04/28/1901 Corry Vonk, [Cornelia D], wife of Wim Kan (ABC-cabaret)
    04/28/1906 Bartholomeus J 'Bart' Buck, Dutch/US astronomer (Milky Way) 04/28/1906 Kurt Gödel, Austria, mathematician (Incompleteness Theorem) 04/28/1907 Marion Coulon, Belgian theoriest (Jeunesse à la dérive)
    04/28/1908 Arnoud Breefield, Suriname bishop
    04/28/1908 Michael T Fitzmaurice, actor (Reported Missing, 14 Hours) 04/28/1911 French Vroons, actor/tenor/director (Neth Opera)
    04/28/1914 Skuli Halldorsson, composer
    04/28/1917 Joop Waasdorp, writer (Cousin Cash, Wallpaper Hanger)
    04/28/1917 Robert Anderson, NY, writer (Tea & Sympathy, Never Sang for My Fathe
    04/28/1917 Robert Cornthwaite, St Helen Oregon, actor (Thing, War of the Worlds
    04/28/1920 Nan Merriman, US/Neth singer
    04/28/1921 Rowland Evans, White Marsh Pa, news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak) 04/28/1922 Guillaume Jorissen, Flemish Volksunie politician
    04/28/1922 William S Broomfield, (Rep-R-MI, 1956- )
    04/28/1923 Adele Mara, Dearborn Mich, actress/singer (Cool Million, Wheels) 04/28/1923 Wolfgang Steffen, composer
    04/28/1924 Kenneth David Kaunda, founder/president (Zambia, 1964- ) 04/28/1925 Richard C Sarafian, NYC, director/actor (Foley Square)
    04/28/1926 Harper Lee, author (To Kill a Mockingbird)
    04/28/1928 Yves Klein, French sculptor/painter
    04/28/1929 Carolyn Jones, Amarillo Texas, actress (Morticia-Addams Family) 04/28/1930 Christopher Headington, composer
    04/28/1930 James Baker 3, Houston, Sec of Treasury (1985-88), Sec State (1989-9
    04/28/1932 Marek Kopelent, composer
    04/28/1933 Karl Heinz Wahren, composer
    04/28/1936 John Martin Tchicai, composer
    04/28/1937 Saddam Hussein [At-Takriti], president of Iraq (1979- )
    04/28/1938 Madge Sinclair, Kingston Jamaica, actress (Bell-Roots, Trapper John)
    04/28/1941 Ann-Margret, Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Carnal Knowledge, Tommy) 04/28/1943 Fantastic Johnny C, [Johnny Corley], US inger (Boogaloo down Broadwa
    04/28/1943 John O Creighton, Orange Tx, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 51G, 36, 48) 04/28/1948 Marcia Strassman, NYC, actress (Julle Kotter-Welcome Back Kotter) 04/28/1949 Jerome 'Jay' Apt, Springfield Mass, PhD/astronaut (STS 37, 47, 59) 04/28/1950 Jay Leno, New Rochelle, comedian/talk show host (Tonight Show) 04/28/1950 Willie Colon, Bronx NY, actor (Last Flight)
    04/28/1955 Eddie Jobson, rock violinist (Zappa, UK, Roxy Music-For Your Pleasur
    04/28/1958 Hal Sutton, Shreveport La, PGA golfer (PGA 1983)
    04/28/1958 Kathy Willets, nymphomaniac (1991 Florida Sex Scandal)
    04/28/1959 Nancy Grahn, actress (Santa Barbara)
    04/28/1960 Wally Langdon, bassist (Bob Color)
    04/28/1964 Barry Larkin, shortstop (Cincinnati Reds)
    04/28/1964 Helen Marina Lucy Windsor, England, daughter of Prince Edward 04/28/1967 Monique Noel, Salem Oregon, playmate (May, 1989)
    04/28/1971 Chris Young, Penn, actor (Bryce Lynch-Max Headroom, Great Outdoors)


    Deaths:

    04/28/1089 Dirk, the Great, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies 04/28/1109 Hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies
    04/28/1770 Marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60 04/28/1799 Francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62
    04/28/1804 Hans Gram, composer, dies at 49
    04/28/1843 William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies 04/28/1860 Isaac da Costa, poet/writer (Réveil, Wachter!), dies at 62 04/28/1881 Robert W Ollinger, US warden (Billy the Kid), dies
    04/28/1887 Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67
    04/28/1896 Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies
    04/28/1925 Louis FJ Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare), dies
    04/28/1933 Robin Irvine, actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31
    04/28/1935 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer, dies at 87
    04/28/1936 Foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies
    04/28/1945 Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader & mistress captured, tried, & shot
    04/28/1945 Claretta Petacci, wife of Mussolini, executed
    04/28/1965 Ferdinand Bordewÿk, lawyer/writer (Character), dies
    04/28/1966 Ralph Bunker, actor (Ghost Goes West), dies
    04/28/1969 Johannes Rontgen, composer, dies at 70
    04/28/1970 Ed Begley, actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69 04/28/1973 Pat Henning, actor (Goodyear TV Playhouse), dies
    04/28/1974 Paul Page, actor (Girl from Havanna, Moth), dies at 70
    04/28/1975 John A de Young, historian, dies at 48
    04/28/1977 Ricardo Cortez, actor/director (Bad Company, Flesh), dies at 87 04/28/1979 Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer, dies at 86
    04/28/1980 Dee Carroll, actress, dies
    04/28/1980 Tommy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies
    04/28/1981 Mickey 'Toy Bulldog' Walker, welterweight champ (1922-26) dies at 79
    04/28/1982 Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], singer/actor, dies at 66 04/28/1984 Glen H Taylor, US senator/VP candidate (1948), dies at 80 04/28/1987 Ben Linder, development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua 04/28/1989 Olaff J the Landell [JB Wemmerslager of Sparwoude], writer, dies 04/28/1990 Jean Blazer Baney, entertainer, dies
    04/28/1991 Floyd B McKissick, US founder (CORE), dies
    04/28/1991 Ken Curtis, actor (Festus-Gunsmoke), dies at 74
    04/28/1992 Francis Bacon, British painter, dies
    04/28/1992 Olivier Messiaen, French composer (St François d'Assise), dies at 82
    04/28/1993 Jim Valvano, basketball coach (NC State), dies of cancer at 47


    Significant Events:

    04/28/1202 King Philip II throws out John without Country, from France 04/28/1253 -May 7th) Utrecht destroyed by fire
    04/28/1376 English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay
    04/28/1635 Virginia Gov John Harvey accused of treason & removed from office 04/28/1686 1st volume of Isaac Newton's 'Principia' published
    04/28/1788 Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution
    04/28/1789 Mutiny on HMS Bounty
    04/28/1796 Ceasefire of Cherasco
    04/28/1804 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony 04/28/1818 Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes & Lake Champlain 04/28/1829 Dutch parliament accepts new press laws
    04/28/1847 George B Vashon becomes 1st black to enter NY State Bar
    04/28/1848 Free last slaves in French colonies
    04/28/1855 1st veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston
    04/28/1865 Opera 'L'Africaine' is produced (Paris)
    04/28/1901 1st soccer game between Belgium (8) & Netherland (0)
    04/28/1903 M Wolf discovers asteroid #509 Iolanda
    04/28/1910 1st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England)
    04/28/1913 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #751 Faina
    04/28/1913 J Palisa discovers asteroid #750 Oskar
    04/28/1914 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles WV
    04/28/1914 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #788 Hohensteina
    04/28/1914 W H Carrier patents air conditioner
    04/28/1916 M Wolf discovers asteroid #826 Henrika
    04/28/1919 1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin) 04/28/1920 Azerbaijan SSR joins USSR (1st time)
    04/28/1922 WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station 04/28/1923 Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup) 04/28/1924 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster
    04/28/1924 J Hartmann discovers asteroid #1029 La Plata
    04/28/1925 Kurdish rebels surrender to Turkish army
    04/28/1925 Netherlands & Great Britain return to gold standard
    04/28/1930 1st night organized baseball game (Independence KS)
    04/28/1932 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1242 Zambesia
    04/28/1932 Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced
    04/28/1934 Spanish govt of Samper forms
    04/28/1934 Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays 04/28/1935 Moscow underground opens (81 km long)
    04/28/1937 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (NYC)
    04/28/1937 1st commercial flight across Pacific, Pan Am
    04/28/1938 King Zog of Albania marries Countess Geraldine of Hungary 04/28/1939 Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect 04/28/1940 Glenn Miller records 'Pennsylvania 6-5000'
    04/28/1940 Rudolf Hess becomes commandant of concentration camp Auschwitz 04/28/1942 'WW II' titled so, as result of Gallup Poll
    04/28/1942 Nightly 'dim-out' begins along East Coast
    04/28/1943 German-Italian counter offensive in North-Africa
    04/28/1944 Stalin meets Polish/US priest S Orlemanski
    04/28/1945 US 5th army reaches Swiss border
    04/28/1947 Thor Heyerdahl & 'Kon-Tiki' sail from Peru to Polynesia
    04/28/1952 WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect
    04/28/1955 WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 04/28/1956 Last French troop leave Vietnam
    04/28/1957 WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting 04/28/1958 Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
    04/28/1958 Vice Pres Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America 04/28/1959 KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting 04/28/1959 KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting 04/28/1959 KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting 04/28/1960 WIPM TV channel 3 in Mayaguez, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting 04/28/1961 Lt Col Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude 04/28/1961 Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats SF Giants, 1-0 04/28/1964 Japan joins OECD
    04/28/1965 Barbra Striesand stars on 'My Name is Barbra' special on CBS 04/28/1965 US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966 04/28/1966 Boston beats LA, 4 games to 3, for 8th straight NBA championship 04/28/1966 OCAM, Common Afro-Mauritian Organization forms
    04/28/1967 Expo 67 opens in Montréal
    04/28/1967 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title 04/28/1968 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old
    04/28/1968 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2422 Perovskaya
    04/28/1969 Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France
    04/28/1969 King Crismson with Greg Lake & Ian McDonald debuts
    04/28/1971 Dutch social democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election 04/28/1971 Samuel Lee Gravely Jr becomes 1st black admiral in US Navy 04/28/1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2093 Genichesk
    04/28/1974 Last Americans evacuated from Saigon
    04/28/1975 John Lennon appears on 'Tonight' & Ringo on 'Smother Brothers' 04/28/1975 South-Vietnam Gen Duong Van Minh sworn in as president
    04/28/1977 Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets
    04/28/1980 Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns
    04/28/1982 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2956 Yeomans & #3253 Gradie 04/28/1982 L G Taff discovers asteroid #3343 Nedzel
    04/28/1983 Argentine govt declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead 04/28/1983 Bruins 4-Isles 1-Wales Conf Championship-Series tied 1-1
    04/28/1983 NASA launches Goes-F
    04/28/1985 Billy Martin named Yankee manager for 4th time
    04/28/1985 Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season 04/28/1985 Flyers ?-Isles 1-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers win series 4-1 04/28/1986 Chernobyl, USSR site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster 04/28/1988 Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess
    04/28/1988 Baltimore Orioles lose AL record 21 games in a row
    04/28/1988 NJ Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes
    04/28/1990 'Chorus Line' closes on Broadway after 6,137 performances (15 yrs) 04/28/1990 Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat NY Knicks 157-12
    04/28/1990 Guns & Roses' Axl marries Erin Everly (annulled same year) 04/28/1990 Last copy of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth) 04/28/1991 Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) launched
    04/28/1992 Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings 04/28/1993 Carlo Ciampi forms Italian govt with ex-communists
    04/28/1993 Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die 04/28/1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa ends [3 days]
    04/28/1994 Freddy Thielemans sworn in as mayor of Brussels Belgium

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Thu Apr 29 00:05:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/29/1584 Melchior Teschner, composer
    04/29/1642 Christian Weise, German writer (Niederländische Bauer)
    04/29/1660 Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer
    04/29/1667 John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer (Alexander Pope)
    04/29/1727 Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action) 04/29/1745 Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800) 04/29/1771 Matthaus Stegmayer, composer
    04/29/1780 Charles Nodier, French writer (La fée aux miettes)
    04/29/1806 Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria writer/physician/philos
    04/29/1815 Abram Duryee, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 04/29/1818 Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-81)
    04/29/1830 Adolph Sutro, SF mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels 04/29/1842 Karl Millöcker, Austria conductor/composer (Up the Bettel student) 04/29/1854 Henri Poincaré, France, mathematician/astronomer/philosopher 04/29/1855 Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitch more)
    04/29/1855 Edmund van der Straeten, composer
    04/29/1857 Edouard Rod, France/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e)
    04/29/1857 Frantisek Ondricek, composer
    04/29/1860 Lorado Taft, US, sculptor (Black Hawk)
    04/29/1862 Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer
    04/29/1863 William Randolph Hearst, publisher (SF Examiner, Seattle P-I) 04/29/1871 Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher (Intelligence of Children
    04/29/1872 Eyvind Alnaes, composer
    04/29/1879 Thomas Beecham, England, composer, found London Philharmonic 04/29/1883 Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer
    04/29/1885 Egon E Kisch, Czech writer/journalist (Rasende Reporter)
    04/29/1885 Wallingford Riegger, Albany Georgia, composer (Bacchangle) 04/29/1893 Elisaveta Bagrjana, [Beltsjeva], Bulgaria, poetess
    04/29/1893 Harold C Urey, Ind, physicist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934)
    04/29/1894 Paul Hörbiger, Austria actor (Liebelei)
    04/29/1895 Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (Promenade Concerts)
    04/29/1896 Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer
    04/29/1899 Duke Ellington, Wash DC, [Edward Kennedy], bandleader (Take 'A' Trai
    04/29/1899 Karl Yngve Skold, composer
    04/29/1899 Natalie Talmadge, actress (Our Hospitality)
    04/29/1901 Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926-89)
    04/29/1902 Theodore Chanler, composer
    04/29/1903 Frank Parker, NYC, singer (Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party) 04/29/1904 Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate
    04/29/1904 Russ Morgan, Scranton Pa, orch leader (Welcome Aboard)
    04/29/1907 Fred Zinneman, Austria, director (From Here to Eternity, Julia) 04/29/1907 Tino Rossi, French singer
    04/29/1908 Jack [Stewart] Williamson, US, sci-fi author (Cometeers)
    04/29/1909 Tom Ewell, [S Yewell Tompkins], Ky, actor (Tom Ewell Show, 7 Yr Itch
    04/29/1912 Richard Carlson, Mn, actor (All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi
    04/29/1914 Ewan Roberts, Edinburgh Scotland, actress (Pvt Benjamin)
    04/29/1915 Donald Mills, singer (Mills Brothers)
    04/29/1919 Celeste Holm, NYC, actress (Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve) 04/29/1920 Harold Samuel Shapero, Lynn Mass, composer (9 Minute Opera) 04/29/1921 Cornelis de Jager, astronomer (Sun)
    04/29/1922 George Allen, football coach (LA Rams, Washington Redskins) 04/29/1922 Parren J Mitchell, (Rep-D-MD, 1971- )
    04/29/1922 Tommy Noonan, actor (Gentlemen Perfer Blondes, Promises Promises) 04/29/1922 Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/US jazz musician/composer 04/29/1923 Irvin Kershner, Phila, director (Never Say Never Again)
    04/29/1923 Maxine Audley, actress (Peeping Tom, Ricochet, House of Cards) 04/29/1924 Renée Jeanmaire, dancer (Hans Christian Anderson)
    04/29/1925 Ab Abspoel, actor/director (Surprise Attack, Elevator)
    04/29/1926 Carie Meek, (Rep-D-Florida)
    04/29/1927 Dorothy Manley, England, 100m sprint (Olympic-silver-1948) 04/29/1928 Carl Gardner, rock vocalist (Coasters-Searchin)
    04/29/1929 Peter Joshua Sculthorpe, composer
    04/29/1929 Vaclav Kucera, composer
    04/29/1929 Walter Kempowski, German writer (Tadellöser & Wolff)
    04/29/1931 Lonnie Donegan, vocalist
    04/29/1931 William Ball, actor (Suburban Commando)
    04/29/1932 Alexei A Gubarev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 28)
    04/29/1933 Darijan Bozic, composer
    04/29/1933 Keith Baxter, South Wales, actor (Barretts at Wimpole Street) 04/29/1933 Rod Marvin McKuen, singer/composer/versifier (Alone, Beatsville) 04/29/1934 Pedro Pires, premier (Cape Verde, 1975- )
    04/29/1935 Len Weinrib, NYC, comedian (Spike Jones Show)
    04/29/1935 Otto M Zykan, composer
    04/29/1936 April Stevens, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple) 04/29/1936 Richard Lynch, actor (Xavier-Battlestar Galactica)
    04/29/1936 Zubin Mehta, Bombay India, conductor (NY Philharmonic)
    04/29/1942 Klaus Voorman, rock bassist (Manfred Mann-Might Quinn)
    04/29/1943 Duane Allen, Taylortown Texas, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira
    04/29/1944 Jim Hart, Evanston, Ill, NFL quarterback (St Louis Cardinals) 04/29/1945 [Thomasina] Tammi Terrell, [Montgomery], singer (Ain't no Mt High) 04/29/1947 Jim Ryun, US, 1500m runner/broke 4 minute mile (Olympic-silver-1968)
    04/29/1947 Johnny Miller, golfer (1974 PGA Player of Year)
    04/29/1947 Tommy James, singer (cri-im-son & clo-o-ver o-o-ver & o-o-ver) 04/29/1948 Reb Brown, actor (Cage, Yor, Capt America, Fast Break)
    04/29/1949 Anita Dobson, England, actress (Annie Watts-EastEnders)
    04/29/1949 Eddie Hart, US, 100m runner (Olympic-1972)
    04/29/1949 Francis Rossi, guitarist/vocalist (Status Quo-Down Down)
    04/29/1952 Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Schnectady, actress (Too Close for Comfort)
    04/29/1952 Nora Dunn, Chic Ill, comedienne (SNL, Miami Blues, Working Girl) 04/29/1953 Nikolai Nikolayevich Budarin, Russia, cosmonaut
    04/29/1954 Bill Paxon, (Rep-R-New York)
    04/29/1954 Deborah Iyall, rocker (Romeo Void)
    04/29/1954 Jerry Seinfeld, author (SeinLanguage)/comedian (Seinfeld) 04/29/1955 Kate Mulgrew, Dubuque Iowa, actress (Heartbeat, Kate Loves a Mystery
    04/29/1956 Ron Verlin, rocker (Shooting Star)
    04/29/1957 Richie Robertson, rocker (Fabulous Poodles)
    04/29/1958 Daniel Day-Lewis, English, actor (Last of the Mohicans)
    04/29/1958 Eve Plumb, Burbank, actress (Jan-Brady Bunch, I'm Gonna Get You Suck
    04/29/1958 Michelle Pfeiffer, Midway City Calif, actress (Married to the Mob) 04/29/1958 Simon Edwards, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love) 04/29/1960 Gerard Joling, Dutch singer (Love is in Your Eyes)
    04/29/1960 Joseph Guzaldo, Chicago Ill, actor (Stir Crazy)
    04/29/1967 Rachel Williams, Greenwich Village NY, model (Absolut Vodka, Elle) 04/29/1968 Carnie Wilson, singer (Wilson Phillips-Hold On)
    04/29/1970 Andre Agassi, US, tennis pro (US & French Open finalist-1990) 04/29/1970 Uma Thurman, Boston Mass, actress (Baron Munchausen)
    04/29/1993 Aurelia Clasina Lucia Wildeboer, daughter of Pieter & Mirtle


    Deaths:

    04/29/ 852 Amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon, bishop, dies at 76 04/29/1499 John IV, army leader/earl of Egmont, dies
    04/29/1676 Michiel A the Ruyter, spy/fleet supervisor (Newport), dies 04/29/1712 Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer, dies at 67
    04/29/1813 Christian Danner, composer, dies at 55
    04/29/1873 Alida JM Tartaud-Little, actress/stage star (Rotterdam Stage), dies 04/29/1905 Ignacio Cervantes, composer, dies at 57
    04/29/1918 Gavrilo Princip, Bosnisch murderer of arch duke French Ferdinand, di
    04/29/1928 Henrich Federer, Switz, writer (Ich lösche das Licht), dies 04/29/1936 Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdams social alderman, dies
    04/29/1943 Joseph Achron, Latvian violinist/composer (Golem suite), dies at 56 04/29/1943 Karl Adrian Wohlfart, composer, dies at 68
    04/29/1943 Sidney AK Keyes, English poet (Foreign Gate), dies at 20
    04/29/1947 Irving Fisher, US economist, dies at 80
    04/29/1951 Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austria/English philosopher
    04/29/1953 Moïse Kisling, Polish/French painter (La souris boiteuse), dies at 6
    04/29/1954 Earnest Heldring, merchant/ship owner/financier, dies at 82 04/29/1956 Nemesio Otano y Eugenio, composer, dies at 75
    04/29/1957 Otallo Morales, composer, dies at 82
    04/29/1964 Albert Saverys, Flemish painter, dies at 77
    04/29/1966 Eugene O'Brien, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85 04/29/1967 Anthony Mann, US director (El Cid, Last Frontier), dies
    04/29/1973 Manfred Gurlitt, composer, dies at 82
    04/29/1976 Wilhelm Maler, composer, dies at 74
    04/29/1979 Julia Perry, composer, dies at 55
    04/29/1980 Alfred Hitchcock, British director (Psycho, Birds), dies at 80 04/29/1986 Seamus McElwaine, Irish IRA-terrorist, dies at 25
    04/29/1988 Andrew Cruickshank, actor (Body in Library, Murder Most Foul), dies 04/29/1988 Jan Kapr, composer, dies at 74
    04/29/1991 Claude Gallimard, French publisher, dies
    04/29/1992 Mae Clarke, actress (Public Enemy, Frankenstein), dies at 84 04/29/1993 Cy Howard, director (Lovers & Other Strangers), dies
    04/29/1993 Michael Gordon, actor/director (Pillow Talk), dies at 83
    04/29/1993 Mick Ronson, English guitarist/producer (Mott the Hoople), dies at 4
    04/29/1994 Bill Quinn, US actor (Quinn Brothers, Birds, Lucky Stiff), dies at 8


    Significant Events:

    04/29/1091 Battle at Monte Levunium: Emperor Alexius I beats Petsjenegen 04/29/1429 Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English 04/29/1522 Emperor Charles V named French van Holly inquisitor-gen of Netherlan
    04/29/1550 Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority
    04/29/1553 Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England 04/29/1636 Prince Frederik Henry occupies Schenkenschans
    04/29/1661 Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan
    04/29/1701 Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701 04/29/1715 John Flamsteed observes Uranus for 6th time
    04/29/1784 Premiere of Mozarts Sonate in B mol, K454 (Vienna)
    04/29/1793 Cornerstone laid for Groningen's new townhall
    04/29/1813 Rubber is patented
    04/29/1834 Charles Darwins expedition sees top of Andes
    04/29/1845 Macon B Allen & Robert Morris Jr, 1st blacks to open law practice 04/29/1852 1st edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published
    04/29/1856 Peace between England & Russia
    04/29/1857 US Army, Pacific Div HQ permanently established at Presidio (SF) 04/29/1861 Asteroid 68-Leto & Asteroid 69-Hesperia discovered
    04/29/1861 Maryland's House of Delegates vote against seceding from Union 04/29/1861 R Luther discovers asteroid #68 Leto
    04/29/1862 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Miss 04/29/1862 New Orleans fell to Union forces during Civil War
    04/29/1863 Battle of Chancellordville, VA (Fredericksburg, Wilderness Tavern) 04/29/1864 -30] Skermish at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas
    04/29/1886 1st public Dutch electricity opens
    04/29/1892 Charlie Reilly is baseball's 1st pinch hitter
    04/29/1901 Anti semitic riot in Budapest
    04/29/1902 M Wolf discovers asteroid #484 Pittsburghia
    04/29/1903 Limestone slides at Turtle Mountain kills 9 (Frank Alberta) 04/29/1905 2' rain falls in 10 mins in Taylor, TX
    04/29/1910 Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam
    04/29/1912 108° F (42° C), Tuguegarao, Philippines (Oceania record)
    04/29/1913 Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper
    04/29/1916 Irish nationalists surrender to British in Dublin
    04/29/1921 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #953 Painleva
    04/29/1922 1st official Intl Weightlifting Federation Champ (Tallinn, Estonia) 04/29/1925 Netherlands returns to gold standard
    04/29/1926 France & US reach accord on repayment of WW I
    04/29/1927 Construction of Spirit of St Louis is completed
    04/29/1930 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1268 Libya
    04/29/1930 North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden (biggest in world) officially opens 04/29/1931 Cleve Indian Wes Ferrell no-hits St Louis Browns, 9-0
    04/29/1938 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1484 Postrema
    04/29/1939 Whitestone Bridge connecting Bronx & Queens opens
    04/29/1940 Norwegian king Haakon & govt flees to England
    04/29/1942 Japanese troop march into Lashio
    04/29/1942 Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in Netherlands & Vichy-France 04/29/1943 Dietrich Bonhöffer arrested by nazis
    04/29/1944 Surprise attack by Van de Peat on General Landsdrukkerij in the Hagu
    04/29/1945 1st food drop by RAF (operation Manna)
    04/29/1945 Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun
    04/29/1945 Japanese army evacuates Rangoon
    04/29/1945 US liberates Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, Germany
    04/29/1946 28 former Jap leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals
    04/29/1956 WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
    04/29/1956 WSPA TV channel 7 in G'ville-Spartanburg, SC (CBS) begins broadcasti
    04/29/1956 WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting 04/29/1957 1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir Va 04/29/1961 ABC's 'Wide World of Sports, debuts
    04/29/1963 KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KPAT
    04/29/1964 Princess Irene marries Spanish prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma 04/29/1965 Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die
    04/29/1967 Aretha Franklin releases 'Respect'
    04/29/1970 50,000 US & South Vietnamese troops land in Cambodia
    04/29/1971 Bill Graham closes down Fillmore & Fillmore East
    04/29/1971 Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration 04/29/1975 Ethiopia nationalizes everything
    04/29/1975 Flyers 4-Isles 0-Semifinals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead
    04/29/1975 US Forces pull out of Vietnam
    04/29/1976 Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water 04/29/1981 Phillie Steve Carlton strikes out his 3,000th batter
    04/29/1982 Alfredo Magana elected pres of El Salvador
    04/29/1982 Nordiques 2-Isles 5-Semifinals-Isles hold 2-0 lead
    04/29/1983 Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor
    04/29/1985 17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched
    04/29/1985 Tony Tubbs KOs Greg Page to win WBA heavyweight boxing championship 04/29/1986 800,000 books destroyed by fire in LA Central Library
    04/29/1986 Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners 04/29/1987 Chicago Cub Andre Dawson hits for cycle
    04/29/1987 Japans premier Nakasone visits the US
    04/29/1988 '60 Minutes' newscaster Diane Sawyer weds Mike Nichols
    04/29/1988 Burt Reynolds & Loni Anderson marry
    04/29/1988 Orioles beat White Sox 9-0 for 1st 1988 win after 21 loses 04/29/1991 Croatia declares independence
    04/29/1991 Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless 04/29/1991 Earthquake in Georgia, kills 100
    04/29/1992 'March of Falsettos & Falsettoland' opens on Broadway
    04/29/1992 1st day of LA riots-Acquittal of 4 white cops in Rodney King beating
    04/29/1992 Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery 04/29/1992 Sheena Easton collapses on stage in Man of LaMancha
    04/29/1992 Voting ends on choice of Elvis stamps
    04/29/1994 Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor, Kenya, kills over 300

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    04/30/1309 Kazimierz III de Great, King of Poland (1333-70)
    04/30/1602 William Lilly, England, astrologer/author/almanac compiler 04/30/1651 Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theorist/saint
    04/30/1717 Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer
    04/30/1743 Robert Jasper van de Capellen, mister of Marsch/politician 04/30/1767 Jean Henri Appelius, lawyer/minister of Finance
    04/30/1777 Carl Friedrich Gauss, world's great mathematicians
    04/30/1790 John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrialist
    04/30/1792 Johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer
    04/30/1797 Andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra 04/30/1797 Paul van Vlissingen, ship owner
    04/30/1805 William Kerley Strong, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
    04/30/1823 George JD Campbell, Scottish/Brit Minister to Indies (1868-74/80-85)
    04/30/1830 Davis Tillson, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 04/30/1837 Alfred Gaul, composer
    04/30/1851 Indriδ Einarsson, Iceland playwright (Nyjársnóttin)
    04/30/1858 Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison, 1st lady (1889-1893)
    04/30/1864 French Netscher, writer/journalist (Studies of nude model) 04/30/1870 Franz Lehar, operetta composer (Naughty Marietta)
    04/30/1874 Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian priest/writer
    04/30/1882 Trijntje 'Nine' van de Schaaf, author (To the Invisible)
    04/30/1883 David John de Lloyd, composer
    04/30/1884 Albert Israel Elkus, composer
    04/30/1885 Luigi Russolo, composer
    04/30/1886 Frank Merrik, composer
    04/30/1888 John Crowe Ransom, US poet/critic (God Without Thunder)
    04/30/1889 Acario Cotapos, composer
    04/30/1889 Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer
    04/30/1893 Joachim von Ribbentrop, German SS führer/foreign minister 04/30/1896 Gary Davis, Laurens SC, blues/folk guitarist (A Little More Faith) 04/30/1899 Jannetje Fisherman-Roosendaal, author (regional novels)
    04/30/1899 Lucie Mannheim, actress (East Meets West, 39 Steps, High Command) 04/30/1902 Andre-Francois Marescotti, composer
    04/30/1902 Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer
    04/30/1903 Günther AR Raphael, German composer (Symphony Breve)
    04/30/1905 Henrich Schläppi, Switzerland, 4 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1924) 04/30/1909 Juliana, Queen of Netherlands (1948-80)
    04/30/1910 Al Lewis, actor (Leo-Car 54, Grandpa-Munsters)
    04/30/1911 Hans Studer, composer
    04/30/1911 John-Baptist J Walgrave, [Henricus/Humanus], Flemish, theologist 04/30/1912 Eve Arden, Mill Valley Calif, actress (Connie-Our Miss Brooks) 04/30/1916 Dugo D Schenker, Suriname/Antillian playwright
    04/30/1916 Robert Shaw, Red Bluff Calif, chorale conductor (Robert Shaw Chorale
    04/30/1917 Bea Wain, US actress/radio hostess
    04/30/1919 Valeer [Valerius V] van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer 04/30/1920 Leen 't Hart, organist/composer
    04/30/1924 Sheldon Harnick, Broadway songwriter (Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof)
    04/30/1926 Corinne Calvet, France, actress (Apache Uprising)
    04/30/1926 Edmund Cooper, UK, sci-fi author (Seed of Light, All Fool's Day) 04/30/1927 Lars Hall, Sweden, Pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1952)
    04/30/1929 Peter Carsten, Weissenberg Bavaria, actor (Mr Super Invisible) 04/30/1930 Raoul de Keyser, [Dekeyser], Flemish painter
    04/30/1931 William L [Bill] Clay, (Rep-D-MO, 1969- )
    04/30/1932 Anton Larrauri, composer
    04/30/1933 Willie Nelson, Abbott Texas, country singer (On the Road Again) 04/30/1936 Zohra Lampert, actress (Doctors' Hospital, Girl With Something Extra
    04/30/1938 Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Queen of Netherlands (1980- ) 04/30/1938 Gary Collins, Venice Calif, actor (6th Sense, Home Show)
    04/30/1938 Larry [Van Cott] Niven, US, sci-fi author (5 Hugo, Neutron Star) 04/30/1939 Ellen Taafe Zwilich, Miami Florida, (1st woman composer Pulitzer 198
    04/30/1939 Pieter van Vollenhoven, husband of Dutch Princess Margriet 04/30/1940 Burt Young, actor (Convoy, Rocky)
    04/30/1941 Wilfried Jentzsh, composer
    04/30/1943 Bobby Vee, Fargo ND, (Devil or Angel, Night has a Thousand Eyes) 04/30/1943 Robert L Livingston, (Rep-R-Louisiana, 1977- )
    04/30/1944 Jill Clayburgh, NY, actress (Unmarried Woman, Semi-Tough) 04/30/1945 Annie Dillard, American writer (An American Childhood)
    04/30/1945 Claude van de Berge, [Rony MF Pauwels], Flemish writer (Graph Theory
    04/30/1945 Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr (51L-Challenger disaste
    04/30/1946 Donald Schollander, Charlotte NC, swimmer (Olympic-4 gold-64) 04/30/1946 Karl XVI Gustav F H, King of Sweden (1973- )
    04/30/1947 Robert Scott, (Rep-D-Virginia)
    04/30/1948 Perry King, actor (Andy Warhol's 'Bad')
    04/30/1951 Panuta Rosani, Poland, discus (Olympic 1976) drug disqualified 04/30/1952 Tom Pesek, creator of HAL 9000 program for the PC
    04/30/1953 Merrill Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
    04/30/1954 Günther Tiersch, German DR, 8 man cox (Olympic-gold-1968) 04/30/1956 Richard Farina, folk singer (Reflections in a Crystal Wind) 04/30/1959 Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/English/Neth actor
    04/30/1961 Isiah Thomas, NBA forward (Detroit Piston; 1990 NBA playoff MVP) 04/30/1966 David Meggett, NFL running back (NY Giants)
    04/30/1969 Joey Restivo, Brooklyn, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies) 04/30/1971 Matt Martin, Hamden Conn, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994) 04/30/1975 Johnny Galecki, actor (Danny-American Dreamer)


    Deaths:

    04/30/ 313 Gaius G V Maximus, [Daia], Emperor of Rome, dies
    04/30/ 535 Amalaswintha, queen of Ostrogoten, murdered
    04/30/1030 Mohammud van Ghazna, Turkish mayor (G'widen)/Islamic ruler, dies 04/30/1196 Boudewijn II, bishop of Utrecht (1178-96), dies
    04/30/1214 Huguccio/Hugo van Pisa, Italian bishop, dies
    04/30/1328 ... Eckhard, German theologist/mystic, dies
    04/30/1630 Ercole Porta, composer, dies at 44
    04/30/1632 Jean de Tilly, field marshal, dies
    04/30/1632 Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden, dies at 65
    04/30/1660 Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 84
    04/30/1671 Péter Zrinyi, Hungarian banished to Croatia, beheaded at 49 04/30/1708 Simon de Vries, book seller/writer (Unequal), dies
    04/30/1743 Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian playwright/poet, dies 04/30/1784 Franz K earl von Velbruck, German free mason, dies
    04/30/1785 Frederick Philipse 3, land owner (Bronx, Westch & Putnam), dies at 6
    04/30/1792 Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer, dies at 36 04/30/1793 Lorenzo Fago, composer, dies at 88
    04/30/1795 Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French historian (Ancient Greece), dies 04/30/1800 John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, dies at 46
    04/30/1828 Shaka, the great Zulu King, killed
    04/30/1829 George Washington Adams, son of John Q Adams, dies on City Is NYC 04/30/1847 Charles L J, archduke of Austria/gov-gen (Austria-Netherland), dies 04/30/1848 Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53 04/30/1855 Henry Rowley Bishop, composer, dies at 68
    04/30/1859 Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67 04/30/1887 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71
    04/30/1893 Edouard Manet, French painter (Olympia), dies at 61
    04/30/1893 Gyula Beliczay, composer, dies at 57
    04/30/1896 Antonio Cagnoni, composer, dies at 68
    04/30/1900 John Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck 04/30/1912 Frantisek Kmoch, composer, dies
    04/30/1922 David M Chumaceiro, Curaçaos poet, dies
    04/30/1929 Friedrich Lienhard, German publisher (Türmer), dies at 63 04/30/1933 Luis Sanchez Cerro, Pres of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza
    04/30/1934 William Henry Welch, dies at 75
    04/30/1942 Catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51
    04/30/1943 Beatrice Potter Webb, British writer (My Apprenticeship), dies at 85
    04/30/1943 Etty Hillesum, diary writer (Auschwitz), dies
    04/30/1945 Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56 04/30/1945 Eva Braun, girlfriend/wife of Hitler, dies
    04/30/1952 Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer, dies
    04/30/1956 Alben W Barkley, (VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78
    04/30/1957 Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80 04/30/1959 Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81
    04/30/1963 Bryant Washburn, actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at 74 04/30/1965 Helen Chandler, actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at 56 04/30/1968 Frankie Lymon, rocker, dies of a heroin overdose
    04/30/1970 Hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82
    04/30/1970 Inger Stevens, actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), commits suicide at
    04/30/1970 Jacob Presser, historian/writer (Doom, Ondergang), dies
    04/30/1971 Elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70
    04/30/1972 Gia Scala, actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at 38 04/30/1972 Ntare V, king of Burundi, murdered
    04/30/1973 Josie Sedgwick, actress (White Moth), dies at 75
    04/30/1974 Agnes Moorehead, actress (Endorra-Bewitched), dies at 67
    04/30/1976 Edvard Fliflet Braein, composer, dies at 51
    04/30/1977 Clive Martin Douglas, composer, dies at 73
    04/30/1980 Mary McCarty, actress (French Line), dies
    04/30/1982 Albert TLCA Bird, lecture artist, dies
    04/30/1982 Herman Tholen, cabaretier (Juveniles), dies
    04/30/1982 Taisen Deshimaru, founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at
    04/30/1983 George Balanchine, Russian composer, dies at 79
    04/30/1983 Jerry Hatsuo Fujikawa, actor (Uncle Matsu-Mr T & Tina), dies at 71 04/30/1984 Arthur T 'Bomber' Harris, bombed nazi-Germany, dies
    04/30/1984 Muddy Waters, blues singer/guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), dies at
    04/30/1985 George Pravada, actor (Felscher-Holocaust), dies at 66
    04/30/1987 Hugh Dempster, actor (Anna Karenina, Candles at Nine), dies 04/30/1988 James McCracken, US tenor, dies at 61
    04/30/1989 Sergio Leone, Italian director (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies
    04/30/1991 George Sperti Sperti, inventor (Preparation H), dies at 91 04/30/1991 Michael G Hagerty, actor (Overboard), dies
    04/30/1992 Dan van Driel, cartoonist (Nervous Cop), dies
    04/30/1993 Dave Waymer, NFLer, dies at 34
    04/30/1994 Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at
    04/30/1994 Richard Scarry, US kid book illustrator/writer, dies at 74 04/30/1994 Roland Ratzenberger, Austria Formula 1-cyclist, dies in accident at


    Significant Events:

    04/30/ 311 Roman emperor Galerius delegates tolerance edict of Serdica 04/30/1006 Brightest supernova in recorded history is observed
    04/30/1064 German King Henry IV gives away Utrecht county of West Friesland 04/30/1349 Jewish community at Radolszell Germany, exterminated
    04/30/1396 Crusaders & earl of Nevers depart from Dijon
    04/30/1492 Columbus is given royal commission to equip his fleet
    04/30/1492 Spain announces it will expels all Jews
    04/30/1562 1st French colonists in US: Jean Ribaut & Hugenot
    04/30/1563 Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI
    04/30/1598 1st theater performance in America (Spanish comedy-Rio Grande) 04/30/1616 English King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen
    04/30/1661 Tsjeng Tsj'eng-Kung begins siege of Dutch fort Zeelandia, Formosa 04/30/1722 Game of Billiards is mentioned in New England Courant
    04/30/1725 Emperor Charles VI & King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna 04/30/1774 Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee
    04/30/1789 George Washington inaugurated as 1st president of US
    04/30/1790 Colonial troops occupy Booni's bosnegerdorp Arouku Suriname 04/30/1798 Dept of Navy established
    04/30/1803 US doubles in size through Louisiana Purchase ($15 million) 04/30/1804 Hague's Theater opens
    04/30/1808 1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri 04/30/1812 (Eastern) Louisiana admitted as 18th US state
    04/30/1838 Nicaragua declares independence from Central American federation 04/30/1857 San Jose State University forms
    04/30/1859 Paul Morphy returns from 10-mo chess tour of Europe, retires 04/30/1860 Navaho indians attack Fort Defiance (Canby)
    04/30/1861 Federal Troops, under orders from Lincoln, evacuate Indian Territory
    04/30/1862 Swift Run Gap, WV skirmishes
    04/30/1864 Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W R Scurry is killed 04/30/1864 New York becomes 1st state to charge a hunting license fee 04/30/1865 -5/1] Gen Shermans 'Haines's Bluff' at Snyder's Mill, Virginia 04/30/1869 Hawaiian YMCA organized
    04/30/1871 Apaches in Arizona surrender to white & Mexican adventurers; 144 die
    04/30/1888 Hail stones kills about 250 in Moradabad district of Delhi 04/30/1889 1st US national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration 04/30/1889 George Washington Bridge linking NYC & NJ opens
    04/30/1898 Championship wrestling match at Met turns into a brawl
    04/30/1900 165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match 04/30/1900 USA annexes Hawaii
    04/30/1903 Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home opener; Chesbro beats Senators 6-2 04/30/1905 1st offical soccer game between Belgium-Netherland (1-4)
    04/30/1911 Portugal approves woman suffrage
    04/30/1913 Neujmin & Belyavskij discover asteroids #752 Sulamitis & #753 Tiflis
    04/30/1919 Phillies beat Bkln Dodgers 9-0 in 20 innings
    04/30/1921 American Professional Football Assn reorganizes in Akron
    04/30/1921 Pope Benedict XV encyclical 'On Dante'
    04/30/1922 Chic White Sox Charles Robertson perfect games Detroit Tigers, 2-0 04/30/1927 Princess Juliana gets seat in Dutch Council of State
    04/30/1928 Cherkess Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1957) 04/30/1929 Earnest Streeruwitz becomes chancellor of Austrian
    04/30/1934 Austrian gets 'Austrian facist' constitution
    04/30/1935 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1355 Magoeba & #1368 Numidia 04/30/1935 World Congress for Women's Rights concludes in Istanbul
    04/30/1937 General Douglas MacArthur marries Jean Faircloth
    04/30/1939 NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with FDR at opening of NY World's Fair 04/30/1939 Tropicana ballet of Havana Cuba, forms
    04/30/1940 Bkln Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cin Reds, 3-0
    04/30/1941 Spread of Judaism begins in Croatia
    04/30/1942 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi 04/30/1943 Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp for Jews established
    04/30/1943 Dutch strike against obligatory Labor camps
    04/30/1944 NY Giant Phil Weintraub gets 11 RBIs
    04/30/1944 NY Giant, Mel Ott scores 6 runs in 1 game drawing 5 walks for 4th ti
    04/30/1945 'Arthur Godfrey Time' begins a 27 year run on CBS radio
    04/30/1945 Concentration camp München-Allag freed
    04/30/1945 Lord Haw-Haw calls for crusade against the bolshevics
    04/30/1945 Red army storms German parliament
    04/30/1945 Russian Army frees Ravensbrück concentration camp
    04/30/1946 Cleve Indian Bob Feller's 2nd no-hitter beats NY Yankees, 1-0 04/30/1947 Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover
    04/30/1948 Org of American States charter signed at Bogotá, Colombia 04/30/1955 Element 101, Mendelevium, announced
    04/30/1955 Perez Prado's 'Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White' goes #1 for 10 wee
    04/30/1955 West German unions protest for 40-hour work week & more wages 04/30/1961 1st shuttle flights between Wash DC, Boston & NYC begin (Eastern) 04/30/1961 Lee Harvey Oswald marries Marina Prusakova in Minsk USSR
    04/30/1961 Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba receives Lenin-Peace Prize
    04/30/1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m 04/30/1962 Willie Mays hits 4 HRs
    04/30/1967 Highest tower to the world finished, 537m (USSR)
    04/30/1967 Orioles' Stu Miller & Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Tiger
    04/30/1968 3 Oriole pitchers walk 14 NY Yankees in a 9 inning game
    04/30/1969 Cin Red Jim Maloney 3rd no-hitter beats Houston Astros, 10-0 04/30/1969 WEDB TV channel 40 in Berlin, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting 04/30/1970 US troops invade Cambodia
    04/30/1971 Milwaukee Bucks sweep Balt Bullets for NBA championship
    04/30/1972 'Arthur Godfrey Time' ends a 27 year run on radio
    04/30/1973 Nixon announces resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, et al 04/30/1973 Paul McCartney releases 'Red Rose Speedway' including 'My Love' 04/30/1973 Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments 04/30/1975 US civilian forces evacuate Vietnam; Saigon surrenders
    04/30/1976 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Jimmy Young in Landover Md
    04/30/1976 Wings release 'Silly Love Songs'
    04/30/1977 Billy Graham beats Bruno Sammartino in Baltimore, to become WWF cham
    04/30/1980 Beatrix, Wilhelmina Armgard, crowned queen of Netherlands 04/30/1980 Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London
    04/30/1982 Iran offensive in Khusistan
    04/30/1983 Bruins 3-Isles 7-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 2-1 lead 04/30/1984 1700 skiers participate in an alpine event at Are, Sweden 04/30/1984 Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game 04/30/1985 Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa 04/30/1986 Ashrita Furman peformed 8,341 somersaults over 12 miles
    04/30/1987 NY Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game
    04/30/1988 NJ Devils beat Caps 3-2 taking 7th game of Patrick Division final 04/30/1988 NY Knights 1st arena football game beats Cobras 60-52 (10,157 in LA)
    04/30/1988 NY Yank Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI of April-Sets AL & ties ML R
    04/30/1988 World Exposition, Expo 88 opens in Brisbane Australia
    04/30/1989 Critics Siskel & Ebert film their 500th TV movie-review show 04/30/1989 US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup 04/30/1990 As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score 04/30/1990 US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) returns from spac
    04/30/1991 Cyclone kills 125,000 in Bangladesh
    04/30/1992 208th & final episode of Cosby Show on NBC-TV
    04/30/1994 Soccer superstar Pele marries psychologist Assiria Seixas Lemos

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat May 1 00:05:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/01/1238 Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)
    05/01/1493 Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) 05/01/1545 Franciscus Junius, [François du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologi
    05/01/1567 Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter
    05/01/1577 François van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer
    05/01/1582 Marco da Gagliano, composer
    05/01/1592 Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer
    05/01/1620 Miklós Zrínyi, Hungarian general
    05/01/1633 Sébastien le Prestre de Vauban, French fortress architect 05/01/1672 Joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator)
    05/01/1735 John H van Kinsbergen, lt-admiral/founder of Marines
    05/01/1759 Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor
    05/01/1764 Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol) 05/01/1764 Gottfried Rieger, composer
    05/01/1769 Arthur Wellsley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30) 05/01/1771 George Guest, composer
    05/01/1775 Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer
    05/01/1800 Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874 05/01/1807 John Bankhead 'Prince John' Magruder, Major General (Confederate Arm
    05/01/1818 José Amador de los Ríos, Spanish historian/poet
    05/01/1819 William Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 05/01/1825 George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap)
    05/01/1829 José M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice
    05/01/1830 Mary Harris Jones, [Mother Jones], hell-raiser
    05/01/1835 Alfred Napoleon Alexander 'Natti' Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers
    05/01/1839 Chardonnet, inventor (rayon)
    05/01/1858 Anthony Johnson Showalter, composer
    05/01/1859 Bohuslav Jeremias, composer
    05/01/1859 Willem J Leyds, Dutch/South Africa lawyer/politician/diplomat 05/01/1862 Anthony G Kröller, entrepreneur/govt advisor/husband of Helene Mülle
    05/01/1862 Marcel Prévost, French publisher/writer (Les demis-vierges) 05/01/1872 Hugo Alfvén, Stockholm Sweden, composer (Midsommarvaka)
    05/01/1880 Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo)
    05/01/1881 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, France, philosopher/paleontologist 05/01/1884 Felipe Boero, composer
    05/01/1892 Howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor (Voice of Firestone) 05/01/1895 Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids Michigan, composer (Pulitzer 1946) 05/01/1898 Eugene R Black, US, Pres of World Bank (1953-62)
    05/01/1899 Jón Leifs, Iceland, composer/conductor
    05/01/1900 Ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician (Bread & Wine) 05/01/1905 Leila Hyams, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap)
    05/01/1907 Jan Pauw, CEO (Universal Netherlands Workers Aruba)
    05/01/1907 John Peacock, founder (Stage group Gen Dutch Covenant Aruba) 05/01/1908 Giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer (Don Camillo, Peppone) 05/01/1909 George Melachrino, composer
    05/01/1909 Kate Smith, singer (God Bless America) Phila Flyer good luck charm 05/01/1909 Yannis Ritsos, Greek poet
    05/01/1910 Cliff Battles, Akron Oh, NFL hall of famer (Braves, Redskins) 05/01/1912 Felipe Padilla de Leon, composer
    05/01/1913 Walter Susskind, Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor 05/01/1916 Glenn Ford, Quebec Canada, actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway) 05/01/1916 Jack Parr, Canton Ohio, TV host (Jack Paar Show)
    05/01/1917 Danielle Darrieux, France, actress (Alexander the Great, Mayerling) 05/01/1917 John Beradino, LA Calif, actor (Steve Hardy-General Hospital) 05/01/1919 Dan O'Herlihy, Ireland, actor (Fail Safe, Last Starfighter, Robocop)
    05/01/1921 Paul Daels, president (Flemish Iron Pilgramige committee) 05/01/1923 Joseph Heller, novelist (Catch-22, 1963 Arts & Letters Award) 05/01/1924 Earl George, composer
    05/01/1924 Enrico Josif, composer
    05/01/1925 Chuck Bednarik, Penn, NFL hall of fame center/linebacker (Phila) 05/01/1925 Malcolm Scott Carpenter, Boulder, astronaut (Mercury 7 (Aurora 7)) 05/01/1927 Greta Andersen, Denmark, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1948) 05/01/1927 Harry Belefonte, calypso singer (Banana Boat Song)
    05/01/1927 Roland Verhavert, Flemish screen writer (Sea gulls die of illness) 05/01/1928 Raoul Servais, Belgian cartoonist
    05/01/1930 Ollie Matson, NFL halfback (Cardinals, Rams, Lions, Eagles) 05/01/1933 Joan Hackett, East Harlem NYC, actress (Defenders, Another Day) 05/01/1937 Bo Nilsson, Swedish composer (Doppelspiel)
    05/01/1939 Judy Collins, Seattle Wash, singer (Send in the Clowns, Clouds) 05/01/1939 Max Robinson, Richmond VA, black news anchor (ABC Evening News) 05/01/1939 Ray Aranha, actor (Nick-Married People)
    05/01/1941 Juraj Hatrick, composer
    05/01/1942 Stephen Macht, Phila Pa, actor (Joe-Knots Landing, Cagney & Lacey) 05/01/1944 Rita Coolidge, Nashville Tn, singer (Higer & Higher, We're All Alone
    05/01/1946 Joanna Lumley, Kashmir India, actress (On Her Majesty's Secret Serv)
    05/01/1946 Valentin Muratov, USSR, floor exercise gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956) 05/01/1947 Carlos Ward, rocker (B T Express)
    05/01/1948 James Wise, US soul singer (Archie Bell & the Drells)
    05/01/1949 Douglas Barr, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (Howie-Fall Guy)
    05/01/1952 George Strait, country singer
    05/01/1953 Felix Hanemann, rocker (Zebra)
    05/01/1954 Michael Scott, reporter (Entertainment Tonight)
    05/01/1954 Ray Parker Jr, rock vocalist (Ghostbusters Theme)
    05/01/1956 Byron Stewart, Baxter Springs Ks, actor (Warren-St Elsewhere) 05/01/1957 Dick Swett, (Rep-D-New Hampshire)
    05/01/1957 Steve Ferris, rocker (Mr Mister)
    05/01/1959 Paul Smith, rocker (Haircut 100)
    05/01/1960 Steven Cauthen, jockey (1978 Kentucky Derby)
    05/01/1961 Charlie O'Brien
    05/01/1964 Sarah FE Armstrong-Jones, daughter of princess Margaret & Lord Snowd
    05/01/1967 Tawni Cable, Salem Oregon, playmate (June 1989)
    05/01/1968 Mark Scott, Paramus NJ, rock drummer (Trixter-Give It To Me Good) 05/01/197- Roy Rosello, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)


    Deaths:

    05/01/1171 Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies
    05/01/1277 Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies 05/01/1308 Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered 05/01/1447 Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies
    05/01/1456 Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies 05/01/1471 Thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91 05/01/1555 Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53 05/01/1572 Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies 05/01/1679 Esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43
    05/01/1700 John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies 05/01/1772 Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 05/01/1863 Edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29
    05/01/1870 Francisco Solano López, field marshal/president of Paraguay 05/01/1872 Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, die
    05/01/1874 Vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39
    05/01/1886 Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens)
    05/01/1886 Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer, dies at 56
    05/01/1892 Willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89
    05/01/1898 Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81
    05/01/1900 Mihály von Munkácsy, [Michael von Lieb], German painter, dies at 56 05/01/1902 John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85 05/01/1903 Luigi Arditi, composer, dies at 80
    05/01/1904 Antonín Dvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62 05/01/1917 José E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies
    05/01/1921 Louis Campbell-Tipton, composer, dies at 43
    05/01/1926 Nicolaus Adriani, translator (Middle-Celebes Language), dies at 60 05/01/1932 Paul Doumer, Pres France (1931-32), assassin by Russia's Paul Gargal
    05/01/1934 Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer, dies at 35
    05/01/1937 Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75 05/01/1939 Wilhelm Normann, German chemist (harden van oliën), dies
    05/01/1941 John R Locksmith de Brown, vicar/CHU-politician, dies at 71 05/01/1945 Joseph Goebbels, nazi-German minister of propaganda, commits suicide
    05/01/1946 Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71
    05/01/1946 Percy William Whitlock, composer, dies at 43
    05/01/1948 Christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered
    05/01/1952 William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies
    05/01/1954 Tom Tyler, actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at 50
    05/01/1957 Grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 8
    05/01/1959 Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies
    05/01/1965 Leo Spies, composer, dies at 66
    05/01/1965 Spike Jones, composer (Spike Jones Show), dies at 53
    05/01/1968 Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at
    05/01/1969 Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56 05/01/1971 Edith Day, actress (Romance of Air), dies at 75
    05/01/1971 Glenda Farrell, actress (Grand Slam, Exposed), dies at 66 05/01/1976 Rex O'Malley, actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight, Thief), dies at 75 05/01/1978 Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, composer, dies at 75
    05/01/1978 Aram Katchaturian, Armeens/Russian composer (The earth), dies 05/01/1981 Clarence A Bacote, historian/political scientist, dies at 75 05/01/1982 Gene Sheldon, actor (Bernardo-Zorro), dies at 72
    05/01/1984 Gordon Jenkins, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73 05/01/1988 Carroll Righter, astrologer, dies at 88 of postrate cancer 05/01/1988 Paolo Stoppa, actor (Garibaldi, Visit, Freedom Fighters), dies 05/01/1989 David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdere
    05/01/1989 Douglas Watson, actor (Satan Murders), dies at 68
    05/01/1989 Marion Mack, actress (General), dies
    05/01/1990 Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62 05/01/1991 Richard Thorpe, director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies 05/01/1993 Hans [Henri EA] Tuynman, provo (Full-time Provo), dies at 50 05/01/1993 Pierre Bérégovoy, French premier (1992-93), commits suicide at 67 05/01/1993 Ranasinghe Premadasa, president (Sri Lanka, 1989-93), murdered at 68
    05/01/1994 Ayrton Senna da Silva, Brazil's Formula 1 driver, dies at 34 05/01/1994 Imre Gyöngyössy, Hungarian director, dies at 64


    Significant Events:

    05/01/1006 Supernova observed by Chinese & Egyptians in constellation Lupus 05/01/1048 Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Neth
    05/01/1394 Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple & it's surroundings from an old badg
    05/01/1523 Danish king Christian III arrives in Veere
    05/01/1528 Pánfilo the Narvaéz begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida 05/01/1551 Council of Trente resumes
    05/01/1598 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java
    05/01/1625 Prince Frederik Henry appointed viceroy of Holland
    05/01/1628 Meiboom in Quincy Mass) degenerates into orgy with indian women 05/01/1682 Louis XIV & his court inaugurate Paris Observatory
    05/01/1707 England, Wales & Scotland form UK of Great Britain
    05/01/1725 Spain & Austria sign trade treaty
    05/01/1751 1st American cricket match was played
    05/01/1756 France & Austria sign alliance
    05/01/1776 Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati
    05/01/1786 Mozart's opera 'Marriage of Figaro' premieres in Wien (Vienna) 05/01/1822 John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston
    05/01/1840 1st adhesive postage stamps ('Penny Blacks' from England) issued 05/01/1841 1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for Calif 05/01/1844 Samuel Morse sends 1st telegraphic message
    05/01/1844 Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate 05/01/1850 John Geary becomes 1st SF mayor
    05/01/1851 Great Exhibition opens in London's Hyde Park, with Crystal Palace 05/01/1853 Argentina adopts it's constitution
    05/01/1854 Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes 05/01/1857 William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to US Navy 05/01/1861 Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry 05/01/1862 Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans
    05/01/1863 Battle of Chancellorsville, VA (29,000 injured or died)
    05/01/1863 Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi
    05/01/1863 Confederate 'National Flag' replaces 'Stars & Bars'
    05/01/1863 Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers 05/01/1864 -8] Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign)
    05/01/1864 Atlanta campaign, GA
    05/01/1864 Wilderness campaign
    05/01/1867 Howard University chartered
    05/01/1867 Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration
    05/01/1869 'Folies-Bergère' opens in Paris
    05/01/1869 A colt is reported killed by a meteorite near New Concord, Ohio 05/01/1869 Folies Bergère opens in Paris
    05/01/1873 1st US postal card issued
    05/01/1873 International Exhibition opens in Wien (Vienna)
    05/01/1875 238 members of 'Whiskey Ring' accused of anti-US activities 05/01/1883 Baseball returns to Phila, 1st NL game since 1876
    05/01/1883 NY Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as 1st American pro sports trainer
    05/01/1884 Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories) 05/01/1884 Moses Walker became 1st black player in major league
    05/01/1885 Maria 'Goeie Mie' Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Neth
    05/01/1886 US general strike for 8 hour day, begins
    05/01/1889 1st International Workers Day, according to 2nd International 05/01/1892 US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, SF Bay
    05/01/1893 World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago
    05/01/1898 George Dewey commands, 'You may fire when you are ready, Gridley' 05/01/1900 Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah 05/01/1901 Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox 05/01/1901 Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League
    05/01/1901 Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo
    05/01/1906 Phillie's John Lush no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 6-0
    05/01/1907 Belgium govt of De Trooz forms
    05/01/1907 Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Neth-Indies)
    05/01/1908 World's most intense shower (2.47' in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama
    05/01/1909 Netherlands begins unity with Belgium
    05/01/1914 China's 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification 05/01/1915 British Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool
    05/01/1915 German submarine sinks US ship Gulflight
    05/01/1920 Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR & 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds 05/01/1920 Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens
    05/01/1920 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings
    05/01/1921 Drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected governor of Suwayda 05/01/1923 Earl Sande aboard Zev wins his 1st Kentucky Derby
    05/01/1924 Admiral Paul Koundouriótis becomes president of Greece
    05/01/1925 Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony
    05/01/1926 British coal-miners go on strike
    05/01/1926 Brooklyn Dodgers & Boston Braves deadlock at 1-1 in 26 innings 05/01/1926 Satchel Paige makes pitching debut in Negro Southern League 05/01/1927 1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways) 05/01/1927 Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam 05/01/1928 6 children die & 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg, Romania 05/01/1928 Drunken fascist Erich Wichman harasses VARA-radio transmitter 05/01/1928 Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration)
    05/01/1928 Pitcairn Airlines (later Eastern) begins service
    05/01/1929 Brooklyn's Johnny Finn sets 100 yard sack race in 14.4 seconds 05/01/1929 Farm workers strike begins in East-Groningen
    05/01/1929 Police kill 19 Mayday demonstraters in Berlin
    05/01/1931 Empire State Building opens in NYC
    05/01/1931 Norway claims Peter I Island
    05/01/1931 Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS 05/01/1932 1st Suriname union congress at Paramaribo
    05/01/1934 Austria signs pact with Vatican
    05/01/1934 Philippine legislature accepts US proposal for independence 05/01/1934 Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert
    05/01/1936 Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades 05/01/1936 FBI's J Edgar Hoover arrests Alvin Karpis
    05/01/1937 FDR signs act of neutrality
    05/01/1939 Batman comics hit street
    05/01/1939 Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Yearling) 05/01/1940 140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship 05/01/1940 The 1940 Olympics are cancelled
    05/01/1941 'Citizen Kane,' directed & starring Orson Welles, premieres in NY 05/01/1941 German assault on Tobroek
    05/01/1943 1st edition of illegal 'The Free Artist' appears in Amsterdam 05/01/1943 German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes 05/01/1943 Johnny Longden on Count Fleet wins 69th Kentucky Derby (2:04) 05/01/1943 Rauter signs unofficial death sentence
    05/01/1943 food rationing begins in US
    05/01/1944 Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, 1st jet bomber, makes 1st flight 05/01/1944 Pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the dark) 05/01/1944 Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails
    05/01/1945 Admiral Dönitz forms German government
    05/01/1945 General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms
    05/01/1945 Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WW II
    05/01/1945 Seys-Inquart flees to Flensburg
    05/01/1946 Mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named 'American Mother of Year' 05/01/1947 Radar for coml & private planes 1st demonstrated
    05/01/1947 Vice Adm Roscoe Hillenkoeter becomes 1st director of CIA
    05/01/1948 Eddie Arcaro on Citation wins 74th Kentucky Derby (2:05.4) 05/01/1948 People's Republic North-Korea forms
    05/01/1949 Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune) 05/01/1950 Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize (poetry) 05/01/1950 Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade
    05/01/1950 New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China
    05/01/1950 Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers & Hammerstein (South Pacific) 05/01/1950 WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcastin
    05/01/1951 600,000 march for peace & freedom in Germany
    05/01/1951 Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir
    05/01/1951 Mickey Mantle's 1st HR
    05/01/1952 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #3428
    05/01/1952 Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada 05/01/1954 Bishops publish Mandement (member socialistic org forbidden) 05/01/1954 HSA-UWC Established (Unification Church) (Moonies)
    05/01/1954 WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan, PR (NBC/SFN) begins broadcasting 05/01/1955 Bob Feller's 15th 1 or less hitter (12 1-hitters, 3 no-hitters) 05/01/1957 Larry King's 1st radio broadcast
    05/01/1957 US give Poland credit of $95 million
    05/01/1957 Vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches 195 km
    05/01/1958 Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai
    05/01/1959 Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London
    05/01/1959 West Germany ntroduces 5 day work week
    05/01/1959 White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own HR
    05/01/1960 India's Bombay state split into Gujarat & Maharashtra states 05/01/1960 Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis
    05/01/1960 Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spy plane over Sverdlovs
    05/01/1961 1st US airplane hijacked to Cuba
    05/01/1961 Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba 05/01/1961 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) 05/01/1961 Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain 05/01/1962 1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara
    05/01/1962 Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his 4th start
    05/01/1962 JFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)
    05/01/1963 1st American (James Whittaker) to conquer Mount Everest
    05/01/1963 Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Neth 05/01/1964 1st BASIC program run on a computer (Dartmouth)
    05/01/1965 Mont Canadiens beat Chic Black Hawks, 4 games to 3, for Stanley Cup 05/01/1965 USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon
    05/01/1966 Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)
    05/01/1966 Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting
    05/01/1966 US troops shooting targets in Cambodia
    05/01/1967 Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes president of Nicaragua
    05/01/1967 Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank
    05/01/1967 Priscilla Beaulieu & Elvis Presley wed in Las Vegas
    05/01/1967 Pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (Fixer)
    05/01/1969 43 Unification church couples wed in NYC
    05/01/1969 Houston Don Wilson 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 4-0
    05/01/1969 Pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting 05/01/1971 Amtrak railroad begins operation
    05/01/1971 Rolling Stones release 'Brown Sugar'
    05/01/1972 Pulitzer prize awarded to Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose) 05/01/1972 Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres
    05/01/1973 SF Giants score 7 runs with 2 outs in 9th to beat Pirates, 8-7 05/01/1975 Islander Parise & Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs 05/01/1975 Flyers 5-Isles 4-semifinals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
    05/01/1976 Bold Forbes wins Kentucky Derby
    05/01/1976 Jos Hermens, Netherlands sets record for 20,000 m, 57:24.2 05/01/1977 Empress Lilly dedicated
    05/01/1978 1st black mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated 05/01/1978 Naomi Uemura became 1st to reach North Pole overland alone 05/01/1979 Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel
    05/01/1979 Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
    05/01/1979 Marshall Islands (in Pacific) become self-governing
    05/01/1981 Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett 05/01/1981 Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) convicted on FBI Abscam charges 05/01/1981 Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3
    05/01/1982 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville Tennessee opens
    05/01/1982 Nordiques 4-Isles 5 (OT)-semifinals-Isles hold 3-0 lead
    05/01/1983 Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508) 05/01/1984 Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy
    05/01/1985 'Communistic' bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels
    05/01/1985 US president Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua
    05/01/1986 Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap
    05/01/1987 46 HRs hit in 13 baseball games
    05/01/1987 Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun 05/01/1988 IRA attack in Roermond, kills 3
    05/01/1989 135 acre Disney's MGM studio officially opens to public
    05/01/1989 Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days 05/01/1991 A's Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base vs Yanks 05/01/1991 Angola's civil war ends
    05/01/1991 Milwaukee Brewers beat Chicago Cubs, 10-9, in 19 innings
    05/01/1991 Tx Ranger Nolan Ryan pitches record 7th no hitter (beats Toronto 3-0
    05/01/1992 Eric Houston kills 4 in a Calif HS where he failed history 4 yrs pri
    05/01/1992 NY Rangers wins their 1st ever 7th game of a playoff (vs NJ Devils) 05/01/1992 Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base
    05/01/1993 Bomb attack on Sri Lankan president (26 die)
    05/01/1994 -3] Tornado & hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun May 2 00:05:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/02/1551 William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)
    05/02/1601 Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (lantern)
    05/02/1660 Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigran
    05/02/1729 Catherine II (the Great), empress of Russia (1762-96)
    05/02/1729 Florian Johann Deller, composer
    05/02/1740 Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society 05/02/1752 Ludwig August Lebrun, composer
    05/02/1754 Vicente Martin y Soler, composer
    05/02/1768 Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist
    05/02/1779 John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) 05/02/1810 Hans Christian Lumbye, composer
    05/02/1810 Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)
    05/02/1817 Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer
    05/02/1821 Abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908 05/02/1837 Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) 05/02/1840 Theodor Herzl, Austria, journalist/founded Zionist movement 05/02/1843 Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer
    05/02/1844 Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents
    05/02/1846 Zygmunt Noskowski, composer
    05/02/1849 Fürst Bernhard HM von Bülow, German chancellor/Prussian PM (1900-09)
    05/02/1855 Theodore Moses Tobani, composer
    05/02/1857 Frederic Cliffe, composer
    05/02/1859 Eugene D'Harcourt, composer
    05/02/1860 D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)
    05/02/1860 Theodor Herzl, Austria journalist (founded zionism)
    05/02/1872 G G van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC)
    05/02/1884 François de Vries, economist
    05/02/1887 Edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's) 05/02/1890 E[dward] E[lmer] 'Doc' Smith, US, sci-fi author (Triplanetary) 05/02/1892 Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, [Red Baron], German WW I ace 05/02/1893 Beppie Nooij, actress [or 5/13/1912]
    05/02/1895 Peggy Bacon, Ridgefield Ct, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads
    05/02/1898 Jef [Josephus C F] Last, poet/Spanish politician
    05/02/1902 Brian Aherne, actor (Juarez)
    05/02/1903 Benjamin Spock, pediatrician/author (Common Sense Book of Bay Care) 05/02/1903 Oivin Fjeldstad, composer
    05/02/1904 Georgi Dimitrov, composer
    05/02/1905 Alan Rawsthorne, Haslingden England, composer (Cortéges)
    05/02/1906 Aileen Riggin, Newport RI, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1920, 24)
    05/02/1906 Maurice Thiriet, composer
    05/02/1908 William Bakewell, LA Calif, actor (Stage manager-Pinky Lee Show) 05/02/1912 Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate
    05/02/1912 Marten Toonder, writer/cartoonist (Mr Bommel)
    05/02/1915 Jan Hanus, composer
    05/02/1915 Van Alexander, NYC, orch leader (Gordon MacRae Show)
    05/02/1919 Than Wyenn, NYC, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues)
    05/02/1920 Jacob Gilboa, composer
    05/02/1921 Satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary) 05/02/1923 Christina Spierenburg, singer
    05/02/1924 Aafje Heynis, singer
    05/02/1924 Theodore Bikel, folk singer/actor (Russians Are Coming)
    05/02/1925 John Neville, actor (Adventures of Baron Münchausen)
    05/02/1925 Roscoe Lee Browne, Woodbury NJ, actor (McCoy, Saunders-Soap) 05/02/1925 Svatopluk Havelka, composer
    05/02/1929 Edward Levy Irving, composer
    05/02/1929 Luc Ferrari, composer
    05/02/1932 Bruce Glover, Chicago Ill, actor (Diamonds are Forever)
    05/02/1932 Kees de Galan, economist
    05/02/1932 Malcolm Leyland Lipkin, composer
    05/02/1935 Feisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58)
    05/02/1935 Hoessein ibn Talal, King of Jordan (1952- )
    05/02/1936 Michael Rabin, NYC, violinist (In Memorium)
    05/02/1936 Quinn Redeker, Woodstock Ill, actor (Dan Raven, Young & Restless) 05/02/1937 Lorenzo Music, Bkln NY, writer/actor (Carlton-Rhoda)
    05/02/1940 Roger Robinson, Seattle Wash, actor (Warren-Friends, Newman's Law) 05/02/1940 Sari van Heemskerck Pillis-Duvekot, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD) 05/02/1941 Jules Wÿdenbosch, premier Suriname
    05/02/1945 Bianca Pérez Morena de Macias Jagger, Nicaragua, model/Mick's ex-wif
    05/02/1945 Bob Henrit, English pop drummer (Kinks-Waterloo Sunset)
    05/02/1945 Goldy McJohn, rocker (Steppenwolf)
    05/02/1945 Randy Cain, US soul singer (4 Gents/Delfonics)
    05/02/1946 Lesley Gore, Tenafly NJ, singer (cries at her own party)
    05/02/1946 Robert Henriit, rocker (Argent)
    05/02/1947 Bill Lowery, (Rep-R-CA, 1981- )
    05/02/1948 Larry Gatlin, Seminole Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady) 05/02/1949 Joey Phillips, percussionist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) 05/02/1950 Lou Gramm, rocker (Foreigner-Want to Know What Love is)
    05/02/1953 'Keith' Jamaal Wilkes, NBA forward (Golden State-Rookie of Yr 1975) 05/02/1954 Bulelani T Ngcuka, South African attorney/UDF-leader
    05/02/1959 Brian Tochi, LA Calif, actor (Dr Alan Poe-St Elsewhere, Renegades) 05/02/1961 Doctor Robert, [Bruce R Howard], rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways) 05/02/1962 Elizabeth Berridge, Westchester NY, actress (Amadeus, Funhouse) 05/02/1977 Jenna Von Oy, actress (Seven-Blossom)


    Deaths:

    05/02/ 649 Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies 05/02/1250 Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered
    05/02/1488 Jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies
    05/02/1519 Leonardo Da Vinci, artist/scientist, dies at 67
    05/02/1567 Marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies
    05/02/1669 Pieter Jansz Post, master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61 05/02/1685 Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried
    05/02/1727 Paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70 05/02/1799 Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58
    05/02/1818 Herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55 05/02/1845 August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48 05/02/1849 David H Chassé, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84 05/02/1857 LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies 05/02/1864 Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72
    05/02/1892 Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 69
    05/02/1897 William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63
    05/02/1919 Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies
    05/02/1937 Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 74
    05/02/1945 Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies
    05/02/1954 Pauline de Cock-Manifarges, singer, dies at 82
    05/02/1955 Tadeusz Jarecki, composer, dies at 66
    05/02/1957 Joseph McCarthy, commie hunting senator (R), dies at 47
    05/02/1957 Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, composer, dies at 53
    05/02/1958 Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies
    05/02/1959 Yryo Henrik Kilpinen, composer, dies at 67
    05/02/1960 Caryl Chessman, rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39 05/02/1963 Tomas Vackar, composer, dies at 17
    05/02/1963 Wyck Brooks, US historian (Ordeal of Mark Twain), dies at 77 05/02/1964 Nancy N Witcher Astor, US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies 05/02/1968 Donald L Hall, US flyer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69
    05/02/1969 Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 05/02/1972 J Edgar Hoover, head of FBI (1924-72)/cross dresser, dies at 77 05/02/1973 Alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61
    05/02/1982 Hugh Marlowe, actor (Ellery Queen), dies at 71
    05/02/1983 Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies
    05/02/1984 Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66
    05/02/1984 Piet van Aken, Flemish writer (Failing God, Niggers), dies at 64 05/02/1985 Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery 05/02/1985 Milton S Eisenhower, US diplomat, dies at 85
    05/02/1990 David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38 05/02/1990 William Levi Dawson, composer, dies at 90
    05/02/1992 Lee Salk, baby doctor/author, dies at 77 of cardiac arrest 05/02/1992 Margareth Wallmann, Austrian opera director, dies at 88
    05/02/1992 Wilbur Mills, (Rep-D-Ark)/involved with Fanne Foxe, dies at 82 05/02/1993 WLPM, the Short, Dutch 2nd chamber member (KVP, 1945-73), dies at 83
    05/02/1994 Louis Calaferte, writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at 65


    Significant Events:

    05/02/1345 'Quaden Maendach' in Gent: Battles between volders & weavers 05/02/1526 German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League
    05/02/1536 King Henry VIII accuses Anna Boleyn of adultery/incest
    05/02/1595 King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Neth 05/02/1598 Peace of Vervins
    05/02/1652 Frederik Hendriks daughter Albertine Agnes marries Willem Frederik 05/02/1668 1st peace of Aken: ends French/Spanish war in The Netherlands 05/02/1668 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution
    05/02/1670 Hudson Bay Company founded
    05/02/1776 France & Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels
    05/02/1780 William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris 05/02/1808 Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid
    05/02/1824 Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald)
    05/02/1845 Domingo Sarmiento publishes 'Civilización y Barbarie'
    05/02/1847 Sabbath famine
    05/02/1863 South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Va
    05/02/1864 N R Pogson discovers asteroid #80 Sappho
    05/02/1865 Pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis 05/02/1876 Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League
    05/02/1878 US stops minting 20¢ coin
    05/02/1885 'Good Housekeeping' magazine is 1st published
    05/02/1885 Congo Free State established by King Leopold II of Belgium 05/02/1887 G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence
    05/02/1890 Territory of Oklahoma created
    05/02/1907 Belgium: Jules baron de Trooz forms govt
    05/02/1915 Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road
    05/02/1919 1st US air passenger service starts
    05/02/1920 1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis 05/02/1921 Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia
    05/02/1922 WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft Worth Texas
    05/02/1923 Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0 05/02/1924 Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR
    05/02/1925 Kezar Stadium in SF's Golden Gate Park opens
    05/02/1926 US military intervenes in Nicaragua
    05/02/1927 Intl Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens 05/02/1927 Pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn)
    05/02/1928 KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions
    05/02/1932 Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)
    05/02/1932 Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (Good Earth)
    05/02/1933 Germany forbids trade union
    05/02/1934 Nazi-Germany begins People's court
    05/02/1935 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1926 Demiddelaer
    05/02/1936 'Peter & Wolf' premieres in Moscow
    05/02/1936 Emperor Haile Selassie & family flee Abyssinia
    05/02/1938 Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town)
    05/02/1939 Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-
    05/02/1941 Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy
    05/02/1941 Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists
    05/02/1941 Ted Williams lowest average (.308) in year he hit over .400 05/02/1944 WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcas
    05/02/1945 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina & Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Queries 05/02/1945 Germany Army in Italy surrenders
    05/02/1945 Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders
    05/02/1945 Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste
    05/02/1946 Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die
    05/02/1949 Bolivian state of siege proclaimed
    05/02/1949 Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur Miller (Death of a salesman) 05/02/1950 Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration
    05/02/1950 Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China PR
    05/02/1952 1st commercial jet plane, BOAC Comet
    05/02/1952 Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherland 05/02/1953 Dark Star, noses out Native Dancer to win Kentucky Derby
    05/02/1953 Feisal II intalled as king of Iraq
    05/02/1953 Hussein I intalled as king of Jordan
    05/02/1954 Stan Musial hits 5 HRs in a doubleheader
    05/02/1955 India poses discrimination 'onaanraakbaren' punishable
    05/02/1955 Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof) 05/02/1955 WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 05/02/1956 US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus 05/02/1956 US Methodist church disallows race separation
    05/02/1960 Pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice & Consent)
    05/02/1962 OAS strikes in Algeria
    05/02/1962 WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, NY (PBS) 1st broadcast 05/02/1964 Beatles' 'Beatles' 2nd Album' goes #1 & stays #1 for for 5 weeks 05/02/1964 Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ 05/02/1964 Northern Dancer wins Kentucky Derby
    05/02/1965 Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service
    05/02/1966 Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger Jr (Thousand Days) 05/02/1967 Tor Maple Leafs beat Mont Canadiens 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 05/02/1968 Boston beats Los Angeles, 4 games to 2, for NBA championship 05/02/1968 Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London 05/02/1968 Israelli television begins transmitting
    05/02/1970 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump)
    05/02/1970 KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, AZ (NBC) 1st broadcast 05/02/1972 Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) 05/02/1973 A R Klemola discovers asteroid #2014 Vasilevskis
    05/02/1974 Former VP Spiro Agnew disbarred
    05/02/1975 Apple records closes down
    05/02/1978 Portland Trail Blazers win their only NBA championship, in 4 games 05/02/1979 'Quadrophenia' premieres in London
    05/02/1980 Joseph Doherty & 3 other IRA men arrested for murder
    05/02/1980 Pope John Paul II begins African tour
    05/02/1981 Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes 05/02/1982 Argentina cruiser Belgrano off Falkland Islands sinks; about 300 die
    05/02/1983 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga Calif
    05/02/1984 Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid 05/02/1986 Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver, BC
    05/02/1987 Chris Mccarron on Alysheba wins 113rd Kentucky Derby (2:03.4) 05/02/1988 Balt Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Balt & get a new park
    05/02/1988 Jackson Pollock's 'Search' sold for $4,800,000
    05/02/1990 South Africa & African National Congress open talks to end apartheid
    05/02/1991 Pope John Paul II's encyclical on Centesimus annus
    05/02/1992 Lil E Tees (17-1 shot) wins 118th Kentucky Derby
    05/02/1994 Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed
    05/02/1994 Dr Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides
    05/02/1994 Michael Bolton found plagurized Isley Bros 'Love is Wonderful Thing'

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    Births:

    05/03/1446 Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie
    05/03/1455 Johan II de Volmakte, King of Portugal (1481-95)/took in Spanish Jew
    05/03/1469 Niccolò Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince)
    05/03/1514 Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal 05/03/1649 Johann Valentin Meder, composer
    05/03/1691 Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish jesuit/author (Introduction à l'amour
    05/03/1692 John J Mauricius, governor-general of Suriname (1742-51)
    05/03/1729 Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer
    05/03/1737 Friedrich Schwindl, composer
    05/03/1742 Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer
    05/03/1744 Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer
    05/03/1752 Braz Francisco de Lima, composer
    05/03/1773 Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian traveller/nature investigator/diplomat 05/03/1815 Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist
    05/03/1816 Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892 05/03/1819 Nicola De Giosa, composer
    05/03/1826 Charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet
    05/03/1844 Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist
    05/03/1844 Richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe) 05/03/1849 Jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun) 05/03/1859 Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy)
    05/03/1873 Nikolay Tcherepnin, St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs (OS) 05/03/1873 [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Kvinnen og Den) 05/03/1874 François Coty, Corsica, Corsican senator/perfume maker
    05/03/1886 Marcel Dupré, French organist/composer
    05/03/1892 Beulah Bondi, Chicago, actress (It's a Wonderful Life)
    05/03/1892 George Thomson, demonstrated electron diffraction (Nobel 1937) 05/03/1895 Earnest Kantorowicz, German/US historian (Laudes regiae)
    05/03/1895 Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (Le petit général) 05/03/1895 Zoltan Korda, Hong Kong/England, director (Jungle Book)
    05/03/1897 V K Krishna Menon, India, minister of defense
    05/03/1898 Golda Meir, [Meyerson], Kiev Ukraine, 4th Israeli PM (1969-74) 05/03/1899 Aline MacMahon, McKeesport Pa, actress (Backdoor to Heaven) 05/03/1902 Hugo Friedhofer, composer
    05/03/1902 Jack Larue, NYC, actor (Lights Out, Mouthpiece, My Favorite Brunette
    05/03/1902 Walter Slezak, Vienna, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo, Inspector General) 05/03/1903 Bing Crosby, Tacoma Wash, singer (White Christmas, Going My Way) 05/03/1904 Charles 'Red' Ruffing, NY Yankee pitcher, hitter (1930-46) 05/03/1906 Mary Astor, actress (Maltese Falcon, Dinky, Across the Pacific) 05/03/1907 Earl Wilson, Rockford Ohio, columnist (Midnight Earl)
    05/03/1910 Alceo Galliera, composer
    05/03/1913 Earl Blackwell, Atlanta Ga, author (Celebrity Register)
    05/03/1913 William M Inge, US playwright (Picnic-Pulitzer 1953)
    05/03/1915 Evencio Castellanos, composer
    05/03/1916 Henry Barbosa Gonzalez, San Antonio Tx, (Rep-D-Tx, 1961- ) 05/03/1916 Pierre Emmanuel, French poet (Sodome)
    05/03/1917 James Penberthy, composer
    05/03/1919 Betty Comden, Bkln, song writer (Comden & Green-Bells are Ringing) 05/03/1919 Pete Seeger, folk singer (Weaver, Goodnight Irene)
    05/03/1920 Sugar Ray Robinson, [Walter Smith], middle/welterweight boxer (champ
    05/03/1921 Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves, Portuguese leftist colonel
    05/03/1923 Ralph M Hall, (Rep-D-TX, 1981- )
    05/03/1924 Mary Carver, LA Calif, actress (Cecilia-Simon & Simon)
    05/03/1925 Nina Bara, Buenos Aires Arg, actress (Tonga-Space Patrol) 05/03/1928 James Brown, Augusta Ga, singer/jail bird, soul brother #1 (Hot Pant
    05/03/1928 Jeanne Bal, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Pat-Love & Marriage) 05/03/1929 Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral
    05/03/1930 David Evatt Tunley, composer
    05/03/1931 Alex Cord, actor (Dead are Alive)
    05/03/1934 Georg Kroll, composer
    05/03/1935 Donald P Hodel, Portland Ore, US Secreatary of Interior (1985-89) 05/03/1936 Engelbert Humperdinck, [Arnold George Dorsey], Madras India, singer 05/03/1937 Frankie Valli, [Castelluccio], Newark NJ, singer (Four Seasons-Sherr
    05/03/1939 Jonathan David Harvey, English composer (Bhakti, Music of Stockhause
    05/03/1939 José Torres, US, boxer (Olympics)
    05/03/1939 Samantha Eggar, England, actress (Collector)
    05/03/1941 Nona Gaprindasvili, USSR, world women's chess champ (1962-78) 05/03/1942 Vera Càslavskà-Odlozilova, Czech, gymnast (Olympic-gold-1964, 68) 05/03/1944 Peter Staples, rocker (Troggs-Wild Thing)
    05/03/1946 Greg Gumbel, sportscaster (CBS TV, WFAN)
    05/03/1947 Doug Henning, magician (Broadway play-Magic)
    05/03/1949 Ron Wyden, (Rep-D-OR, 1981- )
    05/03/1950 Mary Hopkin, South Wales, singer (Those Were the Days)
    05/03/1951 Christopher Cross, singer (Sailing, Arthur's Theme)
    05/03/1952 Allen Wells, England, 100m dash (Olympic-gold-1980)
    05/03/1953 Van McLain, rocker (Shooting Star)
    05/03/1957 Cactus Moser, Montrose Co, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry) 05/03/1957 Rod Langway, Formosa, NHL defenseman (Mont Canadiens, Wash Caps) 05/03/1959 David Ball, rocker (Soft Cell)
    05/03/1968 Deborah Caprioglio, Miestre Italy, actress (Big Game Hunter) 05/03/1970 Ted Crowley, Concord Mass, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)


    Deaths:

    05/03/1010 Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69 05/03/1294 Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies
    05/03/1410 Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies 05/03/1442 Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies
    05/03/1481 Mohammed II, [Fâtih], sultan of Turkey (1451-81), dies
    05/03/1567 Leonhard Paminger, composer, dies at 72
    05/03/1614 Sasbout Vosmeer, RC theologist/apostole vicar, dies at 66 05/03/1654 François van Kinschot, treasurer-gen/chancellor of Brabant, dies at
    05/03/1703 Eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies
    05/03/1704 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer, dies at 59
    05/03/1707 Michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53 05/03/1737 Abraham Patras, gov-gen of East-Indies (1735-37), dies at 65 05/03/1758 Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Pope (1740-58), dies at 84 05/03/1764 Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedist, dies at 53 05/03/1774 Heinrich A Fouqué, Prussian general (7 year war), dies
    05/03/1792 Carlo Zuccari, composer, dies at 87
    05/03/1839 Ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 68
    05/03/1841 Cornelis T Elout, minister of Finance/Naval/Colony, dies at 74 05/03/1854 William Beale, composer, dies at 70
    05/03/1856 Adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27
    05/03/1856 Adolphe C Adam, French composer/critic (Giselle), dies at 52 05/03/1856 Adolphe Charles Adam, composer, dies at 52
    05/03/1861 Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80
    05/03/1868 Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer, dies at 68
    05/03/1881 Josip Jurcic, Slovic writer (Schone Vida), dies
    05/03/1893 Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, composer, dies at 73
    05/03/1916 Pádraic Pearse, Irishg nationalist, executed by British firing squad
    05/03/1925 Clément Ader, French engineer (stream engine airplane), dies at 84 05/03/1926 Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne
    05/03/1931 Frank Hoyt Losey, composer, dies at 59
    05/03/1931 Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer, dies at 93
    05/03/1932 Anton Wildgans, Austrian writer (Dies Irae)/dir Burgtheater, dies 05/03/1942 Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed 05/03/1943 Leslie Heward, composer, dies at 45
    05/03/1945 Louis L H de Visser, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CPN), dies at 66 05/03/1961 Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies 05/03/1965 Howard Jump, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies
    05/03/1965 Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist, dies at 75 05/03/1968 Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer, dies at 86
    05/03/1969 Imre Vincze, composer, dies at 42
    05/03/1970 Candelario Huizar, composer, dies at 82
    05/03/1972 Bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68
    05/03/1975 Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78 05/03/1978 Wim van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71
    05/03/1979 Erin O'Brien-Moore, actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place), dies at 76 05/03/1982 Helmut Dantine, actor (Shadow of the Cloak), dies at 64
    05/03/1982 Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73 05/03/1983 Vaughn Taylor, act (Jailhouse Rock), dies of cerebal hemmorrhage at
    05/03/1986 Robert Alda, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain), dies at 72
    05/03/1990 Pimen, [Sergei M Irzjekov], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church, di
    05/03/1991 Gerrit Mik, child psychiatrist/2nd-Member of parliament (D66), dies 05/03/1991 Gerrit Mik, psychiatrist/Dutch 2nd Chamber Member (D66), dies 05/03/1991 Jersy Kosinski, author (Being There), dies at 57
    05/03/1992 Elizabeth Lennox, radio singer, dies at 98 of heart seizure 05/03/1992 George Murphy, (Sen-R-Ca, 1965-71), dies at 89 of Leukemia 05/03/1994 Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor of Maarn, dies at 78 05/03/1994 Haty Tegelaar-Boonacker, CDA-2nd-Member of parliament, dies at 63


    Significant Events:

    05/03/1294 John II becomes duke of Brabant/Limburg
    05/03/1342 Count Hartmann II becomes ruler of Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
    05/03/1382 Battle on Beverhoutsfield near Brugge
    05/03/1455 Jews flee Spain
    05/03/1494 Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica
    05/03/1494 Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it 'St Iago'
    05/03/1512 5th Lateran Council (18th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 05/03/1654 Bridge at Rowley Mass begins charging tolls for animals
    05/03/1661 Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen 05/03/1662 Royal charter granted Connecticut
    05/03/1678 French conquering fleet at Curaçao, 1200 die
    05/03/1715 Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon 'Baily's Beads' 05/03/1747 Willem IV appointed viceroy of Holland/Utrecht
    05/03/1765 1st US medical college opens in Philadelphia
    05/03/1802 Washington DC incorporates as a city
    05/03/1808 Goya's 'Executions of 3rd of May'
    05/03/1810 Lord Byron swims Hellespont
    05/03/1822 Society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France)
    05/03/1830 1st regular steam train passenger service starts
    05/03/1845 1st black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to bar (Mass)
    05/03/1845 Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton China
    05/03/1846 Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas
    05/03/1851 Most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die
    05/03/1855 Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens
    05/03/1861 Gen Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan
    05/03/1861 Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers & another 18,000 seamen 05/03/1863 Battle of Chancellorsville-Beaten Union army withdraws
    05/03/1863 Battle of Fredricksburg, VA (Marye's Heights)
    05/03/1863 Battle of Salem Church, VA
    05/03/1864 3rd day in Battle at Alexandria Louisiana: Confederate assault 05/03/1886 M A Maclean elected 1st mayor of Vancouver, BC
    05/03/1888 A Charlois discovers asteroid #277 Elvira
    05/03/1898 Camp Merriman established at Presidio (SF) (see 0517)
    05/03/1901 Fire destroyed 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville, Florida
    05/03/1906 British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey 05/03/1919 Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain 05/03/1919 America's 1st passenger flight (NY-Atlantic City)
    05/03/1921 West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax
    05/03/1922 Mayor Hylan closes streets for building of Yankee Stadium 05/03/1922 Salt layer find at Winterswijk
    05/03/1923 1st nonstop transcontinental flight (NY-San Diego) completed 05/03/1926 British general strike-3 million workers support miners
    05/03/1926 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sinclair Lewis (Arrowsmith)
    05/03/1926 US marines land in Nicaragua (9-mo after leaving), stay until 1933 05/03/1929 Prussia bans anti-fascists
    05/03/1932 24 tourists begin 1st air-charter holiday (London-Basle, Switz) 05/03/1933 1st female director (Nellie T Ross) of US Mint takes office 05/03/1935 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1356 Nyanza & #1638 Ruanda 05/03/1936 French People's Front wins elections
    05/03/1936 NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits 05/03/1937 Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitizer Prize for 'Gone With the Wind' 05/03/1938 Concentration camp at Flossenbürg goes into use
    05/03/1938 Vatican recognizes Franco-Spain
    05/03/1941 Eddie Arcaro on Whirlaway wins 67th Kentucky Derby (2:01.4) 05/03/1942 Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu & Tanambogo, Solomon Islands 05/03/1942 Nazi's execute 72 OD'ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands 05/03/1942 Nazi's require Dutch Jews to wear a Jewish star
    05/03/1943 Pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth) 05/03/1943 Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed 05/03/1943 US Panzer division conquer Mateur Tunisia
    05/03/1944 'Meet Me in St Louis' opens on Broadway
    05/03/1944 Meat rationing ends in US
    05/03/1945 Allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg
    05/03/1945 British troop join in Rangoon
    05/03/1945 German ship 'Cap Arcona' sinks in East Sea, 5800 killed
    05/03/1946 International military tribunal in Tokyo begins
    05/03/1947 Japan forms a constitutional democracy
    05/03/1948 Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener & Tennessee Williams 05/03/1949 1st firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km
    05/03/1951 Gil McDougald ties major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning 05/03/1951 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1952 Hesburgh 05/03/1951 NY Yankee Gil McDougald is 5th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (9th) 05/03/1952 1st landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole
    05/03/1953 WTVO TV channel 17 in Rockford, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 05/03/1953 Westchester conf of Amer Library Assoc proclaims 'Freedom to Read' 05/03/1954 KTEN TV channel 10 in Ada-Ardmore, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting 05/03/1954 Pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh & John Patrick 05/03/1954 WHA TV channel 21 in Madison, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting 05/03/1956 A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000') 05/03/1958 WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston, he quits 05/03/1959 Tiger's Charlie Maxwell hits 4 consecutive HRs in a doubleheader 05/03/1962 Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train
    05/03/1962 and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan)
    05/03/1963 Leslie Narum is only Balt Oriole to homer on his 1st at bat 05/03/1965 1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on Early Bird Satellite 05/03/1965 3rd Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 2-1 in 10
    05/03/1965 Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US
    05/03/1965 KTCI TV channel 17 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) 1st broadcast 05/03/1965 Pulitzer prize awarded to Irwin Unger (Greenback Era)
    05/03/1966 WDHO (now WNWO) TV channel 24 in Toledo, OH (ABC) begins broadcastin
    05/03/1967 Black students seize finance building at Northwestern U
    05/03/1968 Holland Pirate Radio Station VRON becomes Radio Veronica Intl 05/03/1969 Unbeaten Majestic Prince wins Kentucky Derby
    05/03/1971 All Things Considered premieres on 112 National Public Radio station
    05/03/1971 Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader 05/03/1971 National Public Radio begins programming
    05/03/1971 Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days 05/03/1971 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun)
    05/03/1973 Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 m), topped out 05/03/1973 KC Royals' George Brett gets his 1st major league hit
    05/03/1976 Panama 747SP lands after record flight around world (46:26) 05/03/1976 Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift)
    05/03/1978 'Sun Day' - solar energy events are held in US
    05/03/1979 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher) 05/03/1980 Genuine Risk becomes 2nd philly to win Kentucky Derby
    05/03/1980 Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes 4th to win 100 games in AL & N
    05/03/1982 ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations) 05/03/1982 NY Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget 05/03/1982 Pres Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts
    05/03/1983 Bruins 3-Isles 8-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 3-1 lead 05/03/1983 Soviet leader Andropov decreases nuclear weapons in Europe 05/03/1983 US bishops condemn nuclear weapons
    05/03/1984 B A Skiff discovers asteroid #3325
    05/03/1984 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #3616
    05/03/1985 Date of $5 million check in 'View to a Kill'
    05/03/1986 Air Lanka crashes, killing 22
    05/03/1986 Bill Shoemaker, 54, wins Kentucky Derby
    05/03/1986 NASA launches Goes-G, it failed to achieve orbit
    05/03/1986 NY Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game 05/03/1986 Willie Shoemaker on Ferdinand wins 112th Kentucky Derby (2:02.8) 05/03/1987 Miami Herald reports a woman spent Friday & Saturday with Gary Hart 05/03/1988 4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs Florida 05/03/1988 Jasper Johns' 'Diver' sold for $4,200,000
    05/03/1991 Andy Williams weds Debbie Hass
    05/03/1992 Beverly Hills 90210 Gabrielle Carteris marries Charles Isaacs 05/03/1992 George Murphy, (Sen-R-Calif)/actor, dies at 89
    05/03/1992 NY Met Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 HRS
    05/03/1992 Ohio Glory wins 1st WLAF game (after 6 loses), beat Frankfurt 20-17 05/03/1994 D66/Dutch Liberal Party win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election 05/03/1994 US space probe Clementine launched

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue May 4 00:05:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/04/1006 Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)
    05/04/1611 Carlo Rainaldi, composer
    05/04/1635 Willem van Outhoorn, governor-general (Dutch Indies)
    05/04/1655 Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder
    05/04/1738 Josef Kohaut, composer
    05/04/1744 Marianne von Martinez, composer
    05/04/1763 Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer
    05/04/1769 Charles Hague, composer
    05/04/1776 Johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philospher/psychologist 05/04/1777 Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer
    05/04/1796 Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools 05/04/1796 Joseph Pannell Taylor, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1864 05/04/1820 Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack 05/04/1820 Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of Pres John Tyler (1841-45) 05/04/1825 Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist
    05/04/1826 Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) 05/04/1835 Edmund Hart Turpin, composer
    05/04/1846 Emile Gallé, French glass/marble/ceramic artist (Gallé Glaze) 05/04/1860 Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer
    05/04/1860 Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana) 05/04/1867 Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer
    05/04/1875 Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, Spanish writer (Don Quixote & Celestine)
    05/04/1877 Arthur Long, US, boxer/businessman (?-Died 8/8/1992)
    05/04/1881 Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917-Prelude to Bolshevism) 05/04/1889 Francis J Spellman, US Cardinal
    05/04/1891 Frederick Jacobi, composer
    05/04/1891 Johan W F Werumeus Buning, poet (...farmer's gang)
    05/04/1902 Cola [Nicolas] Debrot, Bonaire governor (Neth Antilles)/author 05/04/1902 Cvjetko Rihtman, composer
    05/04/1903 Luther Adler, NYC, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-Psychiatrist) 05/04/1905 Mátyás Seiber, Budapest Hungary, composer (Scherzando)
    05/04/1906 Esmond Knight, East Sheen England, actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder) 05/04/1909 Howard Da Silva, [Silverblatt], Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776) 05/04/1910 Mady Alfredo, [Maria M the Brieder], actress (Alicia)
    05/04/1912 Lou Brown, Bkln, orch leader (Jerry Lewis Show)
    05/04/1914 Abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq (1958-63) 05/04/1915 Pedro Saenz, composer
    05/04/1917 Edward Toner Cone, composer
    05/04/1918 Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking 05/04/1919 Dimiter Petkov, composer
    05/04/1921 John van Kesteren, tenor (Komische Oper, West-Berlin)
    05/04/1921 Patsy Garrett, Atlantic City NJ, actress (Nanny & the Professor) 05/04/1922 John Paul Hammerschmidt, (Rep-R-AR, 1967- )
    05/04/1924 Dennis Weaver, actor (McCloud)
    05/04/1924 Tat'yana Petrovna Nikolayeva, composer
    05/04/1925 Peter Blum, German/South African/English poet (Capricorn) 05/04/1926 Milton 'Milt' Thompson, US NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer (X-15) 05/04/1928 Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg SC, golfer (US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60) 05/04/1928 Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president (1981- )
    05/04/1928 Maynard Ferguson, jazz trumpeter (Roulette)
    05/04/1929 Audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady
    05/04/1930 Roberta Peters, NYC, operatic soprano (NY Met)
    05/04/1931 Ed Cassidy, drummer (Spirit-I Got A Line on You)
    05/04/1931 Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Moscow Russia, conductor (USSR State Radio) 05/04/1932 Fausto Razzi, composer
    05/04/1934 Pete Barbutti, Scranton Pa, comedian (Garry Moore Show)
    05/04/1936 El Cordobés, [Manuel Benítez], Spanish toreador
    05/04/1937 Hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer
    05/04/1938 Tyrone Davis, US R&B singer (Are you serious)
    05/04/1938 William J Bennett, US Secretary of Education (1985-88)
    05/04/1941 George F Will, political analyst (Night Line)
    05/04/1941 George Will, news anchor (ABC)
    05/04/1942 Ronnie Bond, drummer (Troggs-Wild Thing)
    05/04/1943 Nickolas Ashford, SC, singer (Ashford & Simpson-Solid as a Rock) 05/04/1944 Dave, [Otto Levenbach], singer (Du coté the Chez Swann
    05/04/1944 Paul Gleason, actor (Breakfast CLub, Die Hard)
    05/04/1945 Monika van Paemel, Belgian writer (Accursed fathers)
    05/04/1948 Billy O'Donnell, harness racer driver of year (1984)
    05/04/1949 Gerrit J P van Otterloo, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
    05/04/1949 Sybil Danning, [Danninger], Weis Austria, actress (Chained Heat) 05/04/1950 Darryl Hunt, English pop bassist (Pogues-Pair of Brown Eyes) 05/04/1950 Hilly Hicks, LA Calif, actor (Roll Out, Roots)
    05/04/1950 René CM van Asten, actor (Herenstraat 10)
    05/04/1951 Gene Greenwood, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania)
    05/04/1951 Jackie [Sigmund] Jackson, rocker (Jackson 5-ABC)
    05/04/1954 Julie Budd, Bkln, singer (Child of Plenty)
    05/04/1956 Michael L Gernhardt, Mansfield Ohio, PhD/astronaut
    05/04/1956 Ulrike Meyfarth, Frankfurt W Germany, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1972
    05/04/1957 Richard E Grant, actor (Posse, Warlock, Bram Stoker's Dracula) 05/04/1958 Keith Haring, Kutztown Pa, graffiti artist (Vanity Fair, Paris Revie
    05/04/1959 Randy Travis, Marshville NC, country singer (Diggin' Up Bones) 05/04/1961 Mary Elizabeth McDonough, Van Nuys Cal, actress (Erin-Waltons) 05/04/1962 Tracy Vaccaro, Glendale Calif, playmate (October, 1983)
    05/04/1967 Matthew Crane, Kimberton Pa, actor (Matt Cory-Another World) 05/04/1968 Patsy Kensit, London, actress (Claire's Knee, Bitter Harvest) 05/04/1975 Pablo Ruiz, Buenos Aires Arg, spanish singer


    Deaths:

    05/04/1594 Paul Buys, land advocate of Holland, dies at 62
    05/04/1605 Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82
    05/04/1752 Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71
    05/04/1770 Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51
    05/04/1855 Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 05/04/1879 William Froude, British civil engineer/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies
    05/04/1885 Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78
    05/04/1891 Sherlock Holmes, 'dies' at Reichenbach Falls
    05/04/1893 George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82
    05/04/1928 Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies
    05/04/1929 Henry Morton Dunham, composer, dies at 75
    05/04/1935 Louis Scharpé, Flemish literature historian, dies at 65
    05/04/1938 Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 52 05/04/1953 Edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic, dies
    05/04/1953 Thomas Tertius Noble, composer, dies at 85
    05/04/1955 Georges Enescu, composer, dies at 73
    05/04/1955 Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer, dies at 75
    05/04/1965 Norman Brokenshire, TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at 66 05/04/1966 Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer, dies at 69
    05/04/1967 Bengt Axel von Torne, composer, dies at 75
    05/04/1969 F Osbert S Sitwell, English poet (Who Killed Cock Robin?), dies at 7
    05/04/1970 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard 05/04/1971 Louis de Bree, [Louis C Davids], actor (Bluejackets), dies at 87 05/04/1974 Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65
    05/04/1980 Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87 05/04/1981 Bobby Sands, Irish IRA-terrorist, dies after hunger strikes 05/04/1983 Nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72
    05/04/1984 Diana Dors, actress (Berserk!), dies at 52 of cancer
    05/04/1987 Cathryn Damon, actress (Mary Campbell-Soap), dies at 56
    05/04/1987 Dick Hillenius, biologist/writer, dies at 59
    05/04/1987 Paul Butterfield, singer/harmonica player, dies of drug abuse at 44 05/04/1991 Dennis Crosby, son of Bing, commits suicide at 54
    05/04/1992 Henri Guillemin, French historian, dies at 89


    Significant Events:

    05/04/1303 Flemings conquers Middelburg
    05/04/1471 Battle of Tewkesbury - King Edward IV vs Ex-queen Margaretha 05/04/1493 Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain & Portugal 05/04/1494 Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica
    05/04/1626 Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth & buttons
    05/04/1626 Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherlands
    05/04/1634 Johan van Walbeecks fleet departs to West-Indies
    05/04/1715 French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris)
    05/04/1747 Willem IV appointed viceroy of Overijssel
    05/04/1776 Rhode Island declares independence from England
    05/04/1780 American Academy of Arts & Science founded
    05/04/1783 Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus 05/04/1805 Henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in Bronx
    05/04/1814 Bourbon reign restored in France
    05/04/1818 Netherlands & England sign treaty against illegal slave handling 05/04/1834 Charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean 05/04/1846 US state Michigan ends death penalty
    05/04/1851 1st major SF fire
    05/04/1858 War of Reform (México); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz 05/04/1861 At Gretna LA, one of 1st guns of Rebel navy is cast
    05/04/1863 Battle of Chancellorsville-action at Salem Church
    05/04/1863 End of Chancellorsville - Beaten Union army withdraws
    05/04/1864 -16] actions at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia
    05/04/1864 Ulysses S Grant crosses Rapidan & begins his duel with Robert E Lee 05/04/1865 Battle of Citronville, AL; Richard Taylor surrenders
    05/04/1865 Battle of Mobile, AL
    05/04/1866 Woodward's Gardens opens to public
    05/04/1878 Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House
    05/04/1886 Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen
    05/04/1886 R Luther discovers asteroid #258 Tyche
    05/04/1896 A Charlois discovers asteroid #416 Vaticana
    05/04/1896 Grease fire ignites ½ ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek Colorado 05/04/1897 Fire in Paris bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200
    05/04/1910 Tel Aviv founded
    05/04/1912 Italian mariners occupy Turkish Island of Rhodes
    05/04/1916 At request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare
    05/04/1917 Arabs sack Tel Aviv
    05/04/1918 Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4 05/04/1919 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3) 05/04/1919 Student revolt at Tian An Men Square, Peking
    05/04/1922 KNX-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions
    05/04/1923 Bloody street battles between nazi's, socialist & police in Vienna 05/04/1923 NY state revokes Prohibition law
    05/04/1924 8th Olympic games open at Paris, France
    05/04/1924 German Republic election fascists & communists win
    05/04/1925 League of Nations conference on arms control & poison gas usage 05/04/1926 General strike hits Britain
    05/04/1927 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill)
    05/04/1927 Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences forms
    05/04/1927 Nicaragua agrees to a US supervised presidential election in 1928 05/04/1929 Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9
    05/04/1931 Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president
    05/04/1932 Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiar
    05/04/1933 Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador) 05/04/1935 Willis Saunders on Omaha wins 61st Kentucky Derby
    05/04/1936 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn) 05/04/1938 Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire 05/04/1940 21 NSB'ers (fascist & communist) arrested in Netherlands
    05/04/1940 Gallahadion (35-1 longshot) wins Kentucky Derby
    05/04/1942 Battle of Coral Sea begins
    05/04/1942 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air) 05/04/1942 Food 1st rationed in US
    05/04/1942 German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages 05/04/1942 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) 05/04/1945 German troops in Netherland, Denmark & Norway surrender
    05/04/1946 5 die in a 2 day riot at Alcatraz pirison in SF bay
    05/04/1946 Warren Mehrtens on Assault wins 72nd Kentucky Derby (2:06.6) 05/04/1948 The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death 05/04/1949 Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives)
    05/04/1953 Pulitzer prize awarded to E Hemingway (Old Man & The Sea) 05/04/1956 Queen Juliana unveals National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam 05/04/1957 Anne Frank Foundation established in Amsterdam
    05/04/1957 Bill Shoemaker misjudges finish & loses Derby to Iron Liege 05/04/1958 Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen president of Colombia
    05/04/1959 Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (JB)
    05/04/1960 1st great Delta dam closes, North-South Beveland
    05/04/1961 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South
    05/04/1961 1st on-the-road Spacemobile lecture given.
    05/04/1961 CORE begins freedom rides from Washington, DC
    05/04/1961 Malcolm Ross & Victor Prather reach 34,668 m (record) in balloon 05/04/1961 South-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested
    05/04/1963 Pitcher Bob Shaw sets record of 5 balks in a game
    05/04/1964 'Another World' & 'As the World Turns' premieres on TV
    05/04/1964 70 GATT-countries confere in Geneva
    05/04/1964 KIII TV channel 3 in Corpus Christi, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting 05/04/1964 Pulitzer prize awarded to Richard Hofstadter (Anti-intellectualism) 05/04/1965 Willie Mays 512th HR breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record
    05/04/1966 Soviet govt signs accord about building Fiat factory in USSR 05/04/1967 Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by US; begins orbiting Moon May 7 05/04/1968 Dancer's Image wins 94th Kentucky Derby, but disqualified for drugs 05/04/1968 Pitts Pipers beat NO Buccaneers in 1st ABA championship, 4 games to
    05/04/1969 Montreal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues for Stanley Cup
    05/04/1970 National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio
    05/04/1970 Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt
    05/04/1970 Pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth) 05/04/1972 Vietcong forms revolutionary govt in Quang Tri South Vietnam 05/04/1973 1st TV network female nudity-Steambath (PBS)-Valerie Perrine 05/04/1973 Longest game in Veterans' Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 05/04/1973 Patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope
    05/04/1973 Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 innings
    05/04/1973 Wings release 'Red Rose Speedway' in UK
    05/04/1974 Cannonade wins Kentucky Derby
    05/04/1975 Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots 05/04/1976 Kiss performs their 1st concert
    05/04/1978 Russian president Breznev visits West-Germany
    05/04/1979 Jackie Mercer wins her 4th golf title 31 years after her 1st 05/04/1979 Margaret Thatcher elected prime minister of England
    05/04/1979 NASA launches Fltsatcom-2
    05/04/1981 Rockline premieres on KLOS FM in Los Angeles
    05/04/1981 T Furuta discovers asteroid #2478 Tokai
    05/04/1982 British torpedo boat Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket 05/04/1982 Nordiques 2-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles win series 4-0
    05/04/1984 Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling
    05/04/1985 Spend a Buck wins Kentucky Derby
    05/04/1986 President Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghanistan 05/04/1989 Junior Felix of Toronto becomes 53rd to hit HR on 1st at bat 05/04/1989 US launches Magellan to Venus
    05/04/1989 US space shuttle STS-30 launched
    05/04/1990 Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger 05/04/1990 Latvia's parliment votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence 05/04/1990 Oriole Gregg Olson sets relief pitcher rec of 41 cons scoreless inns
    05/04/1991 Actress Sharon Gless & producer Barney Rosenzeig wed
    05/04/1991 Morris K Udall, (Rep-D-Ariz), resigns due to Parkinson disease 05/04/1991 Pres Bush is hospitalized for erratic heartbeat
    05/04/1991 Strike the Gold wins 117th Kentucky Derby
    05/04/1993 Space probe Galileo enter asteroid belt

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed May 5 00:05:04 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/05/1352 Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king
    05/05/1557 Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty 05/05/1635 Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret)
    05/05/1657 Jacques Danican Philidor, composer
    05/05/1680 Giuseppe Porsile, composer
    05/05/1708 Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, baptised 05/05/1715 Daniel Dal Barba, composer
    05/05/1749 Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer
    05/05/1804 Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Aerdsch Paradise)
    05/05/1813 Søren Kierkegaard, Denmark, philosopher (founded Existentialism) 05/05/1815 Eugène-Marin Labiche, French playwright
    05/05/1817 George Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899
    05/05/1818 Karl Marx, philospher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)
    05/05/1819 Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer
    05/05/1823 James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876 05/05/1826 Eugénie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Emperoress of France
    05/05/1832 H H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States) 05/05/1833 Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer
    05/05/1842 Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer
    05/05/1846 Federico Chueca, composer
    05/05/1846 Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905) 05/05/1848 Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer
    05/05/1849 Hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse
    05/05/1854 Antonio Smareglia, composer
    05/05/1865 Felicjan Szopski, composer
    05/05/1867 Nellie Bly, whose name became a synonym for female star reporter 05/05/1867 Thomas Tertius Noble, composer
    05/05/1869 Hans Erich Pfitzner, Moscow Russia, composer (Krakquer Begrüs) 05/05/1871 Alberto Cametti, composer
    05/05/1879 Symon Petljoera, leader Ukraine (pogroms)
    05/05/1883 Charles Bender, only Americian Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame 05/05/1883 Leopold Samuel, composer
    05/05/1883 Petar Konjovic, composer
    05/05/1884 Wang Tjing-Wei, premier China (1932-35)
    05/05/1885 Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State)
    05/05/1886 Manuel Borguno, composer
    05/05/1887 Lord Geoffrey Fisher of Lambeth, archbishop of Canterbury 05/05/1890 Christopher Morley, author (Kitty Foil)
    05/05/1899 Freeman Gosden, Richmond Va, radio actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy) 05/05/1900 Charles Jewtraw, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1924) 05/05/1900 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German composer/conductor (Hassan gewinnt) 05/05/1900 Spencer Tracy, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner)
    05/05/1903 James Beard, US, culinary expert/author (Delights & Prejudices) 05/05/1904 Gordon Richards, British jockey (winner of 4,870 races)
    05/05/1905 Arnold Meijer, leader of fascist Nationally Front
    05/05/1907 Yoritsune Matsudaira, composer
    05/05/1908 Jacques Massu, French general (Algeria)
    05/05/1908 Rex Harrison, [Reginald Carey], Engld, actor (My Fair Lady, Cleopatr
    05/05/1910 William I Martin, US pilot/vice-admiral (WW II)
    05/05/1912 Alice Faye, [Ann Leppert], actress (Alexander's Ragtime Band) 05/05/1913 Tyrone Power, actor (Mark of Zorro, Alexander's Ragtime Band) 05/05/1915 Richard H Rovere, Jersey City, journalist (Goldwater Caper) 05/05/1916 Mutal' Burkhanov, composer
    05/05/1919 George London, Montreal Canada, bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto) 05/05/1919 Tony Canadeo, Chicago, NFL hall of fame halfback (Green Bay Packers)
    05/05/1921 Sonja Oosterman, Dutch singer (Marketensters)
    05/05/1922 Phil Gordon, Meridian Miss, singer/actor (Jasper-Bev Hillbillies) 05/05/1924 Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Buenos Aires, director (Monday's Child) 05/05/1924 Theo Olof, German/Neth violinist/prodigy/concert master
    05/05/1925 Monica Lewis, actress (Box Office)
    05/05/1926 Ann B Davis, Schenectady NY, actress (Bob Cummings Show, Brady Bunch
    05/05/1927 Charles Rosen, NYC, pianist/musicologist (Sonata Forms)
    05/05/1927 Pat Carroll, Shrevport La, comedienne/actress (Make Room for Daddy) 05/05/1929 John S Ragin, Newark NJ, actor (Dr Astin-Quincy ME)
    05/05/1930 Michael J Adams, pilot (X-15)
    05/05/1932 Aurel Stroe, composer
    05/05/1932 Will Hutchins, Atwater Calif, actor (Sugarfoot, Hey Landlord) 05/05/1935 Douglas Marland, West Sand Lake NY, soap opera writer (Gen Hospital)
    05/05/1937 Robert E 'Rob' van Gennep, publisher (Guevara, Gorz, Mandèl) 05/05/1938 Jerzy Skolimowski, Warsaw Poland, director (Hands Up, Deep End) 05/05/1938 Johnnie Taylor, US gospel singer (I Believe in You)
    05/05/1938 Michael Murphy, US, actor (McCabe & Mrs Miller, Unmarried Woman) 05/05/1939 James R Jones, (Rep-D-OK, 1973- )
    05/05/1941 Aleksandr Ragulin, USSR, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
    05/05/1941 Howie Komives, NBA star (NY Knicks, Buffalo Braves)
    05/05/1942 Tammy Wynette, Redbay Alabama, country singer (Stand by your Man) 05/05/1943 Michael Palin England, comedian (Monty Python, Fish Called Wanda) 05/05/1944 Jean-Pierre Leaud, Paris France, actor (Detective)
    05/05/1944 John Rhys Davies, Salisbury England, actor (Sir Edward-Quest) 05/05/1945 Raphael, Spain, spanish singer (When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano) 05/05/1948 Bill Ward, rocker (Black Sabbath)
    05/05/1949 Anna Bergman, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Agent 69)
    05/05/1949 Michael Murphy, LA Calif, actor (Dr Art Armstrong-2 Marriages) 05/05/1950 Maggie MacNeal, singer (Mouth & MacNeal, I See a Star)
    05/05/1952 Louis Cortiezzi, rocker (Mink DeVille)
    05/05/1953 Billy Burnette, Memphis Tn, rocker (Between Friends)
    05/05/1954 Peter Erskine, jazz drummer (Weather Report)
    05/05/1955 Robert Feld, Nashville Tn, National Scrabble Champion (1990) 05/05/1956 Dick Kemper, bassist (Vandenberg)
    05/05/1957 Lisa Eilbacher, Dharan Saudia Arabia, actress (Beverly Hills Cop) 05/05/1957 Thereza Bazaar, rocker (Dollar-Love's Gotta Hold on Me)
    05/05/1959 Ian McCullough, rocker (Echo & Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here)
    05/05/1961 Hiro Hase, wrestler (NJPW)
    05/05/1962 Lori Singer, actress (Footloose, Summer Heat)
    05/05/1964 Lorraine McIntosh, British pop singer (Deacon Blue-Fellow Hoodlums) 05/05/1972 Wendy Kaye, Memphis Tenn, playmate (Jul, 1991)
    05/05/1973 Tina Yothers, Whittier Calif, actresss (Jennifer-Family Ties) 05/05/1976 Sage Stallone, actor (Rocky V)/Syvester's son
    05/05/1990 Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg, NYC, daughter of Caroline


    Deaths:

    05/05/ 311 Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50
    05/05/1028 Alfonso V, King of León/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle 05/05/1194 Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies 05/05/1309 Charles II, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies
    05/05/1504 Anton van Bourgondie, [Great Bastard], knight, dies at about 82 05/05/1525 Frederik III the wise, ruler of Saxon (1486-1525), dies
    05/05/1553 Erasmus Alberus, Germ theologist (Barfüsser Mönche), dies at about 5
    05/05/1582 Charlotte de Bourbon, Princess of Orange, dies
    05/05/1604 Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71
    05/05/1613 Johann Steuerlein, composer, dies at 66
    05/05/1678 Anna M van Schurman, poet/spoke 10 languages, dies at about 70 05/05/1702 Jacob Hintze, composer, dies at 79
    05/05/1705 Leopold I, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at 64
    05/05/1786 Pedro III, King of Portugal, dies
    05/05/1821 Napoleon I Bonaparte, emperor France (1799-1815), dies in St Helena 05/05/1827 Frederik Augustus I, Justified, King of Saxon (1806-27), dies at 76 05/05/1831 Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer, dies at 66
    05/05/1837 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer, dies at 85
    05/05/1840 Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer, dies at 67
    05/05/1840 Matthaus Fischer, composer, dies at 76
    05/05/1859 Peter G L Dirichlet, German mathematician, dies
    05/05/1864 John Marshall Jones, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 43 05/05/1864 Leroy A Stafford, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 42 05/05/1875 John ACA van Nispen Sevenaer, Dutch parliament (1848-75), dies at 71
    05/05/1885 Lauro Rossi, composer, dies at 73
    05/05/1886 Joseph Albert, German photographer, dies at 61
    05/05/1892 Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer, dies at 80
    05/05/1909 Pauline Staegeman, German feminist, dies
    05/05/1921 Alfred H Fried, Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel 1911), dies 05/05/1927 Charles Boissevain, editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies 05/05/1945 Guδmundur Jónsson Kamban, Icelandic writer (Vi mordere), dies at 56 05/05/1949 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belg playwright (Grand Fairie, Nobel 1911), die
    05/05/1951 Eddie Dunn, comedian (Face to Face, Spin the Picture), dies at 54 05/05/1956 Charles R Gallas, lexicographer (French dictionary, dies at 88 05/05/1957 Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer, dies at 74
    05/05/1960 Sulho Ranta, composer, dies at 58
    05/05/1963 Heinrich Gebhard, composer, dies
    05/05/1963 Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (Stÿl), dies at 73
    05/05/1969 Ben Alexander, actor (Frank Smith-Dragnet), dies at 57
    05/05/1971 Petro Scaglione, Italian procureur-general, killed by Mafia 05/05/1972 Rev Gary Davis, musician, dies
    05/05/1976 Thomas Burnett Swann, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47 05/05/1977 Ludwig Erhard, German CDU-minister of Economic Businesses, dies at 8
    05/05/1980 Edmond Vandercammen, French/Belgian writer, dies at 79
    05/05/1981 Bobby Sands, IRA activists dies in his 66th day of his hunger strike
    05/05/1983 John Williams, actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), dies at 80 05/05/1986 Jon William Haussermann Jr, composer, dies at 76
    05/05/1986 Rui Coelho, composer, dies at 94
    05/05/1988 Tamara Pos, Suriname/Dutch activist
    05/05/1992 Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor (Golden Salamander), dies at 64 05/05/1992 Stefano d'Arrigo, Siciilian writer, dies at 72
    05/05/1993 Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], Indies guru, dies at 73 05/05/1993 Irving Howe, US writer/critic (Dissent), dies at 72
    05/05/1994 Hein Salomonson, architect, dies at about 83


    Significant Events:

    05/05/ 553 2nd Council of Constantinople (5th ecumenical council) opens 05/05/1382 Battle of Beverhoutsveld - population beats drunken army
    05/05/1430 Jews are expelled from Speyer Germany
    05/05/1646 King Charles I surrenders at Scotland
    05/05/1726 Marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Opéra of Paris
    05/05/1749 Pope Benedict XIV proclaims 1750 a Year' [?]
    05/05/1789 French king Louis XVI calls for Etats-Généraux
    05/05/1797 Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi
    05/05/1809 Citzenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland 05/05/1814 British attack Ft Ontario, Oswego, NY
    05/05/1816 American Bible Society organized (NY)
    05/05/1834 Charles Darwins expedition begins at Rio Santa Cruz
    05/05/1842 City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany) 05/05/1847 American Medical Association organized (Philadelphia)
    05/05/1853 R Luther discovers asteroid #26 Proserpina
    05/05/1854 English pirate Plumridge robs along pro-English Finnish coast 05/05/1861 Alexandria, VA - CS troops abandon city
    05/05/1861 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #70 Panopaea
    05/05/1862 French army intervenes in Puebla, Mexico: Cinco de Mayo
    05/05/1862 Peninsular Campaign-Battle of Williamsburg, VA
    05/05/1863 Battle of Tupelo, MS
    05/05/1863 Joe Coburn KOs Mike McCoole for US boxing title in 63rd round 05/05/1864 Atlanta Campaign-5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge 05/05/1864 Battle between Confederate & Union ships at mouth of Roanoke 05/05/1864 Battle of Wilderness, VA (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern) 05/05/1864 Campaign in Northern Georgia - Chattanooga GA to Atlanta GA 05/05/1865 1st US train robbery (North Bend Ohio)
    05/05/1867 Battle of Puebla; Méxicans defeat Maximilian's forces (Cinco de Mayo
    05/05/1874 Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law
    05/05/1881 Anit-Jewish rioting in Kiev Ukraine
    05/05/1891 Carnegie Hall opens in NYC with Tchaikovsky as guest conductor 05/05/1893 Great crash on NY Stock Exchange
    05/05/1904 Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Philadelphia (3-0) 05/05/1905 'Chicago Defender,' begins publishing
    05/05/1905 Robert S Abbott published 1st issue of newspaper 'Chicago Defender' 05/05/1907 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #638 Moira
    05/05/1908 Great White Fleet arrives in SF
    05/05/1912 1st legal publication of 'Pravda'
    05/05/1912 5th Olympic games open at Stockholm, Sweden
    05/05/1912 Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing (4/22 OS) 05/05/1915 German U-20 sinks Earl of Lathom
    05/05/1916 US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
    05/05/1917 St Louis Brown Ernie Koob no-hits Chic White Sox, 1-0
    05/05/1920 German-Latvian peaces treaty signed
    05/05/1920 Polish troops occupy Kiev
    05/05/1920 US pres Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal
    05/05/1921 Minature newspaper published (Brighton Gazette 10 x 13 cm) 05/05/1922 Construction on Yankee Stadium (Bronx) begins
    05/05/1924 Unions terminate Twentse textile strike
    05/05/1925 John T Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee 05/05/1925 Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases)
    05/05/1926 Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for 'Arrowsmith' 05/05/1927 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 1st Symphony, premieres in Berlin
    05/05/1930 1st woman to fly solo from Engl to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson)
    05/05/1932 Japan & China sign a peace treaty
    05/05/1935 H Van Gent discovers asteroid #1693 Hertzsprung
    05/05/1935 Jessie Owens of US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8¼' 05/05/1936 Italians troops conquer Addis Ababa
    05/05/1939 Flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky
    05/05/1940 Norwegian govt in exile forms in London
    05/05/1941 2 Fokker's employees flee naiz occupied Netherlands to England 05/05/1941 Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa
    05/05/1941 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert E Sherwood (There shall be no night
    05/05/1942 British assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar
    05/05/1942 US begins rationing sugar during WW II
    05/05/1944 Gandhi freed from prison
    05/05/1945 Mauthausen Concentration camp liberated
    05/05/1945 Netherlands & Denmark liberated from Nazi control
    05/05/1945 Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated 05/05/1947 Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 & causes $850M in damage 05/05/1947 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men) 05/05/1948 1st air squadron of jets aboard a carrier
    05/05/1948 Belgian govt of Spaak resigns
    05/05/1949 Council of Europe established
    05/05/1949 KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting 05/05/1950 Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand
    05/05/1952 Pulitzer prize awarded to Herman Wouk (Caine Mutiny)
    05/05/1954 Military coup by general Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay
    05/05/1955 Broadway musical 'Damn Yankees' opens
    05/05/1955 West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers 05/05/1956 Jim Bailey (US) runs mile a record 3:58.6 in LA Calif
    05/05/1956 World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo
    05/05/1957 Adolf Schärf elected president of Austria
    05/05/1958 KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, NM (PBS) begins broadcasting 05/05/1958 Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family) 05/05/1961 Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7) 05/05/1962 LA Angel Bo Belinsky no-hits Balt Orioles, 2-0
    05/05/1964 Separatists riot in Quebec
    05/05/1965 1st large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam 05/05/1966 Mont Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 05/05/1969 Boston beats Los Angeles, 4 games to 3, for NBA championship 05/05/1969 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night) 05/05/1971 Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (NYC)
    05/05/1972 Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115 05/05/1973 Ron Turcotte on Secretariat wins Kentucky Derby (1:59.4, record) 05/05/1975 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels)
    05/05/1976 Train crash at Schiedam, kills 24
    05/05/1978 Cin Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits
    05/05/1979 Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting
    05/05/1979 Voyager 1 passes Jupiter
    05/05/1981 16th & final Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-1, hold 8-7-1 ed
    05/05/1983 Bruins 5-Isles 1-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 3-2 lead 05/05/1987 Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings
    05/05/1987 Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East 05/05/1988 Eugene A Marino intalled as 1st black US archbishop
    05/05/1989 Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY 05/05/1990 Paul Hogan & Linda Koslowski wed in Byron Bay, Eastern Australia 05/05/1990 Unbridled beats 2 favorites in 116th Kentucky Derby
    05/05/1992 Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection 05/05/1994 Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections
    05/05/1994 North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen
    05/05/2000 Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn & Moon

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/06/ 973 Henry II, Roman Catholic German king/emperor (1002/14-24) 05/06/1501 Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 day
    05/06/1581 Frans Francken, the Younger, painter
    05/06/1606 Lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter
    05/06/1740 John Penn, signed Decl of Ind
    05/06/1758 Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)
    05/06/1759 François GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician
    05/06/1769 Ferdinand III, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane
    05/06/1785 Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller
    05/06/1790 Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer
    05/06/1800 Ferdinand Marcucci, composer
    05/06/1801 George Sears Greene, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 189
    05/06/1802 Friedrich Wilhelm Schirmer, artist
    05/06/1806 Chapin Aaron Harris, US, found America Society of Dental Surgeons 05/06/1809 William Walker, composer
    05/06/1812 Marin R Delany, Charlestown Va, pioneer black nationalist 05/06/1812 Martin Robinson Delaney, US, 1st black major in US Medical Corp 05/06/1813 Joseph Tarr Copeland, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 05/06/1814 Wilhelm Ernst, violinist/composer
    05/06/1825 Joseph Bailey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 05/06/1829 Phoebe Ann Coffin, 1st female ordained minister in New England 05/06/1830 Guido Gezelle, Flemish priest/poet
    05/06/1838 Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer
    05/06/1843 Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah 05/06/1849 Wyatt Eaton, artist
    05/06/1856 Robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909) 05/06/1856 Sigmund Freud, Austria, cigar smoker, father of psychology 05/06/1858 Georges Adolphe Hue, composer
    05/06/1859 Luis María Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist 05/06/1859 Willem Kloos, poet
    05/06/1861 Radindranath Tagore, Indian philosopher/poet/writer
    05/06/1868 Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont, Poland, novelist (Chiopi, Nobel-1924) 05/06/1869 Jan R Slotemaker de Bruïne, clergyman/CHU-politician
    05/06/1870 Amedos Peter Giannine, San Jose Calif, founded Bank of America 05/06/1870 John McClutcheon, cartoonist (Pulitzer Prize-1931)
    05/06/1871 August Reusner, composer
    05/06/1875 William Daniel Leahy, Iowa, 5 star adimiral/chief of staff (1949) 05/06/1879 Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist
    05/06/1880 Baron W Edmund, Archangel & Ironside, British field marshal 05/06/1880 Ernst L Kirchner, German painter
    05/06/1883 José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher/author [or May 9] 05/06/1888 Emmanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73)
    05/06/1889 Arthur Morison, typographer
    05/06/1894 Filip Lazar, composer
    05/06/1895 Rudolph Valentino, sheik/actor (Eagle)
    05/06/1897 Paul Alverdes, German writer (That Pfeiferstube)
    05/06/1898 Daniel Gerber, Freemont Mi, beloved by babies at mealtime 05/06/1902 Harry Golden, Jewish humorist/writer (2¢ Plain, Only in America) 05/06/1902 Max Ophüls, Saarland, dir/writer (Letters From an Unknown Woman) 05/06/1902 Walter Dawson, British Air Chief marshall
    05/06/1904 Harry Martinson, Sweden, novelist/poet (Trade Wind-Nobel 1974) 05/06/1905 Norman De Tar, composer
    05/06/1905 [Bernard] Toots Shor, raconteur/restauranteur (Toots Shor) 05/06/1906 André Weil, [Bourbaki], French/US mathematician
    05/06/1907 Weeb Ewbank, NFL coach (Baltimore Colts, NY Jets)
    05/06/1908 Necil Kazim Akses, composer
    05/06/1910 Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist
    05/06/1912 Barend Roest Crollius, painter/writer (Chronicle Sins of Youth) 05/06/1912 Bill Quinn, NYC, actor (Rifleman, Van Ranseleer-All in the Family) 05/06/1912 Hugh Martell, British Vice Admiral
    05/06/1913 Carmen Cavallaro, US, actress(?)
    05/06/1913 Gyula David, composer
    05/06/1913 Jack [John T] Aitken, British anatomist
    05/06/1913 Ronald Harris, British 1st Church Estates Commissioner
    05/06/1913 Stewart Granger, [James Stewart], London, actor (Prisoner of Zenda) 05/06/1913 Woody Herman, US jazz clarinetist/composer (Thundering Herds) 05/06/1915 George Perle, Bayonne NJ, composer (12 Tone Tonality)
    05/06/1915 John Arnold, British high court judge
    05/06/1915 May Henriquez-Alvarez, Curaçaos sculptor
    05/06/1915 Orson Welles, Kenosha Wisc, actor (Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds) 05/06/1915 Theodore H White, historian/writer (Making of President)
    05/06/1918 Godfrey Ridout, composer
    05/06/1919 Frank Ereaut, Balliff of Jersey
    05/06/1920 John Henderson, Lord-Lieutenant (Berkshire England)
    05/06/1921 Freddy Randall, jazz trumpeteer
    05/06/1921 Robert Fell, CEO (British Stock Exchange)
    05/06/1921 Ross Hunter, US, actor(?)
    05/06/1922 Alan Ross, editor (London Magazine)
    05/06/1922 Carlos J Moorhead, (Rep-R-CA, 1973- )
    05/06/1922 Pat Harder, Milwaukee, NFL fullback (Cardinals, Lions)
    05/06/1923 Elizabeth Sellars, Glasgow Scotland, actress (Chalk Garden) 05/06/1924 Mimi Benzell, Bridgeport Ct, operatic soprano (Gilda-Rigoletto) 05/06/1925 Patrick Meany, CEO (Rank Organization)
    05/06/1926 John Hamilton-Jones, CEO (Richmond Enterprises)/British Maj-Gen 05/06/1926 Marguerite Piazza, New Orleans LA, operatic soprano (Young Broadway)
    05/06/1929 John Taylor, bishop (St Albans)/Lord High Almoner to Queen 05/06/1929 Rosemary Camp, president (Council for British Archaeology) 05/06/1931 Marvin Leath, (Rep-D-TX, 1979- )
    05/06/1931 Willie Mays, baseball player, 'Say Hey Kid' (660 HRs, NL MVP 1954) 05/06/1932 Gunther Hauk, composer
    05/06/1932 John Bond, cricket umpire
    05/06/1933 Lord Pender
    05/06/1934 Richard C Shelby, (Rep-D-AL (1979-86)/Sen-D-AL, 1987- )
    05/06/1936 Joanna Dunham, actress (Possession, House the Dripped Blood) 05/06/1938 Eleanor Platt, QC
    05/06/1939 Anthony Blacker, master-general of Ordnance
    05/06/1940 Murray Sidlin, Baltimore Maryland, conductor (Natl Symph 1973-77) 05/06/1941 Fred J Eckert, (Rep-D-NY, 1985-87)
    05/06/1941 Ghena Dimitrova, actress (Nabucco)
    05/06/1945 Bob Seger, singer (Silver Bullet Band-Shake Down)
    05/06/1945 Richard Eyers, LA Calif, actor (My Friend Irma, Stagecoach West) 05/06/1945 Victoria Bond, composer
    05/06/1946 Jim Ramstad, (Rep-R-Minnesota)
    05/06/1946 Susan Brown, actress (General Hospital)
    05/06/1946 Sydne Rome, Akron Ohio, actress (What?, Candy)
    05/06/1948 Lolita, [Abrázame], spanish singer (Espérame)
    05/06/1948 Richard Cox, NYC, actor (Mark-Executive Suite)
    05/06/1949 David C Leestma, Muskegon Mich, USN/astronaut (STS 41-G, 28, 45) 05/06/1950 Robbie Mcintosh, drummer (Avg White Band-Show your Hand)
    05/06/1953 Lynn Whitfield, Baton Rouge, actress (Josephine Baker, Equal Justice
    05/06/1953 Tony Blair, British MP
    05/06/1954 Sergei Nikolayevich Tresvyatsky, Russia, cosmonaut
    05/06/1955 Donald A Thomas, Cleve Ohio, PhD/astronaut
    05/06/1955 John Hutton, MP
    05/06/1959 Charles Hendry, MP
    05/06/1959 Eric D Fingerhut, (Rep-D-Ohio)
    05/06/1959 Kate Collins, Boston Mass, actress (Natalie Hunter-All My Children) 05/06/1960 Bart de Farmer, guitarist (Ivy Green)
    05/06/1960 Larry Steinbachek, rock synthersizer (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy) 05/06/1961 Clay O'Brien, Ray Az, actor (Weedy-Cowboys)
    05/06/1962 Neil Foster, cricketer
    05/06/1963 Alessandra Ferri, British ballerina
    05/06/1964 Dana Hill, Van Nuys Calif, actress (2 of Us, Shoot the Moon) 05/06/1964 Kim Oden, Ala, US Olympic volleyball player (NCAA Play of Decade-80s
    05/06/1964 Roma Downey, Derry Ireland, actress (JoAnna-One Life to Live) 05/06/1965 Norman Whiteside, British soccer player
    05/06/1965 Zahid Sadiq, cricketer
    05/06/1967 Patrick F Manning Jr, Poughkeepsie NY, rower (Olympic-92) 05/06/1968 Linnea Marie Fayard, Shrevept La, Miss Louisiana-America (1991-5th)


    Deaths:

    05/06/ 523 Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen
    05/06/ 988 Dirk II, Westfries earl
    05/06/1085 King Alfonso VI, of León conquered Toledo, dies
    05/06/1124 Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered
    05/06/1475 Dieric Bouts, painter, dies at about 64
    05/06/1527 Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37 05/06/1638 Cornelius Jansen, theologian, dies
    05/06/1642 Frans Francken, the Younger, painter, dies on 61st birthday 05/06/1666 Paul Siefert, composer, dies at 80
    05/06/1667 Johann Jacob Froberger, composer, dies at 50
    05/06/1678 Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44
    05/06/1739 Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63
    05/06/1776 James Kent, composer, dies at 76
    05/06/1794 Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 60 05/06/1814 George Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 65
    05/06/1836 Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78
    05/06/1841 John Thomson, composer, dies at 35
    05/06/1852 Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75
    05/06/1856 William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies
    05/06/1859 Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies
    05/06/1862 Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44 05/06/1864 Henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle 05/06/1864 Micah Jenkins, Confederate brig-general (friendly fire), dies at 28 05/06/1882 Frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin 05/06/1882 Thomas Henry Burke, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin 05/06/1890 Hubert Leonard, composer, dies at 71
    05/06/1892 Ernest Guiraud, composer, dies at 55
    05/06/1904 Franz von Lenbach, artist, dies
    05/06/1910 Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), dies
    05/06/1916 Dirk Forest, liberal Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, dies at 53 05/06/1916 Earl Ross Drake, composer, dies at 50
    05/06/1919 Lyman Frank Baum, author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62
    05/06/1924 Carel S Adama van Scheltema, poet/writer (socialism), dies at 47 05/06/1936 Hans Jelmoli, composer, dies at 59
    05/06/1948 43 communist rebels, executed in Athens
    05/06/1949 P-M-B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian philosopher (Nobel 1911), dies 05/06/1952 Alberto Savinio, Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), dies at 60 05/06/1952 Maria Montessori, Italian physician/educationist, dies
    05/06/1960 Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67 05/06/1961 Lucian Blaga, philospher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65 05/06/1963 Monty Wooley, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 74
    05/06/1964 Harold Morris, composer, dies at 74
    05/06/1971 Helene Weigel, Austria/German actress/stage star, dies at 70 05/06/1973 Ernest MacMillan, composer, dies at 79
    05/06/1975 József Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal, dies at 83 05/06/1978 Ko van Dÿk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P), dies at 61
    05/06/1987 William J Casey, director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73
    05/06/1990 Charles Farrell, actor (Vern-My Little Margie), dies at 89 05/06/1991 Anthony van Kampen, writer (Ketelbinkie/Geschonden eldorado), dies 05/06/1991 Chucky Mullins, US soccer player, dies
    05/06/1991 Wilfrid Hyde-White, Brits actor (Peyton Place/140+ films), dies at 8
    05/06/1992 Jilly Rizzo, restauranteur/friend of Frank Sinatra, dies at 75 in ca
    05/06/1992 Marlene Dietrich, [Maria Losch], actress (Angel), dies at 90 in Pari
    05/06/1994 Moses Rosen, Romania's leading rabbi, dies at 81


    Significant Events:

    05/06/1312 Pope Clemens V signs council of Vienna
    05/06/1527 Spanish & German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance 05/06/1536 King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church
    05/06/1598 Arch duke Albrecht & Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands
    05/06/1672 Brandenburgs monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands 05/06/1753 French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle 05/06/1787 1st Black Masonic Lodge forms Prince Hall, Boston
    05/06/1787 African Lodge # 459 organizes in Boston
    05/06/1794 Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France 05/06/1804 Suriname sold to English (util Feb, 1816)
    05/06/1833 John Deere makes 1st steel plow
    05/06/1840 1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain)
    05/06/1844 Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote
    05/06/1848 Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony
    05/06/1851 Dr John Gorrie patents a 'refrigeration machine'
    05/06/1851 SF Chamber of Commerce starts
    05/06/1853 1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut) 05/06/1853 Train falls off bridge in S Norwalk Ct; 46 drown
    05/06/1860 SF Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club founded
    05/06/1861 Arkansas & Tennessee becomes 9th & 10th state to secede from US 05/06/1861 Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confedera
    05/06/1864 Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA
    05/06/1864 Battle of Wilderness-Gen Longstreet seriously injured
    05/06/1864 General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta Georgia
    05/06/1882 Epping Forest England dedicated by Queen Victoria
    05/06/1882 US Congress ceases Chinese immigration
    05/06/1889 Eiffel Tower in Paris, completed
    05/06/1889 Universal Exposition opens in Paris
    05/06/1890 Mormon Church renounces polygamy [1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)] 05/06/1891 Conductors on London General Omnibus Company go on strike 05/06/1896 M Wolf discovers asteroid #417 Suevia
    05/06/1902 British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon; 739 die
    05/06/1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place' (BG) 05/06/1902 Zulu assault at Holkrantz South-Africa
    05/06/1903 Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers 05/06/1906 'Temporary' permit to erect overhead wires on Market St SF 05/06/1910 King George V ascends to British throne
    05/06/1913 King Nikita I of Montenegro vacates Skoetari, North-Albania 05/06/1914 British house of lords rejects women suffrage
    05/06/1915 Allies attack Cape Helles, Hellespont
    05/06/1915 German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland
    05/06/1915 Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut & 1st HR, loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15 05/06/1916 Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa
    05/06/1917 St Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chic White Sox, 3-0
    05/06/1921 American Soccer League formed
    05/06/1929 NY to SF footrace begins
    05/06/1933 Italy & USSR sign trade agreement
    05/06/1935 KTM-AM in Los Angeles Calif changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC) 05/06/1935 Pulitzer prize awarded to Audrey Wurdemann (Bright Ambush) 05/06/1937 Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, NJ (36 die) 05/06/1940 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath) 05/06/1941 Josef Stalin becomes leader of USSR
    05/06/1942 Corregidor & Philippines surrenders to Japanese Armies
    05/06/1943 British 1st army opens assault on Tunis
    05/06/1944 KJR-AM in Seattle Wash swaps calls with KOMO
    05/06/1945 Gen J Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherland
    05/06/1946 Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur M Schlesinger (Age of Jackson)' 05/06/1950 Liz Taylor's 1st marriage (Conrad Hilton Jr)
    05/06/1951 Pitts Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0
    05/06/1953 Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Phila A's, 6-0
    05/06/1954 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4)
    05/06/1955 West Germany joins NATO
    05/06/1956 WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting 05/06/1957 Italian govt of Segni resigns
    05/06/1957 Pulitzer prize awarded to John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage) 05/06/1960 English prince Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon
    05/06/1960 Pres Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960
    05/06/1960 Students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta
    05/06/1960 Trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramón Mercader), flees 05/06/1962 1st nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen) 05/06/1962 Antonio Segni elected president of Italy
    05/06/1962 Pathet Lao breaks ceasefire/conquerors Took Tha Laos
    05/06/1963 Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August) 05/06/1964 D McLeish discovers asteroid #2854
    05/06/1966 Most runs scored in 11th inning (9) Phils score 5 to beat Pirates 8-
    05/06/1967 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College 05/06/1967 C U Cesco & A R Klemol discovers asteroids #1829 Dawson,
    05/06/1968 Battle between students & troops in Paris, 1000 injured
    05/06/1968 Spain closes border to Gibralter except to Spaniards
    05/06/1970 Yuchiro Miura of Japan skies down Mt Everest
    05/06/1973 1st WHA championshiphip, Winnipeg Jets win 4 games to 1
    05/06/1974 Bundy victim Roberta Parks disappears from OSU, Corvallis, Ore 05/06/1974 Smallest attendance at Phila's Veterans Stadium (4,149)
    05/06/1974 Stolen 'Guitar Player' painting by Jan Vermeer found in London 05/06/1974 W German chancellor W Burns resigns
    05/06/1975 Bundy victim Lynette Culver disappears from Pocatello, Idaho 05/06/1977 'Beatles at Hollywood Bowl,' released in UK
    05/06/1978 South Africa military goes into Angola
    05/06/1978 Steve Cauthen & Affirmed wins Kentucky Derby en route to Triple Crow
    05/06/1979 Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m 05/06/1981 C Shoemaker discovers asteroids #2742 Gibson, #2773 & #2982 Muriel 05/06/1982 Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games 05/06/1984 Balt Oriole Cal Ripken Jr hits for cycle
    05/06/1984 José Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election 05/06/1985 17th Space Shuttle Mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 lands at Edwards AFB 05/06/1986 Donald E Pelotte becomes 1st native American bishop
    05/06/1987 Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice
    05/06/1987 Mario Andretti sets one-lap speed record at Indy at 218.204 MPH 05/06/1987 PTL's Jim Bakker & Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God 05/06/1989 Sunday Silence wins upset victory at Kentucky Derby
    05/06/1990 Tom Cruise is ticketed for careless operation of a vehicle in SC 05/06/1991 Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) lands
    05/06/1992 NY Met Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games 05/06/1993 STS-55 (Columbia) lands
    05/06/1994 Chunnel linking England and France official opens
    05/06/1994 Official opening of tunnel under the Canal
    05/06/2012 Transit of Venus

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/07/1530 Louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots
    05/07/1574 Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)
    05/07/1700 Gerard van Swieten, botanist
    05/07/1704 Carl Henrich Graun, composer
    05/07/1763 Josef Poniatovski, Polish general/marshal of France
    05/07/1769 Giuseppe Farinelli, composer
    05/07/1776 Dániel Berzsenyi, [Hungarian Horatius], Hungarian poet
    05/07/1795 Gerhard M Roentgen, industrialist (founder dockyard Fijenoord) 05/07/1803 Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer
    05/07/1812 Robert Browning, London England, poet (Pied Piper)
    05/07/1826 Varina Howell Davis, 1st lady (Confederacy), died in 1905 05/07/1827 Charles TH Coster, Belgian literary (Légendes flamandes)
    05/07/1827 Francis Engle Patterson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 18
    05/07/1833 Johannes Brahms, German composer, enjoys a good lullaby
    05/07/1840 Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk Russia, composer (1812 Overture)
    05/07/1847 Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Lib), British PM (1894-95) 05/07/1861 Rabindranath Tagore, Hindu poet/mystic/composer (Nobel 1913) 05/07/1866 Cornelis JK van Aalst, president Dutch Business-Society
    05/07/1873 Clarence Dickinson, composer
    05/07/1882 Willem Elsschot, [Alfons J de Ridder], Flemish writer (Mend) 05/07/1883 Gino Roncaglia, composer
    05/07/1883 Martin Albertz, German theologist (Church Jesus Christ)
    05/07/1885 George 'Gabby' Hayes, US actor (In Old Santa Fe, El Paso) 05/07/1887 Henri Pourrat, French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes)
    05/07/1892 Archibald MacLeish, Glencoe Ill, polit essayist/poet/dramatist (JB) 05/07/1892 Josip Broz Tito, WW II partisan, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80) 05/07/1897 Kitty McKane, England, tennis (Oly-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-1920, 24) 05/07/1900 Bauke Tuinstra, Dutch/Friesian notary/author (Earste Keur) 05/07/1901 Gary Cooper, Montana, actor (2 Acad Awards-Sgt York, High Noon) 05/07/1901 L T Coggeshall, medical scientist/ US Secretary of HEW (1956-58) 05/07/1901 Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer
    05/07/1907 Jef van Durme, composer
    05/07/1908 Ed MacDonald, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown)
    05/07/1908 Wouter Paap, composer
    05/07/1909 Edwin H Land, inventor (instant photography (Polaroid))
    05/07/1912 Paul H F Brenneker, Neth/Antillian photographer/folklorist 05/07/1917 Daniel Gillès, Belgian writer
    05/07/1917 David Tomlinson, US, actor (Mary Poppins, Helter Skelter) 05/07/1918 Argeliers Leon, composer
    05/07/1919 Eva (Evita) Perón-Duarte, Argentina, 1st lady/actress
    05/07/1922 Darren McGavin, Spokane Wash, actor (Night Stalker, Tribes, Turk 182
    05/07/1922 Gale Robbins, Chicago Ill, actress/singer (Hollywood House) 05/07/1923 Anne Baxter, Mich City Ind, actr (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel)
    05/07/1923 Pete V Domenici, (Sen-R-NM, 1973- )
    05/07/1926 Val Bisoglio, NYC, actor (Lt Marsh-Police Woman, Danny-Quincy ME) 05/07/1927 Jim Lowe, Springfield Mass, DJ (WNEW) 'King of Trivia'
    05/07/1929 Dick Williams, baseball player, manager (including Seattle 1986-87) 05/07/1930 Horst Bienek, German poet
    05/07/1931 Gene [Rodman] Wolfe, US, sci-fi author (Soldier of Arete) 05/07/1931 Nel J Ginjar-Mas, Dutch Sect of State (VVD)
    05/07/1931 Teresa Brewer, Toledo Ohio, singer (Put Another Nickel In) 05/07/1933 Johnny Unitas, NFL QB (Balt Colts, San Diego); one of the greats 05/07/1934 Donald Russell Holler, composer
    05/07/1934 Heinz Marti, composer
    05/07/1935 Kevin O'Connor, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Bogie, Special Effects) 05/07/1936 Cornelius Cardew, composer
    05/07/1938 Johnny Caldwell, Ireland, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1956) 05/07/1939 Jimmy Ruffin, vocalist (What Becomes of Broken Hearted)
    05/07/1939 Marco St John, New Orleans La, actor (Rayford-Ball Four)
    05/07/1939 Rudolphus FM 'Ruud' Lubbers, director Dutch/CDA-premier (1982- ) 05/07/1940 Armando Krieger, composer
    05/07/1943 Peter Horak, jetboat jumper
    05/07/1944 Alison Margaret Bauld, composer
    05/07/1944 Sivi Aberg, actress (Batman TV show)
    05/07/1945 Robin Strasser, NYC, actress (Dorian-One Life to Live, Another World
    05/07/1945 Wim A Mateman, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
    05/07/1946 Bill Danoff, Springfield Mass, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band) 05/07/1946 Richard L Brodsky, US lawyer/NY State Assemblyman (D) (1983- ) 05/07/1950 Prairie Prince, rocker (Tubes)
    05/07/1951 Janis Ian, [Fink], NYC, rocker (At 17, Society's Child)
    05/07/1951 Robert Hegyes, NJ, actor (Underground Aces, Welcome Back Kotter) 05/07/1955 Peter Reckell, actor (Days of our Lifes)
    05/07/1959 Tamara E Jernigan, [Tammy], Chattoonaga, astronaut (STS 40, 52, sk:6
    05/07/1960 Arnon Ohad, co-pilot (El Al) plane that crashed on Bijlmer Amsterdam
    05/07/1962 Robbie Knievel, daredevil, son of Evel
    05/07/1964 Mustapha Zerqti, Moroccan/Neth writer (Ihtidaar hub fi el-mahd) 05/07/1968 Traci Lords, [Nora L Kuzma], Steubenville Oh, XXX actress (Cry Baby)
    05/07/1969 Katerina Maleeva, Bulgaria, tennis player (US Open Junior 1984) 05/07/1987 Katie Danza, daughter of Tony & Tracy Danza


    Deaths:

    05/07/ 685 Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies 05/07/ 973 Otto I the Great, emperor of St Roman Rich, dies at 60
    05/07/1205 Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies
    05/07/1523 Franz von Sickingen, German knight/protect of poor, dies in battle 05/07/1617 David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53
    05/07/1667 Johann J Froberger, German singer/composer, dies at 50
    05/07/1673 Johannes Teellinck, vicar, dies at about 58
    05/07/1736 John Weldon, composer, dies at 60
    05/07/1792 Aert Schouman, bird/portrait painter, dies at 82
    05/07/1793 Johan A Zoutman, lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68 05/07/1793 Pietro Nardini, composer, dies at 71
    05/07/1800 Laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64 05/07/1800 Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72
    05/07/1814 Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79
    05/07/1818 Leopold Kozeluch, composer, dies at 71
    05/07/1825 Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74
    05/07/1836 Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26
    05/07/1871 Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies
    05/07/1876 Franz Grave von Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 6
    05/07/1884 Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies
    05/07/1900 Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81
    05/07/1914 Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87
    05/07/1915 Alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania 05/07/1915 Alfred Scott Witherbee Jr, US Lusitania officer, dies
    05/07/1915 Charles Frohman, dies aboard Lusitania
    05/07/1928 Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56
    05/07/1929 Albert Anselmi, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
    05/07/1929 John Scalise, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
    05/07/1929 Joseph 'Top Toad' Giunta, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone 05/07/1932 Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies 05/07/1934 Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67
    05/07/1941 David Wÿnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies
    05/07/1942 Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 05/07/1946 Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed
    05/07/1958 Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81 05/07/1968 Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41 05/07/1970 Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60
    05/07/1971 Willem Banning, theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83 05/07/1977 Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73
    05/07/1981 Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79
    05/07/1985 Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54 05/07/1986 Gaston Deferre, French politician, dies at 75
    05/07/1989 Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65 05/07/1994 Clement Greenberg, US art critic (Art & culture), dies at 85 05/07/1994 Margaret Skeete, oldest American, dies at 115


    Significant Events:

    05/07/1274 2nd Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens
    05/07/1416 Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy
    05/07/1429 English siege of Orléans broken by Joan of Arc
    05/07/1579 Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands
    05/07/1638 Cornelis S Goyer takes possession of Mauritius
    05/07/1660 Isaack B Fubine of Savoys patents macaroni
    05/07/1700 William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipati
    05/07/1727 Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia 05/07/1748 French troops conquer Maastricht
    05/07/1771 Samuel Hearne explores Copper Mine River of Canada
    05/07/1789 1st inaugurational ball (NYC)
    05/07/1792 Capt Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)
    05/07/1800 Indiana Territory organized
    05/07/1824 Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony performed for 1st time 05/07/1840 Tornado strikes Natchez Miss, kills 317
    05/07/1847 American Medical Association organizes (Phila)
    05/07/1848 Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia
    05/07/1856 Argentinian & Brazilian sign a navigation pact
    05/07/1861 Riot occurs between prosecessionist & Union supporters in Knoxville
    05/07/1862 Battle of West Point, VA (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville) 05/07/1862 Much of Enschede destroyed by fire
    05/07/1864 Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500) 05/07/1864 Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction Virginia (Drewry's Bluff) 05/07/1867 Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans 05/07/1873 US marines attack Panama
    05/07/1875 German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed
    05/07/1877 Cin Enquirer, 1st uses term 'Bullpen' to indicate foul territory 05/07/1885 John E W Thompson, named minister to Haiti
    05/07/1888 Opera 'Le Roi D'ys' is produced (Paris)
    05/07/1902 L Carnera discovers asteroid #485 Genua
    05/07/1902 Soufriere volcano on St Vincent kills 2-5,000
    05/07/1904 Flexible Flyer trademark registered
    05/07/1904 R S Dugan discovers asteroid #535 Montague
    05/07/1913 British House of Commons rejects women's suffrage
    05/07/1914 US Congress establishes mother's day
    05/07/1914 Woodrow Wilson's daughter Eleanor marries in White House
    05/07/1915 Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost
    05/07/1920 USSR recognizes independence of Georgia
    05/07/1922 Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2
    05/07/1922 NY Giant Jesse Barnes no-hits Phillies, 2-0
    05/07/1923 Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad
    05/07/1924 Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana 05/07/1925 Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row
    05/07/1925 Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play 05/07/1927 SF Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated
    05/07/1928 England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21
    05/07/1928 Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for (Bridge of San Luis Re
    05/07/1929 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1146 Biarmia
    05/07/1932 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1243 Pamela & #1321 Majuba 05/07/1934 Neth Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal
    05/07/1934 Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autnomous Region
    05/07/1934 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (One in White)
    05/07/1934 World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines 05/07/1939 Germany & Italy announce their alliance (Rome-Berlin Axis) 05/07/1940 Winston Churchill becomes PM of Britain
    05/07/1941 British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3)
    05/07/1941 Cornerstone of B of A building at 300 Montgomery laid
    05/07/1941 Glenn Miller records 'Chattanooga Choo Choo' for RCA
    05/07/1942 Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion
    05/07/1942 Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto execute
    05/07/1943 British troop occupy Tunis
    05/07/1943 Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps
    05/07/1943 Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launch
    05/07/1945 British troops pull into Utrecht Neth
    05/07/1945 Germany signs unconditional surrender; WW II ends in Europe 05/07/1945 Mauthausen Concentration Camp liberated
    05/07/1945 Nazi generals Jodl & Von Friedenburg surrender
    05/07/1945 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Hersey (Bell for Adano)
    05/07/1945 SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22
    05/07/1946 William H Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands
    05/07/1947 'Kraft Television Theater' premieres on NBC
    05/07/1947 General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution
    05/07/1947 Paraguayian govt unleashes contra revolt
    05/07/1948 Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentence to death 05/07/1951 Pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter (The Town)
    05/07/1953 Record 537-kg swordfish was caught by LE Marron, in Chile 05/07/1954 French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu 05/07/1954 US, Great-Britain & France reject Russian membership in NATO 05/07/1955 Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps, beats Eddie Arcaro on Nashua in Derby 05/07/1955 USSR signs peace treaty with France & Great-Britain
    05/07/1955 West Europe Union established
    05/07/1956 Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300
    05/07/1956 Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett 05/07/1957 Herb Score hit in face by Gil McDougald's line drive
    05/07/1957 Maj Johnson, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to 17.28 miles (27.8 K
    05/07/1958 Howard Johnson sets aircraft altitude record in F-104, 27,810 m 05/07/1960 Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of USSR
    05/07/1960 Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship 05/07/1962 Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960
    05/07/1963 Bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champ
    05/07/1963 SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))
    05/07/1965 WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting 05/07/1966 Mamas & Papas 'Monday Monday' hits #1
    05/07/1966 Yankees fire manager Johnny Keene
    05/07/1969 Oakland Oaks beat Indiana Pacers in 2nd ABA championship, 4 games to
    05/07/1972 Lakers beat Knicks for NBA championship, 4 games to 1
    05/07/1973 Pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter) 05/07/1974 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin)
    05/07/1975 Flyers 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead
    05/07/1975 Pres Ford declares an end to 'Vietnam Era'
    05/07/1975 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays 05/07/1977 Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins 103rd Kentucky Derby (2:02.2) 05/07/1979 5th UNCTAD-conference opens in Manila
    05/07/1979 Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland) 05/07/1982 Federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing 05/07/1982 IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1
    05/07/1982 Oakland Raiders to move to LA
    05/07/1983 August Hoffman perform record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups
    05/07/1983 Bruins 4-Isles 8-Wales Conf Championship-Isles win series 4-2 05/07/1984 $180m out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit 05/07/1987 105° F, Sacramento, CA
    05/07/1987 Diane Chambers' (Shelley Long) final episode on Cheers
    05/07/1988 Winning Colors becomes 3rd filly to win Kentucky Derby
    05/07/1989 Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 mins in Nepal at 21,030 feet 05/07/1989 Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidenc
    05/07/1992 5 NYC cops arrested in Hauppauge Long Island for selling cocaine 05/07/1992 Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races 05/07/1992 US space shuttle STS-49 launched (maiden voyage of Endeavour) 05/07/1994 Denver Nuggets become NBA's 1st #8 seed to beat a #1 seed (Seattle) 05/07/1994 Edvard Munchs painting 'The Scream' recovered 3 months after stolen 05/07/1994 Go For Gin wins Kentucky Derby

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat May 8 00:05:04 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/08/1492 Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer 05/08/1521 Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint
    05/08/1527 Johann Walter, composer
    05/08/1592 Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) 05/08/1629 Niels Juel, Danish admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjögebocht)
    05/08/1641 Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam)
    05/08/1668 Alain R Lesage, French author (Turcaret ou le Financier)
    05/08/1673 Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer
    05/08/1703 Gottlob Harrer, composer
    05/08/1737 Edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire) 05/08/1745 Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer
    05/08/1750 Elias Mann, composer
    05/08/1753 Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Méxican independence 05/08/1763 John Goldberg, patriot/statesman
    05/08/1778 Johann Gansbacher, composer
    05/08/1786 Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry
    05/08/1803 Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer
    05/08/1806 Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer
    05/08/1810 James Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 05/08/1814 Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist
    05/08/1824 William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57) 05/08/1828 Jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 190
    05/08/1829 Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist 05/08/1833 Frank Wheaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903 05/08/1836 Bryan Morel Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905 05/08/1839 Francis W Warre-Cornish, English vice-provost of Eton/writer 05/08/1842 Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist
    05/08/1844 Hermann Gradener, composer
    05/08/1846 Oscar Hammerstein, Germany, opera/playwright (Kohinoor)
    05/08/1853 Charles Lee Williams, composer
    05/08/1857 Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud, actor/wife of Alida Little
    05/08/1858 John Meade Falkner, novelist (Moonfleet)
    05/08/1871 [Emile M] Louis Madelin, French historian (French revolutionary) 05/08/1882 Philips C Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat
    05/08/1884 Harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1949) 05/08/1886 Jef van Hoof, composer
    05/08/1891 Chet 'Red' Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+ 05/08/1892 Ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show)
    05/08/1893 Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913) 05/08/1895 Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore)
    05/08/1895 Fulton J Sheen, El Paso Ill, bishop (Life is Worth Living) 05/08/1895 José Gómez, [Joselito el Gallo], bullfighter
    05/08/1899 August von Hayek, economist
    05/08/1899 Friedrich A von Hayek, Aust/British economist (Road to Serfdom) 05/08/1899 Jan F van Hall, sculptor/resistance fighter
    05/08/1903 Fernandel, [Fernand JD Contandin], French actor (Paris Holiday) 05/08/1904 John Snagge, BBC commentator
    05/08/1905 Inglis Gundry, composer
    05/08/1906 David Van Vactor, Plymouth Indiana, composer (Chaconne)
    05/08/1906 Roberto Rossellini, Italy, director (Open City)
    05/08/1910 Mary Lou Williams, US jazz pianist/composer (Zodiac Suite) 05/08/1911 Robert Johnson, blues singer (King of Delta Blues Singer) 05/08/1911 Wilhelm F de Gay Fortman, lawyer/foreign minister
    05/08/1912 Gertrud Fussenegger, [Dorn], Austrian writer (Mohrenlegende) 05/08/1914 Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman of Comm House of Lords
    05/08/1915 John Archer, Nebraska, actor (Destination: Moon)
    05/08/1919 Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov, composer
    05/08/1920 Maurice Cranston, political scientist
    05/08/1920 Sloan Wilson, US, novelist (Man in the Gray Flannal Suit) 05/08/1921 Graham Leonard, bishop of London
    05/08/1922 Brian Kellett, CEO (Port of London Authority)
    05/08/1925 Ali Hassan Mwinyi, president of Tanzania (1985- )
    05/08/1925 Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, lord of appeal in ordinary
    05/08/1926 Don Rickles, Queens NY, comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey) 05/08/1926 Richard F Attenborough, environmentalist/zoologist (BBC)
    05/08/1926 Ronald Waterhouse, high court judge
    05/08/1927 Ian Denholm, CEO (Murray Investment Trust)
    05/08/1927 Philip Wilkinson, deputy chairman (National Westminster Bank) 05/08/1928 Theodore Sorenson, pesidential advisor (JFK)/author (1000 Days) 05/08/1928 William Jay Sydeman, composer
    05/08/1929 V N M Korte-van Hemel, Dutch Secretary of Justice (CDA)
    05/08/1930 Doug Atkins, Humbolt Tn, NFL hall of famer (Browns, Bears, Saints) 05/08/1930 Gary Snyder, [Japhy Ryder], beat poet (Rip Rap & Cold Mountain Poems
    05/08/1930 Heather Harper, soprano
    05/08/1931 Charles M Wilson, composer
    05/08/1933 Alistair Service, writer/publisher
    05/08/1934 Leonard Hoffmann, high court judge
    05/08/1934 Roger Kendrick, governor (Dartmoor Prison)
    05/08/1934 Sonny Liston, US heavyweight boxing chmap (1962-64)
    05/08/1935 Jack Charlton, soccer manager (Rep of Ireland)
    05/08/1935 Salome Jens, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (From Here to Eternity) 05/08/1935 Viscount Falkland, British Lib-Dem peer
    05/08/1936 Neville Purvis, British vice admiral/Chief of Fleet Support 05/08/1937 Daniël Robberechts, Belgian writer (Labia Majora)
    05/08/1937 Dennis DeConcini, (Sen-D-AZ, 1977- )
    05/08/1937 Michael Simmons, Air Marshal (British Ministry of Defense) 05/08/1937 Thomas Pynchon, novelist (V)
    05/08/1939 Otis Paul Drayton, Glen Cove NY, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1964) 05/08/1940 James Blyth, CEO (Boots)
    05/08/1940 Peter Benchley, author (Jaws, Deep)
    05/08/1940 Ricky Nelson, NJ, rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party
    05/08/1941 James A Traficant Jr, (Rep-D-OH, 1985- )
    05/08/1942 Angel Cordero Jr, Santurce PR, jockey (Seattle Slew-1978 Ky Derby) 05/08/1942 Norman Lamont, MP/Chancellor of Exchequer
    05/08/1943 Paul Samwell-Smith, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love)
    05/08/1943 Rick Samwell-Smith, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love)
    05/08/1943 Toni Tennille, Montgomery Ala, female Beachboy (Capt & Tennille) 05/08/1944 Gary Glitter, [Paul Gadd], England, rocker (Rock & Roll Part II) 05/08/1945 Keith Jarrett, jazz musician
    05/08/1947 Felicity Lott, English soprano (We come to the river)
    05/08/1948 John Reid, MP
    05/08/1951 Chris Frantz, rocker (Talking Heads-& She Was)
    05/08/1951 Deborah Harmon, actress (Ted Knight Show, M*A*S*H, Just the 10 of Us
    05/08/1951 Philip Bailey, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover) 05/08/1954 David Keith, Knoxville Tenn, actor (Back Roads, Firestarter) 05/08/1955 Alex Van Halen, rock drummer (Van Halen-1984, Jump)
    05/08/1957 Deana Deardruff, US, 4 X 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972) 05/08/1959 Ronnie Lott, Albuquerque, NM, NFL defensive back (SF 49er) 05/08/1964 Cheryl Richardson, Palo Alto Calif, actress (Jennie-General Hospital
    05/08/1964 Melissa Gilbert Brinkman, LA, actress (Little House on the Prairie) 05/08/1964 Peter Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax)
    05/08/1971 Chris Wolf, actor/musician (Guys Next Door)


    Deaths:

    05/08/ 535 John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies
    05/08/ 685 Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies
    05/08/1319 Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies
    05/08/1577 Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies 05/08/1725 John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle
    05/08/1773 Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies
    05/08/1785 Pietro Longhi, painter, dies
    05/08/1794 Antoine-Laurent Lavosier, chemist, gullotined
    05/08/1809 Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78
    05/08/1818 Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78
    05/08/1829 Mauro Giuliani, composer, dies at 47
    05/08/1844 Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies 05/08/1846 Giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59
    05/08/1853 Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67 05/08/1864 James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56 05/08/1873 John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66 05/08/1880 Gustave Flaubert, French writer (Salammbô), dies
    05/08/1885 Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65
    05/08/1887 Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar
    05/08/1891 Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies
    05/08/1903 Eugène-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti), dies
    05/08/1904 Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot), dies 05/08/1909 Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, dies
    05/08/1915 Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82 05/08/1930 Lvar Henning Mankell, composer, dies at 62
    05/08/1932 Albert Thomas, French socialist politician
    05/08/1936 Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), die
    05/08/1941 Heinrich Zollner, composer, dies at 86
    05/08/1943 Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed 05/08/1948 Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81
    05/08/1951 Margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40
    05/08/1957 John CB 'John' Sluyters, painter, dies at 75
    05/08/1958 Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered
    05/08/1960 Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88 05/08/1961 James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63
    05/08/1973 Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies
    05/08/1975 Avery Brundage, US chairman Intl Oly Committee (1952-72), dies at 87
    05/08/1976 Ulrike Meinhof, lead Germany Red Army Faction, dies
    05/08/1979 Talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76
    05/08/1981 Daniel Gillès, Belgian writer, dies at 64
    05/08/1982 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident 05/08/1985 Dolph Sweet, actor (Gimme a Break), dies of cancer at 64
    05/08/1985 Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict), dies at 69 of Alzheimer's 05/08/1985 Karl Marx, composer, dies at 87
    05/08/1987 Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off 05/08/1988 Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at
    05/08/1991 Jean Langlais, composer, dies at 84
    05/08/1992 Addeke H Boerma, dir-gen (FAO), dies at 80
    05/08/1992 Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Fear on Java, dies 05/08/1992 Richard Derr, actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at 74 of cancer 05/08/1993 Kees Deenik, singer/conductor
    05/08/1994 Cobina W 'Coby' Molenaar, peace activist, dies at 88
    05/08/1994 George Peppard, actor (Breakfast at Tiffanys, A-Team), dies at 65


    Significant Events:

    05/08/ 535 John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    05/08/ 615 St Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    05/08/ 685 St Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    05/08/1360 Treaty of Brétigny signed by English & French
    05/08/1450 Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI 05/08/1541 Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River
    05/08/1660 English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns
    05/08/1721 Michelangiolo dei Conti replaces Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII 05/08/1784 Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)
    05/08/1792 British Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash 05/08/1794 US Post Office established
    05/08/1823 'Home Sweet Home' 1st sung (London)
    05/08/1834 Charles Darwins expedition returns to the Beagle
    05/08/1834 Prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium 05/08/1842 Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die
    05/08/1846 1st major battle of Méxican War fought at Palo Alto Texas 05/08/1858 John Brown holds antislavery convention
    05/08/1862 Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va 05/08/1863 Confederación Granadina becomes Estados Unidos de Colombia 05/08/1864 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff) 05/08/1864 Atlanta Campaign: Sever fighting near Dalton
    05/08/1864 Battle of Antietam, VA (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill) 05/08/1864 Initial fighting at Spotslyvania Court House
    05/08/1866 Australian Rules Football is created
    05/08/1871 English-US treaty ends Alabama dispute
    05/08/1878 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines 05/08/1878 Paul Hines made baseball's unassisted 1st triple play
    05/08/1885 Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl 05/08/1886 Atlanta pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invents Coca Cola 05/08/1895 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
    05/08/1900 250 grave robbers shot to death
    05/08/1900 Galveston Texas, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die
    05/08/1902 Mt Pelée erupts, wipes out St Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000 05/08/1906 Phila A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs 05/08/1907 Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cin Reds, 6-0
    05/08/1907 Heavyweight Tommy Burns KOs Jack O'Brien in LA
    05/08/1915 Regret becomes 1st of 3 fillys to win Kentucky Derby
    05/08/1919 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane
    05/08/1924 Memel territories given to Lithuania
    05/08/1924 Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut 05/08/1925 French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco
    05/08/1926 1st flight over North Pole (Bennett & Byrd)
    05/08/1926 A Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 05/08/1926 Fire breaks out in Fenway Park
    05/08/1929 Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway 05/08/1929 NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pirates, 11-0
    05/08/1935 Cin Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th beat Phils 15-
    05/08/1937 War Admiral wins 63rd Kentucky Derby on his way to Triple Crown 05/08/1941 German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean
    05/08/1942 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunks by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea
    05/08/1942 German summer offensive opens in Crimea
    05/08/1943 Johnny Longden on Count Fleet wins 68th Preakness Stakes (1:57.4) 05/08/1945 Canadian troops move into Amsterdam
    05/08/1945 Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet 05/08/1945 Gen Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov
    05/08/1945 V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe
    05/08/1946 Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game
    05/08/1949 West German constitution approved
    05/08/1950 Chang Kai Shek asks US for weapons
    05/08/1951 Dacron men's suits introduced
    05/08/1953 WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 05/08/1954 1st shot-put over 60' (18.29 m)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, CA 05/08/1958 Pres Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock
    05/08/1958 VP Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru 05/08/1960 USSR & Cuba regain diplomatic relations
    05/08/1961 1st practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport Texas
    05/08/1961 Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington 05/08/1962 'Funny Thing Happened on Way to the Forum' opens on Broadway 05/08/1963 'Dr No' premieres in US
    05/08/1963 JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression
    05/08/1965 1st shut put over 70' (Randy Matson 70' 7')
    05/08/1966 Last game at old Busch stadium, St Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF 05/08/1966 Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson) 05/08/1967 Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army 05/08/1968 Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0) 05/08/1968 Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner)
    05/08/1969 Cambodia recognizes German DR
    05/08/1970 Beatles release 'Let it Be' album
    05/08/1970 Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99 for their 1st NBA championship 05/08/1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Sq Garden
    05/08/1972 Sabena aircraft at Lod Intl, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians 05/08/1973 Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender 05/08/1974 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted
    05/08/1974 Canada govt of Trudeau falls
    05/08/1977 David Berkowitz pleads guilty in 'Son of Sam' 44-caliber shootings 05/08/1978 ABC TV airs 'Stars Salute Israel at 30'
    05/08/1979 Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3
    05/08/1980 Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game 05/08/1981 L Brozek discovers asteroid #3419
    05/08/1981 Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record 05/08/1982 Canucks 5-Isles 6 (OT)-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
    05/08/1984 Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9) 05/08/1984 Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed 05/08/1984 USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics 05/08/1987 Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair) 05/08/1988 François Mitterrand elected president of France
    05/08/1988 Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC 05/08/1989 Paul McCartney releases 'My Brave Face' & 'Ferry Cross the Mersey' 05/08/1989 US space shuttle STS-30 lands
    05/08/1991 CIA director William H Webster resigns
    05/08/1994 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes
    05/08/1994 Ernesto Pérez Balladares elected president of Panama
    05/08/1994 José Maria Figueres becomes president of Costa Rica

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun May 9 00:05:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/09/1265 Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)
    05/09/1596 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter
    05/09/1738 John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet
    05/09/1740 Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Il Barbiere the Siviglia) 05/09/1783 Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader
    05/09/1785 James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms) 05/09/1793 John C de Young, historian/archivist
    05/09/1796 August Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia)
    05/09/1800 John Brown, abolitionist; led attack on Harpers Ferry
    05/09/1801 Samuel Cousins, mezzotint engraver
    05/09/1810 Louis Gallait, historical painter
    05/09/1810 WFLC Marianne, princess of Orange-Nassau/daughter of king Willem I 05/09/1814 Adolf Henselt, composer
    05/09/1824 William Edmonson 'Grumble' Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army) 05/09/1829 Ciro Pinsuti, pianist/composer
    05/09/1833 Boleslaw Dembinski, composer
    05/09/1843 Belle Boyd, spy (Confederate)/actress/lecturer
    05/09/1846 Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer
    05/09/1855 Julius Rontgen, composer
    05/09/1860 James Matthew Barrie, Scotland, novelist (Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan
    05/09/1865 August de Boeck, composer
    05/09/1873 Howard Carter, British archaeologist (found King Tutankhamen's tomb)
    05/09/1873 Lilian Mary Baylis, manager (Old Vic & Sadler's Wells Theater) 05/09/1882 Henry J Kaiser, builder (Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam) 05/09/1892 Eric Westberg, composer
    05/09/1892 Zita, empress (Austria)/Queen (Hungary)
    05/09/1895 Lucian Blaga, Romaniams philosopher/poet (Dogmatic Aeon)
    05/09/1895 Richard Barthelmess, US, actor (Broken Blossoms, Noose)
    05/09/1906 Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats)
    05/09/1907 Baldur von Schirach, German writer/nazi politician (Frame) 05/09/1910 Barbara Woodhouse, dog training expert
    05/09/1911 Harry Simeone, Newark NJ, choral director (Kate Smith Show) 05/09/1912 Pedro Armendariz, Mexico, actor (From Russia With Love)
    05/09/1913 John Hayes, Admiral
    05/09/1913 Victor Smith, Admiral (Australian Chiefs of Staff)
    05/09/1914 Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
    05/09/1914 Frank Chacksfield, arranger/orch leader
    05/09/1914 Hank Snow, Nova Scotia Canada, country singer (I Went to Your Weddin
    05/09/1914 Theodore Kheel, labor negotiator (Fair Employment Practices) 05/09/1915 Richard Janvrin, British vice admiral
    05/09/1916 Bernard Rose, composer
    05/09/1916 Cyril Bowles, bishop of Derby
    05/09/1916 Douglas Guest, organist
    05/09/1917 John Arnatt, actor (Circumstantial Evidence)
    05/09/1918 Mike Wallace, Brookline Mass, newscaster (Biography, 60 Minutes) 05/09/1918 Orville Freeman, Minneapolis, (Sen-D-Mn)/Sec of Agriculture (1961-69
    05/09/1919 Arthur English, comedian/actor (Malachi's Cove)
    05/09/1920 Richard Adams, author (Day Gone By)
    05/09/1922 Sheila Burrell, actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark) 05/09/1924 Boelat S Okoedzjava, Russian author (Student!)
    05/09/1924 Connie Russell, NYC, singer (Club Embassy, Garroway at Large) 05/09/1924 Gerard Wernars, graphic form engraver (bibliotheekwerkpostz's 1991) 05/09/1924 Jean J A Girault, French director/screenwriter (l'Amour)
    05/09/1925 Peter Leng, Master General of the Ordnance
    05/09/1926 Alistair MacFarlane, principal (Heriot-Watt University England) 05/09/1926 Bernard Rose, organist
    05/09/1926 Francis Kennedy, British diplomat
    05/09/1926 Joshua Hassan, chief minister (Gibralter)
    05/09/1926 Robin Cooke, pres (NZ Court of Appeal)
    05/09/1927 John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland) 05/09/1927 Manfred Own, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1967)
    05/09/1927 Ray Katt, baseball player
    05/09/1928 Barbara Ann Scott, Ottawa Ontario, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1948)
    05/09/1928 Pall Pampichier Palsson, composer
    05/09/1928 Richard A 'Pancho' Gonzalez, LA Calif, tennis star (US 1948-49) 05/09/1929 Anthony Lloyd, Lord Justice of Appeal
    05/09/1930 Joan Sims, actress (Carry on Behind, Carry on Cleo)
    05/09/1931 Vance DeVoe Brand, Longmont Co, astro (Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35) 05/09/1932 David Plastow, CEO (Medical Research Council)
    05/09/1932 Gavin Lyall, author (Conduct of Major Maxim)
    05/09/1932 Geraldine McEwan, actress (Henry V)
    05/09/1932 J Alex McMillan, (Rep-R-NC, 1985- )
    05/09/1933 Johnny Grant, unofficial mayor of Hollywood
    05/09/1934 Alan Bennett, playwright/actor (Secret Policeman's Other Ball) 05/09/1934 John Robertson, deputy chairman (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
    05/09/1934 Roy Massey, Master of Choristers (Hereford Cathedral)
    05/09/1936 Albert Finney, UK, actor (Dresser, Under the Volcano)
    05/09/1936 Floyd Robinson, baseball player
    05/09/1936 Glenda Jackson, Cheshire England, actress (Women in Love) 05/09/1936 Terry Downes, middleweight boxing champ (1961-62)
    05/09/1936 Terry Drinkwater, TV newsman (CBS)
    05/09/1937 Dave Prather, singer (Sam & Dave)
    05/09/1937 David Talker, US singer (Sam & Dave-Hold on I'm Coming)
    05/09/1937 Sonny Curtis, guitarist (Crickets)
    05/09/1938 Geoffrey Holland, civil servant
    05/09/1938 Nokie Edwards, rocker (Ventures)
    05/09/1939 Bruce Mather, composer
    05/09/1939 Kenneth Warby, fastest man on water at 300 knots (345 mph) 05/09/1939 Ralph Harold Boston, Laurel MS, long jumper (Olympic-gold-60) 05/09/1940 Dick Morrissey, saxophonist
    05/09/1940 James L Brooks, producer/director (Broadcast News, Taxi)
    05/09/1941 Dorothy Hyman, England, sprinter (Oly-silver-60)
    05/09/1941 Jan Dibbets, speed artist (Dutch Mountains)
    05/09/1942 John D Ashcroft, (Gov-MO)
    05/09/1942 Tommy Roe, Atlanta, rocker (Hooray for Hazel)
    05/09/1942 William Olner, MP
    05/09/1943 Bruce Milner, rocker (Every Mother's Son)
    05/09/1944 Don Dannemann, rocker (Cyrkle)
    05/09/1944 Richard Furay, rocker (Buffalo Springfield, Poco)
    05/09/1945 Steve Katz, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears-When I Die, Blues Project) 05/09/1946 Candice Bergen, Beverly Hills, actr (Carnal Knowledge, Murphy Brown)
    05/09/1947 Anthony Corlan, Cork City Ireland, actor (Something for Everyone) 05/09/1949 Billy Joel, Bronx, singer (Pianoman, Capt Jack, Bridge)
    05/09/1949 Oleg Yuriyevich Atkov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-10)
    05/09/1950 James A Butts, LA Calif, triple jumper (Olympic-silver-1976) 05/09/1950 Matthew Kelly, actor/TV host
    05/09/1951 Alley Mills, Chicago Ill, actress (Norma Arnold-Wonder Years) 05/09/1952 Patrick Ryecart, actor (Silas Mariner)
    05/09/1953 Ron Jackson, baseball player
    05/09/1953 Scott McInnis, (Rep-R-Colorado)
    05/09/1955 Kevin Peter Hall, Pitts Pa, actor (Misfits of Science)
    05/09/1957 Fred Markham, 1st man to pedal a bike 65 mph
    05/09/1957 John Stuper, baseball player
    05/09/1958 Esko Rechardt, Finland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1980)
    05/09/1960 Jim Reilly, rocker (Red Rockers)
    05/09/1960 Tony Gwynn, baseball player
    05/09/1962 David Gahan, English rock vocalist (Depeche Mode-Dreaming of Me) 05/09/1962 Paul Heaton, rocker (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There) 05/09/1964 Miloslav Mecir, Czechoslovakia, tennis player (Olympic-gold-1988) 05/09/1965 Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance)


    Deaths:

    05/09/1280 Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42 05/09/1443 Niccoló d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies
    05/09/1590 Karel 'Cardinal' van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66 05/09/1657 William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies
    05/09/1688 Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 67 05/09/1745 Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82
    05/09/1760 Nikolaus Ludwig, Count von Zinzendorf, leader of Moravian Church, di
    05/09/1785 Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44
    05/09/1791 Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53
    05/09/1799 Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72
    05/09/1805 Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, poet/playwright, dies at 45
    05/09/1822 Charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 63
    05/09/1850 Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies
    05/09/1853 Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73
    05/09/1864 Thomas Donnely Doubleday, US Union Col, dies in an accident 05/09/1880 Johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54
    05/09/1884 Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69
    05/09/1903 Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies
    05/09/1905 Ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78
    05/09/1926 Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies
    05/09/1928 Constantin Dimitrescu, composer, dies at 81
    05/09/1931 Albert Abraham Michelson, physicist, dies
    05/09/1937 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43 05/09/1944 Dame Ethel Mary Smyth, composer, dies at 86
    05/09/1949 Louis II, Prince of Monaco, dies
    05/09/1952 Canada Lee, black actor (Lost Boundaries), dies at 45 in NYC 05/09/1957 Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, NY Met Opera), dies 05/09/1958 Bill Goodwin, TV announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 47
    05/09/1965 Leopold Figl, premier Austria, dies
    05/09/1966 Alfred Mendelsohn, composer, dies at 56
    05/09/1966 Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Dukeenbosch, dies
    05/09/1967 Elmar Berkovich, Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven theater), dies
    05/09/1967 Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer, dies at 35
    05/09/1968 Harold Gray, US comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 74
    05/09/1968 Marion Lorne, actress (Aunt Clara-Bewitched), dies at 81
    05/09/1970 Percy Brier, composer, dies at 85
    05/09/1970 Walter P Reuther, US worker's union leader/president CIO, dies 05/09/1974 Lyubomir Pipkov, composer, dies at 69
    05/09/1976 Raymond Chevreuille, composer, dies at 74
    05/09/1976 Valentino Bucchi, composer, dies at 59
    05/09/1977 James Jones, US writer (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), dies at 5
    05/09/1977 Walter Kraft, composer, dies at 72
    05/09/1979 Cyrus S Eaton, Canada/US multi-millionaire, dies at 95
    05/09/1979 Lan Adomian, composer, dies at 73
    05/09/1981 Nelson Algren, US writer (Man with the Golden Arm), dies at 72 05/09/1982 Ab [Albert] Visser, poet/writer (Kaïn sloeg Abel), dies
    05/09/1986 Dirk de Vroome, Limburg activist, dies at about 59
    05/09/1986 Herschel Bernardi, actor (Lt Jacoby-Peter Gunn, Arnie), dies at 62 05/09/1986 Tenzing Norgay, Tibetan climber (Mount Everest 1953), dies at 71 05/09/1987 Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at 78 05/09/1989 Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33 05/09/1989 Paul J Steenbergen, actor (Ciske de Rat), dies at 82
    05/09/1990 Luigi Nono, Ital composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66
    05/09/1990 Pauline Frederick, 1st women to moderate Pres debate, dies at 84 05/09/1991 James L Reinsch, media-advisor (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy), dies 05/09/1991 Ronnie Brody, British actor, dies
    05/09/1991 Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies
    05/09/1992 Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident 05/09/1993 Lady Freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at 61 05/09/1993 Penelope Gilliatt [Conner], British author


    Significant Events:

    05/09/1002 After trailing 9-0, St Louis Cards beat Atlanta Braves 12-11 05/09/1092 Lincoln Cathedral consecrated
    05/09/1336 Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux
    05/09/1386 Treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England
    05/09/1460 Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings
    05/09/1502 Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World
    05/09/1671 Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels
    05/09/1689 English King Willem III declares war on France
    05/09/1754 1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake 'Join or die' 05/09/1785 Joseph Bramah receives British patent for beer pump handles 05/09/1836 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin departs Port Louis, Mauritius 05/09/1837 'Sherrod' burns in Mississipi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies 05/09/1846 Battle of Resaca de la Palma-US sends Mexico back to Rio Grande 05/09/1862 Battle of Farmington, MS
    05/09/1862 Battle of Ft Pickens, FL (Pensacola), evacuated by CS
    05/09/1862 US Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis MD to Newport, RI 05/09/1864 -20] Skermish at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia
    05/09/1864 Battle of Cloyd's Mt, & Swift Creek, VA (Drewery's Bluff, Ft Darling
    05/09/1864 Battle of Dalton, GA
    05/09/1864 Ship battle at Helgoland, Austria-Denmark
    05/09/1874 Victoria Embankment, in London opens
    05/09/1882 Telegraph Hill RR Co organized
    05/09/1896 1st horseless carriage show in London (featured 10 models) 05/09/1901 Cleve's Earl Moore no-hits Chic White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-
    05/09/1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #565 Marbachia
    05/09/1905 P Gotz discovers asteroid #564 Dudu
    05/09/1908 Dirk Fock becomes governor of Suriname
    05/09/1911 Fire breaks out at Empire Theater in Edinburgh Scotland
    05/09/1913 17th amendment provides for election of senators by popular vote 05/09/1914 Pres Wilson proclaims Mother's Day
    05/09/1915 German & French fight Battle of Artois
    05/09/1916 British-France Sykes-Picot meet over division of Turkey
    05/09/1917 R Schorr discovers asteroid #869 Mellena
    05/09/1925 Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem laid
    05/09/1926 Richard Byrd & Floyd Bennett make 1st flight over North Pole 05/09/1927 Australian Parliament 1st convenes in new capital, Canberra 05/09/1929 NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pitts Pirates
    05/09/1929 WJW-AM in Cleveland Ohio begins radio transmissions
    05/09/1930 Gallant Fox wins 55th Preakness Stakes en route to triple crown 05/09/1932 Burgoo King wins Preakness Stakes
    05/09/1932 Piccadilly Circus, 1st lit by electricity
    05/09/1932 WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa merges with WHO to become WHO-WOC 05/09/1933 Spanish anarchists call for general strike
    05/09/1936 1st KLM airplane to land on Bonaire
    05/09/1936 Italy takes Addis Abba, annexing Absynnia (Ethiopia)
    05/09/1937 Reds beat Phillies 21-10 (Ernie Lombardi goes 6 for 6)
    05/09/1941 English Army breaks German spy codes
    05/09/1942 Alsab wins Preakness Stakes
    05/09/1943 Rotschild-Haddassh University Hospital opens
    05/09/1944 1st eye bank opens (NYC)
    05/09/1944 Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes governor of Louisiana 05/09/1944 Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested
    05/09/1944 Russians recapture Crimea by taking Sevastopol
    05/09/1945 Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (Natl Day)
    05/09/1945 Jersey liberated from nazis
    05/09/1945 Victory celebration at Red Square
    05/09/1946 1st hour long entertainment TV show, 'NBC's Hour Glass' premieres 05/09/1946 1st variety show on TV 'NBC's Hour Glass,' premieres
    05/09/1946 King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy abdicates, replaced by Umberto 05/09/1949 Britain's 1st launderette opens in Queensway London
    05/09/1949 Prince Rainier III becomes leader of Monaco
    05/09/1950 French Foreign min Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS 05/09/1950 Robert Schuman announces Schuman Plan for European integration 05/09/1951 Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River
    05/09/1955 German Federal Republic joins NATO
    05/09/1958 Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship
    05/09/1960 Nigeria becomes a member of British Commonwealth
    05/09/1960 US send U-2 over USSR
    05/09/1961 Balt Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minn Twins 05/09/1961 FCC Chairman Newton N Minow criticizes TV as a 'vast wasteland' 05/09/1962 Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Pstlophone
    05/09/1962 Laser beam successfully bounced off Moon for 1st time
    05/09/1964 Khrushchev visits Egypt
    05/09/1964 Peter & Gordon release 'World Without Love'
    05/09/1965 Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert
    05/09/1965 Luna 5 launched (USSR) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon. (fails) 05/09/1966 3rd Chinese atom bomb explodes
    05/09/1967 1st flight of Fokker F-28 Fellowship
    05/09/1967 Gijsbert van Hall resigns as mayor of Amsterdam
    05/09/1970 100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War
    05/09/1971 Friends of Earth return 1500 non-returnable bottles to Schweppes 05/09/1971 Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Balt Oriole history
    05/09/1972 T Smirnova discovers asteroids #1903 Adzhimushkaj & #1904 Massevitch
    05/09/1973 For 2nd time, Johnny Bench hits 3 HRs in a game
    05/09/1974 House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment
    05/09/1975 Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record)
    05/09/1975 Flyers 1-Isles 5-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-2 lead
    05/09/1977 Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed
    05/09/1977 Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon 05/09/1977 Patty Hearst let out of jail
    05/09/1978 Corpse of kidnapped ex-premier Aldo Moro found
    05/09/1978 Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage
    05/09/1978 PSV beats Bastica, 3-0, to win UEFA Cup in Eindhoven Neth 05/09/1979 US & USSR sign Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons
    05/09/1980 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge 05/09/1981 Kazimiroff Blvd in Bronx named for a Bronx historian
    05/09/1983 S Sei discovers asteroid #2909 Hoshi-no-ie
    05/09/1984 Alexander Calder's 'Big Crinkly' sells for $852,000
    05/09/1987 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw
    05/09/1987 Actor Tom Cruise (27) & actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry
    05/09/1987 Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit HRs in 2 consecutive games 05/09/1988 Australia's new parliment house is opened by Queen Elizabeth 05/09/1988 Belgium: 8th govt of Martens forms
    05/09/1989 Journalist petition Chinese govt for freedom of press
    05/09/1989 NY Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop 05/09/1990 NY Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur 05/09/1991 Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession 05/09/1991 Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer 05/09/1992 America Cup finals begin in San Diego
    05/09/1992 Final episode of 'Golden Girls' airs on NBC-TV
    05/09/1992 Michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned Miss Universe
    05/09/1993 Landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300
    05/09/1994 Mass murderer Joel Rifkind found guilty in NY

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/10/1697 Jean-Marie Leclair, composer
    05/10/1705 Gallus Zeiler, composer
    05/10/1724 Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) 05/10/1727 Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, statesman
    05/10/1730 George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) 05/10/1741 Johann Michael Schmidt, composer
    05/10/1754 Asmus Jakob Carstens, painter
    05/10/1760 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise
    05/10/1769 Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France
    05/10/1770 Louis Nicholas Davout, French field marshall (defeated Prussians) 05/10/1776 George Thomas Smart, composer
    05/10/1780 Peter Lichtenthal, composer
    05/10/1783 Niccola Benvenuti, composer
    05/10/1788 Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist
    05/10/1795 Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian
    05/10/1800 Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer
    05/10/1810 James Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 05/10/1813 Montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford) 05/10/1822 August Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter
    05/10/1823 John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900
    05/10/1824 Charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 189
    05/10/1825 Rudolf Viole, composer
    05/10/1830 François M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult) 05/10/1838 James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman
    05/10/1838 John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham Lincoln
    05/10/1843 Benito Pérez Galdós, Spain, novelist (Fountain of Gold, Nazáarin) 05/10/1843 Kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian
    05/10/1850 Thomas Johnstone Lipton, England, tea magnate (Lipton Tea) 05/10/1855 Anatol Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) 05/10/1857 Hendrik Zwardemaker, physiologist (olfactometer)
    05/10/1858 Frederick, Jr Zech, composer
    05/10/1873 Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor
    05/10/1873 Jan Kalf, literary/art historian (Preservation of museums) 05/10/1877 Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer
    05/10/1878 Gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)
    05/10/1885 Mae Murray, [Girl with bee-stung lips], actress (High Stakes) 05/10/1886 Karl Barth, Basel Switzerland, theologian/author (Action in Waiting)
    05/10/1886 Olaf Stapleton, British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker) 05/10/1887 Jacobus C Bloem, poet (Sintels)
    05/10/1888 Max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind)
    05/10/1894 Dimitri Tiomkin, Russia, composer (Acad Award 1954-High & Mighty) 05/10/1897 Ewart Levy
    05/10/1898 Ariel Durant, writer (Story of Civilization)
    05/10/1898 Herbert Elwell, Minneapolis Minnesota, composer (Happy Hypocrite) 05/10/1899 Fred Astaire, Omaha Neb, tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime)
    05/10/1901 Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist
    05/10/1902 David O Selznick, Pittsburgh Pa, producer (Gone With the Wind) 05/10/1902 Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37)
    05/10/1904 David Brown, CEO (Aston Martin Lagonda)
    05/10/1905 Angus Paton, civil engineer
    05/10/1907 Harilaos Perpessas, composer
    05/10/1908 Carl Albert, (D) speaker of the House
    05/10/1909 Lord Collison, British agriculture worker's leader
    05/10/1909 Maybelle Carter, Nickelsville Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show) 05/10/1910 Jimmy Demaret, winner of 44 golf tournaments, but not the Open 05/10/1910 Margot Turner, matron-in-chief (Army Nursing Service)
    05/10/1912 Edward Gardner, Queen's Court
    05/10/1912 Erik Jorgensen, composer
    05/10/1914 Charles McGraw, NYC, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family) 05/10/1914 Lord Smith, British surgeon
    05/10/1915 Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], singer/imitator/actor 05/10/1915 Christian Beyers Naudé, South African anti-apartheid fighter 05/10/1915 Denis Thatcher, husband of British PM Margaret
    05/10/1915 Monica Dickens, author/founder (US Samaritians)
    05/10/1916 Milton Babbitt, US composer
    05/10/1918 Margo, singer (Golden Irish Favorites)
    05/10/1918 T Berry Brazelton, doctor (On Being a Father)
    05/10/1919 Ella Grasso, (Gov-D-Ct)
    05/10/1919 Tibor Sarai, composer
    05/10/1920 Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals (Northern Ireland)
    05/10/1921 Nancy Walker, Phila, Bounty ads/actress (Rhoda, McMillan & Wife) 05/10/1922 David Orr, deputy chairman (Inchcape)/CEO (British Council) 05/10/1923 John Dugdal, Lord-Lt (Salop]
    05/10/1925 Edward Fursdon, British Maj-Gen (defense council)
    05/10/1929 Brian Corby, CEO (Prudential)
    05/10/1930 June Knox-Mawer, British radio host/novelist (World of Islands) 05/10/1930 Pat Summerall, NFLer (NY Giants)/sportscaster (CBS)/achoholic 05/10/1931 Lord Michael Mustill, of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal 05/10/1934 William Lithgow, British industrialist/farmer
    05/10/1935 Henry Fambrough, US singer (Detroit Spinners)
    05/10/1936 Anthony Mullens, British Lt-Gen (Deputy chief of defense) 05/10/1936 Gary Owens, disc jockey/TV host (Laugh In, Gong Show)
    05/10/1936 Trevor Clay, Gen-Sec (Royal College of Nursing)
    05/10/1937 Arthur Kopit, US, playwright (Day Whores Came Out to Play Tennis) 05/10/1937 Jim Hickman, baseball player
    05/10/1937 Tamara Press, USSR, shot putter/discus thrower (Oly-gold-60) 05/10/1938 Henry Fambrough, rocker (Spinners)
    05/10/1938 Manuel Santana, tennis player (US Open 1965)
    05/10/1938 Maxim Shostakovich, Leningrad Russia, conductor (Atlanta Symph) 05/10/1938 Merritt Ranew, baseball player
    05/10/1938 Michael Shea, director of public affairs (Hanson Trust)
    05/10/1938 Philip Gordon Winsor, composer
    05/10/1939 Tamara Press, Lenningrad USSR, track star (Olympic-gold-1964) 05/10/1940 Arthur Alexander, US singer/songwriter (Lonely Just Like Me) 05/10/1940 Taurean Blacque, actor (Neal Washington-Hill Street Blues) 05/10/1940 William Cash, MP
    05/10/1941 Danny Rapp, rocker (Danny & Juniors)
    05/10/1941 Ken Berry, baseball player
    05/10/1941 Win Bischoff, CEO (Schroders)
    05/10/1942 Bill Coday, US singer (You're gonna then me)
    05/10/1942 Ingram Douglas Marshall, composer
    05/10/1943 Donovan, [Leitch], Scotland, rock singer (Mellow Yellow)
    05/10/1944 Jackie Lomax, Liverpool, rocker (Is This What You Want)
    05/10/1944 Marie-France Pisier, Daclat Vietnam, actress (Scruples, Midnight) 05/10/1946 Graham Gouldman, bassist (10cc)
    05/10/1946 Maureen Lipman, actress (Educating Rita, Wonderworks)
    05/10/1947 Dave Mason, Worcester England, singer/songwriter (We Just Disagree) 05/10/1947 Jay Ferguson, Burbank Calif, rocker (Spirit-I Got A Line on You) 05/10/1947 Meg Foster, Conn, actress (Sunshine, Cagney & Lacey)
    05/10/1951 Ron Banks, US R&B singer (Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get) 05/10/1951 Steve Gunderson, (Rep-R-WI, 1981- )
    05/10/1953 Aynsley Dunbar, rocker (Mothers of Invention-200 Motels, Retaliation
    05/10/1953 Steve Thomas, rocker (Shooting Star)
    05/10/1955 Homer Simpson, animation (Simpsons)
    05/10/1955 Mark David Chapman, assassin of John Lennon
    05/10/1957 Phil Mahre, US, slalom skier (Olympics-silver-1980)
    05/10/1957 Sid Vicious, [John Beverly], bassist (Sex Pistols)
    05/10/1957 Steve Mahre, US, slalom skier (Olympic-silver-1984)
    05/10/1958 Ellen Ochoa, LA Calif, PhD/Astronaut (STS 56, sk: 66)
    05/10/1958 Rick Santorum, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania)
    05/10/1960 Bono Vox, [Paul Hauson], Dublin Ireland, rocker (U2-Joshua Tree) 05/10/1961 Teri Copley, Arcadia Calif, actress (Mickey-We've Got it Made) 05/10/1962 Garry Daley, keyboard (China Crisis-Christian)
    05/10/1962 Joey Meyer, baseball player
    05/10/1962 Robby Thompson, baseball player
    05/10/1965 Mike Butcher, baseball player
    05/10/1969 Dennis Bergkamp, soccer star (Ajax)
    05/10/1969 Judson Mills, Purcellville Va, actor (Hutch-As The World Turns) 05/10/1969 Pete Schourek, baseball player
    05/10/1991 Emily McEnroe, daughter of Tatum O'Neal & John McEnroe


    Deaths:

    05/10/ 238 Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered 05/10/ 995 Boudewijn, bishop of Utrecht
    05/10/1566 Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65
    05/10/1569 Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer
    05/10/1610 Henri IV, king of France, murdered
    05/10/1653 John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61
    05/10/1696 Jean de La Bruyêre, essayist, dies
    05/10/1710 Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46
    05/10/1764 Picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies
    05/10/1770 Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61
    05/10/1774 Louis XV, King of France (1715-74), dies
    05/10/1784 Antoine Court de Gébelin, French vicar/writer, dies at 56 05/10/1785 Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36
    05/10/1789 Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72
    05/10/1798 George Vancouver, British explorer, dies (birth date unknown) 05/10/1818 Paul Revere, US patriot, dies
    05/10/1820 Matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49
    05/10/1826 Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86
    05/10/1829 Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies 05/10/1833 François GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician, dies at 74 05/10/1849 Katsushuka Hokusai, artist, dies
    05/10/1859 Johan BJFS, archduke of Austria (Firechief & Housewife), dies 05/10/1863 Stonewall Jackson, General, dies of wounds at Chancellorsville 05/10/1864 Thomas Greeley Stevenson, Union brig-general, dies at about 27 05/10/1869 Bernhard Molique, composer, dies at 66
    05/10/1880 John Goss, composer/organist, dies at 79
    05/10/1885 Edward Stephen, composer, dies at 62
    05/10/1897 William Thomas Best, composer, dies at 70
    05/10/1904 Henry M Stanley, [John Rowlands], British explorer, dies
    05/10/1909 Johannes de Koo, journalist/playwright, dies
    05/10/1910 William Huggins, discoverer of stellar nature of Andromeda, dies 05/10/1915 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle 05/10/1920 John Wesley Hyatt, inventor/plastics pioneer, dies
    05/10/1923 Vaslav Vorovsky, Russian delegate, assassinated
    05/10/1924 Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer (L'ave), dies at 58
    05/10/1937 Johannes Walter, German geologist (Die Denudation in Wüste), dies 05/10/1940 Euphemia 'Phemia' Molkenboer, author/poster artist, dies at 56 05/10/1943 André Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
    05/10/1943 Arnaud/Armand Fraiteur, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged 05/10/1943 Maurice-Albert Raskin, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged 05/10/1950 John G Fletcher, US poet (Burning Mountain), dies
    05/10/1964 Carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35
    05/10/1964 Ignace Lilien, composer, dies at 67
    05/10/1965 Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch min of Colonization (1942-45), dies at 70
    05/10/1971 Mihail Jora, composer, dies at 79
    05/10/1971 Shukichi Mitsukuri, composer, dies at 75
    05/10/1973 Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian, dies at 62
    05/10/1977 Joan Crawford, [Lucille Fay Le Sueur], actress (Mildred Pierce), die
    05/10/1979 John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Morton, writer, dies
    05/10/1979 Louis Paul Boon, Flemish writer (Eros en de eenzame man), dies 05/10/1982 Jean C M Picart le Doux, French designer, dies
    05/10/1982 Peter Weiss, German playwright (Marat-Sade), dies
    05/10/1983 John P Strijbos, writer (Called that Bird), dies at 92
    05/10/1984 Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist, dies at 41
    05/10/1984 Robert Moore, actor (Marshall-Diana), dies at 56
    05/10/1990 Walker Percy, physician/novelist (Lancelot), dies of cancer at 73 05/10/1991 Armand HF Boni, [Armand the Good], Flemish poet/writer, dies 05/10/1992 Joan Merrill, vocalist, dies of a stroke at 74
    05/10/1992 John Lund, actor (Perils of Pauline), dies at 79
    05/10/1992 Liesbeth Saÿers, sculptor, dies
    05/10/1992 Sylvia Sims, singer (Flower Drum Song), dies of a heart attack at 74
    05/10/1994 John Wayne Gacy, mass murderer, executed at 52 in Illinois 05/10/1994 Lucebert [J Swaanswijk], poet/cartoonist (PC Hooft 1967), dies at 69


    Significant Events:

    05/10/1267 Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb 05/10/1291 Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I 05/10/1427 Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland
    05/10/1503 Columbus discovers Cayman Islands
    05/10/1624 Jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist 05/10/1652 John Johnson, a free black granted 550 acres in Northampton Va 05/10/1655 Jamaica captured by English
    05/10/1676 Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins
    05/10/1774 Louis XVI ascends to throne of France
    05/10/1775 2nd Cont Congress convened in Pa issues paper currency for 1st time 05/10/1775 Green Mountain Boys capture Ft Ticonderoga NY-American Revolution 05/10/1787 Parliment impeaches Warren Hastings
    05/10/1796 French govt arrest 10 utopists
    05/10/1796 Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge
    05/10/1796 Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam
    05/10/1816 English steamship 'Defiance' arrives at Rotterdam harbor
    05/10/1857 Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerut
    05/10/1857 Sepoy-revolt in Meerutkazerne, Delhi
    05/10/1861 Union troops march on state militia in St Louis, MI
    05/10/1862 Battle of Plum Run Bend, TN (Plum Point Bend)
    05/10/1864 Skirmish at Ny River Virginia
    05/10/1865 Jefferson Davis captured at Irwinsville Georgia
    05/10/1865 Surrender of Sam Jones
    05/10/1865 Union captures Jefferson Davis in Irwinville Ga
    05/10/1869 Golden Spike driven, completes Promontory Pt Ut-Transcontinential RR
    05/10/1871 German-French peace treaty signed: France loses Elzas
    05/10/1871 Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France & Germany 05/10/1872 Victoria Woodhull becomes 1st woman nominated for US president 05/10/1876 Centennial Fair opens in Philadelphia
    05/10/1879 Meteor falls near Estherville, Iowa
    05/10/1889 Buddhist wins Preakness
    05/10/1893 Imperial Institute in London opens
    05/10/1905 Agile wins Kentucky Derby
    05/10/1906 Russia's Duma (Parliament) meets for 1st time
    05/10/1908 1st Mother's Day held (Phila)
    05/10/1909 Winchester's Fred Toney no-hits Lexington for 17 inning
    05/10/1910 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)
    05/10/1910 Comet Halley's closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass
    05/10/1913 Long shot Donerail wins Kentucky Derby
    05/10/1913 Yanks commit 8 errors & still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings 05/10/1915 Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea
    05/10/1916 Disastrous fire in Ellendale, ND
    05/10/1916 Historic Shipport Museum opens in Amsterdam
    05/10/1917 Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks 05/10/1918 HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor
    05/10/1919 Johnny Loftus on Sir Barton wins 45th Kentucky Derby (2:09.8) 05/10/1919 Race riot in Charleston SC, 2 blacks killed
    05/10/1922 WHB-AM in Kansas City MO begins radio transmissions
    05/10/1924 J Edgar Hoover appointed head of FBI
    05/10/1924 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1044 Teutonia
    05/10/1928 WGY, Schenectady begins regular TV programming
    05/10/1930 1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago)
    05/10/1931 Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington NJ
    05/10/1932 Government declares 'Wilhelmus' Neth national anthem
    05/10/1932 J Hartmann discovers asteroid #1254 Erfordia
    05/10/1932 Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes president of France 05/10/1933 Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms
    05/10/1933 Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany
    05/10/1933 Paraguay declares war on Bolivia
    05/10/1933 Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands 05/10/1934 H Van Gent discovers asteroid #1753 Mieke
    05/10/1936 Manuel Azaña becomes president of Spain
    05/10/1936 Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt
    05/10/1937 Busmen strike in London
    05/10/1938 Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam 05/10/1940 British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms
    05/10/1940 Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks
    05/10/1940 French marines stationed on Aruba
    05/10/1940 French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands
    05/10/1940 Nazi armys attacks Netherland, Belgium & Luxembourg
    05/10/1940 Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM 05/10/1941 Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland 05/10/1941 Eddie Arcaro on Whirlaway wins 66th Preakness Stakes (1:58.8) 05/10/1941 England's House of Commons detroyed in a blitz
    05/10/1941 German Luftwaffe strikes London with fire bombs
    05/10/1941 Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess flees to Scotland
    05/10/1941 Holborn Theater in London destroyed
    05/10/1941 Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason
    05/10/1941 Whirlaway wins Preakness Stakes
    05/10/1944 Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan
    05/10/1944 Smith v Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal 05/10/1946 Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam 05/10/1946 Umberto II succeeds Victor Emanuel III as king of Italy
    05/10/1948 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel 05/10/1948 Winston Churchill visits The Hague
    05/10/1950 1st Neth-US telex sent
    05/10/1951 Z Alexander Looby elected to Nashville City Council
    05/10/1953 KCBD TV channel 11 in Lubbock, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 05/10/1954 Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris
    05/10/1956 French govt sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria
    05/10/1956 KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno, CA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 05/10/1957 1st meeting of legislative of Cameroon
    05/10/1957 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 2nd Piano concert, premieres in Moscow 05/10/1959 Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan
    05/10/1960 John F Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia
    05/10/1960 US atomic sub USS Triton completes 1st around world under water trip
    05/10/1960 USS Nautilus completes 1st circumnavigation of globe under water 05/10/1963 Decca signs Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison 05/10/1967 C U Cesco & A R Klemol discovers asteroid #1770 Schlesinger 05/10/1967 Keith Richards, Brian Jones & Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges 05/10/1967 Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodi
    05/10/1968 Paris peace talks begin
    05/10/1969 Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times 05/10/1969 US troop begin attack on Heuvel 937/Hamburger Hill
    05/10/1970 Boston Bruins sweep St Louis Blues for Stanley Cup
    05/10/1970 Brave's Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in his 1,000th game, loses to Cards 6-5
    05/10/1971 US special delivery rates go from 45¢ to 60¢
    05/10/1972 Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into resevoir, killing 77 05/10/1973 9th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 8-4
    05/10/1973 Establishment of Frente Polisario in Mauritania
    05/10/1973 Knicks beat Lakers, 102-93, for NBA championship, 4 games to 1 05/10/1973 Mont Canadiens beat Chic Black Hawks 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 05/10/1974 NY Nets beats Utah Stars in 7th ABA championship, 4 games to 1 05/10/1975 Brian Oldfield of US put shot 75', an unofficial record
    05/10/1979 Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing
    05/10/1979 John McMullen becomes CEO of Houston Astros
    05/10/1980 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #2811
    05/10/1981 Francois Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang for Pres of Fran
    05/10/1981 Montreal Expo Charlie Lee no-hits SF Giants, 4-0
    05/10/1982 WABC NYC plays its last record (John Lennon's Imagine)
    05/10/1982 WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network
    05/10/1983 Lee Chin Yong did 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul
    05/10/1983 Oilers 0-Isles 2-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
    05/10/1984 Intl Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua
    05/10/1985 Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 05/10/1986 Tommy Lee drummer of Motley Crüe marries Heather Locklear 05/10/1988 Edgar Degas' 'Danseresje of 14' sold for $10,120,000
    05/10/1990 French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph
    05/10/1992 Bible Lands Museum opens in Jerusalem Israel
    05/10/1993 Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok, kills 145
    05/10/1993 Last TV appearance of Mies Bouwman
    05/10/1993 Paul Cézannes stilllife sells for $28,600,000 in NYC
    05/10/1993 Premier Lubbers opens Terminal West on Schiphol
    05/10/1994 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela sworn in as president of S Africa 05/10/1994 Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian govt with 5 neo-fascists

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue May 11 02:11:20 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/11/1568 Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) 05/11/1654 Cornelis van Alkemade, historian
    05/11/1722 Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) 05/11/1731 Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer
    05/11/1772 Henri-Jean Rigel, composer
    05/11/1791 Jan Vaclav Vorisek, composer
    05/11/1807 Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century Black actor
    05/11/1811 Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twin
    05/11/1821 [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers) 05/11/1823 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter
    05/11/1830 John Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers) 05/11/1840 Filippo Capocci, composer
    05/11/1841 Earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter
    05/11/1847 Godefroid Kurth, Belg historian (La cité de Liège au moyen âge) 05/11/1852 Charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09)
    05/11/1854 Ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype) 05/11/1855 Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitch More) 05/11/1869 Francisco Lacerda, composer
    05/11/1878 Mr Reyskens, oldest male resident of Netherland ever
    05/11/1881 Jan van Gilse, composer/resistance fighter (Frau Helga von Staveren)
    05/11/1881 Pascual Rogatis, composer
    05/11/1882 Joseph Marx, Austrian composer/critic
    05/11/1888 Irving Berlin, [Isadore Balin], Temun Russia, composer (White Xmas) 05/11/1888 P A J Losecaat Vermeer, leader of Dutch High Council
    05/11/1891 Henry Morgenthau Jr, US Secretary of Treasury (1934-45)
    05/11/1892 Margaret Rutherford, England, actress (Murder Most Foul)
    05/11/1894 Anton A Mussert, Dutch nazi leader (NSB)
    05/11/1894 Florimond Cornellie, Belgium, yachting (Olympic-gold-1920) 05/11/1894 Martha Graham, Pitts, dancer/choreographer (Appalachian Spring) 05/11/1895 William Grant Still, Woodville Mississippi, composer (Afro-American)
    05/11/1896 Josip Slavenski, composer
    05/11/1896 Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter
    05/11/1897 Izak W van der Merwe, [Boerneef], S Afr writer (Tweetalige Woordeboe
    05/11/1901 Mari Sandoz, Nebraska, author (Cheyene Autumn)
    05/11/1902 Bidú Sayao, Niteroi Brazil, soprano (Mimia-La Bohéme)
    05/11/1902 Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Unen Kaivo)
    05/11/1903 Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman (1924-42)
    05/11/1904 Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer
    05/11/1904 Salvador Dalí, Spain, surrealist artist (Crucifixion)
    05/11/1906 Kent Taylor, [Louis Weiss], Iowa, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Rider
    05/11/1909 Herbert Murrill, composer
    05/11/1910 Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer
    05/11/1911 Doodles Weaver, LA Calif, comedian (Doodles Weaver)
    05/11/1912 Foster Brooks, Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy) 05/11/1912 Phil Silvers, Bkln NY, comedian (Sgt Bilko-Phil Silvers Show) 05/11/1913 Clare Grundman, composer
    05/11/1913 Tutti Camarata, Glen Ridge NJ, orch leader (Vic Damone Show) 05/11/1916 Camilo José Cela, Spain, author (La Colmena-1951)
    05/11/1920 Denver Pyle, Bethune Colo, actor (Code 3, Tammy, Doris Day Show) 05/11/1924 Jackie Milburn, English soccer star (Newcastle United)
    05/11/1927 Mort Sahl, comedian/political satirist/beatnik (Big Party) 05/11/1927 Zilpha Keatly Snyder, US, sci-fi author (Headless Cupid)
    05/11/1928 Yaacov Agam, Israeli statues artist
    05/11/1930 Stanley L Elkin, Bkln NY, writer/professor (Living End)
    05/11/1933 Louis Farrakhan, leader of black islam nation
    05/11/1934 James M Jeffords, (Rep-R-VT, 1975- )
    05/11/1935 Doug McClure, Glendale Calif, actor (Checkmate, Virginian, Roots) 05/11/1938 Carla Bley, musician (Escalator Over the Hill)
    05/11/1938 Harvey Sollberger, Cedar Rapids Ia, flutist/composer (2 Oboes Tropin
    05/11/1939 Milt Pappas, baseball pitcher
    05/11/1940 Ronald Anthony Pellegrino, composer
    05/11/1941 Eric Burdon, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
    05/11/1943 George Edwards, composer
    05/11/1943 Les Chadwick, bassist (Gerry & Pacemakers-Ferry Crossed the Mersy) 05/11/1943 Nancy Greene, Canada, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1968)
    05/11/1947 Claude 'Butch' Hudson Trucks, drummer (Allman Brothers)
    05/11/1948 Alfred Matt, Austria, slalom (Olympic-bronze-1968)
    05/11/1950 Dane Iorg, baseball player
    05/11/1953 Boyd Gaines, Atlanta Ga, actor (Mark-One Day at a Time, Sure Thing) 05/11/1955 Jos Haagmans, Dutch singer (Frank Boeijen Group)
    05/11/1955 Mark Herndon, Springfield Mass, country drummer (Alabama-Take Me Dow
    05/11/1958 Walt Terrell, baseball player
    05/11/1959 Martha Quinn, Ossining NY, MTV vee-jay/actress (Bradys)
    05/11/1961 Cecile Licad, Manila Philippines, pianist (Leventritt Award-1981) 05/11/1961 Diana Lee, Seattle Wa, playmate (May, 1988)
    05/11/1962 Emilio Estevez, NYC, actor (Breakfast Club, Young Guns)[or 12th] 05/11/1963 Mark Breland, Bkln NY, welterweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1984) 05/11/1963 Natasha Richardson, London Engld, actress (Gothic, Handmaid's Tale) 05/11/1964 Bobby Witt, baseball pitcher
    05/11/1964 Floyd Youmans, baseball player
    05/11/1964 Jeff Sellers, baseball player
    05/11/1964 Katie Wagner, daughter of Robert Wagner/model/guest VJ (MTV) 05/11/1967 Kenneth Gould, Chic Ill, Welterweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1988) 05/11/1982 Jonathan Jackson, Orlando Fla, actor (Lucky-General Hospital)


    Deaths:

    05/11/1610 Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies
    05/11/1631 Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57
    05/11/1772 Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged
    05/11/1779 John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 6
    05/11/1819 Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47
    05/11/1845 Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14
    05/11/1849 Otto Nicolai, composer, dies at 39
    05/11/1857 E François Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81 05/11/1871 John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79 05/11/1881 Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at
    05/11/1885 Ferdinand Hiller, composer, dies at 73
    05/11/1895 Feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71
    05/11/1907 John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54
    05/11/1916 Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies
    05/11/1916 Max [Johann BJM] Reger, German composer/pianist/organist, dies at 43
    05/11/1917 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66
    05/11/1920 William D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83 05/11/1927 Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 05/11/1937 Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62
    05/11/1938 Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81 05/11/1944 Henk Hos, resistance fighter, executed at 37
    05/11/1947 Else JT Rangstrøm, Swedish conductor/singer/composer/critic, dies 05/11/1947 Ture Rangstrom, composer, dies at 62
    05/11/1952 Giovanni Tebaldini, composer, dies at 87
    05/11/1956 Walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79 05/11/1960 John D Rockefeller Jr, philanthropist, dies at 86
    05/11/1965 Roger Vailland, French author, dies at 57
    05/11/1973 Grigorÿ M Kosinzev, Russian director, dies
    05/11/1976 Alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78
    05/11/1976 Camille Schmit, composer, dies at 68
    05/11/1976 J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered 05/11/1978 John Clinge Doorenbos, journalist/poet, dies at 93
    05/11/1979 Lester Flatt, singer (Flatt & Scruggs), dies at 64
    05/11/1981 Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies at 36 of brain & lung cancer 05/11/1981 Hoyt J Fuller, editor (1st World magazine), dies at 57
    05/11/1982 Leigh Snowden, actress (Hot Rod Rumble), dies at 51 of cancer 05/11/1982 Piet van Egmond, organist/conductor, dies at 70
    05/11/1983 Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, author (Anything Box), dies at 65 05/11/1985 Garmt Stuiveling, literatrary (Ego & Echo), dies at 77
    05/11/1985 Jorja Curtight, actress, dies of a heart attack
    05/11/1985 Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), die
    05/11/1991 Ho Dam, foreign minister North-Korea (1970-83), dies
    05/11/1992 Carlos Herrera, drink inventor (Margarita), dies at 90
    05/11/1992 Elizabeth McDonald, inventor (Spic & Span), dies at 98
    05/11/1994 Lewis B Puller, US writer (Pulitzer 1992), commits suicide at 48


    Significant Events:

    05/11/ 330 Constantinople founded
    05/11/1189 Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa & 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg 05/11/1421 Jews are expelled from Styria Austria
    05/11/1548 -12] Great fire in Brielle
    05/11/1674 Netherlands & Cologne sign peace treaty
    05/11/1678 French adm Jean d'Estrées' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaç
    05/11/1689 Battle of Bantry Bay, French & English naval battle
    05/11/1690 English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia
    05/11/1745 Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war
    05/11/1751 1st US hospital founded (Pennsylvannia Hospital)
    05/11/1752 1st US fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia)
    05/11/1772 Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed
    05/11/1792 Columbia River discovered & named by US Capt Robert Gray
    05/11/1816 American Bible Society forms (NY)
    05/11/1818 Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0
    05/11/1833 'Lady-of-the-Lake' strikes iceberg & sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215 05/11/1850 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #11 Parthenope
    05/11/1850 Work starts on 1st brick building in SF
    05/11/1858 Minnesota admitted as 32nd US state
    05/11/1862 Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk, VA
    05/11/1864 Battle of Yellow Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge) 05/11/1864 Gen J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern
    05/11/1865 Surrender of Jeff Thompson
    05/11/1867 Treaty of London drawn, concerning Luxembourg
    05/11/1883 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #233 Asterope
    05/11/1893 Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km) 05/11/1894 American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co
    05/11/1897 Wash Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers
    05/11/1900 Heavyweight James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett at Coney Island NY 05/11/1902 L Carnera discovers asteroid #486 Cremona
    05/11/1904 Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace
    05/11/1904 G H Peters discovers asteroid #536 Merapi
    05/11/1904 US Andrew Carnegie gives away $1,500,000 to build Peace Palace 05/11/1907 Bank of SF incorporated
    05/11/1910 Glacier National Park established
    05/11/1916 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented
    05/11/1917 Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand
    05/11/1918 Exterminator wins Kentucky Derby
    05/11/1919 Yanks' Jack Quinn & Senators' Walter Johnson, 12 inning 0-0 tie 05/11/1921 Tel Aviv becomes 1st all Jewish municipality
    05/11/1923 10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cards
    05/11/1924 Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election
    05/11/1924 Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)
    05/11/1925 Communistic Party of Holland splits
    05/11/1925 Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR
    05/11/1926 Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic O 05/11/1927 Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer
    05/11/1928 General Electric opens 1st TV-station (Schenectady, NY)
    05/11/1929 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week) 05/11/1929 Dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin Tx 05/11/1935 Willis Saunders on Omaha wins 60th Preakness Stakes (1:58.4) 05/11/1940 NY World's Fair reopens
    05/11/1942 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa
    05/11/1943 US 7th div lands on Attu, Aleoeten
    05/11/1944 Slomp Resistance fighter (Frits de Zwerver) freed from Arnhem prison
    05/11/1945 US marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa
    05/11/1946 1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1) 05/11/1946 Warren Mehrtens on Assault wins 71st Preakness Stakes (2:01.4) 05/11/1947 BF Goodrich manufactures 1st tubeless tire, Akron, Oh
    05/11/1947 Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy
    05/11/1948 Haganah takes control of Safed & port of Haifa
    05/11/1948 Luigi Einaudi elected president of Italy
    05/11/1949 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)
    05/11/1949 By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN
    05/11/1949 Siam renames itself Thailand
    05/11/1950 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
    05/11/1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory
    05/11/1953 Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas ($39M damage)
    05/11/1953 Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory 05/11/1955 Israel attacks Gaza
    05/11/1957 Gabriel Paris forms govt of Colombia
    05/11/1959 Elvis Presley's 1st entry on UK charts with 'Heartbreak Hotel' 05/11/1960 French liner 'France' launched
    05/11/1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires
    05/11/1962 Antonio Segni becomes president of Italy
    05/11/1962 US sends troops to Thailand
    05/11/1963 LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 2nd no-hitter beats NY Giants, 8-0 05/11/1963 Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama
    05/11/1965 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India) 05/11/1965 Bangladesh windstorm kills 17,000
    05/11/1967 100,000,000th US phone connected
    05/11/1967 Great Britain, Ireland & Denmark apply for EG membership
    05/11/1968 Montreal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues for Stanley Cup
    05/11/1968 Richard Harris releases 'MacArthur Park'
    05/11/1968 Students & police battle in Paris, 100s injured
    05/11/1969 Monty Python comedy troupe forms
    05/11/1970 Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise
    05/11/1972 Boston Bruins beat NY Rangers 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 05/11/1972 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show 05/11/1972 Willie Mays traded to NY Mets
    05/11/1973 Dutch govt of Uyl forms
    05/11/1974 Steely Dan releases 'Rikki Don't Lose that Number'
    05/11/1975 Flyers 1-Isles 2-Semifinals-Series tied at 3 games
    05/11/1975 Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
    05/11/1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
    05/11/1978 Margaret A Brewer becomes 1st female general of US marine corp 05/11/1981 Kim Carnes' 'Bette Davis Eyes' hits #1, stay there 9 weeks 05/11/1982 Canucks 4-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
    05/11/1984 Johan Cruijff quits soccer
    05/11/1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
    05/11/1985 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India
    05/11/1985 Madonna's 'Crazy For You,' single goes #1
    05/11/1985 Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands
    05/11/1985 Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die
    05/11/1987 President Corazon Aquino wins election in Philippines
    05/11/1988 Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph) 05/11/1989 217th & final episode of 'Dynasty' is aired
    05/11/1990 NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt
    05/11/1993 Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire
    05/11/1994 6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed May 12 00:05:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/12/1670 August II de Sterke, King of Poland (355 children)
    05/12/1679 Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer
    05/12/1729 Michaël FB Freiherr von Melas, Austrian general (7 Year Wars) 05/12/1739 Johann Baptist Vanhal, composer
    05/12/1751 Gaetano Manna, composer
    05/12/1754 Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer
    05/12/1755 Goivanni Battista Viotti, composer
    05/12/1776 Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer
    05/12/1797 Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer
    05/12/1803 Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (landbouwchemie) 05/12/1804 Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904) 05/12/1806 Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877 05/12/1806 J V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist
    05/12/1812 Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book) 05/12/1812 Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 05/12/1820 Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) 05/12/1828 Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite 05/12/1829 Paul Karrer, composer
    05/12/1842 Jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid) 05/12/1845 Gabriel Urbain Fauré, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade) 05/12/1861 Ivan Caryll, composer
    05/12/1863 Charles Bordes, composer
    05/12/1868 Halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books
    05/12/1874 Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (Reactie of Pirquet) 05/12/1876 Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria
    05/12/1880 Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights 05/12/1880 W Hupkes, engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938)
    05/12/1886 Albert Saverys, Flemish painter
    05/12/1886 Hermann Grabner, composer
    05/12/1886 Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov) 05/12/1887 Nandor Zsolt, composer
    05/12/1889 Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank
    05/12/1895 Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indies philosopher (1st & last freedom) 05/12/1900 Helene Weigel, Austria/German actress/wife of Bertolt Brecht 05/12/1901 Hyam Greenbaum, composer
    05/12/1902 Heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor
    05/12/1903 Lennox RF Berkeley, British composer (Castaway)
    05/12/1903 Wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place) 05/12/1906 William M Ewing, US geologist/geophysicist
    05/12/1907 Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint) 05/12/1910 Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964
    05/12/1910 Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove Mo, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour) 05/12/1914 Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer
    05/12/1914 Dan Daniel, (Rep-D-VA, 1969- )
    05/12/1914 Howard K Smith, LA, TV newsman (ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate)
    05/12/1916 Ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer
    05/12/1917 André A Rieu, conductor
    05/12/1921 Edvard Mikcaeli Mirzoyan, composer
    05/12/1921 Giovanni Benelli, archbishop of Florence/Pope candidate
    05/12/1921 Joseph Beuys, Germany, avant-garde painter/politician
    05/12/1923 Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Rocco e i suoi fratelli) 05/12/1925 Earl Hutto, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- )
    05/12/1925 John Simon, theater critic (NY Times)
    05/12/1925 Lawrence 'Yogi' Berra, NY Yankee catcher/coach/manager, Mets, Astros
    05/12/1926 Earl D Hutto, (Rep-D-Florida)
    05/12/1926 Mervyn M Dymally, (Rep-D-CA, 1981- )
    05/12/1928 Manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )
    05/12/1929 Burt Bacharach, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)
    05/12/1930 Patricia Keller McCormick, Calif, diver (Olympic-2 gold-1952, 56) 05/12/1931 Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One
    05/12/1936 Tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News) 05/12/1937 Beryl Burton, UK, won record (7) women's cycling titles
    05/12/1937 George Carlin, Bronx, comedian (7 dirty words, AM & FM, Carwash) 05/12/1937 Gerry E Studds, (Rep-D-MA, 1973- )
    05/12/1938 Andrei Amalrik, Russian writer/dissident
    05/12/1938 Millie Perkins, Passaic NJ, actress (Jane-Knots Landings) 05/12/1938 Susan Hampshire, London England, actress (Vanity Fair, Living Free) 05/12/1939 Ronald Ziegler, press secretary (Nixon)
    05/12/1941 Anthony Newman, LA Calif, harpsichordist/organist (Bhajeb) 05/12/1941 Little Jayotis Washington, US singer (Persuasions)
    05/12/1941 Ruud de Wolff, singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds)
    05/12/1942 Barry B[rookes] Longyear, US, sci-fi author (City of Baraboo) 05/12/1942 Ian Dury, rocker
    05/12/1943 Billy Swan, rocker (I Can Help)
    05/12/1943 David Walker, rocker (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring) 05/12/1943 Linda Dano, LA Calif, actress (Felicia Gallant-Another World) 05/12/1944 James Purify, US singer (I'm Your Puppet)
    05/12/1945 Linda Carlson, Knoxville Tn, actress (Bev-Newhart, Katie-Kaz) 05/12/1945 Willie Parnell, US singer (Archie Bell & the Drells)
    05/12/1946 Ian McLagen, rocker (Faces)
    05/12/1948 Lindsay Ann Crouse, NYC, actress (Slapshot, Iceman, Places in Heart)
    05/12/1948 Steve Winwood, England, rocker (A Higher Love)
    05/12/1950 Billy Squier, Mass, heavy metal guitarist (Don't Say No)
    05/12/1950 Bruce Boxleitner, Elgin Ill, actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King) 05/12/1950 Jocko Marcellino, rocker (Sha Na Na)
    05/12/1950 Renate Stecher-Meissner, German DR, sprinter (Oly-gold-72) 05/12/1950 Shozo Fujii, judo champion
    05/12/1951 Gunnar Larrson, Sweden, 200m/400m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972) 05/12/1955 Kix Brooks, Shreveport La, singer (Brooks & Dunn-Brand New Man) 05/12/1958 Beth Maitland, actress (Traci-Young & Restless)
    05/12/1958 Christian Brando, son of Marlon/killed sisters boyfriend
    05/12/1959 Dave Christian, Minn, NHL right wing (Wash Caps, Olympic-gold-1980) 05/12/196- Jamie Luner, Palo Alto Calif, actress (Cindy-Just the 10 of Us) 05/12/1960 Lisa Martin, Australian marathoner (Olympic-silver 1988)
    05/12/1961 Billy Duffy, rocker (Cult-Hell's Kitchen)
    05/12/1963 Vanessa Williams, Bkln NY, actress (Rhonda Blair-Melrose Place) 05/12/1964 Joy Ellen Kitzmiller, LA Calif, US badminton player (Olympic-92) 05/12/1966 Stephen Baldwin, actor (Beast, Lawrenceville Stories)
    05/12/1969 Kim Fields, LA Calif, actress (Tootie-Facts of Life)
    05/12/1972 Paul Stout, Saugus Calif, actor (Phillip-Scarecrow & Mrs King) 05/12/1973 Mackenzie Astin, actor (Facts of Life, Garbage Pail Kids) 05/12/1976 Matthew P Newmark, actor (Joseph Carroll-Guns of Paradise)


    Deaths:

    05/12/ 912 Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45
    05/12/1003 Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome
    05/12/1003 Sylvester II, [Gerbert van Aurillac], 1st Fren Pope (999-1003), dies
    05/12/1012 Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies 05/12/1382 Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies
    05/12/1634 George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies
    05/12/1649 Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered
    05/12/1737 Cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83
    05/12/1788 Louis E van Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Austrian duke, dies at 69 05/12/1811 Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52
    05/12/1814 Robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83 05/12/1825 Elias Mann, composer, dies at 75
    05/12/1825 Stanislao Mattei, composer, dies at 75
    05/12/1843 Johann Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 74
    05/12/1845 August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at 77 05/12/1852 John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies
    05/12/1861 Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer, dies at 50
    05/12/1864 Abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37 05/12/1864 J E B Stuart, Confederate General, dies at 31
    05/12/1871 Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, composer, dies at 89
    05/12/1871 John F W Herschel, British astronomer (Catalogue of Nebulae), dies 05/12/1876 Henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63 05/12/1884 Bedrich Smetana, Czech composer (2 Widows), dies at 60
    05/12/1896 Juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38
    05/12/1897 Willem Roelofs, painter/lithographer, dies
    05/12/1908 Melesio Morales, composer, dies at 69
    05/12/1921 Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish writer (La sirena negra), dies 05/12/1924 Charles Henri Marechal, composer, dies at 82
    05/12/1925 Alfred Milner, British governor (Cape Colony)/minister, dies at 71 05/12/1925 Artur Napoleao dos Santos, composer, dies at 82
    05/12/1930 Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70
    05/12/1931 Eugene-Auguste Ysaye, composer, dies at 72
    05/12/1932 Lindbergh baby, found dead
    05/12/1935 Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies
    05/12/1943 Albert Stoessel, composer, dies at 48
    05/12/1948 Isidor Achron, composer, dies at 55
    05/12/1951 Oscar DePriest, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 80
    05/12/1956 Vladimir Ambros, composer, dies at 65
    05/12/1957 Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies 05/12/1960 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70
    05/12/1962 Dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67
    05/12/1963 Stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69
    05/12/1967 Julius Kalas, composer, dies at 64
    05/12/1970 Leonie 'Nelly' Sachs, German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78 05/12/1970 Wladyslaw Else, Polish general (WW I, WW II), dies at 78
    05/12/1981 Benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies
    05/12/1982 Humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at 66 05/12/1984 Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure 05/12/1985 Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies
    05/12/1987 Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53
    05/12/1989 Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81 05/12/1989 Marcelle de Manziarly, composer, dies at 89
    05/12/1992 Joe Burke, president (KC Royals), dies at 68, dies
    05/12/1994 Helen Lee Mai, Hong Kong actress, dies at 63
    05/12/1994 John Smith, British Labour Party chairman (1992-94), dies at 55


    Significant Events:

    05/12/ 254 Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope
    05/12/ 919 Duke Henry of Saxon becomes king Henry I of Oostfrankische rich 05/12/1082 Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Aust
    05/12/1215 English baronnen serve ultimatum on king John without Country 05/12/1328 Louis IV de Beier selects P Rainalducci as anti-Pope Nicolaas V 05/12/1459 Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur
    05/12/1604 Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius
    05/12/1641 Prince Willem II (14) marries Engl princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9
    05/12/1701 Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 4/29/1701) 05/12/1777 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)
    05/12/1780 Charleston, SC falls to British (Revolutionary War)
    05/12/1792 Lavatory that flushed itself at regular intervals patented 05/12/1832 Opera 'L'Elisir D'Amore' is produced (Milan)
    05/12/1835 Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile
    05/12/1849 Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam 05/12/1862 Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana
    05/12/1863 Battle of Raymond, Miss
    05/12/1864 Battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA (Ft Darling)
    05/12/1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
    05/12/1864 Battle of Todd's Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid)
    05/12/1864 Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River
    05/12/1865 Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas
    05/12/1870 Manitoba becomes a province of Canada
    05/12/1871 Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Ky
    05/12/1872 J C Watson discovers asteroid #121 Hermione
    05/12/1874 US Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized
    05/12/1875 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0 05/12/1881 France sign treaty of protection with Tunisia colony
    05/12/1881 Treaty of Bardo, Tunis becomes a French protectorate
    05/12/1885 Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against Canada
    05/12/1888 Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale
    05/12/1890 Louisiana legalized prize fighting
    05/12/1891 Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname
    05/12/1897 1800-1900 year old fossil of 'girl of Yde' found in Drente Neth 05/12/1897 Battle at Thessalië: Turkish army beats Greece
    05/12/1900 Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed
    05/12/1900 Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city
    05/12/1901 Pres McKinley visits SF
    05/12/1907 A Kopff discovers asteroids #633 Zelima & #634 Ute
    05/12/1910 2nd NAACP conference (NYC)
    05/12/1910 Phil A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0
    05/12/1915 Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250
    05/12/1915 Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of 'Book Week'
    05/12/1917 M Wolf discovers asteroid #870 Manto
    05/12/1919 Yanks & Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 05/12/1921 National Hospital Day 1st observed
    05/12/1925 Uzbekistan & Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics 05/12/1925 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
    05/12/1926 Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole
    05/12/1926 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 1st Symphony, premieres in Leningrad 05/12/1926 Gen Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared
    05/12/1926 Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole
    05/12/1929 Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary) 05/12/1930 Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)
    05/12/1937 George VI crowned King of England
    05/12/1937 St Louis Cards beat Phila Phillies, 15-3
    05/12/1940 French mariniers occupy St Maarten
    05/12/1940 German tanks conquer Moerdÿkbrug
    05/12/1940 Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River 05/12/1941 Great British convoy marches into Alexandria
    05/12/1942 David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine
    05/12/1942 Russia occupies Crackow, until Aug 23, 1943
    05/12/1943 Axis forces in North Africa surrender
    05/12/1943 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in US
    05/12/1943 Tunisia (German troops in North-Africa surrender
    05/12/1944 Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat
    05/12/1948 Queen Wilhelmina resigns
    05/12/1949 1st foreign woman ambassador received in US-SVL Pandit, India 05/12/1949 West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade 05/12/1951 1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll
    05/12/1952 Charlton Playground named in Bronx
    05/12/1953 KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting 05/12/1955 Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0)
    05/12/1956 Bkln Dodger Carl Erskine's 2nd no-hitter, beats NY Giants, 3-0 05/12/1956 East Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves
    05/12/1959 Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher)
    05/12/1960 Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special
    05/12/1961 Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time
    05/12/1962 Grevelingendam closes
    05/12/1963 Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show
    05/12/1963 Race riot in Birmingham Alabama
    05/12/1964 Manlio Brosio chosen as sec-gen of NATO
    05/12/1965 Israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relation
    05/12/1966 St Louis' Busch Stadium opens, Braves lose to Cards 4-3 in 12 inns 05/12/1967 H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student 05/12/1968 'March of Poor' under rev Abernathy reach Washington, DC
    05/12/1968 WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting 05/12/1969 Kenneth H Wallis achieved record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH 05/12/1970 Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run
    05/12/1970 Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court 05/12/1970 KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, MT (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 05/12/1970 Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops) 05/12/1971 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall 05/12/1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minn Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/1
    05/12/1972 Paul McCartney & Wings release 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'
    05/12/1973 Indiana Pacers beat Ky Colonels in 6th ABA championship, 4 games to
    05/12/1974 Boston Celtics beat Mil Bucks for NBA championship, 4 games to 3 05/12/1975 US merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces
    05/12/1977 1st quadrophonic concert (Pink Floyd in London)
    05/12/1978 Commerce Dept says hurricane names will no longer be only female 05/12/1979 Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end 05/12/1980 1st nonstop crossing of US via balloon
    05/12/1981 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Minn 05/12/1982 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)
    05/12/1983 Oilers 3-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
    05/12/1984 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-D
    05/12/1984 Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on same hole
    05/12/1984 S Afr prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years
    05/12/1984 World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans
    05/12/1986 Bicycle is pedaled 65 mph
    05/12/1986 President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator 05/12/1989 'Entertainment Tonight' performs their 2,000th TV performance 05/12/1990 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts
    05/12/1990 Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million
    05/12/1992 1st Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest 05/12/1993 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's Wonder Years in Netherlands

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/20/1364 Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican
    05/20/1470 Pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian
    05/20/1537 Hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu
    05/20/1547 Melchior Bischoff, composer
    05/20/1554 Paulo Bellasio, composer
    05/20/1593 Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist
    05/20/1743 [François D] Toussaint L'Ouverture, (à Breda), leader (Haiti) 05/20/1750 Stephen Girard, bailed out US bonds during War of 1812
    05/20/1754 Hans Gram, composer
    05/20/1759 William Thornton, architect (Capitol building, Wash DC)
    05/20/1764 J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/lithographer 05/20/1768 Dolley Dandridge Payne Madison, 1st lady (1809-17)
    05/20/1772 William Congreve, English officer (design fire rocket)
    05/20/1799 Honoré de Balzac, France, novelist (Pere Goriot, Human Comedy) 05/20/1806 John Stuart Mill, UK, philosopher/political economist/Utilitarian 05/20/1812 Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer
    05/20/1815 Barthélémy Menn, Swiss graphic artist/painter
    05/20/1818 William George Fargo, founder (Wells Fargo)
    05/20/1822 Emile Erckmann, [E-Chatrian], French writer (Waterloo)
    05/20/1822 Frédéric Passy, French economist/pacifist (Nobel 1901)
    05/20/1828 James William Reilly, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 05/20/1830 Amalia Mdga, princess of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach/wife of prince Henry 05/20/1830 Hector H Malot, French writer (Without Family, Alleen on de world) 05/20/1841 Sara Louisa Oberholtz, social reformer, anti-smoking advocate 05/20/1844 Henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French painter (Dream)
    05/20/1850 Eaton Faning, composer
    05/20/1851 Emile Berliner, Germany, inventor (flat phonograph record) 05/20/1851 Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, US, nun/daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne 05/20/1872 Albert Steinrück, German actor (Golem)
    05/20/1874 Folkert E Posthuma, minister of Agriculture/Industry
    05/20/1876 John Owen Jones, composer
    05/20/1881 Wladyslaw Sikorski, premier Poland
    05/20/1882 Sigrid Undset, Norway, novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel 1928) 05/20/1889 Felix Arndt, composer
    05/20/1889 Margery Allingham, detective story writer
    05/20/1889 William Lawther, union leader
    05/20/1890 Beniamino Gigli, Italy, tenor (Enzo-La Gioconde)
    05/20/1894 Adela Rogers St John, journalist/author (Foreign Correspondant) 05/20/1899 Estelle Taylor, US, actress (8 Commandments)
    05/20/1899 John M Harlan, Chicago, 91st Supreme Court justice (1955-71) 05/20/1901 Max Euwe, Netherlands, world chess champion (1935-37)
    05/20/1903 Jerzy Fitelberg, composer
    05/20/1905 Harry Campion, founder (British Central Statistical Office) 05/20/1908 Jimmy Stewart, PA, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Wash, Wonderful Life) 05/20/1909 John Arkell, director of BBC administration
    05/20/1911 Annie Schmidt, writer (Fam Doorsnee/Jip & Janneke)
    05/20/1911 Gardner F[rancis] Fox, US, sci-fi author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman
    05/20/1912 Joseph Proce, 3rd victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives) 05/20/1913 Henry Cadbury Brown, architect
    05/20/1913 Ion Dumitrescu, composer
    05/20/1913 William Hewlett, cofounder of Hewlett-Packard Co
    05/20/1915 Moshe Dayan, Israeli general/minister of Defense
    05/20/1915 Peter Copley, actor (Victim, King & Country)
    05/20/1916 John McIntyre, theologian
    05/20/1916 Owen Chadwick, chancellor (U of East Anglia)
    05/20/1917 Enyss Djemil, composer
    05/20/1917 Richard Cobb, historian
    05/20/1919 George Gobel, Chicago Ill, comedian/TV personality (I Love My Wife) 05/20/1920 Betty Driver, actress (Penny Paradise)
    05/20/1920 John Cruickshank, banker
    05/20/1920 William Simpson, British trade union leader
    05/20/1921 John Harrison, Vice admiral british/surgeon
    05/20/1921 John Marchi, (Rep-R-NY)
    05/20/1922 Clifford Butler, vice chancellor (Loughborough University of Technol
    05/20/1923 Edith Fellows, Boston, actress (Pennies From Heaven, City Streets) 05/20/1923 Hugh Beach, General British
    05/20/1924 Peter Shore, MP/labour minister
    05/20/1925 D French Slaughter Jr, (Rep-R-VA, 1985- )
    05/20/1926 David Hedison, Providence RI, actor (Colbys, Voyage to Bottom of Sea
    05/20/1927 Bud Grant, Wisc, CFL/NFL player/coach (Winnipeg, Minnesota) 05/20/1927 David Frederick Barlow, composer
    05/20/1927 Walter Aschaffenburg, composer
    05/20/1928 David Berriman, CEO (Rose Thomson Young group of Lloyds trustees 05/20/1929 André Carolus Cirino, Suriname/Indian poet
    05/20/1929 David Hedison, [Ara Heditsian], Providence RI, actor (Licence to Kil
    05/20/1930 James McEachin, Pennert NC, actor (Harry-Tenafly)
    05/20/1930 Robert Bunyard, Commandant (British Police Staff College) 05/20/1931 Chiharu Igaya, Japan, slalom (Olympic-silver-1956)
    05/20/1933 Constance Towers, actress (Capitol, Shock Corrider, Naked Kiss) 05/20/1933 Danny Aiello, actor (Moonstruck, Do the Right Thing)
    05/20/1936 Anthony Zerbe, US, actor (Papillon, They Call Me Mr Tibbs) 05/20/1937 Earl of Iveagh, pres (Guiness Pics)
    05/20/1938 Alan Smithers, British professor
    05/20/1938 Christina Bass-Kaiser, 3K spped skater (Olympic-gold-1972) 05/20/1940 Sadaharu Oh, of Yomiuri Giants (Japan), hit 868 career HR 05/20/1941 Goh Chok Sole, premier of Singapore (1990- )
    05/20/1941 Maria Liberia-Peters, premier of Dutch Antilles (-1993)
    05/20/1942 Lynn Davies, long jumper
    05/20/1942 Paula, [Jill Jackson], Tx, singer (Hey Paula)
    05/20/1943 Deryck Murray, cricket Manager (West Indies team)
    05/20/1943 Ian Vallance, CEO (British Telecom)
    05/20/1943 Tison Street, composer
    05/20/1944 Boudewijn de Groot, Dutch singer (Good night mister president) 05/20/1944 Cipa Dichter, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter 05/20/1944 David M Walker, Columbus Ga, Capt USN/astron (STS 51-A 30, sk:STS-44
    05/20/1944 Joe Cocker, England, rock musician (You are so Beautiful to me) 05/20/1944 Keith Fletcher, cricket captain (Essex & England)
    05/20/1945 Harold E Ford, (Rep-D-TN, 1975- )
    05/20/1945 Lord Hollick, CEO (MAI)
    05/20/1945 Nikolai Nikolayevich Fefelov, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut
    05/20/1945 Wally Herger, (Rep-R-California)
    05/20/1946 Bakhaavaa Buidaa, Mongolia, wrestler (Oly-silver-1972) disqualified 05/20/1946 Cher Bono, Cal, rocker/actress (I Got You Babe, Jack Lalane, Mask) 05/20/1948 Dave Thomas, St Catherines Ontario, comedian (SCTV)
    05/20/1948 John R McKernan Jr, (Rep-R-ME, 1983-86/Gov-Maine)
    05/20/1948 Samuel Gejdenson, (Rep-D-Connecticut, 1981- )
    05/20/1949 Nick Joe Rahall II, (Rep-D-WV, 1977- )
    05/20/1951 Michael D Crapo, (Rep-R-Idaho)
    05/20/1951 Thomas D 'Tom' Akers, St Louis, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 41, 49, 61
    05/20/1951 William Cullen Bryant, actor (Hell Squad)
    05/20/1952 Warren Cann, rocker (Ultravox)
    05/20/1954 James Henderson, country singer (Black Oak Arkansas)
    05/20/1955 Nigel Griffiths, labour MP
    05/20/1955 Steve George, rocker (Mr Mister)
    05/20/1958 Jane Wiedlin, Wisc, singer/guitarist (GoGos, Fur, Rush Hour) 05/20/1958 Ronald Prescot Reagan Jr, Pres son/TV host (Ron Reagon Show) 05/20/1959 Bronson Pinchot, NYC, actor (Perfect Strangers, Beverly Hills Cop) 05/20/1960 John Cowsill, rock vocalist (Cowsills-Hair)
    05/20/1961 Kit Clarke, rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer)
    05/20/1961 Nick Heyward, guitar/vocals (Haircut 100-Favourite Shirts) 05/20/1962 Lydia Cheng, NYC, Ms Big Apple bodybuilder (1982) (Pumping Iron 2) 05/20/1962 Sylvie Rauch, Munich German FR, nude model
    05/20/1963 Brian Nash, Glendale Calif, actor (Joel-Please Don't Eat Daisies) 05/20/1964 Earl Spencer
    05/20/1964 Joseph Sinnott Edwards, Chicago, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) 05/20/1965 Fia Porter, Mexia Tx, actress (Audrey Ames-One Life to Live) 05/20/1966 Mindy Cohn, LA, actress (Facts of Life)
    05/20/1969 Suzanne Lawrence, Humble Texas, Miss Texas-America (1991) (4th)


    Deaths:

    05/20/1277 John XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies 05/20/1444 Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63
    05/20/1449 Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies
    05/20/1471 Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies 05/20/1506 Christopher Colombus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 05/20/1597 Matthÿs Heldt, dies in battle
    05/20/1622 Osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies
    05/20/1648 Wladyslaw IV Wasa, King of Poland, dies
    05/20/1650 Francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44
    05/20/1669 Joris van der Hagen, landscape painter, dies
    05/20/1751 Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer, dies at 38 05/20/1782 Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer, dies at 68
    05/20/1782 Christoph Gottlieb Schroter, composer, dies at 82
    05/20/1834 Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert de Motier, nobleman, 1834, dies 05/20/1834 Marquis de Lafayette, French general, dies
    05/20/1841 Joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies
    05/20/1847 Mary Lamb, writer, dies
    05/20/1864 John Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70 05/20/1875 Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58
    05/20/1876 Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old 05/20/1876 Khristo Botev, Bulgarian poet, dies
    05/20/1883 William Chambers, author/publisher, dies
    05/20/1896 Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann, composer/pianist, dies at 76 05/20/1900 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer, dies at 80
    05/20/1910 Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, composer, dies at 88
    05/20/1919 Jacob Verdam, philospher, dies
    05/20/1923 Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist, dies
    05/20/1935 Ivans, [Jacob van Schevichaven], lawyer/detective writer, dies at 68
    05/20/1939 Joe Carr, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39), dies at 59 05/20/1940 Joris [Georges) of Severen, Flemish fascist/Member of parliament, di
    05/20/1956 André Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies
    05/20/1956 Max Beerbohm, caricturist/writer (Yet Again), dies
    05/20/1968 Kees van Dongen, Dutch/French painter, dies at 91
    05/20/1972 Cornelis J van der Klauw, biologist/zoologist, dies at 78 05/20/1972 Walter Winchell, columnist/narrator (Untouchables), dies at 75 05/20/1975 Barbara Hepworth, sculptor, dies
    05/20/1975 Jacques Stehman, composer, dies at 62
    05/20/1984 Peter Bull, British actor (Dr Doolittle), dies of a heart attack at
    05/20/1985 George Memmoli, actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46
    05/20/1986 Bernard Naylor, composer, dies at 78
    05/20/1986 Willem Pée, Belgian linguistic, dies at 83
    05/20/1989 Gilda Radner, comedienne (Sat Night Live), dies at 42 of cancer 05/20/1989 John R Hicks, English economist (Nobel 1972), dies
    05/20/1991 Julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at 65


    Significant Events:

    05/20/ 325 1st Christian ecumenical council opens at Nicæa, Asia Minor
    05/20/ 526 Earthquake kills 250,000 in Antioch, Syria
    05/20/1293 Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed
    05/20/1347 Rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal
    05/20/1498 Vasco da Gama, navigator arrives at Calcutta India
    05/20/1501 Joao da Nova Castell discovers Ascension Islands
    05/20/1570 Egidius Coppens publishes Abraham Ortelius' 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
    05/20/1591 Spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to Willem Louis/Mauritius 05/20/1631 German army under earl Johann Tilly conquerors Maagdenburg 05/20/1690 England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II 05/20/1704 Elias Neau forms school for slaves in NY
    05/20/1774 Britain gives Québec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio
    05/20/1775 Citizens of Mecklenburg County, NC declare independence of Britain 05/20/1784 England & Netherlands signs peace treaty (Peace of Paris) 05/20/1825 Charles X becomes King of France
    05/20/1830 1st railroad timetable published in newspaper (Baltimore American) 05/20/1845 1st legislative assembly convenes in Hawaii
    05/20/1861 Cornerstone of University of Washington laid in Seattle
    05/20/1861 Kentucky proclaims its neutrality in Civil War
    05/20/1861 North Carolina becomes 11th & last state to secede from Union 05/20/1862 Homestead Act provides cheap land for settlement of West
    05/20/1864 Battle at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia, 1,400 killed or injured 05/20/1867 Brit parliament rejects John Stuart Mills law on women sufferage 05/20/1867 Royal Albert Hall foundation laid
    05/20/1868 Republican National Convention, meets in Chicago, nominates Grant 05/20/1874 Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price $13.50 doz
    05/20/1875 Intl Bureau of Weights & Measures established by treaty
    05/20/1890 A Charlois discovers asteroid #293 Brasilia
    05/20/1900 2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris (lasted 5 months) 05/20/1902 US military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends
    05/20/1903 R S Dugan discovers asteroid #510 Mabella
    05/20/1910 Funeral for Britian's King Edward VII
    05/20/1915 Bataafsche Petroleum Me begins oil extraction of Maracaibo 05/20/1916 Codell, Kansas hit by tornado (also on same date in 1917 & 1918) 05/20/1918 1st electrically propelled warship (New México)
    05/20/1919 Volcano Keluit on Java, erupts killing 550
    05/20/1923 Stanley Baldwin, becomes PM of UK
    05/20/1926 Belgian govt of Jaspar takes power
    05/20/1926 Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies 05/20/1927 At 7:40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from NY to cross Atlantic for Paris 05/20/1927 Great Britain via treaty grants Saudi Arabia's kingdom independent 05/20/1927 Saudi Arabia becomes independent (Treaty of Jedda)
    05/20/1930 1st airplane catapulted from a dirigible, Charles Nicholson, pilot 05/20/1932 Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlanti
    05/20/1932 Engelbert Dollfuss becomes chancellor of Austria
    05/20/1939 Pan Am begins transatlantic passenger & air mail service
    05/20/1940 Gen Guderians tanks reach The Channel (British expeditionary army) 05/20/1940 Trailing 7-1 in 9th to Pitts, Phils win 8-7
    05/20/1941 Archer's 'Christian Calendar & Gregorian Reform' published 05/20/1941 Former Dutch premier Colijn says Neth Indie not ready for independen
    05/20/1941 Germany invades Crete
    05/20/1944 US Communist Party dissolved
    05/20/1948 1st use of Israeli Air Force & 1st war victory, defeating Syrian arm
    05/20/1950 Hill Prince wins Preakness
    05/20/1954 Chang Kai-shek becomes president of Nationalist China
    05/20/1955 Argentine parliament accepts separation of church & state 05/20/1956 Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane-Bikini Atoll 05/20/1959 Shah of Persia visits Netherlands
    05/20/1959 Yanks sink to last place, 1st time since May 25, 1940
    05/20/1960 Baseball game in Milwaukee postponed due to dense fog
    05/20/1961 Mauritania adopts constitution
    05/20/1961 White mob attacks 'Freedom Riders' in Montgomery, Alabama 05/20/1963 Sukarno appointed president of Indonesia
    05/20/1964 Buster Mathis defeats Joe Frazer to qualify for US Olympic team 05/20/1965 Pakistani Boeing 720-B crashes at Cairo Egypt, killing 121 05/20/1967 10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam
    05/20/1967 BBC bans Beatle's 'A Day in the Life' (drug references)
    05/20/1967 Damascus wins Preakness
    05/20/1969 US troop march into Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam
    05/20/1970 100,000 march in NY supporting US policies in Vietnam
    05/20/1970 2 die in a NYC subway accident
    05/20/1970 Beatles' 'Let it Be' movie premieres in UK
    05/20/1971 Pentagon reports blacks constitute 11% of US soldiers in SE Asia 05/20/1972 Affirmed wins Preakness
    05/20/1972 Cameroon adopts its constitution
    05/20/1972 Indiana Pacers beat NY Nets in 5th ABA championship, 4 games to 2 05/20/1972 Republic of Cameroon declared as constitution is ratified 05/20/1974 Soyuz 14 returns to Earth
    05/20/1977 'Beatlemania' opens on Broadway
    05/20/1978 3 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris
    05/20/1978 Steve Cauthen on Affirmed wins 103rd Preakness Stakes (1:54.4) 05/20/1978 US launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces 1st global radar map of Venus 05/20/1979 1st western pop star to tour USSR-Elton John
    05/20/1980 Drummer Peter Criss quits Kiss
    05/20/1980 Fire in nursing home in Kingston Jamaica, kills 157
    05/20/1980 In a referendum, 59.5% of Québec voters reject separatism 05/20/1985 1150 Lebanese/Palestinian prisoners exchanged for 3 Israelis 05/20/1985 Dow Jones industrial avg closes above 1300 for 1st time
    05/20/1985 FBI arrests John A Walker Jr, convicted of spying for USSR 05/20/1985 Larry Holmes wins a decision over Carl Williams
    05/20/1985 US began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti
    05/20/1987 Wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF & Harley Race for trademark name 'kin
    05/20/1988 Mike Schmidt hits his 535th HR, moving into 8th place
    05/20/1989 China declares martial law in Beijing
    05/20/1989 Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mt Everest top 05/20/1992 India launches its 1st satelite independently
    05/20/1993 274th & final 'Cheers' on NBC
    05/20/1993 Ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns
    05/20/1993 ap. 10 m meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA) 05/20/1994 Miss India (Sushmita Sen) selected Miss Universe
    05/20/1994 Sony Theaters & Cineplex (NYC) hike movie ticket prices to $8.00

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    Births:

    05/21/ 427 -BC- Plato, [Aristocles], Athens(?), Greek philosopher (Politeia) 05/21/1471 Albrecht Dürer, Nürnberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker 05/21/1527 Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)
    05/21/1633 Joseph de La Barre, composer
    05/21/1671 Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer
    05/21/1680 Frederich Karl Erbach, composer
    05/21/1688 Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)
    05/21/1720 Antonio Corbisiero, composer
    05/21/1722 Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer
    05/21/1775 Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano
    05/21/1780 Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse
    05/21/1796 Reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876
    05/21/1808 Gérard de Nerval, [Labrunie], French poet/writer (Sylvia) 05/21/1821 John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director
    05/21/1822 Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900
    05/21/1822 Mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865 05/21/1825 George Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 05/21/1826 Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro
    05/21/1834 Charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902) 05/21/1835 Newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 05/21/1841 Joseph Parry, composer
    05/21/1843 Louis Renault, French lawyer
    05/21/1844 Henri 'le Douanier' Rousseau, French ambassador/painter
    05/21/1851 Léon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920) 05/21/1855 Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes) 05/21/1858 José Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician
    05/21/1860 Willam Einthoven, inventor (electrocardiograph)
    05/21/1865 C J Thomsen, Denmark, archaeologist, named Stone/Iron/Bronze Ages 05/21/1867 Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer
    05/21/1872 Henry Warren, Boston Mass, inventor (Telechon electric clock) 05/21/1873 Emil Ermatinger, Switz, literature historian
    05/21/1878 Glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane)
    05/21/1878 Louis L H de Visser, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CPN)
    05/21/1880 Pablo Luna y Carne, composer
    05/21/1888 May Aufderheide, composer
    05/21/1892 John Peale Bishop, US poet (This Side of Paradise)
    05/21/1898 Armand Hammer, NYC, millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum)
    05/21/1898 Charles Hába, Czech violinist/composer
    05/21/1898 Karel Haba, composer
    05/21/1899 Ralph Sanford, Springfield Mass, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp)
    05/21/1901 Horace Heidt, Alameda Calif, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon) 05/21/1901 Suzanne Lilar, [Verbist], France/Belgian writer (Le burlador) 05/21/1903 Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier (1953..7) 05/21/1903 Manly Wade Wellman, Angola, sci-fi author (After Dark, Devil's Plane
    05/21/1903 Pedro Aramburu, president Argentina
    05/21/1904 (Thomas) Fast Waller, Jazz pianist/composer
    05/21/1904 Fats Waller, jazz pianist, composer (Ain't Misbehavin')
    05/21/1904 Robert Montgomery, Beacon NY, actor/dir (Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jac
    05/21/1904 Thomas 'Fats' Waller, US jazz pianist (Honeysuckle Rose)
    05/21/1905 Edward Lockspeiser, composer
    05/21/1909 Guy de Rothschild, banker
    05/21/1911 André Renard, Belgian worker's union leader (Syndical Unifié) 05/21/1916 Harold Robbins, author (Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers)
    05/21/1916 Helen Willis Moody Roark, tennis player (US Open 1923-25, 27-29, 31)
    05/21/1916 Leonard Manasseh, architect
    05/21/1917 Dennis Day, NYC, singer/actor (Jack Benny Show)
    05/21/1917 Jean-Louis Curtis, French writer (Just Causes)
    05/21/1917 Raymond Burr, Canada, actor (Perry Mason, Ironsides, Godzilla) 05/21/1918 Leonard Mullens, rubber physicist
    05/21/1919 Lord Maxwell, College of Justice (Scotland)/senator
    05/21/1919 Mark Wood, bishop of Ludlow
    05/21/1920 Anthony Steel, London, actor (Malta Story, Wooden Horse)
    05/21/1921 Andrei Sakharov, Moscow, physicist, human rights worker (Nobel '75) 05/21/1924 Peggy Cass, TV panelist, actress (To Tell the Truth)
    05/21/1924 Robert Parris, Philadelphia, composer (Book of Imaginery Beings) 05/21/1926 Dan Perlsweig, horse trainer
    05/21/1926 Joseph Horovitz, composer
    05/21/1926 Rick Jason, NYC, actor (Day of the Wolves, Eagles Attack at Dawn) 05/21/1926 Robert Creeley, Mass, poet/novelist (Island)
    05/21/1927 Kay Kendall, Yorkshire England, actress (Genevieve, Les Girls) 05/21/1929 Charles Wadsworth, Barnesville Georgia, pianist (Lincoln Center) 05/21/1929 Robert Welch, designer/silversmith
    05/21/1930 David Smith, principal/vice chancellor (Edinburgh University) 05/21/1930 Malcolm Fraser, PM of Australia
    05/21/1930 Stanley Wells, director (Shakespeare Institute U of Birmingham) 05/21/1931 Desmond Wilcox, broadcaster
    05/21/1931 George Vassiliou, president of Cyprus (1988- )
    05/21/1932 John Armitage, principal (College of St Hilda & St Bede Durham) 05/21/1932 Robert Sherlaw Johnson, composer
    05/21/1933 Barry Norman, Britain, film critic (Film Greats)
    05/21/1934 Phillip King, British sculptor
    05/21/1935 Terry Lightfoot, clarinetist/bandleader
    05/21/1936 Ama Samy, Burma, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher/disciple of Yamada Koun 05/21/1936 Dipak Nandy, founder (Runnymead Trust)
    05/21/1937 Marsha Grant, NYC, XXX actress (Naughty Blue Knickers)
    05/21/1938 David Groh, Bkln NY, actor (Joe-Rhoda, Don-Another Day)
    05/21/1939 Heinz Holliger, composer
    05/21/1941 Anatoli Semyonovich Levchenko, USSR, cosmonaut (TM-4)
    05/21/1941 Ronald Isley, singer (Isley Brothers-Twist & Shout)
    05/21/1942 David Hunt, Wales sec of state
    05/21/1942 Robert C Springer, St Louis, Col USMC/astronaut (STS-29, STS-38) 05/21/1943 Hilton Valentine, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) 05/21/1944 Janet Dailey, US, author
    05/21/1944 Mary Robinson, pres of Republic of Ireland
    05/21/1944 Mike Degett, horse trainer
    05/21/1945 Ernst Messersclmid, Reutlingen Germany, astronaut (STS 22) 05/21/1947 Richard Hatch, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Battlestar Galactica) 05/21/1948 Leo Sayer, [Gerard], England, singer (When I Need Love)
    05/21/1949 Andrew Nell, editor (Sunday Times)
    05/21/1949 Arno Hintjens, Belgian singer (T C Matic)
    05/21/1949 Rosalind Plowright, soprano
    05/21/1952 Mr T, [Lawrence Tero], Chicago, actor (A-Team, Rocky III, T & T) 05/21/1954 Marina Langner, Dusseldorf Germany, Miss World runner-up (1975) 05/21/1955 John Galvin, rocker (Molly Hatchet)
    05/21/1955 Stan Lynch, rocker (Tommy Petty & Heartbreakers)
    05/21/1957 Judge Reinhold, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
    05/21/1957 Sue Woodstra, Colton Ca, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984) 05/21/1958 Mike Barson, rocker (Madness)
    05/21/1959 Nick Cassavetés, actor (Rosemary's Baby, Quiet Cool)
    05/21/1961 Tim Lever, keyboard/sax (Dead or Alive-You Spin Me Round) 05/21/1963 Yelena Vodorezova, USSR, figure skater (Olympic-1976)
    05/21/1964 Annabel Schofield, Wales, actress (Laurel Ellis-Dallas)
    05/21/1972 Alesha Oreskovich, Tampa FL, playmate (Jun, 1993)


    Deaths:

    05/21/ 987 Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies 05/21/1481 Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
    05/21/1542 Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R 05/21/1639 Giovan D 'Tommaso' Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 05/21/1647 Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about
    05/21/1650 James G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged
    05/21/1703 Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle
    05/21/1786 Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43
    05/21/1790 Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies
    05/21/1810 Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81 05/21/1812 Joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38
    05/21/1815 Roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73
    05/21/1817 Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64
    05/21/1844 Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68
    05/21/1860 Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53
    05/21/1885 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73
    05/21/1894 August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54 05/21/1895 Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76 05/21/1897 Karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77
    05/21/1919 Victor AD Ségalen, [Max Anély], French ship's doctor/writer, dies 05/21/1924 Bobby Franks, killed by Leopold & Loeb, at 14
    05/21/1926 Arthur A R Firbank, British writer (Valmouth, Prancing Nigger), dies
    05/21/1926 Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65
    05/21/1935 Hugo de Vries, botanist Gruppenweise Artbildung, dies at 87 05/21/1935 Jane Addams, a founder of ACLU (Nobel 1973), dies at 65
    05/21/1949 Klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42
    05/21/1954 Janos Hammerschlag, composer, dies at 68
    05/21/1970 Vinton Hayworth, actor (Gen Schaeffer-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 6
    05/21/1973 Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (Giornale Guerra), dies at 79
    05/21/1973 Vaughn Monroe, singer/orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61 05/21/1976 Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer, dies at 77
    05/21/1978 Joseph EA 'Jo' Spier, cartoonist/water colors painter, dies at 77 05/21/1983 Finn Einar Mortensen, composer, dies at 61
    05/21/1984 Andrea Leeds, actress (Stage Door, Earthbound), dies of cancer at 70
    05/21/1987 Alejandro Rey, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun), dies at 57
    05/21/1988 Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, dies at 92 05/21/1990 Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state bldg in 1930, dies 05/21/1990 Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered 05/21/1991 Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated 05/21/1992 Brendan Nulholland, Daily Mail reporter, dies at 59, dies 05/21/1992 Elizabeth David, British cookbook writer, dies
    05/21/1992 Mrithi, gorilla (Gorilla in the Mist), dies at 24
    05/21/1992 Skip Stephenson, TV host (Real People), dies
    05/21/1993 John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 8
    05/21/1994 John Henry Weidner, Dutch/US resistance fighter, dies at 81


    Significant Events:

    05/21/ 996 Pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III German emperor
    05/21/1040 King Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency
    05/21/1216 French crown prince Louis enters England
    05/21/1420 Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English 05/21/1502 Portuguese admiral Da Nova discovers St Helena
    05/21/1526 -Jun 8] Sermon of Bathe, Aargau: TC evangelical theology
    05/21/1602 Martha's Vineyard 1st sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold) 05/21/1683 West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname
    05/21/1793 Curaçao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange 05/21/1804 Lewis & Clark Expedition begins
    05/21/1809 Battle at Aspern-Essling: Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon 05/21/1825 Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia
    05/21/1832 1st Democratic party national convention
    05/21/1846 1st steamship arrives in Hawaii
    05/21/1856 Lawrence, Kans captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces
    05/21/1861 Richmond, Va is designated Confederate Capital
    05/21/1863 Siege on Port Hudson, Louisiana begins
    05/21/1864 GEN David Hunter takes command of Dept of West Virginia
    05/21/1871 -July 28) French regular troops attack Commune of Paris; 17,000 die 05/21/1879 Battle of Iquiquw
    05/21/1879 J Palisa discovers asteroid #197 Arete
    05/21/1881 American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton
    05/21/1881 US Nation Lawn Tennis Association formed
    05/21/1897 Yerkes Obsrvatory 40' (1 m) refractor used for 1st time
    05/21/1898 US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized
    05/21/1901 M Wolf & L Carnera discovers asteroid #480 Hansa
    05/21/1904 Federation Internationale de Football Assn (Soccer) forms in Paris 05/21/1908 1st horror movie (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) premieres in Chicago 05/21/1914 Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota
    05/21/1916 Britain begins 'Summer Time' (Daylight Savings Time)
    05/21/1917 Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I
    05/21/1917 M Wolf discovers asteroids #872 Holda & #873 Mechthild
    05/21/1922 H E Wood discovers asteroid #982 Franklina
    05/21/1922 Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Anna Christie)
    05/21/1922 Ruppert buys out Huston interest in Yankees for $15 million 05/21/1924 Leopold & Loeb kidnap Bobby Franks for fun
    05/21/1925 George Lloyd of Dolobran becomes British High Director of Egypt 05/21/1925 Roald Amundsun leaves Spitsbergen with 2 seaplanes to North Pole 05/21/1926 White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double 05/21/1927 Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic 05/21/1928 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1304 Arosa
    05/21/1929 Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, NYC
    05/21/1930 NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers
    05/21/1931 Belgian govt of Jaspar falls
    05/21/1931 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1196 Sheba
    05/21/1932 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman (Amelia Earhart) lands 05/21/1933 Mt Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph
    05/21/1940 AVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees
    05/21/1940 Reynaud forms French govt
    05/21/1941 1st US ship sunk by a U-boat (Robin Moor)
    05/21/1941 Singer Johan Heesters visits Dachau concentration camp
    05/21/1943 Fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 mins), White Sox beat Senators
    05/21/1948 NY Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR) 05/21/1950 Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia
    05/21/1952 Bkln Dodgers score 15 runs in 1st inning & beat Cin Reds, 19-1 05/21/1952 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Amsterdam-Rhine Canal
    05/21/1953 French govt of Mayer resigns
    05/21/1955 1st transcontinental round-trip solo flight-sunrise to sunset 05/21/1955 WFRV TV channel 5 in Green Bay, WI (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 05/21/1956 US explodes 1st airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll
    05/21/1956 WITI TV channel 6 in Milwaukee, WI (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 05/21/1957 French govt of Mollet resigns
    05/21/1958 Indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island
    05/21/1961 Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery
    05/21/1964 1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations
    05/21/1964 Fire in Wégimond Belgium resort, kills 19
    05/21/1964 US begin intelligence flights above Laos
    05/21/1966 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Henry Cooper in London
    05/21/1966 Kauai King wins Kentucky Derby
    05/21/1968 Paul McCartney & Jane Asher attend an Andy Williams concert 05/21/1968 US sub Scorpion sinks off Azores, with all 99 crew lost
    05/21/1968 WEKW TV channel 52 in Keene, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting 05/21/1969 Robert Kennedy's murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death 05/21/1970 National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State U 05/21/1971 National Guard mobilizes to quell riot in Chattanooga Tenn 05/21/1975 Lowell W Perry confirmed as chairman of Equal Opportunity Comm 05/21/1975 Trial against Baader-Meinhof-group begins in Stuttgart
    05/21/1977 Fire in hotel Duke van Brabant Brussels, kills 19
    05/21/1977 Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins 102nd Preakness Stakes (1:54.4) 05/21/1977 SD Padres beat Mont Expos, 11-8, in 21 innings
    05/21/1978 118 Unification church couples wed in England
    05/21/1978 Yamada Mumon Roshi appointed head of Zen Rinzai Sect
    05/21/1979 Dan White convicted of manslaughter death of SF mayor Moscone 05/21/1979 Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in USSR 05/21/1979 Mont Canadiens beat NY Rangers 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 05/21/1979 National Volksraad installed in Namibia
    05/21/1980 'Empire Strikes Back' premeirs
    05/21/1981 Francois Mitterrand becomes president of France
    05/21/1981 NY Islanders beat Minn North Stars 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 05/21/1982 British troops lands on Falkland Islands
    05/21/1982 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3018 Godiva
    05/21/1982 P Wild discovers asteroid #2731 Cucula
    05/21/1983 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB, for mating for STS-7 mission 05/21/1983 David Bowie's 'Let's 'Dance,' single goes #1
    05/21/1985 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3305
    05/21/1985 Frustaci Septuplets, Calif, Patricia Frustaci gives birth to 7 05/21/1986 Atlanta Brave Rafael Ramirez hits 4 doubles in a game
    05/21/1987 Military coup in Fiji Islands under lt col Sitivani Rabuka 05/21/1987 Xignals PC Board BBS begins in Alabama
    05/21/1988 Jane Powell weds Dickie Moore
    05/21/1988 Risen Star wins Preakness
    05/21/1989 Nancy Lopez wins her 3rd LPGA championship
    05/21/1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,844.68
    05/21/1990 Last episode of 'Newhart' airs
    05/21/1991 Ethiopia's Marxist president (Mengistu Haile Mariam) resigns 05/21/1992 NJ senate overrides Governor Florio's veto & lowers sales tax to 6% 05/21/1993 Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor sentenced to life 05/21/1993 Venezuela president Carlos Andrés Pérez fired
    05/21/1994 South Yemen secedes from Yemen
    05/21/1994 Tabasco Cat wins 119th Preakness Stakes

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat May 22 00:05:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/22/1671 Abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37) 05/22/1722 Johannes Schmidlin, composer
    05/22/1759 Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer
    05/22/1780 Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer
    05/22/1783 Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer
    05/22/1804 John William (Turk) Livingston, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885
    05/22/1813 Richard Wagner, Leipsig Germany, composer (Ring, Flying Dutchman) 05/22/1820 Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer
    05/22/1821 Alfred Sully, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 05/22/1828 Albrecht Gräfe, pioneer eye surgeon; founded modern ophthalmology 05/22/1844 Mary Cassatt, US, Impressionist painter (Woman Bathing)
    05/22/1850 Johann Schrammel, composer
    05/22/1852 Emile Sauret, composer
    05/22/1859 Arthur Conan Doyle, UK, brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice 05/22/1865 Enrique Morera, composer
    05/22/1874 Daniel F Malan, premier of South-Africa (1948-54)
    05/22/1874 Francesco Paolo Neglia, composer
    05/22/1879 Eastwood Lane, composer
    05/22/1879 Jean Emile Paul Cras, composer
    05/22/1884 Alceo Toni, composer
    05/22/1885 Julio Fonseca, composer
    05/22/1891 Robert Gordon Sproul, educator/college pres (Univ of Calif) 05/22/1892 Louis van Tulder, tenor (Kantoorkruk Up to High C)
    05/22/1895 Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, spiritual philosopher (Songs of Life) 05/22/1898 René de Fox, actor/composer
    05/22/1902 Al Simmons, Milwaukee, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334
    05/22/1904 Anne de Vries, writer (Bartje)
    05/22/1906 Harry Ritz, US comic (Ritz Brothers-Silent Movie)
    05/22/1907 Hergé, [Georges Rémi], Belgian cartoonist (Kuifje)
    05/22/1907 Laurence Olivier, actor (Rebecca, Hamlet, Jazz Singer)
    05/22/1911 Anatol Rapoport, Russ/US mathem/biologist (olympic theory) 05/22/1912 Henry Cuckoo, Second-Member of Dutch parliament (Boer Party) 05/22/1914 Vance Packard, US sociologist (Hidden Persueders)
    05/22/1916 Gordon Binkerd, composer
    05/22/1919 Paul Vanden Boeynants, premier Belgium (1966-68, 1978-79) 05/22/1920 Thomas Gold, astronomer; proposed steady-state theory of universe 05/22/1922 Judith Crist, NY, movie critic (TV Guide)
    05/22/1924 Charles Aznavour, Paris France, singer (Monsieur Carnavel) 05/22/1924 Claude Andre Francois Ballif, composer
    05/22/1924 Helen Wedemeyer, Hilo Hawaii, actor (Hawaii Five-O)
    05/22/1925 Jean Tinguely, Swiss speed artist (movement objects)
    05/22/1927 Michael Constantine, actor (Room 222, Don't Drink the Water) 05/22/1928 Roscoe Robinson, US gospel singer
    05/22/1928 T Boone Pickens, buys large companies (Shamrock)
    05/22/1929 Asher Ben-Yohanan, composer
    05/22/1930 Dieuwke Y W de Countf-Nauta, Dutch Sect of State (CDA)
    05/22/1933 John Browning, Denver Colorado, pianist (Leventritt Award-1956) 05/22/1934 Peter Nero, NYC, pianist (A Sunday in NY)
    05/22/1938 Frank Converse, actor (It's About Time, Dr Cook's Garden, Movin' On)
    05/22/1938 Richard Benjamin, director/actor (Goodbye Columbus, He & She) 05/22/1938 Susan Strasberg, NYC, actress (In Praise of Older Women, Manitou) 05/22/1940 Michael Sarrazin, actor (Seduction, They Shoot Horses Don't They) 05/22/1941 Paul Winfield, LA, actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn) 05/22/1941 Sebastian Forbes, composer
    05/22/1942 Barbara Parkins, Vancouver BC, actress (Betty-Peyton Place, Asylum) 05/22/1942 Calvin Simon, US rock vocalist (Funkadelic-1 Nation Under a Groove) 05/22/1942 Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer
    05/22/1942 Pallo Jordan, South African ANC member
    05/22/1943 Tommy John, pitcher (Yankee/Dodger)
    05/22/1948 Richard Baker, (Rep-R-Louisiana)
    05/22/1950 Bernie Taupin, musician, writes with Elton John
    05/22/1951 Iva Davies, rocker (Icehouse)
    05/22/1952 Jan Todd, woman power lifter, once lifted 248 kg in a squat 05/22/1953 John Edward Stevens, NYC, bank robber (FBI Most Wanted List) 05/22/1954 Jerry Dammers, keyboardist (Specials-Special)
    05/22/1955 Sam Coppersmith, (Rep-D-Arizona)
    05/22/1956 Douglas Heyes Jr, LA Calif, actor (Captains & Kings, Aspen) 05/22/1959 [Patrick] Morrissey, rocker (Depeche Mode-Somebody)
    05/22/1961 Dana Williams, Dayton Ohio, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle) 05/22/1964 David Lidberg, jockey
    05/22/1970 Naomi Campbell, London England, model/actress (Cool as Ice) 05/22/1972 Alison Eastwood, daughter of actor Clint/actress (Tightrope)


    Deaths:

    05/22/ 337 Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies 05/22/1501 Robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 6
    05/22/1540 Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 5
    05/22/1667 Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Italian Pope (1655-67), dies at 68 05/22/1688 Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist, dies at 70 05/22/1781 Garret Wesley Mornington, composer, dies at 45
    05/22/1801 Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer, dies at 59
    05/22/1819 John H van Kinsbergen, lt-admiral/founder (Corps Marines), dies at 8
    05/22/1825 Domenico Corri, composer, dies at 80
    05/22/1859 Ferdinand II, King of Sicily, dies
    05/22/1868 Julius Plücker, German mathematician/physicist (formula of P), dies 05/22/1878 Franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52
    05/22/1880 Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician, dies at
    05/22/1885 Victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Misérables), dies 05/22/1910 Jules Renard, French writer (Le plaisir the rompre), dies at 46 05/22/1925 John [Denton P] French, British field marshal (Boer war/WW I), dies 05/22/1928 William HT Gairdner, Engl missionary (Nile Mission Press), dies at 5
    05/22/1939 Willem de Mérode, poet (Precious Blood), dies at 51
    05/22/1945 Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver, dies
    05/22/1948 Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 5
    05/22/1949 Hans Pfitzner, composer, dies at 80
    05/22/1949 Klaus HT Mann, German/US writer (Turning Point), dies
    05/22/1953 Vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70
    05/22/1957 Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies
    05/22/1958 Magdalene Székely-Lulofs, author (Our Italian Employees), dies at 58
    05/22/1965 Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher (Das Sein in der Zeit), dies 05/22/1967 Henry C Rümke, psychiatrist (Light of Man), dies at 74
    05/22/1967 J Langston Hughes, US author (Tambourines to Glory), dies at 65 05/22/1970 Joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76
    05/22/1972 Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies 05/22/1977 Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73 05/22/1977 Marius Monnikendam, composer, dies at 80
    05/22/1978 Bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83
    05/22/1984 John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery 05/22/1987 Mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65
    05/22/1988 Giorgio Almirante, Italy, fascist (member of parliament), dies at 73
    05/22/1990 Rocky Graziano, boxer, dies at 71, of heart failure
    05/22/1991 Lino Brocka, Philippines director, dies
    05/22/1993 Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 10
    05/22/1994 Mitacq, [Michel Tacq], Belg comic strip artist (Beaver Patrol), dies


    Significant Events:

    05/22/ 12 -BC- A daytime meteor shower, possibly Zeta Perseid observed in Chin
    05/22/ 760 14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
    05/22/1176 Murder attempt by 'Assassins' on Saladin near Aleppo
    05/22/1200 Peace of Goulet
    05/22/1370 Jews are expelled from Brussels Belgium
    05/22/1594 Earl Mauritius & Willem Louis begins siege of Groningen
    05/22/1659 France, England & Netherlands sign 'Hedges Concerto' treaty 05/22/1761 1st life insurance policy in US, issued in Phila
    05/22/1784 Ceyloneese student leader Pieter Quint Ondaatje demands democracy 05/22/1807 Townsend Speakman 1st sells fruit-flavored carbonated drinks (Phila)
    05/22/1819 1st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Ga) 05/22/1843 1000+ colonies depart Independence Missouri for Oregon
    05/22/1856 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #41 Daphne
    05/22/1856 Violence in Senate, SC rep Brooks used a cane on Mass Sen Sumner 05/22/1858 Confederación Granadina (now Colombia) forms
    05/22/1863 War Dept establishes Bureau of Colored Troops
    05/22/1864 Battle of N Anna River, VA (Totopotamy River, Haw's Shop, Hanovertow
    05/22/1868 Great Train Robbery-7 men (Reno Brother) make off with $98,000 in ca
    05/22/1872 Amnesty Act restores civil rights to Southerners (except for 500) 05/22/1877 Baden-Baden wins Kentucky Derby
    05/22/1883 Cub's Billy Sunday's 1st at bat, begins 14 consecutive strikes out 05/22/1884 1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters
    05/22/1885 Tecumseh wins Preakness
    05/22/1893 Montreal Athletic Assn beat Ottawa Generals 2-1, in 1st Cup Game 05/22/1900 Associated Press organizes in NYC as non-profit news cooperative 05/22/1900 M Wolf & A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #455 Bruchsalia 05/22/1905 Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School 05/22/1906 10th anniversary Olympic games close at Athens, Greece
    05/22/1906 Wright Brothers patents an aeroplane
    05/22/1909 1st SF fireboat, David Scannell, launched
    05/22/1911 Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row 05/22/1915 Local train collides with troop train killing 226 (Gretna Scotland) 05/22/1924 In Chicago, Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb kidnap Robert Franks 05/22/1926 Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Guomindang China
    05/22/1926 Dutch Communist Party expels David Wÿnkoop
    05/22/1927 8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed
    05/22/1927 Dodgers beat Phillies, 20-4
    05/22/1930 Ruth hits 3 consecutive HR (8th-10th of 60 in 1930)
    05/22/1930 Yankee 'Bronx Bombers' hit 14 HRs in a game
    05/22/1933 World Trade Day/National Maritime Day 1st celebrated
    05/22/1939 Hitler & Mussolini sign 'Pact of Steel'
    05/22/1940 Dutch Premier De Geer begins working with nazis
    05/22/1940 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris
    05/22/1941 British troops attack Baghdad
    05/22/1942 Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany & Japan
    05/22/1943 RAF scatters 1st copies of 'The Flying Hollander'
    05/22/1943 Stalin disbands Komintern
    05/22/1945 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa
    05/22/1946 Yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3
    05/22/1947 'Truman Doctrine' goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece 05/22/1947 1st US ballistic missile fired
    05/22/1950 Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey
    05/22/1950 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1580 Betulia
    05/22/1950 Poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize
    05/22/1950 Richard Strauss' '4 letzte People' premieres
    05/22/1953 Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yanks beat Wash 12-4 05/22/1954 Hasty Road wins Preakness
    05/22/1954 KREX TV channel 5 in Grand Junction, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting 05/22/1954 Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed
    05/22/1955 Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th 05/22/1956 KRIS TV channel 6 in Corpus Christi, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 05/22/1957 KBTX TV channel 3 in Bryan, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
    05/22/1957 South Africa govt approves race separation in universities 05/22/1959 Benjamin O Davis Jr becomes 1st black gen-major in USAF
    05/22/1962 Neth telephone net becomes completely automated
    05/22/1962 Robert A Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600m
    05/22/1962 Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inn game 05/22/1963 Greek parliament leader Lambrakis injured
    05/22/1963 Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade
    05/22/1964 LBJ presents 'Great Society'
    05/22/1965 Beatles' 'Ticket to Ride,' single goes #1
    05/22/1965 Mad Dog Vachon beats Igor Vodic in Omaha, to become NWA champ 05/22/1967 Egyptian president Nassar closes Straits of Tiran to Israel 05/22/1967 Fire at L'Innovation dept store kills 322 (Brussels, Belgium) 05/22/1969 Stafford & Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 mi(15km) above lunar surfa
    05/22/1970 Arab terrorists kill 9 children & 3 adults on a school bus 05/22/1970 Mel Stottlemyre sets record by walking 11, but wins 2-0
    05/22/1972 Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified
    05/22/1972 Ton Sijbrands becomes world draughts champion
    05/22/1972 US president Nixon begins visit Moscow
    05/22/1974 Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later 05/22/1975 Ky Colonels beats Ind Pacers in 8th ABA championship, 4 games to 1 05/22/1976 NASA launches space vehicle S-179
    05/22/1976 St Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 HR
    05/22/1977 Final European scheduled run of Orient Express (94 years) 05/22/1977 Red Sox (6) & Brewers (5) tie single game HR record of 11 05/22/1979 Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Elliott Trudeau
    05/22/1980 Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry
    05/22/1981 Soyuz 40 returns to Earth
    05/22/1983 Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit HR 05/22/1985 Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader 05/22/1985 US sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR
    05/22/1987 30 killed in a Texas tornado
    05/22/1988 Károly Grósz succeeds party leader János Kádár in Hungary 05/22/1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,852.23
    05/22/1990 Final episode of 'Newhart' airs
    05/22/1990 Microsoft presents Windows 3.0
    05/22/1990 North & South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen
    05/22/1991 Roh Jai Bong resigns as premier of South Korea
    05/22/1992 Calif Angels, are involved in a bus crash, in NJ
    05/22/1992 India launches its Agni rocket
    05/22/1992 Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of Tonight Show
    05/22/1994 Toronto NBA franchise unveils name 'Raptors' and logo

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun May 23 00:05:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/23/1598 Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized 05/23/1617 Elias Ashmole, antiquary
    05/23/1620 Pieter Neefs de Jongere, Flemish painter, baptized
    05/23/1644 Thomas Eisenhut, composer
    05/23/1696 Johann Caspar Vogler, composer
    05/23/1707 Carolus Linnæus, Sweden, biological classifier
    05/23/1710 François-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (Tuinbeelden)
    05/23/1718 William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer
    05/23/1729 Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)
    05/23/1734 Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism) 05/23/1737 Louis Francois Chambray, composer
    05/23/1741 Andrea Lucchesi, composer
    05/23/1753 Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer
    05/23/1754 Andrea Appiani, fresco painter
    05/23/1756 Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer
    05/23/1759 Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer
    05/23/1790 Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville, explorer
    05/23/1794 Ignaz Moscheles, composer
    05/23/1795 Charles Barry, architect
    05/23/1799 Thomas Hood, poet/composer
    05/23/1810 Margaret Fuller, writer/critic 1st pro book review column (NY Trib) 05/23/1812 Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles) 05/23/1813 Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 05/23/1820 James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis) 05/23/1824 Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) 05/23/1828 Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College
    05/23/1832 Pieter JBCR van de Aa, geographer
    05/23/1837 James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 189
    05/23/1843 Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer
    05/23/1844 'Abdu'l-Bahá, early Bahá'í leader ('Azamat 7, 1)
    05/23/1848 Helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff
    05/23/1849 Károly earl Khuen-Héderváry, Premier of Hungary (1910-12) 05/23/1851 Antoni Stolpe, composer
    05/23/1862 William 'Dummy' Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99 05/23/1864 Louis Glass, composer
    05/23/1866 Gustav Aschaffenburg, German psychiatrist/criminalologist 05/23/1871 Sigurd Lie, composer
    05/23/1873 Leo Baeck, rabbi/president (World Union for Progressive Judaism) 05/23/1882 James Gleason, writer/actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool)
    05/23/1883 Douglas Fairbanks, US actor (Zorro/3 Musketeers/Robin Hood) 05/23/1886 James Gleason, US screenwriter/actor (Arsenic & Old Lace) 05/23/1888 Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Woest en moe)
    05/23/1890 Herbert Marshall, actor (Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes) 05/23/1890 Virginia Eames, entertainer
    05/23/1891 Pär Lagerkvist, Sweden, novelist/dramatist (Barabbas, Nobel 1951) 05/23/1898 Frank McHugh, actor (Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young
    05/23/1901 Edmund Rubbra, Northampton England, composer (Morning Watch) 05/23/1902 Mark Lothar, composer
    05/23/1903 Walter Reisch, US, screenwriter (Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic) 05/23/1906 Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer
    05/23/1907 Kenneth Allen, engineer
    05/23/1907 Matthew Campbell, British senior civil servant
    05/23/1908 Christian GK Baëta, Togolese chairman (International Broadcasters) 05/23/1908 John Bardeen, US, physicist (transistor, Nobel 1956, 1972) 05/23/1908 Max Abramovitz, US architect (Lincoln Center, UN Building) 05/23/1909 Edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat
    05/23/1910 Artie Shaw, [Arthur Arshawsky], NYC, bandleader (Come'on my House) 05/23/1910 Franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter
    05/23/1910 Hugh Casson CH, architect
    05/23/1910 Scatman Crothers, actor (Zapped, Shininh)
    05/23/1911 Boris Kremenliev, composer
    05/23/1911 Melvin M Payne, president (National Geographic Society)
    05/23/1912 David Barran, CEO (Midland Bank, England)
    05/23/1912 Jean Françaix, Le Mans France, composer (Le Rui Nu)
    05/23/1912 John Payne, Roanoke Va, actor (Restless Gun)
    05/23/1912 Marius Goring, Isle of Wight, actor (Herr Palitz-Holocaust) 05/23/1912 Samuel Curran, vice chancellor (Strathclyde University)
    05/23/1913 Ian Graeme, major-general
    05/23/1914 Alec Dickson, founder (VSO)
    05/23/1914 Barbara Ward, economist/writer (Only One Earth)
    05/23/1918 Bulent Arel, composer
    05/23/1918 Dennis Compton, author/cricketeer
    05/23/1919 Betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family) 05/23/1920 Helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola)
    05/23/1920 Sid Melton, Bkln NY, actor (Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas) 05/23/1921 Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician
    05/23/1921 James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Star Trek Reader
    05/23/1921 Loren Tindall, actor (Meet Me on Broadway, Girl of Limberlost) 05/23/1921 Sanderson Temple, circuit judge
    05/23/1923 Alicia de Larrocha, Copenhagen Denmark, pianist (Orquesta Sinfonica)
    05/23/1924 Desmond Carrington, British radio host
    05/23/1924 Michael McCrum, master of Corpus Christi College Cambridge 05/23/1928 Nigel Davenport, Cambridge England, actor (Without a Clue, Masada) 05/23/1928 Nina Otkalenko, USSR, 800m runner (9 world records)
    05/23/1928 Rosemary Clooney, Kentucky, singer/coronet paper towels spokeswoman 05/23/1929 Joe Modise, South African commandant of Umkhonto we Sizwe (1965- ) 05/23/1929 Ulla Jacobson, Swedish actress (One Summer of Happiness)
    05/23/1931 Barbara Barrie, Chicago, actress (Breaking Away, Barney Miller) 05/23/1931 José Telles Da Conceiçao, Brazil, high jumper (Olympic-bronze-1952) 05/23/1932 James Lester, MP
    05/23/1932 John Lyons, Master of Trinity Hall (Cambridge)
    05/23/1933 Gerrit J M Braks, Dutch minister of land & fishing (CDA)
    05/23/1933 Joan Henrietta Collins, London, actress (Alexis-Dynasty, Bitch) 05/23/1934 Malcolm Gill, deputy head of Banking Depart, Bank for Intl Settlemen
    05/23/1934 Robert Moog, inventor (Moog Synthesizer)
    05/23/1935 Juliet Campbell, British ambassador to Luxembourg
    05/23/1935 Lord Grenfell, head of External affairs European office, world bank 05/23/1936 Robert Sangster, horse owner/trainer
    05/23/1937 John Mazza, horse trainer
    05/23/1938 John R Miller, (Rep-R-WA, 1985- )
    05/23/1938 Peter Preston, editor (Guardian)
    05/23/1939 Ron Stevens, horse trainer
    05/23/1941 Jackson Hill, composer
    05/23/1943 John Newcombe, Australia, tennis pro (Wimbeldon 1967, 70, 71) 05/23/1943 Peter Kenilorea, PM Solomon Islands
    05/23/1944 General Norman Johnson, US singer (Down at the Beach Club) 05/23/1944 Giles Smith, TV journalist
    05/23/1944 Lady Olga Maitland, MP
    05/23/1944 Ramon 'Tiki' Fulwood, US drummer (Funkadelic, Knee Deep)
    05/23/1945 Lauren Chapin, actress (Kathy-Father Knows Best)
    05/23/1946 Tom Dorris, horse trainer
    05/23/1948 Reggie Cleveland, baseball player
    05/23/1949 Alan García Pérez, pres of Peru (1985- )
    05/23/1950 Linda Thompson, Memphis Tn, actress (Hee Haw)
    05/23/1951 Anatoli Karpov, USSR, world chess champion (1975-85)
    05/23/1951 Judy Rodman, Riverside Calif, country singer (Girls Ride Horses Too)
    05/23/1952 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler, NJ, middleweight boxing champ (1982-83) 05/23/1952 Deborah Adair, actress (Tracey-Dynasty, Kate-Day of Our Life) 05/23/1955 John Stevens, MEP
    05/23/1958 Shelly West, country singer
    05/23/1958 Thomas Reiter, German engineer/test pilot/astronaut candidate 05/23/1961 Kevin Romine, baseball player
    05/23/1962 Karen Duffy, [Duff], NYC, MTV veejay
    05/23/1964 Staci Greason, Denver, actress (Isabella Toscando-Days of Our Lives)
    05/23/1966 Graeme Hick, cricketer
    05/23/1969 Ramon Caraballo, baseball player


    Deaths:

    05/23/1125 Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies 05/23/1153 David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68
    05/23/1423 Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies 05/23/1498 Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 05/23/1568 Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 2
    05/23/1627 Luis de Góngora y Argote, poet/writer, dies
    05/23/1648 Luis de Nain, painter, dies
    05/23/1668 Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried
    05/23/1684 Adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48
    05/23/1701 William Kidd, naval captain/pirate, hanged in London
    05/23/1754 John Wood, architect/town planner, dies
    05/23/1783 James Otis, American lawyer, dies
    05/23/1785 William Woollett, engraver, dies
    05/23/1834 Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76
    05/23/1838 John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75
    05/23/1842 José de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34
    05/23/1851 Lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69
    05/23/1860 Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies
    05/23/1867 Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74
    05/23/1875 Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78
    05/23/1881 Kit Carson, frontiersman, dies
    05/23/1881 Leopold von Ranke, historian, dies
    05/23/1883 Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda), dies 05/23/1887 Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer, dies at 74
    05/23/1891 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73
    05/23/1905 Martinus W van AA Meerbeke, head-editor (Time), dies at 75 05/23/1906 Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies 05/23/1908 François Coppée, French poet, dies
    05/23/1926 Hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73
    05/23/1934 Bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush 05/23/1934 Clyde Barrow, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush 05/23/1937 John Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach F
    05/23/1940 Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies
    05/23/1940 Paul Nizan, French journalist/writer (Ce Soir/Aden Arabia), dies at
    05/23/1941 Lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies
    05/23/1941 Slavko Osterc, composer, dies at 46
    05/23/1945 Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44 05/23/1952 Georg Alfred Schumann, composer, dies at 85
    05/23/1960 Georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies
    05/23/1961 Joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53
    05/23/1965 David Smith, sculptor, dies
    05/23/1966 Ruth Gates, actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79
    05/23/1967 Philip Coolidge, actor (I Want to Live, Tingler), dies at 58 05/23/1967 Sanne Sannes, photographer, dies at 30
    05/23/1968 James Burke, actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81 05/23/1968 Merle Kendrick, orch leader (Window on the World), dies at 72 05/23/1969 Diane DeAubry, entertainer, dies
    05/23/1969 Jimmy McHugh, composer (Can't Give You Anything But Love), dies at 7
    05/23/1970 Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at 68 05/23/1973 Athena Lorde, actress (Judith-One Man's Family), dies at 57 05/23/1975 Jackie 'Moms' Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81 05/23/1979 Hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79
    05/23/1981 George Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at
    05/23/1982 Louis J N Gérardin, bicyclist (world champ sprint 1930), dies at 69 05/23/1983 Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84 05/23/1986 Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70
    05/23/1987 Karel Albert, composer, dies at 86
    05/23/1988 David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 7
    05/23/1990 Rocky Graziano, boxer/writer/actor (Mr Rock & Roll), dies 05/23/1991 Jean van Houte, Belgian premier, dies
    05/23/1991 Peter T Thwaites, British brig-gen/playwright (Love or money), dies 05/23/1992 Atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine singer/composer/poet/guitarist, dies 05/23/1992 Giovanni Falcone, anti-mafia judge (Palermo), murdered
    05/23/1993 James Millhollin, actor (Anston Foster-Grindl), dies
    05/23/1994 Carl Althoff, German circus director, dies at 82
    05/23/1994 Joe Pass, US jazz guitarist (The Trio), dies at 65


    Significant Events:

    05/23/1430 Joan of Arc captured by Burgundians, who sell her to English 05/23/1493 Peace of Senlis
    05/23/1498 Vasco da Gama arrives in Calcutta
    05/23/1533 King Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon marriage declared null & void 05/23/1544 German emperor Charles V recognizes king Christian III of Denmark 05/23/1555 Giampietro Caraffa elected Pope Paul IV
    05/23/1568 Battle at Heiligerlee: Dutch rebels beat Spanish, 100s killed 05/23/1576 Tycho Brahe given Hveen Island to build Uraniborg Observatory 05/23/1618 Defenestration of Prague; beginning of 30 Years War
    05/23/1644 Johan Mauritius van Nassau resigns as head of Civil rights activists
    05/23/1647 Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland
    05/23/1660 King Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to Englan
    05/23/1667 King Afonso VI of Portugal flees
    05/23/1706 Battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed 05/23/1785 Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals
    05/23/1788 SC becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution
    05/23/1844 Declaration of Báb (Bahá'í festival) ('Azamat 7, 1)
    05/23/1848 Otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator
    05/23/1853 Buenos Aires gains independence from Argentina (reunited 1859) 05/23/1856 N R Pogson discovers asteroid #42 Isis
    05/23/1861 3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe Virginia
    05/23/1861 Virginia citizens vote 3 to 1 in favor of secession
    05/23/1862 Battle at Front Royal, Virginia
    05/23/1862 Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Ft Royal, Virginia 05/23/1864 Battle of Dallas, GA
    05/23/1864 Battle of North Anna, Va, 1st of 3 days of fighting
    05/23/1865 -24] Victory parade in Washington, DC (Grand Review)
    05/23/1865 Flag flown at full staff over White House, 1st time since Lincoln sh
    05/23/1865 Grand Review begins in Washington DC
    05/23/1867 Jesse James-gang rob bank in Richmond Missouri (2 die, $4,000 taken)
    05/23/1873 Canada's North West Mounted Police force established
    05/23/1873 Postal cards sold in SF for 1st time
    05/23/1876 1st NL no-hitter (Joe Borden, Boston)
    05/23/1878 Atty John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia
    05/23/1882 6' of snow falls in eastern Iowa
    05/23/1883 Baseball game between one-armed & one-legged players
    05/23/1887 1st transcontinental train arrives in Vancouver, BC
    05/23/1898 1st Philippine Expeditionary Troops sail from SF
    05/23/19-- B.J. & Peg Hunnicutt of Mill Valley's anniversary (on M*A*S*H) 05/23/1900 Associated Press News Service forms in NY
    05/23/1901 Indians score 9 runs after 2 outs in 9th to beat Senators 14-13 05/23/1901 US captures leader of Philippine rebels, Emilio Aguinaldo 05/23/1903 1st automobile trip across US from SF to NY, ended April 1 05/23/1903 1st direct primary election law in US adopted, by Wisconsin 05/23/1908 Dirigible explodes over SF Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die 05/23/1908 Part of Great White Fleet arrives in Puget Sound, Wash
    05/23/1911 NY Public Library building at 5th Avenue dedicated by Pres Taft 05/23/1915 Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary during WW I
    05/23/1917 Dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft
    05/23/1918 King Oil/Shell refinery on Curaçao officially opens
    05/23/1921 'Shuffle Along' 1st black musical comedy, opens in NYC
    05/23/1922 'Abie's Irish Rose' 1st of over 2,500 performances
    05/23/1922 Harry Greb gave Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat 05/23/1922 Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films 05/23/1923 1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain
    05/23/1923 Stanley Baldwin becomes British premier
    05/23/1926 Lebanese constitution established under French mandate
    05/23/1928 Bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die
    05/23/1931 Whipsnade Zoo opens in Whipsnade Beds England
    05/23/1932 Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hr record of 860 mi, 367 yds 05/23/1934 Wallace Carothers manufactures 1st nylon (polymeer 66)
    05/23/1935 1st scheduled night game, postponed due to rain (Cincinnati) 05/23/1939 British decoration, George Cross, 1st presented
    05/23/1939 British parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949 05/23/1939 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed professor at conservatory of Leningra
    05/23/1939 Submarine Squalis sank off Portsmouth NH, 26 die
    05/23/1941 Heavyweight Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer (disqualification) in Wash DC
    05/23/1941 Rudolf Harbig runs world record 1k (2:21.5)
    05/23/1943 In Dr Faustus, Serenus Zeitblom begins his bio of Adrian Leverkühn 05/23/1943 Thomas Mann begins writing his novel Dr Faustus
    05/23/1944 British/Canadian troops occupy Pontecorvo Italy
    05/23/1944 Chinese counter offensive at Hunan front
    05/23/1944 Operation-Buffalo: Allied jailbreak out Anzio-bridgehead
    05/23/1945 German island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British 05/23/1945 Lord Haw-Haw arrested at Danish boundary
    05/23/1947 PC Hooft prize established for literature
    05/23/1948 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs
    05/23/1948 Ramat Rahel gateway to Jerusalem is repossessed by Israel 05/23/1949 Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day) 05/23/1953 WHIZ TV channel 18 in Zanesville, OH (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 05/23/1956 World Trade Center dedicated in Ferry Building, SF
    05/23/1958 Mao Tse tung start 'Great leap forward' movement in China 05/23/1959 Presbyterian church accepts women preachers
    05/23/1960 Israel announced capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina 05/23/1960 WGTV TV channel 8 in Athens-Atlanta, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting 05/23/1960 WKBM TV (now WLII) channel 11 in Caguas/San Juan, PR 1st broadcast 05/23/1960 WRCA radio changes call letters back to WNBC (NYC)
    05/23/1962 Joe Pepitone 2nd Yankee to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio) 05/23/1962 OAS leader general Raoul Salan sentenced to life
    05/23/1962 Scott Carpenter orbits Earth 3 times in US Aurora 7
    05/23/1963 NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for $926,000 05/23/1965 Franz Jonas elected president of Austria
    05/23/1965 Pontoon ferry overturned on Shire River Malawi, kills 150 05/23/1966 Beatles release 'Paperback Writer'
    05/23/1967 Government bans submarines near South Africa
    05/23/1968 Beatles open 2nd Apple Boutique at 161 New Kings Road, London 05/23/1969 BBC orders 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus
    05/23/1969 Lauwerszee Dike in Holland closes
    05/23/1969 Who release rock opera 'Tommy'
    05/23/1970 Grateful Dead's 1st perfomance outside of US (England)
    05/23/1970 SD Padres beat SF Giants 17-16 in 15 innings
    05/23/1971 Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands
    05/23/1974 Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed
    05/23/1977 Benin adopts its constitution
    05/23/1978 General strike in Peru
    05/23/1979 'Kids Are Alright' premieres
    05/23/1979 Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy
    05/23/1979 West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president
    05/23/1981 Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage
    05/23/1981 NASA launches Intelsat V
    05/23/1982 BBC warns they will bomb Argentina
    05/23/1982 Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles
    05/23/1982 Pope John Paul II declares 'Peerke' Donders divine
    05/23/1984 Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game 05/23/1986 US & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa 05/23/1988 Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990
    05/23/1989 Lincoln Square in Bronx named
    05/23/1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,856.26
    05/23/1990 NY Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minn Twins 12-0
    05/23/1991 Last Cubans troops leave Angola
    05/23/1991 Phillie Tommy Greene no-hits Mont Expos, 2-0
    05/23/1992 NY Yankees play in their 4th straight extra inning game
    05/23/1994 270 pilgrims dies in bustle round Mina Saudi-Arabia
    05/23/1994 Roman Herzog elected president of Germany

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/24/ 15 Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant
    05/24/1544 William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism
    05/24/1610 Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer
    05/24/1619 Philip Wouwerman, painter
    05/24/1677 Alexandre de Villenueve, composer
    05/24/1736 Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer
    05/24/1743 Jean-Paul Marat, France, revolutionist
    05/24/1751 Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardina (1796-1802)
    05/24/1753 Oliver Cromwell, Burlington NJ, black who served with Washington 05/24/1754 Giacomo Conti, composer
    05/24/1767 Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer
    05/24/1781 Louis-François Dauprat, composer/horn player
    05/24/1794 William Whewell, British philospher (History of Inductive Science) 05/24/1803 Karel LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino/Musignano 05/24/1807 Cornelis E van Koetsveld, vicar/literature
    05/24/1807 Thomas Duncan, painter
    05/24/1810 Abraham Geiger, theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism 05/24/1811 Charles Clark, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 05/24/1816 Emanuel Leutze, US, painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware) 05/24/1816 Robert Seaman Granger, (Union Army Bvt Major general, died in 1894) 05/24/1819 Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901)
    05/24/1831 Richard Hoffman, composer
    05/24/1838 Paul Laband, German lawyer
    05/24/1840 Frederick Walker, painter
    05/24/1841 Charles Napier Henry, painter
    05/24/1841 Tito Mattei, pianist/composer
    05/24/1850 Ernest Albert Waterlow, water-color painter
    05/24/1852 Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, author/politician
    05/24/1854 Louis Mountbatten, admiral (WW I)
    05/24/1855 Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright
    05/24/1858 Johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist (Green Amsterdammer) 05/24/1866 Armando Frid, Argentina, live until July 28 1990 (124 years) 05/24/1870 Jan C Smuts, philosopher/general/premier South-Africa (1919..48) 05/24/1870 Jan Christian Smuts, proponnent of Commonwealth & League of Nations 05/24/1878 Lillian M Gilbreth, engineer (CIOS Gold Medal-1954)
    05/24/1881 Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer
    05/24/1882 Creighton Hale, actor (Gorilla Man, Way Down East)
    05/24/1886 Paul Paray, Le Tréport Normandy, conductor/composer (Artemis Trouble
    05/24/1891 Benedictus H Dancer, botanist
    05/24/1891 William F Albright, US old testament scholar/archaeologist 05/24/1893 W H Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda)
    05/24/1895 Samuel I Newhouse, US millionaire publisher (Parade, Vogue, Glamour)
    05/24/1898 Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando) 05/24/1899 Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times) 05/24/1903 Aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth)
    05/24/1903 Hilding Hallnas, composer
    05/24/1904 George Formby, [William Hoy Booth], British singer/comic
    05/24/1904 Kenneth Buckley, British rear-admiral
    05/24/1905 Mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965
    05/24/1905 Zdenek Blazek, composer
    05/24/1906 Edmund Sargant, solicitor
    05/24/1906 John Mayo, director-general (Help the Aged)
    05/24/1908 Kresimir Fribec, composer
    05/24/1909 Guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca)
    05/24/1909 Wilbur Mills, (Rep-D-Ark)/involved with Fanne Foxe
    05/24/1910 Margers Zarins, composer
    05/24/1910 Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer
    05/24/1912 Joan Hammond, British operatic soprano
    05/24/1912 Joseph Anthony (Deuster), US director/actor (Matchmaker, Tomorrow) 05/24/1913 Audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936) 05/24/1914 Clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt)
    05/24/1914 Lilli Palmer, [Peiser], Germany, actress (Gentle Sex, Lotte in Weima
    05/24/1916 Roden Cutler, Governor (New South Wales)
    05/24/1917 Derek Hodgson, British high court judge
    05/24/1917 Lord Campbell of Alloway, QC
    05/24/1918 Coleman A Young, civil rights leader (Mayor-D-Detroit)
    05/24/1918 D V Jennings, solicitor
    05/24/1922 Sadao Bekku, composer
    05/24/1923 Paul Bramley, oral surgeon
    05/24/1923 Siobhan McKenna, Ireland, stage actress (Saint Joan)
    05/24/1925 Francois J [Frank] le Roux, chief whip of S Afr Conserv Party 05/24/1925 Mai Zetterling, director/actress (Frieda, Quartet, Lost People) 05/24/1927 John Kelly Jr, US, sculls (Oly-bronze-1956)/brother of Grace Kelly 05/24/1927 Martinus J Mentz, South African Conservative parliament leader 05/24/1927 Timothy Beven, CEO (Barclays Bank)
    05/24/1928 Peter Griffiths, MP
    05/24/1928 Stanley Baxter, British comic
    05/24/1928 William Trevor, Brit writer (Children of Dynmouth, Fools of Fortune)
    05/24/1930 Hans-Martin Linde, composer
    05/24/1930 Ivor Richardson, Judge (NZ Court of Appeals)
    05/24/1932 Arnold Wesker, British playwright
    05/24/1932 Elaine Malbin, opera singer
    05/24/1932 Graham Arnold, artist
    05/24/1932 James Anderton, Chief constable of Manchester England
    05/24/1932 Terence Heiser, British senior civil servant
    05/24/1933 Christopher Staughton, British Lord Justice of Appeal
    05/24/1933 Tony Mullett, director-general (National Criminal Intelligence Servi
    05/24/1934 Jane Byrne, (Mayor-D-Chic)
    05/24/1936 Harold Budd, composer
    05/24/1938 Tommy Chong, Edmonton, Alberta, comedian/actor (Cheech & Chong) 05/24/1939 Gert J Schutte, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (GPV)
    05/24/1940 Joseph Brodsky, USSR, author (Less than 1, Nobel 1987)
    05/24/1941 Andres Garcia, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, actor (Tiger Shark) 05/24/1941 Baroness Hollis of Heigham, history lecturer (U of East Anglia) 05/24/1941 Bob Dylan, [Zimmerman], Minn, singer/songwriter (Blowin' in Wind) 05/24/1941 Brian Dennis, composer
    05/24/1941 Konrad Boehmer, composer
    05/24/1941 Martin Mogg, governor (British Durham Prison)
    05/24/1941 Tony Valentino, rocker (Standells-Dirty Water)
    05/24/1942 Derek Quinn, guitarist (Freddie & Dreamers-I'm Telling You Now) 05/24/1942 Sarah Dash, Trenton, NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)
    05/24/1943 Gary Burghoff, actor (Radar-M*A*S*H)
    05/24/1943 James Levine, British conductor
    05/24/1944 Arthur Brown, rock vocalist (Fire)
    05/24/1945 Priscilla Presley, Bkln NY, actress (Jenna-Dallas, Naked Gun) 05/24/1945 Richard Ottaway, MP
    05/24/1945 Steven Norris, British MP
    05/24/1946 Irina Kirszenstein Szewinska, Lennigrad, long jumper (Oly-bronze-197
    05/24/1946 Jeremy Treglown, English scholar/editor (TLS)
    05/24/1946 Steve Upton, rock drummer (Wishbone Ash-There's the Rub, Locked In) 05/24/1947 Luke Rittner, sect-gen (Arts Council)
    05/24/1947 Mike Reid, Altoona Penn, country singer (Walk on Faith)
    05/24/1949 John Illsley, rocker (Dire Straits)
    05/24/1951 Pat Bradley, golfer (leader in LPGA career earnings)
    05/24/1951 Rob Baker, rocker (Red Rider)
    05/24/1953 Alfred Molina, actor (Enchanted April, Prick up your Ears) 05/24/1953 Nell Campbell, [Laura], Sydney Australia, actress (Rocky Horror) 05/24/1955 Patti LaBelle, [Holt], Phila Pa, singer (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade) 05/24/1955 Rosanne Cash, Memphis Tn, country singer (Seven Year Ache, I Wonder)
    05/24/1955 Thad Ackel, horse trainer
    05/24/1956 Helen Terry, rocker (Now You're Mine)
    05/24/1957 John G Rowland, (Rep-R-CT, 1985- )
    05/24/1959 George Glanos, horse trainer
    05/24/1962 Lois Ayres, [Sondra Stillman], XXX actress (Black Chill, Sin City) 05/24/1963 Gene Anthony Ray, Harlem NY, actor (Leroy-Fame)
    05/24/1963 Joe Dumars, NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
    05/24/1964 Adrian Moorhouse, British 100m breaststroker (Olympic-gold-1988) 05/24/1965 Chris Jorgis, Palo Alto Calif, US badminton player (Olympic-92) 05/24/1966 Tommy Turner, jockey
    05/24/1967 Steve McDonald, rocker (Redd Kross)
    05/24/1970 Thomas Alden Page, Glenridge NJ, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough) 05/24/1982 ?, heaviest known viable baby, South Africa (10.2 kg)


    Deaths:

    05/24/1144 Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies
    05/24/1153 David I, King of Scotland, dies
    05/24/1543 Copernicus, allegedly sees 1st copy of De Revolutionibus &, dies 05/24/1543 Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland
    05/24/1612 Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, dies
    05/24/1665 Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies 05/24/1670 Ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59
    05/24/1696 Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62
    05/24/1751 William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies
    05/24/1762 Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51
    05/24/1773 Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73
    05/24/1792 George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies
    05/24/1792 Jakob M R Lenz, writer (That Soldier), dies
    05/24/1804 Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73
    05/24/1817 Juan Meléndez Valdés, Spanish lawyer/poet, dies at 63
    05/24/1826 Friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37
    05/24/1831 Bemnjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62
    05/24/1844 William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies
    05/24/1850 Jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74
    05/24/1851 Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40 05/24/1861 Elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23 05/24/1871 Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40
    05/24/1872 Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies
    05/24/1876 Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46
    05/24/1879 William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 05/24/1881 Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies
    05/24/1894 William Joseph Westbrook, composer, dies at 63
    05/24/1941 Lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle
    05/24/1948 Alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78
    05/24/1953 Cor Hermus, actor, dies at 63
    05/24/1956 Guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74 05/24/1959 John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71 05/24/1963 Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack 05/24/1968 Bernard Rogers, composer, dies at 75
    05/24/1969 Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48 05/24/1972 Asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88
    05/24/1972 Gavin Muir, actor (Hollister-Betty Hutton Show), dies at 64 05/24/1974 Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies at 75 of cancer
    05/24/1976 Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/2nd-Member of parliament (PSP), dies at 62 05/24/1976 Melle J Oldeboerrigter ('Melle'), painter/cartoonist, dies at 65 05/24/1979 Jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies
    05/24/1981 George Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83 05/24/1981 Jack Warner, [Waters], actor (Captive Heart), dies at 84
    05/24/1981 Jaime Roldós, President of Ecuador, dies in air crash
    05/24/1986 Gunnar Björnstrand, actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at 76 05/24/1986 Stephen D Thorne, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at 33
    05/24/1986 Yakima Canutt, actor/director (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 91 05/24/1987 Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89 05/24/1988 Hamish Hamilton, publisher, dies
    05/24/1989 Herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies 05/24/1991 Gene Clark, singer/composer (Byrds), dies
    05/24/1992 Joan Sanderson, actress, dies
    05/24/1993 Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, dies at 66 05/24/1994 Jean-Pierre E Plooij, writer (Vogel House), dies at 48
    05/24/1994 Sandor Lakatos, Hungarian violist/orchestra leader, dies at 69 05/24/1994 Yehuda Mor-Mirkovsky, Israeli kibbutz-founder, dies at 96


    Significant Events:

    05/24/1086 Abbott Dauferio/Desiderius becomes Pope Victor III
    05/24/1153 Malcolm IV becomes king of Scotland
    05/24/1300 King Philip IV occupies Flanders, Earl Gwijde captured
    05/24/1370 Hanzesteden signs peace treaty with Danish king Waldemar IV 05/24/1430 Jeanne d'Arc captured during battle
    05/24/1487 Lambert Simnel, pretender to English throne, crowned in Dublin 05/24/1658 Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought
    05/24/1660 English king Charles II visits Netherlands
    05/24/1689 English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants 05/24/1726 -26] People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax
    05/24/1738 Methodist Church established
    05/24/1809 Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war
    05/24/1815 George Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia
    05/24/1818 Gen Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida
    05/24/1822 Battle of Pichincha, Bolívar secures independence of Quito from Spai
    05/24/1824 Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee
    05/24/1829 Pope Pius VIII issues his program for pontificate
    05/24/1830 1st passenger rail service in US (Baltimore & Elliots Mill, Maryland
    05/24/1844 Samuel FB Morse taps out 'What hath God wrought' (1st telegraph msg)
    05/24/1846 Gen Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Méxican War
    05/24/1854 Anthony Burns, slave, arrested by US Deputy marshals in Boston 05/24/1854 Lincoln University, Penn, 1st Black college in US forms by Prebyts 05/24/1861 Alexandria, VA occupied by Federal troops
    05/24/1861 Maj Gen Benjamin Butler declares slaves 'contraband of war' 05/24/1862 Beardslee field telegraph used for 1st time
    05/24/1862 Westminster Bridge across Thames opens
    05/24/1866 Berkeley, Calif named (for George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne) 05/24/1870 Memoria of Jackson Kemper, 1st Missionary Bishop in US
    05/24/1873 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #131 Vala
    05/24/1878 1st American bicycle race held (Boston)
    05/24/1878 CA Parker (Harvard) wins 1st American bike race, Beacon Park Boston 05/24/1881 Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario 05/24/1883 Brooklyn Bridge opened by Pres Arthur & Gov Cleveland
    05/24/1884 Anti-Monopoly party & Greenback Party forms People's Party in US 05/24/1890 Geo Train & Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma 05/24/1890 Tivoli Theater of Varities opens in London
    05/24/1895 Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight
    05/24/1899 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston)
    05/24/1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State
    05/24/1902 Empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain
    05/24/1908 Belgium catholic socialistic/liberal parliamentary election 05/24/1909 Bristol University granted Royal Charter
    05/24/1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
    05/24/1916 Conscription begins in Britain
    05/24/1916 Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname
    05/24/1918 Cleveland beats Yankees 3-2 in 19 inning
    05/24/1921 1st parliament for Northern Ireland elected
    05/24/1921 British Legion forms
    05/24/1922 Record temperature in Netherlands for May (35.6°C)
    05/24/1922 Russian-Italian trade agreement signed
    05/24/1926 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 m (8:25.4)
    05/24/1927 J Comas Sola discovers asteroid #1117 Reginita
    05/24/1928 Umberto Nobile fly airship over North Pole again
    05/24/1929 Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings 05/24/1930 1st woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands (Amy Johnson)
    05/24/1930 Amy Johnson lands at Port Darwin after flying from London 05/24/1931 1st air-conditioned train installed-B&O Railroad
    05/24/1931 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1195 Orangia
    05/24/1933 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' Preludes, premieres in Moscow
    05/24/1934 Colombia & Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia
    05/24/1935 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1)
    05/24/1935 H Van Gent discovers asteroid #1385 Gelria
    05/24/1936 Bishops forbid NSB-membership
    05/24/1940 1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1)
    05/24/1940 1st night game at St Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2) 05/24/1940 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio
    05/24/1940 Dutch army demobilizes
    05/24/1941 Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood (1416 die) 05/24/1943 Admiral Dönitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean
    05/24/1944 Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists
    05/24/1944 Icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark
    05/24/1946 Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as Yankee manager
    05/24/1951 Racial segregation in Wash DC restaurants ruled illegal
    05/24/1951 Willie Mays begins playing for NY Giants
    05/24/1954 1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, NM 05/24/1954 Dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit 05/24/1954 German airline Lufthansa forms
    05/24/1957 Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan
    05/24/1957 Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia
    05/24/1958 Pres Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion 05/24/1958 UP & International News Service merge into United Press Internationa
    05/24/1959 1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited, Pleasant Hills, Pa 05/24/1959 Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England
    05/24/1960 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed
    05/24/1961 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi
    05/24/1961 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
    05/24/1962 M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into Earth orbit 05/24/1963 1st Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely 05/24/1964 Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan
    05/24/1964 Longest HR (471') in Balt Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minn) 05/24/1964 Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300
    05/24/1967 AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals
    05/24/1968 Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days
    05/24/1968 Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession 05/24/1969 Beatles' 'Get Back,' single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks 05/24/1970 Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult
    05/24/1971 A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard 05/24/1975 Dutch Govt of De Uyl decides to obtain an F-16
    05/24/1975 Soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4
    05/24/1976 1st commerial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Wash DC) 05/24/1977 USSR President Podgorny resigns
    05/24/1978 Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect
    05/24/1980 Flyers 4-Isles 5 (OT)-Stanley Cup-Isles win cup 4-2 (15-6) 05/24/1980 Iran rejects a call to World Court to release US hostages 05/24/1980 NY Islanders beat Phila Flyers 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 05/24/1981 Al Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indy 500
    05/24/1981 Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain 05/24/1983 Fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria 05/24/1984 Det Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
    05/24/1985 'View to a Kill' premieres in US
    05/24/1985 -25) cyclone hits Bangladesh; about 10,000 die
    05/24/1986 Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy
    05/24/1986 Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British PM to visit Israel
    05/24/1986 Mont Canadiens beat Calgary Flames 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 05/24/1986 Reginald Huffstetler treds water for 985 hrs
    05/24/1987 Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indy 500
    05/24/1988 Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals 05/24/1989 'Indiana Jones & Last Crusade' premieres
    05/24/1989 French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice 05/24/1989 NHL's NY Rangers fire GM & coach Phil Esposito
    05/24/1990 Andre Dawson recieves a record 5 intentional walks in a game 05/24/1990 Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 05/24/1992 Al Unser Jr wins Indy 500
    05/24/1993 Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4M settlement 05/24/1993 Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers & 5 citizens in Turkey

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue May 25 00:05:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/25/1494 Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Funeral procession of Christ) 05/25/1550 Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint 05/25/1688 Christian August Jacobi, composer
    05/25/1726 Giuseppi Paolucci, composer
    05/25/1767 Ferdinand Franzl, composer
    05/25/1767 Friedrich Johann Eck, composer
    05/25/1779 Henry M Baron de Kock, officer/politician
    05/25/1781 Ferdinand K J, archduke of Austria-Este/gov-gen (Sicily)
    05/25/1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn) 05/25/1821 Diederich Krug, composer
    05/25/1830 Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International)
    05/25/1845 William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner (help find PAL) 05/25/1847 Alphonse Goovaerts, composer
    05/25/1847 John Alexander Dowie, [Elijah the Restorer], US, evangelist 05/25/1852 Louis FMF Franchet d'espèrey [Desperate Frankey], Fren marshal (WW I
    05/25/1865 Frederick Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18)
    05/25/1865 John Raleigh Mott, organizer (YMCA, Nobel 1946)
    05/25/1865 Pieter Zeeman, naturalist (Zeeman effect, Nobel 1902)
    05/25/1878 Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, actor (Stormy Weather, Little Colonel) 05/25/1879 W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker
    05/25/1882 Harry Fox, entertainer
    05/25/1886 Philip Murray, founded Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) 05/25/1888 Miles Malleson, writer/actor (Phantom of Opera, Postman's Knock) 05/25/1889 Gilardo Gilardi, composer
    05/25/1889 Igor Sikorsky, developed a working helicopter
    05/25/1889 Sverre Jordan, composer
    05/25/1891 Robert W P Peereboom, Dutch editor in chief (Haarlem Newspaper) 05/25/1898 Bennett Cerf, publisher (Random House) panelist (What's My Line) 05/25/1898 Gene Tunney, world heavyweight boxing champion (1926-30)
    05/25/1898 Mischa Levitzki, composer
    05/25/1947 Klaus Meine, rocker (Scorpions-No One Like You)
    05/25/1901 Milenko Zivkovic, composer
    05/25/1902 Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer
    05/25/1904 Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer
    05/25/1905 Binnie Barnes, actress (Adv of Marco Polo, Holiday, Diamond Jim) 05/25/1905 Joseph C Harsch, Toledo Ohio, newscaster (Background)
    05/25/1907 U Nu, premier Burma (1948-58, 1960-62)
    05/25/1908 David Lean, British director (Lawrence of Arabia)
    05/25/1908 Theodore Roethke, US, poet (Words for the Wind)
    05/25/1911 André Renard, Belgian worker union leader (Movement Syndical Unifié)
    05/25/1916 Lou van Raised, impresario
    05/25/1917 Dorothy Sarnoff, US, actress(?)
    05/25/1917 Steve Cochran, actor (Mozambique, Gay Senotiys, Dallas, Copacabana) 05/25/1917 Theodore Hesburgh, ex-president (Notre Dame)
    05/25/1918 Claude Akins, actor (BJ & Bear, Movin' On, Lobo)
    05/25/1918 Peder Lunde, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-silver-1952)
    05/25/1919 Gino Negri, composer
    05/25/1919 Lindsey Nelson, Pulaski Tn, sportscaster (NY Mets)
    05/25/1921 Hal David, lyricist (Promises Promises-Grammy 1969)
    05/25/1922 Enrico Berlinguer, Italian communist/sec-gen of CPI
    05/25/1923 John Weitz, spy/author/fashion designer (Friends in High Places) 05/25/1925 Aldo Clementi, composer
    05/25/1925 Jeanne Crain, Barstow Calif, actress (Man Without a Star) 05/25/1926 Miles D Davis, US, jazz trumpeter (L'ascenseur pour l'échafaud) 05/25/1927 Robert Ludlum, spy novelist (Bourne Identity)
    05/25/1928 Frigyes Hidas, composer
    05/25/1929 Beverly Sills, [Belle 'Bubbles' Miriam Silverman], Bkln NY, soprano 05/25/1929 David S Ruder, 23rd chairman of Security & Exchange Commission 05/25/1931 John Gabriel, US, actor (Cat Gang, Fantasies)
    05/25/1932 Georgi M Grechko, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 26, T-14)
    05/25/1932 John Grogery Thin, US writer
    05/25/1932 K C Jones, Taylor Tx, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956) 05/25/1934 David J Burke, writer
    05/25/1934 Ron Nesson, press secretary (Gerald Ford)
    05/25/1935 Barbara Harris, US, actress (Family Plot, Plaza Suite)
    05/25/1936 Tom T Hall, Olive Hill Ky, country singer/writer (Harper Valley PTA)
    05/25/1938 Ludmil Buldakova, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972) 05/25/1938 Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season)
    05/25/1939 Dixie Carter, actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night)
    05/25/1939 Ian McKellen, England, actor (Keep, Plenty, Scarlet Pimpernel) 05/25/1943 Leslie Uggams, NYC, singer/actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots) 05/25/1943 Sally Jesse Raphael, TV talk show host (Sally)
    05/25/1943 Wynand C Malan, South African lawyer/NP/DP-politician
    05/25/1944 Frank Oz, Heresford England, puppeteer (Sesame St, Muppet Show) 05/25/1945 Dave Lee Travis, DJ
    05/25/1946 Irnema Szewinski Kirszenstein, Poland, 200m runner (1968 Olym Gold) 05/25/1946 Janet E[llen] Morris, US, sci-fi author (Golden Sword, Tempus) 05/25/1947 Jessi Colter, [Miriam Johnson], Phoenix, country singer (I'm Not Lis
    05/25/1947 Karen Valentine, Santa Rosa Cal, actress (Room 222)
    05/25/1951 Clifford Archer, bassist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) 05/25/1953 Jane Priest, Perth Australia, Prince Charles' lover
    05/25/1953 Rich Alves, Pleasanton Calif, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake) 05/25/1954 Alison Stern, wife of radio personality Howard Stern
    05/25/1955 Connie Selleca, Bronx, actress (Hotel, Capt America II)
    05/25/1956 Tatsutoshi Goto, wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
    05/25/1957 Hillary Bailey Smith, actress (Nora-One Life to Live)
    05/25/1958 Dorothy Straight, 4 year old author (How World Begun)
    05/25/1958 Paul Weller, guitar (Jam-This is Modern World, Style Council) 05/25/1959 Cathryn Harrison, London England, actress (Old Woman in Black Moon) 05/25/1960 Benoît van Innis, Belgian cartoonist/painter/cartoonist (NY Post) 05/25/1961 Hiro Saito, wrestler (All-Japan/NJPW/Calgary)
    05/25/1963 Mike Myers, Canada, comedian (SNL, Wayne's World)
    05/25/1965 Mark Knight, Calif, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals) 05/25/1965 Remco Prince, pop guitarist/singer (Burma Shave-Stash)
    05/25/1967 Danny Gonzales, jockey
    05/25/1969 Matt Borlenghi, LA Calif, actor (Brian Bodine-All My Children) 05/25/1970 Lindsay Greenbush, LA, twin actress (Carrie-Little House on Prairie)
    05/25/1970 Sidney Greenbush, LA, twin actress (Carrie-Little House on Prairie) 05/25/1971 Justin Henry, actor (Kramer vs Kramer, 16 Candles)


    Deaths:

    05/25/ 615 Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies
    05/25/ 709 Aldhelmus Ealdhelm, English abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 6
    05/25/ 946 Edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies
    05/25/1085 Gregory VII, [Ildefireo], Pope (1073-85), dies
    05/25/1261 Alexander IV, [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni], Pope (1254-61), dies 05/25/1510 Georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 4
    05/25/1555 Gemma Frisius, Fries geographer/astronomer, dies at 46
    05/25/1765 Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53
    05/25/1826 Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72
    05/25/1849 Andreas Michiels, Dutch milt gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at
    05/25/1890 Rosa Bonheur, French painter, dies
    05/25/1895 Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish lawyer/Justice, dies
    05/25/1914 Paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81
    05/25/1917 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72
    05/25/1919 Madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51 05/25/1924 Theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51
    05/25/1926 Symon Petljoera, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), dies at 47
    05/25/1934 Gustav T Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59 05/25/1934 Gustavus Theodore von Holst, composer, dies at 59
    05/25/1936 Jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92
    05/25/1937 Henry O Tanner, artist, dies
    05/25/1949 Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47 05/25/1964 Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92
    05/25/1968 Charles K Feldman, [Gould], producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63 05/25/1968 George KFW von Küchler, German marshal (Netherlands 1940), dies at 8
    05/25/1971 Jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss 05/25/1971 Mark Brunswick, composer, dies at 69
    05/25/1971 Terence De Marney, actor (Case Thomas-Johnny Ringo), dies at 62 05/25/1974 Donald Crisp, actor/director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at 91
    05/25/1981 Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84 05/25/1981 Roy James Brown, US boxer/singer (Good rockin' tonight), dies at 55 05/25/1982 Larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68 05/25/1983 Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76
    05/25/1984 Piet Ketting, composer, dies at 79
    05/25/1985 Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer
    05/25/1985 Robert Nathan, US writer/poet (Portrait of Jennie), dies at 91 05/25/1986 Chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85
    05/25/1990 Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies at 60 of a heart attack 05/25/1991 Dorothy Davis Bostwick, entertainer, dies
    05/25/1992 Danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83 05/25/1992 Johan B W Polak, publisher/publicist (Bloom of décadence), dies at 6
    05/25/1992 Marshall Thompson, US actor (To Hell & Back), dies at 66
    05/25/1992 Philip C Habib, US diplomat (Middle-East/Asia), dies at 72 05/25/1992 Viktor Grishin, hardline soviet communist, dies at 78, dies 05/25/1993 Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies 05/25/1993 Louise Tazewell, entertainer, dies at 93


    Significant Events:

    05/25/ 585 -BC- 1st known prediction of a solar eclipse
    05/25/1085 St Gregory VII, pope (1073-85), dies (birth date unknown) 05/25/1721 John Copson becomes America's 1st insurance agent
    05/25/1784 Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek
    05/25/1787 Constitutional convention opens at Phila, G Washington presiding 05/25/1810 Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (Natl Day) 05/25/1825 American Unitarian Assn founded
    05/25/1862 Battle of Winchester VA
    05/25/1864 Battle of New Hope Church, GA
    05/25/1870 Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Québec
    05/25/1876 1st tie in NL history (Athletics & Louisville, 2-2 in 14) 05/25/1887 Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die
    05/25/1898 1st US troop transport to Manila leaves SF
    05/25/1900 Eyre M Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics 05/25/1906 After 20 straight wins, Boston Red Sox lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0
    05/25/1911 Revolution in México overthrows President José Porfirio Diaz 05/25/1914 British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule
    05/25/1915 Chicago Claude Hendrix no-hits Pitts (Federal League), 10-0 05/25/1917 M Wolf discovers asteroid #874 Rotraut
    05/25/1924 V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1030 Vitja
    05/25/1927 Henry Ford stops producing Model T car (begins Model A)
    05/25/1928 Amelia Earhart (as a passenger) is 1st woman to fly Atlantic Ocean 05/25/1932 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1244 Deira
    05/25/1935 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs Pirates 05/25/1935 Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in one hour
    05/25/1935 Jesse Owens sets 4 track world records
    05/25/1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1393 Sofala
    05/25/1937 1st airmail letter to circle globe returns to NY
    05/25/1939 Carl Storck becomes 2nd NFL president
    05/25/1940 German troops conquer Boulogne
    05/25/1940 Golden Gate Intl Expo reopens
    05/25/1941 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India
    05/25/1943 Riot at Mobile Ala shipyard over upgrading 12 black workers 05/25/1943 Trident conference in Wash DC (operation plan '43 against Japan) 05/25/1945 Arther C Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit 05/25/1946 Abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan
    05/25/1946 Jordan gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
    05/25/1947 Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111 05/25/1948 Ben Hogan wins PGA golf tournament
    05/25/1948 SF receives its 1st telecast
    05/25/1949 Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai
    05/25/1950 Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC
    05/25/1951 NY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5) 05/25/1953 1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada 05/25/1953 1st noncommercial educational television station-Houston, Texas 05/25/1955 Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas & most of Blackwell Okla 05/25/1959 Khrushchev visits Angolia
    05/25/1959 Supreme ct rules La prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional 05/25/1961 JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade 05/25/1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 m 05/25/1962 Isley Brother relase 'Twist & Shout'
    05/25/1962 US unions AFL-CIO begins campaign for 35-hour work week
    05/25/1963 Early Wynn wins his 300th baseball game
    05/25/1963 Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket 05/25/1963 Organization for African Unity formed by Chad, Mauritania & Zambia 05/25/1965 Dave Davies of Kinks stumbles & is knocked unconscious on stage 05/25/1965 India & Pakistan border fights
    05/25/1965 Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1st round for HW boxing title 05/25/1965 Roel van Duyn, Martijn Ananar & Rob Faado align in Provo
    05/25/1966 Peru & Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
    05/25/1967 John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce 05/25/1968 Rolling Stones release 'Jumping Jack Flash'
    05/25/1969 Sudan military coup under colonel Ja'far al-Numeiry
    05/25/1970 Indiana Pacers beat LA Stars in 3rd ABA championship, 4 games to 2 05/25/1972 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander
    05/25/1973 Argentina peronist Hector Cámpora installed as president
    05/25/1973 George Harrison releases 'Give Me Love' in UK
    05/25/1973 Skylab 2 (US) launched
    05/25/1973 US launches 1st Skylab crew Kerwin, Conrad, Weitz
    05/25/1975 Warriors beat Bullets for NBA championship, 4 games to 0
    05/25/1976 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Richard Dunn in Munich
    05/25/1977 'Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany' released
    05/25/1977 Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election 05/25/1978 'Star Wars' released
    05/25/1978 Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 05/25/1979 American Airlines DC-10 crashes in Chicago killing 275
    05/25/1979 Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt
    05/25/1979 Raul Gonzáles of México completes 50,000 m walk in record 3:41:38.4 05/25/1980 Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8')
    05/25/1981 Al Unser becomes 1st Indy 500 winner to be disqualified
    05/25/1982 Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters 05/25/1982 Iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar
    05/25/1982 STS-4 vehicle moves to launch pad
    05/25/1983 'Return of the Jedi' (Star Wars 3) released
    05/25/1983 Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357
    05/25/1985 Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed
    05/25/1986 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida
    05/25/1986 Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from Calif to NY 05/25/1986 KC Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit
    05/25/1986 Virgilio Barco elected president of Colombia
    05/25/1988 PSV wins Europe Cup
    05/25/1989 Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens for Stanley Cup
    05/25/1989 Eastern Airlines graduates it 1st class of non-union pilots 05/25/1991 Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews
    05/25/1992 Jay Leno becomes permanent host of 'Tonight Show'
    05/25/1992 NY Yankees score 9 runs before 1st out in 8th inn, beat Brewers 13-7

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed May 26 00:05:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/26/1478 Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)
    05/26/1566 Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)
    05/26/1591 Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer
    05/26/1650 John Churchill up Marlborough, English duke/general strategist 05/26/1667 Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) 05/26/1689 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric 05/26/1773 Hans Georg Nageli, composer
    05/26/1782 Joseph Drechsler, composer
    05/26/1799 Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)
    05/26/1799 August Kopisch, German writer (Die Heinzelmännchen von Köln) 05/26/1806 Henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880
    05/26/1825 Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer
    05/26/1835 Edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army)
    05/26/1846 Arthur Coquard, composer
    05/26/1850 Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, actress (Stupid force)
    05/26/1853 Monroe A Althouse, composer
    05/26/1856 George Templeton Strong, composer
    05/26/1859 Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life) 05/26/1865 Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator 05/26/1866 John Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers)
    05/26/1867 Mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland
    05/26/1871 Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47)
    05/26/1874 Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker)
    05/26/1876 Jack Root, boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion
    05/26/1877 Isadora Duncan, SF, free form/interpretative dancer
    05/26/1877 Jean Schlumberger, French writer (La Mort de Sparte)
    05/26/1877 Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War (1931-34)
    05/26/1884 Charles Winninger, Athens Wisc, actor (Charlie Farrell Show) 05/26/1886 Al Jolson, [Asa Yoelson], jazz singer/silent actor (Mamie, Swanee) 05/26/1890 Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudist/portraits)
    05/26/1893 Eugene Goossens, London England, conductor/composer (Perseus) 05/26/1893 Norma Talmadge, US actress (Sign on Door, Camille)
    05/26/1894 Paul Lukas, Hungarian/US actor (Watch on the Rhine, Sphynx) 05/26/1897 Norma Talmadge, actress (Du Barry Woman of Passion)
    05/26/1898 Ernst Bacon, composer
    05/26/1898 Gerard Bertouille, composer
    05/26/1899 Pieter Menten, war criminal
    05/26/1903 Estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn)
    05/26/1905 Hans Holewa, composer
    05/26/1907 Carleton Young, actor (Reefer Madness, Pride of the Bowery) 05/26/1907 John Wayne, 'Duke', [Marion Michael Morrison], actor (True Grit) 05/26/1908 Malando, [Arie Maasland], composer/orchestra leader (Olé Guapa) 05/26/1908 Robert Morley, England, actor (High Road to China, African Queen) 05/26/1909 Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United)
    05/26/1909 Richard Maibaum, NYC, screenwriter (Goldfinger)
    05/26/1910 Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico
    05/26/1910 Laurance S Rockefeller, CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank)
    05/26/1911 Ben Alexander, actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off) 05/26/1912 János Kádár, premier Hungary (1956-58)
    05/26/1913 Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician
    05/26/1913 Peter Cushing, England, actor (Hound of Baskervilles, Star Wars) 05/26/1914 Archie Duncan, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes)
    05/26/1920 Peggy Lee, [Norma Egstrom], Jamestown ND, singer (Thats All There Is
    05/26/1923 Horst Tapper, German director/actor (Derrick)
    05/26/1923 James Arness, actor (Matt Dillon-Gunsmoke, Thing)
    05/26/1923 Oren Lee Staley, 1st pres of National Farmers Organization (1955-79)
    05/26/1923 Roy Dotrice, Guernsey Channel Island, actor (Wizard)
    05/26/1924 Cooper Evans, (Rep-R-IA, 1981-87)
    05/26/1924 Victor Herbert, Irish/US composer (Kiss in Dark)
    05/26/1925 Alec McCowen, Tunbridge Wells England, actor (Never Say Never Again)
    05/26/1926 Maria de Lourdes Martins, composer
    05/26/1926 Miles Davis, Alton Ill, jazz artist (cool jazz)
    05/26/1927 Jacques Bergerac, actor (Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in Sun) 05/26/1929 Hugo Raes, Flemish writer (Horses Jump & Fresh Sea)
    05/26/1934 Abdulah M 'Dulah' Omar, South African attorney/UDF-leader 05/26/1937 Yehuda Yannay, composer
    05/26/1938 Teresa Stratas, [Anastasia Stratakis], Toronto Canada, soprano 05/26/1938 William Elden Bolcom, Seattle Washington, composer (Oracles) 05/26/1939 Brent Musburger, sportscaster (CBS-TV)
    05/26/1941 Imants Kalnins, composer
    05/26/1942 Levon Helm, drummer/singer (Band)
    05/26/1942 Ray Ennis, England, guitar (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good) 05/26/1943 Erica G Terpstra, Oly swimmer/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD) 05/26/1944 Verden 'Phally' Allen, keyboardist (Mott the Hoople)
    05/26/1945 Garry Peterson, rocker (Guess Who)
    05/26/1946 Stevie Nicks, Phoenix Az, rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Bella Donna) 05/26/1947 Sherry Bain, Calif, actress (Pipe Dreams)
    05/26/1949 Dan Pastorini, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders) 05/26/1949 Dayle Haddon, Montréal Québec Canada, actress (Bedroom Eyes) 05/26/1949 Hank Williams Jr, Shreveport La, country singer (Honky Tonk) 05/26/1949 Pam Grier, Winston-Salem NC, actress (Big Bird Cage, Tough Enough) 05/26/1949 Philip Michael Thomas, Columbus Ohio, actor (Miami Vice)
    05/26/1951 Muhammed Ahmad Fares, Syria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3)
    05/26/1951 Sally Kristen Ride, LA Calif, 1st US woman astronaut (STS-7, STS 41G
    05/26/1955 Candace L Collins, Dupo Illinois, playmate (Dec, 1979)
    05/26/1956 Joe Penny, actor (Jake & Fatman)
    05/26/1959 Wayne Hussey, rocker (Mission-Lover for Life)
    05/26/1962 Bob[cat] Goldthwait, comedian (Police Academy)
    05/26/1962 Colin Vearncombe, rocker (Black-Wonderful Like)
    05/26/1962 Genie Francis, Englewood NJ, actress (General Hospital, Bare Essence
    05/26/1963 Charles Van Eman, Pitts, actor (Charlie-All My Children, Dynasty II)
    05/26/1963 Eddie Martin Jr, jockey
    05/26/1964 Lenny Kravitz, singer (911 is a Joke)
    05/26/1966 Helena Bonham Carter, UK, actress (Getting it Right, Lady Jane) 05/26/1966 Zola Budd, Bloemfontein South Africa, track star (Olympics-1988) 05/26/1968 Frederik, Heir Apparent Crown Prince of Denmark
    05/26/1976 Benji Gregory, Encino Calif, actor (Brian Tanner-Alf)
    05/26/1990 Zenouska Mowatt, granddaughter of English princess Alexandra


    Deaths:

    05/26/ 735 Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 6
    05/26/1421 Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies
    05/26/1512 Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies 05/26/1609 Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried
    05/26/1703 Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 05/26/1753 Willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies 05/26/1818 Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal/War Minister, dies
    05/26/1831 Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies 05/26/1832 Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59
    05/26/1871 Aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54
    05/26/1873 August Conradi, composer, dies at 52
    05/26/1876 Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian, dies at 77
    05/26/1880 John Curwen, composer, dies at 63
    05/26/1883 Abd el-Frame, Algerian sultan, dies at about 74
    05/26/1891 Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 68
    05/26/1905 Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies
    05/26/1908 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69
    05/26/1912 Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61 05/26/1924 Johann Heinrich Beck, composer, dies at 67
    05/26/1924 Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/composer/conductor, dies at 65 05/26/1933 Jimmie Rodgers, country singer, dies at 35
    05/26/1939 Charles H Mayo, US surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74 05/26/1939 Cornelis J Cutters, supreme commander of Navy (1910-18), dies 05/26/1946 Friedrich AH von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies
    05/26/1951 Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71
    05/26/1956 Al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 5
    05/26/1959 Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78
    05/26/1959 Joe Kelly, TV host (Quiz Kids), dies at 57
    05/26/1963 Sharon Lynn, actress (Big Executive, Wild Company), dies at 53 05/26/1966 Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47 05/26/1966 Neal Dodd, actor (Only Women, You Belong to Me), dies at 86 05/26/1967 Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician, dies
    05/26/1967 George E Stone, actor (5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at 64 05/26/1968 William E 'Little Willie' John, US R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30) 05/26/1969 Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies
    05/26/1971 John Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70
    05/26/1973 Jacques Lipchitz, US cubist sculptor, dies at 81
    05/26/1974 Kitty Gordon, entertainer, dies at 96
    05/26/1976 Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at 86 05/26/1977 Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63 05/26/1977 William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35
    05/26/1979 George Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75 05/26/1991 Tom Eyen, US musical/TV writer (Dreamgirls, Mary Hartman), dies 05/26/1993 Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78 05/26/1993 Marvin Young, actor, dies
    05/26/1994 George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 05/26/1994 Sonny Sharrock, US free-jazz guitarist, dies at 53


    Significant Events:

    05/26/ 961 German King Otto II crowned
    05/26/1328 William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII 05/26/1637 1st battle of Pequot at New Haven Ct kills 500 indians
    05/26/1647 Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony
    05/26/1736 Battle of Ackia (La), British & Chickasaw Indians defeat French 05/26/1781 Bank of North America incorporated in Philadelphia
    05/26/1788 Mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain 05/26/1790 Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress
    05/26/1860 Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy
    05/26/1861 Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with Sou
    05/26/1861 Union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL
    05/26/1864 Territory of Montana organized
    05/26/1865 Battle of Galveston TX, surrender of Edmund Kirby Smith
    05/26/1868 President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote
    05/26/1876 HMS Challenger returns from 128,000-km oceanographic exploration 05/26/1887 Legal betting at race tracks begins
    05/26/1896 1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY 05/26/1896 Dow Jones Industrial Average adopted
    05/26/1896 Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned
    05/26/1898 SF approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utiliies 05/26/1900 British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa 05/26/1903 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of 3 Gables' (BG)
    05/26/1905 A pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia
    05/26/1907 Chic White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game
    05/26/1913 Actors' Equity Association forms (NYC)
    05/26/1915 H H Asquith forms a coalition government in England
    05/26/1916 F Sy discovers asteroid #858 El Djezair
    05/26/1917 Walt Cruise hit 1st HR out of Braves Field
    05/26/1918 Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russi
    05/26/1922 Lenin suffers a stroke
    05/26/1923 1st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance was run
    05/26/1923 Socialistic Workers Youth International forms in Hamburg
    05/26/1924 German govt of Marx resigns
    05/26/1924 Pres Coolidge signs Immigration law: restricting immigration 05/26/1926 Lebanon adopts constitution
    05/26/1927 15 millionth T-Ford produced
    05/26/1928 A's commit 7 errors & lose to Yanks 7-4
    05/26/1930 Joe Sewell, hardest to strike out, is struck out twice by Pat Carawa
    05/26/1932 Admiral Makoto Saito forms parliament in Tokyo
    05/26/1932 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1245 Calvinia
    05/26/1933 Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs St Louis Cards
    05/26/1934 Century of Progress Exposition reopens in Chicago
    05/26/1937 Dutch Rail NV at law established
    05/26/1937 San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens
    05/26/1938 House on un-American Activities begins work
    05/26/1941 American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Phila 05/26/1941 Ark Royal airplane sights German battleship Bismarck
    05/26/1941 German occupiers begin youth labor
    05/26/1942 Belgium Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star
    05/26/1942 Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army
    05/26/1943 1st president of a black country to visit US (Edwin Barclay, Liberia
    05/26/1943 Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam
    05/26/1943 Premier Churchill & General Marshall fly from US to North Africa 05/26/1945 US drop fire bombs on Tokyo
    05/26/1946 Klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia
    05/26/1946 Patent filed in US for H-Bomb
    05/26/1948 South Africa elects a nationalist govt with apartheid policy 05/26/1953 Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die
    05/26/1955 Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade
    05/26/1956 Aircraft carrier 'Bennington' burns off RI, killing 103
    05/26/1956 Reds' John Klippstein, Hershel Freemman & Joe Blacks no-hitter, 05/26/1956 broken up with 2 outs in 10th & lose to Braves in 11th, 2-1 05/26/1958 Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed
    05/26/1958 Union Square, SF becomes state historical landmark
    05/26/1959 Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th
    05/26/1961 Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta 05/26/1961 USAF bomber flies Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours 05/26/1963 Organization of African Unity established
    05/26/1963 Wes Stock becomes only Balt Oriole to win a double header 05/26/1965 Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes
    05/26/1965 Revised intl Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect 05/26/1966 Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam 05/26/1966 Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK 05/26/1969 Apollo 10 returns to Earth
    05/26/1969 John & Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montrael)
    05/26/1972 Nixon & Brezjnev signs SALT accord
    05/26/1973 Bahrain adopts it's constitution
    05/26/1973 Beatles' 'Beatles 1967-1970,' album goes #1
    05/26/1973 Chic White Sox beat Cleve Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game complete 5/2
    05/26/1974 During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled 05/26/1975 Tennis game in Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes
    05/26/1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2426 Simonov
    05/26/1977 'Beatlemania' opens in Winter Garden Theater on Broadway
    05/26/1977 George Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center
    05/26/1977 Movie 'Star Wars' debuts
    05/26/1978 1st legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City
    05/26/1980 Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8' 05/26/1980 Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st NLer to record 6, 1-hitters
    05/26/1980 Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6
    05/26/1981 Soyuz T-4 returns to Earth
    05/26/1983 Challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7
    05/26/1983 LA Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws 05/26/1983 NASA launches Exosat
    05/26/1984 C Shoemaker & E Shoemake discovers asteroid #3317 Paris
    05/26/1984 Floods kill 14 in Tulsa Okla
    05/26/1984 Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia
    05/26/1984 Tulsa Oklahoma gets 13' of rain, 14 die
    05/26/1985 Danny Sullivan wins Indy 500 by 24 seconds following a spin 05/26/1987 Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka 05/26/1989 At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 2nd silence, honoring radio
    05/26/1989 Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals 05/26/1990 Phila Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's uniform #20
    05/26/1991 Austria passenger flight explodes in Bangkok, 223 die

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Thu May 27 00:05:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/27/1332 Ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah) 05/27/1595 Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer
    05/27/1626 William II, prince of Orange
    05/27/1738 Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer
    05/27/1756 Maximilian I Jozef, King of Bavaria
    05/27/1774 Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale) 05/27/1794 Cornelius Vanderbilt, millionaire (B & O railroad)
    05/27/1799 Fromental Halevy, composer
    05/27/1799 Jacques-Francois-Fromental-Elle Halevy, [Elie Levy], composer 05/27/1806 Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer
    05/27/1815 Henry Parkes, statesman
    05/27/1818 Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragette known for her pantaloons 05/27/1819 Julia Ward Howe, US, author/lecturer (Battle Hymn of the Republic) 05/27/1822 Henry Wylde, composer
    05/27/1822 Joseph Joachim Raff, composer
    05/27/1823 John Gray Foster, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 05/27/1836 Edwin Gray Lee, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1870 05/27/1836 Jay Gould, US railroad executive, financier
    05/27/1837 'Wild Bill' Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout
    05/27/1837 Robert Frederick Hoke, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 191
    05/27/1849 'Blind' Tom Bethune, pianist/composer
    05/27/1854 Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Jeune Belgium)
    05/27/1861 Victoria E Matthews, educator
    05/27/1867 Arnold Bennett, England, novelist/playwright/critic (Great Babylon) 05/27/1871 Georges-Henri Rouault, Fr expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre)
    05/27/1874 Dustin Farnum, US, actor (Squaw Man, Virginian) [or 1870] 05/27/1874 Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Eros Thanatos) 05/27/1879 Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance) 05/27/1881 Rudolf Pannwitz, German writer
    05/27/1884 Bax Brod, composer
    05/27/1887 Erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian (Vorwärts)
    05/27/1888 Louis Durey, composer
    05/27/1891 Claude Adonai Champagne, composer
    05/27/1892 Sara Heyblom, actress
    05/27/1894 Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon) 05/27/1894 Louis-Ferdinand Céline, France, novelist (Journey to End of Night) 05/27/1894 Samuel Dashiell Hammett, detective story writer (Maltese Falcon) 05/27/1895 Marij Kogoj, composer
    05/27/1897 John Douglas Cockroft, English physicist (Radar, Nobel 1951) 05/27/1902 Celius Dougherty, composer
    05/27/1332 Ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah) 05/27/1595 Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer
    05/27/1626 William II, prince of Orange
    05/27/1906 Robert Shone, director-general (NEDC)
    05/27/1907 Felix de Nobel, orchestra leader
    05/27/1907 Rachel Louise Carson, biologist/ecologist/writer (Silent Spring) 05/27/1908 Harold Rome, composer (Fanny, Pins & Needles)
    05/27/1908 Melle J Oldeboerrigter, [Melle], painter/cartoonist
    05/27/1909 Isador Goodman, composer
    05/27/1738 Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer
    05/27/1910 Daniel Greenway, CEO (Daniel Greenway & Sons)
    05/27/1911 Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn) 38th VP (1965-69), 1968 Pres candidate
    05/27/1911 Torolf Elster, Norse journalist/writer (Frihet och demokrati) 05/27/1911 Vincent Price, St Louis Mo, actor (Fly, Laura)
    05/27/1912 John Cheever, writer (Wapshot Chronicle)
    05/27/1912 Sam Snead, Hot Springs Va, PGA golfer (Masters 1949, 52, 54) 05/27/1756 Maximilian I Jozef, King of Bavaria
    05/27/1774 Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale) 05/27/1794 Cornelius Vanderbilt, millionaire (B & O railroad)
    05/27/1799 Fromental Halevy, composer
    05/27/1913 Mervyn Stockwood, bishop of Southwark England
    05/27/1799 Jacques-Francois-Fromental-Elle Halevy, [Elie Levy], composer 05/27/1806 Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer
    Lord Erroll of Hale, British minister
    05/27/1914 Rose Stainton, CEO (British Airways)
    05/27/1915 Herman Wouk, US, author (Caine Mutiny, Winds of War)
    05/27/1915 Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini)
    05/27/1916 Norman Griggs, VP (Building Society Association)
    05/27/1918 Yasuhiro Nakasone, premier of Japan (1982-87)
    05/27/1919 Kam Fong, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Hawaii Five-0)
    05/27/1920 Michael Webster, CEO (DRG)
    05/27/1920 William Crawshay, Lord-Lt of Gwent
    05/27/1815 Henry Parkes, statesman
    05/27/1818 Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragette known for her pantaloons 05/27/1819 Julia Ward Howe, US, author/lecturer (Battle Hymn of the Republic) 05/27/1822 Henry Wylde, composer
    05/27/1822 Joseph Joachim Raff, composer
    05/27/1823 John Gray Foster, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 05/27/1836 Edwin Gray Lee, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1870 05/27/1836 Jay Gould, US railroad executive, financier
    05/27/1837 'Wild Bill' Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout
    05/27/1837 Robert Frederick Hoke, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 191
    05/27/1849 'Blind' Tom Bethune, pianist/composer
    05/27/1854 Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Jeune Belgium)
    05/27/1921 Caryl Chessman, kidnapper who got death penalty (1960)
    05/27/1921 Redd Stewart, Ashland City Tn, guitarist/pianist (Pee Wee King Show)
    05/27/1922 Christopher Lee, London England, actor (Hound of Baskervilles) 05/27/1922 Sidney AK Keyes, English poet (Iron Laurel)
    old Bennett, England, novelist/playwright/critic (Great Babylon)
    05/27/1871 Georges-Henri Rouault, Fr expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre)
    05/27/1874 Dustin Farnum, US, actor (Squaw Man, Virginian) [or 1870] 05/27/1874 Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Eros Thanatos) 05/27/1879 Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance) 05/27/1923 Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State (1973-77)/Nobel Peace Prize (197
    05/27/1923 Lord Freyberg, British Colonel of General Staff
    05/27/1925 John Moberly, diplomat
    05/27/1927 Bryan Cowgill, deputy chairman (Mirror Group)
    05/27/1927 Jan Blokker, writer/journalist (VPRO, People's Newspaper) 05/27/1928 Thea Musgrave, Barnton Midlothian Scot, composer (Mary Queen of Scot
    05/27/1881 Rudolf Pannwitz, German writer
    05/27/1929 Donald Howard Keats, composer
    05/27/1884 Bax Brod, composer
    05/27/1930 Eino Tamberg, composer
    05/27/1887 Erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian (Vorwärts)
    05/27/1930 John Barth, novelist (Sot-Weed Factor)
    05/27/1888 Louis Durey, composer
    05/27/1930 William S Sessions, Arkansas, director of FBI
    05/27/1931 Florence Sharples, director (British YWCA)
    05/27/1931 John Chapple, British chief of General Staff
    05/27/1931 Kenny Price, Florence Ky, country singer (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Ha
    05/27/1891 Claude Adonai Champagne, composer
    05/27/1892 Sara Heyblom, actress
    05/27/1894 Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon) 05/27/1894 Louis-Ferdinand Céline, France, novelist (Journey to End of Night) 05/27/1894 Samuel Dashiell Hammett, detective story writer (Maltese Falcon) 05/27/1895 Marij Kogoj, composer
    05/27/1897 John Douglas Cockroft, English physicist (Radar, Nobel 1951) 05/27/1902 Celius Dougherty, composer
    05/27/1931 Veroslav Neumann, composer
    05/27/1932 Jeffrey Bernard, singer
    05/27/1934 Harlan [Jay] Ellison, US, sci-fi author (7 Hugos, Doomsman) 05/27/1935 Elias Gistelinck, Flemish composer
    05/27/1935 Lee Meriwether, LA Calif, Miss America (Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones) 05/27/1935 Ramsey Lewis, Chic, pop jazz artist (Hang on Sloopy)
    x de Nobel, orchestra leader
    05/27/1907 Rachel Louise Carson, biologist/ecologist/writer (Silent Spring) 05/27/1908 Harold Rome, composer (Fanny, Pins & Needles)
    05/27/1908 Melle J Oldeboerrigter, [Melle], painter/cartoonist
    05/27/1909 Isador Goodman, composer
    05/27/1910 Daniel Greenway, CEO (Daniel Greenway & Sons)
    05/27/1911 Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn) 38th VP (1965-69), 1968 Pres candidate
    05/27/1911 Torolf Elster, Norse journalist/writer (Frihet och demokrati) 05/27/1911 Vincent Price, St Louis Mo, actor (Fly, Laura)
    05/27/1912 John Cheever, writer (Wapshot Chronicle)
    05/27/1912 Sam Snead, Hot Springs Va, PGA golfer (Masters 1949, 52, 54) 05/27/1936 Benjamin Bathurst, vice chief of British Defense Staff
    05/27/1936 Eric Anderson, headmaster (Eton)
    05/27/1936 Lord Holme, president British Liberal Party
    05/27/1936 Louis Gossett Jr, Bkln NY, actor (Officer & Gentleman, Deep) 05/27/1939 Don Williams, Floydada Texas, country singer (I Believe in You) 05/27/1939 Earl Cairns, CEO (S G Warburg & Co)
    05/27/1913 Mervyn Stockwood, bishop of Southwark England
    05/27/1913 Wolfgang Schulze, [Wols], German cartoonist/painter
    05/27/1914 Hugh Le Caine, composer
    05/27/1914 Lord Erroll of Hale, British minister
    05/27/1914 Rose Stainton, CEO (British Airways)
    05/27/1915 Herman Wouk, US, author (Caine Mutiny, Winds of War)
    05/27/1915 Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini)
    05/27/1916 Norman Griggs, VP (Building Society Association)
    05/27/1918 Yasuhiro Nakasone, premier of Japan (1982-87)
    05/27/1919 Kam Fong, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Hawaii Five-0)
    05/27/1940 Rene Koering, composer
    05/27/1941 Adrian Venema, journalist
    05/27/1941 Allan Carr, Ill, director (Grease, Happiest Millionaire)
    05/27/1941 Davina Phillips, actress
    05/27/1942 Kent Bede Bernard, Trinidad, 4X400 runner (Olympic-bronze-1964) 05/27/1942 Priscilla Anne McLean, composer
    05/27/1920 Michael Webster, CEO (DRG)
    05/27/1920 William Crawshay, Lord-Lt of Gwent
    05/27/1921 Caryl Chessman, kidnapper who got death penalty (1960)
    05/27/1921 Redd Stewart, Ashland City Tn, guitarist/pianist (Pee Wee King Show)
    05/27/1922 Christopher Lee, London England, actor (Hound of Baskervilles) 05/27/1922 Sidney AK Keyes, English poet (Iron Laurel)
    05/27/1923 Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State (1973-77)/Nobel Peace Prize (197
    05/27/1923 Lord Freyberg, British Colonel of General Staff
    05/27/1942 Roger Freeman, British minister of transport
    05/27/1943 Bruce Weitz, Norwalk Ct, actor (Hill St Blues, Death of a Centerfold
    05/27/1943 Cilla Black, Liverpool England, rock vocalist (You're My World) 05/27/1943 Don Williams, singer
    05/27/1925 John Moberly, diplomat
    05/27/1927 Bryan Cowgill, deputy chairman (Mirror Group)
    05/27/1927 Jan Blokker, writer/journalist (VPRO, People's Newspaper) 05/27/1928 Thea Musgrave, Barnton Midlothian Scot, composer (Mary Queen of Scot
    05/27/1929 Donald Howard Keats, composer
    05/27/1930 Eino Tamberg, composer
    05/27/1944 Christopher J Dodd, (Gov/Sen-D-CT, 1981- )
    05/27/1945 Bruce Cockburn, Canada singer/songwriter/folk rocker
    05/27/1947 Liana Alexandra, composer
    05/27/1947 Peter DeFazio, (Rep-D-Oregon)
    05/27/1930 John Barth, novelist (Sot-Weed Factor)
    05/27/1930 Simon Barrington-Ward
    n, revue-artists/actress (Sweet Chairty)
    05/27/1930 William S Sessions, Arkansas, director of FBI
    05/27/1931 Florence Sharples, director (British YWCA)
    05/27/1931 John Chapple, British chief of General Staff
    05/27/1931 Kenny Price, Florence Ky, country singer (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Ha
    05/27/1954 Catherine Carr, US breaststroke swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1972) 05/27/1956 Lisa Niemi, actress (Dirty Dancing, Will Rodgers Follies) 05/27/1956 Steve Pagano, horse trainer
    05/27/1957 Duncan Goodhew, swimmer
    05/27/1957 Siouxsie Sioux, [Susan Ballion], Kent England (Siouxsie & Banshees) 05/27/1958 Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress (Night of Demons) 05/27/1931 Veroslav Neumann, composer
    05/27/1932 Jeffrey Bernard, singer
    05/27/1934 Harlan [Jay] Ellison, US, sci-fi author (7 Hugos, Doomsman) 05/27/1935 Elias Gistelinck, Flemish composer
    05/27/1935 Lee Meriwether, LA Calif, Miss America (Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones) 05/27/1935 Ramsey Lewis, Chic, pop jazz artist (Hang on Sloopy)
    05/27/1958 Neil Finn, rocker (Split Enz-I Got You, Crowded House)
    05/27/1960 Ray Armsetad, Kirksville Mo, 4X400 runner (Olympic-gold-1984) 05/27/1961 Cathy Silvers, NYC, actress (Jenny-Happy Days, Foley Square) 05/27/1961 John Lugbill, Wauseon Ohio, US canoist/kayaker (Olympic-92) 05/27/1962 Ravi Shastri, cricketer
    05/27/1965 Pat Cash, tennis player (Wimbeldon 1987)
    05/27/1936 Benjamin Bathurst, vice chief of British Defense Staff
    05/27/1936 Eric Anderson, headmaster (Eton)
    05/27/1936 Lord Holme, president British Liberal Party
    05/27/1936 Louis Gossett Jr, Bkln NY, actor (Officer & Gentleman, Deep) 05/27/1939 Don Williams, Floydada Texas, country singer (I Believe in You) 05/27/1939 Earl Cairns, CEO (S G Warburg & Co)
    05/27/1965 Todd Bridges, actor (Diff'rent Strokes, Fish)
    05/27/1966 Sean Kinney, US rock drummer (Alice in Chains-We Die Young) 05/27/1967 Chin Yang, jockey
    05/27/1967 Paul Gascoigne, soccer player
    05/27/1969 Dondré T Whitfield, Bkln NY, actor (Terence-All My Children) 05/27/1940 Rene Koering, composer
    05/27/1941 Adrian Venema, journalist
    05/27/1941 Allan Carr, Ill, director (Grease, Happiest Millionaire)
    05/27/1941 Davina Phillips, actress
    05/27/1942 Kent Bede Bernard, Trinidad, 4X400 runner (Olympic-bronze-1964) 05/27/1942 Priscilla Anne McLean, composer
    05/27/1942 Roger Freeman, British minister of transport
    05/27/1943 Bruce Weitz, Norwalk Ct, actor (Hill St Blues, Death of a Centerfold
    05/27/1943 Cilla Black, Liverpool England, rock vocalist (You're My World) 05/27/1943 Don Williams, singer
    05/27/1944 Christopher J Dodd, (Gov/Sen-D-CT, 1981- )
    05/27/1945 Bruce Cockburn, Canada singer/songwriter/folk rocker
    05/27/1947 Liana Alexandra, composer
    05/27/1947 Peter DeFazio, (Rep-D-Oregon)
    05/27/1947 Robert Reinacher Jr, horse trainer
    05/27/1948 Anna E 'Annelies' Balhan, revue-artists/actress (Sweet Chairty) 05/27/1948 Pete Sears, bassist (Jefferson Starship)
    05/27/1951 John Conteh, boxer
    05/27/1954 Catherine Carr, US breaststroke swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1972) 05/27/1956 Lisa Niemi, actress (Dirty Dancing, Will Rodgers Follies) 05/27/1956 Steve Pagano, horse trainer
    05/27/1957 Duncan Goodhew, swimmer
    05/27/1957 Siouxsie Sioux, [Susan Ballion], Kent England (Siouxsie & Banshees) 05/27/1958 Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress (Night of Demons) 05/27/1958 Neil Finn, rocker (Split Enz-I Got You, Crowded House)
    05/27/1960 Ray Armsetad, Kirksville Mo, 4X400 runner (Olympic-gold-1984) 05/27/1961 Cathy Silvers, NYC, actress (Jenny-Happy Days, Foley Square) 05/27/1961 John Lugbill, Wauseon Ohio, US canoist/kayaker (Olympic-92) 05/27/1962 Ravi Shastri, cricketer
    05/27/1965 Pat Cash, tennis player (Wimbeldon 1987)
    05/27/1965 Todd Bridges, actor (Diff'rent Strokes, Fish)
    05/27/1966 Sean Kinney, US rock drummer (Alice in Chains-We Die Young) 05/27/1967 Chin Yang, jockey
    05/27/1967 Paul Gascoigne, soccer player
    05/27/1969 Dondré T Whitfield, Bkln NY, actor (Terence-All My Children)


    Deaths:

    05/27/ 866 Ordoño I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies
    05/27/1039 Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies
    05/27/1178 Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies
    05/27/1525 Thomas Müntzer, anabaptist campaigner, executed
    05/27/1541 Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded
    05/27/1549 Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns
    05/27/1564 Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54 05/27/1569 François de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies
    05/27/1576 Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44
    05/27/1580 Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies 05/27/1596 Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies
    05/27/1627 Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73
    05/27/1638 Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71
    05/27/1647 Achsah Young, becomes 1st woman known to be executed as a witch (MA)
    05/27/1652 Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39
    05/27/1661 Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53 05/27/1690 Giovanni Legrenzi, composer, dies at 63
    05/27/1708 Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51
    05/27/1768 Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies 05/27/1797 François-Noal 'Gracchus' Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 3
    05/27/1840 Niccolò Paganini, violinist, dies at 57
    05/27/1855 Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies
    05/27/1863 Edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31
    05/27/1876 Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies
    05/27/1878 Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 50
    05/27/ 866 Ordoño I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies
    05/27/1887 Coenraad J van Wooden, cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86
    05/27/1896 Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies 05/27/1039 Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies
    05/27/1178 Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies
    a, Nobel), dies
    05/27/1914 Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies
    05/27/1916 Joseph S Galliéni, General/military governor of Paris, dies 05/27/1525 Thomas Müntzer, anabaptist campaigner, executed
    05/27/1541 Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded
    05/27/1549 Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns
    05/27/1564 Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54 05/27/1569 François de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies
    05/27/1576 Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44
    05/27/1580 Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies 05/27/1596 Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies
    05/27/1627 Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73
    05/27/1638 Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71
    05/27/1918 Henry Adams, US literature historian (Esther), dies at 80 05/27/1934 Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdams street hawker, dies 05/27/1939 Joseph Roth, Austria journalist/writer (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies 05/27/1941 AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76 05/27/1941 Günther Lütjens, German admiral (Bismarck), dies
    05/27/1949 Ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY 05/27/1647 Achsah Young, becomes 1st woman known to be executed as a witch (MA)
    05/27/1652 Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39
    05/27/1661 Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53 05/27/1690 Giovanni Legrenzi, composer, dies at 63
    05/27/1708 Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51
    05/27/1768 Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies 05/27/1951 Thomas Blamey, soldier, dies
    05/27/1958 Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46 05/27/1958 Samuel Stritch, US cardinal/archbishop (Chicago), dies
    05/27/1960 Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65 05/27/1960 George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at 74
    05/27/1963 Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered
    05/27/1797 François-Noal 'Gracchus' Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 3
    05/27/1840 Niccolò Paganini, violinist, dies at 57
    05/27/1855 Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies
    05/27/1964 Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74
    05/27/1969 Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43 05/27/1970 Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78
    05/27/1863 Edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31
    05/27/1876 Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies
    05/27/1878 Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 50
    05/27/1971 Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62 05/27/1975 Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53 05/27/1976 Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80 05/27/1982 Jo Lagrillière, [Joke], Flemish cartoon character, dies at 47 05/27/1983 Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67
    05/27/1887 Coenraad J van Wooden, cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86
    05/27/1986 Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82
    05/27/1896 Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies 05/27/1988 Florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies at 79 of a stroke 05/27/1902 Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet, dies
    05/27/1988 Melvin J 'Cy' Oliver, US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77 05/27/1988 Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies
    05/27/1910 Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel), dies 05/27/1914 Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies
    05/27/1916 Joseph S Galliéni, General/military governor of Paris, dies 05/27/1918 Henry Adams, US literature historian (Esther), dies at 80 05/27/1934 Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdams street hawker, dies 05/27/1939 Joseph Roth, Austria journalist/writer (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies 05/27/1941 AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76 05/27/1941 Günther Lütjens, German admiral (Bismarck), dies
    05/27/1949 Ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY 05/27/1989 Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies 05/27/1991 Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88
    05/27/1992 Daniël Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55
    05/27/1992 Glenn White, actor, dies
    05/27/1992 John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies
    05/27/1951 Thomas Blamey, soldier, dies
    05/27/1992 Tony 'Big Tuna' Accardo, mobster (St Valentines Day), dies at 86 05/27/1958 Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46
    es
    05/27/1993 Willem PG Assmann, Second-Member of parliament, dies at 85 05/27/1994 Red Rodney, [Albino Red/The Red Arrow], bebop-trumpeter, dies at 66 05/27/1994 Theo Swagemakers, portrait painter, dies at 95
    05/27/1958 Samuel Stritch, US cardinal/archbishop (Chicago), dies
    05/27/1960 Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65 05/27/1960 George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at 74
    05/27/1963 Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered
    05/27/1964 Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74
    05/27/1969 Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43 05/27/1970 Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78
    05/27/1971 Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62 05/27/1975 Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53 05/27/1976 Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80 05/27/1982 Jo Lagrillière, [Joke], Flemish cartoon character, dies at 47 05/27/1983 Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67
    05/27/1986 Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82
    05/27/1988 Florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies at 79 of a stroke 05/27/1988 Melvin J 'Cy' Oliver, US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77 05/27/1988 Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies
    05/27/1989 Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies 05/27/1991 Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88
    05/27/1992 Daniël Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55
    05/27/1992 Glenn White, actor, dies
    05/27/1992 John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies
    05/27/1992 Tony 'Big Tuna' Accardo, mobster (St Valentines Day), dies at 86 05/27/1993 Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies 05/27/1993 Willem PG Assmann, Second-Member of parliament, dies at 85 05/27/1994 Red Rodney, [Albino Red/The Red Arrow], bebop-trumpeter, dies at 66 05/27/1994 Theo Swagemakers, portrait painter, dies at 95


    Significant Events:

    05/27/1281 Flemish Earl Gwijde Dampierre takes financial responsibility of Brug
    05/27/1328 French king Philip VI Valois crowned
    05/27/1647 1st woman known to be executed as a witch, Achsah Young in Mass 05/27/1679 Habeaus Corpus act passes in UK
    05/27/1689 Anthonie Heinsius succeeds G Fagel as pension advisor of Holland 05/27/1703 St Petersburg (Lenningrad) founded by Peter the Great
    05/27/1813 Americans capture Ft George, Canada
    05/27/1844 Samuel F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line
    05/27/1850 Mormon Temple in Nauvoo Illinois destroyed by tornado
    05/27/1854 Marine Telegraph from Ft Point to SF completed
    05/27/1856 Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning
    05/27/1857 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #44 Nysa
    05/27/1862 Battle of Hanover Court House, VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station) 05/27/1863 CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die 05/27/1863 Siege of Port Hudson LA
    05/27/1873 1st Preakness Stakes won by Survivor (2:43)
    05/27/1887 A Charlois discovers asteroid #267 Tirza
    05/27/1896 1st major tornado to strike urban US (St Louis & E St Louis Mo) 05/27/1896 Bay District Race Track closes
    05/27/1896 Tornado (900 kph?) hits St Louis Missouri; 306 die
    05/27/1900 Lord Roberts' army fights the Vaal in S Africa
    05/27/1903 Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam 05/27/1904 NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, NY Giants) 05/27/1905 Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima
    05/27/1906 1st outlining of Gustav Mahler's 6th symphony, in Essen
    05/27/1907 Bubonic Plague breaks out in SF
    05/27/1281 Flemish Earl Gwijde Dampierre takes financial responsibility of Brug
    05/27/1328 French king Philip VI Valois crowned
    05/27/1916 Groundbreaking begins on Hugh Grant Circle in Bronx
    05/27/1917 Race riot in East St Louis Illinois, 1 black killed
    05/27/1918 Battle of Aisne
    05/27/1919 1st transatlantic flight ends; US Navy flying boat takes 11 days 05/27/1920 Tatar ASSR established in Russian SFSR
    05/27/1921 After 84 years of British control, Afghánistán achieves sovereignty 05/27/1647 1st woman known to be executed as a witch, Achsah Young in Mass 05/27/1679 Habeaus Corpus act passes in UK
    05/27/1689 Anthonie Heinsius succeeds G Fagel as pension advisor of Holland 05/27/1703 St Petersburg (Lenningrad) founded by Peter the Great
    05/27/1813 Americans capture Ft George, Canada
    05/27/1844 Samuel F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line
    05/27/1927 Japanese military intervention in Chinese civil war
    05/27/1927 Thomas Masaryk elected Czechoslovakia president
    05/27/1931 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field Va 05/27/1931 Piccard & Knipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon 05/27/1933 Austrian communistic party banned
    05/27/1850 Mormon Temple in Nauvoo Illinois destroyed by tornado
    05/27/1854 Marine Telegraph from Ft Point to SF completed
    White Sox 15-11
    05/27/1856 Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning
    05/27/1935 Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional anover Court House, VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station)
    05/27/1863 CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die 05/27/1936 RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage 05/27/1937 Carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (sine July 17, 1936) 05/27/1937 Golden Gate Bridge, SF, dedicated
    05/27/1940 British & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) 05/27/1863 Siege of Port Hudson LA
    05/27/1941 Allied troops begin evacuating Kreta
    05/27/1873 1st Preakness Stakes won by Survivor (2:43)
    05/27/1941 FDR proclaimes an 'unlimited national emergency'
    05/27/1887 A Charlois discovers asteroid #267 Tirza
    05/27/1941 German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force
    05/27/1896 1st major tornado to strike urban US (St Louis & E St Louis Mo) 05/27/1896 Bay District Race Track closes
    05/27/1896 Tornado (900 kph?) hits St Louis Missouri; 306 die
    05/27/1942 Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim 05/27/1943 French defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris 05/27/1943 US forbid racial discrimination in war industry
    05/27/1944 Allies landing on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks)
    05/27/1900 Lord Roberts' army fights the Vaal in S Africa
    05/27/1903 Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam 05/27/1904 NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, NY Giants) 05/27/1905 Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima
    05/27/1906 1st outlining of Gustav Mahler's 6th symphony, in Essen
    05/27/1907 Bubonic Plague breaks out in SF
    05/27/1944 Japanese advance in Hangkhou China
    05/27/1949 Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin
    05/27/1950 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Wallace Stevens
    05/27/1951 Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park, SF opens
    05/27/1916 Groundbreaking begins on Hugh Grant Circle in Bronx
    05/27/1917 Race riot in East St Louis Illinois, 1 black killed
    05/27/1918 Battle of Aisne
    05/27/1919 1st transatlantic flight ends; US Navy flying boat takes 11 days 05/27/1920 Tatar ASSR established in Russian SFSR
    05/27/1921 After 84 years of British control, Afghánistán achieves sovereignty 05/27/1952 European Defense Community forms
    05/27/1953 Dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections 05/27/1955 Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs, beating Senators 16-0 05/27/1927 Japanese military intervention in Chinese civil war
    Central HS
    05/27/1927 Thomas Masaryk elected Czechoslovakia president

    05/27/1931 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field Va 05/27/1931 Piccard & Knipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon 05/27/1933 Austrian communistic party banned
    05/27/1960 1st use of oversized catching mitt (Balt Oriole Clint Courtney) 05/27/1933 Century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago
    05/27/1933 Trailing 11-3, Yanks score 12 runs in 8th & beat White Sox 15-11 05/27/1933 Walt Disney's '3 Little Pigs' released
    05/27/1935 Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional 05/27/1936 RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage 05/27/1937 Carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (sine July 17, 1936) 05/27/1937 Golden Gate Bridge, SF, dedicated
    05/27/1960 Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey
    05/27/1961 Pres Kennedy announces US goal to reach Moon
    05/27/1940 British & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) 05/27/1961 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' ½'
    05/27/1941 Allied troops begin evacuating Kreta
    05/27/1963 3 NJ businessman purchase NHL Colorado Rockies, & get approval 05/27/1941 FDR proclaimes an 'unlimited national emergency'
    4 'From Russia With Love' premieres in US
    05/27/1941 German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force
    05/27/1942 Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim 05/27/1943 French defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris 05/27/1943 US forbid racial discrimination in war industry
    05/27/1944 Allies landing on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks)
    05/27/1944 Japanese advance in Hangkhou China
    05/27/1949 Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin
    05/27/1950 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Wallace Stevens
    05/27/1951 Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park, SF opens
    05/27/1966 55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes
    05/27/1966 6 French fighters crash above Spain
    05/27/1968 6th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-3
    05/27/1968 NL awards Montreal & SD major league franchises
    05/27/1968 Nuclear submarine Scorpion is lost
    05/27/1969 Walt Disney World construction begins
    05/27/1952 European Defense Community forms
    05/27/1953 Dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections 05/27/1955 Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs, beating Senators 16-0 05/27/1958 Ernest Green & 600 whites graduate from Little Rock's Central HS 05/27/1958 Vanguard SLV-1 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
    05/27/1960 1st use of oversized catching mitt (Balt Oriole Clint Courtney) 05/27/1970 British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I
    05/27/1971 UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
    05/27/1973 Rick Wohlhuter uns record 880 yards in 1:44.6
    05/27/1975 Paul McCartney releases 'Venus & Mars'
    05/27/1960 Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey
    Cup
    05/27/1961 Pres Kennedy announces US goal to reach Moon
    f elderly women plunge
    05/27/1961 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' ½'
    05/27/1963 3 NJ businessman purchase NHL Colorado Rockies, & get approval 05/27/1963 to move them to NJ Meadowlands (Devils)
    05/27/1964 'From Russia With Love' premieres in US
    05/27/1975 Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38
    05/27/1977 NYC fines George Willig 1¢ for each of 110 stories he climbed 05/27/1979 Pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop
    05/27/1980 South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed
    05/27/1966 55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes
    roid #2434 Bateson
    05/27/1966 6 French fighters crash above Spain
    rdosing on Tylenol
    05/27/1981 Lenny Randle tries to blow a slow roller foul but ump says no
    rds Montreal & SD major league franchises
    05/27/1968 Nuclear submarine Scorpion is lost
    05/27/1969 Walt Disney World construction begins
    05/27/1982 C & E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3194 Dorsey
    05/27/1983 Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress 05/27/1984 C & E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3671 Dionysius
    05/27/1984 Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day 05/27/1985 Inaugural bands parade for Pres Reagan
    Annapurna I
    05/27/1971 UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
    05/27/1973 Rick Wohlhuter uns record 880 yards in 1:44.6
    PTL scandal
    05/27/1975 Paul McCartney releases 'Venus & Mars'
    00th start (Young & Sutton)
    05/27/1975 Phila Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 05/27/1975 Worst motor vehicle disaster in UK; bus full of elderly women plunge
    05/27/1990 César Gaviria Trujillo chosen pres of Colombia
    05/27/1990 Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow 05/27/1991 Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die
    05/27/1993 Mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6
    05/27/1994 Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show
    05/27/1975 Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38
    05/27/1977 NYC fines George Willig 1¢ for each of 110 stories he climbed 05/27/1979 Pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop
    05/27/1980 South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed
    05/27/1981 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #2434 Bateson
    05/27/1981 John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol

    Significant Events:

    05/27/1982 C & E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3194 Dorsey
    05/27/1983 Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress 05/27/1984 C & E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3671 Dionysius
    05/27/1984 Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day 05/27/1985 Inaugural bands parade for Pres Reagan
    05/27/1986 Norway Showcase groundbreaking
    05/27/1987 Jim & Tammy Bakker appears on 'Nightline' after PTL scandal 05/27/1987 Yank Phil Niekro is 3rd pitcher making 700th start (Young & Sutton) 05/27/1990 74th Indianapolis 500 runs
    05/27/1990 César Gaviria Trujillo chosen pres of Colombia
    05/27/1990 Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow 05/27/1991 Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die
    05/27/1993 Mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6
    05/27/1994 Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Fri May 28 00:05:04 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/28/1371 John the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior 05/28/1577 Floris II van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg/politician
    05/28/1660 George I, King of England (1714-27)
    05/28/1738 Joseph I Guillotin, France, inventor (guillotine)
    05/28/1759 William Pitt, the Younger (C), English PM (1783-1801, 1804-06) 05/28/1765 Jean Baptiste Cartier, composer
    05/28/1777 Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer
    05/28/1778 Friedrich Westenholz, composer
    05/28/1780 Joseph Frohlich, composer
    05/28/1782 Wouter J van Troostwijk, painter
    05/28/1798 Josef Dessauer, composer
    05/28/1807 John van Swieten, Dutch governor of West-Sumatra
    05/28/1807 Louis Agassiz, Switzerland, naturalist/geologist/teacher
    05/28/1810 Alexandre Calamo, Switz, painter/etcher/lithographer
    05/28/1818 Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, US Confederate gen (Hero of Sumte
    05/28/1819 William Birney, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1907 05/28/1828 Alpheus Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 05/28/1828 Bartel Wilton, machinefabrikant/ship builder
    05/28/1830 George Lucas Hartsuff, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 187
    05/28/1830 Karoly Filtsch, composer
    05/28/1831 Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor
    05/28/1838 Basil Wilson Duke, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1916 05/28/1841 Giovanni Sgambati, composer
    05/28/1844 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer
    05/28/1863 Georg Adler, German State house speaker
    05/28/1865 Gerrit Grÿns, physiologist (Vitamin E)
    05/28/1868 Claude Anet, [Jean Schopfer], French writer (Fille Perdue) 05/28/1879 Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meterologist
    05/28/1883 George Dyson, composer
    05/28/1883 Luigi Perrachio, composer
    05/28/1884 Edvard Benes, premier/president of Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48) 05/28/1884 Theo(by) Van Reÿn, sculptor/lithographer
    05/28/1886 Nicolai Sokoloff, near Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Seattle Symph) 05/28/1887 Hank Mann, actor (City Lights, Smoky, Dawn Trail, Fugitive Road) 05/28/1888 James Francis Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympic-gold-1912) 05/28/1888 Jim Thorpe, greatest US athlete of 1st half century
    05/28/1889 Jose Padilla, composer
    05/28/1892 Minna Gombell, actress (Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister) 05/28/1894 Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off)
    05/28/1896 Marius Monnikendam, choir composer
    05/28/1896 Warren Giles, baseball's National League president
    05/28/1897 Henry Kendall, actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich & Strange) 05/28/1898 Andy Kirk, jazz musician
    05/28/1900 Owen Aisher, president (Marley)
    05/28/1903 Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Golden Sail)
    05/28/1904 Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer
    05/28/1906 Mary Ralton, director British WRAC
    05/28/1906 Phil Regan, singer (My Wild Irish Rose)
    05/28/1907 Patrick Browne, British Lord justice of appeal
    05/28/1908 Ian Lancaster Fleming, London England, author (James Bond) 05/28/1909 John Schepens, [Jean Baudoux], Flemish journalist/writer (Polyfoto) 05/28/1910 Rachel Kempson, actress (Captive Heart)
    05/28/1910 Stuart Piggott, archealogist
    05/28/1910 T-Bone Walker, Linden Tx, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done) 05/28/1912 Leslie Monson, diplomat
    05/28/1912 Patrick White, Australia, novelist (Happy Valley, Nobel 1973) 05/28/1913 Gordon Wolstenholme, physician
    05/28/1915 Scott McKay, Pleasantville Iowa, actor (Stage Door)
    05/28/1915 Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violinist
    05/28/1916 C Wright Mills, US sociologist (Power Elite)
    05/28/1916 Thora Hird, actress (Nightcomers, Kind of Loving)
    05/28/1916 Walker Percy, Brimingham Ala, author (Adventures of a Bad Catholic) 05/28/1917 Barry Commoner, Brooklyn NY, biologist (Science & Survival) 05/28/1917 Gerald Cash, Gov-Gen (Bahamas)
    05/28/1917 Marshall Reed, Englewood Calif, actor (Fred Asher-Lineup) 05/28/1919 Duke of Rutland
    05/28/1919 Frank Middlemass, actor (Island, Oliver Twist)
    05/28/1919 John Eldridge, CEO (Matthews Wrightmson)
    05/28/1922 John Alderson, chief constable of Devon & Cornwall UK
    05/28/1923 György Ligeti, Dicsöszentmartin Transylvania Hungary composer 05/28/1923 Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, India, film star/politician
    05/28/1924 Edward du Cann, CEO (Lonrho)
    05/28/1924 Lord Rippon, British govt minister
    05/28/1924 Reginald Eyre, solicitor/MP
    05/28/1925 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Zehlendorf Germany, baritone (Doktor Faust
    05/28/1925 Martha Vickers, actress (Alimony, Man I Love, Ruthless, Bad Boy) 05/28/1927 Bernhard Lewkovitch, composer
    05/28/1927 François Nourissier, French writer (Un petit bourgeois)
    05/28/1927 Norman Ireland, CEO (Bowater)
    05/28/1927 Robert Evans, CEO (British Gas)
    05/28/1928 Albert Booth, British government minister
    05/28/1929 Patrick McNair-Wilson, MP
    05/28/1930 Edward Seaga, PM (Jamaica)
    05/28/1930 Julian Penkivil Slade, composer
    05/28/1931 Carroll Baker, Penn, actress (Andy Warhol's Bad, Babydoll, Harlow) 05/28/1931 Ervin Junger, composer
    05/28/1931 Peter Talbot Westergaard, composer
    05/28/1931 Raymond Miquel, chairman (Scottish Sports Council)
    05/28/1931 Stephen Birmingham, Hartford, author (Real Lace: America's Irish Ric
    05/28/1932 Henning Christiansen, composer
    05/28/1932 Lord Renton, Conservative minister
    05/28/1932 Timothy Renton, MP
    05/28/1933 John Karlen, Bkln NY, actor (Harvey Lacey-Cagney & Lacey) 05/28/1933 Philip Otton, high court judge
    05/28/1934 Dionne quintuplets, (Annette, Cécile, Émilie, Marie, Yvonne) 05/28/1934 Rob du Bois, composer
    05/28/1936 Maki Ishii, composer
    05/28/1938 Jerry West, W Virginia, NBA superstar (LA Lakers, Olympic-gold-1960)
    05/28/1940 Hans Dulfer, tenor saxophonist/director (Paradiso)
    05/28/1940 Thomas E Petri, (Rep-R-WI, 1979- )
    05/28/1941 Beth Howland, Boston Mass, actress (Vera-Alice, Company)
    05/28/1943 Dennis Riley, composer
    05/28/1943 Liz Edgar, horse show jumper
    05/28/1943 Ray Mitchell, governor (Albany Prison, England)
    05/28/1944 Adriaan T 'Ad' Zuiderent, poet/critic (On the Droge)
    05/28/1944 Billy Vera, musician (& Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night) 05/28/1944 Gladys Knight, Atlanta Ga, singer, leader of Pips (Last Train) 05/28/1944 Rudy Giuliani, (Mayor-R/L-NYC, 1994- )
    05/28/1945 Gary Stewart, Latcher County Ky, country singer (She's Actin' Single
    05/28/1945 John Fogerty, guitarist (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
    05/28/1946 Madeline LeRouix, Wyoming, Broadway actress
    05/28/1947 Faith Brown, impressionist
    05/28/1947 Sondra Locke, Shelbyville Tenn, actress (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter) 05/28/1949 Sue Holderness, actress
    05/28/1954 Joao Carlos De Oliveira, Brazil, triple jumper (Oly-bronze-1976, 80)
    05/28/1956 Germaine Montenesdro, 2nd victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives) 05/28/1956 Susie Diane Owens, Arkansas City Kansas, playmate (March, 1988) 05/28/1957 Kirk Gibson, Mich, outfield (Tigers, Dodgers, 1988 NL MVP) 05/28/1957 Walter R Tucker, (Rep-D-California)
    05/28/1958 Yvet Anna, painter
    05/28/1959 Leon 'The Bop' Klaasse, rock drummer/singer (The Pilgrims-Red) 05/28/1960 Allan Green, cricketeer
    05/28/1961 Roland Gift, English rock vocalist (Fine Young Cannibals) 05/28/1962 Brandon Cruz, actor (Eddie-Courtship of Eddie's Father)
    05/28/1962 Roland Gift, rocker (Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy) 05/28/1964 Leisa Sheridan, Omaha NE, playmate (Jul, 1993)
    05/28/1965 Chantal Bailey, Champaign Ill, speed skater (Olympics-1994) 05/28/1968 Kylie Minogue, Australia, rock vocalist (Locomotion)
    05/28/1970 David Roberts, Alameda Calif, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994) 05/28/1970 Morgan Fox, Prince George BC, playmate (Dec, 1990)
    05/28/1977 Ashley Ryan Ruiz Offord, Miami Fla, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)


    Deaths:

    05/28/1089 Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies
    05/28/1259 Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies
    05/28/1317 Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63 05/28/1357 Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66
    05/28/1521 Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62
    05/28/1534 Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83
    05/28/1650 Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59
    05/28/1685 Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67 05/28/1787 Leopold Mozart, composer, dies at 67
    05/28/1791 Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57
    05/28/1805 Ridolfo Luigi Boccerini, composer, dies at 62
    05/28/1833 Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74 05/28/1836 Antoine Reicha, composer, dies at 66
    05/28/1843 Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84 05/28/1849 Anne Bronté, novelist, dies
    05/28/1862 Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16]
    05/28/1864 Henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle
    05/28/1883 August Freyer, composer, dies at 79
    05/28/1889 Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37
    05/28/1890 Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49
    05/28/1898 Edward Bellamy, US author ('Looking Backward'), died
    05/28/1911 Stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies 05/28/1913 Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies 05/28/1914 Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer, dies at 76
    05/28/1921 Geo Mestdagh, Belgian aviation pioneer, dies
    05/28/1922 Carl Tieke, composer, dies at 58
    05/28/1927 Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Belgian Kempen), dies
    05/28/1937 Alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at
    05/28/1940 Adrian J Enschedé, director of printers Joh Enschedé, dies at 50 05/28/1940 Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70
    05/28/1940 Theodor Streicher, composer, dies at 66
    05/28/1940 Walter Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at
    05/28/1942 Jean F van Royen, German secretary PTT (camp Amersfoort), dies 05/28/1954 Achille Longo, composer, dies at 54
    05/28/1958 Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer, dies at 77
    05/28/1963 Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 61
    05/28/1964 John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76 05/28/1969 Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71
    05/28/1971 Audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46
    05/28/1972 Edward VIII, King of Gr Brit/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), dies 05/28/1973 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Germ composer/conductor (Hassan), dies at 7
    05/28/1973 Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/US art critic sculptor, dies at 81 05/28/1975 Eric Emerson, entertainer, dies
    05/28/1975 Roy Roberts, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies at 75 05/28/1977 Jiri Reinberger, composer, dies at 63
    05/28/1981 Mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC 05/28/1981 Stefan Wyszynski, Polish Cardinal, dies
    05/28/1984 Eric Morecambe, comedian (Morecambe & Wise), dies at 58
    05/28/1986 Lurene Tuttle, actress (Father of Bride, Julia), dies at 79 05/28/1987 Charles Ludlam, actor (Big Easy), dies at 44
    05/28/1990 Joseph Hardy, actor/director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies 05/28/1993 Billy Conn, boxer/actor (Pittsburgh Kid), dies


    Significant Events:

    05/28/ 585 -BC- Thales Miletus predicts solar eclispe Persian-Lydian battle end
    05/28/ 640 Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope (elected in 638) 05/28/1037 German emperor Koenraad II removes 'Constitutio the Feudis' 05/28/1358 Daint-Leu at Oise begins French boer uprising
    05/28/1521 Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V
    05/28/1533 England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn's marriage 05/28/1539 Hernando de Soto lands in Florida
    05/28/1664 1st Baptist Church organized (Boston)
    05/28/1731 All Hebrew books in Papal State are confiscated
    05/28/1742 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London) 05/28/1754 George Washington defeats French & indians at Ft Duquesne (Pitts) 05/28/1774 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)
    05/28/1830 Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to western prairi
    05/28/1845 Fire in Quebec Canada, 1,500 houses destroyed
    05/28/1849 Princess WFLC Marianne & Albrecht of Prussia separate
    05/28/1863 1st black regiment (54 Mass) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War 05/28/1866 Dutch govt of Zuylen van Nijevelt/Heemskerk forms
    05/28/1868 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #99 Dike
    05/28/1871 Paris communards revolt put down
    05/28/1880 Grenanda wins Preakness
    05/28/1892 Sierra Club forms in SF, for conservation of nature
    05/28/1894 Belgium Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern 05/28/1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony) 05/28/1901 Laws against phosphor matches enacted (inhibition white phosphorous)
    05/28/1901 Parader wins Preakness
    05/28/1904 Bryn Mawr wins Preakness
    05/28/1905 P Gotz discovers asteroids #566 Stereoskopiab & #567 Eleutheria 05/28/1907 Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy was 1st held
    05/28/1918 Tatars declares Azerbaijan, in Russian Caucasus, independent 05/28/1919 Armenia declares it's Independence
    05/28/1926 Military coup by Gen Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal
    05/28/1926 US Customs Court created by congress
    05/28/1929 1st all color talking picture 'On With the Show' exhibited, NYC 05/28/1930 Georges Forbes succeeds Joseph Ward as premier of NZ
    05/28/1932 Dam closed, at current monument (South Seas)
    05/28/1935 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1712 Angola
    05/28/1937 Golden Gate Bridge in SF opens to vehicular traffic
    05/28/1937 Neville Chamberlain becomes PM of England
    05/28/1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up 05/28/1940 British-French strike captures Narvik Norway
    05/28/1941 1st night game at Wash DC, Griffith stadium (Yanks 6, Senators 5) 05/28/1946 1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1)
    05/28/1948 Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement
    05/28/1951 Bernardus J Alfrink appointed bishop's asst of Utrecht
    05/28/1951 Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run
    05/28/1953 Premier of 1st animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor-'Melody' 05/28/1955 Bob Sweikert wins Indianapolis 500
    05/28/1955 Nashua wins Preakness
    05/28/1956 Carl Erskine becomes 1st to hit HRs in 8 straight games
    05/28/1957 NL approves Bkln Dodgers' & NY Giants' move to west coast 05/28/1957 WPSD TV channel 6 in Paducah, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting 05/28/1958 French govt of Pflimlin resigns
    05/28/1959 Congressional Committee of Astronautics meets Project 7 astronauts 05/28/1959 Monkeys Able & Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter 05/28/1959 missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission 05/28/1961 Amnesty Intl founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)
    05/28/1961 Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years) 05/28/1962 Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester NY 05/28/1962 US stock market drops $20.8 B in 1 day
    05/28/1962 Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio 05/28/1963 Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroye
    05/28/1963 Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India) 05/28/1963 Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st PM of Kenya
    05/28/1964 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 9th String quartet
    05/28/1964 Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli
    05/28/1964 PLO forms in Jerusalem
    05/28/1964 Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit
    05/28/1965 Fire & explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400 05/28/1966 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 11st String quartet, premieres in Leningrad 05/28/1967 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 2nd Violin concert
    05/28/1967 Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world tri
    05/28/1968 AL announces it is splitting into 2 divisions
    05/28/1968 NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise
    05/28/1968 Senator Eugene Mccarthy wins Democrat primary in Oregon
    05/28/1971 Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album 'Ram'
    05/28/1971 USSR Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars 05/28/1972 White House 'plumbers' break into Democratic Nat'l HQ at Watergate 05/28/1973 Chic White Sox beat Cleve Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game started 5/26
    05/28/1974 E F Helin discovers asteroid #2050 Francis
    05/28/1974 Italians fascist bomb demonstrators in Brescia, 6 killed
    05/28/1977 165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky 05/28/1978 Al Unser became 5th to win Indianapolis 500, 3 times
    05/28/1979 European Market accepts Greece as member
    05/28/1980 2 Oakland A's steal home in 1st inning
    05/28/1980 Joe Darby does a standing long jump of 12'5'
    05/28/1982 Leonard Maltin's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
    05/28/1982 Pope John Paul II is 1st pope to visit Great Britain
    05/28/1985 David Jacobsen taken hostage in Beirut Lebanon
    05/28/1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-G
    05/28/1986 Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados 05/28/1987 Mathias Rust, 19, W German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in USSR
    05/28/1987 Paul Pearman jumps 21 barrels on a skateboard in Augusta
    05/28/1987 Southern League no-hit record-Bob Milacki pitches 11 1/3 no-hit inn 05/28/1987 Stacking of Discovery's SRBs completed
    05/28/1989 Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad) 05/28/1989 Emerson Fittipaldi wins Indianapolis 500
    05/28/1990 César Gaviria Trujillo installed as president of Colombia 05/28/1990 Eugenia Charles' Dom'n Freedom Party wins election in Dominica 05/28/1991 Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa
    05/28/1993 200,000 demonstrate against mafia terror
    05/28/1993 Polish govt of Suchocka falls

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat May 29 00:05:04 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/29/1627 Anne ML of Orléans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle) 05/29/1630 Charles II, King of England (1660-85)
    05/29/1673 Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council 05/29/1716 Louis JM Daubenton, French zoologist
    05/29/1730 William Jackson, composer
    05/29/1731 Orazio Mei, composer
    05/29/1736 Patrick Henry, US, patriot 'Give me liberty or give me death' 05/29/1741 Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer
    05/29/1791 Pietro Romani, composer
    05/29/1810 Erasmus Darwin Keyes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
    05/29/1810 Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Argentina politician/writer
    05/29/1810 Solomon Meredith, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1875
    05/29/1824 Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, Major General (Confederate Army) 05/29/1825 David Bell Birney, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 05/29/1826 Ebenezer Butterick, inventor (tissue paper dress pattern) 05/29/1827 Reuben Lindsay Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1890
    05/29/1837 Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader (CHU) 05/29/1837 Luca Fumagalli, composer
    05/29/1843 Emile Pessard, composer
    05/29/1851 Léon VA Bourgeois, French premier (1895-96, Nobel 1920)
    05/29/1852 Jindrich z Albestu Kaan, composer
    05/29/1860 Isaac [Manuel F] Albéniz, Spanish pianist/composer (Iberia) 05/29/1864 AH Borgesius, amateur astronomer
    05/29/1868 Fréderic baron d'Erlanger, French composer/banker
    05/29/1874 Gilbert Keith Chesterton, England, novelist (Man Who Made Gold) 05/29/1880 Oswald Spengler, Germany, philosopher (Decline of West)
    05/29/1881 Frederik Septimus Kelly, composer
    05/29/1883 William Beatton Moonie, composer
    05/29/1885 Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer (theory of relativity)
    05/29/1890 Francis de Bourguignon, composer
    05/29/1894 Beatrice Lillie, Toronto, comedian/actress (Around World in 80 Days)
    05/29/1894 Josef von Sternberg, Austrian director (Der blaue Engel)
    05/29/1896 George L Funke, botanist (Flower Physiology)
    05/29/1897 Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Brno Austria, movie composer (Violanta) 05/29/1897 Ignace Lilien, composer
    05/29/1903 Bob Hope, [Leslie Townes], Kent England, entertainer (famous profile
    05/29/1904 Robert Knox, bacteriologist
    05/29/1905 Fela Sowande, composer
    05/29/1905 Gerrit Achterberg, poet (Sailing)
    05/29/1905 Jan (Johannes) Teulings, actor/director
    05/29/1905 Sebastian Shaw, London, actor (High Season, Spy in Black) 05/29/1906 Hans Joachim Schaeuble, composer
    05/29/1906 Terence Hanbury White, novelist
    05/29/1909 Neil R[onald] Jones, US, sci-fi author (Space War, Twin Worlds) 05/29/1911 James Marjoribanks, British ambassador
    05/29/1911 Louis Wain, agricultural scientist
    05/29/1912 John BMR 'John' Hanlo, poet (Go to the Mosque)
    05/29/1913 Douglas Black, physician
    05/29/1913 Iris Adrian, LA Calif, actress (Blue Hawaii, Bluebeard)
    05/29/1915 David Jenklins, librarian (National Library of Wales)
    05/29/1915 Igor Buketoff, Hartford Conn, conductor (Iceland Symph 1964-65) 05/29/1915 Lord Huntingfield, British agent to UN Secreteriat
    05/29/1916 Lou van Raised, impresario
    05/29/1917 John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Mass, (Sen-D-Mass), 35th Pres (1961-1963) 05/29/1918 Isabel Dean, actress (5 Days one Summer, Virgin Island, Ransom) 05/29/1920 Robin Haydon, British diplomat
    05/29/1921 Clifton James, NYC, actor (Buster & Billie, David & Lisa) 05/29/1921 George Terry, chief constable of Sussex England
    05/29/1921 James Clifton, Spokane Wash, actor (Live & Let Die)
    05/29/1922 Iannis Xenakis, Braila Romania, composer/architect/mathematician 05/29/1922 John Heerbecq, Church commissioner
    05/29/1923 Earl of Morley, Lord Lt of Devon
    05/29/1923 Richard Worsley, quarter master General
    05/29/1925 Anthony Grant, MP
    05/29/1925 Kennetgh Couzens, CEO (Coal Products)
    05/29/1926 Charles Denner, Tarnow Poland, actor (And Now My Love)
    05/29/1927 Carl Toms, stage designer
    05/29/1927 Dick Hillenius, biologist/writer
    05/29/1927 Trevor Holdsworth, CEO (National Power)
    05/29/1928 Felix Rohatyn, Vienna Austria, investment banker (NY Big MAC Bonds) 05/29/1929 Katie Boyle, [Lady Sander Saunders], British broadcaster
    05/29/1930 Eleanor Fazan, opera/show choreographer
    05/29/1934 Heihatjirô Tôjô, Japanese admiral
    05/29/1935 André P Brink, South African writer (Dry White Season)
    05/29/1935 Denis J Worrall, South African DP-politician/leader
    05/29/1935 Martin Garrod, Commandant General Royal Marines
    05/29/1936 Arlene McQuade, NYC, actress (Rosalie-Goldbergs)
    05/29/1937 Alwin Schockemohle, horse show jumper
    05/29/1937 Peter Kolman, composer
    05/29/1939 Al Unser, auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1970, 71)
    05/29/1939 Nanette Newman, writer/actress (Endless Game, Of Human Bondage) 05/29/1941 Douglas Scott, mountaineer
    05/29/1942 Kevin Conway, NYC, actor (Flash Point, Cage of Angels)
    05/29/1943 Bob Edgar, (Rep-D-PA, 1975-87)
    05/29/1943 E Thomas Coleman, (Rep-R-MO, 1976- )
    05/29/1943 Terry Pavey, editor (TV Times)
    05/29/1944 Helmut Berger, actor (Ash Wednesday, Damned, Picture of Dorian Gray)
    05/29/1944 Quentin Davies, (C) MP
    05/29/1945 Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, Minister of State (Scotland)
    05/29/1945 Martin Pipe, horse trainer
    05/29/1946 Robin Johnson, Brooklyn, actress (Times Square)
    05/29/1948 Anthony Geary, Coalville Utah, actor (Luke/Bill-General Hospital) 05/29/1948 Linda Esther Gray, opera singer
    05/29/1948 Michael Berkley, composer/broadcaster
    05/29/1949 Francis Rossi, rocker (Status Quo-Picture of a Matchstick Man) 05/29/1949 Gary Brooker, keyboardist (Procol Harum)
    05/29/1950 Rebbie [Maureen] Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer (R U Tuff Enuff) 05/29/1952 Louise Cooper, UK, sci-fi author (Nemesis, Inferno, Infanta, Nocturn
    05/29/1953 Rick Henderson, Beaumont Tx, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around)
    05/29/1955 Jerry Dengler, Colo Springs, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around)
    05/29/1955 John Hinckley Jr, shot & wounded Pres Reagan in 1981
    05/29/1955 Mike Porcaro, rocker (Toto-Roseanna, Africa)
    05/29/1956 Greg R, rocker (Bad)
    05/29/1956 La Toya Yvette Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer (Playboy, Millipede) 05/29/1956 Larry Blackmon, rocker (Cameo-Alligator Woman)
    05/29/1958 Annette Bening, Topeka KS, actress (Grifters, Bugsy, Valmont) [or 5/
    05/29/1958 Ivar Sisniega, México, pentathelete (Olympic-1980)
    05/29/1959 Rupert Everett, actor (Princess Daisy, Another Country)
    05/29/1959 Tamayo Otsuki, actress (Mrs Yamagami-Davis Rules)
    05/29/1960 Mel Gaynor, drummer (Simple Minds-Water Front)
    05/29/1961 Melissa Etheridge, US singer/songwriter/guitarist (Never Enough) 05/29/1961 Todd Boonstra, Minneapolis Minn, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
    05/29/1963 Lisa Whelchel, Fort Worth Texas, actress (Blair-Facts of Life) 05/29/1963 Tracey E Bregman Recht, actress (Young & Restless, Concrete Jungle) 05/29/1965 Emilio Sanchez, Madrid Spain, Tennis player (1988 Olympic bronze) 05/29/1973 Tiffany M Sloan, Orange county Calif, playmate (Oct, 1992) 05/29/1977 Danny Gerard, Mt Vernon NY, actor (Alan Silver-Brooklyn Bridge) 05/29/1989 Danielle Riley Keough, grand daughter of Elvis Presley
    05/29/1991 Coral Browne, Australian actor (Ruling Class), dies of cancer at 77


    Deaths:

    05/29/1453 Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49 05/29/1500 Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, dies 05/29/1544 Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about
    05/29/1660 Peter Scriverius, lawyer/historian, dies at 44
    05/29/1680 Abraham Megerle, composer, dies at 73
    05/29/1691 Cornelis Tromp, admiral-general/son of Maarten T, dies at 61 05/29/1750 Giuseppe Porsile, composer, dies at 70
    05/29/1788 Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61
    05/29/1814 Joséphine, empress of France (1804-14), dies
    05/29/1815 Cornelis de Gijselaar, politician/patriot, dies at 64
    05/29/1816 Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies 05/29/1829 Humphry Davy, scientist/inventor (Miner's safety lam), dies 05/29/1833 William Marshall, composer, dies at 84
    05/29/1862 Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer, dies at 71
    05/29/1877 John Lothrop Motley, (History of United Netherlands), dies at 63 05/29/1883 Albrecht of Prussia/mistress of John van Rossum, dies at 73 05/29/1883 WFLC Marianne, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies
    05/29/1885 Alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63 05/29/1892 Baha'u'llah [Mirza HA Noeri], Persian founder (Baha'i), dies 05/29/1899 Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer, dies at 60
    05/29/1905 Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer, dies at 55
    05/29/1910 Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Russian composer (Islamej), dies at 73 05/29/1911 William Schwenck Gilbert, Engl writer (Gilbert & Sullivan), dies at
    05/29/1923 Adolf Oberländer, German painter, dies
    05/29/1924 Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid/London), dies 05/29/1934 Eugenie Besserer, actress (Anna Christie, Madame X), dies at 65 05/29/1934 Heihatjirô Tôgô, Japanese admiral (Russ-Japanese war), dies 05/29/1935 Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer, dies at 61
    05/29/1942 John Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60 05/29/1943 Hermann Hans Wetzler, composer, dies at 72
    05/29/1948 May Whitty, actress (Gaslight, Mrs Miniver, Suspicion), dies at 82 05/29/1951 Dimitrios Levidis, composer, dies at 66
    05/29/1951 Fanny Brice, Zeigfield Girl (Baby Snooks Show), dies at 59 05/29/1951 Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer, dies at 91
    05/29/1951 Robert Kahn, composer, dies at 85
    05/29/1955 Daniël G van Beuningen, art collector, dies at 78
    05/29/1957 George Bacovia [Vasiliu], Romanian poet/composer (Plumb), dies at 75
    05/29/1961 Uuno Kalervo Klami, composer, dies at 60
    05/29/1967 Geronimo Baqueiro Foster, composer, dies at 69
    05/29/1970 John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68 05/29/1971 Max Trapp, composer, dies at 83
    05/29/1973 Eric Applewhite, entertainer, dies
    05/29/1977 Goddard Lieberson, composer, dies at 66
    05/29/1979 Mary Pickford, actress (Coquette, Suds, Secrets), dies at 86 05/29/1982 Romy Schneider, actress (Cardinal), dies of cardiac arrest at 43 05/29/1985 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor mat
    05/29/1985 Madge West, actress (Grandma-McLean Stevenson Show), dies at 93 05/29/1991 Coral Browne, actress (Auntie Mame, Ruling Class), dies at 77 05/29/1992 Bill Beyers, actor (Wally-Capitol), dies of AIDS at 37
    05/29/1992 Peter John 'Ollie' Halsall, guitarist, dies at 43 of a heart attack 05/29/1992 Pippa Steele, actress (Vampire Lovers), dies
    05/29/1993 Billy Conn, boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), dies at 75 of pneumonia 05/29/1993 Tiny Hofman, Amsterdams activist (Nieuwmarkt), dies at 68 05/29/1994 Erich Honecker, president of German DR (1971-89), dies in Chile at 8
    05/29/1994 Ezra Taft Benson, min of Agr/leader of mormon (1985-94), dies at 94


    Significant Events:

    05/29/ 526 Antioch struck by Earthquake; about 250,000 die
    05/29/ 757 St Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    05/29/1138 Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) overthrows self for Innocentius II 05/29/1176 Battle of Legnano
    05/29/1415 Council of Konstanz
    05/29/1453 Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire 05/29/1453 French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated
    05/29/1506 Earl Willem I van Nassau-Dillenburg weds countess Walburg van Egmont
    05/29/1576 Spanish army under Mondragón conquerors Zierik sea
    05/29/1630 Gov John Winthrop begins 'History of New England'
    05/29/1652 English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tro
    05/29/1660 Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth 05/29/1692 Battle at La Hogue: English & Dutch fleet beat France
    05/29/1692 Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated
    05/29/1721 South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
    05/29/1787 'Virginia Plan' proposed
    05/29/1790 Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifing Constitution 05/29/1848 Battle at Curtazone: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte
    05/29/1848 Wisconsin becomes 30th state
    05/29/1849 Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln
    05/29/1861 Asteroid 72, Feronia, discovered (name for Italian goddess of groves
    05/29/1861 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #72 Feronia
    05/29/1861 Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army 05/29/1864 Méxican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz
    05/29/1874 Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect
    05/29/1884 1st steam cable trams start in highgate
    05/29/1889 A Charlois discovers asteroid #284 Amalia
    05/29/1900 Trademark 'Escalator' registered by Otis Elevator Co
    05/29/1902 Dutch State Mine law established
    05/29/1909 Frank 'Home Run' Baker's 1st career home run
    05/29/1910 Pope's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers 05/29/1911 1st running of Indianapolis 500
    05/29/1914 Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St Lawrence R; 1024 di
    05/29/1916 Official flag of president of US adopted
    05/29/1916 US forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
    05/29/1919 Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington 05/29/1922 Ecuador becomes independent
    05/29/1928 Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car 05/29/1935 Hague local museum opens
    05/29/1940 Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec) 05/29/1940 Arthur Seyss-Inquart intalled as Reich commissar of Hague 05/29/1943 Confederacy of Algiers (Churchill-Marshall-Eisenhower)
    05/29/1943 Meat & cheese rationed in US
    05/29/1945 US 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa
    05/29/1946 KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands
    05/29/1951 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair
    05/29/1952 2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles & Suriname ends 05/29/1953 Edmund P Hillary & Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest
    05/29/1954 Kirk & Anne Douglas married
    05/29/1954 Pope Pius X issues holy declaration
    05/29/1956 WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, FL (NBC) 1st broadcast 05/29/1957 Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators
    05/29/1957 Laos govt of prince Suvanna Phuma resigns
    05/29/1959 Charles de Gaulle forms French govt
    05/29/1960 Everly Brothers 'Cathy's Clown' hits #1
    05/29/1962 Barbra Striesand appears on 'Garry Moore Show'
    05/29/1965 Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' HR out of Connie Mack Stadium 05/29/1967 Australian Paul McManus waterskis barefoot for 1:30:19
    05/29/1971 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2127 Tanya
    05/29/1973 Thomas Bradley elected 1st black mayor of Los Angeles Calif 05/29/1977 A J Foyt wins Indianapolis 500 for a record 4th time
    05/29/1977 NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) ends on radio 05/29/1977 Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500
    05/29/1977 Sue Press is 1st woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one 05/29/1978 1st class postage now 15¢ (13¢ for 3 years)
    05/29/1979 Radio's 1st rock network 'Source' premieres
    05/29/1980 Attempted assassination of Vernon Jordan Jr, National Urban Leag pre
    05/29/1980 J Turners 'Juliet & her Nurse' sold for $6,400,000 in NYC 05/29/1980 Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year 05/29/1983 Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m
    05/29/1984 Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) & #4 (Joe Cronin) 05/29/1985 35 die in rioting between British & Italians at European Cup soccer 05/29/1987 'Twilight Zone' director John Landis found innocent in death of acto
    05/29/1987 Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains
    05/29/1987 Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games 05/29/1988 President Zia ul-Haq fires government/disbands parliament in Pakista
    05/29/1989 Student protesters in China construct a replic of Statue of Liberty 05/29/1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,870.49
    05/29/1990 NY Mets fire manager Davey Johnson & hire Bud Harrelson
    05/29/1992 NY Mets score in 9th to end home shut-out streak at 3 games 05/29/1993 Nazi's kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany
    05/29/1994 Al Unser Jr wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph) 05/29/1994 Great comet-iceball seen above North sea
    05/29/1994 Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/30/1220 Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63) 05/30/1524 Selîm II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)
    05/30/1578 Valentin Dretzel, composer
    05/30/1672 Peter I, (the Great), tsar of Russia (1682-1725)
    05/30/1757 Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth (C), British PM (1801-04) 05/30/1797 Johann Christian Lobe, composer
    05/30/1800 Karl W Feuerbach, German mathematician (Position of Feuerbach) 05/30/1808 Joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer
    05/30/1812 John Alexander McClernand, Major General (Union volunteers) 05/30/1829 Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert
    05/30/1830 Edward Winslow Hinks, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 05/30/1832 George Doherty Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army)
    05/30/1835 Alfred Austin, Leeds England, poet laureate of England (Garden) 05/30/1844 Louis Varney, composer
    05/30/1845 Amadeus I FM, duke of Aosta/king of Spain (1870-73)
    05/30/1846 Peter Carl Fabergé, Russia, goldsmith/jeweler/egg maker
    05/30/1847 Alice Sophia Stopford Green, Ireland, proponent of Irish independenc
    05/30/1853 Andries André, actor/husband of Geertruida Meeuwissen
    05/30/1853 Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer
    05/30/1859 Pierre Marie Felix Janet, France, psychologist/neurologist 05/30/1867 Arthur Vining Davis, Sharon Mass, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57)
    05/30/1881 George KFW von Küchler, German field marshal (Invasion Netherlands) 05/30/1883 Riccardo Zandonai, composer
    05/30/1887 Alexander Archipenko, Ukraine sculptor/lithographer
    05/30/1887 Gino Tagliapietra, composer
    05/30/1888 James A Farley, postmaster general (1932-38)
    05/30/1891 Iman J Van de Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter
    05/30/1894 Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch minister of Colonization (1942-45) 05/30/1896 Howard Hawks, US director/producer: Rio Bravo/Scarface
    05/30/1901 Cornelia Otis Skinner, writer (When Our Hearts Were Young & Gay) 05/30/1902 Stepin Fetchit, [Lincoln Perry], actor (Miracle in Harlem) 05/30/1903 Countee Cullen, Balt Md, poet (Black Christ & Other Poems) 05/30/1904 Ernesto de la Guardia Jr, President of Panamá (1956-60)
    05/30/1908 Hannes OG Alfvén, Swedish physicist (Nobel 1970)
    05/30/1908 Mel[vin J] Blanc, voice of Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig 05/30/1909 Benny Goodman, Chicago Ill, swinger/clarinetist, 'King of Swing' 05/30/1911 Douglas Fowley, NYC, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats) 05/30/1912 Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver!) 05/30/1913 Cedric Thorpe Davie, composer
    05/30/1914 Bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show) 05/30/1916 Joseph W Kennedy, scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium) 05/30/1922 Harry Clement Stubbs, US, sci-fi author (Needle, Iceworld) 05/30/1923 Jimmy Lydon, Harrington Pk NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill) 05/30/1924 Norbert Schemansky, USA, middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1952) 05/30/1925 Claude Prey, composer
    05/30/1925 Eddy Bruma, Suriname politician
    05/30/1926 Christine Jorgensen, pioneer transsexual
    05/30/1926 Edouard Van Remoortel, Brussels, conductor (1958-62 St Louis Symph) 05/30/1927 Clint Walker, Hartford Ill, actor (Kodiak, Cheyenne, Dirty Dozen) 05/30/1927 Dick Noel, Bkln NY, TV host (It's a Small Wonder)
    05/30/1927 Evelyn Wesler Zemel, US, author (American Glass Animals)
    05/30/1929 Michael Mellinger, Bavaria, actor (Goldfinger)
    05/30/1932 Pauline Oliveros, Houston Texas, composer (Sound Patterns) 05/30/1932 Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi, composer
    05/30/1934 Alexei A Leonov, Siberia USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II Soyuz 19) 05/30/1936 Galina Sjostakovitsj, daughter of Russian composer Dmitri 05/30/1936 Keir Dullea, actor (2001, 2010, David & Lisa)
    05/30/1936 Ruta Lee, actress (Operation Eichmann, Marjorie Morningstar) 05/30/1938 Wilfried A de Pree, Dutch 2nd Chamber Member (PvdA)
    05/30/1939 Michael J Pollard, Passaic NJ, actor (Bonny & Clyde, Roxanne) 05/30/1940 David Ackroyd, actor (I Come in Peace, Memories of Me)
    05/30/1942 Dan Miller, (Rep-R-Florida)
    05/30/1943 Gale Sayers, NFL running back (Chicago Bears)
    05/30/1944 Larry Davidson, rocker (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)
    05/30/1945 Meredith MacRae, Houston Tx, actress (Petticoat Junction, My 3 Sons)
    05/30/1951 Stephen Tobolowsky, actor (Single White Female, Thelma & Louise) 05/30/1952 Zoltan Kocsis, composer
    05/30/1955 Nicky 'Topper' Headon, English drummer (Clash-Complete Control) 05/30/1957 Allison Roe, Auckland NZ, marathoner (NYC-1981)
    05/30/1957 Chris Van Jaarsveld, guitarist (Sleeze Beez)
    05/30/1958 Marie Fredriksson, Ostra-Lj Swed, singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Lov
    05/30/1958 Michael E Lopez-Alegria, Madrid Spain, US Navy Lt Commander/astronau
    05/30/1960 Stephen 'Tea Tower' Duffy, rocker (Lilac Time-Paradise Song) 05/30/1961 Ella Arolovich, entertainer
    05/30/1961 Ralph Carter, actor (Michael Evans-Good Times)
    05/30/1961 Trey Parker, actor (Newsies)
    05/30/1962 Tonya Pinkins, Chicago Ill, actress (Livia Frye-All My Children) 05/30/1963 Helen Patricia Sharman, Great Britain, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-12) 05/30/1963 Lynda Wiesmeier, Washington DC, playmate (Jul, 1982)
    05/30/1964 Wynonna Judd, [Christina], Ashland Ky, singer (Judds-Why Not Me) 05/30/1968 Tim Burgess, English rock vocalist (Charlatans-Only One I Know) 05/30/1972 Trey Parker, rapper/actor (Hull High)
    05/30/1976 Omri Hairi Katz, LA Calif, actor (Marshall Teller-Eerie Indiana) 05/30/1986 Ashley Slaney, daughter of Olympians Mary Decker & Richard Slaney


    Deaths:

    05/30/ 727 Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72 05/30/1035 Boudewijn IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies
    05/30/1252 Ferdinand III the holy, King of Castilië/León, dies
    05/30/1416 Jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church
    05/30/1431 Joan of Arc, burned as a witch by English at Rouen at 19
    05/30/1434 Prokopius, [Bohemia?], leader of taboriets, dies in battle 05/30/1574 Charles IX, King of France (1560-74), dies
    05/30/1593 Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist/poet/spy, murdered 05/30/1640 André Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies
    05/30/1718 Arnold J van Keppel, earl of Albemarle/general, dies at about 48 05/30/1718 Bernard Nieuwentyt, physician/theologist, dies at 63
    05/30/1744 Alexander Pope, English poet (Eloisa to Abelard), dies at 56 05/30/1746 Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer, dies at 69
    05/30/1778 Voltaire, [François-Marie Arouet], French writer (Candide), dies 05/30/1791 Ildephons Haas, composer, dies at 56
    05/30/1797 Carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48
    05/30/1809 Johan B Scheffer, portrait painter, dies at about 43
    05/30/1833 Josef Slavik, composer, dies at 27
    05/30/1840 Dominique J de Eerens, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 59 05/30/1864 James Barbour Terrill, US attorney/Confederate brig-gen, dies at 26 05/30/1865 William Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at
    05/30/1870 Gustave Vogt, composer, dies at 89
    05/30/1906 William Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30
    05/30/1912 Wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies
    05/30/1918 Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies
    05/30/1919 Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies 05/30/1923 Camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63
    05/30/1935 Lothar Windsperger, composer, dies at 49
    05/30/1938 Raden Sutomo, Indonesian freedom fighter, dies at 49
    05/30/1940 Y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104
    05/30/1944 Jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies
    05/30/1947 Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72
    05/30/1953 George Barnes, cinematographer, dies
    05/30/1957 Toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies
    05/30/1959 Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer, dies at 86
    05/30/1960 Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at 70
    05/30/1961 Rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69
    05/30/1964 Leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66
    05/30/1966 Wäinö V Aaltonen, Finnish sculptor, dies at 72
    05/30/1967 Claude Rains, actor (Invisible Man), dies at 77
    05/30/1969 Gaston Brenta, composer, dies at 67
    05/30/1969 John Cipollini, guitarist, dies at 45 of ephysema
    05/30/1971 Marcel Dupré, French composer, dies at 85
    05/30/1971 Rodd Redwing, actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies at 66
    05/30/1972 Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104
    05/30/1973 Hal Hastings, orch leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66 05/30/1975 Michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80 05/30/1977 Paul Desmond, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 52
    05/30/1979 Jack Raine, actor (Quartet), dies at 82
    05/30/1980 Carl Radle, bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment 05/30/1981 Ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated
    05/30/1983 Alfred M Gruenther, US general/NATO-commander (1953-56), dies at 84 05/30/1986 Hank Mobley, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 55
    05/30/1987 Frank Carlson, (Gov/Rep/Sen-R-Ks), dies at 94
    05/30/1987 Turk Murphy, jazz trombonist, dies at 71
    05/30/1988 Ella Raines, actress (Uncle Harry, Runaround, Impact), dies at 66 05/30/1989 Zinka Milanov, Met Opera Diva, dies of a stroke at 83
    05/30/1991 Manolo Gomez Bur, entertainer, dies
    05/30/1992 Daniel Addes, actor, dies
    05/30/1992 Karl Carstens, president Germany (1979-84), dies at 77
    05/30/1992 Leen 't Hart, organist/composer, dies at 72
    05/30/1993 Herman S Blount, Sun Ra, US jazz pianist (Solar Arkestra), dies at 7
    05/30/1993 Sun Ra, blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79 05/30/1994 Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan writer (La vida breve), dies at 85 05/30/1994 Marcel Bich, Italian/French baron/pen manufacturer (Bic), dies at 79


    Significant Events:

    05/30/1035 Boudewijn V van Rijsel becomes earl of Flanders
    05/30/1087 German emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad
    05/30/1100 Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht
    05/30/1381 English boer uprising begins in Essex
    05/30/1416 Jerome of Prague burned as a heretic by Church
    05/30/1434 Battle at Lipany
    05/30/1498 Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America
    05/30/1527 U of Marburg (Germany) founded
    05/30/1539 Spanish explorer Fernando de Soto lands in Florida
    05/30/1574 Henry III follows brother Charles IX as king of France
    05/30/1574 Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot)
    05/30/1584 Earl Adolf van Nieuwenaar/Meurs becomes viceroy of Gelderland 05/30/1588 Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade Englan
    05/30/1646 Spain & Netherlands signs temporary ceasefire
    05/30/1814 1st Treaty of Paris, after Napoleon's 1st abdication
    05/30/1822 House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged) 05/30/1832 Évariste Galois give his theory on free assembly (dies in duel May 3
    05/30/1848 2nd battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians
    05/30/1848 William Young patents ice cream freezer
    05/30/1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed Missouri Compromise opens north slavery
    05/30/1854 Territories of Kansas & Nebraska created
    05/30/1858 Hudson's Bay Co rights to Vancouver Island revoked
    05/30/1862 Battle of Booneville MS - captured Gen Beauregard evacuates Corinth 05/30/1862 Battle of Front Royal, VA
    05/30/1864 Battle of Bethesda Church VA
    05/30/1864 Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) Virginia
    05/30/1866 Opera 'Die Verkaufte Braut' premieres (Prague)
    05/30/1889 Brasierre is invented
    05/30/1894 Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 HRs in 1 baseball game
    05/30/1901 Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated
    05/30/1901 Memorial Day 1st observed in US
    05/30/1903 R S Dugan discovers asteroid #511 Davida
    05/30/1904 Frank Chance gets hit by pitch 5 times in a doubleheader
    05/30/1908 1st federal workmen's compensation law approved
    05/30/1908 Aldrich Vineland Currency Act forerunner to Federal Reserve System 05/30/1908 Paris advocate E Archdeacon is 1st passenger in a airplane 05/30/1908 US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized
    05/30/1911 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 75 MPH (120 KPH) 05/30/1912 US Marines sent to Nicaragua
    05/30/1913 1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London
    05/30/1913 Conclusion of 1st Balkan War
    05/30/1913 New country of Albania, formed
    05/30/1921 Salzburg, Austria, votes to join Germany
    05/30/1922 Latvia & Vatican sign accord
    05/30/1922 Lincoln Memorial dedicated
    05/30/1924 H E Wood discovers asteroid #1032 Pafuri
    05/30/1924 Socialist Matteotti falls in Italian parliament by fascists 05/30/1925 British mariners shoot on demonstrators
    05/30/1925 Peter DePaolo became 1st man to average over 100 mph at Indy 05/30/1930 Bill Arnold wins Indianapolis 500 car race (161.6 kph)
    05/30/1932 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Miller Huggins
    05/30/1933 Patent on invisible glass installation
    05/30/1935 Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies 05/30/1937 Denny Shute wins PGA golf tournament
    05/30/1937 Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers, 10 d
    05/30/1937 Pitcher Carl Hubbell's 24th consecutive victory
    05/30/1937 Police kill 10 strikers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago 05/30/1938 Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 & 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium 05/30/1941 1st anti semitic measures in Serbia
    05/30/1941 English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government 05/30/1941 German capture Kreta
    05/30/1942 1st Bombing attack on Cologne (1,000 bombers)
    05/30/1942 US aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor
    05/30/1943 French general De Gaulle arrives in Algiers
    05/30/1943 US troops reconquer Attu Aleutians
    05/30/1946 United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (NY) 42 di
    05/30/1949 East Germans constitution approved
    05/30/1949 NPS/VHP win 1st general election in Suriname
    05/30/1949 WRTV TV channel 6 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting 05/30/1951 Heavyweight Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in Chicago
    05/30/1953 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2 05/30/1954 Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs 05/30/1954 Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K (13:57.2)
    05/30/1955 KMVT TV channel 11 in Twin Falls, ID (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasti
    05/30/1955 Tunisia begins domestic self governing
    05/30/1956 Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee Florida
    05/30/1959 Pres Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua
    05/30/1959 Pres Stroessner disbands Paraguay's parliament
    05/30/1959 World's 1st hovercraft tested at Cowes England
    05/30/1961 Dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die
    05/30/1961 Maris hits his 10th & 11th of 61 HRs
    05/30/1962 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India)
    05/30/1964 Beatles 1961 record of 'Cry for a Shadow' is #1 in Australia 05/30/1964 Beatles' 'Love Me Do,' single goes #1
    05/30/1965 Viet-cong offensive against US base Da Nang
    05/30/1965 Vivian Malone, is 1st black to graduate from University of Alabama 05/30/1966 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
    05/30/1966 Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph)
    05/30/1966 US launches Surveyor 1 to Moon
    05/30/1967 Biafra declares independence from Nigeria
    05/30/1967 King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo
    05/30/1967 Robert 'Evel' Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles
    05/30/1968 Beatles begin work on their only double album 'Beatles'
    05/30/1968 President De Gaulle disbands French parliament
    05/30/1968 University church in Leipzig German DR, blown up
    05/30/1968 West German Bondsdag accept emergency crisis law
    05/30/1969 Gibraltar adopts constitution
    05/30/1969 People revolt in Willemstad, Curaçao
    05/30/1971 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; drunk LSD apple juice 05/30/1971 Train crash at Pigeon droppings, 5 die
    05/30/1971 US Mariner 9 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched
    05/30/1972 3 Jap PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod Intl airpo
    05/30/1973 Ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup
    05/30/1974 10th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4
    05/30/1975 Wings release 'Venus & Mars' album
    05/30/1976 Bobby Unser sets world record for fastest pit stop (4 seconds) 05/30/1977 Cleve Indian Dennis Eckersley no-hits Calif Angels, 2-0
    05/30/1979 Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80 05/30/1979 Ted Coombs began a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to NYC 05/30/1980 Turner's painting 'Juliet & Her Nurse' sells for $6.4 million 05/30/1981 'Nightline' extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday) 05/30/1982 Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds 05/30/1982 Spain becomes 16th member of NATO
    05/30/1985 Edmonton Oilers beat Flyers 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup
    05/30/1986 Ariane-2 (ESA) launched
    05/30/1986 Bobby Rahal is 1st to avg over 170 mph in Indianapolis 500 05/30/1987 West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square
    05/30/1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house 05/30/1990 135 die in a (6.4) earthquake in Peru
    05/30/1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,878.56
    05/30/1992 Minn Twin Bert Blyleven becomes 2nd to win as teenager & 40 year old
    05/30/1992 NY Yankee Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams 05/30/1992 Paul Simon weds Edie Brickell

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Mon May 31 00:05:04 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    05/31/1469 Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration 05/31/1472 Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal
    05/31/1656 Marin Marias, composer
    05/31/1664 Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal
    05/31/1674 Friedrich Erhard Niedt, composer
    05/31/1701 Alexander Cruden, compiler of a concordance to King James Bible 05/31/1753 Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader
    05/31/1802 Cesare Pugni, composer
    05/31/1804 Jeanne-Louise Farrenc, composer
    05/31/1810 Horatio Seymour, Gov (Union), died in 1886
    05/31/1817 Edouard Deldevez, composer
    05/31/1818 John Albion Andrew, Gov (Union), died in 1867
    05/31/1819 Walt Whitman, West Hills, NY, poet (Leaves of Grass)
    05/31/1837 Ernest Daudet, French writer (White Terror)
    05/31/1837 Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
    05/31/1837 William Henry Fitzhugh 'Rooney' Lee, Major General (Confederate Army
    05/31/1838 Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Wife at University)
    05/31/1857 Pius XI, [Ambrogio DA Ratti], Italy, 259th Pope (1922-39) 05/31/1860 Walter Richard Sickert, Danish/English painter (The Miner) 05/31/1863 Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer
    05/31/1864 Albert J M Bakker, actor (Teun the night watch)
    05/31/1866 Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer
    05/31/1872 Charles G Abbot, US, astronomer (Constant Sun)
    05/31/1872 William Heath Robinson, England, illustrator/cartoonist (Don Quixote
    05/31/1875 Italo Montemezzi, composer
    05/31/1879 Mark Hambourg, composer
    05/31/1887 Gunnar Olof Björling, Finnish/Swedish language poet (Vilande Day) 05/31/1887 Saint-John Perse, France, poet/diplomat (Nobel 1960)
    05/31/1888 Jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimston
    05/31/1889 Athene Seyler, London, actress (Make Mine Mink)
    05/31/1892 Gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-Reich organization leader 05/31/1892 Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Bespokojnaja Joenostj) 05/31/1892 Louis Fourestier, composer
    05/31/1892 Willem Ravelli, baritone singer
    05/31/1894 Fred Allen, [John Sullivan], radio comedian (Fred Allen Show) 05/31/1897 Margalo Gillmore, London, actress (Skirts Ahoy, High Society) 05/31/1898 Johan Brouwer, pianist/writer/resistance fighter
    05/31/1898 Norman Vincent Peale, Ohio, clergyman (Power of Positive Thinking) 05/31/1900 Helma Wolf-Catz, author
    05/31/1902 Billy Mayerl, composer
    05/31/1902 Henk Schaer, [Hendricus JM Schaareman], actor/conductor
    05/31/1902 Ralph Walter Wood, composer
    05/31/1908 Don Ameche, actor (Cocoon, Trading Places)
    05/31/1909 Thor Thorvaldsen, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1948, 52) 05/31/1912 Barbara Pepper, NYC, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres, Rogue Tavern
    05/31/1912 Henry M 'Scoop' Jackson, (Sen-D-Wash)
    05/31/1912 Martin Schwarzschild, US astronomer (evolution)
    05/31/1914 Akira Ifukube, composer
    05/31/1916 Bert Hanstra, Holten Netherlands, director (Fanfare)
    05/31/1916 Judy Campbell, actress (Convoy, Bonnie Prince Charlie)
    05/31/1920 Edward Bennett Williams, lawyer/team owner (Redskins, Balt Orioles) 05/31/1921 Alida Valli, Pola Italy, actress (Miracle of the Bells, 3rd Man) 05/31/1921 Robert Arthur Ley, UK, sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X) 05/31/1922 Denholm Elliott, actor (Alfie, Cuba, Doll's House, King Rat) 05/31/1922 Elisabeth, arch duchess of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein 05/31/1923 Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1949- )
    05/31/1923 Wolfgang Lesser, composer
    05/31/1928 Jacob Lateiner, Havana Cuba, pianist/professor (Juiliard) 05/31/1929 Aladar Zoltan, composer
    05/31/1929 Elaine Stewart, actress (Take the High Ground)
    05/31/1930 Clint Eastwood, SF Calif, actor (Dirty Harry), mayor (Carmel, Calif)
    05/31/1931 John Schrieffer, US physicist (Nobel 1972)
    05/31/1931 Shirley Verrett, New Orleans, mezzo-soprano (Cassandra-Les Troyens) 05/31/1931 Steve Horn, (Rep-R-California)
    05/31/1934 Bent Peter Rasch, Denmark, canoe (Olympic-gold-1952)
    05/31/1934 Jim Hutton, Binghamton NY, actor (Ellery Queen)
    05/31/1934 Karl-Erik Welin, composer
    05/31/1938 Peter Yarrow, NYC, (Peter, Paul & Mary-Puff the Magic Dragon) 05/31/1939 Terry Waite, Anglican Church envoy/Lebanese hostage
    05/31/1941 Johnny Paycheck, country singer (Take This Job & Shove It) 05/31/1941 Kenneth Cooper, NYC, harpsichordist/professor (Barnard, Bkln) 05/31/1942 Happy Hairston, NBA star (Cin, Detroit, LA)
    05/31/1943 Joe Namath, PA, NFL QB (NY Jets), $400,000 man (1969 Superbowl) 05/31/1943 Sharon Gless, LA Calif, actress (Chris Cagney-Cagney & Lacey) 05/31/1944 Mick Ralphs, guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)
    05/31/1946 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German play director
    05/31/1947 John Bonham, entertainer
    05/31/1948 Duncan L Hunter, (Rep-R-CA, 1981- )
    05/31/1948 John 'Bonzo' Bonham, drummer (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven) 05/31/1948 Rhea Perlman, Bkln NY, actress (Carla-Cheers, Zena-Taxi)
    05/31/1949 Steven Kampmann, Phila, actor (Kirk-Newhart)
    05/31/1950 Gregory Harrison, Catalina Calif, actor (Trapper John, Logan's Run) 05/31/1950 Tom Berenger, actor (Big Chill, Someone to Watch Over Me) 05/31/1956 Bart van Poppel, Dutch bassist/guitarist/singer (Tambourine) 05/31/1958 Mkhuseli Jack, South African UDF-leader (consumer boycots) 05/31/1960 Chris Elliot, actor/comedian (Get a Life, David Letterman Show) 05/31/1960 Norm Johnson, NFL placekicker (Seattle Seahawk)
    05/31/1961 Harry Enfield, comedian
    05/31/1961 Lea Thompson, actress (Casual Sex, Howard the Duck, Space Camp) 05/31/1963 Wendy Smith, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)
    05/31/1964 Scotti Hill, Manhasset NY, rock guitarist (Skid Row-Psycho Love) 05/31/1965 Brooke Shields, NYC, model/actress (Blue Lagoon, Endless Love) 05/31/1967 Sandrine Bonnaire, Clermont France, actress (Vagabond, Police) 05/31/1971 Sarah O'Hare, model (Cosmopolitan-Jan 1994)
    05/31/1990 Liberty Irene Kasem, daughter of Casey & Jean Kasam


    Deaths:

    05/31/ 455 Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched
    05/31/1091 Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies
    05/31/1504 Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies
    05/31/1551 Aristotele 'Basiano' da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies 05/31/1567 Péreguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies 05/31/1594 Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75
    05/31/1620 Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59
    05/31/1665 Pieter J Saenredam, architect, dies at 67
    05/31/1696 Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75
    05/31/1740 Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51 05/31/1806 Michaël FB Freiherr von Melas, Austrian general, dies
    05/31/1809 Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33 05/31/1809 Franz Josef Haydn, Austrian composer (Jahreszeiten), dies at 76 05/31/1832 Évariste Galois, French revolutionary/mathematician, dies at 20 05/31/1849 Léonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69 05/31/1854 Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34
    05/31/1862 Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34 05/31/1900 James Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75 05/31/1900 John Power, Irish baronet/whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle 05/31/1906 Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56 05/31/1906 King Alfonso XIII, assassinated in Madrid
    05/31/1906 Victoria von Battenberg, assassinated in Madrid
    05/31/1910 Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89
    05/31/1916 Horace Hood, British spy (Battle of Jutland), dies in battle 05/31/1928 Ludwig Enneccerus, German leader, dies at 85
    05/31/1942 Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinat
    05/31/1947 Adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39 05/31/1947 Henri G Casadesus, Fr altviolist/composer (viola d'amour), dies at 6
    05/31/1948 Jose Vianna da Motta, composer, dies at 80
    05/31/1952 Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies 05/31/1955 'Wild Bill' Vukovich, killed in Indy 500
    05/31/1955 Raoul Gunsbourg, composer, dies at 95
    05/31/1960 Willem Elsschot, [Alfons de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 7
    05/31/1962 Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56
    05/31/1962 Eduardo Toldra, composer, dies at 67
    05/31/1963 Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art critic of Rome), dies at 63 05/31/1971 Reinhold Niebuhr, US theologist, dies at 78
    05/31/1973 Albert Egges van Giffen, archaeologist, dies at 89
    05/31/1974 Adelle Davis, US nutrionalist (Let's stay healthy), dies at 70 05/31/1976 Jacques Monod, French biochemist, dies
    05/31/1976 Martha Mitchell wife of former Att Gen John Mitchell, dies in NY at
    05/31/1983 Jack Dempsey, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 87
    05/31/1987 Dorothy Patrick, actress (Torch Song, New Orleans, High Wall), dies 05/31/1989 Charles A Hufnagel, doc (artificial heart valve pioneer), dies at 72
    05/31/1989 Terry Drinkwater, CBS news correspondant, dies at 53 of cancer 05/31/1991 Angus Wilson, [Johnstone-W], British writer (Wrong Set), dies 05/31/1991 H N 'Swanie' Swanson, literary agent, dies at 91 of a stroke 05/31/1992 Lutz Stavenhagen, top aid to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, dies at 52 05/31/1993 John Granger, actor (Advise & Consent), dies
    05/31/1994 Sidney Gilliat, British screenwriter/director, dies at 86


    Significant Events:

    05/31/ 70 Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem
    05/31/1417 Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen 05/31/1531 'Women's Revolt' in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted 05/31/1634 US colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony
    05/31/1696 John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius
    05/31/1744 French troops conquer Kortrijk
    05/31/1790 US copyright law enacted
    05/31/1821 1st catholic minster of US initiated in Baltimore Md
    05/31/1836 HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape the Good Hope
    05/31/1837 NY's Astor Hotel opens ... most elaborate in US
    05/31/1847 Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens
    05/31/1849 last edition of Orange sheet 'Journal de La Haye'
    05/31/1853 Elisha Kane's Arctic expedition leaves NY aboard Advance
    05/31/1861 Gen Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line 05/31/1861 Mint at New Orleans closes
    05/31/1862 Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks)
    05/31/1864 Raid at Morgan's Kentucky
    05/31/1870 Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks)
    05/31/1878 German battleship Grosser Kurfürst sinks, 284 killed
    05/31/1879 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition
    05/31/1879 Madison Square Garden opens its doors
    05/31/1883 French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar 05/31/1884 John Kellogg patents 'flaked cereal'
    05/31/1889 Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Penn
    05/31/1891 Work on trans-Siberian railway begans
    05/31/1899 -June 5] Conference of Bloemfontein fails
    05/31/1899 Bronx acquires Keltch Memorial Park
    05/31/1900 British troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg
    05/31/1900 Piet de Law captures Lt-Col Spragges Irish Yeomanry
    05/31/1900 US troops arrive in Peking, help put down Boxer Rebellion 05/31/1902 Boer War Ends; Treaty of Vereeniging signed, Britain annexes Transva
    05/31/1906 Attack on King Alfonso XIII & Victoria von Battenberg in Madrid 05/31/1908 Miss Pottelsberghe de la Pottery is 1st airplane passenger (Belgium)
    05/31/1909 1st NAACP conference (United Charities Building, NYC)
    05/31/1910 Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa
    05/31/1910 Union of South Africa declares independence from UK
    05/31/1912 US marines land on Cuba
    05/31/1913 17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified 05/31/1914 Chic White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleve Indians, 6-1
    05/31/1915 An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London
    05/31/1916 Battle of Skagerrak: Brit-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead)
    05/31/1916 British battlecruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6 05/31/1917 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
    05/31/1918 M Wolf discovers asteroids #892 Seeligeria & #893 Leopoldina 05/31/1919 NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlanti
    05/31/1921 Suffy McInnis (1st base) begins an errorless string of 1,700 05/31/1923 China & USSR exchange diplomats
    05/31/1926 Portuguese president Bernardino Machedo flees after coup
    05/31/1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition opens in Philadelphia
    05/31/1927 Ford Motor Company produces last 'Tin Lizzie'
    05/31/1927 Tiger 1st baseman Johnny Neun makes an unassisted triple play 05/31/1928 1st aerial cross of Pacific takes off from Oakland
    05/31/1929 Atlantic City Convention Center opens
    05/31/1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1108 Demeter
    05/31/1930 Building begins on Albert Canal in Belgium
    05/31/1935 Babe Ruth grounds out in his final at bat
    05/31/1935 Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta Pakistan
    05/31/1937 Bkln Dodgers snap NY Giant Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak 05/31/1937 German battleships bomb Almeria Spain
    05/31/1938 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1466 Mundleria
    05/31/1940 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris
    05/31/1941 -June 1) 32.0 cm rain falls on Burlington Kansas (state record) 05/31/1941 German occupiers forbids Jews access to beach & swimming pools 05/31/1942 Sam Snead wins PGA golf tournament
    05/31/1947 Communists grab power in Hungary
    05/31/1947 Eastern DC-4 crashes between Ft Deposit & Perryville Md, kills 53 05/31/1947 Italian govt of Gasperi forms
    05/31/1949 Sam Snead wins PGA golf tournament
    05/31/1950 Due to rain, Indy 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins 05/31/1951 Neth & South Africa sign cultural accord
    05/31/1951 S Arend discovers asteroid #1591 Baize
    05/31/1953 Lebanese president Camille Shamun disbands government
    05/31/1953 WSUN TV channel 38 in St Petersburg-Tampa, FL (IND) 1st broadcast 05/31/1955 Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities 05/31/1955 Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike 05/31/1955 Supreme Court orders school integration 'with all deliberate speed' 05/31/1956 Mickey Mantle HR just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof 05/31/1958 Dick Dale invents 'surf music' with 'Let's Go Trippin'
    05/31/1961 Dominican Republic president Trujillo assassinated
    05/31/1961 JFK visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris
    05/31/1961 Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Ed of New Rochelle, to integrat
    05/31/1961 Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves Commonwealth 05/31/1964 Charles Schmid kills first Pied Piper victim
    05/31/1964 SF Giants beat NY Mets, 8-6, in 23 innings (2nd game) (7 hrs 32 mins
    05/31/1965 Jim Clark becomes 1st foreigner in 49 years to win Indy
    05/31/1969 John Lennon & Yoko Ono record 'Give Peace a Chance'
    05/31/1969 Stevie Wonder releases 'My Cherie Amore'
    05/31/1970 7.75 Earthquake aftershocks hit Peru; 50-70,000 die
    05/31/1970 At 03:23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by earthquake (50-70,000 die) 05/31/1970 KDUB TV channel 40 in Dubuque, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting 05/31/1971 WDXR (now WKPD) TV channel 29 in Paducah, KY (PBS) begins broadcasti
    05/31/1972 Ajax wins Europe Cup in Rotterdam
    05/31/1974 Israel & Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights 05/31/1975 Fred Newman made 12,874 baskets in a one-day exhibition
    05/31/1976 Loudest PA (76 KW) for Who's Quadrophenia in London
    05/31/1977 Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani becomes Heir Apparent to throne of Qatar 05/31/1977 Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed
    05/31/1979 J Kveton discovers asteroid #2672 Pisek
    05/31/1979 Radio City Music Hall (NYC) reopens
    05/31/1979 Zimbabwe proclaims independence
    05/31/1980 Police & youthful rebels battle in Zurich
    05/31/1983 Phila 76ers sweep Lakers for NBA championship in 4 games
    05/31/1985 41 tornadoes hit Northeast US, killing 88
    05/31/1985 Guatemala adopts constitution
    05/31/1985 New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000
    05/31/1987 Edmonton Oilers beat Flyers 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup
    05/31/1987 Saul Ballesteros drives 3 golf balls off Mt McKinley, Alaska 05/31/1989 'Rambling with Gambling' 20,000th radio program on WOR-AM (NYC) 05/31/1989 1st presentation of rock n roll Elvis awards
    05/31/1989 Speaker of House Jim Wright resigns
    05/31/1990 NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 3rd victim, Joseph Ponce
    05/31/1991 Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia
    05/31/1991 Sides in Angola sign a treaty ending 16 year civil war
    05/31/1993 President Dobrica Cosic of little Yugoslavia flees

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Jun 1 00:05:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/01/1503 Wilhelm von Grumbach, German lt col
    06/01/1549 Allesandre Spontone, composer
    06/01/1563 Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English chief minister (1598-1625) 06/01/1611 Felician Schwab, composer
    06/01/1653 Georg Muffat, composer
    06/01/1679 Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim)
    06/01/1755 Frederico Fiorillo, Ital's violist/composer
    06/01/1757 Ignaz J Pleyel, Austria composer/piano builder (Méde the piano) 06/01/1763 Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer
    06/01/1765 Christiane Vulpius, wife of Johann W von Goethe
    06/01/1765 Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer
    06/01/1769 Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer
    06/01/1771 Ferdinando Paer, composer
    06/01/1776 John George Schetky, composer
    06/01/1780 Karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist
    06/01/1790 Salomon J Rappoport, Czech rabbi/learned (Ereg miliem)
    06/01/1801 Brigham Young, painter/religious leader (Mormon church)/polygamist 06/01/1804 Mikhail Ivan Glinka, Novosspaskoye Russia, composer (Jota Aragonesa)
    06/01/1806 John Buchanan Floyd, Ex-Sect of War (Union), died in 1863 06/01/1825 John Hunt Morgan, Brig General (Confederate cavalry commander) 06/01/1826 Carl Bechstein, German piano inventor
    06/01/1826 Hermann Zopff, composer
    06/01/1831 John Bell Hood, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879
    06/01/1844 Galusha Pennypacker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1916 06/01/1848 Otto Valdemar Malling, composer
    06/01/1862 António JdC Feÿó, Portuguese diplomat/poet (Bailatas)
    06/01/1878 John Masefield, England, 15th poet laureate (Salt-Water Ballads) 06/01/1882 John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Abraham Lincoln) 06/01/1886 Ernst Kurth, Austrian/Swiss musicologist
    06/01/1887 Clive Brook, actor/director (List of Adrian Messenger)
    06/01/1890 Frank Morgan [Francis P Wupperman], US, actor (Annie Get Your Gun) 06/01/1892 Amanullah, emir/king of Afghanistan (1919-28)
    06/01/1892 Samuel L M Barlow, composer
    06/01/1898 Curtis Stevens, US, 2 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932)
    06/01/1898 Edgar 'Cookie' Fairchild, NYC, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show) 06/01/1898 Lieb Glantz, composer
    06/01/1898 Molly Picon, yiddish actress (Milk & Honey, Fiddler on the Roof) 06/01/1899 Werner Janssen, NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY) 06/01/1901 John W Van Duren, playwright (I Remember Mama)
    06/01/1903 Percy William Whitlock, composer
    06/01/1905 Dinora de Carvalho, composer
    06/01/1905 Robert Newton, actor (Henry V, Around the World in 80 Days) 06/01/1907 Frank Whittle, England inventor (jet engine)
    06/01/1909 Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist/conductor (Neth Chamber orch) 06/01/1911 Gertrude Michael, actress (Cleopatra, Menace, Club Havana) 06/01/1915 John Randolph, US, actor (King Kong)
    06/01/1919 Boris Lazarevich Klyuzner, composer
    06/01/1921 Nelson Riddle, Oradell NJ, musical conductor (Batman, Frank Sinatra)
    06/01/1922 Abdul Rashid, Pakistan, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960) 06/01/1922 Joan Caulfield, East Orange NJ, actress (Liz-My Favorite Husband) 06/01/1922 Joan Copeland, actress (Roseland, A Little Sex)
    06/01/1925 Richard Erdman, Enid Ok, actor (Stalag 17, Anything Goes) 06/01/1926 Andy Griffith, Mount Airy NC, actor (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock) 06/01/1926 Marilyn Monroe, [Norma Jean Baker], actress (Some Like It Hot) 06/01/1928 Bob Monkhouse, Kent England, comedian (Bonkers)
    06/01/1928 Georgi T Dobrovolsky, Odessa, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11)
    06/01/1929 Yehudi Wyner, composer
    06/01/1930 Edward Woodward, England, actor (Breaker Morant, Wickerman) 06/01/1930 Ty Hardin, Ill, actor (Berserk, PT 109)
    06/01/1932 Philo [Rolf] Bregstein, writer (Dingen die niet Voorbjgaan) 06/01/1933 Alan 'the Horse' Ameche, Wisc, NFL fullback (Baltimore Colts) 06/01/1933 Charles Wilson, (Rep-D-TX, 1973- )
    06/01/1934 Pat Boone, Florida, singer/actor (April Love, Cross & Switchblade) 06/01/1934 Peter Masterson, Texas, actor (Ambush Bay)
    06/01/1934 Sylvia Syms, actress (Asylum, Moonraker, Shirley Valentine) 06/01/1934 Willy Roggeman, Flemish writer (Goldfish, Nardis)
    06/01/1935 James George, US, weightlifter (Olympic-silver-1960/bronze-1956) 06/01/1935 John Edward Porter, (Rep-R-IL, 1980- )
    06/01/1935 Reverend Ike, SC, evangelist minister
    06/01/1936 Bekim Fehmiu, actor (Black Sunday, Permission to Kill, Cagliostro) 06/01/1937 Morgan Freeman, Memphis Tn, actor (Driving Mrs Daisy, Glory) 06/01/1939 Cleavon Little, Chickasha Okla, actor (Blazing Saddles, Toy Soldiers
    06/01/1940 René Auberjonois, NYC, actor (Clayton-Benson, Deep Space Nine) 06/01/1941 Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor (Houston Opera-1976) 06/01/1942 Tom Mankiewicz, LA Calif, screenwriter (Diamonds are Forever) 06/01/1943 Ely of Tongeren, guitarist/singer (Buffoons)
    06/01/1943 Richard Goode, Bronx, concert pianist (1980 Avery Fisher Award) 06/01/1944 Robert Powell, England, actor (Jigsaw Man, Shaka Zulu, Secrets) 06/01/1945 Frederica Von Stade, Somerville NJ, mezzo-soprano (Die Zauberflöte) 06/01/1945 Linda Scott, singer (Hey Look at Me Now)
    06/01/1946 Carol Neblett, Modesto California, soprano (NYC Opera)
    06/01/1947 Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor (Brazil, Praying Mantis)
    06/01/1947 Ron Wood, rock guitarist (Faces, Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones) 06/01/1948 Tom Sneva, US auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1983)
    06/01/1949 Mike Levine, rocker (Triumph)
    06/01/1950 Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD) 06/01/1950 Gemma Craven, actress (Wagner, Story of Slipper & Rose)
    06/01/1950 Gennadi Mikhailovich Manakov, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-10
    06/01/1950 Graham Russell, rocker (Air Supply-All out of Love)
    06/01/1953 Diana Canova, West Palm Beach Fla, actress (Corrine-Soap) 06/01/1955 Chiyonofuji, sumo wrestler
    06/01/1956 Lisa Hartman Black, Houston, singer/actress (Tabitha, Knots Landing)
    06/01/1956 Robin Mattson, actress (Gina-Santa Barbara, Bonnie's Kids, Wolf Lake
    06/01/1959 Alan 'Wild'er, English rock vocalist/music (Depeche Mode-Wild!) 06/01/1961 Paul Coffey, NHL forward (Edmonton Oilers, Pitts Penguins) 06/01/1962 Sherri Howard, Sherman Tx, 4X400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1984) 06/01/1963 Mike Joyce, rocker (Smiths-Ask, Panic, London)
    06/01/1965 India Allen, Portsmouth Va, playmate of the year (Dec, 1987) 06/01/1968 Jason Donovan, rocker/actor (Neighbors)


    Deaths:

    06/01/1191 Philips van de Elzas, count of Vlanderen, dies
    06/01/1340 Jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies
    06/01/1434 Jagiello, King of Lithuania/Poland, dies
    06/01/1557 Joâo III, King of Portugal (1521-57), dies at 54
    06/01/1568 Gÿsbert van Bronkhorst-Batenburg, calvinist leader, beheaded 06/01/1625 Honoré d'urfé, French writer (L'astrée), dies at 67
    06/01/1676 Creutz, Swedish admiral (Öland), dies in battle
    06/01/1676 Uggla, Swedish admiral (Öland), dies in battle
    06/01/1713 Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim), dies at 34
    06/01/1729 Matthaeus de Cock, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1725-29), dies at about 6
    06/01/1763 Johann Caspar Vogler, composer, dies at 67
    06/01/1810 Johann Paul Wessely, composer, dies at 47
    06/01/1823 Louis Nicholas Davout, French field marshall, dies at 53
    06/01/1846 Gregory XVI, [Bartolomeo A Cappellari]/Mauro, Pope dies at 80 06/01/1861 John Q Marr, US Union captain, dies in battle at Fairfax Courthouse 06/01/1864 Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of blacks, 06/01/1864 assassinated in his home by white terrorists in SC
    06/01/1868 James Buchanan, 15th US president (1857-61), dies at 77
    06/01/1879 E Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, Fr/English prince, dies in battle at 22 06/01/1909 Giuseppe Martucci, composer, dies at 53
    06/01/1910 Francis S Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist, dies at 91 06/01/1918 Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer, dies at 83
    06/01/1918 Jaroslav Novotny, composer, dies at 32
    06/01/1925 Lucien G Guitry, French actor/theater director (l'odéon), dies at 64
    06/01/1926 Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer, dies at 64
    06/01/1935 Alberto Cametti, composer, dies at 64
    06/01/1938 Odön, [Edmund] von Horvath, Hungarian/Austrian writer, dies at 36 06/01/1941 Hugh S Walpole, British writer (Killer & the Slain), dies 06/01/1942 Ernest Pingoud, composer, dies at 53
    06/01/1943 Leslie Howard, actor/director (Berkeley Square, Invaders), dies at 5
    06/01/1946 Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed 06/01/1946 Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Mein Lebensmärchen), dies at 72 06/01/1952 John Dewey, US philosopher (Common Faith), dies at 92
    06/01/1954 Martin Anderson Nexö, Danish poet/writer (Pelle Erobreren), dies at
    06/01/1955 F Melius Christiansen, composer, dies at 84
    06/01/1960 Lester Patrick, NHL coach/star, dies at 76
    06/01/1964 Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer, dies at 66
    06/01/1968 Helen Keller, blind & deaf/author (Let us Have Faith), dies at 87 06/01/1971 Reinhold Niebuhr, US theologist (Nature & Destiny of Man), dies at 7
    06/01/1973 Harvey S Firestone Jr, US tire manufacturer, dies at 75
    06/01/1973 Mary Kornman, actress (Desert Trail, Swing it Professor), dies at 57
    06/01/1973 Walter Greaza, actor (Leonard-Martin Kane, Treasury Men), dies at 76
    06/01/1976 Pieter Balledux, actor/stage manager/resistance fighter, dies at 89 06/01/1979 Jack Mulhall, actor (Buck Rogers, Held for Ransom), dies at 91 06/01/1979 Werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956), dies
    06/01/1980 Richard 'Rube' Marquard, US baseball pitcher, dies at 90
    06/01/1981 Carl Vinson, (Rep-D-Ga, 1914-64), dies at 97
    06/01/1981 Naim Chadir, PLO-representative in Brussels, murdered
    06/01/1982 Hendrik Algra, Newspaper publisher/2nd-Chamber (ARP), dies 06/01/1983 Charles Tham, of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha, count of Flanders/Prince, dies 06/01/1984 Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88
    06/01/1985 Richard Greene, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 67
    06/01/1987 Errol W Barrow, PM of Barbados (1961-76), dies at 67
    06/01/1987 Rashid Karame, 10 time premier of Lebanon, dies in bomb attack at 65
    06/01/1990 Eric Barker, actor/writer (Carry on Sergeant, Roommates), dies 06/01/1991 David Ruffin, US musician (My Whole World Ended), overdoses at 50 06/01/1992 Howard Ralston, actor (Pollyana), dies
    06/01/1992 Louise Hoff, entertainer, dies
    06/01/1992 Michael King, actor (Lonely are the Brave), dies
    06/01/1994 Juan JH Rovira, Spanish general, murdered
    06/01/1994 Willem CL 'Wim' van der Grinten, lawyer/KVP-politician, dies at 80


    Significant Events:

    06/01/ 794 Charles the Great opens general synod in Frankfurt
    06/01/1283 Albrecht I van Habsburg becomes ruler of Austrian/Bull market 06/01/1638 1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Mass
    06/01/1657 1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (NY)
    06/01/1670 Engl king Charles II & Fr king Louis XIV sign anti-Dutch treaty 06/01/1676 Sea battle at Öland: Danish/Dutch fleet beat Sweden
    06/01/1746 French troops conquer Antwerp
    06/01/1774 British govt orders Port of Boston closed
    06/01/1789 1st US congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths) 06/01/1792 Kentucky admitted as 15th US state
    06/01/1794 English fleet under Richard Earl Howe defeats French
    06/01/1796 Tennessee admitted as 16th US state
    06/01/1808 1st US land-grant university founded-Ohio Univ, Athens, Ohio 06/01/1813 Capt John Lawrence utters Navy motto 'Don't give up the ship' 06/01/1834 HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street
    06/01/1835 6th national black convention (Phila)
    06/01/1836 Charles Darwin returns to Capetown
    06/01/1843 It snows in Buffalo & Rochester NY & Cleveland Ohio
    06/01/1843 Sojourner Truth leaves NY to begin her career as antislavery activis
    06/01/1845 Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days 06/01/1855 US adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery 06/01/1861 1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va
    06/01/1861 British territorial waters & ports off-limits during Civil War 06/01/1861 Skirmish at Arlington Mills, VA
    06/01/1861 US & Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange
    06/01/1862 2nd/last day of battle at Fair Oaks/7 Pines Va (11,165 casualties) 06/01/1862 Gen Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at 7 Pines 06/01/1862 Slavery abolished in all US possessions
    06/01/1864 -Nov) Shenanoah Valley campaign
    06/01/1864 Battle of Cold Harbour, VA (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm)
    06/01/1864 Confederate cruiser The Georgia sold to The English
    06/01/1866 General Dutch Typographer Union forms
    06/01/1866 Renegade Irish Fenians invade Ft Erie Ontario from US
    06/01/1868 Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin
    06/01/1869 Voting Machine patented by Thomas Edison
    06/01/1877 US troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico
    06/01/1880 US census at 50,155,783
    06/01/1881 Bell Phone opens 1st Dutch telephone exchange
    06/01/1888 California gets its 1st seismograph
    06/01/1890 US census at 62,622,250
    06/01/1893 Opera 'Falstaff' is produced (Berlin)
    06/01/1898 Trans-Mississippi International Exposition opens in Omaha 06/01/1900 British army occupiers Pretoria South-Africa
    06/01/1902 Blue-White United soccer team of Amsterdam forms
    06/01/1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon 06/01/1907 -27°F (-33°C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record) 06/01/1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opens in Seattle
    06/01/1911 1st US group insurance policy written, Passaic, NJ
    06/01/1914 Oscar Egg bicycles world record time (44,247 km)
    06/01/1915 1st Zeppelin air raid over England
    06/01/1916 German attack on Fort Vaux, Verdun
    06/01/1918 Yanks turn triple-play, beat Tigers 5-4
    06/01/1919 Rhineland Republic forms in Wiesbaden
    06/01/1921 Race riot in Tusla Okla (21 whites & 60 blacks killed)
    06/01/1923 NY Giants beat Phillies, 22-5
    06/01/1925 Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp (1st of record 2130 consec games) 06/01/1926 Ignacy Mocicki elected president of Poland
    06/01/1933 Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago
    06/01/1935 Driving test & license plates introduced in England
    06/01/1935 Yanks set solo HR record with 6 beat Boston 7-2
    06/01/1937 Chic White Sox Bill Dietrich no-hits St Louis Browns, 8-0 06/01/1937 Prince Konoye becomes Japanese premier
    06/01/1938 Superman Comics launched
    06/01/1939 1st night game at Phil's Shribe Park (Pirates 5, Phillies 2) 06/01/1939 1st televised heavyweight boxing match-Max Baer vs Lou Nova 06/01/1939 British sub 'Thetis' sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard 06/01/1940 Coffee & tea rationed in Holland
    06/01/1940 Nazi occupiers kick Jews out of Dutch air guard
    06/01/1941 12.59' (31.98 cm) rainfall, Burlington, Kansas (state 24-hr record) 06/01/1941 Germany bans all Catholic publications
    06/01/1941 Germany occupies Kreta
    06/01/1945 WLB-AM in Minneapolis Minn changes call letters to KUOM
    06/01/1946 Assault wins 78th Belmont Stakes (2:30.8) & Triple Crown
    06/01/1947 OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands
    06/01/1948 Israel & Arabs agree to a cease fire
    06/01/1949 1st magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek) 06/01/1949 British government grants Cyrenaica (East-Libya) independence 06/01/1949 KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting 06/01/1950 WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast 06/01/1951 1st self-contained titanium plant opened Henderson Nevada 06/01/1951 International Cheese treaty signed
    06/01/1951 S Arend discovers asteroids #1592 Mathieu & #1593 Fagnes
    06/01/1952 Catholic church puts Andre Gides 'Labor' on the index
    06/01/1953 KMJ (now KSEE) TV channel 24 in Fresno, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
    06/01/1953 WDAY TV channel 6 in Fargo, ND (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 06/01/1954 Emile Zatopek runs record 6 mile: (27:59.2)/10,000m (28:54.2) 06/01/1955 Habib Bourguiba ends exile from Tunisia
    06/01/1957 1st US runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden) [see May 5, 1956] 06/01/1958 Belgian christian-democrats win parliamentary election
    06/01/1958 Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France
    06/01/1959 Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day)
    06/01/1960 WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, WV (CBS) begins broadcasting
    06/01/1962 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit
    06/01/1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m
    06/01/1963 Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st premier of Kenya
    06/01/1963 King Victor Emmanual III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia 06/01/1965 A Penzias & R Wilson detect 3°K primordial background radiation 06/01/1965 Explosion at Fukuoka, Japan kills 237 coal miners
    06/01/1966 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights 06/01/1966 George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London 06/01/1966 Joaquin Balaguer elected president of Dominican Republic
    06/01/1966 Shortwave station Radio NY Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW
    06/01/1967 Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in US & goes go
    06/01/1967 Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, DC 06/01/1968 Simon & Garfunkel's 'Mrs Robinson' hits #1
    06/01/1969 Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio & TV
    06/01/1970 Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days
    06/01/1971 Ed Sullivan's final TV show on CBS
    06/01/1971 Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #2167 Erin
    06/01/1972 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 15th Symphony, premieres in West Berlin 06/01/1972 Tswanaland becomes Bophuthatswana in South Africa
    06/01/1972 West German police arrest RAF-leader Andreas Baader
    06/01/1973 Greek Pres Papadopoulos asks for 'parliamentary presidential republi
    06/01/1973 Paul McCartney & Wings release 'Live & Let Die'
    06/01/1974 Bundy victim Brenda Ball disappears from Burien, Wash
    06/01/1974 Chemical plant explodes in Flixborough Lincs kills 29 in UK 06/01/1975 Calif Angel Nolan Ryan 4th no-hitter beats Balt Orioles, 1-0 06/01/1975 Cars in Netherlands must have seatbelts
    06/01/1975 Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist 06/01/1976 Great-Britain & Iceland terminate codfish war
    06/01/1977 British Virgin Islands adopts constitution
    06/01/1978 High Council destroys judgment against war criminal Pieter Menten 06/01/1979 Rhodesian bishop Able Muzorewa becomes premier
    06/01/1979 Supersonics beat Bullets for NBA championship, 4 games to 1 06/01/1979 Wings release 'Old Siam, Sir'
    06/01/1980 1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network
    06/01/1980 ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa
    06/01/1980 Barbra Striesand appears at an ACLU Benefit in Calif
    06/01/1980 H Debehogne discovers asteroids #2543 Machado & #3411
    06/01/1980 Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting
    06/01/1984 KWK-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD
    06/01/1984 Netherland's Lubbers govt gives 48 sites for cruise missiles 06/01/1984 Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of USSR snatches a record 211 kg 06/01/1988 Train crash in Zeeland Neth, kills 2
    06/01/1989 Robin Givens & Mike Tyson granted final divorce in NJ
    06/01/1990 Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
    06/01/1990 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland for 1st time since 197
    06/01/1990 Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97
    06/01/1991 Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years 06/01/1992 E Lamps (20 year lightbulb) introduced
    06/01/1992 Pitts Penguins sweep Chicago Blackhawks to win Stanley Cup 06/01/1992 Snowfall in Colorado
    06/01/1993 Brooklyn NY begins recycling
    06/01/1993 Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News 06/01/1993 Guatemala president Jorge Serrano overthrown by the army
    06/01/1993 Melchior Ndadaye elected pres of Burundi

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/02/1491 Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47)
    06/02/1504 George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht
    06/02/1535 Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605)
    06/02/1577 Giovanni Righi, composer
    06/02/1614 Benjamin Rogers, composer
    06/02/1624 Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)
    06/02/1715 Herman-Francois Delange, composer
    06/02/1740 Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)
    06/02/1751 Antoni Weinert, composer
    06/02/1758 Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, cartographer
    06/02/1759 Jan Ekels de Jonge, painter
    06/02/1777 Christian Traugott Tag, composer
    06/02/1802 Adrian van der Hoop Jr, poet/critic
    06/02/1806 Isaac Strauss, composer
    06/02/1807 Robert Fuhrer, composer
    06/02/1815 Philip Kearny, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 06/02/1821 Ion Bratianu, (Lib), premier of Romania (1876-88)
    06/02/1828 James Cutler Dunn Parker, composer
    06/02/1830 Olivier Metra, composer
    06/02/1831 Benjamin Hardin Helm, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 06/02/1831 Jan G Palm, Curaçaos choir master/composer
    06/02/1835 Pius X, [Giuseppe Sarto], 257th Roman Catholic pope (1903-14) 06/02/1840 Thomas Hardy, England, poet/novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd) 06/02/1849 Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (La femme) 06/02/1857 Edward Elgar, Broadheath, England, composer (Pomp & Circumstance) 06/02/1857 Edward William Elgar, composer
    06/02/1857 Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Denmark, poet (Poutnici Svetem, Nobel 1917) 06/02/1858 Harry Rowe Shelley, composer
    06/02/1863 Paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia) 06/02/1864 Ben Webster, actor (Old Curiosity Shop)
    06/02/1876 Hakon Borresen, composer
    06/02/1883 Bokke RS Pollema, Fries journalist/author (Lock of Hair)
    06/02/1890 Hedda Hopper [Elda Furry], US, gossip columnist (From Under My Hat) 06/02/1891 Ernst Kunz, composer
    06/02/1894 Erich Römer, Germany, ice hockey player (Olympic-bronze-1932) 06/02/1898 Géo[rges M] Norge, French/Belgian writer (Les oignons)
    06/02/1899 Royal Beal, actor (Death of a Salesman)
    06/02/1900 David Wynne, composer
    06/02/1901 Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days)
    06/02/1904 John Weissmuller, actor (Tarzan)/100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1924, 28
    06/02/1909 Robin Orr, composer
    06/02/1913 Barbara Pym, romantic author (Very Private Eye)
    06/02/1913 Bert Farber, Bkln NY, orch leader (Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone) 06/02/1915 Lester del Rey, US, sci-fi author (Moon Trilogy, Marooned on Mars) 06/02/1915 Robert Moffat Palmer, composer
    06/02/1915 Walter Tetley, animation voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show)
    06/02/1917 Max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show) 06/02/1920 Yolande Donlan, actress (Jigsaw, Expresso Bongo, Penny Princess) 06/02/1922 Juan A Bardem, Spanish director/critic (Cómicos)
    06/02/1926 Milo O'Shea, Ireland, actor (Barbarella, Romeo & Juliet)
    06/02/1927 Phillip Burton, historian (Vanishing Eagles)
    06/02/1929 Alcides Lanza, composer
    06/02/1929 Frederic Devreese, composer
    06/02/1930 Charles Pete Conrad Jr, Phila, USN/astro (Gem 5 11, Ap 12, Skylab 2)
    06/02/1931 Larry Jackson, baseball player
    06/02/1932 Barry Levinson, director (Rainman)
    06/02/1932 Sammy Turner, Patterson, NJ, singer (Lavender Blue Moods) 06/02/1933 Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orch leader (Tony Orlando, Marie) 06/02/1933 Jerry Lumpe, baseball player
    06/02/1934 Johnny Carter, US singer (Give your baby a standing ovation) 06/02/1936 Sally Kellerman, Long Beach Cal, actress (M*A*S*H, Back to School) 06/02/1936 Vladimir Golubnichy, USSR, 20K walker (Olympic-gold-1960, 68) 06/02/1938 Frits Wols, [Eugene W Wong Loi Sing], Suriname, sec-gen (UNESCO) 06/02/1938 Gene Michael, baseball shortstop/manager/general manger (NY Yankees)
    06/02/1939 Charles Miller, rock flutist/saxophonist (War)
    06/02/1940 Chris Bernau, actor (Guiding Light)
    06/02/1940 Constantine II, deposed King of Greece (1964-73)
    06/02/1940 Horace Clarke, baseball 2nd baseman (NY Yankees)
    06/02/1940 Jim Maloney, baseball pitcher
    06/02/1941 Charlie Watts, drummer (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
    06/02/1941 Oda Mayumi, Tokyo, resident artist at the Green Gulch Zen Center 06/02/1941 Stacy Keach, Savannah Ga, actor (Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer) 06/02/1941 William Guest, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knight Show)
    06/02/1943 Charles Haid, SF Ca, actor (Andy Renko-Hill St Blues, Altered States
    06/02/1943 John Lilipaly, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
    06/02/1943 Maarten B Engwirda, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (D66)
    06/02/1944 Garo Yepremian, NFL place kicker (Miami Dolphins)
    06/02/1944 Marvin Hamlisch, US, composer/pianist (Sting, Chorus Line) 06/02/1944 Poul Jensen, Denmark, yachting (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
    06/02/1946 Roger Freed, baseball player
    06/02/1948 Albert Innaurato, Phila, playwright/director (Age in Soho) 06/02/1948 Jerry Mathers, Sioux City Iowa, actor (Beaver-Leave It To Beaver) 06/02/1950 Chubby Tavares, rocker (Tavares)
    06/02/1950 Joanna Gleason, Toronto Canada, actress (Morgan-Hello Larry) 06/02/1951 Steve Brookins, rocker (.38 Special)
    06/02/1953 Craig Stadler, San Diego Calif, PGA golfer (Masters 1982) 06/02/1955 Dana Carvey, Missoula Montana, comedian (Church Lady-SNL) 06/02/1955 Gary Grimes, SF, actor (Summer of '42, Class of '44)
    06/02/1958 Lex Lugar, [Larry Pfohl], Atlanta Ga, wrestler (WWF/WCW/NWA) 06/02/1959 Lydia Lunch, US singer/poetess (Teenage Jesus, Jerks)
    06/02/1960 Tony Hadley, rocker (Spandau Ballet-True)
    06/02/1961 John Cameroon, guitarist (Claw Boys Claw)
    06/02/1962 Darnell Coles, baseball player
    06/02/1963 Brian Harvey, baseball umpire
    06/02/1967 Mike Stanton, baseball player
    06/02/1969 Kurt Abbott, baseball player
    06/02/1970 Mike Kelly, baseball player
    06/02/1976 Adrian Carlos Olivares, Mexico City, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)


    Deaths:

    06/02/ 657 Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies
    06/02/1564 Gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies
    06/02/1575 Pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65
    06/02/1597 Diederik Sonoy, German/Neth governor of Northern quarter, dies at 67
    06/02/1632 Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Friesland, dies at 58 06/02/1639 Floris II van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg/politician, dies at 62 06/02/1676 ... d'ybarra, Spanish (admiral?), dies in battle
    06/02/1676 ... de Cock, vice-admiral, dies in battle
    06/02/1676 ... de Haen, vice-admiral, dies in battle
    06/02/1678 Pieter the Great, regent/diplomat, dies at 63
    06/02/1750 Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German composer, dies at 68
    06/02/1812 John W de Winter, Dutch vice-adm, dies at battle at Kamperduin at 51
    06/02/1839 Wÿnand YY Nuÿen, painter/lithographer (Wrecked), dies at 26 06/02/1864 George Pierce Doles, US businessman/Confed brig-general, dies at 34 06/02/1865 John E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59 06/02/1873 Francois Hainl, composer, dies at 65
    06/02/1882 Guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74
    06/02/1896 Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies 06/02/1901 James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Margaret Fleming), dies 06/02/1904 Redvers H Buller, English general, dies
    06/02/1927 Freidrich Hegar, composer, dies at 85
    06/02/1937 Louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66
    06/02/1940 Willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies
    06/02/1941 Lou Gehrig, Yankee 1st baseman, dies at 37 of ALS in Riverdale NY 06/02/1943 Leslie Howard, actor (Romeo & Juliet), Nazis shot down his plane at
    06/02/1947 Hermann Darewsky, composer, dies at 64
    06/02/1949 Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer, dies at 82
    06/02/1949 Ernest Ford, composer, dies at 91
    06/02/1950 Stanislas Bizot, French checker player (world champ 1925), dies at 7
    06/02/1951 Alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher, dies at 83 06/02/1951 John Erskine, US writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 7
    06/02/1956 Jean Hersholt, actress (Emma, Grand Hotel, Greed), dies at 69 06/02/1961 George S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72 06/02/1961 Peter H 'Paul' Huf, actor/director (Dutch Comedy), dies at 70 06/02/1962 Franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies
    06/02/1967 Zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at 74 06/02/1971 Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66 06/02/1972 Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81
    06/02/1974 Elliott Sullivan, actor (Sergeant), dies at 66
    06/02/1975 Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan, dies at 74
    06/02/1976 Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52 06/02/1977 Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77 06/02/1977 Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist/composer, dies at 91
    06/02/1977 Stephen Boyd, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur, Lisa), dies at 48 06/02/1979 Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies at 45
    06/02/1986 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor/composer (Elegie), dies at 80 06/02/1987 Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist, dies at 94
    06/02/1987 Sammy Kaye, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77
    06/02/1988 Horace A Hildreth, (Gov-Maine, 1945-49), dies at 85
    06/02/1990 Frederick Mellinger, founder of Fredericks of Hollywood, dies at 76 06/02/1990 Rex Harrison, actor (My Fair Lady), dies at 82 of cancer
    06/02/1990 Robert Noyce, co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founded Intel, dies 06/02/1990 Stuart Hall, actor (Cavalcade, Dawn Patrol), dies
    06/02/1992 Philip Dunne, founder of Screen Writers Guild, dies at 84 of cancer 06/02/1993 French JFM of Thiel, Dutch 2nd chamber chairman (1963-72), dies at 8
    06/02/1993 Johnny Mize, baseball player, dies at 80


    Significant Events:

    06/02/ 455 Gaiseric & Vandals sack Rome
    06/02/ 575 Benedict I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    06/02/ 657 St Eugene I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    06/02/1129 Fulco V's son Godfried marries king Henry I's daughter Mathildis 06/02/1625 Prince Frederik Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand 06/02/1627 English king Charles I establishes Guyana Company
    06/02/1633 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Rhine at Cologne
    06/02/1676 Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch/Spanish fleet
    06/02/1780 Anti Catholic demonstration attacks parliament in London
    06/02/1797 1st ascent of 'Great Mountain' (4,622') in Adirondack NY (C Broadhea
    06/02/1834 5th national black convention meet (NYC)
    06/02/1835 P.T. Barnum & his circus begin 1st tour of US
    06/02/1851 1st US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine)
    06/02/1857 James Gibbs, Va., patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine 06/02/1858 Donati Comet 1st seen named after it's discoverer
    06/02/1862 Gen Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E VA & NC 06/02/1862 Raid at Early's: Maryland towards Washington DC
    06/02/1863 Harriet Tubman leads Union guerillas into Maryland, freeing slaves 06/02/1864 Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2
    06/02/1865 At Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders Trans-Mississippi Dept 06/02/1866 Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to US forces
    06/02/1873 Ground broken on Clay St (SF) for world's 1st cable railroad 06/02/1875 James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US 06/02/1881 Haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens
    06/02/1883 1st night baseball under lights, Ft Wayne Indiana
    06/02/1883 Chicago's 'El' opens to traffic
    06/02/1886 Grover Cleveland is 1st to wed during presidency (Frances Folsom) 06/02/1899 Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings 06/02/1902 2nd statewide initiative & referendum law adopted, in Oregon 06/02/1903 Netherlands Korfball League forms
    06/02/1903 Pirates win a triple header from Dodgers
    06/02/1910 1st roundtrip flight over English Channel (C.S. Rolls, England) 06/02/1910 Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea
    06/02/1913 1st strike settlement mediated by US Dep't of Labor-RR clerks 06/02/1913 Demonstrations for general voting right in Neth
    06/02/1914 Glenn Curtiss flies his Langley Aerodrome
    06/02/1919 Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sandburg (Cornhuskers)
    06/02/1920 Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Beyond the Horizon) 06/02/1922 Suffy McInnis (1st base) ends an errorless string of 1,700 chances 06/02/1924 US citizenship granted to all American Indians
    06/02/1925 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig begins his 2,130 consecutive game streak 06/02/1930 1st baby born on a vessel passing through Panama Canal
    06/02/1930 Sarah Dickson becomes 1st woman Presbyterian elder in US, Cincinnati
    06/02/1932 Franz von Papen 'Cabinet of the Baron' premieres
    06/02/1933 WNJ-AM in Newark NJ goes off the air
    06/02/1936 Gen Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua
    06/02/1940 Heavy German bombing on Dunkirk beach
    06/02/1943 99th Pursuit Squadron flies 1st combat mission (over Italy) 06/02/1946 Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day) 06/02/1947 Hungarian premier Ferenc Nagy resigns
    06/02/1949 Transjordan renamed Jordan
    06/02/1952 650,000 metal workers go on strike in US
    06/02/1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey
    06/02/1954 John Costello (Cons) becomes premier of Ireland
    06/02/1957 US TV interviews Khrushchev
    06/02/1958 Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio
    06/02/1959 Allen Ginsberg writes his poem 'Lysergic Acid,' SF
    06/02/1964 Lal Bahadur Sjastri elected premier of India
    06/02/1964 Rolling Stones 1st US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass
    06/02/1965 2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India)
    06/02/1966 US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; 1st lunar soft-landing 06/02/1967 Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston
    06/02/1968 WBLG (now WTVQ) TV channel 62 in Lexington, KY (ABC) 1st broadcast 06/02/1971 Ajax wins Europe Cup
    06/02/1972 Dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden 06/02/1974 Mali adopts constitution
    06/02/1974 Malta's constitution goes into effect
    06/02/1975 1st time snow fell in London in June
    06/02/1975 James A Healy, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine) 06/02/1976 East-Timor People's Assembly accepts annexation through Indonesia 06/02/1977 NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City
    06/02/1979 John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit a communist country (Poland) 06/02/1979 NASA launches space vehicle S-198
    06/02/1979 Pope John Paul II visits Poland
    06/02/1981 Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would b
    06/02/1983 Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinnati 06/02/1984 Actress Jill Ireland has a radical masectomy
    06/02/1984 B A Skiff discovers asteroid #3617
    06/02/1984 Flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines
    06/02/1985 Andreas Papandreous PASOK-party wins election in Greece
    06/02/1985 Nancy Lopez beats Alice Miller for the LPGA
    06/02/1986 NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token 06/02/1986 Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins
    06/02/1989 14 year old Scott Isaacs spells spoliator to win 1989 Spelling Bee 06/02/1989 Cincinnati Red Eric Davis hits for cycle
    06/02/1989 Rolling Stones Bill Wyman marries Mandy Smith
    06/02/1992 Former NY Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery 06/02/1992 Wilson Phillips release their 2nd album 'Shadows & Light' 06/02/1994 Chinook helicopter crashes in North Scotland (29 killed)

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/03/1610 Jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised
    06/03/1657 Manuel de Egues, composer
    06/03/1660 Johannes Schenck, composer
    06/03/1685 Cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat
    06/03/1738 Johann Christoph Oley, composer
    06/03/1746 James Hook, composer
    06/03/1750 Frederic Thieme, composer
    06/03/1761 Henry Scrapnel, English inventor (shrapnel shell)
    06/03/1771 Sydney Smith, preacher/reformer/author
    06/03/1773 Caspar G C Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist
    06/03/1773 Michael Gottard Fischer, composer
    06/03/1780 William Hone, England, author/bookseller (Every-Day Book) 06/03/1782 Charles Waterton, eccentric naturalist/pioneer
    06/03/1801 Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer
    06/03/1804 Richard Cobden, founder Anti-Corn-Law League
    06/03/1808 Jefferson F Davis, Ky, Pres of Confederate States of America (1861-5
    06/03/1812 Pieter Mÿer, Dutch gov-gen of Neth Indies (1866-72)
    06/03/1815 Martin Edward Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 06/03/1819 Johan B Jongkind, Neth/French painter (Winter Scenes)
    06/03/1819 Thomas Ball, US, sculptor/painter/singer
    06/03/1824 Charles Kinnaird Graham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 06/03/1828 Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer
    06/03/1828 Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer
    06/03/1829 Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer
    06/03/1831 Otho French Strahl, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 06/03/1832 Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer
    06/03/1840 Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Morning Twilight)
    06/03/1841 Eduardo Caudella, composer
    06/03/1843 Frederik VIII CWK, King of Denmark (1906-12)
    06/03/1844 Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet 06/03/1844 Emile Paladilhe, composer
    06/03/1844 Garret Augustus Hobart, (R) 24th US VP (1897-99)
    06/03/1864 Ransom Eli Olds, auto (Oldsmobile) & truck (REO) manufacturer 06/03/1865 George V, Saksen-Coburg [Windsor], King of Great Britain (1910-36) 06/03/1867 Bela Anton Szabados, composer
    06/03/1868 Lvar Henning Mankell, composer
    06/03/1869 Maria Radulphus, inspector on Curaçao (Radulphus College) 06/03/1870 Jules JBV Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (syphillis, Nobel 1919) 06/03/1877 Raoul Dufy, France, Fauvist painter (Palm)
    06/03/1879 Pieter Y Adriani, Dutch lawyer
    06/03/1887 Emil Axman, composer
    06/03/1893 Assen Karastoyanov, composer
    06/03/1895 Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, India, diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance)
    06/03/1900 Gerard den Brabander, [Jan G Jofriet], poet (Nothing New) 06/03/1901 Maurice Evans, Dorchester England, actor (Maurice-Bewitched) 06/03/1902 Edward Wayne, physician (Queen of Scotland)
    06/03/1904 Charles Richard Drew, pioneer of blood plasma research
    06/03/1904 Jan Peerce, [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], NYC, tenor (NY Met Opera) 06/03/1906 Josephine Baker, dancer/Parisian night club owner (Folies-Bergère) 06/03/1906 Robert Brown Black, British diplomat/gov (Hong Kong)
    06/03/1907 Antonio Emmanvilovich Spadavecchia, composer
    06/03/1908 Adele Dixon, actress (Calling the Tune)
    06/03/1908 Eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of the Pecos, Phantom Creeps, Outer Gate) 06/03/1910 Wilfred Thesiger, explorer
    06/03/1911 Ellen Corby, Racine Wisc, actress (Grandma Walton-Waltons) 06/03/1911 Mason Gross, Dr/TV professor (Think Fast, Two for the Money) 06/03/1911 Olaf Okern, Norway, Nordic skier (Olympic-medal-1948)
    06/03/1911 Paulette Goddard, [Marion Levy], Switz, actress (Great Dictator) 06/03/1912 Richard D'Aeth, president (Hughes Hall Cambridge)
    06/03/1912 William Douglas-Home, playwright (Now .. Barabbas)
    06/03/1915 Iris Meredith, actress (Son of Davy Crockett, Lawless Land) 06/03/1915 Leo Gorcey, US, actor (Mannequin, Road to Zanzibar)
    06/03/1918 Patrick Cargill, actor (Help, Hammerhead)
    06/03/1920 Lord Brandon of Oakbrook, Lord of appeal in Ordinary
    06/03/1922 Alain Resnais, France, director (Providence, Hiroshima, Mon Amour) 06/03/1922 Ivan Patachich, composer
    06/03/1923 Michael Jaffe, director (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge England) 06/03/1924 Michael Gow, commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies) 06/03/1925 Thomas Winning, Roman catholic archbishop of Glasgow
    06/03/1925 Tony Curtis, [Bernard Schwartz], actor (Some Like It Hot, Trapeze) 06/03/1926 Allen Ginsberg, beat poet (Howl)
    06/03/1926 Carlos Veerhoff, composer
    06/03/1926 Colleen Dewhurst, Montreal Canada, actress (Maggie-Blue & Grey) 06/03/1926 Hamilton Fish Jr, (Rep-R-NY, 1969- )
    06/03/1926 Janez Maticic, composer
    06/03/1926 Roscoe G Bartlett, (Rep-R-Maryland)
    06/03/1928 Donald Judd, US, statue artist (minimal art)
    06/03/1928 Sheila Faith, MP/MEP
    06/03/1929 Chuck Barris, Phila, TV game show producer/host (Gong Show) 06/03/1930 Marion [Eleanor] Zimmer Bradley [Breen], sci-fi author (Storm Queen)
    06/03/1931 Francoise Arnoul, actress/composer (French Cancan, Jacko & Lise) 06/03/1932 Dakota Staton, singer
    06/03/1934 Jim Gentile, baseball player
    06/03/1935 Raoul Franklin, chancellor (City University London)
    06/03/1936 Colin Meads, rugby player
    06/03/1936 Harry Pitt, vice chancellor (Reading University)
    06/03/1936 Larry McMurtry, US writer
    06/03/1936 Philip Attenborough, CEO (Hodder & Stoughton)
    06/03/1937 Solomon P Ortiz, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
    06/03/1939 David Frederick Stock, composer
    06/03/1939 Phil Gallie, MP
    06/03/1942 Anita Harris, singer/actress (Follow that Camel)
    06/03/1942 Curtis Mayfield, singer (Freddie's Dead, Superfly)
    06/03/1942 Duane Josephson, baseball player
    06/03/1943 Billy Cunningham, NBA/ABA (Phila 76ers, Carolina Cougers) 06/03/1943 Eddie McGrady, MP
    06/03/1944 Edith McGuire, US 200m sprinter (Olympic-gold-1964)
    06/03/1944 Michael Clarke, drummer (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!, 8 Miles High) 06/03/1945 Hale Irwin, PGA golfer (US Open 1974, 79)
    06/03/1946 Anita Pollack, Labour MEP
    06/03/1946 Earl of Cromer, managing director (Inchcape (China) Ltd)
    06/03/1946 Ian Hunter, England, rocker (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes) 06/03/1946 John Paul Jones, English pop bassist/keyboardist (Led Zeppelin) 06/03/1946 Tristan Rogers, Australia, actor (Robert Scorpio-General Hospital) 06/03/1947 Penelope Wilton, actress (Cry Freedom, Norman Conquests)
    06/03/1949 David Evenett, Conservative MP
    06/03/1949 Stephen Ruppenthal, composer
    06/03/1950 Marlene Elejarde, Havana Cuba, 4x100m runner (Olympic-silver-1968) 06/03/1950 Suzi Quatro, Detroit, singer (Stumblin' In)/actress (Happy Days) 06/03/1951 Christopher Cross, Texas, singer (Sailing)
    06/03/1951 Deniece Williams, [Chandler], singer (Love Wouldn't Let Me Wait) 06/03/1952 Billy Powell, keyboards (Lynyrd Skynyrd-That Smell, Freebird) 06/03/1954 Dan Hill, rocker (Sometimes When We Touch)
    06/03/1956 Suren Nalbandyan, USSR, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1976)
    06/03/1958 Scott Valentine, actor (Nick-Family Ties, My Demon Lover) 06/03/1960 Barry Lyons, baseball player
    06/03/1960 Jack Daugherty, baseball player
    06/03/1960 Steve Lyons, baseball player
    06/03/1961 Peter Glen Vidmar, LA Calif, gymnist (Olympic-2 gold-1984) 06/03/1963 Yuri Yuriyevich Krikun, Russia, cosmonaut
    06/03/1964 Nelson Liriano, baseball player
    06/03/1966 Wasim Akram, cricketer
    06/03/1970 Carl Everett, baseball player
    06/03/1971 Aaron Ledesma, baseball player


    Deaths:

    06/03/ 545 Chlotilde, wife of French king Clovis/saint, dies at about 70 06/03/1107 Kilidj Arslan I, Seldjoeken-sultan, dies in battle
    06/03/1594 Michel Renichon, priest, executed
    06/03/1661 Gottfried Scheidt, composer, dies at 67
    06/03/1679 Jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried
    06/03/1688 Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik, dies at 66 06/03/1732 Pieter Vuyst, Dutch gov-gen of Ceylon, executed
    06/03/1764 Hans A Brorson, Danish poet/bishop of Ribe, dies at 69
    06/03/1804 Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer, dies at 35
    06/03/1809 John 'Christmas' Beckwith, composer, dies at 58
    06/03/1844 Louis-Antoine, the Bourbon, French duke of Angoulême, dies 06/03/1858 Julius Reubke, composer, dies at 24
    06/03/1861 Stephen A Douglas, 'Little Giant', senator (Lincoln-debates, dies 06/03/1864 James P McMahon, US Union colonel (164th NY), dies in battle 06/03/1864 Peter A Porter, US Union colonel (8th NY), dies in battle 06/03/1872 Heinrich Esser, composer, dies at 53
    06/03/1875 Georges [Alexandre-César-Lëopold] Bizet, French composer, dies at 36
    06/03/1877 Sophia Frederika Mathilde, princess of Württemberg, dies at 58 06/03/1881 Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian
    06/03/1888 Cark Reidel, composer, dies at 60
    06/03/1890 Henryk Oskar Kolberg, composer, dies at 76
    06/03/1898 Nikolai Afanisev, composer, dies at 77
    06/03/1898 Samuel Plimssoll, English parliament leader, dies at 74
    06/03/1899 Johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King), dies at 73 06/03/1913 Josef Richard Rozkosny, composer, dies at 79
    06/03/1924 Franz Kafka, Czech writer (Trial, Amerika, Metamorphosis), dies 06/03/1933 William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88 06/03/1943 Folkert E Posthuma, Min of Agriculture, dies
    06/03/1946 Michail I Kalinin, Pres (Supreme Soviet), dies at 60
    06/03/1948 Hiroshi 'Can' Kikuchi, Japan (stage)writer (Tjitj kaëru), dies at 59
    06/03/1949 Amedos Peter Giannine, founder of Bank of America dies at 79 06/03/1959 Ole Windingstad, composer, dies at 73
    06/03/1963 John XXIII, [Angelo G Roncalli], Pope (1958-63), dies at 81 06/03/1963 Paul Maxey, actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice), dies at 57 06/03/1966 Alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65 06/03/1967 Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies 06/03/1967 Arthur W Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal (WW II), dies at 76
    06/03/1967 Gertrude 'Mickey' MacFadden, entertainer, dies
    06/03/1967 Hans Fischböck, Austrian financier, dies
    06/03/1970 Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Fries boer/writer, dies at 7
    06/03/1970 H G Hjalmar Schacht, pres Germany Kingdom bank/minister of Eco, dies
    06/03/1975 Ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 69 06/03/1977 Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (Roma città aperta), dies at 71
    06/03/1981 Carleton Coon, anthropology prof (What in the World), dies at 76 06/03/1986 Anna Neagle, [Marjorie Robertson], actr (Courtney Affair)/dancer, di
    06/03/1986 Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer, dies at 89
    06/03/1986 Patricia Wheel, actress (Christine-Woman to Remember), dies at 42 06/03/1987 Will Sampson, actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies at 54
    06/03/1989 Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian ayatollah, dies at 89
    06/03/1990 Tom Brown, actor (Judge Priest, Hello Sucker, Ex-Champ), dies at 77 06/03/1991 Andy Milligan, cinematographer/director (Carnage, Sweeney Todd), die
    06/03/1991 Eva La Gailliene, Brit/US actress/director (Resurrection), dies at 9
    06/03/1991 Harry Glicken, volcanologist, killed by Mt Unzen Volcano in Japan 06/03/1991 Thomas C Lasorda, artist/son Dodger manager, dies of pneumonia at 33
    06/03/1992 Patrick Peyton, Rosary Priest, dies at 83 of kidney failure 06/03/1992 Robert Morley, actor (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 84 06/03/1992 William E Gaines, publisher (Mad Magazine), dies at 70
    06/03/1993 Bob Fitzsimmons, NY radio DJ (WNEW AM/WABC AM/WHN AM), dies at 53 06/03/1994 Hub Matthijsen, violinist/bandmaster, dies at 52


    Significant Events:

    06/03/ Date in the song 'Ode to Billy Joe' by Bobby Gentry
    06/03/1098 Christian Crusaders seize Antioch, Turkey
    06/03/1357 Peace of Aat
    06/03/1539 Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain
    06/03/1621 Dutch West India Company receives charter for 'New Netherlands' 06/03/1621 WIC, West Indian Co, under Heeren XIX, founded
    06/03/1748 Amsterdam establishes municipal postal service
    06/03/1752 Moscow houses & churchs destroyed by fire
    06/03/1770 Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded in Calif
    06/03/1781 Jack Jouett rides to warn Jefferson of British attack
    06/03/1789 Alex Mackenzie explores Mackenzie River (Canada)
    06/03/1833 4th national black convention meets (Phila)
    06/03/1847 Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens
    06/03/1860 Comanche, Iowa completely destroyed by 1 of a series of tornadoes 06/03/1861 1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV 06/03/1861 Skirmish at Philippi, West Virginia
    06/03/1864 Battle of Cold Harbour continues
    06/03/1875 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #144 Vibilia & #145 Adeona 06/03/1876 Lacrosse introduced in Britain & Canada
    06/03/1884 John Lynch (R-MS) chosen 1st black major-party natl convention chair
    06/03/1888 'Casey at the Bat' published (SF Examiner)
    06/03/1913 Dutch 1st Chamber accepts Health laws
    06/03/1916 ROTC established by Act of Congress
    06/03/1918 Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional
    06/03/1919 Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) organized by blacks
    06/03/1921 A sudden cloudburst kills 120 near Pikes Peak, Colorado
    06/03/1924 Gila Wilderness Area established by Forest Service
    06/03/1925 Goodyear airship 'Pilgrim' makes 1st flight (1st with enclosed cabin
    06/03/1929 1st trade show at Atlantic City Convention Center (electric light) 06/03/1929 Border dispute between Peru & Chile resolved
    06/03/1929 Chile, Peru & Bolivia sign accord about Tacna-Arica-area
    06/03/1932 Lou Gehrig hits 4 consecutive HRs; Yanks beat A's 20-13
    06/03/1932 Von Hindenburg disbands German Parliament
    06/03/1933 A's score 11 runs in 2nd, Yanks score 10 in 5th & win 17-11 06/03/1933 Pope Pius XI encyclical 'On oppression of the Church in Spain' 06/03/1934 Dr Frederick Banting co-discoverer of insulin, is knighted 06/03/1935 French Normandie sets Atlantic crossing record of 1,077 hours 06/03/1937 Duke of Windsor (Edward 8) weds Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson in Franc
    06/03/1938 German law on 'Entartete Art' legalizes art robbery
    06/03/1940 Last British/French troop leave Dunkirk
    06/03/1941 Attack on telephone exchange in Schiphol
    06/03/1941 Author Irving Wallace marries writer Sylvia Kahn
    06/03/1941 German occupiers stamp 'J' on Jewish passports
    06/03/1942 Battle of Midway Island begins
    06/03/1943 United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Administration forms 06/03/1944 Nazis pull out of Rome
    06/03/1946 Intl Milt Tribunal opens in Tokyo against 28 Japanese war criminals 06/03/1946 US Supreme court rules race separation on buses, unconstitutional 06/03/1947 British viceroy of India lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan 06/03/1948 200' (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory 06/03/1948 Korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mt Rushmore 06/03/1949 1st negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown) 06/03/1949 Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles)
    06/03/1953 KVOS TV channel 12 in Bellingham/Vancouver, WA (CBS) begins 06/03/1955 KLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting 06/03/1956 3rd class travel on British Railways abolished
    06/03/1956 KGUN TV channel 9 in Tucson, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting 06/03/1957 Howard Cosell's 1st TV show
    06/03/1959 1st US Air Force Academy graduation
    06/03/1959 Eisenhower routes Canadain premier Diefenbaker message off the moon 06/03/1959 Singapore adopts constitution
    06/03/1961 JFK & Khrushchev meet in Vienna
    06/03/1962 Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130 06/03/1962 Lee Harvey Oswald arrives by train to Oldenzaal
    06/03/1962 WBKO TV channel 13 in Bowling Green, KY (ABC) begins broadcasting 06/03/1964 Ringo Starr collapses from tonsilitis & pharyngitis
    06/03/1964 Rolling Stones begin 1st US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro & Bobby Vee) 06/03/1965 Gemini 4 launched; 2nd US 2-man flight (McDivitt & White) 06/03/1966 European DX Council formed in Copenhagen (shortwave listeners) 06/03/1966 Gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford & Cernan) 06/03/1968 Poor Peoples March on Washington
    06/03/1968 Yanks turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins 06/03/1971 Chic Cub Ken Holtzman 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 1-0
    06/03/1972 1st female US rabbi installed, Sally J Priesand at 25
    06/03/1972 Yanks score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10
    06/03/1973 Tupolev 144 crashes at Paris, 15 killed
    06/03/1974 Yitzhak Rabin forms Israeli govt
    06/03/1976 Queen's Bhoemian Rhapsody goes gold
    06/03/1976 US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta
    06/03/1977 Balt Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs KC Royals) 06/03/1977 Belgium govt of Tindemans forms
    06/03/1977 US & Cuba talk about diplomatic relations
    06/03/1979 'Madwoman of Central Park West' opens on Broadway
    06/03/1979 Ex-president Idi Amin of Uganda flees to Libya
    06/03/1979 Ixtoc I rig in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled 06/03/1980 Crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35
    06/03/1980 ESPN begins televising college world series games
    06/03/1980 Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination
    06/03/1981 Pope John Paul II released from hospital after attempt on life 06/03/1982 Israeli ambassador Shlomo Argov seriously wounded by Palestinians 06/03/1984 Patty Shoehan wins LPGA by a record 10 strokes
    06/03/1985 Massive anti-ETA demonstration in Basques
    06/03/1986 Battles in Beirut; 53 killed
    06/03/1986 E F Helin discovers asteroid #3767
    06/03/1987 Cubs & Astro tie Oriole & Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game 06/03/1988 Margo Adams sues Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony 06/03/1989 Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing 06/03/1989 Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone 06/03/1989 Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09) 06/03/1989 Leaking pipe of Asha, USSR causes 2 trains to catch fire; 460 die 06/03/1989 Troops in China shoot & kill 100s in Tiananmen Square, Beijing 06/03/1991 Mount Unzen erupts in Japan. Worst eruption in Japanese history 06/03/1992 Joan Lunden ordered to pay her ex-husband $18,000 a month support 06/03/1994 5.9 earthquake/floods SE Java (150+ killed)
    06/03/1994 WIIZ (98.7) FM goes off the air

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Fri Jun 4 00:30:16 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/04/1694 François Quesnay, France, economist, leader of Physiocrats 06/04/1700 Theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor
    06/04/1738 George III, English King during American Revolution (1760-1820) 06/04/1751 John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
    06/04/1770 James Hewitt, composer
    06/04/1801 James Pennethorne, architect
    06/04/1803 Gabriel James Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1881 06/04/1815 Paul Jones Semmes, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 06/04/1816 Phillipe Regis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union) 06/04/1828 Alexander William Campbell, Brig general (Confederate Army) 06/04/1833 Garnet Joseph, 1st viscount Wolseley soldier
    06/04/1838 Servaas Daems, [Peeter Klein], Flemish writer (Luit & flute) 06/04/1846 Josef Sittard, music writer
    06/04/1863 Edmond R H Regout, industrialist/politician
    06/04/1864 Nassau William Senior, British economist
    06/04/1867 Carl Gustaf baron Mannerheim, general/president of Finland (1944-46)
    06/04/1869 Boudewÿn LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Vlaanderen
    06/04/1877 Heinrich Wieland, German chemist (bile acids-Nobel 1927)
    06/04/1878 Frank N D Buchman, US theologist (Moral Rearmament)
    06/04/1881 Clara Blandick, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Romance, Tom Sawyer) 06/04/1882 Karl Valentin, German comic/writer
    06/04/1891 Erno Rapee, composer
    06/04/1893 Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania
    06/04/1893 Daan Boens, Flemish poet (Man & his Wife)
    06/04/1895 Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations (1925-32) 06/04/1899 Leo Spies, composer
    06/04/1902 Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928) 06/04/1906 Richard Whorf, actor/director (Yankee Doodle Dandy, Keeper of Flame)
    06/04/1907 Marjan Kozina, composer
    06/04/1908 Earl of Halsbury, chancellor (Brunei University)
    06/04/1908 Rosalind Russell, actress (Mame, Take a Letter Darling)
    06/04/1908 Walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian
    06/04/1909 Paul Nordoff, Philadelphia, composer (Frog Prince)
    06/04/1910 Christopher Cockerell, inventor (Hovercraft)
    06/04/1912 Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (great iron sculptures)
    06/04/1913 Bruno Bettinelli, composer
    06/04/1914 Willy-August Linnemann, Danish writer/journalist
    06/04/1915 Modibo Keita, president of Mali (1960-68)
    06/04/1916 Cecil Blacker, CEO (British Equestrian Federation)
    06/04/1917 Allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace)
    06/04/1917 Charles Collingwood, Mich, news commentator (CBS, Chronicles) 06/04/1917 Howard Metzenbaum, (Sen-D-Ohio, 1974- )
    06/04/1917 Robert Anderson, author (Tea & Sympathy)
    06/04/1917 Robert Merrill, Bkln NY, baritone (NY Metropolitan Opera) 06/04/1921 Nina Vyroubova, Russ/French ballerina (Pavlova-prize 1957) 06/04/1922 Irwin Bazelon, Evanston Illinois, composer (Duo for Viola) 06/04/1922 John McNamara, baseball player
    06/04/1922 John West, vice chancellor (Bradford University)
    06/04/1923 John Lea, British vice-admiral
    06/04/1924 Dennis Weaver, Joplin Mo, actor (Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered) 06/04/1926 Nan Leslie, LA Calif, actress (Kings Row, Californians)
    06/04/1926 Robert Earl Hughes, became heaviest known human (486 kg)
    06/04/1927 Geoffrey Palmer, British actor (Smacks & Thistle)
    06/04/1928 Paul Greening, master of Queen's household
    06/04/1930 Morgana King, jazz singer/actress (Godfather)
    06/04/1930 Pentti Raitio, composer
    06/04/1931 Cesar Bolanos, composer
    06/04/1932 John Barrymore Jr, Beverly Hills Calif, actor (Pantomine Quiz) 06/04/1933 John Sparrow, CEO (British Horseracing Betting Levy Board) 06/04/1935 Hendrikus C 'Henk' Admiraal, actor (Rififi in Amsterdam)
    06/04/1936 Bruce Dern, Winnetka Ill, actor (Coming Home, Silent Running, Tatoo)
    06/04/1936 David Lyon, CEO (Bowater)
    06/04/1937 Freddie Fender, Mexico, country singer (Feelings)
    06/04/1938 Art Mahaffey, baseball player
    06/04/1939 Phil Linz, baseball shortstop (NY Yankees)
    06/04/1940 Dorothy Rudd Moore, composer
    06/04/1940 Gerrit H Terpstra, economist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) 06/04/1944 Michelle Phillips, singer/actress (Mamas & Papas)
    06/04/1944 Roger Ball, Scotland, saxophonist (Average White Band)
    06/04/1945 Anthony Braxton, jazz musician
    06/04/1945 Daniel Topolski, writer/photographer/rowing coach
    06/04/1945 Gordon Waller, Scotland, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love) 06/04/1945 Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart, Mickey Thompson off-road champ (1983, 84, 90
    06/04/1945 Margaret Impert, Horseheads NY, actress (Maggie, Spencer's Pilots) 06/04/1946 Bettina Gregory, newswoman (ABC-TV)
    06/04/1948 Bob Champion, horse trainer/jockey
    06/04/1948 Rosemary Joyce, model/actress (Daphne Draper-Search For Tomorrow) 06/04/1950 Brian Rose, cricketer (Somerset & England)
    06/04/1950 Dagmar Krause, West Germany, singer (Henry Cow, Art Bears) 06/04/1950 Wayne Powers, New Rochelle NY, actor (Laverne & Shirley, 13 East) 06/04/1951 David Yip, actor (Ping Pong)
    06/04/1951 Yvonne MCT van Rooy, Dutch Secretary of State Secretary (CDA) 06/04/1952 Carlene Watkins, actress (Tough Enough)
    06/04/1952 Catherine Watkins, Hartford Ct, actress (It's Not Easy, Mary) 06/04/1952 Parker Stevenson, Phila Pa, actor (Falcon Crest, Stroker Ace) 06/04/1956 John Treacy, marathonr (Olympics-silver-1984)
    06/04/1956 Terry Kennedy, baseball player
    06/04/1957 Tony Pena, baseball player
    06/04/1958 Julie Gholson, Birmingham Ala, actress (Where the Lilies Bloom) 06/04/1958 Tony Pigott, cricketer
    06/04/1959 Lord Rayleigh, agri-businessman (Lord Rayleigh Farms)
    06/04/1961 El Debarge, rocker (Debarge-All this Love)
    06/04/1963 Mossimo Giannulli, fashion designer (hot)
    06/04/1963 Xavier McDaniel, NBA forward (Seattle SuperSonics)
    06/04/1964 Chris Kavanagh, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111) 06/04/1964 Steve Searcy, baseball player
    06/04/1965 Andrea Jaeger, Chicago, tennis player (retired as a teenager) 06/04/1965 Beau Allred, baseball player
    06/04/1965 Kurt Stillwell, baseball player
    06/04/1968 Stacy Leigh Arthur, Naperville Ill, playmate (Jan, 1991)
    06/04/1969 Robert Perez, baseball player
    06/04/1971 Tanya Beyer, St Paul Minn, playmate (Feb, 1992)
    06/04/1975 Betty Okino, Uganda, US gymnist (Olympic-92)
    06/04/1992 Earvin Johnson III, son of NBA foward Magic Johnson
    06/04/1993 ... Mowatt, grandson of English princess Alexandra


    Deaths:

    06/04/1039 Konrad II, King of Germany (1024-39), dies
    06/04/1267 Hendrik of Vianden, bishop of Utrecht (1252-67), dies
    06/04/1316 Louis X, King of France (1314-16), dies
    06/04/1463 Flavio Biondi, Italian writer (Rome instaurata), dies at about 65 06/04/1558 Maximilian van Burgundy, leader of Holland, dies at 43
    06/04/1585 Marc-Antoine de Muret, composer, dies at 58
    06/04/1663 William Juxon, archbishop of Canterbury (1660-63), dies
    06/04/1792 John Burgoyne, soldier/playwright, dies
    06/04/1793 John Ekels de Young, painter, dies at 34
    06/04/1798 Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, Ital Adventure/spy/librarian, dies 06/04/1809 Nicolai Arbraham Abildgaard, Danish painter/architect, dies at 65 06/04/1818 John van Well, choreographer/mime (Pierrot), dies at 44
    06/04/1825 Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies
    06/04/1850 Willem F Mauritius HK, prince of Orange, dies at 74
    06/04/1872 Johan R Thorbecke, literature/liberal premier, dies
    06/04/1872 Stanislaw Moniuszko, composer, dies at 53
    06/04/1875 Eduard Mörike, German vicar/poet/writer (Peregrina), dies 06/04/1876 Abdül-Aziz, 32nd sultan of Turkey (1861-76), dies at 46
    06/04/1880 Eugen Adam, painter, dies
    06/04/1905 Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer, dies at 85
    06/04/1907 Agathe Grondahl, composer, dies at 59
    06/04/1913 Emily Wilding Davidson, suffragette, trampled to death by a horse 06/04/1915 William Charles Denis Browne, composer, dies at 26
    06/04/1921 Heinrich E Albers-Schönberg, German x-ray experimenter, dies at 56 06/04/1922 William Halse Rivers, British psychologist/anthropologist, dies 06/04/1925 Gheorghe Dima, composer, dies at 77
    06/04/1925 Pierre Louys, [PF Louis], French writer (Aphrodite), dies 06/04/1926 Eugeen of Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Sparks & Radiates), dies 06/04/1926 Frederick Robert Spofforth, cricketer/demon bowler, dies
    06/04/1931 Ibn Ali Hussein, King of Hejaz, dies
    06/04/1941 Wilhelm II von Hohenzollern, emperor (Germany, 1888-1918), dies 06/04/1942 Reinhard Heydrich, German protector (Bohemia/Moravia (Lidice)), dies
    06/04/1945 Georg Kaiser, playwright, dies
    06/04/1951 Serge Koussevitsky, conductor/composer, dies at 76
    06/04/1954 Harold Hoffman, (Gov-NJ), dies at 58
    06/04/1956 Max Kowalski, composer, dies at 73
    06/04/1959 Charles Vidor, director (Gilda, Farewell to Arms), dies at 58 06/04/1960 Lucien Littlefield, actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie), dies at 64 06/04/1962 William Beebe, US biologist/explorer, dies at 84
    06/04/1965 Bernard Verhoeven, poet/educator (Pleidooi near een non), dies 06/04/1968 Dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70 06/04/1970 Hjalmar Schcacht, [Horace Greeley], Nazi minister, dies
    06/04/1970 Jopie [Johan A) Pengel, premier Suriname, dies
    06/04/1970 Menasha Skulnik, comedian (Menasha the Magnificent), dies at 78 06/04/1970 Sonny Tufts, actor (Atomic Blonde, 7 Year Itch), dies at 58 06/04/1971 György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher, dies at 86
    06/04/1972 Godfried Devreese, composer, dies at 79
    06/04/1973 Arna Bontemps, writer (Harlem Renaissance), dies at 72 in Nashville 06/04/1973 Murray Wilson, father of beachboys Brian, Carl & Dennis, dies at 55 06/04/1975 Evelyn Brent, actress (Nitwits, Last Command, Spy Train), dies at 75
    06/04/1989 Ayatalloh Ruhullah Khomeini, of Iran, dies at 86 of internal bleedin
    06/04/1989 Vaclav Kaslik, composer, dies at 71
    06/04/1990 Jack Gilford, comedic actor (Cocoon II), dies at 82 of stomach cance
    06/04/1992 Carl Stotz, founder of baseball's little league, dies at 82 06/04/1993 June Smaney, actress, dies


    Significant Events:

    06/04/ 780 -BC- 1st total solar eclipse reliably recorded by Chinese 06/04/1070 Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France 06/04/1133 Rome-Innocentius II crowns Lotharius III Roman-German emperor 06/04/1632 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Venlo
    06/04/1647 British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner
    06/04/1664 Viceroy Willem Frederik conquerors Dijlerschans
    06/04/1741 Prussia goes to the Covenant of Nymphenburg
    06/04/1745 Frederick the Great (Prussia) defeats Austrians & Saxons
    06/04/1783 Montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon (unmanned) 06/04/1784 Mme Thible becomes 1st woman to fly (in a balloon)
    06/04/1789 US constitution goes into effect
    06/04/1792 Capt George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain
    06/04/1805 Tripoli forced to conclude peace with US after war over tribute 06/04/1812 Louisiana Territory officially renamed 'Missouri Territory' 06/04/1825 Unseasonable hurricane hits NYC
    06/04/1831 National Congress selects Leopold von Saksen-Coburg as King of Belgi
    06/04/1832 3rd national black convention meets (Phila)
    06/04/1845 Mexican-US war starts
    06/04/1850 Empire Engine Company No 1 organized
    06/04/1850 Self deodorizing fertilizer patented in England
    06/04/1862 Confederates evacuate Ft Pillow, Tenn
    06/04/1868 Van Bosse/Fock govt begins
    06/04/1873 1st contract workers of British-Indie Co arrives in Suriname 06/04/1878 Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes 06/04/1892 Oil City & Titusville Penn, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die
    06/04/1896 Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit
    06/04/1900 M Wolf & A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #456 Abnoba
    06/04/1912 Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses
    06/04/1912 Massachusetts passes 1st US minimum wage law
    06/04/1913 Suffragette Emily Davinson throws himself in front of king's horse 06/04/1916 Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack 06/04/1917 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards & Elliott (Julia Ward Howe) 06/04/1917 Order of British Empire inaugurated
    06/04/1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #894 Erda
    06/04/1919 Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill
    06/04/1919 US marines invade Costa Rica
    06/04/1920 Peace of Trianon between Allies & Hungary
    06/04/1927 1st Ryders Cup (Golf), US beats England 9½-2½
    06/04/1929 George Eastman demonstrates 1st technicolor movie (Rochester NY) 06/04/1932 Edouard Herriot becomes premier of France
    06/04/1934 C Jackson discovers asteroid #2066 Palala
    06/04/1937 Léon Blum becomes premier of People's front govt of France 06/04/1940 1st NL night game at Sportsman's Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1) 06/04/1940 1st night game at Forbes Field (Pirates 14, Braves 2)
    06/04/1940 British complete miracle of Dunkirk by evacuating 300,000 troops 06/04/1940 German forces enter Paris
    06/04/1941 Nazi's forbid Jews access to beach & swimming pools
    06/04/1942 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II 06/04/1942 Capitol Record Co opens for business
    06/04/1942 USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island
    06/04/1943 Argentina taken over by Gen Rawson & Col Juan Perón
    06/04/1943 Race riots in LA
    06/04/1943 St Louis Card Mort Cooper pitches his 2nd consecutive 1 hitter 06/04/1944 1st submarine captured & boarded on high seas-U 505
    06/04/1944 5th Army enters & liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies 06/04/1944 French general De Gaulle arrives in London
    06/04/1945 6th Marine division occupies Orokoe Peninsula Okinawa
    06/04/1946 Largest solar prominence (300,000 mi/500,000 km) observed 06/04/1947 House of Reps approves Taft-Hartley act
    06/04/1949 'Cavalcade of Stars' debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 19
    06/04/1950 CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election
    06/04/1950 Dutch cyclist Wim van Est wins Bordeaux-Paris (586 km in 17:25) 06/04/1951 Mississippi Valley State University founded
    06/04/1951 Pirate's Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4 06/04/1954 Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m
    06/04/1954 France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union
    06/04/1956 Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public
    06/04/1957 1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation
    06/04/1958 French premier De Gaulle arrives in Algiers
    06/04/1962 Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to US
    06/04/1963 1st transmission of 'Pop Go the Beatles' on BBC radio
    06/04/1963 British Minister of War John Profumo resigns due to Christine Keeler
    06/04/1964 Beatles 'World Tour' begins in Copenhagen Denmark
    06/04/1964 LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 3rd no-hitter beats Phil Phillies, 3-0 06/04/1964 Maldives adopts constitution
    06/04/1965 Rolling Stones release 'Satisfaction'
    06/04/1967 Emmy Awards-Monkees win for comedy series
    06/04/1967 KTVN TV channel 2 in Reno, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting
    06/04/1968 Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 inning
    06/04/1969 Nicky Hopkins quits rock & rolls, Jeff Beck Group
    06/04/1970 Tonga (formerly Friendly Islands) declares independence from UK 06/04/1970 WSMW TV channel 27 in Worcester, MA (IND) begins broadcasting 06/04/1971 J Luns appointed secretary-general of NATO
    06/04/1971 Oakland A's beat Wash Senators, 5-3, in 21 innings
    06/04/1972 Angela Davis, black activist, acquitted of killing a white guard 06/04/1974 NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks
    06/04/1977 Violence during Puerto Rican Day in Chicago kills 2
    06/04/1978 Liberal Julio Turbay Ayola wins Colombia elections
    06/04/1979 South-African pres Vorster resigns due to scandal
    06/04/1982 Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon
    06/04/1984 Bruce Springsteen releases 'Born in the USA'
    06/04/1985 STS 51-G vehicle moves to launch pad
    06/04/1985 Supreme Court strikes down Alabama 'moment of silence' law 06/04/1986 Jonathan Pollard, spy for Israel, pleads guilty in US court 06/04/1987 Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 cons hurdle wins 06/04/1988 Longest game in Balt Memorial Stadium (5:46) 14 inn (beat NY 7-6) 06/04/1989 Beijing cop shoots & wounds Chinese priemer Li Ping
    06/04/1989 Chinese Army tanks shoot on people in Beijing, kills 100s 06/04/1989 Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Pola
    06/04/1989 Gas explodes near to 2 pass trains in USSR, kills 100s
    06/04/1989 Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary
    06/04/1990 Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy
    06/04/1990 NY Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx areacode 917 06/04/1991 1st post WW II non-communist government in Albania
    06/04/1991 Pope John Paul II compares abortion with nazi murders
    06/04/1991 Robert Strauss becomes US ambassador to Soviet Union
    06/04/1992 USPO announces young Elvis beats old Elvis stamp
    06/04/1994 Haile Gebre Selassie runs world record 5 km (12:56.96)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat Jun 5 00:30:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/05/1664 Mustafa II, sultan of Turkey (1695-1703)
    06/05/1665 Nicolas Bernier, composer
    06/05/1686 Cristoph Raupach, composer
    06/05/1718 Thomas Chippendale, England, furniture maker (baptized)
    06/05/1723 Adam Smith, Kirkcaldy Scot, economist (Wealth of Nations) (baptized)
    06/05/1759 Theodor Zwetler, composer
    06/05/1760 Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium)
    06/05/1771 Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51) 06/05/1771 Willem F Graaf van Bylandt, military man
    06/05/1798 Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer
    06/05/1813 Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer
    06/05/1819 John Couch Adams, English astronomer (co-discover Neptune) 06/05/1823 George Thorndike Angell, Mass, lawyer (ASPCA)
    06/05/1825 Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, Georgia, educator (Rep-Ala, 1857-61) 06/05/1826 Ivar Christian Hallstrom, composer
    06/05/1827 Beverly Holcombe Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army) 06/05/1831 Marcus Joseph Wright, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1922 06/05/1862 Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish physician (Nobel 1911)
    06/05/1863 Arthur Somervell, composer
    06/05/1867 Max Friedländer, German art historian (Altniederländische Malerei) 06/05/1874 Jack Chesbro, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees - won 41 in 1904) 06/05/1877 Johan W Albarda, 1st SDAP-minister (1939-45)
    06/05/1878 Franklyn Farnum, actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days)
    06/05/1878 [Francisco] Pancho Villa, Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader 06/05/1879 Adolf Wiklund, composer
    06/05/1882 Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [OS
    06/05/1883 John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge England, economist/math/journalist 06/05/1884 Ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist
    06/05/1885 Georges Mandel, [Louis Rothschild], French Foreign minister (-1940) 06/05/1887 Ruth Benedict, US, anthropologist (Patterns of Culture)
    06/05/1888 Raden Mas Nato Suroto, Indonesia, poet (Melatiknoppen)
    06/05/1892 Alexander Loudon, diplomat (Washington)
    06/05/1893 Albert Mähl, German writer (Heart vull Drift)
    06/05/1895 August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Coriolanus)
    06/05/1895 William Boyd, Ohio, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy)
    06/05/1898 Federico García Lorca, Spain, poet/dramatist (Blood Wedding) 06/05/1900 Barbara Gooden, novelist
    06/05/1900 Dennis Gabor, inventor (holography (3D laser photography)) 06/05/1901 Anastasia N Romanova, great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar 06/05/1905 Art Donovan, NFL defensive tackle (Balt, NY Yanks, Dallas) 06/05/1905 John Abbott, London, actor (Smogasboard)
    06/05/1906 Kenneth Anderson, deputy comptroller (British GPO)
    06/05/1906 Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday)
    06/05/1906 Viscount Rochdale, British CEO
    06/05/1907 Rudolf Peieris, physicist
    06/05/1908 Jack Jacob, senior master of British Supreme Court
    06/05/1909 Alfred Uhl, composer
    06/05/1911 Arthur Vick, vice chancelor (Queens University, Belfast)
    06/05/1911 Charles Fletcher, physician/CEO (ASH)
    06/05/1912 Adrian Morriën, literary (1 Untidy Man)
    06/05/1912 Josef Neckermann, German FR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1968)
    06/05/1913 Friedrich Wildgans, composer
    06/05/1914 Beatrice de Cardi, archeaeoligist
    06/05/1914 Rose Hill, singer/actress
    06/05/1914 Stan Jones, Douglas Az, actor (Sheriff of Cochise)
    06/05/1915 Alfred Kazin, US writer/literature critic (Inmost Leaf)
    06/05/1915 Lancelot Ware, founder (MENSA)
    06/05/1916 Eddie Joost, baseball player
    06/05/1918 Branimir Sakac, composer
    06/05/1919 Akeo Watanabe, Tokyo Japan, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68) 06/05/1920 Cornelius Ryan, US historian/writer (Italians: Face of a Nation) 06/05/1920 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist
    06/05/1920 Marion Motley, AAFC, NFL fullback (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh) 06/05/1923 Daniel Rogers Pinkham, Lynn Massachusetts, composer (Signs of Zodiac
    06/05/1925 Bill Hayes, Harvey Ill, actor (Your Show of Shows, Days of our Life)
    06/05/1925 Dorothy Claire, LaPorte Ind, singer (Winchell & Mahoney)
    06/05/1925 William L Dickinson, (Rep-R-AL, 1965- )
    06/05/1928 Robert Lansing, SD Calif, actor (12 O'Clock High, Equalizer, Automan
    06/05/1928 Tony Richardson, England, director (Delicate Balance, Hotel NH) 06/05/1930 Nikolay Nikolayevich Sidel'nikov, composer
    06/05/1930 Robert Buchanan, founder (Center for History of Tech Bath University
    06/05/1931 Jacques Demy, France, director (Lola, Magic Donkey)
    06/05/1931 John Dellow, commisioner (London Metropolitan Police)
    06/05/1932 A R Dawson, rugby player
    06/05/1932 Christy Brown, Dublin, novelist (My Left Foot, Down All the Days) 06/05/1934 Bill D Moyers, Hugo Okla, news commentator (Bill Moyers' Journal) 06/05/1934 F Curtis Michel, LaCrosse Wisconsin, astronaut
    06/05/1935 Misha Mengelberg, composer
    06/05/1935 Peter Schat, composer
    06/05/1935 Peter Treasure, opera composer (Labyrint, Houdine, Symposion) 06/05/1936 Barry Wilson, deputy chief (British Defense Staff)
    06/05/1937 Stanley Lunetta, composer
    06/05/1937 Waylon Jennings, Littlefield Tx, country singer (Dukes of Hazzard) 06/05/1938 Karin Balzer, German DR, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1968)
    06/05/1938 Marion Chapman, smallest known premature baby to survive (280 g) 06/05/1939 Joe Clark, [Charles Joseph], (P-C) 16th Canadian PM (1979-80) 06/05/1939 Ken Follett, spy author (Eye of the Needle)
    06/05/1939 Margaret Drabble, British author (Needle's Eye)
    06/05/1940 Moira Anderson, singer
    06/05/1941 Duane Duke Sims, baseball player
    06/05/1941 Jeffrey Rooker, Labour MP
    06/05/1941 Martha Argerich, Buenos Aires Argentina, pianist (debut 1949) 06/05/1941 Spalding Gray, actor (Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting) 06/05/1942 Charles Dodge, composer
    06/05/1942 Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, pres of Equatoriaal Guinee (1979- ) 06/05/1943 Bill Hopkins, composer
    06/05/1944 Chris Finnegan, UK, middleweight boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1968) 06/05/1944 Tommie Smith, US sprinter (Olympic-gold-1968); gave black power salu
    06/05/1945 Don Reid, Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall) 06/05/1945 John Carlos, track star (Olympic bronze 1968); gave black power salu
    06/05/1945 John Wesley Carlos, NYC, 200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1968) 06/05/1945 Spencer Batiste, conservative MP
    06/05/1946 Fred Stone, rock guitarist (Sly & Family Stone-Stand)
    06/05/1946 Gillian Hills, Cairo Egypt, actress (Blow-up, Clockwork Orange) 06/05/1946 Michael Monarch, rocker (Steppenwolf)
    06/05/1946 Stefania Sandrelli, Viareggio Italy, actress (Key)
    06/05/1947 David Hare, playwright
    06/05/1947 Eric Molobi, South Africa, ANC-activist
    06/05/1947 Laurie Anderson, composer
    06/05/1950 Adrian Cosma, Romania, team handball (Olympic-silver-1976) 06/05/1950 Ronnie Dyson, US, singer (Hair, All over your face)
    06/05/1954 Nicko McBrain, English hard rock drummer (Iron Maiden-Powerslave) 06/05/1954 Phil Neale, cricketer
    06/05/1955 Nancy Stafford, Fla, Miss Florida (1977)/actress (Joan-St Elsewhere)
    06/05/1956 Kenny G, saxophonist (Duotones)
    06/05/1956 Richard A Searfoss, Mount Clemons Mich, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (STS 58) 06/05/1959 Michael Winans, gospel singer (Winans)
    06/05/1961 Terri Nunn, Calif, singer (Berlin-You Take my Breathe Away) 06/05/1962 Astrid, Belgian princess/daughter of Albert II
    06/05/1964 Mags, rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue)
    06/05/1966 Billy Spiers, baseball player
    06/05/1967 Joe Deloach, US, 200m runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
    06/05/1967 Ray Lankford, baseball player
    06/05/1971 Marky Mark, [Wahlberg], Mass, rap singer
    06/05/1974 Chad Allen Lazzari, Cerritos Cal, actor (David-Our House, My 2 Dads)
    06/05/1974 Chassity Lazzari, Cerritos Cal, actress


    Deaths:

    06/05/ 221 -BC- Chu Yuan, China's poet drowns
    06/05/ 754 Boniface, [Winfrid], English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79 06/05/ 754 Eoda, English speaking bishop of Utrecht, murdered
    06/05/1288 Hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle 06/05/1443 Ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies
    06/05/1568 Lamoraal, earl of Egmont/prince of Gavere, beheaded
    06/05/1568 Philips van Montmorency count of Horne, admiral/statesman, beheaded 06/05/1568 Willem Key, painter, dies at about 47
    06/05/1625 Orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41
    06/05/1667 Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist (Assertiones Theologicae), dies 06/05/1722 Johann Kuhnau, composer, dies at 62
    06/05/1816 Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76 06/05/1826 Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, composer (Oberon), dies at 39 06/05/1852 Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer, dies at 45
    06/05/1861 John Garland, US Union colonel/brig-general, dies in battle 06/05/1861 Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer, dies at 55
    06/05/1864 William Edmonson 'Grumble' Jones, Conf brig-gen, dies in battle at 3
    06/05/1868 Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73
    06/05/1885 Julius Benedict, composer, dies at 80
    06/05/1894 Immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70
    06/05/1900 Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies
    06/05/1908 Luca Fumagalli, composer, dies at 71
    06/05/1915 Brzeska, sculptor, dies
    06/05/1916 Horatio H Kitchener, British General (Sudan), drowns at 65 06/05/1919 Eugen Leviné, head of 2nd Bavarian soviet republic, assassinated 06/05/1923 George H Breitner, impressionist painter, dies at 65
    06/05/1927 Paul Lacombe, composer, dies at 89
    06/05/1930 Jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist, dies
    06/05/1939 Elÿah Beardsworth, world quick shaving champion, dies
    06/05/1939 Frank Van de Goes, writer/marxist theorist, dies
    06/05/1944 Riccardo Zandonai, composer, dies at 61
    06/05/1953 Bill Tilden, tennis champ, dies at 60
    06/05/1953 Roland Young, actor (David Copperfield, Irene, Dulcy), dies at 65 06/05/1953 William Farnum, actor (Drifter, Scarlet Letter), dies at 76 06/05/1966 Natacha Rambova, costume designer, dies at 69
    06/05/1967 Edna Park Edwards, entertainer, dies at 72
    06/05/1970 'Jopie' Pengel, [Johan A], premier Suriname (1963-69), dies 06/05/1970 Jay Irving, cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh), dies at 69
    06/05/1973 Max Terhune, actor (Range Justice, Night Riders), dies at 82 06/05/1976 Jean Paul Getty, US oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83
    06/05/1976 Walter Field, entertainer, dies at 101
    06/05/1978 John Meulenhoff, publisher, dies at 71
    06/05/1979 Pauline Offner, Zen Theravadin nun, dies at 53
    06/05/1980 Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician, dies
    06/05/1981 Philo McCullough, actor (Branded, Ridin' Thru), dies
    06/05/1984 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader
    06/05/1988 Clarence M Pendleton, chairman of comm on Civil Rights (1981-88) die
    06/05/1990 J Zeldenrust, pathology-anatomy, dies
    06/05/1992 Laurence Naismith, actor (Scrooge, Gypsy Girl), dies
    06/05/1992 Max Lerner, US writer/columnist (NY Post), dies at 88
    06/05/1993 Conway Twitty, country singer (Linda on My Mind), dies at 59


    Significant Events:

    06/05/ 70 Titus & his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem 06/05/ 754 Friezen murders bishop Boniface & over 50 companions
    06/05/1288 Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs Jan I
    06/05/1305 Bordeaux's archbishop Bertrand the Got elected Pope Clement V 06/05/1507 England & Netherlands sign trade agreement
    06/05/1625 Spanish troops under Spínola conquer Breda
    06/05/1632 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Roermond
    06/05/1661 Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge 06/05/1783 Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight 06/05/1794 Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces 06/05/1805 1st recorded tornado in 'Tornado Alley' (Southern Illinois) 06/05/1806 1st trotter to break 3 minute mile (Yankee)
    06/05/1806 Batavian Republic becomes Kingdom of Holland
    06/05/1808 -6] Battle at Wagram: French army beats Austrians
    06/05/1827 Turks capture Acropolis & takes Athens during Greek War of Independ 06/05/1833 Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage 06/05/1848 Statue of prince Willem the Silent unveiled
    06/05/1849 Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy 06/05/1855 Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention
    06/05/1857 Walter Woodbury & James Page open photo studio in Batavia (Djakarta)
    06/05/1861 Federal marshals seize arms & gunpower at Du Pont works DE 06/05/1863 Battle of Franklin's Crossing, VA (Deep Run)
    06/05/1863 CSS 'Alabama' captures 'Tailsman' in Mid Atlantic
    06/05/1864 Battle of Piedmont, VA (Augusta City)
    06/05/1869 3rd Belmont Stakes, Fenian wins
    06/05/1870 Constantinople in fire; 900 die
    06/05/1872 Republican National Convention meets (Phila)
    06/05/1875 Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens
    06/05/1876 Bananas become popular in US, at Centennial Exposition in Phila 06/05/1882 Storm & floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die
    06/05/1885 J Palisa discovers asteroid #248 Lameia
    06/05/1888 Democrats nominate Grover Cleveland for president
    06/05/1899 Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted
    06/05/1900 Lord Roberts' army occupies Pretoria
    06/05/1910 J Helffrich discovers asteroids #699 Hela & #700 Auravictrix 06/05/1911 Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 5-4 win 06/05/1912 US marines invade Cuba (3nd time)
    06/05/1913 Dutch Disability laws go into effect
    06/05/1917 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I
    06/05/1920 1st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell 06/05/1925 Willie MacFarlane wins US Open golf tournament
    06/05/1926 Indians triple-play Yankees & win 15-3
    06/05/1929 2nd British Labour govt of MacDonald forms
    06/05/1929 Ramsey MacDonald forms minority Labour govt in Britain
    06/05/1931 Jules Renkin becomes premier of Belgium
    06/05/1933 US goes off gold standard
    06/05/1934 1st formal meeting of Baker Street Irregulars (NYC)
    06/05/1937 A Bohrmann discovers asteroid #1455 Mitchella
    06/05/1937 Charles Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 69th Belmont Stakes (2:28.6) 06/05/1937 Henry Ford introduces 32 hour work week
    06/05/1940 1st synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron Oh
    06/05/1940 American Negro Threater organizes
    06/05/1940 Battle of France begins in WW II
    06/05/1940 Gen Von Bock starts German offensive in Somme
    06/05/1940 General De Gaulle becomes under minister of Defense
    06/05/1940 Gov of Suriname & Neth Antilles refuse entry to Jewish refugees 06/05/1940 Netherlands rations petroleum
    06/05/1941 Sandor Szabo beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
    06/05/1942 British offensive in North Africa under general Ritchie
    06/05/1942 Elwood Ordnance Plant near Joliet Illinois kills 54
    06/05/1942 USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary & Romania
    06/05/1943 German occupiers arrest Leuven University students
    06/05/1943 Johnny Longden on Count Fleet wins 75th Belmont Stakes (2:28.2) 06/05/1944 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure 06/05/1944 King Victor Emanuel abdicates the throne for his son Umberto 06/05/1945 London: 1st performance opera Peter Grimes of Benjamin Britten 06/05/1945 USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany 06/05/1946 Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago Ill) 06/05/1947 Sec of State George C Marshall outlines 'Marshall Plan'
    06/05/1950 US Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation 06/05/1953 Denmark adopts a new constitution
    06/05/1953 US Senate rejects China PR membership to UN
    06/05/1955 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce 06/05/1956 Fed court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const 06/05/1963 Princess Marÿke changes her name to Christina
    06/05/1963 State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested 06/05/1966 Cin Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
    06/05/1967 6 day war between Israel & Arab neighbors begin
    06/05/1967 Murderer Richard Speck sentenced to death in electric chair 06/05/1967 WSBE TV channel 36 in Providence, RI (PBS) begins broadcasting 06/05/1968 12:16AM PST-Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies next day 06/05/1969 Race riot in Hartford Connecticut
    06/05/1970 KPAX TV channel 8 in Missoula, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting 06/05/1972 'If You Had Wings' opens
    06/05/1972 UN Conference on Human Environment opens in Stockholm
    06/05/1972 Yugoslav president Tito visits USSR
    06/05/1975 British population agrees to European Common Market membership 06/05/1975 Egypt president Sadat reopens Suez Canal (closed since 1967) 06/05/1975 Suez Canal reopens (after 6 Day War caused it to close)
    06/05/1976 Bold Forbes wins Belmont Stakes
    06/05/1976 Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die) 06/05/1977 1st personal computer, Apple II, goes on sale
    06/05/1977 Coup in Seychelles (National Day)
    06/05/1977 Trailblazers beat 76ers for NBA championship, 4 games to 2 06/05/1979 Seychelles adopts constitution
    06/05/1980 Soyuz T-2 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
    06/05/1981 Center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays (AID
    06/05/1981 George Harrison releases 'Somewhere in England'
    06/05/1981 TODAY/PC runs for 1st time
    06/05/1982 Conquistador Cielo wins Belmont Stakes by 14½ lengths
    06/05/1982 Waterfront streetcar begins operating in Seattle
    06/05/1983 Yannich Noah becomes 1st Frenchman to win French Open since WW II 06/05/1984 Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site (Golden Temple) 06/05/1986 SD Padre Steve Garvey ejected for 1st time
    06/05/1988 Russian orthodox church celebrates 1,000th anniversary
    06/05/1989 Billy Smith, last original NY Islander, retires
    06/05/1989 Paul McCartney releases 'Flowers in the Dirt'
    06/05/1989 Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Mil Brewers win 5-3 06/05/1991 Mikhail Gorbachev recieves his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize
    06/05/1991 Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) launched
    06/05/1993 Liberian Charles Taylors rebellion kills 550 fugitives
    06/05/1993 Singer Mariah Carey weds Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music)
    06/05/1993 Somali warlord Aidids murders 23 Pakistani
    06/05/8239 -BC- presumed origin of Mayan Era of Creation

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/06/1436 Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller), prepares astronomical tables 06/06/1502 Joâo III, King of Portugal (1521-57)
    06/06/1599 Diego Velázquez, Spain, painter (Rokeby Venus) (baptized) 06/06/1606 Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)
    06/06/1621 Péter Zrinyi, Hungarian exile of Croatia
    06/06/1625 Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor
    06/06/1661 Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer
    06/06/1676 Georg Reidel, composer
    06/06/1695 Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen Neth-Indies (1737-41)
    06/06/1722 Adrien Trudo Sale, composer
    06/06/1735 Anton Schweitzer, composer
    06/06/1755 John Flaxman, English sculptor (Tomb of Westminster Abbey) 06/06/1755 Nathan Hale, hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his countr
    06/06/1756 John Trumbull, US painter (Declaration of Independence)
    06/06/1765 Cornelis Loots, accountant/poet (Dwingelandÿ)
    06/06/1799 Aleksandr Sergeyevich, Russia, poet, founder of modern Russian Lit 06/06/1799 Alexandr Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) (5/26 OS) 06/06/1804 Petter Conrad Boman, composer
    06/06/1807 Adrien Francois Servais, composer
    06/06/1813 Israel Washburn, gov (Union), died in 1883
    06/06/1815 Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer
    06/06/1819 William Howard Glover, composer
    06/06/1829 John Baillie McIntosh, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888 06/06/1840 John Stainer, composer
    06/06/1840 William Francis Bartlett, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 06/06/1847 Gerben Postma, [Ids], Fries writer (Swealtsjeblommen)
    06/06/1850 Karl F Braun, Germany, co-developed wireless telegraphy (Nobel 1909)
    06/06/1860 William R Inge, English theologist/Deacon St Paul's Cathedral 06/06/1868 Robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expediti
    06/06/1869 Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer/conductor
    06/06/1872 Alexandra Fjodorovna Romanova, last Russian tsarina (1894-1918) 06/06/1875 Thomas Mann, Germany, novelist (Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929) 06/06/1875 Walter Percy Chrysler, found Chrysler Corp (1925)
    06/06/1878 Vincent [de Moro-]Giafferi, French criminal (Dieudonné, Landru) 06/06/1879 L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect
    06/06/1880 William T Cosgrave, president Irish Free state
    06/06/1886 Paul Dudley White, heart specialist
    06/06/1890 Dorothy Heyward, NYC, playwright (Porgy)
    06/06/1891 Istvan Kardos, composer
    06/06/1891 Ted Lewis, actor/writer (Is Everybody Happy?)
    06/06/1893 Ludovic Feldman, composer
    06/06/1894 Sabin V Dragoi, composer
    06/06/1896 Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya (La marcia su Rome) 06/06/1896 Robert Sheriff, playwright (Journey's End)
    06/06/1898 Johannes J Fouché, president South-Africa
    06/06/1898 Ninette de Valois, [Edris Stannus], Engl, ballerina (Royal Ballet) 06/06/1898 Walter Abel, St Paul Mn, actor (Suspicion, Dream Girl)
    06/06/1900 Arthur Askey, actor (Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train)
    06/06/1901 Achmed Sukarno, Java, PM of Indonesia (1945-67)
    06/06/1902 Avraham Daus, composer
    06/06/1903 Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Tiflis Georgia, musician/composer (Gayane
    06/06/1905 John Gart, Russia, orch leader (Paul Winchell Show)
    06/06/1906 Max Zorn, German mathematician (lemma of Zorn)
    06/06/1907 Bill Dickey, NY Yankee hall-of-fame catcher (1928-43), manager (1946
    06/06/1909 Isaiah Berlin, philosopher
    06/06/1910 Ben Aerden, [John Mikkelsen], actor (Hamlet)
    06/06/1910 Toshitsugu Ogiwara, composer
    06/06/1913 Jiri Hajek, Czech jurist/foreign minister
    06/06/1915 Dhimitër Shuteriqi, Albania, writer (Çlirimtarët The liberator) 06/06/1915 Vincent Persichetti, Phila Pennsylvania, composer (Sibyl) 06/06/1916 Robert McNamara, US banker/min of Defense
    06/06/1917 Kirk Kerkorian, CEO (MGM, UA)
    06/06/1918 Richard Crane, Newcastle Ind, actor (Surfside 6)
    06/06/1920 Maria Montez, [Maria AV de Santo Silas], US actress (Arabian Nights)
    06/06/1922 Ian Hamilton, composer
    06/06/1924 Serge Nigg, composer
    06/06/1926 Klaus Tennstedt, Merseburg Germany, conductor (Fidelio)
    06/06/1928 George Deukmejian, Menands NY, (Gov-Cal)
    06/06/1929 Boguslaw Schaffer, composer
    06/06/1932 Billie Whitelaw, Coventry England, actress (Omen, Adding Machine) 06/06/1932 David R Scott, San Antonio Tx, Col USAF/astronaut (Gem 8, Apol 9, 15
    06/06/1933 Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986) 06/06/1934 Ad G J Lansink, chemist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
    06/06/1934 Albert II FHTCEM, king of Belgium (1993- )
    06/06/1934 Philippe Entremont, France, pianist/conductor (Vienna Chamber Orch) 06/06/1935 Bobby Mitchell, NFL running back, wide receiver (Browns, Redskins) 06/06/1935 Dalai Lama 14, Tibet, spiritual leader of Tibet's Lamaistic Buddhist
    06/06/1935 Harry Crews, US writer
    06/06/1935 Misja Mengelberg, jazz pianist/composer (Reconstruction)
    06/06/1936 Levi Stubbs, rocker (4 Tops-Same Old Song)
    06/06/1939 Gary 'US' Bonds, [Anderson] singer/songwriter (New Orleans) 06/06/1939 Louis Andriessen, composer (Reconstruction)
    06/06/1939 Marian Wright-Edelman, health care president (Childrens Defense Fund
    06/06/1939 Nganani Enos J Mabuza, S African leader of Inyandza Natl Movement 06/06/1940 Phillip Rhodes, composer
    06/06/1942 Sandra Morgan, US 4 X 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956) 06/06/1943 Willie D Davenport, Troy Al, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1968) 06/06/1944 Peter Albin, rocker (Big Brother & Holding Co)
    06/06/1945 David Dukes, SF, actor (Beacon Hill, 79 Park Avenue, Winds of War) 06/06/1945 David E Bonior, (Rep-D-MI, 1977- )
    06/06/1946 Chelsea Brown, Chicago Ill, comedienne (Laugh-in, Matt Lincoln) 06/06/1947 Marion Coakes, England, equestrian show jumper (Olympic-silver-1968)
    06/06/1949 Edgar Warren Williams, composer
    06/06/1949 Robert Englund, actor (Freddy Kreuger-Nightmare on Elm St, V) 06/06/1951 Dwight Twilley, country singer (Twilley Don't Mind)
    06/06/1952 Yukihiro Yakahashi, rocker (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
    06/06/1953 Ken Calvert, (Rep-R-California)
    06/06/1954 Harvey Fierstein, playwright (Torch Song Trilogy)
    06/06/1954 Nicko McBrain, rocker (Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast)
    06/06/1955 Dana Carvey, US comedian (SNL, Wayne's World)
    06/06/1955 Sandra Bernhard, Flint Mich, actress (King of Comedy)/bugs Letterman
    06/06/1956 Björn Börg, Sodertlage Sweden, tennis champ (Wimbeldon 1976-79) 06/06/1956 Marilyn Jones, Pitts Pa, actress (Carey-King's Crossing)
    06/06/1959 Amanda Pays, actress (Max Headroom, Off Limits)
    06/06/1960 Gary Graham, actor (Money on the Side)
    06/06/1960 Lola Forner, Alicante SW Spain, Miss Spain (1979)
    06/06/1960 Steve Val, rock guitarist (Passion & Warfare)
    06/06/1961 Sydney Walsh, actress (Mo-Hooperman)
    06/06/1964 Dee C Lee, [Diane Sealey], rocker (Style Council-You're Best Thing) 06/06/1964 Sherry J Traylor, Mexico Missouri, Miss Missouri-America (1991) 06/06/1965 David Whyte, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret) 06/06/1966 Angela Cavagna, Genoa Italy, singer
    06/06/1967 Max Casella, actor (Vinnie-Doogie Howser)
    06/06/1969 Douglas Lee Mitchell, Miles Mi, heavy metal artist (Southgang) 06/06/1975 Damon Pampolina, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)
    06/06/1975 Staci Keanan, [Anastasia Love Sagorsky], actress (Nicole-My 2 Dads) 06/06/1976 Lukas Hass, actor (Lady in White, Witness, Music Box)


    Deaths:

    06/06/ 840 Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies
    06/06/1134 Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51 06/06/1686 Joannes B van Neercassel, RC spiritual leader of Neth, dies at 60 06/06/1735 Georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71
    06/06/1784 Joan Derk van de Capellen, leader of democratic Patriots, dies at 42
    06/06/1785 Johann Michael Demmler, composer, dies at 36
    06/06/1816 Christiane Vulpius, wife of Johann W von Goethe, dies at 51 06/06/1852 Tommaso Marchesi, composer, dies at 79
    06/06/1861 Giuseppe Concone, Italian child singer, dies at 59
    06/06/1862 Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA
    06/06/1877 Prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca & chief Standing Bear, dies 06/06/1878 Gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70
    06/06/1881 Henry Vieuxtemps, composer, dies at 61
    06/06/1883 Ciprian Porumbescu, composer, dies at 29
    06/06/1898 Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62
    06/06/1914 Walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin), dies 06/06/1916 Yuan Shikai, president of China, dies at 56
    06/06/1917 Iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59
    06/06/1922 Lillian Russell, entertainer, dies at 60
    06/06/1926 Henry Tate, composer, dies at 52
    06/06/1928 Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer, dies at 67
    06/06/1935 Jacques Urlus, tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of Erde), dies at 68 06/06/1937 Jean Harlow, [Harlenean Carpenter], US actress (China Seas), dies 06/06/1940 E E Clive, actor (Bulldog Drummond, Night Muss Fall), dies at 56 06/06/1943 Karl Landsteiner, Austrian/US pathologist, dies at 75
    06/06/1944 Danny Brotheridge, British, 1st to die during D-Day
    06/06/1944 Gerrit John van de Peat, artist/resistance fighter, executed at 41 06/06/1945 Meinoud M Rost van Tonningen, anti semite/NSB (1937-41), suicide 06/06/1956 Margaret Wycherly, actress (Claudia), dies at 75
    06/06/1958 Lily Theresa Strickland, composer, dies at 71
    06/06/1961 Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychatrist (Über Alchemie), dies at 85 06/06/1962 Guinn Williams, actor (Big Boy-Circus Boy), dies at 63
    06/06/1962 Yves Klein, French sculptor/painter, dies at 34
    06/06/1964 Robert Warwick, actor (Konga, Zorro, Lady Godiva), dies at 85 06/06/1965 Lester Matthews, (Sir Dennis-Adv of Fu Manchu), dies at 64 06/06/1966 Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash 06/06/1967 Edward G Givens Jr, astronaut, dies in an auto accident at 37 06/06/1968 Franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies
    06/06/1968 Robert F Kennedy, (Sen-D-NY), assassinated in LA by Sirhan Sirhan 06/06/1971 Arnold Elston, composer, dies at 63
    06/06/1974 Blanche Yurka, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Cry of Werewolf), dies at
    06/06/1975 Larry Blyden, actor (Joe & Mabel, What's My Line), dies at 49 06/06/1976 J Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 in London 06/06/1976 Victor Varconi, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings), dies at 85 06/06/1977 Sophie Stewart, actress (As You Like It), dies at 69
    06/06/1979 Jack Haley, actor (Wizard of Oz), dies at 79
    06/06/1984 A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at
    06/06/1985 Siem Devout, actor, dies at 54
    06/06/1988 Ella Raines, actress (Brute Force), dies of throat cancer at 67 06/06/1991 Larry Kert, actor (Tony-West Side Story), dies of AIDS
    06/06/1991 Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist (Girl from Impanima), dies at 64 06/06/1991 Sylvia Porter, economist/author (Money Book), dies at 77
    06/06/1992 Georgia Brown, British actress (Lock up your daughters), dies at 58 06/06/1992 Larry Riley, actor (Soldier Story, Knots Landing), dies of AIDS at 3
    06/06/1992 Thÿs van Lier, lawyer/2rd Chamber member (PvdA), dies at 44 06/06/1993 James Bridges, writer/director (Paper Chase), dies of cancer at 57 06/06/1993 Peter Tazelaar, adjutant of queen Wilhelmina, dies at 73
    06/06/1994 John Slot, mayor of Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede, dies


    Significant Events:

    06/06/1002 German king Henry II the Saint crowned
    06/06/1523 Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day)
    06/06/1639 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill 06/06/1664 New Amsterdam renamed New York
    06/06/1752 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed 06/06/1772 Haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles Chicago 06/06/1795 Fire destroy 1/3 of Copenhagen; 18,000 injured
    06/06/1801 Peace of Badajoz: Spain-Portugal
    06/06/1809 Sweden declares independence, constitutional monarchy established 06/06/1813 US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont)
    06/06/1816 10' snowfall in New England, 'year without a summer' (Krakatoa) 06/06/1831 2nd national black convention (Phila)
    06/06/1844 Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London 06/06/1862 Battle of Memphis-city is surrendered
    06/06/1862 Battle of Port Royal, SC (Port Royal Ferry)
    06/06/1862 Skirmish at Harrisonburg, PA
    06/06/1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA & Williamsport, MD
    06/06/1864 Battle of Lake Chicot, AR (Dutch Bayou)
    06/06/1875 Netherlands goes on the gold standard
    06/06/1882 Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000
    06/06/1882 Electric iron patented by Henry W Seely, NYC
    06/06/1885 Opera 'Lakmé' is produced (Paris)
    06/06/1889 Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks
    06/06/1890 United States Polo Association formed, NYC
    06/06/1896 George Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across Atlantic
    06/06/1904 National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, NJ 06/06/1905 French Foreign minister Delcassé resigns on German request 06/06/1911 Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified) 06/06/1913 Rabbit Maranville, was thrown out trying to steal home 3 times 06/06/1914 1st air flight out of sight of land (Scotland to Norway)
    06/06/1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st US victory of WW I
    06/06/1919 Finland declares war on bolsheviks
    06/06/1919 Man O' War wins 1st victory as a 2-year-old at Belmont
    06/06/1920 Gen Wrangel opens offensive against red Army
    06/06/1924 Cyril Walker wins US Open golf tournament
    06/06/1924 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1031 Arctica
    06/06/1925 Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp (Iacocca was 8 months ol
    06/06/1926 Egyptian cabinet-Adly Pasja forms
    06/06/1931 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1210 Morosovia
    06/06/1931 Yanks turn triple-play but lose 7-5 to Indians
    06/06/1932 Carlos Davila coup against pres Juan Montero of Chile
    06/06/1932 US Federal gas tax enacted
    06/06/1933 1st drive-in theatre opens (Camden NJ)
    06/06/1933 US Employment Service created
    06/06/1934 Securities & Exchange Commission established
    06/06/1934 Yankee Myrl Hoag hits 6 singles in one game
    06/06/1936 Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro NJ
    06/06/1936 Tony Manero wins US Open golf tournament
    06/06/1937 Phillies trailing 8-2 to St Louis, forfeit game
    06/06/1938 Sigmund Freud arrives in London
    06/06/1939 NY supreme court justice JF Crater legally declared dead
    06/06/1941 1st navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched 06/06/1942 1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray)
    06/06/1942 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway
    06/06/1942 Japanese troop land on Kiska, Aleutians
    06/06/1944 D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France 06/06/1944 Nazi troops executed 96 prisoners by firing squad
    06/06/1944 Nazis executed 96 prisoners by firing squad
    06/06/1944 Theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor 06/06/1945 'Free Preople' play, premieres in Amsterdam
    06/06/1946 11 Basketball of America Assn teams meet to schedule 1st season 06/06/1946 Henry Morgan is 1st to take off shirt on TV
    06/06/1946 Martin Kresses begins publishing 'Eric the Viking' comic strip 06/06/1947 Treaty drawn for establishment of Intl Patent Institute
    06/06/1949 WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast
    06/06/1950 German DR & Poland sign treaty of Oder-Neissegrens
    06/06/1953 J Churms discovers asteroid #2025
    06/06/1955 Bill Haley & Comets, 'Rock Around the Clock' hits #1
    06/06/1958 Premier Charles de Gaulle says Algeria will always be French 06/06/1960 Roy Orbison releases 'Only the Lonely'
    06/06/1960 South Africa police kills 11 Pondo's at Nqusa Hill
    06/06/1963 Gasunie established
    06/06/1964 Beatles arrive in netherlands
    06/06/1965 Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive HRs beating White Sox 12-0 06/06/1966 Gemini 9 completes 45 orbits after rendezvous with 'angry alligator'
    06/06/1966 Activist James Meredith wounded by white sniper in Mississippi 06/06/1966 Claus Von Bulow & Martha (Sunny) Crawford wed
    06/06/1966 NFL & AFL announce their merger
    06/06/1966 Stokely Carmichael launches 'Black Power' movement, 1966
    06/06/1967 Israeli troops occupy Gaza
    06/06/1968 WKHA TV channel 35 in Hazard, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting 06/06/1971 Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die 06/06/1971 Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station
    06/06/1971 WHAE (now WGNX) TV channel 46 in Atlanta, GA (CBN) begins broadcasti
    06/06/1972 David Bowie releases 'Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust'
    06/06/1972 Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia) 06/06/1972 Gold hits record $60 an ounce in London
    06/06/1972 US bombs Haiphong, North-Vietnam; 1000s killed
    06/06/1975 British voters decide to remain in Common Market
    06/06/1975 Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established 06/06/1976 Celtics beat Suns for NBA championship, 4 games to 2
    06/06/1977 Doobie Brothers sponsor a Golf Classic & Concert for United Way 06/06/1977 Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss) 06/06/1977 Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws
    06/06/1977 Washington Post reports building of neutron bomb
    06/06/1978 A Mrkos discovers asteroids #2199 Klet & #3339
    06/06/1978 Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57%
    06/06/1979 200th running of horse's Derby in England
    06/06/1979 Josef Mengeles corpse excavated
    06/06/1979 Royal Air force receives 1st F-16
    06/06/1979 Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 HRs in the majors 06/06/1980 Bjorn Borg beats John McEnroe for Wimbeldon title
    06/06/1982 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO
    06/06/1982 Bernard Glassman, installed as abbot of Zen Center of NY
    06/06/1983 Li Xiannian becomes pres/Deng Xiaoping supreme commander of China PR
    06/06/1983 Nicaragua exspells 3 US diplomats
    06/06/1984 1,200 die in Sikh 'Golden Temple' uprising India
    06/06/1985 Body of Nazi criminal, Dr Josef Mengele located & exhumed 06/06/1985 Chris Evert wins a grand slam title for 13th straight year (French) 06/06/1985 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts 'status' of Aruba
    06/06/1985 Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 06/06/1986 Jürgen Schull sets world discus record (74.07 m)
    06/06/1987 Craig Perret on Bet Twice wins 119th Belmont Stakes (2:28.4) 06/06/1987 NY Yankees play their 13,000th game
    06/06/1988 3 giant turtles found in Bronx sewage plant
    06/06/1989 Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4 06/06/1991 Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video stor
    06/06/1991 NBC announces Jay Leno will replace Johnny Carson on May 25,1992 06/06/1992 A P Indie wins Belmont Stakes
    06/06/1992 David Bowie & model Iman marry in Switzerland
    06/06/1992 Monica Seles defeats Stefi Graf to win French Tennis Open 06/06/1992 NY Met Eddie Murray sets RBI record by a switch hitter
    06/06/1992 Sacramento beats Orlando 21-17 to win WLAF World Bowl 2 (Montreal) 06/06/1993 Punsalmaagiyn Otsjirbat recognized as president of Mongolia 06/06/1993 Ramiro de Léon Carpio elected pres of Guatemala
    06/06/1994 6.0 earthquake/avalanche destroys Toez Colombia (about 1000 killed) 06/06/1994 Cricketer Brian Lara hits record 501 not out/390 runs in 1 day 06/06/1994 Tupolev-154 crashes at Xian China (160 killed)
    06/06/2012 Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/07/1502 Gregory XIII, Pope, introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582 06/07/1619 Paulus Voet, jurist/historian
    06/07/1730 Georg von Pasterwiz, composer
    06/07/1736 Karl Frieberth, composer
    06/07/1770 Earl of Liverpool, (C) British PM (1812-27)
    06/07/1778 George Bryan 'Beau' Brummel, London England, English dandy 06/07/1811 James Young Simpson, Scotland, obsterician (used chloroform) 06/07/1812 Theophilus Toulmin Garrard, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 190
    06/07/1825 Richard D Blackmore, England, author (Norie, Lorna Doone) 06/07/1829 Eduard F W Pflüger, German physiologist (Ademhalings Quotient) 06/07/1833 Alexander Ritter, composer
    06/07/1840 Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico (1864-67) 06/07/1843 Susan Elizabeth Blow, US, pioneered kindergarten education 06/07/1845 Leopold von Auer, Hungarians/US violinist
    06/07/1846 Wladyslaw Gorski, composer
    06/07/1848 Eugène-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti)
    06/07/1848 Paul Gaugin, [Eugene Henri], French post-impressionist painter 06/07/1865 Guido Gasperini, composer
    06/07/1867 Luigi Maurizio Tedeschi, composer
    06/07/1873 Landon Ronald, composer
    06/07/1874 Theodor Streicher, composer
    06/07/1879 Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule)
    06/07/1884 Julius P Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher (Last New
    06/07/1885 Percy Brier, composer
    06/07/1887 William Walraven, journalist/writer (Indian Current)
    06/07/1891 Athos Palma, composer
    06/07/1891 Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch politician (SDAP/AJC/PvdA) 06/07/1896 Robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966)
    06/07/1896 Vivien Kellems, TV hostess (Power of Women)
    06/07/1897 George Szell, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Metropolitan 1942-45) 06/07/1899 Elizabeth Bowen, Dublin, novelist (Death of the Heart, Encounters) 06/07/1900 Jan [Johannes AA] Engelman, poet/translator/critic (Garden of Eros) 06/07/1903 Marguerite Yourcenar, France/US writer (Mémoires d'Hadrien) 06/07/1909 Jessica Tandy, London, actress (Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Include
    06/07/1909 Peter W Rodino, (Rep-D-NJ, 1949- )/chaired Watergate council 06/07/1911 Franz Reizenstein, composer
    06/07/1917 Dean Martin, [Dino Crocetti], singer/comedian (Jerry Lewis' partner)
    06/07/1917 Gwendolyn Brooks, US poet (Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, Pulitzer 1950) 06/07/1918 Irene Vorrink, Dutch minister of health & environment
    06/07/1920 Georges Marchais, leader French Communist Party
    06/07/1922 Hubert Du Plessis, composer
    06/07/1922 Rocky Graziano, boxer/entertainer (Pantomime Quiz, Martha Raye Show)
    06/07/1924 Dolores Gray, Chic Ill, singer/actress (Designing Woman, Kismet) 06/07/1925 Camille Flammarion, French astronomer/writer (Thunder & Lightning) 06/07/1925 Pieternella 'Nel' van Arem, actress (Sea Gull)
    06/07/1926 Dick Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, choral director (Andy Williams Show) 06/07/1928 Charles Louis Strouse, composer
    06/07/1929 John Turner, Richmond England, (L) 17th Canadian PM (1984) 06/07/1931 Henry Weinberg, composer
    06/07/1931 Lang Jeffries, Ontario Canada, actor (Skip-Rescue 8)
    06/07/1931 Virginia McKenna, actress (Born Free, Chosen, Lions are Free, Simba)
    06/07/1933 Henk E King, Dutch sect of Finances (VVD)
    06/07/1934 Philippe Entremont, French pianist
    06/07/1937 Neeme Järvi, Tallinn Estonia, conductor (Estonia Opera 1971) 06/07/1940 Tom Jones, [Thomas Woodward], Welsh singer (What's New Pussycat) 06/07/1941 Jaime Laredo, Bolivia, violinist (Qn Elisabeth of Belgium prize 1959
    06/07/1942 Anneke Grönloh, Indonesian/Dutch singer (Fire Sand)
    06/07/1943 Ken Osmond, actor (Eddie Haskel-Leave it To Beaver)
    06/07/1943 Mel Levine, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
    06/07/1943 Nikki Giovanni, poet (LHJ Woman of the Year 1973)
    06/07/1944 Bill Rafferty, Queens NY, comedian (Laugh-In, Real People) 06/07/1944 Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!)
    06/07/1944 Townes Van Zandt, US singer/songwriter
    06/07/1946 Bill Kreutzmann, drummer (Grateful Dead-Uncle John's Band) 06/07/1946 Jenny Jones, comedienne/talk show host (Jenny Jones Show) 06/07/1947 Thurman Munson, baseball catcher/captain (NY Yankees)
    06/07/1951 Anne Twomey, actress (Refuge, Secret, Deadly Friend, Imagemaker) 06/07/1952 Liam Neeson, actor (Schindler's List, Husbands & Wives, Suspect) 06/07/1954 Lui Passaglia, Vancouver BC, CFL place kicker (B.C. Lions) 06/07/1955 Joey Scarbury, Ontario Calif, singer (Greatest American Hero) 06/07/1958 Christopher Marcantel, Smithtown NY, actor (Chip-Nurse, Loving) 06/07/1958 Francesca Thyssen, lugano Switz, baroness
    06/07/1958 O+> (Prince), [Rogers Nelson], Minn, rocker/actor (1999, Purple Rain
    06/07/1962 Janice Lawrence, Lucedale Miss, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984
    06/07/1962 Paddy McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)
    06/07/1967 Sarah Malin, Greenwich Ct, actress (Stephane Prescott-Another World)
    06/07/1971 Mark Wahlberg, Mass, rapper/Calvin Klein underwear model
    06/07/1989 Michael Joseph Tamboli, Eldesburg Md, born 01:23:45 PM on 6-7-89


    Deaths:

    06/07/ 555 Vigilius, Italian Pope (537-55), dies
    06/07/1329 Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29), dies at 53
    06/07/1337 Willem III the Good, earl of Holland/Zealand, dies at about 49 06/07/1492 Kazimierz IV, King of Poland (1447-92), dies at 64
    06/07/1549 Eelke Fouckens, Fries
    06/07/1555 Maarten van Rossum, army leader, dies at about 76
    06/07/1571 Pier Francesco Corteccia, composer, dies at 68
    06/07/1624 Anna van H Bartolomaeus, Flemish monk/saint, dies at 74
    06/07/1631 Mumtax Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan of India, her tomb (Taj Mahal) 06/07/1654 Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright/actor, dies at 76 06/07/1667 Thomas de Keyser, Amsterdam master builder/painter, buried 06/07/1672 Willem J van Gendt, admiral/governor of Breda, dies at about 37 06/07/1701 Ferdinand W, Prince of Württemberg-Neustadt, dies at 41
    06/07/1754 Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish, architect (Amalienborg Square), dies at 52 06/07/1778 Johann Georg Zechner, composer, dies at 62
    06/07/1784 Jean-Baptiste Canavas, composer, dies at 71
    06/07/1789 Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer, dies at 81
    06/07/1800 Willem A Alting, governor-genl of Neth-Indies (1780-97), dies at 75 06/07/1838 Laure S-MP duchess d'abrantès, French marshal Junot, dies 06/07/1840 Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia (1797-1840), dies at 69 06/07/1862 William B Mumford, 1st US citizen hanged for treason, at 42 06/07/1863 Franz Xavier Gruber, composer, dies at 75
    06/07/1877 Winand CH Staring, geologist (Bottom of Netherlands), dies at 68 06/07/1893 Johann Schrammel, composer, dies at 43
    06/07/1906 Johan P Van de Kellen, stamp cutter/lithographer, dies at 74 06/07/1915 Benjamin Lambord, composer, dies at 35
    06/07/1926 Henry Charles Tonking, composer, dies at 63
    06/07/1927 Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, murdered
    06/07/1928 Chiang Tsolin, Chinese warlord of North-China, murdered
    06/07/1932 Emil Pauer, composer, dies at 76
    06/07/1935 Ivan V Mitsjoerin, Russian botanist, dies
    06/07/1937 Jean Harlow, actr (Bombshell), dies at 26 from gallbladder infection
    06/07/1938 Norbert Fonteyne, Flemish writer (How Flemings Came Late), dies 06/07/1940 James Hall, writer/actor (Millie, Hell's Angels), dies at 39 06/07/1945 Nishida Kitaro, scholar/philosopher/Zen practitioner, dies at 74 06/07/1945 Ruben Marcos Campos, composer, dies at 69
    06/07/1948 Georges Adolphe Hue, composer, dies at 90
    06/07/1951 Bobel, Braune, Naumann, Ohlendorf, Pohl, Schallenmair & Otto Schmidt
    06/07/1951 Nazi war criminals, hanged
    06/07/1956 Julien Benda, Fren philosopher/writer (La trahison des clercs), dies
    06/07/1957 Elizabeth S Kingsley, double-Crostic puzzle creator, dies 06/07/1961 Robert Griffith, producer of Pajama Game, dies
    06/07/1963 Zasu Pitts, actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies at 65 06/07/1965 Judy Holliday, comedienne (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib), dies at 42 06/07/1965 Richard Billinger, Austria poet/writer (Bauernpassion), dies 06/07/1966 Hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor, dies at 78 06/07/1967 Dorothy Parker, US writer (Enough Rope), dies
    06/07/1967 Pauline Brooks, actress (Make a Million), dies
    06/07/1968 Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies at 60
    06/07/1969 Leo Gorcey, actor (Bowery Boys), dies at 53
    06/07/1970 Edward M Forster, England, writer (Maurice, A passage to India), die
    06/07/1973 Lane Bradford, actor (Dead Man's Gold, Gun Hawk) , dies
    06/07/1976 Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orch leader (Air time '57), dies at 61
    06/07/1980 Henry [Valentine] Miller, US writer (Tropic of Capricorn), dies 06/07/1980 Richard Bonnelli, actor (Enter Madame), dies
    06/07/1983 Charles von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Belgium prince, buried
    06/07/1983 Daniele Amfiteatrov, composer, dies at 81
    06/07/1984 George Givot, actor (Versatile Vaudeville), dies at 81
    06/07/1987 John Blofeld, writer/translator/Zen practitioner, dies at 73 06/07/1989 Milton van Embricqs, Suriname/Dutch publicist, dies
    06/07/1989 Percy Stuart, Suriname/Dutch sports journalist, dies
    06/07/1990 Barbara Baxley, actress (Norma Rae), dies at 63 of a heart attack 06/07/1991 Eric Francis, actor (Shillingbury Blowers), dies
    06/07/1992 Bob Sweeney, director/actor (Toby Tyler), dies
    06/07/1992 William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82
    06/07/1993 Drazen Petrovic, NBA player (NJ Nets), dies in auto-accident at 28 06/07/1994 Dennis Potter, British TV writer (Pennies from Heaven), dies at 59 06/07/1994 Joseph Ruzindana, Rwandian bishop of Bjumba, murdered
    06/07/1994 Thaddé Nsengijumva, chairman of Rwandan bishop's conference, murdere
    06/07/1994 Vincent Nsengijumva, Rwandan archbishop of Kigali, murdered


    Significant Events:

    06/07/ 421 Eudocia A Athenais marries Oostromeins emperor Theodosius II
    06/07/ 555 Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    06/07/1099 1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem
    06/07/1340 Rotterdam Netherlands founded
    06/07/1413 King Ladislaus of Naples occupies Rome
    06/07/1494 Treaty of Tordesillas
    06/07/1601 Louis Gunther of Nassau weds countess Anna Margaretha of Manderschei
    06/07/1614 2nd parliment of King James I, disolves passing no legislation 06/07/1654 Louis XIV crowned king of France
    06/07/1672 Battle by Solebay: Dutch adm M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet 06/07/1692 Earthquake in Port Royal, Jamaica, kills 3000
    06/07/1694 English invasion army under Thomas Talmash reaches Brest
    06/07/1769 Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of Kentucky 06/07/1775 United Colonies change name to United States
    06/07/1776 Richard Lee (VA) moves Decl of Independence in Continental Congress 06/07/1780 Anti-Catholice riot in London, 100s die
    06/07/1839 Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed
    06/07/1860 Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, SF 06/07/1862 Skirmish at Union Church, VA (Peninsular)
    06/07/1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA-Jefferson Davis' home burnt 06/07/1863 Mexico City captured by French troops
    06/07/1864 Abe Lincoln renominated for Pres by Republican Party
    06/07/1866 Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Québec
    06/07/1887 Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Wash DC 06/07/1892 John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is 1st to pinch hit in a baseball game 06/07/1892 Republican convention in Minneapolis begins
    06/07/1896 G Harpo & F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) 06/07/1898 Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chi
    06/07/1900 Boer general Christian de Law occupiers British train depot Roodewal
    06/07/1901 M Wolf discovers asteroid #471 Papagena
    06/07/1905 Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814) 06/07/1906 Chicago Cubs score 11 in 1st inning, beating NY Giants 19-0 06/07/1909 Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens
    06/07/1912 St Pius X encyclical 'On Indians of South America'
    06/07/1912 US army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane
    06/07/1916 Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun
    06/07/1924 George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's summit 06/07/1926 Swedish cabinet of Ekman forms
    06/07/1929 Vatican City becomes a soverign state
    06/07/1930 Earl Sande on Gallant Fox wins 62nd Belmont Stakes (2:31.l) 06/07/1930 NY Times agrees to capitalize the n in 'Negro'
    06/07/1936 Yanks beat Indians 5-4 in 16; longest game without a strikeout 06/07/1938 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, 'Susan & God' 06/07/1938 Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat 1st flown (Eddie Allen)
    06/07/1939 1st king & queen of England to visit US, George VI & Elizabeth 06/07/1940 British/French troops evacuate Narvik
    06/07/1941 Craig Wood wins US Open golf tournament
    06/07/1941 Eddie Arcaro on Whirlaway wins 73rd Belmont (2:31) & triple crown 06/07/1942 Germany Armys march into Sebastopol
    06/07/1942 Japanese troops lands on Attu, Aleutian Islands
    06/07/1944 Canadian 50th division occupies Bayeux
    06/07/1944 Claus von Stauffenberg meets Hitler
    06/07/1946 US Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel 06/07/1948 Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; Pres Bernes resigns 06/07/1948 KVP wins Dutch Second-Parliamentary election
    06/07/1953 1st color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Mass 06/07/1953 Mary Terrell wins struggle to end segregation in Wash DC restaurants
    06/07/1953 WDAU (now WYOU) TV chan 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (CBS) begins
    06/07/1954 1st microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick NJ)
    06/07/1955 '$64,000 Question' premieres on CBS TV
    06/07/1955 1st President to appear on color TV (Eisenhower)
    06/07/1958 Battles between Turkish & Greeks Cypriots break out
    06/07/1959 KLX-AM in Oakland Calif changes call letters to KEWB (now KNEW) 06/07/1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m 06/07/1964 Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam
    06/07/1965 Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits
    06/07/1965 Morocco King Hassan suspends constitution, grabs power
    06/07/1967 2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of mino
    06/07/1967 Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho & Bethlehem 06/07/1968 Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination
    06/07/1969 Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special 06/07/1969 Tommy James & Shondells release 'Crystal Blue Persuasion' 06/07/1970 Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win 06/07/1970 The Who's Tommy is performed at NY's Lincoln Center
    06/07/1971 Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to orbiting Salyut 06/07/1972 German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel
    06/07/1972 Hsan Hua, Zen teacher, conducted 1st ordination ceremony in America 06/07/1972 Pirate's Gene Alley bases-loaded wall, beats Padres 1-0 in 18th 06/07/1973 West German chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel
    06/07/1975 Spain's Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets
    06/07/1977 Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law 06/07/1978 Bullets beat Supersonics for NBA championship, 4 games to 3 06/07/1979 Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched 06/07/1979 Portugal govt of Mota Pinto resigns
    06/07/1979 Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion
    06/07/1980 John McEnroe beats Björn Börg for US Open
    06/07/1980 Temperance Hill wins Belmont Stakes (50:1 long shot)
    06/07/1980 Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter
    06/07/1981 Bjorn Borg wins his 6th French Open singles (defeats Ivan Lendl) 06/07/1981 Israeli F-15/F-16 destroys alleged Iraqi plutonium production facili
    06/07/1982 Habrés rebel army occupies capital of Chad, N'djamena
    06/07/1982 LA Dodger Steve Garvey is 5th to play in 1,000 consecutive games 06/07/1982 NY Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell & Randy Myers 06/07/1982 Pres Reagan meets Pope John Paul II & Queen Elizabeth
    06/07/1983 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3152
    06/07/1983 Steve Carlton temporarily passes Nolan Ryan with his 3,552 strike ou
    06/07/1986 Madonna's 'Live to Tell,' single goes #1
    06/07/1987 Tony Awards won primarily by 'Les Miserables'
    06/07/1988 Aluminium contaminates Cornish England's water supply
    06/07/1989 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires 06/07/1989 Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons 06/07/1989 Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173 06/07/1989 Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years 06/07/1990 Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains
    06/07/1991 Singer Jimmy Osmond weds Michelle Larson

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Jun 8 00:30:16 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/08/1318 Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II 06/08/1625 Giovanni Domenico Cassini, discovered 4 satellites of Saturn 06/08/1671 Tommaso Albinioni, Ital's composer (Adagio in G-minor)
    06/08/1722 Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer
    06/08/1740 Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer
    06/08/1753 Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer
    06/08/1756 Cornelis van Foreest, mayor of Alkmaar
    06/08/1783 Joseph Lincke, composer
    06/08/1804 Jan Baptist van Son, RC politician
    06/08/1805 Luigi Ricci, composer
    06/08/1806 Gideon Johnson Pillow, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1878
    06/08/1810 Robert A Schumann, Zwickau Saxony Germany, composer (Fantastiestücke
    06/08/1812 Spyridon Xyndas, composer
    06/08/1813 David D Porter, US Admiral (Civil War)
    06/08/1813 David Dixon Porter, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1891 06/08/1814 Charles Reade, England, novelist (Cloister & Hearth)
    06/08/1821 John Dunlap Stevenson, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1897 06/08/1824 James Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies
    06/08/1824 William Montgomery Gardner, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 190
    06/08/1829 John Everett Millais, England, painter (Order of Release) 06/08/1834 George Garrett, composer
    06/08/1837 Jan Kleczynski, composer
    06/08/1837 Moriz Heyne, German germanist (Beowulf)
    06/08/1847 Ida Sazton McKinley, 1st lady (1897-1901)
    06/08/1856 Natalia Janotha, composer
    06/08/1858 Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer/conductor
    06/08/1867 Frank Lloyd Wright, Richland Center Wisc, master builder (Guggenheim
    06/08/1881 Prospero Bisquertt, composer
    06/08/1888 Guδmundur Jónsson Kamban, Icelandic writer (Skálholt)
    06/08/1888 Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer
    06/08/1889 Joseph L Hromadka, Czech theologist (Lenin prize 1957)
    06/08/1894 Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist (Ogelala) 06/08/1896 Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross)
    06/08/1900 Herman J Friedericy, [H J Merlÿn], writer (Last general)
    06/08/1902 Albe, [Renaut A Joostens], Flemish writer (Andalusisch Diary) 06/08/1903 Gerrit C Berkouwer, theologist (Dogmatic Studies)
    06/08/1903 Ronald Shiner, actor (Carry on Admiral, Keep it Clean, Aunt Clara) 06/08/1906 Charel Janssens, Belgium, actor
    06/08/1910 Aleksandr T Tvardovski, Russian conductor
    06/08/1910 John W Campbell, US, sci-fi writer (Moon is Hell)
    06/08/1911 Van Lingle Mungo, SC, pitcher (Dodgers, Giants)
    06/08/1913 Janos Jagamas, composer
    06/08/1914 Joseph de Pietro, US, 56kg weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1948) 06/08/1915 Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor of Maarn Neth 06/08/1916 Francis Crick, British co-discovered DNA's structure (Nobel 1962) 06/08/1917 Byron R Whizzer White, Ft Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just (1962-
    06/08/1918 Robert Preston, Newton MA, actor (Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter)
    06/08/1920 Bert Leysen, Belgian TV director
    06/08/1921 Alexis Smith, Penticton BC Canada, actress (Jessica-Dallas, Follies)
    06/08/1921 Sheila Ryan, actress (Big Fix, Mule Train, Ringside, Caged Fury) 06/08/1921 Suharto, general/president Indonesia (1967- )
    06/08/1922 Myron Healy, Petalumus Calif, actor (Wyatt Earp)
    06/08/1923 Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer (Summer Games)
    06/08/1924 George Kirby, Chicago, comedian (ABC Comedy Hour)
    06/08/1924 Sheldon Allman, Chicago, actor (Norm-Harris Against the World) 06/08/1925 Barbara Pierce Bush, Rye NY, 1st lady (1989-93)
    06/08/1925 Eddie Gaedel, 3'7' St Louis Browns pinch-hitter (he walked) 06/08/1926 Anatol Vieru, composer
    06/08/1928 Jiri Dvoracek, composer
    06/08/1928 Kat[i]e [Gertrude] Wilhelm, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Hamlet Trap) 06/08/1929 Jerry Stiller, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Stiller & Meara, Hairspray) 06/08/1930 Bo Gunnar Widerberg, Malmö Sweden, director (Elvira Madigan) 06/08/1930 Dana Wynter, London, actress (Airport, Invasion of the Body Snatcher
    06/08/1930 Yannis Ioannidis, composer
    06/08/1932 Hans Gunter Helms, composer
    06/08/1933 Joan Rivers, [Molinsky], Bkln, comedienne (Late Show, Hollywood Sq) 06/08/1934 Millicent Martin, Romford Eng, actress (Alfie, Nothing but the Best)
    06/08/1936 James Darren, Phila, actor (TJ Hooker, Diamond Head, Venus in Furs) 06/08/1937 Bruce McCandless II, Boston, Cap USN/astronaut (STS 41B, STS-31) 06/08/1939 Bernie Casey, Wyco WV, actor (Boxcar Bertha, Rent-a-Cop)
    06/08/1939 Herb Adderley, Phila, NFL hall of famer (Packers, Cowboys) 06/08/1940 Nancy Sinatra, Jersey City, singer, her boots were made for walkin' 06/08/1941 Clarence 'Fuzzy' Haskins, US pop singer (Funkadelic-Knee Deep) 06/08/1941 Joop H van den Berg, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
    06/08/1942 Chuck Negron, singer (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
    06/08/1942 Willie D Davenport, Troy Alabama, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1968) 06/08/1943 Colin Baker, actor (Swallows & Amazons)
    06/08/1943 Willie Davenport, US, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1968)
    06/08/1944 Boz Scaggs, [William Royce], Dallas Tx, rocker (Steve Miller Band) 06/08/1944 Don Grady, actor (Robbie Douglas-My 3 Sons)
    06/08/1946 Elizabeth A Lynn, US, sci-fi author (Watchtower, Red Hawk) 06/08/1947 Joan La Barbara, composer
    06/08/1947 Mick Box, rocker (Uriah Heep)
    06/08/1949 Emmanuel Ax, Lvov Poland, pianist (Artur Rubinstein Comp-1974) 06/08/1949 Hildegard Falck, German FR, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1972) 06/08/1950 Alex Van Halen, drummer (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)
    06/08/1950 Elmar Oliveira, Waterbury Connecticut, violinist (Naumburg 1978) 06/08/1950 Kathy Whitton Baker, Midland Tx, actress (Right Stuff, 16 Candles) 06/08/1955 Griffin Dunne, actor (American Werewolf in London, Who's That Girl) 06/08/1958 Keenen Ivory Wayans, comedian (In Living Color)
    06/08/1960 Mike Hucknail, rocker (Simply Red-Every Time We Say Goodbye) 06/08/1961 Ursula Buchfellner, Munich Ger, playmate (Oct, 1979)/actr (Bloodline
    06/08/1962 Nick Rhodes, rocker (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf)
    06/08/1963 Kino Haitsma, pianist/arrangeur (Josephine)
    06/08/1964 Nelli [Antoinette HC] Fiere-Cooman, Neth, runner (WR 60 m in 7.00) 06/08/1965 Robert Platus, NYC, rocker (Milli Vanilli-Girl You Know This) 06/08/1966 Doris Pearson, rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel)
    06/08/1967 Neil Mitchell, rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was)
    06/08/1972 P[eter] J[ason] Farley, Hackensack, bass (Trixter-Give It To Me Good


    Deaths:

    06/08/ 218 Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-18), murdered
    06/08/ 632 Mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition) 06/08/1115 Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 06/08/1376 'Black Prince' of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46 06/08/1612 Hans Leo Hassler, composer, dies at 49
    06/08/1688 Hans Bontemantel, Amsterdams merchant, buried
    06/08/1695 Christian Huygens, inventor/astronomer (ring of Saturn), dies at 66 06/08/1711 Katharina Lescaille, [Netherlands Sappho], poetess, dies at 61 06/08/1768 Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist, dies at 50
    06/08/1790 Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 75
    06/08/1796 Felice de Giardini, composer, dies at 80
    06/08/1803 Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian, dies at 80 06/08/1806 George Wythe, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at about 79 06/08/1809 Thomas Paine, writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72 06/08/1814 Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer, dies at 48
    06/08/1831 Sarah Kemble Siddons, English actress (Lady Macbeth), dies at 75 06/08/1845 Andrew Jackson, (D) 7th pres (1828-37), dies at 78
    06/08/1870 Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer, dies at 78
    06/08/1871 Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death
    06/08/1876 George Sand, author, dies in Nohant France
    06/08/1884 Henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51
    06/08/1906 Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer, dies at 65
    06/08/1908 Johan Lindegren, composer, dies at 66
    06/08/1919 Jacob Fabricius, composer, dies at 78
    06/08/1940 Frederick Shepherd Converse, composer, dies at 69
    06/08/1947 Tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56
    06/08/1948 Franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69
    06/08/1953 Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68 06/08/1954 Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing machine), dies 06/08/1967 Elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74
    06/08/1969 Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies at 57
    06/08/1971 Harold Lloyd Jr, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 40 06/08/1972 Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68
    06/08/1973 Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76
    06/08/1975 William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78 06/08/1979 Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79 06/08/1979 Louis Salvador Palange, composer, dies at 61
    06/08/1982 Jean Wiéner, French composer (Olive chez les nègres), dies at 86 06/08/1982 [Leroy] Satchel Paige, US baseball pitcher, dies at 75
    06/08/1987 Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33 06/08/1988 Eli Mintz, actor (Boardwalk), dies
    06/08/1988 Virgil Oliver Jr, entertainer, dies
    06/08/1991 Bertice Reading, Dutch actress (Moon in the Gutter), dies 06/08/1991 Heidi Brühl, German actress (Mädels vom Immenhof), dies
    06/08/1991 Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43 06/08/1992 Beverly Carter, entertainer, dies
    06/08/1992 Farag Foeda, Egyptian writer/publicist, murdered
    06/08/1993 René Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84


    Significant Events:

    06/08/ 68 Rome Senate accepts emperor Galba
    06/08/ 452 Italy invaded by Attila the Hun
    06/08/ 536 St Silverius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    06/08/ 570 Religion of Islam (submission) founded in Mecca
    06/08/ 793 Vikings plunder St Cuthbert convent Lindisfarne
    06/08/ 979 Louis V de Luie, crowned King of France
    06/08/1551 Pope Julius III excommunicates Duke Ottario Farnese of Parma 06/08/1632 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sittard
    06/08/1694 English troop landing at Brest attack (300 killed)
    06/08/1783 Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption
    06/08/1786 1st commercially-made ice cream sold (NY)
    06/08/1815 39 German states unite under Act of Confederation
    06/08/1824 Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec
    06/08/1829 1st UK municipal swimming pool outside of London, opens in Liverpool
    06/08/1834 HMS Beagle sails from Port Famine to Cape Turn
    06/08/1846 Battle at Gwanga: British troops beat Bantu
    06/08/1856 Pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island
    06/08/1861 People of Tennessee vote to succeed from Union
    06/08/1861 US Sanitary Commission is given executive approval
    06/08/1862 Valley Campaign-Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia
    06/08/1865 Tristanderl und Züsholde, premieres
    06/08/1869 Ives W McGaffey of Chicago patents 1st vacuum cleaner (it sucks) 06/08/1875 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #146 Lucina
    06/08/1886 1st Civil Rights Act passes
    06/08/1887 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #268 Adorea
    06/08/1889 Cable Cars begin service in LA
    06/08/1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure 'Boscombe Valley Mystery' (BG) 06/08/1892 Homer A Plessy refuses to go to segregated RR car (Plessy v Ferguson
    06/08/1900 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of 6 Napoleons' (BG)
    06/08/1911 Belgium govt of Schollaert falls
    06/08/1914 34.7°F (1.5°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands
    06/08/1915 92°F (33.3°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands
    06/08/1915 William Jennings Bryan quits as Secretary of State
    06/08/1917 Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School
    06/08/1918 Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604, discovered 06/08/1923 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #995 Sternberga
    06/08/1927 Tony Lazzeri hits 3 HRs Yanks beat White Sox 12-11
    06/08/1928 1st US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford)
    06/08/1931 Suriname Work Committee under Louis Doedel forms in Paramaribo 06/08/1935 Sam Parks Jr wins US Open golf tournament
    06/08/1935 Willis Saunders on Omaha wins 67th Belmont Stakes (2:30.6) 06/08/1937 World's largest flower blooms in NY Botonical Garden, 12' calla lily
    06/08/1939 British king George VI visits US
    06/08/1940 British troop leave Narvik, Norway
    06/08/1940 Discovery of element 93, neptunium, announced
    06/08/1940 Last British troops leave Narvik Norway
    06/08/1941 English & French troop overthrow pro-German Syria
    06/08/1942 Bing Cosby records 'Silent Night'
    06/08/1944 Dutch Resistance fighter Frans Duwaer arrested
    06/08/1946 Sukarno calls for anti colonial defiance in Indonesia
    06/08/1948 'Milton Berle Show' premieres on NBC TV
    06/08/1948 John Rudder becomes 1st negro commissioned officer in US marines 06/08/1949 Siam changes name to Thailand
    06/08/1950 Boston Red Sox beats St Louis Browns 29-4
    06/08/1950 Jean Duvieusart becomes Belgian premier
    06/08/1953 Cluster of 6 tornaodes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113 06/08/1953 Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court 06/08/1953 Tornadoes kill 110 in Mich & Ohio
    06/08/1956 WDAM TV channel 7 in Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS (NBC) begins broadcastin
    06/08/1959 1st official 'missile mail' lands (Jacksonville, Fla)
    06/08/1959 X-15 makes 1st unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m
    06/08/1960 1st date in James Clavell's novel 'Nobel House'
    06/08/1960 Argentine government demands release of Adolf Eichmann
    06/08/1961 English prince Edward, duke of Knows, marries Katharine Worsley 06/08/1962 Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8)
    06/08/1965 US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam
    06/08/1965 USSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon
    06/08/1966 NFL & AFL announce plans to become NFC & AFC in 1970
    06/08/1967 Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 US crewmen 06/08/1968 Bermuda adopts its constitution
    06/08/1968 Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning 06/08/1968 Gary Puckett & Union Gap release 'Lady Will Power'
    06/08/1968 James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr, captured 06/08/1968 New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted
    06/08/1968 Rolling Stones release 'Jumpin' Jack Flash'
    06/08/1969 KDNL TV channel 30 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting 06/08/1969 Mickey Mantle Day, 60,096 saw #7 retired (I was there-BTG) 06/08/1969 Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones 06/08/1972 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3230
    06/08/1973 Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco appointed premier of Spain
    06/08/1974 Keyboardist Rick Wakeman quits rock group 'Yes'
    06/08/1974 US & Saudi Arabia sign military-economic contract
    06/08/1975 2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35 06/08/1975 USSR launches Venera 9 for Venus landing
    06/08/1978 Nevada jury rules Howard Hughes 'Mormon Will' is a forgery 06/08/1979 Source, 1st computer public information service, goes online 06/08/1979 Wings release 'Back to the Egg' album
    06/08/1982 Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die
    06/08/1982 Los Angeles beats Phila 76ers, for NBA championship
    06/08/1982 Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament
    06/08/1983 Charlos Vieira begins 191 hr 'nonstop' cycling in Leiria, Portugal 06/08/1986 Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected pres of Austria
    06/08/1986 Boston Celtics win NBA championship #16 over Houston Rockets 06/08/1986 Longest 9 inning AL game (4h16m), Balt Orioles beat Yankees 18-9 06/08/1987 Oliver North's secretary Fawn Hall tesifies at Iran-Contra hearing 06/08/1990 Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history 06/08/1991 Former NY Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds
    06/08/1991 Monica Seles beats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, 6-3, 6-4 for French Open
    06/08/1991 Victory parade held in Wash DC (Persian Gulf War)
    06/08/1992 NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time 06/08/1992 Thomas Klestil succeeds Waldheim as president of Austria
    06/08/1993 Premier Marc Bazin of Haiti resigns
    06/08/1994 7.8 earthquake strikes North Bolivia
    06/08/1994 Mass murderer Joe Rifkind sentenced to 27 years
    06/08/2004 Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed Jun 9 00:30:18 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/09/1510 Nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Harlem
    06/09/1573 Henricus Hondius, etcher/publisher
    06/09/1588 Johann Andreas Herbst, composer
    06/09/1597 Pieter J Saenredam, architecture painter
    06/09/1640 Leopold I, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire
    06/09/1672 Peter I Aleksejevitsj, the Great, Russian tsar/Emperor (Zaandam) 06/09/1781 George Stephenson, Newcastle England, (principal RR locomotive) 06/09/1791 John Howard Payne, US, author/actor/diplomat (Home Sweet Home) 06/09/1792 Frédéric LG, Earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary
    06/09/1810 Otto Nicolai, composer
    06/09/1812 Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens)
    06/09/1812 Johann G Galle, German astronomer (discovered Neptune)
    06/09/1828 Carlo Marsili, composer
    06/09/1829 Gaetano Braga, composer
    06/09/1833 John Rogers Cooke, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 06/09/1843 Bertha von Suttner, Austria, novelist/pacifist (Nobel 1905) 06/09/1849 Joseph Vezina, composer
    06/09/1854 Gerardus J P J Bolland, philospher (Bolland Society)
    06/09/1865 Alberic Magnard, composer
    06/09/1865 Carl Nielsen, Norre-Lyndelse Denmark, composer (Det Uuslukkelige) 06/09/1879 Oscar Back, Austrian-Dutch viola player
    06/09/1884 Johannes Clinge Doorenbos, journalist/conductor
    06/09/1886 Kusaku Yamada, composer
    06/09/1888 Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer
    06/09/1888 Hugo Kauder, composer
    06/09/1890 Leslie Banks, English actor/director (Jamaica Inn, 48 Hours) 06/09/1893 Cole Porter, Indiana, composer/lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate
    06/09/1893 Samuel N Behrman, US screenwriter (Tale of 2 Cities, Daddy Long Legs
    06/09/1898 Curzio Malaparte, [Kurt E Suckert], Italian author (Kaputt) 06/09/1900 Fred Waring, Tyrone Penn, musician/conductor/inventor (Waring Blende
    06/09/1900 Prosper Cocquyt, Belgian brewer/pilot
    06/09/1905 Walter Kraft, composer
    06/09/1906 Tonio Selwart, Germany, actor (Barefoot Contessa, Naked Maja) 06/09/1908 Robert Cummings, Joplin Mo, actor (Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder)
    06/09/1910 Vbilmos Demian, composer
    06/09/1912 Ingolf Dahl, Hamburg Germany, composer (Andante & Arioso) 06/09/1913 Alida Margaretha Bosshardt, lt-colonel of Army (Heils)
    06/09/1914 Barbara Mullen, actress (Thunder Rock, Innocent Sinners)
    06/09/1914 Hermann Haller, composer
    06/09/1915 Les Paul, Waukesha Wi, guitarist/inventor (Les Paul guitar) 06/09/1916 Robert S McNamara, US Sec of Defense (1961-68)/head of World Bank 06/09/1918 Rob de Vries, actor/director
    06/09/1919 Izaak Boleslavski, Russian skater
    06/09/1921 Agnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952, 56)
    06/09/1922 George Axelrod, playwright (Breakfast at Tiffany)
    06/09/1923 Gerald Götting, German DR president (CDU)
    06/09/1924 Christine Goitschel, France, slalom (Olympic-gold-1964)
    06/09/1924 Tony Britton, Birmingham Eng, actor (Day of Jackal, Girl in my Soup)
    06/09/1925 [John] Keith Laumer, [Anthony LeBaron], US, sf author (Retief's War)
    06/09/1926 Mona Freeman, Baltimore, actress (Black Beauty, Dear Wife, Heiress) 06/09/1927 Franco Donatoni, composer
    06/09/1927 Norman Sisisky, (Rep-D-VA, 1983- )
    06/09/1929 Johnny Ace, [John M Alexander Jr], US R&B singer (My Song) 06/09/1929 Keith A St H Gardner, Jamaica, 4x400m runner (Olympic-bronze-1960) 06/09/1929 Robert E Badham, (Rep-R-CA, 1977- )
    06/09/1930 Jackie Mason, comedian (World According to Me, Chicken Soup) 06/09/1930 Lin[wood] [Vrooman] Carter, US, sci-fi author (Thongor of Lemuria) 06/09/1930 Marvin Kalb, NYC, educator/newscaster (CBS/NBC)
    06/09/1933 Dick Orkin, Williamsport Pa, actor (Tim Conway Show)
    06/09/1933 Don Young, (Rep-R-AK, 1973- )
    06/09/1934 Donald Duck, famous fowl
    06/09/1934 Helga Haase, German FR, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1960) 06/09/1934 Jackie Wilson, Detroit, singer (Lonely Teardrops)
    06/09/1934 Joe Santos, Bkln NY, actor (Rockford Files, AKA Pablo, Shamus) 06/09/1934 Pal Karolyi, composer
    06/09/1938 Charles Wuorinen, NYC, composer (Pulitzer 1980)
    06/09/1940 Dick Vitale, US, sportscaster
    06/09/1941 John Lord, England, keyboardist (Deep Purple-Hush)
    06/09/1943 Joe [William] Haldeman, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Nebula, Worlds Apar
    06/09/1944 Brigid Bazlen, Wisc, actress (Pam-Too Young to go Steady) 06/09/1945 Faina Myelink, USSR, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1972)
    06/09/1947 Mitch Mitchell, drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze) 06/09/1948 Nathaniel Rosen, Altadena Calif, cellist (Tchaikovsky Gold 1978) 06/09/1951 Benny Neyman, singer (I Know Not How)
    06/09/1951 Bonnie Tyler, [Gaynor Hopkins], rocker (Total Eclipse of the Heart) 06/09/1951 Dave Parker, baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, NL MVP 1978) 06/09/1954 Pete Byrne, rocker (Naked Eyes)
    06/09/1958 Donald Michael Santini, Mass, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) 06/09/1961 Michael J Fox, Edm, actor (Family Ties, Back to the Future, Teen Wol
    06/09/1962 Eddie Lundon, rocker (China Crisis-Christian)
    06/09/1963 Johnny Depp, Queensboro Ky, actor (21 Jump Street)
    06/09/1969 Mitch McLee, [Douglas Lee Mitchell], Miles Mi, drummer (Southgang)


    Deaths:

    06/09/ 68 Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31 06/09/1361 Philippe de Vitry, composer, dies at 69
    06/09/1382 Philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies
    06/09/1572 Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra, dies at 44
    06/09/1597 José de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary, dies
    06/09/1717 Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic, dies at 69 06/09/1717 Louis Le Quointe, composer, dies at 64
    06/09/1820 Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange, dies at 68
    06/09/1825 M Pauline Bonaparte, Corsican duchess of Parma/Guastalla, dies at 44
    06/09/1832 Manuel Garcia, composer, dies at 57
    06/09/1839 Gerrit J Pÿman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800), dies at 89 06/09/1847 Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orphée), dies 06/09/1863 Benjamin Franklin 'Grimes' Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30 06/09/1870 Charles Dickens, English writer (David Copperfield), dies 06/09/1870 Erik Drake, composer, dies at 82
    06/09/1892 Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer, dies at 59
    06/09/1897 Alvin Graham Clark, dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40' lens 06/09/1907 Manuel Estrada Vabrera, president Guatemala, murdered
    06/09/1908 José FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os meus amores), dies at 46 06/09/1922 Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher, dies
    06/09/1931 Henrique Oswald, composer, dies at 79
    06/09/1932 Natalia Janotha, composer, dies at 76
    06/09/1939 Owen Moore, actor (High Voltage, She Done Him Wrong), dies at 52 06/09/1957 Robert Oboussier, composer, dies at 56
    06/09/1958 Robert Donat, actor (Citadel, Goodbye Mr Chips, 39 Steps), dies at 5
    06/09/1960 René Maran, Martiniques writer (Batouala, Prix Goncourt), dies 06/09/1962 Henry Kendall, actor (Shadow, Romance & Riches), dies at 65 06/09/1964 W Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Engl Min of Info, dies at 85 06/09/1967 Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer, dies at 64
    06/09/1975 David Frederick Barlow, composer, dies at 48
    06/09/1976 James A Farley, US Postmaster General (1932-38), dies at 88 06/09/1976 Paul T B Rodenko, poet/writer (No Loyality with 1 heks), dies 06/09/1976 Sybil Thorndike, actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93 06/09/1977 Hans Andreus, [Johan W van de Zant), poet, dies at 51
    06/09/1980 Leonard Huizinga, journalist/writer (Olivier & Adrian), dies at 73 06/09/1981 Allen Ludden, game show host (Password), dies at 63
    06/09/1981 Russell Hayden, actor (Hidden Gold, Apache Chief, Justice), dies 06/09/1982 Guillaume Jorissen, Flemish politician, dies at 60
    06/09/1982 Hank Ladd, TV host (Arrow Show, Waiting for the Break), dies at 74 06/09/1987 Grandon Rhodes, actor (Gentleman From Nowhere), dies
    06/09/1987 Madge Kennedy, actress (Marrying Kind, 3 Bad Sisters), dies 06/09/1989 Piet[er J] Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52), dies 06/09/1991 Bob Irwin, entertainer, dies
    06/09/1991 Claudio Arrau, Chilian/US pianist/composer, dies at 88
    06/09/1991 Max van Praag, Dutch singer, dies at 77
    06/09/1992 Cathy Bennett, jury selection expert, dies of breast cancer at 41 06/09/1992 Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack 06/09/1993 Alexis Smith, dancer/actress (Follies), dies at 72 of Cancer 06/09/1993 Arthur Alexander, singer/songwriter (You Better Move On), dies at 53
    06/09/1994 Jan Tinbergen, economist (Plan of Labor, Nobel 1969), dies at 91


    Significant Events:

    06/09/ 641 Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria
    06/09/ 922 French republic chooses Robert I, King of France
    06/09/1075 Battle at Homburg/Unstrut: German king Henry IV beats Saksen 06/09/1456 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
    06/09/1525 Tax revolt in Hertogenbosch
    06/09/1534 Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River 06/09/1628 1st deportation from what is now US, Thomas Morton from Mass 06/09/1720 Sweden & Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm
    06/09/1732 Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe
    06/09/1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia 06/09/1772 1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion 06/09/1784 John Carroll appointed supervisor of US Catholic Missions 06/09/1789 Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver I 06/09/1790 1st book copyrighted under constitution, Philadelphia Spelling Book 06/09/1822 Charles Graham receives 1st patent for false teeth
    06/09/1851 San Francisco Committee of Vigilance forms (1st time)
    06/09/1862 Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp 06/09/1863 Battle of Brandy Station, VA (Fleetwood, Beverly Ford)
    06/09/1864 Battle of Big Shanty, GA
    06/09/1864 Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, GA (Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha) 06/09/1865 Battle of Grand Gulf, MS
    06/09/1868 1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California 06/09/1869 Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Phila)
    06/09/1870 Washington: Pres Grant meets with Sioux chief Red Cloud
    06/09/1883 1st commercial electric railway line begins operation (Chicago El) 06/09/1890 Opera 'Robin Hood' is produced (Chicago)
    06/09/1891 Painter Gauguin arrives in Papeete, Tahiti
    06/09/1898 China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years 06/09/1899 Jim Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons for Heavyweight boxing crown 06/09/1901 NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cin Reds 25-13
    06/09/1902 1st Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St, Phila)
    06/09/1907 K Lohnert discovers asteroid #635 Vundtia
    06/09/1914 Honus Wagner becomes 1st baseball player to get 3,000 hits 06/09/1919 General steel metal strike in France
    06/09/1919 Red Army captures Ufa
    06/09/1919 Universal metal strike in France
    06/09/1923 Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski & King Boris III overthrown 06/09/1928 1st aerial cross of Pacific lands in Brisbane Australia
    06/09/1929 Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Curaçaose hostages free 06/09/1930 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4)
    06/09/1931 1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon
    06/09/1931 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1197 Rhodesia
    06/09/1931 Goddard patents rocket-fueled aircraft design
    06/09/1933 Spanish president Zamora takes power
    06/09/1934 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released
    06/09/1934 Lawson Little beats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes for US Open 06/09/1936 Olin Dutra beats Gene Sarazen by 1 stroke for US Open
    06/09/1938 Second Chamber agrees to return Jews to nazi-Germany
    06/09/1940 General Charles de Gaulle's 1st meeting with Winston Churchill 06/09/1940 Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II
    06/09/1940 W Lawson Little wins US Open golf tournament
    06/09/1941 Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; kills 1,500
    06/09/1941 Archbishop De Young bans priest cooperation on Rijks radio 06/09/1942 Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes minister in cabinet-Gerbrandy 06/09/1942 German-Neth press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe 06/09/1942 Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice Czechoslovakia
    06/09/1943 Congress passes 'pay-as-you-go' income tax
    06/09/1944 23 puppies (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler, Penn 06/09/1944 Russian offensive in Carelia
    06/09/1946 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire (Dubuque Iowa)
    06/09/1946 66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest 06/09/1946 Bhumibol Adulyadej, becomes king of Thailand
    06/09/1946 NY Giant Mel Ott becomes 1st manager to be ejected from both 06/09/1946 games of a doubleheader
    06/09/1948 WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting
    06/09/1949 Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of US 06/09/1953 South African premier Malan visits Netherlands
    06/09/1953 Tornado strikes Worcester Mass destroying Assumption College 06/09/1955 100°F-Hottest day in Seattle Washington
    06/09/1956 Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed
    06/09/1957 Anthony Eden resigns as British PM
    06/09/1959 1st ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct) 06/09/1960 ABC & AFL sign a 5 year contract
    06/09/1963 1st Sunday night game in baseball SF Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-
    06/09/1963 Barbra Striesand appears on 'Ed Sullivan Show'
    06/09/1963 JFK names Winston Churchill US honarary citizen
    06/09/1963 Movie 'Cleopatra' opens in NY
    06/09/1964 Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament
    06/09/1965 Michel Fazy runs mile in 3:53.6
    06/09/1967 Israeli troops reach Suez Canal
    06/09/1967 Monkees appear at Hollywood Bowl
    06/09/1968 Yugoslav president Tito promises reforms
    06/09/1969 Brian Jones quits Rolling Stones
    06/09/1969 Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice
    06/09/1970 Argentine milt junta under lt-gen Lanusse drives out pres Onganía 06/09/1970 Harry A Blackmun becomes a Supreme Court Justice
    06/09/1971 Abdul Zahir appointed premier of Afghanistan
    06/09/1971 Paul McCartney's album 'Ram' goes gold
    06/09/1972 14' of rain in 6 hrs burst Rapid City SD dam, drowns 200
    06/09/1972 1st all-nite grad parties
    06/09/1972 Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia
    06/09/1973 Secretariat wins 105th Belmont Stakes (2:24) & Triple Crown 06/09/1974 Supergroup Blind Faith's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) 1st concert 06/09/1975 E Roemer discovers asteroid #1983 Bok
    06/09/1975 Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners & 1 guard (Sanford Fla) 06/09/1977 George & Patti Harrison divorce
    06/09/1977 Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks 06/09/1978 Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London
    06/09/1978 Larry Holmes wins a decision over Ken Norton for WBC crown 06/09/1979 Coastal wins Belmont Stakes
    06/09/1979 Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes
    06/09/1979 Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for 1st & last time
    06/09/1979 Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome
    06/09/1980 Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine 06/09/1980 Phillies & SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM
    06/09/1980 Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth
    06/09/1982 Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley
    06/09/1983 M Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election 06/09/1984 'Laserphonic Fantasy' premieres
    06/09/1984 Cyndi Lauper's 1st #1 'Time After Times'
    06/09/1984 Donald Ducks 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland
    06/09/1984 Jürgen Hingsen of W Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts 06/09/1984 NASA launches Intelsat V, it failed
    06/09/1984 Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD 06/09/1984 Swale wins Belmont Stakes (8 days later Swale dies)
    06/09/1985 American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped & held hostage in Lebanon 06/09/1985 Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France
    06/09/1985 LA Lakers beats Boston Celtics in 6 games for NBA title
    06/09/1985 USSR's Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus
    06/09/1986 Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-
    06/09/1986 Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points
    06/09/1986 Rogers Comm report on Challenger disaster blames Morton Thiokol 06/09/1988 Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK 06/09/1989 'Star Trek V' premieres
    06/09/1989 Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football 06/09/1989 Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to fina
    06/09/1989 Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1
    06/09/1990 Andrew Cuomo marries Kerry Kennedy
    06/09/1990 Czechoslovakia beats US 5-1 in World Cup soccer
    06/09/1990 Go & Go wins 122nd Belmont Stakes
    06/09/1990 Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) & Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed 06/09/1990 Monoica Salas beats Steffi Graff for French Open title
    06/09/1991 Hansel wins Belmont Stakes
    06/09/1991 Jim Courier beats Andre Agassi for French Open
    06/09/1991 World Bowl-World League of American Football 1st championship 06/09/1993 Japanese crown prince Naruhito weds Masaka Owada
    06/09/1993 Montreal Candians beat LA Kings 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup 06/09/1994 5.6 earthquake strikes South-Mexico
    06/09/1994 Angolian plane bombs school in Waku Kungo (89 killed)
    06/09/1997 British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/11/1572 Ben Jonson, England, playwright/poet (Volpone, Alchemist) 06/11/1672 Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer
    06/11/1697 Francesco Antonio Vallotti, composer
    06/11/1704 Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer
    06/11/1719 Franz K von Velbruck, German free mason/prince-bishop of Luik 06/11/1723 J G Palitzsch, 1st saw Halley's comet on return, Prolitz
    06/11/1740 Luigi Gatti, composer
    06/11/1776 John Constable, England, landscape painter (Hay Wain)
    06/11/1807 James Findlay Schenck, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882 06/11/1808 Charles Henry Poor, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882
    06/11/1816 Robert Huston Milroy, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
    06/11/1822 Samuel Davis Sturgis, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1889 06/11/1823 James Lawson Kemper, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 06/11/1829 Hendrik Gerhard, Founder (Dutch Social-Democratic)
    06/11/1840 Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter/etser
    06/11/1842 Alfred, Liechtenstein noble
    06/11/1847 Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader of English women's movement 06/11/1861 Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, composer
    06/11/1863 Eduard David, German parliamentary member (constitution of Weimar) 06/11/1864 Richard G Strauss, Munich Germany, composer (Till Eulenspiegel) 06/11/1865 John H Leopold, poet (translated Omar Khayyam)
    06/11/1867 Charles Fabry, found ozone layer in upper atmosphere
    06/11/1874 Richard Stohr, composer
    06/11/1876 Alfred L Kroeber, Hoboken NJ, author (Anthropologist looks at Histor
    06/11/1880 Jeannette Rankin, 1st woman elected to US Congress (from Montana) 06/11/1883 Frank O King, Cashton Wisc, 'Gasoline Alley' cartoonist
    06/11/1886 David Steinman, NYC, bridge designer (Hudson, Triborough) 06/11/1886 Lillian Fontaine, actress (Suddenly it's Spring)
    06/11/1892 Edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic
    06/11/1895 Nikolai A Bulganin, Gorki Russia, premier of USSR (1955-58) 06/11/1899 George Frederick McKay, composer
    06/11/1899 Yasonari Kawabata, Japan, novelist (Thousand Cranes)
    06/11/1900 Lawrence E Spivak, Bkln NY, news panelist (Meet the Press) 06/11/1902 Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer
    06/11/1903 Ernie Nevers, NFL fullback (Duluth Eskimos, Chicago Cardinals) 06/11/1904 Emil Frantisek Burian, composer
    06/11/1906 Heinrich Hart, Germany, writer (Song of the Menschheit)
    06/11/1907 Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Man in the Moon) 06/11/1907 Paul Mellon, US, oil magnate/pres (Washington National Gallery of Ar
    06/11/1910 Jacques-Yves Cousteau, France, oceanic explorer aboard Calypso 06/11/1911 Russ Hodges, Dayton Tn, sportscaster (Wednesday Night Fights) 06/11/1912 Mukhtar Ashrafi, composer
    06/11/1913 John Terry, managing director (National Film Finance Corp) 06/11/1913 Revaz Kondrat'yevich Gabichvadze, composer
    06/11/1913 Risë Stevens, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera)/actor (Going My Way) 06/11/1913 Vince Lombardi, NFL coach (Green Bay Packers)
    06/11/1914 Gerald Mohr, NYC, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue)
    06/11/1914 Hendrik Berkhof, theologist (Church & Emperor)
    06/11/1914 Henry G Cisheros, (Mayor-D-San Antonio)
    06/11/1917 James Bostock, painter/engraver
    06/11/1918 Nelson Mandela, civil right activist in South Africa
    06/11/1919 Richard Todd, Ireland, actor (Dorian Gray, Assassin Yangtse Incident
    06/11/1920 Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, King of Nepal (1955-72)
    06/11/1920 Hazel Scott, Trinidad, singer/pianist (Hazel Scott)
    06/11/1920 Irving Howe, US, writer/critic (World of Our Fathers)
    06/11/1920 Robert Hutton, Kingston NY, actor (Torture Garden, Rocket) 06/11/1921 Beatrice 'Fiet' van Ommeren-Samson, Suriname writer
    06/11/1921 Michael Meyer, UK, novelist/Ibsen translator (Hedda Gabler) 06/11/1922 Erving Goffman, sociologist (presentation of self in everyday life) 06/11/1922 John Bromfield, South Bend In, actor (Easy to Love)
    06/11/1922 Michael Cacoyannis, director (Zorba the Greek, Trojan Women) 06/11/1923 Gerard Vaughn, conservative MP
    06/11/1925 William Styron, Va, novelist (Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice
    06/11/1926 Carlisle Floyd, Latta SC, composer (Slow Dusk)
    06/11/1927 Beryl Grey, prima ballerina
    06/11/1927 John Aspinall, owner (casino, zoos)
    06/11/1927 Josef Anton Reidl, composer
    06/11/1927 Marcus Fox, conservative MP/chairman (1922 Committee)
    06/11/1928 Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, Queen of Belgium
    06/11/1928 Gerard van Leÿenhorst, Dutch Sect of State (CDA)
    06/11/1930 Charles B Rangel, (Rep-D-NY, 1971- )
    06/11/1931 Lord Cameron of Lochbroom, lord advocate
    06/11/1931 Lucianna Paluzzi, Rome Italy, actress (Five Fingers, Thunderball) 06/11/1931 Tab Hunter, NYC, actor (Tab Hunter Show)
    06/11/1932 Athol Fugard, South Africa, anti-apartheid writer (Blood Knot) 06/11/1932 Timothy Sainsbury, British minister of state
    06/11/1933 Jud Strunk, Jamestown NY, singer/comedian (Laugh-In)
    06/11/1934 Anthony Evans, British high court judge
    06/11/1935 Gene Wilder, [Jerome Silbermann], Milwaukee, actor (Silver Streak) 06/11/1936 Chad Everett, South Bend In, actor (Medical Center, Airplane II) 06/11/1937 Johnny Brown, St Petersburg Fla, comedian (Good Times, Leslie Uggams
    06/11/1939 Barry Porter, conservative MP
    06/11/1939 Jackie Stewart, Scotland, driver/sports announcer (27 Grand Prix) 06/11/1940 Joey Dee, Passaic NJ, actor (Hey Let's Twist, 2 Tickets to Paris) 06/11/1940 Rachel Heyhoe Flint, cricketer/British broadcaster
    06/11/1944 Alan Horworth, MP
    06/11/1944 Barry Stevens, British/Neth choreographer
    06/11/1944 James 'Ox' D A Van Hoften, Fresno Calif, astronaut (STS 11, STS 20) 06/11/1945 Adrienne Barbeau, wife of John Carpenter/actress (Maude, Swamp Thing
    06/11/1946 Jenny Pittman, horse trainer
    06/11/1946 Michael Wilkes, commander UK Field Army
    06/11/1948 Anthony Nelson, British Sec of Treasury
    06/11/1949 Frank Beard, rocker (ZZ Top-She Got Lets, Fandango)
    06/11/1950 Debbie 'Pokey' Watson, US, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-196
    06/11/1950 Lindsey de Paul, singer
    06/11/1950 Michael Swan, Palo Alto Calif, actor (Duncan-As The World Turns) 06/11/1951 Jan Frenchn, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD)
    06/11/1951 Maren Seidler, Bkln NY, shot putter (Olympics-11th-1968)
    06/11/1951 Mark D Siljander, (Rep-R-MI, 1981- )
    06/11/1952 Russell Hitchcock, rocker (Air Supply-All out of Love)
    06/11/1953 Peter Bergman, actor (All My Children, Starland Vocal Band) 06/11/1954 Gary Fencik, NFL defensive back (Chicago Bears)
    06/11/1954 John Dyson, cricketer
    06/11/1955 Tony Allcock, bowler
    06/11/1956 Joe Montana, NFL quarterback (SF 49ers)
    06/11/1959 Hugh Laurie, actor (Strapless)
    06/11/1964 Kim Gallagher, Phila, 800m runner (Olympic-silver-1984)
    06/11/1966 Tiffany Cohen, Culver City Calif, swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-1984) 06/11/1967 Clare Carey, actress (Kelly Fox Rosebrock-Coach)
    06/11/1969 Nancy Blogg, Swiss dancer (Josephine)
    06/11/1973 Robby Kiger, Encino Calif, actor (Crazy Like a Fox)


    Deaths:

    06/11/1216 Hendrik of Constantinople, emperor of Constantinople (1206-16), dies
    06/11/1249 Adelheid van Schaarbeek, Flemish mystic/saint, dies
    06/11/1479 Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies
    06/11/1560 Marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44 06/11/1666 Cornelis Evertsen the Old, Swiss vice-admiral, dies in battle at 55 06/11/1698 Balthasar Bekker, theologist (Bewitched World), dies
    06/11/1764 Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer, dies at 74
    06/11/1775 Egidio Romoaldo Duni, composer, dies at 67
    06/11/1808 Giovanni Battista Cirri, composer, dies at 83
    06/11/1879 Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39 06/11/1896 Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72
    06/11/1900 Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer, dies at 53
    06/11/1903 Draga Masin, wife of Serbian king Aleksandar I, murdered
    06/11/1908 Georg Adler, German statehouse head, dies at 45
    06/11/1912 Léon Dierx, French poet, dies
    06/11/1913 Machmoed Sjevket Pasja, Turks grand vizier, murdered
    06/11/1915 Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuit/writer (Pequeñeces, Boy), dies 06/11/1924 Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister (CHU), dies at 87 06/11/1924 Theodore Dubois, composer, dies at 86
    06/11/1929 Gyula Andrássy Jr, Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 68
    06/11/1949 Koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed
    06/11/1949 Oton Zupanic, Slavs poet (Zimzelen pod snegom), dies at 71 06/11/1955 Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, dies
    06/11/1955 Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau, composer, dies at 72 06/11/1955 Walter Hampden, actor (Sabrina, 5 Fingers, Vagabond King), dies at 7
    06/11/1956 Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi)
    06/11/1963 Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon 06/11/1966 Ethel Clayton, actress (Warning Shadows), dies at 82
    06/11/1966 Wallace Ford, actor (Deputy), dies at 68
    06/11/1967 Billy Wells, actor, dies
    06/11/1969 John L Lewis, formed Congress of Industrial Organizations, dies at 8
    06/11/1969 Jószi Tersánszky, Hungarian writer (Till Next Time), dies at 81 06/11/1970 Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917), dies at 89
    06/11/1970 Camille Bombois, French circus/painter, dies at 87
    06/11/1970 Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, taught reading through phonetics, dies 06/11/1970 Frank Silvera, actor (High Chaparral), dies at 55
    06/11/1975 Floro Manuel Ugarte, composer, dies at 90
    06/11/1979 August Maes, Flemish actor/director (Farmer that Dies), dies at 85 06/11/1979 John Wayne, [Marion M Morrison], US actor (True Grit), dies of cance
    06/11/1981 Eppo Doeve, graphic artist/cartoonist/painter, dies at 73 06/11/1984 Enrico Berlinguer, secr-general (CP) Italy, dies
    06/11/1985 Karen Ann Quinlan, dies in Morris Plains, NJ at 31
    06/11/1986 Robert E Howard, sci-fi author (Conan the Conquerer), dies at 80 06/11/1988 Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71), dies at 89 06/11/1988 Nathan Cook, actor (White Night), dies of an allergic reaction at 38
    06/11/1991 Vlastimil Fisar, Czech actor/pres (Intl Actors Federation), dies 06/11/1992 Marjorie Newell Robb, oldest living survivor of Titantic, dies at 10
    06/11/1992 Marlene Hazlett, entertainer, dies
    06/11/1992 Scotty Sachs, actor, dies
    06/11/1993 Muriel C Bradbrook, English writer (Rise of Common Player), dies at
    06/11/1993 Ray Sharkey, actor (Wiseguy, No Mercy, Body Rock), dies of AIDs at 4
    06/11/1994 Herb Anderson, actor (Dennis the Menace), dies at 77


    Significant Events:

    06/11/1184 -BC- Greeks finally captured Troy
    06/11/1231 Harderwijk becomes a city
    06/11/1488 Battle of Sauchieburn, Scotland
    06/11/1517 Sir Thomas Pert reached Hudson Bay
    06/11/1572 Spanish co-land guardian duke of Medinaceli arrives in Lock 06/11/1644 Florentine scientist describe invention of barometer
    06/11/1666 -14] Vierdaagse Sea battle (Ruyter-Monk vs Prince Ruprecht) 06/11/1676 Battle at Öland: Danish & Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden 06/11/1770 Capt Cook runs aground on Australian Great Barrier Reef
    06/11/1788 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC 06/11/1859 Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada 06/11/1864 300' (90 m) of Meigg's Wharf washed away in storm
    06/11/1864 Battle at Cynthiana Kentucky: Gen Hobsons unit caught
    06/11/1864 Battle of Laurel Hill, WV
    06/11/1864 Battle of Trevillian Station, VA (Central Railroad)
    06/11/1870 1st-stone Amstel Brewery opens in Amsterdam
    06/11/1876 Republican pick Rutherford Hayes as president candidate
    06/11/1891 A Charlois discovers asteroid #311 Claudia
    06/11/1891 Puerto Rican flag adopted
    06/11/1895 1st auto race
    06/11/1896 US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota authorized
    06/11/1898 600 US marines land at Guantanamo Cuba
    06/11/1898 Emperor De Zong proclaims reforms in Peking
    06/11/1900 -12] Battle at Diamond Hill: British troops chase General Botha 06/11/1901 Cook Islands annexed & proclaimed part of New Zealand
    06/11/1904 Cub's Bob Wicker no-hits NY Giants, wins in 12th on 1 hitter, 1-0 06/11/1905 Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world (NY-Chicago in 18 hrs) 06/11/1911 Tigers trailing White Sox 13-1 come back to win 16-15
    06/11/1911 UNIA founded by Garvey
    06/11/1919 Sir Barton wins 51st Belmont Stakes (2:17.4) & 1st Triple Crown 06/11/1919 Walter Hagen wins US Open golf tournament
    06/11/1920 Republicans nominate Warren G Harding for president
    06/11/1921 Brazil votes for women sufferage
    06/11/1924 Koos Vorrink elected President of AJC
    06/11/1927 Babe Ruth hits 19th & 20th of 60 HRs
    06/11/1929 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1147 Stavropolis
    06/11/1932 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1222 Tina
    06/11/1934 Disarmament conference in Geneva fails
    06/11/1936 Presbyterian Church of America founded at Philadelphia
    06/11/1937 Marx Brothers' 'A Day At The Races' released
    06/11/1938 Cin Red Johnny Vander Meer no-hits Boston Braves, 3-0
    06/11/1938 Earthquake in Belgium
    06/11/1938 Ralph Guldahl wins again US Open golf tournament
    06/11/1939 King & Queen of England taste 1st 'hot dogs' at FDR's party 06/11/1940 Italy declares war on allies/raids Malta
    06/11/1940 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Orleans
    06/11/1941 2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam
    06/11/1942 German army defeated at El-Alamein North Africa
    06/11/1942 US & USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II
    06/11/1943 British invasion on Pantelleria
    06/11/1944 15 US aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas 06/11/1944 1st Serbian Orthodox cathedral in US, Cathedral of St Sava, NYC 06/11/1944 KP gang surprise attack on Dome Arnhem jail
    06/11/1947 WW II sugar rationing finally ends
    06/11/1949 Cary Middlecoff wins US Open golf tournament
    06/11/1949 Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:28.2)
    06/11/1950 Ben Hogan wins US Open golf tournament
    06/11/1951 Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal
    06/11/1955 1st jet magnesium airplane flown
    06/11/1955 Eddie Arcaro ties record of 6 Belmont Stakes wins
    06/11/1955 Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators
    06/11/1957 12 die in a train crash in Vroman Colo
    06/11/1958 UN Security council sends observers to Lebanon
    06/11/1959 Postmaster General bans D.H. Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Love
    06/11/1960 House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan)
    06/11/1961 Norm Cash becomes 1st Det Tiger to hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium 06/11/1961 Roger Maris hits 19th & 20th of 61 HRs
    06/11/1963 Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at U of Alabama 06/11/1963 Greek govt of Karamanlis resigns
    06/11/1963 JFK says segregation is morally wrong & that it is 'time to act' 06/11/1964 West Germany seeks talks with Czechoslovakia
    06/11/1966 French & German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry 06/11/1967 Chicago Cubs (7) & NY Mets (4) tie record of 11 HRs in a game 06/11/1967 Race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes
    06/11/1969 David Bowie releases 'Space Oddity'
    06/11/1970 US leaves Wheelus AFB Libya
    06/11/1971 US & Japan sign accord to return Okinawa to Japan
    06/11/1972 KPAT-AM in Berkeley CA returns from KRE
    06/11/1974 Bundy victim Georgann Hawkins disappears from UW, Seattle, Wash 06/11/1975 1st oil pumped from North Sea oilfield
    06/11/1975 Greece adopts constitution
    06/11/1976 Anti-apartheid advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza arrested in South Africa 06/11/1977 Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland
    06/11/1977 ELO releases 'Telephone Line'
    06/11/1977 Main Street Electrical Parade premieres [Disneyland? WDW?] 06/11/1977 Seattle Slew wins 109th Belmont Stakes (2:29.6) & triple crown 06/11/1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2531 Cambridge
    06/11/1980 K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO service (SF)
    06/11/1981 Mariners beat Orioles 8-2 at Kingdome, then players go on strike 06/11/1982 Israel & Syria stop fighting in Lebanon
    06/11/1982 Larry Holmes defeats Gerry Cooney, retains WBC heavyweight crown 06/11/1982 Movie 'ET The Extra-Terrestrial' released (highest grossing film) 06/11/1982 Pope John Paul II visits Argentina
    06/11/1983 Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14 06/11/1984 Funeral for S Nakagawa & burial of half of his ashes
    06/11/1985 Von Hayes becomes 21st to hit 2 HRS in an inning (Phils-26, Mets-7) 06/11/1985 WJW-AM/TV in Cleveland Ohio change call letters to WRMR
    06/11/1987 British premier Margaret Thatcher elected
    06/11/1987 Margaret Thatcher is 1st British PM in 160 years to win 3rd cons ter
    06/11/1988 Galina Chistyakova of USSR sets long jump woman's record (24'8¼') 06/11/1988 Yanks' Rick Rhoden becomes 1st pitcher to DH (0 for 1 with an RBI) 06/11/1990 UN appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador
    06/11/1991 Chicago Bulls beat LA Lakers 4 games to 1 for NBA title
    06/11/1991 Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0
    06/11/1992 US Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibtion game, beat Venez 20-0 06/11/1993 Rafsanjani elected president of Iran
    06/11/1993 Spielberg's 'Jurassic Park' premieres
    06/11/1994 Drunken officer shoots 7 people dead in Falun Sweden
    06/11/1994 Tabasco Cat wins the Belmont stakes

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat Jun 12 00:30:16 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/12/1468 Juan del Encina, composer
    06/12/1519 Cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno)
    06/12/1526 Marc-Antoine de Muret, composer
    06/12/1599 Jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/field marshal 06/12/1771 Patrick Gass, Falling Springs PA, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition 06/12/1795 John Marston Jr, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1885
    06/12/1798 Samuel Cooper, General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
    06/12/1819 Charles Kingsley, [Parson Lot], Engl vicar/historian (Westward Ho!) 06/12/1821 Henry Moses Judah, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866 06/12/1825 John Cook, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1910 06/12/1829 Johanna Spyri, Switzerland, writer (Heidi)
    06/12/1840 Jakub Arbes, Czech author (Moderní Upíri)
    06/12/1842 Rikard Nordraak, composer
    06/12/1851 Oliver Joseph Lodge, England, early radio pioneer
    06/12/1857 Achille Simonetti, composer
    06/12/1874 Willem Louis Frederic Landre, composer
    06/12/1876 Narciso Garay, composer
    06/12/1877 Thomas C Hart, US admiral (Asiatic fleet)
    06/12/1878 James O Curwood, US, journalist/writer (Kazan the wolfdog) 06/12/1881 Juan de Hernandez, composer
    06/12/1885 Werner Erich Josten, Elberfeld Germany, composer (Jungle) 06/12/1890 Egon Schiele, Austrian painter/graphic artist
    06/12/1892 John Donald Robb, composer
    06/12/1893 Kommer Kleÿn, actor (Paul Vlaanderen)
    06/12/1897 Alexandre Tansman, Lodz Poland, composer (Dyptique)
    06/12/1897 Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon (C), British PM (1955-57)
    06/12/1900 Amadeo Roldan, composer
    06/12/1902 Hendrik J Elias, Flemish historian
    06/12/1904 Eino Roiha, composer
    06/12/1907 Giorgio Nataletti, composer
    06/12/1908 Max Tailleur, adjudant to Prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist 06/12/1908 Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS Führer (Mussolini/Horthy) 06/12/1909 Archie Bleyer, Corona NY, orch leader (Arthur Godfrey)
    06/12/1909 Mansel Treharne Thomas, composer
    06/12/1911 Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavia, writer/politician (New Class) 06/12/1912 Russell 'Lucky' Hayden, Chico Calif, actor (Judge Roy Bean) 06/12/1914 Maurice Ohana, British?/French? pianist/composer (La Célestine) 06/12/1914 William Lundigan, Syracuse NY, actor (Climax)
    06/12/1915 David Rockefeller, banker/international power broker
    06/12/1916 Irwin Allen, disaster-movie producer (Towering Inferno)
    06/12/1917 Priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace)
    06/12/1919 Uta Hagen, Germany, actress (Boys From Brazil)/teaches acting 06/12/1919 Vera Hruba Ralston, Czech, actress (Dakota, Accused of Murder) 06/12/1920 Peter Jones, England, actor (From a Bird's Eye View)
    06/12/1921 Hendrik J Witteveen, economist/minister of Finance/ director IMF 06/12/1921 James Houston, Toronto, author/filmmaker (Tikta'Liktak)
    06/12/1921 Vera Hruba Ralston, actress (Dakota, Flame, Surrender, Timberjack) 06/12/1922 Leif Thybo, composer
    06/12/1923 Marta Pan, Hungarian/French sculptor (Great spiral)
    06/12/1924 George Herbert Walker Bush, (R) 43rd VP (1981-89) 41st Pres (1989-93
    06/12/1927 Henry Slesar, Brooklyn NY, headwriter (Edge of Night)
    06/12/1928 Vic Damone, [Vito Farinola], Bkln, singer (Street Where You Live) 06/12/1929 Anne Frank, Holland, Nazi victim/diarist (Diary of Anne Frank) 06/12/1930 Barbara Harris, famous African
    06/12/1930 Hans Koetsier, speed artist (KLM-Schiphol)
    06/12/1932 Jim Nabors, Sylacauga Al, actor/singer (Gomer Pyle)
    06/12/1932 Mamo Wolde, Ethiopia, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1968)
    06/12/1932 Rona Jaffe, novelist (Mazes & Monsters)
    06/12/1936 Bill Zeliff, (Rep-R-New Hampshire)
    06/12/1939 Francis X McCloskey, (Rep-D-Indiana)
    06/12/1939 Frank McCloskey, (Rep-D-IN, 1983- )
    06/12/1939 GAI Schuÿt, Dutch jurist (right of information)
    06/12/1941 Chick Corea, Chelsea Mass, jazz pianist (Delhpi I, Toy Dance) 06/12/1941 Lucille Roybal-Allard, (Rep-D-California)
    06/12/1941 Roy Harper, Manchester, rocker (Folkjokeopus)
    06/12/1943 Marv Albert, NYC, 'Yes!' sportscaster (NBC-TV)
    06/12/1943 Reg Presley, rock vocalist (Troggs-Wild Thing)
    06/12/1944 Linda Foster, Lancaster England, actress (Doris-Hank)
    06/12/1944 Maurice Jackson, US singer (Independents-Leaving You)
    06/12/1945 James Naughton, US, actor (Trauma Center) [or 7/6/46]
    06/12/1947 Ronald J Freeman II, Elizabeth NJ, 4x400m runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
    06/12/1951 Brad Delp, guitarist (Boston-More Than a Feeling)
    06/12/1952 Ben E Carlos, drummer (Cheap Trick-Dream Police)
    06/12/1952 Dale Krantz, singer (Crossings-Collis Band)
    06/12/1952 Oliver Knussen, Glasgow Scotland, composer (Chicara)
    06/12/1952 Seigfried Brietzke, German DR, coxless rower (Oly-gold-1972, 76, 80)
    06/12/1953 Grace Jones, Kingston Jamacia (she claims but actually 5/19/48) 06/12/1953 Rebecca Holden, Austin Tx, actress (April-Knight Rider)
    06/12/1953 Rocky Burnette, Memphis, rocker (Towing the Line)
    06/12/1954 Tineke Schouten, TV host
    06/12/1957 Jim Morris, impressionist/comedian (Ronald Reagan, George Bush) 06/12/1957 Timothy Busfield, East Lansing Mich, actor (Elliot-30 Something) 06/12/1959 Jenilee Harrison, Glendale Calif, actress (Cindy-3's Company, Dallas
    06/12/1959 Kenneth Herdigein, Suriname/Dutch actor (Say Once Aaa)
    06/12/1962 Ally Sheedy, [Alexandria], NYC, actress (Wargames, Blue City) 06/12/1962 Michael Link, Provo Utah, actor (Earl-Julia)
    06/12/1965 Cathy Tyson, Liverpool England, actress (Serpant & Rainbow) 06/12/1965 Cindy Lee Berryhill, US singer/songwriter (Baby)
    06/12/1965 Gwen Torrence, Atlanta GA, US Olympic runner (Olympic-gold-92)


    Deaths:

    06/12/ 816 Leo III, Italian Pope (795-816), dies
    06/12/1490 Adrian Vilain II of Rassegem, peace of Tours, murdered at about 40 06/12/1616 Cornelis F Schuyt, organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies
    06/12/1675 Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75), dies at 40
    06/12/1687 Jurriaen van Streeck, still life painter, dies
    06/12/1761 Meinrad Spiess, composer, dies at 77
    06/12/1778 Philip Livingston, US merchant (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 62 06/12/1789 Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Maria-Theresia), dies 06/12/1799 William Collins, English poet (Ode to Evening), dies
    06/12/1850 Jean V Constantly de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader, dies at 77 06/12/1853 John C the Young, historian/archivist, dies at 60
    06/12/1858 Cornelis Smit, ship builder/ship owner, dies at 74
    06/12/1858 William Horsley, composer, dies at 83
    06/12/1878 Hendrik J Jut, murderer [head of Jut], dies at 26
    06/12/1887 Gustav Weber, composer, dies at 41
    06/12/1888 Carel Vosmaer, art historian/poet/editor (Neth Spectator), dies at 6
    06/12/1912 Frédéric Passy, French economist/pacifist (Nobel 1901), dies 06/12/1917 Maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63
    06/12/1922 Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp putsch 1920), dies at 63 06/12/1928 Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies
    06/12/1932 René de Clerq, Flemish poet/writer (Book of Love), dies
    06/12/1932 Theodorus Heemskerk, lawyer/Dutch sec of state (1866..88), dies at 7
    06/12/1936 Isidore Weiss,French world checker champion, dies
    06/12/1941 Guy de Pourtalès, Swiss/French writer (Pêche miraculous), dies 06/12/1942 Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36
    06/12/1946 Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese field marshal, dies
    06/12/1947 Jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70
    06/12/1952 Michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies 06/12/1957 James F 'Jimmy' Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53
    06/12/1962 John Ireland, composer, dies at 82
    06/12/1962 John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic march), dies 06/12/1963 Medgar Evers, NAACP official, shot in Jackson Miss, at 37 06/12/1966 Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74 06/12/1966 Thomas Chalmers, actor (Blind Alleys, Outrage), dies at 81 06/12/1968 Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76
    06/12/1972 Edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies
    06/12/1972 Saul David Alinsky, radical writer (John L Lewis), dies at 63 06/12/1980 Milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75
    06/12/1983 Norma Shearer, Academy Award actress (Romeo & Juliet), dies at 80 06/12/1986 Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76
    06/12/1986 Tony Desimone, combo leader (Ernie in Kovacsland), dies at 66 06/12/1988 Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87
    06/12/1989 Peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80
    06/12/1992 Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille spejl), dies
    06/12/1992 Gerda Nicolson, actress (Next of Kin, Clinic), dies
    06/12/1992 Serge Daney, French film critic (Les cahiers du cinéma, Traffic), di
    06/12/1994 Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92
    06/12/1994 Nicole Brown Simpson, ex-wife of OJ, murdered at 35 (probably by OJ)
    06/12/1994 Ronald Goldman, waiter, murdered with OJ's ex-wife Nicole Simpson


    Significant Events:

    06/12/ 28 Gaius Carrinas' triumphant procession through Rome
    06/12/ 816 St Leo III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    06/12/1442 King Alfonso V van Aragón occupies Naples
    06/12/1523 Fries rebel leader Jancko Douwama arrested
    06/12/1575 Willem of Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon
    06/12/1665 English rename New Amsterdam, NY, after Dutch pull out
    06/12/1672 French army reach Lobith the Rhine
    06/12/1701 Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover
    06/12/1775 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (Am) captures Margaretta (Br) 06/12/1776 Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights
    06/12/1787 Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old 06/12/1792 George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, BC
    06/12/1812 Napoleon's invasion of Russia begins
    06/12/1819 Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang Sumatra
    06/12/1838 Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Mass
    06/12/1838 Territory of Iowa organized
    06/12/1839 1st baseball game played in America
    06/12/1840 Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands
    06/12/1845 George Abernethy becomes 1st governor of Oregon Country
    06/12/1849 Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Ky
    06/12/1859 Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered
    06/12/1861 Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers 06/12/1861 to stop Federates from taking over his state
    06/12/1864 Lee sends Early into Shenandoah Valley
    06/12/1864 Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road Georgia, about 57 dies in battle 06/12/1867 Austro-Hungarian Empire forms
    06/12/1880 1st baseball perfect game-John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleve 06/12/1885 Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France
    06/12/1889 Single tornado kills 119, injures 146 (New Richmond Wisc) 06/12/1892 Neth Society for Currency & Coin collecting forms
    06/12/1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India. Shock 06/12/1897 waves felt over an area size of Europe. Negligible death toll 06/12/1898 Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to US contr
    06/12/1900 German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power
    06/12/1903 Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city
    06/12/1907 Yanks commit 11 errors & lose 14-6 to Tigers
    06/12/1908 Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours (NYC) 06/12/1913 'Dachshund' by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released 06/12/1917 Secret Service extends protection of president to his family 06/12/1918 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France
    06/12/1919 Dutch 2nd Chamber accord for equal Christian-public education 06/12/1920 Farmer Labor Party organized (Chicago)
    06/12/1922 St Louis gets record 10 hits in a row & beats Phillies 14-8 06/12/1925 William DeHart Hubbard of US, sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4' 06/12/1926 Brazil leaves League of Nations
    06/12/1928 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples & 2 HRs to be White Sox 15-7 06/12/1930 Heavyweight Max Schmeling KOs Jack Sharkey in NYC
    06/12/1933 Financial & Economy World conference opens (66 countries) 06/12/1935 Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco (Bolivia vs Paraguay) 06/12/1936 1st 50 KW US radio station (Pittsburgh Pa)
    06/12/1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1394 Algoa
    06/12/1937 Ralph Guldahl wins US Open golf tournament
    06/12/1937 USSR executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continues
    06/12/1939 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown NY
    06/12/1939 Byron Nelson wins US Open golf tournament
    06/12/1942 Anne Frank begins her diary
    06/12/1942 Hitler orders importing Slavic slaves
    06/12/1942 Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City
    06/12/1943 Himmler orders extermination of all Polish ghettos
    06/12/1944 1st V-1 rocket assault on London
    06/12/1944 British 12th batallion conquers Bréville
    06/12/1944 US troop march into Carentan/Caumont, Normandy
    06/12/1945 Attack on 7th Marine regiment on Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa
    06/12/1947 Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Br Women's Amateur Golf Champ 06/12/1948 Ben Hogan wins US Open golf tournament
    06/12/1948 Eddie Arcaro on Citation wins 80th Belmont Stakes (2:28.2) 06/12/1948 Eddie Arcaro becomes 1st jockey to win triple crown twice 06/12/1950 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die
    06/12/1952 420th kitten (record) born to cat named Dusty, Bonham, TX 06/12/1952 USSR declares peace treaty with Japan invalid
    06/12/1954 Milwaukee Braves Jim Wilson no-hits Phillies, 2-0
    06/12/1955 Monitor (full weekend program) begins on NBC radio network 06/12/1957 Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs) 06/12/1959 SF Giants Mike McCormick no-hits Phillies, 3-0 in 5 inning game 06/12/1960 KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begin
    06/12/1961 Dutch Lockheed Electricity 'Sirius' accident at Cairo, kills 20 06/12/1962 Laos prince Souvanna Phouma forms coalition govt
    06/12/1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m
    06/12/1963 'Cleopatra' premieres in NYC
    06/12/1964 South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment 06/12/1965 Beatles are awarded MBE
    06/12/1965 Rolling Stones release 'Satisfaction'
    06/12/1965 South Vietnam Gen Nguyen Cla Ky succeeds Phan Huy Quat as premier 06/12/1967 Israel wins 6 day war
    06/12/1967 Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested)
    06/12/1967 Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages 06/12/1967 USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus
    06/12/1967 Wash Senators beat Chic White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings
    06/12/1970 Pitts Pirate Dock Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0
    06/12/1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2216 Kerch
    06/12/1971 Tricia Nixon & Edward F Cox marry at White House
    06/12/1973 Yanks trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer
    06/12/1977 Ground-breaking ceremonies for Pres Kennedy library
    06/12/1978 David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life 06/12/1978 US House of Representatives allows live radio coverage
    06/12/1979 Kevin St Onge throws a playing card a record 185'
    06/12/1979 Opening ceremony at Cambridge Buddhist Assn meditation in Boston 06/12/1979 Sanista occupies parts of Managua
    06/12/1980 Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests
    06/12/1981 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike
    06/12/1981 Only candidate Hassan Gouled Aptidon wins Djibouti pres election 06/12/1982 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park NYC 06/12/1982 Battle of Mount Longdon Falkland Islands
    06/12/1986 P W Botha declares South African national emergency
    06/12/1987 Central Afr Rep ex-emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa sentenced to death 06/12/1988 Andy Hampton is 1st American to win Round of Italy
    06/12/1989 Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids
    06/12/1991 Boris Yelstin elected president of Russian Federation
    06/12/1991 Mount Pinatubo volcano on Philippines erupts
    06/12/1994 -17] Pope John Paul II visits Spain

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Jun 13 00:30:20 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/13/ 40 Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general; conquered Wales, No England 06/13/ 823 Charles II, the Bald, King of France (843-77)/emperor (875-77) 06/13/ 823 Karel II de Kale, Roman emperor (875-77)
    06/13/1592 Tobias Michael, composer
    06/13/1612 Karel van Croÿ, prince of Chimay/Duke of Aarschot
    06/13/1627 Fidel Molitor, composer
    06/13/1701 Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer
    06/13/1736 Henryk Klein, composer
    06/13/1752 Fanny Burney, England, author (Camille, Evelina)
    06/13/1757 Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer
    06/13/1761 Anton Wranitzky, composer
    06/13/1763 José B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil
    06/13/1765 Anton Eberl, composer
    06/13/1773 Thomas Young, philospher/artist (light interference)
    06/13/1775 Antoni Henryk Radziwill, composer
    06/13/1786 Winfield Scott, army general (Union)/presidential candidate 06/13/1795 Thomas Arnold, English educator/historian (History of Rome) 06/13/1806 Bernard de Hair, vicar/poet/church historian
    06/13/1809 George Philip St Cooke, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895
    06/13/1820 WF Hendrik, the Navigator, prince of the Netherlands/admiral 06/13/1821 Albert, duc de Broglie, France, premier (1873-74, 1977)
    06/13/1821 Navy Gustavus Vasa Fox, Asst Secy (Union), died in 1883
    06/13/1823 Gustave Paul Cluseret, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
    06/13/1824 Julius Eichberg, composer
    06/13/1825 Benjamin Jefferson Hill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 18
    06/13/1829 Antonio Zamara, composer
    06/13/1831 James Clerk Maxwell, physicist, formulated electromagnetic theory 06/13/1854 Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine) 06/13/1863 Josef Venantius von Woss, composer
    06/13/1864 Johan R Kjellén, Swedish sociologist
    06/13/1865 William Butler Yeats, Ireland, poet (Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923)
    06/13/1866 Lambertus Zÿl, sculptor (Trade scholarship)
    06/13/1869 Ede Poldini, composer
    06/13/1875 Max d' Ollone, composer
    06/13/1879 John G Golden church, reformed vicar
    06/13/1881 Lois Weber, 1st US woman film director (What Do Men Want?) 06/13/1888 Fernando A Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa, Portuguese poet
    06/13/1892 Basil Rathbone, Johannesburg S Africa, actor (Sherlock Holmes) 06/13/1893 Dorothy Leigh Sayers, England, novelist (9 Taylors)
    06/13/1894 Isaak E Babel, Russian writer (Konarmÿa, Marÿa)
    06/13/1894 Jacques-Henri Lartigue, France, photographer
    06/13/1894 Mark van Doren, Ill, author (Happy Critic)
    06/13/1897 Paavo Johannes Nurmi, Finland, 5K runner (Olympic-gold-1920/24/28) 06/13/1899 Carlos Chávez, Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfonía India) 06/13/1900 Ian Hunter, S Africa, actor (Sir Richard-Robin Hood)
    06/13/1901 Tage F Erlander, Swedish premier (1946-69)
    06/13/1903 Harold 'Red' Grange, 'Galloping Ghost' of football (Illinois Bears) 06/13/1903 Philipp Kutev, composer
    06/13/1911 Albert Cleage, famous African
    06/13/1911 Luis W Alvarez, physicist (Nobel-1968)
    06/13/1912 Mary Wickes, St Louis Mo, actress (Dennis the Menace, Julia, Doc) 06/13/1913 Ralph Edwards, Merino Colo, TV host (This is Your Life)
    06/13/1915 J Donald Budge, US tennis player (1st to hold world's 4 major titles
    06/13/1918 Ben Johnson, Foraker Okla, actor (Chisum, Battle Force, Dillinger) 06/13/1919 Leif Kayser, composer
    06/13/1920 Knut Nordahl, Sweden, soccer players (Olympic-gold-1948)
    06/13/1924 Percy Rodrigues, Canada, actor (Brainwaves)
    06/13/1926 Paul Lynde, Mt Vernon Ohio, comedian (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched) 06/13/1927 Knut Wiggen, composer
    06/13/1935 Christo, Bulgaria, artist, wrapper (Running Fence)
    06/13/1937 Eleanor Norton, (Rep-D-Dist of Col)
    06/13/1938 Gwynne Howell, British opera singer
    06/13/1940 Bobby Freeman, SF, rocker (Do You Want to Dance)
    06/13/1941 Robert Forester, Rochester NY, actor (Banyon, Nakia)
    06/13/1941 Tom Hallick, Buffalo NY, actor (Search)
    06/13/1942 James Carr, US, gospel singer (To Love Somebody)
    06/13/1943 Edward Skorek, Poland, volleball player (Olympic-gold-1976) 06/13/1943 Malcolm McDowell, English actor (Clockwork Orange, Royal Flash) 06/13/1944 Joe Amato, NHRA top fuel drag racing champion (1991)
    06/13/1945 Ronald J Grabe, NYC, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 51-J, 30, 42, 57) 06/13/1947 Daniel PA 'Danie' Schutte, S African underminister of Justice 06/13/1947 Jerrold Nadler, (Rep-D-NY)
    06/13/1947 Peter Holm, boyfriend of Joan Collins
    06/13/1951 Liz Phillips, composer
    06/13/1951 Richard Thomas, NYC, (John Boy-Waltons, Last Summer, Johnny Belinda)
    06/13/1953 Tim Allen, Denver Colo, comedian (Home Improvement)
    06/13/1954 Daniel Seemiller, Pitts, US Olympic table tennis player (Olympic-92)
    06/13/1963 Bettina Bunge, Switz, tennis player (Virginia Slims of Calif 1983) 06/13/1963 Catarina Lindqvist, Sweden, tennis player (Swedish Open 1986) 06/13/1964 Jennifer Gillom, basketball player, (Olympic-gold-1988)
    06/13/1968 Deniece Peterson, rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel)
    06/13/197- Charlie Rivera, singer (Menudo)
    06/13/1970 Lance Ringnald, Des Moines Iowa, US gymnist (Olympic-92)
    06/13/1971 Broderick nonuplets, Sydney Australia (7 of 9 survived infancy) 06/13/1986 Ashley Olsen, actress (Full House)
    06/13/1986 Mary Kate Olsen, actress (Full House)


    Deaths:

    06/13/ 323 -BC- Alexander III the Great, King of Macedonia, dies of fever at 32
    06/13/1142 Godfried II, duke of Brabant/Neth-Lotharingen, dies
    06/13/1371 Jan V of Virneburg, bishop of Utrecht (pledge Vollenhove), dies 06/13/1550 Johann Spangenberg, composer, dies at 66
    06/13/1550 Veronica Gambara, Italian poet, dies at 64
    06/13/1612 Charles van Croÿ, prince of Chimay, dies at 51
    06/13/1665 Auke Stellingwerf, lt-admiral of Friesland, dies in battle at about
    06/13/1665 Egbert Meussen Kortenaer, vice-admiral, dies in battle at about 29 06/13/1665 Jacob van Wassenaer, [Foggy Obdam], lt-admiral, dies in battle at 55
    06/13/1821 [Izaäk J] Alexander Gogel, minister of Finance/patriot, dies at 55 06/13/1825 Johan Peter Melchior, German sculptor, dies at 82
    06/13/1839 Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer, dies at 66
    06/13/1865 Cleaveland J Campbell, Union brig-general, dies at about 29 06/13/1873 Angelo Maurizio Gaspare Mariani, composer, dies at 51
    06/13/1886 Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, drowns
    06/13/1905 Theodoros Delyannis, premier Greece, murdered
    06/13/1905 Tippo-Tip, [Hamed ben Mohammed], Zanzibar merchant, dies at about 67
    06/13/1920 Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at peace confe
    06/13/1927 Henry CK 'Clan' Petty-Fitzmaurice, gov of India (1888-94), dies at 8
    06/13/1928 Damaso Ledesma, composer, dies at 60
    06/13/1934 Theodor Däbler, German writer (Tie Sternenkind), dies
    06/13/1939 Volter A Kilpi, Finnish writer (Suljetuilla Porteilla), dies at 64 06/13/1946 Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71 06/13/1954 Nikolai Obouhov, composer, dies at 62
    06/13/1961 Ben Jones, Missouri, horse trainer (Citation, Whirlaway), dies at 79
    06/13/1962 Eugene Goossens, British composer (Perseus), dies at 69
    06/13/1965 Martin Buber, German/Israel philosopher/zionist/theologist, dies at
    06/13/1972 Clyde L Mcphatter, US singer (Drifters-Without Love), dies at 39) 06/13/1973 Alvin Derold Etler, composer, dies at 60
    06/13/1973 Frantisek Suchy, composer, dies at 82
    06/13/1976 Don Bolles, US journalist (against Arizona), dies
    06/13/1977 Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in NY at 7
    06/13/1979 Darla Hood, actress (Little Rascals), dies
    06/13/1982 Abdul Aziz Khaled, King of Saudi-Arabia, dies at 69
    06/13/1984 Marinus de Jong, composer, dies at 92
    06/13/1986 Benny Goodman, the clarinet playing King of Swing, dies in NY at 77 06/13/1987 Geraldine Page, actress (Blue & Gray), dies at 62
    06/13/1993 Donald 'Deke' K Slayton, US major/astronaut: Apollo 18, dies at 69 06/13/1994 James Pollack, US room designer, dies at 55


    Significant Events:

    06/13/1325 Sheik Ibn Battuta begins 1st world trip, Tangiers to Mecca 06/13/1373 Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest) signed 06/13/1392 Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France, fail
    06/13/1611 John Fabricius dedicates earliest sunspot publication
    06/13/1655 Adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh is 1st actress in Amsterdam theater 06/13/1665 Sea battle at Lowestoft: English fleet beats Dutch
    06/13/1774 Rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves 06/13/1777 Marquis de Lafayette lands in US
    06/13/1789 Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington 06/13/1798 Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California
    06/13/1828 Simón Bolívar proclaimed dictator
    06/13/1837 1st Mormon missionaries to British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio 06/13/1855 Opera 'Les Vêpres Sicilenne' is produced (Paris)
    06/13/1863 Battle of Winchester VA
    06/13/1863 Samuel Butler publishes 1st part of 'Erewhon,' Christchurch, NZ 06/13/1863 Skirmish at Berryville Virginia
    06/13/1865 Pres Johnson proclaims reconstruction confederate states
    06/13/1866 House passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights for blacks)
    06/13/1868 Oscar J Dunn (a black) is elected Lt Governor of Louisiana 06/13/1871 Hurricane kills 300 in Labrador
    06/13/1873 J C Watson discovers asteroid #132 Aethra
    06/13/1879 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella
    06/13/1886 Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Vancouver, BC
    06/13/1888 Congress creates Department of Labor
    06/13/1889 2' of snow accumulates in Rawlins Wyoming
    06/13/1890 Eagle Ave in the Bronx is cut out & named
    06/13/1895 Émile Levassor wins 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph) 06/13/1898 Yukon Territory of Canada organized, Dawson chosen as capital 06/13/1900 China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners & Christians
    06/13/1902 Prussian Upper house gives 350 million marks to Poland
    06/13/1905 NY Giant Christy Mathewson 2nd no-hitter, beats Chic Cubs, 1-0 06/13/1907 Lowest temp ever in 48 US states for June, 2°F in Tamarack Calif 06/13/1908 Heavyweight Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in Paris
    06/13/1910 Pilot Charles Hamilton makes 1st 1-day round-trip from NY to Phila 06/13/1910 William D Crum, a SC physician, appointed minister to Liberia 06/13/1912 NY Giant Christy Matthewson wins his 300th game
    06/13/1913 Yanks win 13th game of year after losing 36 games
    06/13/1917 Germany bombs London
    06/13/1918 Philles & Cards tie 8-8 in 19 innings
    06/13/1921 Yanks' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs beating Tigers 11-8
    06/13/1924 Gaston Doumergue elected as 1st protestant French premier 06/13/1924 Yanks win by forfeit over Tigers, their 3rd forfeit win
    06/13/1927 Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles A Lindbergh to NYC
    06/13/1930 22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista Greece
    06/13/1932 Air force's Marmaduke Brutal becomes leader of revolutionary junta 06/13/1932 Great Britain & France sign peace treaty
    06/13/1933 1st sodium vapor lamps installed (Schenectady NY)
    06/13/1933 Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation authorized
    06/13/1933 German Secret State Police (Gestapo) established
    06/13/1934 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1349 Bechuana
    06/13/1935 James T Braddocks beats Max Baer for HW boxing champ
    06/13/1937 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns 06/13/1937 Stalin executes Rus officers Tuchachevski, Jakir, Putna & Uberevitch
    06/13/1940 Paris evacuates before German advance
    06/13/1942 1st V-2 rocket launch, Peenemünde, Germany; reached 1.3 km 06/13/1942 FDR creates Office of War with Elmer Davis as head
    06/13/1942 Germany puts 4 saboteurs on Long Island
    06/13/1942 OSS, Office of Strategic Services, form
    06/13/1944 Nazi Germany begins V-1 (Fieseler Fi-103) buzz-bomb attacks 06/13/1945 Orokoe peninsula Okinawa captured, with 6,000 dead
    06/13/1946 1st transcontinental round-trip flight in 1-day, California-Maryland
    06/13/1946 King Umberto II of Italy abdicates
    06/13/1947 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3)
    06/13/1948 Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th 06/13/1950 South African parliament accept 'Groups Area Act'
    06/13/1951 UN arm forces reach Pyongyang Korea
    06/13/1952 soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8 06/13/1953 Ben Hogan wins his 4th US Golf Open
    06/13/1953 KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (NBC) 1st broadcast 06/13/1955 Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans France
    06/13/1956 Parliamentary election: Dutch democratics 50/KVP 49
    06/13/1956 Real Madrid wins 1st Europe Cup
    06/13/1957 Mayflower II from Plymouth, England, reaches Plymouth Mass 06/13/1957 Ted Williams becomes 1st ALer to have 2, 3-HR games in a season 06/13/1959 Billy Casper wins US Open golf tournament
    06/13/1960 Prince Norodom Sihanoek becomes head of Cambodia
    06/13/1962 Norway named ombudsman
    06/13/1966 Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights
    06/13/1967 'You Only Live Twice' premieres in US
    06/13/1967 Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice 06/13/1969 Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band & joins Rolling Stones 06/13/1969 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2111 Tselina
    06/13/1970 Beatles' 'Let It Be,' album goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks 06/13/1970 Beatles' 'Long & Winding Road,' single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 week
    06/13/1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LGPA championship
    06/13/1971 NY Times began publishing 'Pentagon Papers'
    06/13/1971 Perth Observatory discovers asteroids #1806 Derice & #1978 Patrice 06/13/1972 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2604
    06/13/1975 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2219 Mannucci 06/13/1977 Convicted Martin Luther King assassin James Earl Ray recaptured 06/13/1980 Paul McCartney releases 'Waterfall'
    06/13/1980 Rep John Jenrette Jr (D-SC) indicted in 'Abscam' investigation 06/13/1980 UN Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela 06/13/1981 39 Unification church couples wed in Germany
    06/13/1981 Teenager fires 6 blanks at Queen Elizabeth II
    06/13/1981 Tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on 'Tomorrow'
    06/13/1982 Fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69 06/13/1982 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA title
    06/13/1983 Pioneer 10 becomes 1st man-made object to leave Solar System 06/13/1986 Pres Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency
    06/13/1986 Steve Garvey 1st ejection from a game, after Atlanta's triple-play 06/13/1988 Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, & go on to win AL East 06/13/1988 George Harrison releases 'This is Love'
    06/13/1988 US Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist
    06/13/1989 Detroit sweeps Los Angeles, for NBA championship
    06/13/1990 Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya 06/13/1990 Wash DC mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term, 06/13/1991 A spectator is killed by lightning at US Open Golf tournament 06/13/1991 NHL owners present contract to players (leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike)
    06/13/1993 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani re elected president of Iran
    06/13/1993 YokoZuna beats Hulk Hogan to become WWF champ

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Mon Jun 14 00:30:16 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/14/1529 Ferdinand, archduke of Austria
    06/14/1671 Tomaso Albinoni, composer
    06/14/1691 Jan Francisci, composer
    06/14/1730 Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer
    06/14/1736 Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, physicist (formulated Coulomb's Law) 06/14/1760 Candido Jose Ruano, composer
    06/14/1763 Johannes Simon Mayr, composer
    06/14/1769 Dominique Della-Maria, composer
    06/14/1805 Robert Anderson, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1871 06/14/1811 Harriet Beecher Stowe, author (Uncle Tom's Cabin)
    06/14/1820 John Bartlett, US, editor (compiled Familiar Quotations)
    06/14/1821 Jozef Lies, Flemish painter
    06/14/1835 Nikolay Rubinstein, composer
    06/14/1836 Thomas Wilberforce Egan, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 06/14/1844 Edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist
    06/14/1854 Frederik Rung, composer
    06/14/1855 Robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive) 06/14/1856 Andrey Markov, Russia, mathematician (Markov Chain)
    06/14/1864 Alois Alzheimer, Germany, psychiatrist/pathologist (Alzheimer Diseas
    06/14/1865 Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer
    06/14/1868 Karl Landsteiner, Austria, immunologist/pathologist (Nobel 1930) 06/14/1874 Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour)
    06/14/1882 Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Roemenia
    06/14/1882 Michael Zadora, composer
    06/14/1883 Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian bible leader
    06/14/1884 John Mccormack, Irish/US singer (Irish People's Leader)
    06/14/1895 Louis Finkelstein, US historian/theologist (Pharizees)
    06/14/1899 Kawabata Yasunari, Zen writer (Nobel Literature 1968)
    06/14/1904 Benno Ammann, composer
    06/14/1906 Carl Esmond, Wien (Vienna) Austria, actor (Smash-Up)
    06/14/1906 Gil Lamb, Minneapolis, actor (Hit Parade of 1947, Riding High) 06/14/1907 René Char, French poet/painter
    06/14/1908 John Scott Trotter, Charlotte NC, orch leader (George Gobel Show) 06/14/1909 Burl Ives, Hunt Ill, folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) 06/14/1910 Rudolf Kempe, Niederpoyritz Germany, conductor (Tonhalle Orch 1965-7
    06/14/1916 Karl-Rudi Griesbach, composer
    06/14/1917 Lash La Rue, Gretna La, cowboy actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp) 06/14/1918 Carter Harman, composer
    06/14/1918 Dorothy McGuire, Omaha Neb, actress (Old Yeller, Summer Magic) 06/14/1918 Leroy T Walker, Atlanta Ga, US Olympic consultant (1960, 68, 72) 06/14/1919 Sam Wanamaker, Chic Ill, actor (Holocaust, Competition, Raw Deal) 06/14/1920 Helmer-Rayner Sinisalo, composer
    06/14/1921 Gene Barry, NYC, actor (Bat Masterson, Name of the Game, Burke's Law
    06/14/1923 Theodore Bloomfield, composer
    06/14/1925 Pierre Salinger, newsman (ABC)/press secretary (John Kennedy) 06/14/1928 Ernesto 'Che' Guevara Serna, Arg/Cuba revolutionary
    06/14/1929 Cy Coleman, [Seymour Kaufman], songwriter (Witchcraft, Sweet Charity
    06/14/1931 Marla Gibbs, Chicago Ill, actress (Florence-Jeffersons, Mary-227) 06/14/1932 Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, composer
    06/14/1933 Jerzy Kosinski, novelist (Painted Bird, Being There)
    06/14/1935 Jan Nÿland, cattle breeder/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) 06/14/1939 Steny H Hoyer, (Rep-D-MD, 1981- )
    06/14/1940 Ben Davidson, LA Calif, actor (Rhino-Ball Four, Code R)
    06/14/1940 Bill Baker, (Rep-R-California)
    06/14/1940 Jack Bannon, LA Calif, actor (Art-Lou Grant, Trauma Center) 06/14/1940 John Mizelle, composer
    06/14/1941 John Edgar Widerman, US writer
    06/14/1943 F James Sensenbrenner, (Rep-R-Wisconsin)
    06/14/1943 Muff Mervyn Winwood, singer (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin) 06/14/1943 W J [Billy] Tauzin, (Rep-D-LA, 1980- )
    06/14/1946 Donald Trump, master builder (Trump Towers/Plaza/Castle)
    06/14/1946 Ralph McAllister Ingersol II, NYC, newspaper publisher
    06/14/1949 Bob Frankston, programmer (VisiCalc)
    06/14/1949 Rochelle Firestone, Kansas City MO, actress (Hellhole)
    06/14/1952 Eddie Mekka, Worcester Mass, actor (Carmine-Laverne & Shirley) 06/14/1953 David Thomas, US singer/songwriter (Pere Ubu)
    06/14/1954 Will Patton, Charleston SC, actor (No Way Out, Ballzaire the Cajun) 06/14/1958 Carina Persson, Stockholm Sweden, playmate (August, 1983) 06/14/1958 Eric Heiden, Wisc, ½/1/1½/5/10K speed skater (Olympic-5 golds-1980) 06/14/1960 Tonie Campbell, LA Calif, 100m hurdler (Olympic-bronze-1988) 06/14/1961 'Boy George' O'Dowd, androgynous vocalist & druggie (Culture Club) 06/14/1961 Grace Jackson, St Ann Jamaica, 200m runner (Olympic-silver-1988) 06/14/1963 Chris DeGarmo, guitarist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence) 06/14/1967 Wendy Lian Williams, St Louis Mo, US diver (Olympic-bronze-88, 92) 06/14/1968 Yasmine Bleeth, actress (Ryan's Hope, 1 Life to Live)
    06/14/1969 Steffi Graf, Bruhl West Germany, tennis player (Grand Slam 1988) 06/14/1970 Simone Fleurice Eden, Arcadia Ca, playmate (Feb, 1989)
    06/14/1994 Nicholas Pietro, son of Vanna White
    06/14/2160 Montgomery Edward Scott, Aberdeen, Scotland (Star Trek)


    Deaths:

    06/14/1144 Aboe 'l-Kasim Mahmoed ibn Omar al-Zapowersjari, theologist, dies at
    06/14/1349 Günther Van Schwarzburg, German anti-king 1349, dies at about 44 06/14/1594 Orlandus Lassus, composer (Prophet sybillarum), dies at about 61 06/14/1709 Gottfried Wegner, composer, dies at 65
    06/14/1750 Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer, dies at 47
    06/14/1752 Daniel Marot, French/Neth, architect/engraver, dies at about 88 06/14/1789 Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer, dies at 61
    06/14/1800 Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general/architect, murdered at 47 06/14/1801 Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary War general, dies in London 06/14/1828 Charles Augustus, grand duke of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach, dies 06/14/1828 Charles, Duke of Prussia, dies at 70
    06/14/1873 Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian, dies at 92 06/14/1891 Nicolo Gabrielli, composer, dies at 77
    06/14/1907 A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/politician (CVP), dies
    06/14/1911 Johan Severin Svendsen, composer, dies at 70
    06/14/1920 Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian, dies
    06/14/1928 Emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist, dies
    06/14/1933 Albert Ross Parsons, composer, dies at 85
    06/14/1936 Gilbert K Chesterton, English writer/poet (Father Brown), dies 06/14/1944 Joaquín Alvarez Quintéro, Spanish playwright (El Patio), dies at 71 06/14/1944 Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist/slavist, dies at 78
    06/14/1944 Robert H Iseley, US pilot/lt-comdr (Saipan), dies in battle 06/14/1948 Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer, dies at 79
    06/14/1948 John Blackwood McEwen, composer, dies at 80
    06/14/1951 Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician, dies at 73
    06/14/1960 Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romanian Foreign Minister (1945-52), dies at 6
    06/14/1960 Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer, dies at 57
    06/14/1962 Anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim
    06/14/1962 Mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer, dies at 65
    06/14/1964 Ko Arnoldi, actor/director, dies at 81
    06/14/1965 Guido Guerrini, composer, dies at 74
    06/14/1965 H V Kaltenborn, newscaster (Who Said That?), dies at 86
    06/14/1968 Karl-Birger Blomdahl, composer, dies at 51
    06/14/1968 Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian poet/essayist (Nobel 1959), dies 06/14/1974 Knud Christian Jeppesen, composer, dies at 81
    06/14/1977 Alan Reed, actor (Mr Adams & Eve/voice (Fred Flintstone), dies at 69
    06/14/1977 Robert Middleman, actor (Barney-Monroes), dies at 66
    06/14/1978 Theodore Karyotakis, composer, dies at 74
    06/14/1982 Marie Rambert, [Cyviam Ramberg], Polish/British ballerina, dies at 9
    06/14/1982 Marjorie Bennett, actress (Blossom-Dobie Gillis), dies at 87 of canc
    06/14/1986 Alan Jay Lerner, Broadway librettist, dies in NY at 67
    06/14/1986 Jorge Luis Borges, Arg author (Book of Sand), dies in Geneva at 86 06/14/1986 Marlin Perkins, 'Wild Kingdom' host, dies near St Louis at 81 06/14/1989 Pete de Freitas, drummer Echo & the Bunnyman, dies
    06/14/1991 Joy Finzi, [Joyce A Black], British painter, dies
    06/14/1991 Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (A passage to India), dies 06/14/1993 Vincent Hamlin, cartoonist (Alley Oop), dies at 93
    06/14/1994 Henry Mancini, composer (Pink Panther), dies of cancer at 70 06/14/1994 Marcel Mouloudji, French actor/chansonnier (Le déserteur), dies at 7
    06/14/1994 Simon Prior, British auto maker, dies of injuries


    Significant Events:

    06/14/1541 Duke Willem van Gulik of Gelre marries Jeanne d'Albret
    06/14/1597 At 4:30 AM Willem Barents leaves Novaya Zemlya for Netherlands 06/14/1615 Jacques Le Maire sail to Zuidland/Terra Australis
    06/14/1642 1st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts 06/14/1673 Battle at Schooneveld: Michiel de Ruyter beats French/English fleet 06/14/1775 US Army founded
    06/14/1777 Continental Congress adopts Stars & Stripes replacing Grand Union fl
    06/14/1800 Battle of Marengo (Alessandria): Bonaparte vs Austria
    06/14/1834 Hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross, Dixfield, Maine 06/14/1834 Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield, Vermont 06/14/1841 1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario
    06/14/1846 Belgian Liberal Party forms
    06/14/1846 California (Bear Flag) Republic proclaimed in Sonoma
    06/14/1847 Bunson invents a gas burner. Lab teachers celebrate worldwide 06/14/1850 Fire destroys part of SF
    06/14/1861 Harpers Ferry evacuated by rebels in face of McClellan's advance 06/14/1863 Battle of 2nd Winchester, Virginia
    06/14/1864 Battle of Pine Mt, Gen Leonidas Polk killed in action
    06/14/1864 Congress rules Black soldiers must receive equal pay
    06/14/1870 All-pro Cincinnati Red Stockings suffer 1st loss in 130 games 06/14/1876 1st player to hit for cycle (George Hall, Phila Athletics) 06/14/1876 California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise 06/14/1881 Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr, Cambridge, Mass 06/14/1900 Hawaiian Republic becomes US Territory of Hawaii
    06/14/1904 Dutch troops occupies Kuto Reh, Sumatra, killing all inhabitants 06/14/1906 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #600 Musa
    06/14/1906 Pogrom against Jews in Bialystok, Polish Russia
    06/14/1907 Govt of Transvaal gets 50,000 Chinese day workers
    06/14/1907 Norway restricts woman's voting rights
    06/14/1917 Gen Pershing & his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I
    06/14/1919 1st nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock & Brown) leaves Nfld 06/14/1922 Charles Hoffner wins PGA golf tournament
    06/14/1923 Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane
    06/14/1924 WOKO-AM radio begins transmitting from Albany NY
    06/14/1928 Republican Natl Convention, met in KC, nominated Herbert Hoover 06/14/1929 Prussia & Vatican sign Concord
    06/14/1931 French 'St Philbert' overturned off St Nazaire France, drowns 450 06/14/1931 Reinhard Heydrichs 1st meeting with Himmler
    06/14/1932 German cabinet of von Papen forms
    06/14/1934 Hitler & Mussolini meet in Vienna
    06/14/1934 Max Baer KO's Primo Carnera in 11 for HW box champ in Long Island Ci
    06/14/1934 WOQ-AM in KC Missouri goes off the air
    06/14/1935 Chaco War between Bolivia & Paraguay ends
    06/14/1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1490 Limpopo
    06/14/1936 Oranienburg Concentration Camp opens
    06/14/1938 Chlorophyll patented by Benjamin Grushkin
    06/14/1938 Dorothy Lathrop wins 1st Caldecott Medal (kid books author) 06/14/1940 German forces occupied Paris during WW II
    06/14/1940 Nazis open a concentration camp at Auschewitz
    06/14/1941 Ground broken for Boeing Plant II (ex-AFLC Plant 13) Wichita KS 06/14/1942 1st bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport Ct
    06/14/1942 Anne Frank begins her diary
    06/14/1942 French cabinet of Reynaud resigns
    06/14/1942 Walt Disney's 'Bambi' is released
    06/14/1944 1st B-29 raid against mainland Japan
    06/14/1944 General Charles de Gaulle lands at Courselles France
    06/14/1945 Rod Argent, rocker (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
    06/14/1946 Canadian Library Association established
    06/14/1948 Klemens Gottwald becomes president of Czechoslovakia
    06/14/1949 State of Vietnam forms, Bao Dai installed as Emperor
    06/14/1949 WROC TV channel 8 in Rochester, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting 06/14/1951 1st commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau 06/14/1952 Boston Brave Warren Spahn strikes out 18 Cubs in 15 innings 06/14/1952 General strike in Tunisia
    06/14/1952 Julius Boros wins US Open golf tournament
    06/14/1952 Keel laid for 1st nuclear powered sub Nautilus
    06/14/1953 Eisenhower condemns McCarthy's book burning proposal
    06/14/1953 Elvis Presley graduates from LC Humes High School in Memphis, Tenn 06/14/1953 Military coup by general Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in Columbia 06/14/1953 Yanks sweep Indians 6-2, 3-0 before 74,708 win streak at 18 straight
    06/14/1954 Pres Eisenhower signs order adding words 'under God' to the Pledge 06/14/1957 42.0 cm rain falls on East St Louis, Illinois (state record) 06/14/1957 Edouard Carpentier beats Lou Thesz, to become NWA wrestling champ 06/14/1958 British parachutists lands on Cyprus
    06/14/1958 Nelson Mandela weds Winnie Madikizela
    06/14/1958 Tommy Bolt wins US Open golf tournament
    06/14/1961 106°F, hottest temperature in San Francisco
    06/14/1963 NY Met Duke Snider hits his 400th HR
    06/14/1963 Valery Bykovsky in Vostok 5 orbits earth 81 times in 5 days 06/14/1965 Beatles release album 'Beatles VI'
    06/14/1965 Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney no-hits NY Mets but loses in 11, 1-0 06/14/1965 John Lennon's 2nd book 'A Spaniard in the Works' is published 06/14/1966 Dutch police beat construction workers, 60 injured
    06/14/1967 Launch of Mariner V for Venus fly-by
    06/14/1967 USSR launches Kosmos 166 for observation of Sun from Earth orbit 06/14/1968 Off duty Dutch military permitted to wear regular clothing 06/14/1969 John & Yoko appear on David Frost's British TV Show
    06/14/1969 Oakland A's Reggie Jackson gets 10 RBIs to beat Red Sox 21-7 06/14/1970 Cincinnati Red Stockings loses 1st game after winning 130 straight 06/14/1974 Angels' Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 Red Sox in 12 innings
    06/14/1975 Janis Ian releases 'At 17'
    06/14/1975 USSR launches Venera 10 for Venus landing
    06/14/1976 'Gong Show' premieres on TV (syndication)
    06/14/1976 12th Mayor's Trophy Game Yanks beat Mets 8-4
    06/14/1978 Down 9-7 in 10th with 2 outs, Yanks Paul Blair hits a 3 run HR 06/14/1978 Sierra Leone adopts constitution
    06/14/1979 Rock group 'Little Feat' disbands
    06/14/1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2937 Gibbs, #2938 Hopi & #3160 Angerhof
    06/14/1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Is, ends 74-day conflict
    06/14/1983 5 killed in a fire at a Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Tx
    06/14/1984 Southern Baptist convention decide on no women clergy members 06/14/1985 Lebanese Shiite Moslem gunmen hijack TWA 847 after Athens' takeoff 06/14/1987 4th full-duration test firing of redesigned SRB motor
    06/14/1987 LA Lakers win NBA title with a 106-93, victory over Celtics 06/14/1989 Ground breaking begins in Minn on world's largest mall
    06/14/1989 Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat all 26 teams
    06/14/1989 Pistons sweep LA for NBA title, Kareem Abdul Jabber's final NBA game
    06/14/1989 Queen Elizabeth II knights Ronald Reagan
    06/14/1989 Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame 06/14/1990 Detroit Pistons beat Portland, 4 games to 1 for NBA championship 06/14/1990 US Supreme Court upholds police rights for intoxication checkpoint 06/14/1991 Leroy Burrell of USA sets 100m record (9.90) in NYC
    06/14/1991 Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) lands
    06/14/1993 Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth
    06/14/1993 Tansu Ciller appointed 1st female premier of Turkey
    06/14/1994 NY Rangers beat Vancouver Canucks 3-2, win Stanley Cup, 4 games to 3

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Jun 15 00:30:14 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/15/1221 Frederik II, [Strijdbare], duke of Austria
    06/15/1330 Edward, the black prince, prince of Wales (1343-1376)
    06/15/1553 Ernst, archduke of Austria
    06/15/1623 Cornelis de Witt, statesman
    06/15/1636 Johann David Mayer, composer
    06/15/1728 Pietro Alessandro Pavona, composer
    06/15/1749 George Joseph Vogler, composer
    06/15/1763 Franz Danzi, composer
    06/15/1767 Rachel Donelson Jackson, wife of Pres Andrew (1828-37) (died 1828) 06/15/1815 Phiz [Hablôt Knight Browne], English illustrator (Pickwick Papers) 06/15/1821 Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer
    06/15/1833 Edward Moody McCook, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 190
    06/15/1843 Edvard Grieg, Bergen Norway, composer (Bewitched One)
    06/15/1864 Joseph Guy Ropartz, composer
    06/15/1865 L H Perquin, religious radio speaker
    06/15/1865 Paul Gilson, composer
    06/15/1878 Eduard R Verkade, actor/director
    06/15/1884 Harry Langdon, US, comic/director (Strong Man)
    06/15/1886 Charles Wood, composer
    06/15/1888 Maria Dermoût, Java, Dutch novelist (10,000 Things)
    06/15/1888 Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota)
    06/15/1894 Robert Russell Bennett, Kansas City, composer/arranger (Oklahoma!) 06/15/1898 Willem Scheps, journalist
    06/15/1900 Otto Clarence Luening, Milwaukee Wisconsin, composer (Sonority Canon
    06/15/1900 Paul J Mares, US, jazz trumpetist/composer (Farewell blues) 06/15/1901 John Wesley Work, composer
    06/15/1902 Erik H Erickson, psychologist (Existentionalist)
    06/15/1902 Max Rudolf, Frankfurt Germany, conductor (Göteberg Symphony Orch) 06/15/1906 Louis RJ Ridder van Rappard, mayor of Zoelen
    06/15/1910 Berend Giltay, composer
    06/15/1910 David Rose, London England, orch leader (Red Skelton Show, Stripper)
    06/15/1914 Cees [Cornelis A B] Bantzinger, cartoonist/illustrator
    06/15/1914 Saul Steinberg, Romania, cartoonist/illustrator (NYer)
    06/15/1914 Yuri Andropov, Russian KGB chief/1st secretary
    06/15/1918 Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader
    06/15/1918 N'garta Tombalbaye, president Chad
    06/15/1921 Erroll Garner, US, jazz pianist (Misty)
    06/15/1922 John Veale, composer
    06/15/1922 Morris K [Mo] Udall, (Rep-D-AZ, 1961- )
    06/15/1923 Erland Josephson, Swedish actor/dramatist (Utflykt)
    06/15/1925 Gene Baker, baseball player
    06/15/1925 Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (Tarumba, Maltiempes)
    06/15/1926 Jan Carlstedt, composer
    06/15/1929 Gideon N N Nxumalo, composer
    06/15/1932 Mario Cuomo, NYC, (Gov-D-NY)
    06/15/1935 Belinda Lee, England, actress (Who Done It, Runaway Bus)
    06/15/1936 Alexandru Hrisanide, composer
    06/15/1937 Rolf Riehm, composer
    06/15/1937 Waylon Jennings, singer of innumerable country songs (Ramblin' Man) 06/15/1938 Billy Williams, baseball player
    06/15/1938 Jean-Claude Eloy, composer
    06/15/1940 Willem Frederik Bon, composer
    06/15/1941 Harry Nilsson, [Johnny Niles], laid-back singer/songwriter (Popeye) 06/15/1942 Bruce DalCanton, baseball player
    06/15/1942 Tony Coelho, (Rep-D-CA, 1979- )
    06/15/1942 Xaveria Hollander, [DeVries], Surabaya Indonesia, auth (Happy Hooker
    06/15/1943 Aron Kincaid, LA Calif, actor (Warren-Bachelor Father, Ski Party) 06/15/1944 Inna Ryskai, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-2 gold/2 silver-1964-7
    06/15/1945 Nicola Pagett, actress (Oliver's Story, Privates on Parade) 06/15/1945 Rod Argent, England, keyboardist (Zombies-She's Not There) 06/15/1946 Jim Varney, Lexington KY, 'Hey Vern', actor (Ernest Goes to Jail) 06/15/1946 Judy Pace, LA Calif, actress (Young Lawyers)
    06/15/1946 Ken Henderson, baseball player
    06/15/1947 Lee Purcell, NC, actor (Big Wednesday, Mr Majestyk)
    06/15/1947 Paul Patterson, composer
    06/15/1948 Champ Summers, baseball player
    06/15/1949 Dusty Baker, baseball player (LA Dodgers)
    06/15/1950 Heidi Schüller, Germany, 1st woman to take olympic oath (1972) 06/15/1950 Noddy Holder, rock vocalist/guitarist (Slade-Cum On Feel The Noize) 06/15/1951 Tom Forzani, CFL wide receiver (Calgary Stampeders)
    06/15/1953 Rita Lee, Federic Wisc, playmate (November, 1977)
    06/15/1954 Jim Belushi, Chicago Ill, comedian (Sat Night Live, Trading Places) 06/15/1954 Terri Gibbs, Augusta Ga, blind singer (Somebody's Knockin') 06/15/1955 Julie Hagerty, actress (Airplane, Princesses)
    06/15/1955 Tree Rollins, Winter Haven Fla, NBA center (Cleve Cavaliers) 06/15/1956 Lance Parrish, baseball player
    06/15/1956 Polly Draper, Palo Alto Calif, actress (Ellyn-30 Something, Hooters)
    06/15/1957 Brett Butler, baseball player
    06/15/1957 Clio Goldsmith, Paris France, actress (Gift, Heat of Desire) 06/15/1958 Wade Boggs, Nebraska, Red Sox/Yank 3rd baseman (AL bat champ 1985-88
    06/15/1959 Eileen Davidson, actress (Young & Restless, House on Sorority Row) 06/15/1963 Helen Hunt, LA Calif, actress (Jill-Amy Prentiss, Lisa-It Takes Two)
    06/15/1963 Scott Rockenfield, drummer (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence) 06/15/1964 Courtney Cox, Birmingham Ala, actress (Family Ties, Cocoon II) 06/15/1965 Carrie Mitchum, LA Calif, actress (Donna-Bold & Beautiful) 06/15/1970 Janie Eickhoff, Long Beach Calif, US cyclist (Olympic-92) 06/15/1973 Neil Patrick Harris, Albuquerque NM, actor (Doogie Howser) 06/15/1978 RoRo, [Romell Chapman], Atlanta Ga, rapper (Another Bad Creation)


    Deaths:

    06/15/ 923 Robert I, King of France, dies in battle
    06/15/ 948 Romanus I Lecapenus, Armenian emperor of Byzantium (919-44), dies 06/15/ 991 Theophano, German Emperor/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies
    06/15/1246 Frederik II 'the Strijdbare', duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25 06/15/1337 Angelus Clarenus/da Cingoli, Italian leader, dies
    06/15/1341 Andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies 06/15/1381 Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London 06/15/1389 Lazar I, Serbian prince, dies in battle
    06/15/1389 Murad I, Osmaans sultan, dies in battle
    06/15/1397 Earl of Eu, French knight (in Turkish captivity), dies
    06/15/1467 Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 76
    06/15/1557 Sebastiaan Van Noyen, military master builder, dies
    06/15/1580 Nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Haarlem, dies at 70 06/15/1666 Pieter de Bitter, admiral (Colombo, Goa)
    06/15/1677 Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer, dies at 67
    06/15/1702 Georg E Rumphius, German nature explorer, dies
    06/15/1703 Gillis Schey, admiral (battle at Lowestoft), dies at 58
    06/15/1708 Romeyn de Hooghe, painter/goldsmith, buried at 62
    06/15/1760 Antoine Court, French reformed theologist, dies at 69
    06/15/1772 Louis C Daquin, [d'Acquin], French organist/composer (La rose), dies
    06/15/1814 Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician, dies at 84 06/15/1828 Brizio Petrucci, composer, dies at 91
    06/15/1831 Peter Fuchs, composer, dies at 78
    06/15/1836 Théodore Dotrenge, South Netherland orangist, dies at about 74 06/15/1839 Hans Skramstad, composer, dies at 41
    06/15/1844 Thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66 06/15/1849 James Knox Polk, 11th Pres (1845-1849), dies in Nashville, Tenn at 5
    06/15/1858 Ary Scheffer, painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 63
    06/15/1865 Edmun Ruffin, US secessionist/writer, commits suicide
    06/15/1865 Jakob Zeugheer, composer, dies at 61
    06/15/1869 Albert Grisar, composer, dies at 60
    06/15/1875 Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer, dies at 72
    06/15/1888 Frederik III NK van Hohenzollern, German Emperor/king of Prussia, di
    06/15/1893 Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian composer/conductor (Bánk Bán), dies at 82 06/15/1895 Richard Genee, composer, dies at 72
    06/15/1905 Hermann von Wissmann, German African expl/gov East-Africa, dies 06/15/1907 William Le Baron Jenney, US architect, dies
    06/15/1920 Michel-Gaston Carraud, composer, dies at 55
    06/15/1923 Alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies
    06/15/1934 Alfred Bruneau, composer, dies at 77
    06/15/1938 Ernst L Kirchner, German painter, dies at 58
    06/15/1952 Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist, dies at 70
    06/15/1958 François de Vries, economist, dies at 74
    06/15/1962 Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84
    06/15/1967 Edward Eagan, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32), dies at
    06/15/1968 Samuel Earl 'Wahoo Sam' Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88 06/15/1968 West Montgomery, jazz guitarist dies of a heart attack at 48 06/15/1969 Georges Pompidou, president of France, dies
    06/15/1978 Anton Roosjen, politician/NCRV-chairman, dies at 83
    06/15/1982 Art[hur E] Pepper, US, alto saxophonist, dies at 56
    06/15/1982 Neil Fitzgerald, Irish actor (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 90 06/15/1984 Meredith Willson, composer (Meredith Willson Show), dies at 82 06/15/1984 Ned Glass, actor (Charade, Street Music), dies at 78 of heart failur
    06/15/1984 Robert Meredith Willson, composer, dies at 82
    06/15/1987 Walter W Heller, US economist (Old Myths & New Realities), dies at 7
    06/15/1989 Ray McAlly, actor, dies in Dublin at 63
    06/15/1989 Victor French, actor (Highway to Heaven), dies at 54 of cancer 06/15/1992 Eddie Lopat, pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 73
    06/15/1992 Leo Halle, soccer goalie (Go Ahead, Orange), dies
    06/15/1993 John Connally, (Gov-D/R-Texas), dies at 76
    06/15/1993 Mahfoud Boucebi, Algerian psychiatrist, murdered
    06/15/1993 Vera, fashion designer (scarves), dies at 87
    06/15/1994 David Lawson, executed in NC (wanted execution shown on Donahue) 06/15/1994 Kristen Pfaff, US bass guitarist (Hole-Live through this), dies at 2
    06/15/1994 Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (Never on Sunday), dies at 68


    Significant Events:

    06/15/ 763 -BC- Assyrians record total solar eclipse event on clay tablet 06/15/1094 Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar [El Cid] occupiess Valencia on the Moren 06/15/1215 King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede, England
    06/15/1219 King Valdemar brought victory for Denmark
    06/15/1246 Battle at Leitha: Hungary-Austrian
    06/15/1381 Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London 06/15/1389 Battle of Kossovo; Turks defeat Serbs, Bosnians
    06/15/1567 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
    06/15/1590 Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther
    06/15/1643 Able Tasmania returns to Batavia after discovering Tasmania 06/15/1664 NJ established
    06/15/1741 Capt Bering leaves Petropavlovsk, sailing to America
    06/15/1775 George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army 06/15/1779 General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, Bronx
    06/15/1785 2 French balloonists die in world's 1st fatal aviation accident 06/15/1802 Toussaint L'Ouverture leaves Haiti, prisoner on French ship Héros 06/15/1804 12th amendment ratified; deals with manner of choosing president 06/15/1836 Arkansas becomes 25th state
    06/15/1844 Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber
    06/15/1846 Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49°N 06/15/1851 Jacob Fussell, Baltimore dairyman, sets up 1st ice-cream factory 06/15/1857 SF Water Works organized
    06/15/1860 1st White settlement in Idaho (Franklin)
    06/15/1861 Johnston evacuates Harpers Ferry
    06/15/1862 Gen JEB Stuart completes his 'ride around McClellan'
    06/15/1864 -17]6 Skirmish at Gilgal Church, Georgia
    06/15/1864 Battle for Petersburg begins as Gen Grant assaults Confederate line 06/15/1864 Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers 06/15/1864 Robert E Lee's home area (Arlington, VA) becomes a miltary cemetery 06/15/1866 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #88 Thisbe
    06/15/1866 Prussia attacks Austria
    06/15/1869 Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, NY
    06/15/1869 Mike McCoole (US) defeats Tom Allen (England) in bare-knuckle bout 06/15/1871 Phoebe Couzins is 1st woman graduate of a US collegiate law school 06/15/1876 Sara Spencer (R) is 1st woman to address a US presidential cconventi
    06/15/1876 Tsunami's after earthquake floods NE coast of Japan, kills 28,000 06/15/1877 Henry O Flipper becomes 1st black graduate at West Point
    06/15/1887 NY Giants beat Phila Phillies 29-1
    06/15/1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adv 'Stockbroker's Clerk' (BG)
    06/15/1894 Phillies beat Cincinnati Reds, 21-8
    06/15/1897 Liberals/social-democrats win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election 06/15/1898 US House of Reps accept annexation of Hawaii
    06/15/1898 US marines attack Spanish off Guantánamo Cuba
    06/15/1901 Willie Anderson wins US Open golf tournament
    06/15/1902 Canada's Maritime Provinces switch from Eastern to Atlantic time 06/15/1902 Justin Clark of Corsicana, Tx minors hits 8 home runs in 1 game 06/15/1904 Side-wheeler 'General Slocum' burns in NY's East River (1,031 die) 06/15/1907 44 nations meet in 2nd Hague Peace Conference
    06/15/1908 World congress for Woman's rights opens in Amsterdam
    06/15/1915 US government mints 1st $50 gold pieces, for Panama Pacific Expo 06/15/1918 1' of snow falls in Northern Pennsylvania
    06/15/1918 50th running of Belmont Stakes (Johren wins)
    06/15/1919 1st nonstop Atlantic flight (Alcock & Brown) lands in Ireland 06/15/1923 Belgium's Theunis term ends because of mine, post & railroad strike 06/15/1924 1st transmission of radio Bloemendaal
    06/15/1924 Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth automobile 06/15/1924 Native Americans are proclaimed US citizens
    06/15/1925 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #1093 Freda
    06/15/1926 7th French cabinet-Briand falls
    06/15/1929 1st time NY curb stock exchange transacts more business than NY Exch
    06/15/1931 Poland & USSR sign friendship treaty
    06/15/1933 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1278 Kenya & #1279 Uganda
    06/15/1934 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1324 Knysna
    06/15/1934 Great Smokey Mountains National Park dedicated
    06/15/1934 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1322 Coppernicus
    06/15/1939 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1676 Kariba
    06/15/1940 38 Italians Fiat bombers bomb Luc-and-Province
    06/15/1940 Bread & flour rationed in Holland
    06/15/1940 French Fort Verdun & Paris captured by Germans
    06/15/1940 Soviet Army occupies Lithuania
    06/15/1943 Congress of racial Equality (CORE) forms
    06/15/1944 US forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific
    06/15/1945 ANJV established in Concert building, Amsterdam
    06/15/1945 Dutch political party ANJV forms
    06/15/1947 1st night game at Detroit Briggs Stadium (Tigers 4, Athletics 1) 06/15/1947 Lew Worsham wins US Open golf tournament
    06/15/1948 WPIX TV channel 11 in NY, NY (IND) begins broadcasting
    06/15/1948 WTNH TV channel 8 in New Haven, CT (ABC) begins broadcasting 06/15/1950 Dutch police seize condoms
    06/15/1950 Itzigsohn discover asteroid 1581 Abanderada, 1582 Martir & 1779 Para
    06/15/1951 1st coml electronic computer dedicated Phila
    06/15/1951 Joe Louis scored his last knock out victory
    06/15/1953 WLFI TV channel 18 in Lafayette, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 06/15/1954 Great Britain's 2 biggest steel factory nationalized
    06/15/1957 42.01 cm (16.54') of rainfall, East St Louis, Ill (state record) 06/15/1957 Dick Mayer wins US Open golf tournament
    06/15/1957 Yanks trade Billy Martin & Ralph Terry for Ryne Duran
    06/15/1960 Angel Cordero wins his 1st of over 7000 horse races
    06/15/1960 Argentina complains to UN about Israeli illicit transfer of Eichman 06/15/1962 Phillies score 10 runs in an inning against Reds en route to 13-8 wi
    06/15/1962 South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes 06/15/1962 WWUP TV channel 10 in Sault Ste. Marie, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
    06/15/1963 Israeli premier David Am Gurion resigns
    06/15/1963 SF Giants Juan Marichal no-hits Houston Colt .45s, 1-0
    06/15/1964 Last French troops leave Algeria
    06/15/1965 South Africa begins economic boycott of Dutch products
    06/15/1967 Gov Reagan signs liberalized California abortion bill
    06/15/1968 John Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral 06/15/1969 'Hee Haw' with Roy Clark & Buck Owens premieres on CBS TV 06/15/1969 Orville Moody wins US Open golf tournament
    06/15/1971 Vernon E Jordan Jr, appointed exec director of National Urban League
    06/15/1972 Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 di
    06/15/1972 West German police arrested RAF leader Ulrike Meinhof
    06/15/1973 'American Graffiti' opens in NYC
    06/15/1977 Spain's 1st free elections since 1936 (41 years)
    06/15/1977 Wim Polak becomes mayor of Amsterdam
    06/15/1978 Belgian govt resigns
    06/15/1978 Italy's pres Leone resigns due to Lockheed affair
    06/15/1978 Jordan's King Hussein marries Elizabeth Halaby, 26-yr-old American 06/15/1978 Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days 06/15/1979 1st space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds 06/15/1980 Jack Nicklaus wins for the 4th time US Open golf tournament 06/15/1980 Jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a baseball game
    06/15/1982 Riots in Argentina after Falklands/Malvinas defeat
    06/15/1983 Supreme Court struck down state & local restrictions on abortion 06/15/1984 Thomas Hearns KOs Roberto Duran
    06/15/1985 En route to Halley's Comet, USSR's Vega 2 drops lander on Venus 06/15/1986 Pravda announces high-level Chernobyl staff fired for stupidity 06/15/1986 Raymond Floyd wins US Open golf tournament
    06/15/1987 Bettino Craxi's Socialistic Party wins election in Italy
    06/15/1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-213
    06/15/1988 Turkish premier Özal meets Greek premier Papandreou in Athens 06/15/1989 Balt Orioles pull their 9th triple play (vs Yankees)
    06/15/1989 Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth
    06/15/1990 'Dick Tracy' with Warren Beatty & Madonna premieres
    06/15/1991 Philippines volcano Mount Pinatubo errupts
    06/15/1992 1st Berlin Air Show in 60 years
    06/15/1992 Director Frank Perry (Mommie Dearest) marries Virginia Bush Ford 06/15/1992 Erie Sailors (Fla Marlin farm team) 1st game beat Jamestown 6-5 in 1
    06/15/1992 Ghana Airways inaugurates flights to JFK Airport (NYC)
    06/15/1994 NY Giants cut quarterback Phil Simms

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed Jun 16 00:30:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/16/1633 Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer
    06/16/1637 Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer
    06/16/1752 Meingosus Gaelle, composer
    06/16/1834 Wesley Merritt, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1910 06/16/1837 Eli Long, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
    06/16/1843 David Popper, composer
    06/16/1843 Jan Malat, composer
    06/16/1853 Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer
    06/16/1858 Gustav V, king of Sweden
    06/16/1861 Scato Gocko de Vries, paleography/librarian
    06/16/1863 Paul Antonin Vidal, composer
    06/16/1874 Arthur Meighen, (C) 9th PM of Canada (1920-21, 1926)
    06/16/1879 Fritz Schulz, German historic rights (Classical Novel Law) 06/16/1879 Theo[dorus J] Thÿssen, writer (Kees the boy)
    06/16/1895 Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], comedian (Laurel & Hardy) 06/16/1896 Jean Peugeot, French auto manufacturer (Peugot)
    06/16/1896 William Fitzgerald Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants) 06/16/1899 Helen Traubel, US, singer (Sieglinde in Walküre, Nightclubs) 06/16/1899 Nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday)
    06/16/1900 Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname (PVDA, 1955-62)
    06/16/1901 Conrad Beck, composer
    06/16/1902 Barbara McClintock, US, cytogeneticist (Jumping Genes, Nobel 1983) 06/16/1902 Kornelis Posthumus, chemist
    06/16/1903 Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer
    06/16/1904 Gerard Holt, architect
    06/16/1907 Jack Albertson, Malden Mass, actor (Thin Man, Chico & the Man) 06/16/1907 John Hadfield, author/publisher
    06/16/1909 Willi Boskovsky, Austria, conductor (new years concert)
    06/16/1910 E G Marshall, Owatonna Minn, actor (Lawrence-Defenders, Caine Mutiny
    06/16/1910 Ilona Massey, Budapest Hungary, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show) 06/16/1910 Lord Richardson, president (General Medical Council)
    06/16/1911 Georg Meistermann, German (glass)painter (Raumplänen)
    06/16/1912 Enoch Powell, England, MP (C)/racist/Greek professor
    06/16/1912 John Peel, MP
    06/16/1914 Stewart Griffith, secretary (MCC)
    06/16/1915 Mariano Rumor, premier Italy
    06/16/1916 Francis Lopez, composer
    06/16/1917 Katharine Graham, newspaper publisher (Wash Post)
    06/16/1919 Lord Aberdare, committee chairman (House of Lords)
    06/16/1920 John Howard Griffin, US, photographer/author (Black Like Me) 06/16/1921 Lord Perry of Walton, SDP/vice chancellor (Open University England) 06/16/1923 Ake Hermanson, composer
    06/16/1923 Henryk Czyz, composer
    06/16/1925 Faith Domergue, New Orleans, actress (House of 7 Corpses) 06/16/1927 Robert Matthews, master (Clare College Cambridge England) 06/16/1927 Tom Graveny, cricketer
    06/16/1928 Harold Hanham, vice chancellor (Lancaster University)
    06/16/1928 Sergiu Comissiona, Buch Romania, conductor (Haifa Symph 1959-64) 06/16/1929 James Kirtland Randall, composer
    06/16/1930 David Konstant, bishop of Leeds
    06/16/1931 Ivo Petric, composer
    06/16/1931 Robert F [Bob] Smith, (Rep-R-OR, 1983- )
    06/16/1932 Ralph Robins, CEO (Rolls-Royce)
    06/16/1934 Eileen Atkins, actress (Equus, Devil Within Her)
    06/16/1934 Lord Patrick Beresforord, blood-stock agent
    06/16/1934 Lucia Dlugoszewski, composer
    06/16/1935 Jim Dine, Cincinnati Oh, pop artist (St John the Divine)
    06/16/1936 August Willemsen, poet/interpreter
    06/16/1936 Fred Oster, TV host
    06/16/1937 August Busch III, CEO (Anheuser-Busch)
    06/16/1937 Erich Segal, author (Love Story, Oliver's Story)
    06/16/1938 James Bolam, actor (Crucible of Terror)
    06/16/1938 Joyce Carol Oates, US, novelist (Garden of Earthly Delights) (1946) 06/16/1938 Mickie Finn, Hugo Okla, TV hostess/banjo player (Mickie Finn's) 06/16/1940 Billy 'Crash' Craddock, Greensboro NC, singer
    06/16/1940 Hans Dorrestÿn, cabaret performer
    06/16/1941 Lamont Dozier, Detroit, songwriter (Dozier-Holland-Dozier) 06/16/1942 Eddie Levert, US singer (O'Jays-For the Love of Money)
    06/16/1942 Giacomo Agostini, Lovere, Italy, world motorcycle race champion 06/16/1943 Joan Van Ark, NYC, actress (Valene-Dallas/Knots Landing)
    06/16/1944 Takamiyama [Jesse Kuhaulua], Hawaii, 1st non-Japanese sumo champion 06/16/1946 Lord Astor, of Hever
    06/16/1946 Neil MacGregor, director (British National Gallery)
    06/16/1948 Brian Eno, rocker (Here Comes the Warm Jets)
    06/16/1949 Kale Browne, San Rafael Calif, actor (Michael Hudson-Another World) 06/16/1950 James Smith, US, singer (Stylistics-Can't Give you Anything) 06/16/1950 Jesse Dizon, Oceanside Calif, actor (Ramon-Operation Petticoat) 06/16/1951 Roberto Duran, boxer (fists of stone, no màs)
    06/16/1951 Sonia Braga, Maringa Brazil, actress (Dona Flor & Her 2 Husbands) 06/16/1952 Aleksandr Zaitsev, USSR, pairs figure skating (Olympic-gold-1976, 80
    06/16/1952 Gino Vanelli, Canada, singer (Living Inside Myself)
    06/16/1953 Ian Mosley, Paddington London, drums, (Marillion-Clutching at Straws
    06/16/1955 Ian Buchanan, actor (General Hospital, Gary Shandling Show) 06/16/1955 Laurie Metcalf, actress (Roseanne)
    06/16/1957 Adri van Tiggelen, soccer star (Sparta/PSV)
    06/16/1968 Patrick Stuart, Hollywood Cal, actor (Will Cortlandt-All My Children


    Deaths:

    06/16/ 956 Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies
    06/16/1216 Innocent III, pope, dies at 54
    06/16/1246 Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 06/16/1361 John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 06/16/1575 Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 6
    06/16/1620 Carlo Saraceni, [Carlo Veniziano], Italian painter (Judith), dies 06/16/1644 Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 5
    06/16/1651 Marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74
    06/16/1671 Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured, executed in Moscow 06/16/1686 -BC- Hammurabi the Great, dies in Babylon
    06/16/1722 John Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 7
    06/16/1752 Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88 06/16/1793 Louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies
    06/16/1804 Johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75
    06/16/1808 Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60
    06/16/1812 Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23 06/16/1815 Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15), dies in battle 06/16/1831 Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer, dies at 64
    06/16/1837 Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72
    06/16/1892 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80
    06/16/1901 Hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies
    06/16/1910 Wendelin Weissheimer, composer, dies at 72
    06/16/1932 Frederik W Van Oaths, psychiatrist/writer (Blades of Grass), dies 06/16/1940 Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies 06/16/1940 Vitezslava Kapralova, composer, dies at 25
    06/16/1941 Lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies
    06/16/1946 Miloje Milojevic, composer, dies at 61
    06/16/1958 Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45
    06/16/1959 George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone With the Wind), shoots himself 06/16/1962 Hans Rudolf Krik, Danish writer/critic (Vredens Søn), dies at 64 06/16/1969 Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at
    06/16/1969 John BMR 'John' Hanlo, poet (Oote oote boe), dies at 57
    06/16/1969 John Scott, rocker with the Pretenders, dies at 25
    06/16/1969 Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, composer, dies at 53
    06/16/1970 Heino Eller, composer, dies at 83
    06/16/1975 Don Robey, US gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71
    06/16/1976 Francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed 06/16/1977 Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking 06/16/1979 Ben Weber, composer, dies at 62
    06/16/1981 Humphrey Keervelt, director (Suriname Planning Bureau), murdered 06/16/1981 John S Knight, US newspaper magnate, dies at 86
    06/16/1982 John Honeyman-Scott, guitarist (Pretenders), overdoses on drugs 06/16/1987 Henk H Badings, mine engineer/composer (Orestes, Kaïn), dies at 80 06/16/1990 Eva Turner, British soprano, dies
    06/16/1990 Megan Leigh, XXX actress (Deep Throat III), commits suicide 06/16/1991 Vicky Brown, US singer (Power of Love), dies
    06/16/1992 Joris Diels, Flemish/Dutch director/actor (It's a Cruel World), dies
    06/16/1993 John B Connally, gov of Texas/shot with JFK in 1963, dies at 76


    Significant Events:

    06/16/ 632 Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era
    06/16/1338 German monarch declares pope & king's decree redundant
    06/16/1567 Mary Queen of Scots thrown into Lochleven Castle prison
    06/16/1671 Cossack rebel leader Stenka Razin tortured, executed in Moscow 06/16/1673 Peace of Vossem: Fren King Louis XIV & Frederik Willem of Brandenbur
    06/16/1755 British capture Fort Beauséjour, expel Acadians
    06/16/1779 Vice-adm Hardy sails out of Isle of Wright against Spanish Armada 06/16/1784 Holland forbids orange clothes
    06/16/1815 Battle at Ligny: French army under Napoleon beats Prussia 06/16/1815 Battle at Quatre-Bras: allies strike French
    06/16/1822 Denamrk Vessy leads slave rebellion in South Carolina
    06/16/1823 King Willem I opens shipyard at Rotterdam-Antwerp
    06/16/1832 Battle of Kellogg's Grove, Ill
    06/16/1842 Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die
    06/16/1858 Abraham Lincoln says 'A house divided against itself cannot stand' 06/16/1861 Battle of Vienna, VA & Secessionville, SC (James Island)
    06/16/1864 Battle of Lynchburg VA
    06/16/1864 Siege of Petersburg & Richmond begins
    06/16/1864 Skirmish at Golgotha Georgia
    06/16/1871 Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of Mystic Shrine founded, NYC 06/16/1873 Pres Grant decrees Wallowa Valley for Nez-Percé indians
    06/16/1879 Gilbert & Sullivan's 'HMS Pinafore' debuts at Bowery Theatre NYC 06/16/1882 17' hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa
    06/16/1883 1st baseball 'Ladies' Day' (NY Gothams beat Cleve Spiders 5-2) 06/16/1884 1st roller coaster used (Coney Island NY)
    06/16/1896 Temperture hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif
    06/16/1898 China's emperor De Sang (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei
    06/16/1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox 06/16/1903 Ford Motors incorporates
    06/16/1904 Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses)
    06/16/1909 1st US airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5,000 06/16/1913 South-African parliament forbids blacks owning land
    06/16/1916 Boston Brave's Tom Hughes 2nd no-hitter beats Pitts, 2-0
    06/16/1917 1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia
    06/16/1922 Henry Berliner demonstrates his helicopter to US Bureau of Aeronauti
    06/16/1923 Sun Yat Sen founds military academy
    06/16/1927 Tommy Armour wins US Open golf tournament
    06/16/1931 Austrian govt of Ender falls
    06/16/1932 Germany forbids SA/SS-gang fights
    06/16/1932 Pres Hoover & VP Charles Curtis renominated by Rep Convention 06/16/1933 National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law (later struck down) 06/16/1933 US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created
    06/16/1936 Dutch queen Wilhelmina opens the Waal bridge
    06/16/1936 Pope Pius XI receives Anton Mussert (Dutch Nazi collaborator) 06/16/1937 Marx Brothers' 'A Day At The Races' opens in LA
    06/16/1938 St Louis Browns walk Boston Red Sox Jimmy Foxx 6 times in a row 06/16/1940 Commuinist govt installed in Lithuania
    06/16/1940 General De Gaulle arrives in Bordeaux
    06/16/1941 1st US federally owned airport opened Wash DC
    06/16/1943 Race riot in Beaumont Texas (2 die)
    06/16/1944 Iceland adopts constitution
    06/16/1944 US bombs Kyushu, Japan
    06/16/1946 Lloyd Mangrum wins golf's US open after 2 playoffs
    06/16/1947 1st network news-Dumont's 'News from Washington'
    06/16/1947 Pravda denounces Marshall Plan
    06/16/1949 Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa
    06/16/1951 Ben Hogan wins golf's US open for 2nd year in a row
    06/16/1952 Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down 06/16/1954 Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months 06/16/1954 Ngo Dinh Diem elected president of Vietnam
    06/16/1955 Pope Pius XII ex-communicates Argentine Pres Juan Peron
    06/16/1956 Cary Middlecoff wins US Open golf tournament
    06/16/1957 French offensive in Algeria
    06/16/1957 White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 HRs to beat Wash Senators 8-6
    06/16/1958 Govt troops land on North-Celebes Indonesia
    06/16/1960 Pres Eisenhower cancels trip to Japan
    06/16/1961 Dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host
    06/16/1961 Discoverer 25 launched
    06/16/1961 Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris 06/16/1962 2 US army officers killed in Saigon
    06/16/1962 Caspar Weinberger (Sec of Def 1981-87), indicted on Iran-contra char
    06/16/1963 Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM
    06/16/1963 Valentina Tereshkova (USSR) is 1st woman in space, aboard Vostok 6 06/16/1964 Amnesty granted to 3,000 political prisoners
    06/16/1964 Quake strikes Niigata Japan
    06/16/1967 50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival
    06/16/1968 Lee Trevino is 1st to play all 4 rounds of golf's US open under par 06/16/1969 Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House 06/16/1970 Kenneth A Gibson elected 1st black mayor of Newark, NJ
    06/16/1970 Race riots in Miami Florida
    06/16/1971 Racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida
    06/16/1973 Leonid I Brezhnev visit US
    06/16/1975 Bucks trade Kareem Abdul-Jabber & Walt Wesley to LA for 4 players 06/16/1975 Hale Irwin wins US Open golf tournament
    06/16/1975 Italy's Communist party PCI, wins
    06/16/1975 Randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD 06/16/1976 Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa (Soweto Day) 06/16/1977 'Beatlemania' opens on Broadway
    06/16/1977 Fianna Fail-party wins Irish elections
    06/16/1977 Leonid Brezhnev named president of USSR
    06/16/1977 Ron Guidry's 1st complete game, 7-0 over KC Royals
    06/16/1978 Cin Red Tom Seaver no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0
    06/16/1978 Ringo releases 'Bad Boy' album; Wings releases 'I've Had Enough' 06/16/1979 Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit
    06/16/1979 H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2275
    06/16/1979 Muslim Brotherhood kills 62 shiks in Aleppo Syria
    06/16/1982 Britain requests Argentina arrange for return of prisoners 06/16/1983 Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr 'nonstop' cycling in Leiria Portugal
    06/16/1983 European Space Agency launches European Comm Satellite 1, Oscar 10 06/16/1983 Pope John Paul II visits Poland
    06/16/1983 Ringo releases 'Old Wave' album in West Germany
    06/16/1983 USSR party leader Yuri Andropov elected president
    06/16/1984 Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race 06/16/1984 Matt de Waal finishes 14,290-mi round trip from Salt Lake City (106d
    06/16/1985 Andy North wins US Open golf tournament
    06/16/1985 T C Chen, ahead by 4 strokes in final round of US Open
    06/16/1986 1 day general strike in South Africa
    06/16/1987 Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, opens
    06/16/1988 Boston Red Sox Barrett steals home
    06/16/1989 'Ghostbusters II' premieres
    06/16/1989 Funeral for Imre Nagg, leader of Hungarian uprising in 1956 06/16/1990 Nelson & Winnie Mandela visit Leidseplein, Amsterdam
    06/16/1991 Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russian SSR
    06/16/1991 Minnesota Twins win a team record 15 games in a row
    06/16/1991 NYC Mayor Dinkins declares 'Joseph Doherty Week' (through 23rd) 06/16/1991 Otis Nixon steals NL record 6 bases in 1 day
    06/16/1991 With 3 runs in 9th, Balt ends Twins 15 game win streak 6-5 06/16/1992 Colo Rockies 1st minor league team's (Bend Oregon in Class A) game 06/16/1992 Great Brit postage stamp 350 year battle near Edgehill
    06/16/1992 Jeff King is 5th to be thrown out twice trying to steal in an inning
    06/16/1992 Red Sox Mark Reardon sets record of 342 saves (vs Yanks 1-0)

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/17/1239 Edward I, King of England (1272-1307)
    06/17/1604 Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House)
    06/17/1682 Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718)
    06/17/1703 John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists)
    06/17/1714 Cesar F Cassini, 'the Thury', French astronomer (geodesic labor) 06/17/1725 Joseph Anton Bauer, composer
    06/17/1742 William Hooper, signer (Decl of Ind)
    06/17/1750 Michel Woldemar, composer
    06/17/1756 Pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public 06/17/1811 Jon Sigurdsson, Iceland, leader/collects Icelandic legends 06/17/1817 Ivan K Aïvazovski, Russan painter (Harbor Scenes)
    06/17/1817 Thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 190
    06/17/1818 Charles Gounod, Paris, France, opera composer (Faust)
    06/17/1818 Sophia Frederika Mathilde, queen of Württemberg
    06/17/1823 John Henry Hobart Ward, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 190
    06/17/1828 Jan K J de Jonge, historian
    06/17/1830 Rochard Montgomery Gano, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 19
    06/17/1832 William Crookes, chemist/physicist; discovered thallium
    06/17/1837 Vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863
    06/17/1838 Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Kapala-Kundala)
    06/17/1838 Chattopadhyaya/Bankim Chandra, Bengalese writer (Monastery of Deligh
    06/17/1845 Hendrik P Staal
    06/17/1855 Fritz Steinbach, composer
    06/17/1858 Eben Sumner Draper, (Gov-MA)
    06/17/1861 Sidney James Jones, composer
    06/17/1867 John Robert Gregg, Ireland, inventor (shorthand)
    06/17/1870 George Cormack, created 'Wheaties' cereal
    06/17/1871 James Weldon Johnson, lawyer (1st black admitted to Florida Bar) 06/17/1871 Nicolae Iorga, writer/poet/literature historian/pres of Romania 06/17/1875 Philipp A Kohnstamm, philosopher/theorist (Mensch & World) 06/17/1878 Albert Thomas, French socialist politician
    06/17/1882 Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [NS
    06/17/1883 Alexandre Cellier, composer
    06/17/1888 Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer
    06/17/1895 Louise Fazenda, US, actress/comédienne (Almost an actress) 06/17/1895 Slavko Osterc, composer
    06/17/1898 Maurits C Escher, graphic artist
    06/17/1900 Hermann Reuter, composer
    06/17/1900 Martin Bormann, propoganda minister of Hitler
    06/17/1904 Coenrad van Emde Boas, sexologist
    06/17/1904 Ralph Bellamy, Chicago, actor (Air Mail, Dive Bomber, Trading Places
    06/17/1908 John Verrall, composer
    06/17/1910 Herbert Owen Reed, composer
    06/17/1910 Red Foley, Blue Lick Ky, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington
    06/17/1912 Don Gillis, Cameron Missouri, composer (Symphony #5½)
    06/17/1914 John R Hersey, author (Hiroshima, Bell for Adano, Wall)
    06/17/1915 Stringbean, [David Akeman], Ky, banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw) 06/17/1916 Einar Englund, composer
    06/17/1918 Maldwyn Thomas, president (Welsh Liberal Party)
    06/17/1919 Antonius C 'Ton' Lutz, Dutch actor/director (Lucifer)
    06/17/1919 Galina Ivanova Ustvol'skaya, composer
    06/17/1919 Kingman Brewster, college president (Yale)
    06/17/1919 Max Dendermonde, [Henk Hazelhoff], literary
    06/17/1920 Beryl Reid, actress (Joseph Andrews, Psychomania, Yellowbeard) 06/17/1920 François Jacob, France, biologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1965) 06/17/1920 Patrick Duffy, MP
    06/17/1922 Herbert Kelsey Jones, composer
    06/17/1922 Jerry Fielding, Pitts Pa, orch leader (Lively Ones)
    06/17/1922 Paul Schallück, German writer (Don Quixote in Cologne)
    06/17/1923 Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch, AAFC, NFL halfback, end (LA Rams) 06/17/1924 Henk J Hoekstra, president (CPN)
    06/17/1925 Keith Larsen, Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Hunter, Brave Eagle) 06/17/1926 Alan Walters, political economist
    06/17/1926 Manuel Enriquez, composer
    06/17/1927 Austin J Murphy, (Rep-D-PA, 1977- )
    06/17/1928 James Brown, soul singer (Hot Pants)
    06/17/1929 Michael L Strang, (Rep-R-CO, 1985- )
    06/17/1929 Tigran Petrosyan, USSR, world chess champion (1963-69)
    06/17/1930 Brian Statham, cricketer
    06/17/1930 James Gathers, Sumter SC, 200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1952) 06/17/1930 Romuald Twardowski, composer
    06/17/1931 Virginia McKenna, London, actress (Born Free, Gathering Storm) 06/17/1932 Derek Ibbotson, athlete
    06/17/1932 John P Murtha, (Rep-D-PA, 1974- )
    06/17/1933 Christian Ferras, French violinist/conductor
    06/17/1939 Donald Anderson, Labour MP
    06/17/1940 Bobby Bell, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
    06/17/1940 Tony Marlow, conservative MP
    06/17/1942 Norman Kuhlice, England, rocker (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good)
    06/17/1943 Christopher Brown, composer
    06/17/1943 Newton L Gingrich, (Rep-R-Georgia, 1979- )
    06/17/1945 Eddy Merckx, Belgium, cyclist (5 time winner of Tour de France) 06/17/1945 Ken Livingstone, Labour MP
    06/17/1945 Tony Roche, tennis coach
    06/17/1946 Barry Manilow, NYC, singer/pianist (Mandy, I Write the Songs) 06/17/1946 Marcy Kaptur, (Rep-D-HA, 1983- )
    06/17/1948 David Concepcion, Venezuela, all star shortstop (Cincinnati Reds) 06/17/1948 Rubén Blades, Panama, singer/actor (Fatal Beauty, Critical Condition
    06/17/1951 Joe Piscopo, Passaic NJ, comedian (SNL, Miller Lite commercials) 06/17/1954 Mark Linn-Baker, St Louis, actor (Larry Appleton-Perfect Strangers) 06/17/1956 Nicholas Cook, cricketer
    06/17/1957 Philip Chevron, English pop musician (Pogues-Peace & Love) 06/17/1958 Dan McVicar, Independence Mo, actor (Clarke-Bold & Beautiful) 06/17/1964 Christy Cannon, XXX actress (Christy in the Wild)
    06/17/1964 Michael Gross, West Germany, swimmer (Olympic-2 world records-1984) 06/17/1964 Steve Rhodes, cricketer
    06/17/1965 Kami Cotler, Long Beach Calif, actress (Elizabeth-Waltons) 06/17/1969 Kevin Thornton, Amarillo, vocalist (Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up
    06/17/1975 Frederick Koehler, Queens NY, actor (Chip-Kate & Allie)
    06/17/1977 Bernardo Federico Tomas, Prince of Netherlands
    06/17/1977 Jason Miller, Silver Springs Md, actor (New Mickey Mouse Club)


    Deaths:

    06/17/ 656 Osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered
    06/17/ 676 Adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies
    06/17/ 855 Leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies
    06/17/1091 Dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies
    06/17/1119 Boudewÿn VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies 06/17/1501 Jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies
    06/17/1672 Orazio Benevoli, composer, dies at 67
    06/17/1678 Giacomo Torelli, composer, dies at 69
    06/17/1696 Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96), dies at 72
    06/17/1696 Johannes II Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96), dies
    06/17/1719 Joseph Addison, English poet/writer/secretary of state, dies at 47 06/17/1797 Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed 06/17/1815 Hammida, Algerian admiral, dies in battle
    06/17/1863 Isham W Garrott, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies in battl
    06/17/1885 Gen Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies 06/17/1905 Máximo Gómez, Cuban general, dies at 68
    06/17/1906 Harry N Pillsbury, US chess player, dies
    06/17/1906 William Dale, international legal consultant, dies
    06/17/1910 Lady Mosley, biographer, dies
    06/17/1918 Derek Barber, CEO (Countryside Commission), dies
    06/17/1928 Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (Virulo, mocedades), dies
    06/17/1936 Kenneth Loach, TV director (Singing the Blues in Red), dies 06/17/1938 Peter Michael, CEO (Cray Electronics), dies
    06/17/1939 Eugene Weldman, last guillotined in France
    06/17/1941 Johan Wagenaar, composer/conductor (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 78 06/17/1951 Carl Vogler, composer, dies at 77
    06/17/1952 Alberto Williams, composer, dies at 89
    06/17/1953 Walter Niemann, composer, dies at 76
    06/17/1959 Abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68
    06/17/1961 Jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], actor (Away all boats), dies at 40 06/17/1963 Alain FB Alanbrooke, 1st viscount of Brookeborough, dies at 79 06/17/1963 John Whiting, British dramatist/actor (Devils), dies
    06/17/1965 Arnold Meÿer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies
    06/17/1973 Luis Van Rooten, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 66
    06/17/1974 Pamela Britton, actress (Blondie, My Favorite Martian), dies at 50 06/17/1978 Cully Richards, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at 68 06/17/1979 Lou Frizzel, actor (Dusty Rhoades-Bonanza), dies at 58
    06/17/1983 Peter Mennin, composer, dies at 60
    06/17/1984 Chet Allen, actor (Jerry-Bonino, Slats-Troubleshooter), dies at 51 06/17/1984 Swale, Kentucky Derby winner, collapses & dies
    06/17/1985 Piet de Somer, Belgian rector of University of Leuven, dies at 67 06/17/1986 Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 75
    06/17/1986 Kate Smith, singer (God Bless America), dies in Raleigh NC at 78 06/17/1987 Dick Howser, NY Yankee & KC Royal mgr, dies at 51 of brain cancer 06/17/1989 David S Griggs, astronaut, dies in crash of WW II vintage plane 06/17/1989 John Matusek, Oakland Raider/actor, dies at 38 of a heart attack 06/17/1990 Dick Elffers, graphic artist, dies
    06/17/1990 Palmira Henry, fashion designer, dies at 44 of cerebral hemorrhage 06/17/1992 Dewey Balfa, bayou fiddler, dies at 65
    06/17/1992 Frederick Exley, novelist (Fan's Note), dies at 63
    06/17/1993 Angus Suttie, English potter, dies of AIDS at 46
    06/17/1993 French of Nouhuys, civil servant in Indonesia, dies at 88


    Significant Events:

    06/17/ 2 -BC- Venus-Jupiter conjunction, 'star of Bethlehem?'
    06/17/ 653 St Martin I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    06/17/ 656 Ali ibn Abu Talib chosen kalief of Islam
    06/17/ 676 Deusdedit III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    06/17/1091 Floris II de Vette becomes earl of Holland
    06/17/1119 Charles the Good becomes earl of Flanders
    06/17/1291 Akko reconquered after 200 years by French crusaders, & destroyed 06/17/1397 Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden & Norway 06/17/1579 Sir Francis Drake lands on coast of Calif
    06/17/1580 Battle at Hardenberg: Spanish troops beat rebels
    06/17/1583 Brabant: duke of Parma beats French mercenaries
    06/17/1700 Mass orders priest to leave the colony
    06/17/1745 American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French 06/17/1775 Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill)
    06/17/1789 3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly
    06/17/1815 Stephen Decatur conquerors Algerian frigate Mashouda
    06/17/1837 Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent
    06/17/1850 Paddle-wheeler 'G P Griffith' burns off Mentor Ohio (206 die) 06/17/1855 Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed
    06/17/1856 Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia 06/17/1861 Battle of Boonville, MI-Brig General Lyon defeats Conmfederate force
    06/17/1863 Battle at Middleburg Virginia
    06/17/1863 Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back Union in Virginia 06/17/1863 Naval Engagement at Warsaw Sound GA-USS Weehawken vs CSS Atlanta 06/17/1863 Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered (1st accident insurer) 06/17/1864 -18] Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia 06/17/1864 General John B Hood replaces General Johnston
    06/17/1864 Skirmish at Mud Creek/Noyes's (Nose) Creek, Georgia
    06/17/1876 1st to hit 2 HRs; & score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall, A's)
    06/17/1876 Battle of Rosebud/Battle Where Girl Saved Her Brother
    06/17/1880 John Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo
    06/17/1882 Tornado kills 130 in Iowa
    06/17/1885 Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC aboard French ship `Isere' 06/17/1894 1st US poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont 06/17/1897 William Frank Powell, NJ educator, named minister to Haiti 06/17/1898 US Senate agrees to annex Hawaii
    06/17/1909 A Kopff discovers asteroid #682 Hagar
    06/17/1911 Belgium govt of De Broqueville forms
    06/17/1915 League to Enforce Peace forms in Philadelphia
    06/17/1916 1st national congress of Sarekat Islam at Bandoeng Java
    06/17/1916 US troops under Gen Pershing march into Mexico
    06/17/1917 British king George V takes the name Windsor
    06/17/1919 'Barney Google' cartoon strip, by Billy De Beck, premieres 06/17/1920 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Anti-revolution law
    06/17/1930 Chuck Klein sets Phillies hitting streak at 26 straight games 06/17/1932 Oil tanker Cymbeline explodes in Montreal, Canada
    06/17/1933 Kansas City Massacre: 1 FBI agent, 4 cops & 1 gangster killed by mob
    06/17/1937 Marx Brothers' 'A Day At The Races' opens in NY
    06/17/1938 Japan declares war on China
    06/17/1940 France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II
    06/17/1940 General De Gaulle departs Bordeaux for London
    06/17/1940 Germany occupiers ration bread in Holland
    06/17/1942 1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast) 06/17/1944 -19] French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba
    06/17/1944 Col Blake, poet [Mr of Heaven Good Heart] arrive in London 06/17/1944 Iceland declares independence from Denmark at Thingvallir, Iceland 06/17/1944 Resistance fighter Col Blake reachs London
    06/17/1945 Day of Unity in West Germany (National Day)
    06/17/1946 SW Bell innaugurates mobile telephone commercial service, St Louis 06/17/1947 1st round-the-world civil air service leaves NYC
    06/17/1947 Earnest Reuter becomes mayor of Berlin
    06/17/1948 Joe Cronin pinch hit HRs in both ends of a doubleheader
    06/17/1950 1st kidney transplant (Chicago)
    06/17/1950 Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia & Syria sign security pact
    06/17/1952 2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium
    06/17/1953 Riots in East Germany for reunification
    06/17/1954 CIA exile army lands in Guatemala (JF Dulles & United Fruit Co) 06/17/1954 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in NYC
    06/17/1954 Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends
    06/17/1957 Tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores)
    06/17/1958 Radio Moscow reports execution of Hungarian ex-premier Imre Nagy 06/17/1959 Eamon de Valera elected pres of Ireland
    06/17/1960 Ted Williams hit his 500th HR
    06/17/1961 Gene Littler wins US Open golf tournament
    06/17/1961 Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev defects to west in Frankfurt 06/17/1962 Brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago 06/17/1962 Jack Nicklaus wins US Open golf tournament
    06/17/1963 British House of Commons debates Profumo-Christine Keeler affair 06/17/1963 Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools 06/17/1965 11.08' (28.14 cm) of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record
    06/17/1965 1st bombing by B-52 (50 km north of Saigon)
    06/17/1965 Kinks arrive in NYC beginning their 1st US tour
    06/17/1967 1st Chinese hydrogen bomb explodes
    06/17/1967 Barbra Striesand: A Happening in Central Park performed
    06/17/1967 China becomes world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power
    06/17/1968 Belgium govt of Eyskens-Merlot forms
    06/17/1968 KQEC TV channel 32 in San Francisco, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting 06/17/1971 C U Cesco discovers asteroid #2399 Terradas
    06/17/1972 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate 06/17/1972 Chile president Allende forms new government
    06/17/1972 Looking Glass releases 'Brandy'
    06/17/1973 Johnny Miller wins US Open golf tournament
    06/17/1973 Russian party leader Brezjnev visits US
    06/17/1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroids #2997 & #3083 06/17/1975 Voters in Northern Mariana Is approve commonwealth status with US 06/17/1976 ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets & Spurs) merges into NBA
    06/17/1976 Indonesia annexes Portuguese East-Timor
    06/17/1978 Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike-outs
    06/17/1979 Hale Irwin wins again US Open golf tournament
    06/17/1980 C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2586 Matson
    06/17/1981 Battle between muslims & christians in Cairo, 14 killed
    06/17/1982 Pres Reagan 1st UN Gen Assembly address ('evil empire' speech) 06/17/1982 President Galtieri resigns after leading Argentina to defeat 06/17/1984 John Turner succeeds Pierre Trudeau as premier of Canada
    06/17/1985 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 launched
    06/17/1986 Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns Antonin Scalia nominated 06/17/1988 Bruce Springsteen separates from Juliette Phillips
    06/17/1988 Givens' Family reports Mike Tyson beats his wife Robin Givens 06/17/1988 Microsoft releases MS DOS 4.0
    06/17/1988 Women sentenced to 90 years in 1st product tampering murder case 06/17/1989 US beats Guatemala 2-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup 06/17/1991 Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78
    06/17/1991 Pres Zachary Taylors body is exhumed to test how he died
    06/17/1992 Conn Gov Lowell Weicker & WFAN DJ Don Imus change places for 1 day 06/17/1992 Phila 76ers trade Charles Barkley to Phoenix Suns
    06/17/1992 Slaughtering by Inkhata-followers at Boipatong, S Africa, kills 42 06/17/1994 1994 World Cup soccer match begin, Germany vs Bolivia in Chicago 06/17/1994 OJ Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, LA cops chase

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Fri Jun 18 00:30:14 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/18/1581 Thomas Overbury, poet (baptised)
    06/18/1667 Louise Henriëtte, daughter of Frederik Hendrik
    06/18/1681 Feofan Prokopovich, theologian, archbishop of Novgorod, westernizer 06/18/1716 Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter
    06/18/1723 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer
    06/18/1740 Karel van Poucke, Flemish sculptor
    06/18/1744 Augustin Holler, composer
    06/18/1757 Ignace Joseph Pleyel, composer
    06/18/1758 Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch jurist/patriot
    06/18/1780 Michael Henkel, composer
    06/18/1799 Prosper Ménière, French ear doctor (Ménière Syndrome)
    06/18/1799 William Lassell, discoverer (satellites of Uranus & Neptune) 06/18/1809 Sylvanus William Godon, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1879 06/18/1812 Ivan Goncharov, Russia, novelist/travel writer (Oblomov)
    06/18/1818 Charles Francois Gounod, composer
    06/18/1820 Martin Andreas Udbye, composer
    06/18/1822 Henry David Leslie, composer
    06/18/1824 Johannes Heykamp, Catholic archbishop of Utrecht
    06/18/1839 William Henry Seward Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 19
    06/18/1850 Richard Heuberger, composer
    06/18/1854 Edward Wyllis Scripps, publisher/journalist
    06/18/1857 Henry Clay Folger Jr, US, businessman/Shakespeare fan
    06/18/1858 Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist
    06/18/1860 Hugo Loudon, President of Koninklÿke Oil Commission
    06/18/1861 José FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os Meus Amores)
    06/18/1868 Miklós Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian kingdom regent (1920-44) 06/18/1877 James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator 'I want you' recruiting poster 06/18/1881 Eduard C 'Edo' Fimmen, worker's union leader
    06/18/1882 Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49) [or 6/28]
    06/18/1884 Edouard Daladier, premier France (1933..40)
    06/18/1886 George Mallory, England, mountain climber ('because it is there') 06/18/1889 Paul Joostens, Flemish painter
    06/18/1891 Hans Ruin, Swedish/Finnish literature historian
    06/18/1892 Edward Steuermann, composer
    06/18/1896 Blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscienc
    06/18/1896 Philip Barry, US, dramatist (Philadelphia Story)
    06/18/1901 Jeanette MacDonald, actress/singer (When I'm Calling You) 06/18/1901 Jimmy Dale, Bronx NYC, orch leader (Sonny & Cher)
    06/18/1901 Llewellyn Rees, British theater actor (Invisible Creature) 06/18/1903 Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Le diable ouch corps) 06/18/1904 Keye Luke, Canton China, actor (Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident
    06/18/1904 Manuel Rosenthal, Paris France, composer (Bootleggers)
    06/18/1905 Eduard Tubin, composer
    06/18/1906 Kay Kyser, Rocky Mount NC, orch leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege) 06/18/1907 Benny Payne, Phila, pianist (Billy Daniels Show)
    06/18/1907 Froelich Rainey, Wisc, quiz moderator (What in the World) 06/18/1908 Bud Collyer, NYC, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth) 06/18/1908 Maria E Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Infinite Passage) 06/18/1910 Avon Long, Balt Md, actor (Roots: Next Generation)
    06/18/1910 Dick Foran, Flemington NJ, actor (OK Crackerby)
    06/18/1910 Ray McKinley, Ft Worth Tx, orch leader (Glenn Miller Time) 06/18/1912 Henry Brandon, Berlin Germany, actor (Drums of Fu Manchu) 06/18/1913 Sammy Cahn, lyricist (3 Coins in a Fountain)
    06/18/1913 Sylvia Porter, financial writer (Sylvia Porter's Money Book) 06/18/1915 Victor Legley, composer
    06/18/1916 John Young, actor/TV panalist (Masquerade Party)
    06/18/1917 Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev, composer
    06/18/1917 Richard Boone, LA Calif, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel) 06/18/1918 Bob Carroll, singer/actor (Stage Two Revue, Stranger)
    06/18/1919 Mel Brandt, Bkln NY, actor (Faraway Hill)
    06/18/1919 Ted Leadbitter, British MP (Lab)
    06/18/1920 Aster Berkhof, [Louis Van de Bergh], Flemish writer (Furious Christ)
    06/18/1920 Ian Carmichael, English actor (Lucky Jim, I'm Alright Jack) 06/18/1922 Donald L Keene, NYC, Japanese translator/critic
    06/18/1923 Herman Krebbers, violist/concert master
    06/18/1924 Liesbeth den Uyl-van Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop den Uyl 06/18/1925 Robert Arthur, Aberdeen Wash, actor (12 O'Clock High, Just For You) 06/18/1926 Patricia Hutchinson, British ambassador (Uruguay)
    06/18/1926 Tom Wicker, columnist (NY Times)
    06/18/1927 Dennis Landau, CEO (Cooperative Wholesale Society)
    06/18/1927 Paul Eddington, actor (Devil Rides Out, Devil's Bride)
    06/18/1927 Simeon Pironkov, composer
    06/18/1928 Michael Blakemore, British theater director
    06/18/1929 Eva Bartok, Budapest Hungary, actress (Assassin, Crimson Pirate) 06/18/1929 James Bishop, editor (London News Publications)
    06/18/1929 Jürgen Habermans, German sociologist (Frankfurter Schule) 06/18/1930 Peter Phillips, CEO (AB Electronics)
    06/18/1931 Della Smith, cookbook writer/British broadcaster
    06/18/1931 Peter Batty, TV/movie producer
    06/18/1933 Jean Wicki, Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1972) 06/18/1933 Tommy Hunt, US singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye) 06/18/1934 Brian Kenny, deputy supreme allied commander of Europe
    06/18/1934 Carl de Winter, sect-gen (Federation of British Artists)
    06/18/1936 R Ronald Venetian, [Vene], president Suriname (1991- )
    06/18/1937 Gail Godwin, US, author (Perfectionists, Odd Woman)
    06/18/1937 John D [Jay] Rockefeller IV, (Sen-D-WV, 1985- )
    06/18/1937 Vitaly M Zhobolov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 21)
    06/18/1938 Joop M Worrell, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
    06/18/1939 Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader (St Louis Cards) 06/18/1939 Lynn Whiting, horse trainer
    06/18/1940 Bob Duncan, governor of Gartree Prison in UK
    06/18/1942 Hans Vonk, conductor
    06/18/1942 Paul McCartney, Liverpool, rocker, (Beatles), writes silly love song
    06/18/1942 Rogert Ebert, Urbana Ill, film critic (Siskel & Ebert at the Movies)
    06/18/1942 Thabo M Mbeki, South African economist/1st vice-president (1994- ) 06/18/1944 Paul Lansky, composer
    06/18/1947 Douglas Young, composer
    06/18/1947 Linda Thorson, Toronto, actress (Tara-Avengers, Julia-1 Life to Live
    06/18/1949 Jerry Hollendorfer, horse trainer
    06/18/1950 Annelie Ehrhardt, German DR, 100m hurdler (Olympics-gold-1972) 06/18/1951 Henny Huisman, TV host
    06/18/1952 Barry Champagne, Louisiana, stunt coorindator (Licence to Kill) 06/18/1952 Carol Kane, Cleveland Ohio, actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Simka-Taxi) 06/18/1952 Isabella Rossellini, actress (Blue Velvet, Tough Guys Don't Dance) 06/18/1953 Jerome Smith, US guitarist (KC & the Sunshine Band-Boogie Shoes) 06/18/1957 Andrea Evans, actress (Young & Restless, Tina-One Life to Live) 06/18/1958 Daniels Koran, saxophonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) 06/18/1961 Alison Moyet, rock vocalist (Yaz, Alf)
    06/18/1962 Jan[ice] Merrill, track star (US record long distance holder 1979) 06/18/1963 Bruce Smith, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
    06/18/1963 Darren 'Dizzy' Reed, US musician (Guns n' Roses-Sweet Girl of Mine) 06/18/1963 Omar Londono, jockey
    06/18/1969 Fernando Valenzula, jockey
    06/18/197- Michael Sutton, actor (Stone-General Hospital)
    06/18/1971 Nathan Morris, [Alex Vanderpool], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men) 06/18/1974 Bumper Robinson, actor (Webster, Night Court)


    Deaths:

    06/18/ 741 Leo III de Isaurier, Byzantine Emperor (717-41), dies
    06/18/1291 Alfonso III, King of Aragon (1285-91), dies
    06/18/1464 Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter, dies at 65
    06/18/1580 Juliana van Stolberg, Engraver of Nassau, dies
    06/18/1588 Anna, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna van Saksen, dies at 24 06/18/1629 Piet Heyn, lt-admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies in battle at 51 06/18/1669 Abraham Crÿnssen, Swiss admiral, conquered Suriname, dies 06/18/1686 Johann Quirsfeld, composer, dies at 43
    06/18/1726 Michel-Richard de Lalande, composer, dies at 68
    06/18/1772 Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72 06/18/1799 Johann Andre, composer, dies at 58
    06/18/1817 Joannes Siberg, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies 06/18/1821 Charles Hague, composer, dies at 52
    06/18/1824 Ferdinand III JJ-B, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane, dies at 55
    06/18/1850 Antoni Weinert, composer, dies at 99
    06/18/1853 Branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising), dies 06/18/1859 Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer, dies at 65
    06/18/1866 Jacobus T Abels, painter, dies at 62
    06/18/1876 August Rockel, composer, dies at 61
    06/18/1880 John Sutter, US colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77 06/18/1884 Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Arg writer (Crime of Guerra), dies at 7
    06/18/1886 Joannes A Paredis, Belgian/Neth bishop of Roermond, dies at 90 06/18/1902 Samuel Butler, British writer (Eerewhon), dies
    06/18/1909 Learmont Drysdale, composer, dies at 42
    06/18/1911 Franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer, dies at 76
    06/18/1916 Helmuth J L von Moltke, German chief general of staff, dies at 67 06/18/1921 Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Uruguay writer (Nativa, Lanza y sable), dies 06/18/1921 Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer (Kantkennis), dies at 3
    06/18/1922 John C Kapteyn, astronomer, dies at 71
    06/18/1928 Roald E G Amundsen, Norwegian pole explorer, dies
    06/18/1934 Francisco Lacerda, composer, dies at 65
    06/18/1935 August Reusner, composer, dies at 64
    06/18/1936 Maksim Gorki, [Alexei M Peshkov], Russian writer (Mother), dies 06/18/1937 Gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France (1913..34), dies 06/18/1939 French LM 'Sas' van Aerschot, Flemish actor, dies at 73
    06/18/1942 Arthur Willard Pryor, composer, dies at 71
    06/18/1942 John Kubris, Czech resistance fighter, shot by Heydrich
    06/18/1942 Josef Gabcík, Czech resistance fighter, shot by Heydrich
    06/18/1945 Colonel Roberts, commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle 06/18/1945 Simon B Buckner, US lt-gen/commandant of 10th Army, dies
    06/18/1952 Efim D Bogoljubov, Russian chess player, dies at 63
    06/18/1955 Walter Rein, composer, dies at 61
    06/18/1955 Willy Burkhard, composer, dies at 55
    06/18/1959 Ethel Barrymore, [Blythe], actress (None but the lonely), dies at 79
    06/18/1962 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82 06/18/1964 Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer, dies at 58 06/18/1965 George Melachrino, composer, dies at 56
    06/18/1967 Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-67), dies at 6
    06/18/1973 Fritz Mahler, composer, dies at 71
    06/18/1973 Willem Vogt, radio pioneer/founder AVRO, dies at 84
    06/18/1974 Georgi K Zhukov, Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77 06/18/1975 Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh 06/18/1975 shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king 06/18/1976 Victor Lord, character on One Life to Live, dies
    06/18/1982 Curt Jurgens, actor (Disorder), dies of an acute heart attack at 66 06/18/1982 John Cheever, Pulitzer prize winning author, dies at 70 in Ossining 06/18/1982 Roberto Calvi, director (Banco Ambrosiano), hangs himself 06/18/1991 Joan Caulfield, actress (My Favorite Husband), dies of cancer at 69 06/18/1992 Peter Allen, entertainer (Legs Diamond), dies of aids at 48


    Significant Events:

    06/18/ 860 Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople
    06/18/1155 Pope Adrian IV crowns Frederick I Barbarossa Roman-German Emperor 06/18/1316 Peace of Fexhe: prince-bishop Adolf II of Mark & Luikse towns 06/18/1538 Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V & King French I 06/18/1580 States of Utrecht forbid catholic worship
    06/18/1629 Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs Dunkerk Cape
    06/18/1778 British Redcoats evacuate Phila
    06/18/1779 French fleet occupies St Vincent
    06/18/1812 War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain
    06/18/1815 Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington & Blücher 06/18/1821 Opera 'Der Freischütz' is produced (Berlin)
    06/18/1822 Part of US-Canadian boundary determined
    06/18/1822 Slave revolt leaders Denmark Vesey & Peter Poyas arrested in SC 06/18/1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave South-Africa
    06/18/1839 Dutch prince Willem Alexander PFL weds niece Princess Sophia 06/18/1863 After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg 06/18/1864 At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults
    06/18/1872 Woman's Sufferage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall 06/18/1873 Susan B Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for President 06/18/1878 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #188 Menippe
    06/18/1892 Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
    06/18/1898 Amusement pier opens, Atlantic City, NJ
    06/18/1898 Fred Herd wins US Open golf tournament
    06/18/1900 Empress Douairière orders I-Ho-Chuan (Boxers) to kill all foreigners
    06/18/1900 Gen Luigi Pelloux resigns as premier of Italy
    06/18/1903 1st transcontinental auto trip begins in SF; arrives NY 3-mo later 06/18/1909 Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women 06/18/1910 Alex Smith wins US Open golf tournament
    06/18/1915 Jerome Travers becomes 2nd amateur to win golf's US Open
    06/18/1916 Yanks score in every inning but 8th beat Indians 19-3
    06/18/1924 Pope Pius XI's encyclical Maximam gravissimamque
    06/18/1926 Theodor Lessing laid-off 'because he is a Jew' in Hanover 06/18/1927 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000 m: 5:24,6
    06/18/1934 US Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized
    06/18/1936 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, WI 06/18/1936 Polish parliament gives pres Ignacy Moscicki dictatorial power 06/18/1940 Gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers 06/18/1940 German occupiers slaughter cattle, pigs & chickens
    06/18/1941 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn
    06/18/1941 Turkey signs peace treaty with nazi-Germany
    06/18/1942 Bernard W Robinson, becomes 1st black ensign in US Navy
    06/18/1942 Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m 06/18/1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) Brit radio traitor charged with treason
    06/18/1947 Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0 06/18/1948 American Library Association adopts Library Bill of Rights 06/18/1948 National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time 06/18/1948 Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates 06/18/1948 UN Commission on Human Rights adopts Intl Decl of Human Rights 06/18/1950 Cleve Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2
    06/18/1951 De Gaulle wins French parliamentary election
    06/18/1953 Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president 06/18/1953 USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen 06/18/1954 Pierre Mendès-France forms French government
    06/18/1956 Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal 06/18/1957 John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as PM of Canada
    06/18/1959 1st telecast transmitted from England to US
    06/18/1960 Arnold Palmer wins US Open golf tournament
    06/18/1960 Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball's oldest debuting manager (66) 06/18/1961 CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke
    06/18/1961 KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting 06/18/1963 3,000 blacks boycot Boston public school
    06/18/1964 African Groundnut Council forms in Dakar
    06/18/1967 Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0
    06/18/1967 Jack Nicklaus wins US Open golf tournament
    06/18/1967 Monterey Pop Festival
    06/18/1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale & rental of housing
    06/18/1972 BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118 06/18/1972 Jack Nicklaus wins US Open golf tournament
    06/18/1972 West Germany wins soccer world championship
    06/18/1973 NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants
    06/18/1974 Gaston Thorn forms Luxembourg govt
    06/18/1975 Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers 06/18/1975 NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) premieres on radio 06/18/1976 A Joseph William Turner watercolor auctioned for £340,000 06/18/1976 NBA & ABA agree to merge
    06/18/1977 Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation 06/18/1977 Space Shuttle test model 'Enterprise' carries a crew aloft 06/18/1978 Andy North wins US Open golf tournament
    06/18/1978 Victor de la Torre wins Peru election
    06/18/1979 Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon 06/18/1979 Pres Carter & Leonid I Brezhnev sign SALT 2 treaty
    06/18/1980 'Blues Brothers' with Dan Akwoyd & John Belushi premieres 06/18/1980 C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2891 McGetchin
    06/18/1980 Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa
    06/18/1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2569 Madeline
    06/18/1980 John Belushi's 'Blues Brothers' premieres
    06/18/1980 Mrs Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec 06/18/1981 Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court
    06/18/1982 ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations
    06/18/1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote 06/18/1983 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride 1st US woman 06/18/1983 IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC
    06/18/1984 Fuzzy Zoeller wins US Open golf tournament
    06/18/1984 Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3541
    06/18/1985 Boston Red Sox Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs
    06/18/1986 52 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon
    06/18/1986 Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games
    06/18/1986 plane/ helicopter crash above Grand Canyon, kills 25
    06/18/1987 Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
    06/18/1989 Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion
    06/18/1989 Curtis Strange wins his 2nd US golf open
    06/18/1990 1st ever lose for Cameroon in World Cup, USSR-4 Cameroon-0 06/18/1990 1st sudden death US Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin 06/18/1991 Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, arrives in US
    06/18/1991 Mud storm in Antofagasta Chile, kills 80
    06/18/1991 SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated 06/18/1991 Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays
    06/18/1992 Actor Jameson Parker weds actress Darleen Carr
    06/18/1992 Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft 06/18/1992 Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft 06/18/1993 Expo's Dennis Martinez is 92nd to win 200 games
    06/18/1993 Toru Takemitsu's 'Archipelago' premieres in Aldeburgh England 06/18/1994 Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec) 06/18/1994 US ties Switzerland 1-1 in their 1st game of 1994 soccer world cup

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat Jun 19 00:30:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/19/1556 James VI, of Scotland (1567-1625)/James I of England (1603-25) 06/19/1608 Thomas Fuller, England, literary (History of the Holy War) 06/19/1613 Christian de Placker, composer
    06/19/1623 Blaise Pascal, mathematician/physicist/religious writer (Pascal) 06/19/1708 Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, composer
    06/19/1717 Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer
    06/19/1741 Reinier Vinkeles, engraver
    06/19/1749 Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, France, chairman (National Convention) 06/19/1764 John Barrow, England, founded Royal Geographical Society
    06/19/1764 José Gervasio Artigas, general/father of Uruguay
    06/19/1766 Edmund Weber, composer
    06/19/1782 Hugues FR de Lamennais, French priest/writer (L'avenir)
    06/19/1782 John Bray, composer
    06/19/1783 Thomas Sully, US portrait painter (Queen Victoria)
    06/19/1790 John Gibson, British (?) sculptors
    06/19/1810 Ferdinand David, violist/compser (Hohe Schule des Violinspiels) 06/19/1811 Henry Prince, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 06/19/1814 Johannes H Weissenbruch, landscape painter
    06/19/1815 John William Glover, composer
    06/19/1834 Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina)
    06/19/1842 Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer
    06/19/1843 Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer
    06/19/1854 Alfredo Catalani, composer
    06/19/1856 Elbert Hubbard, US, editor/publisher/author (Message to Garcia) 06/19/1858 Charles Haddon George Alexander, [George Samson], British actor 06/19/1858 Dirk Fock, governor-general of Neth Indies (1921-26)
    06/19/1861 Douglas Haig, British fieldmarshal (Sudan, WW I)
    06/19/1865 May Whitty, Liverpool England, actress (Mrs Minerva, Suspicion) 06/19/1867 Eduard Jacobs, cabaret artist
    06/19/1868 Heinrich Schenker, [A Niloff], Austrian musicologist (Urlinie) 06/19/1877 Charles Coburn, Macon Ga, actor (Acad-1943, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
    06/19/1878 James M Kilroe, priest of St Mary Star of the Sea, in the Bronx 06/19/1880 Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung)
    06/19/1885 Stevan Hristic, composer
    06/19/1886 Robert Herberigs, composer
    06/19/1889 Enrico Celio, pres of Switzerland
    06/19/1896 Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee 06/19/1897 Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges)
    06/19/1898 Paul Muller-Zurich, composer
    06/19/1899 George Calinescu, Romania, literature (Enigma Otilei)
    06/19/1900 Laura Hobson, NYC, TV writer/panelist (I've Got a Secret) 06/19/1901 Edward Lambert, British diplomat
    06/19/1902 Guy Lombardo, London Ontario Canada, orch leader (Auld Lang Syne) 06/19/1903 Henry Louis Gehrig, 1st baseman (NY Yankees) 'Iron Horse' 06/19/1903 Walter R Hammond, British cricket player
    06/19/1904 Balis Dvarionas, composer
    06/19/1905 George Voskovec, Czech, actor (Fred-Nero Wolfe, Peter-Skag) 06/19/1905 Taneli Kuusisto, composer
    06/19/1908 Mildred Natwick, Balt Md, actress (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon) 06/19/1908 Quentin N Burdick, (Sen-D-ND, 1960- )
    06/19/1909 Edwin Gerschefski, composer
    06/19/1909 Osamu Dazai, Japan, novelist (Tsugaru, No Longer Human)
    06/19/1912 Jerry Jerome, Bkln NY, saxophonist (Words & Music)
    06/19/1912 Martin Gabel, Phila, TV host (With this Ring)
    06/19/1914 Alan Cranston, (Sen-D-CA, 1969- )
    06/19/1914 Harry Lauter, White Plains NY, actor (Waterfront)
    06/19/1914 Lester Flatt, Earl Scrugg's partner (Beverly Hillbillies theme) 06/19/1914 Morgan Morgan-Giles, British Lt admiral/parliament leader 06/19/1918 Evelle Jansen Younger, prosecutor of Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan 06/19/1919 Louis Jourdan, Marselles France, actor (Gigi, Can-Can, Madame Bovary
    06/19/1919 Pauline Kael, movie critic (NY Times)
    06/19/1921 Allan Davis, mayor of London
    06/19/1921 Herman Berserik, painter/graphic artist
    06/19/1921 Howell T Heflin, (Sen-D-Alabama, 1979- )
    06/19/1922 Aage Neals Bohr, Denmark, physicist/study atomic nucleus (Nobel 1975
    06/19/1924 Leo Nomellini, NFL defensive tackle (SF 49ers)
    06/19/1925 Alfred B Nzo, South African sec-gen ANC (1969- )
    06/19/1925 Charlie Drake, British comic
    06/19/1927 Karel Kupka, composer
    06/19/1928 Nancy Marchand, Buffalo NY, actress (Beacon Hill, Margaret-Lou Grant
    06/19/1928 Raymond Powell, British parliament leader
    06/19/1930 Bryan Kneale, British sculptor
    06/19/1930 Jul Levi, composer
    06/19/1932 Marisa Pavan, actress (John Paul Jones, Solomon & Sheba, Rose Tattoo
    06/19/1932 Pier Angeli, Italy (Sodom & Gomorrah, Vintage, Battle of the Bulge) 06/19/1933 Viktor I Patsayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11)
    06/19/1934 Terence Clark, British diplomat
    06/19/1936 Gena Rowlands, Cambria Wisc, actress (Gloria, Tempest, Brinks Job) 06/19/1936 Shirley Goodman, Am's R&B-zangeres: Shirley & Lee/Feel so good) 06/19/1938 Charles Gwathmey, architect (5 Architects)
    06/19/1938 John Sheil, Dutch court justice
    06/19/1939 Peter Duffell, Brits lt-generaal/minister of Defense
    06/19/1941 Marlene Warfield, Queens NY, actress (Victoria-Maude)
    06/19/1942 Elaine 'Spanky' McFarlane, rocker (Spanky & Our Gang-Lazy Day) 06/19/1942 Jos Brink, Dutch TV host (Op Zoek)
    06/19/1942 Neil Chalmers, director (National History Museum, London) 06/19/1942 Robert [Bob] W Kasten Jr, (Sen-R-WI, 1981- )
    06/19/1943 Malcolm McDowell, actor (Clockwork Orange, Caligula)
    06/19/1945 Tim Hovey, LA Calif, actor (Queen Bee, Toy Tiger, Man Afraid) 06/19/1945 Tobias Wolff, US writer
    06/19/1947 James T Walsh, (Rep-R-NY)
    06/19/1947 Phylicia Ayers-Allen Rashad, Houston, actress (Clair-Bill Cosby) 06/19/1947 Salman Rushdie, Pak, novelist (Midnight's Children, Satanic Verses) 06/19/1949 Kathleen Turner, Springfield Mo, actress (Peggy Sue Got Married) 06/19/1950 Connie Forslund, San Diego Calif, actress (Shining Season) 06/19/1951 Ann Wilson, San Diego, singer (Heart-What About Love)
    06/19/1952 Robert Ainsworth, British parliament leader
    06/19/1953 Larry Dunn, [Dunhill], US keyboardist (Earth Wind & Fire) 06/19/1954 Jim Cooper, (Rep-D-TN, 1983- )
    06/19/1954 Michael O'Brien, British parliament leader
    06/19/1959 Mark DeBarge, rocker (DeBarge-Who's Johnny)
    06/19/1962 Ken Tohill, jockey
    06/19/1962 Paula Julie Abdul, Van Nuys Calif, singer/choreographer (Straight Up
    06/19/1962 Sid Fenech, jockey
    06/19/1973 Josie Davis, actress (Charles in Charge)
    06/19/1978 Garfield the Cat, animated character 'Big fat hairy deal' 06/19/1984 Emil Coleman, orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Party)


    Deaths:

    06/19/1113 Odo/Odardus van Kamerÿk, French writer/bishop of Kamerÿk, dies 06/19/1312 Piers Gaveston, earl of Cornwall, beheaded
    06/19/1341 Juliana van Falconieri, Italian saint/Swedish tenor, dies 06/19/1542 Leo Jud[ae], Swiss pastor/church reformer
    06/19/1554 Sixt[us] Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Judith), dies at 53
    06/19/1652 Louis de Geer, Neth/Swedish industrialist/millionaire, dies at 64 06/19/1730 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer, dies at 49
    06/19/1759 Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer, dies at 31
    06/19/1762 Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer, dies at 60
    06/19/1787 John Brown, (British?) theologist, dies
    06/19/1794 Richard H Lee, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 62 06/19/1811 Samuel Chase, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 70 06/19/1820 Joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies 06/19/1822 John Bray, composer, dies on 40th birthday
    06/19/1837 Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle 06/19/1840 John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrial/orangist, dies at 50 06/19/1867 Maximilian F J, Austrian arch duke/Emperor of Mexico, dies 06/19/1902 John E E Dalberg baron van Acton, English historian, dies at 69 06/19/1915 Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev, composer, dies at 58
    06/19/1921 Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota), dies at 33 06/19/1922 Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer, dies at 71
    06/19/1932 Solomon Tshkisho Platje, South Africans writer, dies
    06/19/1937 James M Barrie, Scottish writer (Dear Brutus/Peter Pan), dies 06/19/1939 Grace Abbott, social worker (US Children Bureau), dies at 60 06/19/1940 Aurélien FM Lugné-Poe, French actor (Pirouette), dies at 70 06/19/1940 Maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40
    06/19/1944 Han Yong-woon, Zen teacher, dies in Seoul County, Korea at 65 06/19/1947 Willem H Fly, typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84
    06/19/1953 Ethel Rosenberg, executed at Sing Sing, in 5 tries
    06/19/1953 Julius Rosenberg, executed at Sing Sing, in 3 tries
    06/19/1956 Lulu [Luise] Strauss und Torney, German poet/writer, dies 06/19/1962 Frank Borzage, US, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69 06/19/1965 James B Collip, Canada bio-chemistry/physiology (insulin), dies 06/19/1966 Ed Wynn, comedian (Ed Wynn Show), dies at 86
    06/19/1966 Marjan Kozina, composer, dies at 59
    06/19/1973 Roger Delgado, actor (Adventures of Sir Francis Drake), dies at 53 06/19/1982 John Cheever, US writer (Wapshot Chronicle, Pulitzer), dies at 70 06/19/1984 Lee Krasner Pollock, US painter, dies at 75
    06/19/1984 Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel, composer, dies at 88
    06/19/1986 Coluche, [Michel Colucci], French comic, dies at 41
    06/19/1986 Len Bias, 1st pick of Celtics, suffers fatal cocaine-induced seizure
    06/19/1986 Murray P Haydon, artificial heart recipient, dies in Louisville at 5
    06/19/1988 Zdenek Blazek, composer, dies at 83
    06/19/1989 Hy Gardner, newspaper columnist, dies at 80
    06/19/1989 Isidore Feinstein Stone, author (I F Stone's Weekly), dies at 81 06/19/1991 Jean Arthur [Gladys Greene], US actress (Shane), dies
    06/19/1992 Kitty McKane Godfree, Tennis champ (Wimbeldon 1924, 26), dies at 96 06/19/1993 William Golding, author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel 1983) dies at 81


    Significant Events:

    06/19/ 240 -BC- Eratosthenes estimates circumference of Earth
    06/19/ 987 Louis IV, crowned king of France
    06/19/1205 Pope Innocent III firess Adolf I as archbishop of Cologne 06/19/1269 King Louis IX of Frances decrees all Jews must wear a badge of shame
    06/19/1369 Duke Philip the Stoute marries Margaretha van Male
    06/19/1464 French King Louis XI forms postal service
    06/19/1572 Garrison under Adrian van Swieten occupy Oudewater
    06/19/1586 English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island NC
    06/19/1754 Albany Congress held by 7 British colonies & Iroquois indians 06/19/1770 General Church of New Jerusalem established
    06/19/1778 Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge
    06/19/1825 Gioacchino Rossini's 'Il viaggio a Reims', premieres
    06/19/1835 New Orleans gives US govt Jackson Square to be used as a mint 06/19/1846 1st baseball game (Cartwright Rules)-NY Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1 06/19/1850 Swedish/Norwegian crown prince Charles weds Dutch princess Wilhelmin
    06/19/1861 Anaheim Post Office established
    06/19/1861 Francis Pierpont is elected provisional governor of West Virginia 06/19/1862 Slavery outlawed in US territories
    06/19/1863 Battle at Middleburg Virginia (100+ casualties)
    06/19/1864 CSS 'Alabama' sunk by USS 'Kearsarge' off Cherbourg, France 06/19/1864 Skirmish at Pine Knob Georgia
    06/19/1865 All slaves in Texas freed
    06/19/1865 Siege of Richmond, VA
    06/19/1867 J Gilpatrick on Ruthless wins 1st Belmont Stakes (Jerome Park NY) 06/19/1868 Maj Gen E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC
    06/19/1875 Formal opening of US Marine Hospital at Presidio
    06/19/1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure 'Man with the Twisted Lip' 06/19/1910 1st airship in service 'Germany'
    06/19/1910 Father's Day celebrated for 1st time (Spokane, Wash)
    06/19/1912 Tennessee University opened as Tennessee A & L State College 06/19/1921 census in Great-Britain
    06/19/1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:28.2)
    06/19/1923 Baldwin-Mellon-agreement concerning Britain entering the war 06/19/1924 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 1500m (3:52.6)
    06/19/1930 C Jackson & H E Wood discovers asteroid #1595 Tanga
    06/19/1931 1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct 06/19/1932 1st concert given in SF's Stern Grove
    06/19/1932 Hailstones kill 200 in Hunan Province, China PR
    06/19/1933 Austrian government-Dollfuss bans nazi-organizations
    06/19/1934 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created
    06/19/1936 Dutch Premier Colijn denies relation with German call-girl 06/19/1936 German boxer Max Schmeling World Champion KOs Joe Louis
    06/19/1937 Franco-troops conquer Bilbao Basques
    06/19/1938 'Olympian Flyer' express train crashes in Montana, killing 47 06/19/1938 Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in soccer's 3rd World Cup at Paris 06/19/1940 'Brenda Starr,' 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago 06/19/1940 German 7th Armour division under gen-maj Garbage occupies Cherbourg 06/19/1940 Göring orders seizure of Dutch horses, car, buses & ships 06/19/1941 US president Roosevelt signs Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act 06/19/1942 Pitts Pirate Paul Waner gets hit #3,000
    06/19/1943 NFL's Phila Eagles & Pitts Steelers merge, (disolves on Dec 5) 06/19/1943 Race riot in Beaumont Texas
    06/19/1944 -20] Sea battle of Philippines Sea
    06/19/1944 300 Japanese aircrafts shot down
    06/19/1944 French troops free Elba
    06/19/1944 Heavy air raid on US fleet at Guam 'Turkey Shoot'
    06/19/1944 Japanese troops conquer Changsha China
    06/19/1946 1st TV sports spectacular-Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn
    06/19/1947 1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca 06/19/1948 USSR blocks access road to West Berlin
    06/19/1950 A G Wilson discovers asteroid #1980 Tezcatlipoca
    06/19/1952 'I've Got A Secret' debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host 06/19/1952 Bkln Dodger Carl Erskine no-hits Chicago Cubs, 5-0
    06/19/1953 Albert W Dent, elected president of Natl Health Council
    06/19/1953 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicting of spying for USSR
    06/19/1953 WCSC TV channel 5 in Charleston, SC (CBS) begins broadcasting 06/19/1953 WTPA (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast 06/19/1954 Ed Furgol wins US Open golf tournament
    06/19/1955 Jack Fleck wins US Open golf tournament
    06/19/1955 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100
    06/19/1955 Phils beat Cubs 1-0 in 15, ties longest shut out in Phillies history
    06/19/1959 Senate rejects Ike's appointment of Lewis Strauss for Sec of Comm 06/19/1960 Loretta Lynn records 'Honky Tonk Girl'
    06/19/1961 Kuwait declares independence from UK
    06/19/1961 NY Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs
    06/19/1963 2 Russian space missions return to Earth
    06/19/1963 Charter members of Canadian Football Hall of Fame chosen
    06/19/1963 Greek cabinet of Pipinolis forms
    06/19/1963 Valentina Tereshkova 1st woman in space returns to Earth
    06/19/1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27
    06/19/1965 Algerian coup under colonel Houari Boumédienne, pres Ben Bella flees
    06/19/1965 KYW-AM in Cleveland Ohio returns call letters to Philadelphia 06/19/1967 Muhammad Ali is convicted for refusing induction in US Army 06/19/1967 Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD
    06/19/1968 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign
    06/19/1969 State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances 06/19/1970 A Nikolayev & V Sevastyanov return after 18 days in Soyuz 9 06/19/1970 Conservatives win British parliamentary election
    06/19/1970 Jim Bouton's controversial 'Ball Four' is published
    06/19/1971 Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance
    06/19/1972 40,000 pilots strike against naval officer
    06/19/1973 Pete Rose & Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000
    06/19/1974 KC Royal Steve Busby 2nd no-hitter beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0 06/19/1974 Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) suspends constitution
    06/19/1976 King Charles XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Dutchess Silvia Sommerlath
    06/19/1976 US Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth
    06/19/1977 Hubert Green wins US Open golf tournament
    06/19/1977 Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st US male saint 06/19/1977 Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 HRs, all against Yanks
    06/19/1979 Mali's constitution goes into effect
    06/19/1980 Battle between police & demonstrators in Capetown, 34 killed 06/19/1981 Boeing commercial Chinook 2-rotor helicopter is certified 06/19/1981 European Space Agency's Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit 06/19/1981 Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, S Africa 06/19/1981 India's APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched 06/19/1983 'Octopussy' premieres in US
    06/19/1984 1st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger (Nightline) 06/19/1985 Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place
    06/19/1986 Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup 06/19/1987 ETA bomb attack on Barcelona, 15 killed
    06/19/1987 Geffen records sign their 1st artist (Donna Summer)
    06/19/1987 Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creatio
    06/19/1987 Wee Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak ends
    06/19/1988 Coup in Haiti
    06/19/1988 Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie
    06/19/1991 2 of Mia Farrow's daughters arrested for shoplifting lingerie 06/19/1991 Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar surrenders to police
    06/19/1992 Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa is shot twice in NYC
    06/19/1992 Inkhata-blood bath in Boipatong South-Africa
    06/19/1992 NY Yankees 1st game in Baltimore Oriole's Camden Yards
    06/19/1994 Ernesto Samper elected president of Colombia

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/20/1566 Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden
    06/20/1585 Lazaro Valvasensi, composer
    06/20/1615 Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]
    06/20/1634 Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75)
    06/20/1642 George Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)
    06/20/1647 Johan Georg III, ruler of Saxon (1680-91)
    06/20/1674 Nicholas Rowe, England, poet laureate (Jane Shore, Tamerlane) 06/20/1694 Hans A Brorson, bishop of Ribe
    06/20/1723 Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian
    06/20/1730 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer
    06/20/1743 Anna L Barbauld, writer of hymns
    06/20/1756 Joseph Martin Kraus, composer
    06/20/1763 Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist
    06/20/1819 Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann) 06/20/1823 Jesse Lee Reno, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 06/20/1824 George E Street, British (?) architect
    06/20/1824 John Tyler Morgan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907 06/20/1833 Léon-J-F Bonnat, painter
    06/20/1852 Theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, lawyer/minister of interior (1866..88) 06/20/1858 Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits)
    06/20/1861 Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer
    06/20/1866 Ivans, [Jacob van Schevichaven], lawyer/detective writer
    06/20/1866 Lord George ESMH Carnarvon, England, egyptologist (Toetanchamon) 06/20/1868 Helen Miller Shepard, philanthropist/established Hall of Fame 06/20/1875 Othenio Able, Austria, paleontologist
    06/20/1883 Giannotto Bastianelli, composer
    06/20/1883 Leah Baird, actress (Lady Gangster)
    06/20/1887 Arnaut Colnot, painter/graphic artist
    06/20/1894 George Delacorte, NYC, philanthropist/publisher (Dell Books) 06/20/1894 Lloyd A Hall, Illinois, pioneer in food chemistry
    06/20/1899 Anthon van der Horst, organist/composer
    06/20/1899 Helen Traubel, St Louis, Missouri, soprano (or 6/16/1903) 06/20/1899 Jean Moulin, hero of the French Resistance during WW II
    06/20/1900 Ernest White, composer
    06/20/1903 Glenna Collett Vare, RI, Natl Am Golf champ (1922, 25, 28-30, 35) 06/20/1904 Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo, German Foreign Minister 06/20/1906 Bob Howard, Newton Mass, singer/pianist (Sing it Again)
    06/20/1906 Catherine Cookson, England, novelist (Bannaman Legacy)
    06/20/1907 Lillian Hellman, playwright (Toys in the Attic, Little Foxes) 06/20/1909 Errol Flynn, actor (Captain Blood, Robin Hood, Against All Flags) 06/20/1911 Gail Patrick, Birmingham Ala, actress (My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy) 06/20/1911 Lord Brightman, British judge of appeals
    06/20/1914 Friedrich Zipp, composer
    06/20/1915 Terence Young, Shanghai China, director (Dr No, Thunderball) 06/20/1916 Johnny Morris, British broadcaster
    06/20/1916 William Balchin, geographer
    06/20/1919 Bruce Gordon, London England, actor (Frank Nitti-Untouchables) 06/20/1919 Ronald Hines, Dutch actor (Pack of Lies)
    06/20/1920 DeForest Kelley, Atlanta Ga, actor (Dr Leonard McCoy-Star Trek) 06/20/1920 Haydn Tudor Evans, British high court judge
    06/20/1923 Marcus Bakker, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CPN)
    06/20/1924 Audie Murphy, Kingston Tx, WW II hero/actor (Destry, Joe Butterfly) 06/20/1924 Chet Atkins, Luttrell Tenn, guitarist (Me & My Guitar)
    06/20/1924 Rainer Barzel, German CDU-CSU-fractieleader/minister
    06/20/1925 Doris J Hart, St Louis Mo, tennis player (Wimbeldon 1951) 06/20/1926 Arthur Bell, royal botanic gardens director (Kew Gardens) 06/20/1928 David Mitchell, British parliament leader
    06/20/1928 Jean-Marie Le-Pen, France, leader National Front party
    06/20/1928 Martin Landau, actor (Mission Impossible, Space 1999, Tucker) 06/20/1928 Robert Satanowski, composer
    06/20/1929 Ronald Hines, British actor (Pack of Lies)
    06/20/1930 Ellie Rabb, US, actor (Fabulous Baker Boys, Extreme Close-up) 06/20/1930 John Waine, bishop (Chelmsford)
    06/20/1931 Arne Nordheim, Larvik Norway, conductor/composer (Aftonland) 06/20/1931 James Tolkan, actor (Weekend War, Leap of Faith, Second Sight) 06/20/1931 Olympia Dukakis, actress (Moonstruckm, Cemetary Club)
    06/20/1931 Richard Southwood, zoologist/chancellor (Oxford University) 06/20/1932 Robert Rozjdestvenski, Russian poet (Requiem, Userjoz)
    06/20/1933 Brett Halsey, Santa Ana Calif, actress (Paul-Follow the Sun) 06/20/1933 Claire Tomalin, biographer/editor
    06/20/1933 Danny Aiello, NYC, actor (Moonstruck, Radio Days)
    06/20/1933 Earl of Cranbrook, CEO (Nature Conservancy Council)
    06/20/1933 Jean Boiteux, France, 400m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1952) 06/20/1934 Brian Barder, British high commissar in Australia
    06/20/1934 Cornel Taranu, composer
    06/20/1934 Rossana Podesta, Tripoli Libya, actress (Hercules, Ulysses) 06/20/1934 Wendy Craig, English actress (Joseph Andrews)
    06/20/1935 Anthony Pilkington, CEO (Pilkington Pic)
    06/20/1936 Billy Guy, US singer (Coasters-Young Blood)
    06/20/1938 Nikolay Avksentevich Martinov, composer
    06/20/1939 Budge Rogers, British rugby player
    06/20/1940 John Mahoney, actor (Fraiser, Frantic, 8 Men Out, Tin Men) 06/20/1941 Stephen Frears, director (Prick Up Your Ears, Dangerous Liaisons) 06/20/1941 Ulf D Merbold, German physicist/astronaut (STS 9, STS 42) 06/20/1942 Brian Wilson, Inglewood Calif, singer (Beachboys-In My Room) 06/20/1943 Andy Etchebarren, baseball catcher (Balt Orioles)
    06/20/1944 Dave Nelson, baseball player
    06/20/1944 Terry Funk, wrestler (WCW/SMW/NWA/WWF/JWA)
    06/20/1945 Anne Murray, Nova Scotia Canada, singer (Snow Bird)
    06/20/1945 David S Monson, (Rep-R-UT, 1985- )
    06/20/1945 James F Buchli, New Rockford ND, USMC/astr (STS 51C, 61A, 29, 48) 06/20/1945 John McCook, Ventura Cal, actor (Codename: Firefox, Bold & Beautiful
    06/20/1946 André Watts, Nuremberg Germany, concert pianist (Oberon)
    06/20/1946 Duke of Gloucester
    06/20/1947 Candy Clark, actress (Man Who Fell to Earth, Q, American Graffiti) 06/20/1947 David French, British director
    06/20/1947 John Forbes, horse trainer
    06/20/1950 Lionel Richie, Alabama, singer (Commodores, Hello, Penny Lover) 06/20/1951 Peter Gordon, composer
    06/20/1952 John Goodman, actor (Roseanne, Everyone's All American, Babe) 06/20/1952 Larry Riley, Memphis Tn, actor (Harry-Stir Crazy, Knots Landing) 06/20/1953 Brian Duffy, Boston Mass, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 45, 57) 06/20/1953 Cyndi Ann Stephanie Lauper, Bkln, singer (Girls Just Want to Have Fu
    06/20/1953 Raul Ramirez, tennis player
    06/20/1954 Alan Lamb, British cricket player
    06/20/1955 Michael Anthony, rocker (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)
    06/20/1957 Butch Patrick, Inglewood Calif, actor (Real McCoys, Eddie-Munsters) 06/20/1958 Dickie Thon, baseball player
    06/20/1960 John Taylor, rocker (Duran Duran-Girls on Film)
    06/20/1960 Michael Corbett, Collingwood NJ, actor (David-Young & Restless) 06/20/1961 Gary Varsho, baseball player
    06/20/1961 Karin Enke, Dresden German DR, speed skater (Olympic-gold-1980, 84) 06/20/1963 Kirk Baptiste, Beaumont Tx, 200m runner (Olympic-silver-1984) 06/20/1967 Joseph William Cathcart, rock guitarist (Nelson-Love & Affection)


    Deaths:

    06/20/ 840 Louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies
    06/20/1585 Christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 5
    06/20/1597 Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies 06/20/1649 Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies
    06/20/1751 Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56 06/20/1787 Karl F Able, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63 06/20/1833 Philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44
    06/20/1837 Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89
    06/20/1837 William IV, King of England, dies
    06/20/1842 Michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60
    06/20/1846 Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67
    06/20/1876 Antonio L de Santa Ana, pres Mexico, dies at 79
    06/20/1883 Olivier Gloux, [Gustave Aimard], French world explorer, dies at 64 06/20/1888 Cesare Dominiceti, composer, dies at 66
    06/20/1888 John H Zuckertort, German chess player, dies at 45
    06/20/1890 Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer, dies at 63 06/20/1904 Anthony F A Sandys, (British?) painter, dies
    06/20/1915 Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG), dies
    06/20/1922 Vittorio Monti, composer, dies at 54
    06/20/1923 Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer, dies at 85
    06/20/1925 Wilhelm Posse, composer, dies at 72
    06/20/1933 Clara Zetkin, German feminist/communist, dies
    06/20/1940 Jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29 06/20/1941 Stephanie H (Lapidoth-)Swarth, author (Lonely flowers, dies 06/20/1947 Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal 06/20/1948 George Frederick Boyle, composer, dies at 61
    06/20/1953 Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at
    06/20/1958 Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), dies
    06/20/1959 Hitoshi Ashida, Japanese politician, dies at 71
    06/20/1960 Mahlon Hamilton, actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 8
    06/20/1963 Gordon Jones, actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 06/20/1963 Joseph Self, murderer, executed; last Wash state execution in 25 yrs
    06/20/1963 Ralph Sanford, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 64 06/20/1964 Edgar Barrier, actor (Cobra Woman, Rocky, Macbeth), dies at 57 06/20/1965 Ira Louvin, country singer (Louvin Brothers), dies at 41
    06/20/1966 Georges Lemaître, originator of 'big bang' theory, dies at 71 06/20/1972 Howard Johnson, US restaurant/hotel founder, dies at 75
    06/20/1975 Daniel Ayala Perez, composer, dies at 68
    06/20/1977 Abner Biberman, actor (Imhook-Kodiak), dies at 68
    06/20/1978 Karel G Bakker, actor (Coffee House), dies at 66
    06/20/1980 Gustaf Allan Pettersson, composer, dies at 68
    06/20/1984 Estelle Winwood, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 99 06/20/1984 Sunny Johnson, actress (Animal House), dies cerebral hemorrhage at 3
    06/20/1986 Tim Herbert, comedian (Dagmar's Canteen), dies at 71
    06/20/1990 Ina Balin, actress (Patsy), dies at 52, of pulmonary hypertension 06/20/1994 Bram Koopmans, cyclist/coach, dies at 78


    Significant Events:

    06/20/ 451 Germans & Romans beat Atiila's the Hun at Catalarinische Fields 06/20/1212 French & Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo 06/20/1402 Battle of Angora (Ankara)-Tatars defeat Turkish Army
    06/20/1567 Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique 06/20/1632 Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area 06/20/1756 146 Brit soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most di
    06/20/1756 India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army
    06/20/1779 Battle of Stone Ferry
    06/20/1782 Congress approves Great Seal of US & eagle as it's symbol 06/20/1789 Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken 06/20/1791 King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution
    06/20/1793 Eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent
    06/20/1819 Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) 06/20/1825 Coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon
    06/20/1837 England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria
    06/20/1855 Commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin 06/20/1863 1st bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa) 06/20/1863 Skirmish at Greencastle Pennsylvania
    06/20/1863 West Virginia admitted as 35th US state
    06/20/1864 Battle of Kinston NC & Battle of Abingdon VA
    06/20/1864 Battle of Petersburgs VA - in trenches
    06/20/1864 Schermutselingen at Lattermore's Mills/Powder Springs Georgia 06/20/1866 Italy declares war on Austria
    06/20/1867 Pres Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska
    06/20/1871 Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford Miss 06/20/1874 1st US Lifesaving Medal awarded (Lucian Clemons)
    06/20/1893 Lizzie Borden acquitted in murder of parentst in New Bedford Mass 06/20/1895 1st female doctor of science earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin) 06/20/1895 A Charlois discovers asteroid #404 Arsinoe
    06/20/1895 Canal of Smock official opens
    06/20/1895 Nicaragua, El Salvador & Honduras form a short-lived confederation 06/20/1907 1st Portland Rose festival
    06/20/1910 'Krazy Kat' comic strip by George Herriman debuts in NY Journal 06/20/1911 NAACP incorporates (NY)
    06/20/1915 German offensive in Argonnes
    06/20/1917 J Palisa discovers asteroid #876 Scott
    06/20/1919 German govt of Scheideman resigns
    06/20/1920 Yanks win protest of 1-0 White Sox win & game is replayed 06/20/1921 11.5' (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record) 06/20/1926 Mordecai W Johnson becomes 1st black president of Howard University 06/20/1931 Karl Buresch becomes chancellor of Austrian
    06/20/1936 Jesse Owens of US sets 100 meter record at 10.2
    06/20/1939 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1817 Katanga
    06/20/1939 Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants
    06/20/1940 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Arturo Godoy (NYC)
    06/20/1942 Adolf Eichmann proclaims deportation of Dutch Jews
    06/20/1942 German troops conquer Tobruk, North Africa
    06/20/1943 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded
    06/20/1943 Detroit race riot kills 35
    06/20/1943 German round up Jews in Amsterdam
    06/20/1943 National Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organizes
    06/20/1943 New Québec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Québec (3½ km dia) 06/20/1944 Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency
    06/20/1944 Soviet forces conquer Wiborg
    06/20/1944 US attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea
    06/20/1947 Pres Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act
    06/20/1948 'Toast of the Town' hosted by Ed Sullivan premieres on CBS-TV 06/20/1948 Deutsche Mark introduced in West-Germany
    06/20/1950 Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia
    06/20/1950 Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2
    06/20/1956 Venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in NJ, 74 killed
    06/20/1960 Federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France 06/20/1960 Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johnstown (NYC)
    06/20/1963 1st Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-2
    06/20/1963 Beatles form 'Beatles Ltd' to handle their income
    06/20/1963 US & USSR agree to set up 'Hot Line'
    06/20/1964 Ken Venturi wins US Open golf tournament
    06/20/1966 Billy Casper wins US Open golf tournament
    06/20/1966 Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman 06/20/1967 Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into armed services 06/20/1967 Phillies Larry Jackson beats NY Mets for 18th straight time 06/20/1968 Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds 06/20/1969 150,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear 06/20/1969 Georges Pompidou sworn in as president of France
    06/20/1969 White Rhodesia agrees to race separation
    06/20/1970 British govt of Edward Heath forms (with Margaret Thatcher) 06/20/1970 Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run HR 06/20/1973 Juan Perón returns to Argentina
    06/20/1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2124 Nissen 06/20/1976 Carl Fugate, Starkwether accomplice, paroled
    06/20/1976 Czechoslovakia becomes European soccer champ
    06/20/1976 Jerry Pate wins US Open golf tournament
    06/20/1976 River Country opens
    06/20/1977 Menahem Begin forms Israeli cabinet
    06/20/1977 Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez 06/20/1981 Mudjahedin uprises against Iran regime
    06/20/1982 Israeli PM Menachem Begin arrives in Washington
    06/20/1982 Tom Watson wins US Open golf tournament
    06/20/1983 Larry Nelson wins US Open golf tournament
    06/20/1983 Yankee Bobby Murcer retires
    06/20/1986 Drs at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's col
    06/20/1987 Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass
    06/20/1988 Curtis Strange wins US Open golf tournament
    06/20/1988 Haiti's general assembly dissolves
    06/20/1988 NYC WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of NJ Devils
    06/20/1988 Price is Right model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera
    06/20/1990 40,000-50,000 die in a (7.6) earthquake in Iran
    06/20/1990 Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of US
    06/20/1993 Chicago Bulls defeat Phoenix Suns 4 games to 2 for NBA title 06/20/1994 Bomb attack on Islamic temple in Mashad Iran (70 killed)
    06/20/1994 Ernie Els win's 1994 Golf US Open
    06/20/1994 OJ Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson & Ronald Goldman

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    Births:

    06/21/1002 Leo IX, [Bruno graaf von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54) 06/21/1577 Giovanni Del Turco, composer
    06/21/1596 Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov 06/21/1640 Abraham Mignon, still life painter
    06/21/1668 Cajetan Kolberer, composer
    06/21/1688 Alexander Pope, English poet (Rape of the Lock)
    06/21/1730 Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese leader
    06/21/1732 Johann Christoph Frederic Bach, composer
    06/21/1732 Martha Washington, 1st, 1st lady (1789-97)
    06/21/1740 Hendrik van Wÿn, archivist (Algemeen Rÿksarchief)
    06/21/1763 Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher
    06/21/1774 Daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25) 06/21/1781 Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (Poisson verdeling) 06/21/1790 Wilhelm Speyer, composer
    06/21/1805 Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer
    06/21/1817 James Brewerton Ricketts, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 18
    06/21/1818 Ernst II, duke of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha (1844-93)/composer
    06/21/1818 Joseph Abel Haskin, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 06/21/1819 Jacques L Offenbach, [Jakob Eberst], German composer (Orphée enfers)
    06/21/1823 Edward Elmer Potter, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 188
    06/21/1839 Joaquim M Machado de Assic, Brazil, writer (Epitaph of a small winne
    06/21/1839 Johannes P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician
    06/21/1839 John Decatur Barry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 06/21/1844 Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st railway Congo) 06/21/1851 Daniel Carter Beard, US, organized 1st boy scout troop
    06/21/1859 Henry O Tanner, artist
    06/21/1862 Henry Holden Huss, composer
    06/21/1865 Albert Herbert Brewer, composer
    06/21/1873 Henry M Tomlinson, British writer (Sea & Jungle)
    06/21/1876 Willem H Keesom, physicist (helium vast)
    06/21/1882 Rockwell Kent, artist/painter/illustrator (Canterbury Tales) 06/21/1883 Fjodor W Gladkow, Russian writer (Cement)
    06/21/1890 Egon Schiele, Austrian painter
    06/21/1891 Hermann Scherchen, Berlin Germany, conductor (Nature of Music) 06/21/1892 Hilding Rosenberg, Bosjökloster Sweden, composer (Babels Torn) 06/21/1892 Reinhold Niebuhr, US, theologian (Nature & Destiny of Man) 06/21/1893 Alois Hába, Czech (opera)composer (That Mother)
    06/21/1899 Pavel Haas, composer
    06/21/1900 Dorothy Stickney, US actress (And So They Were Married)
    06/21/1900 Gunnar Ek, composer
    06/21/1902 Wilhelm Maler, composer
    06/21/1903 Al Hirschfeld, cartoonist (NINA, 1975 Tony Award)
    06/21/1903 Alf Sjöberg, Swedish film maker
    06/21/1903 Dorothy Stickney, actress (And So They Were Married)
    06/21/1903 Helene Costello, dancer/actress (Love Toy)
    06/21/1905 Jacques Goddot, French publisher (Tour de France)
    06/21/1905 Jean Paul Sartre, existentialist/writer (Le Mur, Nobel 1964; decline
    06/21/1906 Luis Maria Millet, composer
    06/21/1909 Kurt Schwaen, composer
    06/21/1910 Bela Tardos, composer
    06/21/1910 Charles Jones, composer
    06/21/1912 Mary McCarthy, US, novelist (Group)
    06/21/1914 Jan Decadt, composer
    06/21/1920 Helen Cattanach, British Army Nursing Service (QARANC)
    06/21/1921 Frank Scott, Fargo ND, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show)
    06/21/1921 Jane Russell, Bemidji, MN, actress full-figured gal (Outlaw) 06/21/1921 Jean Kent, London England, actress (Adv of Sir Francis Drake) 06/21/1921 Joan Tetzel, actress (Hell Below Zero, Joy in the Morning) 06/21/1922 Judy Holliday, NYC, comedienne/actress (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib) 06/21/1923 John Compton, Lynchburg Tn, actor (Shannon-D.A.'s Man)
    06/21/1924 Wally Fawkes, cartoonist/jazz clarinettist
    06/21/1925 Maureen Stapleton, Troy NY, actress (Airport, Coccoon, Plaza Suite) 06/21/1927 Carl Stokes, (Cleve-Mayor)
    06/21/1927 Jackie Collum, baseball player
    06/21/1928 Judith Raskin, NYC, soprano (Susanna-Le Nozze di Figaro)
    06/21/1929 John Morgan, British ambassador to Mexico
    06/21/1930 Gerald Kaufman, British MP (shadow Foreign Secretary)
    06/21/1930 Mike McCormack, NFL offensive tackle (NY Yankees, Cleveland, Phila) 06/21/1930 Patricia Lindop, radio biologist
    06/21/1930 Peter Marshall, police commissioner (London)
    06/21/1931 Lawrence K Grossman, News president (NBC-TV)
    06/21/1931 Margaret Heckler, US Secretary of Health & Human Services (1983-85) 06/21/1932 Bernard Ingham, press secretary (Margaret Thatcher)
    06/21/1932 Lalo [Boris] Schifrin, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer
    06/21/1932 Ocie Lee 'OC' Smith, US jazz singer (Little Green Apples) 06/21/1933 Bernie Kopell, NYC, actor (Love Boat, Get Smart, That Girl) 06/21/1935 Françoise Sagan, [Quoirez], France, novelist (Bon Jour Trieste) 06/21/1935 Monte Markham, Manatee Fla, actor (Second Hundred Years, Dallas) 06/21/1937 Anna Davies, prof of Comparative Philology (Oxford U)
    06/21/1937 John Edrich, cricketer
    06/21/1938 Dan Burton, (Rep-R-IN, 1983- )
    06/21/1938 Ron Ely, Hereford Tx, actor (Tarzan, Doc Savage)
    06/21/1939 Charles Boone, composer
    06/21/1940 Joe Flaherty, Pitts Pa, comedian (SCTV, Blue Monday)
    06/21/1940 Mariette Hartley, NYC, actress (Poloroid spokesperson, Marooned) 06/21/1942 Marg Margolies-Mezvinsky, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania)
    06/21/1942 William Bradford Reynolds, Conn, US asst attorney general 06/21/1944 Corinna Tsopel, Athens Greece, actress (Man Called Horse) 06/21/1944 Frans Luitjes, Dutch athlete
    06/21/1944 Ray Davies, singer/guitarist (Kinks-Come Dancing)
    06/21/1946 Brenda Holloway, US singer/songwriter (When I'm Gone)
    06/21/1946 Kate Hoey, British MP (Lab)
    06/21/1946 Malcolm Rifkind, British QC MP (Sect of State for Defense) 06/21/1946 Maurice Saatchi, CEO (Saatchi & Saatchi)
    06/21/1947 Dana Rohrabacher, (Rep-R-California)
    06/21/1947 Lex van Delden, actor (Soldat of Orange)
    06/21/1947 Meredith Baxter-Birney, Ca, actr (Family Ties, Bridget loves Bernie)
    06/21/1947 Michael Gross, Chicago Ill, actor (Family Ties, FBI murders) 06/21/1948 Joey Malland, rocker (Badfinger-Come & Get It)
    06/21/1948 Leo Sayers, rocker (You Make Me Feel Like Dancing)
    06/21/1949 Jim Bacchus, (Rep-D-Florida)
    06/21/1950 Joey Kramer, NYC, hard rock drummer (Aerosmith-Toys in the Attic) 06/21/1951 Nils Lofgren, guitarist/singer/songwriter (East Street Band) 06/21/1953 Benazir Bhutto, 1st female leader of a Moslem nation (Pakistan) 06/21/1953 Charlie Moore Jr, baseball player
    06/21/1953 Robyn Douglass, Sendai Japan, actress (Lonely Guy, Romantic Comedy) 06/21/1954 Anne Kirkbride, actress
    06/21/1954 Robert Pastorelli, Bkln NY, actor (Eldin-Murphy Brown)
    06/21/1955 David Marshall Grant, actor (Bat 21, Legs, French Postcards) 06/21/1956 Mikhail Burtsev, USSR, sabres (Olympic-gold-1976)
    06/21/1956 Rick Sutcliffe, pitcher (LA Dodgers, Chicago Cubs)
    06/21/1957 Mark Brzezicki, rocker (Big Country-Wonderland)
    06/21/1958 Gennadi Ivanovich Padalka, Russia, major/cosmonaut
    06/21/1959 Tom Chambers, NBA forward, center (Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns
    06/21/1962 Marc Copage, LA Calif, actor (Corey Baker-Julia)
    06/21/1963 Jeff Musselman, baseball player
    06/21/1964 Kari Kennell, Colorado Springs Co, playmate (Feb, 1988)
    06/21/1964 Kari Whitman, actress (Eric's Revenge)
    06/21/1964 Sammi Davis-Voss, Kidderminster England, actress (Hope & Glory) 06/21/1965 Michael Dolan, actor (Hamburger Hill, Liberace)
    06/21/1966 Nan Woods, actress (1 More Saturday Night)
    06/21/1967 Nicole Kidman, Honolulu Hawaii, actress (Dead Calm, Far & Away) 06/21/1967 Tim Simenson, rocker (Bomb the Bass)
    06/21/1969 Donovan Osborne, baseball player
    06/21/1971 Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, Crown Prince/son of King of Nepal 06/21/1973 Juliette Lewis, actress (Holly-Family For Joe, I Married Dora) 06/21/1982 William of Wales, Prince Chuck & Lady Di's baby


    Deaths:

    06/21/ 524 Chlodomir, king of the France to Orléans (511-24), dies at about 28 06/21/1208 Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies
    06/21/1377 Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies
    06/21/1529 John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69
    06/21/1573 Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle
    06/21/1591 Aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies 06/21/1874 Anders J Ångström, Swedish astronomer/physicist (Å-unit, dies at 59 06/21/1876 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 8
    06/21/1884 Alexander, prince/last male descendant of Johan W Friso, dies 06/21/1887 Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67
    06/21/1900 Polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69
    06/21/1908 Nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at
    06/21/1913 Stefan O Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), dies
    06/21/1914 Glauco Velasquez, composer, dies at 30
    06/21/1917 António JdC Feÿó, Port diplomat/poet (Cancioneiro Chinês), dies at 5
    06/21/1925 John H Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies 06/21/1934 [James] Thorne Smith, US, sci-fi author (Stray Lamb, Turnabout) 06/21/1940 Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies
    06/21/1940 Hendrik Marsman, poet/writer/critic, dies
    06/21/1944 Jan Bonekamp, resistance fighter/friend of Hannie Schaft, dies 06/21/1945 Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Verzinkende Shades), dies at 53 06/21/1946 Heinrich Kaminski, composer, dies at 59
    06/21/1957 Don McBride, actor (Mr Clyde-My Friend Flicka), dies at 68 06/21/1957 Frantisek Kupka, Czech writer, dies at 85
    06/21/1964 Andrew Goodman, US civil rights activist, murdered at 20
    06/21/1964 James Chaney, US civil rights activist, murdered at 21
    06/21/1964 Michael Schwerner, US civil rights activist, murder at 21 06/21/1965 Bernard M Baruch, pres advisor (termed 'Cold War'), dies at 94 06/21/1969 Maureen 'Little Mo' Connolly, 1st woman grand slam (1953), dies at 3
    06/21/1970 Achmed Sukarno, PM of Indonesia (1945-67), dies at 68
    06/21/1972 Seth Bingham, composer, dies at 90
    06/21/1973 Frank Leahy, football coach (Notre Dame), dies at 64
    06/21/1975 Heinz Lau, composer, dies at 49
    06/21/1979 Julian Orchard, actor, dies
    06/21/1981 Gunnar Ek, composer, dies on 81st birthday
    06/21/1983 Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer/director (Tÿl), dies at 87 06/21/1988 Robert Lee 'Bobby' Dodd, US football coach
    06/21/1989 Lee Quencey Calhoun, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1956, 60), dies at 56 06/21/1989 Simon of Collem, journalist/TV host, dies
    06/21/1992 Thomas Whitfield, gospel vocalist, dies at 38 of a heart attack 06/21/1993 Frank Moro, entertainer, dies
    06/21/1993 Jerry Strivelli, actor, dies


    Significant Events:

    06/21/ 524 Battle at Vezerone: Bourgundy beats France
    06/21/ 996 Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elza
    06/21/1128 Battle of Akspoele: earl Willem of Normandia beats Diederik 06/21/1498 Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian 06/21/1572 Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda
    06/21/1607 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown 06/21/1667 Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England 06/21/1672 Dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded
    06/21/1684 MA Bay Colony's charter revoked
    06/21/1749 Pieter Steyn installed as pension advisor of Neth
    06/21/1768 1st US bachelor of medicine degree (Dr John Archer)
    06/21/1788 US Constitution goes into effect as NH is 9th to ratify
    06/21/1791 French King Louis XVI & family flees
    06/21/1792 Vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil & Mexicana off Vancouver, BC 06/21/1805 Great Stoneface Mt found in NH
    06/21/1821 African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church organizes (NYC) 06/21/1834 Cyrus Hall McCormick patents reaping machine
    06/21/1849 Battle at Waghäusel: Prussian troops beat Baden rebels
    06/21/1858 Louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe
    06/21/1869 Opera 'Die Meistersinger' is produced (Munich)
    06/21/1879 F W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately) 06/21/1887 Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria
    06/21/1893 1st Ferris wheel premieres (Chicago's Columbian Exposition) 06/21/1894 Workers in Pittsburgh strike Pullman sleeping car company 06/21/1898 Guam becomes a territory of US
    06/21/1900 Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In 06/21/1900 bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers 06/21/1903 Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of Mazarine Stone' takes place (BG) 06/21/1906 M Wolf discovers asteroid #601 Nerthus
    06/21/1907 Alex Ross wins US Open golf tournament
    06/21/1913 Tiny Broadwick becomes 1st woman to parachute from an airplane 06/21/1915 Anti-British revolt in South-Africa ends with arrest of Gen De Law 06/21/1916 Boston Rube Forster no-hits NY Yankees, 2-0
    06/21/1916 Mexican troops beat US expeditionary force under Gen Pershing 06/21/1917 Hawaiian Red Cross forms
    06/21/1919 Bauer forms German govt
    06/21/1919 German Admiral von Reuter scuttles his own fleet
    06/21/1923 Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using mail to defraud 06/21/1924 Assembly NCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Vereeniging, forms
    06/21/1930 Ruth hits 3 HRs as Yanks blow 6-0 lead in 7th & lose 15-7 06/21/1932 Heavyweight Jack Sharkey KOs Max Schmeling (NYC)
    06/21/1933 1st Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans 06/21/1937 French People's front govt-Blum falls
    06/21/1938 Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit
    06/21/1939 Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 06/21/1940 German occupiers disband States-General/Council of State
    06/21/1941 2nd French troops occupies Damascus Syria
    06/21/1941 After winning 20 straight at Fenway, Lefty Grove loses to Browns 06/21/1942 129°F (54°C), Tirat Zevi, Israel (Asian record)
    06/21/1942 President Roosevelt/premier Churchill arrives in Washington, DC 06/21/1942 Rommel takes Tobruk in North Africa
    06/21/1943 Federal troops put down racial riot in Detroit 30 dead
    06/21/1944 Very heavy bombing on Berlin
    06/21/1945 US defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II
    06/21/1946 10 die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas Texas
    06/21/1948 1st stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I
    06/21/1948 Lord Mountbatten becomes gov-gen of India
    06/21/1948 WNAC (now KNEV) TV channel 7 in Boston, MA (CBS) begins broadcasting
    06/21/1949 H L Giclas discovers asteroid #1886 Lowell
    06/21/1956 Anti-protons detected in the atmosphere
    06/21/1956 German DR frees almost 19,000 prisoners
    06/21/1956 Oriole Connie Johnson beats WS Jack Harshman (1-0) in dual 1 hitters
    06/21/1958 French franc devalues
    06/21/1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m
    06/21/1963 Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII 06/21/1965 Gary Player wins US Open golf tournament
    06/21/1966 Queen Juliana opens Coen tunnel
    06/21/1968 Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns
    06/21/1969 1st reported hearing of pirate radio WGHP (With God's Help Peace) 06/21/1969 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 14th Symphony, premieres in Moscow
    06/21/1969 John Pennel pole vauts world record (5.45 m)
    06/21/1969 Zager & Evans release 'In the Year 2525'
    06/21/1970 Brazil beats Italy, 4-1, to win soccer's World Cup (in Mexico City) 06/21/1970 Tiger shortstop Cesar Gutierrez goes 7 for 7 in 12 inn game 06/21/1970 Tony Jacklin wins US Open golf tournament
    06/21/1971 50,000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert, McCrea Louisiana 06/21/1971 Int Court of Justice askes South-Africa to pull out of Namibia 06/21/1971 Lee Trevino wins US Open golf tournament
    06/21/1972 Hurricane Agnes hits US east coast; 118 die
    06/21/1975 Soyuz 19 returns to Earth
    06/21/1976 Berlinguers PCI wins election in Italy
    06/21/1977 Former White House chief of staff HR Haldeman enters prison 06/21/1977 Menachem Begin (Likud), becomes Israel's 6th PM
    06/21/1981 12-bottle case of 1979 Napamedoc Cabernet wine auctioned for $24,000
    06/21/1981 David Graham wins US Open golf tournament
    06/21/1981 Riots at Casablanca, kills 66-200
    06/21/1981 Socialists/communists win French parliamentary election
    06/21/1982 Paul McCartney releases 'Take it Away'
    06/21/1982 Wash DC jury finds John Hinckley Jr innocent by insanity
    06/21/1983 Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery 06/21/1985 American, Brazilian & West German forensic pathologists confirm 06/21/1985 Josef Mengeles corpse identified
    06/21/1986 Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record) 06/21/1986 Pres Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments 06/21/1987 Discovery rolls over from OPF to Vandenberg AFB
    06/21/1987 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a parking lot attendent
    06/21/1987 Scott Simpson wins US Open golf tournament
    06/21/1988 Los Angeles beats Detroit, for NBA championship
    06/21/1988 Many killed at demonstration against general Ne Win in Rangoon 06/21/1989 Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher HR hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium 06/21/1989 Melanie Griffith & Don Johnson remarry
    06/21/1989 Supreme Court rules ok to burn US flag as a political expression 06/21/1990 7.7 Earthquake with 100s of aftershocks hits Iran; about 50,000 die 06/21/1990 Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame
    06/21/1990 NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 4th victim, Larry Parham
    06/21/1990 Parliament of W & E Germany recognize Oder-Neissegrens
    06/21/1990 US House of Reps vote 254-177 to stop US flag burning, doesn't pass 06/21/1991 Eleanor Mondale marries Greg 'Thunder' Malban (Minn DJ)
    06/21/1991 Islanders Denis Potvan & Michael Bossy inducted into NHL Hall of Fam
    06/21/1991 Jörg Haider resigns as premier of Karinthia
    06/21/1992 Actor Michael Chiklis (Commish) marries Michelle Epstein
    06/21/1992 Actress Marina Sirtis (Star Trek NG) marries rocker Michael Lamper 06/21/1992 Tom Kite wins US Open golf tournament
    06/21/1993 English mathematician Andrew Wiles proves last theorem of Fermat 06/21/1993 STS-57 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
    06/21/2001 Total solar eclipse in Madagascar-Atl Ocean (4m56s)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Jun 22 00:30:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/22/1478 Philips de Schone, Archduke of Austrian/King of Castilia (Philips I)
    06/22/1611 Pablo Bruna, composer
    06/22/1613 Lambert Pietkin, composer
    06/22/1674 Eugene J P, Earl of Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo
    06/22/1684 Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer
    06/22/1701 Nikolaj Eigtved, architect (Christiansborg Castle)
    06/22/1741 Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer
    06/22/1742 Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer
    06/22/1757 George Vancouver, surveyed Pacific coast from SF to Vancouver I 06/22/1763 Etienne N Méhul, French organist/opera composer (Le Jeune Henri) 06/22/1796 Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [OS] 06/22/1814 James Henry Lane, MC (Union), died in 1866
    06/22/1824 Frederic Louis Ritter, composer
    06/22/1830 Theodor Leschetizky, composer
    06/22/1837 Paul Morphy, New Orleans, greatest chess player of all time (1857-61
    06/22/1840 Ernest Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker)
    06/22/1856 Henry Rider Haggard, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn) 06/22/1858 Giacomo Puccini, Italy, operatic composer (Madama Butterfly) 06/22/1859 Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher (found Inst of Music) 06/22/1864 Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician
    06/22/1869 Hendrikus Colÿn, Dutch premier (AR 1933-39)
    06/22/1881 JHF Grönloh, [Nescio], author (Above the Vale)
    06/22/1883 Jose Rolon, composer
    06/22/1887 Albert PAA Besnard, poet/journalist (Uprising & Remorse)
    06/22/1887 Julian S Huxley, London, biologist/philosopher, Darwin's Bulldog 06/22/1891 Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (White Enemy)
    06/22/1891 Harry Seymour, actor (Boy Meets Girl, Tenderfoot, Broadway Hostess) 06/22/1893 Aaro A Hellaakoski, Finnish geographer/poet (Jääpeili)
    06/22/1893 Osvald Chlubna, composer
    06/22/1896 Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) 06/22/1897 Norbert Elias, English/Dutch philosopher (Process of Civilization) 06/22/1898 Erich Maria Remarque, novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front) 06/22/1899 Dorothy Devore, actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil) 06/22/1899 Michal Kalecki, Polish economist
    06/22/1900 Jennie Tourel, St Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera 1943-4
    06/22/1901 Jack Whiting, Phila Pa, actor/singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show) 06/22/1901 Naunton Wayne, actor (Quartet, Hidden Room, Double Confession) 06/22/1902 Arnold J d'Ailly, director (Nederlandsche Bank)
    06/22/1902 David Burns, actor (Music Man, Hello Dolly!)
    06/22/1903 Carl Hubbell, pitcher (NY Giants)-253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA 06/22/1905 Walter Leigh, composer
    06/22/1906 Billy Wilder, movie director (Some Like It Hot, Apartment, Stalag 17
    06/22/1906 Richard Fanshawe, England, equestion 3 day event (Olympic-bronze-193
    06/22/1907 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, aviator/author (Gift from the Sea) 06/22/1909 Katherine Dunham, dancer/choreographer
    06/22/1909 Mike Todd, [Avrom Goldbogen], US director (80 days)
    06/22/1910 Katherine Dunham, US, dancer/choreographer/anthropologist 06/22/1910 Peter Pears, Farnham England, tenor (Death in Venice)
    06/22/1911 Guus Jansen, actor (?)
    06/22/1911 Marie Philipsen-Braun, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1928)
    06/22/1912 Vit Nejedly, composer
    06/22/1918 Richard Eastham, actor (Not With My Wife, You Don't)
    06/22/1920 Paul Frees, Chicago Ill, animation voice (Bullwinkle)
    06/22/1921 Barbara F Vucanovich, (Rep-R-NV, 1983- )
    06/22/1921 Gower Champion, choreographer (42nd Street, Showboat)
    06/22/1921 Joseph Papp, Bkln, stage producer/director (Pirates of Penzance) 06/22/1922 Bill Blass, Ft Wayne Ind, fashion designer (Nancy Reagan) 06/22/1926 Ruth Zechlin, composer
    06/22/1928 Orson Bean, Burlington Vt, comedian (I Got Secret, To Tell the Truth
    06/22/1929 Ralph Waite, actor (Last Summer, Cool Hand Luke, 5 Easy Piece) 06/22/1931 Henk Vonhoff, Dutch politician (VVD)
    06/22/1932 Michael Horvit, composer
    06/22/1933 Dianne Feinstein, (Mayor-D-SF)/(Sen-D California)
    06/22/1934 Arthur Miller, legal reporter
    06/22/1936 Kris Kristofferson, singer/actor (Amerika, Millenium)
    06/22/1936 Verne Allison, singer (Dells-Open Up My Heart)
    06/22/1941 Ed Bradley, Phila, CBS news correspondant (60 Minutes)
    06/22/1941 Michael Lerner, actor (8 Men Out, Harlem Nights)
    06/22/1942 Margreet M H Kamp, Dutch politician (VVD) 2nd Chamber
    06/22/1942 Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-11)
    06/22/1943 Jimmy Castor, NYC, rocker (Troglodyte)
    06/22/1944 Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor (Mephisto, Out of Africa) 06/22/1944 Michael Obst, German FR, coxsman (Olympic-gold-1960)
    06/22/1944 Peter Asher, London, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love) 06/22/1945 Howard Kaylan, rocker (Flo & Eddie/Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor) 06/22/1946 Andrew Rubin, New Bedford Mass, actor (Police Academy)
    06/22/1947 David L Lander, Bkln NY, actor (Squiggy-Laverne & Shirley) 06/22/1947 Don Henley, drummer/singer (Eagles, Boys of Summer)
    06/22/1947 Octavia E[stelle] Butler, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Wild Seed) 06/22/1948 'Pistol' Pete Maravich, NBA star (Atlanta Hawks)
    06/22/1948 Todd Rundgren, rock singer (Hello it's Me, Bang on the Drum All Day)
    06/22/1949 Alan Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie) 06/22/1949 Lindsay Wagner, LA Ca, actress (Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawk
    06/22/1949 Meryl Streep, NJ, actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choic
    06/22/1950 Murphy Cross, Harve de Grace Md, actor (Phyl & Mikhy, Perfect) 06/22/1954 Amparo Muñoz, Malgra Spain, Miss Universe (1974)
    06/22/1954 Charles T Canady, (Rep-R-Florida)
    06/22/1954 Chris Lemmon, actor (Brothers & Sisters, Richard-Duet)
    06/22/1954 Freddie Prinze, NYC, comedian/actor (Chico & the Man)
    06/22/1956 Derek Forbes, rocker (Simple Minds-Water Front)
    06/22/1956 Green [Gartside], rocker (Scritti Politti-Flesh & Blood)
    06/22/1957 Garry Beers, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt) 06/22/1957 Nick Santagata, jockey
    06/22/1960 Colleen Devine, San Gabriel Cal, actress (Irreconcilable Differences
    06/22/1960 Tracy Pollan, actress (Family Ties)/aka Mrs Michael J Fox 06/22/1961 Jimmy Somerville, rocker (Bronski Beat, Communards-You Are My World)
    06/22/1962 Ruby Turner, rocker (No Where to Run)
    06/22/1963 Anne-Marie Ruddock, rocker (Amazulu-Excitable)
    06/22/1964 Kevin Sargeant, rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm) 06/22/1964 Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones-Devil you Know) 06/22/1965 Tommy Cunningham, rocker (Wet Wet Wet-Wishing I Was)
    06/22/1968 Paula Irvine, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lily Blake-Santa Barbara) 06/22/1973 Lacy Goranson, Evanston Ind, actress (Becky-Roseanne)


    Deaths:

    06/22/1276 Innocent V, [Pierre the Tarantaise], Pope (1276), dies
    06/22/1735 Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer, dies at 71
    06/22/1745 Hubert Renotte, composer, dies at 41
    06/22/1754 Nicholas Siret, composer, dies at 91
    06/22/1777 Josef Christian, German sculptor, dies
    06/22/1843 Gabriele Prota, composer, dies at 88
    06/22/1874 Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, die
    06/22/1897 Ralph Abercromby, British meteorologist, dies at about 54 06/22/1898 Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist, dies at 66 06/22/1903 George White, black resident of Delaware, lynched
    06/22/1906 Fritz Schaudinn, German animal scholar: examined amoebasis, dies at
    06/22/1909 Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet, dies at 6
    06/22/1910 Marie, Princess of Wied/Orange Nassau, dies
    06/22/1922 Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London
    06/22/1925 Felix Klein, German mathematician (Riemannsche Flächen), dies at 76 06/22/1926 Hermann Suter, composer, dies at 56
    06/22/1928 George Siegmann, actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba), dies at 46
    06/22/1940 Vladimir Köppen, Russ/German/Aust meteorologist, dies at 93 06/22/1945 Gen Oesjÿima, Japanese commander of Okinawa, commits harakiri 06/22/1945 Isamu Tsjo, Japanese chief-staff 32nd Army, commits harakiri 06/22/1945 Mitsuri Ushÿima, Jap lt-gen/commandant 32nd Army, commits harakiri 06/22/1950 Julio Fonseca, composer, dies at 65
    06/22/1954 Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49 06/22/1955 Wyllis Cooper, TV narrator (Volume One), dies at 56
    06/22/1961 Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies
    06/22/1964 Havank, [HF of of the Kallen], detective writer (Shade), dies at 60 06/22/1965 David O Selznick, producer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 63 06/22/1967 Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer, dies at 79
    06/22/1969 Judy Garland, singer/actress (Wizard of Oz), dies in London at 47 06/22/1973 Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer, dies at 77
    06/22/1974 Darius Milhaud, French composer (Le boeuf sur le toît), dies at 81 06/22/1979 Emory Parnell, St Paul Minn, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 85 06/22/1979 Julius Sommer, dies of heart failure, buried in Dayton Ohio 06/22/1981 Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight), dies 06/22/1982 Alan Webb, actor (King Lear, Challenge to Lassie), dies at 75 06/22/1984 Joseph Losey, director (Go-Between, M, Concrete Jungle), dies at 75 06/22/1987 Fred Astaire, actor/dancer, dies at Century City Hospital in LA at 8
    06/22/1988 Bramwell Fletcher, actor (Mummy, Raffles, Svengali), dies at 84 06/22/1988 Dennis Day, Jack Benny Show singer, dies of ALS at 71
    06/22/1988 Ross Ford, actor (Reform School Girl, Jungle Patrol), dies 06/22/1989 Bengt Viktor Johansson, composer, dies at 74
    06/22/1991 Cameron Miller, entertainer, dies
    06/22/1991 Kevin O'Connor, actor (Bogie), dies of cancer at 56
    06/22/1992 Chuck Mitchell, actor (Penitentiary), dies
    06/22/1992 Frederic I Rinaldo, writer (Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein), di
    06/22/1992 M F K Fisher, cook book author, dies at 83 of Parkinson Disease 06/22/1993 Hannah Troy, fashion designer (petite), dies at 93 of heart attack 06/22/1993 M'hammed Boukhozba, Algerian sociologist, murdered at 52
    06/22/1993 Pat Nixon, 1st lady (1969-75), dies of lung cancer at 81


    Significant Events:

    06/22/ 431 Council of Ephesus (3rd ecumenical council) opens
    06/22/ 816 Pope Stephen IV, [V] elected to succeed Leo III
    06/22/1342 Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, (Shire Reconning) 06/22/1476 Battle at Morat/Murten: Charles the Stout invades Switzerland 06/22/1497 Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath 06/22/1559 Jewish quarter of Prague burned & looted
    06/22/1611 Henry Hudson & son set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers
    06/22/1633 Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope 06/22/1633 (but on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong)
    06/22/1675 Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II 06/22/1772 Slavery outlawed in England
    06/22/1774 English parliament accepts Quebec Act
    06/22/1775 1st Continental currency issued ($3,000,000)
    06/22/1799 England & Russia decide to invade Bataafse Republic
    06/22/1807 British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812 06/22/1808 Zebulon Pike reaches his peak
    06/22/1812 Napoleon's Libya occupies Russia
    06/22/1815 2nd abdication of Napoleon (after Waterloo)
    06/22/1847 Doughnut created
    06/22/1848 Barnburners (anti-slavery) party nominates Martin Van Buren for Pres
    06/22/1849 Stephen C Massett opens courthouse using only piano in Calif 06/22/1851 Fire destroys part of SF
    06/22/1864 Battle of Ream's Station, VA (Wilson's Raid)
    06/22/1864 Skirmish at Culp's (Kulp's) House, Georgia
    06/22/1868 Arkansas re-enters US
    06/22/1870 Congress creates Department of Justice
    06/22/1873 Prince Edward Island joins Canada
    06/22/1874 Dr Andrew T Sill, of Macon, Missouri, finds science of osteopathy 06/22/1875 Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun & Toulouse, kills about 1,000 06/22/1889 Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive los
    06/22/1893 British fleet under vice-admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut 06/22/1894 Harry Houdini marries Bessie Rahner
    06/22/1906 Hakon VII crownd king of Norway
    06/22/1910 1st airship with passengers sets afloat-Zeppelin Deutscheland 06/22/1911 King George V of England crowned
    06/22/1918 Circus train rammed by troop train kills 68 (Ivanhoe Illinois) 06/22/1921 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:40.2)
    06/22/1925 G Shajn discovers asteroid #1058 Grubba
    06/22/1925 Spain & France fight Morocco
    06/22/1930 Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader 06/22/1931 RVU, Radio-Volks-University, forms
    06/22/1933 German social-democratic party (SPD) forbidden
    06/22/1936 Harry Froboess dives 110 m from airship into Bodensee & survives 06/22/1936 Virgin Islands receives a constution from US (Organic Act) 06/22/1937 Joe Louis KOs James Braddock for heavyweight boxing crown (Chicago) 06/22/1938 Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling at 2:04 of 1st round at Yankee Stadium 06/22/1939 Future Queen Elizabeth of England meets future husband Philip 06/22/1940 France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms 06/22/1940 SS rounds up 31 German/Polish/Dutch Jews in Roermond
    06/22/1941 Finland invades Karelia
    06/22/1941 Germany, Italy & Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II 06/22/1942 Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon
    06/22/1943 WEB DuBois becomes 1st Black member of National Institute of Letters
    06/22/1944 British 14th army frees Imphal Assam
    06/22/1944 FDR signs 'GI Bill of Rights' (Servicemen's Readjustment Act) 06/22/1947 12' rain in 42 mins (Holt, MO)
    06/22/1949 Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for boxing title 06/22/1951 Gene Rayburn & Dee Finch show premieres on NBC radio
    06/22/1954 Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands
    06/22/1955 Antonio Segni forms cabinet in Italy
    06/22/1955 US air patrol show down above Bering sea
    06/22/1957 KC stops using streetcars in it's transit system
    06/22/1958 Game in KC between A's & Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado 06/22/1959 Eddie Lubanski bowls 2 consecutive perfect games
    06/22/1959 Most Phillies strike out in a game (16 by Sandy Koufax)
    06/22/1959 Shunryu Suzuki completes his historical Japan to SF voyage 06/22/1959 Vanguard SLV-6 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
    06/22/1961 Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints 06/22/1961 Moïse Tsjombe frees Congo
    06/22/1962 1st test flight of Hoovercraft
    06/22/1962 French Boeing 707 crashes at Guadeloupe, 113 killed
    06/22/1969 Aretha Franklin arrested in Detroit for creating a disturbance 06/22/1969 Cleveland's Cuyahgo River catches fire
    06/22/1970 Pres Nixon signs 26th amendment (voting age lowered to 18) 06/22/1970 WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) suspends broadcasting 06/22/1973 Dutch High Council stops fluorine addition to drink water 06/22/1973 George Harrison releases 'Living in the Material World'
    06/22/1973 Skylab 2's astronauts land
    06/22/1977 Former AG John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison 06/22/1977 Walt Disney's 'Rescuers' released
    06/22/1978 James Christy's discovery of Pluto's moon Charon announced 06/22/1978 Neo-Nazis call off plans to march in Jewish community of Skokie, Ill
    06/22/1978 Pluto's moon Charon discovered by James Christy
    06/22/1979 Pro Football Researchers Association founded at Canton, Ohio 06/22/1980 Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours 06/22/1981 2 Habash terrorists attack a travel agency in Greece killing 2 06/22/1981 Iran president Bani Sadr flees
    06/22/1981 John McEnroe exhibites a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbeldon
    06/22/1981 Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon
    06/22/1982 Manhattan institutes bus-only lanes
    06/22/1982 Prince Chuck & Lady Di take Prince William home from hospital 06/22/1983 1st time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle 06/22/1983 NHL institutes a 5 minute sudden death overtime period
    06/22/1984 Carl Pohlad becomes CEO of Minn Twins
    06/22/1984 Joseph Luns resigns as secretary-general of NATO
    06/22/1986 Pirate Radio Euro Weekend (Holland) begins transmitting
    06/22/1986 Spain's premier Gonzalez' Socialistic Party wins elections 06/22/1987 Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with NY Mets
    06/22/1990 Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium
    06/22/1990 Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit 06/22/1990 Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns 06/22/1991 Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in Philippines
    06/22/1992 2 skeletons excuvated in Yekaterinburg IDed as Czar Nicholas II & wi
    06/22/1993 NY Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose
    06/22/1993 Wilson Pickett plead guilty to auto assault due to drunk driving 06/22/1994 Houston Rockets beats NY Knicks 4 games to 3 for NBA championship 06/22/1994 US beats Colombia 2-1 in 1994 soccer world cup (1st win since 1950)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed Jun 23 00:30:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/23/1160 Johannes de Matha, French saint (stichtte orde der trinitariërs) 06/23/1540 Johann Baptista Serranus, composer
    06/23/1612 Justus G Schottel, [Schottelius], German poet
    06/23/1749 Konrad Back, composer
    06/23/1763 Joséphine Martiniques, empress of France (1804-14)
    06/23/1774 Matthÿs Siegenbeek, literary (Defeated Germans spelling)
    06/23/1801 Daniel Smith Donelson, Major General (Confederate Army) died in 1863
    06/23/1818 Simon Vissering, economist/minister of Finances (1879-81) 06/23/1822 Young Marshall Moody, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 06/23/1824 Carl Reinecke, composer
    06/23/1837 Ernest Guiraud, composer
    06/23/1838 Edwin Henry Stoughton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
    06/23/1846 George Sax, inventor (saxophone)
    06/23/1848 Antoine Joseph Sax, inventor (saxophone)
    06/23/1852 Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer
    06/23/1855 Maude Valerie White, composer
    06/23/1859 Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdams social alderman (building of houses
    06/23/1875 Carl Milles, Uppsala Sweden, fountain sculptor (Wedding of Rivers) 06/23/1876 Irvin S Cobb, Ky, writer/humorist (Old Judge Priest)
    06/23/1877 Blair Fairchild, composer
    06/23/1877 Hermann Stephani, composer
    06/23/1884 Werner Krauss, actor (Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Joyless Street) 06/23/1887 Ernst Rowohlt, German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag)
    06/23/1887 John Finley Williamson, Canton Ohio, conductor (Westminster Choir) 06/23/1888 Anna Achmatova, [AA Gorenko], Russian conductor (Tsjetki) 06/23/1888 Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown)
    06/23/1892 Able Kiviat, US, runner (Olympic-gold-1912)
    06/23/1892 Edmund Cobb, western actor (Comanche Territoy, Wild Horse) 06/23/1892 Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist
    06/23/1893 Donald McBride, actor (Mr Clyde-My Friend Irma)
    06/23/1894 Alfred Kinsey, entomologist/sexologist (Kinsey Report)
    06/23/1894 Edward VIII, King of Great Brit/N-Ireland/emperor of India (1936) 06/23/1897 Winifred Wagner-William, German organist (Wagner Festival) 06/23/1899 Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer
    06/23/1901 Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador
    06/23/1901 Paul (II) Verhoeven, director
    06/23/1902 Howard T Engstrom, Boston, computer designer (Univac)
    06/23/1903 Anthony Veiller, writer
    06/23/1903 Hans C Branner, Danish writer (Speelgoed/De ruiter)
    06/23/1904 Carleton Coon, prof of anthropology (What in the World)
    06/23/1908 Paulus Akkerman ('Paul fen Nÿenborn'), Fries schrÿver: Each om each 06/23/1910 Jean Anouilh, France, dramatist (Thieves' Carnival)
    06/23/1911 David Ogilvy, advertising whiz (Ogilvy & Mathers)
    06/23/1912 Alan Turing, mathematician pioneer in computer theory (Turing Machin
    06/23/1912 Maurice Dallimore, actor (Collector, Lad: A Dog)
    06/23/1913 William P Rogers, US secretary of state (1969-73)
    06/23/1915 Dennis Price, actor (Adventurers, Charley Moon, Millionairess) 06/23/1916 Irene Worth, Nebraska, actress (Deathtrap, Nicolas & Alexandra) 06/23/1917 Sid Watters Jr, horse trainer
    06/23/1920 Paul Des Marais, composer
    06/23/1921 Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964- )
    06/23/1922 Francis Thorne, Bay Shore NY, composer (Burlesque Overture) 06/23/1922 Leonard Dorfman, horse trainer
    06/23/1925 Amada Galvez Santos Ocampo, composer
    06/23/1926 Lars Johan Werle, composer
    06/23/1927 Bob Fosse, Chicago Ill, choreographer/director (Cabaret, Damn Yankee
    06/23/1929 Dave King, Twickenham England, comedian (Kraft Music Hall) 06/23/1929 Henri Pousseur, Malmédy Belgium, composer (Homo Habitis)
    06/23/1929 June Carter Cash, Maces Spring Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show)
    06/23/1930 Donn F Eisele, Columbus Ohio, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 7) 06/23/1933 Bert Convy, game show host (Win, Lose or Draw)
    06/23/1935 György Kárpáti, Hungary, water polo (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64) 06/23/1936 Berend Boudewÿn, TV host)
    06/23/1940 Adam Faith, England, singer (Poor Me, What Do You Want?)
    06/23/1940 Diana Trask, Australia, singer (Sing Along With Mitch)
    06/23/1940 Wilma Rudolph, St Bethlehem Tenn, runner (Olympic-3 gold-1960) 06/23/1943 James Levine, musical conductor (Tosca)
    06/23/1944 Rosetta Hightower, US singer (Don't Hang Up)
    06/23/1946 Russ Thacker, Wash DC, producer (Golden Seal)
    06/23/1946 Ted Shackelford, Okla City Okla, actor (Gary-Dallas, Knots Landing) 06/23/1947 Bryan Brown, actor (F/X, Gorillas in the Mist, Kim, Tai-Pan) 06/23/1948 Clarence Thomas, 108th US Supreme Court Justice (1991- ) 06/23/1948 Nigel Osborne, composer
    06/23/1950 Sally Geeson, Sussex England, actress (Bless This House)
    06/23/1953 Filbert Bayi, Karatu Tanzania, 3k steeplechase (Olympic-silver-1980)
    06/23/1955 Debbie Boostrom, playmate (Aug, 1981)
    06/23/1957 Lee John, [John L Mcgregor], English singer/actor (Body Talk) 06/23/1961 Mark Drillich, pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff)
    06/23/1962 Paul LaGreca, Bronx NY, actor
    06/23/1964 Joey Allen, Ft Wayne Indiana, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie) 06/23/1964 Trent Bushey, Haverhill Mass, actor (David Rampal-All My Children) 06/23/1967 Laurie Wood, Orange Calif, playmate (March, 1989)
    06/23/1973 Mark Larsen, jockey
    06/23/1974 Maria Carolina Christina, Princess of Netherlands


    Deaths:

    06/23/ 758 Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher/disciple of Hui-neng, dies at 74 06/23/1075 Theoduinus, Beiers prince-bishop of Luik, dies
    06/23/1137 Adalbert I, archbishop of Mainz, dies
    06/23/1139 Andries van Kuik, bishop of Utrecht, dies
    06/23/1444 Marcus, [Manuel] Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, di
    06/23/1771 Jean-Claude Trial, composer, dies at 38
    06/23/1801 Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer, dies at 58
    06/23/1817 Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63
    06/23/1833 Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer, dies at 73
    06/23/1866 Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam physician/social activist, dies at 53 06/23/1878 George Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River, dies at 81 06/23/1888 Emil Naumann, composer, dies at 60
    06/23/1891 Francis Henry Brown, composer, dies at 73
    06/23/1895 Joseph Paul Skelly, composer, dies at 44
    06/23/1901 Charles Kensington Salaman, composer, dies at 87
    06/23/1919 Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist, dies
    06/23/1928 Thomas H Rollinson, composer, dies at 84
    06/23/1951 Armin Knab, composer, dies at 70
    06/23/1956 Reyngol'd Moritsevich Glier, composer, dies at 81
    06/23/1958 Edvard Armas Jarnefeldt, composer, dies at 88
    06/23/1959 Jean Gallon, composer, dies at 80
    06/23/1961 Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (Doctrine of Rubens), dies at 70 06/23/1965 Mary Boland, actress (Boy Trouble, New Moon), dies at 83
    06/23/1969 Stanley Andrews, actor (Old Ranger-Death Valley Days), dies at 78 06/23/1971 George Blagoi, entertainer, dies
    06/23/1971 Walter Schulthess, composer, dies at 76
    06/23/1972 Elton Britt, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), dies at 54 06/23/1973 Fay Holden, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films), dies at 77 06/23/1975 William Hansen, actor (Homebodies), dies at 64
    06/23/1980 John Laurie, actor (39 Steps, Jericho, Kidnapped), dies at 83 06/23/1980 Odile Versois, actress (Nude in a White Car, Young Lovers), dies 06/23/1980 Sanjay Gandhi, Indian politician, dies
    06/23/1980 Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian (bomanslag), dies
    06/23/1981 Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela), dies at 79 06/23/1986 Nigel Stock, actor (Lost Continent, Young Sherlock Holmes), dies 06/23/1988 Dayton Lummis, actor (Moonfire, Flight that Disappeared), dies 06/23/1988 Evert Werkman, Dutch journalist (The Slogan), dies at 73
    06/23/1991 Bill Buysman, Dutch guitarist/singer (Kilima Hawaiians), dies 06/23/1992 Lou Ramos, entertainer, dies
    06/23/1992 Renie Irene Brouillet Conley, US, costume designer (Cleopatra), dies


    Significant Events:

    06/23/1298 Albrecht von Habsburg chosen Roman Catholic German king
    06/23/1305 French-Flemish peace treaty signed at Athis-sur-Orge
    06/23/1585 Spanish army under Tassis beats Amerongen Staatse troops
    06/23/1661 Marriage contract for Charles II of England & Catharina of Portugal 06/23/1683 William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians 06/23/1757 Robert Clive defeats Indians at Plassey, wins control of Bengal 06/23/1760 Battle of Landshut, Silesia
    06/23/1775 1st regatta held on Thames, England
    06/23/1784 1st US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren)
    06/23/1810 John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon) 06/23/1821 Dutch troops conquer Palembang
    06/23/1848 Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris
    06/23/1854 Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use
    06/23/1860 Congress establishes Government Printing Office
    06/23/1860 US Secret Service created
    06/23/1863 Tullahoma campaign, TN
    06/23/1865 At Ft Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable confed army 06/23/1868 Christopher Latham Sholes patents 'Type-writer'
    06/23/1902 Gioacchino Rossini's unveils monument to Santa-Croce
    06/23/1903 M Wolf discovers asteroid #512 Taurinensis
    06/23/1909 Confessional parties win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election 06/23/1915 Yanks get record 16 walks & 3 wild pitches beat A's Bruno Hass, 15-0
    06/23/1917 Ammunition factory in Boleweg Bohemia explodes, killing 1,000 06/23/1917 Molla Bjurstedt wins US Lawn Tennis Assn title
    06/23/1918 Boston Red Sox Dutch Leonard's 2nd no-hitter beats Tigers, 5-0 06/23/1919 Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Assn (UNIA) incorporates
    06/23/1919 Nitti govt forms in Italy
    06/23/1924 8 month Twenste textile strike ends
    06/23/1924 V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1022 Olympiada
    06/23/1925 British warship fires on Hong Kong harbor strikers
    06/23/1925 Landslides create 3-mile long 'Slide Lake' (Gros Ventre Wyoming) 06/23/1926 8th cabinet-Briand of France forms
    06/23/1927 Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox
    06/23/1930 Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia Phillies 21-8
    06/23/1931 Wiley Post & Harold Catty took off for flight around world 06/23/1933 Don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35½ year run on NBC
    06/23/1935 Anthony Eden offers Mussolini, Somalian harbor
    06/23/1938 Civil Aeronautics Authority (US) established
    06/23/1938 Marineland opens in Florida-1st aquarium
    06/23/1939 Bronko Nagurski beats Lou Thesz in Houston, to become wrestling cham
    06/23/1939 France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (Hatay) to Turkey 06/23/1940 Marcel Louette seeks opposition group 'White Brigade' on Antwerp 06/23/1940 RAF bombs Schiphol
    06/23/1943 RAF discovers Werner von Brauns V1/V2-base in Peenemünde
    06/23/1944 4 tornadoes strike Appalachia, killing 153
    06/23/1944 Russian offensive in central front sector
    06/23/1944 Thomas Mann becomes a US citizen
    06/23/1947 Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress
    06/23/1949 1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School
    06/23/1949 Dutch Constellation plunge at Bari in sea, 33 die
    06/23/1950 Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women
    06/23/1950 Yanks & Tigers hit record 11 HRs, Tigers win 10-9
    06/23/1951 British diplomats Guy Burgess & Donald Maclean flee to USSR 06/23/1951 Most expensive US hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage & $14M property-Kansa
    06/23/1952 US airplanes bomb energy centers at Yalu Korea
    06/23/1954 122°F (50°C), Overton, Nevada (state record)
    06/23/1955 Walt Disney's 'Lady & the Tramp' released
    06/23/1956 Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt
    06/23/1957 S B Nicholson discovers asteroid #1647 Menelaus
    06/23/1958 Dutch Reformed Church accept women ministers
    06/23/1958 Fed judge rules race separation must end in 2½ years in Little Rock 06/23/1958 Foundation Praemium Erasmianum (Erasmusprijs) established 06/23/1960 Japan signs security treaty with the US
    06/23/1961 Antarctic Treaty goes into effect
    06/23/1961 Phillies overcome 9-0, losing 11-2 they score 4 in 8th & 6 in 9th 06/23/1961 South Pole treaty goes into effect
    06/23/1961 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m
    06/23/1962 Laos Suvanna Phuma forms cabinet
    06/23/1963 Julius Boros wins golf's US Open
    06/23/1963 NY Mets Jimmy Piersall, hits his 100th HR, he circles bases backward
    06/23/1963 Pres Kennedy tours West-Europe
    06/23/1964 Gen Maxwell Taylor appointed US ambassador in South Vietnam 06/23/1967 Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.1, Bakersfield CA)
    06/23/1967 John Entwistle of rock group Who weds Alison Wise
    06/23/1967 LBJ & Alexei Kosygin hold 1st of 2 summit meetings in Glassboro, NJ 06/23/1967 US Senate censures Thomas J Dodd (D-Ct) for misusing campaign funds 06/23/1969 Joe Frazier beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title 06/23/1969 Warren E Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice
    06/23/1970 Charles Rangel defeats Adam Clayton Powell in Democratic primary 06/23/1970 Rocker Chubby Checker arrest for marijuana pocession
    06/23/1971 Phillies Rick Wise no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 4-0
    06/23/1971 WTVP TV channel 47 in Peoria, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting 06/23/1972 Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history 06/23/1972 Nixon & Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate
    06/23/1972 Pres Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports 06/23/1973 Phillies Ken Brett 4th consecutive game HR in which he pitched 06/23/1974 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA by 2 strokes over JoAnne Carner
    06/23/1975 Lou Graham wins US Open golf tournament
    06/23/1975 Rocker Alice Cooper falls of stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs 06/23/1976 CCN Tower in Toronto, tallest free-standing structure (555 m) opens 06/23/1977 13th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-4
    06/23/1979 Charlie Daniels Band releases 'Devil Went Down to Georgia' 06/23/1979 Rock group, the Knack releases 'My Sharona'
    06/23/1980 West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium) 06/23/1981 33 inning game ends, Pawtucket 3, Rochester 2
    06/23/1981 Amanda Maccaro becomes 1st American to win Russian Ballet Competitio
    06/23/1981 French govt of Mauroy forms, with 4 communists
    06/23/1981 NYC mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy 06/23/1982 -117°F; All time low at South Pole
    06/23/1982 Himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb
    06/23/1982 Mary Hart joins Entertainment Tonight
    06/23/1983 Syria throws out PLO leader Arafat
    06/23/1985 Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die 06/23/1985 Laffit Pincay Jr becomes 2nd jockey to win $100 million
    06/23/1986 Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House
    06/23/1987 W Landgraf discovers asteroid #3683 Baumann
    06/23/1988 Charlotte Hornets & Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft 06/23/1988 Yank manager Billy Martin's 5th term ends, Lou Pinella named manager
    06/23/1989 Movie 'Batman' premieres
    06/23/1990 A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Stat of Liber
    06/23/1990 Moldavia declares independence
    06/23/1990 TV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of year
    06/23/1991 Tony Randall & Jack Klugman star in Bdwy performance of Odd Couple 06/23/1992 'Tin Bigha Day' protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh 06/23/1992 Rabin wins Israeli parliamentary election
    06/23/1993 Lindsay Wagner (Bionic Woman) files for divorce from Lawrence Mortor

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/24/1244 Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308)
    06/24/1322 Johanna, duke of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry)
    06/24/1499 Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Netherland Brentianen) 06/24/1533 Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth 06/24/1542 Juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint
    06/24/1561 Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Lead
    06/24/1572 Jan Campanus, composer
    06/24/1590 Samuel Ampzing, poet (Taelbericht der Neth Spellinge)
    06/24/1619 Rÿcklof Volckertsz of Goens, governor-general (East Indies) 06/24/1669 François van Aerssen, vice-admiral (Suriname/Algeria)
    06/24/1746 Jean Baptiste Rochefort, composer
    06/24/1747 Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer
    06/24/1762 Johann Paul Wessely, composer
    06/24/1771 E I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist (Du Pont)
    06/24/1783 Johann Heinrich von Thünen, economist/geographer/farmer
    06/24/1797 John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx 06/24/1803 George James Webb, composer
    06/24/1808 Anna Caroline Oury, composer
    06/24/1811 John Archibald Campbell, Asst Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1889 06/24/1813 Henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield Ct, clergyman/orator (Independent) 06/24/1820 Henry Rootes Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 06/24/1822 Birkett Davenport Fry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
    06/24/1832 Edward Harland, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1915 06/24/1838 Gustav von Schmoller, German economist (Cathederal Socialism) 06/24/1839 Gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift & Co
    06/24/1842 Ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary)
    06/24/1847 Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer
    06/24/1848 Brooks Adams, US philosopher (Theory of Social Revolutions) 06/24/1850 Horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member 06/24/1852 Victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister
    06/24/1873 Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer
    06/24/1877 Aleksei M Remizov, Russian writer (Iveren)
    06/24/1888 Gerrit T Rietfield, architect (Juliana Hall, Sonsbeek Pavillion) 06/24/1891 Irving Pichel, actor/director (Mme Butterfly, Oliver Twist) 06/24/1894 Rudolf Hess, German nazi minister
    06/24/1895 Jack Dempsey, [Manassa Mauler], heavyweight boxing champion (1919-26
    06/24/1899 Magdalene Székely-Lulofs, author (Hongertocht]
    06/24/1901 Harry Partch, Oakland Calif, composer (Oedipus)
    06/24/1903 Phil Harris, singer/actor (Anything Goes, High & Mighty, Robin Hood)
    06/24/1904 Kurt Kusenberg, German writer (Wein Auf Lebenszeit)
    06/24/1906 Pierre Fournier, French violon cellist
    06/24/1907 Jose de Lima Siquiera, composer
    06/24/1908 Hugo Distler, composer
    06/24/1909 Milton Katims, NYC, conductor/violist (WOR-NYC)
    06/24/1909 William G Penney, British physicist (1st British Atom Bomb) 06/24/1912 Norman Cousins, editor (Saturday Review)
    06/24/1913 Max van Praag, Dutch singer
    06/24/1915 Fred Hoyle, cosmologist (proposed steady-state universe theory) 06/24/1916 John Ciardi, poet/critic (translated Dante)
    06/24/1919 Al Molinaro, Kenosha Wisc, actor (Odd Couple, Happy Days) 06/24/1920 Bernhard Krol, composer
    06/24/1921 Billy Casper, golfer
    06/24/1922 Aadje [Alida WM] Lyre, twin daughter of Prince Hendrik(?) 06/24/1922 Rietje [Maria SC) Lyre, twin daughter of Prince Hendrik(?) 06/24/1922 Roy Elihu Travis, NYC, composer (Passion of Dedipus)
    06/24/1922 Roy Travis, composer
    06/24/1922 Sibohan McKenna, Ireland, stage actress (Saint Joan)
    06/24/1923 Jack Carter, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Amazing Dobermans, Octagon) 06/24/1924 Ranasinghe Premadasa, president of Sri Lanka (1989-93)
    06/24/1927 Joseph Pierce Jr, horse trainer
    06/24/1930 Claude Chabrol, Paris France, director (Les Cousins, Ophéila) 06/24/1930 Herbert C Klien, (Rep-D-New Jersey)
    06/24/1932 David McTaggart, cofounded Greenpeace
    06/24/1934 Bob Holthus, horse trainer
    06/24/1935 Pete Hamill, journalist (NY Post)
    06/24/1935 Terry Riley, Colfax Calif, composer (Spectra)
    06/24/1938 Boris Lagutin, USSR, light-middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1964, 68
    06/24/1938 Lowell Cross, composer
    06/24/1938 Walter Willison, Monterrey Park Calif, actor (McDuff the Talking Dog
    06/24/1939 Henry Lawrence Garett III, Miami Fla, Sect of Navy (1989-92) 06/24/1942 Michele Lee, LA Calif, actress/singer (Karen-Knots Landing, Love Bug
    06/24/1942 Mick Fleetwood, English pop drummer (Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way) 06/24/1943 Georg Stanford Brown, Havana Cuba, actor (Terry Webster-Rookies) 06/24/1944 Arthur Brown, England, rocker (Fire)
    06/24/1944 Bruce Johnston, singer/bassist (Beachboys-Surfin' Girl)
    06/24/1944 Jeff Beck, Surrey England, singer/songwriter (Jeff Beck Group) 06/24/1945 Betty Stove, Netherlands, tennis player (US Doubles 1972) 06/24/1945 Colin Blunstone, rocker (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
    06/24/1946 Ellison S Onizuka, Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast (STS 51C, 51L-Chal disaster)
    06/24/1947 Peter Weller, actor (Robocop, 1st Born, Of Unknown Origin) 06/24/1947 Walter Willison, entertainer
    06/24/1950 Léon J P M Frissen, ambassador/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) 06/24/1950 Mercedes R Lackey, US, sci-fi author (Arrow's Fall, Magic's Pawn) 06/24/1950 Nancy Allen, NYC, actress (Carrie, 1941, Robocop, Dress to Kill) 06/24/1951 Ivar Formo, Norway, 50K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1976) 06/24/1951 Raelene Boyle, Australia, sprinter (Oly-Silver-72)
    06/24/1956 Joe Penny, actor (Jake & the Fatman)
    06/24/1957 Astro, [Terrence Wilson], British rock vocalist (UB40-Red Red Wine) 06/24/1958 Victor M Gerena, NYC, security guard robbed $7 million (FBI wanted) 06/24/1959 Andy McClusky, rocker (Orchestal Manoeveres in the Dark-Electricity)
    06/24/1960 Nate Carr, Erie Pa, freestyle wrestler (Olympic-bronze-1988) 06/24/1961 Curt Smith, rocker (Tears for Fears-Shout)
    06/24/1961 Natalya Shaposhnikova, USSR, sidehorse vaulter (Olympic-gold-1980) 06/24/1964 David Daniel, jockey
    06/24/1965 Danielle Spencer, Bronx, actress (Dee Thomas-What's Happening) 06/24/1967 Crystal Carson, actress (Cartel, Zero Boys)
    06/24/1969 Melissa Gurney, Calif, tennis player (Virginia Slims of SD, 1986) 06/24/1970 Glenn Medeiros, singer (Someday Love)


    Deaths:

    06/24/1475 Albrecht van Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstätt), dies at 54 06/24/1629 Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/writer, dies
    06/24/1652 Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65
    06/24/1673 John of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle 06/24/1712 Simon van de Pose, governor of Cape colony (1679-99), dies at 72 06/24/1724 Johann Theile, composer, dies at 77
    06/24/1778 Peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], classical, dies 06/24/1803 Matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 8
    06/24/1817 Thomas Mckean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83
    06/24/1861 Abdül-Medjid, 31st sultan of Turkey (1839-61), dies at 38 06/24/1882 Joachim Raff, composer, dies at 60
    06/24/1891 Ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer, dies at 80
    06/24/1894 M F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered
    06/24/1908 Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97), dies at 71 06/24/1913 Frank Lynes, composer, dies at 55
    06/24/1922 Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister killed by anti-semites 06/24/1936 Nandor Zsolt, composer, dies at 49
    06/24/1944 Rio Gebhardt, composer, dies at 36
    06/24/1952 Lodewÿk Mortelmans, composer, dies at 84
    06/24/1959 Lou Bandy, [Lodewÿk F Dieben], revue-artist (Life is Real), dies at
    06/24/1962 Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83 06/24/1969 Maria Belgado, entertainer, dies
    06/24/1969 Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), dies 06/24/1969 Willey Ley, US science writer, dies at 62
    06/24/1971 Jack Good, actor (Father Goose), dies
    06/24/1971 Kenneth Washington, actor (Sgt Baker-Hogan's Heroes), dies at 53 06/24/1973 Mary Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, 2nd Wife), dies at 99 06/24/1984 William Keighley, dir (Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at
    06/24/1987 Jackie Gleason, actor (Honeymooners), dies at 71 in Fort Lauderdale 06/24/1991 Martin Rosenblatt, actor, dies
    06/24/1991 Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter, dies
    06/24/1992 Juris Podnieks, cameraman/director (Commandant), drowns
    06/24/1992 Tom Alexander, actor, dies
    06/24/1992 Tony LeMans, singer/songwriter, dies in a car crash at 29


    Significant Events:

    06/24/ 451 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
    06/24/ 843 Vikings destroy Nantes
    06/24/1128 Afonso I of Portugal defeats army of his mother Theresa
    06/24/1298 Rindfleish Persecutions-Jews of Ifhauben Austria massacred 06/24/1314 Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England 06/24/1322 Jews are expelled from France for 3rd time
    06/24/1340 Battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30,000 kille
    06/24/1396 Crusaders under earl of Nevers reach Vienna
    06/24/1397 Sultan Bajezid I release caught crusaders free, for ransom 06/24/1441 Eton College founded by Henry VI
    06/24/1497 John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England
    06/24/1509 Henry VIII crowned King of England
    06/24/1535 Anabaptists Protestants conquerered & disbanded
    06/24/1540 Henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves
    06/24/1597 Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Bantam, West Java
    06/24/1647 Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council 06/24/1662 Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed (Macau Day)
    06/24/1690 King Willem III's army lands at Carrickfergus, Ireland
    06/24/1692 Kingston Jamaica founded
    06/24/1717 1st Free mason's grand lodge mental home opens in London
    06/24/1778 David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia 06/24/1793 1st republican constitution in France adopted
    06/24/1806 English under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires 06/24/1813 Battle of Beaver Dam-British & Indian forces defeat US forces 06/24/1817 1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast
    06/24/1821 Battle of Carabobo; Bolívar defeats royalists outside of Caracas 06/24/1841 Fordham University (then St John's College), opens in the Bronx 06/24/1843 Vincenzo Soliva decrees no Jew can live outside of ghetto in Italy 06/24/1852 J R Hind discovers asteroid #18 Melpomene
    06/24/1859 Battle of Solferino, N-Italy: France/Sardinia-Austria
    06/24/1861 Battle of Mathias Point, VA-US attacks Confederate batteries 06/24/1861 Tennessee becomes 11th (& last) state to secede from US
    06/24/1863 Planning an invasion of Pennsylvania, Lee's army crosses Potomac 06/24/1866 Battle at Custozza: Prussian-Austria beats Italian army
    06/24/1881 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico
    06/24/1882 NL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty
    06/24/1884 John Lynch is 1st black elected chairman of Republican convention 06/24/1885 Samuel David Ferguson becomes 1st US black bishop
    06/24/1894 Decision to begin modern Olympics every 4 years
    06/24/1897 Hail injures 26 in Topeka Kansas
    06/24/1898 American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba 06/24/1900 Dutch Social-Democratic Worker's party & Socialistenbond merge 06/24/1901 Jewish National Fund starts
    06/24/1903 Russia prohibits meetings dealing with zionist
    06/24/1908 A Kopff discovers asteroids #663 Gerlinde & #664 Judith
    06/24/1909 Best 72 holes of golf at US open (George Sargent-290)
    06/24/1911 John McDermott becomes 1st American to win US open golf tournament 06/24/1914 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #789 Lena
    06/24/1914 King Peter I of Sweden names son Alexander the Prince-regent 06/24/1915 800 dies as excursion steamer Eastland capsizes in Chicago 06/24/1917 Russian Black Sea fleet munity at Sebastopol
    06/24/1920 Chuvash Autonomous Region formed in RSFSR
    06/24/1922 AFPA changes name to NFL, Chicago Staleys become Chicago Bears 06/24/1923 Pope Pius XI speaks against allies occupying Ruhrgebied
    06/24/1928 Johnny Farrell wins US Open golf tournament
    06/24/1930 1st radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC
    06/24/1931 USSR & Afghanistan sign neutrality treaty
    06/24/1932 Coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand
    06/24/1936 Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 HRs in 1 inn, Yanks beat Browns 18
    06/24/1936 Mary McLeod Bethune named director of Negro Affairs in Natl Youth Ad
    06/24/1938 500 ton meteorite hits Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    06/24/1939 Pan Am's 1st US to England flight
    06/24/1940 France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II
    06/24/1941 Nazis exterminate entire male population of Gargzdai
    06/24/1942 Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) annexed 06/24/1943 Allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg
    06/24/1946 29.77 cm (11.72') of rainfall, Mellen, Wisc. (state 24-hr record) 06/24/1946 Georges Bidault elected premier of France
    06/24/1947 Flying saucers sighted over Mount Rainier by pilot Ken Arnold 06/24/1947 Jim Ferrier wins PGA golf tournament
    06/24/1948 Republican Natl Convention in Phila nominates NY gov Thomas Dewey 06/24/1948 Soviet Union begins Berlin Blockade
    06/24/1949 'Hopalong Cassidy' becomes 1st network western (NBC)
    06/24/1949 AM de Jongs murderer, Ton of Gog arrested in Scheveningen 06/24/1949 Cargo airlines 1st licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board 06/24/1950 French government-Bidault resigns
    06/24/1950 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1821 Aconcagua
    06/24/1950 NY Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 HRs & a triple
    06/24/1951 Persians army nationalizes oil installations
    06/24/1953 KSWS (now KOBR) TV channel 8 in Roswell, NM (NBC) begins broadcastin
    06/24/1955 Harmon Killebrew hits his 1st HR (off Billy Hoeff)
    06/24/1956 WISC TV channel 3 in Madison, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting 06/24/1961 Beatles record 'If You Love Me Baby'
    06/24/1961 Iraq demands dominion over Kuwait
    06/24/1962 Jack Reed's 22nd inn HR leads Yanks over Tigers 9-7
    06/24/1963 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London 06/24/1963 Levi Esjkol forms Israeli govt
    06/24/1963 Zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain
    06/24/1966 Bombay-NY Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die 06/24/1966 Period of relative peace following WW II exceeds that following WW I
    06/24/1967 Zaïre adopts constitution
    06/24/1968 Canadian Sandra Post becomes 1st non-US & 1st rookie LPGA winner 06/24/1968 Deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion
    06/24/1968 Jim Northrup hits 2 grand-slammers to help Tigers beat Cleve 14-3 06/24/1968 Joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title 06/24/1968 Resurrection City in Wash DC closed permanently
    06/24/1970 Bobby Murcer ties record of 4 consecutive HRs
    06/24/1970 Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 06/24/1972 Wake Island becomes unincorporated territory of US (US Air Force) 06/24/1972 Yvonne Braitwaite Burke becomes 1st black chair in Dem convention 06/24/1973 Marlene Raymond (15), limboes under a flaming bar at 6 1/8' 06/24/1975 Eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport NY, kills 113
    06/24/1975 Moon tremor perceived (hit by Taurid meteors)
    06/24/1977 IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976
    06/24/1980 Affirmed wins $500,000 Hollywood Cup, 1st horse to win $2 million 06/24/1982 Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat
    06/24/1982 Jean-Loup Chretien, 1st spacionaut, 2 others, lift off (Soyuz T-16) 06/24/1982 Mary Hart's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
    06/24/1983 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB 06/24/1983 Don Sutton becomes 8th pitcher to strikeout 3,000 batters 06/24/1984 Joe Morgan sets career HR mark for 2nd basemen with #265
    06/24/1985 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 returns to Earth 06/24/1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-F 06/24/1986 Guy Hunt elected 1st Republican governor of Alabama in 112 years 06/24/1986 US Senate approves 'tax reform'
    06/24/1988 Cleve pitcher Doug Jones sets record of 14 consecutive saves 06/24/1992 Billy Joel, gets an honorary diploma from Hicksville HS
    06/24/1992 Eddie Antar, CEO (Crazy Eddies), $74 m stock fraud caught in Israel 06/24/1992 John Gotti begins life sentence in jail
    06/24/1993 Arab terror group plans bombing of Holland/Lincoln Tunnels caught

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Fri Jun 25 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/25/1373 Johanna II, Queen of Naples (1414-35)
    06/25/1709 Francesco Araja, composer
    06/25/1735 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer
    06/25/1796 Ferdinando Giorgetti, composer
    06/25/1813 William Hugh Keim, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 06/25/1823 James Dunwody Bulloch, Capt (Confederate Navy), died in 1901 06/25/1852 Antonio Gaudí, Spanish architect (Sagrada Familia, Barcelona) 06/25/1858 Georges Courteline [Moineaux], French playwright
    06/25/1860 Gustave Charpentier, French composer (opera Louise)
    06/25/1862 Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, composer
    06/25/1864 Walther Hermann Nernst, Prussian physical chemist (Nobel 1920) 06/25/1865 Robert Henri, US painter, leader of Ashcan school
    06/25/1878 Jean Gallon, composer
    06/25/1886 Henry 'Hap' Arnold, commanding general, US Army Air Force (WW II) 06/25/1887 George Abbott, Forestville NY, producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game) 06/25/1889 Ethel Glenn Hier, composer
    06/25/1893 Charlotte Greenwood, Phila, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami) 06/25/1894 Hermann Oberth, Germany, founded modern astronautics (V2/Redstone) 06/25/1897 Basil Radford, actor (Quartet, Whiskey Galore, Night Train) 06/25/1897 Hans Barth, composer
    06/25/1900 Izak D du Plessis, South African writer/director (3rd World) 06/25/1900 Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral 06/25/1901 Adolf Brunner, composer
    06/25/1903 Arthur Tracy, street singer (Vincent Lopez Show, Limelight) 06/25/1903 George Orwell, [Eric A Blair], British writer (Animal Farm, 1984) 06/25/1904 John van Axel, [John P Kraakman], director (Overschotje)
    06/25/1906 Roger Livesey, actor (Drums, Life & Death of Col Blimp)
    06/25/1907 J Hans D Jensen, Germany, physicist (atomic nucleus-Nobel 1963) 06/25/1909 Daniel Fuchs, US writer (Summer in Williamsburg)
    06/25/1911 Reed Hadley, actor (Rimfire, Shock, Grand Canyon)
    06/25/1911 William H Stein, US biochemist (Nobel 1972)
    06/25/1913 Aimé Césaire, Martinique, writer (Ecrivian Martiniquais)
    06/25/1915 Peter Lind Hayes, SF Calif, comedian/singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show) 06/25/1916 Theodore P Toynbee, British journalist/writer (Savage Days, Barricad
    06/25/1921 Peter Charles Arthur Wishart, composer
    06/25/1924 Sidney Lumet, Phila, director (Group, Pawnbroker, Fail Safe) 06/25/1925 Clifton Chenier, blues singer (Bayou Blues, Bon Ton Roulet) 06/25/1925 June Lockhart, NYC, actr (Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction)
    06/25/1925 Robert Venturi, US, architect (Levittown NY, Las Vegas)
    06/25/1925 Ziggy Talent, Manchester NH, singer (Vaughn Monroe Show)
    06/25/1926 Ingeborg Bachmann, Austria author/poet
    06/25/1926 Pierre Culliford, Brussels Belgium, cartoonist (Smurfs)
    06/25/1928 William Joseph Russo, composer
    06/25/1933 Gary Crosby, Calif, actor (Bill Dana Show, Adam 12, Chase) 06/25/1933 Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian artist (glass painter)
    06/25/1935 Eddie Floyd, US singer/composer (Calif Girl, Falcons-Knock on Wood) 06/25/1935 Kurt Schwertsik, composer
    06/25/1935 Laurent Terzieff, Paris, actor (Head Over Heels, Milky Way) 06/25/1935 Wynand Breytenbach, S Afr under minister of Defense (1986- ) 06/25/1936 Harold Melvin, US singer (Blue Notes-My Hero)
    06/25/1936 Paul Nowee, writer (Arendsoog)
    06/25/1940 Thomas Köhler, German DR, luger (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
    06/25/1942 Patrick Michael Mitchell, Ottawa, one of FBI's most wanted 06/25/1942 Willis Reed, basketball hall-of-famer center (NY Knicks)
    06/25/1945 Carly Simon, NYC, singer (Anticipation, You're So Vain)
    06/25/1946 Ian McDonald, guitarist (King Crisom)
    06/25/1948 Michael Lembeck, Bkln, actor (Max-One Day at a Time)
    06/25/1949 Brenda Sykes, Shreveport La, actress (Ozzie's Girls, Getting Straigh
    06/25/1949 Jimmie Walker, Bronx NY, comedian (JJ-Good Times, At Ease) 06/25/1949 Kene Holliday, NYC, actor (Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country) 06/25/1949 Phyllis George-Brown, Denton Tx, Miss America (1971)/sportscaster 06/25/1950 Belinda Montgomery, Winnipeg Manitoba, actress (Man From Atlantis) 06/25/1950 Tatyana Averina, USSR, speed skater 1K, 3K (Olympic-gold-1976) 06/25/1952 Tim Finn, song writer (Puberty Blues)
    06/25/1954 John Kimmel, horse trainer
    06/25/1955 Michael Sabatino, actor (Lawrence-Days of Our Life, Bold & Beautiful
    06/25/1958 Debbie Green, South Korea, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984) 06/25/1963 George Michael, England, rock vocalist (Wham-I Want Your Sex) 06/25/1963 Mike Myers, Canada, comedian (SNL-Wayne's World)
    06/25/1967 Brian Wanek, Mequon Wis, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
    06/25/1967 Joan Smith, Rochester NY, biathelete (Olympics-1994)


    Deaths:

    06/25/1142 Gulielmus of Vercelli, Italian hermit/monastery founder/saint, dies 06/25/1212 Simon de Montfort, a leader of the crusades, dies at 67
    06/25/1423 Reinald IV, duke of Gelre, dies
    06/25/1514 Berta Jacobsdr, [Suster Bertken], hermit, dies at 87
    06/25/1522 Franchinus Gaffurius, composer, dies at 71
    06/25/1710 Antonius Matthaeus, lawyer/historian, dies at 74
    06/25/1767 Georg Philipp Telemann, composer, dies at 86
    06/25/1785 Pierre Talon, composer, dies at 63
    06/25/1822 Earnest T Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer, dies at 46
    06/25/1840 Leopold earl of Limburg Stirum, general/politician, dies at 82 06/25/1876 Boston Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn 06/25/1876 George A Custer, US general, dies at Little Bighorn
    06/25/1876 John Patton, trumpeter, dies at Little Bighorn
    06/25/1876 Lame White Man, Cheyenne, dies at Little Bighorn
    06/25/1876 Myles Keogh, US officer, dies at Little Bighorn
    06/25/1876 Thomas W Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn 06/25/1884 Hans Rott, composer, dies at 25
    06/25/1896 Emile AH Seipgens, priest/brewery/literature, dies at 58
    06/25/1898 Ferdinand J Cohn, German botanist/publicist, dies at 70
    06/25/1906 Stanford White, Architect, shot dead atop Madison Square Garden whic
    06/25/1906 he designed by Harry Thaw jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit 06/25/1926 Symon Petljoera, pres Ukraine (pogroms), murdered in Paris 06/25/1929 Georges Courteline [Moineaux], French playwright, dies
    06/25/1937 Colin Clive, actor (Bride of Frankenstein, Jane Eyre), dies at 39 06/25/1943 Spencer Charters, actor (Big Town Girl, St Louis Kid), dies at 68 06/25/1954 Eduard M Meÿers, lawyer (Civil Code), dies at 74
    06/25/1956 Alfred C Kinsey, US zoologist/sexologist, dies at 62
    06/25/1956 Ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 7
    06/25/1959 Charles Starkwether, murderer, executed
    06/25/1960 WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67 06/25/1964 Gerrit Rietfield, architect (Julianahal/Sonsbeekpaviljoen), dies at
    06/25/1968 Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43 06/25/1976 Johnny Mercer, US songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66 06/25/1977 Endre Szervanszky, composer, dies at 65
    06/25/1977 Petko Staynov, composer, dies at 80
    06/25/1978 Hussein al-Ghasjmi, president of North-Yemen, murdered
    06/25/1983 Alberto Evaristo Ginastera, composer, dies at 67
    06/25/1984 Paul-Michel Foucault, French philosopher, dies at 57
    06/25/1986 Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet, dies at 63
    06/25/1987 Boudleaux Bryant, song writer (for Everly Bros), dies at 67 06/25/1988 Axis Sally, [Mildred E Gillars], US nazi propagandist (WW II), dies 06/25/1990 Peggy Glanville-Hicks, composer, dies at 77
    06/25/1992 James Stirling, Scottish D-Day parachutist/architect, dies 06/25/1992 Jerome Brown, Phila Eagle defensive tackle, dies in car crash at 27 06/25/1992 William E Harris, entertainer, dies


    Significant Events:

    06/25/ 253 St Lucius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    06/25/1080 Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clemens III
    06/25/1139 Battle of Ourique: Afonso I defeats Moors
    06/25/1178 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon
    06/25/1183 Peace of Konstanz
    06/25/1243 Sinibaldo dei Fieschi elected as Pope Innocentius IV
    06/25/1298 Rindfleish Persecutions-250 Jews killed in Rothenburg Germany 06/25/1606 Alkmaarse clergy asks 'Great dertelheyt'
    06/25/1606 St Jansday is forbidden
    06/25/1630 Fork introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop
    06/25/1638 A lunar eclipse becomes 1st astronomical event recorded in US 06/25/1672 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass 06/25/1675 Battle at Rathenow: Brandenburgers beat Sweden
    06/25/1716 Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands 06/25/1749 General fast because of drought in MA
    06/25/1788 Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution
    06/25/1798 US passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens 06/25/1834 Pope Gregory XVI's encyclical 'Singulari nos' published
    06/25/1835 1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF)
    06/25/1861 Western Virginia campaign
    06/25/1863 US General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more aggresive
    06/25/1864 Horse tramway at the Hague, opens
    06/25/1864 Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines 06/25/1868 FL, AL, LA, GA, NC & SC readmitted to US
    06/25/1870 Opera 'Die Walküre' is produced (Munich)
    06/25/1876 Custer & 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux & Cheyenne at Little Big Hor
    06/25/1888 Republican Convention, in Chicago, nominates Benjamin Harrison 06/25/1894 American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike 06/25/1903 Yanks & White Sox end deadlocked at 6-6 in 18
    06/25/1905 Warsaw & Lodz revolt against Russian occupation
    06/25/1909 George Sargent wins US Open golf tournament
    06/25/1913 Dutch Parliamentary election (confess party looses majority) 06/25/1916 Tsar Nicolaas II fires minister of Foreign affairs Sasonov 06/25/1918 Bakoe-Turkish communist party forms
    06/25/1919 1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13)
    06/25/1919 Revolt of Spartacus in Hamburg
    06/25/1920 League of Nations places Intl head of Justice in Hague
    06/25/1921 Jack Hutchinson becomes 1st American to win golf's British Open 06/25/1924 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1023 Thomana
    06/25/1925 Military putsch under gen Theodorus Pángulos in Greece
    06/25/1928 NY Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader 06/25/1929 Pres Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) 06/25/1932 Gene Sarazen wins US Open golf tournament
    06/25/1934 Yank pitcher John Broaca ties record by striking out 5 times 06/25/1935 Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera at Yankee Stadium
    06/25/1937 Cub Augie Galan becomes 1st player to switch hit HRs in a game 06/25/1938 Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40¢ per hour
    06/25/1940 Adolf Hitler views Eiffel towe & grave of Napoleon in France 06/25/1941 FDR issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination 06/25/1941 Fair Employment Practices Commission established
    06/25/1941 Finland declares war on Soviet Union
    06/25/1942 British RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II) 06/25/1942 British premier Winston Churchill travels from US to London 06/25/1943 Crematory III at Birkenau is finished
    06/25/1943 Race riots in Detroit
    06/25/1943 Racial unrest in Detroit
    06/25/1943 Seyss-Inquart orders mass arrests of Dutch physicians
    06/25/1944 British assault at Caen Normandy
    06/25/1945 General Headquarter on Okinawa, falls
    06/25/1947 1st edition of Anne Franks 'The back of house' published
    06/25/1947 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello
    06/25/1948 Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 to reatain championship 06/25/1948 Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill (205,000 Europeans to US) 06/25/1949 Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote) 06/25/1950 Israeli airline El Al begins service
    06/25/1951 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities 06/25/1952 Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election 06/25/1952 Jim Turnesa wins PGA golf tournament
    06/25/1953 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours 06/25/1953 86°F in Anchorage Alaska
    06/25/1956 51 die in collision of 'Andrea Doria' & 'Stockholm' (Cape Cod) 06/25/1956 WKNO TV channel 10 in Memphis, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting 06/25/1960 Earthquake in NE Belgium
    06/25/1960 Madagascar gains independence of France
    06/25/1961 Balt & Calif use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns 06/25/1961 Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees) 06/25/1961 Yankee's Roger Maris hits his 40th of 61 HRs
    06/25/1962 Cabinet-Inönü forms in Turkey
    06/25/1962 Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) forms
    06/25/1962 Supreme Court rules NY school prayer unconstitutional
    06/25/1962 Yankee Jack Reed's 22nd inning HR wins a 7 hour game
    06/25/1963 JFK speaks at Pauls Church in Frankfurt
    06/25/1963 South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu arrested 06/25/1964 Prince A Taylor becomes 1st black methodist bishop (NJ)
    06/25/1965 Gyula Kallai succeeds János Kádár as premier of Hungary
    06/25/1966 Beatles' 'Paperback Writer,' single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks 06/25/1966 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 13rd Symphony, premieres in Leningrad 06/25/1966 Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched
    06/25/1967 400 million watch Beatles 'Our World' TV special
    06/25/1967 KPBS TV channel 15 in San Diego, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting 06/25/1967 Mohammed Ali (Cassius Clay) sentenced to 5 years
    06/25/1968 Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants) 06/25/1972 Berenice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball
    06/25/1972 Juan Perón elected presidenti of Argentina
    06/25/1973 John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee 06/25/1973 Russian party leader Brezjnev visits France
    06/25/1973 Udo Beyer of East Germany puts the shot a record 20.47 m
    06/25/1975 Mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day) 06/25/1977 LBJ denies report he had a cancer during his presidency
    06/25/1977 Roy C Sullivan of Va is struck by lightening for 7th time! 06/25/1978 Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Air
    06/25/1979 E F Helin & S J Bus discovers asteroid #2343 Siding Spring, 06/25/1979 Failed attack on NATO commander Haig in Obourg, Belgium
    06/25/1981 Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional 06/25/1982 Porn star John Holmes acquitted on murder charges
    06/25/1982 SF holds its 1st County Fair
    06/25/1982 Sec of State Alexander Haig Jr resigns, replaced by Schultz 06/25/1983 Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m 06/25/1984 STS 41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem 06/25/1985 Fireworks factory near Hallett, OK explodes (21 die)
    06/25/1986 Former Belgium premier Vanden Boeynants sentenced for fraud 06/25/1987 Pope John Paul II receives Austrian Pres Kurt Waldheim
    06/25/1988 Iceland's president Vigdis Finnbogádottir elected (90+%)
    06/25/1988 Neth soccer team wins European Cup (2-0 against USSR)
    06/25/1989 1st US postmark dedicated to Lesbian & Gay Pride (Stonewall, NYC) 06/25/1990 120°F in Phoenix Arizona
    06/25/1990 NBC decides to air episodes of 'Quantum Leep' for 5 straight days 06/25/1991 Slovenia & Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia
    06/25/1992 Alexnaders Departmentr store closes all 11 stores
    06/25/1992 Jerome Brown, Phila Eagle defenseman, dies in auto crash at 27 06/25/1992 STS 50 launched
    06/25/1993 NY Islander goalee Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame 06/25/1993 Parliamentary election in Morocco
    06/25/1994 1500th goal in World Cup history scored by Caceres of Argentina 06/25/1994 Cleve Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yanks 11-6
    06/25/1994 Japanese premier Tsutomu Hata resigns

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat Jun 26 00:30:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/26/1582 Johannes Schultz, composer
    06/26/1655 Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent
    06/26/1702 Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman
    06/26/1730 Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of 'M objects') 06/26/1742 Arthur Middleton, signer Declaration of Independence
    06/26/1747 Leopold Kozeluch, composer
    06/26/1749 Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer
    06/26/1760 Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/field marshal
    06/26/1763 George Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes
    06/26/1819 Abner Doubleday, Major General (Union volunteers)/invented baseball 06/26/1823 Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer
    06/26/1824 Kelvin, [William Thomson], British physicist (Kelvin Scale) 06/26/1824 Moritz Furstenau, composer
    06/26/1831 Julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Kriegs- u Friedenslieder) 06/26/1837 Martin Davis Hardin II, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 192
    06/26/1837 Victor Jean Baptiste Girardey, Brig General (Confederate Army) 06/26/1854 Robert Laird Borden, (C), 8th Canadian PM (1911-20)
    06/26/1865 Bernard Berenson, art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance) 06/26/1865 Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China)
    06/26/1865 George Pearce, actor (Country Kid, British Agent, Valiant) 06/26/1866 Josef Swickard, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities)
    06/26/1869 Martin Anderson Nexö, Danish poet/writer (Tabte Generation) 06/26/1874 Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer
    06/26/1875 Camille Zeckwer, composer
    06/26/1876 Nico[laas P] de Young, radio play actor
    06/26/1878 Albert Siklos, composer
    06/26/1878 Ernest Torrence, actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame, King of Kings) 06/26/1885 André Maurois, [Emile Herzog], French writer (Balzac)
    06/26/1885 Anna MF van Wageningen-Salomons, [Ada Gerlo], author (girl student) 06/26/1887 Anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist
    06/26/1891 Heinrich Lemacher, composer
    06/26/1891 Sidney Coe Howard, US, dramatist (Swords, Pulitzer 1925)
    06/26/1892 Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, China, author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938) 06/26/1893 'Big Bill' Broonzy, Miss, blues singer/guitarist (Blues by Broonzy) 06/26/1894 Bill Wirges, Buffalo NY, orch leader (Growing Paynes)
    06/26/1894 Jeanne Eagels, actress (Rain, Under False Colors)
    06/26/1895 Jankel Adler, Polish painter
    06/26/1895 Robert Graves, English writer/poet (I Claudius)
    06/26/1897 Viola Dana, actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover) 06/26/1898 Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer
    06/26/1900 Joseph EA 'Jo' Spier, cartoonist/water colors painter/lithographer 06/26/1901 Stuart Symington, (Sen-D-Mo)
    06/26/1901 William Busch, composer
    06/26/1902 Antonia Brico, Rotterdam Holland, conductor/pianist (Antonia) 06/26/1903 Ashley Clarke, president (Venice in Peril Fund)
    06/26/1903 Floyd 'Babe' Herman, Brooklyn Dodgers' slugger (.324 lifetime averag
    06/26/1904 Peter Lorre, Germany, actor (M, Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers) 06/26/1905 Jack Longland, British director of education (Derbyshire) 06/26/1906 Stefan Andres, German writer (Wir sind Utopia)
    06/26/1909 'Col Tom' Parker, Elvis Presley's manager
    06/26/1909 Betty Askwith, author
    06/26/1909 Nicholas Polunin, environmentalist
    06/26/1910 Charles Spry, Australian security chief
    06/26/1911 Edward Levi, professor (Intro to Legal Reasoning)
    06/26/1913 Babe [Mildred Ella] Didrikson, Port Arthur TX, hurdler (Oly-gold-32)
    06/26/1913 Maurice Wilkes, inventor (stored program concept for computers) 06/26/1914 Laurie Lee, male poet/author (I Can't Stay Long)
    06/26/1914 Richard Maltby, orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show)
    06/26/1914 Wolfgang Windgassen, Annemasse Germany, tenor (Stuttgart Opera) 06/26/1916 Alex Dreier, Honolulu Hawaii, newscaster (Whats it all about World?)
    06/26/1917 William Hamilton, British MP
    06/26/1919 Lord Rawlinson, of Ewell, British attorney general
    06/26/1920 Michael Eastham, high court judge
    06/26/1922 Alan Peacock, economist
    06/26/1922 Campbell Adamson, CEO (Abbey National Pictures)
    06/26/1922 Eleanor Parker, Ohio, actress (Caged, Detective Story, Hans Brinker)
    06/26/1922 Frances Rafferty, Sioux City Iowa, actress (December Bride) 06/26/1923 David Haslam, British rear admiral (hydrographer)
    06/26/1924 Peter Miles, British keeper of privy purse
    06/26/1924 Syd Lawrence, bandleader
    06/26/1925 Pavel I Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II)
    06/26/1927 Leslie Carpenter, CEO (Reed International)
    06/26/1928 Jacob Druckman, Philadelphia, composer (Animus I Auerole) 06/26/1929 Alexander Fenton, CEO (Euro Ethnological Research Center in Edinburg
    06/26/1929 Francesco Cossiga, president of Italy (1985- )
    06/26/1929 Ian Prestt, ornithologist
    06/26/1930 Willem G Statius Muller, Neth Antilles, conductor/pianist/composer 06/26/1931 Alan Bailey, British sect dept of transport
    06/26/1931 Colin Wilson, author (Afterlife, Book of Great Mysteries) 06/26/1931 Lucien Goethals, composer
    06/26/1933 Claudio Abbado, Milan Italy, composer/conductor (London Symph-1982) 06/26/1933 David Winnick, British MP
    06/26/1933 Pat Morita, [Noriyuki], Calif, actor (Arnold-Happy Days, Karate Kid)
    06/26/1934 John V Tunney, (Rep/Sen-D-Calif)
    06/26/1934 Josef Sommer, actor (Witness, Target, Iceman, Forced March) 06/26/1934 Luis Felipe Pires, composer
    06/26/1935 Douglas Peterson, (Rep-D-Florida)
    06/26/1936 Robert Maclennan, British MP
    06/26/1937 Henk van der Meyden, journalist (de Telecount/Privé)
    06/26/1937 Peter Pike, MP
    06/26/1938 Neil Abercrombie, (Rep-D-Hawaii, 1986-88)
    06/26/1939 Charles Robb, (Sen-D-Va)/husband of Lynda Bird Johnson
    06/26/1939 Smangaliso P Mkhatshwa, sec-gen of South Africa (1983-88) 06/26/1940 Billy Davis Jr, St Louis Mo, singer (5th Dimension-One Less Bell) 06/26/1942 Larry Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat-On the Road Again)
    06/26/1943 Georgie Fame, rock vocalist (Get Away, Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde) 06/26/1943 Jean Knight, US singer (Mr Big Stuff)
    06/26/1943 John Allen Strang, composer
    06/26/1944 Ruth Kempson, linguist
    06/26/1945 Barry Schrader, composer
    06/26/1946 Clive Francis, London England, actor (Masada)
    06/26/1951 Breyson Cooper, jockey
    06/26/1951 Pamela Bellwood, NYC, actress (Ellen-W.E.B., Claudia-Dynasty) 06/26/1952 Gordon McQueen, soccer player
    06/26/1953 Ralph Ezell, Union Miss, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South) 06/26/1954 Robert Davi, actor (Raw Deal)
    06/26/1955 Mary Margaret Brownie, RI, fictional id of Prymaat in Coneheads 06/26/1955 Mick Jones, rocker (Big Audio Dynamite-Tighten Up)
    06/26/1956 Azhar Cachalia, Scottish/S Afr United Democratic Front-leader 06/26/1956 Bernard A Harris Jr, Temple Texas, MD/Astronaut (STS 55, sk:63) 06/26/1956 Chris Isaak, US rock singer/songwriter (Wicked Game)
    06/26/1956 Mick Jones, English rock vocalist/guitarist (Clash-Havana 3 AM) 06/26/1956 Robert Davi, actor (License to Kill, Raw Deal, Wild Thing) 06/26/1960 Barbara Edwards, Albuqueque NM, playmate of year (Sept, 1983)/actres
    06/26/1961 Greg LeMond, US bicyclist/Tour de France winner
    06/26/1962 George PN earl of St Andrews, under English prince Edward 06/26/1963 Devin Reneé De Vasquez, Baton Rouge La, playmate (June, 1985)/actres
    06/26/1963 Wendy Lucero-Schayes, Denver Co, US diver (Olympic-92)
    06/26/1964 Zeng Jinlian, Hunan China, became tallest woman known (2.46 m, 8'1')
    06/26/1966 Bryan Webb, horse trainer
    06/26/1970 Chris O'Donnell, actor (School Ties)


    Deaths:

    06/26/ 363 Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies 06/26/1541 Franciscp Pizarro, Spanish conquistador, dies
    06/26/1631 Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies
    06/26/1657 Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65
    06/26/1661 Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76
    06/26/1666 Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies
    06/26/1688 Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies
    06/26/1778 Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77
    06/26/1793 Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies
    06/26/1798 Eugene Godecharle, composer, dies at 56
    06/26/1819 Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer, dies at 71
    06/26/1819 Slome Duikelar, [Abraham J Swalff], Yiddish writer, dies
    06/26/1827 Christian A Vulpius, German writer (Ornaldo Ornaldini), dies 06/26/1836 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, author/composer (Marseillaise), dies 06/26/1863 Andrew Hull Foote, US Union lt admiral, dies
    06/26/1906 Alexander Muir, poet (Maple Leaf Forever), dies at 76
    06/26/1922 Albert HK, monarch of Monaco (1889-1922), dies at 73
    06/26/1926 Christina Goedvolk, wife of Henry Jut, dies
    06/26/1937 Georg A Erman, German egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies 06/26/1938 James Weldon Johnson, black leader (NAACP), dies in car crash at 67 06/26/1939 Ford M Ford, [Hueffer], British writer, (Tietjens Saga) dies at 66 06/26/1942 Titus Brandsma, [Anno Sjoerd], priest (Dachau), dies
    06/26/1943 Fritz Schmidt, German street photographer, commits suicide 06/26/1945 Erno Rapee, composer, dies at 54
    06/26/1945 Nikolay Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, composer, dies at 72
    06/26/1956 Clifford Brown, US jazz trumpeter, dies at 25
    06/26/1960 John Brenden Kelly, rower (Olympic-gold-1920, 24), dies at 70 06/26/1961 Hélène Dutrieu, comédienne/stuntwoman/1st Belgian pilot, dies 06/26/1961 Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58 06/26/1963 Obe Postma, Fries, poet/geography/historian (Own Cart), dies 06/26/1965 Johan C T Kikkert, painter/etcher/critic, dies at 82
    06/26/1965 Reginald Beckwith, actor/writer (39 Steps, Dr in Love), dies at 56 06/26/1967 Francoise Dorléac, actress (That Man From Rio), dies at 35 06/26/1971 Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer, dies at 91
    06/26/1971 Inia Te Wiata, opera singer, dies
    06/26/1971 Juan Manen, composer, dies at 88
    06/26/1972 David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61 06/26/1973 Arnold Richardson, composer, dies at 59
    06/26/1973 Ernest Truex, actor (Fluffy, Scared, His Girl Friday), dies at 82 06/26/1975 Jose Maria Escrivá de Balaguer Albás, founder (Opus Dei), dies at 73
    06/26/1977 Lou Reizner, rock vocalist/producer (Rod Stewart, Tommy), dies at 43
    06/26/1977 Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist, dies at 75
    06/26/1978 Rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed
    06/26/1979 Charles Clore, financier, dies
    06/26/1981 Peter Kreuder, German composer, dies
    06/26/1982 Alexander Mitscherlich, German psychotherapist, dies
    06/26/1982 André Tchaikowsy, pianist/composer, dies
    06/26/1982 Charles Russhon, USAF lt col/liaison for James Bond films, dies at 7
    06/26/1982 Sandy Powell, costume designer, dies at 82
    06/26/1983 Walter O'Keefe, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 82 06/26/1984 Carl Foreman, producer, dies of cancer at 69
    06/26/1984 George H Gallup, pollster (Gallup Poll), dies at 82
    06/26/1990 Mary Ward, [Myra Syriër], actress (Playing for Keeps), dies 06/26/1991 Paul Andor, actor (Mad Lover, Enemy of Women), dies
    06/26/1992 Geert Vissers, Dutch TV host (Gay Dating Show), dies
    06/26/1992 Phil Rubenstein, US, actor (Tango & Cash, Robocop), dies
    06/26/1993 Catherine Leno, mother of Tonight Show host Jay, dies at 82 of cance
    06/26/1993 Jack Bittner, entertainer, dies
    06/26/1993 Roy Campanella, 3xMVP catcher (Dodgers), dies at 71 of a heart attac
    06/26/1993 Willy C of Hemert, director/(text)poet (Small Truth), dies at 81 06/26/1994 Roelof Kiers, VPRO-programmer/director (Macchiavelli), dies at 56


    Significant Events:

    06/26/ 684 St Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    06/26/1409 Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V 06/26/1483 Richard III usurps English throne
    06/26/1553 Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter
    06/26/1794 Battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army 06/26/1807 Lightning hits gunpowder warehouse in Luxembourg; 230 die 06/26/1844 US pres John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in NYC
    06/26/1848 1st pure food law enacted in US
    06/26/1857 62 recieve Victoria Cross
    06/26/1857 Cawnpore England massacre
    06/26/1862 Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulse Confederacy in Virginia 06/26/1862 Day 2 of 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville VA (Meadow Bridge) 06/26/1862 US Army of Virginia established under Gen John Pope
    06/26/1870 1st section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens
    06/26/1870 Wagner's opera 'Valkyrie' premieres in Munich
    06/26/1900 Dr Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever
    06/26/1902 England establishes Order of Merit
    06/26/1902 M Wolf & L Carnera discovers asteroid #488 Kreusa
    06/26/1902 Order of Merit instituted by King Edward VII
    06/26/1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of 3 Garidebs' (BG)
    06/26/1906 Hongar Szisz wins 1st Grand-Prix (Le Mans, France)
    06/26/1907 Bolscheviks overthrows transport in Tiflis
    06/26/1909 Victoria & Albert Museum opens in London
    06/26/1911 Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 83 mph (133 kph) 06/26/1912 Gustav Mahlers 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna
    06/26/1915 Germany supresses its 'Vorwarts' newspaper after it called for peace
    06/26/1916 Cleveland Indians experiment with #s on their jerseys (one game) 06/26/1917 1st US Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I
    06/26/1919 NY Daily News begins publishing
    06/26/1924 After 8 years of occupation, US troops leave Domincan Republic 06/26/1929 ENKA/Vereinigte Glanzstoff Factory merge AKU (Genl Kunstzijde Union)
    06/26/1934 FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act establishing credit unions 06/26/1934 Germany & Poland sign no-attack treaty
    06/26/1934 W E B Du Bois resigns position at NAACP
    06/26/1935 SDAP & CPH achieve majority in city council in Amsterdam
    06/26/1935 Work service for recent graduate obligatory in Germany
    06/26/1936 1st flight of Fw61 helicopter
    06/26/1936 Everett Marshall beats Ali Baba in Columbus, to become wrestling cha
    06/26/1936 L Boyer discovers asteroid #2021 Poincare
    06/26/1938 Cin Red Lonny Frey hits 8 doubles in a doubleheader
    06/26/1940 End of USSR experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27 06/26/1941 Finland enters WW II against Russia
    06/26/1941 Lithuanian facists massacre 2,300 Jews in Kovno
    06/26/1942 German assault on British at Mersa Matruh
    06/26/1945 UN Charter signed by 50 nations in SF
    06/26/1946 Dutch National Front leader Arnold Meijer sentenced to 5 years 06/26/1946 Fred Allen's last radio show, his guest is Jack Benny
    06/26/1948 US denounces Soviet blockade of Berlin
    06/26/1949 1st Belgian parliamentary election where women can vote (CVP gains) 06/26/1949 Walter Baade discovers asteroid Icarus inside orbit of Mercury 06/26/1950 Pres Gottwald of Czech confirms Milada Horákovás death
    06/26/1952 Dutch social democratic party wins majority (29%)
    06/26/1952 Nelson Mandela & 51 others infringe South Africa curfew
    06/26/1953 KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, TX (CBS) 1st broadcast 06/26/1953 Russian vice-premier/interior minister Beria arrested
    06/26/1955 Actor Geoffrey Holder marries Carmen de Lavallade
    06/26/1955 Freedom Charter signed in South-Africa
    06/26/1955 Trinidad actor Geoffrey Holder marries Carmen de Lava
    06/26/1957 Hurricane Audrey strikes Louisiana claiming 500 lives
    06/26/1958 Gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium
    06/26/1958 Mackinac Straits Bridge, Michigan dedicated
    06/26/1958 Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
    06/26/1959 Ingemar Johansson of Sweden KOs Floyd Patterson as boxing champ 06/26/1959 Queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open St Lawrence Seaway 06/26/1960 British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain 06/26/1960 Italian Somaliland declares independence from Italian-administration
    06/26/1960 Madagascar (formerly Malagasy Rep) declares independence from France
    06/26/1962 Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill
    06/26/1962 Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0
    06/26/1962 WSEC (now WLRN) TV channel 17 in Miami, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
    06/26/1963 Alfons Gorbach forms Austrian cabinet
    06/26/1963 Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns commercial TV
    06/26/1963 Kennedy visits W Berlin 'Ich bin ein Berliner' (I am a Berliner) 06/26/1964 Beatles release 'A Hard Day's Night' album
    06/26/1964 Blacks & Whites riot over racial segregation in St Augustine 06/26/1964 Moïse Tsjombe forms cabinet in Congo
    06/26/1965 Wallon party forms in Belgium
    06/26/1966 Kanton Bazel leads female suffrage in Switzerland
    06/26/1967 Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals
    06/26/1968 Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US
    06/26/1970 Frank Robinson hits 2 grand slams as Orioles beat Senators 12-2 06/26/1973 London production of 'Grease' premieres
    06/26/1974 Liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton)
    06/26/1975 Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency
    06/26/1976 WS shortstop Toby Harrah plays DH without touching a batted ball 06/26/1977 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tenn 06/26/1978 Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France
    06/26/1978 First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched 06/26/1979 Heiavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final 06/26/1981 'For Your Eyes Only' premieres in US
    06/26/1982 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3521
    06/26/1982 Marie Osmond marries Steve Craig
    06/26/1983 'Loving' premieres on TV
    06/26/1984 1st flight of Shuttle Discovery (41-D) scrubbed at T -4s
    06/26/1984 Barbra Striesand records 'Here We Are at Last'
    06/26/1984 Tiny Tim gets married
    06/26/1986 South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested
    06/26/1987 Losing 9-0 to Red Sox, Yanks score 11 in 3rd & win 12-11 in 10 inn 06/26/1987 Supreme Court Justice Lewis F Powell Jr announces his retirement 06/26/1989 Melanie Griffith & Don Johnson marry for 2nd time
    06/26/1989 Supreme Court rules 16 year olds can recieve death penalty 06/26/1990 122°F in Phoenix Arizona
    06/26/1991 ANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses congress
    06/26/1991 Ky medical examiner announces Zachary Taylor died of natural causes 06/26/1992 India leases Tin Bigha corridor to Bangladesh
    06/26/1992 NYC's MTA votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993
    06/26/1992 Supreme Court rules fund soliciting can be banned at airports 06/26/1993 Actress Julia Roberts & country singer Lyle Lovett wed
    06/26/1993 NY Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs
    06/26/1993 US Tomahawk-rockets hit Iraqi secret service, Baghdad
    06/26/1994 Air Ivory Fokker's-27 crashed at Abidjan (16 killed/1 lives) 06/26/1994 US loses to Romania 1-0 in 1994 soccer world cup

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/27/1462 Louis XII, the Just, King of France (1498-1515)
    06/27/1550 Charles IX, King of France (1560-74)
    06/27/1718 Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer
    06/27/1745 Johann Nepomuk Went, composer
    06/27/1789 Philipp Friedrich Silcher, composer
    06/27/1805 Stephen Elvey, composer
    06/27/1808 Everhardus J Potgieter, Dutch writer/publisher (The Guide) 06/27/1812 John Pike Hullah, composer
    06/27/1819 Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer
    06/27/1821 August Conradi, composer
    06/27/1828 Junius Daniel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 06/27/1833 Vladislav Ivanovich Zaremba, composer
    06/27/1838 Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Bengali novelist (Anandamath)
    06/27/1846 Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party-Lower house leader 06/27/1846 Charles Stewart Parnell, Ireland, nationalist
    06/27/1850 Ivan Vazov, Bulgaria, poet/novelist/playwright (Under the Yoke) 06/27/1850 Jacob Adolf Hagg, composer
    06/27/1850 Lafcadio Hearn, US, journalist/author (Chita)
    06/27/1862 May Irwin, US comedienne/singer (Hot Time in the Old Town) 06/27/1869 Emma Goldman, anarchist/publisher (Mother Earth)
    06/27/1872 Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dayton Ohio, poet/novelist (Oak & Ivory) 06/27/1878 Jean F Van Royen, Dutch bibliophile/secretary-general of PTT 06/27/1880 Helen Keller, blind-deaf author/lecturer had more sense than many 06/27/1882 Eduard Spranger, German psychologist/educator
    06/27/1884 Forrester Harvey, actor (Tarzan, Chump at Oxford, Man of 2 Worlds) 06/27/1884 Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (La psychanalyse du feu) 06/27/1885 Arthur Harmat, composer
    06/27/1889 Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor
    06/27/1889 Moroni Olsen, actor (Kentucky, Annie Oakley, Black Gold, Snow White)
    06/27/1898 Tibor Harsanyi, composer
    06/27/1900 Otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77)
    06/27/1906 Vernon P Watkins, Welsh poet (Ballad of Mari Lwyd)
    06/27/1907 John McIntire, Spokane Ws, actor (Naked City, Wagon Train, Virginian
    06/27/1907 Valerie Cossart, London, actress (Hartmans)
    06/27/1909 Gianandrea Gavazzeni, composer
    06/27/1910 Karel Reiner, composer
    06/27/1911 Alfred Scott Witherbee Jr, US Lusitania officer
    06/27/1911 V K Narayana Menon, composer
    06/27/1912 Audrey Christie, Chic Ill, actress (Dorothy-Fair Exchange) 06/27/1913 Willie Mosconi, world champion pool player (1941-57)
    06/27/1914 Alexander Pola, [Abraham Polak], actor/writer (Farce Major) 06/27/1914 Giorgio Almirante, Italy, fascist (member of parliament (1948-87)) 06/27/1916 Hallvard Olav Johnsen, composer
    06/27/1918 Adolph Kiefer, US, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1936) 06/27/1920 I A L Diamond, screenwriter (1960 Acad Award-Apartment)
    06/27/1921 G M J Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA)
    06/27/1922 George Theophilus Walker, Washington DC, composer (Praise of Lillies
    06/27/1923 Paul F Conrad, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84)
    06/27/1927 Bob Keeshan, aka Capt Kangaroo/Clarabelle (Good Morning Captain) 06/27/1927 Peter Bayliss, Thames England, actor (From Russia With Love) 06/27/1927 Robert Casey, Rochester NY, actor (Henry-Aldrich Family Show) 06/27/1930 H Ross Perot, Texas, billionaire/presidental candidate (1992) 06/27/1930 Tamio Kono, Sacramento Cal, Weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1952, 65, 60)
    06/27/1931 Alojz Srebotnjak, composer
    06/27/1931 Ryszard Kwiatkowski, composer
    06/27/1932 Hugh Wood, composer
    06/27/1934 Anna Moffo, Wayne Penn, soprano (or 1932)
    06/27/1936 John MD 'Shali' Shalikashvili, Polish/US general (NATO)
    06/27/1937 Joseph P Allen IV, Crawfordsville Ind, PhD/astronaut (STS-5, STS 51A
    06/27/1938 Bruce E Babbitt, (Gov-D-AL)
    06/27/1938 Shirley Ann Field, actress (Beat Girl, Kings of the Sun)
    06/27/1941 James P[atrick] Hogan, UK, sci-fi author (Giants' Star)
    06/27/1942 John Howard McGuire, composer
    06/27/1944 Cornelis J 'Kees' Ouwens, writer/poet (Intieme Handelingen) 06/27/1944 Patrick Sercu, Belgium, 1K time trial (Olympic-gold-1964) 06/27/1945 Catherine Lacoste, Paris France, golfer (US Women's Open 1967) 06/27/1945 John Veltch, horse trainer
    06/27/1945 Norma Kamali, NYC, dress designer (Costumes for the Wiz)
    06/27/1946 Daria Semegen, composer
    06/27/1946 Janice Giteck, composer
    06/27/1948 Angel Penna Jr, horse trainer
    06/27/1950 Benjamin Peterson, US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1972) 06/27/1950 Julia Duffy, Minneapolis Mn, actress (Stephanie-Newhart, Baby Talk) 06/27/1951 Sidney M Gutierrez, Albuquerque NM, Mjr USAF/astronaut (STS 40, 59) 06/27/1951 Ulf Andersson, Sweden, International Chess Grandmaster (1972) 06/27/1955 Frank H G de Grave, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD)
    06/27/1955 Isabelle Adjani, Paris, actress (Story of Adele H, Driver, Ishtar) 06/27/1956 Jeff Odintz, horse trainer
    06/27/1957 Jack Poels, rock vocalist/gitarist (Rowwen Hèze-In the wei) 06/27/1958 Jeffrey Lee Pierce, singer/songwriter (Gun Club)
    06/27/1959 Lorrie Morgan, Nashville Tn, country singer (Out of Your Shoes) 06/27/1959 Trisha Yearwood, Nashville Tenn, singer (She's in Love With the Boy)
    06/27/1960 Brian Drillinger, actor
    06/27/1960 Jim Nussle, (Rep-R-Iowa)
    06/27/197- Robby Rosa, singer (Menudo)/actor (Salsa)


    Deaths:

    06/27/ 444 Cyrillus van Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria, dies
    06/27/1137 Guigo de Castro, [Venerabilis], 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse, dies
    06/27/1296 Floris V, count of Holland & Zeeland, dies
    06/27/1458 Alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies 06/27/1543 Agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Ital monk (De golden ezel), dies 06/27/1638 Lukaris Cyrillus, patriarch of Alexandria/Constantinople, dies 06/27/1641 Michiel Jansz of Mierevelt, royal painter, dies at 74
    06/27/1654 Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg), dies at 67 06/27/1679 Pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68
    06/27/1757 Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant, dies at 59 06/27/1785 Egbert de Free Temminck, Amsterdam regent, dies at 84
    06/27/1814 Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer, dies at 61
    06/27/1829 James Smithson, dies, his will establishes Smithsonian Institute 06/27/1829 Louis-Sebastien Lebrun, composer, dies at 64
    06/27/1832 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisla, composer, dies at 72
    06/27/1839 Ranjit Singh, gov of Lahore, dies
    06/27/1844 Hyrum Smith, founder/leader of Mormon chuch, lynched in Carthage Ill
    06/27/1844 Joseph Smith Jr, founder/leader of Mormon chuch, lynched at 38 06/27/1848 Denis A Affre, archbishop of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54 06/27/1859 Jean C Baud, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1834-36), dies at 69 06/27/1862 Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about
    06/27/1863 Martin E Green, Confederate brig-general, shot dead at 38 06/27/1876 Christian G Ehrenberg, German zoologist (micro-organisms), dies at 8
    06/27/1889 Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies
    06/27/1889 Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer, dies at 50
    06/27/1917 Gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies 06/27/1918 Joséphin Péladan, French writer/CEO (French Red Cross), dies 06/27/1934 Max Pallenberg, Austria actor (Brave Suender), dies in air crash at
    06/27/1944 Werner Wehrli, composer, dies at 52
    06/27/1948 George Templeton Strong, composer, dies at 92
    06/27/1950 Milada Horáková, Czech advocate/anti fascist, hanged
    06/27/1954 Francis L Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 83
    06/27/1957 Malcolm Lowry, English writer (Ultramarine), dies at 48
    06/27/1958 Robert Greig, actor (Devil Doll, Indian Love Call), dies at 78 06/27/1961 Paul (II) Guilfoyle, actor (Apache, Final Anaylsis), dies at 58 06/27/1964 Daniel Lazarus, composer, dies at 65
    06/27/1965 Anthony Veiller, writer, dies at 62
    06/27/1966 Arthur D Waley, [Schloss], British sinology/poet (Monkey), dies 06/27/1969 Richard Vance Maxfield, composer, dies at 42
    06/27/1973 Earl Browder, leader US Communist Party (1930-45), dies at 82 06/27/1973 Ernest Truex, actor (Pop-Pete & Gladys, Mr Peepers), dies at 73 06/27/1975 Robert Stolz, Austrian composer (Frühling im Prater), dies at 94 06/27/1980 Steve Peregrin Took, percussionist (T-Rex), dies at 31
    06/27/1982 Jack Mullaney, actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time), dies at 49 06/27/1983 Maxie Anderson & Don Ida, balloonists, die during a race
    06/27/1986 Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning 06/27/1986 Edna Mae Cooper, actress (Folly of Vanity, Grounds for Divorce), die
    06/27/1988 Leonie Fuller Adams, US poetess (High Falcon), dies at 88 06/27/1989 Alfred J Ayer, English philosopher (Logical Positivism), dies 06/27/1989 Jack Beutel, actor (The Outlaw), dies
    06/27/1991 Klas Bruinsma, leader criminal organization, murdered
    06/27/1991 Willem J [Molly] Geertsema, liberal/foreign minister), dies 06/27/1992 Allen James, vocalist/actor (Show Boat), dies at 84 of lung cancer 06/27/1992 Sandy Amoros, Bkln Dodger, dies at 62 of pneumonia
    06/27/1992 Stefanie Ann Sargent, guitarist (7 Year Bitch), dies of overdose at
    06/27/1993 Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40


    Significant Events:

    06/27/ 678 St Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    06/27/1524 Earl Henry III of Nassau weds Mencia de Medoza, 16-years old marques
    06/27/1693 1st sea battle of Lagos: England & Holland vs France
    06/27/1693 1st woman's magazine 'Ladies' Mercury' published (London) 06/27/1743 English defeat French at Dettingen
    06/27/1756 French fleet conquer St Philips Castle of Minorca
    06/27/1806 Buenos Aires captured by British
    06/27/1847 NY & Boston linked by telegraph wires
    06/27/1857 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #45 Eugenia
    06/27/1862 -28] Battle at Garnett's/Golding's Farms, Virginia
    06/27/1862 Battle of Gaines' Mill, VA (Cold Harbor, Chickahominy Bluffs) Day 3 06/27/1863 Skirmish at Fairfax (Courthouse) Virginia
    06/27/1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Kennesaw Mountain GA
    06/27/1867 Bank of Calif opens doors
    06/27/1876 1st NLer to get 6 hits in 9 inn game (Dave Force, Phila Athletics) 06/27/1876 Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as presidents candidate 06/27/1884 J Palisa discovers asteroid #237 Coelestina
    06/27/1890 George Dixon becomes 1st black boxing champ (Bantamweight) 06/27/1893 Great stock crash on NY stock exchange
    06/27/1903 Willie Anderson wins US Open golf tournament
    06/27/1905 Mutiny on Russian warship Potemkin
    06/27/1909 Etten-Leur 1st airplane flight in Neth (Belg count De Lambert) 06/27/1914 Jack Johnson wins 20 round decision over Frank Moran (Paris) 06/27/1914 US signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia
    06/27/1915 100°F (38°C), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record)
    06/27/1915 Dutch SDAP demonstrates against conscription
    06/27/1917 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service 06/27/1922 Newberry Medal 1st presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon) 06/27/1929 1st color TV demo (NYC)
    06/27/1929 Pres Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I
    06/27/1930 P Parchomenko discovers asteroid #1166 Sakuntala
    06/27/1934 Federal Savings & Loan Association created
    06/27/1935 Danno O'Mahoney beats Jim Londos in Boston, to become wrestling cham
    06/27/1939 1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0) 06/27/1939 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings
    06/27/1940 Soviet Army attacks Romania
    06/27/1940 USSR returns to Gregorian calendar
    06/27/1941 Bialystok Poland falls to Germany
    06/27/1941 Nazi manifest against the Jews in Amsterdam
    06/27/1942 FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off NY's Long Island 06/27/1942 PQ-17 convoy leaves Iceland for Archangelsk
    06/27/1944 Cherbourg, France liberated by Allies
    06/27/1945 Foundation 1940-45 established
    06/27/1947 98°F (36.8°C) in De Bilt Netherlands
    06/27/1947 WRC TV channel 4 in Washington, DC (NBC) begins broadcasting 06/27/1949 W Baade discovers asteroid #1566 Icarus
    06/27/1950 Chandler Harper wins PGA golf championship
    06/27/1950 North Koreans troops reach Seoul
    06/27/1950 Pres Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict
    06/27/1950 UN Security Council calls on members for troops to aid South Korea 06/27/1950 US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam
    06/27/1951 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1588 Descamisada
    06/27/1953 Joseph Laniel appointed French premier
    06/27/1954 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia) 06/27/1954 CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala 06/27/1955 1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois)
    06/27/1956 Indians trailing Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings 06/27/1957 390 die by Hurricane Audrey in coastal La & Tx
    06/27/1958 Billy Pierce's perfect game bid broken with 2 outs in 9th 06/27/1958 Harry Burrell flies KC-135 record (5:27:42.8) NY to London 06/27/1959 Mickey Wright wins 2nd straight US Women's Golf Open
    06/27/1960 British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia
    06/27/1960 Chlorophyll 'A' synthesized Cambridge Mass
    06/27/1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m 06/27/1962 Ross Perot begins Electronic Data Systems
    06/27/1963 Bill J Kramer & Dakotas record Lennon & McCartney 'I Call Your Name'
    06/27/1963 Pres Kennedy spent 1st full day in Ireland
    06/27/1963 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 m
    06/27/1963 Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder 06/27/1963 Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless game
    06/27/1966 1st sci-fi soap opera, 'Dark Shadows,' premieres
    06/27/1966 4th Mayor's Trophy Game; Yanks beat Mets 5-2
    06/27/1967 Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested)
    06/27/1968 Ludvik Vaculik publishes 'Manifest of 2000 words' in Prague 06/27/1969 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival
    06/27/1969 Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match
    06/27/1969 Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, NY
    06/27/1971 JoAnne Carner wins US women's golf open
    06/27/1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2121 Sevastopol
    06/27/1973 'Live & Let Die' premieres in US
    06/27/1973 John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's 'enemies list' 06/27/1973 Uruguay suspends constitution
    06/27/1974 US president Nixon visits USSR
    06/27/1976 Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda
    06/27/1976 Israeli raid on Entebbe, Uganda
    06/27/1976 Portuguese general Antonio Eanes elected president
    06/27/1977 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise
    06/27/1977 Djibouti (Afars & Issas) claims Independence from France
    06/27/1978 Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m, 7:32.1
    06/27/1978 Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station 06/27/1978 US Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit 06/27/1979 Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities 06/27/1980 Dodger's Jerry Reuss' no-hits SF Giants 8-0
    06/27/1980 Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81
    06/27/1981 Cambodia adopts its constitution
    06/27/1982 4th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 4 launched
    06/27/1983 Highest price paid for painting by a living artist-£960,200-Miró 06/27/1983 Maxie Anderson & Don Ida die during a balloon race
    06/27/1983 NASA launches space vehicle S-205
    06/27/1983 Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
    06/27/1984 Fire destroys a set in 'A View to the Kill'
    06/27/1984 France wins soccer's European Cup
    06/27/1984 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts 06/27/1985 1st hotel strike in NY
    06/27/1986 Anne White shocks Wimbeldon by wearing only a body stocking 06/27/1986 In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce
    06/27/1986 Robby Thompson (SF) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game 06/27/1986 US informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack 06/27/1986 World Court rules US aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal
    06/27/1987 Supreme Court Justice Powell retires
    06/27/1988 Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m) 06/27/1990 José Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract 06/27/1992 193rd ranked Andrei Olhovsky defeats #1 seed Jim Courier at Wimbeldo
    06/27/1992 Dan O'Brien fails on pole vault & eliminated from Olympics decathalo
    06/27/1992 Denmark upsets German 2-0, to win European Soccer championship 06/27/1993 NY Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game 06/27/1994 Asteroid #216 Cleopatra (ø 230 km) eclipses star GSC 11640124 06/27/1994 NY Daily News increases prices to 50¢

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Mon Jun 28 00:30:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/28/1367 Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia
    06/28/1476 Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], inquisition/Pope (1555-59) 06/28/1490 Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg, cardinal (attacked by Luther) 06/28/1490 Albrecht von Brandenburg, German archbishop/monarch of Mainz/cardina
    06/28/1547 Cristofano Malvezzi, composer
    06/28/1550 John Drusius, Flemish hebrew translator
    06/28/1577 Peter Paul Rubens, Siegen, Flemish Baroque painter (Circumcision) 06/28/1586 Paul Siefert, composer
    06/28/1712 Jean Jacques Rousseau, France, composer/social contractor (Confessio
    06/28/1734 Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer
    06/28/1742 William Hoope, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence)
    06/28/1787 Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces
    06/28/1806 Napoleon Coste, composer
    06/28/1808 Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess/politican 06/28/1816 Jacob PP baron van Zuylen van Nÿevelt, min of For affairs (1852-53) 06/28/1824 Paul Broca, France, brain surgeon/anthro (located speech center) 06/28/1824 William Tatus Wofford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884
    06/28/1825 Richard ACE Erlenmeyer, German chemist (Erlenemyer kolf)
    06/28/1831 Joseph Joachim, Kittsee Germany, violinist (Hungarian Concerto) 06/28/1847 Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer
    06/28/1852 Hans Huber, composer
    06/28/1853 Edwin Arthur Jones, composer
    06/28/1865 Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer/journalist (Sonderbare Geschicte
    06/28/1867 Luigi Pirandello, Italy, writer (6 Characters-Nobel 1934) 06/28/1867 William Courtleigh, actor (Eyes of Youth, Madame X)
    06/28/1873 Alexis Carrel, France, surgeon/sociologist/biologist (Nobel 1912) 06/28/1874 Oley Speaks, composer
    06/28/1879 Sigurd von Koch, composer
    06/28/1885 Giuseppe Mule, composer
    06/28/1887 Boleslav Vomacka, composer
    06/28/1889 Frank Mayo, actor (Burning Gold, Hell's Headquarters)
    06/28/1892 Edward H Carr, England, historian (History of Soviet Russia) 06/28/1893 Luciano Gallet, composer
    06/28/1893 Nils Bjorkander, composer
    06/28/1894 Lois Wilson, Pitts Pa, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family)
    06/28/1895 Kazimierz Sikorski, composer
    06/28/1897 Jacobus J E Hondius, graphic artist
    06/28/1902 John Dillinger, US bank robber/public enemy #1
    06/28/1902 Pierre Brunet, France, figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 32) 06/28/1902 Richard Rodgers, Hammels Station NY, composer (Rodgers & Hammerstein
    06/28/1903 Alan Bunce, Westfield NJ, actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert)
    06/28/1904 Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer
    06/28/1906 Maria Goeppert Mayer, US atomic physicist (Nobel 1963)
    06/28/1906 Safford Cape, composer
    06/28/1908 James L Reinsch, media-adviser (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy) 06/28/1909 Arnold Shaw, composer
    06/28/1909 Eric Ambler, detective writer (Epitaph for a Spy)
    06/28/1909 French van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist
    06/28/1912 Carl F von Weiszäcker, German physicist/philosopher
    06/28/1913 George Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer (Serf, John Socman) 06/28/1914 Charles Urbanus, baseball player
    06/28/1917 Willem 'Wim' Sonneveld, singer/actor (My Fair Lady)
    06/28/1918 Bert Schierbeek, [Lambertus], writer/poet (Cross Roads)
    06/28/1921 PV Narasimha Rao, premier of India (1991- )
    06/28/1923 Lloyd Labeach, Panama City, 100m/200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1948) 06/28/1924 Henk van Stiprian, radio host
    06/28/1925 Giselher W Kleber, German (opera)composer (That Räuber)
    06/28/1926 Mel Brooks, NYC, comedian/actor/director (Blazing Saddles, Spaceball
    06/28/1927 Theo van Tijn, Dutch marxist/social-historian
    06/28/1930 Nikolay Nikolayevich Karetnikov, composer
    06/28/1933 Gunnar Reynir Sveinsson, composer
    06/28/1934 Carl M Levin, (Sen-D Michigan, 1979- )
    06/28/1936 Bill Orton, (Rep-R-UT, 1983- )
    06/28/1936 Major R Owens, (Rep-D-NY)
    06/28/1938 Leon E Panetta, (Rep-D-CA, 1977- )
    06/28/1942 'Chris' Martin Thembisile Hani, sec-gen (S Africa Communist Party) 06/28/1942 Jim Kolbe, (Rep-R-AZ, 1985- )
    06/28/1942 Sjoukje Dÿkstra, Holland, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1964) 06/28/1943 Ed Pastor, (Rep-D-Arizona)
    06/28/1945 David Knights, bassist (Pocol Harum)
    06/28/1945 Jane Harmon, (Rep-D-California)
    06/28/1946 Bruce Davison, actor (Willard, High Risk)
    06/28/1946 Gilda Radner, Detroit Mich, actor (SNL, Haunted Honeymoon, Gilda Liv
    06/28/1946 John 'Mike' Lounge, Denver Colo, astr (STS 51-I, STS 26, STS 35) 06/28/1946 Robert L Asprin, US, sci-fi writer (Thieves World, Cold Cash War) 06/28/1946 Robert Xavier Rodriguez, composer
    06/28/1947 Mark Helprin, US writer
    06/28/1947 Patrick Kincaid, who wrote the TODAY program; send him a card 06/28/1948 Kathy Bates, academy award winning actress (Misery)
    06/28/1949 Don Baylor, Texas, baseball player (1979 AL RBI leader)
    06/28/1954 Alice Krige, actress (Chariots of Fire, Sleepwalkers, Ladykiller) 06/28/1954 Ava Barber, Knoxville Tn, country singer (Lawrence Welk Show) 06/28/1955 Nikolai Simyatov, USSR, nordic skier (Olympic-3 golds-1976) 06/28/1958 Sergei Shakrai, USSR, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980) 06/28/1960 John Elway, NFL QB (Denver Broncos)
    06/28/1961 Jay Schroeder, NFL quarterback (Wash Redskins, LA Raiders) 06/28/1961 Jeff Malone, NBA guard (Washington Bullets)
    06/28/1962 Anisoara Stanciu-Cusmir, Romania, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1984) 06/28/1963 Andy Cousin, rocker (All About Eve-All About Scarlet & Other Stories
    06/28/1966 John Cusak, actor (Stand By Me, Sure Thing, Better Off Dead) 06/28/1966 Mary Stuart Masterson, Houston Tx, actress (Some Kind of Wonderful) 06/28/1969 Danielle Brisebois, Bkln NY, actress (Archie's Place, Big Bad Mama 2
    06/28/1969 Tichina Arnold, NYC, actress (Ryan's Hope, Sharla-All My Children) 06/28/1970 Jack Stephen Burton, actor (Chris-Out of this World, Days of Our Lif
    06/28/1970 Steve Burton, Indianapolis Ind, actor (Jason-General Hospital) 06/28/1971 Aileen Quinn, actress (Annie)


    Deaths:

    06/28/ 548 Theodora, dancer/empress of Byzantine (Nika-oproer), dies
    06/28/ 573 Alboin, king of Longobarden, probably poisoned by his wife
    06/28/ 767 Paul I, [Paolo Orsini?], Italian Pope (757-67), dies
    06/28/1061 Floris I, count of Holland, dies
    06/28/1385 Andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies
    06/28/1598 Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer, dies at 7
    06/28/1617 Johan Evertsen de Captain, Swiss admiral, dies in battle
    06/28/1714 Cornelis Chastelein, colonial director, dies at 56
    06/28/1714 Daniel van Papenbroeck, Flemish jesuit/historian, dies at 86 06/28/1742 Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer, dies at 52
    06/28/1748 Marretje Arends, [Matje of Nieuwendijk], Amsterdam plunderer, hanged
    06/28/1748 Pieter van Dort, Amsterdam plunderer, hanged
    06/28/1776 Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged 06/28/1788 Johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32
    06/28/1798 Pierre Dutillieu, composer, dies at 44
    06/28/1806 Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer, dies at 64
    06/28/1813 Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prus min of War (1807-10), dies in battl
    06/28/1836 James Madison, 4th US pres (1809-17), dies in Montpelier Va at 85 06/28/1846 Adrian van de Ende, vicar/protestant reformer, dies at 77 06/28/1855 Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86
    06/28/1857 Joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53
    06/28/1872 Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer, dies at 66
    06/28/1876 August W Ambros, Austria musicologist, dies at 59
    06/28/1889 Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer (Vassar), dies at 71 06/28/1890 Edouard Gregoir, composer, dies at 67
    06/28/1891 Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer, dies at 63
    06/28/1909 Israel Durham, Phillies president dies
    06/28/1910 Gustave Leon Huberti, composer, dies at 67
    06/28/1912 Josef V Sládek, Czech poet (Za soumraku), dies at 66
    06/28/1914 Franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated 06/28/1914 Sophie, Princess of Austria, assassinated
    06/28/1937 Max Adler, Austrian socialist theorist, dies at 64
    06/28/1940 Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya, dies at 44
    06/28/1946 Eduard Veterman, Dutch painter/playwright, dies in an auto accident 06/28/1950 Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer, dies at 72
    06/28/1954 Red deer, dies in Milwaukee Zoo at 26; oldest known deer
    06/28/1957 Alfred Döblin, German/French author/co-founder (Sturm), dies at 78 06/28/1957 Ede Poldini, composer, dies at 88
    06/28/1958 Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Robin Hood), dies
    06/28/1962 Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59 06/28/1963 Frank 'Home Run' Baker, (hit 2 HRs in 1911 world series) dies at 77 06/28/1964 King Calder, actor (Lt Grey-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64 06/28/1971 Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor (Serenity), dies at 78
    06/28/1971 Joseph Colombo, mobster, shot dead at 48
    06/28/1974 Frank Sutton, actor (Sgt Carter-Gomer Pyle USMC), dies at 55 06/28/1975 Rod Serling, writer/host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery), dies at 60 06/28/1976 Stanley Baker, actor (Accident, Guns of Navarone), dies at 49 06/28/1979 Paul Dessau, composer, dies at 84
    06/28/1980 Heal Gahagan Douglas, (Rep-D-Ca), lost to Nixon, dies at 79 06/28/1980 Herbie Faye, comedian (Doc, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 81 06/28/1980 José Iturbi, Spanish/US pianist (Pequeña danza Española, dies at 84 06/28/1980 Yoshiro Irino, composer, dies at 58
    06/28/1981 Peter Paul Kreuder, composer, dies at 75
    06/28/1982 Gerard(us M) Rutten, director (Sterren stralen overal), dies 06/28/1982 Harry Mills, US, singer (Mills Brothers), dies at 70
    06/28/1985 James Craig, actor (Human Comedy, Kismet), dies of lung cancer at 74
    06/28/1988 Kurt Raab, writer/actor (Boarding School, Stationmaster's Wife), die
    06/28/1989 Joris Ivens, director (Indonesia), dies at 90
    06/28/1990 Estelle Lamont, entertainer, dies
    06/28/1991 Klas Bruinsma, Clergyman, dies
    06/28/1992 Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55
    06/28/1993 Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79


    Significant Events:

    06/28/ 767 St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    06/28/1119 Battle of Sarmada - Emir Ilghazi defeats Frank Crusaders
    06/28/1245 1st Council of Lyons (13th ecumenical council) opens
    06/28/1461 Edward IV crowned king of England
    06/28/1519 King Carlos I elected Roman Catholic German emperor Charles V 06/28/1575 Spanish troops conquer Buren
    06/28/1583 Duke French van Valois returns to France
    06/28/1593 Earl Mauritius conquerors Geertruidenberg
    06/28/1629 Peace of Alès: Rights of French huguenots limited
    06/28/1635 French colony of Guadeloupe established in Caribbean
    06/28/1675 Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburgs army beats Sweden
    06/28/1748 Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed
    06/28/1770 Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia
    06/28/1776 Charleston, SC repulses British sea attack
    06/28/1778 Battle of Monmouth, NJ (Gen Washington beats Clinton)
    06/28/1778 Mary Ludwig Hayes 'Molly Pitcher' aids American patriots
    06/28/1807 British troops lands at Ensenada, Argentina
    06/28/1820 Tomato is proven non-poisonous
    06/28/1832 Gerrit Moll measures noise of guns
    06/28/1838 Britain's Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey
    06/28/1859 1st dog show held (Newcastle-on-Tyne, England)
    06/28/1861 Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest 06/28/1862 Day 4 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station/Garnett's Farm, VA 06/28/1869 Amsterdam typographer strike
    06/28/1874 Freedmen's Bank closes
    06/28/1886 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #259 Aletheia
    06/28/1887 Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0 06/28/1892 Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories
    06/28/1894 Labor Day established as a federal employees holiday
    06/28/1902 Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin
    06/28/1904 International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam 06/28/1905 Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship 'Potemkin'
    06/28/1909 1st French air show, Concours d'Avation opens
    06/28/1911 Joseph Caillaux forms govt in France
    06/28/1914 Austria invades Siberia (WW I)
    06/28/1917 Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam
    06/28/1918 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands
    06/28/1919 Carl Mazes pitches a complete double-header against Yanks 06/28/1919 Harry S Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence 06/28/1919 Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed
    06/28/1923 Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Philles score 8 in bottom of 9th 06/28/1923 Queen Wilhelmina & Prince Henry for state visit to London 06/28/1924 Tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio & Lorain Ohio, killing 93
    06/28/1928 Alfred E Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention 06/28/1928 Friedrich Schmiedl attempted rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful) 06/28/1934 Hitler flies to Essen (Night of Long Knifes)
    06/28/1938 Queen Victoria ascends to British throne
    06/28/1939 Joe Louis KOs Tony Galento to retain heavyweight title
    06/28/1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service (Dixie Clipper
    06/28/1939 Yanks hit 13 HRs, sweep A's 23-2 & 10-0
    06/28/1940 'Quiz Kids?' premieres on radio
    06/28/1940 Romania cedes Bessarabia to Soviet Union
    06/28/1942 Dumont TV network begins (WABD NY)
    06/28/1945 Polish Provisional Govt of National Unity set up by Soviets 06/28/1946 Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st pres of Italy
    06/28/1948 US/British airlift to West-Berlin begins
    06/28/1950 North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea [or 1/4/1951?] 06/28/1951 'Amos 'n' Andy' premieres on CBS TV
    06/28/1954 111°F (44°C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record)
    06/28/1956 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago Ill 06/28/1956 Riots break out in Poznan Poland, 38 die
    06/28/1958 Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden
    06/28/1958 Nancy Ramey swims world record 100m (1:09.6)
    06/28/1960 10.40' (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour recor
    06/28/1961 Phils & SF set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie
    06/28/1962 Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands
    06/28/1963 Belaunde Terry inaugrated as pres of Peru
    06/28/1963 Khrushchev visits East-Berlin
    06/28/1964 Organization for Afo-American Unity forms in NY by Malcolm X 06/28/1965 1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by Pres Johnson 06/28/1965 A R Klemola discovers asteroid #2179 Platzeck
    06/28/1965 Princess Beatrice & Claus von Amsberg announce engagement 06/28/1967 George Harrison is fined £6 for speeding
    06/28/1967 Israel annexes East-Jerusalem
    06/28/1968 Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers
    06/28/1971 Fillmore East closes
    06/28/1971 Phillies' Rick Wise hits 2 HRs & no-hits Reds
    06/28/1971 Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad A
    06/28/1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #3093
    06/28/1973 Lawsuit in Detroit challenges Little League's 'no girls' rule 06/28/1974 Fall of earth & rocks kill 200. (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Columbia) 06/28/1974 Wings release 'Band on the Run' & 'Zoo Gang' in UK
    06/28/1975 David Bowie releases 'Fame'
    06/28/1975 Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Ill) 06/28/1976 Hijacked French Airbus lands in Entebbe, Uganda
    06/28/1977 Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers 06/28/1978 UNICEF chooses rock group Kansas as ambassadors of goodwill 06/28/1979 OPEC raises oil prices 24%
    06/28/1980 NYC transit fare rises from 50¢ to 60¢
    06/28/1981 74 government officials die in attack in Iran
    06/28/1982 Prince Chuck & Lady Di name their baby 'William'
    06/28/1983 Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3 06/28/1983 NASA launches Galaxy-A
    06/28/1985 Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx
    06/28/1986 Irish population condemns divorce
    06/28/1986 Kenneth & Nellie Pike challenge Ala Dem runoff win by AG C Graddick 06/28/1987 Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden
    06/28/1987 E F Helin discovers asteroid #3680 Sasha
    06/28/1988 Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton 06/28/1990 17th annual Daytime Emmy Awards
    06/28/1992 Burharnuddin Rabbani becomes president of Afghanistan
    06/28/1992 Italians govt of Amato forms
    06/28/1992 Pres Bush's daughter Dorothy marries Bobby Koch
    06/28/1992 US Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57 06/28/1993 NCRV shows last 'Cheers' in Neth
    06/28/1994 NY Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charg

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Jun 29 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/29/1397 Johan II, King of Aragon (Spain)
    06/29/1517 Rembert Dodoens, [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist 06/29/1738 Constantin Reindl, composer
    06/29/1783 August Alexander Klengel, composer
    06/29/1798 Willibald Alexis, [Georg W Häring], German writer (Schloss Avalon) 06/29/1805 Hiram Powers, US sculptor (Greek Slave)
    06/29/1824 Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT Stempels) 06/29/1831 William Thomas Clark, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 19
    06/29/1842 Josef Labor, composer
    06/29/1849 Sergei J Witte, Neth/Russ count/premier Russia
    06/29/1850 Joseph Paul Skelly, composer
    06/29/1858 George Washington Goethals, engineer (built Panama Canal) 06/29/1861 William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota 06/29/1863 James Harvey Robinson, Ill, historian (Ordeal of Civilization) 06/29/1864 Anton Beer-Walbrun, composer
    06/29/1864 Pietro Bonfante, Italian lawyer (Roman right)
    06/29/1865 Shigechiyo Izumi, achieved oldest authenticated age (120 y 237 d) 06/29/1865 William E Borah, lawyer/(Sen-R-Id)
    06/29/1870 Joseph Carl Breil, composer
    06/29/1874 Georg Gohler, composer
    06/29/1879 Zsigmond Móricz, Hungarian writer (Sárarany [Mud gold])
    06/29/1880 Ludwig Beck, chef Germany general staff ('July 20th plot') 06/29/1885 Andre Gailhard, composer
    06/29/1885 Humberto Allende, composer
    06/29/1885 S Pedro H Allende, Chilian composer
    06/29/1885 Virginia Pope, (NY Times)
    06/29/1886 George Frederick Boyle, composer
    06/29/1886 James Van DerZee, famous African
    06/29/1886 Robert Schuman, French premier
    06/29/1893 Aare Merikanto, composer
    06/29/1893 Antoon Schweigmann, religious poet/resistance fighter
    06/29/1896 Irene Browne, actress (All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart)
    06/29/1897 Ottmar Gerster, composer
    06/29/1900 Antoine Saint-Exupéry, France, aviator/writer (Wind, Sand & Stars) 06/29/1901 Frieda Inescort, Edinburgh Scotland, actress (Pride & Prejudice) 06/29/1901 Hendrik Diels, Flemish conductor
    06/29/1901 Nelson Eddy, actor/baritone (Great Duets with Jeanette MacDonald) 06/29/1905 Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (La lenta libertad) 06/29/1907 Joan Davis, St Paul Minn, actress (I Married Joan)
    06/29/1907 Paul O'Dwyer, pres of City Council (D-NYC)
    06/29/1908 Leroy Anderson, composer
    06/29/1908 Paul Lebeau, Flemish writer (De last roos, Xanthippe)
    06/29/1908 Rene Gerber, composer
    06/29/1909 Eric Ambler, screenwriter
    06/29/1909 Leroy Anderson, US, composer (Syncopated Clock)
    06/29/1910 Franc Henry Loesser, US songwriter/composer (Most Happy Fella) 06/29/1911 Bernard Herrmann, composer
    06/29/1911 Bernhard, Germany, Prince (Constort to Queen Juliana of Netherlands)
    06/29/1911 Klaus E J Fuchs, German/British/German nuclear physicist
    06/29/1912 John Toland, US, political writer
    06/29/1912 José Pablo Moncayo Garcia, Guadalajara México, composer (Huapango) 06/29/1914 Rafael Kubelik, Bychory Czechoslovakia, conductor (Cornelia Farooli)
    06/29/1916 Ruth Warwick, St Joseph Mo, actress (All My Children, Peyton Place) 06/29/1919 Slim Pickens, Kingsburg Calif, actor (Dr Strangelove, Blazing Saddle
    06/29/1920 Ray Harryhausen, movie special effect artist
    06/29/1922 Vasko Popa, Yugoslavia/Serbian poet (Heaven is a Side Issue) 06/29/1923 Chou Wen-Chung, Cheefoo China, composer (Mode of Shang)
    06/29/1924 Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians)
    06/29/1925 Cara Williams, Bkln NY, actress (Pete & Gladys, Cara Williams Show) 06/29/1925 Hale Smith, composer
    06/29/1928 Ian Bannen, Scotland, actor (Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park) 06/29/1929 Johnny Ace, Memphis, ballad singer (My Song)
    06/29/1929 Michio Mamaia, composer
    06/29/1929 Peter George, US, light middleweight (Olympic-gold-1952)
    06/29/1930 Robert Evans, US, director/actor (Best of Everything)
    06/29/1933 Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, actor (Keystone Comedies, Mabel & Fatty) 06/29/1934 Carl Levin, (Sen-D-MI)
    06/29/1936 David Jenkins, US, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1960)
    06/29/1936 Harmon Killebrew, baseball player (Minnesota Twins)
    06/29/1936 Leonard Lee, US singer (Shirley & Lee-Let the Good Times Roll) 06/29/1938 Billy Storm, singer (Valiants-This is the Night)
    06/29/1940 Louise S Groenman, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (D66)
    06/29/1940 Viacheslav Artyomov, composer
    06/29/1941 Margritta Gummel, German DR, shot putter (Olympic-gold-1968) 06/29/1941 Stokeley Carmichael, [Kwame Toure], US, Black Power-activist 06/29/1942 Bas J van der Vlies, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (SGP)
    06/29/1942 Larry Snyder, jockey
    06/29/1943 Roger Ruskin Spear, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman) 06/29/1944 Collin Peterson, (Rep-D-Minnesota)
    06/29/1944 Gary Busey, Goose Creek Tx, actor (Buddy Holly Story, Star in Born) 06/29/1945 'Little' Eva Boyd, rock vocalist (Locomotion)
    06/29/1947 Richard Lewis, comedian/actor (Anything But Love) (or 6/6/49) 06/29/1948 Fred Grandy, Sioux City Iowa, actor (Gopher-Love Boat)/(Rep-R-Iowa) 06/29/1949 Dan Dierdorf, NFLer, sportscaster (Monday Night Football) 06/29/1953 Rosa Mota, Port marathoner (Olympic-gold-1988)
    06/29/1955 Charles J Precourt, Waltham Mass, Lt Col USAF/Astronaut (STS 55) 06/29/1957 Maria Conchita Alonso, Cuba, actress (Moscow on the Hudson) 06/29/1958 Richard Mettee, horse trainer
    06/29/1959 Kim Hiett, jockey
    06/29/1959 Larry Parham, 4th victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (1st to die) 06/29/1960 Sergey Kopylov, USSR, cyclist (Olympic-gold-1980)
    06/29/1962 Amanda Donohoe, London, actress (CJ Lamb-LA Law)
    06/29/1963 Anne-Sophie Mutter, Rheinfeldin Germany, violinist (Berlin Phil) 06/29/1964 Pepper Johnson, NFL line backer (NY Giants)
    06/29/1964 Stedman Pearson, rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel)
    06/29/1965 Barry D, [Iain Bakker], English pop musician (Jesus Jones) 06/29/1967 Melora Hardin, Houston Tx, actress (Family Tree, Best Times) 06/29/1972 Samantha Smith, Houlton Mo, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street) 06/29/1993 Angela & Amy Lakeberg, US Siamese twin (separated on Aug 20th)


    Deaths:

    06/29/1021 Notker Labeo, tutor in convent Sankt Gallen, dies
    06/29/1293 Hendrik van Gent, Flemish neo-Augustian philosopher/theologist, dies
    06/29/1306 Musho [Hokai], Zen teacher/found subtemple at Jochiji, dies 06/29/1458 Mapheus Vegius, [Maffeo Vegio], Italian lawyer/humanist/poet, dies 06/29/1620 John Aerts, Flemish sculptor
    06/29/1744 Andre Campra, composer, dies at 84
    06/29/1779 Anton R Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter Madrid, dies at 51 06/29/1784 Caesar Rodney, US judge/singer (Declar of Independence), dies at 55 06/29/1790 Feike H Van de Crew, Fries writer (Mayke Jakkelis), dies
    06/29/1798 Kaat Mussel [Catharina Mulder], exerciser, dies
    06/29/1818 Carl P Fohr, German painter/cartoonist, dies at 22
    06/29/1840 Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano, dies at 65
    06/29/1852 Henry Clay, the great compromiser, dies at 75
    06/29/1860 Thomas Addison, English physician (A-Biermer Disease), dies at 67 06/29/1875 Ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82 06/29/1880 George W Vreede, lawyer/politician, dies
    06/29/1903 Rentaro Taki, composer, dies at 23
    06/29/1911 Oscar Carré, circus director, dies at 64
    06/29/1923 Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer, dies at 66
    06/29/1923 J C Gomez, General/Venezuela's 1st VP, assassinated
    06/29/1933 Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, US actor (Keystone comedies), dies at 46 06/29/1940 Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies
    06/29/1941 Ignace Paderewski, Polish statesman pianist, dies in NY at 80 06/29/1953 Jules van Nuffel, composer, dies at 70
    06/29/1955 Max Pechstein, German painter/graphic artist (Oceania), dies at 73 06/29/1956 Johannes F 'Johan' Bakker Jr, actor, dies at 62
    06/29/1959 A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, dies at 51
    06/29/1964 Milenko Zivkovic, composer, dies at 63
    06/29/1965 Sid Marion, entertainer, dies at 64
    06/29/1966 Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer: Egmont, dies
    06/29/1966 Isabel Dawn, writer, dies
    06/29/1966 Ronald Shiner, actor (Aunt Clara, Forbidden, Girls at Sea), dies at
    06/29/1967 Jayne Mansfield [Vera Jane Palmer], actress, dies in a car crash at
    06/29/1968 Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at
    06/29/1969 Moise K Tsjombe, premier Congo/Zaire, dies
    06/29/1969 Vesselin Stoyanov, composer, dies at 67
    06/29/1970 Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica), dies at 77
    06/29/1970 Stefan Andres, German writer (Wir sind Utopia), dies at 64 06/29/1971 Georgi T Dobrovolsky, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-land accident), dies at 43
    06/29/1971 Viktor Patsayev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-landing accident), dies at 38 06/29/1971 Vladimir Volkov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-landing accident), dies at 35 06/29/1975 Jerry Verno, actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone), dies at 79 06/29/1976 Leonora Summers, entertainer, dies
    06/29/1977 Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Monus), dies at 70 06/29/1978 Bob Crane, actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered at 59
    06/29/1979 Lowell George, rocker (Mothers of Invention, Little Feat), dies at 3
    06/29/1981 Mohammed Hussein Beheshti, Iran ayatollah/politician, murdered 06/29/1982 Gerard[us PM] Knuvelder, literature historian (Anthology), dies 06/29/1982 Henry King, director, dies at 86
    06/29/1986 Ida Mae McKenzie, entertainer, dies
    06/29/1986 John P East, (Sen-R-NC), dies at 55
    06/29/1986 Robert Drivas, actor (Our Private World), dies at 47
    06/29/1990 Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74 06/29/1992 Mohammed Boediaf, president of Algeria, murdered


    Significant Events:

    06/29/1312 Roman Catholics German King Henry VII crowned
    06/29/1377 French invasion fleet lands at Rye England
    06/29/1428 Jacoba of Bavaria signs ceasefire with Philip the Good
    06/29/1613 Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down
    06/29/1694 Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports
    06/29/1767 British passes Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America 06/29/1776 Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay
    06/29/1776 Va state constitution adopted & Patrick Henry made governor 06/29/1800 Free mason lodge establishes in Alkmaar
    06/29/1822 Prince Charles Bonaparte marries niece Zenaïde Bonaparte
    06/29/1854 Gadsden Purchase (parts of Az, NM) from Mexico for $10 million 06/29/1854 Netherlands allows corporal punishment
    06/29/1857 Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British) 06/29/1858 Great fire in London harbor
    06/29/1858 Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia 06/29/1862 Day 5 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station Va
    06/29/1863 George A Custer (23) appointed Union Brig-general
    06/29/1863 Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, PN
    06/29/1863 Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa
    06/29/1864 Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed
    06/29/1867 Pope Pius IX declares Gorcumse holy martyrs
    06/29/1891 100°F (SF, CA)
    06/29/1897 Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball)
    06/29/1899 Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage 06/29/1903 British govt protests against abuser in Belgian Congo
    06/29/1904 2 prehistoric bones found in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe
    06/29/1906 Alex Smith wins US Open golf tournament
    06/29/1911 Freiherr Gautsch von Frankenthurn becomes premier
    06/29/1913 2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek/Serbian troops 06/29/1914 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #791 Ani
    06/29/1916 Boeing aircraft flies for 1st time
    06/29/1922 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #979 Ilsewa
    06/29/1926 Carter Woodson wins Springarn Medal for research of Black history 06/29/1927 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii
    06/29/1929 1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca 06/29/1929 Mexico & Vatican sign Concord
    06/29/1931 109°F (43°C), Monticello, Florida (state record)
    06/29/1931 Pope Pius XI encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno Mussolini
    06/29/1932 USSR & China sign no attack treaty
    06/29/1933 Heavyweight Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey (NYC)
    06/29/1936 Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines 06/29/1936 Pope Pius XI encyclical to US bishops 'On motion pictures' 06/29/1939 4th Dutch cabinet of Colijn falls
    06/29/1939 Dixie Clipper completes 1st commercial plane flight to Europe 06/29/1940 Anjer (Carnation) Day-anniversary of Prince Bernhard
    06/29/1940 US passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register 06/29/1941 DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record 06/29/1942 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 7th Symphony, premieres
    06/29/1943 pope Pius XII encyclical Mystic Corporis (mystic body of Christ) 06/29/1944 Garbage & von Rundstedt travel to Berchtesgaden
    06/29/1944 German counter attack at Caen
    06/29/1944 Nazi Paul Touvier shoots 7 Jews dead
    06/29/1944 Soviet Armys join in Bobroesjk
    06/29/1944 US 7th army corp conquers Cherbourg
    06/29/1945 20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record) 06/29/1945 Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, becomes part of Ukrainian SSR 06/29/1946 Black Sabbath-Brits arrest 2700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrori
    06/29/1947 Yanks beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game win streak
    06/29/1949 South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages 06/29/1949 US troops withdraw from Korea after WW II
    06/29/1950 US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994) 06/29/1952 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany
    06/29/1953 XETV TV channel 6 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
    06/29/1954 Atomic Energy Comm voted against reinstating Dr J Robert Oppenheimer
    06/29/1956 Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, Calif 06/29/1956 Federal interstate highway system act signed
    06/29/1956 PM Drees refuses resignation of queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans) 06/29/1957 Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganowitsj & Sjepilov leave USSR communist party
    06/29/1958 Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's 6th World Cup at Stockholm 06/29/1959 Pope John XXIII 1st encyclical 'On truth, unity, & peace, in charity
    06/29/1960 KYA-AM in San Francisco changes call letters to KDBQ (for 2 weeks) 06/29/1961 Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3) 06/29/1962 1st flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner 06/29/1962 JFK dines with premier MacMillan in London
    06/29/1963 Beatles' 1st song 'From Me to You' hits UK charts
    06/29/1963 SVB, Students Unions, established under Barrel Regtien
    06/29/1964 1st draft of Star Trek's pilot 'Cage' released
    06/29/1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate 06/29/1965 USAF Capt Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15
    06/29/1966 KBSC (now KVEA) TV channel 52 in Corona-Los Angeles, CA begins 06/29/1966 US bombs fuel storage facilities near N Vietnamese cities 06/29/1967 Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem
    06/29/1967 Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge 06/29/1969 1st Jewish worship service at White House
    06/29/1970 US ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia
    06/29/1971 Soyuz 11 docks with Salyut 1 for 22 days
    06/29/1972 Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel & unusual 06/29/1972 USSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km) 06/29/1974 Milt coup in Ethiopia
    06/29/1975 20.57 cm (8.10') of rainfall, Litchville, N. Dakota (state 24-hr rec
    06/29/1976 Seychelles gains independence from Britain
    06/29/1977 Supreme Court rules out death penalty for rapists of adults 06/29/1978 VP Walter F Mondale begins trip to Mid-East
    06/29/1979 'Moonraker' premieres in US
    06/29/1981 Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed 06/29/1981 Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as leader of China PR
    06/29/1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended
    06/29/1983 Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th horse races
    06/29/1983 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 06/29/1984 USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI
    06/29/1985 NASA launches Intelsat VA
    06/29/1985 STS 51-F vehicle moves to launch pad
    06/29/1986 Argentina becomes world champion soccer team (3-2 against W-Germany)
    06/29/1986 Boston Red Sox trade for Tom Seaver
    06/29/1986 Sparky Anderson is 1st to win 600 games as manager in both leagues 06/29/1989 Susan Lucci loses daytime emmy for 10th straight year
    06/29/1990 Marla Maples father sues National Enquirer for $12M
    06/29/1991 6.0 earthquake hits southern Calif
    06/29/1992 2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits southern Calif
    06/29/1992 NHL arbitrator decides that Eric Lindross goes to Flyers & not anger
    06/29/1994 Socialist, Tomiichi Murayama, elected premier of Japan

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    06/30/1468 Johan, the Standvastige, monarch of Saxon
    06/30/1470 Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), invaded Italy
    06/30/1503 Johan Frederik, ruler of Saxon (1532-47)
    06/30/1669 Mauritius Vogt, composer
    06/30/1685 John Gay, author (Baggars' Opera)
    06/30/1722 Jiri Antonin Benda, composer
    06/30/1723 Christian Ernst Graf, composer
    06/30/1743 Niels Schiorring, composer
    06/30/1748 Jacques D 'comte' Cassini, French astronomer
    06/30/1768 Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, 1st lady (1817-25)
    06/30/1789 E J Horace Vernet, French painter
    06/30/1791 Félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist (law of Biot & Savart) 06/30/1807 Friedrich T Vischer, German philosopher/writer (Auch einer) 06/30/1810 Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic/Croatain poet (illyrisme) 06/30/1811 Vissarion Belinsky, Sveaborg, Finland, Russian critic, journalist 06/30/1817 Joseph D Hooker, British botanist
    06/30/1818 Edward John Hopkins, composer
    06/30/1819 William A Wheeler, (R) 19th VP (1877-81)
    06/30/1823 Hendrik J Schimmel, writer/dramatist
    06/30/1837 Stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Maj Gen
    06/30/1846 Ricardo Drigo, composer
    06/30/1847 Jacob T Cremer, min of Cologne/pres (Dutch Min of Finance) 06/30/1853 Adolf Furtwängler, German archaeologist (Antiken Gemmen)
    06/30/1856 Gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers)
    06/30/1860 Gyula Andrássy Jr, Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs (1918-20) 06/30/1868 C V France, actor (Skin Game, Adventure in Blackmail)
    06/30/1879 Walter Hampden, actor (Five Fingers, Sabrina, Hunchback of Notre Dam
    06/30/1882 Sven R Lidman, Swedish writer (Tvedräktens Barn)
    06/30/1890 Gertrude McCoy, actress
    06/30/1892 Laszlo Lajtha, composer
    06/30/1892 Pierre Blanchar, actor (Magnificent Sinner)
    06/30/1893 Walter Ulbricht, president German DR
    06/30/1894 Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian assassin (arch duke Ferdinand)
    06/30/1896 Wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone) 06/30/1898 George Chandler, Waukegan Ill, actor (Lassie)
    06/30/1899 Frantisek Tomasek, bishop of Prague/cardinal
    06/30/1902 Madge Bellamy, actress (White Zombie, Gordon of Ghost City) 06/30/1904 Glenda Farrell, actress (Golddiggers of 1935)
    06/30/1905 Nestor Paiva, actor (Comanche, Fear, Tarantula, Killer Ape) 06/30/1908 Lucino Tinio Sacramento, composer
    06/30/1909 Juan Bosch, poet/pres of Dominican Republic (1962-63)
    06/30/1911 Czeslaw Milosz, Polish/American writer (Bells in Winter, Nobel 1980)
    06/30/1911 Virginia Smith, (Rep-R-NB, 1975- )
    06/30/1912 (J) Tibor de Machula, Hungarian/Dutch cellist
    06/30/1912 Dan Reeves, NFL team owner (Cleveland/LA Rams)
    06/30/1912 J Tibor de Powerula, [de Abrahámfalva], Hungarian/Dutch cellist) 06/30/1913 Harry Wismer, Port Huron Mich, AFL owner (NY Titans)
    06/30/1914 Natko Devcic, composer
    06/30/1916 David Wayne, actor (Adam's Rib, Andromeda Strain, 3 Faces of Eve) 06/30/1917 Buddy Rich, Bkln NY, drummer/orch leader (Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go
    06/30/1917 Lena Horne, Bkln NY, singer (Stormy Weather)
    06/30/1917 Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician
    06/30/1918 Stuart Foster, Binghamton NY, singer (Galen Drake Show)
    06/30/1918 Susan Hayward, Flatbush Bkln, actress (I Want to Live, Tulsa) 06/30/1919 Lee Krieger, entertainer ()
    06/30/1920 Zeno Colo, Italy, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1952)
    06/30/1925 Jim Levitch, horse trainer
    06/30/1925 Micheline Lannoy, Belgium, figure skating pairs (Olympic-gold-1948) 06/30/1925 Will Gay Bottje, composer
    06/30/1927 Joe Skeen, (Rep-R-NM, 1981- )
    06/30/1927 Joseph R Skeen, (Rep-R-New Mexico)
    06/30/1930 June Valli, Bronx NY, singer (Your Hit Parade)
    06/30/1930 Mac Benson, horse trainer
    06/30/1931 James Loughran, British conductor
    06/30/1931 Johannes Gruÿters, Dutch mayor (D66-Lelystad)
    06/30/1931 June Thorburn, actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore)
    06/30/1932 Martin Mailman, composer
    06/30/1934 Harry Blackstone Jr, magician (Blackstone Book of Magic & Illusion) 06/30/1936 Nancy Dussault, Pensacola Fla, actress (Muriel-Too Close for Comfort
    06/30/1936 Pauls Dambis, composer
    06/30/1936 Tony Musante, Bridgeport Ct, actor (David Toma-Toma, Nowhere to Hide
    06/30/1938 Billy Mills, US, 10K runner (Olympic-gold-1964)
    06/30/1938 Chris Hinze, flutist (Vivat Vivaldi)
    06/30/1938 William Mervin Mills, Pine Ridge SD, 10K runner (Olympic-gold-64) 06/30/1939 Lindembergue Cardoso, composer
    06/30/1941 Micki Grant, composer
    06/30/1943 Florence Ballard, singer (Supremes)
    06/30/1944 Glenn Shorrock, vocalist (Little River Band-Help Is On Its, Way) 06/30/1944 Ron Swoboda, baseball outfielder (NY Yankees, NY Mets)
    06/30/1947 Jasper van 't Hof, jazz pianist (Live in Montreux)
    06/30/1947 Yuri Petrovich Sheffer, Russia, cosmonaut
    06/30/1950 Donna Jean Willmott, Akron Ohio, FALN member (FBI most wanted) 06/30/1950 Pablo Castillo, jockey
    06/30/1951 André Hazes, Dutch barkeeper/singer (Wÿ houden van Oranje) 06/30/1951 Stanley Clarke, bass (New Barbarians-Find Out Hideaway)
    06/30/1951 Stephen S Oswald, Seattle Washington, astronaut (STS 42, 56, sk: 67)
    06/30/1955 Mark MacDonald, horse trainer
    06/30/1956 Ronald Winans, gospel singer
    06/30/1958 Esa-Pekka Salonen, Helsinki Finland, conductor (Giro)
    06/30/1959 Gina Goldberg, playmate (May, 1981)
    06/30/1962 Julianne Regan, rocker (All About Eve-All About Scarlet)
    06/30/1963 Rupert Graves, actor (Damage, Handful of Dust, Maurice)
    06/30/1966 'Iron' Mike Tyson, heavyweight boxing champ (1986-90)
    06/30/1967 Tina Bockrath, Dayton Oh, playmate (May, 1990)/actress
    06/30/1970 Brian Bloom, actor (As the World Turns)


    Deaths:

    06/30/1109 Alfonso VI, (imperator totius Hispaniae), king of Leon, dies 06/30/1520 Montezuma, 'great speaker' of the Azteken, dies
    06/30/1538 Charles van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies at 70 06/30/1649 Simon Vouet, French painter
    06/30/1655 Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81 06/30/1666 Adam Krieger, composer, dies at 32
    06/30/1666 Alexander Brome, British poet
    06/30/1685 Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 55 06/30/1817 Abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist
    06/30/1819 Ernst Ludwig Gerber, composer, dies at 72
    06/30/1839 Johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/archbishop (Dead Angel), dies 06/30/1862 Richard Griffith, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 48 06/30/1882 Charles J Guiteau, assassin (Pres Garfield), hanged
    06/30/1889 Eugenio Terziani, composer, dies at 64
    06/30/1890 Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer, dies at 71
    06/30/1899 Jon Helgason, Icelandic poet (Ur Landsudri), dies
    06/30/1905 John Hay, US politician, dies
    06/30/1914 Bai Long, [White Wolf], Chinese Robin Hood/crowd leader, dies 06/30/1919 John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies
    06/30/1923 Claude Antoine Terrasse, composer, dies at 56
    06/30/1924 Jacob Israel de Han, poet/writer (Pypelyntjes), dies
    06/30/1934 Ernst Röhm, German staff member, executed at 46
    06/30/1934 Gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-leader, murdered 06/30/1934 Karl Earnest, German SA-leader, murdered
    06/30/1934 Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor (1932-33), murdered 06/30/1942 Arnoldus J H Aerts, bishop of New-Guinea, executed at 62
    06/30/1946 Michael Zadora, composer, dies at 64
    06/30/1953 Elsa Beskow, (Maartman), Swedish author (children's book), dies 06/30/1953 Gote Carlid, composer, dies at 32
    06/30/1959 Lazare Saminsky, composer, dies at 76
    06/30/1960 Clarence Cameron White, composer, dies at 79
    06/30/1961 Lee De Forest, radio pioneer, dies at 87
    06/30/1965 Bessie Barriscale, actress (Plain Jane, Show Folks), dies 06/30/1968 John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73 06/30/1969 Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer, dies at 76
    06/30/1971 3 cosmonauts, die as Soyuz XI depressurizes during reentry 06/30/1973 Elmer Layden, one of Notre Dame's legendary 4-horsemen, died 06/30/1974 Martin Luther King Sr, shot in church, by a black man
    06/30/1975 Ozzie Nelson, US actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies 06/30/1979 Alfons Vranckx, Belgian politician, dies
    06/30/1980 Virginia Brown Faire, actress (Lonesome Trail, Temptress), dies 06/30/1983 Bo Gentry, songwriter/producer dies
    06/30/1983 Mary Livingstone, actress (Jack Benny Show), dies at 75
    06/30/1984 Lillian Hellman, playwright, (Little Foxes) dies of cardiac arrest 06/30/1987 Federico Mompou, composer, dies at 94
    06/30/1987 King Donovan, actor/director (Enforcer, Perfect Furlough), dies 06/30/1992 Doug Delauder, entertainer, dies
    06/30/1992 Jim Alaimo, vocalist, dies after heart surgery at 53
    06/30/1992 Nico Booken, director (Jewish Labor Social), dies
    06/30/1993 George 'Spanky' McFarland, actor (Our Gang), dies at 64


    Significant Events:

    06/30/ 296 St Marcellinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    06/30/ 833 Louis, king of Austria, crowned
    06/30/ 949 Otto I the Great gives away bishopdom of Utrecht
    06/30/1294 Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland
    06/30/1371 Arnold II of Horne chosen bishop of Utrecht
    06/30/1397 Denmark, Norway & Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha
    06/30/1520 Spanish conquerers under Cortes take gold from Aztecs
    06/30/1528 Bourgondisch army occupies Utrecht
    06/30/1548 Emperor Charles V orders Catholics to become Lutherans
    06/30/1596 English/Dutch fleet reach Cadiz
    06/30/1607 Annales Ecclesiastici (Scientific History of Catholicism) published 06/30/1690 Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Neth/English flee
    06/30/1700 Gelderland goes on Gregorian calendar (tomorrow is 12/7/1700) 06/30/1741 Pope Benedict XIV encyclical forbidding traffic in alms
    06/30/1794 Battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio
    06/30/1834 Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
    06/30/1859 Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope 06/30/1861 CSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade
    06/30/1862 Battle at Nelson's Farm, Virginia
    06/30/1862 Day 6 of 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp VA (Frayser's Farm) 06/30/1862 Gustave Flaubert completes 'Salammbo'
    06/30/1863 Battles in Hanover Pennsylvania: 80 casualties
    06/30/1863 Dutch colony Suriname counts population of 33,000 slaves
    06/30/1865 8 alleged conspirators in assasination of Lincoln are found guilty 06/30/1870 Ada Kepley becomes 1st female law college graduate
    06/30/1871 Guatemala revolts for agarian reforms
    06/30/1881 Henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia
    06/30/1893 Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 carats) discovered
    06/30/1894 Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid 06/30/1894 London Tower Bridge opens
    06/30/1900 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks NJ, 326 die
    06/30/1902 S I Bailey discovers asteroid #504 Cora
    06/30/1906 John Hope becomes 1st black president of Morehouse College 06/30/1906 Pure Food & Drug Act & Meat Inspection Act adopted
    06/30/1908 Boston's Cy Young's 2nd no-hitter, beats NY Highlanders, 8-0 06/30/1908 Giant fireball impacts in Siberia (Tunguska Event) (Enckes comet?) 06/30/1909 Heavyweight Jack Johnson & Tony Ross fight to no decision 06/30/1910 Russia absorbs Finland
    06/30/1911 Adolphe Messimy appointed French minister of War
    06/30/1911 US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri closes
    06/30/1913 2nd Balkan War begins
    06/30/1913 NY Giants score 10 in 10th to beat Phillies 11-1
    06/30/1914 Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in S Afri
    06/30/1916 Chick Evans Jr wins golf's US Open
    06/30/1923 New Zealand claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica
    06/30/1927 Augusto Cesar Sandino issues his Manifesto Politico
    06/30/1927 US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota closes
    06/30/1929 Bobby Jones wins golf's US Open
    06/30/1930 1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady NY
    06/30/1933 50,000 demonstrate in Antwerp against fascism/war
    06/30/1933 Card's Dizzy Dean strikesout 17 Cubs to win 8-2
    06/30/1933 US Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise Id & Salt Lake City Utah close
    06/30/1934 'Night of Long Knives,' Hitler stages bloody purge of Nazi party 06/30/1934 French Equitorial Africa constituted a single administrative unit 06/30/1934 NFL's Portsmouth Spartans become Detroit Lions
    06/30/1934 Night of the long knifes - Hitler liquidates SA
    06/30/1935 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1784 Benguella
    06/30/1935 Danno O'Mahoney beats Ed George in Boston, to become wrestling champ
    06/30/1936 'Gone With the Wind' by Margaret Mitchell, published
    06/30/1936 40 hour work week law approved (federal)
    06/30/1936 Haile Selassie asks League of Nations for sanctions against Italy 06/30/1938 Final game at Phila's Baker Bowl, Giants beat Phils 14-1
    06/30/1939 Heinkel He. 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemünde 06/30/1940 'Brenda Starr' cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, 1st appears 06/30/1940 US Fish & Wildlife Service established
    06/30/1941 Pro-nazi group declares Ukraine independence
    06/30/1942 US Mint in New Orleans ceases operation
    06/30/1942 US bombs Celebes & Timor
    06/30/1943 Gen MacArthur begins Operation Cartwheel (island-hopping) 06/30/1944 Allies land on Vogelkop, New Guinea
    06/30/1944 French Cotentin Peninsula in allied hands
    06/30/1944 General strike against nazi terror in Copenhagen
    06/30/1944 Universal strike against nazi terror in Copenhagen
    06/30/1945 17-day newspaper strike in NY begins
    06/30/1948 Cleve Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0
    06/30/1948 Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced (Bell Labs) 06/30/1949 Dutch troops evacurate Djakarta
    06/30/1950 Pres Truman orders US troops into Korea
    06/30/1951 NAACP begins attack on school segregation & discrimination 06/30/1952 'Guiding Light' soap opera moves from radio to TV
    06/30/1952 Hussein Sirri Pasja forms Egyptian government
    06/30/1956 United DC-7 & TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128
    06/30/1958 Dutch Govt of Drees ends obligatory dismissal of married teachers 06/30/1959 During a game in Wrigley Field, 2 balls were in play at same time 06/30/1960 Congo becomes independent of Belgium under premier Patrice Lumumba 06/30/1960 US stops sugar import from Cuba
    06/30/1960 Zaïre (formerly Belgian Congo) declares independence from Belgium 06/30/1961 Buddy Rogers beats Pat O'Conner in Chicago, to become NWA champ 06/30/1961 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
    06/30/1962 French Foreign Legion leaves Algeria
    06/30/1962 LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0
    06/30/1962 Murie Lindstrom wins US Women's Golf Open
    06/30/1962 Premier Ben Khedda disbands Algerian liberation fighters
    06/30/1962 Rwanda & Burundi become independent
    06/30/1963 Cardinal Giovanni B Montini crowned Pope Paul VI
    06/30/1963 Cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of RC Church 06/30/1964 Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit
    06/30/1964 Last UN-troops leave Congo
    06/30/1965 NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise
    06/30/1966 Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour
    06/30/1966 Leopoldville Congo is renamed Kinshasa
    06/30/1967 Maj Robert H Lawrence Jr named 1st black astronaut
    06/30/1967 Moïse Tsjombe kidnapped to Algeria
    06/30/1967 Phillies Cookie Rojas pitches, plays 9th positions since joining Phi
    06/30/1967 Robert H Lawrence names 1st black astronaut
    06/30/1968 E German party leader Ulbricht receives 'Order of October Revolution
    06/30/1968 Gaullisten win French parliamentary election, 358 of 458 chairs 06/30/1969 Derek Clayton of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:34 06/30/1969 Spain cedes Ifni to Morocco
    06/30/1970 1st baseball game at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium
    06/30/1970 Brazil beats Italy 4-1 in soccer's 9th World Cup at Mexico City 06/30/1970 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2139 Makharadze
    06/30/1971 Biesheuvel govt forms
    06/30/1972 1st leap second day; also 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985
    06/30/1972 Cincinnati Reds are 11 games back in NL, & go on to win pennant 06/30/1973 Biggest US tanker 'Brooklyn' christened (230,000 ton)
    06/30/1973 Observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-min solar eclipse 06/30/1975 Bundy victim Shelley Robertson disappears in Colorado
    06/30/1975 Cher, just 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman 06/30/1975 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Joe Bugner in Malaysia
    06/30/1975 U of Calif reports milkyway system 3C123 is 8 billion light years 06/30/1976 John Walker of New Zealand sets record for 2000 m, 4:51.4 06/30/1977 Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later 'B-1's the B-52'
    06/30/1977 Marvel Comics publish 'Kiss book' tributing rock group Kiss 06/30/1977 US Railway Post Office final train run (NY to Wash DC)
    06/30/1977 Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive HRs in Toronto
    06/30/1978 English prince Michael marries baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz
    06/30/1978 Larry Doby becomes manager of Chicago White Sox
    06/30/1978 Willie McCovey becomes 12th to hit 500 HRs
    06/30/1979 Johnny Rotten & Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury 06/30/1980 West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visits Moscow
    06/30/1981 China's Communist Party condemns late Mao Tse-tung's policy 06/30/1982 Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 states short of ratification 06/30/1982 Orbiter Challenger (OV-099) rolled out at Palmdale
    06/30/1984 Failed coup by cocaine growers in Bolivia
    06/30/1984 Last sixpence minted in Great-Britain (in use since 1551) 06/30/1985 39 remaining hostages from Flight 847 are freed in Beirut 06/30/1985 LA Dodger Pedro Gonzalez sets NL record of 15 HRs in June 06/30/1986 Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4)
    06/30/1987 Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in high jump 06/30/1988 Brooklyn dedicates a bus depot honoring Jackie Gleason
    06/30/1989 Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK 06/30/1989 Congressman Lukins found guilty of having sex with a 16 year old gir
    06/30/1989 NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile & Guam 06/30/1989 NY State Legislature passes Staten Island seccession bill 06/30/1989 Sudan suspends interim constitution following coup
    06/30/1992 1st pay bathroom in US opens: 25¢ (NYC)
    06/30/1992 Actress Cecil Hoffman (Zoe-LA Law) marries Paul Slye
    06/30/1992 Fidel Ramos installed as president of Philippines
    06/30/1992 NHL decides Eric Lindross goes to Flyers instead of Rangers 06/30/1992 Total solar eclipse in Uruguay (5m21s)
    06/30/1994 Airbus A330 crash at Toulouse France (7 killed)
    06/30/1994 Pre-trial hearings open in LA against OJ Simpson
    06/30/1994 US Ice Skating Federation bars Tonya Harding for life

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Thu Jul 1 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/01/1381 Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint
    07/01/1506 Louis II, king of Hungary/Bohemia (1516-26)
    07/01/1511 Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen de Jonghe], medical/historian/humanist 07/01/1534 Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88)
    07/01/1560 Charles van Croÿ, prince of Chimay/duke of Aarschot
    07/01/1586 Claudio Saracini, composer
    07/01/1646 G W Leibniz, German mathematician/philosopher; postulated monads 07/01/1663 Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer
    07/01/1688 Johann Ludwig Steiner, composer
    07/01/1735 James Lyon, composer
    07/01/1742 Georg C Lichtenberg, German physicist/writer (types of Lichtenberg) 07/01/1764 Georg Chistoph Grosheim, composer
    07/01/1788 Jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry 07/01/1802 Gideon Welles, Secy Navy (Union), died in 1878
    07/01/1804 George Sand, France, novelist (Valentine, Le Figaro)
    07/01/1807 Thomas Green Clemson, mining engineer, endowed Clemson University 07/01/1810 Walter White, secretary (NAACP)
    07/01/1812 Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, genealogist/heraldicus 07/01/1833 Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert, Bvt Major General (Union Army) 07/01/1840 Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer
    07/01/1844 Verney L Cameroon, English explorer (Tanganyika)
    07/01/1857 Roger Connor, 1st baseman (NY Giants)
    07/01/1861 Samuel D Riddle, horse owner (Man 'o War)
    07/01/1872 Louis Blériot, 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel 07/01/1879 Léon Jouhaux, France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO (Nobel 1951) 07/01/1881 Piet[er] L Kramer, architect (Amsterdam School)
    07/01/1887 Charles D Brown, actor (Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor) 07/01/1892 James M Cain, Minneapolis Mn, novelist (Postman Always Rings Twice) 07/01/1892 Jean Lurçat, French painter
    07/01/1893 Walter Francis White, Atlanta Georgia
    07/01/1898 André-Marie Charue, bishop of Namen Belgium
    07/01/1899 Charles Laughton, England, actor (Mutiny on Bounty, Spartacus) 07/01/1899 Henry 'Indiana' Jones Jr, fictional character 'Indiana Jones' 07/01/1899 Konstantÿn Tsatsos, president Greece
    07/01/1901 Irna Phillips, Chicago, created 6 soap operas (Guiding Light) 07/01/1902 Billy Wyler, director (Ben Hur, Mrs Miniver)
    07/01/1902 José Luis Sert, Spanish/US architect
    07/01/1903 Amy Johnson, British pilot
    07/01/1903 Beatrix Lehmann, actress (Candles at Nine, Staircase)
    07/01/1906 Edward Lansing Gordon Jr, Jackson Miss, long jumper (Olympic-gold-32
    07/01/1907 Bill Stern, Rochester NY, sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights) 07/01/1908 Estee Lauder, CEO (Estee Lauder's cosmetics)
    07/01/1908 Paul Hardy, Belgian writer (Best of Painted Furniture)
    07/01/1908 Peter Anders, German opera singer
    07/01/1909 Madge Evans, Manhattan NYC, TV panelist (Masquerade Party) 07/01/1911 Alvino Rey, Cleve Ohio, orch leader (King Family)
    07/01/1912 Ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi field marshal/president/premier
    07/01/1912 David Brower, environmentalist/president Sierra Club
    07/01/1914 Cristyl Cranz, Germany, slalom (Olympic-gold-1936)
    07/01/1915 Jean Stafford, US writer (Boston Adventure, Lion & Carpenter) 07/01/1915 Willie Dixon, Vicksburg Miss, bassist (Walkin' the Blues) 07/01/1916 Olivia de Havilland, Tokyo Japan, actress (Adventures of Robin Hood)
    07/01/1919 Hans Bender, German poet
    07/01/1921 Seretse Khama, 1st premier/president of Botswana (Bechuanaland) 07/01/1925 Farley Granger, actor (Arnold, Rope, Deathmask)
    07/01/1926 Hans Werner Henze, Güttersloh Germany, composer (Das Floss Medusa) 07/01/1927 Hans Eklund, composer
    07/01/1928 Constance Ford, US actress (Cabinet of Calgary, Ada-Another World) 07/01/1928 Volker Wangenheim, composer
    07/01/1929 Gerald M Edelman, US biochemist (Nobel 1972)
    07/01/1930 Andreas JAI Bruggeman, mayor of Ship bell/Village leader
    07/01/1930 Imelda Marcos, former 1st lady (Philipines)/shoe collector 07/01/1931 Leslie Caron, Boulogne-Biliancourt France, actr (Lili, Father Goose)
    07/01/1932 Bobby Day, [Robert Byrd), Fort Worth Tx, rock vocalist (Rockin' Robi
    07/01/1933 Frank Baumann, baseball player
    07/01/1933 Peter Walwyn, British race horse trainer
    07/01/1934 Claude Berri, Paris France, director (Le Sex Shop, L'Homme Blesse) 07/01/1934 Jamie Farr, Toledo Oh, actor (Klinger-M*A*S*H, AfterMASH) 07/01/1934 Jean Marsh, London England, actress (Dark Places, Eagle has Landed) 07/01/1934 Sydney Pollack, director (Tootsie, Presumed Innocent)
    07/01/1937 Ebrahim I Ebrahim, South African ANC'er/Umkhonto we Sizwe-leader 07/01/1939 Charles Hatcher, (Rep-D-GA, 1981- )
    07/01/1939 Delaney Bramlett, Okla, rocker (Shindogs, Delaney & Bonnie) 07/01/1940 Kenneth Clarke, British minister
    07/01/1941 John Gould, British composer/musical comic
    07/01/1941 Rod Gilbert, Canada, NHL wing (NY Rangers)
    07/01/1941 Sally Quinn, Georgia, CBS newscaster (Morning Show)
    07/01/1941 Twyla Tharp, Indiana, choreographer (Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe) 07/01/1942 Genevieve Bujold, Montréal, actress (King of Hearts, Choose Me) 07/01/1942 Karen Black, Park Ridge Ill, (5 Easy Pieces, Trilogy of Horror, Pyx)
    07/01/1942 William Carney, (Rep-R-NY, 1979-86)
    07/01/1945 Deborah Harry, Miami Fla, singer (Blondie-Heart of Glass) 07/01/1946 June Montiero, US singer (Toys-A Lover's Concerto)
    07/01/1946 Ron Silver, NYC, actor (Gary-Rhoda, Entity, Silkwood, Best Friends) 07/01/1951 Daryl Anderson, Seattle, actor (Animal-Lou Grant)
    07/01/1951 Fred Schneider, vocals/guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster)
    07/01/1951 Trevor Eve, Wales, actor (Shadow Chasers)
    07/01/1952 Dan Aykroyd, Ottawa Canada, comedian/actor (SNL, Dragnet) 07/01/1955 Keith Whitley, Sandy Hook Ky, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes)
    07/01/1956 Lorna Patterson, Whittier Calif, actress (Airplane, Pvt Benjamin) 07/01/1958 Nancy Lieberman, Bkln NY, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1976) 07/01/1960 Evelyn 'Champagne' King, Bronx NY, singer (Shame, I'm In Love) 07/01/1961 Diana Frances Spencer, Sandringham England, Princess of Wales 07/01/1961 [Fred] Carlton Lewis, Birmingham Al, track star (Oly-gold-84, 88, 92
    07/01/1964 Poi Burton, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
    07/01/1967 Pamela Anderson, Ladysmith BC, playmate (Feb, 1990) (Home Improvemen


    Deaths:

    07/01/1378 Jan I V van Arkel, bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies
    07/01/1589 Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies
    07/01/1592 Marc A Ingegneri, Italian violinist/composer (Responsoria), dies 07/01/1627 Nathaniel Bacon, English painter, dies at 41
    07/01/1662 Simon Ives, composer, dies at 61
    07/01/1691 Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer, dies at 77
    07/01/1723 Willem van de Pose, gov of Cape Colony (1699-1797), dies at about 59
    07/01/1742 Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky, Czech monk/composer, dies at 58 07/01/1776 Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War 07/01/1784 Wilhelm Friedmann Bach, composer (Sinfonias 64), dies at 73 07/01/1805 Georg Ritschel, composer, dies at 60
    07/01/1839 Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39), dies at 53
    07/01/1847 George F Kersting, German painter, dies at 61
    07/01/1863 John Fulton Reynolds, Union general-major, dies in battle at 42 07/01/1883 Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer, dies at 39
    07/01/1885 Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens), dies at 73 07/01/1894 Julius PJA van Nyevelt, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 77 07/01/1910 Marius Petipa, Fren ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), di
    07/01/1922 Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I mala voglia), dies
    07/01/1925 Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer (Dreamy Fish), dies at 59 07/01/1925 John P Veth, painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian, dies 07/01/1939 Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies
    07/01/1943 Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), execute
    07/01/1943 C Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 07/01/1943 C L Barentsen, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 07/01/1943 Coos Hartogh, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 07/01/1943 Cor Roos, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 07/01/1943 Henri Halberstadt, Dutch resistance fighter (census dir), executed 07/01/1943 Johan Brouwer, hispanist/writer/Dutch resistance fighter, executed 07/01/1943 Karl Gröger, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 07/01/1943 Koen Limperg, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 07/01/1943 Sam Bloemgarten, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 07/01/1943 Willem Arondeus, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 07/01/1943 Willem Brouwer, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 07/01/1947 Clarence Lucas, composer, dies at 80
    07/01/1949 Louis Davids, [Simon David], cabaret artist, dies at 65
    07/01/1950 Edward Faber Schneider, composer, dies at 77
    07/01/1950 Eliel Saarinen, Fins/US architect (Chicago Trib building, dies at 76
    07/01/1953 Azzedine Bey, Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered
    07/01/1953 Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies 07/01/1958 Apie [Adrian P] Prince, writer (I go my eige job), dies
    07/01/1958 Harry Nicholls Holmes, Dr (crystallized vitamin A), dies at 78 07/01/1958 Rudolf von Laban, Czech/German choeographer (modern dance), dies 07/01/1963 Camille Chautemps, premier France, dies
    07/01/1964 Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor: Concert worker, dies at 89 07/01/1965 Claude Thornhill, composer, dies at 55
    07/01/1968 Virginia Weidler, actress (All This & Heaven Too), dies at 42 07/01/1973 Mario La Broca, composer, dies at 76
    07/01/1974 Juan D Perón, president of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), dies at 78 07/01/1979 Richard Ward, actor (Beacon Hill), dies at 64
    07/01/1980 Charles Percy Snow, British writer (Friends & Associates), dies at 7
    07/01/1981 George Voskovec, actor (Fred-Nero Wolfe, Peter-Skag), dies at 76 07/01/1982 John Everett Watts, composer, dies at 51
    07/01/1982 Shon Coco Palm, [Jacobo JM Palm], Curaçan, composer, dies 07/01/1982 Vera [A Veronica] Bondam, [Veronica], actress, dies at 86 07/01/1983 R Buckminster Fuller, inventor/philosopher, dies in LA at 87 07/01/1986 Roy Poole, actor (Winds of War), dies at 62
    07/01/1988 Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer, dies at 82
    07/01/1988 Lex van Delden, composer/writer, dies at 68
    07/01/1989 William Ching, actor (Moonlighter, Terror in Haunted House), dies 07/01/1990 Anna Palk, actress (Play it Cool, Frozen Dead), dies
    07/01/1990 Jurriaan Schrofer, graphic designer, dies
    07/01/1991 Joost Baljeu, painter/founder-editor Structure, dies
    07/01/1991 Michael Landon, actor (Bonanza), dies at 54 of cancer
    07/01/1992 Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer (Amarcord), dies


    Significant Events:

    07/01/ 69 Bataafs nobleman Gaius Julius Civilis proclaimed emperor of Syria 07/01/ 649 Pope Martinus I elected to succeed Theodore I
    07/01/1097 1st Crusaders defeat Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea
    07/01/1233 Earl Otto II van Gelre grants Arnhem state justice
    07/01/1252 King Alfonso X 'el Sabio' of Castilië/León crowned
    07/01/1253 Battle at Westkapelle-Floris the Guardian beats Gwÿde van Dampierre 07/01/1347 Engagement of Count Louis of Male to Margaretha to daughter of Jan I
    07/01/1390 French & Genuese armada sails out against barbarian pirates 07/01/1517 Inquisitor Adrian Boeyens (pope Adrianus VI) becomes cardinal 07/01/1535 Sir Thomas More went on trial in England charged with treason 07/01/1656 1st Quakers (Mary Fisher/Ann Austin) arrives in Boston (arrested) 07/01/1689 Matsuo Basho, zen poet, leaves for 150 days journey on Honshu Japan 07/01/1690 Battle of Colors: French beats Spanish/Dutch army
    07/01/1747 Battle at Lafeld: France beat English/Dutch army
    07/01/1776 1st vote on Declaration of Independence
    07/01/1795 John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court
    07/01/1797 Napoleons fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt
    07/01/1810 Louis Napoleon resigns as king of the Netherlands
    07/01/1816 Fr frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of Géricault's 'Raft of the Medusa'
    07/01/1820 1st edition of newspaper 'Courrier de la Meuse' published' 07/01/1823 United Provinces of Central America gain independence from Mexico 07/01/1847 1st US postage stamps go on sale, 5¢ Franklin & 10¢ Washington, NYC 07/01/1847 Amateur astronomer M Hencke discovers 2nd asteroid Hebe
    07/01/1847 K L Hencke discovers asteroid #6 Hebe
    07/01/1850 At least 626 ships lie at anchor around SF Bay
    07/01/1859 1st intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32 07/01/1859 Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St Louis
    07/01/1861 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF 07/01/1861 War Dept decrees the KA & TN are to be canvassed for volunteers 07/01/1862 Battle at Booneville Mississippi: Confed superior power driven out 07/01/1862 Battle of Malvern Hill, VA (Harrison's Landing, Crew's Farm) 07/01/1862 Congress outlaws polygamy (1st time); bad news for Utah
    07/01/1862 Day 7 of 7 Days-Battle of Malvern Hill
    07/01/1862 Lincoln appoints Isaac Newton sec of agriculture-no kidding! 07/01/1863 -2] Battle at Baltimore: Crump's Crossroads Virginia
    07/01/1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Pa; Lee's northward advance halted
    07/01/1863 Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 US cities; postage 3¢/½ oz 07/01/1863 Slavery abolished in Suriname & Netherlands Antilles
    07/01/1864 Battle of Petersburg, VA [->JUL 31] -front US3695 CS---
    07/01/1867 Dominion of Canada forms (New Bruns, Nova Scotia, Ontario & Québec) 07/01/1869 Dutch newspaper stamp tax repealed
    07/01/1869 US mint at Carson City, Nevada opens
    07/01/1870 James W Smith of SC is 1st black to enter West Point
    07/01/1873 Henry Flipper of Ga is 2nd black to enter West Point
    07/01/1873 Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province
    07/01/1874 1st US kidnapping for ransom, 4-year-old Charles Ross, $20,000 07/01/1874 First Chamber accept law against child labor
    07/01/1875 Universal Postal Union established
    07/01/1877 1st edition of 'Amsterdammer' published
    07/01/1878 Treaty of Berlin
    07/01/1881 1st international telephone conversation, Calais, ME-St Stephen, NB 07/01/1881 US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri opens
    07/01/1883 ANWB forms in Utrecht
    07/01/1884 V Knorre discovers asteroid #238 Hypatia
    07/01/1889 Frederick Douglass named Minister to Haiti
    07/01/1889 US mint at Carson City, Nevada reopens
    07/01/1893 SF Bay City Club opens 1st US bicycle race track, made of wood 07/01/1896 Harbor of Ymuiden opens
    07/01/1897 Bronx acquires Hutton Square
    07/01/1898 Teddy Roosevelt & his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill 07/01/1899 Gideon Society established to place bibles in hotels
    07/01/1899 SF City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building 07/01/1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax' (BG)
    07/01/1903 1st Tour de France bicycle race begins
    07/01/1904 3rd modern Olympic games opens in St Louis
    07/01/1910 Chicago's Comiskey Park opens
    07/01/1910 Union of South Africa becomes a dominion
    07/01/1911 German boat Panther nears for Agadir Morocco
    07/01/1913 Serbia & Greece declare war on Bulgaria
    07/01/1915 Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service
    07/01/1915 Australian Survey Corps becomes part of Military Forces
    07/01/1916 Battle on the Somme: British 4th Army walks to German lines 07/01/1916 British court martial (Easter uprising)
    07/01/1916 Eisenhower marries Mary `Mamie' Geneva Doud in Denver Colo 07/01/1916 General Douglas Haig: 'The one are in splendid spirits'
    07/01/1917 257cm-mirror for Mount Wilson Observatory mounted
    07/01/1917 Race riots in East St Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed) 07/01/1917 Reds Fred Toney pitches completes doubleheader victories over Pirate
    07/01/1919 1st class postage drops from 3¢ to 2¢
    07/01/1920 Wash Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0
    07/01/1923 1st permanent radio network-AT&T (WEAF NY & WMAF Mass)
    07/01/1924 Light Brigade established
    07/01/1924 Through regular transcontinental airmail service established, NYC-SF
    07/01/1925 NY Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 HRs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7
    07/01/1925 SDAP wins 4 chairs in Second-Parliamentary election
    07/01/1925 Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs created in UK
    07/01/1929 US Immigration law of 1924 in effect
    07/01/1930 Great-Britain signs accord for Independence of Iraq
    07/01/1931 Ice vending machines introduced in LA 25 lbs, 15¢
    07/01/1931 Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs Chicago Cubs
    07/01/1931 Trans African Railway in use (Benguela, Angola-Jadotville, Congo) 07/01/1932 Helen Moody wins Wimbeldon
    07/01/1932 NY Gov FDR nominated for president at Dem Convention in Chicago 07/01/1933 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1590 Tsiolkovskaja
    07/01/1933 German nazi regime decides married women shouldn't work
    07/01/1934 1st x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, NY
    07/01/1935 General Neth Persbureau (ANP) forms in Amsterdam
    07/01/1936 AVRO-studio in Hilversum opens
    07/01/1936 Watchfulness Committee forms in Amsterdam
    07/01/1937 Rev Martin Niemöller (Bekennende Kirche) arrested in Germany 07/01/1937 Spanish bishops support Franco & fascists
    07/01/1938 J Donald Budge wins Wimbledon tennis championship
    07/01/1940 Australia refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees
    07/01/1941 1st coml TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC 07/01/1941 Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial 07/01/1941 Joe Dimaggio on way to 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hit streak 07/01/1941 WCBW (now WCBS) TV channel 2 in NY, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting 07/01/1941 WNBT TV (W2XBS, Now WNBC) channel 4 in NYC (NBC) begins broadcasting
    07/01/1942 German troops conquer Sebastopol
    07/01/1943 1st withholding tax from paychecks
    07/01/1944 Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing IMF & World Bank 07/01/1944 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to colonel
    07/01/1945 Allies troop land on Balikpapan
    07/01/1946 Rajah cedes Sarawak to British crown
    07/01/1946 US drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion) 07/01/1947 Brit Dominion Affairs office becomes Commonwealth Relations office 07/01/1948 NYC subway fare goes to 10¢, bus fare to 7¢ & combo fare at 12¢ 07/01/1949 Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France 07/01/1949 Ted Schroeder wins Wimbledon
    07/01/1949 WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting 07/01/1949 WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasti
    07/01/1950 1st US ground troops in Korea
    07/01/1950 NYC bus fare rises to 10¢ equal to subway fare, combo fare at 15¢ 07/01/1950 WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting 07/01/1951 Cleve Indian Bob Feller, 3rd no-hitter beats Det Tigers, 2-1 07/01/1953 KLAS TV channel 8 in Las Vegas, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting 07/01/1953 KTVH (now KWCH) TV channel 12 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (CBS) begins
    07/01/1953 KWCH TV channel 12 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (CBS) begins broadcasti
    07/01/1954 WDBO (now WCPX) TV channel 6 in Orlando, FL (CBS) begins broadcastin
    07/01/1955 KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 07/01/1955 Tony Trabert wins Wimbledon
    07/01/1956 Elvis Presley wearing a tuxedo appears on Steve Allen Show 07/01/1956 Ibrahim Hashiroe succeeds Said el-Moefti as premier of Jordan 07/01/1957 International Geophysisal Year begins (until Dec 31, 1958) 07/01/1957 WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield/Keene/Brat, MA (IND) 1st broadcast 07/01/1959 Heinrich Lübke elected pres of West-Germany
    07/01/1959 Israeli Knesseth agress to weapon sales to West-Germany
    07/01/1959 WVTV TV channel 18 in Milwaukee, WI (IND) begins broadcasting 07/01/1959 World Refugee Year begins
    07/01/1960 British Somaliland becomes Somalia
    07/01/1960 Fidel Castro nationalizes Esso, Shell & Texaco in Cuba
    07/01/1960 Ghana becomes a republic
    07/01/1960 Italian Somaliland gains independence, unites with Somali Republic 07/01/1960 No passports needed inside Benelux
    07/01/1960 USSR shoots down US RB-47 reconnaissance plane
    07/01/1961 Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii
    07/01/1961 KNDU TV channel 25 in Richland-Pasco-Kennew, WA (NBC) 1st broadcast 07/01/1961 Mickey Wright beats Betsy Rawls to win US Women's Golf Open 07/01/1962 Algeria agrees to independence
    07/01/1962 Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days) 07/01/1963 Beatles record 'She Loves You' & 'I'll Get You'
    07/01/1963 Pres Kennedy arrives in Rome
    07/01/1963 US postal service institutes (Zone Improvement Plan) zip code 07/01/1965 KUID TV channel 12 in Moscow, ID (PBS) begins broadcasting 07/01/1965 Kinderstraf trial starts
    07/01/1966 Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART 07/01/1966 Explorer 33 launched
    07/01/1966 Medicare goes into effect
    07/01/1967 BBC starts their World Radio Club
    07/01/1967 Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,' goes #1 for 15 wee
    07/01/1968 John Lennon's 1st full art exhibition (You are Here)
    07/01/1968 US, Britain, USSR & 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty 07/01/1969 Charles Philip Arthur George invested as Prince of Wales
    07/01/1969 John & Yoko are hospitilized after a car crash
    07/01/1971 British & Argentina sign accord about Falkland Islands
    07/01/1971 Golden Gate Bridge paid for (so why is there still a toll?) 07/01/1972 Ms. magazine begins publishing
    07/01/1973 1st US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61 07/01/1974 General Pinochet becomes president of Chile
    07/01/1974 Isabel Perón succeeds husband Juan as pres of Argentina
    07/01/1974 Monmouthshire renamed Gwent & becomes part of Wales
    07/01/1975 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2680
    07/01/1975 WEDway People Mover inaugurated
    07/01/1976 Kenneth Gibson, is 1st black president of US Conference of Mayors 07/01/1977 Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove for Wimbledon's woman's singles 07/01/1978 Former Pres Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974 07/01/1978 Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing
    07/01/1979 Stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6' of snow
    07/01/1980 Steve Overt runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo
    07/01/1981 Laurel Canyon Calif murders (4 die, 1 wounded)
    07/01/1981 Prince Willem Alexander opens Willems Bridge in Rotterdam 07/01/1981 Radio Shack 3rd release of Model III TRSDOS 1.3
    07/01/1982 2,100 Unification church couples wed in NYC
    07/01/1982 ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)
    07/01/1982 Challenger moves overland to Dryden
    07/01/1982 General Reynaldo Bignone sworn in as president of Argentina 07/01/1982 Kosmos 1383, 1st search & rescue satellite, launched
    07/01/1982 Over 2000 Unification Church couples marry at NY MSG
    07/01/1987 Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in Oct by senate 07/01/1987 NYC radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio 07/01/1989 Hugh Hefner (Playboy editor) weds playmate Kimberly Conrad 07/01/1989 NFL owners vote unanimously to form WLAF
    07/01/1989 Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner marries Playmate Kimberly Conrad 07/01/1990 1st Zen winter session in Sydney Zen Center's Gorrick's Run Zendo 07/01/1990 Despite Andy Hawkins no-hitting White Sox, Yankees lose 4-0 07/01/1990 German Democratic Republic accepts Deutsche Mark as its currency 07/01/1990 In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal 07/01/1992 6.6 earthquake in Big Bear Valley of Los Angeles
    07/01/1992 Ali Kafi becomes president of Algeria
    07/01/1992 Fox broadcasting adds Wednesday night TV programming
    07/01/1993 1 second is added to the clock
    07/01/1993 Russian manned space craft TM-17, launches into orbit
    07/01/1993 STS-57 (Endeavour) lands
    07/01/1994 Fokker's-28 crashes at Tidjikja, Mauritania (94 killed)
    07/01/1994 Roman Herzog sworn in as German president
    07/01/1994 Yassar Arafat returns to Gaza strip
    07/01/1997 UK returns Hong Kong to China

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Fri Jul 2 00:30:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/02/ 419 Valentinian III, Roman emperor (425-55)
    07/02/1489 Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr
    07/02/1581 Johann Staden, composer
    07/02/1589 Guillaume van Messaus, composer
    07/02/1636 Daniel Speer, composer
    07/02/1644 Abraham a Santa Clara, [Johann Megerle), German prime minister 07/02/1652 Guillielmus 'Willem' Kerricx, Flemish sculptor (Rozenkrans) 07/02/1714 Christoph W Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer (Il there pastore) 07/02/1737 Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer
    07/02/1746 Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer
    07/02/1756 Christian G Körner, German lawyer/father of Karl
    07/02/1763 Peter Ritter, composer
    07/02/1793 Antoine Prumier, composer
    07/02/1810 Robert Augustus Toombs, Secy State (Confederacy), died in 1885 07/02/1814 Atale Therese Annette Wartel, composer
    07/02/1821 Charles Tupper, (C) 6th Canadian PM (1896)
    07/02/1822 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails/trains)
    07/02/1830 John Bordenave Villepigue, Brig General (Confederate Army) 07/02/1834 Hendry P G Quack, lawyer/economist/secr Dutch Bank
    07/02/1836 Henry Eugene Davies, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 07/02/1847 Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer (tectonic geology)
    07/02/1857 Francesco Spetrino, composer
    07/02/1865 Lili Braun, Prussia, feminist/socialist writer (Im Schatten Titanen)
    07/02/1867 Herbert Prior, actor (Caught Short, Slave of Desire)
    07/02/1876 Wilhelm Cuno, German ship owner/republic chancellor (1922-23) 07/02/1877 Hermann Hesse, Switzerland, novelist/poet (Steppenwolf, Nobel 1946) 07/02/1880 Albert Szirmai, composer
    07/02/1884 Otto Böhm, Prussia, scientist (helped create England Radar) 07/02/1887 Marcel Tabuteau, Compiègne France, oboist (Phila Orch 1915-54) 07/02/1888 Selman Waksman, Russ/US microbiologist (Nobel 1951)
    07/02/1889 Cor Hermus, actor
    07/02/1893 August Maes, Flemish actor/director (Shylock-Hamlet)
    07/02/1894 Walter Brennan, Swampscott Mass, actor (Real McCoys, At Gun Point) 07/02/1903 Alexander F Douglas-Home, (C) British PM (1963-64)
    07/02/1903 Olav AFEC of Sleeswÿk-Holstein-S-G, King Olav V of Norway (1957- ) 07/02/1904 Carl Weinrich, composer
    07/02/1904 Gerarda 'Meik' Rueter, sculptor
    07/02/1905 Jean-Rene Lacoste, France, tennis champ/alligator shirt designer 07/02/1906 Alan Webb, actor (King Lear, Taming of Shrew, Challenge of Lassie) 07/02/1906 Hans Bethe, physicist (Nobel 1967), peace worker
    07/02/1906 Robert Levine Sanders, composer
    07/02/1907 Eppo Doeve, cartoonist/painter
    07/02/1908 Thurgood Marshall, Md, 1st black Supreme Court justice (1967-91) 07/02/1909 Hermann Bengtson, German historian (Greeks Ancient Times) 07/02/1910 Earl Hawley Robinson, composer
    07/02/1910 Hans Günther Adler, German writer
    07/02/1910 William Douglas Denny, composer
    07/02/1911 Diego Fabbri, Italian, playwright/leader Vatican movie studio 07/02/1914 Frederick Fennell, Cleveland Ohio, conductor (Time & Winds) 07/02/1915 Bert Decorte, Flemish poet
    07/02/1916 Barry Gray, radio personality (started call-in radio)
    07/02/1916 Ken Curtis, Lamar Colo, actor (Ripcord, Festus-Gunsmoke)
    07/02/1917 Pierre Dubois, literary
    07/02/1919 Johnny Bradford, Long Branch NJ, actor (Ransom Sherman Show) 07/02/1922 Dan Rowan, Beggs Okla, comedian (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in) 07/02/1922 Genrikh Matusovich Vagner, composer
    07/02/1924 Rick Besoyan, composer
    07/02/1925 Marvin Rainwater, Wichita Ks, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) 07/02/1925 Patrice E Lumumba, Zaire, revolutionary/1st premier of Congo 07/02/1925 Yasushi Akutagawa, composer
    07/02/1926 Lee Allen, Pittsburg, Ks, tenor sax (Walkin' With Mr Lee) 07/02/1927 Brock Peters, actor/singer (Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird) 07/02/1927 Cornelius 'Kees' Broekman, Holland, speed skater (Olympic-silver-195
    07/02/1927 Jerome Meyer, horse trainer
    07/02/1928 Estelita Rodriguez, actress (Cuban Fireball, Havana Rose) 07/02/1928 Pavel Kohout, Czech, author (Poor Murderer)
    07/02/1930 Carlos Saúl Menem, president of Argentinia (1989- )
    07/02/1931 Robert Ito, Vancouver BC, actor (Sam-Quincy ME)
    07/02/1932 Sammy Turner, Paterson NJ, vocalist (Lavender Blue)
    07/02/1933 David Benjamin Lewin, composer
    07/02/1935 Dick Dolman, economist/Dutch politician 2nd Chamber
    07/02/1935 Gilbert Kalish, Brooklyn NY, pianist/professor (SUNY Stony Brook) 07/02/1937 Dick Berardino, baseball player
    07/02/1937 Polly Holliday, Jasper Ala, actress (Flo-Alice, Flo-Flo)
    07/02/1937 Richard Petty, auto race driver (Daytona 500-1979,81)
    07/02/1939 John H Sununu, US Secretary of State (R, 1989-91)
    07/02/1939 M[ichael] A[nthony] Foster, US, sci-fi author (Gameplayers of Zan) 07/02/1939 Michael N Castle, (Rep-R-Delaware)
    07/02/1939 Paul Williams, rocker (Temptations-My Girl)
    07/02/1940 Georgi Ivan Ivanov, 1st Bulgarian space traveler (Soyuz 33) 07/02/1945 James Orville Fulkerson, composer
    07/02/1947 Ervin Hall, Phila, 100m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1968)
    07/02/1947 Luci Baines Johnson Nugent Turpin, daughter of Pres LBJ
    07/02/1950 Johnny Colla, rocker (Huey Lewis & News-Need a New Drug)
    07/02/1952 Linda M Godwin, Cape Girardeau Mo, PhD/astronaut (STS 37, 59) 07/02/1953 Tony Armas, baseball player
    07/02/1954 Wendy Schaal, Chicago Ill, actress (It's a Living, Julie-Fantasy Is)
    07/02/1956 Jeffrey Cooper, rock guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking) 07/02/1956 Jerry Hall, Mesquite Tx, model/Mrs Mick Jagger
    07/02/1956 Julie Montgomery, KC Mo, actress (Samantha-1 Life to Live, Kindred) 07/02/1957 Mike Anger, rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways)
    07/02/1959 Hoogie Drexler, jockey
    07/02/1959 Wendy B Lawrence, Jacksonville Fla, USN Lt Cmdr/astronaut (sk: STS 6
    07/02/1961 Alba Parietti, Torino Italy, actress (Galagoal, Abbronzatissima) 07/02/1961 James McNichol, LA Calif, actor (Fitzpatricks, California Fever) 07/02/1964 Dave Parsons, rocker (Transvision Vamp, Sham 69-That's Life) 07/02/1964 Joe Magrane, baseball player
    07/02/1964 José Canseco, Havana Cuba, Oakland As (1986 Rookie Year, 1988 AL MVP
    07/02/1964 Shannon Ritter, jockey
    07/02/1966 Tim Spehr, baseball player
    07/02/1967 Debee Ashby, Coventry England, topless model


    Deaths:

    07/02/ 783 Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies
    07/02/ 936 Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, die
    07/02/1298 Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about
    07/02/1504 Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies 07/02/1566 Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62 07/02/1619 Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies 07/02/1644 William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24 07/02/1663 Thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64
    07/02/1708 Willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies 07/02/1778 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66
    07/02/1794 Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 64
    07/02/1798 John Fitch, American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies
    07/02/1822 Denmark Vesey, & 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC 07/02/1861 Peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31
    07/02/1863 Stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28 07/02/1878 Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61
    07/02/1882 James Garfield, assassinated by 'job-seeker'
    07/02/1895 William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72
    07/02/1911 Felix Mottl, composer, dies at 54
    07/02/1914 Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78 07/02/1915 Gen Porfirio [José de la Cruz] Diaz, president Mexico, dies 07/02/1917 Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor/director (Hamlet), dies 07/02/1918 Mohammed V Resjad, sultan of Turkey (1909-18), dies
    07/02/1926 Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion, dies 07/02/1929 Gladys Brockwell, actress (Oliver Twist), dies at 34
    07/02/1930 Anders Randolf, actor (Love of Sunya, Dangerous Curves), dies at 59 07/02/1936 Harry Northrup, actor (Who's Knocking at My Door), dies at 60 07/02/1937 Amelia Earhart Putnam, pilot/1st female to fly Atl, presumed dead 07/02/1937 Fred L Noonan, US navigator, disappeared over Pacific Ocean 07/02/1940 Ben[jamin] Turpin, US comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies 07/02/1940 Bertram Shapleigh, composer, dies at 69
    07/02/1946 Anthony Overton, publisher/cosmetics manufacturer/banker, dies at 81
    07/02/1949 Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49), dies at 67
    07/02/1951 Earnest F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon, dies at 75
    07/02/1952 Henriette Bosmans, composer, dies at 56
    07/02/1961 Ernest Hemingway, author, shot himself to death in Ketchum Id at 61 07/02/1961 Louis-Ferdinand Céline, writer (Voyage Au Bout de la Nu), dies at 67
    07/02/1964 Glenn 'Fireball' Roberts, biggest NASCAR money winner, dies in crash
    07/02/1965 Betsy [Theodora E] Ranucci-Beckmann, actress (Klatergoud), dies 07/02/1968 Francis Brennan, US cardinal of Philadelphia, dies at 74
    07/02/1970 Jessie Street, Australian civil rights activist, dies
    07/02/1971 Edward Ballantine, composer, dies at 84
    07/02/1972 Joseph F Smith Jr, leader US mormon chuch, dies at 95
    07/02/1973 Betty Grable, US actress (How to Marry a Millionaire), dies at 56 07/02/1973 George Macready, US, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place), dies at 73 07/02/1973 Swede Savage, dies of injuries at Indianapolis 500
    07/02/1975 James Robertson Justice, actor (DR at Large, Dr om Love), dies at 70
    07/02/1976 Frances Howard, actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies
    07/02/1977 Vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita), dies at 78 07/02/1981 Robert Emmett Keane, actor (Rookie Cop, Red Dragon), dies 07/02/1982 Poul Rovsing Olsen, composer, dies at 59
    07/02/1984 Ramiro Cortes, composer, dies at 50
    07/02/1987 Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia 07/02/1987 Michael Bennet, choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44 07/02/1990 Muntu Myeza, S Afr anti-apartheid activist, dies in auto at 39 07/02/1990 Snooky Lanson, musician, dies
    07/02/1991 Lee Remick, actress (Days of Wine & Roses), dies at 55 of cancer 07/02/1992 Borisav Pekic, Servisch writer/politician, dies
    07/02/1992 Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer/Claudia Cardinale's husband, dies
    07/02/1992 Jose Monje (Camaron de la Isla), Spanish flamenco singer, dies 07/02/1993 Don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies at 56 of a heart attack 07/02/1993 Fred Gwynne, actor (Herman-Munsters), dies at 66 of pancreatic cance
    07/02/1994 Andres Escobar, Colombia world cup soccer star, shot for losing to U
    07/02/1994 Maung Maung, premier of Burma (1988), dies at 69


    Significant Events:

    07/02/ 311 St Militiades begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    07/02/1140 Hartbert becomes bishop of Utrecht
    07/02/1214 Battle of La Roche-aux-Moines (Angers)
    07/02/1298 Battle on Hasenbühl (Göllheim) between German kings Adolf & Albrecht
    07/02/1576 Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea
    07/02/1600 Battle of New Port (Spain vs Prince Maurice)
    07/02/1644 Battle of Marston Moor; Parliamentary forces defeat royalists 07/02/1777 Vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery
    07/02/1787 de Sade shouts from Bastille that prisoners are being slaughtered 07/02/1794 2nd Battle of Seneffe: France-Austria
    07/02/1808 Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam
    07/02/1843 An alligator falls from sky during a Charleston SC thunderstorm 07/02/1847 Envelope bearing 1st US 10¢ stamps, still exists today
    07/02/1849 Garibaldi in Rome begins hunger strike
    07/02/1858 Partial emancipation of Russian serfs
    07/02/1861 Battle of Hoke's Run, WV - small Union voctory
    07/02/1862 Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges 07/02/1863 Battle of Gettysburg (2nd day)
    07/02/1863 R Morgan's:Burksville, KY to Salineville, OH [->JUL 26]
    07/02/1864 GEN Early reaches Winchester en route for Washington DC.
    07/02/1864 Gen Early & Confederate forces reach Winchester
    07/02/1864 Statuary Hall in US Capitol established
    07/02/1867 1st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC
    07/02/1881 Pres Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker
    07/02/1885 Canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear 07/02/1890 Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits industrial monopolies
    07/02/1894 Government obtains injunction against striking Pullman Workers 07/02/1900 Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1st airship LZ-1, flies
    07/02/1901 Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid rob train of $40,000 at Wagner Montana 07/02/1902 John J McGraw becomes manager of NY Giants (stays for 30 years) 07/02/1903 AL/NL batting champ Ed Delahanty, disappears, found dead days later 07/02/1906 Yanks win by forfeit, for their 1st time
    07/02/1916 Lenin says Imperialism is caused by capitalism
    07/02/1916 Russian offensive in Armenia
    07/02/1921 1st million dollar gate ($1.7m) boxing match (Dempsey KOs Carpentier
    07/02/1921 Jack Dempsey KOs George Carpentier in NYC
    07/02/1926 US Army Air Corps created; Distinguish Flying Cross authorized 07/02/1927 1st American to win Wimbledon in 20 years (Helen Wills Moody) 07/02/1932 FDR makes 1st presidential nominating conventional acceptance speech
    07/02/1933 Carl Hubbell shuts-out Cards 1-0 in 18 innings without a walk 07/02/1934 General Lazáro Cárdenas lelected president of Mexico
    07/02/1935 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1357 Khama
    07/02/1935 Great Britain boxers beat US team in 1st intl Golden Gloves 07/02/1937 Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean 07/02/1937 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1429 Pemba & #1456 Saldanha 07/02/1937 J Donald Budge wins Wimbledon
    07/02/1938 Helen Wills Moody (US) wins her 8th & final Wimbledon singles 07/02/1940 Dutch PM Colÿn publishes 'Borders of 2 Worlds' (German victory) 07/02/1940 Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge dedicated
    07/02/1941 DiMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak (45th of 56) 07/02/1941 Earthquake hits Palestine
    07/02/1941 Nazi mass murder in Lvov/Lemberg (7,000 dead)
    07/02/1943 Indians score 12 runs in 4th inning & beat Yankees 12-0
    07/02/1943 Lt Charles Hall, becomes 1st black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane 07/02/1944 Marshal von Kluge replaces General von Rundstedt
    07/02/1946 Dutch Beel govt forms
    07/02/1946 Harbor workers end strike at Rotterdam & Amsterdam
    07/02/1947 Military coup discovered in France
    07/02/1948 Robert Falkenburg wins Wimbledon
    07/02/1949 'Red Barber's Clubhouse' sports show premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
    07/02/1949 Louise Brough wins Wimbledon
    07/02/1951 Bob & Ray show premieres on NBC radio
    07/02/1951 Island advisor of Curaçao installed
    07/02/1951 Leidse astronomers discover radio signal out of Milky Way system 07/02/1952 Princess Beatrice opens miniature city of Madurodam
    07/02/1952 Zulu-leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi marries Irene Mzila
    07/02/1955 'Lawrence Welk Show' premieres on ABC
    07/02/1955 Desmond Tutu marries Leah Nomalizo Shinxani
    07/02/1955 Louise Brough wins Wimbledon
    07/02/1956 Elvis Presley records 'Hound Dog' & 'Don't Be Cruel'
    07/02/1957 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor completed-Seawolf 07/02/1957 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback 07/02/1959 'Plan 9 From Outer Space,' one of the worse films ever, premieres 07/02/1959 Prince Albert marries Princess Paola in Brussels
    07/02/1961 Maris hits 29th & 30th en route to 61 homers
    07/02/1962 Cubans minister of Foreign affairs Raúl Castro arrives in Moscow 07/02/1962 Fidel Castro visits Moscow
    07/02/1964 Cilla Black records Beatle's 'Its For You,' McCartney plays piano 07/02/1964 Civil Rights Bill passes
    07/02/1964 Pres Johnson signs Civil Rights Act
    07/02/1966 1st France nuclear explosion on Mururoa atoll
    07/02/1966 Billie Jean King wins her 1st of 6 Wimbledon single titles 07/02/1969 Leslie West & Felix Pappalardi form rock group Mountain
    07/02/1970 1st Boeing 747 to land in Amsterdam & Brussels
    07/02/1972 Bob Seagren pole vaults world record 5.63m
    07/02/1972 India & Pakistan sign peace accord
    07/02/1973 Nation Black Network begins operation on radio
    07/02/1974 Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m (27:13.81) 07/02/1976 Formal reunification of North & South Vietnam
    07/02/1976 Supreme Court ruled death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual 07/02/1977 Sweden's Bjöorn Börg won Wimbledon men's singles over Jimmy Connors 07/02/1978 Pitcher Ron Guidry sets Yankee record of 13-0 start
    07/02/1980 Grateful Dead's Bob Weir & Mickey Hart are arrested for incitement 07/02/1981 L E Gonzalez discovers asteroid #3495 Colchagua
    07/02/1982 Larry Walters using lawn chair & 42 helium balloons, rose to 16,000'
    07/02/1982 Soyuz T-6 returns to Earth
    07/02/1983 John McEnroe wins Wimbledon
    07/02/1985 Andrei Gromyko appointed president of USSR
    07/02/1985 European Space Agency launches Giotto to Halley's Comet
    07/02/1986 General strike against Pinochet regime in Chile
    07/02/1986 Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in 2 rulings
    07/02/1988 Steffi Graff beats Martina Navratilova for Wimbledon crown 07/02/1990 Imelda Marcos & Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering 07/02/1990 Panic in tunnel of Mecca: 1,426 pilgrims trapped
    07/02/1991 Riot at Guns N' Roses concert in St Louis
    07/02/1992 Braniff Airlines goes out of business
    07/02/1993 Boat sinks at Bocaue Philippines, 325 die
    07/02/1993 F-28 crashes at Sorong Irian Barat, 41 die
    07/02/1993 Kansas Royals rename stadium Ewing Kaufman Stadium after founder 07/02/1993 Moslem fundamentalists in Sivas Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36 07/02/1993 NY Met Anthony Young loses a record 25th straight game (goes to 27) 07/02/1994 37 dies in US Air DC-9 crash in NC
    07/02/1994 Conchita Martinez beats Martina Navratilova to win Wimbeldon 07/02/1994 US Air DC-9 crash in NC, 37 killed

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat Jul 3 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/03/1423 Louis XI, King of France (1461-83)
    07/03/1567 Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain)
    07/03/1683 Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint)
    07/03/1687 Arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch)
    07/03/1728 Robert Adam, architect/designer (Adelphi Terrace, London) 07/03/1731 Samuel Huntington, (Gov-Ct), Continental Congress pres
    07/03/1738 John Singleton Copley, Mass, finest colonial American artist 07/03/1794 Eberhard F Walcker, German organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt) 07/03/1796 Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [NS] 07/03/1802 Joseph Labitzky, composer
    07/03/1814 Janis Cimze, composer
    07/03/1819 Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer
    07/03/1828 John Austin Wharton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1865 07/03/1846 Achilles Alferaki, composer
    07/03/1850 Alfredo Kiel, composer
    07/03/1854 Leos Janácek, Hukvaldy Moravia Czech, composer (Foster Suite) 07/03/1855 Piotr Maszynski, composer
    07/03/1860 William Wallace, composer
    07/03/1861 Peter Jackson, heavyweight, boxing hall of famer
    07/03/1862 Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer
    07/03/1870 Richard B Bennett, (C) 11th Canadian PM (1930-35)
    07/03/1871 Vicente Arregui Garay, composer
    07/03/1872 Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam (1901-19)
    07/03/1874 Apirana Turupa Ngata, Kawaka NZ, Maori political/cultural leader 07/03/1875 Earnest F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon
    07/03/1878 George M Cohan, composer
    07/03/1880 Carl Schuricht, composer
    07/03/1881 Leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!) 07/03/1883 Alfred Korzybski, Poland, scientist (Science & Sanity)
    07/03/1883 Franz Kafka, Czech, author (Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika) 07/03/1886 Raymond A Spruance, US admiral/fleet commander/ambassador 07/03/1892 Wilhelm Rettich, composer
    07/03/1895 Oles' Semyonovich Chishko, composer
    07/03/1896 Doris Lloyd, actress (Bachelor Father, Charley's Aunt, Sarah & Son) 07/03/1899 Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov, composer
    07/03/1899 Otto Reinhold, composer
    07/03/1900 John Mason Brown, Louisville Ky, critic (Tonight on Broadway) 07/03/1906 Francis Steegmuller, US, biographer (Cocteau)
    07/03/1906 George Sanders, Russia, actor (All About Eve-Academy Award 1950) 07/03/1906 Gwendolen Rees, zoologist
    07/03/1907 Arthur Steel, architect (Group '32)
    07/03/1907 Gene Gutche, composer
    07/03/1909 Earl L Butz, US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76); a real Butz 07/03/1909 Stavros Niachos, Greece, shippig magnate (Those Fabulous Greeks) 07/03/1910 Bernard Burrows, British diplomat
    07/03/1910 Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant
    07/03/1912 Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals
    07/03/1913 Dorothy Kilgallen, Chic Ill, columnist (What's My Line?)
    07/03/1913 Hugh MacKenzie, British vice admiral
    07/03/1913 William Deakin, warden (St Anthony's College Oxford)
    07/03/1918 Lord Mulley, Labour MP
    07/03/1920 John Ayers Lessard, composer
    07/03/1920 Louise Allbritton, Okla City, actr (Celia-Stage Door, Got a Secret) 07/03/1921 Susan Peters, actress (Random Harvest, Young Ideas)
    07/03/1922 Art Fowler, baseball player
    07/03/1922 Corneille [Cornelis G of Beverloo], painter (Africa, Antilles) 07/03/1922 François Reichenbach, French director (La douceur du Village) 07/03/1923 Baroness Ryder, of Warsaw & Cavendish, worked for sick & disabled 07/03/1924 Geoffrey Sammons, senior partner (Allen & Overy)
    07/03/1925 Michael Oliver, cardiologist
    07/03/1925 Tony Curtis, [Bernard Schwartz] Bronx NY, actor (Some Like it Hot) 07/03/1926 Joseph M Gaydos, (Rep-D-PA, 1969- )
    07/03/1926 Meyer Kupferman, composer
    07/03/1927 Ken Russell, England, director (Tommy, Altered States, Gothic) 07/03/1927 William McMillan, moderator (Gen Assembly of Church of Scotland) 07/03/1928 Evelyn Anthony, English historical novelist (Poellenberg Inheritance
    07/03/1928 John Wills, lord-lt of Avon England
    07/03/1929 Eustace Gibbs, vice marshal (Diplomatic Corps)
    07/03/1930 Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor (Bavarian State Orch 1968)
    07/03/1930 Pete Fountain, New Orleans, jazz clarinetist (Lawrence Welk 1957-59)
    07/03/1931 Andres Burnier, [Catharina Dessaur], criminologist/author (Jongensuu
    07/03/1932 John Waite, British high court judge
    07/03/1935 Harrison H 'Jack' Schmitt, Santa Rita NM, astronaut (Apollo 17) 07/03/1935 John Swan, PM (Bermuda)
    07/03/1936 Anthony Lester, CEO (Runnymede Trust)
    07/03/1937 Tom Stoppard, playwright (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern-1968 Tony) 07/03/1938 David Gandolfo, horse trainer
    07/03/1938 Shin Geum Dan, North Korea, 400m/800m runner (1962 world record) 07/03/1939 Jay Tarses, Balt Md, actor/writer (Open All Night, Duck Factory) 07/03/1940 Cesar Tovar, baseball player
    07/03/1940 Fontella Bass, St Louis Mo, vocalist (Rescue Me)
    07/03/1940 Heather Steel, British judge
    07/03/1940 Lance Larson, US, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-silver-1960) 07/03/1941 Gloria Allred, feminist attorney
    07/03/1942 Kurtwood Smith, New Lisbon Wisc, actor (Rambo III, Robocop) 07/03/1943 Gary Waldhorn, actor (To the Camp & Back)
    07/03/1943 Geraldo Rivera, [Gerry Rivers], NYC, news personality (20/20, Gerald
    07/03/1943 Judith Durham, singer
    07/03/1943 Norman E Thagard, Marianna Fl, MD/astro (STS 7, 51-B, 30, 42, sk:71)
    07/03/1944 Paul Young, actor (Another Time Another Place)
    07/03/1945 Iain MacDonald-Smith, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968) 07/03/1945 Michael Cole, Madison Wisc, actor (Pete-Mod Squad)
    07/03/1945 Michael Martin, MP
    07/03/1945 Mike Corby, guitarist (Babys-Back on My Feet Again)
    07/03/1947 Betty Buckley, Big Springs Tx, actress (Abby-8 is Enough, 1776, Cats
    07/03/1948 Paul Barrère, US rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat-Sailin' Shoes)
    07/03/1948 Peter Ruzicka, composer
    07/03/1949 Jan Smithers, N Hollywood Calif, actress (Bailey-WKRP)
    07/03/1949 Susan Penhaligon, Manilla Philippines, actress (Dracula, Nasty Habit
    07/03/1950 Damon Harris, rocker (Temptations-My Girl)
    07/03/1951 Jean-Claude Duvalier, [Papa Doc], deposed Haitian president-for-life
    07/03/1951 Richard Hadlee, Christchurch, NZ, leading cricket bowler
    07/03/1952 Alan Autry, NFLer (Green Bay Packers)/actor (Heat of the Night) 07/03/1952 Bill Badgett Jr, horse trainer
    07/03/1953 Alynne Beth Amkraut, entertainer
    07/03/1953 Frank Tanana, baseball pitcher (Calif Angels)
    07/03/1955 Julia Lyndon, Buffalo NY, playmate (August, 1977)
    07/03/1955 Matt Keough, baseball player (Oakland A's, NY Yankees)
    07/03/1957 Danny Heep, baseball player
    07/03/1957 Laura Branigan, singer (Gloria)
    07/03/1958 Aaron Tippin, Pensacola Fl, singer (You've Got to Stand for Somethin
    07/03/1958 Robert Forth, Clarence NY, US shooter (Olympic-92)
    07/03/1959 Andreas Wisniewski, Berlin German FR, actor (Living Daylights) 07/03/1959 Stephen Pearcy, rock vocalist (Ratt-Round & Round)
    07/03/1959 Stoyan Deltchev, Bulgaria, horizontal bar gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980
    07/03/1960 Jack Daugherty, baseball player
    07/03/1961 Liz Stewart, SF Calif, playmate (July, 1984)
    07/03/1961 Vince Clarke, England, rocker (Yaz-Situation, Only You)
    07/03/1962 Hunter Tylo, model
    07/03/1962 Taylor Dayne, [Lesley Wundermnan], Baldwin NY, vocalist
    07/03/1962 Tom Cruise, Syracuse, actor (Risky Business, Color of Money, Rainman
    07/03/1963 Don August, baseball player
    07/03/1964 Gary Ryan, rocker (Blackhearts)
    07/03/1964 Pia Reyes, Manila Philipines, playmate (Nov, 1988)
    07/03/1964 Warren Newson, baseball player
    07/03/1965 Greg Vaughn, baseball player
    07/03/1965 Shinya Hashimoto, wrestler (NJPW)
    07/03/1966 Moises Alou, baseball player
    07/03/1968 Jeff Phillips, Westwood NJ, actor (Hart Jessup-Guiding Light) 07/03/1969 Elan Carter, Nutley NJ, playmate (June, 1994)
    07/03/1975 Keri Houlihan, Penn, actress (Molly-Our House)
    07/03/1986 ..., 1st Dutch test tube baby born


    Deaths:

    07/03/ 683 Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies
    07/03/1090 Egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle
    07/03/1570 Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67 07/03/1778 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies 07/03/1801 Johann Nepomuk Went, composer, dies at 56
    07/03/1809 Joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62
    07/03/1862 William Barksdale, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 40 07/03/1863 Alonzo Hersford Cushing, US Union lt, dies in battle at about 22 07/03/1863 Lewis Addison Armistead, Conf brig-gen Gettysburg/dies in battle at
    07/03/1863 Little Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta], Santee Sioux indian chief, dies 07/03/1863 Richard Brooke Garnett, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 4
    07/03/1863 Samuel Kosciuzko Zook, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 40 07/03/1873 Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer, dies at 57 07/03/1891 Stefano Golinelli, composer, dies at 72
    07/03/1904 Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies
    07/03/1908 Joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus, dies at 59
    07/03/1910 Julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies
    07/03/1934 Henry WAE, Prince of Netherlands/father of Queen Juliana, dies 07/03/1948 Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch SDAP-politician, dies at 90
    07/03/1952 Daniel Zamudio, composer, dies at 64
    07/03/1952 Henriette Bosmans, composer, dies
    07/03/1957 Richard Mohaupt, composer, dies at 52
    07/03/1960 Alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73
    07/03/1965 Clarence Loomis, composer, dies at 75
    07/03/1966 Andre Gailhard, composer, dies at 81
    07/03/1966 Cornelis 'Kees' Boeke, theorist, dies at 81
    07/03/1966 Joseph Deems Taylor, composer, dies at 80
    07/03/1967 John Clark, actor (Last Day of the War), dies at 50
    07/03/1969 Brian Jones, guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25 07/03/1969 Hermann Grabner, composer, dies at 83
    07/03/1971 Jim Morrison, rock singer (Doors), dies of heart failure in Paris 07/03/1971 Ricci Riano, entertainer, dies at 71
    07/03/1973 Charles Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto), dies
    07/03/1974 John C Ransom, US poet (World's Body), dies
    07/03/1976 Hans Bentz van de Berg, actor, dies at 58
    07/03/1977 Hugh Le Caine, composer, dies at 63
    07/03/1977 Mohammed al-Zahaby, Egyptian minister, murdered
    07/03/1978 James Daly, actor (Medical Center), dies at 59
    07/03/1979 Louis Durey, composer, dies at 91
    07/03/1981 Ross Martin, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West), dies at 61 07/03/1982 Henry King, US director (Song of Bernadette, Gunfighter), dies 07/03/1984 Raoul Salan, French general/OAS leader (Algeria), dies at 85 07/03/1986 Rudy Vallee, singer (Vagabond Dreams), dies at 84
    07/03/1987 Viola Dana, actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 9
    07/03/1988 Gabriel Dell, actor (Framed, Cutter), dies at 68 of leukemia 07/03/1989 Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthda
    07/03/1989 Jim Backus, actor (Magoo, Gilligan's Island), dies at 76 of pneumoni
    07/03/1990 Ludi Claire Hugo, entertainer, dies
    07/03/1990 Maurice Girodias, French publisher, dies
    07/03/1991 Irina Nÿinska, Russian/US dancer, dies
    07/03/1992 Arline Bletcher, entertainer, dies
    07/03/1992 Marc Tannenbaum, rabbi (only Jew to attend Vatican II), dies at 66 07/03/1993 'Curly' Joe DeRita, last of Three Stooges, dies of pneumonia at 83 07/03/1994 Harry Ebbeling, PC-corrector, dies at 54
    07/03/1994 Pieter Hennipman, economist, dies at 85


    Significant Events:

    07/03/ 683 St Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    07/03/ 987 Hugo Capet crowned king of France
    07/03/1090 Battle at Hagenoorde: German emperor beats earl Egbert II 07/03/1187 Crusaders enter Tiberias
    07/03/1428 Treaty of Delft-between Jacoba of Bayern & Philip the Good 07/03/1468 Duke Charles the Stout marries Princess Margaretha of York 07/03/1608 City of Québec founded by Samuel de Champlain
    07/03/1754 George Washington surrenders to French, Ft Necessity (7 Years' War) 07/03/1775 Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass 07/03/1778 British forces massacre 360 men, women & children in Wyoming, Pa 07/03/1806 Michael Keens exhibits 1st cultivated strawberry
    07/03/1814 Americans capture Fort Erie, Canada
    07/03/1816 French frigate 'Medusa' runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross 07/03/1816 incompetence kills 150 in calm seas
    07/03/1819 1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors 07/03/1839 1st state normal school in US opens, Lexington, Mass, with 3 student
    07/03/1848 Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands) 07/03/1852 Congress authorizes US's 2nd mint (San Francisco, Calif)
    07/03/1861 Colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general. 07/03/1861 Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY
    07/03/1863 Battle of Donaldsonville, LA
    07/03/1863 Battle of Gettysburg Pa ends, major victory for North
    07/03/1864 Battle of Chattahoochie River, GA [until Jul 9]
    07/03/1864 Harpers Ferry, WV - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance 07/03/1871 Jesse James robs bank in Corydon, Iowa ($45,000)
    07/03/1883 SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River Scotland; 195 die
    07/03/1886 1st NY Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine 07/03/1888 NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak 07/03/1890 Idaho admitted as 43rd US state
    07/03/1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of Black Peter' (BG)
    07/03/1898 Dutch Automobile Club established (KNAC)
    07/03/1898 Joshua Slocum completes 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe 07/03/1898 US Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba
    07/03/1905 Heavyweight Marvin Heart KOs Jack Root in Reno
    07/03/1905 Kuyper govt forms in Holland
    07/03/1907 Pope decree forbids modernization of theology
    07/03/1911 Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day 07/03/1912 NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak 07/03/1915 US military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934
    07/03/1916 1st of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near NJ shore (4 die) 07/03/1918 SDAP'er Suze Groenweg elected 1st woman in Dutch parliament 07/03/1920 Java Technical School Bandung opens
    07/03/1920 Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England
    07/03/1920 William T Tilden wins Wimbledon
    07/03/1923 Harbor strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London 07/03/1928 1st color TV broadcast in London (John Logic Baird)
    07/03/1930 Veterans Administration created
    07/03/1931 Heavyweight Max Schmeling KOs Stribling in Cleveland
    07/03/1932 1st Sunday game at Fenway Park, Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2
    07/03/1932 John McGraw retires from baseball
    07/03/1934 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1367 Nongoma
    07/03/1934 FDIC pays off 1st insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria I
    07/03/1939 Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800-kph rocket plane to Hitler 07/03/1939 Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes 'luckiest man' speech
    07/03/1940 ARP-leader/ex-premier Colÿn argues cooperation with Germany 07/03/1940 British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa
    07/03/1940 German occupiers forbids using Dutch royal names
    07/03/1942 Germany troop march into Sebastopol
    07/03/1944 Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore 07/03/1947 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC 07/03/1947 Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in AL 07/03/1947 Soviet Union doesn't partake in Marshall Plan
    07/03/1950 1st time US & North Korean forces clash in Korean War
    07/03/1951 Sam Snead wins PGA golf tournament
    07/03/1952 Puerto Rico's constitution approved by US Congress
    07/03/1953 Victor Seixas wins Wimbledon
    07/03/1954 Food rationing ends in Britain
    07/03/1954 Maureen Connolly wins Wimbledon
    07/03/1958 'Andy Williams Show' premieres on ABC (later on CBS & NBC) 07/03/1962 Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5) 07/03/1965 Phillies Dick Allen & Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice 07/03/1965 USSR & Persia sign dam building & economic aid pact
    07/03/1966 Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a ga
    07/03/1966 Race riots in Omaha Nebraska
    07/03/1967 'News at 10' premieres on English TV
    07/03/1968 Cleve Indian Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minn Twins
    07/03/1969 78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
    07/03/1970 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival
    07/03/1970 British aircraft crashes at Barcelona, 112 killed
    07/03/1970 Calif Angels Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0
    07/03/1970 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #3702
    07/03/1974 Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
    07/03/1976 Adolfo Suarez becomes premier of Spain
    07/03/1977 Turkey: premier Ecevit goes off
    07/03/1978 Establishment Amazon Pact
    07/03/1980 73,096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0
    07/03/1981 NYC transit fare rises from 60¢ to 75¢, new brass Y-cut-out token 07/03/1982 Martina Navratilova defeats Chris Evert Lloyd at Wimbledon 07/03/1982 Riot at building Stopera Amsterdam (damages ƒ 1 million)
    07/03/1983 Calvin Smith of US becomes fastest man alive (9.93 s for 100 m) 07/03/1983 John McEnroe regains men's singles title at Wimbledon
    07/03/1984 Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island
    07/03/1984 Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members 07/03/1985 CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover 07/03/1986 Kuwait's National Assembly (Majlis al Umma) dissolves
    07/03/1986 Pres Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty 07/03/1987 2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic 07/03/1988 US Vincennes in Strait of Hormoez shoots Iran Airbus A300, kills 290
    07/03/1989 Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8:05.39) in Stockholm
    07/03/1989 Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortion
    07/03/1989 The movie 'Batman,' set record of quickest $100 million (10 days) 07/03/1991 Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45 karat diamond ring 07/03/1992 Gary Dell'Abate (Howard Stern Show) marries Mary
    07/03/1992 Mass Senator Ted Kennedy marries Victoria Reggie (38)
    07/03/1993 Steffi Graf wins Wimbledon
    07/03/1994 30 die in 3 fatal auto accidents in Texas
    07/03/1994 Pete Samras beats Goran Ivanisevic to win Wimbeldon (straight sets) 07/03/1994 Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 in soccer world cup

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Jul 4 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/04/1546 Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95)
    07/04/1610 Cornelis Evertsen the Elder, Swiss vice-admiral
    07/04/1610 Paul Scarron, French playwright (Virgile Travesti)
    07/04/1694 Louis C Daquin (d'Acquin), French organist/composer (La rose) 07/04/1715 Christian Gellert, Saxony, poet/novelist (Fables & Tales) 07/04/1753 Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard, 1st balloon flights in England, US 07/04/1762 Marco Santucci, composer
    07/04/1769 Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer
    07/04/1793 Franz Xaver Pechacek, composer
    07/04/1799 F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59)
    07/04/1804 Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mass, author (House of 7 Gables, Scarlet Letter
    07/04/1807 Giuseppe Garibaldi, freedom fighter (Risorgimento)/unified Italy 07/04/1819 Reuben Eaton Fenton, Governor (Union), died in 1885
    07/04/1826 Green Clay Smith, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
    07/04/1826 Stephen Foster, Lawrencevil, Pa, composer (Oh! Susanna, Swanee River
    07/04/1828 James Johnston Pettigrew, Brig General (Confederate Army) 07/04/1828 Theodor W Ahlwardt, German orientalist
    07/04/1829 Hermann Kotzchmar, composer
    07/04/1840 James McGranahan, composer
    07/04/1841 Edward Gailliard, Flemish linguist/archaeologicalist
    07/04/1841 Marie von Wied, Princess of Orange Nassau
    07/04/1842 Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria, sociologist/judge/field marshal 07/04/1842 Gyula Erkel, composer
    07/04/1845 Thomas John Barnardo, English social worker
    07/04/1847 James Anthony Bailey, Detroit, circus impresario (Barnum & Bailey) 07/04/1850 Ole Olsen, composer
    07/04/1854 Heinrich Zollner, composer
    07/04/1867 Stephen Mather, organized US National Park Service
    07/04/1869 Karl Seitz, president of Austria
    07/04/1870 Pieter Van de Line, geologist (Dutch boulders)
    07/04/1872 Calvin Coolidge, [Silent Cal], Plymouth Vt, (R) 29th pres (1923-29) 07/04/1875 Giovanni & Giacomo Tocci, Italy, siamese twins
    07/04/1876 William Farnum, US, actor (Spoilers, Man who Fights Alone) 07/04/1878 George M Cohan, actor/singer (Phantom Pres, Give my regards to Bdwy)
    07/04/1880 George Mullin, pitcher (Detroit Tigers-no-hitter on 7/4/1912) 07/04/1880 Pat Rooney, vaudevillian/actor (Night Club)
    07/04/1882 Cornelis van der Lugt Melsert, actor/director
    07/04/1883 Alan Brooke, English general
    07/04/1883 Maximilian Oseyevich Shteynberg, composer
    07/04/1883 Rube Goldberg, who made the easy outrageously difficult
    07/04/1884 Alexander Byvanck, art historian/archaeologist
    07/04/1885 Louis B Mayer, Minsk Russia, motion-picture executive (MGM) 07/04/1886 Heinrich Kaminski, composer
    07/04/1888 Henry Armetta, Italian/US actor (Bell for Adano, Big Store) 07/04/1894 Henry Carlson, basketball coach (originated figure 8 play) 07/04/1895 Massimo Campigli, Italian painter/illustrator
    07/04/1896 Adolf Hallis, composer
    07/04/1898 Gertrude Lawrence, English actress (Mimi, Rembrandt)
    07/04/1898 Johnny Lee, Missouri, actor (Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy)
    07/04/1899 Benjamin Péret, French writer/poet (La révolution surréaliste) 07/04/1900 Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong, New Orleans LA, jazz musician (Hello Doll
    07/04/1902 George Murphy, New Haven Ct, (Sen-R-Calif)/actor/dancer (MGM Parade)
    07/04/1902 Meyer Lansky, mobster (Started numbers)
    07/04/1902 Vince Barnett, Pittsburgh, actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle) 07/04/1903 Flor Peeters, Antwerp Belgium, organist/composer (Lied Symphony) 07/04/1904 Artur Malawski, composer
    07/04/1905 Dante Fiorillo, composer
    07/04/1905 Lionel Trilling, author (1969 Poses Award, Liberal Imagination) 07/04/1908 Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/chairman (Club of Rome) 07/04/1909 Alec Templeton, Cardiff Wales, pianist/composer (Concertino Lirico) 07/04/1910 Francis D Foley, US lt adm (WW II, Guadalcanal)
    07/04/1910 William T 'Champion Jack' Dupree, US boxer/slaughterhouse pianist 07/04/1911 Mitch Miller, Rochester NY, sing along with Mitch (Yellow Rose of Tx
    07/04/1912 Virginia Graham, Chicago Ill, TV personality (Girl Talk, Where Was I
    07/04/1915 Jimmie Rogers, Detroit Mich, singer (Sugar Hill Time)
    07/04/1916 Tokyo Rose, [Iva Toguri D'Aquino], WW II propogandist
    07/04/1918 Abigail Van Buren, twin sister, advice columnist
    07/04/1918 Ann Landers, twin sister, advice columnist
    07/04/1918 Buster Davis, Johnstown Pa, choral director (Garry Moore Show) 07/04/1918 Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, King of Tonga (1965- )
    07/04/1920 Leona Helmsley, (wife of Harry), real estate billionaire/tax cheat 07/04/1921 Gerard Debreu, France, economist (Nobel 1983)
    07/04/1924 Eva Marie Saint, Newark NJ, actress (On the Waterfront)
    07/04/1926 Mary Stuart, Miami Fla, actress (Jo-Search for Tomorrow)
    07/04/1927 Gina Lollobrigida, Subiaco Italy, actress (Trapeze, Falcon Crest) 07/04/1927 Neil Simon, playwright (Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Biloxi Blues) 07/04/1928 Cathy Berberian, Armenia, US singer
    07/04/1928 Patrick Tilley, UK, sci-fi author (1st Family, Blood River) 07/04/1928 Paul de Wispelaere, Flemish writer/essayist/critic
    07/04/1928 Stephen Boyd, [William Millar], actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur) 07/04/1928 Sylvius G M 'Boy' Rozendal, premier (Netherland's Antilles) 07/04/1929 Al Davis, Brocton Mass, NFL team owner (LA Raiders)
    07/04/1929 Bill Tuttle, baseball player
    07/04/1929 Chuck Tanner, baseball player
    07/04/1930 George Steinbrenner, NY Yankees owner/ship builder/horse owner 07/04/1935 Paul Scoon, governor-general of Grenada (1978- )
    07/04/1937 Hector Palma, horse trainer
    07/04/1938 Bill Withers, WV, rhythm & blues singer (Lean on Me)
    07/04/1939 Ed Bernard, Phila, actor (Joe-Police Woman, Jim-White Shadow) 07/04/1940 Joost P van Iersel, Dutch politician (CDA) 2nd Chamber
    07/04/1940 Walter Greenman, horse trainer
    07/04/1942 Hal Lanier, baseball player
    07/04/1942 Michael GCF, English prince of Knows
    07/04/1943 Alan Wilson, rocker (Canned Heat-On the Road Again)
    07/04/1943 Dave Rowberry, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
    07/04/1943 Emerson Boozer, NFL running back (NY Jet)/sportscaster
    07/04/1946 Michael Milken, LA Calif, partner (Intl Capital Access Group) 07/04/1946 Ron Kovic, disabled vietnam vet (Born on 4th of July)
    07/04/1947 Morganna Roberts, Louisville Ky, (Baseball's kissing bandit) 07/04/1948 Ed Armbrister, baseball player
    07/04/1948 Jeremy Spencer, rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Oh Well)
    07/04/1948 René Arnoux, France, formula-1 racer (6th place-1980)
    07/04/1950 David Jensen, rock British DJ
    07/04/1951 Ralph Johnson, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star)
    07/04/1954 Jim Beattie, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
    07/04/1955 John Waite, vocalist (Babies/Bad English-Forget Me Not, Missing You)
    07/04/1958 Kirk Pengilly, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt) 07/04/1959 Bill McCorvey, Montgomery Ala, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake) 07/04/1961 Vinny Castilla, baseball player
    07/04/1962 Pam Shriver, Balt Md, tennis player (US Open's Doubles 1983,4,6,7) 07/04/1963 Henri Leconte, France, tennis player (French finalist 1988) 07/04/1963 Jose Oquendo, baseball player
    07/04/1964 Mark Allen Slaughter, Las Vegas, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
    07/04/1967 Rick Wilkins, baseball player


    Deaths:

    07/04/ 966 Benedictus V Grammaticus, Italian (anti?)Pope (5/22-6/23 964), dies 07/04/1187 Reinoud van Châtillon, French prince of Antioch, dies
    07/04/1301 Willem II Berthout van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht, dies in battle 07/04/1307 Rudolf III, Duke of Austria/King of Bohemia dies
    07/04/1498 Filips van Burgundy, admiral-general of Netherlands, dies 07/04/1519 Johann Tetzel, (German?) monk, dies at about 79
    07/04/1541 Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish occupier, dies at about 56
    07/04/1578 Charles de Berlaymont, baron of Hierges, gov/viceroy of Names, dies 07/04/1603 Philippus the Monte, priest/bandmaster/composer, dies at 82 07/04/1623 William Byrd, English composer (Ave verum corpus), dies at 80 07/04/1627 Thomas Middleton, Elizabethan dramatist (Women Beware Women), dies 07/04/1672 Ambrosius Reiner, composer, dies at 67
    07/04/1757 Jean-Joseph Vade, composer, dies at 38
    07/04/1768 Willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman/poet (Suicide), dies at 58 07/04/1780 Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen South Neth, dies at 67 07/04/1787 Charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71 07/04/1789 Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian poet, dies at 59
    07/04/1826 John Adams, 2nd president (1797-1801), dies at 90
    07/04/1826 Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president (1801-09), dies at 83
    07/04/1831 James Monroe, 5th president (1817-25), dies at 73
    07/04/1845 Pierre P Royer-Collard, French philosopher/Council of 500, dies 07/04/1848 Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, di
    07/04/1851 Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer, dies at 67
    07/04/1854 Karl F Eichhorn, German historic rights, dies at 72
    07/04/1856 Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies
    07/04/1889 Auguste Mermet, composer, dies at 79
    07/04/1891 Frederic Louis Ritter, composer, dies at 67
    07/04/1901 John Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher, dies 07/04/1910 Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars), dies at 75 07/04/1910 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer, dies at 70
    07/04/1917 Johan HC Nucleus, translator (Sanskreet), dies at 84
    07/04/1923 Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 6
    07/04/1929 Otto Taubmann, composer, dies at 70
    07/04/1931 Hussein ibn-Ali, sjarif Mecca/king/kalief of Hedzjaz (1917-24), dies
    07/04/1934 'Madame' Marie Curie-Sklodovska, Polish/French chemist, dies 07/04/1934 Chaim Nachman Bialik, zionist poet, dies
    07/04/1938 Otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56
    07/04/1938 Suzanne Lenglen, 6 time Wimbeldon champ, dies at 39 of anemia 07/04/1943 Wladyslaw Sikorski, gen/premier of Poland in exile (1939-43), dies 07/04/1946 Othenio Able, Austria paleontology, dies at 71
    07/04/1957 Judy Tyler, actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 24 in car crash 07/04/1962 Rex Bell, cowboy (Cowboys & Injuns), dies at 56
    07/04/1963 Fritz Reuter, composer, dies at 66
    07/04/1963 Grant Richards, actor (Doug-Doorway to Danger), dies at 48 07/04/1970 Harold Vanderbilt, America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85 07/04/1971 Thomas C Heart, US admiral/commander (Pacific Fleet), dies at 94 07/04/1973 Leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39
    07/04/1974 Mohammed SA al-Hoesseini, Mufti of Jerusalem/pres Com Palestine, die
    07/04/1982 Sylvestre A Guzmán Fernández, pres Dominican Rep, commits suicide 07/04/1983 Claus Adam, composer, dies at 65
    07/04/1985 John de Quay, Dutch premier (1959-63), dies at 83
    07/04/1986 Flor Peeters, Flemish baron/organist/composer, dies at 83 07/04/1988 Adrian Adonis, [Keith Franke], WWF wrestler, killed in auto accident
    07/04/1992 Astor Piazzolla, Argentine composer (tango nuevo), dies at 71 07/04/1992 Joe Newman, US jazz trumpetist (Count Basie), dies
    07/04/1993 Anne Shirley, actress (Stella Dalla), dies of lung cancer at 74 07/04/1993 Felix White, choreographer (Black Vibrations Theatre), dies at 65


    Significant Events:

    07/04/1054 Brightest known super-nova (Crab Nebula) starts shining (23 days) 07/04/1187 Battle of Hittin (Tiberias): Saladin defeats Reinoud of Châtillon 07/04/1301 Battle at Breukelen: Holland vs Lichtenberg
    07/04/1415 Angelo Correr becomes Pope Gregory XII
    07/04/1636 City of Providence, Rhode Island form
    07/04/1653 Barebones Parliment goes into session in England
    07/04/1672 States of Holland declares 'Eternal Edict' void
    07/04/1693 Battle at Boussu-lez-Walcourt: French-English vs Dutch army 07/04/1754 George Washington gives Ft Necessity to France
    07/04/1776 Declaration of Independence-US gains independence from Britain 07/04/1779 French fleet occupies Grenada
    07/04/1789 1st US tariff act
    07/04/1802 US Military Academy officially opens (West Point, NY)
    07/04/1810 French troops occupy Amsterdam
    07/04/1817 Construction on Erie Canal begins
    07/04/1819 William Herschel makes last telescopic observation of 1819 comet 07/04/1827 Slavery abolished in NY
    07/04/1828 Construction begins on B & O (Baltimore-Ohio) 1st US passenger RR 07/04/1829 Cornerstone laid for 1st US mint (Chestnut & Juniper St, Phila) 07/04/1832 'America' 1st sung publicly
    07/04/1836 Wisconsin Territory formed
    07/04/1845 Texas Congress votes for annexation to US
    07/04/1845 Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond
    07/04/1861 In a special session of 27th Congress Lincoln requests 400,000 troop
    07/04/1861 Skirmish at Harper's Ferry, WV
    07/04/1862 Battle at Morgan's Kentucky
    07/04/1862 Lewis Carroll creates Alice in Wonderland for Alice P Liddell 07/04/1863 Boise, Idaho founded (now capital of Idaho)
    07/04/1863 Failed Confederate assault on Helena Arkansas (640 casualties) 07/04/1863 General Lee's army withdraws from Gettysburg
    07/04/1863 Skirmish at Smithburg, TN
    07/04/1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces
    07/04/1864 -9] Battle at Chattahoochee River, Georgia
    07/04/1865 1st edition of 'Alice in Wonderland' is published
    07/04/1866 Firecracker thrown in wood starts fire destroying ½ of Portland, Me 07/04/1873 Aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens
    07/04/1874 Social Democratic Workmen's Party of North America formed 07/04/1875 White Democrats kill several blacks in terrorist attacks in Vicksbur
    07/04/1876 1st public exhibition of electric light in SF
    07/04/1879 Africaner Union forms by Rev SJ du Toit at Cape colony
    07/04/1881 Brooker T Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute (Alabama) 07/04/1882 Telegraph Hill Observatory opens in SF
    07/04/1883 Buffalo Bill Cody presents 1st wild west show, North Platte, Nebr 07/04/1884 1st US bullfight held (Dodge City Ks)
    07/04/1884 Statue of Liberty presented to US in Paris
    07/04/1886 1st scheduled transcontinental passenger train reaches Pt Moody, BC 07/04/1888 1st organized rodeo competition held, Prescott, Ariz
    07/04/1889 Washington state constitutional convention holds 1st meeting 07/04/1893 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #369 Aeria
    07/04/1894 Elwood Haynes successfully tests one of 1st US autos at 6 MPH 07/04/1894 Republic of Hawaii established
    07/04/1895 Katherine Lee Bates publishes 'America the Beautiful'
    07/04/1898 French liner 'La Bourgogne' collides with bark Cromartyshire, 560 di
    07/04/1898 US flag hoisted over Wake Island (Spanish-American War)
    07/04/1903 Pacific Cable (SF, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, Pres TR sends message 07/04/1905 Phila A's beat Boston Red Sox 4-2 in 20 inning game
    07/04/1906 Gr Brit, France & Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia
    07/04/1907 Heavyweight Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in Calif
    07/04/1908 NY Giant George 'Hooks' Witse no-hits Phila Phillies, 1-0 in 10 inn 07/04/1910 Jack Johnson KOs James Jeffries in 15 rounds, ending come-back try 07/04/1911 105°F (41°C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record)
    07/04/1911 106°F (41°C) at Nashua, New Hampshire (state record)
    07/04/1911 Ty Cobb goes 0 for 4 & ends a 40 game hit streak
    07/04/1912 Detroit Tiger George Mullen no-hits St Louis Browns, 7-0
    07/04/1912 Heavyweight Jack Johnson KOs Jim Flynn in Las Vegas
    07/04/1914 1st US motorcycle race (300 miles, Dodge City Ks)
    07/04/1918 Altar dedicated at full-scale replica of Stonehenge at Maryhill, Wa 07/04/1919 ADGB (Allgemeine Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund) party forms
    07/04/1919 Cincinnati Reds are 10½ games back in NL, & win World Series 07/04/1919 Jack Dempsey KOs Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship 07/04/1919 M Wolf discovers asteroid #914 Palisana
    07/04/1923 Heavyweight Jack Dempsey KOs Tom Gibbons in Shelby Mont
    07/04/1925 44 die when Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses
    07/04/1925 Yanks Lefty Grove beats A's Herb Pennock 1-0 in 15 innings 07/04/1926 NSDAP-party forms in Weimar
    07/04/1927 ir Sukarno forms PNI (Perserikatan Nasional Indonesia) in Batavia 07/04/1929 AM radio station WOWO, Indiana's transmitter burns down
    07/04/1933 Work begins on Oakland Bay Bridge
    07/04/1934 Jordanians revolt in Amsterdam after reduction in employment 07/04/1936 Helen Hull Jacobs wins Wimbledon female tennis championship 07/04/1936 League of Nations starts sanctions against Italy
    07/04/1938 1st game at Shribe Park, Phila; Braves beat Phillies 10-5 07/04/1938 France-Turkish friendship treaty
    07/04/1939 Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game
    07/04/1939 Yankees retire 1st uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), 1st Old Timers Day 07/04/1940 British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die 07/04/1940 German occupiers forbids anti-nazis speeches
    07/04/1941 Howard Florey & Norman Heatley meet for 1st time, 11 days later 07/04/1941 they successfully recreate pencillin
    07/04/1942 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II) 07/04/1942 US air offensive against nazi-Germany begins
    07/04/1944 1st Japanese kamikaze attack, US fleet near Iwo Jima
    07/04/1944 Allied assault on Carpiquet airport at Caen
    07/04/1944 Gestapo arrests German Social Democrat Julius Leber
    07/04/1946 Anti Jewish riots in Kielce Poland (39 die)
    07/04/1946 Philippines gains independence from US
    07/04/1947 Jack Kramer wins Wimbledon
    07/04/1950 Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own consitution) 07/04/1953 Imre Nagy succeeds Matyas Rákosi as premier of Hungary
    07/04/1953 Maureen Connolly wins Wimbledon
    07/04/1954 WMSL (WYUR, now WAFF)TV channel 48 in Huntsville, AL (ABC) begins 07/04/1954 West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern 07/04/1956 Independence National Historical Park established in Philadelphia 07/04/1956 US most intense rain fall (1.23' in 1 minute) at Unionville Maryland
    07/04/1957 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts temporary tax increase
    07/04/1959 America's new 49-star flag honoring Alaska statehood unfurled 07/04/1959 Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica, made a crown colony 07/04/1960 America's new 50-star flag honoring Hawaiian statehood unfurled 07/04/1960 Mickey Mantle hits career homer # 300
    07/04/1962 Island Records begins
    07/04/1962 KIKU (now KHNL) TV channel 13 in Honolulu, HI (IND) 1st broadcast 07/04/1966 LBJ signs Freedom of Information Act
    07/04/1967 Freedom of Information Act goes into effect
    07/04/1967 Opening ceremony of Tassajara Zen Mountain Centre
    07/04/1967 Phillies Clay Dairymple ties NL record of 6 walks in doubleheader 07/04/1968 radio astronomy satellite Explorer 38 launched (ø 450 m)
    07/04/1969 'Give Peace a Chance' by Plastic Ono Band is released in UK 07/04/1969 140,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival featuring Led Zep & Janis Joplin
    07/04/1969 Ann Jones defeats Billie Jean King for Wimbledon Ladies championship
    07/04/1969 Italian Rumor govt resigns
    07/04/1970 100 injured in race rioting in Asbury Park NJ
    07/04/1973 CARICOM - Caribbean Community & Common Market, forms
    07/04/1973 In audience with Italian cyclists, Pope Paul VI praises athletes who
    07/04/1973 'offer the magnificent show of a healthy, strong, generous youth' 07/04/1975 Bundy victim (?) Nancy Baird disappears from Layton, Utah 07/04/1975 Fictional wedding date of Coneheads
    07/04/1976 Opening ceremony of the Dai Bosatsu monastery Catskill Mt NY 07/04/1976 Raid on Entebbe-Israel rescues 229 Air France passengers
    07/04/1977 Cubs use fielder Larry Bittner as a pitcher
    07/04/1977 Nigel Harrison replaces Gary Valentine as bassist of Blondie 07/04/1978 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #3332
    07/04/1978 Memphis firefighters halt 3-day strike under a court order 07/04/1979 Algerian ex-president Ben Bella freed
    07/04/1982 4th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 4 lands at Edwards AFB 07/04/1982 Jimmy Connors beats John McEnroe for his last Wimbledon championship
    07/04/1982 Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado elected president of Mexico
    07/04/1983 Yankee Dave Righetti no-hits the Red Sox
    07/04/1984 Funeral for S Nakagawa & burial half his ashes next to N Senzaki 07/04/1984 Yuri Sedykh of USSR throws hammer a record 86.33 m
    07/04/1985 Tinker Bell's nightly flight begins
    07/04/1987 Discovery moves to Launch Pad 39B for STS-26 mission
    07/04/1987 Martina Navratilova wins 6th straight Wimbledon defeats Steffi Graf 07/04/1987 Nazi Klaus Barbie, 'Butcher of Lyon' convicted by a French court 07/04/1987 SS'er Klaus Barbie, 'Beast of Lyon', sentenced to life
    07/04/1988 Steffan Edberg beats Boris Becker for Wimbledon crown
    07/04/1988 US navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290 07/04/1989 14 year old actress Drew Barrymore, attempts suicide
    07/04/1989 Unmanned Russian Mig-23 crashes in Bellegem-Kooigem, Belgium (1 dies
    07/04/1990 Wrestler Brutus Beefcake injured during parasailing
    07/04/1992 John Phillips, rocker (Mamas & Papas), undergoes a liver transplant 07/04/1992 Stefi Graf beats Monica Seles to win Wimbledon
    07/04/1993 Dave Winfield hits 442nd HR to move into 19th place
    07/04/1993 Pete Sampras wins Wimbledon
    07/04/1993 Pizza Hut blimp deflates & lands safely on W 56th street in NYC 07/04/1994 Russian manned space craft TM-18, lands
    07/04/1994 US loses to Brazil 1-0 in 1994 World Cup quarter finals

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/05/1546 Johann Steuerlein, composer
    07/05/1654 Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer
    07/05/1729 Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian poet
    07/05/1755 Sarah Kemble Siddons, Brecon England, tragic actress (Fatal Marriage
    07/05/1764 Janos Lavotta, composer
    07/05/1775 William Crotch, composer
    07/05/1781 Stamford Raffles, founded Singapore
    07/05/1793 Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer
    07/05/1794 Sylvester Graham, developed graham cracker
    07/05/1801 David G Farragut, Knoxville Tenn, naval hero
    07/05/1801 David Glasgow Farragut, Vice Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1870 07/05/1810 Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel Conn, circus promoter (Barnum & Bailey
    07/05/1812 Robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book)/wed Elizabeth Barrett 07/05/1828 Paul J C Gabriel, painter/water colors painter/etcher
    07/05/1847 Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer
    07/05/1852 Stefano Gobatti, composer
    07/05/1853 Cecil John Rhodes, South Africa, politician/diamond merchant 07/05/1857 Clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist
    07/05/1858 Maria J 'Marie' Bakker, actress
    07/05/1867 Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Dendrochronologer (study of tree rings) 07/05/1868 William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum, Laren) 07/05/1874 Gerhard von Keussler, composer
    07/05/1877 Wanda A Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne) 07/05/1878 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer
    07/05/1879 Dwight Filley Davis, donated tennis' Davis Cup
    07/05/1879 Jacob Weinberg, composer
    07/05/1879 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Tonhalle Orchestra) 07/05/1880 Jan Kubelik, composer
    07/05/1881 Augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal
    07/05/1885 André Lhote, French painter/art historian (Traité du paysage) 07/05/1886 Felix Timmermans, Flemish writer/painter/cartoonist (Pallieter) 07/05/1886 Willem Drees, PM of Netherland (PvdA, 1948-58)/Indoneisa (AOW) 07/05/1889 Jean Cocteau, France, writer/artist/director (Le Potamak, Orphée) 07/05/1891 John Northrop, US, biochemist, crystallized enzymes (Nobel 1946) 07/05/1895 Gordon Jacob, composer
    07/05/1897 Paul Ben-Haim (Frankenburger), München Germany, Israeli composer 07/05/1899 Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson, composer
    07/05/1899 Marcel Achard, French screen/playwright (Jean de la Lune) 07/05/1900 Bernardus J Cardinal Alfrink, cardinal of Utrecht Netherlands 07/05/1902 Henry Cabot Lodge, (Sen-R)/ambassador (VP candidate 1960) 07/05/1903 Irwin Fischer, composer
    07/05/1904 Don Goddard, Binghamton NY, news ancher (ABC Evening News 1958-59) 07/05/1904 Franz Adolf Syberg, composer
    07/05/1904 Milburn Stone, Bruton Ks, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke)
    07/05/1905 Isa Miranda, [Ines Sampietro], Italian model/actress (La ronde) 07/05/1909 Andrei Gromyko, USSR, diplomat/USSR President (1985-89) [7/18 NS] 07/05/1910 Robert K Meston, US sociologist (functionalism)
    07/05/1911 Georges Pompidou, banker/premier/president France
    07/05/1913 Smiley Lewis, Louisiana, vocalist (I Hear You Knockin')
    07/05/1914 Jacob Soetendorp, rabbi
    07/05/1918 George Rochberg, Paterson NJ, composer (Concord Quartet)
    07/05/1920 Issachar Miron, composer
    07/05/1923 John McKay, WV, football coach (USC, Tampa Bay)
    07/05/1924 Beverly Tyler, Scranton Pa, actress (Fireball, Lorelei-Big Town) 07/05/1924 Janós Starker, Budapest Hungary, cellist (Chic Symph 1953-58) 07/05/1926 Haya van Someren-Downer, 2nd Member of parliament (Dutch Lib Party) 07/05/1926 Kenneth Gaburo, composer
    07/05/1928 Warren Oates, Depoy Ky, actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke) 07/05/1929 Katherine Helmond, Galveston Tx, actress (Soap, Mona-Who's the Boss)
    07/05/1930 Yutaka Makino, composer
    07/05/1933 Terence Cooper, Northern Ireland, actor (Casino Royale)
    07/05/1936 Shirley Knight, Goessei Kansas, actress (Endless Love, Secrets) 07/05/1937 Brooke Hayward, LA Calif, author (Haywire)
    07/05/1937 Frouwke J Laning-Boersema, Dutch politician (CDA) 2nd Chamber 07/05/1937 Nita M Lowey, (Rep-D-New York)
    07/05/1938 Stanley Joel Silverman, composer
    07/05/1940 Karen Shepherd, (Rep-D-Utah)
    07/05/1942 Ada J Bas-Jansen, Dutch politician (CDA) 2nd Chamber
    07/05/1944 Jamie Robertson, guitarist (Band)
    07/05/1944 Robbie Robertson, singer/=
    07/05/1945 Curtis Blefary, baseball player (1965 AL rookie of year)
    07/05/1945 Jeffrey Kramer, NYC, actor (Ted Stein-Struck by Lightning) 07/05/1948 Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Wash DC, daughter of Richard Milhaus 07/05/1949 Benny Stolovitz, fictional character on LA Law
    07/05/1950 Gary Matthews, baseball player (1973 NL rookie of year)
    07/05/1951 Geert John Hessing, drummer (Catapult)
    07/05/1951 Huey Lewis [Hugh Cregg], rocker (& the News-Need a New Drug) 07/05/1951 Richard 'Goose' Gossage, relief pitcher (Yankees, Padres, A's) 07/05/1952 David Dreier, (Rep-R-California, 1981- )
    07/05/1952 Michael Don McNabb, composer
    07/05/1952 Terence T 'Tom' Henricks, Bryan Oh, USAF/astronaut (STS 44, 55) 07/05/1955 Michael Gismondi, rocker (Michael Stanley Band)
    07/05/1956 James Lofton, NFL wide reciever (Bills, Packers, Raiders) 07/05/1958 Meredith Ann Pierce, US, sci-fi author (Darkangel)
    07/05/1958 Patsy Pease, Winston-Salem NC, actress (Kimberly-Days of Our Lives) 07/05/1959 Marc Cohn, singer (Walking in Memphis)
    07/05/1959 Patricia Pease Jeffers, NC, actress (Kimberly-Days of our Life) 07/05/1964 Mark H lascells, grandson of English princess Mary
    07/05/1972 Leetha Weapons, XXX actress (Savage Fury)
    07/05/1972 Michael Bays, Enrico Calif, actor (Bronx Zoo, Days of Our Live) 07/05/1972 Tatsuhito Takaiwa, wrestler (NJPW)


    Deaths:

    07/05/1539 Antonio M Zaccaria, Italian physician/saint, dies
    07/05/1803 William Jackson, composer, dies at 73
    07/05/1851 Juanita, Mexican, lynched in Calif
    07/05/1852 Johann Baptist Weigl, composer, dies at 69
    07/05/1871 Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess, dies 07/05/1883 Frederick Scotson Clark, composer, dies at 42
    07/05/1884 Victor Masse, composer, dies at 62
    07/05/1886 Henry Gerhard, founder (Social-Democratic Union), dies at 57 07/05/1887 August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies 07/05/1905 Carel V Gerritsen, free thinker, dies
    07/05/1907 Maria Anna Mahler, Gustav Mahlers eldest daughter, dies at 5 07/05/1908 Jonas LI Lie, Norse writer (Kommandørens døttre), dies at 74 07/05/1909 Emil Bohn, composer, dies at 70
    07/05/1911 George J Stoney, Irish physicist, dies
    07/05/1925 Hjalmar Borgstrom, composer, dies at 61
    07/05/1935 Daniël Plooy, new testament expert, dies
    07/05/1941 Oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69
    07/05/1944 William Gillies Whittaker, composer, dies at 67
    07/05/1948 Carole Landis, US actress (1 Million BC, Topper Returns), dies at 29
    07/05/1948 Peter JM Aalberse, Dutch minister of Labor, dies at 77
    07/05/1950 Kenneth Shadrick, Pvt from WV becomes 1st US fatality in Korean War 07/05/1950 Salvatore Giuliano, Sicilian bandit, shot by police
    07/05/1963 Daniel Ruyneman, composer, dies at 76
    07/05/1969 Tom Mboya, Kenyian economics minister, assassinated in Narobi Kenya 07/05/1969 Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), dies at
    07/05/1969 Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85 07/05/1979 Judson Laire, actor/singer (Papa-Mama), dies at 76
    07/05/1980 Archibald James Potter, composer, dies at 61
    07/05/1981 Jorge Urrutia Blondel, composer, dies at 75
    07/05/1983 Arie Querido, psychiatrist (social psychiatry), dies
    07/05/1983 Harry James, swing-era bandleader/trumpet player, dies in Las Vegas 07/05/1983 Vaclav Trojan, composer, dies at 76
    07/05/1985 Gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies at 86 07/05/1985 Marion Byron, actress (Steamboat Bill Jr), dies at 73
    07/05/1989 Ernesto Halffter, composer, dies at 84
    07/05/1990 Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide at 46 by hanging 07/05/1991 Howard Nemerow, poet/Us poet laureate (Pulitzer), dies
    07/05/1993 Harrison E Salisbury, US journalist (NY Times), dies at 84


    Significant Events:

    07/05/ 649 St Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    07/05/ 767 Duke of Nepi names his brother (leek) Pope Constantine II 07/05/1294 Pietro del Murrone elected as Pope Coelestinus V
    07/05/1295 Scotland & France sign anti-English covenant
    07/05/1450 Pope Nicolas V names Walraven van Meurs bishop of Münster 07/05/1643 1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
    07/05/1687 Isaac Newton's PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England 07/05/1750 Slave revolt on Curaçao
    07/05/1791 José María Narváez discovers Point Grey, now in Vancouver, BC 07/05/1808 Battle of Buenos Aires
    07/05/1809 -6) Battle of Wagram - Napoleon beats archduke Charles
    07/05/1811 Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spai
    07/05/1814 Americans defeat British & Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario 07/05/1830 France invades Algeria, begins a 40 year conquest
    07/05/1832 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de Janeiro
    07/05/1834 Provisional government established in Oregon Country
    07/05/1841 Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency
    07/05/1843 Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil govt in Oregon Country 07/05/1859 Capt NC Brooks discovers Midway Islands
    07/05/1863 Battle of Jackson, MS & Battle of Birdsong Ferry, MS
    07/05/1864 Battle of Smith's Expedition, MS (Tupelo, Harrisburg)
    07/05/1865 Secret Service begins as part of US Treasury Dept
    07/05/1865 William Booth founded Salvation Army in London
    07/05/1871 Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) & Big Tree, begins 07/05/1891 Hail kills 6 horses in Rapid City, SD
    07/05/1900 Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber
    07/05/1905 NY Giants 18 game win streak ends as Phillies win in 10th 07/05/1913 Queen Wilhelmina meets SDAP-leader Troelstra
    07/05/1914 Boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, & win World Series 07/05/1914 Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia 07/05/1919 Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs in a game for his 1st of 72 times 07/05/1922 1st general election in Netherlands
    07/05/1922 Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro
    07/05/1924 Military revolt in Sao Paulo Brazil
    07/05/1929 A Deutsch discovers asteroid #1148 Rarahu
    07/05/1929 WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down 07/05/1932 Antonio de Oliveira Salazar becomes premier/dictator of Portugal 07/05/1933 German party Catholic Center disbands
    07/05/1935 1st Hawaii Calls radio program is broadcast
    07/05/1935 Chicago Cubs are 10½ games back in NL, & go on to win the pennant 07/05/1935 FDR signs National Labor Relations Act
    07/05/1936 120°F (49°C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record)
    07/05/1937 117°F (47°C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record)
    07/05/1937 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1428 Mombasa & #1430 Somalia 07/05/1937 Joe DiMaggio's 1st grand slammer
    07/05/1937 Republican offensive by Brunete in Spain
    07/05/1938 Herb Caen's 1st column in SF Chronicle
    07/05/1940 Diplomatic relations broken between Britain & Vichy govt in France 07/05/1941 German occupiers disband political parties
    07/05/1943 Battle of Gulf of Kula
    07/05/1943 Battle of Koersk, USSR begins (6,000 tanks)
    07/05/1944 Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight 07/05/1945 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
    07/05/1946 Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show 07/05/1947 Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL 07/05/1947 Margaret Osborne wins Wimbledon
    07/05/1948 Britain's National Health Service Act begins
    07/05/1948 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1618 Dawn
    07/05/1949 NY Giants purchase Monty Irvin & Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks 07/05/1950 Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel 07/05/1951 Junction transistor invention announced, Murray Hill, NJ
    07/05/1953 Maureen Connolly wins Wimbledon
    07/05/1953 WANC TV channel 21 in Asheville, NC (IND) begins broadcasting 07/05/1956 France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria
    07/05/1958 Althea Gibson wins Wimbledon
    07/05/1958 J Pengel forms cabinet/Emanuels premier of Suriname
    07/05/1959 Ben-Gurion's Israeli cabinet resigns
    07/05/1959 Indonesia restores constitution
    07/05/1960 Mongolia adopts constitution
    07/05/1961 80 die in collisions in Algiers
    07/05/1961 KUSD TV channel 2 in Vermillion, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 07/05/1962 96 murder at massacre in Oran, Algeria
    07/05/1962 Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule 07/05/1962 Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers
    07/05/1963 1st Beatle tune to hit US charts, Del Shannon 'From Me to You' at #8
    07/05/1966 NYC transit fare rises from 15¢ to 20¢
    07/05/1966 National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting 07/05/1966 Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy
    07/05/1967 Congo uprising under Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme
    07/05/1968 'Manifest of 1000 words' published in Prague
    07/05/1968 John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce
    07/05/1969 Rod Laver wins his 4th Wimbledon championship
    07/05/1969 Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park
    07/05/1970 Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109 07/05/1971 26th amendment certified (reduces voting age to 18)
    07/05/1972 Pierre Messmer appointed French premier
    07/05/1973 'Live & Let Die,' James Bond film premieres
    07/05/1973 Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps
    07/05/1973 Maj Gen Juvenal Habyarimana becomes president of Rwanda
    07/05/1973 Rwanda military coup under general-major Habyalimana
    07/05/1974 Chris Evert wins Wimbledon
    07/05/1975 Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon
    07/05/1975 Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule 07/05/1977 Pakistan's army, led by Gen Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power 07/05/1978 Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan
    07/05/1980 Björn Börg wins Wimbledon
    07/05/1981 Premier Begins, Likud party wins Israel's elections
    07/05/1981 Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of π from memory
    07/05/1982 Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas 07/05/1983 Baby girl born in Roanoke, Va., to a mother brain dead for 84 days 07/05/1983 France invades Algeria
    07/05/1983 NJ Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team
    07/05/1983 Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death (Roanoke, VA) 07/05/1984 Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old 'exclusionary rule'-evidence seize
    07/05/1984 with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials 07/05/1985 117° F (47° C), St George, Utah (state rec) (103° spread, UT 1985) 07/05/1985 Premier Mugabe wins Zimbabwe elections
    07/05/1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 10K woman's record (30:13.74) 07/05/1986 Nancy Reagan cuts red, white & blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Libert
    07/05/1987 Australian Pat Cash wins Wimbledon, upsets #1 seed Ivan Lendl 07/05/1989 Barry Bond's HR sets father-son (Bobby) HR record at 408
    07/05/1989 Mark McGwire's gets 100th HR, 2nd fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner) 07/05/1989 Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage & knocks himself out 07/05/1989 South-African Pres Pieter Botha visits ANC leader Nelson Mandela 07/05/1989 Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, & go on to win AL East 07/05/1990 Zina Garrison upsets Steffi Graf in Wimbledon semi-finals 07/05/1991 Lillian Cucuzza wins name Florida baseball team contest (Marlins) 07/05/1992 Andre Agassi defeats Goran Ivanisevic to win Wimbledon
    07/05/1992 Sixto Durán Ballén elected president of Ecuador
    07/05/1993 Kurdisch guerrilla's murder 32 villager in East Turkey
    07/05/1993 Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km (27:07.91)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Jul 6 00:30:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/06/1580 Johann Stobaeus, composer
    07/06/1632 Albert Schop, composer
    07/06/1632 Pietro Reggio, composer
    07/06/1638 Gerrit A Berckheyde, painter
    07/06/1668 Peter Burmannus [Pieter Burman], attorney
    07/06/1678 Nicola Francesco Haym, composer
    07/06/1702 Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer
    07/06/1739 Freiedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer
    07/06/1747 Coelestin Jungbauer, composer
    07/06/1747 John Paul Jones, naval hero ('I have not yet begun to fight') 07/06/1773 Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer
    07/06/1782 Luis [Philippus] Brion, Curaçao commander of Colombian fleet 07/06/1785 William J Hooker, English botanist/director (Kew Gardens) 07/06/1793 Jacob M de Kempenaer, lawyer/minister of Internal Affairs (1848-49) 07/06/1796 Nicholas I Pavlovitsj, tsar of Russia (1825-55)
    07/06/1800 Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer
    07/06/1814 Justus McKinstry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 07/06/1818 Adolf Anderssen, Prussia, world chess champion (1851-66)
    07/06/1821 Edward Winston Pettus, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907
    07/06/1832 Maximilian F J, archduke of Austria/Emperor of Mexico
    07/06/1837 Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer
    07/06/1852 John Albert Delany, composer
    07/06/1859 Verner von Heidenstam, Sweden, poet/novelist (Charles Men, Nobel 191
    07/06/1864 Alberto Nepomuceno, composer
    07/06/1868 Petrus A Euwens, paster/director (Friends of Curaçao)
    07/06/1873 Paul Keller, German writer (Ferien vom Ich)
    07/06/1877 David Stanley Smith, composer
    07/06/1877 Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier/president of Spain (1931-36) 07/06/1878 Eino Leino, Finland, poet/playwright/novelist (Elámän Koreus) 07/06/1881 Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Quadriga, Pumpernickel) 07/06/1884 André Dunoyer de Segonzac, French painter/cartoonist
    07/06/1884 Harold Vanderbilt, NY, America Cup (1930,34,37)/inv contract bridge 07/06/1884 Willem Dudok, architect (town hall Hilversum/Beehive Rotterdam) 07/06/1888 Annette Kellerman, Sydney Australia, swimmer (Million Dollar Mermaid
    07/06/1892 Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, Belgian WW I pilot
    07/06/1896 Thomas W McKnew, president (National Geographic Society)
    07/06/1898 Hanns Eisler, German/US composer/Gemran DR-minister for propaganda 07/06/1903 Axel Theorell, Sweden, biochemist, studied enzymes (Nobel 1955) 07/06/1904 Robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor (Sospiro do Rom
    07/06/1906 Agnes Elisabeth Lutyens, composer
    07/06/1906 Kate A ter Horst-Arriëns, nurse (Battle of Arnhem)
    07/06/1907 M C Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera
    07/06/1908 Leonce Grass, Flemish singer/conductor
    07/06/1914 Jens Rohiner, composer
    07/06/1915 Dorothy Kirsten, Montclair NJ, soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show) 07/06/1915 Marcel Quinet, composer
    07/06/1917 Hugo Cole, composer
    07/06/1918 Bert [Lambertus H] Feet, journalist/poet (Crossing)
    07/06/1918 Eugene List, Phila Penn, pianist/prof (Eastman School of Music) 07/06/1918 Sebastian Cabot, London, actor (Mr French-Family Affair, Time Machin
    07/06/1920 William Worthington, horse trainer
    07/06/1922 William Schallert, LA Calif, actor (Patty Duke Show, Get Smart) 07/06/1923 Nancy Davis Reagan, NY, 1st Lady (1981-89)
    07/06/1923 Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general/pres (1989- )
    07/06/1924 Robert M White, pilot (X-15)
    07/06/1925 Bill Haley, Mich, rocker (& the Comets-Rock Around the Clock) 07/06/1925 Huub H Jacobse, member of Dutch 2nd chamber (Liberal)
    07/06/1925 Merv Griffin, San Mateo Calif, TV host (Merv Griffin Show) 07/06/1926 Nicky Hilton
    07/06/1927 Charles Whittenberg, composer
    07/06/1927 Janet Leigh, Merced Cal, actress (Psycho, Harper), She's in the show
    07/06/1927 Pat Paulsen, comedian, presidential candidate (Smothers Bros Show) 07/06/1927 Susan Cabot, Boston, actress (Carnival Rock)
    07/06/1927 [Jan] Hein Donner, chess player
    07/06/1929 Gerd Zacher, composer
    07/06/1930 Françoise Mallet-Joris, [F Lilar], Belgian writer (Signs & Wonders) 07/06/1932 Della Reese, Detroit, singer/actress (Della Reese Show, Royal Family
    07/06/1937 Gene Chandler, [Eugene Dixon], Chicago, rocker (Duke of Earl) 07/06/1937 Ned Beatty, Lexington Ky, actor (Deliverance, Repossed, Network) 07/06/1937 Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gorkey Rus, pianist/conductor (Tchakowsky-1961) 07/06/1938 Franco, Zaire, composer/guitarist/leader (Masumbuku)
    07/06/1939 Helena Dupont, US, equestrian 3-day even (Olympic-33rd place-1964) 07/06/1939 Mary Peters, England, pentathlete (Olympic-gold-1972)
    07/06/1940 Viktor Kuzkin, USSR, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72) 07/06/1944 Gunhild Hoffmeister, German FR, 800m/1500m runner (Oly-silver-72) 07/06/1945 Burt Ward, LA Calif, actor (Robin-Batman)
    07/06/1945 Rik Elswit, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show-In the Right Place) 07/06/1946 Fred Dryer, Hawthone Calif, NFLer (NY Giants, LA Rams)/actor (Hunter
    07/06/1946 James Naughton, US, actor (Trauma center) [or 1945]
    07/06/1946 Jamie Wyeth, Penn, artist (An American Vision-Boston)
    07/06/1946 Rick Hunter, actor
    07/06/1946 Sylvester Stallone, NYC, actor/director (Rocky, Rambo, Cobra) 07/06/1948 Brad Park, Toronto, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers, Boston Bruins) 07/06/1949 Shelley Hack, Greenwich Ct, actress (Tiffany-Charlie's Angel) 07/06/1950 Ramon Guzman, jockey
    07/06/1950 Sultan Rakhmanov, Super heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1980)
    07/06/1953 Nanci Griffith, US singer/songwriter (Poet in My Window)
    07/06/1954 Allyce Beasley, Bkln, actress (Agnes Dipesto-Moonlighting) 07/06/1954 James Kiberd, actor (Trevor Dillon-Loving)
    07/06/1954 Nanci Griffith, Austin Texas, country singer (Love Wore a Halo) 07/06/1956 John Jorgenson, Madison Wisc, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited
    07/06/1956 Matt Bahr, NFL kicker (NY Giants)
    07/06/1957 Mario Martinez, Salinas Ca, US Olympic weightlifter (Olympic-4th-198
    07/06/1957 Ron Duguay, Canada, hockey player (NY Rangers, Detroit Red Wings) 07/06/1959 John Keeble, rocker (Spandau Ballet-True)
    07/06/1960 Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Greenwood Ms, 200m/400m runner (Olympic-gold-8
    07/06/1961 Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, Virg, 100m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1984) 07/06/1964 Lillie Leatherwood, Northport Ala, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-gold-1984
    07/06/1965 Glenn Scarpelli, Staten Is NY, actor (Alex-One Day At a Time, Fantas
    07/06/1965 Tim Camargo, jockey
    07/06/1969 Michael Grant, vocalist (Musical Youth)
    07/06/1971 Kari Kupcinet, Chicago, actress (Julie Sanderson-Young & Restless) 07/06/1979 Nicolas Daniel Maricio, Prince of Netherlands


    Deaths:

    07/06/1189 Henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies at 56
    07/06/1415 Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany 07/06/1476 Regiomontanus, [Johannes Müller of Königsberg], dies
    07/06/1480 Antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64
    07/06/1533 Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57 07/06/1535 Thomas More, executed in England for treason
    07/06/1553 Edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies
    07/06/1587 Michael Lauterbeck, assassinated Fries viceroy Willem Louis, execute
    07/06/1734 Nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69
    07/06/1765 Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 76
    07/06/1768 Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer, dies at 78
    07/06/1795 Georg Gottfried Petri, composer, dies at 79
    07/06/1816 Philipp Meissner, composer, dies at 67
    07/06/1858 Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer, dies at 78
    07/06/1860 Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer, dies at 37
    07/06/1863 Strong Vincent, US Union brig-general, dies
    07/06/1868 Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71
    07/06/1871 Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at
    07/06/1879 Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65
    07/06/1896 Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer, dies at 54
    07/06/1902 Leopoldo Miguez, composer, dies at 51
    07/06/1914 Delmira Augustini, Uruguayan poet, murdered at 27
    07/06/1916 Odilon Redon, French painter/author (A soi-même), dies at 76 07/06/1918 Count von Mirbach, German ambassador to Moscow, dies
    07/06/1933 Robert Kajanus, composer, dies at 76
    07/06/1934 Warden Uncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish landlord/writer, dies at 7
    07/06/1951 Josef Huttel, composer, dies at 57
    07/06/1954 Dirk Verbeek, actor/director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70
    07/06/1955 Paolo Gallico, composer, dies at 87
    07/06/1959 George Grosz, German cartoonist/painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65 07/06/1961 Enrique Larreta, [E Rodriguez Maza], Argentine diplomat/writer, dies
    07/06/1962 William [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64 07/06/1971 Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong, jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 71 07/06/1971 Thomas C Heart, US admiral/commander (Asiatic fleet), dies 07/06/1972 Brandon De Wilde, actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash 07/06/1973 Otto Klemperer, German/US conductor, dies at 88
    07/06/1973 Patrick McVey, actor (Manhunt, Big Town), dies at 63
    07/06/1974 Carlos Isamitt, composer, dies at 87
    07/06/1975 Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS (Mussolini/Ardennen), dies 07/06/1977 Oedoen Partos, composer, dies at 69
    07/06/1979 Van McCoy, singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle), dies at 35 07/06/1980 Gail Patrick, actress (My Man Godfrey), dies of leukemia at 69 07/06/1982 Russell Thorson, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 72
    07/06/1989 János Kádár, premier of Hungary (1956-58), dies
    07/06/1990 Paul Wynne, KGO-TV SF reporter, dies of AIDS at 46
    07/06/1992 Edgardo Pallero, Argentina producer (Los hÿos de fierro), dies


    Significant Events:

    07/06/1483 England's King Richard III crowned
    07/06/1491 Opening ceremony of Daitokuji's Shinju at subtemple
    07/06/1634 Johan van Walbeecks ships bypass St-Anna Bay, Curaçao
    07/06/1652 Fire on Dutch Dam (Amsterdam's city hall burns)
    07/06/1673 French troops conquer Maastricht
    07/06/1687 Newton publishes 'Principia'
    07/06/1699 Capt William Kidd arrested in Boston
    07/06/1753 Rotterdams patriot John H Midderigh baptised
    07/06/1776 Dec of Ind announced on front page of 'PA Evening Gazette' 07/06/1777 British Gen Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans 07/06/1782 British-French sea battle at Negapatam (South-Indies)
    07/06/1785 Congress resolves US currency named 'dollar' & adopts decimal coinag
    07/06/1787 Orange troops occupy Area at Duurstede
    07/06/1801 Battle at Algeciras: French fleet beats British
    07/06/1853 National Black convention meets (Rochester NY)
    07/06/1853 William Wells Brown publishes 'Clotel,' 1st novel by black American 07/06/1854 1st Republican state convention, Ripon, Wisc
    07/06/1862 Skirmish at Devall's Bluff Arkansas (106 casualties)
    07/06/1863 Battle of Williamsport, MD [-Jul 07]
    07/06/1863 Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia 07/06/1864 Battle of Chattahoochee River, GA [->JUL 10] US730 CS600 07/06/1869 Black candidate for lt governor of Va, Dr J H Harris, defeated 07/06/1882 14 Russian Jews of Bilu, arrive in Jaffa Palestine
    07/06/1885 1st inoculation (for rabies) of a human being, by Louis Pasteur 07/06/1886 Horlick's of Wisconsin offers 1st malted milk to public
    07/06/1892 Striking steelworkers in Homestead, Pa fire on scabs, killing 7 07/06/1893 British King George V marries princess Victoria of Teck (Queen Mary)
    07/06/1894 Cleveland sends 2,000 troops to Chicago to suppress Pullman strike 07/06/1903 George Wyman arrives in NYC by motorcycle 51 days out of SF 07/06/1908 Robert Peary's expedition sails from NYC for north pole
    07/06/1912 5th Olympic games in Stockholm opens
    07/06/1919 British R-34 lands in NY, 1st airship to cross Atlantic (108 hr) 07/06/1920 Yanks score team record 14 runs in 1 inning vs Senators
    07/06/1922 Dutch auto/airplane manufacturer Trompenburg declares bankruptcy 07/06/1923 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics formed
    07/06/1924 1st photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, US-England 07/06/1928 1st all-talking motion picture shown, in NY (Lights of NY) 07/06/1928 Worlds largest hailstone 1½ lbs (17') falls in Potter Nebraska 07/06/1929 St Louis has 2, 10 run innings & beats Phillies 28-6
    07/06/1931 Billy Burke wins US Open golf tournament
    07/06/1932 1st class postage back up to 3¢ from 2¢
    07/06/1933 1st All-Star baseball game, AL wins 5-2 (Chicago's Comiskey Park) 07/06/1935 Helen Wills Moody wins her 7th Wimbledon championship
    07/06/1935 Rotterdam architect A van de Steurs Museum Boymans opens
    07/06/1936 114°F (46°C), Moorhead, Minnesota (state record)
    07/06/1936 121°F (49°C), Steele, North Dakota (state record)
    07/06/1938 NL beats AL 4-1 in 6th All Star Game (Crosley Field, Cincinnati) 07/06/1941 NY Yankees unviel a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield 07/06/1942 AL beats NL 3-1 in 10th All Star Game (NY Giants host)
    07/06/1942 Anne Frank's family goes underground in After house, Amsterdam 07/06/1942 German troops conquer Woronezj
    07/06/1943 2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed
    07/06/1943 US destroyer William D Porter [Willie Dee] launched
    07/06/1944 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford Conn 07/06/1944 French General De Gaulle arrives in Washington, DC
    07/06/1945 Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept UN Charter 07/06/1945 Pres Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom 07/06/1945 Wash Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games
    07/06/1946 Pauline Betz wins Wimbledon
    07/06/1949 Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs
    07/06/1949 Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158°F for 2 minute
    07/06/1950 German DR recognizes Oder-Neisse borders with Poland
    07/06/1951 Dick Savitt wins Wimbledon
    07/06/1953 J Churms discovers asteroid #1701 Okavango
    07/06/1954 KMOS TV channel 6 in Sedalia-Warrensburg, MO (PBS) begins broadcasti
    07/06/1954 Tunisian cabinet-M'zali, resigns
    07/06/1957 Althea Gibson became 1st black tennis player to win Wimbledon 07/06/1957 Harry S Truman Library established in Independence, Missouri 07/06/1958 Adolfo Lopez Mateos elected pres of Mexico
    07/06/1958 Alaska becomes 49th state
    07/06/1959 Saar becomes part of German Federal Republic
    07/06/1959 WENH TV channel 11 in Durham, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting 07/06/1960 Dr Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from LA to NYC 07/06/1961 Portuguese ship explode near Mozambique, kills 300
    07/06/1962 Emir Said al-Djazairi takes van Algerian throne in Syria
    07/06/1962 Jamaica gains independence from Great-Britain
    07/06/1962 Mantle hits his 3rd & 4th consecutive homer
    07/06/1963 Chuck McKinley wins Wimbledon
    07/06/1963 South African worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested
    07/06/1964 Beatles' film 'Hard Day's Night' premieres in London
    07/06/1964 Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) declares independence from UK 07/06/1965 Rock group 'Jefferson Airplane' forms
    07/06/1966 Malawi becomes a republic, Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda becomes pres 07/06/1967 Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade
    07/06/1968 Billie Jean King wins Wimbledon
    07/06/1968 Sacharov publishes 'Manifest of 10,000 words'
    07/06/1970 Italian Rumor govt resigns
    07/06/1971 Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda sworn in as President for Life of Malawi 07/06/1971 Govt Biesheuvel forms
    07/06/1971 White House Plumbers unit formed to plug news leaks
    07/06/1974 Jimmy Connors wins Wimbledon
    07/06/1975 Argentine government falls
    07/06/1975 Comoros declare independence from France (most of them)
    07/06/1975 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes Sonate for alto opus 147
    07/06/1976 Soyuz 21 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 5 space station
    07/06/1978 Israeli jet fighters swooped over mostly Moslem West Beirut 07/06/1979 Björn Börg wins Wimbledon
    07/06/1979 IRA-bomb explodes in British consulate in Antwerp
    07/06/1983 Fred Lynn of Angels hits All-Star game 1st grand slam (AL wins 13-3)
    07/06/1983 Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less 07/06/1986 Boris Becker wins Wimbeldon
    07/06/1986 Ex-minister Arturo Tolentino failed coup in Philippines
    07/06/1986 Premier Nakasones Liberal Democr Party wins Japan's election 07/06/1987 1st of 3 massacres by Sikh extremists takes place in India 07/06/1988 Carlos Salinas de Gortari elected president of Mexico
    07/06/1988 North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha explodes, 166 die
    07/06/1988 Wrestler Jake Roberts convicted of battery
    07/06/1989 US marshals & FCC sieze pirate radio station WHOT in Brooklyn 07/06/1990 'Jetson's the Movie' with Tiffany, premieres
    07/06/1991 Steffi Graf beats Gabriela Sabatini for Wimbledon championship

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat Jul 10 09:29:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/10/1509 John Calvin, Protestant religious reformer/theologian
    07/10/1517 Odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Châtillon/bishop
    07/10/1526 Philip III van Croÿ, duke of Aarschot/earl of Porcien
    07/10/1638 David Teniers III, Flemish painter (tapÿtkartons)
    07/10/1697 Francois Hanot, composer
    07/10/1723 William Blackstone, England, jurist (Blackstone's Commentaries) 07/10/1759 Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer
    07/10/1778 Sigismund Neukomm, composer
    07/10/1779 Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer
    07/10/1792 George Mifflin Dallas, (D) 11th VP (1845-49)
    07/10/1818 John Stuart 'Cerro Gordo' Williams, Brig General (Confederate Army) 07/10/1820 Andrew Porter, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 07/10/1821 Christopher Columbus Augur, Major General (Union volunteers) 07/10/1824 Rudolf von Benningsen, German lawyer/politician
    07/10/1826 Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer
    07/10/1830 Camille Pissaro, French-Antillian painter (impressionism) 07/10/1833 Lucius Eugene Polk, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 07/10/1835 Henryk Wieniawski, Lubin Poland, violinist/composer (Souv de Moscou)
    07/10/1843 James A McNeill Whisller, US/British painter/graphic artist 07/10/1846 Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, German writer (Der junge Nietzsche) 07/10/1852 Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister
    07/10/1856 Nikola Tesla, Yugoslavia, physicist, developed alternating current 07/10/1858 Karl Flodin, composer
    07/10/1865 John 'Pa' van de Steur, philanthropist (Steurtjes)
    07/10/1867 Finley Peter Dunne, US, journalist/humorist (Mr Dooley)
    07/10/1867 Max Prinz von Baden, German chancellor (Oct-Nov 1918)
    07/10/1870 Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist: nappisme
    07/10/1871 Marcel Proust, France, novelist (Remembrance of Things Past) 07/10/1875 Mary McLeod Bethune, SC, slave/educator (Bethune-Cookman College) 07/10/1877 Hélène Dutrieu, comédienne/stuntwoman/1st Belgian pilot
    07/10/1879 Harry Nicholls Holmes, Penn, Dr (crystallized vitamin A)
    07/10/1882 Ima Hogg, Texas art patron/founder of Houston Symphony
    07/10/1882 Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer
    07/10/1883 Johann Blaskowitz, German general
    07/10/1883 Sam Wood, US, communist fighter/director (For Whom the Bell Tolls) 07/10/1886 John SSPV Barley, viscount of Limerick/director of Palestine 07/10/1887 Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer
    07/10/1888 Giorgio De Chirico, Greece, Metaphysical painter (Soothsayer) 07/10/1888 Graham McNamee, sportscaster (1st Rose Bowl)
    07/10/1888 Toyohiko Kagawa, Kobe, Japan, Christian social reformer
    07/10/1890 Andre Souris, composer
    07/10/1892 George 'Smart' Summerville, US actor (Keystone Cops)
    07/10/1894 Jimmy Francis McHugh, composer
    07/10/1895 Carl Orff, Munich Germany, composer (Antigonae; Mozart prize 1969) 07/10/1895 John Gilbert, [Pringle], US actor (Heart o' the Hills)
    07/10/1895 Maarten P Free, lawyer/criminologist/member High Council
    07/10/1895 Nahum Goldmann, Switz, pres Zionist World Organization
    07/10/1897 Lloyd Goodrich, American Arts Museum director
    07/10/1898 Herbert Marcuse, German/US sociologist (Eros & Civilization) 07/10/1902 Günther Weisenborn, [Eberhard Förster], German/Argentine writer 07/10/1902 Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950)
    07/10/1902 Nicolas Guillen, Cuban poet (Motivos de son)
    07/10/1903 John Wyndham P L B Harris, US, sci-fi author (Day of the Triffids) 07/10/1904 Isa Krejci, composer
    07/10/1911 Djuanda Kartawidjaja, premier of Indonesia
    07/10/1913 Ljuba Welitsch, Borisovo, Bulgaria, soprano (Nedda-Pagliacci) 07/10/1915 Saul Bellow, Quebec, novelist (Nobel 1976-Mr Samler's Planet) 07/10/1917 Don Herbert, Waconia Minn, Mr Wizard
    07/10/1919 Rusty Gill, St Louis Mo, singer (Polka Time)
    07/10/1920 David Brinkley, Wilmington NC, NBC News anchor (Huntley-Brinkley) 07/10/1920 Owen Chamberlain, codiscovered antiproton (Nobel 1959)
    07/10/1921 Jake LaMotta, Bronx, middleweight boxing champ (1949-51) (Raging Bul
    07/10/1921 Jeff Donnell, South Windham Maine, actor (Gidget Goes to Rome) 07/10/1921 Revaz Il'yich Lagidze, composer
    07/10/1921 [Leopold J] Paul Cammermans, Flemish actor (Getatoeëerde Rose) 07/10/1922 Herb McKenley, Jamacia, 4 X 400m relay runner (Olympic-gold-1952) 07/10/1923 Jean Kerr, US author (Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
    07/10/1925 Dorothea Hochletiner, Austria, giant slalom (Olympic-bronze-1956) 07/10/1926 Carleton Carpenter, Bennington Vt, actor (Up Periscope, Summer Stock
    07/10/1926 Fred Gwynne, NYC, actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters)
    07/10/1927 David N Dinkins, (1st black Mayor-D-NYC, 1990-93)
    07/10/1927 William Smithers, Richmond Va, actor (Witness, Peyton Place, Attack!
    07/10/1930 Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist
    07/10/1931 Alice Munro, author (Dance of the Happy Shades)
    07/10/1931 Del Insko, harness racer (toothpick in mouth, 1969 money leader) 07/10/1931 Julian May, US, sci-fi author (Golden Torc, Magnificat)
    07/10/1931 Nick Adams, Nanticoke Pa, actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel)
    07/10/1933 Chuan-Kwang Yang, Taiwan, decathlete (Olympic-silver-1960) 07/10/1933 Jerry Herman, Broadway composer (Hello Dolly)
    07/10/1936 Barbara B Kennelly, (Rep-D-Connecticut, 1982- )
    07/10/1936 Jan Wincenty Hawel, composer
    07/10/1937 Sandy Stewart, Phila Pa, singer (Sing Along With Mitch, Mr President
    07/10/1939 Lawrence Pressman, Ky, actor (Man From Atlantis, Hellstrom Chronicle
    07/10/1940 Dawid J 'Dawie' de Villiers, S African minister of energy (1989- ) 07/10/1940 Mills Watson, Oakland Calif, actor (Harper Valley PTA, BJ & Bear) 07/10/1941 Ian Whitcomb, England, rocker (You Turn Me On)
    07/10/1941 Robert Pine, Scarsdale NY, actor (Joe Getraer-CHiPs)
    07/10/1942 Pyotr I Klimuk, cosmonaut (Soyuz 13, 18, 30)
    07/10/1943 Arthur Ashe, tennis pro (1968 US Open, 1975 Wimbeldon)
    07/10/1945 Ron Glass, actor (Sgt Harris-Barney Miller, Frank's Place) 07/10/1945 [Sarah] Virginia Wade, England, tennis star (Wimbeldon 1977) 07/10/1946 Sue Lyon, Davenport Iowa, actress (Lolita, Night of the Iguana) 07/10/1947 Arlo Guthrie, singer (Alice's Restaurant, City of New Orleans) 07/10/1947 Jeff Hanna, Detroit Mich, country singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) 07/10/1949 Mark Shera, Bayonne NJ, actor (SWAT, Barnaby Jones)
    07/10/1949 Ronnie James, rocker (Dio-Holy Diver)
    07/10/1950 Willie Ford, US R&B-singer (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones)
    07/10/1954 Andre Dawson, Miami Fla, outfielder (Expos, Cubs, 1987 NL MVP) 07/10/1954 Neil Francis Tennant, rocker (Pet Shop Boys-Left to My Own Devices) 07/10/1955 Pamela Theresa Jiles, NO LA, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1976) 07/10/1960 Rob de Weerd, guitarist (Tröckener Kecks)
    07/10/1960 Roger Craig, NFL reciever (SF 49ers)
    07/10/1964 Felipe Martinez, jockey
    07/10/1972 Damon Sharpe, Cleveland Ohio, actor/musician (Guys Next Door)


    Deaths:

    07/10/ 138 Publius A Hadrianus, Roman emperor (117-138), dies
    07/10/ 518 Anastasius I Dikoros, [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies
    07/10/ 983 Benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies
    07/10/1103 Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies 07/10/1480 René, last heir of house of Anjou, dies
    07/10/1535 Jacob Van Campen, Reconstruction bishop, beheaded
    07/10/1559 Henry II, King of France (1547-59), dies
    07/10/1573 Willem van Bronkhorst, Brattenburg/Stein/army leader, dies 07/10/1584 Willem I 'the Silent', [Willem of Orange], earl of Nassau, dies at 5
    07/10/1594 Paulo Bellasio, composer, dies at 40
    07/10/1668 Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer, dies at 45
    07/10/1686 Ercole Ferrata, Italian sculptor/restauranteur, dies at 76 07/10/1690 Domenico Gabrielli, composer, dies at 39
    07/10/1690 John van Brakel, sea officer (Chatham), dies in battle at 48 07/10/1692 Bridget Bishop, first Salem witch hanged
    07/10/1762 Johann F Gronovius, physician/botany, dies at 76
    07/10/1838 Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43
    07/10/1839 Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61
    07/10/1851 Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, French painter (daguerreotypie), dies 07/10/1863 Clement Clarke Moore, ('Twas the Night Before Xmas), dies at 83 07/10/1863 Paul Jones Semmes, US businessman/Confederate brig-general, dies at
    07/10/1868 Carlo Conti, composer, dies at 71
    07/10/1884 Paul Charles Morphy, US lawyer/chess wizard, dies at 47
    07/10/1888 Rafael Hernando, composer, dies at 66
    07/10/1891 Pedro A de Alarcón, Spanish editor-in-chief (El Látigo), dies at 58 07/10/1902 Albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902), dies at 74
    07/10/1908 Eliza Laurillard, vicar/poet/writer, dies at 78
    07/10/1910 Johann G Galle, German discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies 07/10/1915 Hendrik W Mesdag, painter (Panorama Mesdag), dies
    07/10/1920 Eugénie M de Montÿo y de Guzman, Emperor of France, dies at 94 07/10/1920 John A 'Jacky' Kilverston, adm/designer (dreadnought), dies at 79 07/10/1924 Johannes B van Heutsz, gov-gen of Dutch Indies (1904-09), dies at 73
    07/10/1927 Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State VP, assassinated
    07/10/1937 Attilio Brugnoli, composer, dies at 56
    07/10/1937 Johan[nes] B Schepers, Fries writer (Braga), dies at 71
    07/10/1940 Donald Francis Tovey, composer, dies at 64
    07/10/1941 Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies at 56 in L
    07/10/1943 Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer, dies at 72
    07/10/1945 Robert Goddard, Rocket pioneer, dies
    07/10/1952 Rued Immanuel Langgard, composer, dies at 58
    07/10/1953 Sidney Homer, composer, dies at 88
    07/10/1955 Henry W Methorst, Dutch director Central Bureau of Statistic, dies 07/10/1957 Sholem Asch, Polish/Israeli writer (East River), dies
    07/10/1965 Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66 07/10/1967 Albertine Sarrazin, French author (La Traversière), dies at 29 07/10/1971 Mohamed Madbouh, Moroccan general/putschist, shot to death 07/10/1975 Achiel H van Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58), dies at 77 07/10/1977 Norman Paris, orch leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41 07/10/1978 Michel Gusikoff, composer, dies at 85
    07/10/1979 Arthur Fiedler, orch leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84
    07/10/1982 Maria Jeritza, [Jedlicka], Aust/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), die
    07/10/1983 Werner Egk, composer, dies at 82
    07/10/1985 Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered
    07/10/1987 John Hammond, reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76
    07/10/1989 Mel Blanc, voice of cartoon characters (Bugs Bunny), dies at 81 07/10/1990 Hans Faverey, poet, dies
    07/10/1991 Gerome Ragal, author (Hair), dies at 48 of cancer
    07/10/1993 Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95 07/10/1993 Will Rogers Jr, (Rep-D)/actor (Boy from Okla), dies at 81


    Significant Events:

    07/10/ 552 Origin of Armenian calendar
    07/10/1520 King Charles V & King Henry VIII signs treaty of Calais
    07/10/1568 Battle on Eems: Dutch Water garrison beats Spanish
    07/10/1584 Spanish army leader Richebourg conquerors Liefkenshoek, Belgium 07/10/1598 Spanish theater plays 'Moros y Los Cristianos' in Rio Grande 07/10/1627 English fleet under George Villiers reach La Rochelle
    07/10/1629 1st non-Separatist Congregational Church in US founded (Salem, MA) 07/10/1690 Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet 07/10/1690 Neth-French sea battle at Beachy Head (Cornelis Evertsen) 07/10/1775 Horatio Gates, issues order excluding blacks from Continental Army 07/10/1810 Emperor Napoleon corpse leaves Netherlands for France
    07/10/1832 Pres Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US 07/10/1850 VP Fillmore becomes pres following Zachary Taylor's death 07/10/1862 US begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad
    07/10/1863 Battle of Charleston, SC (Morris Island) [->SEP 06]
    07/10/1863 Battle of Jackson, MS - captured by federals [->JUL 16] US1000 CS133
    07/10/1866 Indelible pencil patented by Edson P Clark, Northampton, Mass 07/10/1873 French poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol 07/10/1875 L Schulhof discovers asteroid #147 Protogeneia
    07/10/1890 Wyoming becomes 44th state of US (1st with female suffrage) 07/10/1892 1st concrete-paved street built (Bellefountaine, Ohio)
    07/10/1893 Daniel Hale Williams performs world's 1st successful heart surgery 07/10/1905 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Technical Hague court
    07/10/1908 H Kamerlingh Onnes makes helium liquid (-269° C)
    07/10/1910 Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0 07/10/1911 105°F (41°C) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record)
    07/10/1912 Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record 5000m (14:36.6)
    07/10/1913 134°F (57°C), Greenland Ranch, Calif (US record)
    07/10/1913 Romania declares war on Bulgaria
    07/10/1914 Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from Baltimore Orioles
    07/10/1915 British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa
    07/10/1917 Emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing draft
    07/10/1918 Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic established
    07/10/1919 Dutch 1st Chamber approves woman sufferage
    07/10/1919 Pres Wilson personally delivers Treaty of Versailles to Senate 07/10/1923 2-pound hailstones kill 23 & many cattle. (Rostov, Russia) 07/10/1923 All non-fascist parties disolved in Italy
    07/10/1924 Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim
    07/10/1924 Railroad worker strike ends in Amsterdam
    07/10/1924 Strike of Werkspoor in Amsterdam ends
    07/10/1925 Jury selection took place in John T Scopes evolution trial 07/10/1925 USSR's official news agency TASS established
    07/10/1926 Lake Denmark, NJ arsenal explodes, kills 21, $75m damage
    07/10/1926 Robert T 'Bobby' Jones wins US Open golf tournament
    07/10/1928 H E Wood discovers asteroid #3300
    07/10/1929 In game between Pirates & Phillies 9 HRs hit 1 in each inning 07/10/1929 US issues newer, smaller-sized paper currency
    07/10/1933 1st police radio system operated, Eastchester Township, NY 07/10/1934 1st sitting US president to visit South America, FDR in Colombia 07/10/1934 AL beats NL 9-7 in 2nd All Star Game (Polo Grounds NY)
    07/10/1934 Carl Hubbell strikes out Ruth, Gehrig & Foxx in All star game 07/10/1936 109°F (43°C) Cumberland & Frederick, Maryland (state record) 07/10/1936 110°F (43°C) at Runyon, New Jersey (state record
    07/10/1936 111°F (44°C) Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (state record)
    07/10/1936 112°F (44°C) at Martinsburg, West Virginia (state record
    07/10/1936 New Straits Convention allows Turkish rearmament of Dardanelles 07/10/1936 Phillies Chuck Klein becomes 4th to hit 4 HRs in a game
    07/10/1937 Dutch Django Reinhardts 'Quintette, premieres in du Hot Club' 07/10/1938 Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours
    07/10/1940 Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air
    07/10/1940 German planes attack British ships in the Canal
    07/10/1942 Himmler orders sterilization of all Jewish woman in Ravensbrück Camp
    07/10/1942 Netherland's govt in exile (London) recognizes Soviet Union 07/10/1943 6th day of battle at Kursk
    07/10/1943 US & Britain invade Sicily in WW II (Operation Husky)
    07/10/1945 Lt-adm Marc Mitscher named chief of US Navy staff
    07/10/1946 Belgian cabinet-Acker, resigns
    07/10/1947 200 die when train derails & fell into a river in Canton, China 07/10/1947 Cleveland Indian Don Black no-hits Phila A's, 3-0
    07/10/1949 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh
    07/10/1949 WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, RI (NBC) begins broadcasting 07/10/1950 'Your Hit Parade' premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV
    07/10/1951 Armistice talks to end Korean conflict began at Kaesong
    07/10/1951 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1609 Brenda
    07/10/1951 NL beats AL 8-3 in 18th All Star Game (Briggs Stadium, Detroit) 07/10/1953 Pravda reports arrest of Beria [affiliate of imperialist] 07/10/1956 650,000 US steel workers go on strike
    07/10/1956 NL beats AL 7-3 in 23rd All Star Game (Griffith Stad, Washington) 07/10/1958 1st parking meter installed in England (625 installed)
    07/10/1958 Ex-king Norodom Sihanoek appointed premier of Cambodia
    07/10/1960 Belgium sends troops to Congo
    07/10/1962 Martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia 07/10/1962 NL beats AL 3-1 in 32nd All Star Game (DC Stadium, Wash)
    07/10/1962 Telstar, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched 07/10/1964 Moïse Tsjombe becomes premier of Congo
    07/10/1965 Beatles' 'Beatles' 'VI,' album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks 07/10/1965 Rolling Stones score their 1st #1, 'I Can't Get No Satisfaction' 07/10/1966 Orbiter 1 launched to Moon
    07/10/1969 Chilean Association of Librarians created
    07/10/1969 NL votes to split into 2 divisions
    07/10/1971 Failed attempt on King Hassan II Shirat Morocco, 101 killed 07/10/1971 Lee Trevino wins British Open golf tournament
    07/10/1972 Democratic convention opens in Miami Beach Florida (McGovern) 07/10/1972 Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24, Chandka Forest India 07/10/1973 Bahamas declares Independence from UK & adopts constitution 07/10/1974 OPEC ends oil boycott against Netherlands
    07/10/1976 Chemical factory in Milan explodes (dioxane cloud)
    07/10/1978 Bloodless military coup in Mauritania
    07/10/1978 E F Helinand E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3484
    07/10/1978 Military coup in Mauritania, president Moktar flees
    07/10/1980 Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I Queen
    07/10/1980 Willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5° C temp 07/10/1981 CERN achieves 1st proton-antiproton beam collision (570 GeV) 07/10/1982 Miguel Vasquez makes 1st public quadruple somersault on trapeze 07/10/1982 Samuel Morses 'Gallery of the Louvre' sells for $3250000
    07/10/1983 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3222 Lillerand #3751
    07/10/1985 Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke 07/10/1985 French agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand 07/10/1989 Paula Ivan runs female world record 1 mile (4:15.61)
    07/10/1990 AL beats NL 2-0 in 61st All Star Game (Wrigley Field Calif) 07/10/1990 Andrew Dice Clays cries on Arsenio Hall Show
    07/10/1992 John Ellis becomes CEO of Seattle Mariners
    07/10/1992 Spaceship Giotto (Halley 1986) approaches comet Grigg-Skjellerup 07/10/1992 SuriPop VII, Suriname Popular Song Festival
    07/10/1992 US Major Soccer League folds after 14 seasons
    07/10/1993 Melchior Ndadaye becomes 1st Hutu Burundi pres/Sylvie Kinigi, PM 07/10/1993 Yobes Ondieki runs world record 10km (26:58.38)
    07/10/1994 Fred Norris (from the Howard Stern Show) marries Allison

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Jul 11 00:30:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/11/ 154 Bar Daisan [Bardesanes], Syrian theologist
    07/11/1274 Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29)
    07/11/1540 Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg 07/11/1558 Robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon)
    07/11/1657 Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13)
    07/11/1662 Maximilian II Emanuel, ruler of Bayern
    07/11/1738 Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon/viceroy of Hungary/Netherlands 07/11/1754 Thomas Bowdler, famous prude, bowdlerized Shakespeare
    07/11/1767 John Quincy Adams, Braintree (Quincy) Mass, 6th Pres (D) (1825-1829)
    07/11/1810 Eugène L Simonis, Belgian sculptor
    07/11/1811 Joseph Lanman, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874
    07/11/1816 French A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect
    07/11/1824 Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer
    07/11/1825 Edward Henry Hobson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 07/11/1826 Alexander Afanasjev, Russ story teller (Narodnye roesskie skazki) 07/11/1836 Carlos Gomez, composer
    07/11/1837 Paul Lacombe, composer
    07/11/1838 John Wanamaker, merchant (Wanamakers Dept Store)
    07/11/1841 Daniël de Longe, composer
    07/11/1841 William Paul Roberts, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 07/11/1844 Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia
    07/11/1851 Millieand Christine, NC, siamese twins
    07/11/1857 Alfred Binet, French child psychologist
    07/11/1857 Iacob Moresianu, composer
    07/11/1860 Johannis J van Lar, chemist (thermodynamics)
    07/11/1861 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer
    07/11/1861 George William Norris, (Rep/Sen-Neb) (Lame duck-amendement) 07/11/1862 Liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer
    07/11/1871 Stjepan Radic, founder/leader Croatian Boer party
    07/11/1876 Max Jacob, French writer (Concentration Camp, Le siège de Jérusalem)
    07/11/1885 Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter
    07/11/1888 Carl Schmitt, German nazi-lawyer (Verfassungslehre)
    07/11/1888 Lyman Bryson, Valentine Nebr, educator (UN Casebook)
    07/11/1890 Arthur W Tedder Van Glenguin, British air marshal (WW II) 07/11/1890 Georg Annenkov, Russian/French painter
    07/11/1892 Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composer
    07/11/1892 Thomas Mitchell, NJ, academy award winning actor (Outlaw, Adventures
    07/11/1894 Walter Wanger, [Feuchtwanger], US producer (Stagecoach)
    07/11/1898 Hendrik J Pos, philosopher/chairman Committee of Watchfulness) 07/11/1898 Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], writer/Radio Orange 07/11/1899 E B White, writer (Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style)
    07/11/1902 Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58)
    07/11/1906 Harry Von Zell, Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Burns & Allen) 07/11/1906 Herbert Wehner, German communist politician (SPD)
    07/11/1910 Irene Hervey, LA Calif, actress (Aunt Meg-Honey West)
    07/11/1913 Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, US, sci-fi author (Space Lords) 07/11/1914 Ahti Sonninen, composer
    07/11/1915 Colin Purdie Kelly, US, 1st US air hero during WW II
    07/11/1915 Yul Brynner, Sakhalin Is Japan, actor (King & I, 10 Commandments) 07/11/1916 Gough Whitlam, (ALP) Australia, PM (1972-75)
    07/11/1916 Howard Brubeck, composer
    07/11/1922 Gene Evans, Hollbrook Az, actor (My Friend Flicka, Matt Helm, Alamo)
    07/11/1925 Nicolai Gedda, Swedish actress (?)
    07/11/1926 Ralph D Abernathy, US, president (SCLC)
    07/11/1926 Rodolfo Arizaga, composer
    07/11/1927 Herbert Blomstedt, Springfield Mass, conductor (Oslo Phil 1954-61) 07/11/1928 Robert Washburn, composer
    07/11/1929 Hermann Prey, Berlin Germany, baritone (Wolfram-Tannhaüser) 07/11/1930 Gregory C Bell, Terre Haute Ind, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1956) 07/11/1931 Herman de Vries, statue artist
    07/11/1931 Tab Hunter, actor (Damn Yankees, Lust in the Dust, Battle Cry) 07/11/1931 Thurston Harris, Indianapolis, vocalist (Little Bitty Pretty One) 07/11/1932 Ron McAnally, horse trainer
    07/11/1935 Earlene Dennis Brown, Latero Tx, shot putter (Olympic-bronze-1960) 07/11/1938 Terry Garthwaite, US guitarist/singer (Joy of Cooking)
    07/11/1939 Larry Laoretti, Mahopac NJ, golfer (US Seniors Open 1992) 07/11/1939 Seth Gaaikema, night club performer
    07/11/1940 Rafael Martinez, horse trainer
    07/11/1942 Marian Sarstädt, dancer/ballerina
    07/11/1943 Susan Seaforth Hayes, SF, actress (Days of our Life, Young & Restles
    07/11/1945 Robin Muyser, bassist (Lesson Baroques)
    07/11/1946 Beverly Todd, Ohio, actress (Roots, Having Babies, Redd Foxx Show) 07/11/1946 Edward J Markey, (Rep-D-MA, 1976- )
    07/11/1950 Bonnie Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-Jump, I'm So Excited) 07/11/1952 Stephen Long, US actor(?)
    07/11/1953 Leon Spinks, US, heavyweight boxing champ (1978, Olympic-gold-1976) 07/11/1953 Peter Bergman, Guantanamo Bay Cuba, actor (Starland Vocal Band) 07/11/1955 Sergey Babinov, USSR, ice hockey star (Olympic-gold-1972) 07/11/1956 Sela Ward, Meridian Miss, actress (Hilary-Emerald Point NAS) 07/11/1957 Michael Rose, rocker (Black Uhuru-Brutal, Positive)
    07/11/1957 Pete Murphy, rocker (Love Hysteria)
    07/11/1958 Mark Lester, Oxford England, actor (Oliver, Prince & Pauper) 07/11/1958 Ray Dodds, rocker (Fairground Attraction-You Send Me)
    07/11/1959 Richie Sambora, guitarist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name) 07/11/1959 Suzanne Vega, rock vocalist (My Name is Luka)
    07/11/1964 Earl Jones, Inkster Mich, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1984) 07/11/1966 Butch Reid, horse trainer
    07/11/1966 Debbe Dunning, actress (Home Improvement)
    07/11/1966 Mel Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America)
    07/11/1971 Brett Hauer, Edina Minn, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994) 07/11/1977 Brandy Gold, Northridge Calif, actress (Annie-Baby Makes 5) 07/11/1987 Matej Gaspar, Yugoslavia, 5,000,000,000th person (UN)


    Deaths:

    07/11/ 155 Pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies 07/11/1174 Amalrik I, [Morri], French King of Jerusalem, dies
    07/11/1302 Jacques de Châtillon, count of Saint-Pol/gov of Flaanders, dies 07/11/1302 Pierre Flote, French 1st legist/chancellor of king Philip IV, dies 07/11/1382 Nicholas van Oresme, French philospher/bishop of Lisieux, dies 07/11/1535 Joachim I Nestor, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 51
    07/11/1540 Jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies
    07/11/1593 Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1st surrealist painter, dies (birth date unkn) 07/11/1667 John Fox, Amsterdam writer, buried
    07/11/1686 Michel Anguier, French sculptor, dies at 75
    07/11/1690 Friedrich H duke van Schomberg, marshal, dies in battle at 75 07/11/1763 Pehr Forskåhl, Finnish botanist/explorer, dies
    07/11/1768 Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer, dies at 66
    07/11/1781 Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer, dies at 60
    07/11/1804 Alex Hamilton, killed by VP Aaron Burr in pistol duel near Weehawken
    07/11/1806 James Smith, Irish/US attorney/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 87 07/11/1826 Carl Bernhard Wessely, composer, dies at 57
    07/11/1847 Joachim G le Sage at Trousers, RC foreman/publicist, dies at 71 07/11/1874 Xavier FMG earl Merode, Belg pontifical defense minister, dies at 54
    07/11/1876 Ottho G Heldring, vicar (H-gestichten), dies at 72
    07/11/1882 Eugène L Simonis, Belgian sculptor, dies on 72nd birthday 07/11/1898 Charles Chanoine, French lt/mass murderer in Senegal, dies 07/11/1909 Simon Newcomb, celestial mechanics authority, dies
    07/11/1914 Julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Die Deutsche Rundschau), di
    07/11/1916 Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor (Doll Virgin), dies 07/11/1921 Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, dies at 75
    07/11/1926 Gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & Sown), dies at 57
    07/11/1937 George Gershwin, composer (American in Paris), dies at 38 07/11/1942 Simon de la Bella, Dutch president (NVV), dies in Dachau
    07/11/1944 Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle
    07/11/1948 Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semite theologist, dies
    07/11/1950 Timotei Popovici, composer, dies at 79
    07/11/1957 Aga Khan III, leader of ismaïlieten (Indian transition), dies 07/11/1960 Gunnar Olof Björling, Fin-Swedish language poet (Kiri-ra!), dies at
    07/11/1964 Maurice Thorez, sec-general French communistic party, dies at 64 07/11/1965 Ray Collins, actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75 07/11/1966 Delmore Schwartz, US poet/critic (Shenandoah), dies at 52 07/11/1971 Carleton Young, actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64 07/11/1971 John W Campbell, US, sci-fi writer (Space Beyond), dies at 61 07/11/1973 Alexander Vasil'yevich Mosolov, composer, dies at 72
    07/11/1973 Isabel Randolph, actress (Mrs Nester-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 83 07/11/1973 Robert Ryan, US actor (Dirty Dozens, Longest Day), dies at 63 07/11/1974 Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish author (Nobel 1951), dies at 83
    07/11/1980 Boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80
    07/11/1980 Peggy Knudson, actress (April-So This is Hollywood), dies at 57 07/11/1984 Karel Mengelberg, composer, dies at 81
    07/11/1987 Thomas F Waddell, founder (Gay Olympics), dies of AIDS at 50 07/11/1989 Laurence Olivier, acting great (Hamlet), dies at 82
    07/11/1990 Onno Molenkamp, actor, dies at 67
    07/11/1991 Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered 07/11/1992 Annette Fischer, Danish chairman Amnesty Intl, dies
    07/11/1992 Antoon J Hubben, mayor of Maasbree/President KVM/Unie BLHP, dies at
    07/11/1993 Deng Yingchao, high ranking communist China official, dies at 88 07/11/1993 Henri van Soede, sub commandant (WW II), dies at about 83 07/11/1993 Kelly Ahrendt, 1st death by rabies in NY since 1954, dies 07/11/1993 Mario Bauza, Cubans/US jazz musician, dies at 82
    07/11/1993 Sergey Vozovikov, cosmonaut, dies during underwater test at 34 07/11/1994 Savannah, XXX star (Superstars), shoots herself after car crash, at


    Significant Events:

    07/11/1244 Chwarizneense Turken defeats Jerusalem
    07/11/1302 Battle of Kortrÿk Belgium (France vs Flanders)
    07/11/1302 Guldensporen battle of Belgium
    07/11/1347 Bohemia heir to the throne elected German anti-king Charles IV 07/11/1376 English 'Good Parliament' meets
    07/11/1423 Arnold van Egmont becomes duke of Gelre
    07/11/1533 Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King Henry VIII 07/11/1690 Battle of Drogheda Boyne (Willem III (Neth-Engl) beat Jacobus II (Ir
    07/11/1708 Battle at Oudenaarde: Great Alliance beats France
    07/11/1740 Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne 07/11/1781 Thomas Hutchins designated Geographer of US
    07/11/1789 US Marine corp forms
    07/11/1792 Prussia army moves into French territory
    07/11/1798 US Marine Corps created by an act of Congress
    07/11/1801 French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons discovers his 1st comet 07/11/1804 VP Aaron Burr kills Alex Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken 07/11/1812 US invades Canada (Detroit frontier)
    07/11/1861 Battle of Laurel Mountain VA-Gen Morris forces retreat of rebels 07/11/1861 Battle of Rich Mountain, VA - Rosecrans forces rebels to surrender 07/11/1862 Lincoln appoints General Halleck general-in-chief
    07/11/1863 Japanese battle cruiser shoots at Dutch warship Medusa, kills 4 07/11/1864 Battle of Fort Stevens, DC (Early's Raid, Tennallytown, MD) 07/11/1864 Confederate forces led by Gen J Early begin invasion of Wash DC 07/11/1868 J C Watson discovers asteroid #100 Hekate
    07/11/1888 118°F (48°C), Bennett, Colorado (state record)
    07/11/1888 Pennsylvania's Monongehela River rises 32' after 24 hour rainfall 07/11/1897 Solomon Andree leaves Spitsbergen by balloon towards North Pole 07/11/1900 Boer general De la Rey captures Scots Greys & Lincolns
    07/11/1901 L Carnera discovers asteroid #472 Roma
    07/11/1905 Black intellectuals & activists organize Niagara movement 07/11/1905 Niagara Movement founded by WEB Dubois
    07/11/1914 Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleve 4-3
    07/11/1915 Germany cruiser Königsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam
    07/11/1916 1st federal grant-in-aid for state roads enacted
    07/11/1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #895 Helio
    07/11/1919 Dutch 2nd chamber approves 8-hour day/No Sunday work
    07/11/1921 Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day)
    07/11/1924 Moslem-Hindu rebellion in Delhi
    07/11/1925 Queen Wilhelmina names H Colÿn head of govt
    07/11/1931 NY Giants beat Phillies 23-8
    07/11/1934 FDR became 1st pres to travel through Panama Canal
    07/11/1936 Triborough Bridge linking Manhattan, Bronx & Queens opens 07/11/1939 Yanks host 7th All Star Game, McCarthy starts 6 Yanks, AL wins 3-1 07/11/1941 German troops attack Dnjepr
    07/11/1943 7th day of battle at Kursk
    07/11/1944 Bill Boggs, Phila, TV host/producer (Midday, Morton Downey Jr Show) 07/11/1944 NL beats AL 7-1 in 12th All Star Game (Pitts' Forbes Field) 07/11/1950 NL beats AL 4-3 (14 inn) in 17th All Star Game (Comiskey Park Chic) 07/11/1950 Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game 07/11/1952 Gen Eisenhower nominated as Republican presidential candidate 07/11/1954 1st White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Miss
    07/11/1955 Congress authorizes all US currency to say 'In God We Trust' 07/11/1955 New USAF Academy dedicated at Lowry AFB in Colo with 300 cadets 07/11/1960 Czechoslovakia adopts Constitution
    07/11/1960 Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta & Niger declare independence 07/11/1960 Moïse Tsjombe declares Congolese county Katanga independence 07/11/1960 NL beats AL 5-3 in 28th All Star Game (Municipal Stadium, KC) 07/11/1961 Gene Kiniski beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ 07/11/1961 NL beats AL 5-4 in 29th All Star Game (Candlestick Park, SF) 07/11/1962 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) 07/11/1962 Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days 07/11/1962 Fred Baldasare is 1st to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) 07/11/1963 South-African ANC Walter Sisulu/Andrew Mlangeni/Govan Mbeki arrested
    07/11/1965 Israeli Mapai-party nominates David Ben Gurion
    07/11/1967 Kenny Rogers forms 1st Edition
    07/11/1967 Longest All Star Game, NL beats AL 2-1 (15 inn) (Anaheim Stadium, Ca
    07/11/1969 David Bowie releases 'Space Oddity'
    07/11/1969 Rolling Stones release 'Honky Tonk Woman'
    07/11/1971 Chilean parliament nationalizes US copper mines
    07/11/1971 Phillies Deron Johnson 3 HRs caps his 4 in a row
    07/11/1973 Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes at Paris, 122 killed
    07/11/1974 House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry 07/11/1974 World Football League plays 1st games
    07/11/1975 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2489 Suvorov
    07/11/1977 Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr 07/11/1978 Auto with liquid gas crashes & explodes in Spain, 160 killed 07/11/1978 NL beats AL 7-3 in 49th All Star Game (San Diego Stadium) 07/11/1979 US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates 07/11/1980 American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran
    07/11/1981 Sebastian Coe of UK sets record for 1000 m, 2:12.18
    07/11/1982 Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid 07/11/1983 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3485 Barucci
    07/11/1984 England's MusicBox begins satellite transmission to Europe 07/11/1984 Lucas Mangope re-elected president of Bophuthatswana
    07/11/1984 NL beats AL 3-1 in 55th All Star Game (Candlestick Park SF) 07/11/1985 Astros' Nolan Ryan, 1st to strike out 4000 (Mets' Danny Heep) 07/11/1985 Refurbished Columbia moves overland from Palmdale to Dryden 07/11/1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30:13.74 07/11/1986 Maricica Puica of Romania runs 2,000 m in 5:28.69 (record for women)
    07/11/1986 Mary Beth Whitehead christens surrogate Baby M, Sara
    07/11/1987 Heart's 'Alone,' single goes #1 for 3 weeks
    07/11/1988 Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor
    07/11/1989 AL beats NL 5-3, (3rd of last 4 All Star Games) in California 07/11/1989 President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All Star Game
    07/11/1990 NYC police arrest 'Dartman' (stabbed over 50 women with darts) 07/11/1991 Nigerian DC-8 crashes near Djeddah, 261 die
    07/11/1991 Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii
    07/11/1992 Pres candidate Ross Perot at NAACP speach calls them 'you people'

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    Births:

    07/12/ 100 -BC- [Gaius] Julius Cæsar, Roman Emperor
    07/12/1644 Arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (David's saint graduals)
    07/12/1675 Evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer
    07/12/1730 Josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood) 07/12/1757 Christian Danner, composer
    07/12/1801 John Hill Hewitt, composer
    07/12/1802 Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer
    07/12/1807 Silas Casey, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1882 07/12/1817 Henry David Thoreau, Concord Mass, naturalist/pacifist (Walden Pond)
    07/12/1821 Cesare Dominiceti, composer
    07/12/1821 Daniel Harvey Hill, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1889 07/12/1832 Otis Crandell Davis, Ala, 400m/4X400m relayer (Olympic-gold-1960) 07/12/1840 Abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist
    07/12/1849 William Osler, Canada, physician/author (circulatory system) 07/12/1854 George Eastman, Waterville NY, inventor (Kodak camera)
    07/12/1864 George Washington Carver, studied the peanut
    07/12/1868 Stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal)
    07/12/1884 Amedeo Modigliani, Italy, painter/sculptor (Reclining Nude) 07/12/1885 George Butterworth, composer
    07/12/1886 Jean Hersholt, Danish/US actor (One in White, Aryan)
    07/12/1888 Tojohiko Kagawa, Japan, Christian-social reformer (Grain of Wheat) 07/12/1895 Kirsten Flagstead, Norse soprano (Wagner)
    07/12/1895 Oscar Hammerstein II, NYC, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers 07/12/1895 R Buckminster Fuller, architect/inventor (geodesic dome)
    07/12/1900 Fjodor Godunov-Tcherdynchev, Russian poet (Life of Tchernyshevsky) 07/12/1904 Pablo Neruda, Chile, poet (Residence on Earth-Nobel 1971) 07/12/1905 John CF, under English king George V
    07/12/1908 Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician
    07/12/1908 Johan Franco, composer
    07/12/1908 Milton Berle, Harlem NYC, comedian (Uncle Miltie, Mr Television) 07/12/1909 Joey Faye, NYC, comedian (Joey Faye's Follies)
    07/12/1912 Souphanouvong, prince/president Laos
    07/12/1917 Andrew Wyeth, US, painter (Christina's World)
    07/12/1920 Keith Andes, Ocean City NJ, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats
    07/12/1922 Clark MacGregor, politician (involved in Watergate)
    07/12/1922 James E[dwin] Gunn, US, sci-fi author (Station in Space, Immortal) 07/12/1922 Mark O Hatfield, (Sen-R Oregon, 1967- )
    07/12/1923 James E Gunn, US, sci-fi writer (New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
    07/12/1924 Jaap Geraedts, composer
    07/12/1927 Gualberto T Hernandez, perfect minister Neth Antilles
    07/12/1929 Pavle Merku, composer
    07/12/1931 André Laporte, Flemish composer
    07/12/1931 Bob Traxler, (Rep-D-MI, 1974- )
    07/12/1934 Van Cliburn Jr, [Harvey Lavan], La, pianist (Tchaikovsky 1958) 07/12/1936 Jan Nemec, Prague Czech, director (Diamonds of the Night) 07/12/1937 Bill Cosby, Phila, actor/comedian (I Spy, Cosby, Leonard Part 6) 07/12/1937 Mickey Edwards, (Rep-R-OK, 1977- )
    07/12/1938 Mickey Stratton, Meriden Ct, softball catcher (Hall of Fame 1969) 07/12/1942 Richard Stoltzman, Omaha Nebraska, clarinetist (Tashi)
    07/12/1943 Christie McVie, rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Got A Hold on Me)
    07/12/1943 Ernie Anastos, Nashua NH, news anchor (WCBS, WABC)
    07/12/1943 Paul Silas, NBAer (Boston Celtic, Seattle SuperSonic)
    07/12/1944 Bill McCollum, (Rep-R-Florida, 1981- )
    07/12/1944 Denise Nicholas, Detroit Mich, actress (Room 222, Baby I'm Back) 07/12/1948 Richard Simmons, exercise guru (Deal-a-Meal)
    07/12/1948 Walter Egan, rocker (Not Shy, Fundamental Roll)
    07/12/1949 Jay Thomas, Kermit Tx, DJ/actor (Mork & Mindy, Cheers, Murphy Brown)
    07/12/1950 Eric Carr, drummer (Kiss-Beth)
    07/12/1951 Cheryl Ladd, Huron SD, actress (Charlie's Angels, Purple Hearts) 07/12/1951 Jamey Sheridan, Pasadena Calif, actor (Another World)
    07/12/1956 Mel Harris, [Mary Ellen], Bethlehm Pa, actress (Hope-30 Something) 07/12/1957 Buddy Foster, actor (Hondo, Mayberry RFD)
    07/12/1962 Grecia Colmenares, Venezuela, actress
    07/12/1964 Judi Evans, Cal, actress (Guiding Light, Adrienne-Days of our Life) 07/12/1971 Kristi Yamaguchi, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1992)


    Deaths:

    07/12/ 783 Bertha 'with the great feet', wife of French king Pippin III, dies 07/12/1073 Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies
    07/12/1429 John [Jean C] Gerson, Fren theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 6
    07/12/1450 Jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI 07/12/1536 Desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies 07/12/1575 Renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, die
    07/12/1633 Simon Besler, composer, dies at 49
    07/12/1640 Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies
    07/12/1733 Ann-Thérèse de Marguent de Lambert, French marquess/author, dies at
    07/12/1742 Evaristo EF dall' Abaco, Ital cellist/composer, dies on 67th birthda
    07/12/1773 Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer, dies at 76 07/12/1839 Christian Traugott Tag, composer, dies at 62
    07/12/1882 Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer, dies at 44
    07/12/1883 Hermann Zopff, composer, dies at 57
    07/12/1897 Felix Godefroid, composer, dies at 78
    07/12/1898 Paul Voulet, French captain/mass murderer in Senegal, dies 07/12/1899 Esquire Mauritius A de Savornin Lohman, gov of Suriname, dies at 67 07/12/1902 Pieter Caland, Dutch hydraulic engineer (New Waterway), dies at 74 07/12/1906 Henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer, dies at 70
    07/12/1916 Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture, dies at 52 07/12/1917 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies 07/12/1926 Charles Wood, composer, dies at 40
    07/12/1933 Willem H Drucker, lawyer, dies at 45
    07/12/1935 Alfred Dreyfus, French officier (Dreyfus Affair), dies
    07/12/1953 Joseph Jongen, composer, dies at 79
    07/12/1956 Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23), dies at 80 07/12/1966 D T Suzuki, Zen Buddhism scholar, dies in Tokyo Japan at 96 07/12/1976 Ted Mack, TV host (Original Amateur Hour), dies at 72
    07/12/1977 Ed Holmes, actor (Growing Paynes, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 66 07/12/1977 Frantisek Suchy, composer, dies at 75
    07/12/1979 Kalervo Tuukkanen, composer, dies at 69
    07/12/1979 Minnie Ripperton, [Andrea Davis], singer (Lovin' You), dies at 30 07/12/1980 John W Davis, Pres (WV State college), dies at 92
    07/12/1981 Ben Seÿes, historian (WW II), dies at 73
    07/12/1982 Kenneth More, Brit actor (Genevieve), dies of Parkinson disease at 6
    07/12/1988 Joshua Logan, Broadway producer, dies at 79 of palsy
    07/12/1988 Raymond W Goldsmith, US economist, dies at 83
    07/12/1992 Albert Pierrepont, last British executioner (433 men/17 women), dies
    07/12/1992 Reginald Beck, England, director, dies
    07/12/1993 Lily van Lugt Melsert, actress (Tomorrow will be better), dies at 91


    Significant Events:

    07/12/ 526 St Felix IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    07/12/1109 Crusaders capture Syria's harbor city of Tripoli
    07/12/1290 Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I
    07/12/1442 King Alfonso V of Aragón becomes king of Naples
    07/12/1543 England's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (6th & last wife) 07/12/1575 Willem van Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon
    07/12/1689 Orangeman's Day-Battle of Boyne, Protestant victory in Ireland 07/12/1690 Battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II 07/12/1691 Antonio Pignatelli elected as Pope Innocentius XII
    07/12/1691 Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II 07/12/1700 Gelderland accepts Gregorian calendar; yesterday was June 30, 1700 07/12/1771 James Cook sails Endeavour back to Downs England
    07/12/1774 Citizens of Carlisle, Penn. pass a declaration of independence 07/12/1776 Capt Cook departs with Resolution for 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean 07/12/1785 1st manned flight by gas balloon in Netherlands
    07/12/1801 Battle at Algeciras: British fleet beats French & Spanish 07/12/1812 US forces led by Gen Hull invade Canada (War of 1812)
    07/12/1817 1st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)
    07/12/1817 Karl Drais von Sauerbronn demonstrates bicycle course
    07/12/1843 Mormon leader Joseph Smith say God OKs polygamy
    07/12/1850 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts establishment of Provincial States 07/12/1859 Paper bag manufacturing machine patented by William Goodale, Mass 07/12/1862 Congress authorizes Medal of Honor
    07/12/1862 Federal troops occupy Helena Arkansas
    07/12/1874 Ontario Agricultural College founded
    07/12/1874 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure, 'Gloria Scott' (BG)
    07/12/1876 Paul Henry discovers asteroid #164 Eva
    07/12/1878 Fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500
    07/12/1882 1st ocean pier in US completed, Washington, DC
    07/12/1900 114°F (46°C), Basin, Wyoming (state record)
    07/12/1902 Australian parliament agrees to female suffrage
    07/12/1906 Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France
    07/12/1909 16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes)
    07/12/1910 J Helffrich discovers asteroid #701 Oriola
    07/12/1912 1st foreign feature film exhibited in US-'Queen Elizabeth'-NYC 07/12/1914 Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox
    07/12/1918 Japanese battleship explodes in Bay of Tokayama, 500 killed 07/12/1920 Lithuania & USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent re
    07/12/1923 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #997 Priska & #3682
    07/12/1926 Guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu
    07/12/1926 Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:26.2)
    07/12/1927 Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs
    07/12/1928 1st televised tennis match
    07/12/1930 Robert T 'Bobby' Jones wins US Open golf tournament
    07/12/1931 Cubs & Cards hit a record 23 doubles in a game (2nd game of DH) 07/12/1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33¢ per hour)
    07/12/1934 US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned
    07/12/1934 Willy de Supervise swims world record 400m (5:16.0)
    07/12/1935 Belgium recognizes Soviet Union
    07/12/1937 -13) Tupolev ANT-25 non-stop flight Moscow to San Jacinto Calif 07/12/1943 Battle of Kolombangara (2nd battle of Gulf of Kula)
    07/12/1943 National Committee Freies Deutschland forms
    07/12/1943 Russian offensive at Orel
    07/12/1943 Tank battle at Prochorowka (Russians beat Nazi, about 12,000 die 07/12/1944 Theresienstadt Family camp disbands, with 4,000 people gased 07/12/1944 US government recognizes authority of General De Gaulle
    07/12/1946 Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park HR 07/12/1948 1st jets to fly across Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires) 07/12/1949 AL beats NL 11-7 in 16th All Star Game, NL makes a record 5 errors 07/12/1949 Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence 07/12/1949 Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die
    07/12/1949 LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin
    07/12/1951 Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero Ill
    07/12/1951 NY Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleve Indians, 8-0
    07/12/1952 East German SED decides to form German DR army
    07/12/1953 KTVB TV channel 7 in Boise, ID (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 07/12/1954 Major League Baseball Players Assn founded
    07/12/1955 NL beats AL 6-5 (12 innings) in 22nd All Star Game (Milwaukee) 07/12/1957 1st President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower
    07/12/1957 US surgeon gen Leroy Burney reports connection smoking & lung cancer
    07/12/1960 Congo, Chad & Central African Republic declare independence 07/12/1960 Echo I, 1st passive satellite launched
    07/12/1960 USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs
    07/12/1960 XEWT TV channel 12 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcastin
    07/12/1962 1st time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR)
    07/12/1962 Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London)
    07/12/1966 10.51' (26.70 cm) of rainfall, Sandusky Ohio (state record) 07/12/1966 Most rain fell in 1 day in Ohio, 10.5' in Sandusky
    07/12/1966 NL beats AL 2-1 (10 innings) in 37th All Star Game (Busch, St Louis)
    07/12/1966 Race riot in Chicago
    07/12/1967 23 die in Newark race riot
    07/12/1967 5th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-0
    07/12/1967 Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured & over 1000 arrested
    07/12/1967 Greek regime deprives 480 Greeks of their citizenship
    07/12/1968 Couve de Murville forms govt in France
    07/12/1970 Blues-Rock singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky
    07/12/1970 Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway 07/12/1970 Thor Heyerdahl crosses Atl Ocean in 'Ra' docks in Barbados 07/12/1971 Juan Corona, indicted for 25 murders
    07/12/1972 Democrats nominated George McGovern for president in Miami Fla 07/12/1974 John Erhlichman convicted of violating Daniel Ellsberg's rights 07/12/1975 Sao Tomé e Príncipe gains independence from Portugal (Nat'l Day) 07/12/1977 1st free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise
    07/12/1978 Sun Bank Building opens
    07/12/1979 Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands) declares independence from UK 07/12/1982 Britain announces it was returning 593 Argentine POWs
    07/12/1982 FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail 07/12/1983 Chad govt troops reconquer Abéché
    07/12/1984 Geraldine Ferraro, NY becomes 1st woman major-party VP candidate 07/12/1985 Doctors discover a cancerous growth in Pres Reagan's colon 07/12/1985 STS 51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown 07/12/1987 1st time in 20 years a delegation from USSR lands in Israel 07/12/1987 50 white South Africans meets ANCers in Dakar
    07/12/1987 Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief
    07/12/1988 Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's 'Delta Force' revenge plan 07/12/1988 USSR launches Phobos II for Martian orbit
    07/12/1989 NY Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA) 07/12/1990 Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain 07/12/1990 shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990) 07/12/1992 Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St Louis of Jul 2, 1991 concert
    07/12/1993 7.8 earthquake hits Hokkaido Japan, 160 killed
    07/12/1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical 'Sunset Promenade' opens in London 07/12/1993 Don Imus begins broadcasting to Boston on WEEI (590 AM)
    07/12/1994 65th All Star Game, NL Beats AL at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts 07/12/1994 Nomination hearings for Steven Breyer for supreme court justice begi

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Jul 13 00:30:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/13/1396 Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
    07/13/1527 John Dee, London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician
    07/13/1590 Clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italy, Pope (1670-76)
    07/13/1608 Ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor
    07/13/1773 Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies over Art) 07/13/1793 John Clare, Northamptonshire peasant poet (Shepard's Calendar) 07/13/1815 James Alexander Seddon, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1880 07/13/1821 Nathan Bedford Forrest, slave trader/Confed lt-gen/KKK Grand Wizard 07/13/1847 Cornélie Huygens, feminist/author (Barthold Meryan)
    07/13/1850 Hipolito Irigoyen, president Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30) 07/13/1853 Albert U Bååth, Swedish poet (Vid Allfarwäg)
    07/13/1859 Sydney Webb, England, writer/wife of Beatrice Potter
    07/13/1863 Emma Mary Wooley, educator (Mary Anna Wells)
    07/13/1872 Alfons Van de Perre, Flemish physician/representative of people 07/13/1877 Karl Erb, German tenor
    07/13/1884 Francis B Young, British physician/writer (White Ladies)
    07/13/1884 John Francis Larchet, composer
    07/13/1888 Fernando A N de Seabra Pessoa, Portuguese poet (Mensagem) 07/13/1891 Franco Casavola, composer
    07/13/1894 Isaak Babel, Russian short-story writer/dramatist (Red Calvary) 07/13/1895 Sidney Blackmer, US actor (Ted Roosevelt in 12 movies)
    07/13/1898 Martin David, German/Neth historian
    07/13/1900 JH Scheps, Dutch 2nd-Member of parliament (social democratic) 07/13/1901 Mickey 'Toy Bulldog' Walker, welterweight boxing champ (1922-26) 07/13/1906 Harry Sosnik, Chicago, orch leader (Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parad
    07/13/1909 David Branson, composer
    07/13/1909 Paul Constantinescu, composer
    07/13/1909 Washington Castro, composer
    07/13/1913 Carolina Gisolf, Holland, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1928) 07/13/1913 Dave Garroway, Schnectady NY, TV host (Today Show)
    07/13/1913 Ladislav Holoubek, composer
    07/13/1921 Ernest Gold, composer
    07/13/1922 Anchor Jørgenson, premier of Denmark (1972-82)
    07/13/1922 Lois Kibbee, actress (Edge of Night)
    07/13/1923 Susie Bond, Louisville Ky, actress (Flo, Temperature Rising) 07/13/1924 George Handy, horse trainer
    07/13/1926 Meyer Kupferman, NYC, composer (In Fimi Tres)
    07/13/1927 Karl I Pelgrom, sculptor
    07/13/1928 Bob Crane, Waterbury Ct, actor (Col Hogan-Hogan's Heroes) 07/13/1928 Donal Michalsky, composer
    07/13/1929 Red Terrill Jr, horse trainer
    07/13/1931 Bill Moor, Toledo Oh, actor (Hanky Panky)
    07/13/1932 Per Norgard, composer
    07/13/1934 Alexei S Yeliseyev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 5, 8, 10)
    07/13/1934 Roger Reynolds, composer
    07/13/1934 Wole Soyinka, Nigeria, dramatist (Road, Kongi's Harvest)
    07/13/1935 Jack F Kemp, (Rep-R-NY)/right-wing/US Secretary of Housing (1989-93)
    07/13/1940 Patrick Stewart, actor (Capt Picard-Star Trek Next Generation) 07/13/1940 Paul Prudhomme, cajun chef
    07/13/1941 Robert Forster, Rochester NY, actor (Lady in Red, Alligator) 07/13/1942 Harrison Ford, Chic Ill, actor (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Frantic) 07/13/1942 Rod Chandler, (Rep-R-WA, 1983- )
    07/13/1942 Roger McGuinn, guitarist (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man) 07/13/1944 Erno Rubik, Budapest, inventor (Rubik's cube)
    07/13/1945 Jean-Pierre E Plooij, writer (Duvelsmoer)
    07/13/1946 Cheech Marin, [Richard], comedian (Cheech & Chong-Up in Smoke) 07/13/1946 Michael Shea, US, sci-fi author (Fat Face, Polyphemus)
    07/13/1948 Alf Hansen, Norway, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1976)
    07/13/1948 Daphne Maxwell Reid, actress (Frank's Place)
    07/13/1948 Don Sweet, Vancouver, CFL, NFL place kicker (Montréal, Green Bay) 07/13/1948 Robert Underwood, (Rep-D-Guam)
    07/13/1948 Ronald K Machtley, (Rep-R-Rhode Island)
    07/13/1949 Helena Fibingerova, Czech, shot putter (Olympic-bronze-1976) 07/13/1950 George D 'Pinky' Nelson, Iowa, PhD/astro (STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26)
    07/13/1951 Didi Conn, Bkln NY, actress (Denise-Benson, Helen-Practice) 07/13/1954 David Thompson, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Seattle Supersonics) 07/13/1954 Louise Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters
    07/13/1956 Mark 'Animal' Mendoza, rocker (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take I
    07/13/1958 Joy Scott, jockey
    07/13/1963 Bobby Rock, Houston Tx, rock drummer (Nelson-Love & Affection) 07/13/1963 Martin Meza, jockey
    07/13/1963 Spud Webb, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
    07/13/1966 Myong Hui Choe, North Korea, gymnist (Olympic-1980)
    07/13/1970 Steven J Brown, Hackensack NJ, guitarist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good
    07/13/1974 Jean ..., Miss Suriname 1993


    Deaths:

    07/13/ 574 John III, Italian Pope (561-74), dies
    07/13/ 939 Leo VII, Italian Pope (936-39), dies
    07/13/1024 Henry II, the Monk, German King (1002-24), dies
    07/13/1105 Rashi, [Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki], Jewish intellectual, dies
    07/13/1309 Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies
    07/13/1380 Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60 07/13/1621 Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria, dies at 61
    07/13/1755 Edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh 07/13/1762 James Bradley, 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies
    07/13/1785 Stephen Hopkins, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 78 07/13/1793 Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday 07/13/1813 Johann Friedrich Peter, composer, dies at 67
    07/13/1844 Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66
    07/13/1860 John Ackersdÿk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69
    07/13/1861 Robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41 07/13/1863 John S Bowen, US architect/Confederate gen-major, dies at 32 07/13/1877 Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65 07/13/1889 Carli Zoeller, composer, dies at 49
    07/13/1890 John C 'Pathfinder' Frémont, US explorer/governor (Ariz), dies at 76
    07/13/1894 Juventino Rosas, composer, dies at 26
    07/13/1903 August Reissmann, composer, dies at 77
    07/13/1923 Asger Hamerik, composer, dies at 80
    07/13/1925 Gerben Postma [Ids], Fries writer (Lytse Fryske Spraekleare), dies 07/13/1927 James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies
    07/13/1936 Izydor Lotto, composer, dies at 91
    07/13/1936 José Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance, murdered
    07/13/1943 Kurt Huber, German philosopher/resistance fighter, dies
    07/13/1946 Alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), dies at
    07/13/1951 Arnold Schönberg, Austria/US composer (Verklärte Night), dies at 76 07/13/1954 M C Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera, dies at 47 07/13/1955 Ruth Ellis, hanged
    07/13/1956 Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, composer, dies at 54
    07/13/1958 Karl Erb, German tenor, dies on 81st birthday
    07/13/1960 Anna Blaman, [Johanna P Vrugt], Dutch writer (Life & Death), dies at
    07/13/1973 Lon Chaney Jr, actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 67 07/13/1973 Martian Negrea, composer, dies at 80
    07/13/1973 Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), dies 07/13/1974 Patrick MS Blackett, British physicist (Nobel 1948), dies 07/13/1976 Max Butting, composer, dies at 87
    07/13/1978 Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78
    07/13/1982 John Alexander, actor (Alien PI), dies at 85
    07/13/1988 Huub Bals, film promotor, dies at 50
    07/13/1988 Samuel L Mendel, oldest US war veteran, dies at 104
    07/13/1989 Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran leader, murdered
    07/13/1989 Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, Cubans general, executed
    07/13/1991 Cor Ria Leeman, Flemish (youth)writer, dies
    07/13/1992 Alex Wojciechowicz, NFLer (Philadelphia Eagles), dies at 76 07/13/1993 Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32 07/13/1993 Edwin 'Rick' Baker, author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31


    Significant Events:

    07/13/ 432 -BC- Origin of Metonic Cycle
    07/13/ 574 John III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    07/13/1174 Scottish King William captured
    07/13/1522 Hunger appeal by women of Utrecht
    07/13/1568 Dean of St Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer 07/13/1573 Haarlem surrenders after 7 months to Spanish army
    07/13/1700 Russian-Turkish peace
    07/13/1772 Capt James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas 07/13/1787 Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery) 07/13/1787 Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop 07/13/1793 French rev writer Jean Paul Marat murdered by Charlotte Corday 07/13/1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft) 07/13/1836 US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels
    07/13/1851 John F Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton 07/13/1854 US forces shell & burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua
    07/13/1861 Battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford) - Union army takes 07/13/1861 total control of western Virginia CS20 US53
    07/13/1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, TN (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150
    07/13/1863 Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in NYC; about 1,000 die
    07/13/1863 Battle of Bayou La Fourche, LA
    07/13/1863 Battle of Tupelo, MS (Harrisburg) [->JUL 15] US648 CS700 07/13/1863 Rebellion at Morgan's, Ohio [->JUL 26]
    07/13/1864 Early retreats from Washington City back to Shenandoah Valley 07/13/1865 Horace Greeley advises his readers to 'Go west young man' 07/13/1865 P T Barnum's museum burns down
    07/13/1868 Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana 07/13/1878 Treaty of Berlin amended terms of Treaty of San Stefano
    07/13/1882 200 die as train derails near Tcherny, Russia
    07/13/1896 Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 HRs in a game 07/13/1898 Guglielmo Marconi patents radio
    07/13/1898 SF Ferry Building at foot of Market St opens
    07/13/1900 Phillies beat Pittsburgh 23-8
    07/13/1908 4th modern Olympic games opens in London
    07/13/1917 Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fátima, Portugal 07/13/1919 Race riots in Longview & Gregg counties Texas
    07/13/1923 Draft law passes
    07/13/1925 French occupation force begins evacuating country
    07/13/1926 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:20.4)
    07/13/1930 Sarnoff reports in NY Times 'TV would be a theater in every home' 07/13/1934 Babe Ruth hits HR #700 against Detroit
    07/13/1935 US-Russian commerce treaty takes effect
    07/13/1936 112° F (44° C), Mio, Michigan (state record)
    07/13/1936 114° F (46° C), Wisconsin Dells, Wisc (state record)
    07/13/1938 Kröller-Müller museum opens in Holland
    07/13/1941 Vic Ghezzi wins PGA golf tournament
    07/13/1942 German occupiers imprison 800 prominent Dutch as hostages 07/13/1942 SS shoots 1,500 Jews in Josefov Poland
    07/13/1943 1st All Star night game (AL beats NL 5-4 at Shribe Pk, Phila) 07/13/1944 Vilnius, Lithuania, liberated
    07/13/1945 1st atom bomb explodes in New Mexico
    07/13/1948 AL beats NL 5-2 in 15th All Star Game (Sportsman Park, St Louis) 07/13/1949 Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist novels
    07/13/1950 René Pleven forms French government
    07/13/1953 J A Bruwer discovers asteroids #1658 Innes & #3284
    07/13/1954 AL beats NL 11-9 in 21st All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium) 07/13/1956 WCBI TV channel 4 in Columbus, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting 07/13/1960 AL beats NL 6-0 in 29th All Star Game (NY Yankees host)
    07/13/1960 Democratic Natl convention nominates Sen John F Kennedy for presiden
    07/13/1960 KDBQ-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KYA
    07/13/1960 US Democratic convention nominates JFK as presidential candidate 07/13/1961 NL beats AL 5-4 (10 innings) in 30th All Star Game (SF Candlestick) 07/13/1962 500 Indonesian parachutist land in New-Guinea
    07/13/1963 Early Wynn, wins his 300th & last game at 43
    07/13/1965 NL beats AL 6-5 in 36th All Star Game (Metropolitan Stadium, Minn) 07/13/1966 Richard Speck, murders 8 nurses in Chicago
    07/13/1967 Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die
    07/13/1969 Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon
    07/13/1970 Amsterdam metro begins being built
    07/13/1971 AL beats NL 6-4 in 42nd All Star Game (Tiger Stadium, Detroit) 07/13/1972 C Torres discovers asteroid #3050 Carrera
    07/13/1972 LA Rams (Irsay) & Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners 07/13/1972 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2112 Ulyanov
    07/13/1973 Bobby Murcer's 3 homers accounted for all RBIs, beating KC 5-0 07/13/1973 Campora resigns as pres of Argentina
    07/13/1975 8.5' (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record) 07/13/1976 Courtmartial begins in USSR for Valeri Sablin (Hunt for Red Oct) 07/13/1976 NL beats AL 7-1 in 47th All Star Game (Veteran's Stadium Phila) 07/13/1977 NYC experiences 25 hr black-out
    07/13/1978 Albania drops diplomatic relations with China PR
    07/13/1978 Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years
    07/13/1978 BBC bans Sex Pistols 'No One is Innocent'
    07/13/1978 Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by chairman Henry Ford II 07/13/1978 Russian dissident Ginsburg/Piatkus/Sjtsjaranki sentence to work camp
    07/13/1978 Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida 07/13/1979 George Harrison releases 'Faster'
    07/13/1982 NL scores 4-1 victory over AL for 11th straight All-Star triumph 07/13/1982 Train crash at Aalter Belgium, 5 killed
    07/13/1984 Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m
    07/13/1985 Live Aid, a rock concert in London, Phila, Moscow & Sydney 07/13/1985 Yankees retire Roger Maris (#9) & Elston Howard (#32) uniforms 07/13/1991 Bob Milacki & 3 other Balt Oriole pitchers no-hit A's 2-0 07/13/1993 64th All Star Game AL beats NL for 6th straight (9-3) at Camden Yard
    07/13/1994 OJ Simpson (charged with murder) gives hair samples for testing

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed Jul 14 00:30:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/14/1486 Andrea del Sarto, Italy, painter (Recollets)
    07/14/1602 Jules Mazarin, France, cardinal, French 1st Minister (1642-61) 07/14/1610 Ferdinand II, monarch of Toscane
    07/14/1707 Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, composer
    07/14/1756 Thomas Rowlandson, English painter/cartoonist/etcher
    07/14/1794 John G Lockhart, [Scorpion], biographer (Life of Sir Walter Scott) 07/14/1804 Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general
    07/14/1818 Nathaniel Lyon, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1861 07/14/1830 Richard Henry Jackson, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 07/14/1831 William Dwight, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 07/14/1834 James Abbott McNeill Whistler, artist (Whistler's Mother) 07/14/1839 Edward Sydney Smith, composer
    07/14/1854 Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer
    07/14/1855 Richard Samuel Hughes, composer
    07/14/1857 Maytag, inventor (washing machine)
    07/14/1858 Emmeline Pankhurst, England, found (Women's Social & Political Union
    07/14/1862 Florence Bascom, US, 1st American woman PhD
    07/14/1862 Gustav Klimt, Austria, Art Nouveau painter
    07/14/1865 Annie Jones, Virginia, bearded lady
    07/14/1868 Gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & The Sown) 07/14/1869 Owen Wister, US, novelist (Virginian)
    07/14/1874 'Abbas Hilmi II, last khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt (1892-1914)
    07/14/1874 André Debierne, French chemist/physicist (Actinium)
    07/14/1880 Donald Meek, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach) 07/14/1883 Alexandru Zirra, composer
    07/14/1884 Charles Meldrum Daniels, Dayton Oh, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1904, 08) 07/14/1890 Ossip Zadkine, [Zadkin], Russ/French sculptor (Destroyed City) 07/14/1893 John G Strÿdom, premier of South-Africa (1954-58)
    07/14/1893 Spencer Williams, Vidalia La, actor (Andy-Amos 'n' Andy)
    07/14/1895 Cliff Edwards, 'Ukulele Ike', Hannibal Mo, singer (54th Street Revue
    07/14/1895 Frank Raymond Leavis, British literary critic (Culture & Environment
    07/14/1901 George Tobias, NYC, actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched)
    07/14/1901 Gerald Raphael Finzi, composer
    07/14/1902 Truman J Hedding, US vice-admiral (WW II)
    07/14/1903 Irving Stone, US, author (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life) 07/14/1903 Ken Murray, NYC, comedian (Ken Murray Show, Judy Garland Show) 07/14/1904 Isaac Bashevis Singer, Poland, Yiddish novelist (Enemies-Nobel 1978)
    07/14/1906 Arthur James Bramwell Hutchings, composer
    07/14/1906 Tom Carvel, ice cream mogul (Carvels)
    07/14/1908 Joseph Kotälla, German war criminal (4 of Breda)
    07/14/1909 Annabella, [Suzanne G Charpentier], Paris, actress (Dinner at Ritz) 07/14/1910 William Hanna, animator (Hanna-Barbera)
    07/14/1911 J de Graaf, president (Church & Peace)
    07/14/1911 Terry-Thomas, England, actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World) 07/14/1912 Woodrow Wilson 'Woodie' Guthrie, folk singer (This Land Is Your Land
    07/14/1913 Fritz Erler, German politician (SDP)
    07/14/1913 Gerald R Ford, [Leslie King], 41st VP (1973-74)/38th pres (R-1974-77
    07/14/1916 Natalia Ginzburg, Italian author (Family dictionary)
    07/14/1917 Douglas Edwards, Alda Okla, newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI) 07/14/1918 Arthur Laurents, NYC, playwright (West Side Story, Gypsy) 07/14/1918 Ingmar Bergman, Uppsala Sweden, director (Cries & Whispers) 07/14/1918 Jay Wright Forrester, invented random-access magnetic core memory 07/14/1919 Lino Ventura, Italy, actor (Happy New Year, Pain in the A--) 07/14/1922 Peter Andrew Tranchell, composer
    07/14/1923 Dale Robertson, Harrah Ok, actor (Death Valley Days, Walter-Dynasty)
    07/14/1923 Frances Lear, Larchmont NY, Woman's magazine publisher (Lears) 07/14/1925 Luis Antonio Escobar, composer
    07/14/1926 Harry Dean Stanton, actor (Alien, Cool Hand Luke, Alien)
    07/14/1926 Jan Krenz, composer
    07/14/1927 John Chancellor, Chicago Ill, news anchor (NBC, VOA)
    07/14/1928 Nancy Olson, Milwaukee, actress (Absent-Minded Professor, Pollyanna)
    07/14/1928 Ole Schmidt, composer
    07/14/1928 Pierre Olaf, Cauderan France, actor (Kraft Music Hall)
    07/14/1930 Eric Norman Stokes, composer
    07/14/1930 Polly Bergen, Knoxville Tn, actress (Rhoda-Winds of War, Baby Talk) 07/14/1931 Donald Eugene Webb, Okla City, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) 07/14/1931 Robert Stephens, Bristol England, actor (Uncle Kurt-Holocaust) 07/14/1932 Roosevelt Grier, Cuthbert Ga, NFLer (NY Giants)/actor (Movin' On) 07/14/1933 Robert Bourassa, Montréal, premier of Québec (1970-76, 1985- ) 07/14/1934 Leo Joseph Koury, Pitts, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
    07/14/1936 Gloria Lambert, Worcester Mass, singer (Sing Along With Mitch) 07/14/1936 Robert F Overmyer, Lorain Ohio, Col USMC/astronaut (STS 5, STS 51B) 07/14/1943 Lynn Loring, NYC, actress (Patty-Fair Exchange, Barbara-FBI) 07/14/1945 Peter James Leonard Klatzow, composer
    07/14/1947 Steve Stone, Cleveland Ohio, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball) 07/14/1948 Tommy Matola, rock manager/CEO (CBS records)
    07/14/1949 Lukas D Barnard, head of South Africa secret service (NIS) 07/14/1951 Esther Dyson, Zurich Switz, computer publisher (Release 1.0) 07/14/1951 Judi Brown, E Lansing Mich, 400m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1984) 07/14/1952 Chris Cross, rock singer (Arthur)
    07/14/1952 Eric Laneuville, New Orleans La, actor (Larry-Room 222, St Elsewhere
    07/14/1952 George Louis Francis Lewis, composer
    07/14/1952 Jerry Houser, LA Calif, actor (Slapshot, Summer of '42, Class of '44
    07/14/1952 Stan Shaw, Chic Ill, actor (Mississippi, Roots Next Generation) 07/14/1954 Jos Zoomer, drummer (Vandenberg)
    07/14/1954 Ralph D'Amico, jockey
    07/14/1958 Eric Heiden, US speed skater (Olympic-gold-1980)
    07/14/1959 Rodney Rash, horse trainer
    07/14/1960 Ray Herndon, Scottsdale Ar, singer (McBride & Ride-Can I Count on Yo
    07/14/1961 Jackie Earle Haley, Northridge Calif, actor (Breaking Away) 07/14/1965 Reina Olea, female jockey
    07/14/1968 Mark Lenz, US, 3m spring diver (Olympic-gold-1992)
    07/14/1970 Missy Gold, Great Falls Mont, actress (Katie-Benson)
    07/14/1977 Victoria Ingrid Alicéa Désirée, Princess heir apparent of Sweden


    Deaths:

    07/14/1223 Philippe II Augustus, King of France (1180-1223), dies
    07/14/1298 Jacobus de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Gulden legend), dies 07/14/1614 Camillus de Lellis, Ital soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64
    07/14/1711 Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), dies at 23 07/14/1744 Immanuel J Pyra, German poet (Temple of wahren Dichtkunst), dies at
    07/14/1762 Cornelis Hop, Amsterdams regent/diplomat, dies at 77
    07/14/1770 David It Kindt, Flemish architect (Mammelokker, Gent), dies at 71 07/14/1779 George Ross, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at
    07/14/1788 Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60
    07/14/1793 Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist, dies in battle at 44 07/14/1803 Esteban Salas y Castro, composer, dies
    07/14/1812 Christian G Heyne, German archaeologist, dies at 82
    07/14/1816 Francisco AG de Miranda, Venezuela freedom fighter, dies at 66 07/14/1873 Ferdinand David, violinist/composer, dies at 63
    07/14/1895 Alexander Ewing, composer, dies at 65
    07/14/1904 S J Paul Kruger, president South-Africa, dies
    07/14/1908 William Mason, composer, dies at 79
    07/14/1923 Louis Ganne, composer, dies at 61
    07/14/1942 Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Neth/French/Belgian painter's model, dies 07/14/1943 Johannes F 'Frits' Bakker Sr, actor, dies at 74
    07/14/1948 Palmiro Togliatti, Italy's CPI chairman, assassinated
    07/14/1954 Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87 07/14/1956 Jaroslav Ridky, composer, dies at 58
    07/14/1958 Abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered
    07/14/1958 Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58), assassinated at Baghdad 07/14/1958 Noeri el-Said, premier of Iraq, murdered
    07/14/1959 Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79 07/14/1965 Adlai Stevenson, US amb to UN/pres candidate (D, 1952, 56), dies 07/14/1968 Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian sailor/author, dies at 76 07/14/1968 Westbrook Van Voorhis, announcer (March of Time), dies at 64 07/14/1970 Preston Foster, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69 07/14/1973 Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car
    07/14/1974 Carl A Spaats, 1st chief of staff of USAF, dies at 83
    07/14/1975 Zutty Singleton, US jazz drummer, dies at 77
    07/14/1979 George De Witt, TV host (Name that Tune), dies at 56
    07/14/1982 George Amadee Tremblay, composer, dies at 71
    07/14/1984 Al Shaft, [Clown prince of baseball], baseball player, dies at 91 07/14/1984 Kenny Delmar, comedian (School House), dies at 74
    07/14/1984 Philippe Wynne, US soul singer (I'll Be Around), dies at 43 07/14/1986 Raymond Loewy, US industrial designer, dies at 92
    07/14/1991 Nic of Bridges, Flemish poet, dies
    07/14/1991 Rita Maréchal, actress (Good During Only During), dies
    07/14/1993 Léo Ferré, French singer/composer (Mon Général), dies at 76


    Significant Events:

    07/14/1520 Battle of Otumba Mexico: Hernan Cortes & Tlascala's vs Azsign 07/14/1535 Emperor Charles V conquerors Tunis
    07/14/1682 Henry Purcell appointed organist of Chapel Royal, London
    07/14/1714 Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet 07/14/1771 Mission San Antonio de Padua founded in California
    07/14/1789 Bastille Day-citizens of Paris storm Bastille prison
    07/14/1798 1st direct federal tax on states-on dwellings, land & slaves 07/14/1822 Slave revolt in SC under Denmark Vesey/Peter Poyas
    07/14/1832 Opium exempted from federal tariff duty
    07/14/1845 1st postmasters' provisional stamps issued, NYC
    07/14/1845 Fire in NYC destroys 1,000 homes & kills many
    07/14/1850 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration
    07/14/1853 Commodore Perry requests trade relations with Japan
    07/14/1853 Pres Franklin Pierce opens 1st industrial exposition (NY) 07/14/1861 Gen McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, VA with 40,000 troo
    07/14/1861 Navel Engagement at Wilmington NC - USS Daylight establishes blockad
    07/14/1863 Battle of Falling Waters, MD (Beaver Creek)
    07/14/1865 1st ascent of Matterhorn
    07/14/1865 Whymper, Hudson, Croz, Douglas & Hadow 1st to climb Matterhorn 07/14/1868 Tape measure enclosed in a circular case patented, AJ Fellows, Ct 07/14/1877 General strike brings US railroad to a stand still
    07/14/1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #370 Modestia
    07/14/1909 Germany chancellor Bernhard von Bülow resigns
    07/14/1911 46' of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Philippines
    07/14/1912 Kenneth Mcarthur runs Olympic record marathon (2:36:54.8) 07/14/1914 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted (Dr R Goddard) 07/14/1914 NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep
    07/14/1914 Robert Hutchins Goddard patents a liquid-fuel rocket motor 07/14/1916 33.6 cm rainfall at Effingham SC (state record)
    07/14/1916 St Louis Brown Ernie Koob pitches all 17 inns in a 0-0 tie vs Boston
    07/14/1918 Dutch govt reclaims South seas
    07/14/1927 1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii
    07/14/1932 Belgian Chamber rules Dutch language for education of Flanders 07/14/1933 German govt demands sterilization of those with hereditary illness 07/14/1933 NSDAP becomes only party in Germany
    07/14/1934 116° F (47° C), Orogrande, New Mexico (state record)
    07/14/1934 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1325 Inanda & #1326 Losaka 07/14/1934 NY Times erronously declares Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all tim
    07/14/1934 Phillies score 11 runs in an inning, beats Cincinnati 18-0 07/14/1936 1 million demonstrate to support French People's Front govt 07/14/1936 116° F (47° C), Collegeville, Indiana (state record)
    07/14/1938 Mussolini publishes anti-jewish/African manifest
    07/14/1940 Lithuania becomes Lithuanian SSR
    07/14/1941 6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp 07/14/1941 Ceasefire of Joan of Arc (ends combat in Lebanon & Syria) 07/14/1941 Jam rationed in Holland
    07/14/1942 1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork
    07/14/1942 Riots against Jews in Amsterdam
    07/14/1944 Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested
    07/14/1947 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1747 Wright
    07/14/1949 USSR explodes their 1st atom bomb
    07/14/1950 RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea
    07/14/1951 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)
    07/14/1951 Citation becomes 1st horse to win $1,000,000 in races
    07/14/1951 George Washington Carver monument unveiled
    07/14/1952 SS United States crosses Atlantic in 84:12 (record westward) 07/14/1953 1st Natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver 07/14/1953 Communist offensive in Korea
    07/14/1953 NL beats AL 5-1 in 20th All Star Game (Crosley Field Cincinnati) 07/14/1954 117°F (47°C), East St Louis, Illinois (state record)
    07/14/1954 118°F (48°C), Warsaw & Union, Missouri (state record)
    07/14/1955 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, Englan
    07/14/1956 Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0 07/14/1957 Soviet steamer 'Eshghbad' sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270 07/14/1958 General Abdul K Kassem forms a military govt in Iraq
    07/14/1958 Iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty 07/14/1959 1st atomic powered cruiser, Long Beach, Quincy Mass
    07/14/1961 Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500
    07/14/1961 Finland's Miettunen govt forms
    07/14/1961 Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et magistrate
    07/14/1962 Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished
    07/14/1962 Brave's Hank Aaron hits HR #500
    07/14/1964 Jacques Anquetil wins his 5th Tour de France
    07/14/1965 Israeli/Jordanian border fights
    07/14/1965 US Mariner IV, 1st Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles (9,800 km) 07/14/1966 Richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory 07/14/1967 Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Juan Marichal 07/14/1967 Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing 07/14/1968 Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick 07/14/1968 Houston Astro Don Wilson strikes-out 18, beats Reds 6-1
    07/14/1968 WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 07/14/1969 'Futbol War' between El Salvador & Honduras begins
    07/14/1969 Soccer war - Salvador-Honduras (1000 dead)
    07/14/1969 WMUL (now WPBY) TV channel 33 in Huntington, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast 07/14/1970 NL wins 8th straight All Star Game, 5-4 in 12 inn (Riverfront, Cin) 07/14/1972 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroids #1959 Karbyshev & #2423 Ibarruri 07/14/1973 Phil Everly storms off stage declaring an end to Everly Brothers 07/14/1974 Bundy victms Janice Ott & Denise Naslund disappear, Lk Sammamish, WA
    07/14/1975 EPCOT Center (Florida) plans announced
    07/14/1976 Jimmy Carter wins Democratic pres nomination in NYC
    07/14/1976 USSR banishes dissident Andrei Amalrik to Netherlands
    07/14/1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2286 Fesenkov, #2492 Kutuzov, 07/14/1977 North Korea shoots down US helicopter, killing 3
    07/14/1978 Anatoly Shcharansky convicted of anti-Soviet agitation
    07/14/1983 Crane (Rep-R-Il) & Studds (Rep-D-Mas) admit to sex with pages 07/14/1984 STS 41-D vehicle moves to Vandenberg AFB for remanifest of payloads 07/14/1985 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Offutt AFB, Neb 07/14/1985 Kathy Baker beats Judy Clark to win golf's US Women's Open 07/14/1985 Last USFL game-Baltimore Stars defeats Oakland Invaders, 28-24 07/14/1986 10 killed & 60 injured at ETA-bomb attack in Madrid
    07/14/1986 2nd govt of Lubbers sworn in
    07/14/1986 Jane Geddes beats Sally Little to win golf's US Women's Open 07/14/1986 NASA's plan to implement recommendations of Rogers commission 07/14/1986 Paul McCartney releases 'Press'
    07/14/1986 Richard W Miller became 1st FBI agent convicted of espionage 07/14/1987 Greyhound Bus buys Trailways Bus for $80 million
    07/14/1987 Lt Col Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony 07/14/1987 NL defeats AL, 2-0 in 13, in 58th All-Star Game in Oakland, Calif 07/14/1987 Steve Miller's star is unveiled on Hollywood's Walk of Fame 07/14/1987 Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law
    07/14/1988 200,000 demonstrate in Soviet Armenia for incorp of Nagorno-Karabak 07/14/1988 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place 07/14/1989 16th James Bond movies 'License to Kill' premieres
    07/14/1990 'Howard Stern's Summer Show' premieres on WWOR-TV
    07/14/1991 Failed military coup in Mali
    07/14/1992 AL beats NL 13-6 at 63rd All Star Game (Jack Murphy Stadium SD) 07/14/1993 Aeroflot starts non-stop flights between Moscow & NY

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/15/1573 Inigo Jones, London, architect (restored St Paul's Cathedral) 07/15/1606 Rembrandt van Rÿn, Leiden, Netherlands, painter (Night Watch) 07/15/1638 Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, composer
    07/15/1700 Johann Christoph Richter, composer
    07/15/1701 Pierre Joubert, became oldest known Canadian (113 y 124 d at death) 07/15/1704 August Gottlieb Spangenberg, founder of Moravian Church in N America
    07/15/1779 Clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas) 07/15/1796 Thomas Bulfinch, mythologist (Bulfinch's Mythology)
    07/15/1798 Charles H Bell, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1875
    07/15/1802 John Barnett, composer
    07/15/1808 Henry Cole, promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851)
    07/15/1808 Henry Edward Manning, cardinal/archbishop (Westminster)
    07/15/1812 Benno Adam, animal painter
    07/15/1817 John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway) 07/15/1818 Heinrich Esser, composer
    07/15/1848 Vilfredo F D Pareto, Italian economist/sociologist
    07/15/1849 Moritz Heuzenroeder, composer
    07/15/1850 Francesca Xavier Cabrini, [Mother Cabrini], 1st US saint
    07/15/1864 Marie Tempest, [Marie Susan Etherington], actress (Yellow Sands) 07/15/1865 Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe 07/15/1870 Ernest Walker, composer
    07/15/1872 José Enrique Rodó, Montevideo Uruguay, writer (Motivos the Proteo) 07/15/1875 Frank 'Pop' Morgenweck, basketball hall of famer (elected 1962) 07/15/1875 Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter
    07/15/1878 Willem Paerels, Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist
    07/15/1884 Enrique Soro Barriga, composer
    07/15/1889 Marjorie Rambeau, SF Calif, actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song) 07/15/1892 Walter Benjamin, German literature critic/writer
    07/15/1898 Noel Gay, [Richard Moxon Armitage], composer
    07/15/1898 Norman Demuth, composer
    07/15/1901 Pyke FC Koch, surrealistic painter
    07/15/1902 Jean Rey, Belgium, pres of European Commission (1967-70)
    07/15/1902 Raymond Hackett, US, husband of Blanche Sweet/actor (Faithless Lover
    07/15/1905 Dorothy Fields, lyricist (I'm in the Mood for Love)
    07/15/1906 Edmund Davies, British lord of appeal
    07/15/1906 Lord Edmund-Davies, British lord of appeal
    07/15/1907 Paterson Fraser, British air marshal
    07/15/1910 Ronald Binge, composer
    07/15/1911 Juliet Pannett, portrait painter
    07/15/1911 Lord Shackelton, explorer/govt minister
    07/15/1913 Murvyn Vye, Quincy Mass, actor (Bob Cummings Show)
    07/15/1913 Ralph Hammond Innes, novelist
    07/15/1915 Alexander Durie, vice president (British AA)
    07/15/1915 Ron Smith, union leader (British Postal Workers)
    07/15/1916 George Maduro, Antillian resistance fighter (Willemsorde/Madurodam) 07/15/1917 Robert Conquest, author (Back to Life)
    07/15/1918 Lord Buxton of Alsa, ITV pioneer
    07/15/1919 Iris Murdoch, Ireland, novelist (Severed Head, Unicorn)
    07/15/1920 Eldon Rudd, (Rep-R-AZ, 1977- )
    07/15/1920 Ruthven Wade, British Air Chief marshal
    07/15/1921 Jack Hamilton Beeson, composer
    07/15/1922 Jeffrey Benson, CEO (600 group)
    07/15/1922 Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia, journalist/dissident
    07/15/1924 David Cox, warden (Nuffield College, Oxford)
    07/15/1924 Jeremiah A Denton, (Sen-R-AL, 1981-86)
    07/15/1925 Phil Carey, Hackensack NJ, actor (Asa Buchanan-One Life to Live) 07/15/1926 John Graham, British ambassador to NATO
    07/15/1926 John Lambert, composer
    07/15/1927 Ann Jellicoe, theater director/playwright
    07/15/1927 Carmen Zapata, NYC, actress (Hagen, Viva Valdez, Man & the City) 07/15/1929 Larry Lamb, newspaper editor
    07/15/1930 Charles Kelly, chief constable (Staffordshire England)
    07/15/1931 Eugene Louw, South African minister of Internal affairs
    07/15/1932 Nina Van Pallandt, Coopenhagen Denmark, actress (American Gigolo) 07/15/1933 James Ball, economist
    07/15/1933 Julian Bream, guitarist
    07/15/1934 Harrison Birtwistle, Accringto Lancashire, composer (Trombeau) 07/15/1934 Simon Gournlay, president (British National Farmer's Union) 07/15/1935 Alex Karras, Gary Ind, NFLer (Detroit Lions)/actor (George-Webster) 07/15/1935 Ken Kercheval, Wolcottville Ind, actor (Cliff Barnes-Dallas) 07/15/1936 Marion Roe, MP (C)
    07/15/1938 Carmen Callil, publisher
    07/15/1938 Enrique Figuerola Camue, Cuba, 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1964) 07/15/1939 Patrick Wayne, LA Calif, actor (Rounder, Shirley, Beyond Atlantis) 07/15/1939 Ronald Hadfield, chief constable (West Midlands England)
    07/15/1939 William David Hellerman, composer
    07/15/1941 Geoffrey Burgon, composer
    07/15/1942 Henry McCubbin, Labour MEP
    07/15/1942 Philip R Sharp, (Rep-D-Indiana, 1975- )
    07/15/1943 Diligenti quintuplets, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    07/15/1943 Jocelyn Burnell, astronomer
    07/15/1944 Jan-Michael Vincent, Denver, actor (Hooper, Tribes, Buster & Billie)
    07/15/1944 Millie Jackson, US model/singer (Get it out 'cha system)
    07/15/1945 Gene Upshaw, NFL offensive tackle (Oakland Raider)
    07/15/1946 Hassabal Bolkiah Mu'izzadin Waddaulah, sultan of Brunei
    07/15/1946 Linda Ronstadt, Tucson Az, singer (Different Drum)
    07/15/1948 Enrique Basilio, hurler, 1st lady to light Olympic flame (Mexico-196
    07/15/1949 John Arthur Casken, composer
    07/15/1949 Trevor Horn, rock producer (Buggles-Video Killed, Yes, Frankie) 07/15/1951 Jesse 'The Body' Ventura, wrestler/actor (Predator, Running Man) 07/15/1952 David Bell, horse trainer
    07/15/1952 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, (Rep-R-Florida)
    07/15/1952 Jill Long, (Rep-D-Indiana)
    07/15/1953 Cathy Larmouth, playmate (Jun, 1981)
    07/15/1953 Jean-Bertrand Aristide, president of Haïti (1991- )
    07/15/1953 John Denham, Labour MP
    07/15/1956 Kathy Kreiner, Canada, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1976)
    07/15/1957 Kate Kellaway, critic
    07/15/1960 Kim Alexis, Lockport NY, model (Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover) 07/15/1960 Willie Aames, Newport Beach Ca, actor (8 is Enough, Paradise, Zapped
    07/15/1961 Forest Whitaker, actor (Bloodsport, Platoon, Stakeout)
    07/15/1962 Brigitte Nielsen, Eisinore Denmark, actress (Red Sonja, Rocky IV) 07/15/1963 Shari Headley, Brooklyn NY, actress (Mimi Reed-All My Children) 07/15/1964 Leonard Stabb, actor (Hunter Guthrie-One Life to Live, Guiding Light
    07/15/1966 Kristoff St John, NYC, actor (Adam-Generations, Young & Restless) 07/15/1969 Peter Ciavaglia, Albany NY, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994) 07/15/1973 Brian Austin Green, N Hollywood Cal, actor (David-Beverly Hills 9021


    Deaths:

    07/15/1085 Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia & Calabria, dies at 70
    07/15/1274 John F Bonaventura, Ital/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies 07/15/1291 Rudolf I, King of Germany & Holy Roman Empire, dies
    07/15/1381 John Ball, English priest/ideologist of Boer uprising, hanged 07/15/1411 Johannes Parvus, [Jean Petit], French theologist, dies
    07/15/1416 John, Duke of Berry, captain of Paris, dies
    07/15/1417 Willem J Eggert, financier (W E Center, Purmerend), dies
    07/15/1609 Annibale Carracci, painter, dies
    07/15/1685 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles 2, execut
    07/15/1738 Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer, dies at 84
    07/15/1751 John Wilson, botanist, dies
    07/15/1765 Charles Andrew Vanloo, painter, dies
    07/15/1782 Robert Wainwright, composer, dies at 33
    07/15/1784 Johan B Straub, South German sculptor, dies
    07/15/1789 Jacques Duphly, composer, dies at 74
    07/15/1798 Gaetano Pugnani, composer, dies at 66
    07/15/1810 Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer, dies at 75
    07/15/1839 Winthrop Mackworth Praed, politician/poet, dies
    07/15/1854 Wincenty Studzinski, composer, dies at 39
    07/15/1857 Carl Czerny, composer, dies at 66
    07/15/1865 Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian, dies at 55 07/15/1868 William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies
    07/15/1869 A J Hayne, black captain of Arkansas militia, assassinated 07/15/1876 Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82 07/15/1881 William 'Billy the Kid' Bonney, killed by Pat Garrett
    07/15/1883 Tom Thumb, [Charles Sherwood Stratton], 40' dwarf, dies
    07/15/1904 Anton Pavlovich Chechov, Russian writer (Uncle Vanya), dies 07/15/1910 Daniël Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies
    07/15/1912 Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21 07/15/1915 Ludwik Grossman, composer, dies at 80
    07/15/1929 Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, playwright/poet, dies
    07/15/1930 Leopold von Auer, Hungarian/US violinist, dies
    07/15/1933 Irving Babbitt, US writer (Democracy & Leadership), dies at 67 07/15/1934 Jules Renkin, Belgian PM (1931-32), dies
    07/15/1935 Pieter WA Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18), dies at 89 07/15/1937 Walter Gay, artist, dies
    07/15/1939 Johon Mellanby, physiologist, dies
    07/15/1939 Percy Scott Worthington, architect, dies
    07/15/1940 Robert Wadlow, world's tallest man (8'11.1'), dies at 32
    07/15/1948 John J Pershing, [Black Jack], US general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87
    07/15/1957 George Cleveland, actor (Grampa-Lassie), dies at 74
    07/15/1957 Marie C of Zeggelen, author (Dessajongen), dies at 87
    07/15/1958 Julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident 07/15/1958 Nuries-Said, Iraqi soldier/statesman, assassinated, dies
    07/15/1959 Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78
    07/15/1959 Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies
    07/15/1960 Lawrence Mervil Tibbett, baritone, dies
    07/15/1975 Charles Weidman, US dancer/choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies
    07/15/1976 Paul William Gallico, writer, dies at 78
    07/15/1980 Eddie Jackson, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84
    07/15/1980 Henri Martelli, composer, dies at 85
    07/15/1982 Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle 07/15/1983 Eddie Foy Jr, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78 07/15/1986 Benny Rubin, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show), dies at 87 07/15/1986 Florence Halop, actress (Florence-Night Court), dies at 63 07/15/1988 Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats), dies at 82
    07/15/1990 Margaret Mary Lockwood, actress (Man in Grey, Wicked Lady), dies 07/15/1990 Troy Dixon, rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall 07/15/1991 Bert Convy, actor (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw), dies at 57 07/15/1992 Henk van der Molen, guitarist/composer/writer (Martine Bÿl), dies 07/15/1993 David Brian, US actor (Damned Don't Cry, Fort Worth), dies at 78


    Significant Events:

    07/15/1099 1st Crusaders capture & plunder Jerusalem
    07/15/1307 Duke Henrik van Karinthië chosen king of Bohemia
    07/15/1410 Battle of Tannenburg-Teutonic Knights vs King Ladislas II of Poland 07/15/1500 Duke Albrecht of Saxon beats Friese rebellion
    07/15/1662 Charles II grants charter to establish Royal Society in London 07/15/1779 US troops under Gen A Wayne conquer Ft Stony Point, NY
    07/15/1795 'Marseillaise' becomes French national anthem
    07/15/1815 Napoleon Bonaparte captured
    07/15/1856 Natal established as a British colony separate from Cape Colony 07/15/1862 CSS Arkansas vs USS Cardondelet & Queen of the West engage at Yazoo
    07/15/1863 Pres Davis orders service duty for confederate army
    07/15/1867 SF Merchant's Exchange opens
    07/15/1869 Margarine is patented by Hippolye Méga-Mouriès for use by French Nav
    07/15/1870 Georgia becomes last confederate to be readmitted to US
    07/15/1870 Hudson's Bay & Northwest Territories transferred to Canada 07/15/1870 Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province & NW Territories created 07/15/1876 Baseballs 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford
    07/15/1888 Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years 07/15/1890 A Charlois discovers asteroid #294 Felicia
    07/15/1893 Commodore Perry arrives in Japan
    07/15/1900 President Steyn/General De Law escape Brandwater Basin
    07/15/1901 NY Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St Louis, 5-0
    07/15/1904 1st Buddhist temple in US established, Los Angeles
    07/15/1906 Republic museum opens Rembrandt hall in Amsterdam
    07/15/1911 46' of rain (begining 7/14) falls in Baguio, Philippines
    07/15/1912 British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect
    07/15/1914 Mexican president Huerta flees with 2 million pesos to Europe 07/15/1916 22.22' (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass NC (state record) 07/15/1918 2nd Battle of Marne began during WW I
    07/15/1920 Ruth ties his record of 29 HRs in a season
    07/15/1922 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in US, at NY zoo 07/15/1922 Gene Sarazen wins US Open golf tournament
    07/15/1923 Italian parliament accepts new constitution
    07/15/1923 Robert T 'Bobby' Jones wins US Open golf tournament
    07/15/1926 VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) established 07/15/1929 1st airport hotel opens-Oakland Ca
    07/15/1932 President Hoover cuts own salary 15%
    07/15/1933 Wiley Post began 1st solo flight around world
    07/15/1936 Dutch 2nd Chamber agree to temporarily increase defense budget 07/15/1937 Buchenwald Concentration Camp opens
    07/15/1937 Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China
    07/15/1939 Clara Adams (NYC) is 1st woman to complete round world flight 07/15/1940 1st betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Il
    07/15/1941 Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin) 07/15/1942 1st deportation camp at Westerbork, Jews sent to Auschwitz 07/15/1944 Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb
    07/15/1945 Byron Nelson wins PGA golf tournament
    07/15/1946 British North Borneo Co transfers rights to British crown 07/15/1948 Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain
    07/15/1948 Pres Truman nominated for another term (Phila)
    07/15/1949 Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US 07/15/1949 WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting 07/15/1950 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1750 Eckert
    07/15/1952 1st transatlantic helicopter flight begins
    07/15/1952 Gerald D Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Angela Dowding
    07/15/1954 110°F (43°C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record)
    07/15/1954 1st coml jet transport plane built in US tested (Boeing 707) 07/15/1954 KOCO TV channel 5 in Oklahoma City, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting 07/15/1954 WBOC TV channel 16 in Salisbury, MD (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcastin
    07/15/1955 WNDU TV channel 16 in South Bend, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting 07/15/1957 Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die 07/15/1958 Pres Eisenhower sends US troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months 07/15/1960 Balt Orioles' Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle 07/15/1961 Spain accept equal rights for men & women
    07/15/1962 Algeria becomes member of Arab League
    07/15/1962 Neth & Indonesia accord over New-Guinea
    07/15/1963 KAIT TV channel 8 in Jonesboro, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting 07/15/1963 Paul McCartney is fined £17 for speeding
    07/15/1964 Barry M Goldwater (Sen-R-Az) nominated for president by Republicans 07/15/1965 Athanassiades Novas succeeds Papandreo as premier of Greece 07/15/1965 US scientists display close-up photos of Mars from Mariner IV 07/15/1967 LA Wolves beat Wash Whips 6-5 in OT to be United Soccer Ass champs 07/15/1967 Roberto DeVicenzo of Argentina wins golf's British Open
    07/15/1968 'One Life to Live' premieres on TV
    07/15/1968 NJ Americans moved to Comack & become NY Nets (ABA)
    07/15/1968 Soap opera 'One Life To Live' premieres
    07/15/1969 Cincinnati Red Lee May hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
    07/15/1969 Rod Carew ties record with his 7th steal of home in a season 07/15/1970 Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship 07/15/1971 Pres Nixon announces he would visit People's Rep of China 07/15/1972 Lee Trevino wins his 2nd consecutive golf's British Open
    07/15/1973 Calif Angel Nolan Ryan 2nd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 6-0 07/15/1973 Paul Getty III kidnapped
    07/15/1973 Ray Davies, announces retirement from Kinks then attempts suicide 07/15/1973 Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 HRs
    07/15/1974 Archbishop Makarios is deposed as president of Cyprus
    07/15/1974 Military coup on Cyprus: president Makarios flees
    07/15/1975 NL beats AL 6-3 in 46th All Star Game (Milwaukee's County Stadium) 07/15/1975 Soyuz 19 & Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later
    07/15/1976 36-hr kidnap of 26 schoolchildren & their bus driver in Calif 07/15/1979 Morarji Desai resigns as premier of India
    07/15/1980 Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra's reco
    07/15/1982 Body of Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle 07/15/1982 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas 07/15/1982 Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0 07/15/1983 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France 07/15/1983 Orly Airport in Paris bombed, 5 killed/21 injured
    07/15/1984 Hollis Stacy wins her 3rd US women's open golf title
    07/15/1984 John Lennon releases 'I'm Stepping Out'
    07/15/1986 AL beats NL for 2nd time in 15 yrs, winning 57th All-Star Game 3-2 07/15/1987 John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings
    07/15/1987 State of siege ends in Taiwan
    07/15/1991 US troops leave northern Iraq
    07/15/1994 Israel & Jordan agree to talks in Wash DC on July 25th
    07/15/1994 NJ Nets Derrek Coleman accused of rape in Detroit

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat Jul 17 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/17/1487 Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah
    07/17/1674 Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) 07/17/1702 Johann Schneider, composer
    07/17/1744 Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering 07/17/1763 John H van de Palm, theologist/literature/speaker
    07/17/1763 John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader 07/17/1775 August Harder, composer
    07/17/1817 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer
    07/17/1827 Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet)
    07/17/1832 Johan August Soderman, composer
    07/17/1839 Friedrich Gernsheim, composer
    07/17/1853 Francesco Fanciulli, composer
    07/17/1859 Luis Muñoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party
    07/17/1871 Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter
    07/17/1875 Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer 07/17/1876 Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat
    07/17/1876 Rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991) 07/17/1876 Vittorio Gnecchi, composer
    07/17/1878 Henri Zagwÿn, composer
    07/17/1883 Bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Peace as Was, Nobel 1966) 07/17/1883 Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Erotikon)
    07/17/1885 Benjamin James Dale, composer
    07/17/1888 Agnon [SJ Czaczkes], Hebrew writer (Curve becomes Right)
    07/17/1888 Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966) 07/17/1889 Erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason)
    07/17/1898 Berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget) 07/17/1900 James Cagney, actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), hold that grapefruit 07/17/1902 Christina Stead, Australia, novelist (Man Who Loved Children) 07/17/1903 Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky, composer
    07/17/1905 William Gargan, Bkln NY, actor (Dynamite, Ellery Queen)
    07/17/1908 Rudolf Petzold, composer
    07/17/1909 Hardy Amies, London England, royal dressmaker (Queen Elizabeth II) 07/17/1912 Art Linkletter, Saskatchwan Canada, TV host (People are Funny) 07/17/1912 Pal Kovács, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1952)
    07/17/1913 Everett Helm, composer
    07/17/1913 Roger Garaudy, French philosopher
    07/17/1914 Lucille Benson, Scottsboro Ala, actress (Lilly-Bosom Buddies) 07/17/1915 Dorothy Poynton-Hill, US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1932) 07/17/1915 Esther Williamson Ballou, composer
    07/17/1916 Eleanor Steber, Wheeling WV, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940) 07/17/1917 Lou Bourdeau, baseball player/manager (1948 AP Athlete of Year) 07/17/1917 Phyllis Diller, Lima Ohio, comedienne (Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number
    07/17/1920 Bill Monroe, New Orleans La, newscaster (NBC-TV, Congressional Repor
    07/17/1920 Rudolf Karpati, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
    07/17/1921 George Barnes, Chicago Hgts, guitarist (Skip Farrell Show) 07/17/1930 Ryohei Hirose, composer
    07/17/1932 Niccolo Castiglioni, composer
    07/17/1932 Wojciech Kilar, composer
    07/17/1934 Donald Sutherland, Canada, actor (M*A*S*H, Body Snatchers) 07/17/1934 Pat McCormick, comedian (Don Rickles Show, New Bill Cosby Show) 07/17/1934 Philippe Capdenat, composer
    07/17/1935 Diahann Carroll, Bronx, actress (Julia, Claudine, Dominique-Dynasty)
    07/17/1935 P D Q Bach, [Peter Schickele], Iowa, composer (5th of Beethoven) 07/17/1939 Spencer Davis, Wales, vocalist (Gimme Some Lovin)
    07/17/1940 Phyllis Davis, Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$) 07/17/1941 Daryle Lamonica, Oakland Raider QB (AFL leading passer 1967) 07/17/1942 Connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968)
    07/17/1942 Gale Garnett, Auckland NZ, singer (We'll Sing in the Sunshine) 07/17/1945 Fenneken Fockema Andreae, actress (The Sea Gull)
    07/17/1947 Camilla Parker Bowles, London England, Prince Charles' lover 07/17/1948 Brian Glascock, drummer (Motels-Only the Lonely)
    07/17/1948 Cathy Ferguson, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1964) 07/17/1949 Terry 'Geezer' Butler, bassist (Black Sabbath)
    07/17/1951 Lucie Arnaz, LA Calif, actress (Kim-Here's Lucy, Jazz Singer) 07/17/1952 David Hasselhoff, Balt Md, (Revenge of the Cheerleaders, Night Rider
    07/17/1952 Phoebe Snow, singer (Theme from 'It's a Different World') 07/17/1952 Robert R[ick] McCammon, US, sci-fi author (Baal, Mystery Walk) 07/17/1952 Thé Lau, singer/guitarist/composer (The Scene, Row Row Row) 07/17/1956 Bryan Trottier, Val Marie Sask, NHL Center (NY Islanders) 07/17/1960 Jan Wouters, soccer star (Ajax, Bayern Munich)
    07/17/1960 Karen Price, Pasadena Calif, playmate (January, 1981)
    07/17/1960 Scott Norwood, NFL kicker (Buffalo Bills-Superbowl XXV goat) 07/17/1962 Jay Barrs, Jacksonville Fla, US archer (Olympic-gold-88, 92) 07/17/1963 Denise Miller, Bkln NY, actress (Billie-Archie Bunker's Place) 07/17/1964 Heather Langenkamp, actress (Marie-Just the 10 of Us)
    07/17/1970 Mandy Smith, England, rocker (I Just Can't Wait) wife of Bill Wyman


    Deaths:

    07/17/ 924 Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies
    07/17/1025 Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies 07/17/1070 Boudewÿn VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies
    07/17/1345 Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched 07/17/1627 Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67 07/17/1682 Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29
    07/17/1709 Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60
    07/17/1746 Anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53 07/17/1762 Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 07/17/1763 Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45
    07/17/1794 Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45
    07/17/1826 Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65
    07/17/1838 John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82
    07/17/1851 Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37
    07/17/1863 James Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35 07/17/1864 Daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29
    07/17/1864 Dirk Dark Curtius, attorney/liberal minister of Justice, dies at 71 07/17/1871 Carl Tausig, composer, dies at 29
    07/17/1875 Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77
    07/17/1878 Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65
    07/17/1901 John Farmer, composer, dies at 64
    07/17/1903 James McNeill Whistler, US/British painter/graphic artist, dies at 6
    07/17/1912 J-Henri Poincaré, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58 07/17/1915 Francesco Fanciulli, composer, dies on 62nd birthday
    07/17/1918 Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed
    07/17/1918 Alexandra Fjodorova, wife of czar Nicolas II, shot to death at 46 07/17/1918 Anastasia N Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicholas, executed at 17 07/17/1918 Botkin, personal physician of czar Nicolas II, shot to death 07/17/1918 Charitonov, cook of czar Nicolas II, shot to death
    07/17/1918 Demidova, lady in waiting of czar Nicolas II, shot to death 07/17/1918 Maria Romanova, daughter of czar Nicolas II, shot to death 07/17/1918 Nicolas II Aleksandrovitsj, last tsar of Russia, executed at 50 07/17/1918 Olga Romanova, daughter of czar Nicolas II, shot to death 07/17/1918 Tatjana Romanova, daughter of czar Nicolas II, shot to death 07/17/1918 Trupp, lackey of czar Nicolas II, shot to death
    07/17/1922 Heinrich Rubens, German physicist, dies at 57
    07/17/1928 Alvaro Obregon, general/pres of Mexico, assassinated
    07/17/1928 Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921), dies 07/17/1937 Henry Constant Gabriel Pierne, composer, dies at 73
    07/17/1944 Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies 07/17/1946 Dragoljub 'Draza' Mihailovic, Yugoslav general/helped Nazi, executed
    07/17/1946 Mikhailovich, resistance leader, executed by Tito regime
    07/17/1947 Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34
    07/17/1953 Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65
    07/17/1953 Maude K Adams, US actress (Little Minister), dies
    07/17/1954 Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85
    07/17/1955 Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73
    07/17/1959 Billy Holliday [Eleanora Fagan], US blues singer, dies at 44 07/17/1959 Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78
    07/17/1959 Henri Pourrat, French writer (Le chasseur de la nuit), dies 07/17/1961 Ty Cobb, Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75 07/17/1965 Luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57
    07/17/1966 August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71 07/17/1967 John Coltrane, US jazz sax/composer (Round Midnight), dies at 40 07/17/1971 Cliff Edwards, 'Ukulele Ike', singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76
    07/17/1974 Jay Hanna 'Dizzy' Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63 07/17/1975 Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal) 07/17/1980 Donald Barry, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak), dies at 68
    07/17/1984 J Delos Jewkes, singer/actor (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 89 07/17/1985 Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer, dies at 93
    07/17/1985 Margo, actress (Rumba, Viva Zapata), dies at 68 of a brain tumor 07/17/1988 Bruiser Brody, wrestler, stabbed to death
    07/17/1993 Ineke Shutter, choreography (Black girl goes to school), dies at 61 07/17/1993 Scott Salmon, US choreographer (La cage aux folles), dies at 51 07/17/1993 Vladimir Barmyn, Russian inventor (Stalinorgel), dies at 84


    Significant Events:

    07/17/ 561 John III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I 07/17/ 855 St Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    07/17/1054 Emperor Henry III crowns his son Henry IV king
    07/17/1070 Arnulf III the Hapless becomes earl of Flanders
    07/17/1203 Venetianen conquer Constantinople, emperor Alexius III flees 07/17/1245 Pope bans emperor Frederik II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time
    07/17/1393 Osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria
    07/17/1473 Charles the Stout conquerors Nÿmegen
    07/17/1549 Jews are expelled from Ghent Belgium
    07/17/1583 Spanish & Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk
    07/17/1596 At 10:30AM Dutch explorer Willem Barents arrives at Novaya Zemlya 07/17/1712 English government signs ceasefire with France
    07/17/1727 Simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor
    07/17/1774 Capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)
    07/17/1775 1st military hospital approved
    07/17/1794 African Church of St Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated
    07/17/1794 Richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church
    07/17/1841 British humor magazine 'Punch' 1st published
    07/17/1850 Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega) 07/17/1856 Sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila) 07/17/1861 Congress authorizes paper money
    07/17/1862 Navel Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition 07/17/1862 US army authorized to accept blacks as laborers
    07/17/1862 United army officially divides corps
    07/17/1863 Battle of Honey Springs - largest battle in Indian Territory 07/17/1864 CSA President Davis replaces Gen Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood 07/17/1866 Italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa 07/17/1867 1st permanent university dental school in US, Harvard
    07/17/1879 1st railroad opens in Hawaii
    07/17/1897 1st ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from Yukon
    07/17/1898 Spanish American War-Spaniads surrender to US at Santiago Cuba 07/17/1902 Baltimore (AL) didn't have enough men to field their team 07/17/1911 Overthrown shah of Persia Mohammed Ali lands on Astrabad with army 07/17/1912 IAF (Intl Amateur Athletic Federation) forms in Sweden
    07/17/1914 NY Giants beat Pitts Pirates, 3-1, in 21 innings
    07/17/1915 Italian offensive at Isonzo
    07/17/1917 British Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor 07/17/1918 Longest errorless game, Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings 07/17/1919 Finland adopts constitution
    07/17/1919 Yanks 21 hits, Browns 17 hits Browns win 7-6 in 17, on squeeze play 07/17/1922 Curaçao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto
    07/17/1923 Carl Mays gave up 13 runs & 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Indians 07/17/1924 St Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
    07/17/1926 Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:11.4)
    07/17/1929 USSR drops diplomatic relations with China
    07/17/1935 Variety's famous headline 'Sticks Nix Hick Pix'
    07/17/1936 Military uprising under Gen Franco/begins Spanish civil war 07/17/1938 Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves NY for LA, wound up in Ireland 07/17/1939 Henry Picard wins PGA golf tournament
    07/17/1941 Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak ends
    07/17/1942 3' of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15
    07/17/1942 Estimated 34.5' (87.5 cm) of rainfall, Smethport, Pa (state record) 07/17/1943 RAF bombs Germany rocket bases
    07/17/1944 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322 07/17/1944 Russian troops march into Poland
    07/17/1945 Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting 07/17/1946 Resistance leader Mikhailovich executed by Tito regime
    07/17/1948 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro
    07/17/1948 Proclamation of constitution of Republic of (South) Korea 07/17/1950 Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka
    07/17/1951 King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudewÿn I 07/17/1952 Shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier
    07/17/1954 1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers) 07/17/1954 Construction begins on Disneyland. . .
    07/17/1954 Theodor Heuss re-elected president of West Germany
    07/17/1955 . . . Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County
    07/17/1955 Arco, Idaho becomes 1st US city lit by nuclear power
    07/17/1958 King Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation 07/17/1959 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis 07/17/1959 Dr Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old) 07/17/1959 Tibet abolishes serfdom
    07/17/1961 John Chancellor becomes news anchor of Today Show
    07/17/1961 Roger Maris loses a HR (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th 07/17/1962 East Berliner Peter Fechter flees over Berlin Wall
    07/17/1962 Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft) 07/17/1962 Senate rejects medicare for aged
    07/17/1964 Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph
    07/17/1965 WLCY (now WTSP) TV channel 10 in St Petersburg-Tampa, FL (ABC) begin
    07/17/1966 Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3)
    07/17/1966 Pioneer 7 launched
    07/17/1967 Monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act 07/17/1967 Race riots in Cairo Illinois
    07/17/1968 Beatle's animated film 'Yellow Submarine' premieres in London 07/17/1968 Revolt in Iraq
    07/17/1970 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC
    07/17/1972 1st 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico
    07/17/1973 Military coup in Afghanistan; King Mohammad Zahir Shah flees 07/17/1974 1st quadrophinic studio in UK is open by Moody Blues
    07/17/1974 Bob Gibson becomes 2nd pitcher to strike-out 3,000
    07/17/1974 John Lennon is ordered to leave US in 60 days
    07/17/1975 Apollo 18 & Soyuz 19 make 1st US/USSR linkup in space
    07/17/1975 Ringo Starr & Maureen Cox divorce
    07/17/1976 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montréal
    07/17/1976 ABA merges into NBA
    07/17/1976 Indonesian president Suharto annexes East Timor
    07/17/1978 Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes mgr Billy Martin to suspend hi
    07/17/1979 NL beats AL 7-6 in 50th All Star Game (Kingdome Seattle)
    07/17/1979 Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza flees to Miami
    07/17/1979 Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo
    07/17/1979 Simone Veil becomes chairman of European Parliament
    07/17/1980 Bolivian military coup; general Garcia Meza becomes president 07/17/1980 Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president 07/17/1980 Zenko Suzuki becomes premier of Japan
    07/17/1981 Humbar Estuary Bridge, UK, world's longest span (1.4 km), opens 07/17/1981 Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut 07/17/1981 Lobby Walkways at KC's Hyatt Regency collapse 114 die, 200 injured 07/17/1983 1st USFL championship (Mich Panthers beats Phila Stars 24-22) 07/17/1984 Pierre Mauroy resigns as premier of France
    07/17/1984 Soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7 07/17/1987 10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood (Comfort, Tx)
    07/17/1987 Iran & France breaks diplomatic relations
    07/17/1988 Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 100m woman's record (10.49) 07/17/1988 Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103° F (39° C) 07/17/1989 1st test flight of US stealth-bomber
    07/17/1989 Paul McCartney releases 'This One'
    07/17/1990 Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq
    07/17/1990 NY Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer
    07/17/1990 PLO-leader Jasser Arrafat marries Soha Tawil in Tunis
    07/17/1992 Slovak parliament askes for self rule
    07/17/1993 Graeme Obree bicycles world record time, 51,596 km
    07/17/1994 Brazil beats Italy in a shoot out, for their 4th soccer world cup 07/17/1994 Hulk Hogan beats Ric Flair to win the WCW wrestling championship

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Jul 18 00:30:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/18/1340 Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman of Flanders
    07/18/1534 Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism) 07/18/1552 Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany
    07/18/1635 Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)
    07/18/1670 Giovanni Bononcini, composer
    07/18/1711 Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer
    07/18/1720 Gilbert White, 'father of British naturalists'
    07/18/1766 Friedrich Fleischmann, composer
    07/18/1796 Feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists 07/18/1810 Peter Singer, composer
    07/18/1811 William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fai
    07/18/1823 Leonard Fulton Ross, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 07/18/1827 Pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal
    07/18/1848 William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer 07/18/1853 Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902)
    07/18/1862 Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to throne
    07/18/1862 Nikolaj N Joedenitsj, Russian general/counter-revolutionary 07/18/1865 Laurence Housman, England, author/playwright (Victoria Regina) 07/18/1870 Emil Mlynarski, composer
    07/18/1871 Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (Dog a/d dials)
    07/18/1872 Julius Fucik, composer
    07/18/1880 Otto Vrieslander, composer
    07/18/1882 Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet/historian (Paraguay) 07/18/1887 Vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier (1942-45) 07/18/1888 Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter
    07/18/1890 Charles Wilson, Pres of General Motors (1940-53)/Sec of Def (1953-57
    07/18/1891 Gene Lockhart, NYC, actor (Going My Way, Christmas Carol) 07/18/1893 Josef Huttel, composer
    07/18/1894 Bernard Wagenaar, Arnhem Holland, composer (3 Songs for Chinese) 07/18/1894 Richard Dix, US actor (10 Commandments, Cimarron)
    07/18/1898 Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher/sociologist (Eros & Civilization
    07/18/1899 Willem Kernkamp, Dutch overseas minister (Islam & Woman)
    07/18/1902 Charles W J Mengelberg, composer/conductor
    07/18/1902 Nathalie Sarraute, [Tscherniak), Russian/French (stage]author 07/18/1903 Bozidar Kunc, composer
    07/18/1903 Chill Wills, Seagoville Texas, actor (Fronteir Circus, Rounders) 07/18/1906 Clifford Odets, US, dramatist (1961 Award of Merit-Golden Boy) 07/18/1906 S I Hayakawa (Sen-R-CA), educator (Language in Action)
    07/18/1907 Yvonne Desportes, composer
    07/18/1909 Andrei Gromyko, USSR, diplomat/USSR President (1985-89) [7/5 OS] 07/18/1910 Red Skelton, comedian (Clem Kadiddlehopper, Freddie the Freeloader) 07/18/1911 Hume Cronyn, London Ontario, actor (World According to Garp, Cocoon)
    07/18/1912 Henry L 'Hank' Miller, US pilot/lt adm (WW II-Pacific)
    07/18/1913 Jan Slot, mayor of Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede
    07/18/1913 Marvin Miller, St Louis Mo, actor (Space Patrol, Millionaire) 07/18/1914 Harriet Hilliard Nelson, Des Moines, singer/actress (Ozzie & Harriet
    07/18/1914 Herbert Collum, composer
    07/18/1914 John G Bearer, writer (Metro, Drunken Canary, Fast Heartbeat) 07/18/1914 Jozef Cals, Dutch politician (KVP, Mammoth Law)
    07/18/1914 Mack Robinson, US, 200m dash (Olympic-silver-1932)
    07/18/1916 Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister (East & West) 07/18/1918 Jane Frazee, Duluth Minn, actress/singer (Alice-Beulah)
    07/18/1918 Nelson Mandela, Qunu S Africa, political prisoner (ANC)/Pres (1994-
    07/18/1918 Pamela Brown, England, actress (Alice in Wonderland, Dracula) 07/18/1921 John H Glenn Jr, Cambridge Ohio, Col USMC astronaut (Mer 6, Sen-D-Oh
    07/18/1923 Hector Tosar, composer
    07/18/1924 Howard Roberts, Burlington NJ, choral director (Leslie Uggams Show) 07/18/1924 Inge Sörensen, Denmark, 200m breaststroke (Olympic-bronze-1936) 07/18/1925 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Austria, 100m dash (Oly-bronze-1948)
    07/18/1926 Jane Hylton, London England, actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot) 07/18/1927 Kurt Masur, German actor(?)
    07/18/1928 Simon Vinkenoog, writer
    07/18/1929 'Screamin Jay' Hawkins, Cleveland, rocker (I Put a Spell on You) 07/18/1929 Dick Totten Button, Englewood NJ, figure skater (Olympic-gold-48, 52
    07/18/1930 Siegfried Kurz, composer
    07/18/1931 'Papa' Dee Allen, US percussionist (War-World is a Ghetto) 07/18/1933 Aad Nuis, writer/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (D66)
    07/18/1933 Raymund Murray Schafer, Sarnia Ontario, Canada, composer (Patria) 07/18/1933 Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russia, poet (Bratsk Station)
    07/18/1935 Tenley Albright, Boston Mass, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1952, 56) 07/18/1938 Britt Leach, Gadsen Ala, actor (Mickey-Spencer's Pilots)
    07/18/1939 Brian Auger, London, fusion keyboardist (Befour, Genesis) 07/18/1939 Dion DiMucci, Bronx, rocker (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love) 07/18/1939 Hunter S Thompson, writer (Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas)
    07/18/1940 James Brolin, LA Calif, actor (Dr Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel) 07/18/1940 Joseph Torre, outfield/manager (Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP) 07/18/1941 Jack Jersey, [de Nÿs], Indonesian/Dutch singer/producer
    07/18/1941 Lonnie Mack, Aurora Indiana, rocker (Baby What's Wrong)
    07/18/1941 Marcia Jones Smoke, Okla, 500m kayak (Olympic-bronze-1964) 07/18/1941 Martha Reeves, Detroit Mich, singer (& Vandellas-Dancing in St) 07/18/1942 Alexander EHAML, prince of the Belgians/son of Leopold III 07/18/1943 Bobby Sherman, Santa Monica Calif, singer (Shindig, Here Comes Bride
    07/18/1943 Calvin Peete, black PGA golfer
    07/18/1944 Jonelle Allen, NYC, actress (Bessie-Palmerstown USA, Berringers) 07/18/1947 Ayn Rumen, Bkln NY, actress (Janet-McLean Stevenson Show) 07/18/1947 Kurt Mann, Roslyn NY, actor
    07/18/1948 Cesar Zuiderwÿk, drummer (Golden Earring)
    07/18/1952 James Forbes, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1972)
    07/18/1954 Ricky Skaggs, Cordell Ky, country singer (Heartbroke, Toy Hearts) 07/18/1954 Tobias Picker, composer
    07/18/1955 Teresa Ann Savoy, London England, actress (Caligula)
    07/18/1958 Margo [AM] Vliegenthart, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
    07/18/1958 Nigel Twist, rocker (Alarm-In the Summertime)
    07/18/1959 Audrey Landers, Phila, actress (Afton-Dallas, Chorus Line) 07/18/1961 Elizabeth McGovern, Evanston Ill, actress (Once Upon a Time in Amer)
    07/18/1970 Patrick Dancy, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You) 07/18/1994 Ricardo Dela Corte, Italy, test tube baby born to oldest (62) mother


    Deaths:

    07/18/ 640 Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58 07/18/1100 Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies
    07/18/1374 Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69 07/18/1544 René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 07/18/1608 Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61
    07/18/1610 Michelangelo Merisi, Italian painter, dies at 38
    07/18/1642 Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies 07/18/1650 Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74
    07/18/1735 Johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83
    07/18/1831 Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72
    07/18/1833 Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63
    07/18/1854 Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41
    07/18/1872 Benito Juárez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 6
    07/18/1898 Emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62
    07/18/1899 Horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies 07/18/1901 Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79
    07/18/1902 John White, composer, dies at 47
    07/18/1908 Jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83
    07/18/1915 George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53
    07/18/1938 Vladimir M Kirsjon, Russian playwright, executed at 35
    07/18/1939 Witold Maliszewski, composer, dies at 65
    07/18/1941 Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80
    07/18/1944 George A Hartland, English house leader (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 6
    07/18/1944 Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (Centaurs' Booty), dies at 74 07/18/1949 Vítezslav Augustin R Novák, Slovak composer (Profundis), dies at 78 07/18/1956 Willem Kerncamp, Dutch overseas minister (Islam & Woman), dies at 57
    07/18/1958 Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker, dies at 84 07/18/1965 Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer, dies at 64
    07/18/1966 Bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead
    07/18/1966 German Germanovich Galinin, composer, dies at 44
    07/18/1967 Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-87), dies at 6
    07/18/1969 Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57 07/18/1970 Lucien H d'Azambuja, French astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies 07/18/1973 Jack Hawkins, actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62 07/18/1975 Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74
    07/18/1981 Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, para-psychologist, dies at 87
    07/18/1984 James Oliver Huberty, shot by police after killing 21 in McDonalds 07/18/1986 Stanley Rous, British soccer official, dies at 91
    07/18/1987 Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer, dies at 87
    07/18/1989 Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (My Sister Sam) is shot by a fan at 21 07/18/1990 Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Kuifje), dies 07/18/1990 Karl Menninger, psychatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at 96 of cancer
    07/18/1991 André Cools, Belgian budget minister, murdered
    07/18/1992 Jan Pelleboer, meteorologist, dies
    07/18/1992 Mollie Parnis, fashion designer, dies
    07/18/1992 Rudolf Ising, cartoonist (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies), dies at 88
    07/18/1992 Viktor Louis, Russian journalist, dies
    07/18/1993 Jean Negulesco, director (3 Coins in a Fountain), dies at 93 07/18/1993 John Beck, US producer (Harvey, Singing Nun), dies at 83
    07/18/1993 Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35 07/18/1993 Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, Chief designer of Soviet launch pads, die


    Significant Events:

    07/18/ 64 Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle)
    07/18/ 390 -BC- Battle of Allia-Gauls inflict heavy casualties on Romans 07/18/1290 King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews
    07/18/1330 Battle of Velbuzd
    07/18/1536 Pope's authority declared void in England
    07/18/1716 Jews are expelled from Brussels Belgium
    07/18/1753 Lemuel Haynes, escapes from slaveholder in Framingham Mass 07/18/1766 Society of the Dutch Literary established
    07/18/1814 British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc)
    07/18/1853 1st train to cross US-Canada boundary, Portland, Me.-Montréal, PQ 07/18/1853 Completion of Grand Trunk Line, Americas 1st intl railroad 07/18/1861 Battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68 - Manassas -
    07/18/1862 Battle of Newburgh, IN - captured by Union forces
    07/18/1863 Battle of Fort Wagner, SC - Second assault US1500 CS174
    07/18/1870 Pontifical infalliability proclaimed
    07/18/1872 Britain introduces secret ballot voting
    07/18/1897 James Foulis wins US Open golf tournament
    07/18/1904 P Gotz discovers asteroid #538 Friederike
    07/18/1907 French troops attack Casablanca
    07/18/1913 After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk 07/18/1914 US army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps 07/18/1915 Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series cham
    07/18/1918 US & French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I
    07/18/1923 England's House of Lords accepts new divorce law
    07/18/1924 KPD points out Rote Frontkämpferbund against Nazi
    07/18/1925 Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
    07/18/1927 Ty Cobb's 4,000th career hit
    07/18/1931 1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched
    07/18/1932 Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherland sign Unity treaty
    07/18/1932 US & Canada sign a treaty to develop St Lawrence Seaway
    07/18/1935 Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan throught the year 200
    07/18/1936 Spanish Civil War begans, Gen Francisco Franco led uprising 07/18/1938 Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left NY for Calif 07/18/1940 1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Ct
    07/18/1940 British govt signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure
    07/18/1941 SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia
    07/18/1942 1st legal NJ horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens 07/18/1942 Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe, 1st jet fighter, takes 1st flight 07/18/1944 7:45 Operation-Goodwood: British assault at Caen
    07/18/1944 Allies air raid railways at Vaires Paris
    07/18/1944 Arne Andersson runs world record 1 mile (4:01.6)
    07/18/1944 British Mosquito's occupy Cologne & Berlin
    07/18/1944 British air raid on German convoy SW of Helgoland
    07/18/1944 Polish troops under gen Else occupy Ancona Italy
    07/18/1944 US troop march into St Lô
    07/18/1947 King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill
    07/18/1947 Tigers shut out Yanks 2-0, end 19 game win streak
    07/18/1947 US begins administerating Trust Territory of Pacific Islands 07/18/1948 Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 HRs in a game
    07/18/1951 Jersey Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles in 5 for heavyweight belt 07/18/1951 Uruguay accepts its constitution
    07/18/1951 Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion 07/18/1952 KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, CO (IND) begins broadcasting 07/18/1954 Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forefeit ga
    07/18/1955 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially 07/18/1955 280 mm rain in Martinstown, Dorset (UK-record)
    07/18/1956 Ernö Gerö succeeds Matyas Rákosi as party leader of Hungary 07/18/1959 1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright) 07/18/1960 1st UN troops reach Congo
    07/18/1960 Baseball's NL votes to add Houston & NY franchises
    07/18/1960 Premier Kishi of Japan, resigns
    07/18/1963 Failed military coup in Syria
    07/18/1964 Race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln)
    07/18/1965 Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit
    07/18/1966 Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old
    07/18/1966 Gemini 10 launched (John Young & Michael Collins)
    07/18/1967 Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY
    07/18/1968 C Torres discovers asteroid #2654 Ristenpart
    07/18/1968 Intel incorporates
    07/18/1969 Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL 07/18/1969 Mary Jo Kopechne & Sen Kennedy plunge off Chappaquiddick bridge 07/18/1970 Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily 07/18/1970 Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time
    07/18/1970 WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting 07/18/1970 Willie Mays hits # 3,000
    07/18/1971 Eddy Merckx wins his 3rd Tour de France
    07/18/1972 200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns
    07/18/1972 Egypt president Sadat throws 20,000 Russian military aids out 07/18/1974 World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed 07/18/1976 Lucien van Impe wins Tour de France
    07/18/1976 Thiokol conducts 2-min firing of space shuttle's SRB at Brigham, Ut 07/18/1978 Billy Martin suspends Reggie Jackson for not bunting
    07/18/1978 Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks
    07/18/1979 Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London
    07/18/1980 Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops charts
    07/18/1980 Failed attack on Iran ex-premier Bakhtiar in Neuilly France 07/18/1980 Quett Masire installed as president of Botswana
    07/18/1980 Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit
    07/18/1981 Poland communist party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek 07/18/1984 James Huberty kills 21 McDonalds patrons in San Ysidro Calif 07/18/1984 Walter F Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in SF 07/18/1986 Videotapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains
    07/18/1987 Molly Yard elected new pres of Natl Org for Women
    07/18/1987 Yanks Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 cons games
    07/18/1988 Abu Nidal terrorists kill 9 on City of Poros cruise ship
    07/18/1988 Shooting begins on 'Licence to Kill'
    07/18/1989 48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia (state record)
    07/18/1991 Florida Marlins' logo unveiled
    07/18/1992 Film critic Roger Ebert marries Chaz Hammel-Smith
    07/18/1992 Helen Windsor (daughter of English prince Edward) weds Timothy Taylo
    07/18/1992 Singers Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown marry
    07/18/1993 Afghanistan president Ishaq Khan & premier Nawaz Sharif flee 07/18/1993 Liberal-Democratic Party loses Japan's parliamentary election 07/18/1994 Comet Shoemaker-Levy collides with Jupiter
    07/18/1994 Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights
    07/18/1994 Crayola announces introduction of scented crayons
    07/18/1994 Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-
    07/18/1994 NY Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/19/1592 Erhard Buttner, composer
    07/19/1735 Garret Wesley Mornington, composer
    07/19/1742 Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer
    07/19/1750 Alessio Prati, composer
    07/19/1782 Jonathan Blewitt, composer
    07/19/1797 Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer
    07/19/1814 Samuel Colt, inventor (colt revolver)
    07/19/1817 Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, US, army nurse (union)
    07/19/1823 George Henry Gordon, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 07/19/1828 Roger Atkinson Pryor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 07/19/1833 John Wesley Turner, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1899 07/19/1834 Edgar Degas, France, impressionist painter (Bouquet)
    07/19/1846 Charles Edward Pickering, pioneered American spectroscopist 07/19/1848 Cornelis A Pekelharing, artist (fabric seller)
    07/19/1849 F A Alphonse Aulard, French historian
    07/19/1851 Hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer (head of Jut)
    07/19/1854 Daniël Josephus Jitta, lawyer/member Council of State
    07/19/1860 Lizzie Borden, murderer, gave her mother forty whacks
    07/19/1863 Hermann Bahr, Austria writer (That Neuen Men)
    07/19/1865 Charles Horace Mayo, surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic)
    07/19/1881 Friedrich J H Dessauer, German physicist (radiologist)
    07/19/1888 Eugène Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi
    07/19/1893 Vladimir Majakovski, Russian poet (NS)
    07/19/1894 Joris [Georges] of Severen, Flemish fascist/Member of parliament 07/19/1896 A J Cronin, England, author (Citadel, Shining Victory)
    07/19/1898 Herbert Marcuse, Berlin, communist philosopher (One-Dimensional Man)
    07/19/1898 Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo, composer
    07/19/1899 Paul de Great, Dutch communist politician (CPN)/Editor (The Truth) 07/19/1900 Arno Breker, German sculptor (3rd Republic)
    07/19/1900 Marc Turfkruÿer, Flemish movie journalist/writer
    07/19/1902 Gerard[us M] Rutten, director (Miraculous Life of Willem Parel) 07/19/1905 Boyd Neel, Blackheath, Kent England, conductor (Story of an Orch) 07/19/1905 Edgar P Snow, US author/journalist: Red star about China
    07/19/1905 Louis Philip Kentner, composer
    07/19/1906 Klaus Egge, Gransherad, Telemark Norway, composer (Noregsonger) 07/19/1906 Wim van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF)
    07/19/1907 Gunter Bialas, composer
    07/19/1909 Jeno Vecsey, composer
    07/19/1914 Josef Palenicek, composer
    07/19/1916 James D Ramage, US lt-Adm (WW II-Palau/Guam/Philippines)
    07/19/1916 Phillip Cavaretta, baseball player (NL MVP 1945)
    07/19/1917 Robert Aitken, Phila, Zen co-founder (Diamond Sangha)
    07/19/1917 William W Scranton, (Gov-R-Pa)
    07/19/1919 Patricia Medina, Liverpool England, actress (High-Low)
    07/19/1920 Robert Mann, Portland Oregon, composer/violinist (String Quartet 195
    07/19/1922 George McGovern, (Sen-D-SD)/pres candidate (D-1972)
    07/19/1923 Pat Hingle, Denver Colo, actor (Baby Boom, Norma Rae, Bloody Mama) 07/19/1924 Sybren Polet, [Sijbe Minnema], writer/poet (Mannekino)
    07/19/1926 Helen Gallagher, Bkln, actress (Ryan's Hope, Strangers When We Meet)
    07/19/1926 Max Sordam, Suriname warden/writer (Dictionary Sranantongo) 07/19/1927 Jan Myrdal, Swedish writer/journalist (Albania Defiant)
    07/19/1928 John Bratby, painter/writer (Breakdown)
    07/19/1929 Sofia Muratova, USSR, gymnist,(Olympic-6 gold/3 silv/4 bronze-1952-6
    07/19/1937 George Hamilton IV, NC, actor (Evel Knievel, Love at 1st Bite) 07/19/1937 Larry Boxx, founded Land B Computer Serv
    07/19/1938 Richard Jordan, NYC, actor (Dune, Old Boyfriends, Interiors) 07/19/1938 Vikki Carr, [Florencia Casillas], El Paso Tx, singer (Let it Be Him)
    07/19/1940 Dennis Cole, Detroit, actor (Felony Squad, Brackens's World) 07/19/1941 Jennifer Dunn, (Rep-R-Washington)
    07/19/1941 Jerry Huckaby, (Rep-D-LA, 1977- )
    07/19/1941 Natalya Bessmertnova, Moscow, dancer (Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970) 07/19/1941 Neelie Smit-Kroes, Dutch politician (VVD)/minister of Traffic 07/19/1943 Roy D Bridges Jr, Atlanta Ga, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 51F, STS 61F) 07/19/1945 George Dzunda, Germany, actor (Deer Hunter)
    07/19/1946 Alan Gorrie, bass/singer (Average White Band)
    07/19/1946 Ilie Nastase, Bucharest Romania, tennis player (US Open 1972) 07/19/1947 Bernie Leadon, guitarist/vocalist (Eagles-Take it Easy)
    07/19/1947 Brian May, guitarist (Queen-We are the Champions)
    07/19/1947 Gerard Schwarz, Weehawken NJ, trumpeter/conductor (LA Chamber Orch) 07/19/1948 Beverly Archer, Oak Park Ill, actress (Iola-Mama's Family) 07/19/1948 Keith Godchaux, keyboardist (Grateful Dead)
    07/19/1950 Simon Cadell, actor (Pride & Extreme Prejudice)
    07/19/1952 Alan Collins, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
    07/19/1952 Dominic Muldowney, composer
    07/19/1952 Howard Donald Saunders, Danbury Ct, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) 07/19/1954 Kathleen Turner, actress (Accidental Tourist, Jewel of Nile) 07/19/1956 Great Yatsu, [Yoshiaki Yatsu], wrestler (NJPW/WCCW/WWF)
    07/19/1956 Peter Barton, Valley Stream LI, actor (Powers of Matthew Star) 07/19/1959 Terri Treas, KC Kansas, actress (Hannah-7 Brides for 7 Brothers) 07/19/1961 Suzi Schott, Springfield Ill, playmate (August, 1984)
    07/19/1962 Anthony Edwards, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (It Takes Two) 07/19/1963 Sandor Wladar, Hungary, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1980) 07/19/1964 Teresa Edwards, Cairo Ga, basketball player (Olympic-Gold-84, 88, 92
    07/19/1968 Carolie DeVonne Howe, Chugwater Wyoming, Miss Wyoming-America (1991)
    07/19/1972 Andrew Kavovit, actor (Paul-As the World Turns)
    07/19/1976 R J Williams, actor (General Hospital, Full House)


    Deaths:

    07/19/ 514 Symmachus, Italian Pope (498-514), dies
    07/19/1054 Bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, die
    07/19/1234 Floris IV, count of Holland, dies in tournament
    07/19/1346 Dirk IV, mister of Valkenburg (1332-46), dies in battle
    07/19/1374 Francesco Petrarca, [Petracco], Italian mountaineer/poet, dies at 69
    07/19/1534 Willem van Andkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 70
    07/19/1545 George Carew, English admiral, drowns
    07/19/1545 Roger Grenville, English captain of Mary Rose, drowns
    07/19/1625 Samuel Besler, composer, dies at 50
    07/19/1688 Cornelis van Aerssen, governor of Suriname (1683-88), murdered at 50
    07/19/1700 Hieronymus Gradenthaler, composer, dies at 62
    07/19/1740 François van Aerssen, vice-admiral (Suriname), dies at 71 07/19/1742 John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor, dies at 45
    07/19/1810 Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III, dies at 34 07/19/1811 Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer, dies at 76
    07/19/1838 Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72
    07/19/1844 Heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77
    07/19/1847 Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer, dies at 75
    07/19/1852 Anne-François Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Antwerp), dies at 83
    07/19/1882 Ivan S Gagarin, Catholic theologist (Études religieuses), dies at 67
    07/19/1892 Thomas Cook, CEO (Cook Travel Bureau), dies
    07/19/1895 Charles T Stork, great industrialist (machine factory), dies at 73 07/19/1907 Hector H Malot, French lawyer/author (Alone in the World), dies at 7
    07/19/1914 Alexander Conze, German archaeologist, dies at 82
    07/19/1918 Joost van Vollenhoven, Neth, gov-gen (French West-Africa), dies 07/19/1922 Cornelis A Pekelharing, artist (fabric seller), dies on 74th birthda
    07/19/1940 Samuel H Chang, US newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai 07/19/1944 Carl Bock, Danish Gestapo-affiliate, liquidated
    07/19/1944 Harry AP Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania), dies at
    07/19/1944 Will Marion Cook, composer, dies at 75
    07/19/1951 Max Ettinger, composer, dies at 77
    07/19/1954 Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer, dies at 81
    07/19/1955 Koos, [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch social-democrat (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), di
    07/19/1957 Curzio Malaparte, [Kurt E Suckert], Ital author (Kaputt), dies at 59
    07/19/1958 Robert Earl Hughes, weighed 1,041 lbs (473 kg), dies at 32 07/19/1964 Carol Veazie, actress (Maude-Norby), dies at 69
    07/19/1965 Syngman Rhee, president of South-Korea (1948-60), dies at 90 07/19/1969 Mary Jo Kopechne, drowns at 28, in Ted Kennedy's car
    07/19/1969 Pavel I Apostolov, Russian military bandmaster, dies
    07/19/1970 Barry Wood, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 61
    07/19/1974 Earl Warren, gov of Calif/Supreme court justice (1953-68), dies at 8
    07/19/1974 Joe Flynn, actor (McHale's Navy), dies at 59
    07/19/1976 Sal Bag, journalist, dies at 70
    07/19/1977 John R Powers, US director model bureau, dies at 80
    07/19/1981 Louis Cheslock, composer, dies at 81
    07/19/1984 Carol Eberts Veazie, actress (Maude Endles-Norby), dies at 89 07/19/1984 Geert Lubberhuizen, publisher (Busy At), dies at 68
    07/19/1990 Herbert Nelson, actor (Guilding Light), dies at 76 of a stroke 07/19/1990 Johnny Wayne, comedian (Wayne & Shuster), dies at 72 of cancer 07/19/1992 Bert Bridgeman, puppeteer (Dutch marionette theater), dies 07/19/1992 Heinz Galinski, Pres (Central council for Jews in Germany), dies at
    07/19/1992 Paolo Borsellino, Italian anti-mafia judge, murdered by mafia 07/19/1993 Elmar Klos, Czech director (Shop on Main Street), dies at 83 07/19/1993 Szymon Goldberg, Polish violinist/conductor, dies at 84


    Significant Events:

    07/19/ 64 Circus Maximus in Rome catches fire
    07/19/ 514 St Symmachus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    07/19/ 532 Start of Dionysian Pascal Cycle
    07/19/1195 Battle at Alarcos: Almohaden beats Alfons VIII of Castilia 07/19/1321 -BC- origin of Era of Menophres
    07/19/1380 Thomas of Buckinghams invasion army lands on Calais
    07/19/1425 Duke John VI van Brabant pledges Holland/Zealand to Philip the Good 07/19/1510 38 Jews are burned at stake in Berlin Prussia
    07/19/1524 Boer war begins in Germany
    07/19/1545 King Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose sinks at Portsmouth; 73 die 07/19/1553 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days 07/19/1572 Battle at Saint-Ghislain: Spanish army beats The Genlis' mercenaries
    07/19/1575 Spanish viceroy Gilles of Hierges attacks Oudewater
    07/19/1599 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java
    07/19/1674 Court of Holland bans books of Hobbes/Spinoza/Meyer
    07/19/1688 Soldiers killed governor of Aerssen in Paramaribo
    07/19/1702 Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Cracków
    07/19/1816 Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days
    07/19/1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Ascension
    07/19/1848 1st women's rights convention (Seneca Falls, NY)
    07/19/1848 German Bondsdag demands Dutch county of Limburg
    07/19/1860 1st railroad reaches Kansas
    07/19/1862 Forrest's 1st raid
    07/19/1863 Battle of Buffington's Island, OH
    07/19/1864 Battle of Winchester, VA (Stephenson's Depot) [->JUL 20]
    07/19/1867 Dutch Red Cross forms
    07/19/1867 Reconstruction enacted
    07/19/1870 France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian war begins 07/19/1875 Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick kids, makes trial trip, NY
    07/19/1877 1st Wimbledon tennis championships held
    07/19/1880 SF Public Library starts lending books
    07/19/1881 Sioux chief Sitting Bull twists backing to the US
    07/19/1881 Sioux indian chief Sitting Bull back to US
    07/19/1882 J Palisa discovers asteroid #226 Weringia
    07/19/1904 Dutch Premier Kuypers disbands 1st Chamber
    07/19/1907 K Lohnert discovers asteroid #639 Latona
    07/19/1909 1st baseman Neil Ball turns unassisted triple-play
    07/19/1914 Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in NL
    07/19/1915 Naval accident
    07/19/1918 German armies retreat across Marne River in France (WW I) 07/19/1923 WRC-AM in Washington DC begins radio transmissions
    07/19/1925 V Albitzkÿ discovers asteroid #1059 Mussorgskia
    07/19/1926 2nd French cabinet of Herriot, forms
    07/19/1927 Ty Cobb gets his 4,000th hit
    07/19/1928 H E Wood discovers asteroid #1305 Pongola
    07/19/1928 King Foead of Egypt disbands parliament
    07/19/1936 Spanish premier Casares Quiroga surrenders to José Giral
    07/19/1937 Entartete Art Fair opens in Munich
    07/19/1937 Joris Ivens' 'Spanish Earth' premieres
    07/19/1939 1st use of fiberglass sutures, R.P. Scholz, St Louis, Mo
    07/19/1940 Nazi occupiers imprison 231 prominent Dutch citizens in Buchenwald 07/19/1940 Nazi occupiers in Neth forbid anti-nazi films
    07/19/1941 1st US Army flying school for black cadets dedicted (Tuskegee Ala) 07/19/1941 BBC World Service begins playing V(ictory) (...-) 5th of Beethoven 07/19/1941 British PM Winston Churchill launched his 'V for Victory' campaign 07/19/1941 President Roosevelt appointed FEP Committee
    07/19/1942 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 7th Symphony, premieres in US
    07/19/1942 German occupiers confisicates bicycles in Rotterdam & Hague 07/19/1943 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II
    07/19/1944 1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb Germany
    07/19/1944 500 15th Air Force-Liberators surround Münich
    07/19/1944 Allied troops occupy Faubourg de Vaucelles, at Caen
    07/19/1944 Danish defiance fails on assault on Taarbaek Fort at Copenhagen 07/19/1944 Democratic convention opens in Chicago
    07/19/1944 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg visits RC church in Berlin-Dahlem 07/19/1944 General Bradley flies to England
    07/19/1944 Japanese aircraft carriers Taiho/Shokaku sinks
    07/19/1944 NY archbishop Spellman flies to Europe
    07/19/1944 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg 1st meets Eichmann
    07/19/1948 French govt of Schuman, resigns
    07/19/1949 Laos becomes associated state within French Union
    07/19/1950 French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh
    07/19/1952 15th modern Olympic games opens in Helsinki, Finland
    07/19/1953 KIMA TV channel 29 in Yakima, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting 07/19/1953 WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
    07/19/1955 Balclutha ties up at Pier 43 & becomes a floating museum
    07/19/1955 Yarkon water project in Negev Desert Israel opens
    07/19/1956 US refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam
    07/19/1957 1st rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada 07/19/1957 Don Bowden becomes 1st American to break 4 minute mile (3m58s7) 07/19/1958 Charly Gaul wins Tour de France
    07/19/1960 Italian Govt Tambroni, resigns
    07/19/1960 SF Giants Juan Marichal debuts, with a 1 hitter against Phillies 07/19/1961 1st in-flight movie shown (TWA)
    07/19/1962 Hungarian communist party expels Rákosi & Gerö
    07/19/1963 NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 105 km 07/19/1963 Phila Phillies Roy Siever hits HR # 300
    07/19/1964 Bobby Nichols wins PGA golf tournament
    07/19/1965 Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot 'Where No Man Has Gone Before
    07/19/1966 50 year old Frank Sinatra marries 21 year old Mia Farrow in Las Vega
    07/19/1966 Gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland (race riot
    07/19/1967 Race riots in Durham NC
    07/19/1967 US launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km)
    07/19/1969 Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit
    07/19/1971 B Burnasheva discovers asteroid #2259 Sofievka
    07/19/1971 Premier Numeiry of Sudan flees
    07/19/1971 Sudan military coup under maj Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees 07/19/1973 Willie Mays named to NL all star team for 24th time (ties Musial) 07/19/1974 Cleve Indian Dick Bosman no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0
    07/19/1974 David Bowie's Diamond Dog tour ends in NYC
    07/19/1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #3118
    07/19/1975 Apollo & Soyuz linked in orbit for 2 days, separate
    07/19/1976 Rock group Deep Purple disbands
    07/19/1977 Floods in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 76
    07/19/1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2228 Soyuz-Apollo
    07/19/1977 NL beats AL 7-5 in 48th All Star Game (Yankee Stadium, NY) 07/19/1978 Yanks start 14½ game comeback with 2-0 win
    07/19/1979 2 supertankers collide off Tobago-260,000 TONS of oil spill 07/19/1979 Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Somoza 07/19/1979 Patricia Harris, becomes sect of HEW
    07/19/1980 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; US & others boycott 07/19/1980 David Bowie appears in role of Elephant Man in Denver
    07/19/1982 Bolivian government resigns
    07/19/1982 David S Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanon
    07/19/1984 1st female to captain a 747 across Atlantic (Lynn Rippelmeyer) 07/19/1984 Geraldine A Ferraro, (Rep-D-NY), won Democratic VP nomination 07/19/1985 Christa McAuliffe chosen 1st school teacher to fly space shuttle 07/19/1985 Dam in Fiemme Valley Italy bursts; 200 die
    07/19/1986 Caroline Kennedy weds Edwin A Schlossberg in Centerville, Mass 07/19/1987 Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 cons games 07/19/1989 United flight 232 crashes in Iowa
    07/19/1990 BASF plant in Cincinnati explodes in flames, 1 dies
    07/19/1990 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion 07/19/1990 Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, Calif
    07/19/1991 Miss Black America contestant accuses Mike Tyson of rape
    07/19/1991 With NY Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better 07/19/1992 NYC Ballet star Peter Martins, arrested for beating his wife 07/19/1993 Pres Clinton fires FBI director William Sessions
    07/19/1994 1st game ever cancelled at Seattle Kingdome (falling tiles) 07/19/2781 -BC- Presumed start of Egyptian calendar

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Jul 20 00:30:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/20/1304 Francesco Petrarch, Italy, poet (Italia Mia)
    07/20/1513 Gaspar Schetz, Dutch treasurer-general
    07/20/1519 Innocent IX, [Giovanni A Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591) 07/20/1600 Simon Ives, composer
    07/20/1663 Pierre Drevet, French engraver
    07/20/1709 James Harris, philosopher
    07/20/1720 Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer
    07/20/1726 William Jones, composer
    07/20/1744 Henri Hamal, composer
    07/20/1761 Joseph Lefebvre, composer
    07/20/1762 Jakob Haibel, composer
    07/20/1766 Thomas Bruce, count of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat 07/20/1779 Ignaz Schuster, composer
    07/20/1785 Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39)/Westernizer/reformer 07/20/1793 Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski)
    07/20/1796 Edward Hodges, composer
    07/20/1803 Jakob Zeugheer, composer
    07/20/1804 Richard Owen, British zoologist
    07/20/1806 John Sterling, writer (Representative Victorian)
    07/20/1811 James Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, governor (Jamaica) 07/20/1814 Ivan S Gagarin, Russian theologist
    07/20/1816 William Bowman, English anatomist
    07/20/1819 Paul Henrion, composer
    07/20/1824 Alexander Schimmelfennig, Brig General (Union volunteers) 07/20/1837 Hans Sommer, composer
    07/20/1847 Max Liebermann, German impressionist painter
    07/20/1852 Theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, lawyer/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-13) 07/20/1853 Geo[rge] Poggenbeek, water colors painter
    07/20/1860 Johannes Walter, German geologist (Die Denudation of Wüste) 07/20/1864 Erik Karlfeldt, Sweden, poet (Nobel 1918-refused; 1931-posthumous) 07/20/1872 Alick Maclean, composer
    07/20/1872 Deodat de Severac, composer
    07/20/1873 Witold Maliszewski, composer
    07/20/1880 Hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher/writer
    07/20/1881 Leon de Smet, Flemish painter
    07/20/1885 Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian
    07/20/1887 Willem H Drucker, lawyer
    07/20/1889 John Charles Reith, 1st Baron Reith, 1st dir-gen BBC (1927-38) 07/20/1890 Theda Bara, actress (Under Two Flags, Cleopatra) [or 0729] 07/20/1890 Verna Felton, Salinas Calif, actress (Hilda-December Bride) 07/20/1893 Alexander, king of Greece (1917-20)
    07/20/1893 Richard Billinger, Austria poet/writer (Woher ich comb)
    07/20/1897 Tadeusz Reichstein, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1950)
    07/20/1900 Gottfried von Haberler, Austrian economist
    07/20/1900 Maurice Gilliams, Flemish writer/poet/essayist (Maria's Life) 07/20/1902 Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter (Bicycle security) 07/20/1902 Dilys Powell, English writer (Descent from Parnassus)
    07/20/1903 Jef van de Wiele, Belgian politician
    07/20/1908 Gunnar de Frumerie, composer
    07/20/1910 Cicely Veronica Wedgwood, British historian (William the Silent) 07/20/1912 John Dacie, hematologist
    07/20/1913 Lucien Goldmann, Romania/Fren sociologist/philosopher (Le dieu caché
    07/20/1919 Edmund Hillary, one of 1st 2 men to scale Mt Everest
    07/20/1920 Elliot L Richardson, Attorney General (1973)/Sec of Defense (1973) 07/20/1920 Jack Harman, British general
    07/20/1920 Jeffrey Petersen, British diplomat
    07/20/1920 Lev Aronin, USSR, International Chess Grandmaster (1950)
    07/20/1924 Hans Lodeizen, [Johannes A Frederik], poet (Inner Self)
    07/20/1924 Lola Albright, Akron, Ohio, actress (Delta Country, Kid Galahad) 07/20/1924 Thomas Berger, US, novelist (Vital Parts, Little Big Man) 07/20/1925 Jacques Delors, economist
    07/20/1927 Anthony Cavendish, British MI 6 agent/banker
    07/20/1927 Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor/composer
    07/20/1928 Jan Meyers, (Rep-R-Kansas, 1985- )
    07/20/1928 Pavel Kohout, Czech dramatist/director
    07/20/1928 Peter Ind, jazz musician
    07/20/1930 Sally Ann Howes, London England, actress (Dead of Night)
    07/20/1932 Nam June Paik, Seoul Korea, video artist (Medium is the Medium) 07/20/1933 Jose Vicente Asuar, composer
    07/20/1933 Nelson Doubleday, publisher (Doubleday)/owner (NY Mets)
    07/20/1935 Ted Rogers, comedian
    07/20/1936 Barbara A Mikulski, (Rep-D-MD, 1977-86/Sen-D-MD, 1986- ) 07/20/1938 Diana Rigg, Doncaster England, actress (Emma Peel-Avengers, Hospital
    07/20/1938 Jo Ann Campbell, Jacksonville Fla, Lawrence Welk's champagne lady 07/20/1938 Lord McGowan
    07/20/1938 Natalie Wood, [Natasha Gurdin], SF, (Gypsy, Rebel Without a Cause) 07/20/1939 Judy Chicago, [Cohen], Chicago, artist (Dinner Party)
    07/20/1940 Tony Oliva, ball player, batting champ (AL Rookie of Year 1964) 07/20/1941 Viktor Afanasiyevich Lyakhov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 32, T-9) 07/20/1942 T G Sheppard, [William Browder], Humbolt Tn, singer (Devil in Bottle
    07/20/1943 Chris Amon, Grand Prix racer
    07/20/1943 John Lodge, bassist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)
    07/20/1944 Wim Van Drimmelen, Dutch sect Science Council of Government policy 07/20/1945 Larry E Craig, (Rep-R-Idaho, 1981- )
    07/20/1946 Kim Carnes, singer (Bette Davis Eyes)
    07/20/1947 Carlos Santana, Mexico, rock guitarist (Santana-Black Magic Woman) 07/20/1947 Gerd Binnig, Frankfurt, physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986) 07/20/1947 James Harris, Monroe La, NFL quarterback (Buffalo, LA, San Diego) 07/20/1948 Richard H Lehman, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
    07/20/1951 Larry Black, Miami Fla, 4x100 runner (Olympic-gold-1972)
    07/20/1954 Jay Jay French, NYC, guitarist (Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It) 07/20/1955 Michael Anthony, bassist (Van Halen-1984, Jump)
    07/20/1956 Charlie Magri, world champ flyweight boxer (1983)
    07/20/1956 Mima Jausovec, Yugoslavia, tennis player (French Open-1977) 07/20/1956 Paul Cook, drummer (Sex Pistols)
    07/20/1957 Donna Dixon, Va, Mrs Dan Ackwoyd/actress (Couch Trip, Bossom Buddies
    07/20/1958 Michael McNeill, synthesizer (Simple Minds-Don't You Forget About Me
    07/20/1959 Radney Foster, Del Rio Tx, singer (Foster & Lloyd-Crazy Over You) 07/20/1960 Katie Rabbet, London England, Prince Andrew's former girlfriend 07/20/1966 Beth Coats, Albuquerque NM, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
    07/20/1968 Chris Kennedy, actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure)
    07/20/1970 ?, 1st baby born on Alcatraz Island
    07/20/1971 Charles Johnson, Fort Pierce Fla, catcher (US Olympics 1992) 07/20/1978 Charlie Korsmo, actor (Dick Tracy, What About Bob)
    07/20/1991 Scott Larue Willis, son of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore


    Deaths:

    07/20/1031 Robert II de Vrome, King of France (996-1031), dies
    07/20/1201 Agnes of France, queen of France, dies [or 7/18]
    07/20/1322 Frederik II van Sierck, bishop of Utrecht (1317-22), dies 07/20/1454 Johan II, King of Castilië, dies at 49
    07/20/1573 Lancelot of Brederode, water beggar, beheaded
    07/20/1597 Franciscus Raphelengius [French of Ravelingen], Neth publisher, dies
    07/20/1607 Paulus Merula, lawyer/historian, dies
    07/20/1609 Federico Zuccari, Italian Mannerist painter, dies (birth date unknow
    07/20/1613 Heinrich Julius, [von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel], duke, dies 07/20/1636 John Oldham, trader in Mass, murdered by indians
    07/20/1732 Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer, dies at 51
    07/20/1752 John C Pepusch, English theater dir/composer (Beggar's opera), dies 07/20/1762 Christoph Nichelsmann, German klavecinist/composer, dies
    07/20/1808 Francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66
    07/20/1819 John Playfair, Scottish geologist/mathematician, dies
    07/20/1824 Joan M Kemper, lawyer (layed-out Civil Code), dies
    07/20/1825 Joseph-Denis Doche, composer, dies at 58
    07/20/1859 Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Fantasy), dies
    07/20/1866 Faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide 07/20/1866 G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function), dies 07/20/1868 Antoine Prumier, composer, dies at 75
    07/20/1868 Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer, dies at 62
    07/20/1870 Vladimir D Nabokov, Russian lawyer/min of justice (1918-19), dies 07/20/1881 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies 07/20/1888 Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter, dies
    07/20/1898 Yuri Arnold, composer, dies at 86
    07/20/1903 Leo XIII, [Vincenzo G Pecci], Pope (1878-1903), dies at 93 07/20/1908 Federico Chueca, composer, dies at 62
    07/20/1914 Leo van Gheluwe, composer, dies at 76
    07/20/1923 Pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexican rebel, murdered at 55 07/20/1927 Ferdinand I VAM, King of Romania, dies at 61
    07/20/1936 Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer, dies at 75
    07/20/1936 José Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general/high director, dies 07/20/1937 Guglielmo Marconi, Ital engineer/marquis (radio, Nobel 1909), dies 07/20/1939 Joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies
    07/20/1940 Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide 07/20/1942 Patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle
    07/20/1944 ... Brandt, col/German staff chief, dies in bombing
    07/20/1944 ... Mertz, German colonel (July 20th plotter), executed
    07/20/1944 Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about
    07/20/1944 Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, count/German antifascist colonel, die
    07/20/1944 Friedrich Olbricht, German general (July 20th plotter), executed 07/20/1944 Gen Schmundt, gen/Hitler's Army adjunct, dies in bomb explosion 07/20/1944 Heinz Burns, German (Olympic-gold-1936), dies in bombing
    07/20/1944 Korten, chef gen of Germany Luftwaffe, dies in bomb explosion 07/20/1944 Ludwig Beck, gen/chief Germany general staff (July 20th plot), dies 07/20/1944 Pierre Viénot, French ambassador to London/writer, dies
    07/20/1944 Werner von Haeffen, German lieutenant (July 20th plotter), executed 07/20/1945 Paul Valéry, French poet (Le cimetière Marin, Mon Faust), dies at 73
    07/20/1951 Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan's King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem 07/20/1951 Mustafa Shuqri Ashu, tailor/murderer of king Abdullah, shot to death
    07/20/1954 Blair Moody, (Sen-Mich), dies at 52
    07/20/1957 Phil Hanna, singer (Once Upon a Tune), dies at 46
    07/20/1962 André Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51 07/20/1962 George MacAulay Trevelyan, English royal historian, dies at 86 07/20/1968 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies 07/20/1973 Bruce Lee, [Lee Yuen Kam], Chinese/US actor (Enter the Dragon), dies
    07/20/1974 Allen Jenkins, actor (Fugitive from a Chain Gang), dies at 74 07/20/1983 Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59 07/20/1984 Gail Kubik, composer, dies at 69
    07/20/1984 Jim [James] Fixx, jogger/writer (Jim Fixx on Running), dies at 52 07/20/1986 Helen Craig, actress (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 74
    07/20/1990 Sara Heyblom, actress, dies
    07/20/1993 Donald Alexander, System director/producer (East Valley), dies at 79


    Significant Events:

    07/20/ 514 St Hormisdas begins his reign as Pope succeeding Pope Sympowerus 07/20/1031 Henry I succeeds father Robert II as King of France
    07/20/1498 Emperor Maximilian names Albrecht gubernator/potestaat' of Neth 07/20/1608 Reynier van Oldenbarnevelt marries Anna Weytzen in Delft
    07/20/1619 Gerardus Vossius resigns as Dutch regent States college leader 07/20/1749 Earl of Chesterfield says 'Idleness is only refuge of weak minds' 07/20/1773 Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada)
    07/20/1808 Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names
    07/20/1810 Colombia declares independence from Spain
    07/20/1836 Charles Darwin climbs Green Hill on Ascension
    07/20/1847 German astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf 07/20/1855 1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands
    07/20/1858 Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50¢) (NY beats Bkln 22-18) 07/20/1858 Gathering of Plombières - Napoleon III meets Cavour
    07/20/1861 Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Va 07/20/1864 Battle of Atlanta, GA (Peachtree Creek, Chattahoochie River) -Atlant
    07/20/1864 Battle of Peachtree Creek-Atlanta Campaign
    07/20/1866 Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy
    07/20/1868 1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes
    07/20/1871 British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province
    07/20/1872 Mahlon Loomis receives patent for wireless ... radio is born 07/20/1876 1st US intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins
    07/20/1877 Military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9 07/20/1878 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii
    07/20/1881 Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops 07/20/1890 'Gibbons Stamp Monthly' begins publishing
    07/20/1890 Snow & hail in Calais, ME
    07/20/1894 2000 fed troops recalled from Chicago, having ended Pullman strike 07/20/1903 Giuseppe Sarto elected Pope Pius X
    07/20/1906 Bkln Dodger Mal Eason no-hits St Louis Cards, 2-0
    07/20/1910 Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper acquitted of corruption 07/20/1911 Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0 07/20/1911 Generals Henry Wilson/Auguste Dubail sign plan for British 07/20/1911 Expeditionary army in case of war with Germany
    07/20/1912 Phillies Sherry Magee steals home twice in 1 game
    07/20/1913 Turkish troop take Adrianopel & Erdine from Bulgaria
    07/20/1914 Armed resistance against British rule begins in Ulster
    07/20/1917 WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st drawn
    07/20/1922 Togo made a mandate of League of Nations
    07/20/1923 Yanks hit into a triple-play but beat A's 9-2
    07/20/1924 Féderation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) forms in Paris 07/20/1925 Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against Fran
    07/20/1925 Italian-Serbian/Croatian/Slav treaty about Dalmatië
    07/20/1927 Lindbergh begins NY flight (Spirit of St Louis)
    07/20/1930 106°F (41°C), Washington, DC (district record)
    07/20/1933 Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Hitler 07/20/1934 118°F (48°C), Keokuk, Iowa (state record)
    07/20/1938 Finland awarded 1940 Olympic games after Japan withdraws
    07/20/1940 Germany occupiers forbid Dutch Communist Party (CPN) in Netherland 07/20/1940 Nazi collaborator Rost of Tonningen appointed director of Marxist 07/20/1940 Singles record charts 1st published by Billboard-Tommy Dorsey #1 07/20/1941 Yanks beat Tigers 12-6 in 17
    07/20/1942 Legion of Merit Medal authorized by congress
    07/20/1942 Time puts Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj on its cover 07/20/1942 Women's Army Auxiliary Corps began basic training at Fort Des Moines
    07/20/1943 Joint Chiefs of Staff question adm Nimitz (landing Gilbert Island) 07/20/1944 Brit/Canadian troops occupy (Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy 07/20/1944 British premier Winston Churchill flies to France to meet Montgomery
    07/20/1944 Canadian Cameroon Highlanders conquer St-André
    07/20/1944 Canadian troops occupy Fleury Normandy
    07/20/1944 Death March of 1,200 Jews from Lipcani Moldavia begins
    07/20/1944 Field marshal von Kluge consults with German commandant at Caen 07/20/1944 Flying Fortresses of US 8th Air Force attack Leipzig/Dessau 07/20/1944 Heavy storm hampers British offensive at Caen
    07/20/1944 Japanse aircraft carrier Hijo sunk by US air attack
    07/20/1944 July 20th Plot-Failed assassination attempt on Hitler
    07/20/1944 Liberators of US 8th Air Force attack Gotha Russelsheim/Eisenach 07/20/1944 Pres FDR nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention 07/20/1944 US 15th Air Force attacks Friedrichshaven Memmingen
    07/20/1944 US 9th AF bombs railroad at Chaulnes Sablé-sur-Sarthe/Dreux 07/20/1944 US invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II
    07/20/1944 Violent battles in Verrières-hill (Normandy)
    07/20/1947 1st political action of Neth Army on Java & Sumatra
    07/20/1948 Lou Thesz beats Bill Longson, to become NWA wrestling champ 07/20/1948 Syngman Rhee elected president of South-Korea
    07/20/1948 US Communist Party chairman William Forster arrested
    07/20/1949 Israel's 19 month war of independence ends
    07/20/1949 Vasil Kolarov elected premier of Bulgaria
    07/20/1950 'Arthur Murray Party' premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC) 07/20/1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic Record 10K (29:17.0)
    07/20/1952 Fausto Coppi wins Tour de France
    07/20/1953 USSR/Israel recover diplomatic relations
    07/20/1954 Tennis champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident 07/20/1954 West German secret service head Otto John defects to German DR 07/20/1956 France recognizes Tunisia's independence
    07/20/1956 Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam 07/20/1956 Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs 07/20/1958 Dow Finsterwald wins PGA golf tournament
    07/20/1960 1st submerged submarine to fire Polaris missile (George Washington) 07/20/1960 Sirima Bandaranaike becomes 1st female premier of Ceylon
    07/20/1960 USSR recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space 07/20/1962 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 13th Symphony
    07/20/1962 France & Tunisia recover diplomatic relations
    07/20/1963 17 African states & Madagascar sign peace treaty with EC
    07/20/1963 Verne Gagne beats Crusher Lisowski in Minneapolis, to become NWA cha
    07/20/1964 1st surfin' record to go #1-Jan & Dean's 'Surf City'
    07/20/1964 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 10th String quartet
    07/20/1965 18.18' (46.18 cm) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hr recor
    07/20/1967 Pablo Neruda receives 1st Viareggio-Versile prizes
    07/20/1967 Race riots in Memphis Tenn
    07/20/1968 Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Paul McCartney on live TV 07/20/1969 1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11 07/20/1969 Eddy Merckx wins Tour de France
    07/20/1970 LA Angel Bill Singer no-hits Phillies, 5-0
    07/20/1973 Jack Brisco beats Harley Race in Houston, to become NWA champ 07/20/1974 Heng Yo & Heng Ju, completes 1,000 mile (SF-Seattle) pilgrimage 07/20/1974 Turkey invades Cyprus
    07/20/1976 Last US troops leave Thailand
    07/20/1976 US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing 07/20/1977 Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pa, kills 80 & causing $350 mil damage 07/20/1979 44-kg Newfoundland dog pulls 2293-kg load, Bothell, Wash
    07/20/1980 Joop Zoetemelk wins Tour de France
    07/20/1982 Bombs planted by Irish Republican Army explode in 2 London parks 07/20/1982 IRA bomb attacks in London
    07/20/1984 Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m
    07/20/1985 Divers find wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha
    07/20/1987 Don Mattingly ties 1st base majors fielding record with 22 put-outs 07/20/1988 Michael Dukakis selected Democratic presidential nominee
    07/20/1989 93° F, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix Arizona 07/20/1989 Burma govt puts author Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest 07/20/1990 Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years 07/20/1991 Kirk Cameron marries Growing Pains co-star Chelsea Noble in upstate
    07/20/1991 Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant 07/20/1992 Round World Air Race begins in Paris
    07/20/1993 Fire in the press box at Altanta Fulton County Stadium
    07/20/1994 Major parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (July 16th-22nd) 07/20/1994 OJ Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife's klller 07/20/1996 26th Olympic games open at Atlanta, Georgia (sched)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed Jul 21 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/21/1515 St Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest 07/21/1620 Jean Picard, French astronomer
    07/21/1664 Matthew Prior, English poet
    07/21/1676 Anthony Collins, English philosopher (A discourse on free-thinking) 07/21/1706 Pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups) 07/21/1748 Louis-Henry Paisible, composer
    07/21/1758 Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration)
    07/21/1762 Willem GF Bentinck, earl/politician/organist
    07/21/1779 Gottlob Wiedebein, composer
    07/21/1797 Franz Schoberlechner, composer
    07/21/1802 David Hunter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 07/21/1804 Victor Schoelcher, Guadeloupe, abolished french slavery
    07/21/1810 Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist
    07/21/1815 Stewart Van Vliet, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901 07/21/1816 Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service 07/21/1817 John Gilbert, painter/illustrator
    07/21/1817 Joseph K Barnes, Major General (Union Army), died in 1883 07/21/1821 Vasile Alecsandri, Romania, poet/ Foreign Minister/diplomat 07/21/1822 Ludwig Theodore Gouvy, composer
    07/21/1826 James Gillpatrick Blunt, Major General (Union volunteers) 07/21/1828 John Rutter Brooke, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
    07/21/1856 Harry A P Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania) 07/21/1856 Louise Blanchard Bethune, 1st US woman architect
    07/21/1857 A S C Wallis, [Adèle SC von Antal-Opzoomer], writer
    07/21/1863 C Aubrey Smith, London England, actor (Prisoner of Zenda) 07/21/1864 Frances Folsom Cleveland, 1st lady (1885-89, 93-97)
    07/21/1865 Robert Kahn, composer
    07/21/1885 Frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist (Dinner at Antoine)
    07/21/1892 Anton Schnack, German writer/poet
    07/21/1892 Gÿsbert Friedhoff, architect (tax office Wibautstraat)
    07/21/1892 Lenore Ulric, US actress (Notorious, Better Woman) [or 1894] 07/21/1895 Ken Maynard, US, cowboy/actor/producer (Bigfoot)
    07/21/1896 Jean Rivier, Villemomble France, composer (Vénitienne)
    07/21/1898 Ernest Willem Mulder, composer
    07/21/1899 Ernest Hemmingway, Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel 1954
    07/21/1899 Hart Crane, US, poet (Bridge)
    07/21/1901 Allyn Joslyn, Milford Pa, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society) 07/21/1902 Belcampo, [Herman P Schönfeld Wichers], writer
    07/21/1903 Theodore Karyotakis, composer
    07/21/1906 Daniel Ayala Perez, composer
    07/21/1911 Jozef Cyrankiewicz, premier Poland
    07/21/1911 Marshall McLuhan, Canada, writer (Medium is the Massage)
    07/21/1914 Philippe Ariès, French historian
    07/21/1915 Duke of Norfolk
    07/21/1920 Isaac Stern, Kremenetz, Russia, violinist (debut SF Symph) 07/21/1920 Manuel Valls Gorina, composer
    07/21/1921 Billy Taylor, Greenville NC, orch leader (David Frost Show) 07/21/1922 Kay Starr, Dougherty Okla, singer (Rock & Roll Waltz, Club Oasis) 07/21/1923 Henny Alma, [Hendrika E van de Trousers], actress (Soldier of Orange
    07/21/1924 Don Knotts, Morgantown WV, actor (Amdy Griffth Show, 3's Company) 07/21/1925 Lovro Zupanovic, composer
    07/21/1926 Karel Reisz, director (Everybody Wins, Isadora, Who'll Stop the Rain
    07/21/1926 Norman Jewison, director (Moonstruck, ...And Justice For All) 07/21/1926 Paul Burke, New Orleans, actor (Thomas Crown Affair)
    07/21/1927 Stefan Niculescu, composer
    07/21/1931 Gene Littler, golfer (1961 US Open)
    07/21/1931 Leon Schidlowsky, composer
    07/21/1933 John C Gardner, scholar/writer (Grendel, Sunlight Dialogues) 07/21/1934 Edolphus Towns, (Rep-D-New York, 1983- )
    07/21/1935 Kaye Stevens, US, singer (Jerry Lewis Show)
    07/21/1938 Anton Emil Kuerti, composer
    07/21/1938 Les Aspin, (Rep-D-Wisc, 1971-93)/Minister of Defense (1993-94) 07/21/1940 James E Clyburn, (Rep-D-South Carolina)
    07/21/1941 Jim Bates, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
    07/21/1942 Fred Hetzel, NBA star (SF, Cincinnati, Milwaukee Bucks)
    07/21/1942 Patricia Elliot, Gunnison Co, actress (Renee-Empire, One Life to Liv
    07/21/1943 David Downing, NYC, actor (Backstairs at the White House) 07/21/1943 Edward Herrmann, Wash DC, actor (Day of the Dolphin, Reds) 07/21/1944 Buchi Emecheta, Nigerians/English writer (Price of Bride) 07/21/1944 Paul Wellstone, (Sen-D-Minnesota)
    07/21/1945 Alton Maddox, NY black activist/attorney (Tawana Brawley case) 07/21/1945 Leigh Lawson, Atherston England, actress (Fire & Sword, Charlie Boy)
    07/21/1946 Zbigniew Kaczmarek, Poland, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1976) 07/21/1947 Cat Stevens, [Yusaf Islam], rock vocalist (Peace Train, Father & Son
    07/21/1947 John J Duncan Jr, (Rep-R-Tennessee)
    07/21/1947 Wendell Burton, San Antonio Tx, actor (Lucas-New Dick Van Dyke Show)
    07/21/1948 Art Hindle, Halifax Nova Scotia, actor (Jeff-Dallas, Berrengers) 07/21/1949 Ludmila Smirnova, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-silver-1972) 07/21/1951 Doug Collins, US, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1972) 07/21/1951 Slick Watts, NBA (Seattle SuperSonic)
    07/21/1952 Robin Williams, Chicago Ill, comedian (Mork & Mindy, Awakenings) 07/21/1955 Henry Preistman, rocker (Christians-Harvest the World)
    07/21/1955 Tacho Ocheriski, singer (Putting on the Ritz)
    07/21/1957 Jon Lovitz, Tarzana Calif, actor (SNL, League of their Own, Critic) 07/21/1960 Lance Guest, Saratoga Calif, actor (Lance-Lou Grant)
    07/21/1962 Ike Eisenmann, Houston Tx, actor (Scott-Fantastic Journey) 07/21/1964 Susan Swift, Houston Tx, actress (Chisholms)
    07/21/1968 Racquel Darian, XXX actress (Class Act, Joined)
    07/21/1972 Shinjiro Otani, wrestler (NJPW)
    07/21/1977 Sarah Biasini, daughter of actress Romy Schneider


    Deaths:

    07/21/1160 Peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies 07/21/1425 Manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies 07/21/1544 René of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau), prince of Orange, slain in battl
    07/21/1717 Niccolò Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies
    07/21/1782 Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63
    07/21/1796 Robert Burns, Scottish poet, dies
    07/21/1821 Maurice JM Broglie, bishop of Gent, dies at about 55
    07/21/1831 Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen), dies at 55 07/21/1861 Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44 07/21/1870 Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamiden), dies at 42
    07/21/1888 Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53
    07/21/1891 Franco Faccio, composer, dies at 51
    07/21/1910 Johan Peter Selmer, composer, dies at 66
    07/21/1917 Christopher J Forster, British RAF-pilot/capt, dies in battle 07/21/1922 Djemal Pasja, dictator of Turkey, murdered
    07/21/1928 Ellen A Terry, Brits actress/dir (Imperial Theatre), dies at 81 07/21/1943 Charles William Paddock, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1920), dies at 42
    07/21/1944 Gerrit van den Bosch, led illegal Dutch CPN party (Dachau), dies 07/21/1944 Henning von Tresckow, Gen-Maj, 'July 20th plotter', commits suicide 07/21/1948 Arshile Gorky, abstract expressionist, dies at 43
    07/21/1948 Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer, dies at 58
    07/21/1950 Albert Riemenschneider, composer, dies at 71
    07/21/1957 Bernard Spooner, US inventor (bulletproof jacket), dies
    07/21/1967 Albert J Luthuli, president South Africa (ANC), dies
    07/21/1967 Basil Rathbone, actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 75
    07/21/1967 Jimmy Foxx, baseball hall of famer (Det Tigers/534 HRs), dies at 59 07/21/1967 Pierre Kemp, poet, dies at 80
    07/21/1968 Ruth St Denis, US choreography, dies at about 90
    07/21/1972 Jigme Dori Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, dies
    07/21/1974 Willem F K Hussem, painter/poet (Steltlopen on Sea), dies at 74 07/21/1975 Fie Carelsen, actress, dies at 85
    07/21/1976 Christopher Ewart-Biggs, Brit ambassador to Ireland is assassinated 07/21/1982 Dave Garroway, TV host (Today Show), dies at 69
    07/21/1982 Jean J A Girault, French director (Gendarme Saint-Tropez), dies at 5
    07/21/1985 Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65 07/21/1985 Vicki Vola, actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney)
    07/21/1986 Paulo Correia, Guinee-Bissaus colonel/putschist, executed 07/21/1986 Virginia Hewitt, actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies at 60 07/21/1990 Manuel Puig, Argentina writer, dies
    07/21/1993 Henk Kersting, bureau chef (Associated Press-WW II), dies at 88 07/21/1993 Piet Wielinga, TV producer (Dutch Glory), dies at 56
    07/21/1993 Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53


    Significant Events:

    07/21/ 230 St Pontianus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    07/21/ 365 Alexandria hit by Earthquake; about 50,000 die
    07/21/ 866 John appointed bishop of the kingdom
    07/21/ 976 Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria
    07/21/1320 Count Louis of Nevers marries 8-year old daughter of Philips V 07/21/1568 Battle at Jemmingen: Alva's troops beat Dutch rebellion
    07/21/1579 Mechelen surrenders to duke of Parma
    07/21/1588 English fleet defeats Spanish armada
    07/21/1595 Alvara Mendana discovers Marquesas Island
    07/21/1730 States of Holland put death penalty on 'sodomy'
    07/21/1749 Pieter Steyn becomes pension advisor of Holland
    07/21/1774 Peace of Kütsjük Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish war
    07/21/1798 Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt
    07/21/1825 Java prince Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics 07/21/1831 Belgium gains independence from Netherland, Leopold I made king 07/21/1836 1st Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie & St John, Québec 07/21/1846 Mormons found 1st English settlement in Calif (San Joaquin Valley) 07/21/1861 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins 07/21/1866 Cholera-epidemic kills hundreds in London
    07/21/1867 City Gardens on Folsom opens
    07/21/1873 Jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) 07/21/1877 -27) US army breaks railroad strike
    07/21/1880 Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY 07/21/1896 National Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's 07/21/1898 Spain cedes Guam to US
    07/21/1900 Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite
    07/21/1904 Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH 07/21/1919 Anthony Fokker's establishes airplane factory at Hamburg & Amsterdam
    07/21/1919 Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 (Chicago, Ill) 07/21/1921 Indians (9) & Yankees (7) hit a record 16 doubles
    07/21/1923 Phillies score 12 in 6th & beat Cubs 17-4
    07/21/1928 1st woman to win an olympic gold medal - Halina Knonpacka of Poland 07/21/1928 H E Wood discovers asteroid #1096 Reunerta
    07/21/1930 110°F (43°C) at Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
    07/21/1930 US Veterans Administration established
    07/21/1931 Reno race track, becomes 1st in US to use daily double wagering 07/21/1933 Haifa Harbor in Palestine opens
    07/21/1934 113°F (45°C), near Gallipolis, Ohio (state record)
    07/21/1935 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1358 Gaika
    07/21/1940 Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
    07/21/1940 VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands
    07/21/1941 200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine
    07/21/1941 Himmler orders building of Majdanek concentration camp
    07/21/1942 8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Va 07/21/1944 General Koiso becomes premier Japan
    07/21/1944 US forces free Guam of Japanese invaders
    07/21/1944 Von Kluge warns Hitler of impending collapse of front in Normandy 07/21/1945 Detroit Tigers & Phila A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie
    07/21/1946 Jésus T Piñerol becomes 1st native born Puerto Rican governor 07/21/1947 Indonesia begins 1st political election
    07/21/1948 WSPD TV channel 13 in Toledo, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 07/21/1949 Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13
    07/21/1951 Dalai Lama returns to Tibet
    07/21/1952 Earthquake in South-California, 14 killed
    07/21/1952 Premeir Ghavam ash-Sultaneh of Persia, resigns
    07/21/1954 At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North & South Vietnam 07/21/1955 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor launched-Seawolf 07/21/1956 Cin Red pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins 07/21/1957 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson) 07/21/1957 Lionel Hebert wins PGA golf tournament
    07/21/1959 1st atomic powered merchant ship, Savannah, christened, Camden NJ 07/21/1960 Country of Katanga forms in Africa
    07/21/1961 Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom
    07/21/1962 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga 07/21/1962 Battles on Chinese & Indies boundary
    07/21/1963 Jack Nicklaus wins PGA golf tournament
    07/21/1964 Neth last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan
    07/21/1965 Pakistan, Iran & Turkey sign Regional Co-Operation pact
    07/21/1966 Gemini X returns to Earth
    07/21/1968 John Janssen wins Tour de France: 1st Dutchman
    07/21/1968 Julius Boros wins PGA golf tournament
    07/21/1969 Neil Armstrong steps on Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT)
    07/21/1969 Russia's Luna 15 impacts moon after 52 lunar orbits
    07/21/1970 Aswan Dam completed
    07/21/1970 Libya orders confiscation of all Jewish property
    07/21/1972 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76 (Seville, Spain) 07/21/1972 27.5 cm rainfall at Fort Ripley, Minnesota (state record) 07/21/1972 Bloody Friday: 22 IRA-bombs explode in Belfast
    07/21/1972 In NY, 57 murders occur in 24 hours
    07/21/1973 Hank Aaron becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 700 HRs
    07/21/1973 USSR launches Mars 4 for fly-by (2600 km) of red planet
    07/21/1974 Eddy Merckx wins his 5th Tour de France
    07/21/1975 Billy Martin fired as Texas Rangers manager
    07/21/1975 NY Met Felix Milan hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double pla
    07/21/1976 1st outbreak of 'Legionnaire's Disease' kills 29 in Phila 07/21/1977 Libian-Egyptian border fights
    07/21/1977 Sri Lanka premier Bandaranaike loses election
    07/21/1978 Bolivia milt coup under general Juan Pereda, pres Hugo Banzer flees 07/21/1978 US Postal Service & unions agree on a contract averting mail strike 07/21/1978 World's strongest dog, 80-kg St Bernard, pulls 2909-kg load 27 m 07/21/1979 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2585 Irpedina & #3298
    07/21/1979 National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, NY) dedicated 07/21/1980 Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins
    07/21/1983 Polish govt ends 19 months of martial law
    07/21/1983 Storm cuts short Diana Ross' free concert in NY's Central Park 07/21/1983 US announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge
    07/21/1984 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in US
    07/21/1984 Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s 07/21/1985 Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France
    07/21/1986 Pleasure Island plans unveiled
    07/21/1988 ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian) 07/21/1989 Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors 07/21/1989 Greg LeMond (US) wins Tour de France in fastest time
    07/21/1989 Mike Tyson TKOs Carl 'the Truth' Williams in 1:33 of 1st round 07/21/1990 Goodwill Games opens in Seattle Wash
    07/21/1990 Pink Floyds' 'Wall' is performed where Berlin Wall once stood

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/22/1478 Philip I (the Handsome), 1st Habsburg King of Spain (1506) 07/22/1597 Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer
    07/22/1642 Johann Quirsfeld, composer
    07/22/1647 Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint
    07/22/1649 Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italy, Pope (1700-21)
    07/22/1651 Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer
    07/22/1721 Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer
    07/22/1722 Jean-Noël/Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian 07/22/1784 Friedrich W Bessel, German astronomer (star parallax, Bessel Functio
    07/22/1804 Jean C F Demolombe, [prince the l'exégèse], French lawyer 07/22/1820 Louis Powell Harvey, Governor (Union), died in 1862
    07/22/1822 Gregor Mendel, monk/geneticist, discoverer of laws of heredity 07/22/1822 Hamilton Prioleau Bee, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1897 07/22/1822 John George Walker, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 07/22/1830 Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer
    07/22/1830 William Sooy Smith, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1916 07/22/1833 Benjamin Hanby, composer
    07/22/1834 Daniel McCook,, Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 07/22/1844 William Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor (spoonerisms) 07/22/1849 Emma Lazarus, poet ('New Colossus'-base of Statue of Liberty) 07/22/1853 Victor Roger, composer
    07/22/1871 Akos Buttykai, composer
    07/22/1872 David D Salas, Antillian writer (Josefina)
    07/22/1873 Ettore Pozzoli, composer
    07/22/1878 Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un destin (Martin Luther) 07/22/1879 Gustaf Heintze, composer
    07/22/1882 Edward Hopper, US painter (House by the Railroad)
    07/22/1887 Gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist (Nobel 1925)
    07/22/1888 Raymond Chandler, Chic, mystery writer (Long Goodbye)
    07/22/1889 Frederick Preston Search, composer
    07/22/1890 Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mom of JFK, RFK & Ted
    07/22/1892 Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor (1930s)/war criminal 07/22/1895 Hans Rosbaud, Graz Austria, conductor (Tonhalle Orch Zürich) 07/22/1898 Alexander Calder, sculptor (mobiles, stabiles)
    07/22/1898 Stephen Vincent Benét, US, writer (Devil & Daniel Webster) 07/22/1901 Charles Weidman, Nebraska, modern dancer/choreographer (Candide) 07/22/1902 Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer
    07/22/1908 Amy Vanderbilt, authority on etiquette (Complete Book of Etiquette) 07/22/1910 Edith Abbo, daughter of Mien Wenneker/Prince Henry?
    07/22/1913 Lucia Albanese, Italian soprano (NY Met Opera)
    07/22/1914 Cecil Effinger, composer
    07/22/1916 Hipolito M Ocalia, Curaçaos landscape painter
    07/22/1918 Pim [Albrecht W] Lyre, lawyer/son of prince Henry
    07/22/1921 William V Roth Jr, (Sen-R-Delaware, 1971- )
    07/22/1923 Robert J Dole, (Sen-R Kansas, 1969- )
    07/22/1924 Margaret Whiting, Detroit, singer (Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Famil
    07/22/1926 Bryan Forbes, director/producer (Endless Games, King Rat) 07/22/1927 George Hunter, South Africa, light heavyweight boxer (Oly-gold-1948)
    07/22/1928 Georg Dreyfus, composer
    07/22/1928 Orson Bean, actor/comedian (I've Got a Secret, To Tell the Truth) 07/22/1930 Leoncjusz Ciuciura, composer
    07/22/1930 Marcia Henderson, Andover Mass, actress (Kathleen-Aldrich Family) 07/22/1930 Yuri P Artyukhin, cosmonaut (Soyuz 14)
    07/22/1931 Charles Huxtable, General commanded English ground Armies 07/22/1932 Oscar de la Renta, Dom Rep, designer (Coty Hall of Fame-1973) 07/22/1933 Chuck Cassey, Chicago, choral director (Jimmy Dean Show)
    07/22/1936 Krasimir Kyurkchiiski, composer
    07/22/1939 Terence Stamp, England, actor (Collector, Alien Nations)
    07/22/1940 Alex Trebek, Sudbury Ontario, TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy) 07/22/1940 Stan Ross, NYC, actor (New Bill Cosby Show)
    07/22/1940 Yuriy Klimov, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976)
    07/22/1941 George Clinton, rocker (Testify, Funkadelics)
    07/22/1941 Susie Maxwell Berning, golfer (US Women's Open 1968,72,73) 07/22/1941 Thomas Wayne, rocker (Tragedy)
    07/22/1944 Estelle Bennett, NYC, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Baby)
    07/22/1944 Guich Koock, Austin Tx, actor (Harley Puckett-Carter Country) 07/22/1944 Sparky Lyle, relief pitcher (NY Yankees, Cy Young)
    07/22/1946 Steve Friedman, TV news executive
    07/22/1947 Albert Brooks, LA Calif, comedian (Broadcast News, Lost in America) 07/22/1947 Curt Weldon, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania)
    07/22/1947 Danny Glover, actor (Lethal Weapon)
    07/22/1947 Don Henley, drummer (Eagles-Desparado)
    07/22/1949 Lasse Viren, Finland, 5K/10K runner (Olympic-gold-1972, 76) 07/22/1952 Madeleine Collinson, Malta, twin playmate (Oct, 1970)
    07/22/1952 Mary Collinson, Malta, twin playmate (Oct, 1970)
    07/22/1954 Henriette Allais, playmate (Mar, 1980)
    07/22/1955 Willem Dafoe, Wisc, actor (Platoon, Roadhouse 66, Mississippi Burnin
    07/22/1956 Michael Spinks, US, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1976) 07/22/1956 Mike Pointer, rocker (Marillion)
    07/22/1957 Dave Steib, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
    07/22/1958 Sandra Elizabeth Greenberg, Spokane Wash, playmate (June, 1987) 07/22/1963 Joanna Going, actress (Another World)
    07/22/1964 Bonnie Langford, English actress (Wombling Free)
    07/22/1965 Patrick Laborteaux, LA Calif, actor (Albert-Little House on Prairie)
    07/22/1965 Shawn Michaels, [Mike Hickenbottom], San Antonio, wrestler (WWF/AWA)
    07/22/1967 Pat Badger, heavy metal bassist (Extreme-More Than Words) 07/22/1971 Charlotte Gainsbourg, London England, actress (Little Thief) 07/22/1989 Caroline Giuliani, daughter of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994- ) 07/22/1993 Patricia Quinn, 11th child of actor Anthony Quinn (78)


    Deaths:

    07/22/1035 Robert II/I, Duke of Normandy, dies
    07/22/1387 French Ackerman, Ghent rebel/leader of Reisers, murdered at about 57
    07/22/1461 Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), dies at 58
    07/22/1477 Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies in battle at 3
    07/22/1499 Neithart Fox, [Jonker Fox], German passage leader, slain in battle 07/22/1635 Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer, dies at 45
    07/22/1676 Clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italian Pope (1670-76), dies at 86 07/22/1786 Vaclav Kalous, composer, dies at 71
    07/22/1794 Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, composer, dies at 59
    07/22/1802 Marie-François-Xavier Bichat, a founder of histology, dies 07/22/1826 Giuseppe Piazzi, monk/mathematician (found 1st asteroid), dies at 80
    07/22/1832 Napoleon FKJ Bonaparte, [l'aiglon], king of Rome, dies at 21 07/22/1840 Josef Jawurek, composer, dies at 83
    07/22/1848 Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60
    07/22/1861 Barnard Elliot Bee, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 37 07/22/1863 Carl Schuberth, composer, dies at 52
    07/22/1864 James Birdseye Mcpherson, US Union gen-major, dies in battle at 35 07/22/1864 William Henry Talbot Walker, Confederate gen-mjr, dies in battle at
    07/22/1868 Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer, dies at 51
    07/22/1870 Josef Strauss, composer, dies at 42
    07/22/1880 Anna Caroline Oury, composer, dies at 72
    07/22/1882 Edward Hopper, US painter (House by the Railroad), dies
    07/22/1913 Adhémar Esmein, French reichts leader, dies at 65
    07/22/1929 Bror Beckman, composer, dies at 63
    07/22/1932 Roses Fox, Trade union leader, dies at 71
    07/22/1934 John Dillinger, shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago, at 33 07/22/1940 Marie Bregendahl, Danish author (& dødsnat), dies at 72
    07/22/1950 William LM King, premier of Canada (1921-30, 35-48), dies at 75 07/22/1952 Antonio Maria Valencia, composer, dies at 49
    07/22/1952 August Balthazar, Belgian politician, dies at 58
    07/22/1953 Cy Kendall, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown), dies at 55
    07/22/1955 Joseph Foley, actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45
    07/22/1967 Carl Sandburg, poet (Abraham Lincoln: Prarie Years), dies at 89 07/22/1968 Giovanni Guareschi, Italian author: Don Camillo/Peppone, dies at 60 07/22/1972 Hugo Kauder, composer, dies at 84
    07/22/1972 Pavel Borkovek, composer, dies at 78
    07/22/1974 Wayne L Morse, (Sen-Oregon), dies at 73
    07/22/1979 Hope Summers, actress (Clara-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 78 07/22/1980 Fred Kaps [Abram PA Bongers], magician (world champ 1955), dies at 5
    07/22/1988 Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87 07/22/1992 David Wojnarowicz, artist, dies at 37 of AIDs
    07/22/1992 Souleiman Franjieh, president Lebanon (1970-76), dies
    07/22/1992 Wayne McLaren, actor (Marlboro Man), dies at 51 of lung cancer


    Significant Events:

    07/22/ 259 Dionysius elected as bishop of Rome, succeeding Sixtus II
    07/22/ 260 St Dionysius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    07/22/1298 English defeat Scots at Battle of Falkirk
    07/22/1306 King Phillip the Fair, orders expulsion of Jews out of France 07/22/1489 'Tractate Niddah' a talmudic edition, 1st printed
    07/22/1489 Treaty of Frankfurt
    07/22/1587 2nd English colony established on Roanoke Island off NC
    07/22/1632 Foundation laid in Madrid for Buen Retiro-palace for king Philip IV 07/22/1686 City of Albany, NY chartered
    07/22/1775 George Washington takes command of troops
    07/22/1796 Cleveland, Ohio, founded by Gen Moses Cleaveland
    07/22/1812 Duke of Wellington defeats French at Battle of Salamanca, Spain 07/22/1854 J R Hind discovers asteroid #30 Urania
    07/22/1864 Battle of Atlanta, GA (Decatur) - siege begins [->SEP 01] 07/22/1864 Battle of Atlanta-Hood attacks Sherman & suffers terrible losses 07/22/1864 Hood attacks Sherman & suffers heavily -Atlanta-
    07/22/1864 US3641 CS8499
    07/22/1898 Belgica crew see 1st sunrise in 1600 hrs-1st to endure Antarct winte
    07/22/1901 Serbia recovers diplomatic relations with Montenegro
    07/22/1905 Phila Athletic's Weldon Henley no-hits St Louis Browns, 6-0 07/22/1908 W Lorenz discovers asteroid #665 Sabine
    07/22/1912 5th Olympic games in Stockholm closes
    07/22/1916 A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in SF killing 10 07/22/1917 Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM
    07/22/1917 British bomb German lines at Ypres, 4,250,000 grenades
    07/22/1917 M Wolf discovers asteroids #879 Ricarda, #880 Herba & #881 Athene 07/22/1918 Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park 07/22/1921 James M Barnes wins US Open golf tournament
    07/22/1923 Walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000
    07/22/1925 Yankees purchase infielder Leo Durocher
    07/22/1926 105° F (41° C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record)
    07/22/1926 108° F (42° C), Troy, NY (state record)
    07/22/1926 Cin Red Curt Walker ties record of 2 triples in an inning 07/22/1930 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1306 Scythia
    07/22/1930 H Van Gent discovers asteroids #1666 van Gent, #1752 van Herk & 07/22/1930 #1945 Wesselink
    07/22/1933 1st solo flight round the world 7d 19hrs (Wiley Post)
    07/22/1933 Caterina Jarboro sings 'Aida,' NYC-1st negro prima donna in US 07/22/1933 Wiley Post completes 1st round-the-world solo flight
    07/22/1935 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1359 Prieska & #1360 Tarka 07/22/1935 Lester Walton appointed minister to Liberia
    07/22/1936 Phillies John Moore hits 3 consecutive HRs
    07/22/1937 Irish premier Eamon de Valera wins elections
    07/22/1937 Senate rejects FDR proposal to enlarge Supreme Court
    07/22/1939 1st black woman judge (Jane Matilda Bolin-NYC)
    07/22/1940 Dutch prime minister De Geer meets Hitler seeking peace talks 07/22/1942 Gasoline rationing begins in US during WW II
    07/22/1942 Warsaw Ghetto Jews (300,000) are sent to Treblinka extermination Cam
    07/22/1943 Allied forces captured Palermo, Sicily
    07/22/1944 Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation
    07/22/1946 Estelle Bennett, rocker (Ronettes)
    07/22/1947 -8°F (-13°C), Charlotte Pass, NSW (Australian record)
    07/22/1950 King Leopold, after 6 years in exile, returns to Belgium
    07/22/1951 Gen Francisco Craveiro Lopesappointed pres of Portugal
    07/22/1952 Poland adopts Communist-imposed Constitution
    07/22/1954 Virgin Islands (US) adopts constitution (Revised Organic Act) 07/22/1954 WTHI TV channel 10 in Terre Haute, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 07/22/1955 1st VP to preside over cabinet meeting-R Nixon
    07/22/1955 Phillies longest win streak since 1892 hits 11
    07/22/1960 Cuba nationalizes US owned sugar factories
    07/22/1961 WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting
    07/22/1962 1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off
    07/22/1962 Chic White Sox Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles)
    07/22/1962 Gary Player wins PGA golf tournament
    07/22/1963 Beatles release 'Introducing the Beatles'
    07/22/1963 Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson to retain heavyweight championship 07/22/1964 Steve Ballesteros wins Britsh Golf Open
    07/22/1965 Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Hume as leader of Brit Cons party
    07/22/1967 Atlanta Braves use a record 5 pitchers in 9th inning
    07/22/1967 Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour
    07/22/1969 Aretha Franklin arrested for disturbing peace in Detroit
    07/22/1969 USSR launches Sputnik 50 & Molniya 1-12 communications satellite 07/22/1971 Sudan military coup under premier Numeiry
    07/22/1972 10.84' (27.53 cm) of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Mn (state 24-hr record) 07/22/1972 Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus
    07/22/1973 Sue Berning wins her 3rd US Golf Open championship
    07/22/1975 House of Reps votes to restore citizenship to Gen Robert E Lee 07/22/1981 Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome to life 07/22/1982 Academic Text Processing Service established in Seattle
    07/22/1983 -128.6° F (-89.2°C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record) 07/22/1983 Dick Smith makes 1st solo helicopter flight around the world 07/22/1983 Poland's PM Januzelski lifts martial law
    07/22/1984 Kathy Whitworth wins a record 85th pro golf tournament
    07/22/1984 Laurent Fignon wins Tour de France
    07/22/1986 House of Reps impeaches Judge Harry E Claiborne on tax evasion 07/22/1987 Said Aouita of Morocco sets 5k record (12:58.39) in Rome
    07/22/1987 Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian)
    07/22/1987 US began escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf 07/22/1988 500 US scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research 07/22/1990 Greg Lemond of US wins bicycling's 3rd tour de France
    07/22/1990 Nick Faldo of England wins British Open Golf championship 07/22/1991 Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to killing 17 males in 1978
    07/22/1992 Colombia drug baron Pablo Escobar escapes prison
    07/22/1993 NY Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR
    07/22/1994 23rd & last part of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (since July 16t
    07/22/1994 Mariners play Red Sox as home team at Fenway, as Kingdome is repaire
    07/22/1994 OJ Simpson pleads 'Absolutely 100% Not Guilty' of murder

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Fri Jul 23 00:30:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/23/1339 Louis I, Duke of Anjou/King of Naples (Battle at Poitiers) 07/23/1401 Francesco Sfoza, soldier
    07/23/1659 Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], lawyer
    07/23/1734 Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer
    07/23/1735 Johannes Herbst, composer
    07/23/1769 Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer
    07/23/1773 Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer
    07/23/1775 Francois-Eugène Vidocq, British police detective
    07/23/1793 Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer
    07/23/1796 Franz Adolf Berwald, composer
    07/23/1803 Johann Vesque von Puttlingen, composer
    07/23/1806 Eduard Marxsen, composer
    07/23/1816 Charlotte Sanders Cushman, US, actress (Lady MacBeth)
    07/23/1822 Darius Nash Couch, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 07/23/1823 Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore, poet
    07/23/1824 Gabriel Colvin Wharton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 190
    07/23/1825 Richard Hol, composer/organist/conductor
    07/23/1827 Pieter Caland, Dutch hydraulic engineer (New Waterway)
    07/23/1828 Jonathan Hutchinson, surgeon/scientist
    07/23/1834 James 'Cardinal' Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore
    07/23/1838 Edouard [Judas] Colonne, composer/violinist
    07/23/1841 Edward John Armstrong, poet
    07/23/1849 Geza Zichy, composer
    07/23/1853 William H Gillette, actor (Sherlock Holmes on stage)
    07/23/1856 Arthur H Bird, composer
    07/23/1856 Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindi leader
    07/23/1857 French [M J François] Erens, lawyer/literary (Pursue Years) 07/23/1861 Alexander W F Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16)
    07/23/1865 Friedrich Aereboe, landhuishoudkundige
    07/23/1876 William Gillies Whittaker, composer
    07/23/1883 Alan Francis Brooke, 1st viscount Alanbrooke field marshal 07/23/1884 Albert Warner, US producer (Warner Bros)
    07/23/1884 Apolinary Szeluto, composer
    07/23/1886 Arthur Whitten Brown, aviator
    07/23/1886 Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo, writer/diplomat
    07/23/1888 Gluyas Williams, SF, cartoonist (Fellows Citizen)
    07/23/1888 Milan Stoyadinovich, Serbia, fascist Yugoslavia PM (1935-39) 07/23/1888 Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Farewell My Lovely) 07/23/1891 Maurus H Hulsman, head director (Friends of Curaçao)
    07/23/1892 Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen], emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74)
    07/23/1892 Petros John Petridis, composer
    07/23/1893 Karl Menninger, psychiatrist (Menninger Clinic)
    07/23/1894 Arthur Treacher, Brighton England, announcer (Merv Griffin Show) 07/23/1898 Mervyn 'Red' Dutton, Manitoba, 2nd NHL pres (1943-46)
    07/23/1899 Gustav Heinemann, German union president
    07/23/1902 Walter Burle Marx, composer
    07/23/1904 Adone Zecchi, composer
    07/23/1905 Erich Itor Kahn, composer
    07/23/1906 Wolfgang Gentner, German nuclear physicist
    07/23/1907 Elspeth Huxley, author
    07/23/1908 Karl Swenson, Bkln NY, actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie) 07/23/1910 Pimen, [Sergei Irzjekov], patriarch Russian-Orthodox Cathederal 07/23/1912 Michael Wilding, actor (Courtney Affair, World of Suzie Wong) 07/23/1913 Coral Browne, Melbourne Aust, actress (Margaret-Time Express) 07/23/1913 Michael Foot, MP
    07/23/1914 Alastair Down, CEO (Burmah Oil)
    07/23/1916 Ben Weber, St Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965) 07/23/1917 Charles Kerruish, president (Tyndwald Isle of Man)
    07/23/1917 John Stokes, MP
    07/23/1917 Kurt Kreuger, St Moritz Switz, actor (Fear, Unfaithfully Yours) 07/23/1919 [Harold] Pee Wee Reese, Hall of Fame shortstop (Dodgers)
    07/23/1920 Marcel Maeyer, [de Maeyer], Belgian speed artist/graphic artist 07/23/1921 Calvert DeForest, Brooklyn NY, comedian (Larry 'Bud' Melman) 07/23/1921 David Lawmn, CEO (Prestige Group)
    07/23/1921 Harry Hookway, pro-chancellor (Loughborough University)
    07/23/1921 Jerome Rosen, composer
    07/23/1921 Peter Twiss, test pilot
    07/23/1924 Betsy Haworth, deacon/minister
    07/23/1925 Gloria De Haven, LA, actress (Bog, Yellow Cab Man, Irene-Nakia) 07/23/1925 Pierre Baugniet, Belgium, pairs ice skater (Olympic-gold-1948) 07/23/1927 Al[fred] A McCandless, (Rep-R-CA, 1983- )
    07/23/1927 Elliot M See Jr, Dallas Texas, astronaut
    07/23/1928 Leon Fleisher, SF Calif, pianist/conductor (Annapolis Symph 1973-77)
    07/23/1929 Andrew Rutherford, warden (Goldsmith's College)
    07/23/1931 Jan Torell, Limhamm Sweden, director (New Land, Emigrants) 07/23/1931 Richard Searby, deputy-chairman (News Corp Ltd-Australia) 07/23/1931 Viktor Korchnoi, chess champ
    07/23/1932 Alistair Graham, headmaster (Mill Hill School)
    07/23/1933 Bert Convy, St Louis Mo, actor (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw) 07/23/1933 Richard Rogers, architect
    07/23/1934 Nicholas Barrington, high commissioner (Pakistan)
    07/23/1936 Anthony M Kennedy, Calif, 106th Supreme Court justice (1988- ) 07/23/1936 Don Drysdale, Van Nuys Calif, pitcher (LA Dodgers-Cy Young 1962) 07/23/1938 Ronny Cox, Cloudcroft Mass, actor (St Elsewhere)
    07/23/1940 Gary Stites, singer (Lonely For You)
    07/23/1942 John de Hont, guitarist (ZZ & Masks)
    07/23/1942 Madeline Bell, US singer (Black Nativity)
    07/23/1945 Dino Danelli, drummer (Young Rascals)
    07/23/1946 Andy McKay, sax/oboe player (Roxy Music)
    07/23/1947 David Essex, rock vocalist/actor (That'll Be the Day)
    07/23/1947 Spencer Christian, weatherman (Good Morning America)
    07/23/1949 Clive Rice, cricketer
    07/23/1950 Belinda J Montgomery, actress (Man From Atlantis, Stone Cold Dead) 07/23/1950 Blair Thornton, guitarist (Bachman-Turner-Overdrive)
    07/23/1950 Kaity Tong, news anchor (WABC-TV NYC) [50]
    07/23/1951 Edie McClurg, actress (Cinderella-1985, Hogan Family)
    07/23/1952 Janis Siegel, NYC, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction) 07/23/1953 Graham Gooch, cricketer
    07/23/1954 Annie Sprinkle, [Ellen Steinberg], XXX actress (Centerfold Fever) 07/23/1955 Marisa DeFranco, rocker (DeFranco Family)
    07/23/1958 Lydia Cornell, El Paso Tx, actress (Sara Rush-Too Close for Comfort)
    07/23/1961 Martin Gore, rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough)
    07/23/1961 Woody Harrelson, Midland Tx, actor (Woody Boyd-Cheers)
    07/23/1964 Greg Best, Lynchburg VA, Equestrian athlete (Olympic-silver-88, 92) 07/23/1965 Slash, [Saul Hudson], England, guitarist (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child) 07/23/1968 Beth Ehlers, Queens NY, actress (Harley Cooper-Guiding Light) 07/23/1968 Stephane Seymour, model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover-1988) 07/23/1970 Sam Waters, Camp Springs Md, singer (Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You U
    07/23/1971 Alison Krauss, Decatur Ill, country singer (2 Highways)
    07/23/1972 Marlon Wayans, comedian (In Living Color)
    07/23/1982 Schottzie Schott, dog mascot of Cincinnati Reds


    Deaths:

    07/23/ 945 Richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies
    07/23/1373 Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies
    07/23/1403 Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], killed in battle, dies
    07/23/1562 Gottfried/Götz von Berlichingen, German Knight of kingdom, dies 07/23/1581 Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies
    07/23/1645 Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov, dies 07/23/1685 Pietro Reggio, composer, dies at 53
    07/23/1690 Richard Gibson, minature painter, dies
    07/23/1757 Domenico Scarlatti, composer/harpsicordist, dies
    07/23/1757 G Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (La Silvia), dies at 71 07/23/1793 Thomas Mckean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 72
    07/23/1803 Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdere
    07/23/1816 Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68 07/23/1829 Wojciech Boguslawski, composer, dies at 72
    07/23/1840 Frantisek Max Knize, composer, dies at 55
    07/23/1844 Christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office 07/23/1866 Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer, dies at 83
    07/23/1875 Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63 07/23/1878 Miguel Hilarion Eslava y Elizondo, composer, dies at 70
    07/23/1885 Ulysses S Grant, 18th US pres, dies in Mount McGregor NY, at 63 07/23/1904 John Simon, public health pioneer, dies
    07/23/1905 Jean-Jacques, painter, dies
    07/23/1909 Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies
    07/23/1909 Zygmunt Noskowski, composer, dies at 63
    07/23/1916 William Ramsey, chemist, dies
    07/23/1927 Saad Zaghlul, Egyptian parliament chairman, dies at 74
    07/23/1930 Glenn Hammond Curtiss, aviator, dies
    07/23/1933 Max Schillings, German composer/conductor (Mona Lisa), dies at 65 07/23/1943 Emanuel Querido, publisher (Sobibor), dies
    07/23/1943 Meÿer de Hond, [Emanuel Querido], rabbi (Sobibor), dies
    07/23/1944 Helmuth J von Moltke, German earl (July 20th plotter), executed 07/23/1946 James Maxton, politician, dies
    07/23/1948 D[avid] W[ark] Griffith, US director/producer, dies
    07/23/1951 Henri Philippe Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies 07/23/1951 Robert Joseph Flaherty, documentary film maker, dies
    07/23/1955 Cordell Hull, statesman, dies
    07/23/1955 Harry Haden, actor (Harry-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 73
    07/23/1964 John PML de Vries, germanist/sociologist, dies
    07/23/1966 [Edward] Montgomery Clift, actor (From Here to Eternity), dies 07/23/1968 Don Lillis, NFL president (NY Jets)
    07/23/1968 Henry Hallett Dale, physiologist, dies
    07/23/1969 Deli Floyd, writer, dies
    07/23/1971 Van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60
    07/23/1973 Eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, dies
    07/23/1973 Marius-Francois Gaillard, composer, dies at 72
    07/23/1976 Wilhelmina Von Bremen, 4X100 relay sprinter (Oly-gold-32), dies at 6
    07/23/1977 René de Fox, tailor/actor/composer, dies at 79
    07/23/1979 Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 32
    07/23/1982 Vic Morrow, actor (Cimmaron), killed during 'Twilight Zone' at 53 07/23/1983 Georges Auric, composer, dies at 84
    07/23/1984 Lloyd Gough, actor (Black Bart, Tolsa), dies of aortic aneurism at 7
    07/23/1985 Kay Kyser (James King Kern Kyser), US bandleader, dies
    07/23/1986 Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, composer, dies at 73
    07/23/1990 Joe Turner, jazz pianist, dies at 82 of cardiac arrest
    07/23/1992 Arletty, French actress (Hotel, Longest Day), dies at 94
    07/23/1992 Maxine Audley, Brits actress (Vikings, Our Man in Havana), dies


    Significant Events:

    07/23/ 636 Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from Byzantine Empire 07/23/ 685 John V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    07/23/1148 Cursaders attack Damascus
    07/23/1215 Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
    07/23/1253 Jews are expelled from Vienne France by order of Pope Innocent III 07/23/1298 Jews are massacred at Wurzburg Germany
    07/23/1298 Rindfleish Persecutions-Jewish community Wurzburg Germany annihilate
    07/23/1403 Battle of Shrewsbury fought by Percys against King Henry IV 07/23/1431 Council of Basel opens
    07/23/1558 Battle at Grevelingen: Gen/earl Lamoraal van Egmont beat France 07/23/1594 Groningen surrenders to earl Mauritius/Willem Louis
    07/23/1599 Caravaggio's 1st public commission for paintings
    07/23/1745 Charles Stuart, the Younger, lands at Eriskay Island, Hebrides 07/23/1798 Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt
    07/23/1803 Robert Emmett's insurrected in Dublin
    07/23/1812 Battle of Mogilev Russia-Napolean fights Czar Alexander I 07/23/1827 1st US swim school opens (Boston Mass)
    07/23/1829 William Austin Burt patents 'typographer' (typewriter)
    07/23/1834 HMS Beagle anchors in Bay of Valparaiso
    07/23/1848 Battle of Custoza-Italian War of Independence, starts
    07/23/1852 1st interment in US National Cemetary at Presidio
    07/23/1858 Jewish Disabilities Removal Act passed by British Parliament 07/23/1863 Alexandra Park opens in North London
    07/23/1864 Battle of Woodstock, VA
    07/23/1866 Cincinnati Baseball club (Reds) established
    07/23/1870 Emperor Napoleon III appoints Empress Eugénie as Regent of France 07/23/1871 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #114 Kassandra
    07/23/1877 1st US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations 07/23/1877 1st telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii completed
    07/23/1880 1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich
    07/23/1886 Steve Brodie supposedly survives plunge from Brooklyn Bridge 07/23/1888 John Boyd Dunlop, applies to patent pneumatic tire
    07/23/1895 A Charlois discovers asteroid #405 Thia
    07/23/1900 Pan-African Congress meets in London
    07/23/1904 Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo 07/23/1906 Pogroms against Jews in Oddessa
    07/23/1908 A Kopff discovers asteroids #666 Desdemona & #667 Denise
    07/23/1909 M Wolf discovers asteroid #683 Lanzia
    07/23/1913 Arabs attack Jewish community of Rechovot Palestine
    07/23/1914 Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum to Serbia leading to WW I 07/23/1920 Kenya becomes a British crown colony
    07/23/1921 Chinese communist party forms under Henk Sneevliet
    07/23/1921 Edward Gourdin of US, sets then long jump record at 25' 2 3/4' 07/23/1925 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers 07/23/1926 Belgian NMBS/SNCFB forms
    07/23/1926 France cabinet of Poincaré, forms
    07/23/1930 Earthquake strikes Ariano Italy, 1,500 killed
    07/23/1931 Ashmore & Cartier Is in Indian Ocean transferred to Australia 07/23/1931 France announces they can't afford to send a team to 1932 LA olympic
    07/23/1932 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1246 Chaka
    07/23/1937 Isolation of pituitary hormone announced (Yale University) 07/23/1938 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1468 Zomba
    07/23/1940 'Blitz' begins, all-night raid on London
    07/23/1942 German troops conquer Rostow
    07/23/1942 Treblinka Concentration Camp destroyed
    07/23/1943 Battle of Koersk, USSR ends in Nazi defeat (6,000 tanks)
    07/23/1944 Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin
    07/23/1944 Soviet Army marches into Lublin Poland
    07/23/1944 US forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II
    07/23/1944 US troops occupy Pisa Italy
    07/23/1945 Marshal Henri Pétain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial
    07/23/1946 Menachem Begins opposition group bombs King David Hotel
    07/23/1947 1st (US Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, RI
    07/23/1948 Progressive party convention nominates Henry Wallace for President 07/23/1952 General Neguib seizes power, Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (Natl Day)
    07/23/1952 Milt coup under general Mahommed Naguib Courtney affair
    07/23/1956 Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph 07/23/1958 1st 4 women named to peerage in House of Lords
    07/23/1959 VP Richard Nixon begins visit on USSR
    07/23/1965 Beatles 'Help' is released in UK
    07/23/1966 Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens
    07/23/1966 John Pennel pole vaults record (5.34 m)
    07/23/1966 Napoleon XIV releases 'They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!' 07/23/1967 -27] 43 die in race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires) 07/23/1967 Pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons 07/23/1968 Fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt
    07/23/1968 PLO's 1st hijacking of an El Al plane
    07/23/1968 Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed
    07/23/1969 NL beats AL 9-3 in 40th All Star Game (RFK Stadium, Washington) 07/23/1969 NL beats AL for 7th consecutive time
    07/23/1972 1st Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched 07/23/1972 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France 07/23/1973 Ozark AL plane knocked out of air by lightning, St Louis-36 die 07/23/1973 Qaboos bin Said Al Said, becomes Sultan & Prime Minister of Oman 07/23/1974 Greek military dictatorship collapses
    07/23/1974 NL beats AL 7-2 in 45th All Star Game (3 Rivers, Pittsburgh) 07/23/1976 Balt Oriole Reggie Jackson homers in 6th straight game
    07/23/1976 Wings release 'Let 'em In'
    07/23/1977 Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges 07/23/1978 Israeli cabinet rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas 07/23/1978 Phillies Steve Carlon becomes 78th pitcher to win 200
    07/23/1979 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2736 Ops
    07/23/1979 George Brett gets his 1,000th hit
    07/23/1980 Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya
    07/23/1980 River of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter 07/23/1980 Soyuz 37 ferries 2 cosmonauts (1 Vietnamese) to Salyut 6
    07/23/1982 FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo 07/23/1984 Vanessa Williams, 1st black Miss America, resigns due to posing nude
    07/23/1986 Britain's Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson
    07/23/1986 King Hassan II meets with Israeli premier Simon Peres
    07/23/1987 Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record) 07/23/1987 RNI (Bkln NY pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM 07/23/1987 Said Aouita of Morocco runs world record 5,000 m (12:58.39) 07/23/1988 Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks record 8 field goals vs Edmonton 07/23/1989 FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC & CBS for 1st time (America's Most Wanted) 07/23/1989 Winds gust to 85 MPH at Fort Smith Arkansas
    07/23/1990 South-Africa worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested
    07/23/1991 James Farentino of Dynasty arrested in Canada for cocaine possession
    07/23/1992 Bruce Springsteen begins a world tour
    07/23/1992 Emperor Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen] of Ethiopia's funeral 07/23/1993 British Aerospace 147 crash at Yinchuan, 55 killed
    07/23/1993 Chinese B737 crash at Yinchuan, at least 66 killed
    07/23/1993 Chris Boardman bicycles world record time: 52,270 km
    07/23/1994 All 40,000 ceiling tiles in Kingdome must be replaced
    07/23/1994 Don Mattingly becomes 5th NY Yankee to hit 2,000 HRs
    07/23/1994 Goodwill Games open in St Petersburg
    07/23/1994 Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in NYC

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat Jul 24 00:30:14 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/24/1380 Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint
    07/24/1686 Benedetto Marcello, composer
    07/24/1720 Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik
    07/24/1738 Elizabeth 'Betje' Wolff-Bekker, author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) 07/24/1759 Victor Emanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)
    07/24/1775 E François Vidocq, French police officer (police de sûreté) 07/24/1783 Simón Bolívar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule 07/24/1796 Herman van Sonsbeeck, lawyer/statesman
    07/24/1796 John Middleton Clayton, Delaware, (Sen-Del)/US Sec of State (1849-50
    07/24/1798 John Adams Dix, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 07/24/1802 Alexandre Dumas Père, France, author (3 Musketeers)
    07/24/1802 Ira Aldridge, famous African
    07/24/1803 Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic (Si j'était roi) 07/24/1803 Alexander Jackson Davis, US, architect (gothic revivalist) 07/24/1815 Antoine T D'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia)
    07/24/1817 Adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905)
    07/24/1818 Felix Godefroid, composer
    07/24/1826 Francisco S López, [Tiran], president of Paraguay (1862-70) 07/24/1827 Julius Adolph de Lagnel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 19
    07/24/1832 Johann Christoph Lauterbach, violinist
    07/24/1841 Raimundo Madrazo y Garretta, painter
    07/24/1842 Ambrose Bierce, Ohio, writer (Nuggets & Dust)
    07/24/1857 Henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1971) 07/24/1858 Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920)
    07/24/1862 Johan A de Sleeve, [Adwaita], philosopher/classical/poet (Brahman) 07/24/1864 B[enjamin] Frank[lin] Wedekind, German writer (Lulu)
    07/24/1864 Michel Gaston Carraud, composer
    07/24/1867 Frederic Benson, novelist
    07/24/1870 Fred Law Olmsted Jr, architect/landscaper
    07/24/1878 Lord Dunsany, [Edward JMD Plunkett], Irish sci-fi writer (Time & God
    07/24/1880 Ernest Bloch, Geneva Switzerland, composer (MacBeth)
    07/24/1884 Abraham Rutgers, Dutch governor (Suriname, 1928-33)
    07/24/1886 Junichiro Tanizaki, Japan, writer (Snow Dusting)
    07/24/1894 Walter Schulthess, composer
    07/24/1895 Robert Graves, England, poet/historical novelist (I, Claudius) 07/24/1896 Hermann Kasack, German writer (Die Stadt hinter dem Strom) 07/24/1897 Elmar Berkovich, Hungarian/Dutch designer (Eindhoven Theatre) 07/24/1897 Karl von Mechow, German writer (Auf Dem Wege, Vorsommer)
    07/24/1898 Amelia Earhart, US pilot, into the wild blue yonder
    07/24/1898 Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter
    07/24/1900 Zelda Fitzgerald, 1st wife of F Scott
    07/24/1902 Hans Chemin-Petit, composer
    07/24/1902 Nora Swinburne, England, actress (Quo Vardis, Dinner at Ritz, River)
    07/24/1903 Robert Mills Delaney, composer
    07/24/1904 James R Killian Jr, MIT pres (1948-59)
    07/24/1910 Edward Ford, registrat Order of Merit
    07/24/1913 George H Brown, film producer
    07/24/1913 Johnny McAfee, Dallas Tx, singer (Sammy Kaye Show)
    07/24/1914 Edwin Mirvish, owner (Old Vic)
    07/24/1914 Frank Silvera, Kingston Jamaica, actor (High Chaparral)
    07/24/1914 Kenneth B Clark, Canal Zone, civil rights activist (Dark Ghetto) 07/24/1914 Riccardo Malipiero, composer
    07/24/1915 Frank Thistlethwaite, vice chancellor (University of East Anglia) 07/24/1916 Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band) 07/24/1916 John D MacDonald, novelist (Deep Blue Goodbye)
    07/24/1917 Robert Farnon, composer/conductor/arranger
    07/24/1917 Simon Slattvik, Norway, cross country ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1952)
    07/24/1918 Ruggiero Ricci, SF Calif, composer/violinist (Paganini)
    07/24/1920 Alexander H Cohen, NYC, Broadway producer (Beyond the Fringe) 07/24/1920 Bella Abzug, (Rep-D-NY)
    07/24/1922 Charles Mathias Jr, (Sen-R-MD, 1969-86)
    07/24/1922 Leo Kraft, composer
    07/24/1924 David Loram, British vice-admiral (Supreme Allied Commander) 07/24/1924 Glenn Loren Glasow, composer
    07/24/1924 Janine Charrat, French ballerina/choreographer
    07/24/1924 Lord Digby, lord-lt for Dorset
    07/24/1925 Ignacio Aldecoa, Spanish writer (Gran Sol, Caballo the Pica) 07/24/1926 Hans-Günther Winkler, Germany, equestrian jumper (Olympic-gold-1956)
    07/24/1926 James Hele, high master (St Paul's School)
    07/24/1927 James J Howard, (Rep-D-NJ, 1965- )
    07/24/1927 Wilfred Josephs, composer
    07/24/1929 Peter Yates, director (Breaking Away, Bullitt)
    07/24/1930 Charles Hambro, CEO (Hambros)
    07/24/1930 Jacqueline Brookes, Montclair NJ, actress (Nora-Jack & Mike) 07/24/1932 William D Ruckelshaus, headed Environmental Protection Agency 07/24/1934 Jimmy Holiday, US singer (How Can I Forget)
    07/24/1934 Thomas Ambler, CEO (Texaco)
    07/24/1934 Willie Davis, NFL defensive end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay) 07/24/1935 Les Reed, songwriter
    07/24/1935 Pat Oliphant, cartoonist
    07/24/1935 Trevor Chinn, CEO (Lex)
    07/24/1936 Mark Goddard, Lowell Mass, actor (Don West-Lost in Space) 07/24/1936 Ruth Buzzi, Westerly RI, comedienne (Laugh-In, Margie-That Girl) 07/24/1937 Baroness Blatch, British minister of state for Education
    07/24/1937 Barry Lloyd Vercoe, composer
    07/24/1937 Quinlan Terry, architect
    07/24/1938 Colin Southgate, CEO (Thorn EMI)
    07/24/1939 Barry [Norman] Malzberg, sci-fi author (Revelations, Beyond Apollo) 07/24/1939 Bob Lilly, NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
    07/24/1939 Walter Bellamy, New Bern NC, NBA center (knicks/(Olympic-gold-1960) 07/24/1940 Carroll A Campbell Jr, (Rep-R-SC, 1979-86)
    07/24/1942 Chris Sarandon, US, actor (Child's Play, Dog Day Afternoon, Lipstick
    07/24/1943 Henk Vos, chemical analyst/Dutch politician (PvdA) 2nd Chamber 07/24/1943 Lyudmila Bragina, USSR, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1972)
    07/24/1944 Barbara Thompson, jazz musician/composer/bandleader
    07/24/1947 M Jacques Fouroux, rugby player
    07/24/1947 Michael Coveney, drama critic
    07/24/1947 Neil McIntosh, CEO (VSO, Center for British Teaching)
    07/24/1947 Peter Serkin, NYC, pianist (Tashi)
    07/24/1947 Robert Hays, Bethesda Md, actor (Airplane!, Starman, Scandalous) 07/24/1947 Zaheer Abbas, Pakistani cricketer
    07/24/1949 Marjanne Sint, president (PvdA)
    07/24/1949 Michael Richards, LA Calif, comedian (Fridays, Kramer-Seinfeld) 07/24/1950 Sam Behrens, actor (General Hospital, LA Law)
    07/24/1951 Chris Smith, Labour MP
    07/24/1951 Lynda Carter, Phoenix Az, Miss USA (1973)/actress (Wonder Woman) 07/24/1952 Vin Weber, (Rep-R-MN, 1981- )
    07/24/1953 Jon Faddis, jazz trumpeter
    07/24/1953 Julian Brazier, MP
    07/24/1953 Steve Grogan, NFL QB (New England Patriots)
    07/24/1954 Philippe Alliot, race driver (grand prix)
    07/24/1955 Lubov Odinokova, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 07/24/1957 Dorothy Mays, playmate (Jul, 1979)
    07/24/1957 Pam Tillis, Plant City Fla, country singer (Melancholy Child) 07/24/1959 Edward Liddie, Union Ga, Judo fighter (Olympic-bronze-1984) 07/24/1963 Julie Krone, Benton Harbor Mich, jockey (1st female to win Belmont-9
    07/24/1963 Kadeem Hardison, actor (Dwayne-Different World)
    07/24/1963 Karl Malone, LA, US basketball player (Utah Jazz/Olympic-gold-92) 07/24/1963 Paul Geary, Boston Mass, heavy metal drummer (Extreme-More Than Word
    07/24/1967 Jasper Teule, rock singer/bassist (Pilgrims-Once to Everything) 07/24/1968 John P Navin Jr, Phila, actor (Joey Elliot-Jennifer Slept Here) 07/24/1970 Stephane Adams, NJ, playmate (Nov, 1992)
    07/24/1976 Anita Nall, US, breaststroke swimmer (Olympics-gold-1992) 07/24/1990 Evan James Springsteen, LA Calif, rocker Bruce Springsteen's son


    Deaths:

    07/24/1345 Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered
    07/24/1652 Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32
    07/24/1704 István Gyöngyösi, Hungarian poet (Janos Kemény), dies in battle 07/24/1712 Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies 07/24/1739 Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday
    07/24/1756 George Vertue, engraver, dies
    07/24/1758 John Dyer, poet, dies
    07/24/1809 Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74
    07/24/1812 Joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63
    07/24/1819 Sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43
    07/24/1826 Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65
    07/24/1831 Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41
    07/24/1837 Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter
    07/24/1842 John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies
    07/24/1846 Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81 07/24/1846 Louis Napoleon, French king of the Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 67
    07/24/1862 Martin Van Buren, 8th pres (1837-41), dies in Kinderhook NY at 80 07/24/1865 Johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30
    07/24/1868 George Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies
    07/24/1876 Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66
    07/24/1883 Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, dies
    07/24/1900 Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59 07/24/1931 Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies 07/24/1933 Max von Schillings, composer, dies at 65
    07/24/1936 James Philip Dunn, composer, dies at 52
    07/24/1944 Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed 07/24/1947 Ernest Austin, composer, dies at 72
    07/24/1950 Robert W Lehnhoff, [Executioner of Groningen], SS führer, executed 07/24/1954 Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90 07/24/1957 Sacha Guitry, actor/playwright/director (Lovers & Thieves), dies 07/24/1960 Carl Deis, composer, dies at 77
    07/24/1960 Hans Albers, German actor (Blue Angel), dies
    07/24/1964 Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer, dies
    07/24/1965 Constance Bennett, actress (Madame X, Topper), dies at 59 07/24/1966 Montgomery Cliff, actor (From Here to Eternity), dies at 45 07/24/1966 Tony Lema, US golfer, dies at 32
    07/24/1969 Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Dziennik), dies at 64 07/24/1971 Alan Rawsthorne, composer, dies at 66
    07/24/1972 Bobby Ramirez, drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl 07/24/1974 Chris Chubbock, newscaster shoots self on air
    07/24/1974 James Chadwick, physicist, dies
    07/24/1979 Archie Duncan, actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 65
    07/24/1980 Peter Sellers, actor (Pink Panther, Mouse that Roared), dies at 54 07/24/1986 Fritz A Lipman, discoverer (co-enzymes, Nobel 1953), dies at 87 07/24/1991 Isaac B Singer, Polish/US writer (Yentl, Nobel 1978), dies at 87 07/24/1992 Khaled Mahmoud Saeed, asst to Palestine terrorist Abu Nidal, murdere
    07/24/1992 Lillian Oppenheimer, orgamist, dies at 93 of a heart attack 07/24/1993 Ben[jamin S] Polak, Dutch physician/resistance fighter, dies 07/24/1993 Francis Bouygues, French entrepreneur/billionaire, dies at 70


    Significant Events:

    07/24/1534 Jacques Cartier, lands in Canada, claims it for France
    07/24/1554 Queen Maria of England marries Philip, king of Naples/Jerusalem 07/24/1567 James VI ascends to Scottish throne
    07/24/1577 Spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Names
    07/24/1577 Treason of Don Juan in Brussels
    07/24/1581 States of Holland/Zealand recognized by Willem van Orange 07/24/1651 Anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Va 07/24/1673 Edmund Halley enters Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate 07/24/1683 1st settlers from Germany to US, leave aboard Concord
    07/24/1692 French defeat William III of England at Steinkirk (Enghein) 07/24/1701 Fort Pontchartrain (Detroit) founded by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
    07/24/1704 British Admiral Georgé Rooke takes Gibralter from Spain
    07/24/1712 Battle at Denain: France under Villars beat Dutch army
    07/24/1758 George Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess
    07/24/1783 Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia
    07/24/1799 William Clark (of Lewis & Clark) is willed the slave York 07/24/1833 HMS Beagle departs Maldonado Uruguay
    07/24/1847 Brigham Young & his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, UT 07/24/1847 Rotary-type printing press patented by Richard March Hoe, NYC 07/24/1851 Window tax abolished in Britain
    07/24/1861 Skirmish at Taylor Mountain, (W)VA - CS Gen Wise retreats. 07/24/1863 Battle at Battle Mountain, Virginia
    07/24/1864 Battle of Winchester, VA US1200 CS600
    07/24/1866 Tennessee becomes 1st Confederate state readmitted to Union 07/24/1870 1st trans-US rail service begins
    07/24/1877 1st time federal troops are used to combat strikers
    07/24/1883 Arabi Pasha declares a holy war in Egypt
    07/24/1900 Race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed
    07/24/1905 Treaty of Björkö: Emperor Wilhelm II/czar Nicolaas II
    07/24/1915 Excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, 852 die 07/24/1919 Race Riot in Washington DC (6 killed, 100 wounded)
    07/24/1921 Belgium's Léon Scieur wins Tour de France
    07/24/1923 Allied Powers & Turkey sign peace treaty, Lausanne
    07/24/1925 Scopes guilty of teaching evolution in a Tn HS, fined $100 & costs 07/24/1929 NY to SF footrace ends (2½ months) winner was 60 year old Monteverde
    07/24/1929 Pres Hoover proclaims Kellogg-Briand Pact which renounces war 07/24/1931 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2 mile (8:59.6)
    07/24/1934 1st ptarmigan hatched & reared in captivity, Ithaca, NY
    07/24/1935 1st greeting telegram sent in Britain
    07/24/1936 118° F (48° C), Minden, Nebraska (state record)
    07/24/1936 121° F (49° C), near Alton, Kansas (state record)
    07/24/1936 Gen Mola & Cabanellas form Spanish anti-govt
    07/24/1937 Alabama drops charges against 5 blacks accused of rape in Scottsboro
    07/24/1940 1st illegal 'Newsletter of Pieter It Hen' published un Neth 07/24/1940 Linthorst Homan, de Quay & Einthoven forms Dutch Union
    07/24/1943 RAF bombs Hamburg (20,000 dead)
    07/24/1944 300 allied airplanes explode grenades in Normandy
    07/24/1944 Soviet forces liberate concentration camp Majdanek
    07/24/1944 US troops land on Tinian
    07/24/1945 US destroyer Underhill torpedoes Guam
    07/24/1946 9 Spokane baseball players (Western League), die in a bus crash 07/24/1948 4 Duluth Minn Dukes (St Louis Cards Class C farm team) die in crash 07/24/1948 Soviets blockades Berlin from west
    07/24/1950 V-2/WAC Corporal rocket launch; 1st launch from Cape Canaveral 07/24/1952 112°F (44°C), Louisville, Georgia (state record)
    07/24/1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record 5K (14:06.6)
    07/24/1952 Pres Truman settles 53-day steel strike
    07/24/1953 KEYT TV channel 3 in Santa Barbara, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting 07/24/1955 Ali Sastroamidjojo of Govt resigns in Indonesia
    07/24/1957 KTVC TV channel 6 in Ensign, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting 07/24/1958 14 people named 1st life peers in UK
    07/24/1959 500,000th Dutch TV set registered
    07/24/1959 VP Nixon argues with Khrushchev, known as 'Kitchen Debate' 07/24/1960 Jay Hebert wins PGA golf tournament
    07/24/1961 Beginning of a trend, a US commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba 07/24/1961 Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of Today Show
    07/24/1963 124 Unification church couples wed in Korea
    07/24/1963 Dutch govt of Marijnen forms
    07/24/1963 Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson to retain heavyweight championship 07/24/1964 -27) race riot in Rochester, New York, 4 killed
    07/24/1965 Bob Dylan release 'Like a Rolling Stone'
    07/24/1965 Casey Stengel resigns as manager of NY Mets
    07/24/1966 Al Geiberger wins PGA golf tournament
    07/24/1967 Beatles sign a petition in Times to legalize marijuana
    07/24/1967 Charles de Gaulle says 'Vive le Québec libre! Long live free Quebec!
    07/24/1967 Chinese army/air force/fleet repress uprising in Wuhan City 07/24/1967 Don January wins PGA golf tournament
    07/24/1967 Norway requests European Common Market membership
    07/24/1967 Race riot in Cambridge Maryland
    07/24/1969 Apollo 11 returns to Earth
    07/24/1969 Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game
    07/24/1969 Muhammad Ali is convicted for refusing induction in US Army on appea
    07/24/1971 WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 07/24/1972 Jigme Singye Wangchuk becomes king of Bhutan at 16
    07/24/1973 NL beats AL 7-1 in 44th All Star Game (Royals Stadium, KC) 07/24/1973 Sue Berning wins US golf open for 3rd time
    07/24/1974 Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes
    07/24/1975 Apollo 18 returns to Earth
    07/24/1978 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' premeirs in NYC
    07/24/1979 Pres Carter names Paul Volcker, pres of Federal Reserves
    07/24/1979 Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th HR
    07/24/1981 Mohammed Ali Rajai elected president of Iran
    07/24/1982 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2763 Jeans
    07/24/1982 KHJ (LA) & KFRC (SF) become 2nd & 3rd stereo AM stations
    07/24/1983 Laurent Fignon wins Tour de France
    07/24/1983 Pine Tar Game, Brett's HR disallowed against Yanks (overturned) 07/24/1984 Seve Ballesteros wins British Open
    07/24/1985 Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai
    07/24/1986 SF Federal jury convicts navy radioman Jerry Whitworth of espionage 07/24/1987 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.3 (updated) released
    07/24/1988 US & Jamacia play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer c
    07/24/1990 Ms. Magazine hits newstands again after an 8 month haitus 07/24/1992 Faye Vincent reinstates Yankee owner George Steinbrenner (eff 3/1/93
    07/24/1992 Vickers Viscount crashes, 70 die
    07/24/1993 Met Vince Coleman injures 3 when he throws cherry bomb at Dodger fan
    07/24/1993 NY Met Anthony Young loses record 27th straight

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/25/ 975 Thietmar, bishop of Merseburg, German chronicler
    07/25/1109 Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85)
    07/25/1404 Philips van Saint-Pol, Duke of Brabant
    07/25/1517 Jacques Peletier (du Mans), French poet
    07/25/1575 Christoph Scheiner, Germany, astronomer
    07/25/1579 Valerius Otto, composer
    07/25/1626 Geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian
    07/25/1654 Agostino Steffani, composer
    07/25/1657 Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer
    07/25/1683 Pieter Langendÿk, painter/etcher/playwright (Wiskunstenaars) 07/25/1691 Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini)
    07/25/1715 Immanuel J Pyra, German poet (Temple of Wahren Dichtkunst) 07/25/1761 Charlotte von Kalb, German writer
    07/25/1772 Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer
    07/25/1775 Anna Symmes Harrison, Ohio, 9th 1st lady (1841)
    07/25/1778 Heinrich Gebhard, composer
    07/25/1780 Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer
    07/25/1786 Giacomo Cordella, composer
    07/25/1800 Heinrich R Göppert, German paleo-botanist
    07/25/1804 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Education 07/25/1816 Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition) 07/25/1822 Schuyler Hamilton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1903 07/25/1824 Richard James Oglesby, Union (Union volunteers), died in 1899 07/25/1832 Simon Hassler, composer
    07/25/1840 Flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution 07/25/1848 Arthur Earl Balfour, (C), British PM (1902-05) (Balfour Declaration)
    07/25/1855 Edward Solomon, composer
    07/25/1865 Jac[obus] P Thÿsse, biologist (Contact with Plants
    07/25/1866 Frederick F Blackman, English botanist
    07/25/1867 Max Dauthendy, German painter/author (That ewige Hochzeit) 07/25/1870 John D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, vicar (Young Flanders) 07/25/1876 Gabriëlla V M Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium
    07/25/1883 Alfredo Casella, Turin Italy, composer (La Giara)
    07/25/1884 Davidson Black, Canada, doctor of anatomy (identified Peking Man) 07/25/1885 Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Apart caranchos de la Florida)
    07/25/1896 Richard N Gale, English general/paracommandant (Normandy) 07/25/1897 Hermann Ambrosius, composer
    07/25/1899 Ralph Dumke, Indiana, actor (Movieland Quiz)
    07/25/1901 Walter Breedveld/Reinier de Muntel, writer (Een ship vergaat) 07/25/1902 Eric Hoffer, longshoreman/author (True Believer)
    07/25/1903 Andre Fleury, composer
    07/25/1905 Elias Canetti, Bulgarian/British novelist (Life-Terms, Nobel 1981) 07/25/1907 Jack Gilford, NYC, actor (Save the Tiger, Cocoon, Arthur 2) 07/25/1907 Karl Holler, composer
    07/25/1916 Ko van Dÿk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P)
    07/25/1918 Nan Grey, [Eschal Miller], actress (3 Grief Girl, Dracula's Daughter
    07/25/1924 Estelle Getty, NYC, actress (Sophia Petrillo-Golden Girls) 07/25/1924 Frank Church, (Sen-D-Id, 1957-81)
    07/25/1925 Jerry Paris, SF Calif, director/actor (Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show) 07/25/1926 Teodor Grigoriu, composer
    07/25/1927 Midge Decter, St Paul Minn, anti woman's lib (Liberated Woman...) 07/25/1930 Maureen Forrester, Montreal Canada, contralto (Ressurection Symphony
    07/25/1931 Cornelis P Van Dyke, CDA-minister Ontwikkelingssam/Internal minister
    07/25/1932 Gibson N Kente, composer
    07/25/1932 Paul J Weitz, Erie Pennsylvania, astronaut (Skylab 2, STS 6) 07/25/1935 Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman/billionaire/arms dealer 07/25/1935 Barbara Harris, actress (Plaza Suite, Family Plot)
    07/25/1935 Laurent Terzieff, Paris France, actor (Pharoah-Moses the Law Giver) 07/25/1939 Richard Akre Trythall, composer
    07/25/1940 John Pennel, pole vaulter (James E Sullivan Award-1963)
    07/25/1941 Nate Thurmond, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers)
    07/25/1943 Janet Margolin, NYC, actress (Take the Money & Run, David & Lisa) 07/25/1943 Jim McCarty, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love)
    07/25/1944 Helga I 'Mijanou' van Baarzel, actress (Klaverweide-Alicia) 07/25/1945 Donna Theodore, Broadway singer (Hollywood Talent Scouts) 07/25/1948 Brian M[ichael] Stableford, UK, sci-fi author (Day of Wrath) 07/25/1948 Steve Goodman, Chicago, singer/songwriter (Somebody Elses Trouble) 07/25/1950 Mark Clarke, rocker (Uriah Heep)
    07/25/1951 Vanessa, [Conny Witteman], Dutch model/singer
    07/25/1951 Verdine White, US bassist (Earth, Wind & Fire)
    07/25/1952 'Gorgeous' Jimmy Garvin, [Williams], NWA/WCW/AWA wrestler 07/25/1954 Ken Greer, rocker (Red Rider)
    07/25/1954 Lynn Frederick, Middlesex England, actress (Schizophrenia) 07/25/1954 Walter Payton, NFL running back (Chicago Bears)
    07/25/1955 Bantubonke Holomisa, minister of Defense of Transkei (1988- ) 07/25/1956 Iman, model/aka Mrs David Bowie/actress (Star Trek VI)
    07/25/1957 Bogdan Musiol, German DR, bobsled (Olympic-bronze-1980)
    07/25/1957 Daniel W Bursch, Bristol PA, Lt Cmdr USN/Astronaut (Sk:STS 51) 07/25/1958 Henk Wanders, bassist (Frank Boeÿen Group)
    07/25/1958 Thurston Moore, US guitarist/songwriter (Sonic Youth)
    07/25/1961 Katherine Kelly Lang, LA Calif, actress (Brooke-Bold & Beautiful) 07/25/1965 Marty Brown, Owensboro Ky, country singer (Wildest Dreams) 07/25/1966 Elke Jeinsen, Hanover, Germany, playmate (May, 1993)
    07/25/1967 Dave Jareckie, Mexico City Mexico, US biathelete (Olympics-1994) 07/25/1969 Angela Melini, Saigon, Vietnam, playmate (Jun, 1992)
    07/25/1970 Nicholas CEJ Windsor, under English prince Edward, duke of Knows 07/25/1975 Jay R Ferguson Jr, Dallas Tx, actor (Taylor Newton-Evening Shade) 07/25/1978 Louise Brown, Oldham England, world's 1st 'test tube baby'


    Deaths:

    07/25/ 306 Gaius Flavius V Constantius, under-emperor of Rome 297-306, dies 07/25/1471 John Soreth, French general, dies
    07/25/1492 Innocent VII, [Giovanni B Cibo], Italian Pope (1484-92), dies 07/25/1564 Ferdinand I, German Emperor, dies at 61
    07/25/1580 Baltazar Alvarez, Spanish jesuit/writer, dies at 47
    07/25/1593 Steven Haghen, navigator/governor of Ambon (1617-18), dies at 61 07/25/1616 Andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies
    07/25/1675 Nicolas Saboly, composer, dies at 61
    07/25/1721 Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral of Zealand, dies at 66
    07/25/1759 Johann C Altnikol, German organist/klavecinist/composer, dies at 39 07/25/1759 Theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor, dies
    07/25/1794 André-Marie Chénier, French poet (Avis aux Français sur leurs), dies
    07/25/1804 William Forsyth, English gardening expert (Forsythia), dies 07/25/1814 Charles Dibdin, composer, dies at 69
    07/25/1826 Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer, hanged at 34
    07/25/1853 Joaquin Murietta, Chilian/Us military man, murdered
    07/25/1857 Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer, dies at 54
    07/25/1866 Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies 07/25/1896 Richard Gale, English general/para-commandant (Normandy), dies 07/25/1911 Filippo Capocci, composer, dies at 71
    07/25/1918 Carlos Guido y Spano, Arg poet (Mexico, canto épico), dies 07/25/1922 Jarolslaw Zielinski, composer, dies at 75
    07/25/1927 Matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne), dies 07/25/1932 Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (It Bolleken), dies [or 1936] 07/25/1934 Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian chancellor assassinated by nazis 07/25/1944 Lesley J McNair, US lt-general, killed by US bomb at St-Lô 07/25/1946 Narziss Oh, German psychology, dies
    07/25/1952 Herbert Murrill, composer, dies at 43
    07/25/1955 Ilmari Hannikainen, composer, dies at 62
    07/25/1955 Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky, composer, dies at 55
    07/25/1958 'Sensational' Sherri Martel, woman's wrestling champ (WWF) 07/25/1958 Harry Warner, US movie pionier (Warner Bros), dies at 81
    07/25/1959 Isaac Halevi Herzog, chief rabbi of Israel (1936-59), dies at 71 07/25/1961 J H F Grönloh, [Nescio], author (Above the Vale), dies at 80 07/25/1966 Montgomery Clift, movie actor (From Here to Eternity), dies 07/25/1969 Douglas Stuart Moore, composer, dies at 75
    07/25/1971 Leroy Robertson, composer, dies at 74
    07/25/1981 Ian Martin, actor (Uncle Bill-O'Neills), dies at 69
    07/25/1982 Beene Dubbelboer, writer (Turfgasgenerator), dies at 76
    07/25/1983 Jerome Moross, composer, dies at 69
    07/25/1986 Theodore H 'Ted' Lyons, pitcher (Chic White Sox), dies at 85 07/25/1986 Vincente Minnelli, movie director, dies in LA at 76
    07/25/1987 Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce, dies of internal injuries 07/25/1991 Kaganovitch, Russian minister of Transport for Stalin, dies 07/25/1992 Alfred Drake, Broadway actor (Oklahoma), dies at 77 of heart failure
    07/25/1993 Nan Grey, [Eschal Miller], actress (Invisible Man Returns), dies at


    Significant Events:

    07/25/ 841 Battle at Fontenay: Louis & Charles beat their brother Lotharius I 07/25/1139 Count Alfonso I of Portugal becomes king
    07/25/1261 Emperor Michael VIII of Byzantium recaptures Constantinople 07/25/1360 Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia
    07/25/1521 About 300 heretics burned in Vrÿdagmarkt Gent
    07/25/1585 Amsterdam bans 45 roman catholics
    07/25/1593 France's Protestant King Henri IV converts to Roman Catholic 07/25/1670 Austrian Emperor Leopold I expels 4,000 Jews from Vienna
    07/25/1670 Don Juan Domingo Zuñiga y Fonseca becomes gov-gen of Southern Neth 07/25/1729 North Carolina becomes royal colony
    07/25/1759 British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years' War)
    07/25/1775 Maryland issues currency depicting George III trampling Magna Carta 07/25/1792 Dutch patriots exiles finds 'Bataafs Legion'
    07/25/1799 French-Egyptian forces under Napolean I beat Turks at Battle of Abuk
    07/25/1814 Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British 07/25/1822 Gen Agustín de Iturbide crowned Agustín I, 1st emperor of México 07/25/1832 1st railroad accident in US, Granite Railway, Quincy, Mass-1 dies 07/25/1835 Ibrahim Pasha's army attacks Jewish settlers of Hebron Palestine 07/25/1848 1st battle at Custozza: Austrians under Radetzky beat Italian 07/25/1850 Gold discovered in Oregon (Rogue River)
    07/25/1860 1st US intercollegiate billard match (Harvard vs Yales)
    07/25/1863 Skirmish at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia
    07/25/1866 David Faragut appointed as 1st admiral of US Navy
    07/25/1866 US Grant named 1st general of Army
    07/25/1868 US Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah & Idaho) 07/25/1871 Carrousel patented by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa
    07/25/1898 1st US troops land & occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay
    07/25/1902 Heavyweight James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons
    07/25/1903 Castle on top of Telegraph Hill closes
    07/25/1909 France's Louis Blériot, makes 1st airplane flight across Engl Channe
    07/25/1912 Comoros proclaimed a French colonies
    07/25/1913 Carl Weilman strikes out 6 times in a 15 inning game
    07/25/1913 Pirates Max Carey goes hitless, but scores 5 runs against Phillies 07/25/1914 Germany soc-democrat 'No German blood for Austrian tyrant' 07/25/1916 Explosion at Lake Erie & Cleveland Waterworks
    07/25/1918 Annette Adams sworn in as 1st woman district attorney of US, Calif 07/25/1918 Race riot in Chester Pennsylvania (3 blacks & 2 whites killed) 07/25/1920 Red Sox turn triple-play, but Ruth's 35th HR leads Yanks to 8-2 win 07/25/1922 AT&T begins broadcasting on WBAY (NYC-later WEAF, WNBC, WRCA & WFAN)
    07/25/1923 German mark devalued to 600,000 Dmark=$1
    07/25/1930 Phila Athletics triple steal in 1st & 4th innings vs Cleveland 07/25/1933 1st Dutch live radio concert: Duke Ellington
    07/25/1934 Failed nazi coup in Austria
    07/25/1935 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1641 Tana
    07/25/1936 115 acre Orchard Beach opens in the Bronx
    07/25/1936 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #3761
    07/25/1938 Jewish artsens not allowed in Germany
    07/25/1938 Revolutionary offensive of Ebro Spain (Hollander Piet)
    07/25/1939 5th Dutch govt of Colijn, forms
    07/25/1939 NY Yankee Atley Donald sets AL rookie record with 12 consecutive win
    07/25/1940 John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hrs 46 mins in the Mississippi R
    07/25/1941 FDR bans selling benzine/gasoline to Japan
    07/25/1941 Red Sox Lefty Grove becomes 12th to win 300 games (his last victory)
    07/25/1942 German troops strike at Tsym Lyanskaja
    07/25/1943 1st warship named for a Black person, SS Leonard Roy Harmon, launche
    07/25/1943 Benito Mussolini dismissed as premier of Italy during WW II 07/25/1943 Opposition group Zwaantje forms in Delfzijl
    07/25/1943 RAF bombs Fokker airplane factory in Amsterdam
    07/25/1944 1st jet fighter used in combat (Messerschmitt 262)
    07/25/1944 Allied jailbreak at St-Lô (behind German lines)
    07/25/1944 US troop march into Guam
    07/25/1944 USAF kills 136, wounds 621 GI's at St-Lô
    07/25/1946 1st bikini is shown at a Paris fashion show
    07/25/1946 US detonates underwater A-bomb at Bikini (5th atomic explosion) 07/25/1947 US Air Force, Navy & War Dept form US Dept of Defense
    07/25/1947 US Deptartment of Army created
    07/25/1949 St Louis Cardinal Stan Musial hits for thew cycle beating Bkln 14-1 07/25/1951 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1714 Sy
    07/25/1952 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico created (Constitution Day)
    07/25/1952 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1788 Kiess
    07/25/1952 Puerto Rico's constitution goes into effect
    07/25/1953 NYC transit fare rises from 10¢ to 15¢, 1st use of subway tokens 07/25/1956 Andria Doria collided with MS Stockholm & sank. (7/26?)
    07/25/1956 Italian liner Andrea Doria sank after colliding with the Stockholm 07/25/1956 Jack Burke wins PGA golf tournament
    07/25/1956 Jordan attacks UN Palestine force
    07/25/1956 Passenger ship Stockholm rams Andrea Doria at Nantucket Island 07/25/1957 Monarchy in Tunisa abolished in favor of a republic
    07/25/1960 Company Industrielle et Forestère (Indufor) forms in Brussels 07/25/1960 US Republicans convention nominate Nixon as presidential candidate 07/25/1961 Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 & 40 in a double header
    07/25/1963 Belgian Senate accept Law on language regulations
    07/25/1963 US, Russia & England sign nuclear test ban treaty
    07/25/1964 Beatles' 'Hard Day's Night, A,' album goes #1 & stays #1 for 14 week
    07/25/1964 Race riot in Rochester NY
    07/25/1965 Folk-rock begins, Dylan uses electricity at Newport Folk Festival 07/25/1966 Mao Tse Tung swims Yangtse River
    07/25/1966 Supremes release 'You Can't Hurry Love'
    07/25/1966 Yankee manager Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame
    07/25/1967 Construction begins on SF MUNI METRO (Market Street subway) 07/25/1968 H Wroblewski discovers asteroid #1993 Guacolda
    07/25/1968 Pope Paul VI encyclical On regulation of birth
    07/25/1969 70,000 attend Seattle Pop Festival
    07/25/1972 NL beats AL 4-3 in 43rd All Star Game (Fulton County Stad, Atlanta) 07/25/1972 US health officials concede blacks were used as guinea pigs in 07/25/1972 40 year syphillis experiment
    07/25/1973 George Harrison pays £1,000,000 tax on his Bangladesh concert & albu
    07/25/1973 USSR launches Mars 5
    07/25/1974 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2345 Fucik
    07/25/1975 'A Chorus Line,' longest-running Broadway show (6,137), premieres 07/25/1978 Bob Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager
    07/25/1978 Cin Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games 07/25/1979 109 cm rainfall at Alvin Texas (state record)
    07/25/1980 Train crash at Winsum, 9 die
    07/25/1981 Voyager 2 encounters Saturn
    07/25/1983 1st nonhuman primate (baboon) conceived in a lab dish, San Antonio 07/25/1983 Washington Public Power Supply System defaulted $2.25 billion 07/25/1984 Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became 1st woman to walk in space 07/25/1985 Spokeswoman for Rock Hudson confirmed he had AIDS
    07/25/1985 Steve Cram runs world record 1 mile (3:46.32)
    07/25/1985 Uganda suspends constitution following coup
    07/25/1986 Sikhs extremist kill 16 hindus in Muhktsar India
    07/25/1987 Sherri Martel beats Fabulous Moolah for WWF Woman's Championship Bel
    07/25/1987 USSR launches Kosmos 1870, 15-ton Earth-study satellite
    07/25/1988 Pedro Delgado wins Tour de France
    07/25/1990 KC Royal George Brett hits for the cycle
    07/25/1990 Nadezhda Ryashkina of USSR sets 10K walk woman's record (41:56.23) 07/25/1990 Roseanne Barr sings National Anthem at San Diego Padre game 07/25/1990 US Ambassador tells Iraq, US won't take sides in Iraq-Kuwait dispute
    07/25/1991 Howard Stern adds a 4th radio market (KLSX FM-Los Angeles) 07/25/1992 25th Olympic Summer games opens in Barcelona, Spain
    07/25/1993 Israeli offensive against terrorist bases in South Lebanon 07/25/1993 Miguel Indurain wins his 3rd Tour de France
    07/25/1994 Comet Shoemaker-Levy should collide with Jupiter

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/26/1467 Ferdinand II, King of Naples
    07/26/1694 Johann Samuel Endler, composer
    07/26/1739 George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)
    07/26/1782 John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes)
    07/26/1791 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, composer
    07/26/1796 George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) 07/26/1799 Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings
    07/26/1801 Ret Major General John Drake Sloat, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867 07/26/1805 Constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock)
    07/26/1820 John Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 07/26/1829 August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909)
    07/26/1856 George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) 07/26/1860 Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama) 07/26/1863 Jazeps Vitols, composer
    07/26/1865 Philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament (SPD)/mayor of Kassel 07/26/1866 Francesco Cilea, composer
    07/26/1872 George Louis Beer, historian (authority on British colonies) 07/26/1874 Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp)
    07/26/1875 Carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, Dr (founded analytic psychology) 07/26/1876 Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball) 07/26/1877 Hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)
    07/26/1881 Alexander J Kropholler, architect
    07/26/1891 Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian
    07/26/1892 Philipp Jarnach, composer
    07/26/1893 George Grosz, German painter (Gott mit uns)
    07/26/1894 Aldous L Huxley, England, author (Brave New World)
    07/26/1894 Ludovicus J Rogier, historian (Henric van Veldeken)
    07/26/1895 Robert Graves, English writer/poet (I Claudius) [or 6/26] 07/26/1896 Charles Butterworth, US, lawyer/actor (Mad Genius)
    07/26/1897 Paul Gallico, US author
    07/26/1899 Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Italian & Roman art critic) 07/26/1899 Danton Walker, Mariette Ga, columnist (Broadway Spotlight) 07/26/1902 Gracie Allen, SF Calif, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen) 07/26/1903 Donald Voorhees, Allentown Pa, conductor (Bell Telephone Hour) 07/26/1904 Jack Allan Westrup, composer
    07/26/1906 Armando Jose Fernandes, composer
    07/26/1907 Istvan Pelle, Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1932)
    07/26/1908 Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president (1970-73) 07/26/1909 Gerardina I 'Diny' van Amstel, actress (Dijntje & Trijntje) 07/26/1913 Lou Salica, US, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1932)
    07/26/1917 Bertil Nordahl, Sweden, soccer players (Olympic-gold-1948) 07/26/1917 Richard Burnell, England, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1948) 07/26/1920 Bob Waterfield, NFL QB (Rams)
    07/26/1922 Andrzej Koszewski, composer
    07/26/1922 Blake Edwards, writer/director (10, SOB, Breakfast at Tiffany's) 07/26/1922 Jason Robards Jr, actor (A Thousand Clowns, Act 1, Any Wednesday) 07/26/1922 Marjorie Lord, SF Calif, actress (Kathy-Danny Thomas Show) 07/26/1924 Elias Motsoaledi, South African Umkhonto we Sizwe-commandant 07/26/1924 Louis Bellson, Rock Falls Ill, orch leader (Pearl Bailey Show) 07/26/1926 Don Carter, bowling great (1st PBA president)
    07/26/1926 James Best, Corydon Ind, actor (Savages, Sounder, Rolling Thunder) 07/26/1928 Hans Haselbock, composer
    07/26/1928 Stanley Kubrick, NYC, director (2001, Dr Strangelove, Lolita) 07/26/1928 Tadeusz Baird, composer
    07/26/1929 Alexis Weissenberg, Sofia Bulgaria, pianist (Levintritt-1948) 07/26/1929 Jean Shepherd, humorist (Playboy satire Award 1966, 1967, 1969) 07/26/1931 Takashi Ono, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
    07/26/1934 Anthony Gilbert, composer
    07/26/1936 Antonio Mastrogiovanni, composer
    07/26/1936 Kathryn Hays, actress (Kim-As the World Turns)
    07/26/1940 Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedy's d(r)iving buddy
    07/26/1941 Bobby Hebb, Nashville Tn, country singer (Sunny)
    07/26/1941 Brenton Wood, Shreveport La, rocker (Gimme Little Sign)
    07/26/1941 Darlene Love, singer/actress (Lethal Weapon)
    07/26/1941 Hans Gualthérie van Weezel, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) 07/26/1942 Dobie Gray, Brookshire Tx, singer (In Crowd)
    07/26/1943 Mick Jagger, Eng, rock vocalist (Rolling Stone) , never gathers moss
    07/26/1943 Roger Smalley, composer
    07/26/1944 Kiel Martin, Pitts Pa, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues) 07/26/1944 Micki J King, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1972)
    07/26/1945 Linda Harrison, Berlin Md, actress (Bracken's World, Planet of Apes)
    07/26/1946 Helen Mirren, [Eleni Mironova], England, actress (Cook Thief Wife) 07/26/1948 Norair Nurikian, Bulgari, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1972, 76) 07/26/1949 Roger Taylor, British pop musician (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody) 07/26/1949 William M Shepherd, Oak Ridge Tn, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 27, 41, 52
    07/26/1950 Paul McHale, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania)
    07/26/1950 Susan George, London England, actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo) 07/26/1951 William Surles 'Bill' McArthur Jr, Laurinburg NC, astro (STS 58) 07/26/1952 Ludmila Maslakova, USSR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1980) 07/26/1954 Lawrence Watt-Evans, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Sword of Bheleu) 07/26/1954 Vitas Gerulaitis, Brooklyn NY, tennis star (Australia 1987) 07/26/1955 Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor (Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital)
    07/26/1956 Dorothy Hamill, Riverside Ct, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976) 07/26/1958 Ramona Neubert, German DR, long jumper/pentathlete (Oly-4th-80) 07/26/1960 LaTaunya Pollard, East Chic Ind, (Olympics-1980, 84)
    07/26/1961 Andy Connel, rocker (Swingout Sister-Swingout)
    07/26/1961 Gary Cherone, Boston, heavy metal vocalist (Extreme-More Than Words)
    07/26/1963 Andrew C Timmons, Scottsdale Az, guitarist (Danger Danger-Screw It) 07/26/1963 Marianne Berglund, Sweden, cyclist (1983 Ruffles Tour of Texas) 07/26/1965 Jennifer Ashe, actress (As the World Turns)
    07/26/1973 Mike Burke, NY Yankees pres/CEO of Madison Sq Garden


    Deaths:

    07/26/ 811 Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle
    07/26/1342 Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies 07/26/1471 Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 07/26/1533 Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies
    07/26/1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima
    07/26/1630 Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies 07/26/1677 Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68
    07/26/1719 Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43
    07/26/1770 Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65
    07/26/1801 Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86
    07/26/1826 Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82
    07/26/1836 Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45
    07/26/1863 Sam Houston, president of Texas, dies at 70
    07/26/1872 Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84
    07/26/1910 Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71
    07/26/1916 Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52
    07/26/1918 Eduard 'Mick' Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies 07/26/1920 Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83
    07/26/1925 William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 07/26/1941 Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb
    07/26/1942 Titus, [Anno S] Brandsma, philosopher (Dachau), dies
    07/26/1944 Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies
    07/26/1946 Morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies
    07/26/1952 Maria Eva 'Evita' Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33 07/26/1953 Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies
    07/26/1954 Hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26 07/26/1956 Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46
    07/26/1957 Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered
    07/26/1959 Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (Amor), dies at 54 07/26/1967 Matthÿs Vermeulen, composer, dies at 79
    07/26/1968 Lilian Harvey, British actress (Congress Dances), dies
    07/26/1974 Arthur K Watson, US businessman (IBM), dies at 55
    07/26/1977 Gena Branscombe, composer, dies at 95
    07/26/1977 Hans-Otto Borgmann, composer, dies at 75
    07/26/1981 Donald Lybbert, composer, dies at 58
    07/26/1982 Betty Walker, actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at 54
    07/26/1984 Ed 'Psycho' Gein, dies
    07/26/1986 Averell Harriman, statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, NY at 94 07/26/1987 Joe Liggins, US composer (I've a Right to Cry), dies at 71 07/26/1990 Brian Mydland, keyboardist (Grateful Dead), dies at 38
    07/26/1992 Mary Wells, US, soul singer (My Guy), dies at 49
    07/26/1993 Daniel Fuchs, US, screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84
    07/26/1993 Matthew B Ridgway, US general (NATO), dies at 98


    Significant Events:

    07/26/ 811 Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine 07/26/1576 Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst
    07/26/1579 Francis Drake leaves SF to cross Pacific Ocean
    07/26/1656 Rembrandt declares he is insolvent
    07/26/1758 British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg 07/26/1759 French troops vacate Ticonderoga, New York
    07/26/1775 Benjamin Franklin becomes 1st Postmaster General
    07/26/1788 NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution
    07/26/1788 Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists
    07/26/1790 US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts 07/26/1805 Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die
    07/26/1822 Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & José de San Martin
    07/26/1826 Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews
    07/26/1832 HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo
    07/26/1835 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii
    07/26/1847 Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society 07/26/1848 1st Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY)
    07/26/1858 Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament 07/26/1863 At Salineville, OH John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender 07/26/1863 Battle of Salineville, OH John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender 07/26/1864 -31] Riot at McCook's: to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS--- 07/26/1864 -31] Riot at Stoneman's: to Macon GA, US1000 CS---
    07/26/1864 Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie] 07/26/1865 Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) 07/26/1866 Canoe Club opens in England
    07/26/1887 1st Esperanto book published
    07/26/1897 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record)
    07/26/1905 P Gotz discovers asteroid #568 Cheruskia
    07/26/1908 Federal Bureau of Investigation established
    07/26/1914 Austrian-Hungary condemns Serbian ultimatum
    07/26/1914 British Min of Navy Winston Churchill orders British fleet to remain
    07/26/1914 German chief of staff/gen von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium 07/26/1915 International School for Wijsbegeerte forms
    07/26/1917 J Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice
    07/26/1918 Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites & 1 black killed)
    07/26/1923 James Hoyt Wilhelm, pitcher
    07/26/1926 National Bar Association incorporates
    07/26/1926 Philippines govt asks US to plebiscite for independence
    07/26/1928 Heavyweight Gene Tunney KOs Tom Heeney (NYC)
    07/26/1928 Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1
    07/26/1933 Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League 07/26/1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs
    07/26/1941 'Camp Amersfoort' opened by Germany occupiers
    07/26/1941 1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague
    07/26/1942 RAF bombs Hamburg
    07/26/1942 RC churches protest, Dutch bishops stand against spread of Judaism 07/26/1943 120° F (49° C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record)
    07/26/1944 Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam
    07/26/1944 Russian troops arrive in Weichsel
    07/26/1944 US offensive at St-Lô/2nd Armour div occupies St Gilles
    07/26/1945 Churchill resigns as Britain's PM
    07/26/1945 Japanese govt disregards US ultimatum
    07/26/1945 US cruiser Indianapolis reaches Tinian with atom bomb
    07/26/1947 Department of Defense established
    07/26/1947 National Security Act establishes CIA
    07/26/1948 1st black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show
    07/26/1949 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick
    07/26/1949 WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 07/26/1950 KNIL (Royal Dutch Dutch east indies Army) unites
    07/26/1951 Netherlands ends state of war with Germany
    07/26/1952 King Faruk of Egypt, resigns [Black Saturday]
    07/26/1952 Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer
    07/26/1953 Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba 07/26/1953 Fidel Castro leads attack on Moncada Barracks, begins Cuban revol 07/26/1954 WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 07/26/1955 Doug Ford wins PGA golf tournament
    07/26/1955 Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers 07/26/1956 Egypt seizes Suez Canal
    07/26/1956 Italian passenger ship Andrea Doria sinks, 52 die
    07/26/1957 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200
    07/26/1957 USSR launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile 07/26/1958 Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV
    07/26/1959 C Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #2183
    07/26/1960 Italian cabinet of Fanfani forms
    07/26/1962 Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba 07/26/1963 Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000+ 07/26/1963 US Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched 07/26/1964 Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud & conspiracy 07/26/1964 Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die 07/26/1964 US union leader James Hoffa sentenced for fraud
    07/26/1965 Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day) 07/26/1966 WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, NH (NBC) begins broadcasting 07/26/1967 Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18
    07/26/1969 Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific 07/26/1971 Apollo 15 launched (Scott & Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon 07/26/1971 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #1836 Komarov
    07/26/1974 USSR's Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3
    07/26/1975 Soyuz 18B returns to Earth
    07/26/1979 Estimated 109 cm (43') of rain falls in Alvin, TX (national record) 07/26/1981 2 climbers rappell 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela 07/26/1981 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2845 Franklinken & #2882 Tedesco 07/26/1981 NY Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant 07/26/1982 Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by US Delta rocket
    07/26/1983 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-8
    07/26/1983 Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czech sets 800m woman's record (1:53.28) 07/26/1983 Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io
    07/26/1986 Lebanese kidnappers released Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco
    07/26/1987 Stephen Roche wins Tour de France
    07/26/1990 General Hospital tapes its 7,000th episode
    07/26/1990 US beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games
    07/26/1991 Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th
    07/26/1992 Rocker Paul Stanley (Kiss) weds model Pamela Bowen
    07/26/1993 Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed
    07/26/1993 Mars Observer takes 1st photo of Mars, from 5 billion km

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Jul 27 00:30:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/27/1502 Pier Francesco Corteccia, composer
    07/27/1518 Elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury/builder of country houses 07/27/1609 Heinrich Pape, composer
    07/27/1612 Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1923-40)/conquered Baghdad
    07/27/1667 Jean Bernoulli, mathematician
    07/27/1734 Jakob Zupan, composer
    07/27/1741 Francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer
    07/27/1768 Charlotte Corday d'Armont, murdered Jean-Paul Marat in bath 07/27/1777 Thomas Campbell, poet (Hohenlinden, Battle of the Baltic) 07/27/1781 Mauro Giuliani, composer
    07/27/1784 André-Georges-Louis Onslow, English/French composer (chamber music) 07/27/1784 Georges Onslow, composer
    07/27/1801 George Biddle Airy, 7th Astronomer Royal
    07/27/1802 Benedikt Randhartinger, composer
    07/27/1812 Thomas Lanier Clingman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 189
    07/27/1820 John Franklin Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers) 07/27/1824 Alexandre Dumas fils, France, playwright/novelist (Camille) 07/27/1835 Giosuè Carducci, Italy, poet (Nobel 1906)
    07/27/1840 Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 07/27/1848 Roland baron Eötvös, Hungarian physicist
    07/27/1848 Vladimir de Pachmann, painter
    07/27/1857 Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator 07/27/1857 José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rico, found Federalist Party in 1900 07/27/1867 Enrique Granados, Lérida Spain, composer (Maria del Carmen) 07/27/1870 Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, England, author (Path to Rome) 07/27/1872 Stanislav Binicki, composer
    07/27/1877 Ernö [Ernst von] Dohnányi, Hungary, composer (Msg to Posterity) 07/27/1878 Jean F van Royen, German secretary (PTT)
    07/27/1879 Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza) 07/27/1880 Donald Crisp, Scotland, actor (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana) 07/27/1880 Joseph Tinker, baseball Hall of Famer, 1/3 of fame double play combo
    07/27/1881 Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930)
    07/27/1894 Gerald F Bogan, US vice-admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean)
    07/27/1899 Harl McDonald, near Boulder Colorado, composer (Santa Fé Trail) 07/27/1900 Hans Haug, composer
    07/27/1903 Clive Martin Douglas, composer
    07/27/1904 Anton Dolin, [Patrick Healey-Kay], dancer (Girl From Petrovka) 07/27/1906 Leo Durocher, Mass, baseball manager (Brooklyn Dodgers, NY Giants) 07/27/1907 Denis Rickett, private secretary to Clement Attlee
    07/27/1908 Lord Jenkins of Putney, Labour Arts minister
    07/27/1910 Julien Gracq, [Louis Poirier], French writer (André Breton) 07/27/1912 Igor Markevitch, Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Le Paradis Perdo) 07/27/1913 Mary Green, headmistress (Kidbrooke School)
    07/27/1913 Vittorio Sereni, Italian poet (Diario d'Algeria)
    07/27/1916 Asfa Wossen, Crown prince of Ethiopia/son of emperor Haile Selassi 07/27/1916 Kennan Wynn, NYC, actor (Dr Strangelove, Absent Minded Professor) 07/27/1916 Siegfried Reda, composer
    07/27/1917 John Cunningham, executive director (British Aerospace)
    07/27/1917 Robert Cowans, executive director (British Aerospace)
    07/27/1918 Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer
    07/27/1918 Leonard Rose, Washington DC, concert cellist (NY Phil 1943-51) 07/27/1920 Beatrice Pearson, Texas, actress (Moving Finger)
    07/27/1920 James Munn, British university commissioner
    07/27/1922 Lillian Hayman, Balt Md, actress (Leslie Uggams Show)
    07/27/1922 Norman Lear, TV writer/producer (All in The Family)
    07/27/1924 Otar Vasil'yevich Taktakishvili, composer
    07/27/1924 Vincent Canby, critic (NY Times)
    07/27/1926 Peter Coker, captain
    07/27/1928 Sakari Mononen, composer
    07/27/1929 Harvey Fuqua, vocalist (Moonglows-Sincerely)
    07/27/1929 Jack Higgins, [Harry Patterson], novelist
    07/27/1929 Marc Wilkinson, composer
    07/27/1930 Ronald Dearing, chairman (British Post Office)
    07/27/1930 Shirley Williams, co-founder (Social Democratic Party)/labour minist
    07/27/1931 Jerry Van Dyke, Danville Ill, actor (My Mother the Car, Coach) 07/27/1932 Beverly B Byron, (Rep-D-MD, 1979- )
    07/27/1932 Curnick M Ndlovu, Jailed South Africian worker's union leader 07/27/1932 Diane Webber, LA Calif, playmate (May, 1955 & Feb, 1956)
    07/27/1932 Robert Cowan, CEO (Highlands & Islands Enterprises)
    07/27/1933 Nick Reynolds, rocker (Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons)
    07/27/1934 John Pardoe, CEO (Sight & Sound Education)/Liberal MP
    07/27/1937 Anna Dawson, actress/comedienne
    07/27/1937 Chuck Jackson, Latta SC, singer (Any Day Now, I don't want to cry) 07/27/1937 Don Galloway, Brooksville Ky, actor (Arrest & Trial, Ironside) 07/27/1938 Shirley Anne Field, England, actress (Alfie, War Lover)
    07/27/1939 Irv Cross, NFL sportscaster (CBS-TV)
    07/27/1939 James McGee, pathologist/professor (Morbid Anatomy at Oxford) 07/27/1939 James Victor, Puerto Rico, actor (Boulevard Night, Streets of LA) 07/27/1941 Johannes Fritsch, composer
    07/27/1942 Barbara Ferris, London England, actress (Nice Girl Like Me) 07/27/1942 John Pleshette, NYC, actor (Richard-Knots Landing, 7th Avenue) 07/27/1943 Al Ramsey, rocker (Gary Lewis & the Playboys-This Diamond Ring) 07/27/1943 Bill Bradley, Crystal City Mo, NY Knick/(Sen-D-NJ)/Rhodes scholar 07/27/1943 Stu Gilliam, Detroit, actor/comedian (Roll Out, Harris & Company) 07/27/1944 Bobbie Gentry, Mississippi, what did Billi-Jo throw off the bridge 07/27/1946 Ricardo Anasagasti, [Ricardo M Meul], Curaçaos dancer/actor 07/27/1946 Toktar Ongarbajewitch Aubakirov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13) 07/27/1947 Betty Thomas, St Louis Mo, actress (Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues) 07/27/1947 Wayne Dowdy, (Rep-D-MS, 1981- )
    07/27/1948 Henny Vrienten, Dutch bassist/singer (Doe Maar)
    07/27/1948 Peggy Fleming Jenkins, San Jose Calif, figure skater (Olym-gold-1968
    07/27/1949 Maureen McGovern, Youngstown Oh, singer (Got To Be a Morning After) 07/27/1950 Michael Vaughn, rocker (Paper Lace)
    07/27/1951 Janet Eilber, Detroit Mich, actress (Hard to Hold, Romantic Comedy) 07/27/1953 Wim G J M van de Camp, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
    07/27/1955 Allan Border, cricket captain (Australia)
    07/27/1957 Gezina E 'Liesbeth' van Apeldoorn, actress (Composer)
    07/27/1957 Hansi Muller, skier
    07/27/1958 Christopher Dean, Olympics skater (Torvill & Dean/Olympic-gold-1984)
    07/27/1959 David East, cricketer
    07/27/1960 Jo Durie, England, tennis player
    07/27/1967 Sasha Mitchell, LA Calif, actor (Spike of Bensonhurst)


    Deaths:

    07/27/ 82 St Joseph of Arimathea, dies
    07/27/ 432 Celestine I, Italian Pope (422-32), dies
    07/27/1101 Koenrad, RC-German king (1087-98), dies
    07/27/1128 Willem van Normandia, earl of Flanders, dies in battle
    07/27/1227 Otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27)
    07/27/1233 Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders, dies at 45
    07/27/1498 Vespasiano da' Bisticci, Italian book seller/writer, dies at about 7
    07/27/1638 Johan VIII de Jongere, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 54 07/27/1675 Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne Vicomte de Turenne, gen (France), dies 07/27/1689 John Graham, of Claverhouse, 1st viscount Dundee/soldier, killed, di
    07/27/1720 Johann Samuel Welter, composer, dies at 69
    07/27/1759 Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, astronomer/mathematician, dies 07/27/1777 William Hayes, composer, dies at 69
    07/27/1783 Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German music theroist/violist, dies at 62
    07/27/1811 Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, Mexican priest/freedom fighter, executed 07/27/1822 Joseph Supries, composer, dies at 60
    07/27/1828 Gilbert Charles Stuart, painter, dies
    07/27/1841 Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, poet/novelist, dies
    07/27/1844 John Dalton, physicist/chemist, dies
    07/27/1864 Margaret E Breckinridge, US nurse/daughter of VP John, dies 07/27/1881 Johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84
    07/27/1883 Montgomery Blair, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford), dies at 70 07/27/1916 Charles Fryatt, British capt of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, di
    07/27/1924 Ferruccio Benvenuto busoni, pianist/composer, dies
    07/27/1924 Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist/composer, dies at 58
    07/27/1934 Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17), dies at 79 07/27/1942 William Matthew Finders Petrie, Egyptologist, dies
    07/27/1944 Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls, composer, dies at 68
    07/27/1946 Gertrude Stein, US/French author/poet (Ida, Tender Buttons), dies 07/27/1948 Francesco Spetrino, composer, dies at 91
    07/27/1952 W de Basil, [US Voskresenski], Russia, ballet dancer, dies 07/27/1960 Vása Príhoda, Czech violinist, dies at 59
    07/27/1961 Theodore Chanler, composer, dies at 59
    07/27/1962 Edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies 07/27/1968 Anton van Duinkerken, [Willem J M A Asselbergs], literary, dies 07/27/1970 Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (1932-68), dies 07/27/1971 Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian conductor/composer, dies at 83 07/27/1974 Lightning Slim, blues singer, dies at 61
    07/27/1976 Ray Brennan, becomes 1st to, die of 'Legionnaire's Disease' 07/27/1978 Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer, dies at 72
    07/27/1978 [John] Willem van Otterloo, conductor/composer (Symphonic), dies at
    07/27/1980 Pahlawi Mohammed Reza, shah of Persia (1941-79), dies in Cairo at 60
    07/27/1981 Billy [William] Wyler, US director (Ben Hur, Funny Girl), dies 07/27/1981 Ray Harrison, dancer (American Song), dies at 64
    07/27/1981 William Wyler, US director (Ben Hur), dies
    07/27/1982 Dan Seymour, actor (We the People, Sing it Again), dies at 67 07/27/1982 Vladimir Smirnov, Russian foil fencer (Olympic-gold-1980), dies at 2
    07/27/1984 James Mason, British actor (Lolita), dies at 75 of a heart attack 07/27/1984 Oswald Jacoby, US contract bridge champion, dies at 81
    07/27/1985 Joseph 'Smoky Joe' Wood, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies at 95 07/27/1986 Leroy Holmes, orch leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72 07/27/1987 Travis Jackson, baseball player (NY Giants), dies at 83
    07/27/1990 Bobby Day, rocker (Rockin' Robin), dies of cancer at 58
    07/27/1990 Kim Thomas-Friedland, news anchor (FNN), dies at 32
    07/27/1993 Reggie Lewis, NBA star (Boston Celtics), dies of heart failure at 27


    Significant Events:

    07/27/ 432 St Celestine I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    07/27/1214 1st battle of Bouvines (King Philips II vs Emperor Otto IV 07/27/1230 Treaty of San-Germano between Emperor Frederik II & Pope Gregory IX 07/27/1280 Sogen Mugaku, founder of Engakuji temple arrives in Japan from China
    07/27/1298 Albert I, son of Rudolf of Habsburg, crowned Holy Roman Emperor 07/27/1298 Roman Catholics German King Albrecht I von Habsburg installed 07/27/1360 Danish King Waldemar IV destroys Visby Gotland
    07/27/1365 Isabella of England marries Enguerrand of Coucy at Windsor 07/27/1501 Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral 07/27/1586 Sir Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia 07/27/1641 Prince Frederik Henry captures castle of Gennep
    07/27/1643 Cromwell defeats Royalist at Battle of Gainsborough
    07/27/1655 Jews of New Amsterdam petition for a Jewish cemetary
    07/27/1661 Parliament confirms Navigation Act
    07/27/1689 Battle of Killicrankie, Viscount Dundee defeats Whig General Mackay 07/27/1689 Jacobite Scottish Highlanders defeat royal force at Killiecrankie 07/27/1694 Bank of England granted 12 year charter by Act of Parliament 07/27/1789 Congress establishes Dept of Foreign Affairs (State dept) 07/27/1794 Coup of thermidor/fall of Robespierre in Paris
    07/27/1809 Battle at Talavera: British/Spanish army vs French army
    07/27/1816 Fort Blount on Apalachicola Bay Fla, attacked by US Troops 07/27/1830 Revolution breaks out in Paris, opposing laws of Charles X 07/27/1836 Adelaide, South Australia founded
    07/27/1837 US Mint opens in Charlotte, NC
    07/27/1839 Chartist riots break out in Birmingham England
    07/27/1844 Fire destroys US mint at Charlotte, NC
    07/27/1861 Battle of Mathias Point, VA - Rebel forces repel a Federal landing 07/27/1861 Confederate troops occupy Fort Fillmore, New Mexico
    07/27/1861 McClellan replaces McDowell thus is given command of the
    07/27/1862 Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die
    07/27/1862 Steamer 'Golden Gate' burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico 07/27/1866 Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long) 07/27/1879 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene
    07/27/1880 Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson was wounded, breaks out 07/27/1891 Titus van Wyck succeeds M de Savornin Lohman as gov of Suriname 07/27/1897 14.75' (37.5 cm) of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hr record) 07/27/1897 Dutch govt of Pierson/Goeman Borgesius resigns
    07/27/1898 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of Dancing Men' (BG)
    07/27/1905 J Palisa discovers asteroid #569 Misa
    07/27/1908 A Kopff discovers asteroid #668 Dora
    07/27/1909 Orville Wright tests 1st US Army airplane, flying 1h12m
    07/27/1913 Belgian Philippe Thys wins Tour de France
    07/27/1918 Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in US, launched to carry oil, NY 07/27/1919 Chicago race riot (15 whites & 23 blacks killed, 500 injured) 07/27/1920 Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation
    07/27/1920 Resolute beats Shamrock IV (England) in 14th running of America's Cu
    07/27/1921 2nd govt of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms
    07/27/1921 Frederick Banting & Charles Best isolates insulin at U of Toronto 07/27/1922 International Geographical Union forms in Brussels
    07/27/1924 8th Olympic games closes in Paris
    07/27/1928 AVRO, General Vereniging Radio Omroep, forms
    07/27/1929 Dike of Wieringermeerpolder finished
    07/27/1930 André Leducq wins Tour de France
    07/27/1931 Chilean president Carlos Ibáñez forced out
    07/27/1932 Paul Gorgoulov, French president Doumer's assassin, sentenced to dea
    07/27/1933 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1312 Vassar
    07/27/1933 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1284 Latvia
    07/27/1934 French socialistic/communistic party of People's Front forms 07/27/1935 Floods at Yangtzee Jiang & Hoangh, kills 200,000
    07/27/1937 US win Davis Cup tennis tournament
    07/27/1940 Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts
    07/27/1941 German army enters Ukraine
    07/27/1941 Japanese forces land in Indo-China
    07/27/1944 1st British jet fighter used in combat (Gloster Meteor)
    07/27/1944 Soviet Army frees Majdanek concentration camp
    07/27/1944 US regains possession of Guam from Japanese
    07/27/1944 US troops occupy le Mesnil-Herman/Hill 183 Normandy
    07/27/1945 US Communist Party forms
    07/27/1946 Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs 07/27/1947 Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak
    07/27/1949 1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies
    07/27/1950 Pres Truman promises aid to Taiwan
    07/27/1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record marathon (2:23:03.2)
    07/27/1953 1st insulin isolated by F Banting & C Best in Toronto
    07/27/1953 North Korea & UN sign armistice
    07/27/1953 Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory
    07/27/1954 Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries
    07/27/1954 Chick Harbert wins PGA golf tournament
    07/27/1955 Austria regains full independence after 4-power occupation 07/27/1955 Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die)
    07/27/1955 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1751 Herget
    07/27/1955 Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die
    07/27/1957 St James' Theater in London closes
    07/27/1960 VP Nixon nominated for pres at Republican convention in Chicago 07/27/1962 Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission
    07/27/1962 Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia
    07/27/1963 Fritz Von Erich beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ 07/27/1963 General Amin al-Hafez becomes president of Syria
    07/27/1965 Pierre Harmel forms Belgium govt
    07/27/1967 Arabs Federation premier Hoesein Al Bayoomi resigns
    07/27/1968 Race Riot in Gary Indiana
    07/27/1969 Pioneer 10 launched
    07/27/1972 NHL star Maurice 'Rocket' Richard signs with WHL Quebec Nordiques 07/27/1973 Walter Blum becomes 6th jockey to ride 4,000 winners
    07/27/1974 House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment 07/27/1976 8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese
    07/27/1976 Japanese ex-premier Tanaka arrested (Lockheed Affair)
    07/27/1977 John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US 07/27/1978 Portuguese pres Eanes fires premier Soares
    07/27/1980 Palestinian throws hand grenade on Jewish children in Antwerp, 1 dea
    07/27/1982 Indian PM Indira Gandhi 1st visit to US in almost 11 years 07/27/1985 Steve Cram runs world record mile (3:46.78)
    07/27/1986 Greg Lemond is 1st American to win Tour de France
    07/27/1987 John Demjanjuk, accused Nazi 'Ivan the Terrible' testifies in Israel
    07/27/1988 Boston's worst traffic jam in 30 years
    07/27/1988 General Sein Lwin succeeds Ne Win as pres of Burma
    07/27/1988 Radio Shack announces Tandy 1000 SL computer
    07/27/1989 Atlanta Brave Dale Murphy is 10th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th) 07/27/1990 White-Russia declares independence
    07/27/1990 Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop 07/27/1991 Rocker Jani Lane, (Warrant-Cherry Pie) marries model Bobbie Brown 07/27/1991 TV Guide publishes it's 2000th edition
    07/27/1993 Detroit Tiger Fryman hits for cycle but loses 12-7 to Yankees 07/27/1993 Javier Sotomayor jumps world record 2.45 m high
    07/27/1993 Mafia bombs historical buildings in Rome/Milan/Vatican City, 5 kille
    07/27/1993 NBC TV awarded 1996 Olympic coverage for $456 million
    07/27/1993 NY Met Anthony Young wins ending his losing streak at 27 games

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed Jul 28 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/28/1165 Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic/philosopher
    07/28/1456 Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia)
    07/28/1514 Maximilian van Bourgondië, viceroy of Holland
    07/28/1609 Judith J Leyster, Dutch house painter, baptised
    07/28/1719 John Nepveu, governor-general of Suriname (1769-79)
    07/28/1745 Piotr A von der Pahlen, milt governor (St Petersburg)
    07/28/1746 Thomas Heyward, soldier, signed Decl of Ind
    07/28/1750 Philippe Fabre d'Églantine, France, poet/satirist/politician 07/28/1778 Charles Stewart, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1869
    07/28/1804 Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philospher (Der Mensch ist)
    07/28/1808 Charles Lucas, composer
    07/28/1809 Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, Major General (Union volunteers) 07/28/1813 Alberto Mazzucato, composer
    07/28/1825 William Duncan Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 07/28/1833 James Henry Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907 07/28/1835 Jose Garcia Robles, composer
    07/28/1837 Christian Barnekow, composer
    07/28/1844 Gerard Manley Hopkins, England, poet (Windhover)
    07/28/1859 Balington Booth, founder (Volunteers of America)
    07/28/1866 Beatrix Potter, England, children's author (Tale of Peter Rabbit) 07/28/1868 George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor
    07/28/1868 Thomas P Krag, Norse author/novelist/writer (Jon Graeff/Ulf Ran) 07/28/1870 Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium (1927-31)
    07/28/1872 Albert P Sarraut, Fren gov-gen of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36)
    07/28/1874 Ernst Cassirer, Germany, philosopher/educator (Essay on Man) 07/28/1887 Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Nude Descending a Staircase) 07/28/1892 Joe E Brown, Holgate Ohio, comedian (Buck Circus Hour)
    07/28/1892 Petro Petridis, Greek composer (Isotope Suite)
    07/28/1893 Rued Immanuel Langgard, composer
    07/28/1897 Emmy Arbous, actress/cabaretière
    07/28/1900 Maurice Johnstone, composer
    07/28/1901 Rudy Vallee, Vt, singer (Vagabond Dreams, My Time Is Your Time) 07/28/1901 Sandor Vandor, composer
    07/28/1902 Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Dead Reckoning)
    07/28/1904 [John] Selwyn [Brooke] Lloyd, British statsman
    07/28/1907 Earl S Tupper, invented Tupperware
    07/28/1907 Vivian Vance, Cherryvale Ks, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy) 07/28/1908 Zbigniew Turski, composer
    07/28/1909 Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (Under the Volcano)
    07/28/1910 Bill Goodwin, SF Calif, announcer (Burns & Allen, Boing Boing Show) 07/28/1911 Ann Doran, Amarillo Tx, actress (Longstreet, Shirley)
    07/28/1911 Gerhard Stoeck, Germany, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1936) 07/28/1912 Eleazar de Carvalho, Iguatú Brazil, conductor/tuba (Tiradentes) 07/28/1916 David Brown, NYC, director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes)
    07/28/1916 Laird Cregar, Phila, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square) 07/28/1922 Jacques Piccard, Switzerland, undersea explorer (bathyscaph Trieste)
    07/28/1923 Knows L Lee, US vice-admiral (WW II-Marianas/Palau)
    07/28/1925 Larry Pruden, composer
    07/28/1928 Adrian Ratiu, composer
    07/28/1929 Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, 1st lady (1961-63) 07/28/1929 Remco [Wouter] Campert, literary/poet/son of Jan Campert
    07/28/1930 Darryl Hickman, Hollywood Cal, actor (Human Comedy, Tea & Sympathy) 07/28/1934 Jacques D'Amboise, dancer/educator (NYC Ballet Company)
    07/28/1934 Norman D Shumway, (Rep-R-California, 1979- )
    07/28/1937 Peter Duchin, NYC, pianist/bandleader (Peter Duchin Orch) 07/28/1938 Alberto Fujimoro, president of Peru (1990- )
    07/28/1938 George Cummings, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show)
    07/28/1938 Robert Hughes, [Studley Forrest], Australia, writer/critic (Barcelon
    07/28/1940 Phil Proctor, comedian (Firesign Theater)
    07/28/1941 Riccardo Muti, Napoli Italy, conductor (Philadelphia Orch) 07/28/1943 Lawrence Elkins, football player FL (Houston Oilers)
    07/28/1943 Mike Bloomfield, blues guitarist/singer (Analine)
    07/28/1944 Daniel Morelon, France, 1K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1968, 72) 07/28/1945 Jim Davis, cartoonist (Garfield)
    07/28/1945 Richard William Wright, rock guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall
    07/28/1946 Douglas H Bosco, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
    07/28/1946 Linda Kelsey, Minneapolis, actress (Billie-Lou Grant, Kate-Day by Da
    07/28/1947 Aleksei Sergeyevich Boroday, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut
    07/28/1947 Barbara Ann Ferrell Edmondson, Miss, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-196
    07/28/1947 Elena Novikova-Belova, USSR, foils (Olympic-gold-1968)
    07/28/1947 Miguelina Cobian, Santiago Cuba, 4x100m runner (Olympic-silver-1968)
    07/28/1947 Sally Struther, Portland Oregon, actress (Gloria-All in the Family) 07/28/1948 Georgia Engel, Wash DC, actress (Georgette-Mary Tyler Moore Show) 07/28/1949 Marilyn Quayle, wife of vice president Dan Quayle (1989-93) 07/28/1949 Steve Took, rocker (T-Rex)
    07/28/1949 Vida Blue, major-league pitcher (Cy Young & AL MVP 1971)
    07/28/1951 Greg Gluffria, rocker (House of Lords-Sahara)
    07/28/1952 Monique of the Ven, actress (Turkish Fruit)
    07/28/1952 Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince/Heir Apparent to throne of Thailand 07/28/1953 Steve Duncan, Knoxville Tn, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) 07/28/1954 Ken Margolis, rocker (Mink DeVille)
    07/28/1956 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (study of graves)
    07/28/1958 Terry Fox, ran 'Marathon of Hope' across Canada
    07/28/1961 Scott E Parazynski, Little Rock Ark, MD/astronaut (sk: STS 66) 07/28/1963 Patrizia Pellegrino, Naples Italy, (Italy's Miss Teenager 1980) 07/28/1967 Lori Loughlin, Queens, actress (Edge of Night, New Kids, Full House)
    07/28/1969 Garth Snow, Wrentham Mass, US hockey goaltender (Olympics-1994) 07/28/1969 Jarrod Hanks, Lafayette LA, US gymnist (Olympic-92)
    07/28/1972 Elizabeth Berkley, actress (Jessie-Saved by the Bell)


    Deaths:

    07/28/ 450 Theodosius II de Jongere, emperor Austrian Empire, dies
    07/28/1057 Victor II, [Gebhard], Pope (1055-57), dies
    07/28/1330 Michael III, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies in battle
    07/28/1540 Richard Cromwell, England 'Lord Protector', dies
    07/28/1540 Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed 07/28/1557 Anna van Kleef, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII, dies at 41 07/28/1641 John Amner, composer, dies at 61
    07/28/1655 Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris 07/28/1655 Suzuki Shosan, Samurai/monk/propagator of Zen Buddhism, dies at 76 07/28/1667 Abraham Cowley, English poet (Mistress/Sex libri plantarum), dies 07/28/1711 Gerard Lairesse, painter, buried
    07/28/1723 Mariana Alcoforado, nun (schreef no Lettres Portuguese), dies at 63 07/28/1741 Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, composer, dies at 63
    07/28/1746 John Peter Zenger, journalist, involved in 1st admendment fight, die
    07/28/1750 Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (Art of the Fugue), dies at 6
    07/28/1778 Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer, dies at 68
    07/28/1794 Maximilien Robespierre, Fr revolutionary/avocat (1781), guillotined 07/28/1794 Robespierre, & 22 other terrorists executed to thunderous cheers 07/28/1802 Giuseppe Sarti, Italian composer (Il er pastore, Ifigenia), dies at
    07/28/1811 Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Coriolan), dies 07/28/1837 John Ross, composer, dies at 73
    07/28/1838 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer, dies at 62
    07/28/1849 Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831-49), dies
    07/28/1850 Stefano Pavesi, composer, dies at 71
    07/28/1863 James Deshler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 30 07/28/1864 Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer, dies at 67
    07/28/1864 Samuel Benton, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about
    07/28/1869 Carl G Carus, German arts/psychologist/philosopher, dies
    07/28/1872 Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies
    07/28/1895 Joannes Kappeyne van Coppello, Internal minister (1877-89), dies at
    07/28/1904 Plehve, Russian foreign minister (bomb under carriage), dies 07/28/1915 Vilbrun G Sam, rebellion leader/president of Haiti, lynched 07/28/1937 Abdul Muslim Mahomayev, composer, dies at 51
    07/28/1937 Joseph Lee, father of Playgrounds movement, dies
    07/28/1939 William J Mayo, US surgeon/co-founder Mayo Clinic, dies at 78 07/28/1940 Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer, dies at 66
    07/28/1965 Maurice Yvain, composer, dies at 74
    07/28/1968 Charles W Mayo, US surgeon, dies at 70
    07/28/1968 Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1944), dies at 89 07/28/1969 Ernst Tittel, composer, dies at 59
    07/28/1969 Frank H Loesser, US songwriter/composer (Guys & Dolls), dies at 59 07/28/1969 Gabriel von Wayditch, composer, dies at 80
    07/28/1970 John Barbirolli, English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orch), dies at 7
    07/28/1971 Diane Arbus, [Nemerov], photographer (Vogue), commits suicide at 48 07/28/1972 Heal Traubel, US singer (Sieglinde in Walküre, Nightclubs), dies 07/28/1974 Truman Bradley, host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at 69 07/28/1976 Jacob Soetendorp, rabbi, dies at 62
    07/28/1978 Jan Willem van Otterloo, composer, dies at 70
    07/28/1980 Cecil Burleigh, composer, dies at 95
    07/28/1982 George Kleinsinger, composer, dies at 68
    07/28/1984 Bess Flowers, actress (View from Pompey's Head), dies at 85 07/28/1985 Grant Williams, actor (Shrinking Man), dies of toxic poisoning at 54
    07/28/1986 Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Yzertoren), dies at 91 07/28/1987 James Burnham, philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism), dies at 81 07/28/1990 Armando Frid, of Argentina (Born May 24, 1866 Guin rec), dies at 124
    07/28/1991 Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled to Netherlands, dies 07/28/1993 Herbert Joeks, [van Hugten], actor (Pipo the Clown), dies at 77


    Significant Events:

    07/28/ 754 Pope Stephen II, [III] makes Pippin de Korte, King of France 07/28/1148 Crusaders attack Damascus
    07/28/1402 Battle at Ancyra/Angora/Ankara: Timur Lenk beats sultan Bajezid I 07/28/1586 Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe
    07/28/1588 Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I 07/28/1609 Admiral George Somers settles in Bermuda
    07/28/1635 Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquerors Schenkenschans
    07/28/1741 Capt Bering discovers Mount St Elias, Alaska
    07/28/1821 Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day)
    07/28/1830 Revolution in France replaces Charles X with Louis Philippe 07/28/1849 Memmon is 1st clipper to reach SF, 120 days out of NY
    07/28/1851 Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph 07/28/1858 Nadar takes 1st airborne photo (in a balloon)
    07/28/1862 Confederate forces defeated at More's Hill, Mo
    07/28/1864 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia
    07/28/1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Ezra Church
    07/28/1864 Battle of Atlanta, GA (Ezra Church) -second sortie US700 CS4642 07/28/1866 Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in US
    07/28/1868 14th Amendment ratified, citizenship to ex-slaves
    07/28/1882 Opera 'Parsifal' is produced (Bayreuth)
    07/28/1883 Shocks triggered by volcano Epomeo (Isle of Ischia, Italy) 07/28/1883 destroyed 1,200 houses at Casamicciola killing 2,000
    07/28/1896 City of Miami incorporated
    07/28/1898 Spanish troops in Ponce, Puerto Rico, surrender
    07/28/1898 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of Retired Colourman'(BG) 07/28/1900 Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut
    07/28/1906 Yankees turn triple-play, beat Cleveland 6-4
    07/28/1911 96°F (35.6°C) in De Bilt Netherlands
    07/28/1913 US wins its 1st Davis Cup since 1902, beating England, 3-2 07/28/1914 Austria-Hungary attacks Serbia-WW I begins
    07/28/1914 Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox) 07/28/1914 Minister of Navy W Churchill routes British fleet to Scapa Flow 07/28/1915 10,000 blacks march on 5th Ave (NYC) protesting lynchings 07/28/1915 US forces invade Haiti, stays until 1924
    07/28/1917 Silent Parade in NYC to protest murders of blacks in race riots 07/28/1919 Vrÿe Vakbewegings Internationale (VVI) forms in Amsterdam 07/28/1926 US & Panamanian pact about safeguard of Panama Canal
    07/28/1928 9th Olympic Games open in Amsterdam
    07/28/1929 Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Mich) 07/28/1930 114° F (46° C), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record)
    07/28/1931 Congress makes 'Star-Spangled Banner' our 2nd national anthem 07/28/1931 White Sox score 11 in 8th to beat Yankees 14-12
    07/28/1932 Battle between unemployed war veterans & federal troops, 4 die 07/28/1932 Pres Hoover evicts bonus marchers from their encampment
    07/28/1933 1st singing telegram delivered (to Rudy Vallee), NYC
    07/28/1933 NFL divides into 2, 5 team divisions
    07/28/1933 Spain admits the USSR
    07/28/1934 118° F (48° C), Orofino, Idaho (state record)
    07/28/1935 Belgium's Romain Maes, wins Tour de France
    07/28/1935 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1386 Storeria
    07/28/1938 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1485 Isa
    07/28/1939 5th Dutch cabinet of Colÿn falls
    07/28/1940 Radio Orange, London begins
    07/28/1940 Yankee Charle Keller hits 3 HRs to beat White Sox 10-9
    07/28/1942 Nazis liquidate 10,000 Jews in Minsk Belorussia Ghetto
    07/28/1942 Zionists partisans ZOB established in Poland
    07/28/1943 Italian Facist dictator Benito Mussolini resigns
    07/28/1943 Pres FDR announces end of coffee rationing in US
    07/28/1944 Hitler routes 4 division of South France to Normandy
    07/28/1944 US 8th Army corp occupies Coutances France
    07/28/1945 US Army B-25 crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Bldg, 14 die 07/28/1945 US Senate ratifies UN charter 89-2
    07/28/1947 Iuliu Maniu's Boer party becomes forbidden in Romania
    07/28/1948 I.G. Farben chemical plant explodes in Ludwigshafen, Germany, 182 di
    07/28/1951 Walt Disney's 'Alice In Wonderland' released
    07/28/1957 White Sox' James Landis struck out 5 times in a game
    07/28/1958 Baltimore Colts wins NFL-championship
    07/28/1959 Hawaii's 1st US election sends 1st Asian-Americans to Congress 07/28/1960 Republican National convention selects Richard Nixon as candidate 07/28/1962 19 die in a train crash in Steelton Pa
    07/28/1962 Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean
    07/28/1964 Ranger 7 launched toward the Moon; sent back 4308 TV pictures 07/28/1965 LBJ sends 50,000 soldiers to Vietnam
    07/28/1967 Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) (England) closes down 07/28/1971 16 time gold glover Brook Robinson commits 3 errors in 6th inning 07/28/1971 Dutch ends censorship of 'Blue Movie'
    07/28/1973 Skylab 3's astronauts (Bean, Garriott & Lousma) launched
    07/28/1974 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck (Belem, Brazil) 07/28/1976 242,000 die in Tientsin-Tangshan (China) 8.2 earthquake
    07/28/1976 8.2 & 7.4 earthquake devastate Tangsha, China (240-750,000 die) 07/28/1976 Eldon Joersz & Geo Morgan set world air speed record of 3,530 kph 07/28/1976 White Sox John Odom (5 inn) & Francisco Barrios (4 inn) no-hits A's 07/28/1977 1st oil flow through Alaska pipeline
    07/28/1977 Roy Wilkins turn over NAACP leadership to Benjamin L Hooks 07/28/1978 600,000 attend Watkins Glen Summer Jam in NY
    07/28/1978 At Old Timer's Game it's announced Martin will again manage Yankees 07/28/1978 Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3188 & #3422
    07/28/1978 Price of gold tops $200-an-oz level for 1st time
    07/28/1979 Dave Kingman becomes 6th to have a 2nd 3 HR game
    07/28/1980 Peru adopts constitution, Fernando Belaúnde Terry becomes president 07/28/1984 23rd modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
    07/28/1985 Alan García sworn in as president of Peru
    07/28/1986 Bomb attack in East-Beirut, 25 killed
    07/28/1987 Angel Cordero Jr becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races
    07/28/1988 IBM announces price hike on older models
    07/28/1988 Israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for 1st visit in 21 years 07/28/1988 Jordan cancels $1.3 billion development plan in West Bank 07/28/1988 Winnie Mandella's home in Soweto, South Africa destroyed by arson 07/28/1988 Yanks' Tommy John makes 3 errors on 1 play yet beats Brewers 16-3 07/28/1989 superconductors able to operate at 33 to 37 Gigahertz
    07/28/1990 Alberto Fujimoro installed as president of Peru
    07/28/1990 Blackout hits Chicago
    07/28/1991 Buffalo Bills beat Phila Eagles, 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley 07/28/1991 Expo's Dennis Martinez pitches baseball's 15th perfect game (Dodgers
    07/28/1991 Miguel Indurain of Spain wins Tour de France bicycle race 07/28/1992 Ground breaking of Fla Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium 07/28/1993 Mariner Ken Griffey Jr is 3rd to hit HRs in 8 straight games 07/28/2061 31st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/29/1590 Gilles Hayne, composer
    07/29/1605 Simon Dach, German poet
    07/29/1620 Nicolaas Heinsius, philological/diplomat
    07/29/1646 Johann Theile, German composer (Adam & Eve)
    07/29/1723 Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer
    07/29/1739 Johannes Ritschel, composer
    07/29/1755 Franz Gotz, composer
    07/29/1758 Antonius van Gils, RC theologist (Against Relief)
    07/29/1778 Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer
    07/29/1805 Alexis de Tocqueville, France, statesman/writer (Democracy in Americ
    07/29/1817 James Blair Steedman, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
    07/29/1820 Clement Laird Vallandigham, MC (Union), died in 1871
    07/29/1828 Cuvier Grover, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1885 07/29/1830 Alvan Cullem Gillem, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1875 07/29/1849 Max Nordau, [Südfeld], German arts/writer/zionist leader
    07/29/1853 Esther de Boer-of Rich, actress (Kniertje-Hope of Blessing) 07/29/1853 Henry Morton Dunham, composer
    07/29/1854 Georg Kerschensteiner, German theorist (Theory of Bildung) 07/29/1861 Alica Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt 07/29/1861 Sergei D Sazonov, Russian minister of Foreign Affairs (1910-16) 07/29/1865 Nicola Spinelli, composer
    07/29/1869 Booth Tarkington, US, novelist (17, Magnificent Ambersons) 07/29/1871 [Gregory Efimovich] Rasputin, mad Russian monk
    07/29/1876 Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian/US actress (Waterloo Bridge)
    07/29/1878 Don Marquis, Ill, journalist/poet (archy & mehitabel)
    07/29/1883 Benito Mussolini, [Il Duce], Fascist Italian dictator (1922-43) 07/29/1883 Manuel Infante, Spanish composer/conductor
    07/29/1884 Henri Liebrecht, Belgian playwright/journalist
    07/29/1887 Rudi Stephan, composer
    07/29/1887 Sigmund Romberg, Nagykanizsa Hungary, operetta composer (Blossom Tim
    07/29/1891 Bernhard Zondek, German/Israeli gynecologist
    07/29/1892 Charles L Bass, actor (Business in White Slavery)
    07/29/1892 William Powell, actor (Thin Man, My Man Godfrey)
    07/29/1893 Arre Merikanto, Finnish composer (12 music engineer)
    07/29/1898 Isidor Isaac Rabi, Poland, physicist (explored atom, Nobel 1944) 07/29/1900 Alexander Vasil'yevich Mosolov, composer
    07/29/1900 Don Redman, Piedmont WV, orch leader (Sugar Hill Times)
    07/29/1900 Eyvind Johnson, Sweden, novelist (Return to Ithaca-Nobel 1974) 07/29/1905 Clara Bow, silent screen actress (It, Saturday Night Kid) 07/29/1905 Dag Hammarskjöld, Sweden, 2nd UN Sect-General (1953-61) (Nobel 1961)
    07/29/1905 Thelma Todd, actress (Dangerous Female, Devil's Brother)
    07/29/1907 Melvin Belli, Sonora Calif, lawyer, SF's 'King of Torts'
    07/29/1909 Georgy Mushel, composer
    07/29/1911 Jan Cikker, composer
    07/29/1913 Stephen McNally, NYC, actor (Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo) 07/29/1914 'Professor' Irwin Corey, comedian (Car Wash)
    07/29/1918 Vladimir Doedentzev, Russian writer
    07/29/1921 Richard Egan, SF Calif, actor (Empire, Redigo, Pollyanna) 07/29/1924 Lloyd Bochner, Toronto, (Cecil-Dynasty, Lonely Lady, Naked Gun 2½) 07/29/1924 Robert Horton, LA Calif, actor (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena) 07/29/1925 Mikis Michael George Theodorakis, Chios Greece, composer (Raven) 07/29/1926 Russel Firestone, polo great (Circle F-1959 champs)
    07/29/1927 Harry K V Mulisch, writer (Bericht an de rattenking)
    07/29/1928 Bidzina Alexandrovich Kvernadze, composer
    07/29/1930 Paul Taylor, dancer & choreographer (Paul Taylor Dance Company) 07/29/1932 Nancy Landon Kassebaum, (Sen-R-Kansas, 1979- )
    07/29/1933 Robert Fuller, Troy NY, actor (Laramie, Wagon Train)
    07/29/1935 Peter Schreier, Meissen Germany, tenor (Dressden State Opera 1961) 07/29/1936 Elizabeth Dole, US Secretary of Transportation (1983-87)
    07/29/1938 Peter Jennings, Toronto Canada, news anchor (ABC Evening News) 07/29/1939 Annea Lockwood, composer
    07/29/1941 David Warner, Manchester NH, actor (Holocaust)
    07/29/1943 Ingrid Kramer, Dresden Germany, diver (Olympic-gold-1964) 07/29/1943 Roz Kelly, Mt Vernon NY, actress (Owl & Pussycat, Happy Days) 07/29/1946 Neal Doughty, keyboardist (REO Speedwagon)
    07/29/1950 Radu Voina, Romania, team handball (Oly-silver/2 bronze-1972, 76, 80
    07/29/1951 Deborah Pryce, (Rep-R-Ohio)
    07/29/1951 Leslie Easterbrook, LA Calif, actress (Ryan's Hope, Police Acadamy 5
    07/29/1953 Geddy Lee, lead singer (Rush-Tom Sawyer)
    07/29/1954 Flo Hyman, Inglewood Calif, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984) 07/29/1955 'Country' Jem Finer, English banjo player (Pogues-Straight to Hell) 07/29/1956 Patti Scialfa, singer (As Long as I Can Be)/Mrs Bruce Springsteen 07/29/1959 Gary Springer, NYC, actor (Bernice Bobs Her Hair)
    07/29/1959 Nelli Kim, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1976)
    07/29/1963 Alexandra Paul, NYC, actress (Christine, American Flyers, Dragnet) 07/29/1964 Lisa Peluso, Phila, actress (Search for Tomorrow, Ava-Loving) 07/29/1968 Kristen Babb-Sprague, Calif, US synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-9
    07/29/1970 Maria Checca, Bogota Colombia, playmate (Aug, 1994)
    07/29/1971 Bryan Dattilo, Kanakee Ill, actor (Lucas-Days of our Life) 07/29/1971 Jayne Fenner, Four Marks England, US sailing (Olympic-92) 07/29/1972 Wil Wheaton, actor (Star Trek Next Generation-Wesley, Stand By Me) 07/29/1973 Stephen Dorff, Atlanta, actor (I Know My Name is Steven)
    07/29/1973 Wanya Morris, [Squirt], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)


    Deaths:

    07/29/1030 Olaf Haraldsson, King of Norway, dies in battle of Stiklestad 07/29/1095 Ladislaus I Arpad de Heilige, King of Hungary, dies
    07/29/1099 Urban II, [Odo van Lagery], French Pope (1088-99), dies
    07/29/1164 Olaf, King of Norway, dies
    07/29/1596 Jacobus Latomus, Flemish poet (Psalms/Jeremias) dies at about 84 07/29/1632 Samuel Ampzing, vicar/poet (Biblical Treasures), dies
    07/29/1644 Urban VIII, [Maffeo Barberini], Pope (1623-44), dies
    07/29/1649 David Teniers I, Flemish painter (altaar stukken), dies
    07/29/1786 Franz Asplmayr, composer, dies at 58
    07/29/1797 Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48
    07/29/1808 Selîm III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies 07/29/1825 Micah Hawkins, composer, dies at 48
    07/29/1838 Jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66
    07/29/1844 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, composer, dies at 53
    07/29/1856 Robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46 07/29/1857 Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54 07/29/1859 Auguste Mathieu Panseron, composer, dies at 63
    07/29/1863 Edward Needle Kirk, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at about 3
    07/29/1886 Adolf Muller, composer, dies at 84
    07/29/1886 Solomon Gazfried, rabbi/author (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch), dies 07/29/1890 Vincent Van Gogh, painter, dies in Auvers, France
    07/29/1897 Joost G Kist, lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97), dies at 74
    07/29/1900 Umberto I, Italian King (1878-1900) assassinated by Gaetano Bresci 07/29/1906 Alexandre Luigini, composer, dies at 56
    07/29/1911 Oscar Carré, circus director, dies at 64
    07/29/1913 Tobias MC Asser, lawyer (Nobel 1911), dies
    07/29/1922 Edward Gailliard, Flemish language/archaeologist, dies at 81 07/29/1930 Alexander von Fielitz, composer, dies at 69
    07/29/1933 Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer, dies at 73
    07/29/1956 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (Study of Graves), dies at 83 07/29/1960 Richard Simon, co-founder (Simon & Shuster), dies
    07/29/1963 Dorian Le Gallienne, composer, dies at 48
    07/29/1966 Pal Jardanyi, composer, dies at 44
    07/29/1970 John Barbirolli, composer, dies at 70
    07/29/1970 Jonel Perlea, composer, dies at 69
    07/29/1974 Cass Elliot, singer of Mamas & Papas chokes to death at 30 in London
    07/29/1975 James [Benjamin] Blish, sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54
    07/29/1978 Wesley La Violette, composer, dies at 84
    07/29/1979 Herbert Marcuse, philosopher (Eros & Civilization), dies at 81 07/29/1980 Jan Tausinger, composer, dies at 58
    07/29/1982 Cor[nelis R J] Kieboom, resistor/President Feyenoord, dies at 81 07/29/1982 Harold Sakata, actor (Kenji-Sarge), dies at 62
    07/29/1982 Richard N Gale, English general/paracommandant, dies at 86 07/29/1983 David Niven, actor (Rugues), dies in Switzerland at 73
    07/29/1983 J B Charles, [Willem H Nagel], criminologist/writer, dies 07/29/1983 Luis Buñuel, movie director, dies at 83 of cirrhosis of liver 07/29/1983 Raymond Massey, actor, dies of pneumonia in Beverly Hills, Calif at
    07/29/1984 Fred Waring, orch leader (Fred Waring Show), dies at 84
    07/29/1984 Woodrow Parfey, actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack 07/29/1985 James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at 69
    07/29/1988 Ellin Berlin [MacKay], Mrs Irving Berlin, dies at 86
    07/29/1990 Bruno Kreisky, union chancellor Austria, dies
    07/29/1992 Tavio Amorin, Togolese politician, murdered
    07/29/1993 AJA Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer, dies at 78


    Significant Events:

    07/29/ 362 Emperor Julianus of Constantinople ends education laws
    07/29/ 626 Avaren/Slaves under khagan Bajan begin siege of Constantinople 07/29/1014 Battle of Strumitsa-valley: Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies 07/29/1030 Battle at Stiklestad (Trondheim)
    07/29/1179 Lando Sittino proclaimed (anti-)pope Innocent III
    07/29/1579 Antwerp request union with of Utrecht
    07/29/1585 Friese academy opens
    07/29/1588 Attacking Spanish Armada defeated & scattered by English defenders 07/29/1634 Dutch fleet under Johannes van Walbeeck lands on Curaçao
    07/29/1655 Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam
    07/29/1693 Battle at Neerwinden: French beats English/Dutch army
    07/29/1715 10 Spanish treasure galleons sunk off Florida coast by hurricane 07/29/1773 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH 07/29/1783 Skaptar Volcano on Iceland erupts killing about 9,000
    07/29/1786 1st newspaper published west of Alleghanies, Pitts Gazette 07/29/1835 1st sugar plantation in Hawaii begins
    07/29/1844 NY Yacht Club forms
    07/29/1851 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #15 Eunomia
    07/29/1858 1st commercial treaty between US & Japan signed
    07/29/1858 US citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan
    07/29/1864 3rd & last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia
    07/29/1864 Battle of Macon, GA (Stoneman's Raid)
    07/29/1874 Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court 07/29/1899 1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, NY
    07/29/1899 Southern Calif Golf Assn forms
    07/29/1902 Union of Orthodox Rabbis of US & Canada forms
    07/29/1907 1st helicopter ascent in Douai, France
    07/29/1908 St Louis Browns Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Phila Athletics 07/29/1910 JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory 07/29/1911 Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0
    07/29/1913 Albania becomes soevereinity under prince Wilhelm von Wied 07/29/1914 1st transcontinental phone link made between NYC & SF
    07/29/1914 Austrian-Hungary bombs Belgrade
    07/29/1914 British fleet leaves Portland/passes Straits of Dover
    07/29/1914 Russia mobilize troops along Austrian boundary
    07/29/1915 US marines land in Haiti, stay until 1924
    07/29/1916 Postal check & Girodienst establishes
    07/29/1920 1st transcontinental airmail flight from NY to SF
    07/29/1920 Mexican rebel Pancho Villa surrenders
    07/29/1921 New rules of language assumed (equal rights Flemings/Walen Belgium) 07/29/1923 Albert Einstein speaks on pacifism in Berlin
    07/29/1923 KPD holds struggle day against fascism, in Germany
    07/29/1924 Paul Runyan wins PGA golf championship
    07/29/1927 1st iron lung intalled (Bellevue hospital, NY)
    07/29/1928 Walt Disney's 'Steamboat Willie' is released
    07/29/1929 Belgium Maurice Dewaele wins Tour de France
    07/29/1930 115° F (46° C), Holly Springs, Mississippi (state record) 07/29/1937 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1431 Luanda
    07/29/1937 Japanese troops occupies Peking & Tientsin
    07/29/1938 Olympic National Park established
    07/29/1942 Eastern Blvd in the Bronx renamed Bruckner Blvd
    07/29/1943 Nazi's evacuate Hollandsche Theater in Amsterdam
    07/29/1944 Allied air force bomb Germany for 6 hours
    07/29/1944 US 4th Armour division occupiers Avranches
    07/29/1945 Cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed, US 3rd atom bomb on board? 07/29/1947 Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg V
    07/29/1948 King George VI opens 14th modern Olympic games in London
    07/29/1949 Airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends
    07/29/1952 1st nonstop transpacific flight by a jet
    07/29/1953 US bombers shot down at north of Wladiwostok
    07/29/1955 Smokey Burgess hits 3 HRS to help Pirates beat Reds 16-5
    07/29/1956 Cathy Cornelius wins US Women's Golf Open in a playoff
    07/29/1956 Jacques Cousteau's Calypso anchors in 7,500 m of water (record) 07/29/1956 WCKT (now WSVN) TV channel 7 in Miami, FL (IND) begins broadcasting 07/29/1957 Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Hurricane Jackson
    07/29/1957 International Atomic Energy Agency established by UN
    07/29/1957 Jack Paar's Tonight show premieres
    07/29/1958 Pres Eisenhower signs NASA & Space Act of 1958
    07/29/1958 Southern Pacific Bay ferries stop running
    07/29/1960 J Schubart discovers asteroid #2000 Herschel
    07/29/1961 Phillies lose 1st of 23 straight games
    07/29/1961 Wallis & Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory 07/29/1965 Beatles movie 'Help' premieres, Queen Elizabeth attends
    07/29/1965 Gemini 5 returned after 12d 7h 11m 53s
    07/29/1965 Major league record 26 strikeouts, Phillies (16), Pirates (10) 07/29/1966 Nigerians chief of staff Jakubu Gowon makes coup
    07/29/1967 Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134 07/29/1967 Moderate quake (6.5) strikes Caracas Venezuela causing severe damage
    07/29/1967 U S S Forrestal explodes kills 134. $100 million damage
    07/29/1968 Cincinnati Red George Culver no hits Phillies, 6-1
    07/29/1968 Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption
    07/29/1968 Pope Paul VI reaffirms stand against artificial birth control 07/29/1969 Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars 07/29/1970 6 days of race rioting in Hartford Ct
    07/29/1973 Greek plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy
    07/29/1974 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by House Judiciary Committee 07/29/1974 St Louis Card Lou Brock steals his 700th base
    07/29/1975 Ford became 1st US pres to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz 07/29/1975 Pres Jakubu Gowon of Nigeria makes coup
    07/29/1978 600,000 attend 'Summer Jam' rock festival, Watkins Glen, NY 07/29/1978 Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h40m
    07/29/1978 Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn & its rings
    07/29/1981 Iran ex-president Bani Sadr flees to Paris
    07/29/1981 Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diane Spencer
    07/29/1982 Andy Taylor of rock group Duran Duran weds Tracie Wilson
    07/29/1983 'Friday Night Videos' premieres on NBC TV
    07/29/1983 Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak 07/29/1984 23rd Summer Olympics opens in LA
    07/29/1985 19th Space Shuttle Mission (51-F)-Challenger 8-launched
    07/29/1986 Bomb attack in West-Beirut, 30 killed
    07/29/1986 NY jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages
    07/29/1987 Ben & Jerry's & Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor Cherry Garcia 07/29/1988 FDIC bails out 1st Republic Bank, Dallas, with $4 billion 07/29/1988 Gorbachev pushes plan electing president & parliament in March, 1989
    07/29/1988 Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from Challenger cockpit 07/29/1988 Last US Playboy Club (Lansing Mich) closes
    07/29/1988 South African govt bans anti-apartheid film 'Cry Freedom' 07/29/1989 Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8'0') in San Juan 07/29/1989 Phillies retire Steve Carltons # 32
    07/29/1989 Vince Coleman, record streak stopped at 50 straight stolen bases 07/29/1990 Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game 07/29/1990 South Africa Communist Party begins 1st legal conference
    07/29/1991 1st Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets beat Cubs 6-0) 07/29/1991 Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7½ caret engagement ring 07/29/1992 Ray Sharkey, actor (Wiseguys), arrested for narcotic possession 07/29/1993 Cin Red pitcher Thomas Browning arrested for marijuana pocession 07/29/1993 Walter Koenig (Checkov-Star Trek) suffers a mild heart attack 07/29/1994 Parliamentary election in Aruba

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Fri Jul 30 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/30/1511 Giorgio Vasari, Italy, painter/art historian (Vasari's Lives) 07/30/1747 Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer
    07/30/1751 Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist
    07/30/1763 Samuel Rogers, English poet (Italy, a poem)
    07/30/1793 Josepf Francois Snel, composer
    07/30/1815 Thomas Jackson Rodman, Bvt Brig General (Union volunteers) 07/30/1817 Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer
    07/30/1818 Emily Brontë, England, novelist (Wuthering Heights)
    07/30/1818 John Heemskerk Azn, minister of Internal minister (1866..88) 07/30/1824 Eugenio Terziani, composer
    07/30/1831 Helene P Blavatsky, founder (Theosophist Cooperation)
    07/30/1837 Elon John Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 07/30/1838 Eugen Richter, German parliament leader (liberal)
    07/30/1845 Jacob C van Marken, CEO (Calvé-Delft)
    07/30/1855 James Edward Kelly, US, sculptor 'Sculptor of American History' 07/30/1855 Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist
    07/30/1856 Richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor (Life of A Smith
    07/30/1857 Thorstein Veblen, US, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class-1899) 07/30/1863 Henry Ford, Dearborn Township, Mich, auto maker (Ford)
    07/30/1868 Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist
    07/30/1872 Clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte 07/30/1875 James William Tate, composer
    07/30/1880 Robert Rutherford McCormick, US, editor/publisher (Chicago Tribune) 07/30/1882 Leo van Puyfielde, Flemish art historian
    07/30/1886 Johan Algot Haquinius, composer
    07/30/1887 Felix A Vening Meinesz, geophysicist (black force)
    07/30/1887 Timothy Mara, NFL owner (NY Giants)
    07/30/1888 Jean-Jacques Bernard, French writer (Mon père Tristan Bernard) 07/30/1888 Raden Sutomo, Indonesian freedom fighter
    07/30/1889 Vladimir Zworykin, electronics engineer/inventor, father of TV 07/30/1890 Casey Stengel, baseball manager (Yankees (1949-60)/NY Met's 1st) 07/30/1897 Jacques de Kadt, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)/writer)
    07/30/1898 Henry Moore, England, sculptor (Vertebrae)
    07/30/1899 Gerald Moore, England, pianist (Am I Too Loud)
    07/30/1899 Henricus Moorman, Dutch vice-admiral (KVP)
    07/30/1899 John Woods Duke, composer
    07/30/1899 Vladimir K Zworykin, Russian/US, technician (ionoscope)
    07/30/1906 L'udovit Rajter, composer
    07/30/1906 Serafin Pro, composer
    07/30/1909 Cyril Northcote Parkinson, England, historian (Pursuit of Progress) 07/30/1912 Anne B Ridler, British poetess (Who is my neighbor?)
    07/30/1913 Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski, composer
    07/30/1921 Georg G Lampe, painter/director Free Academy
    07/30/1921 Grant Johannesen, Salt Lake City Ut, pianist (Osténd 1st prize 1947)
    07/30/1921 Jacques Vanderschueren, Belgium, European minister
    07/30/1922 Zbigniew Wiszniewski, composer
    07/30/1923 Dipa Nusantara Aidit, Indonesian communist/leader of PKI (1951-65) 07/30/1924 Christopher Shaw, composer
    07/30/1924 William Gass, Fargo ND, novelist/philosopher (Omensetter's Luck) 07/30/1925 Antoine Duhamel, composer
    07/30/1925 Jacques Sernas, Lithuania, actor (La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy) 07/30/1926 Peter T Thwaites, British brig-gen/playwright (Love or money) 07/30/1927 Richard Johnson, actor (Never So Few, Restless, Beyond the Door) 07/30/1929 Christine McGuire, Middletown Oh singer (McGuire Sisters-Sugartime) 07/30/1929 Sid Kroft, Athens Greece, puppeteer (Barbara Mandrell Show) 07/30/1931 Joan Vohs, St Albans NY, actress (Fort Ti, Vice Squad, Sabrina) 07/30/1933 Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes, LA, actor (77 Sunset Strip, Jack the Ripper) 07/30/1934 Andre Prevost, composer
    07/30/1934 Ben Piazza, Ark, actor (Blues Brothers, Ben Casey, Dallas) 07/30/1936 George 'Buddy' Guy, US blues guitarist (Stone Crazy)
    07/30/1936 Istvan Zelenka, composer
    07/30/1936 Ralph Taeger, Richmond Hill NY, actor (Klondike, Acapulco, Hondo) 07/30/1936 Yuri Alexandrovich Falik, composer
    07/30/1938 Vayachselav Ivanenko, USSR, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1988) 07/30/1939 Eleanor Smeal, heads National Organization for Women
    07/30/1939 Peter Bogdanovich, director/producer (Last Picture Show)
    07/30/1940 Clive Sinclair, British computer inventor (ZX Spectrum)
    07/30/1940 Patricia Schroeder, (Rep-D-Colorado, 1973- )
    07/30/1940 Reva Rose, Chicago Ill, actress (Temperature's Rising)
    07/30/1941 Count Desmond, [Edward Benjamin], Binghamton NY, sword swallower 07/30/1941 Paul Anka, Ottawa Ontario, singer (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) 07/30/1944 Frances de la Tour, actress (Bejewlled, Wombling Free)
    07/30/1944 Teresa Cahill, opera singer
    07/30/1945 David Sanborn, saxophonist (David Letterman Show)
    07/30/1947 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austria, body builder (Commando, Terminator) 07/30/1947 William Atherton, Ct, actor (Real Genius, Ghostbusters, Class of 44)
    07/30/1949 Joyce Jones, US singer (First Choice)
    07/30/1950 Frank Stallone, NYC, Sylvestor's brother/actor (Barfly, Outlaw Force
    07/30/1950 Wime de Craene, Flemish chansonnier/composer
    07/30/1953 Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-9) 07/30/1954 Ken Olin, Chicago Ill, actor (Hill St Blues, Michael-30 Something) 07/30/1956 Delta Burke, Orlando Fla, actress (Suzanne-Designing Women) 07/30/1956 Phil Fearon, rocker (Galaxy, Kandidate-I Don't Want to Lose You) 07/30/1957 Bert Oosterbosch, bicyclist
    07/30/1957 Bill Cartwright, basketball player (NY Knicks, Chic Bulls) 07/30/1957 Mark Tymchyshyn, Minneapolis, actor (Gavin-As The World Turns) 07/30/1957 Rat Scables, Damned, rocker
    07/30/1958 Daley Thompson, London, Decathalete (Olympic-gold-1980, 1984) 07/30/1958 Kate Bush, Plumstead England, singer/songwriter (Wild Things) 07/30/1958 Richard Burge, actor (Another World)
    07/30/1961 Larry Fishburne, actor (Red Heat, School Daze)
    07/30/1962 Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut 07/30/1963 Chris Mullen, Bkln NY, US basketball player (Warriors/Olympic-gold-9
    07/30/1963 Ingrid Butts, Denver Colo, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) 07/30/1963 Monique Gabrielle, LA Cal, actress (Bad Girls 4, Amazon Women on Moo
    07/30/1965 Tex Axile, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
    07/30/1975 Tifini Hale, Palm Springs Calif, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)


    Deaths:

    07/30/ 579 Benedict I, Italian Pope (575-79), dies
    07/30/1516 Johan V Nassau, earl of Nassau-Vianden/Dietz, dies
    07/30/1528 Jacopo d'antonio Negreti Palma, Italian painter, dies at about 48 07/30/1652 John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist, dies at 68
    07/30/1653 Gabriel Naude, composer, dies at 53
    07/30/1655 Sigmund Theophil Staden, composer, dies at 47
    07/30/1712 Abraham Elsevier, publisher
    07/30/1718 William Penn, English Quaker/colonizer (No cross, no crown), dies 07/30/1727 Franz Weichlein, composer, dies at 67
    07/30/1741 Wierich PL count von Daun, gov-gen of Austria & Netherlands, dies 07/30/1781 Augustin Ullinger, composer, dies at 35
    07/30/1796 Nicolas the Pigage, French classical architect, dies
    07/30/1832 Jean-A-C Chaptal, French chemist/Internal minister, dies
    07/30/1865 George Wright, US Union brig-general (scheepsongeluk), dies at 61 07/30/1898 Otto von Bismarck, German 'Iron' chancellor, dies
    07/30/1903 Servas Daems, [Peeter Klein], Flemish writer (Wheelbarrows), dies 07/30/1912 Moetsoehito, 122nd emperor of Japan, dies
    07/30/1914 Jean Jaurés, leading socialist, assassinated in Paris
    07/30/1918 Chaim Soloveitchik, Rabbi of Brisk, talmudic scholar, dies 07/30/1927 Robert Marquies de Flers, French writer (Monsieur Bretonneau, dies 07/30/1936 Adolf Philipp, composer, dies at 72
    07/30/1943 Benjamin James Dale, composer, dies at 58
    07/30/1957 Sem Dresden, composer/conductor, dies at 76
    07/30/1958 Alexander Albrecht, composer, dies at 72
    07/30/1964 Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (Key), dies
    07/30/1966 Edward G Craig, English actor/director (On art of theatre), dies 07/30/1967 Alfried Krupp, German industrialist, dies
    07/30/1968 Jon Leifs, composer, dies at 69
    07/30/1970 George Szell, Hungarian/US conductor (Cleveland Orch), dies at 73 07/30/1973 Erich Katz, composer, dies at 72
    07/30/1974 Lev Konstantinovich Knipper, composer, dies at 75
    07/30/1977 Jürgen Ponto, West German banker, murdered
    07/30/1979 Beppie Nooÿ, actress, dies at 67
    07/30/1980 Charles McGraw, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family), dies at 66 07/30/1980 Norman Lloyd, composer, dies at 70
    07/30/1983 Howard Deitz, MGM executive, dies at 86 of Parkinson's disease 07/30/1983 Lynn Fontanne, Broadway's premier actress (Emmy 1965), dies at 95 07/30/1990 Ian Gow, British Conservative parliament leader, murdered 07/30/1991 Leonardus S van Egerat, travel expert, dies at 68
    07/30/1992 Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman, dies at 78, dies
    07/30/1992 Titti Sotto, latin songwriter, dies at 48 of aids
    07/30/1993 Edward Raczynski, Polish president in exile (1979-86), dies at 102 07/30/1993 Jay Scott, [Jeffrey Scott Beaven], US/Canada movie critic, dies at 4
    07/30/1993 John Castrios, 1st murder in Washington NH in 200 years, dies at 45


    Significant Events:

    07/30/ 579 Benedict I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    07/30/ 657 St Vitalian begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Eugene I 07/30/1419 Hussiets besiege townhall of Prague/killed councillors
    07/30/1537 Resistant of Bomy: French/Dutch ceasefire
    07/30/1601 Spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius 07/30/1618 Prince Maurits' troops pull into Utrecht
    07/30/1619 House of Burgesses Virginia formed, 1st elective US governing body 07/30/1626 Earthquake hits Naples; 10,000 die
    07/30/1650 Prince Willem II occupies Amsterdam
    07/30/1653 Johan the Witt sworn in as pension advisor of Holland
    07/30/1678 English troops lands in Flanders
    07/30/1715 Spanish gold & silver fleet disappears off St Lucie, Florida 07/30/1729 City of Baltimore founded
    07/30/1733 Society of Freemasons opens 1st American lodge in Boston
    07/30/1739 Caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, NJ 07/30/1775 Capt Cook with Resolution returns to England
    07/30/1792 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time 07/30/1809 English invasion army lands in Walcheren
    07/30/1822 James Varick becomes 1st bishop of Afr Meth Episcopal Zion Church 07/30/1824 Gioacchino Rossini becomes manager of Théâtre Italian, Paris 07/30/1826 Java prince Dipo Negoro surprise attacks Dutch colony, 82 killed 07/30/1836 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii
    07/30/1839 Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad
    07/30/1844 1st US yacht club organized, NY Yacht Club
    07/30/1864 Battle of Chambersburg, PA - burned by Union forces under McCausland
    07/30/1864 Battle of the Crater: Gen Burnsides fails on attack of Petersburg 07/30/1864 Confederate troops attack Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in fire 07/30/1865 Pope Pius IX visits Suriname
    07/30/1866 Race riot in New Orleans
    07/30/1870 Staten Island ferry 'Westfield' burns, killing 100
    07/30/1874 1st baseball teams to play outside US, Boston-Phila in British Isles
    07/30/1878 Russian assault on Plevna Turkey, 7,300 Russian casualties 07/30/1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure 'Naval Treaty' (BG)
    07/30/1902 Anti-Jewish rioters attack funeral procession of Rabbi Joseph (NYC) 07/30/1905 Dutch Covenant of Worker's union, NVV, established
    07/30/1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #570 Kythera
    07/30/1908 Around the World Autombile Race ends in Paris
    07/30/1909 John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League 07/30/1909 US Army accepts delivery of 1st military airplane
    07/30/1911 J Palisa discovers asteroid #716 Berkeley
    07/30/1913 Conclusion of 2nd Balkan War
    07/30/1914 Austrian-Hungary & Russia end general mobilization
    07/30/1914 France troops advance 10 km to German border
    07/30/1914 John French appointed British supreme commander
    07/30/1916 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #951 Gaspra
    07/30/1916 German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, NJ 07/30/1922 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #983 Gunila
    07/30/1923 New Zealand claims Ross Dependency
    07/30/1926 Albanian boundaries deduced
    07/30/1928 George Eastman demonstrates 1st color movie
    07/30/1930 Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer's 1st World Cup in Montevideo
    07/30/1932 10th modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
    07/30/1932 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #2253 Espinette
    07/30/1937 Phillies Dolph Camilli, plays 1st base & registers no put outs 07/30/1938 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1467 Mashona
    07/30/1938 Gen Metaxas names himself premier of Greece
    07/30/1939 Belgium Sylvère Maes wins 33rd Tour de France
    07/30/1941 German occupiers forbid SDAP, VDB, ARP, RKSP, CHU & SGP in Netherlan
    07/30/1942 FDR signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES) 07/30/1942 German SS kills 25,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia
    07/30/1942 German occupiers set night curfew on Jews in Netherlands
    07/30/1943 Last Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney movie released (Girl Crazy) 07/30/1944 Heavy battles at Tessy-sur-Vire & Villebaudon Normandy
    07/30/1944 US 30th division reaches suburbs of St-Lô Normandy
    07/30/1945 Philippines Sea: US cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed/sinks, 880 die 07/30/1946 1st rocket attains 100 mi (167 km) altitude, White Sands, NM 07/30/1948 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record (10K - 29:59.6)
    07/30/1948 Professional wrestling premieres on prime-time network TV (DuMont) 07/30/1951 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #2718
    07/30/1955 Louison Bobet wins his 3rd Tour de France
    07/30/1956 US motto 'In God We Trust' authorized
    07/30/1960 1st AFL preseason game Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo (28-7
    07/30/1961 Jerry Barber wins PGA golf tournament
    07/30/1962 AL beats NL 9-4 in 33rd All Star Game (Wrigley Field Chicago) 07/30/1964 US naval fire on Hon Ngu/Hon Mo, North Vietnam
    07/30/1965 LBJ signs Medicare bill, which went into effect following year 07/30/1966 Beatles' 'Yesterday... & Today,' album goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 week
    07/30/1966 England beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London 07/30/1966 US airplanes bombs demilitarized zone in Vietnam
    07/30/1967 Race riot in Milwaukee (4 killed)
    07/30/1968 Beatles' Apple Boutique closes, entire inventory is given away 07/30/1968 Wash Senator Ron Hansen makes 1st unassisted triple-play in 41 years
    07/30/1969 Barbra Striesand opens for Liberace at International Hotel, Las Vega
    07/30/1969 KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting 07/30/1969 Mariner 6 passes Venus on 3410 km (74 photos)
    07/30/1970 30,000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield Ct
    07/30/1970 Smirnova discover asteroid 1835 Gajdariya, 2032 Ethel & 2349 Kurchen
    07/30/1971 George Harrison releases 'Bangladesh'
    07/30/1971 Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter killing 162 07/30/1971 US Apollo 15 (Scott & Irwin) lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon 07/30/1973 Texas Ranger Jim Bibby no-hits Oakland A's, 6-0
    07/30/1974 House of Reps recommends 3 articles of impeachment of Nixon 07/30/1975 Teamsters Pres Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit 07/30/1976 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy
    07/30/1976 Japanese beat Russian for Olympic gold in woman's volleyball 07/30/1980 British New Hebrides becomes independent & takes name Vanuatu 07/30/1980 Vanuatu (then New Hebrides) gains independence from Britain & France
    07/30/1981 Belgian Senate accept laws against racism
    07/30/1983 Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, Calif 07/30/1983 Weight lifter Sergei Didyk of USSR jerks a record 261 kg
    07/30/1984 Alvenus tanker at Cameron La, spills 2.8 million gallons of oil 07/30/1984 Soap Opera 'Santa Barbara' premieres on NBC TV
    07/30/1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-I mission 07/30/1988 Cin Red pitcher John Franco sets a record of 13 saves in 1 month 07/30/1988 James Ogilvy (under Engl princess Alexandra) marries Julia Rawlinson
    07/30/1988 King Hussein disolves Jordan's House of Representatives
    07/30/1988 Ronald J Dossenbach begins world record ride, pedaling across Canada
    07/30/1988 from Vancouver BC, to Halifax, NS (13 days, 15 hr, 4 min) 07/30/1989 Chile amends its constitution
    07/30/1990 5 Bank of Credit & Commerce members found guilty of money 07/30/1990 Soldiers opens fire on worshippers in Monrovian church, 200-600 die 07/30/1991 MTV announces it will split into 3 channels in 1993
    07/30/1991 Red Sox Carlos Quintana is 11th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat Jul 31 00:30:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    07/31/1396 Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count 07/31/1443 Albrecht III van Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon
    07/31/1527 Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)
    07/31/1578 Catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange 07/31/1629 Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer
    07/31/1654 Jacob Hop, politician/diplomat
    07/31/1743 August R van Hekeren van Suideras, orangist
    07/31/1748 Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist
    07/31/1763 James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia)
    07/31/1767 Amelie Julia Candielle, composer
    07/31/1803 John Ericsson, US, invented screw propeller/built USS Monitor 07/31/1808 Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer
    07/31/1816 George Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870 07/31/1817 Philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 07/31/1818 Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer
    07/31/1825 Thomas Hart Taylor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 07/31/1828 François Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin) 07/31/1830 Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer
    07/31/1834 Peter H Hugenholtz, reforms vicar/founder (Free Borough)
    07/31/1837 William Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865 07/31/1841 George Melville, polar explorer, naval engineer
    07/31/1844 Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist
    07/31/1847 Ignacio Cervantes, composer
    07/31/1848 Jean Robert Planquette, Fren composer (Lesson cloches the Corneville
    07/31/1884 Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig), 'July 20th Plot'
    07/31/1886 Constantly Permeke, Flemish painter/statues artist (Zeug) 07/31/1893 Charles Wilfred Orr, composer
    07/31/1894 Roy Bargy, Mich, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show)
    07/31/1900 Elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll)
    07/31/1900 Erich Katz, composer
    07/31/1901 Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor (Landscape with 2 Personages)
    07/31/1904 Arthur Daley, sportswriter (NY Times-Pulitzer 1956)
    07/31/1911 George Liberace, Menasha Wisc, violinist (Liberace Show)
    07/31/1912 Irv Kupcinet, Chicago Ill, TV host (Tonight! America After Dark) 07/31/1912 Milton Friedman, economist (Nobel 1976)
    07/31/1913 Bryan Hextall, NHL hall of famer
    07/31/1919 Curt Gowdy, Green River Wyo, sportscaster (ABC)
    07/31/1919 Norman Del Mar, composer
    07/31/1919 Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer (Survival in Aushchwitz) 07/31/1920 Rudolf Halaczinsky, composer
    07/31/1921 Whitney M Young Jr, civil rights leader, head of Urban League 07/31/1923 Ahmet Ertegun, CEO (Atlantic Records)
    07/31/1928 Bill Frenzel, (Rep-R-MN, 1971- )
    07/31/1929 Don Murray, Calif, actor (Bus Stop, Advise & Consent, Endless Love) 07/31/1929 Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist
    07/31/1932 Robert W Davis, (Rep-R-MI, 1979- )
    07/31/1935 Geoffrey Lewis, Plainsfield NJ, actor (Earl-Flo, Gun Shy) 07/31/1937 Isabelle F Daniels, Jakin Georgia, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-bronze-56
    07/31/1939 France Nuyen, Marselles France, actress (St Elsewhere, Diamond Head)
    07/31/1939 John R West, (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring), rocker 07/31/1940 Stanley Jaffe, producer (Fatal Attraction)
    07/31/1943 Lobo, rocker
    07/31/1943 Susan Flannery, NYC, actress (Leslie Stewart-Dallas)
    07/31/1943 William Bennett, US Secretary of Education (1985-88)/drug czar 07/31/1944 Geraldine Chaplin, Santa Monica Ca, actress (Dr Zhivago, 3 Musketeer
    07/31/1944 Sherry Lansing, Chicago Ill, actress (China Syndrome, Black Rain) 07/31/1945 Tomas Vackar, composer
    07/31/1945 William Floyd Weld, (Gov-R-Mass)
    07/31/1946 Bob Welch, rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Oh Well)
    07/31/1946 Gary Lewis, Jerry's son, singer, (& The Playboys-This Diamond Ring) 07/31/1947 Karl Greene, rocker, (Herman's Hermits)
    07/31/1950 Lane Davies, actor (Mason-Santa Barbara, Impure Thoughts) 07/31/1951 Barry Van Dyke, Atlanta Ga, actor (Lt Dillon-Battlestar Galactica) 07/31/1951 Evonne Goolagong Cawley, NSW Aust, tennis player (Wimbeldon 1971) 07/31/1953 Hugh McDowell, chelloist (ELO-Telephone Line)
    07/31/1954 Flo Hyman, LA Calif, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984) 07/31/1957 Dirk Blocker, LA Calif, actor (Baa Baa Black Sheep, Ryan's Four) 07/31/1957 Irina Nazariva, USSR, 4 X 400m relay (Olympic-gold-1980)
    07/31/1957 Victoria E Cooke, Hollywood Ca, playmate (Aug, 1980)
    07/31/1958 Bill Berry, US pop drummer (REM-Sentimental Hygiene)
    07/31/1958 Wally Kurth, actor (Days of Our Lives)
    07/31/1962 Kym Malin, Dallas Tx, playmate (May, 1982)
    07/31/1962 Sandra 'Sweetness' Hodge, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters) 07/31/1963 Norman Cook, rocker (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There) 07/31/1966 Marina V A Mowatt [Ogilvy], daughter of English princess Alexandra 07/31/1966 Tylin John, Encino CA, playmate (Mar, 1992)
    07/31/1967 Sean O'Neill, Toledo OH, US Olympic table tennis player (Olympic-92)
    07/31/1970 David Sacco, Malden Mass, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994) 07/31/1973 Jerry Rivera, Puerto Rico, spanish singer


    Deaths:

    07/31/1358 Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies 07/31/1556 St Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Society of Jesus, dies in Rome 07/31/1566 Bartholomé de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 07/31/1648 Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia through Crucis), dies at 60? 07/31/1693 Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73
    07/31/1750 Johan V, King of Portugal, dies
    07/31/1784 Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), die
    07/31/1790 Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48
    07/31/1795 José B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54 07/31/1811 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish 07/31/1875 Andrew Johnson, 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66
    07/31/1886 Franz von Liszt, [Ferencz], Hungarian pianist/composer, dies at 74 07/31/1914 A J Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité/Les Preuves), murdered
    07/31/1932 Francesco Paolo Neglia, composer, dies at 58
    07/31/1940 Whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by 'Bugsy' Siegel 07/31/1942 Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies 07/31/1944 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot/writer (Small Prince), dies 07/31/1951 J of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies
    07/31/1953 Robert Taft, (Sen-R-Oh) 'Mr Republican', dies in NY at 63 07/31/1960 Karl Hasse, composer, dies at 77
    07/31/1966 Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies
    07/31/1967 Mario Varvoglis, composer, dies at 81
    07/31/1967 Richard Kuhn, German chemist, dies
    07/31/1972 Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/sect-gen (NATO, 1957-61), dies at
    07/31/1977 Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20
    07/31/1978 Enoch Light, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70
    07/31/1981 Gen Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash
    07/31/1984 Bill Raisch, one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive), dies at 79 07/31/1984 Paul Le Flem, composer, dies at 103
    07/31/1985 Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78 07/31/1986 Theodore 'Teddy' Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73 07/31/1992 G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72 07/31/1992 Sjoerd de Free, reporter (Radio Herrÿzend Netherland), dies 07/31/1993 Baudouin, king of Belgium (1951-93), dies at 62 from heart problems 07/31/1993 Paul Henry, US Republicans Congressional leader, dies at 51


    Significant Events:

    07/31/ 432 St Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    07/31/ 768 [Philip] begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    07/31/1291 Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine
    07/31/1498 Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad
    07/31/1620 Pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America
    07/31/1667 Peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends 07/31/1751 Fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses
    07/31/1771 Paul Potters 'Great ossendrift' sold for ƒ9050 in Amsterdam 07/31/1777 Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army 07/31/1790 1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process 07/31/1794 All Jacobÿnse clubs together in Haarlem
    07/31/1809 1st practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phil
    07/31/1813 British invade Plattsburgh, NY
    07/31/1830 Charles X of France resigns by force
    07/31/1861 9300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam: world record 07/31/1864 Ulysses S Grant is named General of Volunteers
    07/31/1872 C H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild 07/31/1874 Patrick Francis Healy, SJ, inaugurated as pres of Georgetown U 07/31/1900 Boer General Prinsloo & Roux surrenders in Brandwater Basin 07/31/1901 Abraham Kuyper becomes premier of Netherlands
    07/31/1910 Chic Cub King Cole no-hits St Louis, 4-0 in a 7 inning game 07/31/1910 Clement van Maasdÿk gives flying demonstratiion
    07/31/1911 Hungarian education is only taught in German
    07/31/1912 US government prohibits movies & photos of prize fights (censorship)
    07/31/1914 German Emperor Wilhelm II threatens war, orders Russia to demobilize
    07/31/1914 Oil discovered in Lake of Maracaibo
    07/31/1917 3rd battle of Ypres begins
    07/31/1922 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's 1st water skis (Minn) 07/31/1922 Italy's general strike against fascist violence
    07/31/1923 Belgian Chamber discusses bilinguality at Ghent University 07/31/1925 Last allied occupying troops leave Ruhrgebied
    07/31/1925 Unemployment Insurance Act passed in England
    07/31/1929 Aristide Briand becomes premier of France
    07/31/1930 Lou Gehrig grand slams as Yanks beat Red Sox 14-13
    07/31/1932 Cleveland Municipal Stadium opens-Phila A's beat Indians 1-0 07/31/1932 German Election (NSDAP gets 37.3%)
    07/31/1935 3rd Dutch govt of Colÿn sworn in
    07/31/1935 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1362 Griqua & #2865
    07/31/1936 Tokyo Japan is awarded the 1940 Olympics (later cancelled) 07/31/1940 Riech's commissar Seyss-Inquart bans homosexuals
    07/31/1942 German SS gases 1,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia
    07/31/1948 Pres Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), NY 07/31/1949 Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills SS & 3rd baseman 07/31/1953 Dept of Health, Education & Welfare created
    07/31/1954 Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hrs, 1 doubl
    07/31/1955 KRNT (now KCCI) TV channel 8 in Des Moines, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast 07/31/1955 WHIS (now WVVA) TV channel 6 in Bluefield, WV (NBC) 1st broadcast 07/31/1958 Anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet
    07/31/1960 Elÿah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state 07/31/1960 KSOO (now KSFY) TV channel 13 in Sioux Falls, SD (NBC) 1st broadcast
    07/31/1961 2nd All Star Game of 1961 ends 1-1 due to rain at Fenway Park 07/31/1961 Israel welcomes its 1,000,000th immigrant
    07/31/1962 Federation of Malaysia formed
    07/31/1963 Arturo Illia elected president of Argentina
    07/31/1963 Cleve ties record of 4 consecutive HRS (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown
    07/31/1964 Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor
    07/31/1964 George Lascelles marries Patricia Tuckwell
    07/31/1964 US Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon
    07/31/1966 Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remar
    07/31/1966 Charles Whitman wounds 46 & kills 5 at University of Texas 07/31/1968 Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free 07/31/1969 KWIH TV channel 44 in Winona, MN (IND) begins broadcasting 07/31/1969 Mariner 6 flies past Mars
    07/31/1969 National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, La 07/31/1970 Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends 'Huntley-Brinkley Report' 07/31/1972 Chic White Sox Dick Allen hits 2 inside-the-park-homers in Minn 07/31/1972 Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic VP candidate
    07/31/1973 ABA Virginia Squires trade Julius Erving to NY Nets
    07/31/1976 Seychelle Independence (Independence day)
    07/31/1976 Waldemar Cierpinski runs Olympic marathon (2:09:55.0)
    07/31/1978 Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris
    07/31/1978 NY Yanks now 7½ out of 1st, picked up 7 games in previous 2 weeks 07/31/1979 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2402 Satpaev & #2416 Sharonov 07/31/1980 John Phillips of Mamas & Papas is arrested on drug charges 07/31/1980 Soyuz 37 crew returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 36
    07/31/1981 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends
    07/31/1981 Arnette Hubbard installed as 1st woman president of Natl Bar Assn 07/31/1982 46 kids & 7 adults die as 2 buses & several cars collide in France 07/31/1982 Autobus in Beaune France catches fire; 53 die
    07/31/1984 Leeza Gibbon's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
    07/31/1984 US men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics 07/31/1984 Venz commandos terminate hijacking of an aircraft, 2 killed 07/31/1987 'Living Daylights' premieres in US
    07/31/1987 Battle between Iranian pilgrims & Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed 07/31/1987 Eddie Murray hits his 300th HR
    07/31/1987 Guns & Roses song 'Appetite for Destruction' is released
    07/31/1987 Rockwell International awarded contract to build a 5th shuttle 07/31/1988 Last Playboy club closes (Lansing Michigan)
    07/31/1988 Miami Dolphins beat SF 49ers 27-21 in London
    07/31/1988 Willie Stargell became 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame
    07/31/1990 Bosnia-Hercegovina declares independence
    07/31/1990 Nolan Ryan becomes 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games 07/31/1992 Thai Airbus crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 113 die
    07/31/1993 Allman Bros guitarist Dickey Betts arrested for shoving 2 cops 07/31/1993 Inkatha-arm forces killed 49 ANC-followers in Johannesburg 07/31/1993 Prince Ronald 'Ronnie' Mutebi crowned king of Uganda
    07/31/1994 Phil Rizzuto (NY Yankee) enters the Hall of Fame

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Aug 1 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/01/ 10 -BC- Claudius, 4th Roman emperor (41-54 AD)
    08/01/ 126 Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman emperor (193 AD)
    08/01/ 848 Frantisek Kmoch, composer
    08/01/1322 Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian 08/01/1495 Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect
    08/01/1520 Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland
    08/01/1642 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95)
    08/01/1659 Antoine Mouque, composer
    08/01/1685 Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer
    08/01/1714 Richard Wilson, British landscape painter
    08/01/1744 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, believed in inheritance of acquired traits 08/01/1753 Charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, reformer/inventor
    08/01/1755 Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer
    08/01/1766 Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer
    08/01/1766 Jeffrey Wyatville, architect
    08/01/1770 William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
    08/01/1779 Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)
    08/01/1786 Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister
    08/01/1814 Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 08/01/1815 Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast 08/01/1818 Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island 08/01/1819 Herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)
    08/01/1824 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer
    08/01/1840 Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer
    08/01/1843 Robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926 08/01/1847 Guido Papini, composer
    08/01/1847 Guido Papini, violinist/composer
    08/01/1858 Hans Rott, composer
    08/01/1858 Paul Barth, German philosopher/sociologist
    08/01/1862 Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor
    08/01/1863 Gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34)
    08/01/1871 Oskar Fried, composer
    08/01/1877 Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain)
    08/01/1877 Jan van den Tempel, Dutch 2nd Chamber Member (SDAP)
    08/01/1881 Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer
    08/01/1882 Vaclav Klicka, composer
    08/01/1886 Isaac Keesing, founder (System Keesing)
    08/01/1888 Vito Frazzi, composer
    08/01/1889 John F Mahoney, developed pencillin treatment of syphillis 08/01/1890 George II, king of Greece
    08/01/1892 Constantly Burniaux, Belg, art historian (Lesson temps inquiets) 08/01/1895 Benjamin E Mays, SC, black educator (Morehouse, Howard University) 08/01/1898 Morris Stoloff, Phila, violinist (Picnic, Pal Joey)
    08/01/1899 William Steinberg, Cologne, conductor (Boston Symph-1969-71) 08/01/1901 Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder (Club Méditerranée) 08/01/1902 Henry Curls, general/chief military authority (1944-46)
    08/01/1906 William Hayter, diplomat
    08/01/1908 Miloslav Kabelac, composer
    08/01/1909 Nigel Henderson, admiral
    08/01/1911 Ronald MacDonald, British major-general
    08/01/1912 Henry Jones, Phila Pa, actor (Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Gun Shy) 08/01/1913 Jerome Moross, Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny)
    08/01/1914 Jack Delano, composer
    08/01/1916 Viscount Hanworth, barrister
    08/01/1917 Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert
    08/01/1918 Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist
    08/01/1919 Stanley Middleton, novelist
    08/01/1920 Jeffrey Segal, actor (Traitors)/playwright
    08/01/1920 Sammy Lee, Fresno Calif, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1948, 52) 08/01/1921 Jack Kramer, Las Vegas, tennis star (Wimbeldon 1947)
    08/01/1922 Arthur Hill, Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter) 08/01/1922 Frank Hauser, British theatrical director
    08/01/1923 Gwyn Ward Thomas, Britsh TV director
    08/01/1923 Yoshinao Nakada, composer
    08/01/1926 Karl Kohn, composer
    08/01/1927 André Cools, Belgium, minister of Budget/vice-premier
    08/01/1930 Geoffrey Holder, Trinidad, dancer/actor (Annie, The Wiz)
    08/01/1930 Lionel Bart, composer
    08/01/1931 Bart Conner, US, parallel bars gymnist (Olympic-gold-1984) 08/01/1931 Lucien E Blackwell, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania)
    08/01/1931 Monty Losowsky, prof of medicine (St James University England) 08/01/1931 Sean O Riada, composer
    08/01/1933 Dom DeLuise, Bkln NY, comedian, actor (End, Cannonball Run, Fatso) 08/01/1933 Erwin Nypels, economist/Dutch 2nd Chamber Member (D66)
    08/01/1933 Richard Lloyd Jones, secretary Welsh Office
    08/01/1936 Larie Taylor, sociologist/broadcaster
    08/01/1936 Yves Saint-Laurent, fashion designer (Opium, Obsession)
    08/01/1937 Alfonse M D'Amato, Brooklyn NY, (Sen-R-NY 1981- )
    08/01/1939 Stephen Sykes, Bishop of Ely
    08/01/1940 Joan Joyce, Waterbury Ct, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1983) 08/01/1940 Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire
    08/01/1941 Ron Brown, actor (Charlie the Lonesome Cougar)
    08/01/1942 Giancarlo Giannini, Italy, actor (Seduction of Mimi)
    08/01/1942 Jerry Garcia, SF, rocker (Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band) 08/01/1943 Andy Roxburgh, manager Scotland soccer team
    08/01/1944 Elske Terveld, Dutch state secretary Social Business (PvdA) 08/01/1944 Yuri V Romanenko, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 26, Soyuz 38, Soyuz TM-2) 08/01/1946 Frederick C Boucher, (Rep-D-Virginia)
    08/01/1946 J Guillermo, husband of princess Christina of Netherlands 08/01/1946 Richard O Covey, Fayetteville Ar, USAF/astro (STS 51I, 26, 38, 61) 08/01/1946 Rick Boucher, (Rep-D-VA, 1983- )
    08/01/1946 Tom Loeffler, (Rep-R-TX, 1979- )
    08/01/1947 Rick Anderson, rocker (Tubes)
    08/01/1947 Rick Coonce, rocker (Grass Roots)
    08/01/1948 Robert Spink, British MP
    08/01/1949 Primous, III Fountain, composer
    08/01/1950 Doug Tract, [Greaseman], Bronx NY, radio DJ
    08/01/1951 David Jasper, British principal (St Chad's College Durham England) 08/01/1951 Robin Heifetz, composer
    08/01/1952 Brian Patrick Clarke, Gettysburg Pa, actor (Merle-Eight is Enough) 08/01/1953 Robert Cray, Columbus Ga, blues singer/songwriter (1987 Grammy) 08/01/1957 Glen Gorbous, Canada, longest throw of a regulation baseball (445'10
    08/01/1958 Taylor Negron, LA Calif, actor (Silvio-Detective School)
    08/01/1959 Joe Elliot, rocker (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages)
    08/01/1960 Chuck D, [Chuck Ridenhour], US rapper (Public Enemy)
    08/01/1960 Marta Chávarri Figueroa, Madrid Spain, The Marquesa de Cubas 08/01/1961 Danny Blind, soccer star (Sparta/Ajax)
    08/01/1962 Joetta Clark, East Orange NJ, 800m runner (Olympic-1992)
    08/01/1964 Nick Christian Sayer, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen) 08/01/1964 Rob Camilletti, Cher's boyfriend
    08/01/1967 Gregg Jefferies, infielder (NY Mets, KC Royals)
    08/01/1968 Stacey Augmon, Pasadena Cal, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1988)
    08/01/1973 Tempestt Bledsoe, Chicago, actress (Vanessa-Cosby Show)
    08/01/1978 Dhani Harrison, George Harrison's 1st child


    Deaths:

    08/01/ 527 Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies
    08/01/1137 Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)
    08/01/1190 Floris III, Count of Holland, dies
    08/01/1628 Francesco Gonzaga, composer, dies at 37
    08/01/1667 Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48
    08/01/1714 Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49 08/01/1743 Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 08/01/1805 Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51
    08/01/1813 Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60
    08/01/1821 Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author, dies
    08/01/1834 Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies 08/01/1837 Walter Geikie, painter, dies
    08/01/1846 Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83
    08/01/1857 Charles Turner, engraver, dies
    08/01/1882 Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 08/01/1883 Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies
    08/01/1902 Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies
    08/01/1911 Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das grosse Duden Lexicon), dies 08/01/1920 Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies
    08/01/1922 Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72
    08/01/1925 John Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61 08/01/1926 Israel Zangwill, British zionists writer (Ghetto tragedies), dies 08/01/1934 Piotr Maszynski, composer, dies at 79
    08/01/1943 Ismar Elbogen, German/US learned/rabbi (Jewish Lexicon), dies at 68 08/01/1946 Andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht) executed at 45 08/01/1957 Harvey Glatmin, 1st bondage-photo victim, executed [or 8/18/59] 08/01/1963 Theodore Roethke, US poet (Praise to the end!), dies
    08/01/1965 Kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer, dies at 77
    08/01/1966 Bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer, dies
    08/01/1973 Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer, dies at 91
    08/01/1973 Walter Ulbricht, pres German DR, dies at 80
    08/01/1977 Francis Gary Powers, US U-2 pilot, dies at 47
    08/01/1979 Joseph Kotälla, German war criminal (4 of Breda), dies at 71 08/01/1981 Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi, composer, dies at 49
    08/01/1983 Peter Arne, actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62 08/01/1985 Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92
    08/01/1986 Willem Klein, variety artist, dies at about 73
    08/01/1987 Pola Negri, actress (Forbidden Paradise), dies at 92
    08/01/1988 Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86 08/01/1988 John Cardinal Dearden, US cardinal, dies at 80
    08/01/1988 Trindad Silva, actor (Hill St Blues), dies at 38 in an auto accident
    08/01/1989 John Ogdon, composer, dies at 52
    08/01/1990 Norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies 08/01/1992 Chico Alvarez, trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orch), dies at 72 of cancer 08/01/1992 Stanley Dudek, US platform diver (watershows), dies
    08/01/1993 Alfred Manessier, Fr painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 8
    08/01/1993 Anatoli Koretski, Russian general-major, murdered
    08/01/1993 Ewing Kaufman, founder/owner (KC Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76 08/01/1993 Lea Verschuuren-Smulders, author (Kleutertje Luister), dies at 72 08/01/1993 Viktor Poljanitsjko, governor of Kaukasus, murdered


    Significant Events:

    08/01/ 12 -BC- Lyon: altar given to Rome/emperor August
    08/01/ 527 Justinianus I succeeds Justinus I as emperor of Byzantium
    08/01/ 649 Pope Martinus I chosen successor of Theodorus I [or 8/7]
    08/01/ 860 Peace of Koblenz: Charles the Bare, Louis the German & Lotharius II 08/01/ 902 Aghlabidisch emir Ibrahim II destroys Taormina, Sicily
    08/01/1021 Synod of Pavia: emperor Henry II convicts married priest
    08/01/1086 English barons become submissive to king Willem the Occupier 08/01/1177 Peace Treaty of Venice: Emperor Frederik I & Pope Alexander III 08/01/1203 Alexius IV Angelus appointed co-regent of Byzantium
    08/01/1291 Everlasting League forms, basis of Swiss Confederation (Independence
    08/01/1404 Earl Engelbert I of Nassau marries Johanna of Poland
    08/01/1498 Christopher Columbus lands on 'Isla Santa' [vasteland America] 08/01/1589 Murder attempt by monk Jacques Clement on French King Hendrik III 08/01/1619 1st black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia
    08/01/1626 Earl Earnest Casimir conquerors Oldenzaal
    08/01/1716 1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea)
    08/01/1716 Waterman's race on Thames 1st rowed
    08/01/1732 Foundation laid for Bank of England
    08/01/1774 Priestly discovers oxygen
    08/01/1781 English army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia 08/01/1785 Caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet 08/01/1789 US Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act
    08/01/1790 1st US census (population of 3,939,214; 697,624 are slaves) 08/01/1794 Whiskey Rebellion begins
    08/01/1798 Battle on Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet
    08/01/1812 Rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY
    08/01/1814 Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat
    08/01/1831 London Bridge opens
    08/01/1834 Slavery abolished in British empire
    08/01/1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil
    08/01/1838 Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas
    08/01/1842 Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens
    08/01/1852 SF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist
    08/01/1861 Brazil recognizes Confederacy
    08/01/1863 Battle of Little Rock AK & Start of Chattanooga campaign
    08/01/1863 Cavalry action near Brandy Station-End of Gettysburg Campaign 08/01/1864 Battle of Petersburg, VA
    08/01/1867 Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn) 08/01/1869 1st voyage down Colorado River
    08/01/1873 SF's 1st cable car begins service
    08/01/1876 Colorado becomes 38th state
    08/01/1877 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #173 Ino
    08/01/1881 US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay 08/01/1883 A papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery)
    08/01/1883 Amsterdam's Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky gets electric lights 08/01/1883 Inland postal service begins in Great Britain
    08/01/1886 Great Britain annexes Kermadec-Island near New Zealand
    08/01/1896 George Samuelson completes rowing Atlantic (NY to England) 08/01/1901 Burial within SF City limits prohibited
    08/01/1902 Building begins on Dutch public housing
    08/01/1902 Mine accident in Wollongong, Australia (100 die)
    08/01/1903 1st coast-to-coast automobile trip (SF-NY) completed
    08/01/1906 Bkln Dodger Harry McIntire no-hits Pitts for 10 2/3 loses in 13th 08/01/1907 Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street, SF 08/01/1907 Signal Corps of US army starts aircraft division
    08/01/1909 British SS Waratah disappears on Sydney to London, 300 killed 08/01/1914 British fleet reaches Scapa Flow
    08/01/1914 Emperor Wilhelm II declares war on his nephew tsar Nicolas II (WW I)
    08/01/1914 France & Germany mobilize
    08/01/1916 Hawaii National Park established
    08/01/1917 Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT
    08/01/1918 British troops enter Vladivostok
    08/01/1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #896 Sphinx
    08/01/1918 Pitts Pirates beat Boston Braves, 2-0, in 21 innings
    08/01/1919 Queen Wilhelmina opens First Air Fair in Amsterdam
    08/01/1920 Peace of Riga-Independence of Latvia
    08/01/1922 Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard 08/01/1925 Shortwave-radio link between Kootwÿk & Netherland East-Indies 08/01/1926 Battles between Druzen & French in Damascus
    08/01/1926 Failed assassination on Gen Primo de Rivera in Barcelona
    08/01/1929 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1186 Turnera
    08/01/1929 E Skvortsov discovers asteroid #1149 Volga
    08/01/1933 Death penality for anti fascists in Germany
    08/01/1933 Dutch colonial regime in Batavia arrest ir Sukarno
    08/01/1933 NRA (National Recovery Administration) established
    08/01/1936 Adolph Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
    08/01/1936 Benjamin E Mays named president of Morehouse College
    08/01/1937 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1432 Ethiopia
    08/01/1941 NY Yankee Lefty Gomez walks must (11) in a shutout (Yanks 9, St L 0)
    08/01/1942 German occupier demands listing of all Dutch telephone subscribers 08/01/1943 Japan declares Burma Independence under U Ba Maw
    08/01/1943 Race riot in Harlem NYC
    08/01/1944 Adam Clayton Powell elected 1st black congressman from East 08/01/1944 US 90th division occupies St Hilaire-du-Harcourt
    08/01/1944 US troops enter Tessy-sur-Vir
    08/01/1944 Uprising in Warsaw ghetto
    08/01/1945 Japanese city Tojama destroyed by B-29's
    08/01/1946 Pres Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
    08/01/1950 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons) 08/01/1950 American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule
    08/01/1950 Guam adopts constitution (Organic Act)
    08/01/1950 King Leopold of Belgium abdicates, Baudouin becomes King
    08/01/1950 Territory of Guam created
    08/01/1951 David Ben Gurions Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election 08/01/1953 Calif introduces sales tax (for education)
    08/01/1953 Fidel Castro arrested in Cuba
    08/01/1953 KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, MO (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting 08/01/1953 KOBI TV channel 5 in Medford, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting 08/01/1953 Northern Rhodesia becomes part of Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland
    08/01/1954 Louison Bobet wins his 2nd Tour de France
    08/01/1954 WKBT TV channel 8 in La Crosse, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting 08/01/1955 1st microgravity research begins
    08/01/1955 Tengku Abdul Rahman forms Malacca govt
    08/01/1955 WILL TV channel 12 in Urbana-Champaign, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
    08/01/1956 KRCR TV channel 7 in Redding-Chico, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting 08/01/1957 1st coml building heated by Sun (Albuquerque NM)
    08/01/1957 Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10')
    08/01/1958 1st class postage up to 4¢ (had been 3¢ for 26 years)
    08/01/1958 US atomic sub USS Nautilus 1st dives under North Pole
    08/01/1959 New Continental baseball league formed
    08/01/1959 WAAY TV channel 31 in Huntsville, AL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 08/01/1960 Benin (Dahomey) gains independence from France
    08/01/1960 Chubby Checker releases 'The Twist'
    08/01/1960 Dahomey gains independence
    08/01/1961 German DR limits traffic to West Berlin
    08/01/1961 New SF Hall of Justice opens
    08/01/1961 Whitney Young Jr named executive director of National Urban League 08/01/1962 Boston Red Sox Bill Monboquette no-hits Chic White Sox, 1-0 08/01/1962 Failed attack on president Nkrumah of Ghana
    08/01/1963 Beatles Book is sold out on its 1st day of sale
    08/01/1963 Germany FR annexes Elten village
    08/01/1963 WQAD TV channel 8 in Moline, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 08/01/1964 ALM (Antillian Airlines) begins operation
    08/01/1964 Beatles' 'Hard Day's Night, A,' single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 week
    08/01/1966 Charles Whitman climbs U of Texas tower & shoots 12 dead
    08/01/1967 Izaäk Samkalden becomes mayor of Amsterdam
    08/01/1967 WBRA TV channel 15 in Roanoke, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting 08/01/1968 WXIX TV channel 19 in Cincinnati-Newport, OH (IND) begins broadcasti
    08/01/1969 110,000 attend Atlantic City Pop Festival
    08/01/1969 Mariner 6 sends close-up photo's of Mars
    08/01/1970 EAA Convention moves from Rockford Ill to Oshkosh, Wi
    08/01/1970 KTSD TV channel 10 in Pierre, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 08/01/1970 Willie Stargell (Pirates) ties record of 5 extra base hits in a game
    08/01/1971 CBS presents Masterpiece Theatre's 6 Wives of Henry VIII
    08/01/1971 George Harrison's concert for Bangladesh takes place in NYC 08/01/1972 1st article exposing Wategate scandal (Bernstein-Woodward) 08/01/1972 Nate Colbert of SD Padres hits record tying 5 HRs in a double header
    08/01/1973 H J Witteveen appointed as director of IMF
    08/01/1973 Munson & Fisk get into a brawl at Fenway Park
    08/01/1974 Virginia Squires trade Julius 'Dr J' Erving to NY Nets
    08/01/1975 38 government leaders signs Helsinki accord
    08/01/1975 Billy Martin replaces Bill Virdon as manager of NY Yankees 08/01/1975 Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries, rights signed by 35 nations 08/01/1976 21st Olympic games close at Montreal Canada
    08/01/1976 Liz Taylor's 6th divorce (re-divorces Richard Burton)
    08/01/1976 Seattle Seahawks play 1st (preseason) game (SF 27, Seattle 20) 08/01/1977 SF Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer 08/01/1978 Commandos occupy Iraqi embassy in Paris, 1 dead
    08/01/1978 Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL) 08/01/1979 Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo forms govt in Portugal
    08/01/1980 Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record
    08/01/1981 Harvard College discovers asteroid #3401
    08/01/1981 MTV premieres at 12:01 AM
    08/01/1981 Poland premier Jagielski resigns
    08/01/1982 Greg Louganis, US becomes 1st diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dive
    08/01/1982 Heavy Israeli air bombardment on Beirut
    08/01/1985 15.4 cm rainfall at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record)
    08/01/1986 Bert Blyleven becomes 10th pitcher to strike out 3,000
    08/01/1986 Tennis ace John McEnroe marries actress Tatum O'Neal
    08/01/1987 Bananarama's Siobhan Fahey marries Eurythmics Dave Stewart 08/01/1987 Crossbow flight record (2,005 yds 1'9') set by Harry Drake in Nevada
    08/01/1987 Mike Tyson beats Tony Tucker to become undisputed boxing champ 08/01/1987 Nurse Mary R Stout chosen chairperson of Vietnam Veterans of America
    08/01/1988 Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon 08/01/1990 Iraq pulls out of talks with Kuwait
    08/01/1990 Stanton Cook becomes CEO of Chicago Cubs
    08/01/1991 Actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida 08/01/1992 NBC's 'Saturday Today' premieres
    08/01/1992 USA/USSR Around World Air Race begins at Santa Monica
    08/01/1993 Walter Koenig, Checkov of Star Trek, suffers a heart attack 08/01/1998 -8] Gay & Lesbian Games #5 open in Amsterdam

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/02/1455 Johan Cicero, monarch of Brandenburg (1486-99)
    08/02/1627 Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, painter
    08/02/1696 Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russ
    08/02/1723 Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect
    08/02/1746 Joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot
    08/02/1754 Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC 08/02/1775 Jose Angel Lamas, composer
    08/02/1802 Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster 08/02/1818 (Willem) Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major 08/02/1826 William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 190
    08/02/1832 Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society)
    08/02/1835 Elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone)
    08/02/1854 Francis Marion Crawford, British author
    08/02/1858 Catherina van Rennes, composer
    08/02/1858 William Watson, British poet (Prince's Quest, Father of Forest) 08/02/1865 Irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism)
    08/02/1867 Ernest C Dowson, British poet
    08/02/1868 Constantine I, king of Greece
    08/02/1878 Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales) 08/02/1878 Princess Ingeborg, of Sweden
    08/02/1881 Stanislaw Kazuro, composer
    08/02/1882 Nanny I Larsen-Todsen, Swedish opera singer
    08/02/1882 Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor (Virgin Doll)
    08/02/1884 Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuela, novelist (Doña Bárbara)/pres (1947-48) 08/02/1888 Oscar Rasbach, composer
    08/02/1890 Pauline Hall, composer
    08/02/1891 Arthur Bliss (Edward Drummond), London, composer (Olympians) 08/02/1891 Arthur Drummond Bliss, composer
    08/02/1891 Mihail Jora, composer
    08/02/1892 Jack Warner, US movie studio head (Warner Bros)
    08/02/1892 John Kieran, NYC, columnist/author (Natural History of NYC) 08/02/1900 Helen Morgan, [Riggins], US, singer/actress (Applause)
    08/02/1900 Marinus Adam, conductor/composer
    08/02/1905 Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer
    08/02/1905 Myrna Loy, Helena Mont, actress (Jazz Singer, Thin Man, Vanity Fair)
    08/02/1908 George Kimble, geographer
    08/02/1909 Lord Benson, accountant
    08/02/1910 Gertruida EW 'Truss' van Aalten, actress (Girl in Blue Hat) 08/02/1910 Lou Zara, NYC, writer (Stump the Authors)
    08/02/1914 Felix Leclerc, composer
    08/02/1914 Gary Merrill, Hartford Conn, actor (Young Dr Kildare, All About Eve)
    08/02/1916 Beatrice Straight, Old Westbury NY, actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Stor
    08/02/1916 Reginald Murley, surgeon
    08/02/1922 Carroll O'Connor, NYC, actor (All in the Family, Heat of the Night) 08/02/1922 Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary (TUC)
    08/02/1922 Paul Laxalt, (Sen-R-NV, 1974- )
    08/02/1923 Brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal
    08/02/1924 James Baldwin, NY, author (Go Tell it on Mountain, Another Country) 08/02/1925 Alan Wicker, British broadcaster
    08/02/1926 Betsy Bloomingdale, dept store mogul
    08/02/1927 Peter Swinnereton-Dyer, mathematician
    08/02/1929 John Gale, theatrical producer
    08/02/1929 John Hannam, MP
    08/02/1929 Lord Waddington, Governor of Bermuda
    08/02/1930 Ron de Lugo, (Rep-D-Virgin Islands, 1973-79, 81- )
    08/02/1931 Henryck Schiller, composer
    08/02/1931 Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer
    08/02/1932 Lamar Hunt, NFL owner (KC Chiefs)
    08/02/1932 Marvin David Levy, composer
    08/02/1932 Peter O'Toole, Ireland, actor (Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia
    08/02/1933 Alan Tuffin, trade union leader
    08/02/1934 Albert W Hall, actor (Apocalypse Now)
    08/02/1934 Carl Cecil Cain, Freeport Ill, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956)
    08/02/1934 Valery Bykovsky, cosmonaut (Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, 31)
    08/02/1935 Brian Wolfson, CEO (Wembley Pic)
    08/02/1935 John MacIvor Perkins, composer
    08/02/1936 Anthony Edward Payne, composer
    08/02/1936 Christopher Hogg, CEO (Courtaulds & Reuters)
    08/02/1937 Ronald Brierley, company chairman
    08/02/1937 William Cannon, football player (Heisman-1959)
    08/02/1938 Brunhilde Hendrix, German FR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1960) 08/02/1938 Yvonne Rüegg, Switzerland, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1960) 08/02/1939 Edward Pattern, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) 08/02/1940 Doris Kenner, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
    08/02/1941 Homer Banks, US singer/songwriter (Be What You Are)
    08/02/1942 Garth Hudson, rock keyboardist (The Band)
    08/02/1942 Leo Beenhakker, soccer trainer
    08/02/1943 Garth Hudson, Canada pop musician (The Band-Life is a Carnival) 08/02/1943 Jeltje van Newenhoven, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
    08/02/1943 Rose Tremain, British novelist/playwright
    08/02/1944 Joanna Cassidy, [Caskey], Haddonfield NJ, actress (240 Robert) 08/02/1945 John Bowis, MP
    08/02/1948 Robert P Holdstock, UK, sci-fi author (Ghost Dance, Labyrinth) 08/02/1949 'Fat' Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band)
    08/02/1949 Bertalan Farkas, Bulgaria, cosmonaut (Soyuz 36/35)
    08/02/1950 Kathryn Harrold, Tarzewell Va, actress (MacGruder & Loud) 08/02/1951 Andrew Gold, Burbank, rocker (Lonely Boy)
    08/02/1952 Angel Herrera, Cuba, FW/LW boxer (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
    08/02/1952 Paul David Crews, SC, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
    08/02/1953 Anne Leuchars, British TV journalist
    08/02/1954 Sammy Mcilroy, British soccer star
    08/02/1955 Jimmy Lowe, Nashville Tenn, country singer (Pirates of Ms-Fred Jake)
    08/02/1955 Roberta Wallach, NYC, actress (Civil Wars)
    08/02/1956 Isabel Pantoja, Spain, spanish singer (Genio y Figura)
    08/02/1959 Britt Helfer, Utah, actress (Lily-Loving, Alley Cat)
    08/02/1960 Apollonia, [Patricia Kotero], Santa Monica Ca, actress (Purple Rain)
    08/02/1960 Linda Fratianne, US, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980)
    08/02/1961 Pete de Freitas, rock drummer (Echo & the Bunnyman)
    08/02/1963 Cynthia Stevenson, Oakland Calif, actress (Player, Watch it, Bob) 08/02/1965 Takayuki Iizuka, wrestler (NJPW)
    08/02/1966 Joseph Wanag, Wilson Ct, US judoka (Olympic-92)
    08/02/1967 Aaron Krickstein, Ann Arbor, Mich, tennis player (Tel Aviv 1983) 08/02/1967 Derek Wells, LA Calif, actor (Fitzpatricks)
    08/02/1973 Kia Goodwin, Livingston NJ, actress (Tiffany Holloway-227) 08/02/1977 Edward Furlong, Pasedina Calif, actor (John Connor-Terminator 2) 08/02/1991 Gabriel Anthony Cohen, son of Meredith Viera & Richard Cohen 08/02/1993 Cassidy Gifford, daughter of Frank & Kathy Lee


    Deaths:

    08/02/ 257 Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies
    08/02/ 640 Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies
    08/02/ 686 John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies
    08/02/1075 John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies 08/02/1100 William II [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest
    08/02/1332 Christoffel II, king of Denmark (Handfæstning), dies at 55 08/02/1512 Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48 08/02/1589 Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), dies
    08/02/1600 Arent van Village, governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70 08/02/1649 Elisabeth Bas, wife of Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78 08/02/1655 Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 08/02/1788 Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 08/02/1792 Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60
    08/02/1799 Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies
    08/02/1811 William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 08/02/1827 James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57
    08/02/1849 Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies
    08/02/1858 A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent dies at 76
    08/02/1869 Alexandrine Tinne, explorer, murdered
    08/02/1872 Judocus Smits, Catholic founder (The Time), dies at 59
    08/02/1873 Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53
    08/02/1876 Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while 08/02/1876 playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's
    08/02/1881 Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author, dies
    08/02/1892 Édouard Joseph Stevens, Belgian graphic artist, dies at 72 08/02/1903 Martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies
    08/02/1912 Albert U Bååth, Swedish poet (Dikter), dies at 59
    08/02/1914 Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36
    08/02/1916 Hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48
    08/02/1921 Enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48
    08/02/1922 Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies 08/02/1922 [Wilhel]Mina JPR Kruseman, author/feminist, dies
    08/02/1923 Warren Harding, 29th Pres (1921-23), dies at Palace Hotel SF at 57 08/02/1932 Gheorghe Cucu, composer, dies at 50
    08/02/1934 Paul Von Hindenburg, dies at 86, Hitler takes over German presidency
    08/02/1936 Louis Biériot, aviator, dies
    08/02/1938 Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76
    08/02/1941 José Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70
    08/02/1942 Friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77
    08/02/1945 Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies at 85
    08/02/1945 Pietro Mascagni, composer, dies at 81
    08/02/1954 Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42
    08/02/1955 Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern, dies
    08/02/1955 Wallace Stevens, US poet/writer (Owl's Clover), dies at 75 08/02/1956 Albert Woolson, burden veteran US Union army, dies at 109 08/02/1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies 08/02/1959 Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78
    08/02/1961 Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies 08/02/1963 Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 83 08/02/1964 Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69
    08/02/1964 Jose Maria Castro, composer, dies at 71
    08/02/1965 Milton Babbitt, US composer, dies
    08/02/1967 Claude A Barnett, founded Associated Negro Press, dies at 78 08/02/1969 Clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96
    08/02/1971 Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77
    08/02/1972 Brian Cole, rocker with the Association, dies of heroin OD at 28 08/02/1972 Paul Goodman, US social critic/writer, dies at 60
    08/02/1972 Rudolf Ganz, composer, dies at 95
    08/02/1976 Fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85 08/02/1978 Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79
    08/02/1978 Satomi Myodo, Zen nun/attendant of Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, dies at 82
    08/02/1979 Thurmon Munson, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 08/02/1982 Cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (Separate Tables), dies at 93 08/02/1982 Rudolf Maros, composer, dies at 65
    08/02/1985 Frank Faylen, vaudevillian, dies at 79 of pneumonia
    08/02/1987 Myron Stout, US abstract artist, dies at 79
    08/02/1988 Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50
    08/02/1988 Roger Vuataz, composer, dies at 90
    08/02/1991 Gabriel Cohen, son of Meredith Viera & Richard Cohen
    08/02/1992 Ephraim Katz, Israeli/US encyclopedist (film encyclopedia), dies 08/02/1992 Julio C Fernández, Cuban/US journalist (founder Alma Mater), dies 08/02/1992 Michel Berges, French composer, dies at 44 of a heart attack


    Significant Events:

    08/02/ 257 St Stephen I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    08/02/ 640 Severinus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    08/02/ 686 John V ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    08/02/1057 Frederik van Lotharingen elected as 1st Belgium, Pope Stephen IX [X]
    08/02/1375 1st roller skating rink opens (London)
    08/02/1492 Jews are expelled from Spain by King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella 08/02/1552 Treaty of Passau: Emperor Charles V accepts Lutheran religion 08/02/1578 Battle of Rÿmenam
    08/02/1581 Leidse University names Snellius math professor
    08/02/1704 Duke of Marlborough beats French & Bavarians at Blenheim
    08/02/1718 Austrian joins Triple Alliance
    08/02/1776 Formal signing of Declaration of Independence
    08/02/1786 Utrechtse Vroedschap flees
    08/02/1798 British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile 08/02/1802 Napoleon declared 'Counsel for Life'
    08/02/1819 1st parachute jump in US
    08/02/1831 Ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium
    08/02/1832 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac & Fox indians, end Black Hawk War 08/02/1832 Black Hawk defeated (IA)
    08/02/1832 Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc
    08/02/1858 1st street mailboxes-Boston, Mass
    08/02/1858 Govt of India transferred from East India Company to Crown 08/02/1861 Skirmish at Dug Springs, MI
    08/02/1864 2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens
    08/02/1865 Lewis Carroll publishes 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' 08/02/1865 Trans Atlantic Cable being laid by SS Great Eastern snaps & is lost 08/02/1873 1st trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones 08/02/1877 SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes
    08/02/1884 Dutch Queen Emma appointed regent
    08/02/1894 Death duties 1st introduced in Britain
    08/02/1894 Women suffrage approved
    08/02/1903 Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey
    08/02/1904 M Wolf discovers asteroid #539 Pamina
    08/02/1906 Chicago White Sox begin record 19 game win streak
    08/02/1909 1st Lincoln head pennies minted
    08/02/1909 Army Air Corps formed as Army takes 1st delivery from Wright Brother
    08/02/1911 Haïti's dictator Simon flees on US warship near Jamaica
    08/02/1912 John J McDermott wins US Open golf tournament
    08/02/1914 Belgian govt receives German ultimatum
    08/02/1914 German press report that French didn't bomb Nürenberg
    08/02/1914 German troops overthrows Luxembourg
    08/02/1914 Great Britain mobilizes
    08/02/1914 Russian troops invade Eastern Prussia
    08/02/1914 Sherlock Holmes Adventure 'His Last Bow' takes place
    08/02/1920 Marcus Garvey presents his 'Back To Africa' program in NYC 08/02/1922 China, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die
    08/02/1926 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1064 Aethusa
    08/02/1928 Mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
    08/02/1929 Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR 08/02/1931 Spanish Catalonia agrees (99+%) for autonomous status
    08/02/1932 Charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chic Cubs 08/02/1934 1st airplane train, plane tows 3 mail gliders behind it
    08/02/1934 Adolph Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of Germany
    08/02/1934 William Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour
    08/02/1938 1st test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs Cardinals)
    08/02/1939 Hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers 08/02/1940 Clermont-Ferrand sentences Gen Charles de Gaulle to death 08/02/1940 KL-House of saxon & commandos focus on Gross Rosen, Silesia 08/02/1941 Jews are expelled from Hungarian Ruthenia
    08/02/1942 250 Dutch Catholic & Jews arrested, transported to Amersfoort camp 08/02/1943 Lt John F Kennedy's PT-boat 109 sinks at Solomon islands
    08/02/1943 Riot at Treblinka Concentration Camp (crematorium destroyed) 08/02/1944 Amsterdam soccer team 'The Volewijckers' plays in orange shirts 08/02/1944 Jewish survivors of Kovono Ghetto emerge from their bunker 08/02/1944 Turkey breaks diplomatic relationship with nazi-Germany
    08/02/1945 Potsdam Conference ended, with Stalin, Truman & Churchill 08/02/1949 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1682 Karel, #1820 Lohmann, 08/02/1949 #2465, #2591, #3020 & #3183
    08/02/1953 KCPQ TV channel 13 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins broadcasting 08/02/1954 Tahar Ben Ammar appointed premier of Tunisia
    08/02/1958 Jordan & Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months 08/02/1959 Bob Rosburg wins PGA golf tournament
    08/02/1959 Milwaukee Brave Bill Bruton hits 2 bases loaded triples
    08/02/1961 Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club
    08/02/1961 Cyrille Adula becomes premier of Congo
    08/02/1961 St Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto 08/02/1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 08/02/1964 Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees
    08/02/1964 North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin
    08/02/1964 Race riot in Jersey City NJ
    08/02/1965 Morley Safer's sends 1st Vietnam report indicating we are losing 08/02/1966 Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting
    08/02/1967 New Orleans Saints 1st pre-season game, they lose to LA Rams 16-77 08/02/1967 US's Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5
    08/02/1969 Pres Nixon visits Romania
    08/02/1970 Songwriter Sammy Cahn marries Tita Curtis in Calif
    08/02/1972 Gold hits record $70 an ounce in London
    08/02/1973 George Brett gets his 1st hit
    08/02/1975 104°F (40°C) at Providence, Rhode Island (state record)
    08/02/1975 107°F (42°C) at Chester/New Bedford, Massachusetts (state record) 08/02/1975 Billy Martin named manager of NY Yankees (1st time)
    08/02/1979 Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway
    08/02/1980 Fascist bomb attack on Bologna Italy, 86 killed
    08/02/1980 US swimmers set 3 world records at National championships 08/02/1982 Roger Ebert's Movie News premieres on ABC FM network
    08/02/1983 STS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad
    08/02/1983 US District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discriminatio
    08/02/1985 5 die in a train crash in Westminster Colo
    08/02/1985 Delta L-1011 crashes at Dallas/Ft Worth, 133 die
    08/02/1985 NASA launches space vehicle S-209
    08/02/1986 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) sets record for heptathlon (7161 pts) 08/02/1986 TODAY/PC born today
    08/02/1987 Cin Red Eric Davis becomes 7th & earliest 30 HR 30 steal man 08/02/1987 Don Brown sets flight record for handbow (1,336 yds 1'3') 08/02/1987 Kevin Seitzer (KC Royals), gets 6 hits in one baseball game 08/02/1987 Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH) 08/02/1988 Raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo
    08/02/1988 System Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC) 08/02/1990 Iraq invades & occupies Kuwait, Emir flees to Saudi Arabia 08/02/1991 Funk singer Rick James, arrested on sexual torture charges 08/02/1991 Hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in LA
    08/02/1991 Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched
    08/02/1993 NYC radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes
    08/02/1993 Train crash in tunnel at Vega de Anzo Spain, 12 killed

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Aug 3 00:30:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/03/1645 August Kuhnel, composer
    08/03/1748 Carl Ludwig Junker, composer
    08/03/1753 Charles, Earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist 08/03/1770 Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840) 08/03/1811 Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)
    08/03/1816 John Eugene Smith, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897 08/03/1817 Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza)
    08/03/1818 HM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect (New Stock exchange Antwerp) 08/03/1820 Luther Orlando Emerson, composer
    08/03/1820 William Miller, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909 08/03/1823 Thomas Francis Meagher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 186
    08/03/1824 William Burnham Woods, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 08/03/1832 Ivan Zajc, composer
    08/03/1833 Auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist
    08/03/1847 John de Mere, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina
    08/03/1850 Paul A Daum, writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper)
    08/03/1851 Isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader
    08/03/1854 Fernand de La Tombelle, composer
    08/03/1867 Stanley Baldwin, (C) British PM (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37) 08/03/1871 Vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928)
    08/03/1872 Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57) 08/03/1878 Constantino Gaito, composer
    08/03/1882 Charles O'Neill, composer
    08/03/1882 Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer
    08/03/1884 Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz) 08/03/1885 Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer
    08/03/1887 Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914)
    08/03/1892 Oscar van Hemel, composer
    08/03/1894 Harry Heilmann, SF Cal, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Detroit) 08/03/1894 John H Van Maarseveen, minister of Justice/Internal minister 08/03/1900 Arnoldus J Struycken, lawyer
    08/03/1900 Ernie Pyle, England, correspondant during WW II
    08/03/1900 John T Scopes, Tennessee teacher convicted for teaching evolution 08/03/1901 Bernard Reichel, composer
    08/03/1901 John Stennis, (Sen-D-Miss)
    08/03/1901 Stefan Wyszynski, Polish cardinal
    08/03/1902 Habib Bourguiba, 1st president of Tunisia (1957-87)
    08/03/1902 Judson Laire, NYC, actor/singer (Papa-Mama, Adm Broadway Revue) 08/03/1902 Ray Block, France, orch leader (Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason) 08/03/1904 Clifford D[onald] Simak, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Empire, Way Statio
    08/03/1905 Dolores Del Rio, Mexico, actress (What Price Glory?)
    08/03/1906 Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Hôtel du Nord) 08/03/1906 Leonard Huizinga, journalist/writer (Adrian & Olivier)
    08/03/1907 Irene Tedrow, Denver Colo, actress (Lucy-Dennis the Menace, Mr Novak
    08/03/1911 Karel G Bakker, actor (Lady Windermere's waaier)
    08/03/1914 Rick Slabbinck, Flemish painter
    08/03/1915 Sal Santen, writer
    08/03/1918 James MacGregor Burns, political writer (The Lion & the Fox) 08/03/1920 Maria Karnilova, Hartford Ct, actress (Olga-Ivan the Terrible) 08/03/1920 P D James, mystery writer (Cover Her Face)
    08/03/1921 Alec Wyton, composer
    08/03/1921 Hayden Carruth, Waterbury Ct, novelist (Crow & Heart)
    08/03/1921 Marilyn Maxwell, actress (East of Sumatra)
    08/03/1921 Richard Adler, composer
    08/03/1923 Anne Klein, fashion designer (Anne Klein II)
    08/03/1923 Roger Foulon, French/Belgian songwriter
    08/03/1924 Leon Uris, US, novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry)
    08/03/1924 Max van der Stoel, Dutch Foreign minister (PvdA)
    08/03/1926 Tony Bennett, Queens NY, singer (Left a body part in SF)
    08/03/1927 Enrique Pinella, composer
    08/03/1927 Gordon Scott, Portland Oregon, actor (Tarzan & the Trappers) 08/03/1929 Bethel Leslie, NYC, entertainer (Capt Newman MD, Rabbit Trap) 08/03/1930 James Komack, NYC, writer/director/actor (Courtship of Eddie's Fathe
    08/03/1931 Alex Cord, actor (Brotherhood, Fire, Street Asylum)
    08/03/1932 Mario Montes de Oca, Mexican poet
    08/03/1933 Tjong King, illustrator of children books (Miep Diekman)
    08/03/1935 Georgi S Shonin, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 6)
    08/03/1935 Richard D Lamm, (Gov-D-Colo)
    08/03/1938 George Memmoli, NYC, actor (Earl-Hello Larry)
    08/03/1938 Terry '5 Wigs' Wogan, British talk show host (Irish Days) 08/03/1940 John W Carlin, (Gov-D-KS)
    08/03/1940 Joseph Dorfman, composer
    08/03/1940 Lance Alworth, Houston Tx, NFL hall of famer (Charger, Cowboys) 08/03/1940 Martin Sheen [Ramon Estevez], NY, actor (Subject Was Roses, Wall St)
    08/03/1941 Beverly Lee, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
    08/03/1941 Martha Stewart, cookbook author/actress (Those Two)
    08/03/1945 Ron Hendren, Pinehurst NC, TV host (Entertainment Tonight) 08/03/1949 B B Dickerson, rocker (War-World is a Ghetto)
    08/03/1949 Morris 'BB' Dickerson, US bassist (War, Low Rider, Outlaw) 08/03/1950 JoMarie Payton, actress (Hariette-Family Matters/Perfect Strangers) 08/03/1950 John Landis, director (Twilight Zone, Blues Brothers)
    08/03/1950 Waldemar Cierpinski, German DR, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 08/03/1951 Hans William Schlegel, German FR, cosmonaut
    08/03/1951 Jon Graham, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Celebrate)
    08/03/1951 Marcel Dionne, Québec, NHL center (LA Kings, NY Rangers)
    08/03/1952 Jay North, North Hollywood Calif, actor (Dennis the Menace, Maya) 08/03/1954 Denise Craig, WBL forward (Dayton Rockettes, NY Stars)
    08/03/1956 Kirk Brandon, rocker (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny-Outland) 08/03/1958 Cindy Nixon, Nashville Tenn, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel)
    08/03/1959 Victoria Jackson, Miami Fla, actress (Casual Sex, SNL, UHF) 08/03/1960 Tim Mayotte, Springfield Mass, tennis player (Olympic-silver-1988) 08/03/1961 Lee Rocker, rocker (Stray Cats-Gonna Ball)
    08/03/1962 Tina Lehtola, Finland, women's ski jumper (world's record holder) 08/03/1963 Carlo Imperato, Bronx, actor (Fame)
    08/03/1963 James Hetfield, heavy metal rocker (Metallica-Helpless)
    08/03/1966 Christine Richters, Fullerton Ca, playmate (May, 1986)
    08/03/1967 John Femia, Bkln NY, actor (Square Pegs, Hello Larry)
    08/03/1972 John Lilley, Wakefield Mass, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994) 08/03/1974 Jenny Beck, actress (Claire Carroll-Guns & Paradise)


    Deaths:

    08/03/ 808 P'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China
    08/03/1387 Olaf V Hakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies 08/03/1530 Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange, dies
    08/03/1531 Fernán Pérez de Oliva, Spanish poet (Dignity of Man), dies at 37 08/03/1716 Sebastian Duron, composer, dies at 56
    08/03/1779 Henry Kobell, painter/cartoonist, dies at 27
    08/03/1780 Etienne B de Condillac, French philospher (sensualism), dies at 64 08/03/1784 Giovanni Battista Martini, composer, dies at 78
    08/03/1797 Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80
    08/03/1800 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63
    08/03/1802 Henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general strategist/diplomat, dies 08/03/1811 Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, director-gen of East Indie Co, dies at 49 08/03/1823 Jacob A Lacks, politician/colonial director, dies at 74
    08/03/1825 Ambrogio Minoja, composer, dies at 72
    08/03/1833 Stoffel Muller, sect leader, dies
    08/03/1835 Wenzel Muller, composer, dies at 67
    08/03/1877 Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75
    08/03/1884 Paul Abadie, French master builder (Sacré-Coeur, Montmartre), dies 08/03/1886 Per August Olander, composer, dies at 62
    08/03/1890 Louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author (Journal), dies at 76 08/03/1902 August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer, dies at 54
    08/03/1910 Nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies
    08/03/1916 Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), dies 08/03/1918 Albert P Hahn, political cartoonist, dies
    08/03/1924 Joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies 08/03/1934 Carl F baron von Langen-Parow, German (Olympic-gold-1928) 08/03/1938 Bartholomeüs de Lies, anti-militaristic vicar, dies at 55 08/03/1939 Eugust Enna, composer, dies at 80
    08/03/1948 Albert F Pollard, British historian (Evolution of parliament), dies 08/03/1954 Colette, France, novelist (Claudine), dies at 81
    08/03/1964 Flannery O'Connor, writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), dies at 39 08/03/1966 Lenny Bruce, [Leonard Schneider] comedian, dies of a morphine overdo
    08/03/1968 Constantine Rokossovski, vice-premier of Poland (1952-56), dies at 7
    08/03/1977 Makarios III, [Michail Moeskos], archbishop/president Cyprus, dies 08/03/1978 Ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered 08/03/1979 Renato Fasano, composer, dies at 76
    08/03/1981 Robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered 08/03/1983 Carolyn Jones, actress (Morticia-Addams Family), dies at 54 of cance
    08/03/1986 Paul [Saul] de Groot, chairman Dutch Communist party, dies 08/03/1986 Willem Ruis, Dutch TV host, dies at 41
    08/03/1992 Wang Hongwen, vice-President Chinese Comm Party, dies
    08/03/1993 James Donald, actor (In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), dies at 76


    Significant Events:

    08/03/ 881 Battle at Saucourt: French King Louis III beats the Vikings 08/03/1108 Louis VI, King of France, crowned
    08/03/1312 Power of Luik Patriarch murders over 200
    08/03/1492 All Jews are expelled from Spain
    08/03/1492 Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for 'Indies'
    08/03/1529 Women's peace (treaty of Cambrai)-emperor Charles V & King French I 08/03/1596 David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira (1st variable star
    08/03/1640 2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka
    08/03/1645 Battle of Allersheim
    08/03/1678 Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America, Griffon
    08/03/1692 Battle at Steenkerke: French beats English/Dutch army
    08/03/1704 English/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar 08/03/1778 Teatro alla Scale opens in Milan
    08/03/1833 HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro
    08/03/1852 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths 08/03/1855 Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens
    08/03/1860 American Canoe Association founded at Lake George NY
    08/03/1861 Federal fleet bombs Galveston Texas
    08/03/1863 Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY
    08/03/1863 Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens
    08/03/1864 Battle of Mobile AL
    08/03/1881 US Nation Lawn Tennis Association removes 'Nation' from name 08/03/1882 Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration
    08/03/1889 A Charlois discovers asteroid #285 Regina
    08/03/1889 J Palisa discovers asteroid #286 Iclea
    08/03/1904 British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa 08/03/1904 M Wolf discovers asteroid #540 Rosamunde
    08/03/1914 1st ship through Panama Canal
    08/03/1914 Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army 08/03/1914 French fleet sails to North-Africa
    08/03/1914 German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina
    08/03/1914 Germany invades Belgium & declares war on France in WW I
    08/03/1914 Great Britain declares war on Germany
    08/03/1914 Turkey signs military pact with Germany
    08/03/1914 World Alliance for Promoting Intl Friendship through Churches forms 08/03/1914 Yankee catcher Nunamaker throws out 3 would be stealers in 1 inning 08/03/1918 Wolf discovers asteroid #897 Lysistrata, #898 Hildegard & #899 Jokas
    08/03/1921 1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars)
    08/03/1921 Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox 08/03/1921 scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball 08/03/1923 VP Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th president
    08/03/1924 Cyclist Piet Moeskops regains world sprint championist
    08/03/1925 Last US troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912)
    08/03/1930 2nd time in 1930, Chuck Klein of Phillies hits in 26 straight games 08/03/1930 E Skvortsov discovers asteroid #1167 Dubiago
    08/03/1933 Yanks are shut out for 1st time after 308 games
    08/03/1937 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1437 Diomedes & #1457 Ankara 08/03/1940 German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters & English & French movies 08/03/1940 Italian troops attack British-Somalia
    08/03/1940 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1881 Shao
    08/03/1940 Lithuanian SSR is accepted into USSR
    08/03/1941 Benzine sales limited in US
    08/03/1941 German troops conquer Roslavl USSR
    08/03/1943 Nazi occupiers attack city Orel, leave it in fire
    08/03/1944 Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma
    08/03/1944 Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp gases 4,000 gypsies 08/03/1946 Belgiangovt-Huysmans, forms
    08/03/1948 FDR advisor Alger Hiss accused to be a 'communist'
    08/03/1948 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1569 Evita
    08/03/1949 Republic Indonesia ends ceasefire
    08/03/1952 15th Olympic games close in Helsinki Finland
    08/03/1953 Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show
    08/03/1954 1st VTOL (Vertical Take-off & Land) flown
    08/03/1955 Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing 08/03/1955 Hurricane Connie begins pounding US for 11 days
    08/03/1955 Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7)
    08/03/1956 Willie Williams of US sets 100 meter record at 10.1
    08/03/1957 British offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman
    08/03/1958 USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap 08/03/1959 50 killed in uprising in Guinea-Bissau
    08/03/1959 AL beats NL 5-3 in 27th All Star Game (Dodger Stadium)
    08/03/1960 Niger gains independence from France
    08/03/1962 NY Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games
    08/03/1963 Allan Sherman releases 'Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda'
    08/03/1963 Beatles final performance at Cavern Club in Liverpool
    08/03/1963 Great Train Robbery-£2.5 M ($3.25 M) robbed
    08/03/1967 45,000 US soldiers sent to Vietnam
    08/03/1967 James Law rides entire NYC subway in 22 hrs 12 minutes
    08/03/1969 Reds beats Phillies 19-17
    08/03/1970 4 day NFL strike ends
    08/03/1970 Hurricane 'Celia' becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history 08/03/1970 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2140 Kemerovo
    08/03/1970 Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try 08/03/1971 Paul McCartney announces formation of his group Wings
    08/03/1972 British premier Heath proclaims emergency crisis due to harbor strik
    08/03/1972 Chozen-ji/Intl Zen Dojo founded by Omori Sogen Roshi, in Hawaii 08/03/1973 Flash fire kills 51 at amusement park (Isle of Man, UK)
    08/03/1973 National People's party wins Dutch Antilles National elections 08/03/1974 Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan & joins Doobie Brothers 08/03/1975 500 drown when 2 river boats collide & sink in China's West River 08/03/1975 Louisiana Superdome is dedicated
    08/03/1975 Poland & West germany reach accord about returning ethnic Germans 08/03/1977 Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 08/03/1979 Fastest jai-alai shot (188 mph), Jose Arieto at Newport Jai Alai, RI
    08/03/1980 22nd Olympic games close at Moscow, USSR
    08/03/1980 Duke Snider & Al Kaline enter baseball's Hall of Fame
    08/03/1981 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike 08/03/1981 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3115 Baily & #3690
    08/03/1982 Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as Yankee manager
    08/03/1983 John Sain of South Bend, Ind builds 3.91 m house of cards 08/03/1984 365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
    08/03/1984 Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed
    08/03/1985 'Nihilator' set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, NJ 08/03/1985 Train crash at Flaujac, France: 35 killed
    08/03/1987 Chicago Bears beat Dallas Cowboys 17-6 in London, England (NFL expo)
    08/03/1987 Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26 08/03/1988 Skip Storch swims 246 km of Hudson River from Albany to NYC 08/03/1989 5th jockey to win 6,000 races (Jorge Valesquez)
    08/03/1989 Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river
    08/03/1989 Rickey Henderson sets AL mark of 50 steals in 9 seasons
    08/03/1990 98.8°F (37.1°C) in Cheltenham, Glos. (UK record)
    08/03/1990 NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th HR in 1st 72 at bats 08/03/1990 Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion
    08/03/1990 US announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions
    08/03/1991 Pan Am games open in Havana
    08/03/1992 Dodgers win 3,000th game since moving to Los Angeles (3,000-2,531) 08/03/1992 Paramount inaugurates New York Street on TV/movie lot
    08/03/1993 NBA Michael Jordan's father James found dead near McColl SC

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed Aug 4 00:30:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/04/1502 Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer
    08/04/1664 Louis Lully, composer
    08/04/1687 Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz 08/04/1705 Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer
    08/04/1731 Giuseppe Colla, composer
    08/04/1748 Maximilian Stadler, composer
    08/04/1755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)
    08/04/1776 Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Prolégomènes) 08/04/1776 Wenzel Sedlak, composer
    08/04/1792 Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais)
    08/04/1799 Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer
    08/04/1816 Israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 08/04/1818 Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers) 08/04/1823 Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877 08/04/1832 Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spain, poet 'Spanish Tennyson'
    08/04/1839 Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism)
    08/04/1843 Flor van Duyse, composer
    08/04/1846 Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer
    08/04/1859 Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)
    08/04/1870 Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roman in the Gloamin) 08/04/1873 Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War 08/04/1881 Guy de Pourtalès, Swiss/French writer (Nietzsche & Italy) 08/04/1883 René 'Sascha' Schickele, German writer/founder (Stürmer)
    08/04/1888 Philip Greeley Clapp, composer
    08/04/1892 Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer
    08/04/1897 Joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil) 08/04/1900 Arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66)
    08/04/1900 Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch)
    08/04/1900 Elizabeth, Britain's Queen Mother
    08/04/1903 Helen Kane, [Schroeder], US singer/actress (Good Boy)
    08/04/1904 Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Pornography) 08/04/1906 Marie-José von Saksen-Coburg, Belgian Princess
    08/04/1909 Glenn Cunningham, US middle distance runner in the 1930's 08/04/1910 William H Schuman, NYC, composer (Amer Festival Overture, Julliard) 08/04/1912 David Raksin, Phila Penns, composer (Modern Times)
    08/04/1912 Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved 10,000s of Jews) 08/04/1913 Wesley Addy, Omaha Neb, actor (Bostonian, Loving)
    08/04/1914 Rik Slabbinck, Flemish painter
    08/04/1915 Irving Fields, NYC, pianist (Ilona Massey Show)
    08/04/1920 Helen Thomas, UPI journalist (starts press conferences)
    08/04/1921 Maurice 'Rocket' Richard, Montreal Canadien (MVP-1947)
    08/04/1923 Arthur Butterworth, composer
    08/04/1928 Udham Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64) 08/04/1930 David MG Curry, South african Labour Party parliament leader 08/04/1933 Nathan Eugene Brooks, Cleve Oh, flyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1952) 08/04/1933 Rudi van Dantzig, choreographer/ballet dancer (Painted Birds) 08/04/1934 Dallas Green, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)
    08/04/1934 Jonas Savimbi, Angolian leader of Unita
    08/04/1934 Rutger Kopland, [R of the Hoofdakker], poet
    08/04/1935 Michaël Slory, Suriname poet (Bitter Combat)
    08/04/1937 David Vickerman Bedford, composer
    08/04/1937 Jacobus H 'Chose' van de Merwe, S Afr attorney/CP parliament leader 08/04/1939 Frankie Ford, Gretna La, rock vocalist (Sea Cruise)
    08/04/1940 Rosemarie 'Timi' Yuro, US singer (Hurt)
    08/04/1941 Quincey Daniels, Biloxi Miss, boxer (Olympic-bronze-1960) 08/04/1941 Ted Strickland, (Rep-D-Ohio)
    08/04/1942 David Russell Lange, PM (L) New Zealand (1984- )
    08/04/1943 Michael J McCulley, San Diego Calif, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS-34) 08/04/1943 Rodney Stuart Pattison, British yachtsman (Olympics)
    08/04/1943 Tina Cole, Hollywood, singer (King Cousins)/actress (Katie-My 3 Sons
    08/04/1944 Richard Belzer, KOed by Hulk Hogan/comedian (How to be a Stand Up) 08/04/1945 Fred Hansen, US, pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-1964)
    08/04/1946 Maureen Cox Starkey, 1st wife of Beatle Ringo Starr
    08/04/1948 James C Slattery, (Rep-D-Kansas, 1983- )
    08/04/1949 John Riggins, NFL running back (NY Jets, Wash Redskins)
    08/04/1951 Lane Evans, (Rep-D-IL, 1983- )
    08/04/1952 Bobby Buntrock, Denver Colo, actor (Harold Baxter-Hazel)
    08/04/1952 Daniel Bautista, Mexico, 20k walker (Olympic-gold-1976)
    08/04/1952 Kristoffer Tabori, LA Calif, actor (Rappaccini's Daughter) 08/04/1955 Andrew M Allen, Phila Pa, Captain USMC/astronaut (STS 46, 62) 08/04/1955 Charles D 'Sam' Gemar, Yankton SD, army/astronaut (STS 38, 48, 62) 08/04/1957 Robert E Andrews, (Rep-D-New Jersey)
    08/04/1958 Greg Foster, Maywood Ill, 110m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1984 08/04/1958 Mary Decker Tabb Slaney, NJ, olympic track star (mile record 4:16.71
    08/04/1960 Robbin Crosby, heavy metal rocker (Ratt-Round & Round)
    08/04/1962 Paul Williams, rocker (Flock of Seagulls)
    08/04/1962 Roger Clemens, Dayton Ohio, Boston Red Sox pitcher (Cy Young, MVP) 08/04/1965 Crystal Chappell, Silver Spring Md, actress (Carly-Days of our Lives
    08/04/1966 Kensuke Sasaki, wrestler (WCW/NJPW/Calgary, Power Warrior) 08/04/1967 Mike Marsh, US, 200m runner (Olympic-Gold-1992)
    08/04/1969 Max Cavalera, Brazilian rock vocalist/guitarist (Sepultura) 08/04/1972 Wesley Snipes, actor (Passenger 57)


    Deaths:

    08/04/1060 Henry I, King of France (1060), dies at 27
    08/04/1204 Boniface of Montferrat, markgraaf of M, dies
    08/04/1265 Simon de Montfort, English baron, dies in battle
    08/04/1306 Václav III, last Premysliden-king of Bohemia (1305-06), murdered 08/04/1430 Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant, dies at 26
    08/04/1526 Juan Sebastiàn Cano, Spanish explorer, dies
    08/04/1566 Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies 08/04/1584 John vanf Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71 08/04/1633 George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at
    08/04/1639 Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58 08/04/1666 Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle 08/04/1708 Vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77
    08/04/1712 Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27
    08/04/1821 William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 8
    08/04/1850 Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68
    08/04/1856 Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59
    08/04/1875 Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 08/04/1889 Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75
    08/04/1891 George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41
    08/04/1892 Abby Plates & Spouse, killed by Lizzie Borden(?)
    08/04/1904 Arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54
    08/04/1915 Richard Kiepert, German cartographer (Africa), dies at 68 08/04/1920 Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer, dies at 54
    08/04/1922 Enver Pasja, Turkish general/politician, dies at 41
    08/04/1925 Alfons Van de Perre, Flemish physician, dies
    08/04/1930 Siegfried Wagner, composer, dies at 61
    08/04/1931 Daniel H Williams, doctor (pioneer in surgery), dies
    08/04/1936 Henry Schoenfeld, composer, dies at 78
    08/04/1938 LH Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73
    08/04/1938 Pearl White, US actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline), dies 08/04/1938 Rudolf G Binding, German poet/writer, dies at 70
    08/04/1942 Alberto Franchetti, composer, dies at 81
    08/04/1973 Eddie Condon, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68
    08/04/1977 Emil Bloch, German philosopher, dies at 92
    08/04/1981 Melvyn Douglas, [Hesselberg], actor (Woman's Face, Hud), dies at 80 08/04/1984 Edmon Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack 08/04/1984 Mary Miles Minter, silent screen star, dies at 82 of heart failure 08/04/1984 Walter Burke, actor (Jack the Giant Killer), dies at 75 of emphysema
    08/04/1985 Zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65
    08/04/1991 Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet (Hodyne), dies at 80
    08/04/1992 Frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93 08/04/1992 Ralph Cooper, creator of Amateur Night at the Apollo, dies of cancer
    08/04/1993 Bernard Barrow, actor (Louie-Loving, Johnny-Ryan's Hope), dies 08/04/1993 Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64


    Significant Events:

    08/04/1181 Supernova seen in Cassiopia
    08/04/1265 Battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon van Montfort 08/04/1347 English troops conquer Ft Calais
    08/04/1351 Sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen & English 08/04/1558 1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah)
    08/04/1578 Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese
    08/04/1666 Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique & St Christopher; thousands di
    08/04/1666 Sea battle between Netherlands & England
    08/04/1693 Dom Perignon invents champagne
    08/04/1695 French garrison of surrenders to Willem III
    08/04/1735 Jury acquits John Zenger (NY Weekly Journal) charged with seditious 08/04/1735 libel by royal governor of NY (victory for Freedom of press) 08/04/1753 George Washington becomes a master mason
    08/04/1777 Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus
    08/04/1789 French National Meeting ending feudal system
    08/04/1790 US Coast Guard founded as Revenue Cutter Service
    08/04/1821 1st edition of Saturday Evening Post (publishes until 1969) 08/04/1830 Plans for city of Chicago laid out
    08/04/1864 Land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas
    08/04/1881 122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record)
    08/04/1886 Colombia adopts constitution
    08/04/1892 Queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine 08/04/1892 Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden arrested in Fall River, Mass 08/04/1897 Henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia 08/04/1903 Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X
    08/04/1904 M Wolf discovers asteroid #541 Deborah
    08/04/1910 A's Jack Coombs & White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 16 inn scoreless tie 08/04/1914 German army executes, a Belgium priest, by firing squad
    08/04/1914 German fleet under admiral Souchon fire on Algerian coast 08/04/1914 Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany 08/04/1914 King Albert I becomes supreme commander of Belgian army
    08/04/1914 Lord Kitchener becomes British minister of War
    08/04/1916 US agrees to buy Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million 08/04/1917 Pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests & officers 08/04/1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #954 Li
    08/04/1925 Colÿn Dutch govt, forms
    08/04/1925 US marines leave Nicaragua after 13-year occupation
    08/04/1926 H E Wood discovers asteroid #1663 van den Bos
    08/04/1926 S Belyavskÿ discovers asteroid #1065 Amundsenia
    08/04/1927 Peace Bridge between US & Canada opened
    08/04/1929 60,000 SA'ers/SS'ers march by Munich
    08/04/1929 M Wolf discovers asteroids #2373 & #3626
    08/04/1930 Child labor laws estralished in Belgium
    08/04/1934 NY Giants Mel Ott sets record of 6 runs in game & beats Phillies 21-
    08/04/1936 Ioannis Metaxas names himself dictator of Greece
    08/04/1941 Winston Churchill departs on Prince of Wales to US
    08/04/1942 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Cairo
    08/04/1942 German occupier orders all Dutch homing pigeons destroyed 08/04/1943 British premier Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada 08/04/1943 Russian units reach suburbs of Orel
    08/04/1944 British 8th army reaches suburbs of Florence Italy
    08/04/1945 Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season 08/04/1945 Red Sox Tom McBride is 3rd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th) 08/04/1948 5 day southern filibuster succeeds in maintaining poll tax 08/04/1949 NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association
    08/04/1953 Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago 08/04/1953 Vic Raschi sets pitcher record by driving in 7 runs & wins 15-0 08/04/1956 1st motorcycle rode over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph/338 kph) 08/04/1956 Indonesia says it will not pay debts to the Netherlands
    08/04/1958 Dumont TV Network crumbles
    08/04/1960 Rocket propelled USAAF research aircraft sets record at 2,150 MPH 08/04/1961 108°F, Spokane, WA
    08/04/1965 Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand 08/04/1967 British pirate radio station Radio 355 resigns air
    08/04/1967 Shortwave group ANARC's 1st convention (Chicago)
    08/04/1968 100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, Calif
    08/04/1968 WXTV TV channel 41 in New York-Paterson, NY (UNI) begins broadcastin
    08/04/1969 Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a HR outside of Dodger Stadium 08/04/1970 Asteroid #2993 discovered
    08/04/1970 Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness
    08/04/1970 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2575 Bulgaria
    08/04/1971 US launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft 08/04/1974 Crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect own governor 08/04/1977 Pres Carter establishes Dept of Energy
    08/04/1979 Italian govt of Cossiga begins
    08/04/1981 Columbia mated with SRBs & external tank for STS-2 mission 08/04/1981 Oliver North is assigned to white house duty
    08/04/1983 Bettino Craxi sworn in as premier of Italy
    08/04/1983 L G Karachkina discovers asteroid #3063 Makhaon
    08/04/1983 Revolution in Burkina
    08/04/1984 Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics 08/04/1984 Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit HR
    08/04/1984 Prince's 'Purple Rain,' album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks 08/04/1984 Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day) 08/04/1985 Calif Angel Rod Carew gets his 3,000th hit
    08/04/1985 Phil Rizzuto Day, Yanks retire #10
    08/04/1985 White Sox Tom Seaver is 17th to win #300, beating Yankees 08/04/1986 OPEC lowers oil production 20%
    08/04/1987 FCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters 08/04/1988 Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II 08/04/1988 Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case 08/04/1990 95.5°F (35.3°C) in De Bilt Neth (highest Aug temp in Neth) 08/04/1990 European community proposes a boycott of Iraq
    08/04/1993 Angolese air force bombs Huambo
    08/04/1993 Rwandian Hutu's & Tutsi's sign peace treaty in Arusha
    08/04/1996 26th Olympic games close at Atlanta, Georgia (sched)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Thu Aug 5 00:30:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/05/1540 Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating
    08/05/1604 John Eliot, 'Apostle to Indians,' Bible translator
    08/05/1607 Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer
    08/05/1623 Antonio Cesti, composer
    08/05/1624 William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America 08/05/1694 Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer
    08/05/1711 Johan Lulofs, physicist/philosopher/astronomer
    08/05/1749 Thomas Lynch, signer (Declaration of Independence)
    08/05/1797 Friedrich August Kummer, composer
    08/05/1802 Niels H Able, Norse mathematician (Abelse comparisons)
    08/05/1811 C L Ambroise Thomas, French composer (El Cid, Françoise the Rimini) 08/05/1813 Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general
    08/05/1813 Ivar A Aasen, Norse linguistic/poet
    08/05/1815 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica)
    08/05/1822 Johann Georg Herzog, composer
    08/05/1823 Joseph E Labbé, French lawyer
    08/05/1828 Giovanni Rossi, composer
    08/05/1828 WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands 08/05/1829 Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer
    08/05/1829 Milo Smith Hascall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904 08/05/1830 James A Healy, 1st black bishop in America
    08/05/1843 James Scott Skinner, composer
    08/05/1850 Anton Simon, composer
    08/05/1850 Guy de Maupassant, France, author (Boule de Suif)
    08/05/1856 Achad Ha'am, [Asjèr Ginsberg], Hebrew philosopher/writer
    08/05/1860 Joseph Carey Merrick, 'Elephant Man'
    08/05/1864 Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer
    08/05/1866 Alfred Holy, composer
    08/05/1868 Oskar Merikanto, composer
    08/05/1876 Mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History) 08/05/1882 Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I)
    08/05/1886 Oscar Espla, composer
    08/05/1887 Reginald Owen, English/US actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes) 08/05/1889 Conrad P Aiken, US, poet/writer (Ushant/Conversation)
    08/05/1890 Erich Kleiber, Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46) 08/05/1890 Hans Gal, composer
    08/05/1890 Naum Gabo, Russian/US sculptor
    08/05/1890 Naum Gabo, [Pevsner], Russian/US sculptor (Stillife Flower) 08/05/1899 Conrad Aiken, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Selected Poems) 08/05/1900 Bodi Rapp, [Johanna PAC Goetmakers], mezzo-soprano/song theorist 08/05/1901 Juan Carlos Paz, composer
    08/05/1906 John Huston, Nevada Mo, director/writer (African Queen, Chinatown) 08/05/1906 Wassely Leontief, Russ/US economist (Nobel 1973)
    08/05/1908 Harold Holt, PM of Australia (1966-67); supported US in Vietnam 08/05/1910 Nan Gindele, US javelin thrower (World Record 1932-38)
    08/05/1911 Robert Taylor, Filley Neb, actor (Death Valley Days)
    08/05/1912 Abbé Pierre, [Henri Pierre Grouès], French priest who helps poor 08/05/1913 Nelly Aenders, [Petronella Meyer], actress (Spanish Fly)
    08/05/1914 Anita Colby, Wash DC, model/actress (Pepsi Cola Playhouse) 08/05/1914 David Brian, NYC, actor (Accussed of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco) 08/05/1914 Stjepan Sulek, Croatian violinist/composer (Coriolan)
    08/05/1920 G V [Sonny] Montgomery, (Rep-D-Mississippi, 1967- )
    08/05/1920 Selma Diamond, London Ontario, comedienne (Selma-Night Court) 08/05/1923 Richard Kleindienst, attorney general (1972)
    08/05/1925 Cor Witschge, actor (Pipo the Clown)
    08/05/1926 Betsy Jolas, composer
    08/05/1927 Gunnar Bucht, composer
    08/05/1930 Neil Armstrong, Ohio, X-15 pilot, 1st Moonwalker (Gemini 8, Apollo 1
    08/05/1932 Tera de Marez Oyens, composer
    08/05/1933 Joan Weldon, SF, actress (So This is Love, Them)
    08/05/1934 Vern Gosdin, Woodland Al, country singer (Set 'em Up Joe) 08/05/1935 John Saxon, Bkln, actor (Bees, Nightmare on Elm St, Electric Horsema
    08/05/1936 John Dancy, Jackson Tx, newscaster (Prime Time Sunday)
    08/05/1938 Hayes Wendell Jones, Sturksville Mich, 110m hurdler (Oly-gold-1964) 08/05/1938 Ja'net Dubois, Phila, actress (Willona-Good Times)
    08/05/1939 Irene, Princess of Netherlands
    08/05/194- Jo Collins, Ore, Playboy playmate (Dec, 1964)
    08/05/1941 Leonid D Kizim, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15)
    08/05/1942 Rick Huxley, guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)
    08/05/1943 Rodney Pattisson, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968)
    08/05/1943 Sammi Smith, singer
    08/05/1944 Loni Anderson, St Paul Minn, actress (Jennifer-WKRP in Cincinnati) 08/05/1945 Jacob Reitsma, economist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
    08/05/1946 Erika Slezak, Hollywood, Calif, actress (Viki-One Life to Live) 08/05/1946 Rick van der Linden, rocker (Ekseption)
    08/05/1947 Rick Derringer, rocker (I am the Real American (Hulk Hogan's theme) 08/05/1950 Holly Palance, LA Calif, actress (Thorn Birds, Ripley's Believe It) 08/05/1950 Rose Mittermaier, German FR, slalom/downhill (Olympic-gold-1976) 08/05/1953 Samantha Sang, singer (Emotion)
    08/05/1954 Eddie 'Fingers' Ojeda, Bx, (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It) 08/05/1956 Ferdi Bolland, Dutch singer/guitarist (Bolland & Bolland) 08/05/1956 Maureen McCormick, actress (Marcia-Brady Bunch)
    08/05/1957 Andrei Yevgeniyevich Zaitsev, cosmonaut
    08/05/1957 Pavel Vinogradov, Russia, cosmonaut
    08/05/1959 Pete Burns, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round)
    08/05/1960 Heidi Sörenson, playmate (Jul, 1981)
    08/05/1960 Mike Nocito, rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock) 08/05/1961 Tawny Kitaen, (Coverdale), actress (Bachelor Party, Witchboard) 08/05/1962 Patrick Ewing, Jamaica, basketball center (NY Knicks/Olympic-gold-92
    08/05/1966 Jonathan Silverman, LA Calif, actor (Brighton Beach Memoirs) 08/05/1975 Ami Foster, actress (Margaux-Punky Brewster)
    08/05/2184 Christine Lauren Chapel, Davenport Heights, Vermont (Star Trek) 08/05/2186 Kevin Thomas Riley, Tasvennir, Tarsus IV (Star Trek)


    Deaths:

    08/05/1157 Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies
    08/05/1644 J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61
    08/05/1778 Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22
    08/05/1830 Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68
    08/05/1834 Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71 08/05/1852 Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53
    08/05/1856 Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61
    08/05/1862 Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 08/05/1863 Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53
    08/05/1889 Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80
    08/05/1891 Henry Charles Litolff, composer, dies at 72
    08/05/1895 Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies 08/05/1900 James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 08/05/1901 Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60 08/05/1910 Wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42
    08/05/1916 George Butterworth, composer, dies at 31
    08/05/1916 Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer, dies at 46
    08/05/1932 Israël Querido, writer (Jordan), dies
    08/05/1940 Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75
    08/05/1947 Joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies 08/05/1950 Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73 08/05/1955 Carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42 08/05/1957 Heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80 08/05/1958 Joseph Holbrooke, composer, dies at 80
    08/05/1959 Edgar Guest, US poet/newspaperman, dies at 77
    08/05/1961 Sidney Holland, PM of New Zealand (1949-57), dies at 67
    08/05/1962 Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug overdose 08/05/1971 Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74
    08/05/1972 Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71
    08/05/1976 Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88
    08/05/1978 Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79
    08/05/1983 Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies at 66 of cancer 08/05/1984 Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66
    08/05/1984 Richard Burton, actor (Cleopatra), dies at 58 of cerebral hemorrhage
    08/05/1985 Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 08/05/1987 Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79
    08/05/1990 Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies
    08/05/1991 Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cin Bengals), dies at 82 08/05/1991 Soichiro Hondo, CEO & founder (Honda), dies of liver cancer at 84 08/05/1992 Jeff Porcaro, drummer (Toto-Africa), dies at 38 of cardiac arrest 08/05/1992 Robert Muldoon, premier NZ (1975-84)/President IMF, dies


    Significant Events:

    08/05/ 135 Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome
    08/05/1264 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany
    08/05/1391 Jews are massacred in Toledo & Barcelona Spain
    08/05/1399 Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians & Litouwers
    08/05/1420 Duke John VI of Bavaria visits 'Christ's bride'/virgin Liduina 08/05/1435 Battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragón captured by Genuezen 08/05/1583 Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) 08/05/1587 Spanish troops conquer Lock
    08/05/1654 French troops occupy Stenay
    08/05/1666 English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter
    08/05/1667 State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict
    08/05/1772 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia 08/05/1775 1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters SF Bay
    08/05/1781 Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet
    08/05/1837 1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY 08/05/1846 Oregon country divided between US & Britain at 49th parallel 08/05/1858 Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable 08/05/1861 Enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years
    08/05/1861 Naval Engagement at Fernandina, FL-USS Vincennes ends rebel blockade
    08/05/1861 US Army abolishes flogging
    08/05/1861 US levies its 1st Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800)
    08/05/1862 Battle of Baton Rouge, LA
    08/05/1864 Battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of vice-admiral 08/05/1864 Spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati 08/05/1884 Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC) 08/05/1891 1st travelers checks issued (American Express)
    08/05/1901 Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4'
    08/05/1914 1st traffic light installed (Euclid Ave. & E. 105th St, Cleveland) 08/05/1914 Dutch Cort Van de Linden govt issues silver bonds as money 08/05/1914 Massive German assault on forts around Luik
    08/05/1914 US beats Australia, 3-2, to win Davis Cup
    08/05/1914 US, Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US
    08/05/1914 Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium
    08/05/1915 German troops over run Warsaw
    08/05/1917 British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium 08/05/1921 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts) 08/05/1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #955 Alstede
    08/05/1921 Treaty of Berlin: US & Germany sign separate peace treaty 08/05/1923 1st American to swim English Channel (Henry Sullivan)
    08/05/1924 Comic strip 'Little Orphan Annie,' by Harold Gray, debuts 08/05/1926 1st talkie movie 'Don Juan' at Warner Theatre, NY
    08/05/1926 French & German trade agreement signed
    08/05/1926 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1½ hrs
    08/05/1927 Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats
    08/05/1931 Det Tiger Tommy Bridges perfect game is broken up with 2 outs in 9th
    08/05/1936 At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal 08/05/1937 Ranger (US) beats Endeavour II (England) in 17th America's Cup 08/05/1940 'Acquaintance' blows-up Zandvoortse synagouge
    08/05/1940 St Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innin
    08/05/1942 German troops cross Kuban River
    08/05/1943 Soviet forces reconquer Orel & Bjelgorod
    08/05/1944 US 79th/90th division occupy Laval/Mayenne
    08/05/1944 US troops occupy Vannes Bretagne
    08/05/1945 Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan)
    08/05/1947 Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to UN pressure
    08/05/1948 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins US Golf Open
    08/05/1949 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die
    08/05/1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title 08/05/1951 Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg
    08/05/1953 Operation 'Big Switch' Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom 08/05/1954 Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern & 15 pioneers 08/05/1956 KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS/ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 08/05/1956 WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
    08/05/1957 'American Bandstand,' begins network TV (ABC)
    08/05/1957 WJZ-TV in Baltimore MD begins radio transmissions
    08/05/1958 Atomic sub USS Nautilus completes 1st trip under North Pole 08/05/1958 Philip Kapleau, Zen teacher, 1st awakening under Yasutani Roshi 08/05/1959 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record)
    08/05/1959 Chic Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 55-26 in Toronto 08/05/1960 Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France 08/05/1960 Detroit trades mgr Jimmy Dykes for Cleve's mgr Joe Gordon 08/05/1961 118°F (48°C), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record)
    08/05/1961 Chic Bears (NFL) beat Mont Alouettes (CFL) 34-16 in Montreal 08/05/1962 1st quasar located by radio
    08/05/1962 Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illeagally leaving S Afr 08/05/1962 UN command forbids flights to Katangese airports
    08/05/1963 Britain, US & USSR sign nuclear test ban treaty
    08/05/1963 Craig Breedlove sets world auto speed record at 407.45 MPH 08/05/1963 US, USSR & Great Britain agree to discuss banning nuclear testing 08/05/1964 Actress Anne Bancroft & comedian Mel Brooks wed
    08/05/1964 Beatles record 'Leave My Kitten Alone'
    08/05/1964 Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye/Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyvil
    08/05/1964 US begins bombing North Vietnam
    08/05/1965 Dave Marr wins PGA title
    08/05/1966 Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton to retain light-HW boxing title 08/05/1966 Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march
    08/05/1966 Beatles release 'Revolver' album in US
    08/05/1966 Beatles release 'Yellow Submarine' & 'Eleanor Rigby' in UK 08/05/1967 1st time an AFL team beats an NFL team, Broncos beats Detroit 13-7 08/05/1967 Bobby Gentry releases her only hit 'Ode to Billy Joe'
    08/05/1967 Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) & Radio London close down 08/05/1968 WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) 1st broadcast 08/05/1968 WZTV TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) begins broadcasting 08/05/1969 Mariner 7 flies past Mars
    08/05/1969 Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium 08/05/1970 US Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail
    08/05/1971 WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting 08/05/1972 Moody Blues release 'Nights in White Satin'
    08/05/1972 Uganda president Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians
    08/05/1973 Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits SD Padres, 9-0
    08/05/1973 USSR launches Mars 6
    08/05/1974 Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways
    08/05/1975 Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a major league record, win 13-5 08/05/1978 H L Giclas discovers asteroid #2118 Flagstaff
    08/05/1978 New Orlean Saints beat Phil Eagles 14-7 in Mexico City (NFL expo) 08/05/1979 Government of Mauretania signs peace treaty with Polisario 08/05/1980 NY Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game
    08/05/1981 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3402 Wisdom
    08/05/1981 Federal govt began firing striking air traffic controllers 08/05/1981 Pres Regan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers who struck 2 days ag
    08/05/1984 Joan Benoit (US) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2h24m52s) 08/05/1984 Lou Pinella day at Yankee Stadium
    08/05/1984 Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson sets record with 19 pinch hit HRs 08/05/1985 Baseball players go on strike for 2 days
    08/05/1985 Chic White Sox Tom Seaver wins #300 over Yanks at Yankee Stadium 08/05/1985 Flexible-wing glider altitude record (214,250') set by Larry Tudor 08/05/1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 5k woman's record (14:37.33) 08/05/1986 US Senate votes for SDI-project (Star Wars)
    08/05/1988 Mario Biaggi (Rep-D-NY) convicted of racketeering resigns seat 08/05/1991 Sergei Bubka of USSR sets pole vault record (20'¼') in Malmö Sweden

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Fri Aug 6 00:30:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/06/ 966 Berengarius II, king of Italy
    08/06/1504 Matthew 'Nosey' Parker, archbishop of Canterbury
    08/06/1619 Barbara Strozzi, composer
    08/06/1638 Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher
    08/06/1651 Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)
    08/06/1651 Johann Michael Zacher, composer
    08/06/1664 Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer
    08/06/1665 Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer
    08/06/1697 Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45)
    08/06/1748 Bernhard Haltenberger, composer
    08/06/1775 Louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angoulême/General of Franc
    08/06/1804 Justinus van de Brugghen, Dutch lawyer/minister of Justice (1856-58)
    08/06/1809 Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England
    08/06/1811 Judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy), died in 18
    08/06/1819 Samuel Powhatan Carter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 08/06/1845 Anthonie A Vorsterman of Oyen, genealogist/heraldicus
    08/06/1856 Nestor de Tière, Flemish poet (Roze Kate)
    08/06/1858 Albert Fuchs, composer
    08/06/1859 J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon) 08/06/1861 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt 08/06/1868 Paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909)
    08/06/1873 John Wesley Work, composer
    08/06/1873 Mary Carr Moore, composer
    08/06/1875 Marcel Labey, composer
    08/06/1875 Thomas Mann, German writer (Die Buddenbrooks, Nobel)
    08/06/1879 Joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize)
    08/06/1881 Alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954) 08/06/1882 Gerrit H Kersten, vicar/founder (Calvinist party)
    08/06/1883 Francesco Santoliquido, composer
    08/06/1883 Scott Nearing, US sociologist/pacifist/author (The Good Life) 08/06/1885 Jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union
    08/06/1886 Edward Ballantine, composer
    08/06/1892 Hoot Gibson, US western actor (Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw) 08/06/1893 Guthrie McClintic, Seattle Wash, Broadway producer/dir (Winterset) 08/06/1896 Cyril Mockridge, composer
    08/06/1902 Michal Vilec, composer
    08/06/1902 Vladimir M Kirsjon, Russian dramatist/playwright [OS]
    08/06/1904 Henry Payne Iba, Easton Mo, US basketball coach (Olympic-gold-64, 68
    08/06/1906 Ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback (Staten Island, NY Yanks, NY Giants) 08/06/1908 George Singer, composer
    08/06/1908 Helen Hull Jacobs, Berkley Calif, US tennis champ (1932-35) 08/06/1908 Svend Erik Tarp, composer
    08/06/1910 Charles Crichton, director (Battle of Sexes)
    08/06/1910 Friedrich Schroder, composer
    08/06/1911 Lucille Ball, Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame) 08/06/1916 Dom[inic] Mintoff, premier Malta
    08/06/1916 Michael Burke, sports executive (NY Yankees, NY Knicks)
    08/06/1917 Robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South) 08/06/1919 Pauline Betz Addie, Dayton Ohio, tennis champ (Wimbeldon 1946) 08/06/1921 Ella Raines, Sinoqualmie Falls Wash, actress (Janice Dean RN) 08/06/1922 Freddie Laker, CEO (Laker airlines)
    08/06/1923 Jack Parnell, London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show
    08/06/1923 Jackie Kelk, Brooklyn NY, actor (Homer-Aldrich Family)
    08/06/1923 William B Williams, Babylon NY, DJ (WNEW, Sammy & Company) 08/06/1925 Barbara Bates, Denver Colo, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life) 08/06/1925 Leland Smith, composer
    08/06/1926 J[anet] O[pal] Jeppson, [nee Janet Asimov], author (2nd Experiment) 08/06/1927 Andy Warhol, artist/movie producer (Frankenstein, Bad)
    08/06/1927 William David Ford, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1965- )
    08/06/1928 Janice-Lee York Romary, Calif, fencer (Olympics-1952-68)
    08/06/1929 Anneliese Kuppers, German FR, equestrian dressage (Oly-silver-1956) 08/06/1930 Abbey Lincoln, actress/singer (Nothing But a Man)
    08/06/1934 John Storey Bonington, UK, mountain climber (Annapurna I in 1970) 08/06/1934 Leopold M de Beer, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD)
    08/06/1934 Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob, UK, sci-fi author (Chthon, Phthor) 08/06/1937 Barbara Windsor, actress (Study in Terror)
    08/06/1938 Carry Tefsen, actress (Say Some time A)
    08/06/1938 Peter Bonerz, Portsmouth NH, actor (Jerry-Bob Newhart Show, 9 to 5) 08/06/1939 William 'Sonny' Sanders, US singer (Rayber Voices)
    08/06/1940 Louise Sorel, LA Calif, actress (BS I Love You, Crimes of Passion) 08/06/1941 Doris Ernestine Hays, composer
    08/06/1941 Hubertus AGM 'Bert' André, actor (Turkish Fruit-Come Back) 08/06/1943 Muchael Anderson Jr, London, actor (Clayt-The Monroes)
    08/06/1943 Ray Buktenica, Greenwich Village NYC, actor (Rhoda, House Calls) 08/06/1944 Swoosie Kurtz, actress (Vice Versa, World According to Garp) 08/06/1947 Sally Eaton, Ill, actress
    08/06/1948 Michael Peters, choreographer
    08/06/1949 Joyce McKinney, Avery County NC, Miss Wyoming (1972)
    08/06/1950 Dorian Harewood, Dayton Ohio, actor (Earl-Glitter, Trauma Center) 08/06/1950 Nathan Purdee, actor (Nathan-Young & Restless, Hank-1 Life to Live) 08/06/1950 Winston E Scott, Miami Fla, USN Commander/astronaut
    08/06/1951 Catherine Hicks, Scottsdale Az, actress (Star Trek IV, Child's Play)
    08/06/1951 Dorian Harewood, US actor (Glitter, Trauma Center)
    08/06/1952 Barrel Scherpenzeel, rocker (Earth & Fire)
    08/06/1952 Wojiech Fortuna, Poland, ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1972)
    08/06/1954 Carl C Perkins, (Rep-D-KY, 1984- )
    08/06/1956 Stepfanie Kramer, LA Calif, actress (Claudia-We Got it Made, Hunter)
    08/06/1956 Vinnie Vincent, heavy metal rocker (Solo-Ashes to Ashes)
    08/06/1957 Faith Prince, Augusta Ga, broadway actress (Guys & Dolls, Carousel) 08/06/1958 Randy DeBarge, rocker (Debarge)
    08/06/1958 Simon Francken, bassist (Ivy Green)
    08/06/1959 Joyce Sims, rocker (All & All)
    08/06/1961 Carol Norman, Ardmore Okla, bowler (LPBT Rookie of Year 1982) 08/06/1962 Thomas Jefferson, Cleve Ohio, 200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1984) 08/06/1963 Kimberley Conrad Hefner, Moulton Al, playmate of year (Jan, 1988) 08/06/1963 Thomas Bohrer, US West Islip NY, rower (Olympic-92)
    08/06/1964 Moosie Drier, Chic Ill, actor (Laugh-in)
    08/06/1965 David Robinson, Fla, NBA center (San Antonio Spurs/Olympic-gold-92) 08/06/1968 Chris Boardman, English cyclist (world record time)
    08/06/1976 Soleil Moon Frye, Glendora Calif, actress (Punky Brewster)


    Deaths:

    08/06/ 258 Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded
    08/06/ 523 Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies
    08/06/1195 Henry the Lion, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies
    08/06/1221 Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)
    08/06/1272 Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies 08/06/1458 Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79 08/06/1548 Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies 08/06/1623 Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies
    08/06/1661 Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies 08/06/1666 Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43
    08/06/1686 Paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60
    08/06/1718 Jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28
    08/06/1727 François Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61
    08/06/1746 Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies
    08/06/1775 Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72
    08/06/1783 Willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70 08/06/1784 Karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57
    08/06/1799 Joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74
    08/06/1816 Karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80
    08/06/1820 Anton Wranitzky, composer, dies at 59
    08/06/1820 M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca, dies at 43, dies 08/06/1821 Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64
    08/06/1848 Nicola Vaccai, composer, dies at 58
    08/06/1853 Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57
    08/06/1862 Francisco Acuña de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71 08/06/1867 Faustin-Élie Soulouque, emperor of Haiti, dies (birth date unknown) 08/06/1886 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45
    08/06/1890 William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair
    08/06/1895 George Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74
    08/06/1900 Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74 08/06/1914 Ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54
    08/06/1924 John Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76
    08/06/1928 William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68
    08/06/1935 Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70 08/06/1937 Annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at
    08/06/1937 Ferdinand CS Schiller, British philosopher (Mind!), dies at 72 08/06/1954 Theo[by] Van Reÿn, sculptor/drawer/lithograph, dies at 70 [or 8/10] 08/06/1959 Preston Sturges [Edmund P Biden], US director/screenwriter, dies at
    08/06/1961 Jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 8
    08/06/1964 Cedric Hardwicke, actor (Capt Hook-Peter Pan), dies at 71 08/06/1965 Nancy Carroll, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 60 08/06/1965 Peter Ronnefeld, composer, dies at 30
    08/06/1966 Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at
    08/06/1968 Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies
    08/06/1969 Theodor Adorno, German philosopher/sociologist, dies
    08/06/1970 Ingolf Dahl, composer, dies at 58
    08/06/1973 Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar, dictator Cuba, dies
    08/06/1976 Gregor Piatigorsky, composer, dies at 73
    08/06/1978 Edward Durrell Stone, US architect, dies at 76
    08/06/1978 Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], Italian Pope (1963-78), dies at 80 08/06/1979 Kurt Kasznar, actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65 08/06/1980 Charles Urbanus, baseball player, dies at 66
    08/06/1986 William J Schroeder, (longest-survivor with permanent artificial 08/06/1986 heart, dies at 54, after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump) 08/06/1987 Ira C Eaker, commandant USAF in Europe (WW II), dies at 91 08/06/1988 J Skelly Wright, US judge (anti-segregatinist), dies at 77 08/06/1989 Hubert Beuve-Méry, French newspaper founder (Le Voice), dies 08/06/1990 Jacques Soustelle, French ethnology/minister of Information, dies 08/06/1991 Harry Reasoner, newscaster (60 Minutes), dies at 68
    08/06/1991 Shapour Bakhtiar, premier Iran (1979), dies in Paris
    08/06/1993 Milton 'Milt' Thompson, US NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer, dies at 6


    Significant Events:

    08/06/ 258 St Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    08/06/ 523 St Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    08/06/ 768 [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    08/06/ 939 Battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors
    08/06/1181 Supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers
    08/06/1588 Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors
    08/06/1601 Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius
    08/06/1623 Maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII
    08/06/1625 Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen
    08/06/1661 Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders
    08/06/1675 Russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut
    08/06/1774 Mother Ann (Lee) comes to NY (Shaker movement)
    08/06/1787 Constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate
    08/06/1806 Holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire 08/06/1815 US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli
    08/06/1821 1st edition of 'Courrier of Pays-Bas' newspaper published in Brussel
    08/06/1824 Battle at Junán - Simón Bolívars army beats Spanish
    08/06/1825 Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day)
    08/06/1854 Congress passes Confiscation Act
    08/06/1861 Lexington KY-Union milt camp established in neutral state 08/06/1862 Confederate Army ironclad 'Arkansas' is badly damaged in Union attac
    08/06/1864 Rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd
    08/06/1866 E Stephan discovers asteroid #89 Julia
    08/06/1870 Battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France
    08/06/1870 White conservatives suppresed black vote & captured Tenn legislature
    08/06/1871 J C Watson discovers asteroid #115 Thyra
    08/06/1890 1st use of electric chair in US, John Hart, in NY for murder 08/06/1890 Cy Young pitches & wins 1st game
    08/06/1905 26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record)
    08/06/1908 St Louis Card John Lush's 2nd no-hitter, beats Dodgers, 2-0 in 6 inn
    08/06/1910 NYC Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt
    08/06/1914 Austria-Hungary declares war against Russia
    08/06/1914 French cavalry enter Belgium
    08/06/1914 German Zeppelin bombs Luik City, 9 killed
    08/06/1914 Serbia declares war against Germany
    08/06/1918 Ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France
    08/06/1919 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler
    08/06/1919 Romanian forces destroys Bela Kun Republic in Budapest
    08/06/1921 Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begin
    08/06/1923 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #998 Bodea
    08/06/1926 NY's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel 08/06/1930 Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in NYC 08/06/1934 US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915 08/06/1937 Franco-artillery fire on Madrid
    08/06/1937 Indians overturn Yankees' 7-6 win by a protest
    08/06/1937 US & USSR sign trade treaty
    08/06/1944 All 1,200 Jewish death marchers from Lipcani Moldavia have died 08/06/1944 Anti-German attack at Avranches fails
    08/06/1944 Deportation of 70,000 Jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins 08/06/1944 US 20th Army corp under general Walker occupies Nantes
    08/06/1945 Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by 'Enola Gay' 08/06/1946 US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court
    08/06/1948 Bob Mathias, US, wins decathlon at London Olympics
    08/06/1948 Dreesgovt (KVP/Social Democratics/CHU/Liberal) forms
    08/06/1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen (Neth) is 1st women to win 3 golds at Olympics 08/06/1951 Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria
    08/06/1952 Satchel Paige, 47, becomes oldest pitcher to win a complete shutout 08/06/1954 WLAC (now WTVF) TV channel 5 in Nashville (CBS) begins broadcasting 08/06/1958 Glenn Davis sets record of 49.2 in 400-meter hurdles
    08/06/1960 Pitt Steelers (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 43-16 in Toronto 08/06/1961 Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits) 08/06/1962 Jamaica gains independence from Britain
    08/06/1965 Beatles release 'Help' album in UK
    08/06/1965 Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights
    08/06/1965 Indian troops ocuppy Pakistan
    08/06/1965 US president Johnson signs voting law
    08/06/1966 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Brian London
    08/06/1966 Salazarbrug over Tag opens (longest suspension bridge of Europe) 08/06/1966 US citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam
    08/06/1967 Minn Twin Dean Chance perfect games Boston Red Sox, 2-0 in 5 innings
    08/06/1969 Balt Orioles pull their 3rd triple play (5-4-3 vs KC Royals) 08/06/1972 Garry Player wins PGA golf tournament
    08/06/1972 Hank Aaron hits 660th & 661st HR for record HRs with one club 08/06/1974 6th time Phils get just 1 assist in game; no other team did it twice
    08/06/1974 Explosion & fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Wash 08/06/1977 C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2191 Uppsala
    08/06/1978 John Mahaffey wins PGA golf tournament
    08/06/1979 David Graham wins PGA golf tournament
    08/06/1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2570 Porphyro
    08/06/1980 Z Vavrova discovers asteroids #2522, #2523 & #2544 Gubarev 08/06/1981 Argentina ex-president Isabel Perón freed
    08/06/1981 Due to strike, Yanks, A's, Philles & Dodgers declared 1st ½ champs 08/06/1981 NASA launches Fltsatcom-5, it failed
    08/06/1982 WQXI (Atlanta) is 1st to use Harris Corp AM stereo system 08/06/1983 Minn Vikings beat St Louis Cards 28-10 in London, England (NFL expo)
    08/06/1983 Supertanker Castillo de Bellvar crashes at South Africa
    08/06/1984 203.05 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
    08/06/1984 Carl Lewis wins 2nd (long jump) of 4 gold medals in Summer Olympics 08/06/1985 19th space shuttle mission (51-F), Challenger 8, lands at Edwards AF
    08/06/1985 Major League Baseball Players Assn go on strike
    08/06/1985 STS 51-I vehicle moves to launch pad
    08/06/1986 Orioles (Dwyer & Sheets) & Rangers (Harrah) hit record 3 grand slams
    08/06/1986 Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for IBM
    08/06/1986 Record 3 grand slams hit in game Tx vs Balt (Harrah, Sheets & Dwyer)
    08/06/1988 Oakland A's Jose Canseco becomes 11th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases
    08/06/1988 Rich Gossage 300th career save (beats Phillies)
    08/06/1989 Boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrezemski's #8
    08/06/1989 Jaime Paz Zamora inaugurated as president of Bolivia
    08/06/1989 Pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern picket lines 08/06/1990 NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 11th HR in 1st 86 at bats 08/06/1990 Pres Ghulam Ishaq Kahn dismisses premier Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan 08/06/1992 Harold Wilson's academy award is auctioned for $60,500
    08/06/1993 Japan Hosokawa govt begins
    08/06/1993 Pope John Paul II publishes Veritatis splendor encyclical

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    Births:

    08/07/ 317 Flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome (337-61)
    08/07/1598 Georg Stiernhielm, 'father of Swedish poetry' (Hercules)
    08/07/1742 Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General
    08/07/1746 Daniel W Wyttenbach, classical/historian
    08/07/1751 Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V 08/07/1779 Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography
    08/07/1783 John Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery)
    08/07/1818 Henry Charles Litolff, composer
    08/07/1823 Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer
    08/07/1826 Carl AE Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi)
    08/07/1829 Thomas Ewing Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1896
    08/07/1833 Powell Clayton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1914 08/07/1836 Evander McIvor Law, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920 08/07/1867 Emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist
    08/07/1868 Granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony) 08/07/1870 19 kittens, born to Tarawood Antigone (4 still born)
    08/07/1872 Andries CD the Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31) 08/07/1876 Mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I) 08/07/1880 Earnest Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones) 08/07/1885 Billie Burke, Washington DC, actress (Glinda-Wizard of Oz) 08/07/1886 Louis Hazeltine, inventor (neutrodyne circuit, making radio possible
    08/07/1887 Jan HA Eman, Aruban politician
    08/07/1887 Luckey Roberts, composer
    08/07/1896 Ernesto Lecuona, Havana Cuba, composer (Malagueña)
    08/07/1897 Franz J Weinrich, [Heinrich Lerse], German writer (Himmlisches) 08/07/1903 Louis Leakey, anthropologist (1964 Richard Hooper Medal)
    08/07/1903 Saburo Moroi, composer
    08/07/1904 Ralph J Bunche, founder/diplomat (UN) (Nobel 1950)
    08/07/1906 Gerhard Frommel, composer
    08/07/1911 R Nicholas Ray, US director (Rebel Without a Cause)
    08/07/1914 Ted Moore, South Africa, cinematographer (James Bond)
    08/07/1918 Cees Buddingh', poet/writer/interpreter
    08/07/1920 Jan Walravens, Flemish writer (Motionless at Sea)
    08/07/1921 Karel Husa, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Trojan Women) 08/07/1925 Julian Orbon De Soto, composer
    08/07/1926 Amo Houghton, (Rep-R-New York)
    08/07/1926 Stan Freberg, LA Calif, satirist/ad executive
    08/07/1927 Edwin W Edwards, (Gov-La)
    08/07/1928 Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1960, 64) 08/07/1928 Amazing [James] Randi, Toronto Ontario, skeptic magician
    08/07/1928 Herbert H Bateman, (Rep-R-Virginia)
    08/07/1929 Don Larsen, pitcher (NY Yankees), on what must have been a perfect d
    08/07/1929 Richard T Schulze, (Rep-R-PA, 1975- )
    08/07/1929 Ruth Carter-Stapleton, Plains Ga, 1st sister/evangelist
    08/07/1930 Leon Bismarck 'Bix' Beiderdecke, US, jazz trumpetist
    08/07/1930 Velio Tormis, composer
    08/07/1932 Abebe Bikila, Ethiopia, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1960, 64) 08/07/1932 Ann Harding, US, actress (East is West, Janie)
    08/07/1932 Maria ML 'Marijke' Bakker, actress (Mammaloe-Pipo the Clown) 08/07/1933 Jerry [Eugene] Pournelle, US, sci-fi author (Mercenary, Red Dragon) 08/07/1936 Charles Pope, US soul singer (Tams-Hey Girl Don't Bother Me) 08/07/1936 Richard L[ouis] Tierney, US, sci-fi author (Winds of Zarr) 08/07/1938 Helen Caldicott, Melbourne Australia, physician/anti-war activist 08/07/1940 Marlyn Mason, San Fernando Cal, actress (Making It, Peyton Place) 08/07/1940 Tom Barlow, (Rep-D-Kentucky)
    08/07/1941 Thomas F Hartnett, (Rep-R-SC, 1981-86)
    08/07/1942 Anjanette Comer, Dawson Tx, actress (Baby, Lepke)
    08/07/1942 B J Thomas, singer (Raindrops, Growing Pains Theme)
    08/07/1942 Garrison Keillor, PBS radio personality (Prairie Home Companion) 08/07/1942 Masa Saito, wrestler (AWA/WWF/NJPW/CWFI)
    08/07/1943 Lana Cantrell, Sydney, Australia, singer (Those Were the Days) 08/07/1944 John Glover, Kingston NY, actor (52 Pick-Up, Something Special) 08/07/1945 Alan Page, NFL defensive tackle (Minn Vikings)
    08/07/1945 Kerry Chater, rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl) 08/07/1945 Patrice Mestral, composer
    08/07/1947 Mosibudi Mangena, South African mathematician
    08/07/1950 David James Wottle, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1972)
    08/07/1950 Rodney Crowell, Houston TX, country singer (She's Crazy for Leavin')
    08/07/1951 Gary Hall, swimmer (Olympic-bronze-1976)
    08/07/1952 Richard Joswick, rocker (Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods)
    08/07/1956 Kent V Rominger, Del Norte Colo, US Navy Lt Commander/astronaut 08/07/1957 Aleksandr Ditiatin, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980)
    08/07/1958 Alberto Salazar, marathoner (NYC Marathon Winner)
    08/07/1958 Bruce Dickinson, heavy metal rocker (Iron Maiden-Run to Hills) 08/07/1958 Larisa Karlova, USSR, team handball player (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 08/07/1960 Jacquie O'Sullivan, rocker (Bananarama-Venus)
    08/07/1961 Yelena Davydova, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980)
    08/07/1963 Marcus Lewis, Pontiac Mich, singer (Sing me a Song)
    08/07/1966 Kristin Hersch, US singer/songwriter (Throwing Muses)
    08/07/1967 Charlotte Lewis, Kensington London, actress (Golden Child, Pirates) 08/07/1969 David Hollander, LA Calif, actor (Lewis & Clark, What's Happenings?)
    08/07/197- Josh A Andrew Koenig, actor (Boner-Growing Pains)
    08/07/1971 Sydney Penny, actress (Danni Collins-The New Gidget)
    08/07/1992 Cleveland Indians turn a triple play


    Deaths:

    08/07/1033 Frederik II, duke of Upper-Lutherans
    08/07/1106 Henry IV, Roman catholics-German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies 08/07/1547 Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies
    08/07/1609 Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60
    08/07/1616 Vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Vnenetië), dies
    08/07/1712 Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48
    08/07/1786 Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49
    08/07/1798 Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65
    08/07/1799 John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58
    08/07/1816 Dionysius G Van de Keessel, lawyer (Theses selectae), dies 08/07/1846 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76
    08/07/1848 Freiherr Jöns J Berzelius, Swedish chemist (atomic weight), dies 08/07/1867 Ira F Aldridge, US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies at 63 in Lodes Pola
    08/07/1885 Antony EJ Modderman, minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46 08/07/1893 Alfredo Catalani, composer, dies at 39
    08/07/1913 David Popper, composer, dies at 70
    08/07/1914 Boleslaw Dembinski, composer, dies at 81
    08/07/1916 Charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36 08/07/1923 Henry Pierson, theology/theory (HS Foundation), dies
    08/07/1924 Camille Zeckwer, composer, dies at 49
    08/07/1928 Alphonse MAJ Ariëns, pastor (founder 1st RC workers group), dies 08/07/1938 Konstantin S Stanislavski, [Aleksejev], Russ actor/director, dies 08/07/1941 Radindranath Tagore, Indies philosopher/poet/writer, dies at 80 08/07/1942 ... Gott, British general/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle 08/07/1943 Gustav Schmidt, German lt-general, dies in battle
    08/07/1957 Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel & Hardy, dies at 65
    08/07/1959 Armas Emmanuel Launis, composer, dies at 75
    08/07/1960 Vaino Hannikainen, composer, dies at 60
    08/07/1962 Morris Louis, US painter (post abstraction), dies at 49
    08/07/1967 Max Branch, music/radio commentator, dies at 75
    08/07/1969 Joseph Kosma, composer, dies at 63
    08/07/1969 Russ Morgan, orch leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 65
    08/07/1970 ... Haley, US judge, shot dead
    08/07/1970 James McClain, US black activist, shot dead
    08/07/1970 Jonathan P Jackson, US black activist, shot dead
    08/07/1970 William Christmas, US black activist, shot dead
    08/07/1972 Joi Lansing, actress (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 44 of cancer 08/07/1976 Murvyn Vye, actor (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 63
    08/07/1978 Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer, dies at 60
    08/07/1984 Esther Phillips, US singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at
    08/07/1987 Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon, dies at 87
    08/07/1987 Nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan (1957-60), dies at 90
    08/07/1991 Shotzie, Cincinnati Red dog mascot, dies at 9
    08/07/1992 Francisco Fernandez Ordoñez, Brit foreign min to Spain (1985-92), di
    08/07/1992 John Anderson, actor (MacGyver), dies at 69
    08/07/1992 Titti Sotto, Cuban composer (La Esquina Habanera), dies
    08/07/1993 Kelly Ahrendt, 1st NYer to die of rabies in 40 years, dies at 14 08/07/1993 Roy Budd, English jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46


    Significant Events:

    08/07/ 626 Battle at Constantinople: Slavic/Persians/Avarenvloot defeated 08/07/ 768 Stephen III [IV] begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    08/07/ 936 Otto I the Great becomes King of Germany
    08/07/1409 Council of Pisa closes
    08/07/1479 Battle of Guinegate: Emperor Maximilian I vs King Louis XI 08/07/1498 Columbus arrives in Caribbean
    08/07/1575 Spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died 08/07/1620 Kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft
    08/07/1750 Slave uprising in Curaçao
    08/07/1760 Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians
    08/07/1782 George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart
    08/07/1789 US War Department established
    08/07/1802 Napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti) 08/07/1819 Battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia
    08/07/1820 1st potatoes planted in Hawaii
    08/07/1867 Battle of Moorefield, WV
    08/07/1875 Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #148 Gallia
    08/07/1879 J Palisa discovers asteroid #201 Penelope
    08/07/1882 Hatfields of south WV & McCoys of east Ky feud, 100 wounded or die 08/07/1888 Theophilus Van Kannel of Phila patents revolving door
    08/07/1893 53rd Congress (1893-95) convenes
    08/07/1900 Diamond workers in Amsterdam strike
    08/07/1912 Progressive (Bull Moose) Party nominates Theodore Roosevelt for pres
    08/07/1914 British Gloucester vs German Breslau/Goeben off Greece
    08/07/1914 French govt awards king Albert of Belgium the Great Cross 08/07/1914 French troops under Gen Bonneau occupy Altkitrch at Elzas 08/07/1914 German army occupies city Luik
    08/07/1914 Lord Kitchner says 'Your country needs you'
    08/07/1915 Assault up Russell's Top at Gallipolis, 232 Australians die 08/07/1915 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #916 America
    08/07/1921 Cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world champ sprinter
    08/07/1925 League of Nation advises against Turk/Iraqi division of Mosoelgebied
    08/07/1927 Peace Bridge between US & Canada dedicated
    08/07/1927 US rum smuggler Horace Alderman kills 3
    08/07/1929 Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms govt
    08/07/1929 Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games 08/07/1930 2 black guys lynched in Marion Indiana
    08/07/1930 Richard Bedford Bennet forms Canadian government
    08/07/1934 US Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down govt's 08/07/1934 attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel 'Ulysses'
    08/07/1935 60% of voters agrees to nazism in Danzig (Gdansk)
    08/07/1938 2 die in a NYC subway accident
    08/07/1938 Nazi's close theologic faculty university in Innsbruck
    08/07/1940 Churchill recognizes De Gaulle govt in exile
    08/07/1940 Largest amount paid for a stamp ($45,000 for 1¢ 1856 British Guiana)
    08/07/1941 551 Jews are shot in Kishnev ghetto in Romania
    08/07/1942 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is 08/07/1942 Attack on Rotterdam railway
    08/07/1943 Red Army recaptures Bogodukov
    08/07/1944 Anton de Kom arrested by Sicherheitsdienst
    08/07/1944 Canada/Polish offensive direction Falaise: Total Cooperation 08/07/1944 German counter attack at Avranches fails
    08/07/1944 July 20th Plot trial under Roland Freis in Berlin
    08/07/1944 US troops reach suburbs of Brest Bretagne
    08/07/1946 1st coin bearing portrait of Negro authorized
    08/07/1947 Balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian archipelago reef 08/07/1951 Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches 1,992 kph
    08/07/1951 US viking rocket reaches 210 km height (record)
    08/07/1953 Eastern Airlines enters jet age, uses Electra prop-jet
    08/07/1954 Charles Mahoney becomes 1st US black to serve as a full UN delegate 08/07/1955 Bar-Ilan University founded in Israel
    08/07/1955 KSTF TV channel 10 in Scottsbluff-Gering, NB (CBS/NBC) begins 08/07/1956 British govt routes 3 aircraft carriers to Egypt
    08/07/1956 Dynamite transport explodes in Colombia; about 1200 die
    08/07/1959 Explorer 6 transmits 1st TV photo of Earth from space
    08/07/1960 Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) gains independence from France 08/07/1960 Students stage kneel-in demonstrations in Atlanta churches 08/07/1961 Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2 08/07/1961 Soviet premier Khrushchev predicts USSR economics will past US 08/07/1963 Jac Kennedy becomes 1st, 1st lady to give birth since Mrs Cleveland 08/07/1964 Turkey begins air attack on Greek-Cypriots
    08/07/1964 US Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution
    08/07/1966 Race riot in Lansing Michigan
    08/07/1970 1st computer chess tournament
    08/07/1970 WDHN TV channel 18 in Dothan, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting 08/07/1971 Apollo 15 returns to Earth
    08/07/1972 Hall of Fame inducts Berra, Sandy Koufax, Lefty Gomez & Early Wynn 08/07/1974 Philippe Petit walks tightrope strung between twin towers 08/07/1978 Thousands of mourners file past body of Pope Paul VI
    08/07/1980 Hurricane Allen ravages Caribisch area, about 70 killed
    08/07/1981 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3727
    08/07/1983 1st World Track & Field Championships
    08/07/1983 Bobby Murcer day at Yankee Stadium
    08/07/1983 Grete Waitz of Norway, wins 1st all-women Marathon (Helsinki Fin) 08/07/1983 Hall Sutton wins PGA golf tournament
    08/07/1983 Some 675,000 employees strike AT&T
    08/07/1984 Japan beats US for olympic gold medal in baseball
    08/07/1984 Jim Deshales becomes 1,000th playing Yankee
    08/07/1985 Barbra Striesand records 'Broadway Album'
    08/07/1985 Baseball players end a 2 day strike
    08/07/1987 5 Central American presidents sign peace accord in Guatemala 08/07/1987 Lynne Cox swims 4.3 km from US to USSR in 39°F (4°C) Bering Sea 08/07/1988 Writers guild end their 6 months strike
    08/07/1990 Desert Shield begins - US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia
    08/07/1991 Court rules Manuel Noriega, may access some secret US documents 08/07/1991 Manhattan Cable final day of amnesty to return illegal cable boxes 08/07/1991 US sets 400m relay record at 37.67 seconds
    08/07/1992 Tampa Bay group purchases SF Giants
    08/07/1993 Tropical storm Brett ravages Venezuela, 118 killed
    08/07/1994 Ernesto Samper sworn in as president of Colombia

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/08/1571 John Ward, composer
    08/08/1586 Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen
    08/08/1617 Adrian W 'Joris' van Yellow, Flemish missionary (Bantoe Dictionary) 08/08/1653 Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar
    08/08/1693 Laurent Belissen, composer
    08/08/1705 Gustaaf Imhoff, gov of Ceylon (1736-40)/gov of Neth-Indies (1743-50)
    08/08/1732 Johann C Adelung, German translator/librarian
    08/08/1746 Hieronymus van Alphen, attorney/poet (church songs)
    08/08/1755 Luigi Marchesi, composer
    08/08/1763 Charles Bulfinch, Boston Mass, 1st US pro architect (Mass State Hous
    08/08/1805 Antoon Jurgens, margarine manufacturer
    08/08/1812 John Rodgers II, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882
    08/08/1819 Charles Anderson Dana, Asst Secy War, (Union) died in 1897 08/08/1820 Winfield Scott 'Old Swet' Featherston, Army Brig General (Confederat
    08/08/1823 Theodule Augustin Ribot, painter
    08/08/1835 James William Forsyth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
    08/08/1839 Nelson Appleton Miles, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 192
    08/08/1857 Cecile Chaminade, composer
    08/08/1857 Henry Osborn, Conn, paleontologist/author (52 Years of Research) 08/08/1864 Henri de Vries, [Van Walterop], actor (CLeopatra, White Cargo) 08/08/1866 Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole
    08/08/1871 William Henry Squire, composer
    08/08/1879 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader
    08/08/1884 Sara Teasdale, US, poet (1st Pulitzer Prize-1918-'Love Songs') 08/08/1886 Daniel Ruyneman, composer
    08/08/1886 Pietro Alessandro Yon, composer
    08/08/1887 JC Heldring, businessman
    08/08/1887 Malcolm Keen, Bristol England, actor (Uncle Chris-Mama)
    08/08/1895 Law Pendleton, US, wrestler/actor (Laughing Lady)
    08/08/1896 Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist/theory
    08/08/1896 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Wash DC, writer (The Yearling)
    08/08/1898 Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (De baadster, Orléans)
    08/08/1900 Victor Young, Chic Ill, orch leader (Milton Berle Show, In Old Calif
    08/08/1901 Ernest O Lawrence, Canton SC, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939) 08/08/1902 Paul A M Dirac, England, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1933) 08/08/1903 August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state
    08/08/1904 Istvan Szelenyi, composer
    08/08/1905 André Jolivet, Paris France, composer (L'Eunuque)
    08/08/1906 André Demedts, Flemish writer (Rainfall of the Days)
    08/08/1907 Benny Carter, NYC, musician/composer (Easy Money, King Carter) 08/08/1908 Arthur J Goldberg, Ill, UN ambassador/Supreme Court justice (1962-65
    08/08/1910 Francisco Brochado Da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962)
    08/08/1910 Sylvia Sidney, Bronx NY, actress (WKRP, Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon
    08/08/1913 Axel Stordahl, Staten Island NY, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show) 08/08/1913 Robert T Stafford, (Sen-R-VT, 1971-88)
    08/08/1918 Rory Calhoun, LA Calif, actor (Capitol, Motel Hell, Bill-Texan) 08/08/1919 Dino DeLaurentis, producer (King Kong)
    08/08/1921 Roger Nixon, composer
    08/08/1922 Rudi Gernreich, designer (1st women's topless swimsuit, miniskirt) 08/08/1923 Esther Williams, Inglewood Cal, actress/swimmer (Dangerous when Wet)
    08/08/1924 Thomas Beversdorf, composer
    08/08/1926 Richard Anderson, Long Beach NJ, actor (Oscar Goldman-6 Million $ Ma
    08/08/1926 Webb Pierce, West Monroe La, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) 08/08/1927 Elis Juliana, Antillian writer/songwriter (Dama di anochi) 08/08/1927 Jim Weaver, (Rep-D-OR, 1975- )
    08/08/1929 Josef Suk, Prague Czechoslovakia, violinist (Artist of Merit-1977) 08/08/1930 Jerry Tarkanian, US politician(?)
    08/08/1930 Joan Mondale, wife of US vice-president Walter Mondale (1977-81) 08/08/1930 Nita Talbot, NYC NY, actress (Supertrain, Here We Go Again) 08/08/1931 Jonathan Elkus, composer
    08/08/1932 Mel Tillis, Pahokee Fl, country singer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel) 08/08/1933 Joe Tex, singer/songwriter (Hold What You've Got)
    08/08/1934 Julian C Dixon, (Rep-D-California, 1979- )
    08/08/1935 Ron Marlenee, (Rep-R-MT, 1977- )
    08/08/1936 Don Bowden, US, 1st American to run a sub 4 min mile
    08/08/1936 Frank Howard, baseball player (NL Rookie of the Year 1960) 08/08/1936 Keith Barron, Mexborough England, actor (At Earth's Core, Baby Love)
    08/08/1937 Dustin Hoffman, LA, actor (Graduate, Tootsie, Kramer vs Kramer) 08/08/1937 Louis Neefs, Belgian singer
    08/08/1938 Connie Stevens, Bkln, singer/actress (Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach) 08/08/1938 Jacques Hetu, composer
    08/08/1939 Phil Balsley, Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall) 08/08/1939 Philip E Baisley, Augusta Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of '57) 08/08/1939 Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romania, long jumper (Oly-gold-68)
    08/08/1939 William Alden Hibbard, composer
    08/08/1942 Jay David, Dr Hook & Medicine Show, rocker
    08/08/1944 Hans van Eÿk, guitarist (Jumping Jewels)
    08/08/1944 Peter Weir, Australian director (Witness, Picnic at Hanging Rock) 08/08/1946 French W Weisglas, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD)
    08/08/1946 Robin M Tallon, (Rep-D-SC, 1983- )
    08/08/1947 Jose Cruz, leftfielder (St Louis Cards, Houston Astros)
    08/08/1947 Larry Wilcox, SD Calif, actor (Lassie, CHiPs)
    08/08/1948 Svetlana Yevgeniyevna Savitskaya, 2nd woman in space (Soyuz T-7, T-1
    08/08/1949 Airrion Love, US singer (Stylistics-16 Bars)
    08/08/1949 Keith Carradine, San Mateo Calif, actor (Young Guns, Pretty Baby) 08/08/1952 Robin Quivers, radio/TV personality (Howard Stern's sidekick) 08/08/1953 'Sweet' Lou Dunbar, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters) 08/08/1953 Donny Most, Bkln NY, actor (Ralph Malph-Happy Days)
    08/08/1954 Nigel Mansell, formula-1 racer (Portugal Grand Prix-1990) 08/08/1955 Ali Score, Flock of Seagulls, rocker
    08/08/1956 Chris Foreman, guitar (Madness-1 Step Beyond)
    08/08/1956 David Grant, Jamaica, singer/songwriter (Stop & Go, Heaven Knows) 08/08/1957 Dieuwertje Blok, Dutch TV hostess
    08/08/1958 Chris Foreman, rocker (Madness-Burning Down the House)
    08/08/1958 Deborah Norville, TV host (Today)
    08/08/1958 Harry Crosby, LA Calif, actor (Friday the 13th)
    08/08/1959 Rikki Rockett, rocker (Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn)
    08/08/1961 Charmaine Crooks, Jamaica, Canadian 4X400m relayer (Oly-silver-1984)
    08/08/1961 The Edge (Dave Evans), London, rocker (U2-I Will Follow)
    08/08/1962 Suzee Pai, Toledo Ohio, actress (Big Trouble in Little China) 08/08/1963 Carol Lewis, Willingboro NJ, high jumper (Olympic-9th-1984) 08/08/1965 Akitoshi Saito, wrestler (NJPW)
    08/08/1967 Cherry Lawson, XXX actress (Glitz Tits)
    08/08/1967 Lorraine Pearson, rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel)
    08/08/1988 Beatrice E M, Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl


    Deaths:

    08/08/ 869 Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies 08/08/1471 Thomas à Kempis, [Thomas Hammerken von Kempen], monk, dies at 91 08/08/1506 Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 08/08/1616 Cornelis Ketel, portrait painter/poet, buried at 68
    08/08/1685 Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75
    08/08/1694 Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies 08/08/1700 Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40
    08/08/1705 Willem Roukens, mayor of Nijmegen, beheaded
    08/08/1759 Carl Henrich Graun, composer, dies at 55
    08/08/1788 Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies
    08/08/1816 Blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65
    08/08/1834 Silvestro Palma, composer, dies at 80
    08/08/1888 Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer, dies at 79
    08/08/1921 Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59 08/08/1928 Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies 08/08/1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal, hanged
    08/08/1950 Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, founder National-India Party, dies 08/08/1950 Nikolay Yakovlevich Myaskovsky, composer, dies at 68
    08/08/1954 Gino Tagliapietra, composer, dies at 67
    08/08/1960 Danton Walker, columnist (Broadway Spotlight), dies at 61 08/08/1961 Charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58 08/08/1961 Franc ND Buchman, US theology (Moral Rearms), dies at 83
    08/08/1963 Sandor Jemnitz, composer, dies at 72
    08/08/1965 Shirley Jackson, US author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45 08/08/1966 Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63
    08/08/1967 Jaromir Weinberger, composer, dies at 71
    08/08/1974 Baldur von Schirach, German author/nazi politician, dies at 67 08/08/1975 Julian 'Cannonball' Alderly, sax player, dies at 46 of a stroke 08/08/1976 John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered 08/08/1980 Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63
    08/08/1980 Jacqueline Cochrane, US pilot/1st female faster than sound, dies at
    08/08/1982 Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies 08/08/1982 Hermine Heijermans, actress/author, dies at 80
    08/08/1982 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62
    08/08/1982 Valeer van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer (De Weerlozen), dies 08/08/1984 Richard Deacon, actor (Mel-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 62 08/08/1985 Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78
    08/08/1991 James B Irwin, US astronaut, dies
    08/08/1991 John Brasser, Zaans resistance fighter 'White Ko', dies
    08/08/1991 Magdalena G Schenk, historical (Vorstenhuizen of our time), dies 08/08/1992 Abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah/leader of the sjiieten, die
    08/08/1992 Alison L Gertz, US, aids-activist/Esquire women of year, dies of aid
    08/08/1992 Arthur Lang, US boxer/businessman, dies at 115
    08/08/1992 Eitan Berglas, Israeli banker/advisor, dies
    08/08/1992 Thomas J McIntyre, US, senator/writer (Fear Brokers), dies 08/08/1993 Lou van Raised, impresario, dies at 77
    08/08/1993 Roy London, US actor/director (Tiger Warsaw), dies at 50


    Significant Events:

    08/08/ 70 Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans
    08/08/ 870 Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans
    08/08/ 936 German king Otto I the Great, crowned
    08/08/1322 Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sec
    08/08/1579 Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory 08/08/1588 Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada 08/08/1609 Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope
    08/08/1673 Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC
    08/08/1709 1st known ascent in hot-air balloon, Bartolomeu de Gusmao (indoors) 08/08/1786 Jacques Balmat & Michel Paccard are 1st to climb to top of Mont Blan
    08/08/1796 Boston African Society establishes with 44 members
    08/08/1809 70 disciples of Gaon of Vilnus, arrive in Israel (Palestine) 08/08/1814 Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium
    08/08/1815 Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for exile on St Helena
    08/08/1829 French govt of De Polignac forms
    08/08/1831 Battle of Hasselt - Dutch army drives out Belgian Army
    08/08/1843 Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony
    08/08/1844 Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death
    08/08/1860 Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in NYC
    08/08/1861 William Bateson, originator of term 'genetics'
    08/08/1864 Red Cross forms in Geneva
    08/08/1864 Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Gaines, Alabama
    08/08/1868 Quake destroyes Arica Chile
    08/08/1870 Magic (US) defeats Cambria (Engld) in 2nd running of America's Cup 08/08/1876 Dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m
    08/08/1876 Thomas Edison patents mimeograph
    08/08/1882 Snow falls on Lake Michigan
    08/08/1890 Daughters of American Revolution organizes
    08/08/1900 1st Davis Cup tennis matches, held in Boston
    08/08/1903 Great Britain wins Davis Cup tennis tournament
    08/08/1907 A Kopff discovers asteroid #3105
    08/08/1909 A Kopff discovers asteroid #684 Hildburg
    08/08/1913 Richard Corfields 'Camel Corps' opens 'Mad Mullah' in Burao Somalia 08/08/1914 3rd pole expedition Ernest Shackleton 'Endurance'
    08/08/1914 French troops under Gen Bonneau occupy Mulhouse at Elzas
    08/08/1918 6 US soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is 08/08/1919 Treaty of Rawalpindi, British recognize Afghanistan's independence 08/08/1920 Tigers beat Yanks 1-0 in shortest AL game, 73 minutes
    08/08/1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #956 Elisa
    08/08/1922 Italian general strike broken by fascist terrorist
    08/08/1922 Pirates set record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Phillies) 08/08/1923 S Belyavskÿ discovers asteroid #1001 Gaussia
    08/08/1924 British-Russian trade agreement drawn
    08/08/1925 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (200,000) in Washington, DC 08/08/1929 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward begins
    08/08/1929 German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight 08/08/1929 P Parchomenko discovers asteroid #1129 Neujmina
    08/08/1929 Salem Oregon airport dedicated
    08/08/1930 St Louis Cards are 12 games back in NL, & go on to win pennant 08/08/1931 H Van Gent discovers asteroid #1946
    08/08/1931 Wash Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0
    08/08/1937 Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power
    08/08/1940 Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks
    08/08/1942 6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in US executed in Wash DC 08/08/1942 Russ anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko
    08/08/1943 Vegetables & fruit rationed in Holland
    08/08/1944 Canada/Polish troops occupy Cramesnil/Secqueville/Cintheaux/St-Aigna
    08/08/1944 Germans raid Achterhuis, home of Anne Frank & family
    08/08/1944 US 15th Army corp occupies Le Mans
    08/08/1945 Pres Harry S Truman signs UN Charter
    08/08/1945 USSR declares war against Japan in WW II
    08/08/1945 USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea
    08/08/1946 India agrees to give Bhutan 32² miles
    08/08/1949 Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy
    08/08/1952 Syngman Ree re-elected president of South-Korea
    08/08/1953 Russia's Georgi Malenkov reports possession of hydrogen bomb 08/08/1953 US & South Korea initial a mutual security pact
    08/08/1955 Fidel Castro forms 'July 26th Movement'
    08/08/1955 Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy 08/08/1956 Fire & explosion kill 263 miners at Marcinelle, Belgium
    08/08/1956 WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins
    08/08/1957 USSR offers Syria economic/military aid
    08/08/1960 Ivory Coast declares independence
    08/08/1961 Ham Tigercats (CFL) beat Buff Bills (NFL) 38-21 in Hamilton, Ontario
    08/08/1961 Verne Gagne beats Gene Kiniski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ 08/08/1962 Jamaica declares independence from UK
    08/08/1963 Great Train Robbery in England, £2.6 million ($7.3 million) 08/08/1963 Kingsmen release 'Louie, Louie,' radio stations label it obscene 08/08/1963 Verne Gagne beats Fritz Von Erich in Amarillo, to become NWA champ 08/08/1964 Dutch Opera forms in Amsterdam
    08/08/1965 Singapore leaves Malaysian Federation
    08/08/1966 Beatles' release 'Revolver'
    08/08/1966 South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark) 08/08/1968 Race riot in Miami Florida
    08/08/1968 Republican convention in Miami Beach nominates Nixon for pres 08/08/1970 NY Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37
    08/08/1972 NY Yankees sign 30 year lease with NYC
    08/08/1973 VP Spiro T Agnew branded as 'damned lies' reports he took kickbacks 08/08/1973 from govt contracts in Maryland. He vowed not to resign (Right!) 08/08/1974 Pres Richard M Nixon announced he'd resign his office 12PM 08/09 08/08/1977 Maurine Stuart, ordained as Zen priest by Eido Tai Shimano Roshi 08/08/1977 Texas Rangers turn their 1st triple play (vs A's)
    08/08/1978 Pioneer-Venus 2 with 5 atmospheric probes launched toward Venus 08/08/1979 Iraqi president Saddam Hussein executes 22 political opponents 08/08/1980 LBV Conference Center & Club Lake Villas open
    08/08/1980 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2597 Arthur, #3350 Scobee, 08/08/1980 #3488 Brahic & #3559 Violamayer
    08/08/1982 Raymon Floyd wins PGA golf tournament
    08/08/1983 Brig Gen Efrain Rios Montt was deposed as president of Guatemela 08/08/1983 E F Helin discovers asteroid #3737
    08/08/1983 Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in 08/08/1983 Military coup in Guatemala, Pres Rios Montt flees
    08/08/1984 Carl Lewis wins 3rd (200m) of 4 gold medals in Summer
    08/08/1985 Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993
    08/08/1985 Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet
    08/08/1986 Record 3 grandslams in a game-(Harrah-Tex, Sheets & Dwyer-Orioles) 08/08/1987 Brewers' Rob Deer struck-out 5 times in a game
    08/08/1987 Lynne Cox became 1st to swim from US to Russia across Bering Strait 08/08/1988 Angola, Cuba & South Africa sign cease fire treaty
    08/08/1988 Chicago Cubs starts 1st home game under lights (rained-out) 08/08/1988 Discovery of most distant galaxy (15 * 10 ^ 12 light yrs) announced 08/08/1988 Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl
    08/08/1988 Goose Gossage registers career save #300
    08/08/1988 Jennifer Levin's parents file $25M suit against Dorrian Red Hand Bar
    08/08/1988 Jose Canseco becomes 11th to get 30 HRs & 30 steals in a season 08/08/1988 Minn Twins pull 2nd triple-play of year & beat Cleve 6-2
    08/08/1988 Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years
    08/08/1988 Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war 08/08/1988 Sec of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia 08/08/1988 South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola
    08/08/1988 Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in NYC
    08/08/1989 US space shuttle STS-28 launched
    08/08/1990 Balt Orioles pull their 10th triple play (1-6-3 vs Oakland) 08/08/1990 Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 HRs as a catcher 08/08/1990 Iraq annexes Kuwait
    08/08/1991 Billy Preston charged with exhibiting porno to a minor
    08/08/1991 Carlos Santana pleads no contest to marÿuana possession charge 08/08/1991 Gary Oldman, actor (State of Grace), arrested for drunk driving 08/08/1991 Shite Muslims release British hostage John McCarthy
    08/08/1992 Actress Barbara Hershey weds artist Stephen Douglas
    08/08/1993 Tropical storm Bret ravages Venezuela, about 100 killed

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Mon Aug 9 00:30:14 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/09/1593 Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)
    08/09/1611 Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Holly
    08/09/1631 John Dryden, English opoet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas)
    08/09/1677 Jacob Campo Weyerman, South Neth's adventurer/painter/writer 08/09/1686 Benedetto Marcello, Venice Italy, composer (Lettera Famigliare) 08/09/1690 Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer
    08/09/1696 Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general
    08/09/1718 Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer
    08/09/1758 Bruno Dalberg/Anonymus Belga, [Petrus the Wacker van Zon], writer 08/09/1776 Amedeo Avogadro, Tuin Italy, 6.022 x 10 ^ 23 (Avogadro's Law) 08/09/1781 Michael Umlauf, composer
    08/09/1808 William Thomas Ward, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 08/09/1819 William Thomas Green Morton, dentist, used ether (HOF 1920) 08/09/1823 Daniel Marsh Frost, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 08/09/1824 Simon Goodell Griffin, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 08/09/1825 Elisha Ferry, (Gov-R-Wash, 1872-80, 1889-93)
    08/09/1834 Elias Alvares Lobo, composer
    08/09/1845 Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator
    08/09/1861 Wilhelm Berger, composer
    08/09/1866 Mattheco Henson, 1st Black to reach North Pole
    08/09/1875 Albert William Ketèlbey, Aston England, composer (Wonder Worker) 08/09/1875 Reynaldo Hahn, composer
    08/09/1883 George Hoyt, NBA hall of fame referee (elected 1961)
    08/09/1887 Abraham Schierbeek, biologist (Swammerdam)
    08/09/1888 Hans Oster, general/German spy/'July 20th plotter'
    08/09/1890 Cesar Cortinas, composer
    08/09/1890 Eino Kaila, Finnish psychologist/philosopher
    08/09/1890 Sandor Jemnitz, composer
    08/09/1891 Max Branch, music/radio commentator
    08/09/1896 Jean Piaget, Switz, pioneer developmental psychologist/zoologist 08/09/1896 Leonide Massine, choreographer (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1914-20) 08/09/1897 Ralph Wyckoff, American pioneer in x-ray crystallography
    08/09/1898 David de Jong, writer (Mutiny on the canal)
    08/09/1899 Armand Salacrou, French poet
    08/09/1901 Charles Farrell, Cape Cod Mass, actor (Vern-My Little Margie) 08/09/1902 Zino Francescatti, Marseilles France, violinist (NY Phil-1939) 08/09/1905 Leo Genn, actor (Affair in Monte Carlo)
    08/09/1909 John Baur, museum director/author (American Paintings in 19th Centur
    08/09/1910 Robert H van Gulik, diplomat/writer (Rechter Tie)
    08/09/1911 Robert McCormick, Danville Ky, NBC newscaster (Current Opinion) 08/09/1911 William A Fowler, US, astrophysicist (Nobel 1983)
    08/09/1913 Harry Mills, singer (Mills Brothers-Paper Moon)
    08/09/1913 Herman Talmadge, (Sen-D-Ga, Watergate Committee)
    08/09/1914 Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor
    08/09/1914 Joseph M 'Joop' Lücker, journalist/editor in chief the Volkskrant 08/09/1915 Haim Alexander, composer
    08/09/1918 Robert Aldrich, US director/producer (Dirty Dozen)
    08/09/1919 Joop [Johannes] den Uyl, Dutch Premier (PVDA, 1973-77)
    08/09/1919 Ralph Houk, baseball manager (Yankees, Tigers)
    08/09/1921 J James Exon, (Sen-D-Nebraska, 1979- )
    08/09/1922 Philip Larkin, Coventry England, writer (North Ship, Jill) 08/09/1923 Gerrit Kouwenaar, literary
    08/09/1925 Robert Heppener, composer (Hymns & Conversations, Movie Music) 08/09/1926 Michiel de Ruyter, [Mister Jazz], jazz historian
    08/09/1927 Marvin Minsky, Artifical intelligence computer scientist (MIT) 08/09/1927 Robert Shaw, England, actor (Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday) 08/09/1928 Bob Cousy, NBA star (Boston Celtics, 1957 MVP)
    08/09/1930 Betty Boop, animation
    08/09/1935 George S Leotsakos, composer
    08/09/1938 Dick Anthony Williams, Chicago Ill, actor (Our Family Honor) 08/09/1938 Rod Laver, Australia, tennis ace (1962, 1969 Grand Slam)
    08/09/1939 Billy Henderson, rocker (Spinners-That's what girls are made for) 08/09/1939 Claude Osteen, baseball pitcher (Cin Reds)
    08/09/1939 Max Neuhaus, composer
    08/09/1940 Beverlee McKinsey, Okla, actress (Another World, Guiding Light) 08/09/1942 David Steinberg, Winnipeg Canada, comedian/director (End) 08/09/1944 Gerrit Jan Wolffensperger, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (D66) 08/09/1944 Sam Elliot, Calif, actor (Big Chill, Fatal Beauty)
    08/09/1944 Viv Prince, rocker (Pretty Things)
    08/09/1945 Ken Norton, heavyweight boxing champ/TV panelist (Gong Show) 08/09/1946 Maarnus Gerritsen, rocker (Golden Earring)
    08/09/1946 Rinus Gerritsen, bassist/rocker (Golden Earring)
    08/09/1947 Barbara Mason, US singer (Yes, I'm ready)
    08/09/1950 Roelof S 'Roel' Bakker, actor/director (Liefdesdrank)
    08/09/1955 Doug Williams, Louisiana, NFL QB (Tampa Bay Bucaneers, Wash Redskins
    08/09/1957 Melanie Griffith, NYC, actress (Something Wild, Working Girls) 08/09/1958 Amanda Bearse, actress (Marcy Rhodes-Married With Children) 08/09/1958 Greg Chaisson, heavy metal rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark) 08/09/1959 Diane Williams, Hahn AFB Ger, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel
    08/09/1959 Kurtis Blow, NYC, rapper (Krushgroove-The Breaks)
    08/09/1962 Hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author
    08/09/1962 Michael Colnroy, Modern English, rocker
    08/09/1963 Lonnie Quinn, Cheshire Conn, actor (Will Cooley-All My Children) 08/09/1963 Whitney Houston, Newark NJ, singer (One Moment in Time)
    08/09/1965 John Smith, Okla City, US Olympic wrestler (Goodwill-gold-1988, 90) 08/09/1965 Kyle Kyle, Kensington Pa, rock bassist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals)
    08/09/1966 Pat Petersen, LA Calif, actor (Michael-Knots Landing)
    08/09/1971 Mary Joe Fernandez, Dom Rep, tennis player (US National 16s) 08/09/1972 Elizabeth Vassey, Raleigh NC, actress (Emily Martin-All My Children)


    Deaths:

    08/09/ 117 Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)
    08/09/ 378 Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 08/09/ 803 Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies
    08/09/1048 Damasius II, [Poppo], Pope (1047-48), dies
    08/09/1420 Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies 08/09/1612 Ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies
    08/09/1613 Giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36
    08/09/1634 Pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies
    08/09/1652 John Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37
    08/09/1668 François Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64
    08/09/1672 Jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70
    08/09/1710 Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 77
    08/09/1727 Johann Philipp Treiber, composer, dies at 52
    08/09/1738 Pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies
    08/09/1763 John Althuysen, Fries vicar/poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47 08/09/1835 Claus Nielsen Schali, composer, dies at 78
    08/09/1854 Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 08/09/1888 Isaac Strauss, composer, dies at 82
    08/09/1892 Matthias de Vries, linguistic (spelling), dies
    08/09/1896 Otto Lilenthal, killed during a glider test
    08/09/1904 Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geography (Lebensraum), dies at 59 08/09/1915 Henry Longbottom, English lieutenant, dies in battle
    08/09/1919 Ernst Haeckel, German philosopher/zoologist (Social Darwinism), dies
    08/09/1919 Ruggero Leoncavallo, composer, dies at 62
    08/09/1924 Jacob P Fish, founder (NV Royal Salt Industries), dies at 66 08/09/1928 Frederik II W, grand duke of Baden (1907-18), dies at 71
    08/09/1942 Edith Stein, German philospher, dies
    08/09/1955 Marion Eugene Bauer, composer, dies at 57
    08/09/1958 Felipe Boero, composer, dies at 74
    08/09/1959 Emil Frantisek Burian, composer, dies at 55
    08/09/1961 Walter Bedell Smith, US general/WW II chief of staff, dies 08/09/1966 Gosta Nystroem, composer, dies at 75
    08/09/1967 Jaromir Weinberger, Czech/US composer (Czech Rhapsody), dies 08/09/1969 Abigail Folger, US, coffee magnate (Folgers), murdered
    08/09/1969 George P Marshall, NFL president (Washington Redskins), dies at 72 08/09/1969 Robert Lehman, US multi-millionaire/director (Met Museum of Art), di
    08/09/1969 Sharon Tate, actress (Valley of Dolls), killed by Manson's gang 08/09/1969 Voyteck Freykowski, US director, murdered
    08/09/1972 Bill Berns, commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53 08/09/1972 Richard Elsasser, composer, dies at 45
    08/09/1973 Dean Corll, shot; he raped & killed 26 boys
    08/09/1975 Dimitri D Sjostakovitsj, Russian composer (Sun over motherland), die
    08/09/1975 Julian 'Cannonball' Adderly, saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 46 08/09/1976 Max Vredenburg, composer, dies at 72
    08/09/1978 James G Cozzens, US writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74 08/09/1979 Allan Frank, actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64
    08/09/1979 Johan Daisne, [Herman Thiery], Belgian writer (Lago Maggiore), dies 08/09/1982 Aleksandr A Aleksejev, Russian director, dies
    08/09/1986 Joseph 'Poeske' Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77
    08/09/1987 Kees the Galan, economist, dies at 55
    08/09/1988 Alan Napier, (Alfred the Butler-Batman), dies at 85
    08/09/1991 Corrie Hartong, dance pioneer, dies
    08/09/1992 Jan van Baal, antropologist/gov Dutch New-Guinea, dies
    08/09/1992 Patrick A Devlin, England, judge/lead house of Lords, dies 08/09/1993 Mohamed M Tabet, commissar of Casablanca, raped 518, executed at 54


    Significant Events:

    08/09/ 378 Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army
    08/09/ 480 -BC- Persia defeats Spartan King Leonidas at Thermopylae
    08/09/1378 Cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil) 08/09/1559 Willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht 08/09/1596 Henry van Cuyk becomes bishop of Roermond
    08/09/1638 Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx 08/09/1673 Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures NY
    08/09/1673 Dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674 08/09/1726 Netherlands signs Covenant of Hannover
    08/09/1757 English Ft William Henry, NY, surrenders to French & Indians troops 08/09/1778 Captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits 08/09/1786 1st ascent of Mt Blanc
    08/09/1790 Columbia becomes 1st US flagged ship to voyage around world 08/09/1803 1st horses arrive in Hawaii
    08/09/1829 'Stourbridge Lion' locomotive goes into service
    08/09/1831 1st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY) 08/09/1832 King Leopold I of Belgium marries Louisa Maria
    08/09/1841 Erie boat in Buffalo NY catches fire; 242 die
    08/09/1842 US-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty
    08/09/1848 Austria & Sardinia sign ceasefire
    08/09/1849 Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia
    08/09/1854 Henry David Thoreau publishes 'Walden'
    08/09/1855 Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising
    08/09/1859 Elevator patented
    08/09/1862 Battle of Cedar Mountain VA (Slaughter Mountain, Southwest Mountain)
    08/09/1864 Battle of Ft Morgan AL
    08/09/1876 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #165 Loreley
    08/09/1890 1st 44 Javans arrive in Suriname, to work 5 year on sugar plantation
    08/09/1893 1st US bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in NY
    08/09/1901 34-35°N/98-99°W open for US colonization
    08/09/1902 Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria 08/09/1914 German submarine U-15 sinks British cruiser
    08/09/1915 British attack at Chanak Bair at Gallipolis
    08/09/1916 H Thiele discovers asteroid #3229
    08/09/1923 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #999 Zachia
    08/09/1923 NY State Golf Assoc formed
    08/09/1925 Only time Babe Ruth pinch-hit for, Bobby Veach flies out
    08/09/1930 113°F (45°C) at Perryville, Tennessee (state record)
    08/09/1930 Betty Boop debutes in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes 08/09/1936 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1396 Outeniqua & #1397 Umtata 08/09/1936 Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal at Berlin Olympics
    08/09/1941 Winston Churchill reaches Newfoundland for 1st talk with FDR 08/09/1942 200 Jews escape Mir Ghetto in Poland
    08/09/1942 British arrests Indian nationalist Mohandas K Gandhi
    08/09/1942 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 7th Symphony performed in Leningrad 08/09/1942 Vice-Adm Mikawa lands at Guadalcanal, Solomon Island
    08/09/1944 12 workers of Dutch illegal paper 'Trouw,' executed at Camp Vught 08/09/1944 US 79th/90th division enter Le Mans
    08/09/1945 US drops 2nd atomic bomb 'Fat Man' on Japan destroys part of Nagasak
    08/09/1946 1st time all major-league baseball games (8) are played at night 08/09/1950 Lusty Song wins Hambletonian
    08/09/1951 Dutch Korea volunteers win US Collective Unit Citation
    08/09/1952 General strike against overtime conscription in Belgium
    08/09/1953 Premier Mohammed Abdullah of Kashmir, fired
    08/09/1953 S Arend discovers asteroid #1652 Herge
    08/09/1956 1st state-wide, state-supported educational TV network, Alabama 08/09/1956 South African women demonstrate against pass laws
    08/09/1960 Race riot in Jacksonville Florida
    08/09/1961 James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court 08/09/1963 Britains rock TV show, Ready Steady Go, premieres
    08/09/1964 1st Rolling Stones concert in Netherlands
    08/09/1965 Fire in Titan II silo in Searcy Arkansas, 53 die
    08/09/1965 Singapore gains independence from Malaysia (National Day) 08/09/1967 Biafran offensive against Nigerian army
    08/09/1967 KYAY TV channel 39 in West Monroe, LA (IND) begins broadcasting 08/09/1968 Yugoslav president Tito visits Prague
    08/09/1969 Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders
    08/09/1970 Crimean Astrophysical Obs discovers asteroid #2949 Kaverznev 08/09/1970 Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes 08/09/1971 Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame 08/09/1972 Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct Space Shuttle 08/09/1973 Henry McCullough & Denny Seiwell quit Wings
    08/09/1973 USSR launches Mars 7
    08/09/1974 Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres 08/09/1975 1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7 08/09/1976 Pitt Pirate John Candelaria no-hits LA Dodgers, 2-0
    08/09/1976 USSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth 08/09/1977 NHL refuses merger of 6 WHA clubs
    08/09/1978 Yanks score 5 in bottom of 9th beat Brewers 8-7
    08/09/1980 Belgium constitution revised
    08/09/1981 6 English lifeguards set relay swim record English Channel (7:17) 08/09/1981 Larry Nelson wins PGA golf tournament
    08/09/1981 NL beats AL 5-4 in 52nd All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium) 08/09/1984 Daley Thomas of Britain sets decathalon record (8,847) in LA Cal 08/09/1984 STS 41-D vehicle again moves out to launch pad
    08/09/1987 LA Rams beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in London, England (NFL expo) 08/09/1987 Larry Nelson wins PGA golf tournament
    08/09/1988 Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field
    08/09/1988 Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions
    08/09/1988 Just 1 day after 8/8/88 NY's daily number is 888
    08/09/1990 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabi
    08/09/1992 25th Olympic Summer games closes in Barcelona, Spain
    08/09/1993 King Albert II of Belgium, crowned

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Aug 10 00:30:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/10/1296 Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg
    08/10/1556 Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer
    08/10/1560 Hieronymus Praetorius, composer
    08/10/1567 Girolamo Giacobbi, composer
    08/10/1589 Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer
    08/10/1652 Peter I Scheemaeckers, Flemish sculptor (graf tombs)
    08/10/1654 Bernard Nieuwentyt, physician/theologist
    08/10/1657 Cornelis Chastelein, colonial director
    08/10/1699 Christoph Gottlieb Schroter, composer
    08/10/1708 John Stinstra, baptist vicar
    08/10/1720 Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer
    08/10/1740 Samuel Arnold, composer
    08/10/1750 Daniel Gottlob Turk, composer
    08/10/1762 Santiago Ferrer, composer
    08/10/1793 Heinrich August Neithardt, composer
    08/10/1794 Leopold Zunz, German learned (Synagogalen Prose(?))
    08/10/1801 Robert Woodward Barnwell, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882
    08/10/1808 Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer
    08/10/1810 Camilio Benso di Cavour, Italy, PM
    08/10/1810 Cornelis Outshoorn, architect
    08/10/1814 Jacob Edvard Gille, composer
    08/10/1814 John Clifford Pemberton, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1881 08/10/1814 William Lowndes Yancey, MC (Confederacy), died in 1863
    08/10/1823 Antônio G Dias, Brazilian poet
    08/10/1823 Charles Thomas Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers)
    08/10/1835 Gyula Beliczay, composer
    08/10/1836 Jose Teodor Vilar, composer
    08/10/1856 Paul Geisler, composer
    08/10/1865 Alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana) 08/10/1869 Lawrence Binyon, Vienna Austria, writer (Symbolic Wounds) 08/10/1874 Herbert Clark Hoover, West Branch Iowa, (R) 31st Pres (1929-1933) 08/10/1874 James (Tod) Sloan, jockey, created monkey crouch riding style 08/10/1877 Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance 08/10/1878 Alfred Döblin, German/French author/co-founder of Sturm
    08/10/1880 Clarence Cameron White, composer
    08/10/1881 Albrecht M Sprenger, landbuilder
    08/10/1882 Max Kowalski, composer
    08/10/1883 Carlos Lavin, composer
    08/10/1889 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer
    08/10/1889 Irene Steer, England, 4 X 100m relay swimmers (Olympic-gold-1912) 08/10/1893 Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard) 08/10/1893 Viscount Dunrossil, Scotland, Gov Gen of Australia (1959-61) 08/10/1893 Voranc Prezikov [Lovro Kuhar), Slav author (Samorastniki) 08/10/1897 Edward Orval Gourdin, Jacksonville, long jumper (Olympic-silver-1924
    08/10/1897 Piet[er O] Bakker, journalist (Telegraph, People)
    08/10/1899 Jack Haley, Boston Mass, actor (Wizard of Oz, Ford Star Revue) 08/10/1900 Arthur Porritt, NZ, 100m sprinter (Olympic-bronze-1924)
    08/10/1900 Norma Shearer, Canada, actress (Divorcee, Idiot's Delight) 08/10/1905 Richard F Kahn, baron of Hampstead/British economist
    08/10/1909 Brian Easdale, composer
    08/10/1909 Claude Thornhill, composer
    08/10/1909 George W Crockett Jr, (Rep-D-MI, 1980- )
    08/10/1909 Julio A Abraham, president (Democratic Party Bonaire)
    08/10/1909 Mohammed V, ibn Joesoef, King of Morocco (1953, 1955-61)
    08/10/1910 Angus Campbell, US, psychologist (Elections & Political Order) 08/10/1912 Herman Strategier, composer
    08/10/1912 Izak Samkalden, Dutch Minister of Justice (PvdA)
    08/10/1912 Jorge Amado, Brazilian writer (O Pais do Carnaval)
    08/10/1912 Richard Reeves, NYC, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel)
    08/10/1912 Romain Maes, Belgian bicylist
    08/10/1913 Noah Beery Jr, NYC, actor (Rockford Files, Quest, Doc Elliot) 08/10/1913 Steven Nagy, bowler, 1st to bowl 300 on TV (1954)
    08/10/1914 Jeff Corey, NYC, actor (Getting Straight, Superman & Mole Men) 08/10/1920 Red Holzman, NBA coach (NY Knickerbockers)
    08/10/1923 Rhonda Fleming, Hollywood Calif, actress (Spellbound)
    08/10/1924 Martha Hyer, actress (Day of the Wolves, Night of the Grizzly) 08/10/1926 Edwin James Nairn Carr, composer
    08/10/1926 Marie-Claire Alain, French organist/composer
    08/10/1928 Eddie Fisher, Phila Pa, singer (Oh My Papa, Lady of Spain) 08/10/1928 Jimmy Dean, Tx, actor/singer (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever)
    08/10/1929 John Alldis, composer
    08/10/1932 Alexander Goehr, composer
    08/10/1933 Bill Nieder, shot putter, (Olympic-gold-1960)
    08/10/1933 Rocky Colavito, Bronx, baseball player (Hit 4 HRs in a game) 08/10/1934 James Carl Tenney, composer
    08/10/1935 Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli, composer
    08/10/1937 Lucinda Williams, US sprinter (Olympic-gold-1960)
    08/10/1938 Diana Muldaur, actress (McCloud, Star Trek-Next Generation) 08/10/1939 Charles Rose, (Rep-D-North Carolina, 1973- )
    08/10/1939 Kate O'Mara, Leicaster England, actress (Caress Morell-Dynasty) 08/10/1940 Bobby Hatfield, Wisc, rocker (Righteous Bros-Unchained Melody) 08/10/1941 Anita Lonsbrough, England, 200m backstroke swimmer (Oly-gold-1960) 08/10/1941 Kees Van Kooten, TV-commentator/also-founder Simplisties Covenant 08/10/1942 Betsy Johnson, fashion designer (1971 Winnie Award)
    08/10/1943 Ronnie Spector, [Veronica Bennett], NYC, singer (Be My Little Baby) 08/10/1945 Harry Thomas, founder rock song festival/Dutch Homosexuals Party 08/10/1945 Larry Larden, rocker (Every Mother's Son)
    08/10/1947 Ian Anderson, Scotland, rocker (Jethro Tull-Bungle in the Jungle) 08/10/1948 Pal Gerevich, Hungary, fencer (Olympic-bronze-1972, 80)
    08/10/1948 Patti Austin, singer (Real Me)
    08/10/1949 Gene Johnson, Sugar Grove Pa, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle
    08/10/1952 Ashley Putnam, NYC, soprano (NY City Opera 1978)
    08/10/1952 Nikolai Alekseyevich Pushenko, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut 08/10/1956 Tugboat, [Fred Ottman], WWF wrestler
    08/10/1959 Mark Price, bass/vocals (All About Eve, Tin Huey-Contents Dislodged)
    08/10/1959 Rosanna Arquette, NYC, actress (Desperately Seeking Susan) 08/10/1961 Beatrice Alda, daughter of Alan Alda, actress (Lisa-Four Seasons) 08/10/1961 Jon Farriss, Australian rock vocalist/drummer (INXS-Kiss the Dirt) 08/10/1962 Dan Donovan, rocker (Bad)
    08/10/1967 Riddick Bowe, Brooklyn NY, HW boxing champ (Olympic-silver-1988) 08/10/1968 Michael Bivins, US rock vocalist (Bell Div Devoe-Poison)


    Deaths:

    08/10/ 30 -BC- Cleopatra VII, Ptolemaeïsch queen, beloved by Caesar, dies 08/10/ 794 Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 08/10/ 955 Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle
    08/10/1002 Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Córdoba, dies 08/10/1250 Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered
    08/10/1589 Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 08/10/1628 Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned
    08/10/1653 Maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55 08/10/1717 Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies
    08/10/1730 Sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74
    08/10/1759 Ferdinand VI, the wise, king of Spain, dies at 46
    08/10/1802 Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77 08/10/1806 Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68
    08/10/1821 Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52
    08/10/1841 Hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37
    08/10/1843 Jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies
    08/10/1861 Nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43
    08/10/1867 Ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 186
    08/10/1875 Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66 08/10/1886 Eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85
    08/10/1896 Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies
    08/10/1904 Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies 08/10/1911 Carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70
    08/10/1921 John M Martin, last confederate congress member, dies
    08/10/1929 Aletta [Henriëtte] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician/feminist, dies
    08/10/1930 William H Taft, US president (1909-13), dies
    08/10/1934 John Kane, US, painter, dies at 73
    08/10/1938 Joseph Moorat, composer, dies at 73
    08/10/1943 C Bergsma, resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies
    08/10/1943 J Janzen, resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies
    08/10/1943 J Posthuma, resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies
    08/10/1944 Berthold Schenk von Stauffenberg, attempt Hitler assassination, dies
    08/10/1945 Robert H Goddard, US, rocket pioneer, dies at 62
    08/10/1960 Emil Strauss, German writer (Vaterland), dies
    08/10/1962 Ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60 08/10/1963 Estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn), dies at 60
    08/10/1963 Mátyá Rákosi, [Rosencranz], premier of Hungary (1952-53), dies at 71
    08/10/1966 Felix A Vening Meinesz, geophysicist (black force), dies at 79 08/10/1966 Jacobus C Bloem, poet (Cinders), dies
    08/10/1967 John Francis Larchet, composer, dies at 83
    08/10/1970 Bernd Alois Zimmermann, composer, dies at 52
    08/10/1970 Gino Torretta, quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1992)
    08/10/1974 Ilona Massey, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show), dies at 64 08/10/1974 Pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's ½ Comedy Hour), dies at 92 08/10/1976 Ray 'Crash' Corrigan, cowboy (Crash Corrigan's Ranch), dies at 74 08/10/1977 Vince Barnett, actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle), dies at 75 08/10/1979 Dick Foran, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 69
    08/10/1985 Kenny Backer, comedian, dies of a heart attack at 72
    08/10/1987 Clara Peller, actress (Where's the Beef), dies at 86
    08/10/1987 I W Able, CEO (United Steel Workers of America, 1965-77), dies at 87
    08/10/1988 Adela Rogers St John, journalist (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at 94 08/10/1988 Arias Arnulfo, 3 time president of Panama, dies at 86
    08/10/1993 Ken England, US screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82


    Significant Events:

    08/10/ 70 '2nd Temple' of Jews is set aflame (approx)
    08/10/ 654 Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I
    08/10/ 955 Battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians
    08/10/1304 -11] Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch & French fleet beat Flemish fleet 08/10/1461 Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain 08/10/1519 Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth
    08/10/1557 Battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert beat France 08/10/1566 Iconoclasm begins
    08/10/1622 County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges
    08/10/1628 Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed
    08/10/1653 Sea battle at Heÿde, English fleet beats Dutch
    08/10/1675 King Charles II opens Greenwich Observatory, London
    08/10/1675 Portuguese-Jewish synagogue opens in Amsterdam
    08/10/1678 Netherlands & France signs peace treaty in Nÿmegen
    08/10/1680 In N Mex, Popé leads rebellion of Pueblo Indians against Spaniads 08/10/1743 Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated
    08/10/1774 1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing 08/10/1790 Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage 08/10/1792 Mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI
    08/10/1809 Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day)
    08/10/1821 Missouri admitted as 24th US state
    08/10/1822 Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die
    08/10/1827 Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada)
    08/10/1831 Former slave Nat Turner led violent insurrection against slavery 08/10/1831 Hurricane hits Barbados; about 1,500 die
    08/10/1833 Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200
    08/10/1835 Mob of whites & oxen pulled black school to a swamp out of Canaan NH
    08/10/1846 Congress charters 'nation's attic,' Smithsonian Institution 08/10/1856 Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana 08/10/1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek MO (Springfield, Oak Hills)-Gen Lyon killed
    08/10/1862 Battle of Nueces River TX
    08/10/1866 Transatlantic cable laid-Pres Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria 08/10/1877 Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Percé indians 08/10/1877 Phillies & Expos play a doubleheader that ends at 3:23 AM 08/10/1885 Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt)
    08/10/1887 Excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois) 08/10/1888 NY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record 08/10/1893 Chinese deported from SF under Exclusion Act
    08/10/1895 1st Queen's Hall Promenade Concerto (Wagners 'Rienzi')
    08/10/1900 1st Davis Cup Tennis Tournament (Mass) US beats England
    08/10/1901 Chic White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners 08/10/1904 Dutch newspaper Volk fires gay journalist Jacob de Cock
    08/10/1907 Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Peking to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally 08/10/1909 Algemeene Netherland Toonkunstenars Ver (ANTV) begins
    08/10/1911 Parliament Act reduces power of House of Lords
    08/10/1913 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses
    08/10/1914 At Luik, German 12'/16.5' guns reach Belgian boundary
    08/10/1914 German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins German
    08/10/1914 German troops reconquer Mulhouse in Elzas
    08/10/1914 Royal Nationally Steuncomité forms
    08/10/1916 Turks annex Persian city Hamadan from Russia
    08/10/1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #900 Rosalinde
    08/10/1919 Ukrainian National Army massacres 25 Jews in Podolia Ukraine 08/10/1920 Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia & Romania
    08/10/1920 Treaty of Sèvres (Allies & Turkey)
    08/10/1920 Turkish Govt renounces its claim to Israel, recognizes British manda
    08/10/1921 FDR stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Is of Campobello 08/10/1925 Hurricane strikes Borculo, 4 die
    08/10/1926 Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed
    08/10/1928 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1110 Jaroslawa
    08/10/1936 114°F (46°C) at Plain Dealing, Louisiana (state record)
    08/10/1936 120°F (49°C) at Ozark, Arkansas (state record)
    08/10/1938 119°F (48°C), Pendleton, Oregon (state record)
    08/10/1939 2ndgovt-De Geer, forms
    08/10/1940 Prince Bernhard Fund forms
    08/10/1941 FDR & Churchill's 2nd meeting at Placentia Newfoundland
    08/10/1942 Gen B Montgomery becomes commandant British 8th leader in N Africa 08/10/1943 Dutch submarine attacks Island Hertenbeest in NW Bali
    08/10/1944 Boston Brave Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to beat Reds 2-0 08/10/1944 Race riots in Athens Alabama
    08/10/1944 US/French offensive at Alençon
    08/10/1945 Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided 08/10/1945 status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged
    08/10/1948 ABC enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, NY)
    08/10/1948 Allen Funt's 'Candid Camera' TV debut on ABC
    08/10/1948 WABC TV channel 7 in New York, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting 08/10/1949 Heavyweight Ezzard Charles KOs Gus Lesnevich in NY
    08/10/1949 Natl Military Establishment renamed Dept of Defense
    08/10/1954 Neth Indonesian Union breaks up
    08/10/1954 Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins 08/10/1960 Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space 08/10/1960 Nicolaas Jouwe forms PANA in New-Guinea
    08/10/1961 England applies for membership in European Common Market
    08/10/1964 WJSP TV channel 28 in Columbus, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting 08/10/1965 Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 82 km
    08/10/1966 1st lunar orbiter launched by US
    08/10/1966 Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a 08/10/1966 meteor entering Earth's atmosphere & leaving it again
    08/10/1968 Race riot in Miami, Chicago & Little Rock
    08/10/1972 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada 08/10/1973 1st BART train travels thru transbay tube to Montgomery St Station 08/10/1975 David Frost purchases exclusive rights to interview Nixon 08/10/1975 Jack Nickalus wins PGA golf tournament
    08/10/1977 US & Panamana sign Panama Canal Zone accord
    08/10/1978 H E Schuster discovers asteroid #3398
    08/10/1979 Ecuador adopts its constitution
    08/10/1979 Wings release 'Getting Closer' & 'Baby's Request'
    08/10/1980 Allen, most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsville, Tx 08/10/1980 Jack Nicklaus wins PGA championship for 5th time
    08/10/1981 Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business
    08/10/1981 Pete Rose tops Stan Musial's NL record 3,630 hits
    08/10/1981 Richard Nixon Museum in San Clemente closes
    08/10/1984 Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run 08/10/1985 Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle songs) for $47½ million
    08/10/1985 Uno Lindstron of Sweden, juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles 08/10/1986 Billy Martin day, Yanks retire #1
    08/10/1987 Flight Readiness Firing of Discovery's main engines is successfully 08/10/1988 Rodrigo Borja installed as president of Ecuador
    08/10/1988 UN estimates Asia's population hits 3 billion
    08/10/1990 US's Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus
    08/10/1991 NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53 08/10/1992 Satellite TOPEX/Poseidon launched

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/17/1586 Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)
    08/17/1601 Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins
    08/17/1686 Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer
    08/17/1720 Charles DJ Demand, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) 08/17/1775 Philippe Libon, composer
    08/17/1779 Franz de Paula Roser, composer
    08/17/1786 Davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo) 08/17/1811 John H Scholten, theologist (Free Will)
    08/17/1817 Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-7
    08/17/1819 James Henry Van Alen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 08/17/1828 George William Warren, composer
    08/17/1834 Peter Benoit, composer
    08/17/1839 Hubert Platt Main, composer
    08/17/1839 Thÿs [Matthÿs] Maris, painter/etcher
    08/17/1840 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League) 08/17/1844 Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913)
    08/17/1851 Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist
    08/17/1856 Violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master) 08/17/1870 Frederick Russell, developed 1st successful typhoid fever vaccine 08/17/1876 Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33) 08/17/1876 Henri G Winkelman, general/supreme commander/navy 1940
    08/17/1876 Theodor Däubler, German writer (Northern Lights)
    08/17/1880 Leo Ascher, composer
    08/17/1885 Clara [G Meÿer-]Wichmann, German anarchists/feminist (Wife & society
    08/17/1887 Charles I, last emperor of Austria-Hungary (1916-18)
    08/17/1887 Marcus Garvey, began back-to-Africa movement among US blacks 08/17/1888 Monty Wooley, NYC, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner) 08/17/1890 Harry L Hopkins, US politician (Loan & Lease law)
    08/17/1892 Mae West, Bkln, actress (Go up & see her sometime, Klondike Annie 08/17/1894 Johan Polet, sculptor
    08/17/1896 Henry P De Vries, painter/poet (Laws of the Americas)
    08/17/1898 Gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian
    08/17/1900 Quincy Howe, Boston Mass, newscaster (CBS Weekend News)
    08/17/1901 Henri Tomasi, Marseilles France, composer (Don Juan de Mañara) 08/17/1903 Abram Chasins, composer
    08/17/1905 John Hay Whitney, publisher (NY Herald Trib 1961-67)
    08/17/1906 Marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal (1968-74) 08/17/1907 Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer
    08/17/1908 Kurt Hessenberg, composer
    08/17/1910 Eric Aaltonen, composer
    08/17/1910 J A Manusama, Moluccan politician
    08/17/1911 Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince
    08/17/1911 Jan L Cantens, Flemish poet (Puppet Uprising)
    08/17/1912 Edgar Fernhout, painter/son of Charley Toorop
    08/17/1914 Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, son of FDR/(Rep-D-NY, 1949-55)
    08/17/1917 P Roger Peyrefitte, French writer (Singular Love)
    08/17/1918 Mort Marshall, NYC, actor (Cully-Dumplings)
    08/17/1920 Georgia Gibbs, Worcester Mass, singer (Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire
    08/17/1921 Maureen O'Hara, [Fitzsimmons], Dublin, actress (Miracle on 34th St) 08/17/1922 Ralph Roberts, NC, actor (Tradition, Gone are the Days)
    08/17/1923 Anton Kersjes, violinist/conductor (Amsterdam Philharmonic Orch) 08/17/1923 Larry Rivers, modern/abstract painter (Wash crossing Delaware-1953) 08/17/1924 Evan S Connell, US writer
    08/17/1925 John Hawkes, US writer (2nd Skin)
    08/17/1926 Haakon Barfod, Norway, yachting (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
    08/17/1926 Jean Poiret, French actor/writer (Le Dernier Metro)
    08/17/1927 Robert Moore, Detroit Mich, actor (Marshall-Diana)
    08/17/1928 Thomas Jefferson Anderson, composer
    08/17/1928 Willem Duys, Dutch radio/TV host
    08/17/1929 Francis Gary Powers, US spy (USSR captures him in 1959 U-2 incident)
    08/17/1931 Alain Mimoun O'Kacha, France, marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1956) 08/17/1932 Chet Allen, Chickasha Okla, actor (Jerry-Bonino, Slats-Troubleshoote
    08/17/1932 V S Naipaul, Trinidad, novelist (Middle Passage)
    08/17/1932 Vidiadhar S Naipaul, British writer (In a free country)
    08/17/1936 Ivan Parik, composer
    08/17/1939 Luther Allison, Arkansas, guitarist (Bad News is Coming)
    08/17/1940 David E Price, (Rep-D-North Carolina)
    08/17/1940 Thomas Williams, US, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1960)
    08/17/1941 Boog Powell, baseball player (AL MVP 1970)
    08/17/1941 Ibrahim Babangida, president of Nigeria (1985- )
    08/17/1943 Edward Cowie, composer
    08/17/1943 Koos Postema, editor in chief (Free People)/Dutch TV host 08/17/1943 Robert De Niro, NYC, actor (Bang the Drum Slowly, Taxi Driver) 08/17/1943 Yukio Kasaya, Japan, 70m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1972)
    08/17/1946 Hans Vandenburg, singer/guitarist (Gruppo sportivo)
    08/17/1947 Gary Talley, rocker (Box Tops)
    08/17/1949 Sib Hashlan, rocker (Boston)
    08/17/1951 Alan Minter, England, light-middleweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972)
    08/17/1952 Kathryn C Thornton, Montgomery Alabama, PhD/astronaut (STS 33, 49, 6
    08/17/1953 Kevin Rowlands, rocker (Dexy's Midnight Runners-Come on Eileen) 08/17/1955 Janet Quist, playmate (Dec, 1978)
    08/17/1955 Kevin Welch, Long Beach Calif, country songwriter
    08/17/1958 Belinda Carlisle, Hollywood Ca, (GoGos lead singer, Heaven on Earth)
    08/17/1960 Sean Penn, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
    08/17/1962 Gilby Clarke, US pop guitarist (Guns n' Roses-Civil War)
    08/17/1963 Carmen Berg, Bismark ND, playmate (July, 1987)
    08/17/1965 Glen Goldsmith, rocker (What You See is What You Get)
    08/17/1969 Donald E Wahlberg, Jr, Boston, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough) 08/17/1970 Jim Courier, tennis champ


    Deaths:

    08/17/ 754 Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39
    08/17/1510 Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded
    08/17/1510 Richard Empson, English treasurer, beheaded
    08/17/1536 Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight - on Index), dies 08/17/1553 Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies
    08/17/1635 Francisco the Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48
    08/17/1730 Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61
    08/17/1731 Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57
    08/17/1777 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54
    08/17/1786 Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86), dies
    08/17/1792 Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38
    08/17/1850 José Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, die
    08/17/1865 Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82
    08/17/1880 Ole Bull, composer, dies at 70
    08/17/1887 Franz Commer, composer, dies at 74
    08/17/1889 Ernst Franck, composer, dies at 42
    08/17/1898 Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56
    08/17/1901 Edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61
    08/17/1909 Richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78
    08/17/1914 James Grierson, British general
    08/17/1915 Leo Frank, lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia
    08/17/1920 Ray Chapman, hit in the head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch, dies 08/17/1924 Pavel S 'Paul' Urysohn, Russian mathematician, drowns at 26 08/17/1927 Horace Alderman, US, murderer, hanged
    08/17/1936 Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Surgery & Foules), dies at 3
    08/17/1945 Gino Marinuzzi, composer, dies at 61
    08/17/1945 Pater Bleijs [Louis], resistance fighter, dies in car accident 08/17/1948 Nico J Polak, Dutch economist, dies at 60
    08/17/1953 Johannes B Tielrooy, literature (French Living Lesson), dies at 66 08/17/1955 Fernand Léger, French painter (Grand Parade), dies
    08/17/1958 Florent Schmitt, French composer/critic (Jardin Secret), dies at 87 08/17/1961 Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer, dies at 76
    08/17/1969 Ludwig Mies Van de Rohe, architect (November Group), dies at 83 08/17/1969 Philip Blaiberg, after 19 days with artificial heart, dies 08/17/1971 Horace McMahon, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64 08/17/1972 Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76 08/17/1973 Conrad Aiken, Pulitzer winning poet, dies at 74
    08/17/1973 Jean Barraque, composer, dies at 45
    08/17/1973 Paul Williams, US singer (Temptations-Stop the war now), dies 08/17/1974 Aldo Palazzeschi, [Giurlani], Italian writer, dies at 89
    08/17/1975 Sig Arno, Hamburg Germany, actor (My Friend Irma), dies at 80 08/17/1975 Vladimir Kutz, Russian distance runner (Olympic-gold-56) dies at 48 08/17/1976 William Redfield, actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop), dies at 48 08/17/1979 Vivian Vance, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies at 72 08/17/1981 Robert Russell Bennett, composer, dies at 87
    08/17/1982 Barney Phillips, actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies at 68 08/17/1982 Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart, Letter Bomb), dies 08/17/1983 Ira Gershwin, lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills, Cal, at 86 08/17/1987 Charles Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet, dies at 84
    08/17/1987 Rudolph Hess, Nazi, suicide at 93, after 46 years in Spandau Prison 08/17/1988 Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, (Rep-D-NY, 1949-55), dies on 74th birthday 08/17/1988 Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1978-88), dies at 63 08/17/1990 Pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies at 72 of heart attack 08/17/1991 Leo Geerts, [Marcel van der Linden], Belgian writer/critic, dies 08/17/1992 André de Villiers, South African, murdered
    08/17/1993 Max de Metz, publisher/interpreter, dies at 72


    Significant Events:

    08/17/ 682 St Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    08/17/1585 Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma
    08/17/1787 Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups 08/17/1795 Slave revolt at Knip plantation, Curaçao
    08/17/1796 English beat Bataafs navy in Saldanha Bay
    08/17/1807 Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River 08/17/1808 Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain 08/17/1827 Dutch King Willem I/Pope Leo XII sign concord
    08/17/1833 Lou Gehrig breaks record by playing in his 1,308th straight game 08/17/1834 Charles Darwins reaches top of Campana Chile
    08/17/1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave South-America for last time 08/17/1846 US fleet officer Robert F Stockton annexes California
    08/17/1858 1st bank in Hawaii opens
    08/17/1862 Confederate troops under Kirby Smith enter Kentucky
    08/17/1863 Federal batteries & ships bombard Fort Sumter, Charleston 08/17/1863 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee
    08/17/1866 Bathe & Prussia signs peace treaty
    08/17/1869 1st international boat race (Thames River) (Oxford beats Harvard) 08/17/1870 1st ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington
    08/17/1870 Mrs Esther Morris becomes 1st woman magistrate (South Pass, Wyoming)
    08/17/1876 Opera 'Götterdämmerung' is produced (Bayreuth)
    08/17/1877 Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos
    08/17/1890 J Palisa discovers asteroid #295 Theresia
    08/17/1894 Phils get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29
    08/17/1896 Gold is discovered on Klondike River
    08/17/1897 W B Purvis patents electric railway switch
    08/17/1901 L Carnera discovers asteroid #476 Hedwig
    08/17/1904 Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chic White Sox, 6-0
    08/17/1905 Dutch govt of De Master begins
    08/17/1906 Valparaiso Chile suffers earthquake
    08/17/1907 Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union 08/17/1908 Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay & Montgomery
    08/17/1914 French troops under gen de Castelnau occupy Château Salins 08/17/1914 Lithuiana surrenders to Germans
    08/17/1915 German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana
    08/17/1916 Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia
    08/17/1917 Italy declares war on Germany & Turkey
    08/17/1918 British troops attack Baku Azerbaijan
    08/17/1918 Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000
    08/17/1918 Turkish troops overthrow Caukasus
    08/17/1924 French-German trade agreement signed
    08/17/1926 Greek-Serbian/Croatian/Slavs peace treaty signed
    08/17/1928 M Wolf discovers asteroid #2483 Guinevere
    08/17/1933 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1282 Utopia
    08/17/1936 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1404 Ajax
    08/17/1938 Henry Armstrong won his 3rd concurrent boxing championship 08/17/1939 'Wizard of Oz' opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in NY
    08/17/1940 FDR & Canadian PM William M King agree to joint defense commission 08/17/1940 Greece mobilizes
    08/17/1942 Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under adm George Murray on Hornet 08/17/1942 US bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, Franc
    08/17/1943 US troops under Gen Patton over run Messina
    08/17/1944 4th Canadian Armour division occupiers Trun Normandy
    08/17/1944 Canadian 2nd division conquerors Falaise Normandy
    08/17/1944 German field marshal Model replaces von Kluge in Normandy 08/17/1944 Russian troops arrive at Austria-Prussia border
    08/17/1944 US 12 Army corp occupies Orléans
    08/17/1944 US 320th regiment infantry occupies Châteaudun
    08/17/1944 Yanks Johnny Lindell ties record with 4 consecutive doubles in a gam
    08/17/1945 Indonesia (Dutch E Indies) declares independence from Netherlands 08/17/1948 Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent
    08/17/1948 Phillies commit 8 errors in a game
    08/17/1950 Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands
    08/17/1951 Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica
    08/17/1955 Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut 08/17/1955 River killing 190 & doing $1.8 billion damage
    08/17/1958 World's 1st Moon probe, US's Thor-Able, explodes at T +77 sec 08/17/1959 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park
    08/17/1959 USSR & Iraq signs contract for building Iraqi nuclear reactor 08/17/1960 Francis Gary Powers U-2 spy trial opens in Moscow
    08/17/1960 Gabon gains independence from France (National Day)
    08/17/1960 Indonesia drops diplomatic relations with Netherlands
    08/17/1961 Building of Berlin Wall begins
    08/17/1961 Kennedy administration establishes Alliance for Progress
    08/17/1962 Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr
    08/17/1963 Jim Hickman becomes 1st NY Met to hit for cycle
    08/17/1963 Oriole's Dick Hall retires his 28th consecutive player in relief 08/17/1966 Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit
    08/17/1968 Dick Beyers (Dr X) beats Verne Gagne, to become NWA champ 08/17/1969 Hurricane Camille hits Mississippi, Alabama & Virginia; 258 die 08/17/1969 NY Jets beat NY Giants 37-14 in their 1st meeting (pre season) 08/17/1969 Ray Floyd wins PGA golf tournament
    08/17/1970 Venera 7 launched by USSR for soft landing on Venus
    08/17/1972 Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game
    08/17/1973 Lee Trevino's 1st hole-in-one
    08/17/1974 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #2576 Yesenin
    08/17/1978 1st manned balloon crossing of Atlantic Ocean (Eagle II)
    08/17/1979 2 Russian passenger ship crashes above Ukraine, 173 killed 08/17/1979 Monty Python's 'Life of Brian' premieres
    08/17/1982 LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game completed 8/1
    08/17/1982 South Bend, Ind jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin
    08/17/1984 Pete Rose returns to Cin Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits) 08/17/1985 Dave Kingman hits his 400th HR
    08/17/1985 Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India
    08/17/1985 Sara Trollinger forms House of Hope in Orlando
    08/17/1986 Bronze pig statue unveiled at Seattle's Pike Place Market 08/17/1987 Dow Jones Industrial Avg closes above 2,700 for 1st time (2,700.57) 08/17/1988 Butch Reynolds of USA sets 400m record (43.29) in Zurich
    08/17/1988 LIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991
    08/17/1988 NYC 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9 year old Bronx boy) 08/17/1990 'Exorcist 3' premieres
    08/17/1990 Phyllis Polander sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed Aug 18 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/18/ 472 Flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker 08/18/1450 Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet 08/18/1579 Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange 08/18/1587 Virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents
    08/18/1685 Brook Taylor, England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem
    08/18/1745 Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer
    08/18/1750 Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer (Tatare)
    08/18/1769 Alexandre Stievenard, composer
    08/18/1774 Meriwether Lewis, US explorer (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
    08/18/1778 Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica 08/18/1792 John, 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM (1846-52, 1865-66) 08/18/1805 Josef Danhauser, Austrian painter (Mutterliebe)
    08/18/1807 Charles Francis Adams, (Union), died in 1886
    08/18/1813 Benjamin Alvord, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1884 08/18/1818 William Farquhar Barry, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879
    08/18/1823 Willem J F Nuyens, physician/RC historian
    08/18/1834 Marshall Field, founded Chicago-based store chain
    08/18/1849 Benjamin Godard, composer
    08/18/1856 Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer
    08/18/1856 Jan Karol Gali, composer
    08/18/1871 Johan J Arch, graphic artist (wood cutter)
    08/18/1873 Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Othello)
    08/18/1873 Otto Harbach, songwriter (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes)
    08/18/1875 Johan E Elias, historian (Amsterdam)
    08/18/1878 Fritz Brun, composer
    08/18/1881 Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher, composer
    08/18/1882 Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau, composer
    08/18/1883 Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel, French mode-ontwerpster
    08/18/1887 Nico J Polak, Dutch economist
    08/18/1893 Ernest MacMillan, composer
    08/18/1896 Alan Mowbray, London England, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack) 08/18/1900 Walter O'Keefe, Hartford Ct, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood)
    08/18/1902 Julius Kalas, composer
    08/18/1903 Ake Olof Sebastian Udden, composer
    08/18/1904 Max Factor Jr, CEO (Max Factor Cosmetics)
    08/18/1904 Sterling W Cole, (Rep-R-NY)
    08/18/1905 Peter Kreuder, German composer
    08/18/1905 Peter Paul Kreuder, composer
    08/18/1906 Andre Van Gyseghem, England, actor (Search for the Nile)
    08/18/1907 Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith
    08/18/1907 Howard Swanson, composer
    08/18/1907 Otto Mortensen, composer
    08/18/1908 Armÿn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu)
    08/18/1908 Edgar Faure, premier France
    08/18/1908 Milan Ristic, composer
    08/18/1910 Herman Berlinski, composer
    08/18/1916 Elsa Morante, Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo)
    08/18/1916 Moura Lympany, Saltash England, pianist (OBE-1979)
    08/18/1917 Casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87)
    08/18/1919 Walter J Hickel, (Gov-R-Alaska)/US Secretary of Interior (1969-71) 08/18/1922 Alain Robbe-Grillet, France, novelist (Voyeur)
    08/18/1922 Shelley Winters, [Schrift], St Louis Mo, actress (Poisidon Adventure
    08/18/1924 Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1978-88)
    08/18/1925 Brian W[ilson] Aldiss, UK, sci-fi author (Helliconia Trilogy) 08/18/1927 Rosalynn Carter, Georgia, 1st lady (1977-1981), Jimmy's main lust 08/18/1930 Carl Barger, Lewistown Pa, baseball pres (Pitts Pirates, Fla Marlins
    08/18/1930 Grant Williams, NYC, actor (Greg-Hawaiian Eye)
    08/18/1930 Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Tx, rocker (Feel So Fine)
    08/18/1931 Hans van Mierlo, Dutch 2nd Chamber member/vice-premier (D66) 08/18/1933 Roman Polanski, Poland, director (Knife in the Water, Repulsion) 08/18/1934 Rafer Lewis Johnson, Hillsboro Tx, decathlete (Olympic-gold-1960) 08/18/1934 Roberto Clemente, US baseball outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates) 08/18/1935 Gail Fisher, Orange NJ, actress (Peggy-Mannix)
    08/18/1935 Lajos Papp, composer
    08/18/1937 Robert Redford, Calif, actor (Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsb
    08/18/1941 Christopher Jones, Jackson TN, actor (Wild in the Streets) 08/18/1943 Martin Mull, Chic Ill, actor/comedian (Bad Manners, Flick, Serial) 08/18/1944 Carl Wayne, rocker (Move)
    08/18/1945 Barbara Harris, US soul singer (Toys-A Lover's Concerto)
    08/18/1945 Nona Hendryx, Trenton NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade) 08/18/1948 Rudy Hartono Kurniawan, Indonesia, All-England tennis champ 08/18/1950 Dennis Elliot, rocker (Foreigner)
    08/18/1951 Candice Earley, actress (Donna Tyler-All My Children)
    08/18/1952 Patrick Swayze, Houston Tx, actor/dancer (Dirty Dancing, Ghost) 08/18/1957 Carole Bouquest, Paris, actress (On Her Majesty's Secret Service) 08/18/1958 Madeleine Stowe, LA Calif, actress (Tropical Snow, Bad Girls) 08/18/1961 John Viscardi, NYC, actor (Father Tony-One Life to Live)
    08/18/1967 Blas Elias Gomez, Kennedy TX, rock drummer (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
    08/18/1967 Tracy Tracy, rocker (Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal)
    08/18/1968 Greta Lind, actress (Katie Kennicott-All My Children)
    08/18/1968 John Coyle, West Bloomfield Mich, short track skater (Olympics-1994)
    08/18/1970 Malcolm Jamal Warner, Jersey City NJ, actor (Theodore-Cosby Show) 08/18/1971 Trey Ames, Canton Oh, actor (David-A Year in the Life)


    Deaths:

    08/18/1227 Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies
    08/18/1236 Theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies 08/18/1276 Adrianus V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies 08/18/1503 Alexander VI, [Rodrigo the Borja], Spanish Pope (1492-1503), dies 08/18/1559 Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], Pope (1555-59), dies at 83 08/18/1803 James Beattie, Scottish poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth), dies at 6
    08/18/1811 Johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78
    08/18/1840 Antony CW Staring, patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73
    08/18/1850 Honoré de Balzac, French writer (Le père Goriot), dies at 51 08/18/1853 Peter Lichtenthal, composer, dies at 73
    08/18/1863 Thomas Welsh, US Union brig-general (Antietam), dies at 39 08/18/1870 Felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/brig-general, dies in battle 08/18/1894 William Charles Levey, composer, dies at 57
    08/18/1896 Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88
    08/18/1901 Richard Kleinmichel, composer, dies at 54
    08/18/1907 John Kerr, physicist (magneto-visually Kerr-effect), dies at 82 08/18/1915 Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet (Rübâb-i Sjikeste), dies at 47 08/18/1916 Edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36 08/18/1942 Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48 08/18/1944 Cecile Chaminade, composer, dies at 87
    08/18/1949 Paul J Mares, US jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at
    08/18/1950 Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, dies
    08/18/1952 Ralph Byrd, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show), dies at 43
    08/18/1957 Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer, dies at 41
    08/18/1961 Learned Hand, Chief judge of US court of Appeals, dies at 89 08/18/1966 Isaac Keesing, founder (System Keesing), dies
    08/18/1968 Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52
    08/18/1969 Laci Boldemann, composer, dies at 48
    08/18/1969 Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Nobel 1943), dies at 81
    08/18/1980 Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65
    08/18/1981 Anita Loos, US (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88 08/18/1982 Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 8
    08/18/1988 Frederick Ashton, choreographer (Cinderella), dies at 83
    08/18/1989 Bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies
    08/18/1989 Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian presidential candidate, murdered 08/18/1990 B F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86 08/18/1990 Raf Reymen, Flemish actor, dies
    08/18/1991 Vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies 08/18/1992 Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies
    08/18/1992 John Sturges, US, director (Magnificent 7, Great Escape), dies 08/18/1993 Alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47


    Significant Events:

    08/18/1289 Pope Nicolaus IV publishes degree 'Supra montem'
    08/18/1587 1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare)
    08/18/1605 Spanish army under of general Spínola conquerors Lingen
    08/18/1686 Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus
    08/18/1698 Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam
    08/18/1700 Swedish, English & Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark
    08/18/1759 -19) 2nd Battle of Lagos: England vs France
    08/18/1769 Gunpowder in Brescia Italy church explodes, killing 3,000 08/18/1795 Curaçao governor De Ferry routes miltia to stop rebellious slaves 08/18/1817 Gloucester, Mass, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore
    08/18/1834 Mt Vesuvius erupts
    08/18/1835 Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago
    08/18/1838 1st US marine expedition
    08/18/1846 Gen Stephen W Kearney's US forces captures Santa Fe, NM
    08/18/1858 Netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement
    08/18/1862 General Lee's adjutant major Stuart captured
    08/18/1864 6th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia: Confederate assault 08/18/1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Weldon Railroad day 1 of 3 days 08/18/1868 Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse 08/18/1870 Battle at Gravelotte Privat: Prussia beat France, 32,000 casualties 08/18/1873 1st ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14,494')
    08/18/1884 J Palisa discovers asteroid #239 Adrastea
    08/18/1891 Hurricane hits Martinique; about 700 die
    08/18/1894 Congress creates Bureau of Immigration
    08/18/1914 -20] Belgian army withdraws to Antwerp
    08/18/1914 French troops under general Dubail occupy Sarrebourg
    08/18/1914 Pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality
    08/18/1917 Dutch Naval Air Academy established (MLD)
    08/18/1920 Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right 08/18/1924 France begins retracting troops out of Ruhrgebied
    08/18/1925 Belgian & US sign treaty about war debts
    08/18/1925 Cardinal Mercier warns Belgians against socialism/liberalism 08/18/1930 Eastern Airlines begins passenger service
    08/18/1932 Auguste Piccard/Max Cosÿns reach 16,201m in a balloon
    08/18/1932 Englishman James Mollisson is 1st to fly east to west over Atlantic 08/18/1936 106.5°F-Hottest afternoon ever in Iowa
    08/18/1938 FDR dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US & Canada 08/18/1939 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #2257 Kaarina
    08/18/1941 Concentration camp Amersfoort opens
    08/18/1941 Phillies commit 8 errors in a game
    08/18/1942 Carlson's Raiders lands on Makin, Gilbert island, kills 350 Japs 08/18/1943 Final convoy of Jews from Salonika Greece arrive at Auschwitz 08/18/1944 Paris railroad workers strike against nazi occupiers
    08/18/1944 US 15th Army corp reaches Mantes-Gassicourt at Paris
    08/18/1944 US 20th Army corp occupiers Chartres
    08/18/1946 Golf Writers Associaton of America formed
    08/18/1947 Naval torpedo & mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300 08/18/1949 Hungary adopts constitution
    08/18/1954 Asst Sec of Labor James Wilkins became 1st black to attendgovt 08/18/1955 46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record) 08/18/1955 Sjukri al-Quwatli re-elected president of Syria
    08/18/1956 Cin Reds (8) & Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 HRs in a 9 inning game 08/18/1957 Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4½')
    08/18/1957 Juan-Manuel Fangio, wins his last auto World Championship at 46 08/18/1958 Betsy Palmer joins Today Show panel
    08/18/1958 Fidel Castro makes a speech on Cuban pirate radio Rebelde 08/18/1958 Great Britain issues regional stamps (N Ireland, Scotland & Wales) 08/18/1958 Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Roy Harris
    08/18/1958 Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov, published
    08/18/1958 TV game show scandal investigation starts
    08/18/1958 Verne Gagne beats Edouard Carpentier in Omaha, to become NWA champ 08/18/1960 1st photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 08/18/1961 Construction on Berlin Wall completed
    08/18/1962 Peter, Paul & Mary release their 1st hit 'If I Had a Hammer' 08/18/1963 James Meredith became 1st black graduate from U of Mississippi 08/18/1964 Charles Helu elected president of Lebanon
    08/18/1964 USSR launch 3 Kosmos satellites
    08/18/1965 Hank Aaron loses a HR, because he hit it out of batter's box 08/18/1967 Rolling Stones release 'We Love You'
    08/18/1967 WCBS radio in NYC goes all-news
    08/18/1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroids #2071 Nadezhda & #3501
    08/18/1972 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroids 1858 Lobachevskÿ, 2098 Zyskin & 310
    08/18/1972 Police fine Paul & Linda McCartney £800 in Sweden cannabis possessio
    08/18/1973 Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial recor
    08/18/1976 USSR's Luna 24 soft-lands on Moon
    08/18/1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2580, #3053 Dresden, #3408 & #3518 08/18/1978 Memphis, Tenn, settles with striking police officers & firefighters 08/18/1979 Iran Ayatollah Khomeini demands Saint War against the Kurds 08/18/1981 Jerry Lewis appears on 'Donahue' to defend Telethons
    08/18/1982 1st time NYSE tops 100 M figure, 132.69 M shares traded
    08/18/1982 LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game started 8/17)
    08/18/1982 Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance
    08/18/1983 Hurricane Alicia battered Houston & Galveston, Texas
    08/18/1983 Royals defeat Yanks, 5-4, completing 'pine-tar' game (12 minutes) 08/18/1983 Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Chann
    08/18/1984 Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, 08/18/1984 spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire 08/18/1986 Crockett's Tavern opens in Fort Wilderness
    08/18/1986 John Tesh's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
    08/18/1986 WYSP-FM Philadelphia begins simulcasting Howard Stern Show 08/18/1987 Ohio nurse Donald Harvey sentence to triple life (poisoned 24) 08/18/1987 Philip Rush of NZ, set record for triple crossing English Channel 08/18/1987 His time 28:21, 10 hours faster than 1st man to do it
    08/18/1988 FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment
    08/18/1988 Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million 08/18/1988 Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket 08/18/1989 Arturo Barrios of Mexico sets 10K record (27:08.23) in Berlin 08/18/1991 Pan Am games closes in Havana
    08/18/1993 Historical Kapelbrug in Luzern Switz, destroyed by fire

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Thu Aug 19 00:30:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/19/1398 Iñigo López, Spain, marques de Santillana, poet (Comedieta de Ponza)
    08/19/1521 Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di tutti) 08/19/1558 Paulus Merula, lawyer/historian
    08/19/1631 John Dryden, 1st poet laureate of England (Absalom & Achitophel) 08/19/1646 John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England
    08/19/1686 Antonio Tonelli, composer
    08/19/1689 Samuel Richardson, English novelist (Pamela) (baptized)
    08/19/1737 Johann Georg Christoph Schetky, composer
    08/19/1785 Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks
    08/19/1813 William Henry Fry, composer
    08/19/1815 John Porter McCown, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1879 08/19/1816 Julius PJA van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs
    08/19/1824 Georg Goltermann, composer
    08/19/1831 Stephen Gano Burbridge, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 08/19/1839 Oskar Brefeld, German botanist
    08/19/1844 Minna Canth, Finland, novelist/playwright (social evils)
    08/19/1851 French Schollaert, Belgian politician
    08/19/1858 Edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children) 08/19/1858 Ludwig Wüllner, German actor/baritone
    08/19/1859 Charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager (Chicago White Sox) 08/19/1859 Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian
    08/19/1860 John Kane, Scottish-born US primitivist painter (Self-Portrait) 08/19/1870 Bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser (Cold War) 08/19/1871 Orville Wright, aviator (Wright Brothers)
    08/19/1873 Fred Stone, US acrobat/Broadway actor (Alice Adams)
    08/19/1878 Manuel Quezon, 1st president of Philippine Commonwealth (1935-42) 08/19/1881 Georges Enesco (or Enescu), Romania, composer (Romanian Dances) 08/19/1885 Werner Elert, German luthers theologist
    08/19/1886 Robert Heger, composer
    08/19/1889 Arthur Waley, sinologist, translator from Chinese & Japanese 08/19/1890 Yves Alix, French painter/graphic artist
    08/19/1892 Alfred Lunt, Broadway actor (Emmy 1965)
    08/19/1896 Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer
    08/19/1896 Walter Lang, composer
    08/19/1902 Ogden Nash, Rye NY, humorous poet (I'm a Stranger Here Myself) 08/19/1902 Vladimir M Kirsjon, Russian playwright [NS]
    08/19/1903 Claude Dauphin, Corbell France, actor (April in Paris, Deported) 08/19/1903 James Gould Cozzens, US, novelist (1949 Pulitzer-Guard of Honor) 08/19/1905 Fitzhugh Lee, US pilot/vice-admiral (WW II, Navy Cross)
    08/19/1905 Jacques de Menasce, composer
    08/19/1906 Philo T Farnsworth, Beaver Utah, inventor (electronic TV) 08/19/1907 June Collyer, NYC, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show)
    08/19/1907 Thurston Morton, (Sen-Ky, 1957-1969)
    08/19/1907 Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer
    08/19/1909 Jerzy Andrzejewski, Warsaw Poland, writer (Ashes & Diamonds) 08/19/1913 Walter B Jones, (Rep-D-NC, 1966-92)
    08/19/1914 Fumio Hayasaka, composer
    08/19/1915 Lardner Ring Jr, Chicago, screenwriter (Woman of the Year) 08/19/1916 Marie Wilson, Anaheim Calif, actress (My Friend Irma)
    08/19/1919 Malcolm Forbes, publisher (Forbes Magazine)
    08/19/1920 Lucila English-Boskaljon, Curaçao painter
    08/19/1920 Paul Kont, composer
    08/19/1921 Gene Roddenberry, executive producer (Star Trek)
    08/19/1921 Philip A Potter, Dominica sec-gen World council of Churches 08/19/1923 Erik Aalbæk Jensen, Danish vicar/author (Perleports)
    08/19/1924 William Marshall, Gary Ind, actor (Blacula, Something of Value) 08/19/1927 James T Broyhill, (Sen-R-NC, 1986)
    08/19/1930 D[avid] G[uy] Compton, UK, sci-fi author (Synthajoy, Radio Plays) 08/19/1931 Willie Shoemaker, jockey (In 1956 he won $2 million)
    08/19/1933 Debra Paget, actress (Anne of the Indies, Love Me Tender) 08/19/1934 Bill Cleary, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
    08/19/1934 David F Durenberger, Minn, (Sen-R-MN, 1978- )
    08/19/1934 Renee Richards, [Richard Rankind], trans-sexual tennis player 08/19/1935 Bobby Richardson, SC, 2nd baseman (NY Yankees)
    08/19/1935 F Story Musgrave, Boston, MD/astronaut (STS 6, 51-F, 33, 44, 61) 08/19/1938 Diana Muldaur, actress (McCloud, Star Trek Next Generation, LA Law) 08/19/1938 Valentin Mankin, USSR, finn class yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968) 08/19/1939 Ginger [Peter] Baker, England, drummer (Cream-White Room) 08/19/1940 Jill St John, [Oppenheim], LA Calif, actress (Diamonds are Forever) 08/19/1940 Johnny Nash, Houston, Tx, rocker (I Can See Clearly Now)
    08/19/1943 Billy J Kramer, Liverpool, rocker (The Dakotas-Bad to Me) 08/19/1943 Diana Muldaur, NYC, actress (McCloud, Survivors, Hizzoner) 08/19/1944 Eddy Raven, Lafayette La, country singer (Right Hand Man) 08/19/1944 Samuel J de Bear, S Afr vicar/underminister of Education
    08/19/1945 Ian Gillian, heavy metal rocker (Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor) 08/19/1946 Charles F Bolden Jr, Columbia SC, astronaut (STS 61C, 31, 45, 60) 08/19/1947 Gerald McRaney, Collins Miss, actor (Simon & Simon, Major Dad) 08/19/1949 Bill Clinton, Pres (D, 1993- )
    08/19/1951 John Deacon, British pop guitarist (Queen-Somebody to Love) 08/19/1951 Randi Oakes, Randalia Iowa, actress (Officer Bonnie Clark-CHiPs) 08/19/1952 Jonathan Frakes, actor (Commander William T Riker-Star Trek Next Gen
    08/19/1953 Johan F de Leeuw, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
    08/19/1955 Peter Gallagher, actor (Player, Summer Lovers, Dreamchild) 08/19/1956 Adam Arkin, Bkln, actor (Busting Loose, Pearl, Northern Exposure) 08/19/1956 Cindy Nelson, US, skier (Olympic-bronze-1976)
    08/19/1957 Darby Hinton, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Israel-Daniel Boone) 08/19/1959 Steve Grimmett, heavy metal rocker
    08/19/1960 Ron Darling, Hawaii, baseball pitcher (NY Mets)
    08/19/1962 Valerie Kaprisky, Paris France, actress (Breathless, Public Woman) 08/19/1963 Joey Tempest, rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown)
    08/19/1963 John Stamos, Cypress Calif, actor (General Hospital, Full House) 08/19/1965 Kevin Dillon, actor (Heaven Help Us, Remote Control, Platoon) 08/19/1967 Jason Starsky, son of Beatle Ringo
    08/19/1967 Tabitha Soren, San Antonio Texas, MTV reporter (This Week in Rock) 08/19/1969 Christian Slater, actor (Legend of Billie Jean)
    08/19/1970 Matthew L Perry, actor (Chazz Russell-2nd Chance, Sydney) 08/19/1971 Tricia Ann Luedtke, Oostburg Wisc, Miss Wisc-America-1991


    Deaths:

    08/19/ 14 -BC- Caesar August, [Octavianus], 1st emperor of Rome, dies at 76 08/19/ 440 Sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies
    08/19/1493 Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77 08/19/1580 Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71
    08/19/1601 Michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies
    08/19/1691 Mustafa Köprülü, Turkish grand vizer, dies in battle
    08/19/1699 José Saenz d'aguirre, Spanish cardinal, dies at 69
    08/19/1744 Carlo Arrigoni, composer, dies at 46
    08/19/1780 Bernhard Haltenberger, composer, dies at 32
    08/19/1795 Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer, dies at 67
    08/19/1812 Vincenzp Righini, composer, dies at 56
    08/19/1813 Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer, dies at 54
    08/19/1813 Josef Blazej Smrcek, composer, dies at 61
    08/19/1822 Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer, dies at 62
    08/19/1851 Gioseffo Catrufo, composer, dies at 80
    08/19/1872 Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63
    08/19/1881 Joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79
    08/19/1889 Jean MMPA de Villiers de l'isle-Adam, French writer (Axel), dies at
    08/19/1891 Gestur Pálsson, Icelandic writer (Verdandi, Ritsafn), dies at 38 08/19/1892 Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer, dies at 62 08/19/1909 Rembt THPLA of Boneval Faure, lawyer/1st-Member of parliament, dies 08/19/1912 Alfonse Hasselmans, composer, dies at 67
    08/19/1922 Felipe Pedrell, composer, dies at 81
    08/19/1929 Sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at
    08/19/1936 Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, dies
    08/19/1944 Günther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide
    08/19/1944 Henry J Wood, English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 7
    08/19/1947 Earnest Laqueur, chemist/psychologist (sexual hormones), dies 08/19/1954 Alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53), dies at 73 08/19/1959 Jacob Epstein, US/English sculptor/painter, dies at 78
    08/19/1962 Kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90 08/19/1967 Carl W de Vries, lawyer (Great grandfather king), dies at 84 08/19/1967 Isaac Deutscher, Polish/Eng historian (Stalin-biography), dies at 60
    08/19/1974 ... Davies, US ambassador on Cyprus, murdered
    08/19/1976 Jeno Kenessey, composer, dies at 70
    08/19/1977 Groucho Martin, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86 08/19/1986 Hermione Baddeley, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude), dies at 79 08/19/1986 Jacob AW Civilian, Dutch soc-dem party chairman, dies at 81 08/19/1990 Ben Rutgers Van de Loeff-Basenau, children's book writer, dies 08/19/1992 Feliks Arons, director/actor, dies
    08/19/1993 Lucinda Ballard, US costume designer/wife of Howard Dietz, dies at 9


    Significant Events:

    08/19/ 440 St Sixtus III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    08/19/1071 Battle at Manzikert: Seldjuken sultan Alp Arslan beats Byzantine Kin
    08/19/1099 Crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon
    08/19/1263 King James I or Argon censors Hebrew writings
    08/19/1493 Maximilian I of Austria becomes Roman Catholic German emperor 08/19/1627 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Groenlo
    08/19/1698 Russian czar Peter the Great begins term
    08/19/1702 -24] Battle at Santa Marta Venz: English fleet beet French 08/19/1787 W Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn
    08/19/1791 Benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac
    08/19/1812 US warship Constitution defeats British warship Guerriere 08/19/1816 Java again in Dutch hands
    08/19/1821 Failed liberal coup against French King Louis XVIII
    08/19/1826 Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario)
    08/19/1836 HMS Beagle anchors at Angra Azores
    08/19/1849 NY Herald reports gold discovery in California
    08/19/1861 Confederacy Congress allies with govt of MI
    08/19/1864 2nd day of battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia
    08/19/1882 J Palisa discovers asteroid #228 Agathe
    08/19/1888 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins 08/19/1890 A Charlois discovers asteroid #296 Phaetusa
    08/19/1891 William Huggins describes astronomical application of spectrum 08/19/1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #372 Palma
    08/19/1903 Phillies suffer record 9th straight posponed game
    08/19/1905 Russian tsar installs 'Imperial Duma', without legislative powers 08/19/1909 Indianapolis 500 race track opens
    08/19/1913 Frenchman Pégoud makes 1st parachute jump in Europe
    08/19/1914 German army executed 150 Belgians by firing squad
    08/19/1915 Rationing laws go into effect in Netherlands
    08/19/1917 Sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John 08/19/1917 McGraw & Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws 08/19/1919 Afghanistan declares independence from UK
    08/19/1933 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1289 Kutaissi
    08/19/1934 Helen Hull Jacobs win US Lawn Tennis Association
    08/19/1934 Hitler elected Führer (95.7% of German voters)
    08/19/1934 Paul Runyan wins PGA golf tournament
    08/19/1935 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1634 Ndola
    08/19/1936 Trial against Ljev Kamenev & Grigori Zinovjev because of 'Trotskyism
    08/19/1936 opens in Moscow
    08/19/1938 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1469 Linzia
    08/19/1939 37.6 cm rainfall at Tuckerton, NJ (state record)
    08/19/1942 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is 08/19/1942 4,000 Canadian & British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France 08/19/1942 Allied commandos attack Dieppe (1st allied assault on occupied area)
    08/19/1942 Gen Paulus orders German 6th force to overthrow Stalingrad 08/19/1943 Belgian church excommunicates nazi Léon Degrelle
    08/19/1943 US air raid on German bases at Gilze-Queries/Vlissingen
    08/19/1944 Last Japanese troops driven out of India
    08/19/1944 Nazi's give parts of Paris to Résistance
    08/19/1944 Paris police strike against nazi occupiers
    08/19/1944 Polish 1st Division occupiers Hill 262 (Mont Ormel), Normandy 08/19/1944 US 15th Army corp occupies Mantes-Gassicourt at Paris
    08/19/1944 US 90th/Polish 1st Division occupy Chambois Normandy
    08/19/1947 J Arens & D van Villages synthetises vitamin A
    08/19/1950 ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic & Acrobat Ranch
    08/19/1951 Bill Veeck (Browns) sends Eddie Gaedel, a 3'7' midget, to pinch-hit 08/19/1954 Ralph J Bunche named undersecretary of UN
    08/19/1955 32.4 cm rainfall at Burlington, Connecticut (state record) 08/19/1955 Hurricane Diane kills 200 & 1st billion $ damage storm (N.E. US) 08/19/1957 NY Giants vote to move their franchise to SF in 1958
    08/19/1957 US Major David Simons reaches 30,933m in a balloon
    08/19/1958 NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters 08/19/1959 Doctor X beats Wilber Snyder in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ
    08/19/1959 Satellite Discoverer 6 launched into polar orbit
    08/19/1960 Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by USSR (U-2 incident) 08/19/1960 Sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive) 08/19/1961 US vice-president Lyndon B Johnson visits West Berlin
    08/19/1962 Homer Blancos plays finest round in golf, shooting a 55
    08/19/1963 NAACP Youth Council begins sit-ins at lunch counters, Oklahoma City 08/19/1964 Communication satellite Syncom 3 launched
    08/19/1965 Auschwitz trials end
    08/19/1965 Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney 2nd no-hitter of year beats Chic Cubs, 1-
    08/19/1966 Earthquake strikes Varko Turkey: 2,400 killed
    08/19/1966 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #1789 Dobrovolsky
    08/19/1967 Beatles' 'All You Need is Love,' single goes #1
    08/19/1969 Chicago Cub Ken Holtzman no-hits Atlanta Braves, 3-0
    08/19/1973 Pirate World Music Radio (Holland) closes down after 10 years 08/19/1976 Pres Gerald R Ford won Republican pres nomination at KC convention 08/19/1978 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran
    08/19/1978 Fire in movie theater kills 370 in Abadan Iran
    08/19/1979 Crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 aft 175 d flight 08/19/1980 Saudi Arabian Lockhead Tristar crashes on landing at Riyadh, 301 die
    08/19/1981 2 US Navy F-14 jet fighters shoot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22 08/19/1982 Renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec 08/19/1982 Soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space 08/19/1982 Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #2781
    08/19/1983 LSU footballer Billy Cannon sentenced to 5 yrs for counterfeiting 08/19/1984 Lee Trevino wins PGA
    08/19/1984 Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for pres 08/19/1985 Japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei
    08/19/1988 Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT) 08/19/1988 Muang Muang succeeds Gen Sein Lwin as pres of Burma
    08/19/1988 NY Rangers sign ex-Canadien great Guy LaFluer
    08/19/1989 Tadeusz Mazowiecki, elected 1st non-communmist president of Poland 08/19/1990 NY Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 14 HRs (approx 128 at bat)
    08/19/1991 Janajev & KGB coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev
    08/19/1993 Actress Kim Basinger weds actor Alec Baldwin
    08/19/1993 Dow Jones hits record high of 3612.13
    08/19/1993 Mattel & Fisher Price toys merge
    08/19/1993 Sally Gunnell runs lady world record 400m hurdles (52.74')

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Fri Aug 20 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/20/1517 Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) 08/20/1561 Jacopo Peri, composer
    08/20/1601 Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician
    08/20/1625 Thomas Corneille, French playwright
    08/20/1637 Cornelis Van Aerssen, marquis of Châtillon/governor of Suriname 08/20/1665 Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)
    08/20/1666 Alphonse d' Eve, composer
    08/20/1710 Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rules of Simpson)
    08/20/1720 Bernard de Bury, composer
    08/20/1756 Bernardo Bittoni, composer
    08/20/1764 Charles F Bentinck, minister of Colonization
    08/20/1778 Bernardo O'Higgins, won independence for Chile
    08/20/1779 Freiherr Jöns J Berzelius, Swedish chemist (atomic weight) 08/20/1785 Oliver Hazard Perry, US Naval hero ('We have met the enemy') 08/20/1788 Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer
    08/20/1799 Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician 08/20/1802 Cadwalader Ringgold, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1867 08/20/1811 Gilman Marston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 08/20/1820 Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer
    08/20/1824 Absalom Baird, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1905 08/20/1827 Charles TH Coster, Belgian literary (Légendes d'ulenspiegel) 08/20/1827 Josef Strauss, composer
    08/20/1832 Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, inventor, died in 1913 08/20/1833 Benjamin Harrison, North Bend Ohio, (R) 23rd Pres (1889-1893) 08/20/1842 Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter
    08/20/1860 Raymond Poincaré, France, president/PM (1912)
    08/20/1873 Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich) 08/20/1873 William Henry Bell, composer
    08/20/1881 Edgar Albert Guest, Detroit Mich, poet/newspaperman
    08/20/1881 Nikolay Yakovlevich Myaskovsky, composer
    08/20/1885 Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti orfici)
    08/20/1886 Paul Tillich, German/US theologist (Die sozial Entscheidung) 08/20/1888 George Sklavos, composer
    08/20/1889 Witold Friemann, composer
    08/20/1890 H P Lovecraft, US, Gothic novelist (At the Mountains of Madness) 08/20/1897 Tarjei Vesaas, Norse author (Det Store Spelet)
    08/20/1898 G Kraus, director Santpoort (Insanity in Netherlands)
    08/20/1898 Leopold Infeld, Polish nuclear physicist (Whom the God's Love) 08/20/1901 Salvatore Quasimodo, Italy, poet/critic/translator (Nobel 1959) 08/20/1904 Jap [Jacob AW] Burger, chairman (PvdA)
    08/20/1905 Jack [Weldon J] Teagarden, US trombonist/actor (Meet Band Leaders) 08/20/1907 Alan Reed, NYC, actor (Mr Adams & Eve/voice (Fred Flintstone) 08/20/1907 Shirley Booth, NYC, actress (Hazel-Hazel, A Touch of Grace) 08/20/1908 Alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959) 08/20/1910 Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel) 08/20/1911 Ronald Udell, England, production designer (Pinewood Studios) 08/20/1912 Philip Kapleau, founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven) 08/20/1914 Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936) 08/20/1920 István Szivós, Hungary, water polo player (Olympic-gold-1976) 08/20/1921 Jacqueline Susann, Phila Pa, author (Valley of the Dolls) 08/20/1931 Bernhard Becher, photographer (industrialist builder 19th/20th) 08/20/1931 Don King, boxing promoter, shocking hairstyle
    08/20/1933 Don Fuqua, (Rep-D-FL, 1963-86)
    08/20/1933 George J Mitchell, (Sen-D-ME, 1980- /Senate Whip 1989- ) 08/20/1933 Larry Robideaux, horse trainer
    08/20/1935 Charles Shere, composer
    08/20/1935 Justin Tubb, San Antonio Tx, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) 08/20/1935 YY Malone, US soul singer (It's a shame)
    08/20/1937 Corrie E Moret-de Jong, Dutch 2nd Chamber Member (CDA)
    08/20/1937 George Thoma, German FR, cross country ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1960
    08/20/1938 Jean-Loup Jaques Marie Chretien, France, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-6, TM-7)
    08/20/1940 Sam Melville, Utah, actor (Mike Danko-Rookies, Roughnecks) 08/20/1941 Slobodan Milocevic, premier Serbia
    08/20/1941 William H Gray III, Baton Rouge La, (Rep-D-PA, 1978- )
    08/20/1942 Hans-Joachim Klein, German FR, 100m swimmer (Olympic-bronze-1964) 08/20/1942 Isaac Hayes, composer (Shaft)
    08/20/1943 Robert Plant, rocker (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven)
    08/20/1944 Graig Nettles, 3rd baseman (NY Yankees, SD Padres, Cleve Indians) 08/20/1944 Rajiv Gandhi, PM of India (1984- )
    08/20/1946 Connie Chung, TV newscaster (NBC, CBS)
    08/20/1948 Robert Plans, English rock vocalist (Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love) 08/20/1951 Greg[ory] [Dale] Bear, US, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Eon, Eternity) 08/20/1951 Svetlana Oktyabrevna Omelchenko, Russia, cosmonaut
    08/20/1952 John Hiatt, US singer/songwriter
    08/20/1952 Rudy Gatlin, Olney Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady) 08/20/1953 Peter Horton, Bellevue Wash, actor (Gary-30 Something)
    08/20/1954 William Quinn Buckner, Phoenix Ill, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1976)
    08/20/1955 Jay Acovone, Mahopac NY, actor (Det Rado-Hollywood Beat)
    08/20/1955 Rob Wiedÿk, singer (Bob Color)
    08/20/1956 Joan Allen, US, actress (Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker, In Country) 08/20/1957 Cindy Nicholas, Canada, swimmer, swam English Channel 19 times 08/20/1957 Jim 'Bullseye' Bowen, British TV game show host
    08/20/1958 Lenny Henry, British comedian (3 of a Kind)
    08/20/1959 Richard DeStasio, horse trainer
    08/20/1960 Elizabeth Alda, daughter of Alan Alda, actress (Beth-Four Seasons) 08/20/1960 Troy Young, horse trainer
    08/20/1961 Linda Mantz, NYC, actress (Frankie-Dorothy)
    08/20/1961 Rick Rael, heavy metal rocker
    08/20/1964 Giuseppe Giannini, Rome Italy, soccer player (Rome A Team) 08/20/1965 Joe Durigon, jockey
    08/20/1966 Courtney Gibbs, Miss USA (1988)/actress (Baywatch)
    08/20/1969 Francisco Torres, jockey
    08/20/1971 Ke Huy Quan, Saigon Vietnam, actor (Sam-Together We Stand) 08/20/1979 Frank J Guarini, (Rep-D-NJ, 1979- )
    08/20/1980 Corey Carrier, actor (Young Indiana Jones)


    Deaths:

    08/20/ 984 John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies 08/20/1153 Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies
    08/20/1384 Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getÿdenboek), dies 08/20/1538 Aefgen Listinck, wederdoopster, burned at stake
    08/20/1672 Cornelis de Witt, statesman, lynched
    08/20/1672 Johan de Witt, advisor of Holland, lynched
    08/20/1679 Jacob Alting, theologist, dies at 60
    08/20/1799 Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37
    08/20/1804 Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition 08/20/1813 Johann Baptist Vanhal, composer, dies at 74
    08/20/1823 Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83 08/20/1825 Richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68
    08/20/1854 Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 08/20/1856 Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80
    08/20/1864 Daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies
    08/20/1864 John H Kelly, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24 08/20/1885 Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies 08/20/1908 Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64
    08/20/1910 Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64
    08/20/1912 William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies 08/20/1914 Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies
    08/20/1915 Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 6
    08/20/1917 JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies 08/20/1931 Waldemar von Baussnern, composer, dies at 64
    08/20/1932 Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer, dies at 87
    08/20/1932 Paul Keller, German writer (Vergrabenes Gut), dies at 59
    08/20/1932 Tadeusz Joteyko, composer, dies at 60
    08/20/1935 Otakar Ostrcil, composer, dies at 56
    08/20/1940 Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson 08/20/1947 Franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79
    08/20/1948 David John de Lloyd, composer, dies at 65
    08/20/1952 Kurt Schumacher, German politician/chairman (SPD), dies
    08/20/1960 Rudolf Moser, composer, dies at 68
    08/20/1961 Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, dies at 82
    08/20/1968 Earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69
    08/20/1970 Hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor, dies at 86
    08/20/1978 Ivan Jirko, composer, dies at 51
    08/20/1978 Petros John Petridis, composer, dies at 86
    08/20/1980 Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, dies at 91
    08/20/1982 Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress, dies in Vienna at 53 of bone cancer
    08/20/1983 Kerwin Duinmeijer, Antillean boy, murder by racist at 15
    08/20/1984 Jan Retèl, Dutch actor (Niet Tevergeefs, Dorp aam Rivier), dies at 6
    08/20/1985 Harchand Singh Longowai, Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists 08/20/1986 Donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76
    08/20/1986 Thad Jones, jazz trumpeter, dies of cancer at 63
    08/20/1986 Walter Brooke, actor (DA Scanlon-Green Hornet), dies at 71 08/20/1990 Marc Turfkruÿer, Flemish movie journalist/writer, dies
    08/20/1991 Lenore Strunsky Gershwin, widow of Ira Gershwin, dies at 90 08/20/1993 Bernard Delfgaauw, philosopher (Johnson murderer!), dies at 80


    Significant Events:

    08/20/ 2 Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem(?)
    08/20/ 573 Gregory of Tours selected bishop of Tours
    08/20/ 636 Battle at Yarmuk: Moslems beat Byzantines
    08/20/1191 Crusaders King Richard I kills 3,000 muslims in Akko
    08/20/1566 Iconoclasm reaches Antwerp Belgium
    08/20/1604 Spanish garrison of Lock surrenders to Earl Mauritius
    08/20/1619 1st Black slaves brought by Dutch to colony of Jamestown Virginia 08/20/1648 Battle of Lens
    08/20/1781 George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwalli
    08/20/1794 Gen Mad Anthony Wayne routes Indians at Fallen Timbers, Ohio 08/20/1852 Steamer 'Atlantic' collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard
    08/20/1856 Wilberforce University established in Ohio
    08/20/1861 Skirmish at Jonesboro MI
    08/20/1864 8th/last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Va (about 3900 casualties)
    08/20/1865 Pres Johnson proclaims an end to 'insurrection' in Tx
    08/20/1866 Pres Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over
    08/20/1879 Govt Kappeÿne of Coppello resigns
    08/20/1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of Norwood Builder' (BG) 08/20/1896 Dial telephone patented
    08/20/1901 Fawcett committee visits Mafeking concentration camp in Cape Colony 08/20/1908 A Kopff discovers asteroids #669 Kypria & #670 Ottegebe
    08/20/1908 Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo
    08/20/1910 US supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua
    08/20/1912 Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect
    08/20/1912 Wash Senator Carl Cushion no-hits Cleve Indians, 2-0 in 6 innings 08/20/1913 1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pégoud-France) 08/20/1913 Piotr Nesterow 1st flight (Kiev Ukraine)
    08/20/1914 -21] German General von Bülow executes 211 Belgians
    08/20/1914 -24] Battle of Bounderies: Lorraine, Ardennen, Sambre & Meuse, Mons 08/20/1914 Battle at Gumbinnen, East-Prussia: Russian beat Germans
    08/20/1914 Battle at Morhange: German troops chase French, killing 1000s 08/20/1914 Bavarian troops kill 50 inhabitants of Nomeny France
    08/20/1914 German forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I
    08/20/1915 Italy declares war on Turkey
    08/20/1918 Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I
    08/20/1920 1st US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting 08/20/1920 Allen Woodring wins Oympic 200 m dash wearing borrowed shoes 08/20/1920 Preliminary meeting in Akron to form American Pro Football League 08/20/1922 1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris 08/20/1923 London harbor strike ends
    08/20/1925 WJR-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions
    08/20/1926 Uprising against Reza Shah Pahlawi in Persia
    08/20/1929 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward completed 08/20/1930 Dumont's 1st TV broadcast for home reception (NYC)
    08/20/1930 E Skvortsov discovers asteroid #1381 Danubia
    08/20/1935 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1474 Beira
    08/20/1935 Milt coup by General Pons & president Ibarra in Ecuador
    08/20/1939 1st black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc)
    08/20/1939 Russ offensive under gen Zjoekov against Jap invasion in Mongolia 08/20/1940 Leon Trotsky, assassinated in Mexico City by Stalin agents, dies 8/2
    08/20/1942 Dim-out regulations implemented in SF
    08/20/1944 'Anna Lucasta,' opens on Broadway
    08/20/1944 Gen de Gaulle returns to France
    08/20/1944 Russian offensive at Jassy & Kisjinev
    08/20/1945 Robert Hamilton wins PGA golf tournament
    08/20/1945 Russian troops occupy Harbin & Mukden
    08/20/1945 Tommy Brown, Bkln Dodger becomes youngest HR hitter (17)
    08/20/1947 Turner Caldwell in D-558-I sets aircraft speed record, 1131 kph 08/20/1948 US expels Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin 08/20/1949 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland
    08/20/1949 Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution
    08/20/1952 Stalin meets Chou Enlai
    08/20/1953 General Fazlollah Zahedi arrests premier Mossadeq of Persia 08/20/1953 Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation 08/20/1955 1st airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale Ca 08/20/1955 Hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco & Algeria 08/20/1956 Republicans convene at Cow Palace
    08/20/1957 Chic White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Wash Senators, 6-0
    08/20/1957 USAAF ballon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m) 08/20/1957 White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Senators 6-0
    08/20/1958 Dale Long becomes 1st major league lefty catcher in 52 years 08/20/1958 Detroit Tiger Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0
    08/20/1959 Belgium shortens conscription to 12 months
    08/20/1960 Senegal breaks from Mali federation; declaring independence 08/20/1960 USSR recovers 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space 08/20/1961 Phillies set then dubious record of 23 straight loses
    08/20/1964 LBJ signs anti-poverty measure totaling nearly $1 billion 08/20/1964 President Johnson signs Economic Opportunity Act
    08/20/1965 Rolling Stones release 'Satisfaction' (their 1st #1 US hit) 08/20/1966 Crimean Astrophysical Obs discovers asteroid #2406 Orelskaya 08/20/1968 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia
    08/20/1969 69 cm rainfall in Nelson Co., Virginia (state record)
    08/20/1971 FBI begins covert investigation of journalist Daniel Schorr 08/20/1971 M Antal discovers asteroid #1807 Slovakia
    08/20/1974 Nelson Rockefeller becomes VP
    08/20/1974 Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph) 08/20/1975 Il-62 crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126
    08/20/1975 Viking 1 launched toward orbit around Mars, soft landing
    08/20/1977 NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune 08/20/1978 Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London 08/20/1978 Mark Vinchesi of Amherst Mass keeps a frisbee aloft 15.2 seconds 08/20/1979 India premier Charan Singh resigns
    08/20/1979 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3618
    08/20/1979 Singer Vikki Carr & Michael Nilsson wed
    08/20/1980 NY Yankee Bob Watson hits Seattle Kingdome speaker, 2nd straight day
    08/20/1980 Reinhold Messner of Italy is 1st to solo ascent Mt Everest 08/20/1982 C & E Shoemaker discover asteroids #3025 Higson & #3225 Hoag 08/20/1982 Don Lever becomes 1st captain of NJ Devils
    08/20/1982 US marines land in Beirut Lebanon
    08/20/1985 1st NL pitcher to strike out 200+ in 1st 2 seasons (Dwight Gooden) 08/20/1985 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3455 Kristensen
    08/20/1985 Israel ships 96 TOWs to Iran on behalf of US
    08/20/1985 Libya throws out 1000s Tunisian/Egyptian gas workers
    08/20/1986 Mail carrier Patrick Sherrill, Edmond Ok, shot 14 fellow workers dea
    08/20/1986 Phils Don Carmen perfect game bid is broken in 9th
    08/20/1988 6.5 earthquake strikes India/Nepal, 1,000s killed
    08/20/1988 Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria sets 100m hurdle woman's record (12.21)
    08/20/1989 Said Aouita runs world record 3000 m (7:29.45)
    08/20/1990 George Steinbrenner steps down as NY Yankee owner
    08/20/1990 Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields
    08/20/1990 NY Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 15 HRs (approx 132 at bat)
    08/20/1991 Estonia declares it's independence from USSR
    08/20/1992 Rocker Sting weds Trudie Styler
    08/20/1993 Colin Jackson runs world record 110m hurdles (12.91)
    08/20/1993 Howard Stern is fired from WLUP-AM, Chicago

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat Aug 21 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/21/1165 Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) 08/21/1567 François de Sales, French bishop of Genevea/writer/saint
    08/21/1579 Henri II, Duke de Rohan-Gié, French hugenot leader
    08/21/1642 Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer
    08/21/1643 Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)
    08/21/1660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building 08/21/1689 Jose Pradas Gallen, composer
    08/21/1721 Lucretia W van Winter-Notice, poetess
    08/21/1751 Johann Georg Witthauer, composer
    08/21/1765 William IV, king of England (1830-37)
    08/21/1780 Jernej Kopitar, Slavic filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammar) 08/21/1789 Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician
    08/21/1798 Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour) 08/21/1801 Guillaume Groen van Princeterer, statesman/historian
    08/21/1806 Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer
    08/21/1809 Francesco Schira, composer
    08/21/1810 Thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 08/21/1821 William Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 08/21/1824 John Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 08/21/1825 Kate Fanny Loder, composer
    08/21/1829 Otto Goldschmidt, composer
    08/21/1847 Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader
    08/21/1852 Benedetto Junck, composer
    08/21/1871 Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist/writer (Red Laugh)
    08/21/1872 Aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome)
    08/21/1874 Herman A van Karnebeek, minister of Foreign affairs (1918-27) 08/21/1875 Maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo
    08/21/1880 Johan H Westerveld, leader OD (Order Service) WW II
    08/21/1890 Bill Henry, SF Calif, newscaster (Who Said That?)
    08/21/1893 Lili Boulanger, composer
    08/21/1896 Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Rose of Jericho)
    08/21/1896 Roark Bradford, writer/humorist (Ol' Man Adan an' His Chillun) 08/21/1902 Renato Fasano, composer
    08/21/1903 Yannis Constantinidis, composer
    08/21/1904 William 'Count' Basie, Red Bank NJ, jazz musician (Blazing Saddles) 08/21/1906 Friz Freleng, animator (Bugs Bunny-Emmy 1982)
    08/21/1906 Joachim Homs, composer
    08/21/1907 Dr Roy K Marshall, Glen Carbon Ill, TV scientist (Nature of Things) 08/21/1909 C Dillon Douglas, Geneva Switz, US Secretary of Treasury (1961-65) 08/21/1909 Jon William Jr Haussermann, composer
    08/21/1913 Cornelius Johnson, LA Calif, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1936) 08/21/1915 Jack Weston, [Morris Weinstein], Cleveland, actor (4 Seasons, Rad) 08/21/1920 Christopher R Milne, son of Alan A Milne (Winnie the Pooh) 08/21/1921 Nancy Kulp, Harrisburg Pa, actress (Jane-Beverly Hillbillies) 08/21/1923 Chris Shenkel, Biuppus Ind, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights) 08/21/1924 Gerald D Lascelles, under English princess Mary
    08/21/1926 Ben-Zion Orgad, composer
    08/21/1927 Wilhelm Jr Killmayer, composer
    08/21/1928 Gillian Sheen, England, foils (Olympic-gold-1956)
    08/21/1928 Zdenek Lukas, composer
    08/21/1929 Ahmed 'Kathy' Kathrada, leader of S Afr Communist Party
    08/21/1930 Margaret Rose, princess of England (Sister of Queen Elizabeth) 08/21/1931 Gregg Smith, composer
    08/21/1931 Nancy Hadley, LA Calif, actress (Love That Jill, Joey Bishop Show) 08/21/1933 Chris Schenkel, sportscaster (Boxing from St Nicholas Arena) 08/21/1933 Janet Baker, York England, mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave)
    08/21/1936 Mart Crowley, playwright (Boys in the Band)
    08/21/1936 Wilt Chamberlain, NBA great center (LA Laker, 5 time MVP) 08/21/1937 Robert Stone, US writer
    08/21/1938 Kenny Rogers, singer (Through the Years)/actor (Coward of the County
    08/21/1939 Clarence Williams III, NYC, actor (Mod Squad, 52 Pick Up, Purple Rai
    08/21/1939 Harold W Reid, Augusta County Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of '57)
    08/21/1940 Robert Camac, horse trainer
    08/21/1944 Jackie DeShannon, Hazel Kentucky, singer (What the World Needs Now) 08/21/1945 Patty McCormack, Bkln NY, actress (Mama, Peck's Bad Girl, Ropers) 08/21/1946 Lev Alburt, USSR, International Chess Master (1976)
    08/21/1948 Taurean Black, actor (Hill Street Blues)
    08/21/1951 Bernhard Germeshausen, German DR, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 08/21/1951 Harry Smith, Indiana, TV host (CBS Morning Show)
    08/21/1953 Joe Strummer, [John Mellor], vocals/guitarist (Clash-Rock the Casbah
    08/21/1956 Kim Cattrall, Liverpool England, actress (Mannequin, Star Trek VI) 08/21/1957 Budgie, rocker (Siouxsie & the Banshees-Wild Thing)
    08/21/1957 Janice Thomas, WBL guard (NY Stars)
    08/21/1957 Kim Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family) 08/21/1958 Dom Mamzi, horse trainer
    08/21/1959 Jim McMahon, NFL QB (Chicago Bears, SD Chargers, Phila Eagles) 08/21/1962 Matthew Broderick, actor (Ferris Buehler, Biloxi Blues)
    08/21/1967 Michael Bendetti, actor (Officer Tony McCann-21 Jump Street) 08/21/1968 Barbara Moore, Spokane WA, playmate (Dec, 1992)
    08/21/1979 David Osmond, Utah, vocalist (Osmond Boys)


    Deaths:

    08/21/1131 Boudewÿn II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies
    08/21/1190 Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies
    08/21/1245 Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies
    08/21/1516 John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 08/21/1627 Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69
    08/21/1629 Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies
    08/21/1673 Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51 08/21/1673 John de Love I, vice-admiral, dies in sea battle at about 54 08/21/1723 Dimitrie Cantemir, composer, dies at 49
    08/21/1772 Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29
    08/21/1772 Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer, dies at 48
    08/21/1785 Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies 08/21/1812 Silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67
    08/21/1824 Santiago Ferrer, composer, dies at 62
    08/21/1856 Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64
    08/21/1864 John Calhoun Sanders, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24
    08/21/1888 Simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70 08/21/1898 Nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40
    08/21/1905 Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters), dies at 80 08/21/1921 Ernest Daudet, French writer (Mon frère et moi), dies
    08/21/1932 Frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80
    08/21/1935 Josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76
    08/21/1940 Leo Trotsky, dies at 62, wounds inflicted by assailant the day befor
    08/21/1940 Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer, dies at 68
    08/21/1942 Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies
    08/21/1943 Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer (Peter Gelukkige, Nobel 1917), die
    08/21/1947 Ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car inventor, dies
    08/21/1949 Gerhard von Keussler, composer, dies at 75
    08/21/1951 Constantly Lambert, English composer/conductor/critic, dies at 45 08/21/1952 Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies
    08/21/1958 Stevan Hristic, composer, dies at 73
    08/21/1958 Walter Schumann, choral director (Ford Show), dies at 44
    08/21/1964 Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, di
    08/21/1970 Timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79
    08/21/1971 George Jackson, US prisoner, shot to death at 29
    08/21/1977 Octavus L 'Octave' van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 8
    08/21/1978 Charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71
    08/21/1981 Hermann Schey, German/Neth singer, dies at 85
    08/21/1982 Benigno S Aquino Jr, Philippines opposition leader, killed in Manila
    08/21/1982 Sobhuza II, king of Swaziland/Ngwane (1921-82), dies
    08/21/1983 Benigno S Aquino, Philippine politician, dies
    08/21/1988 Hans Günther Adler, German writer, dies at 78
    08/21/1991 Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect, dies
    08/21/1992 Theo van Tÿn, Marxist/social-historian, dies at 65


    Significant Events:

    08/21/ 959 Erachus becomes bishop of Luik
    08/21/1321 160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake
    08/21/1560 Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy
    08/21/1598 -22] Deed of Transfers proclaims Netherlands independence 08/21/1673 Sea battle at Kÿkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet 08/21/1680 Pueblo Indians took possession of Santa Fé from Spanish
    08/21/1831 Nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia) 08/21/1841 John Hampson patents venetian blind
    08/21/1858 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)
    08/21/1863 Raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill
    08/21/1864 BBT Charleston, SC [->DEC 31]
    08/21/1864 Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends after 2500 casualties 08/21/1864 Battle of Grubbs Crossroads, KY
    08/21/1864 Battle of Summit Point, VA
    08/21/1864 Gen-major Nathan B Forrests assault on Memphis, Tennessee 08/21/1878 American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, NY
    08/21/1883 Providence shuts out Phillies 28-0
    08/21/1887 Mighty (Dan) Casey struck-out in a game with NY Giants!
    08/21/1891 Dutch Mackay govt resigns
    08/21/1901 Joe McGinnity, suspended from NL for punching & spitting on an ump 08/21/1902 R H Frost discovers asteroid #505 Cava
    08/21/1912 Mr Carter-Cotton chosen 1st chancellor of Univ of British Columbia 08/21/1914 Belgium: German troops occupy Tamines
    08/21/1914 French offensive in the Ardennen/Sambre
    08/21/1920 J Fowler Hutchison wins PGA golf tournament
    08/21/1922 Curly Lambeau & Green Bay Football Club granted NFL franchise 08/21/1926 White Sox Ted Lyons no hits Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway
    08/21/1927 4th Pan-African Congress meets (NYC)
    08/21/1929 Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town 08/21/1930 Prohibition of Wieringermeer finished
    08/21/1931 Babe Ruth hits his 600th HR (Yanks beat Browns 11-7)
    08/21/1933 E Delporte discovers asteroids #1285 Julietta & #1290 Albertine 08/21/1933 Ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game
    08/21/1938 Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public & High School
    08/21/1942 Alpine hunters plant German flag on Elbroezgebergte, Kaukasus 08/21/1943 Gromyko named USSR-ambassador in Washington
    08/21/1944 Dumbarton Oaks conference opens in Washington, DC; establishes UN 08/21/1944 Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy
    08/21/1944 US 12nd Army corp occupies Sens
    08/21/1945 Pres Truman ends Lend-Lease program
    08/21/1946 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1568 Aisleen
    08/21/1949 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #3654
    08/21/1949 NY Giants beat Phillies on a forfeit, due to fan's throwing debris 08/21/1953 Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m
    08/21/1953 Sultan Sidi Mohammed Am Joessoef V of Morocco deposed
    08/21/1956 WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting 08/21/1957 1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 'Semiorka'-rocket) 08/21/1958 KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions
    08/21/1959 Hawaii becomes 50th US state
    08/21/1961 Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya
    08/21/1962 Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ 08/21/1963 Martial law declared in S Vietnam
    08/21/1965 Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts)
    08/21/1965 Romania adopts constitution
    08/21/1965 The Crusher beats Mad Dog Vachon in St Paul, to become NWA champ 08/21/1967 China reports downing of 2 US bombers
    08/21/1967 Liquid gas tanker explodes in Martelange Belgium, 22 killed 08/21/1967 Mikis Theodorakis arrested in Greece
    08/21/1968 After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio 08/21/1968 Democratic Convention opens in Chicago
    08/21/1968 Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion 08/21/1968 Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement 08/21/1968 William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight) 08/21/1969 Fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem
    08/21/1972 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps
    08/21/1972 British harbor strike ends
    08/21/1972 Republican convention opens in Miami Beach
    08/21/1972 US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched
    08/21/1975 3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway
    08/21/1975 Rick & Paul Reuschel become 1st brothers to pitch a combined shut ou
    08/21/1975 US lightens trade embargo against Cuba
    08/21/1976 Al Bumbry hits 17th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history
    08/21/1977 Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing rec (111.11 mph) 08/21/1981 L Brozek discovers asteroid #3102
    08/21/1982 Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut
    08/21/1982 Rollie Fingers (Brewers) becomes 1st pitcher to get save #300 08/21/1983 110°F (43°C) at Fayetteville, North Carolina (state record) 08/21/1985 Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71
    08/21/1985 T Schildknecht discovers asteroid #3328
    08/21/1986 Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746
    08/21/1986 Red Sox Spike Owens scores 6 runs in a 24-5 rout of Cleve Indians 08/21/1986 Surinames Ronnie Brunswÿks Jungle commandos kill 2 govt officials 08/21/1986 Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 2,000 08/21/1986 With 2 outs in 6th inning, Red Sox score 11 runs
    08/21/1987 'Mack Lobell' set harness racing's trotting mil (1:52)
    08/21/1987 Clayton Lonetree, 1st marine court-martialed for spying, convicted 08/21/1988 Cease fire between Iran & Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war 08/21/1988 Yordanka Donkova runs world record 100 m hurdles (12.21)
    08/21/1989 Voyager 2 begins a flyby of planet Neptune
    08/21/1991 Communist coup is crushed in USSR in 2 days
    08/21/1991 Latvia declares it's independence from USSR
    08/21/1993 NASA loses contact with Mars Observer
    08/21/2017 Next total solar eclipse visible from North America

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    Births:

    08/22/1530 Bartolomeo Spontone, composer
    08/22/1615 Christopher Gibbons, composer
    08/22/1681 Pierre Danican Philidor, composer
    08/22/1753 Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer
    08/22/1760 Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italy, Pope (1823-29)
    08/22/1766 Joseph-Denis Doche, composer
    08/22/1771 Jan Joseph Rosler, composer
    08/22/1788 Thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter
    08/22/1822 George Stoneman, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 08/22/1827 Edouard Silas, composer
    08/22/1827 Josef Strauss, Austria, composer (Dorfschwalben aus Austria) 08/22/1827 Joseph Anthony Mower, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1870
    08/22/1834 Nathaniel Harrison Harris, Brig General (Confederate Army) 08/22/1836 Archibald M Willard, US, artist (Spirit of '76)
    08/22/1846 B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norway, writer (Hellemyrsfolket)
    08/22/1847 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer
    08/22/1852 Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (La lotta politics in Italy) 08/22/1854 Milan I, King of Serbia
    08/22/1856 Friedrich Küstner, German astronomer
    08/22/1860 Gustaf Fröding, Swedish poet (Stänk och flikar)
    08/22/1860 Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk)
    08/22/1862 Claude Debussy, St Germain-en-Laye, composer (La Mer, Clair de lune)
    08/22/1865 Piet A W Hopmans, bishop of Breda (Eucharistische Crusade) 08/22/1874 Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer
    08/22/1874 Max Scheler, German philosopher (Vom Umsturz of the Werte) 08/22/1891 Francis McDonald, Bowling Green Ky, actor (Will-Adv of Champion) 08/22/1891 Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/US painter/cubist sculptor 08/22/1893 Dorothy Parker, US, short story writer (1958 Marjorie Peabody Award)
    08/22/1894 Cecil Kellaway, South Africa, actor (Mr Earnshaw-Wuthering Heights) 08/22/1895 Paul White, Bangor Maine, composer (Adante & Rondo for Cello) 08/22/1900 Elizabeth Bergner, Vienna Austria, actress (Catherine the Great) 08/22/1902 Leni Riefenstahl, [Helene Bertha Amalie], Germany, actress (Tiefland
    08/22/1902 Roy Armstrong, English historian (History of Sussex)
    08/22/1903 René Wellek, Vienna Austria, writer (Concepts of Criticism) 08/22/1904 Deng Xiaoping, Chinese party leader (1976-1983)
    08/22/1909 Mel Hein, NFL center (NY Giants)
    08/22/1909 Sergius Kagen, composer
    08/22/1909 Stojan T Daskalov, Bulgaria, writer (Dvor Aone Farm)
    08/22/1911 Edith Atwater, Chic, actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop)
    08/22/1913 Robert Schollum, composer
    08/22/1917 John Lee Hooker, Mississippi, blues musician (Canned Heat) 08/22/1919 Earl Cathcart, British major-general
    08/22/1919 Leo Pliatzky, senior civil servant
    08/22/1920 Anthony Tuke, CEO (Savoy Hotel Groups)
    08/22/1920 Denton Cooley, US, heart surgeon (1st artifical heart transplant) 08/22/1920 Pierre A Lauffer, Antillian songwriter (Patria)
    08/22/1920 Ray[mond] [Douglas] Bradbury, Ill, sci-fi author (Fahrenheit 451) 08/22/1921 James Menter, principal (Queen Mary College)
    08/22/1922 Micheline Presle, Paris, actress (Nea, Donkey Skin)
    08/22/1923 Gerald Long, journalist/CEO (Reuters)
    08/22/1924 Andrzej Markowski, composer
    08/22/1924 Peter Allsop, publisher
    08/22/1926 Honor Blackman, London, actress (Pussy Galore-Goldfinger) 08/22/1926 Marc Bohan, dress designer
    08/22/1927 Aleksandar Obradovic, composer
    08/22/1928 John Lupton, Highland Park Ill, actor (Tom-Broken Arrow)
    08/22/1928 Karlheinz Stockhausen, Mödrath Germany, composer (Kontrapunkte) 08/22/1929 Baroness Ewart-Biggs, British (Lab) spokesperson on Home Affairs 08/22/1932 Gerald P Carr, Denver Colorado, Col USMC/astronaut (Skylab 4) 08/22/1933 Sylvia Koscina, actress (Jessica, Hercules)
    08/22/1934 Diana Sands, actress (Raisin in the Sun, Doctor's Wife)
    08/22/1934 John M Chowning, composer
    08/22/1934 Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser (BBC)
    08/22/1934 Norman Schwartzkopf, NJ, US General (Desert Storm 1991)
    08/22/1935 Morton Dean, Fall River Mass, TV newscaster (CBS, ABC)
    08/22/1935 Richard W Howard, Okla City Ok, 400m hurdler (Olympic-bronze-1960) 08/22/1936 Anne Downey, British circuit judge
    08/22/1937 Donald MacLeary, dancer
    08/22/1937 Max Hebditch, director (Museum of London)
    08/22/1939 Candido Lima, composer
    08/22/1939 Carl Yastrzemski, NY, Boston Red Sox great (1967 AL MVP, Hall of Fam
    08/22/1940 David Vance, horse trainer
    08/22/1940 George Reinholt, Phila, (Another World, One Life to Live) 08/22/1940 John Banham, director-general (CBI)
    08/22/1940 Valerie Harper, Sufferin NY, (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Valerie)
    08/22/1941 Bill Parcells, NFL coach (NY Giants)/sportscaster (NBC)
    08/22/1942 Kathy Lennon, Santa Monica Calif, singer (Lennon Sisters) 08/22/1943 Alun Michael, Labour MP
    08/22/1944 Henk Veldhoen, biochemist/Dutch 2nd Chamber Member (PvdA) 08/22/1945 Derek Fatchett, Labour MP
    08/22/1945 James G Richardson, Gainesville Fla, actor (Tim Cassidy-Sierra) 08/22/1945 Ron Dante, Staten Island NY, rocker (Archies-Sugar, Sugar) 08/22/1946 Felix Meurders, radio host
    08/22/1947 Bud Cramer, (Rep-D-Alabama)
    08/22/1947 Cindy Williams, Van Nuys Calif, actress (Shirley-Laverne & Shirley) 08/22/1948 Rob Buckman, British broadcaster
    08/22/1949 Diana Nyad, swimmer (1st to swim Bahamas to Fla-1979)
    08/22/1956 Jeff Lloyd, jockey
    08/22/1957 Holly Dunn, San Antonio Tx, country singer (Daddy's Hands) 08/22/1957 Randy Romero, Garden City NY, jockey (Breeder's Cup 1987-89) 08/22/1957 Steve Davis, snooker player
    08/22/1958 Elhadjdia Ba, Dakar Senegal, hurdler (Olympic-silver-1988) 08/22/1959 Denise Curry, Daivs Calif, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984) 08/22/1959 Juan Croucier, heavy metal rocker (Ratt-Round & Round)
    08/22/1961 Roland Orzabal, singer (Tears for Fears-Shout, Head over Heels) 08/22/1962 Marie Laurie Mahabir, Guadeloupe, N Amer Bodybuilding Champ (1985-87
    08/22/1963 Terry Catledge, NBA star (Orlando Magic)
    08/22/1964 Mats Wilander, Sweden, tennis player (1988 US Open)
    08/22/1966 Mark Michaels, heavy metal guitarist (Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar) 08/22/1966 Rob Witschge, soccer star (Ajax/Feyenoord)
    08/22/1967 Curt Bourque, jockey
    08/22/1967 Layne Staley, US rock singer/guitarist (Alice in Chains-Dirt) 08/22/1968 Paul Ereng, Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1988)


    Deaths:

    08/22/ 408 Flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48 08/22/1188 Ferdinand II, king of Castilië/León/Asturië/Galicië, dies 08/22/1241 Gregory IX, [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies
    08/22/1280 Nicholas III, [Giovanni Gaetano Orsini], Italian Pope (1277-80), die
    08/22/1286 Erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered
    08/22/1350 Philips VI, of Valois, King of France (1328-50), dies
    08/22/1367 Egidius AC Albornor, Spanish archbishop of Toledo, dies at about 57 08/22/1485 Richard III, king, killed at Bosworth Field
    08/22/1755 Caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht), dies
    08/22/1793 Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France, dies at 80
    08/22/1801 Pieter G van Overstraten, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 46 08/22/1806 Jean-Honoré Fragonard, painter, dies
    08/22/1818 Warren Hastings, 1st governor-general of India (1773-84), dies at 85
    08/22/1828 Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology), dies at 70 08/22/1831 John White, composer, dies at 52
    08/22/1862 Henry Bohlen, German/US brig-general (Union), dies in battle at 51 08/22/1866 George Shillibeer, pioneer of London's 1st bus service, dies 08/22/1874 Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet, dies
    08/22/1879 Friedrich August Kummer, composer, dies at 82
    08/22/1886 José da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author (Indiana), dies at 67 08/22/1889 John Sanger, circus entrepreneur, dies
    08/22/1890 Vasile Alecsandri, Romania poet/Foreign minister, dies at 69 08/22/1891 John Neruda, Czech writer/poet (Povidky Malostranské), dies 08/22/1893 Ernst II, duke of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha (1844-93)/composer, dies at 75 08/22/1901 Gunnar Wennerberg, composer, dies at 83
    08/22/1903 Robert A T G C Salisbury, British premier (1885..1902), dies at 73 08/22/1912 Pope Gregory, IX, dies
    08/22/1914 ... Raffenel, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battl
    08/22/1914 ... Rondoney, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battl
    08/22/1922 Michael Collins, Irish nationalist leader, killed in ambush 08/22/1926 Charles William Elliot, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909), dies at 92 08/22/1933 Adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses), dies at 62 08/22/1936 Juliette Adam-Lamber, French author (Salon/Nouvelle Revue), dies at
    08/22/1937 David C Salas, Antillian writer (Josephina), dies
    08/22/1942 Henry Eichheim, composer, dies at 72
    08/22/1942 Mikhailmichel Fokine, Russian ballet dancer/choreographer, dies 08/22/1958 Roger Martin du Gard, novelist/playwright, dies
    08/22/1963 William Richard Morris, 1st viscount Nuffield motor manufacturer, di
    08/22/1965 Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, actress (Revolt in Mental Home), dies
    08/22/1966 Apolinary Szeluto, composer, dies at 82
    08/22/1970 Richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78
    08/22/1974 Jacob Bronowsky, British mathematician/cultural historian, dies at 6
    08/22/1976 Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, pres of Brazil (1955-60), dies at
    08/22/1976 Oskar Brüsewitz, East German vicar, sets self on fire
    08/22/1977 Sebastian Cabot, actor (Mr French-Family Affair), dies at 59 08/22/1978 Ignazio Silone, Italian author (Fontamara, Pane e vino), dies at 78 08/22/1978 Jomo Kenyatta, 1st premier of Kenya (1963-78), dies at 83 08/22/1979 Henry Beernink, politician, dies at 69
    08/22/1979 James T Farrell, US writer (French Girls are Vicious), dies 08/22/1984 Charles Whittenberg, composer, dies at 57
    08/22/1991 Colleen Dewhurst, actress (Murphy Brown), dies of cancer at 67 08/22/1993 Don Getz, US filmer (Playpoint)


    Significant Events:

    08/22/ 565 St Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness
    08/22/1454 Jews are expelled from Brunn Moravia by order of King Ladislaus 08/22/1485 Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry VII's forces defeat Richard III 08/22/1543 Emperor Charles V's army occupies Düren
    08/22/1567 Duke of Alva's enters Brussels Belgium
    08/22/1603 1st stones layed in Zuiderkerk Amsterdam
    08/22/1632 Prince Frederik Henry occupies Maastricht
    08/22/1642 Civil War begins in England
    08/22/1715 Händels 'Watermusic' premieres on Thames
    08/22/1762 1st female (Ann Franklin) US newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury 08/22/1775 King George III proclaims colonies to be in open rebellion 08/22/1780 Resolution, without Capt Cook, returns to England
    08/22/1787 John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton 08/22/1788 Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves 08/22/1791 Haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman 08/22/1818 Grand duchy of Bathe forms
    08/22/1826 Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah 08/22/1846 US annexes New Mexico
    08/22/1851 Gold fields discovered in Australia
    08/22/1851 Yacht 'America' wins 1st Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup) 08/22/1852 Asteroid 19, Fortuna discovered (goddess of fortune)
    08/22/1852 J R Hind discovers asteroid #19 Fortuna
    08/22/1862 Battle of Catlett's Station VA
    08/22/1862 Santee Sioux indian attack Fort Ridgely
    08/22/1864 Geneva Convention signed by 12 nations
    08/22/1864 International Red Cross forms
    08/22/1867 Fisk University established, 1867
    08/22/1868 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #102 Miriam
    08/22/1877 Nez Percé-indians flees to Yellowstone National Park
    08/22/1882 J Palisa discovers asteroid #229 Adelinda
    08/22/1892 M Wolf discovers asteroid #333 Badenia
    08/22/1895 A Charlois discovers asteroid #406 Erna
    08/22/1902 Pres Teddy Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car 08/22/1906 1st Victor Victrola manufactured
    08/22/1906 A Kopff discovers asteroid #754 Malabar
    08/22/1906 M Wolf discovers asteroid #1514 Ricouxa
    08/22/1907 Colin Buchanan, town planner
    08/22/1907 Cyril Astley Clarke, British geneticist
    08/22/1908 Henri Cartier-Bresson, France, photographer (Decisive Moment) 08/22/1910 Japan annexes Korea
    08/22/1911 Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre
    08/22/1911 Somerset de Chair, MP
    08/22/1911 Vincenzo Perugia steals Mona Lisa from Louvre, Paris
    08/22/1912 Richard Catling, commissioner of police (Kenya)
    08/22/1913 Robert Martineau, bishop of Blackburn
    08/22/1914 -23] Battle at Charleroi: Gen von Bülows troops beat French 08/22/1914 1st encounter between British & German troops (in Belgium) 08/22/1914 Battle in Ardennen: Neufchateau, Rossignal, Tintigny & Virton 08/22/1914 General Martos' troops occupy Soldau/Neidenburg East Prussia 08/22/1914 German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines Belgium
    08/22/1914 von Ludendorff & von Hindenburg move into E Prussia enroute to Russi
    08/22/1917 Pitts Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee 08/22/1917 sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers 08/22/1919 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #918 Itha
    08/22/1921 J Edgar Hoover becomes asst director of FBI
    08/22/1923 Paavo Nurmi runs world record mile (4:10.4)
    08/22/1926 Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa
    08/22/1926 Greek dictator Gen Pángulos driven out
    08/22/1927 Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers
    08/22/1932 BBS begins experimental regular TV broadcasts
    08/22/1933 International Zionists Congress opens in Prague
    08/22/1934 Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 HRs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12 08/22/1939 Dutch border guards march to war
    08/22/1939 Premier De Geer recalls Dutch vacationers in Black Forest 08/22/1942 Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy
    08/22/1943 Soviet troops free Karkov
    08/22/1944 Hitler orders Paris to be destroyed [or 23rd]
    08/22/1947 1st college team to beat an NFL team (All Stars-16, Bears-0) 08/22/1949 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #3184
    08/22/1950 Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in natl tennis competitio
    08/22/1950 Rotterdam harbor strike end
    08/22/1951 Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052 08/22/1953 France closes jail on Devil Island
    08/22/1953 Shah of Persia returns to Teheran
    08/22/1954 WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, FL (NBC) begins broadcasting 08/22/1955 I Groeneveld discovers asteroid #2947
    08/22/1956 Pres Eisenhower & VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF 08/22/1957 Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in Seattle 08/22/1958 Argos' Boyd Carter, Dave Mann combine for record 131-yd punt return 08/22/1959 Cin Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive HRs
    08/22/1960 Gil Hodges set NL righty HR record with #352
    08/22/1961 Maris hits his 50th of 61 homers
    08/22/1962 Failed assassination on president De Gaulle
    08/22/1963 NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km
    08/22/1964 Guinée, Liberia & Ivory Coast form joint market
    08/22/1965 LA Dodger pitcher Juan Marachal hits SF Giant catcher John Roseboro 08/22/1965 on the head with his bat causing a 14 minute brawl
    08/22/1968 1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota) 08/22/1968 Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry
    08/22/1968 Pope Paul VI opens Eucharistic congress in Bogota
    08/22/1969 Gloria Smith becomes Miss Black America 1969
    08/22/1969 Hurricane Camille strikes US Gulf Coast kills 255
    08/22/1969 L Kohoutek discovers asteroids #1834, #1875 & #1931
    08/22/1971 Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, pres Torres driven out
    08/22/1972 International Olympic Committee exspells Rhodesia
    08/22/1973 Chilean parliament accuses pres Allende violating laws
    08/22/1973 Henry Kissinger succeeds William Rogers as min of Foreign affairs 08/22/1975 Assassination attempt on president Gerald Ford
    08/22/1978 Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua Nicaragua
    08/22/1979 200 black leaders, meet in NY, to support Andrew Young
    08/22/1982 Gen Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence 08/22/1984 Evelyn Ashford of US ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec 08/22/1984 Met pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes 11th rookie to strikeout 200 08/22/1984 Rep convention in Dallas renominates Pres Reagan & VP Bush 08/22/1984 South African election for parliament boycvotted
    08/22/1985 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3368 Duncombe, #3672 & #3673 08/22/1986 Gas from Volcano Chamberoen kills 1,734 (Cameroon)
    08/22/1986 NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics 08/22/1987 Madonna's 'Who's That Girl,' single goes #1
    08/22/1988 Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala)
    08/22/1988 NBC premieres 'Later' with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee) 08/22/1989 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered
    08/22/1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter
    08/22/1990 Pres Bush calls up military reserves

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Mon Aug 23 00:30:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/23/1524 François Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) 08/23/1593 Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)
    08/23/1727 Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer
    08/23/1740 Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)
    08/23/1751 Louis-François Beffara, lexicographer
    08/23/1754 Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-92); guillotined 08/23/1773 Jakob F Fries, German philosopher
    08/23/1785 Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero
    08/23/1809 Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land)
    08/23/1818 Rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893 08/23/1832 Alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 08/23/1848 Helmuth von Moltke, German col-gen (WW I)
    08/23/1854 Moritz Moszkowski, composer
    08/23/1864 Eleftherios K Venizalos, premier of Greece (1910-15, 28-32) 08/23/1869 Edgar Lee Masters, poet/novelist
    08/23/1869 James (Sunny Jim) Rolph, SF mayor (1912-31), MUNI backer
    08/23/1879 Alfreds Kalnins, composer
    08/23/1881 Louis Schelfhout, painter/graphic artist
    08/23/1885 Henry Thomas Tizard, scientist
    08/23/1886 Gottfried Rudinger, composer
    08/23/1887 Jo Sternheim, actor/playwright
    08/23/1893 Roy Agnew, composer
    08/23/1900 Ernst Krenek, Vienna Austria, composer (Johnny Spielt Auf) 08/23/1901 C H Rolph, [Cecil Rolph Hewitt], author
    08/23/1901 John Sherman Cooper, (Sen-Ky)
    08/23/1903 William Primrose, Glasgow Scot, violist (Method for Violin & Viola) 08/23/1905 Leonard Constant Lambert, London England, composer (King Pest) 08/23/1908 Arthur Adamov, Kislovodsk Russia, playwright (Paolo Paoli) 08/23/1908 Cornelis van Dis, Dutch 2nd chamber member
    08/23/1911 Albert Alberts, writer/journalist (French battle)
    08/23/1911 Birger Ruud, Norway, 90m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1932, 36) 08/23/1911 Carl Dolmetsch, director (Haslemere Festival)
    08/23/1911 Elizabeth 'Betty' Robinson, US 100m sprinter (Olympic-gold-1928) 08/23/1912 Gene Kelly, Pitts, dancer/actor (An American in Paris, Going My Way)
    08/23/1912 Lord Kissin, president (GPG)
    08/23/1913 Bob Crosby, Spokane Wa, Bing's brother, orch leader (Bob Crosby Show
    08/23/1913 Luis-Felipe Ramon y Rivera, composer
    08/23/1913 Stanley Kitchen, British chartered accountant
    08/23/1916 Mary Ward, [Myra Syriër], actress (Jenny Kissed Me, Playing for Keep
    08/23/1918 Guus [August CM] Hermus, Dutch actor (Jantjes, Soldaat van Oranje) 08/23/1919 James Quinn, film producer/exhibitor
    08/23/1919 Robert Crichton-Brown, CEO (Rothmans International)
    08/23/1922 Brian Young, Chairman (Christian Aid)
    08/23/1922 Jack Boddy, British trade union leader
    08/23/1923 Pete Wilson, (Sen-R-CA, 1983-88/Gov-R-Ca 1991- )
    08/23/1923 Wolfgang Sawallisch, Munich Ger, conductor (Vienna Symph 1960-70) 08/23/1924 Edvard Fliflet Braein, composer
    08/23/1925 Sulkhan Fyodorovich Tsintsadze, composer
    08/23/1925 Wlodzimierz Kotonski, composer
    08/23/1927 Dick Bruna, illustrator
    08/23/1927 Houari Boumédienne, president of Algeria (1965-78)
    08/23/1927 John Hoskyns, director-general (Institute of Directors)
    08/23/1927 Martial Solal, composer
    08/23/1928 Gerd Natschinski, composer
    08/23/1929 Peter Thompson, golfer
    08/23/1930 Andy Ireland, (Rep-R-FL, 1977- )
    08/23/1930 John Fairclough, British scientific adviser
    08/23/1930 Michel Rocard, Courbevoie France, Prime Minister of France 08/23/1930 Vera Miles, actress (Psycho)
    08/23/1931 Richard Vincent, British chief of Defense
    08/23/1932 Mark Russell, Buffalo NY, political satirist/pianist (Real People) 08/23/1933 Pete Wilson, (Sen-R-Calif)
    08/23/1934 Barbara Eden, [Huffman], Tucson Az, actress (Dream of Jeannie) 08/23/1934 Christian 'Sonny' Jurgensen, NFL QB (Eagles, Redskins)
    08/23/1934 Lojze Lebic, composer
    08/23/1935 Brendan Jackson, British air marshal
    08/23/1935 Loren Rush, composer
    08/23/1935 Roy Strong, writer/art historian/director (Victoria & Albert Museum)
    08/23/1938 Roger Greenaway, composer
    08/23/1939 Charles Wardle, MP/under sect of state British home office 08/23/1939 John Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH at Bonneville Salt Flats 08/23/1939 Ronald (Ronny) A Casseres, minister of Dutch Antilles
    08/23/1940 Richard Sanders, Harrisburg Pa, actpr (Les-WKRP, Spencer, Berrengers
    08/23/1940 Tony Bill, SD Cal, (Sam-What Really Happened to the Class of '65) 08/23/1942 Nancy Richey Gunther, San Ant Tx, tennis player (US Doubles 1965, 66
    08/23/1942 Patricia McBride, ballerina (NYC Ballet Co)
    08/23/1943 Bobby Diamond, LA Calif, actor (Duncan Gillis-Dobie Gillis) 08/23/1943 Dale Campbell-Savours, MP (Lab)
    08/23/1943 Peter Lilley, MP/sect of state for British social security 08/23/1944 Antonia Novello, US Surgeon General
    08/23/1947 Keith Moon, rocker (True Story of 200 Motels)
    08/23/1947 Rex Allen Jr, Chicago, country singer (Nashville on the Road) 08/23/1947 Terje Rypdal, composer
    08/23/1947 Willy Russell, author/playwright
    08/23/1948 Ernst Jansz, Dutch keyboardist/singer (Doe Maar)
    08/23/1948 Ron Blomberg, 1st baseman (NY Yankees)/1st designated hitter 08/23/1949 Christopher Blake, actor (Alexa)
    08/23/1949 Geoff Capes, shot putter
    08/23/1949 Pieter J Biesheuvel, lawyer/Dutch 2nd Chamber Member (CDA) 08/23/1949 Rick Springfield, Australia, (General Hospital, Jessie's Girl) 08/23/1949 Shelley Long, Fort Wayne Indiana, actress (Diane-Cheers, Money Pit) 08/23/1949 Woody Paul, [Paul Chrisman], Nashville, singer (Riders in the Sky) 08/23/1951 Mark Hudson, Portland Ore, comedians (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show)
    08/23/1951 Queen Noor, of Jordan
    08/23/1952 Cathy St George, Norfolk Va, playmate (Aug, 1982)
    08/23/1953 Bobby Gubby, rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies)
    08/23/1953 Klaus-Deitrich Flade, German FR, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-14)
    08/23/1956 David A Wolf, Indianapolis Ind, MD/Astronaut (STS 58)
    08/23/1956 Gerry Cooney, heavyweight boxer
    08/23/1960 Helen Rees, director (Design Museum)
    08/23/1963 Richard Illingworth, cricketer
    08/23/1966 Laura Richmond, Fort Dix NJ, playmate (Sep, 1988)
    08/23/1967 Nancy Jane Cox, Campbellsville Kentucky, Miss Kentucky-America-1991 08/23/1970 River Phoenix, Madras Ore, actor (Little Nikta, Stand By Me)


    Deaths:

    08/23/ 408 Flavius Stilcho, Roman general, beheaded
    08/23/ 634 Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies
    08/23/1305 William Wallace, Scottish patriot, executed
    08/23/1328 Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle 08/23/1507 Jean Molinet, Bourgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 08/23/1591 Luis de Léon, scholar/poet, dies
    08/23/1618 Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33 08/23/1628 George Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36
    08/23/1668 Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies 08/23/1723 Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64
    08/23/1777 Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77
    08/23/1802 Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51 08/23/1806 Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 7
    08/23/1819 Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday
    08/23/1825 Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81
    08/23/1839 Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57
    08/23/1865 Ferdinand G Waldmüller, Austria painter (biedermeier), dies 08/23/1878 Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77
    08/23/1898 Joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82
    08/23/1903 Paul J C Gabriel, painter/water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75 08/23/1914 Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks 08/23/1914 George A Pogson, British consul in Puerto Rico, dies
    08/23/1926 Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol, dies in NY at 31
    08/23/1927 Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass
    08/23/1929 Charles Van de Woestÿne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea), dies 08/23/1933 Adolph Loos, Austrian architect, dies at 62
    08/23/1936 Eugène Dabit, French writer/painter (Faubourgs the Paris), dies 08/23/1937 Albert Roussel, composer, dies at 68
    08/23/1939 Sidney Coe Howard, US playwright (Silver Cord, Pulitzer 1925), dies 08/23/1944 Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer, dies at 63
    08/23/1960 Oscar Hammerstein II, Broadway librettist, dies at 65
    08/23/1962 Hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70 08/23/1962 Irving Fine, composer, dies at 47
    08/23/1965 John Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer, dies at 67
    08/23/1966 Francis Xavier Bushman, actor (Ben-Hur, When Lightning Strikes), die
    08/23/1970 Nel Rose, dancer, dies at 55
    08/23/1971 Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo, composer, dies at 58
    08/23/1972 Balis Dvarionas, composer, dies at 68
    08/23/1975 Hank Patterson, actor (Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 87 08/23/1982 Alberto Cavalcanti, Brazilian director (Herr Puntila), dies 08/23/1982 Stanford Moore, US biochemist (Nobel 1977), dies
    08/23/1986 Charel Janssens, Belgian actor, dies at 80
    08/23/1987 Siegfried Borris, composer, dies at 80
    08/23/1989 Helen le Clerq, dancer, dies
    08/23/1989 Ronald Laing, British psychiatrist (anti-psychiatry), dies 08/23/1989 Yusef Hawkins, shot by 30 whites in Bensonhurst because he's black 08/23/1992 Wayne McLaren, Marlboro Man, dies of lung cancer at 51, dies 08/23/1993 Victorine Hefting, historian/wife of Bert Baker, dies at 88


    Significant Events:

    08/23/ 476 Odoacer elected King of Byzantine
    08/23/1046 King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese
    08/23/1328 Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers 08/23/1328 King Philip VI of France, crowned
    08/23/1441 Holland & Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty
    08/23/1542 Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code
    08/23/1566 Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam
    08/23/1582 French van Valois pays tribute to earl of Flanders
    08/23/1614 University of Groningen opens
    08/23/1617 1st one-way streets established (London)
    08/23/1711 Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence
    08/23/1796 African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated
    08/23/1813 Battle of Grossbeeren - Prussians under Von Bulow repulse French 08/23/1821 Mexico declares independence
    08/23/1833 Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed 08/23/1838 Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class
    08/23/1839 British take Hong Kong
    08/23/1862 Skirmish at Big Hill, Kentucky (2 Federal regiments)
    08/23/1864 Fall of Ft Morgan at Mobile AL
    08/23/1864 Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Morgan, Alabama
    08/23/1866 Treaty of Prague ends Austro-Prussian war
    08/23/1869 1st carload of freight (boots & shoes) arrives in SF, from Boston 08/23/1872 1st Japanese coml ship visits SF, carrying tea
    08/23/1872 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #124 Alkeste
    08/23/1873 Albert Bridge creossing Thames opens
    08/23/1889 1st ship-to-shore wireless message received in US (SF)
    08/23/1892 M Wolf discovers asteroid #334 Chicago
    08/23/1898 Malcolm Whitman wins US Lawn Tennis championship
    08/23/1900 National Negro Business League organizes (Boston)
    08/23/1901 L Carnera discovers asteroid #477 Italia
    08/23/1903 6th Zionist Congres, Theodor Herzl declares Jewish state
    08/23/1904 Automobile tire chain patented
    08/23/1906 Chicago White Sox win 19th straight, beating Wash Senators 08/23/1906 Cuba's 1st president Tomás Estrada Palma asks for US intervention 08/23/1907 Pitts Howie Camnitz no-hits NY Giants, 1-0 in 5 inning game 08/23/1914 -24] German troops plunder Belgium
    08/23/1914 Battle at Mons: general von Klucks troops beat Britten
    08/23/1914 Gen von Hausen executes 612 inhabitants of Dinant Belgium 08/23/1914 Japan declares war on Germany in World War I
    08/23/1915 Czar Nicolaas II takes control of Russian Army
    08/23/1916 Military court of Berlin sentences Karl Liebknecht to 4 years 08/23/1917 Race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks & 11 whites killed)
    08/23/1919 'Gasoline Alley' cartoon strip premieres in Chicago Tribune 08/23/1924 Mars' closest approach to Earth since 10th century
    08/23/1925 Britain's Betty Nuthall wins US Lawn Tennis championship
    08/23/1926 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beat Elizabeth Ryan for US Tennis championsh
    08/23/1929 Arabs attack Jews in Israel
    08/23/1931 Count Gyula Károlyi becomes premier of Hungary
    08/23/1931 Phila A's Lefty Grove, loses 1-0 (Browns) after winning 16 straight 08/23/1933 1st TV boxing match - Archie Sexton & Laurie Raiteri in London 08/23/1936 17 year old Bob Fellers 1st game, he strikes out 15 St Louis Browns 08/23/1936 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1399 Teneriffa & #1422 Stromgrenia 08/23/1938 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1486 Marilyn
    08/23/1939 USSR & Germany sign a non-agression pact
    08/23/1940 German Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London
    08/23/1940 Queen Wilhelmina fires premier De Geer
    08/23/1942 1st US flights to land on Guadalcanal
    08/23/1942 600 Luftwaffer bombers strikes Stalingrad (40,000 die)
    08/23/1942 Battle of Stalingrad begins
    08/23/1942 British Premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Cairo 08/23/1943 Red army recaptures Charkow
    08/23/1944 94.5°F (34.7°C) in De Bilt Netherlands & 101.5°F (38.6°C) in Warnsve
    08/23/1944 General George Leclercs troops advance towards Paris
    08/23/1944 King Michael of Romania resigns
    08/23/1944 Romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
    08/23/1944 Sammellager Drancy freed
    08/23/1944 US 20th Army corp enter Fontainebleau/Melun de Seine
    08/23/1944 US B-24 crashes into school in Freckelton England, 76 killed 08/23/1947 Pres Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert 08/23/1948 Earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine
    08/23/1948 World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries 08/23/1950 West Germany & Japan readmitted to Intl Amateur Athletic Federation 08/23/1951 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1684 Iguassu
    08/23/1953 Cyclist Arie Van Vliet becomes world champion sprinter
    08/23/1953 Dutch DC-6 crashes near Ymuiden in North Sea, 21 die
    08/23/1953 KBAK TV channel 29 in Bakersfield, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting 08/23/1953 Phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443'3½')
    08/23/1955 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2974
    08/23/1958 China PR resumes fire on Quemoi & Matsoe
    08/23/1958 Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours 08/23/1960 World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea)
    08/23/1961 Belgium sends troops to Rwanda-Urundi
    08/23/1961 US lunar probe Ranger 1 reaches 190 km from Earth, falls back 08/23/1963 Beatles release 'She Loves You' in UK
    08/23/1963 Ringo admits he wrote a song 'Don't Pass Me By'
    08/23/1964 St Louis Cards are 11 games back in NL, & win World Series 08/23/1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of Earth from Moon
    08/23/1968 Ringo quits Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily
    08/23/1968 Yanks & Tigers play 3-3 tie in 19 due to 1 AM curfew
    08/23/1969 Audrey McElmory (US) wins World Cycling Championships, Brno, 08/23/1971 WGTU TV channel 29 in Traverse City, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 08/23/1973 Intelsat communications satellite launched
    08/23/1975 Classical Way wins Championship Cup at Roosevelt Raceway
    08/23/1975 Philip Kapleau conducts 1st jukai ceremony in Poland
    08/23/1976 Heavy earthquake strikes China, 1,000s die
    08/23/1977 1st man-powered flight of a mile (Bryan Allen in Gossamer Condor) 08/23/1977 Marxist philosopher Rudolf Bahro imprisoned in German DR
    08/23/1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2498 Tsesevich
    08/23/1977 Yanks leap frog over Red Soxs ½ game in 1st place to stay 08/23/1978 Iranian students occupies Iranian embassy at Wassenaar
    08/23/1979 Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC
    08/23/1979 Iran army opens offensive against Kurds
    08/23/1979 UN's Vienna office opens
    08/23/1981 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #2852 & #3274
    08/23/1982 Lebanese falangist leader Bechir Gemayel elected as president 08/23/1982 Seattle Mariner pitcher Gaylord Perry ejected for throwing a spitter
    08/23/1983 IRAS discovers asteroid #3728
    08/23/1985 Said Aouita of Morocco sets 1.5k record (3:29.46) in Berlin 08/23/1985 South African attorney/UDF leader 'Dulah' Omar arrested
    08/23/1985 West German top counter espionage Hans Tiedge moves to German DR 08/23/1986 Vrÿkomend vulkaangas kills 1500 people in Nyos-more, Cameroon 08/23/1987 15-years old boy hÿacks KLM B737, demands $1 billion
    08/23/1987 Violent rainfall/floods in Bangladesh, kills 100s
    08/23/1988 Mike Tyson & Mitch Green brawl at 4 A.M. in Harlem
    08/23/1989 LA Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 1-0, in 22 innings (Rick Dempsey HR)
    08/23/1989 Lewis/Everett/Burrell/Heard run world record 4x200 m (1:19.38) 08/23/1990 Armenia declares independence
    08/23/1993 NY Dow Jones index reaches record high of 3,638.96 points

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Aug 24 00:30:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/24/1113 Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy
    08/24/1210 Floris IV, Count of Holland
    08/24/1420 Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstätt) 08/24/1531 Ercole Bottrigari, composer
    08/24/1579 John Amner, composer
    08/24/1591 Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) 08/24/1683 Meinrad Spiess, composer
    08/24/1712 Cornelis Douwes, astronomer
    08/24/1725 Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer
    08/24/1733 David Traugott Nicolai, composer
    08/24/1750 M Laetitia Bonaparte-Ramolino [madame Mère], moither of Napoleon I 08/24/1759 Wilbur Wilberforce, England, crusaded against slavery
    08/24/1772 Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40) 08/24/1787 James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea) 08/24/1808 Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army) 08/24/1808 Thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 189
    08/24/1816 Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables
    08/24/1817 Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS] 08/24/1820 Jacopo Tomadini, composer
    08/24/1821 Emmanuele Muzio, composer
    08/24/1827 Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867
    08/24/1828 George Hume 'Maryland' Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army) 08/24/1837 Theodore Dubois, composer
    08/24/1839 Eduard Napravnik, composer
    08/24/1842 Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market)
    08/24/1854 Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer
    08/24/1856 Felix Mottl, composer
    08/24/1865 Ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania
    08/24/1872 Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) 08/24/1879 Rentaro Taki, composer
    08/24/1880 Joshua L Cowen, inventor (electric train)
    08/24/1880 Miles W L Killearn, British diplomat
    08/24/1886 William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships 08/24/1889 Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet
    08/24/1890 Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaii, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1912, 20) 08/24/1890 Franz Philipp, composer
    08/24/1891 Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer
    08/24/1891 Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Kniertje in On hope) 08/24/1894 Jean Rhys, [Ella Williams], Dominica, writer (Voyage in the Dark) 08/24/1896 Phil Baker, Phila, comedian (Who's Whose)
    08/24/1898 Albert Claude, Belgium, physician/biologist (Nobel 1974)
    08/24/1898 Malcolm Cowley, Belsano Penn, author (Flowering of New England) 08/24/1898 Marie J Hugenholtz, [Doctor Grandi], surgeon on Curaçao
    08/24/1899 Johan J Fabricius, Romania, novelist (Island of Demons)
    08/24/1899 Jorge Luis Borges, Argentina, writer of fiction, essays (Labyrinths)
    08/24/1899 Ruth Schaumann, German author/house painter/sculptor
    08/24/1900 Preston Foster, Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger) 08/24/1900 Vása Príhoda, Czech violinist
    08/24/1902 Fernand Braudel, French historian (Civililization & Capitalism) 08/24/1910 Bernhard Heiden, composer
    08/24/1911 Léo Ferré, French chansonnier/composer (Le silly-aimé, L'amour) 08/24/1912 Durward Kirby, Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Garry Moore Show) 08/24/1915 Alice B[radley] Sheldon, US, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful) 08/24/1916 Léo Ferré, French singer/composer (Silly-aimé, Ni Dieu ni maître) 08/24/1917 Dennis James, Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ) 08/24/1919 'Drs P' [Heinz H Polzer], Swiss/Dutch songwriter/singer
    08/24/1919 Nils Viggo Bentzon, composer
    08/24/1922 Réne Lévesque, Quebec premier (1976-85)
    08/24/1923 Helena Carter, [Helen Rickerts], US model/actress (River Lady) 08/24/1924 Louis Teicher, pianist (Ferante & Teicher-Exodus)
    08/24/1927 Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist
    08/24/1927 William V Shannon, journalist/ambassador to Ireland (1977-81) 08/24/1932 Richard Graham Meale, composer
    08/24/1934 Roger Donald Dickerson, composer
    08/24/1936 William J Coyne, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania, 1981- )
    08/24/1938 Mason Williams, Abilene Tx, writer (Smother Brothers Hour) 08/24/1940 Don Cormier Sr, horse trainer
    08/24/1941 Ernest Wright Jr, US singer (Imperials-So Much)
    08/24/1944 Gregory B Jarvis, Detroit Mich, astronaut (STS 25)
    08/24/1944 Jim Capaldi, English singer/songwriter (Traffic-Something So Strong)
    08/24/1945 Malcolm 'Mollie' Duncan, saxophonist (Average White Band) 08/24/1946 Richard 'Dick' N Richards, Key West, USN/astr (STS 28, 41, 50, sk:64
    08/24/1949 Anna L Fisher, St Albans NY, MD/astronaut (STS 51-A)
    08/24/1949 Joe Regalbuto, Bkln NY, actor (Knots Landing, Frank-Murphy Brown) 08/24/1949 Stephen Harrison Paulus, composer
    08/24/1951 Orson Scott Card, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Nebula, Ender's War) 08/24/1956 Gerry Cooney, heavyweight boxer (US Olympics team 1980)
    08/24/1958 Steve Guttenberg, Bkln NY, actor (Police Academy, Short Circuit) 08/24/1960 David Guillory, jockey
    08/24/1960 Franz Vienboeck, Austria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13)
    08/24/1961 Cal Ripkin Jr, all-star shortstop (Balt Orioles)
    08/24/1962 Mary E Weber, Cleveland Ohio, PhD/astronaut
    08/24/1963 John Bush, US heavy metal singer (Anthrax-Armed & Dangerous) 08/24/1964 Pebbles, rocker (Girlfriend)
    08/24/1964 Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov, Russia, major/cosmonaut
    08/24/1965 Casey Lambert, jockey
    08/24/1965 Marlee Matlin, Ill, deaf actress (Children of Lesser God-Acad Award)
    08/24/1972 Ian Moran, Cleveland Ohio, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)


    Deaths:

    08/24/1103 Magnus III Berbein, [blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies 08/24/1217 Eustace 'the Monk', French buccaneer, dies in battle
    08/24/1313 Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies 08/24/1371 Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), dies
    08/24/1572 Charles de Féligny, French officer/huguenot, murdered
    08/24/1572 Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheade
    08/24/1595 Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies 08/24/1680 Ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried
    08/24/1712 Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54
    08/24/1724 Andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75
    08/24/1770 Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies
    08/24/1806 Paul-Louis Cyfflé, Flemish sculptor/goldsmith (Terre Lorraine), dies
    08/24/1833 Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 08/24/1840 Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89
    08/24/1841 Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36
    08/24/1888 Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies 08/24/1889 Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies 08/24/1895 John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74 08/24/1906 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies
    08/24/1907 Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58
    08/24/1940 Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80 08/24/1943 Simone Weil, French philospher (Le pesanteur et la grâce), dies 08/24/1954 Getúlio D Vargas, pres/dictator Brazil (1930-45, 51-54), suicide 08/24/1957 Albert Edward Sammons, composer, dies at 71
    08/24/1958 John G Strÿdom, premier of South Africa (1954-58), dies at 65 08/24/1958 Kenneth Leighton, composer, dies at 28
    08/24/1958 Leo Blech, composer, dies at 87
    08/24/1962 Henry George Ley, composer, dies at 74
    08/24/1964 Maurice Schoemaker, composer, dies at 73
    08/24/1967 Amanda Randolph, actress (Danny Thomas, Amos n Andy), dies at 65 08/24/1967 Henry J Kaiser, industrialist (Boulder Dam, Liberty ship), dies at 8
    08/24/1972 Carlos Don Byas, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59
    08/24/1973 Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76 08/24/1973 Slava Vorlova, composer, dies at 79
    08/24/1975 Charles H Revson, US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69
    08/24/1976 Michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76
    08/24/1983 Jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64 08/24/1985 Paul Creston, composer, dies at 78
    08/24/1987 Bayard Rustin, US civil rights activist, dies at 77
    08/24/1988 Max Shulman, author (Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap), dies at 69 08/24/1991 Abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99 08/24/1991 Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk, Neth/Indon writer (Day Camp book), dies 08/24/1991 Bernard Castro, patented convertible couch, dies at 87
    08/24/1992 Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader, dies at 74
    08/24/1992 Larrie Londin, jazz drummer, dies at 48


    Significant Events:

    08/24/ 79 Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum
    08/24/ 410 Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire 08/24/1215 Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid
    08/24/1217 Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France
    08/24/1349 6,000 Jews are blamed for the plagued are killed in Mainz 08/24/1349 Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism 08/24/1391 Jews of Palma Majorca massacred
    08/24/1561 Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon
    08/24/1572 King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants 08/24/1662 Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer 08/24/1682 Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn
    08/24/1704 Sea battle at Malaga
    08/24/1751 Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch 08/24/1787 Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526
    08/24/1814 British sack Washington, DC, White House burned
    08/24/1826 Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens
    08/24/1828 Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea
    08/24/1831 John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle 08/24/1833 HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina
    08/24/1853 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY)
    08/24/1854 National emigration convention meets in Cleveland
    08/24/1858 Richmond 'Daily Dispatch' reports 90 blacks arrested for learning 08/24/1867 J C Watson discovers asteroid #93 Minerva
    08/24/1869 Waffle iron invented
    08/24/1876 Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed
    08/24/1891 Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera
    08/24/1893 Tornado destroys coast of Savannah & Charleston; about 1000 die 08/24/1903 M Wolf discovers asteroid #513 Centesima & #514 Armida
    08/24/1904 Field battle at Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian 08/24/1905 Chicago Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings
    08/24/1906 Cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game 08/24/1908 Heavyweight Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in Sydney NSW
    08/24/1909 Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal
    08/24/1911 Manuel d'Arriaga elected 1st president of Portugal
    08/24/1912 NYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe & victorious US olympians 08/24/1912 Territory of Alaska organized
    08/24/1912 US passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition govt 08/24/1914 Battle at Bergen: Belgium vs Britain
    08/24/1914 German troops occupy Names Belgium
    08/24/1921 Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey & Greece
    08/24/1921 British airship R-38 crashes in Humber; 44 die
    08/24/1922 1st Phillie to hit for cycle (Cy Williams)
    08/24/1923 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3 mile (14:11.2)
    08/24/1929 Palestinians attack orthodox Jews in Jerusalem
    08/24/1929 Turkey & Persia signs peace treaty
    08/24/1931 France & USSR sign neutrality/no attack treaty
    08/24/1932 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart 08/24/1933 S Arend discovers asteroid #1313 Berna
    08/24/1936 Australian Antarctic Territory created
    08/24/1936 FDR gives FBI authority to pursuit fascists & communists
    08/24/1936 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2137 Priscilla
    08/24/1937 Republican offensive at Belchite Spain
    08/24/1939 Germany & USSR sign 10-year non-aggression pact
    08/24/1940 Luftwaffe bombs London
    08/24/1942 Sea battle at Eastern Solomon Island
    08/24/1944 Gen LeClercs troops open assault on Paris
    08/24/1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established
    08/24/1950 1st US Negro delegate to UN appointed-ES Sampson
    08/24/1950 Edith Sampson named 1st black US delegate to UN
    08/24/1950 Operation Magic Carpet-45,000 Yemenite Jews move to Israel 08/24/1954 Communist Control Act passed, at height of McCarthyism
    08/24/1954 International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China 08/24/1956 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Wash DC 08/24/1960 -127°F (-88°C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
    08/24/1960 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil 08/24/1963 1st 200 meter freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58) 08/24/1963 John Pennel is 1st to pole-vault 17'
    08/24/1964 2nd Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 6-4
    08/24/1966 USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon
    08/24/1967 Liberian flag designed
    08/24/1968 France became world's 5th thermonuclear power, explodes on Mururoa 08/24/1969 Peru nationalizes US oil interests
    08/24/1970 Bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madiso
    08/24/1972 8th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 2-1
    08/24/1972 Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame 08/24/1974 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #3770
    08/24/1975 Papadopoulos/Pattakos/Makarezos sentenced to death in Athens 08/24/1975 SF Giant Ed Halick no-hits NY Giants, 6-0
    08/24/1975 Tampa Bay Rowdies beat Portland 2-0 for NASL cup
    08/24/1976 Soyuz 21 returns to Earth
    08/24/1979 NFL fans (60,916) choose old Patriots logo over new
    08/24/1979 UN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps
    08/24/1980 Jozef Pinkovski replaces Poland premier Babiuch
    08/24/1981 American Charles Chapman is 1st black to swim English Channel 08/24/1981 Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murde
    08/24/1984 Pat Bradley set LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver 08/24/1984 T Seki discovers asteroid #3431 Nakano
    08/24/1985 STS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather 08/24/1987 Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes
    08/24/1989 Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling 08/24/1989 Voyager 2 flies past Neptune
    08/24/1990 Iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City 08/24/1991 Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party
    08/24/1991 Ukraine declares independence from USSR
    08/24/1992 Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die
    08/24/1993 Mars Observer comes closest to Mars

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed Aug 25 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/25/1530 Ivan IV (the Terrible), 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84)
    08/25/1664 Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent
    08/25/1718 Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer
    08/25/1724 George Stubbs, England, animal painter (House Frightened by Lion) 08/25/1758 Franz Teyber, composer
    08/25/1775 Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal (Court of Rio de Janeiro) 08/25/1786 [Charles] Louis I, (Augustus), King of Bavaria (Lola Montez) 08/25/1788 Cornelis J van Axes, lawyer (Language of the Great)
    08/25/1811 Joseph Dana Webster, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 08/25/1812 Percival Drayton, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1865
    08/25/1819 Allan Pinkerton, founded Chicago detective agency
    08/25/1823 John Newton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 08/25/1825 Henry Warner Birge, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
    08/25/1836 Bret Harte, US, author (Outcasts of Poker Flat)
    08/25/1841 Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, thyroid specialist (Nobel 1909) 08/25/1845 Ludwig II, mad king of Bavaria (1864-86)
    08/25/1846 Louise J Gautier, French poetess
    08/25/1851 (Willem) Alexander KHF, prince of Orange/Netherlands
    08/25/1860 George Fawcett, US actor (Intolerance)
    08/25/1880 Robert E Stolz, Austrian composer/conductor (...smaller guard) 08/25/1887 Friedrich Lübke, German politician
    08/25/1887 Olav Fartein Valen, composer
    08/25/1891 Alberto Savinio, [Andrea the Chirico), Italian writer/composer 08/25/1891 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer
    08/25/1891 Samuel Gardner, composer
    08/25/1897 Jaroslav Ridky, composer
    08/25/1901 Kjeld Abell, Danish playwright/director (Tivoli)
    08/25/1902 Stefan Wolpe, Berlin Germany, composer (Zeus & Elidco)
    08/25/1903 Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian/US psycho-analyst (Uses of Enchantment) 08/25/1905 Clara Bow, silent movie actress (Wings, Down to the Sea in Ships) 08/25/1905 Undine Smith Moore, composer
    08/25/1906 Eugen Gerstenmaier, German politician (CDU)
    08/25/1906 William J Brennan, Newark NJ, US supreme court justice (1957-90) 08/25/1909 Arwel Hughes, composer
    08/25/1909 Michael Rennie, actor (The Robe, Klatuu-Day the Earth Stood Still) 08/25/1909 Ruby Keeler, Halifax NS, dancer (Dames, 42nd Street)
    08/25/1910 J B Charles, [Willem H Nagel], criminologist/writer
    08/25/1910 Pierre Musy, Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1936) 08/25/1911 Jacopo Napoli, composer
    08/25/1912 Erich Honecker, Germany, Pres (East Germany)
    08/25/1913 Walt Kelly, cartoonist, creator of 'Pogo'
    08/25/1914 Alexei Haieff, Blagovestchensk Siberia, composer (Princess Zondilda)
    08/25/1915 Walter Trampler, Munich Germany, violist (Beaux Arts Trio) 08/25/1916 Frederic Robbins, US bacteriologist
    08/25/1916 Van Johnson, Newport RI, actor (Brigadoon) always wore red socks 08/25/1917 Don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (George-Hazel, Ozzie & Harriet)
    08/25/1917 Mel Ferrer, Elberon NJ, actor (Longest Day, Eaten Alive, 5th Floor) 08/25/1918 Leonard Bernstein, conductor/composer/pianist/egotist
    08/25/1918 Richard Greene, Plymouth England, actor (Adv of Robin Hood) 08/25/1919 George C Wallace, (gov-D-Ala) pres candidate
    08/25/1920 Jef Diederen, painter
    08/25/1921 Brian Moore, Ireland, novelist (Catholics, Doctor's Wife) 08/25/1922 Ronnie Potsdammer, Dutch singer/song writer/programmer
    08/25/1923 Monty Hall, Winnipeg Canada, TV game show host (Lets Make a Deal) 08/25/1927 Althea Gibson, Silver SC, 1st black tennis champion in a major event
    08/25/1928 Karl Korte, composer
    08/25/1930 Ariana CE Amsberg, publicist/actress (Aside, Sekstant)
    08/25/1930 Graham Javis, Toronto Ontario, actor (Charlie-Mary Hartman) 08/25/1930 Page Johnson, WV, actress (Passages from Finnegan's Wake) 08/25/1930 Sean Connery, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (James Bond)
    08/25/1931 Regis Philbin, host (Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis & Kathie Lee)
    08/25/1933 Tom Skerritt, Detroit Mich, actor (Ryan's Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama)
    08/25/1934 John Stears, Middlesex England, special effects expert (Dr No) 08/25/1934 Valery F Bykovsky, USSR, cosmonaut (Vostok V Soyuz 22 31/39) 08/25/1935 David Canary, Elwood Ind, actor (Peyton Place, Candy-Bonanza) 08/25/1938 Frederick Forsyth, author (Day of the Jackal, Deceiver, Odessa File)
    08/25/1940 José Van Dam, Brussels Belgium, bass-baritone (François d'Assisif) 08/25/1942 Margaret Murdock, US, small bore rifle (Olympic-silver-1976) 08/25/1942 Nathen Deal, (Rep-D-Georgia)
    08/25/1942 Walter Williams, US singer (O'Jays-Use to Be My Girl)
    08/25/1946 Larry LaRocco, (Rep-D-Idaho)
    08/25/1946 Rollie Fingers, relief pitcher (Oakland Athletics)
    08/25/1947 Anne Archer, LA Cal, actress (Too Scared to Scream, Fatal Attraction
    08/25/1947 Wim J van Gelder, Dutch 2nd Chamber Member (PvdA)
    08/25/1949 Gene Simmons, Queens NY, rocker (KISS-Beth)
    08/25/1949 John Savage, Long Island NY, actor (Deer Hunter, Maria's Lovers) 08/25/1951 Rob Halford, heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest-Got Another Thing) 08/25/1954 Elvis Costello, [Declan Patrick McManus], rocker (Allison) 08/25/1954 Gilbert 'Gibus' Duclos-Lassalle, French cyclist
    08/25/1954 John Savage, Old Bethpage NY, actor (Jim Malloy-Gibbsville) 08/25/1954 Martin Jourard, keyboardist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely) 08/25/1956 Matt Aitken, rocker (Stock Aitken & Waterman-Road Block)
    08/25/1958 Christian LeBlanc, NC, actor (Michael Baldwin-Young & Restless) 08/25/1958 Saskia Van Orly, singer (Tambourine)
    08/25/1961 Billy Ray Cyrus, Flatwoods Ky, country singer (Achy Breaky Heart) 08/25/1961 Joannie Whalley-Kilmer, Manchester England, actress (Kill Me Again) 08/25/1962 Mazzi Rawd, heavy metal rocker
    08/25/1962 Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker (White Snake-Here I Go Again) 08/25/1964 Blair Underwood, Tacomma Wash, actor (Jonathan-LA Law)
    08/25/1965 Kathleen Horvath, Chic Ill, tennis player (French Open Jr 1980) 08/25/1970 Claudia Schiffer, Rheinbach Germany, super model (Elle, Rolling Ston
    08/25/1971 Quintis 'Chico' Ristie, Suriname radio host


    Deaths:

    08/25/ 79 Gaius Plinius Secundus [Plinius Maior], Roman admiral/writer, dies 08/25/ 383 Flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome, dies
    08/25/ 882 Louis III, King of France (879-82), dies
    08/25/1227 Ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies
    08/25/1270 Louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies
    08/25/1346 Louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, dies in battle
    08/25/1554 Thomas H, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies 08/25/1556 David Jorisz, Flemish glass blower, dies at about 54
    08/25/1580 Frederick Schenk van Toutenburg, last archbishop of Utrecht 08/25/1742 Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer, dies at 38
    08/25/1773 Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29
    08/25/1774 Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59
    08/25/1789 Mary Ball Washington, mother of George, dies
    08/25/1822 F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 8
    08/25/1835 Ann Rutledge, said to be Lincoln's true love, dies in Ill at 22 08/25/1842 Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80
    08/25/1846 Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian traveller/nature investigator/diplomat, die
    08/25/1868 Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar (Iowa), dies at 62
    08/25/1868 Jacob van Lennep, Dutch 2nd member of parliament, dies at 66 08/25/1900 Friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies 08/25/1901 Clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that 08/25/1901 the mosquito carries yellow fever
    08/25/1942 George EAE, English prince/earl of St Andrews, dies in battle at 39 08/25/1942 Panayot Pipkov, composer, dies at 70
    08/25/1942 W van Daalen, opposition leader on Celebes, beheaded
    08/25/1956 Alfred C Kinsey, US sexologist (Kinsey Report), dies
    08/25/1967 George Lincoln Rockwell, head of American Nazi Party, assassinated 08/25/1968 John George, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at 70 08/25/1971 Ted Lewis, [Theodore L Friedman], bandleader, dies at 80
    08/25/1972 Juan Carlos Paz, composer, dies at 71
    08/25/1972 Robert Denzler, composer, dies at 80
    08/25/1975 Frans van Amelsvoort, choir conductor, dies at 75
    08/25/1975 John R Dunning, US physicist, dies at 67
    08/25/1976 Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author (Nobel-1974), dies at 76
    08/25/1979 Stan Kenton, orch leader (Music 55), dies at 67
    08/25/1980 Gower Champion, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), dies at 60 08/25/1984 Truman Capote, author (In Cold Blood), dies at 59
    08/25/1984 Waite Hoyte, knuckleball pitcher, dies at 84
    08/25/1985 Samantha Smith, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street), dies in plane at 13
    08/25/1986 Allen Case, actor (Deputy, Legend of Jesse James), dies at 51 08/25/1988 Price Daniel, (Gov/Sen-D-Texas), dies at 77
    08/25/1989 Gunnar Johnsen Berg, composer, dies at 80
    08/25/1991 Niven Busch, US writer (Duel in the Sun), dies
    08/25/1992 Frederick O'Neal, actor (Anna Lucasta, Free White & 21), dies at 86 08/25/1992 Jan G Toonder, writer (Castle in Ireland), dies at 78


    Significant Events:

    08/25/1212 Children's cruisaders under Nikolaas (10) reaches Genoa
    08/25/1330 AntiPope Nicolaas V overthrows himself
    08/25/1425 Countess Jacoba of Bavaria escapes from jail
    08/25/1499 Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians
    08/25/1566 Iconoclastic fury begins in Utrecht
    08/25/1580 Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal
    08/25/1609 Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers 08/25/1628 Assault on sultan of Mantarams of Batavia
    08/25/1689 Battle at Charleroi: Spanish & English army move into France 08/25/1689 Montréal taken by Iroquois
    08/25/1704 Battle at Málaga: French vs English & Dutch fleet
    08/25/1718 Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, found
    08/25/1768 Capt James Cook departs with Endeavour to Pacific Ocean
    08/25/1795 Curaçao slaves opponents returns to St Christopher
    08/25/1802 Toussaint L'Ouverture premieres in Fort de Joux, Jura
    08/25/1804 Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England)
    08/25/1814 British capture Washington DC
    08/25/1825 Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day)
    08/25/1830 Belgium revolts against Netherlands
    08/25/1835 NY Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel
    08/25/1862 Secretary of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves 08/25/1864 Combination rail & ferry service available from SF to Alameda 08/25/1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station
    08/25/1865 R Luther discovers asteroid #84 Klio
    08/25/1875 Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel (21h 45m) 08/25/1886 1st intl polo meet (US vs England)
    08/25/1888 Henry Slocum wins US Lawn Tennis Assn singles title
    08/25/1889 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #287 Nephthys
    08/25/1894 -26] Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed
    08/25/1897 A Charlois discovers asteroid #426 Hippo
    08/25/1904 Jim Jefferies KOsJack Munroe & retains boxing heavyweight title 08/25/1908 Allen Winter wins US 1st $50,000 trotting race
    08/25/1908 National Association of Colored Nurses, forms
    08/25/1909 J Palisa discovers asteroid #688 Melanie
    08/25/1912 1st time an aircraft recovers from a spin
    08/25/1912 Different nationalities battle with each other in Macedonia 08/25/1914 Belgium: German army begins 6 week plundering of Leuven Belgium 08/25/1914 German Zeppelins bomb Antwerp Belgium
    08/25/1914 German army pushes French army to the Sedan
    08/25/1914 German troops march into France
    08/25/1915 Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage 08/25/1916 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #829 Academia & #830 Petropolitana 08/25/1916 National Park Service established in Dept of Interior
    08/25/1919 1st scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London) 08/25/1920 1st US woman to win in Olympics (Ethelda Bleibtrey)
    08/25/1921 US signs peace treaty with Germany
    08/25/1921 Yankee pitcher Harry Harper hits 3 batters in an inning tying record
    08/25/1922 Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game 08/25/1924 International maritime treaty drawn
    08/25/1924 Wash Senator Walter Johnson 2nd no-hitter beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 inn
    08/25/1925 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes (Harlem NY) 08/25/1925 Helen Willis wins her 3rd straight US Lawn Tennis Open
    08/25/1925 Last Belgian troops vacate Duisburg
    08/25/1926 Pavlos Koundouris becomes president of Greece
    08/25/1927 S Belyavskÿ & N Ivanov discovers asteroid #1086 Nata
    08/25/1929 Graf Zeppelin passes over SF for LA after trans-Pacific voyage 08/25/1930 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1168 Brandia
    08/25/1932 Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight
    08/25/1933 Arend discovers asteroid 1281 Jeanne, 1286 Banachiewicza & 1287 Lorc
    08/25/1933 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1331 Solvejg
    08/25/1933 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2676 Aarhus & #2943
    08/25/1936 3 Braves hit twice in an inning getting 2 hits each
    08/25/1937 Japanese fleet blockades Chinese coast
    08/25/1940 1st (British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin)
    08/25/1940 1st parachute wedding
    08/25/1941 English & Russian troops attack pro-German Iran
    08/25/1941 German troops conquer Nowgorod, Leningrad
    08/25/1942 SS begins transporting Jews of Maastricht Neth
    08/25/1943 German occupiers impose 72-hour work week
    08/25/1943 Lord Mountbatten named Supreme Allied Commander in Asia
    08/25/1943 Red Army under Gen Vatutin recaptures Achtyrka
    08/25/1943 Red army recaptures Smolensk
    08/25/1943 US forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II 08/25/1944 France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame 08/25/1944 Gen De Gaulle returns to Paris/walks Champs Elysées Paris 08/25/1944 Paris liberated from Nazi occupation (Freedom Tuesday)
    08/25/1944 US 12nd Army corp reaches Troyes
    08/25/1945 Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine 08/25/1946 Ben Hogan wins PGA championship
    08/25/1947 Marion Carl in D-558-I sets world aircraft speech record, 1,047 kph 08/25/1950 Pres Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike 08/25/1950 Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title 08/25/1952 Det Tiger Virgil Trucks 2nd no-hitter of yr, beats Yankees, 1-0 08/25/1955 Last Soviet forces leave Austria
    08/25/1957 Prince Suvanna Phuma forms govt in LAOS, with Pathet Lao
    08/25/1960 17th summer olympics opens in Rome
    08/25/1960 AFL begins placing players names on back of their jersies 08/25/1960 Demonstrations against premier Lumumba
    08/25/1961 Brazilian president Janios Quadros, resigns
    08/25/1963 Paul McCartney is fined £31 & 1 yr suspended license for speeding 08/25/1964 Singapore limits imports from Neth due to Indonesian aggression 08/25/1966 Z Pereyra discovers asteroid #1769 Carlostorres
    08/25/1967 Minn Twin Dean Chance 2nd no-hitter of month beats Cleveland, 2-1 08/25/1967 Paraguay accepts its constitution
    08/25/1967 Train crash at Beesd, 2 die
    08/25/1968 Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to win US singles championship 08/25/1969 Det Lions beat Boston Patriots 22-9 in Montréal (NFL expo) 08/25/1973 Zambia adopts constitution
    08/25/1974 LA Aztecs defeat Miami Toros to win NASL cup
    08/25/1976 Harm Wiersma becomes world checker champion
    08/25/1976 Harvard College discovers asteroid #2221 Chilton
    08/25/1976 Yanks beat Twins 5-4 in 19 innings
    08/25/1979 California Angels trounce Toronto Blue Jays, 24-2
    08/25/1979 Somali adopts constitution
    08/25/1981 Jeff Schwartz, sets solo record for trampoline bouncing (266:09) 08/25/1981 Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years 08/25/1981 Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km) 08/25/1983 Triple A baseball's Louisville breaks 1 million fan mark
    08/25/1983 US & USSR sign $10 billion grain pact
    08/25/1984 French airship capsizes
    08/25/1985 Met Dwight Goodin becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games (20y 9m 9
    08/25/1985 STS 51-I scrubbed at T -9m because of an onboard computer problem 08/25/1987 Dow Jones industrial stock avg reaches record 2722.42
    08/25/1987 Madonna sings in Rotterdam
    08/25/1988 Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston
    08/25/1988 Heavy fire destroys historic center of Lisbon
    08/25/1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-214
    08/25/1989 Voyager 2 makes its closest approach to Neptune (0400 GMT) 08/25/1990 Li Hui Rong of China sets triple jump woman's record (47'8½') 08/25/1990 UN security council authorizes military action against Iraq 08/25/1991 Carl Lewis rus 100m in 9.86 seconds
    08/25/1991 White-Russia declares it's independence

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Thu Aug 26 00:30:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/26/1596 Frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain)
    08/26/1627 Thomas Bullis, composer
    08/26/1676 Robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42)
    08/26/1687 Willem the Fesch, violinist/composer (Joseph)
    08/26/1726 Karl Kohaut, composer
    08/26/1728 Johann Lambert, Switzerland, mathematician, proved π is irrational 08/26/1740 Joseph Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning)
    08/26/1743 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen) 08/26/1745 Francois Guichard, composer
    08/26/1749 Johann Ernst Rembt, composer
    08/26/1788 Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist 08/26/1811 Danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 08/26/1813 Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks) 08/26/1819 Albert 'Bertie' von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria 08/26/1820 James Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Seretary of Interior (1865-66) 08/26/1823 Wilhelm Troszel, composer
    08/26/1825 Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian
    08/26/1828 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer
    08/26/1833 Charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 08/26/1835 Theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army) 08/26/1838 John Wilkes Booth, actor/assassin (Pres Lincoln)
    08/26/1843 George August Lumbye, composer
    08/26/1850 Charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913) 08/26/1873 Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube)
    08/26/1875 John Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme) 08/26/1880 Guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola) 08/26/1882 James Franck, German naturalist (Nobel 1925)
    08/26/1884 Earl Biggers, author ('Charlie Chan' detective series)
    08/26/1885 Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will) 08/26/1887 Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer
    08/26/1891 Emmy van Lokhorst, author
    08/26/1891 Ferdinand Bruckner, [Theodor Tagger], Austrian songwriter (Races) 08/26/1896 Richard Hammond, composer
    08/26/1899 Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter
    08/26/1901 Gen Maxwell D Taylor, former US Army chief of staff
    08/26/1901 Jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier (KVP, 1959-63) 08/26/1901 Tullio Campagnolo, Italy, auto manufacturer (Fiat)
    08/26/1903 Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer
    08/26/1904 Christopher Isherwood, England, novelist/playwright (I Am a Camera) 08/26/1904 Christopher W Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer (Goodbye to Berlin)
    08/26/1906 Albert B Sabin, Russia, US microbiologist (oral polio vaccine) 08/26/1909 Frank Gasparro, Phila Pa, US chief engraver (1965-81)
    08/26/1911 Lester Lanin, orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits)
    08/26/1913 Cees de Long, conferencier
    08/26/1914 Julio Cortázar, Argentina, writer (We Love Glenda So Much) 08/26/1915 Gré [Gerarda D] Brouwenstÿn, Dutch singer
    08/26/1915 Humphrey Searle, England, writer (20th Century counterpoint) 08/26/1915 Jim Davis, Edgerton Mo, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas)
    08/26/1915 William Bardwell, composer
    08/26/1917 Jan Clayton, Tularosa NM, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie)
    08/26/1917 William French Smith, Attorney General (1981-85)
    08/26/1919 Ronny Graham, Phila Pa, actor (Bob Crane Show, Chico & the Man) 08/26/1921 Benjamin C Bradlee, journalist (Wash Post)
    08/26/1921 William Preston, Columbia Penn (Penn State), actor
    08/26/1922 Lazar Nikolov, composer
    08/26/1923 Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor
    08/26/1927 Francois Leydet, sierra club (Last Redwoods)
    08/26/1927 Sam Massell
    08/26/1931 Dane Skerl, composer
    08/26/1931 Guy Vander Jagt, (Rep-R-MI, 1966- )
    08/26/1932 Joe H Engle, Abilene Ks, Brig Gen USAF/astro (STS T-2, T-4, 2, 51I) 08/26/1935 Cornelis B Vandrager, [Cor Van], poet (Leve Joop Massacre) 08/26/1935 Geraldine Ferraro, (Rep-D-NY) 1st female major-party VP candidate 08/26/1937 Tom Heinsohn, NBA star/coach (Boston Celtic)
    08/26/1938 Francine York, Aurora Minn, actress (Slattery's People)
    08/26/1942 John E Blaha, San Antonio, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 29, 33, 43, 58) 08/26/1942 Vic Dana, Buffalo, singer/dancer (Talent Scouts)
    08/26/1943 Ulf Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)
    08/26/1944 Cornelia J 'Corry' Arends, actress (The Zotskap)
    08/26/1944 Richard AWG, English prince/duke of Gloucester
    08/26/1945 Melvin Watt, (Rep-D-North Carolina)
    08/26/1945 Thomas J Ridge, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania, 1983- )
    08/26/1947 Candy Moore, Maplewood NJ, actress (Lunch Wagon, Tomboy & Champ) 08/26/1948 Jet Black, rocker (Stranglers-Dreamtime)
    08/26/1948 Valerie Simpson, Bronx, singer, Ashford's partner (Like a Rock) 08/26/1949 John Baldwin, Detroit, light middleweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1968
    08/26/1950 Richard Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills-Hair, We Can Fly)
    08/26/1950 Robert Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills-Hair, We Can Fly)
    08/26/1951 Robert G Torricelli, (Rep-D-New Jersey, 1983- )
    08/26/1952 John Kinsella, USA, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
    08/26/1954 Sarah Lundy, horse trainer
    08/26/1954 Steve Wright, Britain's wacky DJ
    08/26/1957 Alex Trevino, catcher (LA Dodgers)
    08/26/1960 Branford Marsalis, jazz saxophonist (Bring on the Night, Tonight Sho
    08/26/1960 Ola Ray, St Louis Mo, playmate (Jun, 1980)/actress (Thriller) 08/26/1961 Jimmy Olander, Palos Verdes Cal, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in Middle)
    08/26/1965 Chris Burke, actor with down syndrome (Life Goes On)
    08/26/1975 Thomas N Kindness, (Rep-D-OH, 1975- )
    08/26/1981 Macauley Culkin, actor (Home Alone, My Girl)


    Deaths:

    08/26/ 526 Theodorik the Great, King of Italy, dies
    08/26/1278 Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle
    08/26/1346 Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle 08/26/1368 Engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies 08/26/1486 Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45
    08/26/1518 Giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara 08/26/1616 Johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66 08/26/1683 Christoph Schultze, composer, dies at 76
    08/26/1712 Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer, dies at 80
    08/26/1723 Thonis van Leeuwenhoek, biologist/inventor (microscope), dies at 90 08/26/1813 Daniel Gottlob Turk, composer, dies at 63
    08/26/1813 Karl T Körner, German poet (Vetter aus Bremen), dies at 21 08/26/1832 Henryk Klein, composer, dies at 96
    08/26/1849 Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer, dies at 66
    08/26/1860 Philipp Friedrich Silcher, composer, dies at 71
    08/26/1863 John Buchanan Floyd, US min of War (1857-60)/Confederate general, di
    08/26/1865 Marcellus Monroe Crocker, US attorney/Union brig-general, dies at 35
    08/26/1869 Henri Leys, Flemish painter, dies at 54
    08/26/1873 Carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57
    08/26/1921 Matthias Erzberger, German min of Finance, murdered
    08/26/1921 Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1903-21), dies 08/26/1945 Franz Werfel, Austria/US poet/writer (Spiegelmensch), dies 08/26/1948 Oscar L Fernández, Brazilian conductor/composer (Imbapara), dies at
    08/26/1949 Nico van Suchtelen, publisher, dies at 70
    08/26/1958 Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer, dies at 85
    08/26/1960 Mark Hambourg, composer, dies at 81
    08/26/1963 Larry Keating, actor (George Burns Show, Roger-Mr Ed), dies at 67 08/26/1966 Art Baker, TV host (You Asked For It), dies at 67
    08/26/1967 Andres Sas, composer, dies at 67
    08/26/1971 Francesco Santoliquido, composer, dies at 88
    08/26/1972 Jacques Goose, author/journalist, dies at 63
    08/26/1974 Charles Lindbergh, pilot, dies at 72 in his Hawaiian home 08/26/1976 Lotte (Krause-)Lehmann, German soprano (More than singing), dies at
    08/26/1976 Warner Anderson, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Peyton Place), dies at 65 08/26/1977 HA Rey, author of popular constellation book, dies at 78
    08/26/1977 Heinz Rottger, composer, dies at 67
    08/26/1978 Charles Boyer, actor (Gaslight, Rogues), dies at 78
    08/26/1978 Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, composer, dies at 86
    08/26/1981 Roger Nash Baldwin, founder (ACLU), dies at 97
    08/26/1983 Mike Kellin, actor (Honestly Celeste), dies at 61 of cancer 08/26/1984 Julie Stevens, actress (Lorelei-Big Town), dies at 67
    08/26/1985 Pieter Jongster, Member of Dutch 2nd parliament (GVP), dies at 76 08/26/1986 Jennifer Levin, strangled by Robert Chambers in Central Park 08/26/1986 Ted Knight, [Tadeus Konopka], actor (Mary Tyler Moore), dies at 62 08/26/1989 Henk Heidweiller, ambassador of Suriname, dies
    08/26/1989 Irving Stone, US writer (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life), dies 08/26/1992 Bob the Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje), dies


    Significant Events:

    08/26/ 55 -BC- Roman forces under Julius Cæsar invade Britain
    08/26/1278 Battle of Marchfeld: Rudolf van Habsburg defeats Ottokar II 08/26/1346 Battle at Crécy-England's longbows defeat France
    08/26/1629 Cambridge Agreement, Mass Bay Co stockholders agree to emigrate 08/26/1641 West India Company conquerors Sao Paulo de Loanda, Angola 08/26/1652 Sea battle at Plymouth (Ayscue-The Ruyter)
    08/26/1791 John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat
    08/26/1794 French troops occupy Lock
    08/26/1846 Premier of Mendelssohns 'Elÿah'
    08/26/1846 W A Bartlett appointed 1st US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF)
    08/26/1863 Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs)
    08/26/1874 16 blacks lynched in Tennessee
    08/26/1883 Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 08/26/1903 Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game
    08/26/1904 Heavyweight James J Jeffries KOs Jack Monroe in SF
    08/26/1907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec 08/26/1911 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #717 Wisibada
    08/26/1913 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #759 Vinifera
    08/26/1914 -9/10] Russian army atacks Austrian army in Galicia
    08/26/1914 Battle of Tannenberg - 8th German army defeats Russian Narev army 08/26/1915 German troops over run Brest-Litovsk, Russia
    08/26/1916 Phila A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0
    08/26/1916 Yanks turn triple-play beating Browns 10-6
    08/26/1918 Premier of W Smith & F Bacons 'Lightnin''
    08/26/1920 19th amendment passes-women's suffrage granted (about time!) 08/26/1922 Japanese cruiser Niitaka leaves in storm at Kamchatka, 300 killed 08/26/1933 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1288 Santa
    08/26/1933 John of Wood runs world record time (44.247 km)
    08/26/1933 John van Wood bicycles world record time (44,588 km)
    08/26/1936 A Bohrmann discovers asteroid #2226 Cunitza
    08/26/1936 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1398 Donnera
    08/26/1937 Franco's troops conquer Santander
    08/26/1937 Pumping to build Treasure Island in SF Bay is finished
    08/26/1938 British leaders & Arabians fight in Palestine
    08/26/1938 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1493 Sigrid
    08/26/1938 Montreal Maroons dropped from NHL
    08/26/1939 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds at Bkln Dodgers (W2XBS NY) 08/26/1939 Belgium mobilizes
    08/26/1939 Kroatia gets autonomous status
    08/26/1940 P Djurkovic discovers asteroid #1700 Zvezdara
    08/26/1941 Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #1542 Schalen & #1699 Honkasalo 08/26/1942 7,000 Jews rounded up in Vichy Free Zone of France
    08/26/1942 Japanse troops lands on New-Guinea, Milne Bay
    08/26/1942 Russian anti offensive begins in Moscow
    08/26/1944 De Gaulle marches to Champs-Elysées
    08/26/1944 US 12nd Army corp meets east of Paris
    08/26/1947 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat) 08/26/1951 Jongbloed in Paris demonstrates artificial heart
    08/26/1952 Fluoridation of SF water begins
    08/26/1955 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup)
    08/26/1956 KREY TV channel 10 in Montrose, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 08/26/1957 USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile
    08/26/1961 Official Intl Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto
    08/26/1962 Minn Twins Jack Kralick no-hits KC A's, 1-0
    08/26/1964 Italians CP selects Luigi Longo as chairman
    08/26/1964 LBJ nominated at Democratic convention in Atlantic City, NJ 08/26/1966 KLOC (now KCSO) channel 42 in Charlotte, NC (PBS) begins broadcastin
    08/26/1967 Dutch 2nd Chamber demands US stop bombing North Vietnam
    08/26/1971 NY Giant football team announces they're leaving Bronx for NJ in 197
    08/26/1971 Orioles' Don Buford struck out 5 times in a game
    08/26/1971 Queen Juliana & Prince Bernhard visits Indonesia
    08/26/1972 20th Olympic games open at Munich German FR
    08/26/1972 NY Cosmos beat St Louis Stars, 2-1 to win NASL championship 08/26/1973 David Eisenhower writes his last sports column
    08/26/1973 U of Tx (Arlington) is 1st accredited school to offer belly dancing 08/26/1974 Guinee-Bissau becomes independent of Portugal
    08/26/1974 Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
    08/26/1977 Frank Martinus Arion forms Surinamese Writers group 77
    08/26/1978 Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I 08/26/1978 Soyuz 31 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 East German) to Salyut 6 08/26/1981 Space Shuttle vehicle moves to Launch Complex 39A for STS-2 mission 08/26/1981 Voyager 2 takes photo's of Saturn's moon Titan
    08/26/1982 NASA launches Telesat-F
    08/26/1984 Tatyana Kazankina of USSR sets 3k woman record (8:22.62) in Lennigra
    08/26/1984 Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record) 08/26/1985 Balt Oriole Eddie Murray knocks in 9 RBIs in a game vs Calif Angels 08/26/1985 French government claims no knowledge of assault on Rainbow Warrior 08/26/1989 Trumbull Conn, is 1st US team since 1983 to win Little League WS 08/26/1990 2 slain college students found in Gainesville Florida
    08/26/1991 Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Fri Aug 27 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/27/ 551 -BC- Confucius, philospher
    08/27/1471 George von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Friesland
    08/27/1545 Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat
    08/27/1562 Hans Leo Hassler, composer
    08/27/1583 Simon Besler, composer
    08/27/1630 Maria van Oosterwÿck, flower painter
    08/27/1650 Johann Samuel Welter, composer
    08/27/1666 Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89)
    08/27/1739 Michel Delalande, composer
    08/27/1752 Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind)
    08/27/1768 Anne-François Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Maastricht) 08/27/1770 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher/inventor (dialecti
    08/27/1809 Hannibal Hamlin, (R) 15th VP (1861-65)
    08/27/1824 Hiram Gregory Berry, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 08/27/1826 Frank Stillman Nickerson, Brig General (Union volunteers) 08/27/1826 Hermann Kipper, music teacher/critic/composer
    08/27/1832 James Alexander Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 190
    08/27/1835 Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter
    08/27/1837 Heinrich Urban, composer
    08/27/1839 Emory Upton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1881 08/27/1847 Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theology/bishop of Bridge
    08/27/1849 Manuel Acuña, Mexican poet (Nocturno)
    08/27/1865 Charles Gates Dawes, (R) 30th VP (1925-29, Nobel 1925)
    08/27/1865 Emmuska Orczy, British writer (Scarlet Pimpernel)
    08/27/1867 Umberto Giordano, composer
    08/27/1869 Karl Haushofer, soldier/geographer
    08/27/1871 Theodore Dreiser, US, novelist (Sister Carie, American Tragedy) 08/27/1874 Karl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, Nobel 1931)
    08/27/1877 Charles Stewart Rolls, British auto manufacturer (Rolls-Royce Ltd) 08/27/1877 Lloyd Cassel Douglas, novelist
    08/27/1878 Joseph John Richards, composer
    08/27/1882 Jaroslav Kricka, composer
    08/27/1882 Samuel Goldwyn, [Gelbfisch], film magnate (MGM)
    08/27/1884 Vincent Auriol, president of France (1947-53)
    08/27/1886 Eric Coates, Hucknall Nottinghamshire England, viola player/composer
    08/27/1886 Rebecca Clarke, composer
    08/27/1890 Man Ray, US statues artist/photographer/movie (dada)
    08/27/1894 Charles Meredith, Knoxville Pa, actor (Court of Last Resort) 08/27/1897 Ad van Emmenes, soccer reporter
    08/27/1898 Enny de Leeuwe, [Engelina], actress (Anatevka)/wife of Pierre Mols 08/27/1899 Cecil Scott Forester, Engld, historical novelist (Horatio Hornblower
    08/27/1901 Al Ritz, US comic (Ritz Brothers, Hotel Anchovy)
    08/27/1902 Herbert Menges, composer
    08/27/1903 Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nocturno de Los Angeles) 08/27/1905 Alexander Johnston, CEO (Board of Inland Revenue)
    08/27/1905 Frederick O'Neal, Brooksville Miss, actor (Car 54 Where Are You) 08/27/1908 Donald [George] Bradman, Australian cricketer (6,996 runs) 08/27/1908 Frank Leahy, O'Neill Nebraska, football coach (Notre Dame) 08/27/1908 Lyndon B Johnson, Stonewall Tx, (D) 36th Pres (1963-1969) 08/27/1909 Lester W 'Pres' Young, US jazz saxophonist
    08/27/1909 Sidney R Yates, (Rep-D-Illinois)
    08/27/1909 Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist
    08/27/1910 Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Yugoslavia (Nobel 1979) 08/27/1912 Peter Gretton, British vice admiral
    08/27/1913 Stewart Crawford, British diplomat
    08/27/1915 Walter W Heller, economist (Old Myths & New Realities)
    08/27/1916 Martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show)
    08/27/1918 Lord Winstanley, physician/Liberal MP
    08/27/1919 Lord Dormand, of Eastington, British labour minister
    08/27/1919 Sidney R Yates, (Rep-D-IL, 1949-62, 65- )
    08/27/1920 James Molyneaux, Ulster unionist MP
    08/27/1925 Richard Rutt, bishop of Leicester
    08/27/1925 Tony Crombie, drummer/bandleader
    08/27/1925 Viscount Rothermere, newspaper owner
    08/27/1927 Hugh Byatt, British diplomat
    08/27/1927 Liselott Linsenhoff, German FR, equestrian (Olympic-gold-1972) 08/27/1928 Jack Thompson, Labour MP
    08/27/1928 Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, premier of Kwazulu (Shaka Zulu) 08/27/1928 Peter Richard Tahourdin, composer
    08/27/1929 Ad J Hermes, Dutch 2nd Chamber Member (KVP/CDA)
    08/27/1929 Elizabeta Bagrintseve, USSR, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1952) 08/27/1929 Ira Levin, author (Rosemary's Baby, Sleuth, This Perfect Day) 08/27/1930 John Daly, British trade union leader
    08/27/1930 John Watts, chief of defense (Omani Armed Forces)
    08/27/1932 Antonia Fraser, biographer (Mary Queen of Scots)
    08/27/1932 Francois Glorieux, composer
    08/27/1933 Joke Smit, feminist
    08/27/1935 Michael Holroyd, author
    08/27/1937 Alice Coltrane, jazz musician
    08/27/1937 Mark Potter, British court judge
    08/27/1937 Tommy Sands, singer/actor (Teenage Rock, Dream With Me)
    08/27/1940 David Hart, gen-sect (National Assn of Head Teachers)
    08/27/1941 Yuri V Malyshev, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-2, T-11)
    08/27/1942 Daryl Dragon, Pasadena Calif, keyboardist (Capt & Tennille) 08/27/1943 Bob Kerrey, (Sen-D Nebraska)
    08/27/1943 [Susan] Tuesday Weld, NYC, actress (Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country) 08/27/1944 Barry Conyngham, composer
    08/27/1947 Jacques Arnold, conservative MP
    08/27/1948 Andy Turnell, horse trainer
    08/27/1949 Andrew McKay, coservative MP
    08/27/1949 Barbara Bach, [Goldbach], Queens NY, actress (Spy Who Loved Me) 08/27/1949 Edmund Weiner, lexicographer
    08/27/1949 Jeff Cook, Fort Payne Ala, country music star (Alabama-Mt Music) 08/27/1950 Charles Fleischer, Wash DC, comedian (Roger Rabbit)
    08/27/1950 Cynthia Potter, US, springboard diver (Olympic-bronze-1976) 08/27/1952 Pee-wee Herman, [Paul Reubens], actor (Pee-wee's Big Adventure) 08/27/1954 Derek Warwick, race car driver
    08/27/1954 John Lloyd, tennis player (former husband of Chris Everet) 08/27/1955 Diana Scarwid, actress (Extermites, Psycho 3, Strange Invaders, Heat
    08/27/1957 Bernhard Langer, golfer
    08/27/1957 Hickory Smoke wins Hambletonian Stakes
    08/27/1958 Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-7, TM-1
    08/27/1959 Gerhard Berger, formula-1 racer (Italian Grand Prix-1988) 08/27/1961 'Downtown' Julie Brown, TV host (Club MTV, Inside Edition) 08/27/1963 Patty Duffek, Woodland Hills Calif, playmate (May, 1984)
    08/27/1966 Deena Wigger, Colorado Springs CO, US shooter (Olympic-92) 08/27/1972 Chris Imes, South Paris Maine, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)


    Deaths:

    08/27/1208 Irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angeles, dies
    08/27/1522 Giovanni A Amadei/Amadeo, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at about
    08/27/1576 Titian, [Tiziano Vecelli], Italian painter, dies of plague 08/27/1590 Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/'Montalto'], Pope (1585-90), dies at 68 08/27/1608 Hendrik van Kinschot, [Henricus Kinschotus], lawyer, dies at 66 08/27/1611 Tomás L de Victoria, Spanish composer/singer/organist, dies 08/27/1635 Lope Felix de Vega, playwright/poet (Angelica, Arcadia), dies at 72 08/27/1651 Jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43
    08/27/1667 Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, buried at 33
    08/27/1748 James Thomson, dies
    08/27/1827 Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat, dies 08/27/1828 Eise J Eisinga, constructed planetarium at Franeker, dies at 84 08/27/1830 Louis H J Condé, French prince, commits suicide at 74
    08/27/1840 William Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office 08/27/1841 Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer, dies at 65
    08/27/1846 Frantiszek Scigalski, composer, dies at 64
    08/27/1846 Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer, dies at 63
    08/27/1855 Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36
    08/27/1865 Jozef Nowakowski, composer, dies at 64
    08/27/1867 Karol Katski, composer, dies at 51
    08/27/1868 Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer, dies at 82
    08/27/1874 Johan George Schwartze, painter, dies
    08/27/1874 John Henry Foley, sculptor, dies
    08/27/1876 Eugène-Samuel-Auguste Fromentin, novelist/painter, dies
    08/27/1879 Sir Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84
    08/27/1883 August Friedrich Pott, composer, dies at 76
    08/27/1887 Wilhelm Volkmar, composer, dies at 74
    08/27/1910 Clement of Maasdÿk, 1st Dutch aircraft death
    08/27/1914 John Weiss, German new testament, dies
    08/27/1919 Louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies
    08/27/1922 Carl Fuchs, composer, dies at 83
    08/27/1930 Didericus G van Epen, genealogist/Dutch Patriarch, dies at 62 08/27/1931 Willem H Nolens, priest/2nd Chamber member, dies
    08/27/1932 Ursmer Berlière, Belgian historian (Monastican Belgium), dies 08/27/1943 Otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies
    08/27/1948 Oley Speaks, composer, dies at 74
    08/27/1948 Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, composer, dies at 50
    08/27/1950 Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco grande), dies
    08/27/1953 Nicolai Berezowsky, composer, dies at 53
    08/27/1955 Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies 08/27/1958 Ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57 08/27/1962 Carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79
    08/27/1963 W E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana 08/27/1963 William Edward Burghardt du Bois, educational editor/author, dies 08/27/1964 Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59
    08/27/1965 Le Corbusier, [Charles E Jeanneret], Swiss/French architect, dies 08/27/1965 Otto Reinhold, composer, dies at 66
    08/27/1967 Brian Epstein, Beatles' manager, dies
    08/27/1967 Henri-Georges Adam, French painter/cartoonist/sculptor, dies at 63 08/27/1968 Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark, Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61 08/27/1968 William E B Dubois, US founder NAACP (Souls of black people), dies 08/27/1969 Erika Mann, German/US author/daughter of Thomas Mann, dies 08/27/1969 Henri EJA the Page, Belgian lawyer, dies
    08/27/1969 Ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist, dies
    08/27/1971 Bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73 08/27/1971 Margaret Bourke-White, US photographer, dies at 67
    08/27/1975 Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, dies at 83
    08/27/1977 Steve Dunne, actor (Professional Father), dies at 59
    08/27/1978 Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies at 51
    08/27/1979 Boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82
    08/27/1979 Louis Mountbatten, British adm of the Fleet, assassinated by IRA 08/27/1979 Nicholas Mountbatten, Lord Mountbatten's grandson, murdered at 14 08/27/1980 Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68
    08/27/1981 Joan Edwards, singer (Joan Edwards Show), dies at 62
    08/27/1984 Bernard Youens, British actor (Coronation Street), dies
    08/27/1984 Billy Sands, actor (Phil Silvers Show, McHale's Navy), dies at 73 08/27/1990 Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitarist, dies in a helicopter crash at 3
    08/27/1991 Vince Taylor, [Brian Holden], Brit singer (Brand new Cadillac, dies 08/27/1993 Bob Verstraete, actor/screenwriter/director (Alicia), dies at 71


    Significant Events:

    08/27/ 26 -BC- Origin of Egyptian Era
    08/27/ 479 -BC- battle at Plataeae: Greece attack Persians
    08/27/1232 Kioto Staatsraad accept Joei Legislation
    08/27/1601 Olivier van Noort completes 1st Dutch exploration of new world 08/27/1634 Battle of Nordingen-Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, loses Duchy of Francomi
    08/27/1665 'Ye Bare & Ye Cubb' is 1st play, performed in N America (Acomac, Va)
    08/27/1667 Earliest recorded hurricane in US (Jamestown Virginia)
    08/27/1776 British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island
    08/27/1783 1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude 08/27/1789 French Natl Assembly issues 'Decl of Rights of Man & Citizen' 08/27/1798 Battle at Castelbar, Ireland: French army hunts The English 08/27/1799 English invasion army lands in North-Holland
    08/27/1813 Battle of Dresden-Napoleon defeats Austrians
    08/27/1816 Lord Exmouth bombs Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates
    08/27/1832 Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up
    08/27/1859 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn
    08/27/1861 Battle of Cape Hatteras SC-Union troops take Ft Clark
    08/27/1862 Battle of Cub Run, VA
    08/27/1881 Hurricane hits Florida & Carolinas; about 700 die
    08/27/1883 Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons 08/27/1884 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #240 Vanadis
    08/27/1892 Metroplitian Opera House in NYC destroyed by fire
    08/27/1896 Zanzibar loses to England in a 38 minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM) 08/27/1897 A Charlois discovers asteroid #427 Galene
    08/27/1897 Roger Bresnahan debuts as Wash Senator pitcher (later HOF catcher) 08/27/1900 Battle at Bergendal: Gen Buller beats Boer general Botha
    08/27/1903 Britain's Hugh Doherty 1st non US man to win US Tennis championship 08/27/1906 M Wolf discovers asteroid #605 Juvisia
    08/27/1909 Jack Chesbro's final Yankee game
    08/27/1911 Chic White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0
    08/27/1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes 'Tarzan of the Apes'
    08/27/1914 2nd day of battle at Tannenberg: German bombs Usdau
    08/27/1914 J Palisa discovers asteroid #794 Irenaea
    08/27/1914 US war reporter Richard H Davis visits Leuven
    08/27/1916 Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary
    08/27/1918 Dr Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia
    08/27/1921 J E Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise 08/27/1922 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #984 Gretia
    08/27/1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:28.6)
    08/27/1927 Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens
    08/27/1928 16 die in a NYC subway's 2nd worst accident
    08/27/1928 Helen Mills beats Helen Hull Jacobs to win US Tennis championship 08/27/1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agree to outlaw war 08/27/1932 Intl anti-war congress opens in Amsterdam
    08/27/1935 P Shajn discovers asteroids #1369 Ostanina & #1387 Kama
    08/27/1937 Bkln Dodger Fred Frankhouse no-hits Cin, 5-0 in 7 2/3 inn game 08/27/1937 George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 345.49 MPH 08/27/1938 Yanks Monte Pearson no-hits Indians 13-0, DiMaggio hits 3 triples 08/27/1939 Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178) 08/27/1939 Heinkel Hey makes 1st manned flight with rocket/jet propulsion 08/27/1939 Queen Wilhelmina receives German ambassador Grave Zech
    08/27/1940 Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan) 08/27/1940 G Strommer discovers asteroid #1537 Transylvania
    08/27/1941 Shah of Iran abdicates throne to his son Reza Pahlawi
    08/27/1942 Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy
    08/27/1945 US troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender
    08/27/1950 1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BB
    08/27/1950 General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist 08/27/1956 Curt Robert of Columbus (Intl League) hits 4 HRs in 7 inning game 08/27/1958 USSR launches Sputnik 3 with 2 dogs aboard
    08/27/1961 Francis the Talking Mule is mystery guest on 'What's My Line' 08/27/1962 Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus
    08/27/1965 WTVI TV channel 42 in Charlotte, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting 08/27/1966 Francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world
    08/27/1966 Race riot in Waukegan Illinois
    08/27/1967 Naomi Sims is 1st black model on US cover (Fashion of the Times) 08/27/1969 Lindy's Pride win Hambletonian Stakes
    08/27/1973 E F Helin discovers asteroid #2048 Dwornik
    08/27/1974 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #3681
    08/27/1974 NY Met Benny Ayala hits a HR in his 1st at bat
    08/27/1976 S J Bus discovers asteroid #2285 Ron Helin
    08/27/1976 Transsexual Renee Richards barred from competing in US Tennis Open 08/27/1977 Army shoots on market vendor women in Conakry Guinee
    08/27/1977 Toby Harrah & Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers 08/27/1977 off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium, Rangers won 8-2
    08/27/1978 Gerrie Knetemann becomes world cyclist champion
    08/27/1978 Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 HRs & have 500 stolen bases 08/27/1978 Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 1978 08/27/1979 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #3012 Minsk & #3283
    08/27/1980 Chon Doo Hwan elected pres of South Korea
    08/27/1981 Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard Andrea Doria
    08/27/1982 Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark
    08/27/1982 Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth
    08/27/1983 Haiti adopts constitution
    08/27/1984 President Reagan announces Teacher in Space project
    08/27/1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-launched
    08/27/1989 100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings
    08/27/1990 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq
    08/27/1990 WWF Summer Slam-Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude
    08/27/1991 Moldavia declares independence from USSR
    08/27/1993 Yak-40 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 79 killed/1 lives
    08/27/1994 Asteroïde #85 Io (ø 157 km) eclipses star PPM 199998

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/28/ 865 Rhazes [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarÿja al-Razi), Persians physician 08/28/1476 Motonoboe, Japans painter (Kano-school
    08/28/1592 George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, royal minister to James I 08/28/1673 Conrad Michael Schneider, composer
    08/28/1700 Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer
    08/28/1713 Louis A Count d'Affry, French ambassador to Netherland
    08/28/1748 Amalia Fürstin von Gallitzin, daughter of Russian monarch Golitsyn 08/28/1749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust) 08/28/1754 Peter Winter, composer
    08/28/1774 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975) 08/28/1775 Sophie Gail, composer
    08/28/1794 Johannes Zwÿsen, archbishop (Utrecht Netherlands)
    08/28/1795 Joannes A Paredis, Belgian Bishop of Roermond
    08/28/1798 Gershom Jaques Van Brunt, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1863 08/28/1801 Antoine A Cournot, French philosopher/mathematician (rule of Cournot
    08/28/1824 Carel JCH van Nispen of Sevenaer, Catholic politician
    08/28/1826 Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer
    08/28/1827 Teresa Milanollo, composer
    08/28/1828 Ljev Tolstoi, Russian writer (War & Peace, Anna Karenina) [OS] 08/28/1828 William Alexander Hammond, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1900 08/28/1829 Albert Dietrich, composer
    08/28/1831 Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer
    08/28/1831 Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, 1st lady (1877-81)
    08/28/1833 Edward Burne-Jones, England, Pre-Raphaelite painter/designer 08/28/1840 Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel hymns) 08/28/1842 Willem Linnig jr, Flemish painter/graphic artist
    08/28/1860 Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss house painter [OS] 08/28/1872 Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer
    08/28/1878 George Hoyt Whipple, US, astrophysicist (Nobel-1934)
    08/28/1881 Arne Eggen, composer
    08/28/1882 Carl W de Vries, rechts leader (Unknown Thorbecke)
    08/28/1885 Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo, composer
    08/28/1887 Daniel Zamudio, composer
    08/28/1889 Charles Boyer, France, actor (Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park) 08/28/1890 Ivor Gurney, composer
    08/28/1894 Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Ijzertoren)
    08/28/1894 Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor/composer
    08/28/1899 Charles Boyer, French actor (Gaslight)
    08/28/1901 Cornelis J Kelk, writer (Dance of Young Feet)
    08/28/1901 Paul Henry Lang, Budapest, critic/musicologist (NY Herald Tribune) 08/28/1903 Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer
    08/28/1905 Sam Levene, actor (Demon, Gung Ho, Boomerang)
    08/28/1906 John Betjeman, poet laureate of England (Mt Zion)
    08/28/1907 Philip A Edwards, Brit Guiana, runner (Olympic-bronze-1928, 32, 36) 08/28/1908 Roger Tory Peterson, NY, ornithologist/writer (How to Know Birds) 08/28/1911 Joseph MAH Luns, foreign minister/secr-general NATO
    08/28/1912 Ruurd Faber, mayor of Aalten (1971-75)
    08/28/1913 Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker], Brooklyn NY, Tenor (NY Met Opera) 08/28/1914 Glenn Osser, Munising Mich, orch leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revu
    08/28/1916 C Wright Mills, sociologist, writer (The Power Elite)
    08/28/1916 Jack H Vance, US, sci-fi writer (Eyes of the Overworld)
    08/28/1916 Jack [Holbrook] Vance, US, sci-fi author (2 Hugo, Dirdir, Pnume) 08/28/1919 Ernest Martin, [Markowitz], producer (Feuer & Martin-Chorus Line) 08/28/1921 Joop Doderer, actor (Swiebertje)
    08/28/1921 Nancy Kulp, Penn, actress (Beverly Hillbillies)
    08/28/1924 Janet Frame, NZ, novelist (Intensive Care, Owls Do Cry)
    08/28/1924 Peggy Ryan, Long Beach Calif, actress (Jenny-Hawaii Five-0) 08/28/1924 Vilayat Khan, composer
    08/28/1925 Arkadi Strugatski, USSR, sci-fi author (Tale of the Troika) 08/28/1925 Marvin Davis, Newark NJ, CEO (Davis Oil Company)
    08/28/1929 István Kertész, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera 1953-57)
    08/28/1929 Rokie Roker, Miami Fla, actress (Helen-Jeffersons)
    08/28/1930 Ben Gazzara, NYC, actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII)
    08/28/1931 John Perkins, rocker (Crew Cuts)
    08/28/1931 John Shirley-Quirk, Liverpool England, baritone (Death in Venice) 08/28/1932 Andy Bathgate, Canada, NY Ranger (1958 NHL MVP)
    08/28/1939 Cassie Mackin, newswoman (NBC TV)
    08/28/1939 Edward Patten, US soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
    08/28/1940 Richard Sanders, actor (Les Nessman-WKRP, Berrengers, Spencer) 08/28/1940 William S Cohen, (Sen-R Maine, 1979- )
    08/28/1941 Paul Peter Plishka, Old Forge Penn, bass (Bronx Botanical Gardens) 08/28/1943 David Soul, Chicago, actor (Starsky & Hutch, Here Comes the Bride) 08/28/1943 Lou Pinella, Yankee manager (1969 AL rookie of the year)
    08/28/1947 Alice Playton, NYC, actress (Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name) 08/28/1948 Daniel Seraphine, rocker (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now)
    08/28/1948 Vonda N[eel] McIntyre, US, sci-fi author (Star Trek II, III, IV) 08/28/1949 Hugh Cornwell, rocker (The Stranglers-Dreamtime)
    08/28/1950 Ron 'Louisiana Lightning' Guidry, Yankee pitcher (Cy Young 1978) 08/28/1951 Dave Hlubek, rocker (Molly Hatchet)
    08/28/1951 Wayne Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie) 08/28/1953 Gates McFadden, actress (Beverly Crusher-Star Trek Next Generation) 08/28/1956 Beverley Goddard-Callender, Barbados, 4x100m (Olympic-bronze-1980, 8
    08/28/1957 Daniel Stern, Stamford Ct, actor (City Slickers, Wonder Years) 08/28/1958 Scott Scovell Hamilton, Toledo Oh, ice skater (Olympic-gold-1984) 08/28/1960 Cunningham T Ngcukana, South African worker's union leader 08/28/1960 Emma Samms, [Samuels], London, actress (Colby's, General Hospital) 08/28/1960 Leroy Chiao, Milwaukee Wisc, astronaut
    08/28/1961 Kim Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America)
    08/28/1963 Reyna Thompson, NFL corner back (NY Giants)
    08/28/1965 James Jagger, son of Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall
    08/28/1965 Julie Brown, MTV VJ (approx)
    08/28/1966 Jerry Fehily, rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go)
    08/28/1968 Scarlet Annette Morgan, Pfafftown NC, Miss NC-America-1991 08/28/1969 Jason Priestley, Vancouver BC, actor (Brandon-Beverly Hills 90210) 08/28/1969 Mary McCartney, daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney
    08/28/1971 Janet Evans, US swimmer (Olympics-1992)
    08/28/1971 Raul Marquez, Mexico, US boxer (Olympic-92)
    08/28/1972 Darby Hendrickson, Richfield Minn, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)


    Deaths:

    08/28/ 388 Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), dies
    08/28/ 430 Aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belÿdenissen), dies at 75
    08/28/ 876 Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies 08/28/1065 Frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65) 08/28/1481 Afonso V, King of Portugal, dies
    08/28/1539 Lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75
    08/28/1544 Alardus Aemstelredamus, priest/humanist, dies at about 53 08/28/1550 Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, Charles V's asst sec of state, dies 08/28/1646 Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Poesie liriche), dies at 53
    08/28/1647 Johann Dilliger, composer, dies at 53
    08/28/1676 Joan Cererols, composer, dies at 57
    08/28/1778 Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies
    08/28/1798 James Wilson, Scot/US judge/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 55 08/28/1803 Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter, dies
    08/28/1818 Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies 08/28/1885 Julius Hopp, composer, dies at 66
    08/28/1900 Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies 08/28/1903 August Labitzky, composer, dies at 70
    08/28/1914 Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, composer (Baba Yaga), dies at 59 [NS]
    08/28/1916 Francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies
    08/28/1919 Louis Botha, South African Boer leader, dies
    08/28/1922 Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80
    08/28/1930 Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies
    08/28/1943 Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies 08/28/1944 Ernst Thälmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald
    08/28/1955 Emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi 08/28/1958 Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67
    08/28/1959 Bohuslav Jan Martinu, composer, dies at 68
    08/28/1960 Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81
    08/28/1961 Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies 08/28/1964 Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62 08/28/1967 Paul Muni [Muni Weisenfreund] actor (Good Earth), dies at 71 08/28/1968 John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies
    08/28/1968 Nick Castle, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58 08/28/1971 Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies 08/28/1972 William HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 2
    08/28/1978 Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78 08/28/1982 Nini the Boël, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), dies at 84 08/28/1983 Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66
    08/28/1985 Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies at 88 of a stroke in her sleep 08/28/1987 John Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81 08/28/1988 Hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98 08/28/1990 Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies 08/28/1993 René Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80


    Significant Events:

    08/28/ 476 Byzantine leader Odoacer captures Pavia
    08/28/1609 Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for Netherlands
    08/28/1632 Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Drenthe
    08/28/1637 WIC-colonel Hans Koin conquerors Fort Elmina, West Africa 08/28/1655 New Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service 08/28/1776 Battle of Long Island
    08/28/1789 Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus
    08/28/1840 9 Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails
    08/28/1850 Richard Wagners opera Lohengrin premieres in Weimar
    08/28/1861 Battle of Fort Hatteras NC
    08/28/1862 Battle at Groveton, Virginia
    08/28/1862 Battle of Thoroughfare Gap VA
    08/28/1862 Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC 08/28/1867 US occupies Midway Islands in Pacific
    08/28/1876 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #167 Urda
    08/28/1884 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard SD
    08/28/1884 Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces
    08/28/1891 A Charlois discovers asteroid #312 Pierretta
    08/28/1907 United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle
    08/28/1908 Fred McLeod wins US Golf Open
    08/28/1911 45.7 cm rainfall at St George, Georgia (state record)
    08/28/1913 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #760 Massinga
    08/28/1913 Queen Wilhelmina opens Peace Palace (The Hague)
    08/28/1914 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German/Russian battles 08/28/1914 Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed 08/28/1914 John French evacuate Amiens
    08/28/1916 Germany declares war on Romania
    08/28/1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I
    08/28/1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House
    08/28/1919 General John Smuts becomes premier of South Africa
    08/28/1920 19th amendment acknowledges women's rights
    08/28/1921 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels & Paris) 08/28/1922 WEAF in NYC airs 1st radio coml (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins)
    08/28/1922 Walker Cup golf tournament established (US beats England 8-4) 08/28/1925 Meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil Island
    08/28/1926 Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox) 08/28/1936 J Hunaerts discovers asteroids #1423 Jose & #1637 Swings
    08/28/1938 Mauthausen concentration camp opens in Austria
    08/28/1938 Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy 08/28/1939 Netherland mobilizes
    08/28/1940 French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support Gen De Gaulle 08/28/1942 Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2) 08/28/1943 Universal strike against nazi-occupiers in Denmark
    08/28/1949 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #2651 Karen
    08/28/1949 Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY 08/28/1949 US win Davis Cup tennis tournament
    08/28/1951 Pirates snap NY Giants 16 game win streak
    08/28/1952 German & Israeli reach accord about recovery payments
    08/28/1952 Jakob Malik succeeds Zorine as Foreign minister
    08/28/1955 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17 08/28/1957 Sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill 08/28/1960 White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time 08/28/1962 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record)
    08/28/1962 Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid
    08/28/1962 Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record 'Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)' 08/28/1963 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC
    08/28/1963 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle & Bellevue opens 08/28/1963 Martin Luther King Jr's 'I have a dream speech' at Lincoln Memorial 08/28/1964 Race riot in Philadelphia
    08/28/1964 US weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched
    08/28/1968 1 day marriage of character Murphy Brown
    08/28/1968 Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven 08/28/1970 Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970
    08/28/1970 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2616 Lesya
    08/28/1973 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527
    08/28/1973 India & Pakistan sign POW accord
    08/28/1973 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2171 Kiev
    08/28/1974 Soyuz 15 returns to Earth
    08/28/1976 NY Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup
    08/28/1977 NY Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men & beats Texas Rangers 1-0 08/28/1977 Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year
    08/28/1978 Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph 08/28/1978 Ja'afar Sharif-Emami appointed premier of Iran
    08/28/1979 IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market
    08/28/1979 New York: Bolshoi dancer Alex Godunov asks asiel i/d US
    08/28/1979 Train crash at Nÿmegen, 7 die
    08/28/1981 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3645
    08/28/1981 C Kowal discovers asteroid #3163
    08/28/1981 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #2707 Ueferji
    08/28/1981 John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill Pres Reagan 08/28/1981 Sebastian Coe of UK sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken) 08/28/1981 Z Vavrova discovers asteroids #2524 Budovicium & #3096
    08/28/1983 Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation
    08/28/1983 Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour 08/28/1984 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3630
    08/28/1986 Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege 08/28/1986 Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium 08/28/1986 US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying 08/28/1988 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany 08/28/1988 Italian stunt flyers crashes in flamesin West Germany, killing 50 08/28/1990 Cub's Ryne Sandberg is 1st 2nd baseman to hit 30 HRs, consecutively 08/28/1990 Iraq declares Kuwait it's 19th province
    08/28/1991 5 die in a NYC subway's 3rd worst accident
    08/28/1991 Lexington Ave IRT train derails injuring 200
    08/28/1991 Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher 08/28/1993 Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed
    08/28/1993 Jakovlev-42 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 76 killed
    08/28/1993 Long Beach Calif beats Panama for little league world championship 08/28/1993 Singapore vice-premier Teng Cheong elected president

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Aug 29 00:30:04 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/29/1387 Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)
    08/29/1476 Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) 08/29/1561 Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) 08/29/1609 Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi), Italian painter (Madonna) 08/29/1619 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron
    08/29/1632 John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance 08/29/1686 Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer
    08/29/1773 Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (That Musik of Araber) 08/29/1780 Jean A D Ingres, French painter (Monsieur Rivière)
    08/29/1780 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather) 08/29/1808 Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer
    08/29/1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge, MA, physician/author (Old Ironside
    08/29/1811 Henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA
    08/29/1815 Anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction)
    08/29/1849 Titus A J van Asch van Wÿck, governor Suriname (1891-97)
    08/29/1851 Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer
    08/29/1852 P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) 08/29/1855 Emil Pauer, composer
    08/29/1876 Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)
    08/29/1877 Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II) 08/29/1879 Han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher
    08/29/1881 Edvin Kallstenius, composer
    08/29/1881 Valery Nicolas Larbaud, France, novelist/translator (Enfantines) 08/29/1894 E Franklin Frazier, sociologist, died in 1962
    08/29/1898 Preston Sturges [Edmund P Biden], US director (Sullivan's Travels) 08/29/1899 Charles Boyer, Figeac France, actor (The Rogues)
    08/29/1899 George Macready, Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place) 08/29/1899 Lyman L Lemnitzer, Marine Corps general (WW II)
    08/29/1900 Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou) 08/29/1904 Werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956)
    08/29/1905 Lan Adomian, composer
    08/29/1905 Martinus A Jansen, Bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70)
    08/29/1906 Lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia) 08/29/1907 Joseph Wechsberg, Austria/US writer (Looking For a Bluebird) 08/29/1909 Roy Reuther, Wheeling WV, labor leader
    08/29/1910 Robert Pineda-Duque, composer
    08/29/1912 Barry Sullivan, NYC, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man) 08/29/1912 Emil Schumacher, German painter (Tangible Objects)
    08/29/1915 Ingrid Bergman, Sweden, actress (Casablanca, Cactus Flower) 08/29/1916 George Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination
    08/29/1916 Leo Horn, Dutch columnist/businessman
    08/29/1917 Isabel Sanford, NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family) 08/29/1918 Jelle Zÿlstra, economist/minister/pres Netherlands Bank
    08/29/1920 Charlie 'Bird' Parker, US jazz saxophonist
    08/29/1922 Charles White, Perth Amboy NJ, actor (Troublemaker)
    08/29/1922 Yorgos Sicilianos, composer
    08/29/1923 Lester Albert Trimble, composer
    08/29/1923 Reinier Brams, biophysicist/Dutch 2nd Chamber Member (VVD) 08/29/1923 Richard Attenborough, actor/director (Gandhi, Young Winston) 08/29/1924 Dinah Washington, Chicago, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes) 08/29/1925 Donald O'Connor, Chicago Ill, dancer/actor (Singing in the Rain) 08/29/1928 Charles Gray, Bournemouth England, actor (Clay-Rawhide)
    08/29/1928 Thomas Stewart, San Saba Texas, baritone (La Roche Capriccio) 08/29/1929 Thom Gunn, Kent England, poet (The Wound)
    08/29/1930 Marius J J van Amelsvoort, Dutch state secretary (CDA)
    08/29/1933 Ramses Shaffy, cabaret performer/actor (Zaak MP, Liefdesbekentenisse
    08/29/1934 David H Pryor, (Sen-D Arkansas, 1979- )
    08/29/1934 Gene Allison, US R&B-singer (You Can Make It If You Try)
    08/29/1934 Jean-Pierre Guezek, composer
    08/29/1935 Hugo Brandt Corstius, essayist/mathematician
    08/29/1936 Gilbert Amy, French composer (Coeur de Fumée)
    08/29/1936 John McCain, (Rep-R-Arizona, 1983-86)
    08/29/1937 James J Floria, (Rep-D-NJ, 1975-90/Gov-D-NJ, 1990-94)
    08/29/1938 Elliott Gould, Queens NY, actor (M*A*S*H, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice)
    08/29/1938 Peter Jennings, Canada, news anchor (ABC TV)
    08/29/1939 William Friedkin, US, dir (Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection) 08/29/1940 Wilhelm Ruska, Holland, judo champ (Olympic-gold-1972)
    08/29/1941 Robin Leach, TV host (Life Styles of Rich & Famous)
    08/29/1943 Richard Halligan, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears)
    08/29/1945 Wyomia Tyus, Griffin Ga, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1964, 68) 08/29/1946 Bob Beamon, NYC, broad jumper (Olympic-gold-1968) 29' 2½' (8.9m) 08/29/1948 Charles D Walker, astronaut (STS 41D, STS 51D, STS 61B)
    08/29/1949 Peter John Wiegold, composer
    08/29/1953 Rick Downey, rocker (Blue Oyster Cult)
    08/29/1954 Chet Catallo, guitarist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
    08/29/1954 Julio Fernandez, jazz musician (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance) 08/29/1954 Michael P[aul] Kube-McDowell, US, sci-fi author (Enigma, Empery) 08/29/1955 Diamanda Galas, composer
    08/29/1958 Michael Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer (Thriller, Bad)
    08/29/1959 Eddi Reader, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love)
    08/29/1961 Rebecca De Mornay, Santa Rose Cal, actress (Hand that Rocks Cradle) 08/29/1961 Tony MacAlpine, heavy metal rocker (Solo-Edge of Insanity) 08/29/1962 Carl Banks, NFL line backer (NY Giants)
    08/29/1963 Greg Steele, rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over) 08/29/1966 Dan Truman, St George Utah, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle) 08/29/1969 Amanda Hope, Austin TX, playmate (Jul, 1992)


    Deaths:

    08/29/ 29 John the Baptist, beheaded
    08/29/ 886 Basilius I, the Macedoniër, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies 08/29/1526 Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 08/29/1533 Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors 08/29/1712 Gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63 08/29/1738 Georg Reuter, composer, dies at 81
    08/29/1758 Gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75
    08/29/1769 Edmond Hoyle, games expert, dies (birth date unknown)
    08/29/1782 Richard Kempenfeldt, English admiral, drowns
    08/29/1799 Pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 71 08/29/1821 Horace Coignet, composer, dies at 86
    08/29/1861 Franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63
    08/29/1865 John Brough, US publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54
    08/29/1876 Félicien C David, French composer (Lalla-Roukh), dies at 66 08/29/1877 Brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies
    08/29/1904 Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies
    08/29/1909 Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies
    08/29/1910 Johann E Backlund, Swedish astronomer, dies at 64
    08/29/1910 John YWJ Eilerts de Cock, sea officer (Suriname), dies at 44 08/29/1914 ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle 08/29/1928 Richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor, dies 08/29/1933 Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, composer, dies at 70
    08/29/1935 Astrid S L T Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden, dies 08/29/1935 Charles Lee Williams, composer, dies at 82
    08/29/1940 Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77
    08/29/1946 Milan Harasta, composer, dies at 26
    08/29/1957 Jozef Cantré, Flemish sculptor/wood carver, dies at 66
    08/29/1959 Charles Lotsy, insurance director/chief d'équipe, dies
    08/29/1960 Alexander Gauge, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46
    08/29/1960 Hazza el-Majali, PM of Jordan is assassinated
    08/29/1972 Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, Ger night club performer/singer, dies 08/29/1972 Rene Leibowitz, composer, dies at 59
    08/29/1975 Eamon de Valera, Irish independence fighter, dies at 92
    08/29/1976 Anissa Jones, actress (Buffy-Family Affair), dies at 18
    08/29/1981 Lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY, at 8
    08/29/1982 Ingrid Bergman, actress (Anastasia, Gaslight), dies on 67th birthday
    08/29/1982 Lehman Engel, composer, dies at 71
    08/29/1982 Nahum Goldmann, pres Zionist World Organization, dies at 87 08/29/1983 Simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 6
    08/29/1985 Alexander Abramsky, composer, dies at 87
    08/29/1985 Evelyn Ankers, actress (Black Beauty, Jungle Woman), dies at 67 08/29/1985 Patrick Barr, actor (Black Orchid, On the Run), dies at 77 08/29/1987 Lee Marvin, actor (Cat Ballou, Gorky Park), dies in Tucson Ariz at 6
    08/29/1991 Dallas Adams, British painter/writer/actor (Terror from Within), die
    08/29/1991 Libero Grassi, Italian underwear manufacturer/anti mafia, dies 08/29/1993 Henry J 'Harry' Smeets, dealer of Volkskrant, dies at 56


    Significant Events:

    08/29/ 284 Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs)
    08/29/1178 Anti-Pope Callistus III gives pope title to Alexander III 08/29/1261 Jacques Pantaléon elected as Pope Urban IV
    08/29/1484 Giovanni B Cibo elected as Pope Innocent VIII
    08/29/1526 Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Mohács
    08/29/1664 Adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam 08/29/1708 Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French & Indians
    08/29/1756 Prussian Libya occupies Saxson: beginning 7 years War
    08/29/1758 1st indian reservation established
    08/29/1776 Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester
    08/29/1786 Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass
    08/29/1792 English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900 08/29/1793 Slaves in French colony of St Domingue (Haiti) freed
    08/29/1844 1st white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win
    08/29/1854 Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)
    08/29/1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins
    08/29/1862 Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels
    08/29/1862 Battle of Bull Run, VA (Manassas, Gainesville, Bristoe Station) 08/29/1862 E W Tempel discovers asteroid #74 Galatea
    08/29/1862 US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation
    08/29/1862 (Kettle Run) [->AUG 30] US7800 CS3700
    08/29/1864 William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae 08/29/1885 Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle
    08/29/1885 Phillies Charlie Ferguson no-hits Providence 1-0
    08/29/1889 1st American Intl pro lawn tennis contest (Newport RI)
    08/29/1896 Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador 08/29/1904 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis
    08/29/1906 Bridge in St Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die
    08/29/1907 A Kopff discovers asteroid #640 Brambilla
    08/29/1908 NY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London 08/29/1909 AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m 08/29/1909 World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins 08/29/1913 Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch govt
    08/29/1914 4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, Gen Martos caught 08/29/1914 Arizonian is 1st vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal
    08/29/1914 Battle at St Quentin: French counter attack under General Lanrezac 08/29/1916 Congress creates US Naval reserve
    08/29/1916 J Palisa discovers asteroids #827 Wolfiana & #828 Lindemannia 08/29/1916 Transportship Hsin-Yu & cruiser Hai-Yung collide; 1000 die 08/29/1916 US Congress accept Jones Act: Philippines independence
    08/29/1916 Von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German chief of staff 08/29/1924 German Republic day accepts Dawes plan
    08/29/1927 Belyavskÿ & Ivanov discovers asteroids #1118 Hanskya & #1224 Fantasi
    08/29/1929 German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight 08/29/1932 International Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam
    08/29/1937 Phila A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st) 08/29/1939 Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW
    08/29/1944 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees 08/29/1944 Anti-German opposition in Slowakÿe
    08/29/1945 British liberate Hong Kong from Japan
    08/29/1947 Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier
    08/29/1949 1st Russian nuclear explosion
    08/29/1949 USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb
    08/29/1950 Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '5
    08/29/1953 KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting 08/29/1953 USSR explodes its 1st hydrogen bomb
    08/29/1954 SF International Airport (SFO) opens
    08/29/1956 French govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis
    08/29/1957 Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957
    08/29/1957 Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights
    08/29/1958 Air Force Academy opens
    08/29/1960 Jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack 08/29/1962 Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended
    08/29/1962 US U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba
    08/29/1964 Walt Disney's 'Mary Poppins' released
    08/29/1965 Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5 08/29/1965 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2326 Tololo
    08/29/1966 Beatles last public concert, (Candlestick Park, SF)
    08/29/1966 Dutch Internal minister Smallenbroek resigns
    08/29/1967 Final TV episode of 'Fugitive'
    08/29/1968 Democratics nominate Hubert H Humphrey for president (Chicago) 08/29/1968 Norwegian king Harald V marries Sonja
    08/29/1969 KYUS TV channel 3 in Miles City, MT (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 08/29/1970 Black Panthers confront cops in Phila (1 cop killed)
    08/29/1973 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2002 Euler
    08/29/1975 Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky
    08/29/1979 P Wild discovers asteroid #2320
    08/29/1979 Sheridan Broadcasting Corp purchases Mutual Black Network 08/29/1982 George Brett gets his 1,500th hit
    08/29/1985 Atlantis moves to launch pad for 51-J mission
    08/29/1986 Heike Drechsler of E Germany ties world women's 200 m mark (21.71s) 08/29/1986 Morocco king Hassan II signs unity treaty with Libya
    08/29/1988 Macy's Tap-o-Mania sets Guiness record
    08/29/1988 USSR launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mi
    08/29/1990 C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13 08/29/1990 Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq
    08/29/1991 John F Kennedy Jr wins his 1st law case
    08/29/1992 Largest wrestling crowd out side of US (75,000) at Wembley Stadium 08/29/1993 Galileo wlll pass within 600 miles of asteroid Ida
    08/29/5502 -BC- Origin of Alexandrian Era

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Mon Aug 30 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    08/30/ 580 Mohammed, Arabic prophet/founder (Islam)
    08/30/1334 Pedro De Wrede, King of Castilië & Leon
    08/30/1609 Artus I Quellinus 'the Old', Flemish sculptor, baptised
    08/30/1687 Francesco Maria Vallara, composer
    08/30/1693 Jacobus Nozeman, composer/organist
    08/30/1748 Jacques-Louis David, France, Neoclassical painter (Death of Marat) 08/30/1767 Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer
    08/30/1769 Bonifacio Asioli, composer/music writer
    08/30/1772 Henri D Count the Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader 08/30/1797 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein) 08/30/1804 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [OS]
    08/30/1805 Michael Sars, Norse zoologist
    08/30/1809 Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer
    08/30/1820 George Frederick Root, composer
    08/30/1837 Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85)
    08/30/1842 Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer
    08/30/1844 Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum)
    08/30/1849 Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher
    08/30/1852 Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901) 08/30/1866 Georges Minne, Flemish sculptor
    08/30/1871 Ernest Lord Rutherford, Engld, physicist (atomic nucleus; Nobel 1908
    08/30/1878 Paul Hazard, French literature historian
    08/30/1882 Meÿer de Dog, rabbi
    08/30/1883 Theo Van Doesburg [Christian EM Kupper], painter/architect (Style) 08/30/1884 Theodor Svedberg, Sweden, chemist, worked with colloids (Nobel 1926)
    08/30/1890 Sándor Reményik, [Végvári], Hungary, poet (Campfire)
    08/30/1893 Huey P Long, Winn Parish La, (gov/sen-D-La)
    08/30/1896 Raymond Massey, Toronto Canada, actor (Dr Gillespie-Dr Kildare) 08/30/1900 Franklin C Fry, US minister (Lutheran World Relief)
    08/30/1901 John C Stennis, (Sen-D-MS, 1947-88)
    08/30/1901 John Gunther, Chicago Ill, author/host (John Gunther's High Road) 08/30/1901 Roy Wilkins, civil rights director (NAACP)
    08/30/1902 Arnold Maria Walter, composer
    08/30/1906 Gravin van Longford, biographer/historian
    08/30/1907 Fred MacMurray, Kankakee Ill, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons) 08/30/1908 Willie Bryant, New Orleans La, singer (Sugar Hill Times)
    08/30/1909 Joan Blondell, NYC, actress (Real McCoys, Here Come the Brides) 08/30/1910 Donald Bisset, children book writer/actor (Battle of the Sexes) 08/30/1912 Edward M Purcell, US physicist (Nobel 1952)
    08/30/1913 Allan David, actor/director/producer (Cry of the Children) 08/30/1913 Thomas Torrance, theologist
    08/30/1915 Liesbeth Saÿers, sculptor
    08/30/1916 John Thoday, geneticist
    08/30/1916 Kornelis MR Van de Brook, reformed vicar in Arnhem
    08/30/1916 Lord Keith of Castleacre, English banker
    08/30/1917 Denis Healey, English politician
    08/30/1917 Julie Bishop, Denver Colo, actress (Northern Pursuit, Threat) 08/30/1918 Ted Williams, Baseball's last .400 hitter (Boston Red Sox) 08/30/1919 Kitty Wells, Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) 08/30/1920 Ben Cami, Flemish writer
    08/30/1922 Regina Resnik, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth)
    08/30/1923 Elias Victor Seixas, US, mixed double tennis player (Wimbeld 1953-56
    08/30/1923 Gerhard Wimberger, Austria composer (Of the Handschuh)
    08/30/1925 Julien Schoenaerts, Flemish actor (Daens/Medea)
    08/30/1926 Olgerts Gravitis, composer
    08/30/1927 Geoffrey Beene, Louisiana, dress designer (8 Coty Awards) 08/30/1927 Pieter Willem Kee, composer
    08/30/1928 Bill Daily, Des Moines Iowa, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Newhart) 08/30/1928 Johnny Mann, Balt Md, music director (Johnny Mann Stand Up & Cheer) 08/30/1930 Warren Buffett, author (The Midas Touch)
    08/30/1931 John L Swigert Jr, Denver Colorado, astronaut (Apollo 13) 08/30/1933 Arne Mellnas, composer
    08/30/1934 Eric Schneider, Dutch actor (Drop Out, Family, Flanagan)
    08/30/1935 John Phillips, singer/guitarist (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming) 08/30/1938 Steve Delaney, Dobbs Ferry NY, newscaster (Monitor)
    08/30/1939 Elizabeth Ashley, Ocala Florida, actress (Coma, Evening Shade) 08/30/1941 John McNally, rocker (Searchers)
    08/30/1941 Sue MacGregor, BBC-radio hostess
    08/30/1942 Jonathan Aitken, English parliament member
    08/30/1943 David Henry Maslanka, composer
    08/30/1943 Jean Claude Killy, France, skier (Olympic-3 golds-1968)
    08/30/1943 Robert Crumb, US, cartoonist (Father Time, Fritz Cat)
    08/30/1944 Frederick De Young, comedian
    08/30/1944 John Surman, jazz musician
    08/30/1945 David Schiff, composer
    08/30/1947 Peggy Lipton, Lawrence NY, actress (Julie-Mod Squad, Twin Peaks) 08/30/1950 John Landis, actor (American Werewolf in London)
    08/30/1951 Dana, singer
    08/30/1951 Timothy Bottoms, actor (Paper Chase, East of Eden)
    08/30/1953 Robert Parish, NBA center (Boston Celtics)
    08/30/1954 David Paymer, actor (Love Mary, Mr Saturday Night)
    08/30/1954 Gerard Hadders, Dutch postage stamp designer (1991 children stamp) 08/30/1955 Martin Jackson, rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out)
    08/30/1956 Jayne Irving, English TV hostess
    08/30/1964 Joan Bennett, Chicago Ill, playmate (January, 1985)
    08/30/1964 Michael Chiklis, actor (Commish)
    08/30/1964 Stephen Baker, NFL receiver (NY Giants)
    08/30/1974 Matt Bongiovi, heavy metal rocker (cousin of Jon Bon Jovi)


    Deaths:

    08/30/ 30 -BC- Cleopatra, 7th & most famous queen of Egypt, commits suicide 08/30/ 524 Chlodomer, King of the France to Orléans, dies at about 29
    08/30/ 526 Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten
    08/30/1181 Alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies 08/30/1482 Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies 08/30/1483 Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60
    08/30/1529 Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61
    08/30/1580 Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies 08/30/1666 Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer, dies 08/30/1745 Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer, dies at 57
    08/30/1808 Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83
    08/30/1809 Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies 08/30/1826 Theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67
    08/30/1844 Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's beads, dies
    08/30/1879 John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48 08/30/1903 Vincente F López, historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87 08/30/1904 Kate Fanny Loder, composer, dies at 79
    08/30/1914 Adrian H Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at
    08/30/1914 Aleksandr Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide
    08/30/1917 Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies
    08/30/1919 Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies
    08/30/1928 Wilhelm Vienna, German physicist (laws of motion, Nobel 1911), dies 08/30/1930 William H Taft, 27th US President (1909-13), dies
    08/30/1932 Willem M van Rossum, cardinal/prefect of Propaganda Fide, dies at 77
    08/30/1934 Earnest L Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79 08/30/1935 Henri Barbusse, French writer (Le feu), dies
    08/30/1943 A[braham] [P] Merritt, author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!), dies at 58
    08/30/1944 Morten Nielsen, Danish resistance fighter, dies
    08/30/1952 Arky Vaughn, infielder (Pirates & Dodgers), drowns
    08/30/1953 Dimiter Nenov, composer, dies at 51
    08/30/1956 Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer, dies at 70
    08/30/1961 Charles Coburn, actor (Heaven Can Wait, Idiot's Delight), dies at 84
    08/30/1963 Axel Stordahl, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 50 08/30/1964 Wesley Lau, actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43
    08/30/1968 William Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53
    08/30/1970 Anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41
    08/30/1970 Del Moore, actor/announcer (Cal-Bachelor Father), dies at 53 08/30/1974 Abraham Schierbeek, biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87
    08/30/1981 Mohammad Ali Rajai, president of Iran, assassinated by a bomb 08/30/1981 Mohammad Javad Bahonar, prime minister of Iran, assassinated by a bo
    08/30/1982 Leo[nhard] Pappenheim, conductor, dies at 86
    08/30/1986 Otto Mortensen, composer, dies at 79
    08/30/1991 Hans Koetsier, sculptor artist (KLM-Schiphol), dies
    08/30/1991 Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist (moving objects), dies 08/30/1993 Richard Jordan, US actor (Hunt for Red October, Posse), dies at 55


    Significant Events:

    08/30/ 31 -BC- Origin of Era of Augustus
    08/30/ 257 St Sixtus II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    08/30/1125 Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg elected king of Germany
    08/30/1464 Pietro Barbo elected to succeed Pope Pius II (Paul II)
    08/30/1563 Jewish community of Neutitschlin Moravia expelled
    08/30/1645 Dutch & Indians sign peace treaty
    08/30/1721 Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War
    08/30/1776 US army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, NYC 08/30/1799 Bataafse fleet surrender to English
    08/30/1831 Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle
    08/30/1843 1st blacks participation in natl political convention (Liberty Party
    08/30/1850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city
    08/30/1854 John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels 08/30/1860 1st British tram opens (Birkenhead)
    08/30/1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run
    08/30/1862 Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY 08/30/1862 Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee 08/30/1862 Battle of Richmond, KY
    08/30/1880 J Coggia discovers asteroid #217 Eudora
    08/30/1885 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda
    08/30/1888 Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day
    08/30/1891 J Palisa discovers asteroid #313 Chaldaea
    08/30/1900 Last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed 08/30/1901 Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner
    08/30/1905 Detroit Tiger Ty Cobb's 1st major league at bat (vs NY Yankees) 08/30/1906 Hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game
    08/30/1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #675 Ludmilla
    08/30/1910 Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleve 5-0 in 1
    08/30/1912 St Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1
    08/30/1914 1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed
    08/30/1914 Battle at Tannenberg ends in destruction of Russian 2nd Narev army 08/30/1916 Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0
    08/30/1916 Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany 08/30/1918 Czechoslovakia forms independence republic
    08/30/1918 Fanya Kaplan shoots at Lenin
    08/30/1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #901 Brunsia
    08/30/1925 6th Iron pilgrim at Diksmuide Belgium
    08/30/1927 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1080 Orchis
    08/30/1928 Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India
    08/30/1930 M Wolf & M Ferrero discovers asteroids #1169 Alwine & #2119 Schwall 08/30/1932 Hermann Göring elected chairman (Reichstag)
    08/30/1932 M Laugier discovers asteroid #1247 Memoria
    08/30/1933 Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE)
    08/30/1935 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1361 Leuschneria & #1363 Herberta 08/30/1935 E Hubble discovers asteroid #1373 Cincinnati
    08/30/1937 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1653 Yakhontovia
    08/30/1937 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tommy Farr in NYC
    08/30/1939 General Reijnders appointed supreme commander of Dutch army 08/30/1939 NY Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph
    08/30/1939 Poland mobilizes
    08/30/1941 Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II
    08/30/1941 St Louis Card Lon Warneke no-hits Cin Reds, 2-0
    08/30/1942 Nazi-Germany annexes Luxembourg
    08/30/1944 Soviet troops enter Bucharest Romania
    08/30/1945 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 9th Symphony
    08/30/1945 Gen MacArthur lands in Japan
    08/30/1945 Hong Kong liberated from Japan
    08/30/1949 WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasti
    08/30/1953 Future NYC mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in NYC 08/30/1956 White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas 08/30/1957 US senator Strom Thurmond speaks 24hrs 27m against civil rights 08/30/1961 1st Negro judge of a US District Court confirmed-JB Parsons 08/30/1961 Last Spanish troops leave Morocco
    08/30/1961 Oriole Jack Fisher walks 12 LA Angels in a 9 inning game
    08/30/1961 USSR resumes nuclear testing
    08/30/1963 Hot Line communications link between Wash DC & Moscow begins 08/30/1965 Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball 08/30/1967 US Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black justice
    08/30/1968 1st record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude)
    08/30/1969 120,000 attend Texas Intl Pop Festival
    08/30/1969 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash 08/30/1969 Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida
    08/30/1971 WNPI TV channel 18 in Norwood, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting 08/30/1974 Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 15
    08/30/1974 launching of 1st Dutch satellite, ANS, from Vandenberg
    08/30/1975 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroids #2189 Zaragoza & #2893
    08/30/1975 KTW-AM in Seattle Wash changes call letters to KYAC (now KKFX) 08/30/1976 E F Helin discovers asteroid #2645 Daphne Plane
    08/30/1976 Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of Today Show
    08/30/1976 Turks & Caicos Islands adopts constitution
    08/30/1979 1st recorded occurrance-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs)
    08/30/1979 Hurricane David hits Domincan Rep, Puerto Rico & US; about 2,000 die
    08/30/1979 L Brozek discovers asteroid #2613 Plzen
    08/30/1979 Pres Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains Ga 08/30/1980 Polish government recognizes Solidarity
    08/30/1981 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3087 Beatrice Tinsley 08/30/1982 PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut
    08/30/1983 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched (6 days)
    08/30/1983 Guion Bluford becomes 1st African-American astronaut in space 08/30/1984 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D)-Discovery 1-launched (6 days) 08/30/1984 R S Dunbar & M Barucci discovers asteroid #3362 Khufu
    08/30/1986 Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report)
    08/30/1987 Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec 08/30/1987 Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jump woman's record (6'10¼'
    08/30/1987 Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57) 08/30/1988 Julianne Philips files for divorce from Bruce Springsteen 08/30/1988 Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills
    08/30/1989 Roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner
    08/30/1991 Dan O'Brien sets US decathalon record with 8,812 points
    08/30/1991 France beats US by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14½ to 13½ 08/30/1991 Mike Powell of US, sets then long jump record at 29' 4½' (8.95m) 08/30/1992 David Lewett & Jane Luu discovers comet: '1992 QB1' 64 mil km from S
    08/30/1993 150,000,000 millionth visitor to Eiffel Tower
    08/30/1993 Hassan II mosque opens in Casablanca, 2nd largest mosque in the worl

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    Births:

    08/31/ 12 Caligula, [Gaius Cæsar], 3rd Roman emperor (37-41 AD)
    08/31/ 161 Lucius A A Coomodus, emperor of Rome (180-91)
    08/31/1569 Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India
    08/31/1602 Amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, wife of Gov Frederik Hendrik 08/31/1696 Johann Paul Kunzen, composer
    08/31/1741 Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer
    08/31/1748 Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer
    08/31/1755 Johann Ignaz Walter, composer
    08/31/1811 Goode Bryan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 08/31/1811 Théophile Gautier, Tarbas France, writer/poet (Albertus)
    08/31/1821 Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer
    08/31/1822 Fitz John Porter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 08/31/1823 Galusha Aaron Grow, MC (Union), died in 1907
    08/31/1828 George Leonard Andrews, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 08/31/1834 Amilcare Ponchielli, Paderno Italy, composer (I Lituani)
    08/31/1840 Giovannini Verga (Italian writer (Eros) [or 8/13]
    08/31/1852 Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister
    08/31/1855 Stefan Surzynski, composer
    08/31/1856 Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer
    08/31/1864 Max Wilhelm Zach, composer
    08/31/1870 Maria Montessori, Italy, educator (spontaneous response)
    08/31/1878 Albert Riemenschneider, composer
    08/31/1879 Joshihito, emperor of Japan (1912-26)
    08/31/1879 Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer
    08/31/1880 Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948)
    08/31/1884 George Al Sarton, Belgian/US historian
    08/31/1885 DuBose Heyward, novelist (Porgy)
    08/31/1888 Ramon the Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (La Obra de Trajano) 08/31/1889 A Provost Idell, father of modern volleyball
    08/31/1895 Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer
    08/31/1897 Frederic March, Wisc, actor (Dr Jeckyll-Acad Awards 1932/1946) 08/31/1899 Paul E Garber, US founder/1st curator of National Air & Space Museum
    08/31/1899 Walter Muller von Kulm, composer
    08/31/1900 Roland Culver, London England, actor (Thunderball)
    08/31/1903 Arthur Godfrey, radio, TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout) 08/31/1903 Bernard Lovell, England, radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank 08/31/1905 Dore Schary, producer/writer/director (Act 1, Boys Town, Big City) 08/31/1905 Sal Bag, journalist
    08/31/1907 August F Hawkins, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )
    08/31/1907 Ramón Magsaysay, Philippines, statesman (US Legion of Merit-1952) 08/31/1908 Peter Conrad Baden, composer
    08/31/1908 William Saroyan, US, novelist/playwright (Time of Your Life) 08/31/1912 Reinoud Else, [Lion Blits], actor (Hamlet)
    08/31/1913 Michiel P Gorsira, 1st Dutch Antillean in charge of Curaçao (1951-67
    08/31/1914 Richard Basehart, Zanesville Oh, actor (Voyage to Bottom of Sea) 08/31/1916 Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS)
    08/31/1918 Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer (Lerner & Leowe-My Fair Lady) 08/31/1918 Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, composer
    08/31/1919 Richard Basehart, actor (Voyage to Bottom of the Sea)
    08/31/1923 Serafina K 'Sera' Anstadt, Polish/Dutch actress/author
    08/31/1924 Buddy [Leonard] Hackett, Bkln, comedian (God's Little Acre, Music Ma
    08/31/1924 Klaus Hashagen, composer
    08/31/1926 Jan de Koning, CDA-minister of Agriculture/Social Businesses 08/31/1928 James Coburn, Laurel Nebr, actor (Our Man Flint, Magnificent Seven) 08/31/1930 Owen B Pickett, (Rep-D-Virginia)
    08/31/1930 Tiny Little Jr, Worthington Minn, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show) 08/31/1931 Dan Rather, news anchor (CBS-TV)
    08/31/1931 Jean Beliveau, hockey star (Montreal Canadiens)
    08/31/1932 Robert [Franklin] Adams, US, sci-fi author (Castaways in Time) 08/31/1935 Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther turned Republican
    08/31/1935 Frank Robinson, baseball player/manager (MVP 1961-NL 1966-AL) 08/31/1937 Guido de Moor, actor
    08/31/1937 Warren Berlinger, Bkln, actor (Larry-Joey Bishop Shop, Take Two) 08/31/1940 Alain Calmat, France, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1964) 08/31/1940 Jack Thompson, Australia, actor (Breaker Morant)
    08/31/1941 Emanuel Nunes, composewr
    08/31/1942 Carole Wells, Shreveport La, actress (Pistols n Petticoats) 08/31/1945 Itzhak Perlman, Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/polio victim
    08/31/1945 Leonid I Popov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 35, 40, T-7)
    08/31/1945 Van Morrison, [George I], Belfast, singer (Here Comes the Night) 08/31/1949 Richard Gere, Phila Pa, actor (Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman
    08/31/1952 Rudolf Schenker, German rock guitarist (Scorpions-Virgin Killer) 08/31/1954 Tula, [Barry Kenneth Cossey], Engld, transexual (For Your Eyes Only)
    08/31/1955 Edwin Corley Moses, Dayton Ohio, hurdler (Olympic-gold-76, 84) 08/31/1957 Gina Schock, rocker (Gogos-Our Lips Are Sealed)
    08/31/1957 Glenn Tilbrook, guitarist/vocalist (Squeeze-Tempted)
    08/31/1958 Edwin C Moses, track star (hurdler, Olympic-gold-1984)
    08/31/1959 Rachel Dennison, Knoxville Tn, actress (Doralee Rhodes-9 to 5) 08/31/1959 Tony DeFranco, rocker (DeFranco Family)
    08/31/1961 David Chastain, heavy metal rocker (Chastain-Rule of Wasteland) 08/31/1963 Reb Beach, heavy metal rocker (Winger-17)
    08/31/1970 Debbie Gibson, Brooklyn NY, singer (Only in My Dreams)


    Deaths:

    08/31/1057 Leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies
    08/31/1158 Sancho III, King of Castilië, dies
    08/31/1218 Al-Malik ab-Adil/Saphadin/Saif al-Din), brother of Saladin, dies 08/31/1240 Raymundus Nonnatus, found Mercedariërs (protect pregnant women), die
    08/31/1422 Henry V, King of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19), dies 08/31/1590 Floris Thin, politician/land advocate of Utrecht, dies
    08/31/1604 Giovanale Ancina, composer, dies at 58
    08/31/1616 Gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43
    08/31/1631 Nicolaus Erich, composer, dies at 43
    08/31/1638 John Ward, composer, dies at 67
    08/31/1667 Johann Rist, composer, dies at 60
    08/31/1688 John Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author (Pilgrim's Progress), dies 08/31/1795 Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 68
    08/31/1805 Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer, dies at 95
    08/31/1832 Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer, dies at 53
    08/31/1862 George William Taylor, US Union brig-general, dies in battle 08/31/1862 Ignaz Assmayer, composer, dies at 72
    08/31/1867 [Pierre-]Charles Baudelaire, French poet (Journaux Intimes), dies 08/31/1873 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen (Dutch East Indies), dies at 7
    08/31/1875 Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geographer (Physicist Erdkunde), di
    08/31/1879 William Barber, 6th US chief engraver (1844-79), dies
    08/31/1885 Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy-Mamba's daughters), dies 08/31/1888 Mary Ann Nicholls, a 42-year-old prostitute, was found stabbed to 08/31/1888 death in London, 1st of at least five murders by Jack the Ripper 08/31/1902 Mathilde Wesendonk, German author/poetess, dies at 73
    08/31/1910 Emils Darzins, composer, dies at 34
    08/31/1918 Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36
    08/31/1920 Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher, dies 08/31/1931 Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar, dies
    08/31/1934 Johan H A Schaper, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (SDAP), dies
    08/31/1940 Johanna 'Annie' Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58 08/31/1944 Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide
    08/31/1946 Paul August von Klenau, composer, dies at 63
    08/31/1949 André Debierne, French chemist/physicist (actinium), dies 08/31/1949 Paul Hoffer, composer, dies at 53
    08/31/1963 George F Broque, cubist painter, dies at 81 in Paris
    08/31/1964 Carole Coleman, singer (Face the Music), dies at 42
    08/31/1966 Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer, dies
    08/31/1967 Ilja G Ehrenburg, Russian poet/writer (9th wave), dies at 76 08/31/1968 Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies at 60
    08/31/1968 George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies 08/31/1969 Ottmar Gerster, composer, dies at 72
    08/31/1969 Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 4
    08/31/1973 John Ford, US director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach), dies at 78 08/31/1981 Joseph H Hirschhorn, US art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82 08/31/1986 Henry Moore, English sculptor/cartoonist, dies at 88
    08/31/1986 Urho K Kekkonen, premier/president of Finland, dies at 85 08/31/1990 Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, NY Knick, dies at 65 of a heart attack 08/31/1991 Leigh Watson, US aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93 08/31/1993 Gerben Wagenaar, Dutch resistance fighter (communist), dies at 80


    Significant Events:

    08/31/1230 Utrecht bishop Willebrand grants Swells state justice
    08/31/1310 German king Heinrich VII makes his son Johan king of Bohemia 08/31/1535 Pope Paul II deposed & excommunicated King Henry VIII
    08/31/1772 Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica
    08/31/1778 British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution 08/31/1829 Opera 'Guillaume Tell' is produced (Paris)
    08/31/1836 HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands
    08/31/1842 US Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress
    08/31/1843 Liberty Party nominates James Birneyas presidential candidate 08/31/1850 Calif pioneers organized at Montgomery & Clay Streets
    08/31/1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Jonesboro Georgia, 1900 casualties 08/31/1881 1st US tennis championships (Newport, RI)
    08/31/1886 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern US, at Charleston SC, 110 d
    08/31/1886 Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized
    08/31/1887 Thomas A Edison patents Kinetoscope, (produces moving pictures) 08/31/1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure 'Cardboard Box' (BG)
    08/31/1894 Phillies Billy Hamilton steals 7 bases
    08/31/1895 1st pro football game (QB John Brallier paid $10 & won 12-0) 08/31/1900 British troops over run Johannesburg
    08/31/1900 Dodgers' Brickyard Kennedy walks 6 straight Phillies
    08/31/1902 Split skirt 1st worn by Mrs Adolph Landeburg (horse rider) 08/31/1903 Joe McGinnity wins his 3rd doubleheader of month
    08/31/1907 Britain & Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia & Tibet 08/31/1907 England, Russia & France form Triple Entente
    08/31/1911 Anthony Fokker's demonstrates aircraft 'Snip'
    08/31/1913 Soccer club PSV forms in Eindhoven Netherlands
    08/31/1914 24.8 cm rainfall at Bloomingdale, Michigan (state record) 08/31/1914 General von Kluck decides not to attack Paris
    08/31/1914 German troops reconquer Soldau/Neidenburg East-Prussia
    08/31/1914 Germany defeats Russia (battle at Tannenberg/30,000 Russians die) 08/31/1915 Chic White Sox Jimmy Lavender no-hits NY Giants, 2-0
    08/31/1919 John Reed forms American Communist Labor Party in Chicago 08/31/1919 Petlyura's Ukrainian Army kills 35 members of a Jewish defense group
    08/31/1920 Belgium starts paying old age pensions
    08/31/1923 League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German
    08/31/1923 Mussolini's troops occupy Korfu
    08/31/1924 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:06.2)
    08/31/1927 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1081 Reseda & #1085 Amaryllis 08/31/1928 Brecht & Weils 'Dreigroschenoper' premieres
    08/31/1929 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1158 Luda
    08/31/1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1157 Arabia
    08/31/1934 1st football all star game-Bears tie collegians 0-0 in Chicago 08/31/1935 1st national skeet championship (Indianapolis)
    08/31/1935 Chic White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Cleve Indians, 5-0
    08/31/1935 FDR signs an act prohibiting export of US arms to belligerents 08/31/1935 Reinmuth discover asteroid 1370 Hella, 1371 Resi, 1372 Haremari & 29
    08/31/1935 Russian Aleksei Stachanov digs 6 hours, 105 tons of cabbages 08/31/1935 White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Indians 5-0
    08/31/1939 Japanese invasion army driven out of Mongolia
    08/31/1939 Staged 'Polish' assault on radio station in Gleiwitz
    08/31/1940 1st edition pf illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands 08/31/1940 German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap ration
    08/31/1941 Great Gildersleeve, a spin-off of Fibber McGee & Molly debuts on NBC
    08/31/1943 Japanse occupiers intern Jewish Congregation of Sorabajo
    08/31/1943 US assault on Mark Island
    08/31/1944 Allied offensive at 'Gothen-linie,' Italy
    08/31/1944 French provisional government moves from Algiers to Paris 08/31/1944 French troops liberate Bordeaux
    08/31/1944 Russian-Romanian troops march into Bucharest
    08/31/1947 Hungarian communist party wins election
    08/31/1948 Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 50th jubilee
    08/31/1950 Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs & a single in a game vs Braves 08/31/1951 1st 33 1/3 album introduced in Düsseldorf
    08/31/1951 S Arend discovers asteroid #1640 Nemo
    08/31/1953 KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 08/31/1953 WKBG (now WLVI) TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston, MA (IND) begins 08/31/1953 WLVI TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston, MA (IND) begins broadcasting
    08/31/1954 Census Bureau established
    08/31/1954 Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die 08/31/1954 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1825 Klare
    08/31/1954 WMTW TV channel 8 in Portland-Poland Spring, ME (ABC) begins 08/31/1955 1st microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Tx)
    08/31/1955 1st sun-powered automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Ill
    08/31/1955 KTRE TV channel 9 in Lufkin, TX (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 08/31/1957 Malayasia (formerly Malaya) gains independence from Britain 08/31/1959 Australia defeats US for tennis' Davis Cup
    08/31/1960 Agricultural Hall of Fame forms
    08/31/1961 Amsterdam National Ballet forms
    08/31/1962 Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day) 08/31/1963 'Hot line' between Moscow-Washington, DC installed
    08/31/1965 House of Reps joins Senate establish Dept of Housing & Urban Develop
    08/31/1966 Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria) 08/31/1968 12,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran 08/31/1969 25,000 attend New Orleans Pop Festival
    08/31/1970 Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, convicted
    08/31/1970 Molukkers occupy Indonesian ambassador's home in Wassenaar 08/31/1970 US defeats German FR for tennis' Davis Cup
    08/31/1970 WKMJ TV channel 68 in Louisville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting 08/31/1971 Dave Scott becomes 1st person to drive a car on Moon
    08/31/1972 Lasse Viren runs Olympic/world record 10,000m (27:38.4)
    08/31/1972 Olga Korbut, USSR, wins olympic gold medal in gymnastics
    08/31/1973 1st heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman) 08/31/1974 Pirate Radio Veronica moves into Scheveningen harbor
    08/31/1976 Trinidad & Tobago adopts constitution
    08/31/1977 Aleksandr Fedotov sets aircraft alt rec of 38.26 km (125,524') 08/31/1977 Spyros Kyprianou appointed president of Cyprus
    08/31/1978 Constitution adopted by Sri Lanka
    08/31/1978 Emily & William Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hear
    08/31/1979 Comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collides with Sun
    08/31/1979 Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as UN ambassador 08/31/1980 Poland's Solidarity labor union founded
    08/31/1983 Edwin Moses of USA sets 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz 08/31/1983 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3450
    08/31/1983 J Gibson discovers asteroid #3711
    08/31/1984 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3677
    08/31/1984 K Suzuki & T Urata discovers asteroid #3165 Mikawa
    08/31/1984 Pinklin Thomas defeats Tim Witherspoon for WBC heavyweight title 08/31/1985 'Prakas' sets trotting mile record of 1:53.4 at Du Quoin, Ill 08/31/1985 Angel Cordero becomes 3rd jockey to ride horses earning over $100 M 08/31/1985 Night Stalker suspect that terrorized S Calif captured in East LA 08/31/1986 Aeromexico DC-9 & small plane collide in LA, killing 82
    08/31/1986 Russian airship rams cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, 398 die
    08/31/1986 Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 di
    08/31/1987 Curtis Strange sets golf's earning for year record ($697,385) 08/31/1987 South Africa longest mine strike in history ends
    08/31/1988 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
    08/31/1988 Bomb attack on office of South Africa Council of Churches 08/31/1992 Dynamite explosion in Philipines mine; 500 die
    08/31/1992 Howard Stern Radio Show begins broadcasting in Cleveland (WNCX-FM) 08/31/1993 Minnesota Twins beat Cleve Indians 5-4 in 22 innings
    08/31/1993 Venezuela president Carlos Perez flees

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed Sep 1 00:30:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/01/1529 Taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter
    09/01/1549 Charles Philip of Croij, marquis of Havré/earl of Fontenoy, etc 09/01/1608 Giacomo Torelli, composer
    09/01/1653 Johann Pachelbel, composer
    09/01/1689 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Bavarian master builder (Prague) 09/01/1711 Willem IV KH Friso, prince of Orange-Nassau
    09/01/1712 Simon Fokke, book illustrator
    09/01/1724 John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist/co-founder (Society of It General) 09/01/1732 Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer
    09/01/1732 Thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer
    09/01/1751 Emmanuel Johann Joseph Schikaneder, composer
    09/01/1758 Wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch Staatscourant
    09/01/1768 Carl Bernhard Wessely, composer
    09/01/1789 Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer
    09/01/1791 Lydia Sigourney, US, religious author (How to Be Happy)
    09/01/1798 Richard Delafield, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1873 09/01/1803 Jacobus T Abels, painter
    09/01/1816 Gustav Schmidt, composer
    09/01/1824 Isaac Hardin Duval, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 19
    09/01/1829 James Conner, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883 09/01/1834 Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (I promissory note sposi) 09/01/1845 Paul S Methuen, English field marshall/governor of Natal/Malta 09/01/1849 Elizabeth Harrison, US, educator (Natl Congress of Parents & Teacher
    09/01/1854 Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal) 09/01/1862 Alphons Diepenbrock, composer
    09/01/1864 Roger David Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916) 09/01/1866 James 'Gentleman Jim' Corbett, heavyweight champion boxer (1892-97) 09/01/1870 Timotei Popovici, composer
    09/01/1873 Guy Standing, English actor (Cradle Song)
    09/01/1874 Heinrich Otto Ludwig, composer
    09/01/1874 Ismar Elbogen, German/US rabbi (Encyclopedia Judaica)
    09/01/1875 Edgar Rice Burroughs, US, sci-fi author (Tarzan of Apes, Mars Saga) 09/01/1886 Othmar Schoeck, composer
    09/01/1887 Blaise Cendrars, [Frédéric Sauser-Hall], Swiss poet/writer 09/01/1887 Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar
    09/01/1893 Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japans/US painter/etcher/lithographer
    09/01/1898 Marilyn Miller [Renolds], US actress (Sunny)/wife of Jack Pickford 09/01/1900 Andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht)
    09/01/1900 Kazimierz Wilkomirski, composer
    09/01/1900 Richard Arlen, actor (Alice in Wonderland, Crawling Hand) 09/01/1904 Ray Flaherty, AFL/NFL/AAFC coach (NY Giants)
    09/01/1905 Gervase Hughes, composer
    09/01/1907 Joaquin Balaguer, president Dominican Republic
    09/01/1907 Walter Reuther, labor leader/president (UAW & CIO)
    09/01/1910 Jack Hawkins, London England, actor (Ben-Four Just Men)
    09/01/1911 Komei Abe, composer
    09/01/1911 Mrinusa Ruppert, Dutch chairman (CNV)
    09/01/1920 Hubert Lampo, Flemish writer/essayist (Coming of Joachim Stiller) 09/01/1921 Matt Higgins Doran, composer
    09/01/1921 Willem Frederik Hermans, writer (Mandarins on Sulfuric Acid) 09/01/1922 Melvin R Laird, (Rep-R-Mich), US Secretary of Defense (1969-73) 09/01/1922 Vittorio Gassman, actor (War & Peace)
    09/01/1922 Yvonne De Carlo, Vancouver BC, actress (10 Commandments, Munsters) 09/01/1923 Rocky Marciano, heavyweight champion boxer (1952-56)
    09/01/1923 Theo H Joekes, journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD)
    09/01/1925 Art[hur E] Pepper, US, alto saxophonist
    09/01/1925 Ruth S White, composer
    09/01/1931 'Boxcar' Willie, singer
    09/01/1931 Matthew J Rinaldo, (Rep-R-NJ, 1973- )
    09/01/1933 Ann Richards, (Gov-D-Tx)
    09/01/1933 Conway Twitty, [Harold Jenkins], Miss, country singer (Hello Darlin'
    09/01/1933 Tom Vreugdenhil, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
    09/01/1935 Seÿi Ozawa, Hoten Manchuria, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) 09/01/1937 Al Geiberger, golfer (US PGA lowest score on 18 holes, a 59) 09/01/1937 Ron O'Neal, Utica NY, actor (Superfly)
    09/01/1938 Alan Dershowitz, NYC, attorney (Claus Von Bulow, OJ Simpson) 09/01/1938 Art Agnos, US, politician(?)
    09/01/1938 George Maharis, Astoria NY, actor (Buz-Route 66, Most Deadly Game) 09/01/1939 Heinrich Messner, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-bronze-1972) 09/01/1939 Lily Tomlin, Detroit, comedienne/actress (9 to 5, Laugh-in, All of M
    09/01/1942 C[arolyn] J[anice] Cherry, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Faded Sun Trilog
    09/01/1943 Pat Connolly-Daniels-Winslow-Banks, US pentathlete (Olympics-7th-196
    09/01/1944 Archie Bell, US singer (& the Drells-Tighten up)
    09/01/1944 Don Stroud, actor (Coogan's Bluff, Buddy Holly Story)
    09/01/1944 Leonard Slatkin, LA Calif, conductor (Concert Orch, Neth) 09/01/1946 Barry Gibb, guitarist/singer (Bee Gees-Stayin' Alive)
    09/01/1946 Erich Schärer, Switzerland, 2 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1980) 09/01/1946 Greg Errico, US drummer (Sly & Family Stone-Level!)
    09/01/1951 Timothy Zahn, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Cobra Strike)
    09/01/1955 Bruce Foxton, Jam, rocker
    09/01/1957 Gloria Estefan, [Fajardo], Havana, singer (Miami Sound Machine-Conga
    09/01/1962 Ruud Gullit, Suriname/Dutch soccer star (Feyenoord, PSV, AC Milan) 09/01/1963 Carola Smit, Dutch singer (BZN)
    09/01/1966 Katja Bienert, Berlin German FR, actress (Pompon Rouge)


    Deaths:

    09/01/1067 Boudewÿn V, earl of Flanders/guardian of king of France, dies 09/01/1159 Adrian IV, [Nicole Breakspear], only English pope (1154-59), dies 09/01/1215 Otto van Gelre, son of Otto I/earl-elect of Utrecht
    09/01/1406 Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry), dies at 84 09/01/1557 Jacques Cartier, French explorer, dies (birth date unknown) 09/01/1648 Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (Number of Mersenne), dies at 5
    09/01/1671 Hugues de Lionne marquis de Berny, French ambassador to Rome, dies 09/01/1680 Johan Georg II, ruler of Saxon (1656-80), dies at 67
    09/01/1715 Louis XIV, the great, king of France (1643-1715), dies at 76 09/01/1731 Pierre Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 50
    09/01/1801 Robert Bage, English writer (Hermsprong), dies
    09/01/1814 Erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer, dies at 53
    09/01/1838 William Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 68 09/01/1862 Isaac Ingalls Stevens, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 44 09/01/1862 Oliver Tilden, of the Bronx, killed in Civil War in Virginia 09/01/1862 Philip 'Phil' Kearny, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 48 09/01/1867 Edward Hodges, composer, dies at 71
    09/01/1880 Antoon Jurgens, margarine maker, dies at 75
    09/01/1896 Johannes Habert, composer, dies at 62
    09/01/1903 Charles Renouvier, French philosopher (neo criticism), dies 09/01/1912 Samuel Coleridge Taylor, African-British composer, dies at 37 09/01/1914 Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies at Cincinnati Zoo 09/01/1945 Jacobus WG Balfoort, actor (Heimwee, Head On), dies at 57 09/01/1951 Wolfgang Schulze, [Wols], German drawer/painter, dies at 38 09/01/1955 Philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61
    09/01/1961 Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51 09/01/1961 William S Foster, chairman (US Communist Party, 1945-57), dies at 80
    09/01/1964 George Georgescu, composer, dies at 76
    09/01/1967 James Dunn, actor (Uncle Earl-It's a Great Life), dies at 65 09/01/1967 Siegfried L Sassoon, English poet/writer (Counterattack), dies at 80
    09/01/1968 Granville English, composer, dies at 69
    09/01/1969 Drew Pearson, newscaster (Drew Pearson), dies at 71
    09/01/1969 William Flanagan, composer, dies at 46
    09/01/1972 May Aufderheide, composer, dies at 84
    09/01/1977 Ethel Waters, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather), dies at 76 09/01/1978 Olga de Hare, ballerina, dies at 33
    09/01/1981 Albert Speer, German NSDAP-architect/minister of Army, dies 09/01/1982 Clifford M Curzon, England, pianist, dies at 75
    09/01/1982 Wladislaw Gomulka, Polish partisan/party leader, dies
    09/01/1983 Henry 'Scoop' Jackson, (Sen-D-Wash), dies at 71
    09/01/1984 Howland Chamberlain, actor, dies at 73
    09/01/1986 Murray Hamilton, actor (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 63
    09/01/1988 Leonor Sullivan, (Rep-D-Missouri, 1955-77), dies at 86
    09/01/1989 A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner, dies of heart attack at
    09/01/1991 Elise Hoomans, actress/director (Medea/Virginia Woolf?, dies) 09/01/1991 Steve Kemp, British light enterpeneur, dies
    09/01/1992 Morris Carnovsky, US actor (Dead Reckoning), dies at 94
    09/01/1993 Gerben Wagenaar, resistance fighter/communist, dies at 80 09/01/1993 Hew Lorimer, British sculptor, dies at 86
    09/01/1993 Jacqueline Wijchers, film publicist (Havenloods, Sextant), dies at 8


    Significant Events:

    09/01/ 69 Traditional date of destruction of Jerusalem
    09/01/ 312 -BC- Origin of Greek Era-Start of Indiction of Constantinople 09/01/ 891 Northmen defeated near Louvaine, France
    09/01/1067 Boudewijn VI becomes earl of Flanders
    09/01/1181 Ubaldo Allucingoli replaces Alexander III as Pope Lucius III 09/01/1267 Rabbi Moses Ben Nachman establishes a Jewish community in Jerusalem 09/01/1267 Ramban (Nachmanides) arrives in Jerusalem to establish Jew community
    09/01/1609 Pieter Both sworn in as 1st gov-gen of East Indies
    09/01/1614 Vincent Fettmich expels Jews from Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany 09/01/1638 -4] French queen-mother Maria de' Medici visits Amsterdam 09/01/1661 1st Yacht race, England's King Charles vs his brother James 09/01/1666 Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed
    09/01/1739 35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal
    09/01/1772 Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California
    09/01/1797 2nd National Meeting in Hague
    09/01/1798 England signs treaty with nizam of Hyderabad, India
    09/01/1799 Bank of Manhattan Company opens in NYC (forerunner to Chase Manhatta
    09/01/1804 K Harding discovers asteroid #3 Juno
    09/01/1807 Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire 09/01/1821 1st colonies along Santa Fe Trail
    09/01/1831 Charles Darwin travels aboard HMS Beagle
    09/01/1836 Reconstruction begins on Synagogue of Rabbi Judah Hasid in Jerusalem
    09/01/1849 California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey
    09/01/1854 J Ferguson discovers asteroid #31 Euphrosyne
    09/01/1858 1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month
    09/01/1859 1st pullman sleeping car in service
    09/01/1859 R C Carrington & R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare 09/01/1861 Grant assumes command of Federal forces at Cape Girardeau MI 09/01/1861 Skirmish at Boone Court House WV & Blue Creek WV
    09/01/1862 Battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties)
    09/01/1863 6th Ohio Cavalry ambush at Barbees Crossroads Virginia
    09/01/1863 Federal troops reconquer Fort Smith Arkansas
    09/01/1863 RR & ferry connection between SF & Oakland inaugurated
    09/01/1864 2nd day of battle at Jonesboro Georgia, about 3,000 casualties 09/01/1864 Battle of Petersburg VA
    09/01/1864 Skirmish at Hood evacuated confederates from Atlanta GA
    09/01/1865 Joseph Lister performs 1st antiseptic surgery
    09/01/1866 Last Navaho chief Manuelito, turns self in at Fort Wingate 09/01/1867 Robert T Freeman is 1st black to graduate from Harvard Dental School
    09/01/1870 Napoleon III captured at Sedan
    09/01/1874 Sydney General Post Office opens in Australia
    09/01/1878 1st female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston) 09/01/1886 Neth's New Code of Criminal law enforced
    09/01/1887 Dutch Amateur Photography Cooperation established
    09/01/1888 Dutch Railway Deventer-Almelo opens
    09/01/1890 1st baseball tripleheader-Boston vs Pittsburgh
    09/01/1891 A Charlois discovers asteroid #314 Rosalia
    09/01/1892 A Staus discovers asteroid #335 Roberta
    09/01/1905 Alberta & Saskatchewan become 8th & 9th Canadian provinces 09/01/1906 Alberta adopts Mountain Standard Time
    09/01/1906 British New Guinea becomes Australian Papua New Guinea
    09/01/1906 Joseph Harris (Boston) & Jack Coombs (A's) pitch complete 24 inn gam
    09/01/1906 Papua placed under Australian administration
    09/01/1911 M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km
    09/01/1913 Yuan Shikai captures Nanjing '2nd Chinese revolution'
    09/01/1914 Lord Kitchener arrives in Paris
    09/01/1914 St Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd
    09/01/1914 Von Glucks army meets up with British expeditionary army
    09/01/1916 Bulgaria declares war on Romania
    09/01/1916 Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce) 09/01/1918 Baseball season ends due to WW I
    09/01/1918 US troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920
    09/01/1919 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #920 Rogeria
    09/01/1920 France creates Lebanon
    09/01/1920 New townhall of Rotterdam opens
    09/01/1922 NYC law requires all 'pool' rooms to change name to 'billiards' 09/01/1923 Earthquake strikes Tokyo & Yokohama, kills 106,000
    09/01/1923 US beats Australia in tennis, for their 4th straight Davis Cup 09/01/1924 Kenchoji Rinzai temple in Kamakur Japan, heavily damaged by earthqua
    09/01/1925 Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of Intl Olympic Committee
    09/01/1926 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1066 Lobelia & #1070 Tunica 09/01/1926 Turkey allows civil marriage
    09/01/1928 Albania becomes a kingdom, with Zogu I as king
    09/01/1930 NY World reports disappearance of supreme court justice Joseph Crate
    09/01/1932 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1248 Jugurtha
    09/01/1932 NYC Mayor James J 'Gentleman Jimmy' Walker resigns (graft charges) 09/01/1934 Spelling-Marchand Laws enforced
    09/01/1935 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1317 Silvretta
    09/01/1936 Middleweight Staff Roth KOs Heinz Lazek
    09/01/1937 Battle of Gÿon in Spain begins
    09/01/1937 F Rigaux discovers asteroid #1458 Mineura
    09/01/1938 Mussolini cancels civil rights of Italian Jews
    09/01/1939 Hitler orders extermination of mentally ill
    09/01/1939 Physical Review publishes 1st paper to deal with 'black holes' 09/01/1939 WW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig
    09/01/1941 Jews living in Germany are required to wear a yellow Jewish star 09/01/1942 German troops lands on Taman peninsula
    09/01/1944 Bulgaria govt of Bagrjanow, resigns
    09/01/1944 King George VI promotes Montgomery to field marshal
    09/01/1945 Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan)
    09/01/1945 Phillies Vince DiMaggio ties NL record with 4th grand slam of season
    09/01/1946 Batty Berg wins US Open
    09/01/1946 Greece votes for monarchy
    09/01/1947 NY Giants 183-185 HR of year breaks Yankee mark of 182 in 1936 09/01/1948 Communist form North China People's Republic
    09/01/1948 UN's World Health Organization forms
    09/01/1949 1st network detective series-Private Eyes-premieres
    09/01/1949 KMTV TV channel 3 in Omaha, NB (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 09/01/1950 13 North Korean divisions open assault on UN lines
    09/01/1950 West Berlin granted a constitution
    09/01/1951 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1608 Munoz
    09/01/1951 PM Ben-Gurion orders establishment of Israeli secret service Mossad 09/01/1951 US, Australia & New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty
    09/01/1952 Sutro Baths, SF purchased by George Whitney
    09/01/1952 Willem Drees forms new Dutch govt
    09/01/1953 Fokker begins building F-27 Fokker Friendship
    09/01/1953 S Arend discovers asteroids #1625 NORC & #1916 Boreas
    09/01/1953 WNOK (now WLTX) TV channel 19 in Columbia, SC (CBS) 1st broadcast 09/01/1953 WTCN (now KARE) TV channel 11 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (MET) begin
    09/01/1954 Hurricane Carol strikes Long Island/New England, kills 68 09/01/1955 KARD (now KSNW) TV channel 3 in Wichita, KS (NBC) begins broadcastin
    09/01/1956 Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory
    09/01/1956 KELP (now KCOS) TV channel 13 in El Paso, TX (PBS) begins broadcasti
    09/01/1957 Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400 09/01/1957 WAVY TV channel 10 in Portsmouth-Norfolk, VA (NBC) begins broadcasti
    09/01/1957 WHC (now WPXI) TV channel 11 in Pittsburgh, PA (NBC) 1st broadcast 09/01/1957 WPXI TV channel 11 in Pittsburgh, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting 09/01/1957 WTLV TV channel 12 in Jacksonville, FL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
    09/01/1958 St Louis Card Vinegar Bend Mizell walks a record 9 men in a shutout 09/01/1961 1st conference of neutral countries held in Belgrade
    09/01/1961 USSR tests nuclear bombs in central Asia
    09/01/1962 10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran
    09/01/1962 KATC TV channel 3 in Lafayette, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting 09/01/1962 UN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion
    09/01/1963 Language laws in Belgium goes into effect causing a riot
    09/01/1963 St Louis Cards pitcher Curt Simmons steals home plate
    09/01/1963 WCTI TV channel 12 in New Bern, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting 09/01/1965 India & Pakistan border fights
    09/01/1966 KIFW (now KTNL) TV channel 13 in Sitka, AK (CBS) begins broadcasting
    09/01/1967 KMNE TV channel 7 in Bassett, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/01/1967 SF Giants beat Cincinnati Reds, 1-0, in 21 innings
    09/01/1967 WIRT TV channel 13 in Hibbing, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting 09/01/1967 WJRJ (WTCG, WTBS) TV channel 17 in Atlanta, GA (IND) begins 09/01/1968 Earthquake destroys Ferdows Persia, 2,000 killed
    09/01/1968 Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlands) begins transmitting
    09/01/1969 Libyan revolution, Col Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris 09/01/1970 Failed assassination attempt on Jordanian king Hussein
    09/01/1970 José Velasco Ibarra re-elected president of Ecuador
    09/01/1971 Qatar declares independence from Britain
    09/01/1972 Bobby Fischer (US) defeats Boris Spassky (USSR) for world chess titl
    09/01/1972 Egypt & Libya form federation
    09/01/1973 74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark) 09/01/1973 George Foreman KOs Jose Roman in 1st to retain heavyweight title 09/01/1974 Train accident at Zagreb Yugoslavia, 121 killed
    09/01/1975 All political parties forbidden in Bangladesh
    09/01/1975 Gunsmoke resigns the air
    09/01/1975 KOL-AM in Seattle Wash changes call letters to KMPS
    09/01/1975 NY Met Tom Seaver is 1st to strike out 200 in 8 consecutive seasons 09/01/1975 NYC transit fare rises from 35¢ to 50¢
    09/01/1976 NASA launches space vehicle S-197
    09/01/1976 NJ Meadowlands racetrack opens
    09/01/1976 Wayne L Hays, (Rep-D-Oh), resigns (scandal with Elizabeth Ray) 09/01/1977 1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold
    09/01/1978 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2297 Daghestan, #2450 Ioannisiani, 09/01/1978 #2701 Cherson, #2758 Cordelia, #3113, #3196, #3204 & #3358 09/01/1978 Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center 09/01/1978 strikes on a 4' disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia 09/01/1979 Debbie Boone & Gabriel Ferrer wed in LA
    09/01/1979 LA Court orders Clayton Moore to stop wearing Lone Ranger mask 09/01/1979 Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings 09/01/1980 Dutch embassy in Israel moves from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv
    09/01/1981 Fiona Brothers sets women's propeller boat speed record (116.279 MPH
    09/01/1981 Milt coup under general Kolingba in Cent Afr Rep, Pres Dacko flees 09/01/1981 RKO radio network is 1st to offer 2 separate overnight services 09/01/1981 RKO radio network premieres America Overnight talk show
    09/01/1982 Max speedometer reading mandated at 85 MPH
    09/01/1982 Mexico President Lopez Portillo nationalizes banks
    09/01/1982 Palestinian Liberation Organization leaves Lebanon
    09/01/1983 Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia & is shot down by a Soviet jet
    09/01/1983 WGH-AM in Newport News VA changes call letters to WNSY
    09/01/1985 Cyclist Joop Zoetemelk becomes world champion
    09/01/1985 US-French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland 09/01/1986 Paul McCartney releases 'Press to Play' album
    09/01/1987 Smoking forbidden in public buildings in Belgium
    09/01/1989 Princess Anne & Mark Phillips announce their separation
    09/01/5492 -BC- Origin of Ecclesiastical Era of Antioch
    09/01/5508 -BC- Origin of Civil Era of Constantinople
    09/01/5598 -BC- Origin of Grecian Mundane Era

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Thu Sep 2 00:30:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/02/1661 Georg Bohm, composer
    09/02/1716 Johann Trier, composer
    09/02/1750 Pehr Frigel, composer
    09/02/1763 Caroline von Schelling, [Michaelis], German author
    09/02/1778 Leopold FJJJ van Sassen Ysselt, politician
    09/02/1798 Thomas Holliday Hicks, (Union Gov) died in 1865
    09/02/1837 James Harrison Wilson, (Union volunteers Major General, died in 1925
    09/02/1838 Lydia Lili'uokalani, composer
    09/02/1838 Queen Lydia Kamekeha Liliuokalani, last queen of Hawaii (1891-93) 09/02/1839 Henry George, land reformer/writer (Progress & Poverty)
    09/02/1850 Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company 09/02/1850 Eugene Field, author/journalist (Little Boy Blue)
    09/02/1853 Wilhelm Ostwald, Germany, physical chemist (Nobel 1909)
    09/02/1856 Yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion 09/02/1862 Alphonse JM Diepenbrock, composer
    09/02/1866 Hiram Johnson, (Gov-Progressive-Cal)
    09/02/1878 Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr
    09/02/1884 Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, educator, taught reading through phonetics
    09/02/1887 Willem De Mérode, protestant poet
    09/02/1892 Felix Wolfes, composer
    09/02/1894 Joseph Roth, Austria, journalist/writer (Hotel Savoy)
    09/02/1904 Set Svanholm, Västeras Sweden, tenor (London Convent Garden 1948-57)
    09/02/1904 Vera Vague, [Barbara Jo Allen], NYC, actress (Follow the Leader) 09/02/1905 Bernard C J Lievegoed, anthroposophy (founder Free Hague court) 09/02/1911 Rene Amengual, composer
    09/02/1912 Johan Daisne, [Herman Thiery], Belgian writer (magic realism) 09/02/1915 Dai-Keong Lee, composer
    09/02/1915 Hans Joachim Koellreutter, composer
    09/02/1916 Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 US tennis titles 09/02/1916 Penny Santon, Greenwich Village NY, actress (Roll Out, Matt Houston)
    09/02/1917 Cleveland Amory, Nahant Mass, conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide)
    09/02/1918 Allen Drury, author (Advise & Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize) 09/02/1918 Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell
    09/02/1919 Gideon William Waldrop, composer
    09/02/1919 Marge Champion, LA Calif, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show) 09/02/1925 Ronnie Stevens, London England, actor (Rodney-Dick & Duchess) 09/02/1927 Francis Matthews, British actor (On the Bowery)
    09/02/1927 Trudi Jochum-Beiser, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1952) 09/02/1927 Tzvi Avni, composer
    09/02/1928 Miloslav Istvan, composer
    09/02/1930 Andrey Pavlovich Petrov, composer
    09/02/1931 Alan K Simpson, (Sen-R-WY, 1979- )
    09/02/1931 Pierre Huyskens, Dutch radio host
    09/02/1934 Michael Sahl, composer
    09/02/1935 Jim Moody, (Rep-D-WI, 1983- )
    09/02/1936 David Leonard Blake, composer
    09/02/1936 Joan Kennedy, 1st wife of Mass Senator, Ted
    09/02/1937 Peter Ueberroth, organized 1984 LA Olympics/baseball commissioner 09/02/1939 Robert Lee Dickey, US singer (I'm your puppet)
    09/02/1939 Sam Gooden, US musician (Impressions-Gypsy Woman)
    09/02/1940 Beverly Sanders, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey) 09/02/1940 Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, La, rock vocalist (Just a Dream) 09/02/1943 Glenn Sather, NHL coach (Edmonton Oiler)
    09/02/1943 Joe Simon, US singer (Power of Love)
    09/02/1944 Claude Nicollier, Vevey Switzerland, astronaut (STS 61-K, 46, 61) 09/02/1948 Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, teacher/astronaut (Challenger) 09/02/1948 Terry Bradshaw, NFL QB (Pittsburgh Steelers)
    09/02/1949 Albert West[laken], singer (Dumb Willie)
    09/02/1951 Mark Harmon, Burbank Calif, actor (Dr Caldwell-St Elsewhere) 09/02/1951 Michael Gray, Chicago Ill, actor (Ronnie-Brian Keith Show) 09/02/1952 Earl Pomeroy, (Rep-D-North Dakota)
    09/02/1952 Jimmy Connors, tennis brat (US Open-78, 82, 83 Wimbeldon-74, 82) 09/02/1955 Linda Purl, Greenwich Ct, actress (Gloria-Happy Days, Matlock) 09/02/1958 Marlene Janssen, Rock Island Ill, playmate (Nov, 1982)
    09/02/1959 Esther Oosterbeek, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
    09/02/1960 Eric Dickerson, Texas, NFL halfback (LA Rams, Indianapolis Colts) 09/02/1964 Keanu Reeves, actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure)
    09/02/1969 Mark Brettschneider, Cincinnati Oh, actor (Jason-One Life to Live)


    Deaths:

    09/02/ 421 Flavius Constantine III, emperor of Westromeinse, dies at about 51 09/02/1384 Louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies 09/02/1418 Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies
    09/02/1547 Hernan Cortes, Spanish general defeated Aztec Indians
    09/02/1566 Taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter, dies at 37
    09/02/1606 Carel van Mander, Flemish painter/art historian, dies at 58 09/02/1698 Justus Vingboons, Architect, buried
    09/02/1715 Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer, dies at 87
    09/02/1779 Onno Zwier van Hairs, Fries poet (Agon), dies at 66
    09/02/1790 Johann N von Hontheim, German religious historian/Bishop, dies 09/02/1862 Thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40 09/02/1870 Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48
    09/02/1891 Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer, dies at 76 09/02/1905 Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer, dies at 79
    09/02/1906 Guiseppe Giacosa, Ital screenwriter (libretti opera Puccini), dies 09/02/1910 Henri 'le Douanier' Rousseau, French ambassador/painter, dies 09/02/1914 Eugène Odène, French mayor of Senlis, executed
    09/02/1937 Esther de Farmer-of Rich, actress (Kniertje-On hope of blessing), di
    09/02/1937 Pierre de Coubertin, baron/revivor of Olympics, dies at 74 09/02/1944 George W Norris, US senator (lame duck-amendement), dies
    09/02/1955 Rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60
    09/02/1961 Greet Koeman, Dutch singer, dies at 54
    09/02/1964 Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese gen/pres (1951-58), dies at 7
    09/02/1968 Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies
    09/02/1970 Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), dies at 64 09/02/1970 Cornelis L 'Kees' van Baaren, composer (Hollow One), dies at 63 09/02/1973 John R R Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbitt), dies
    09/02/1980 William Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70
    09/02/1982 Jay Novello, actor (Harum Scarum, Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78
    09/02/1982 Tom Bakker, actor (Golden Voyage of Sinbad), dies of a drug OD at 42
    09/02/1982 Wladislaw Gomulka, premier Poland, dies
    09/02/1985 Abe Lenstra, soccer star, dies at 64
    09/02/1989 A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51
    09/02/1991 Alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexican foreign minister (Nobel 1982), dies 09/02/1991 Concetto Lo Bello, Italian intl soccer judge, dies
    09/02/1992 Barbara McClintock, US, geneticist (Nobel 1983), dies at 90 09/02/1992 Piotr Jaroszewicz, premier of Poland (1970-80), dies
    09/02/1993 Eric Berry, English/US actor (Pippin, 49th Parallel), dies at 80 09/02/1993 John/Eoin Higgins, N Ire supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66


    Significant Events:

    09/02/ 31 -BC- Battle of Actium; Octavian defeats Antony, becomes Emp Augustus
    09/02/ 490 -BC- Phidippides runs 1st marathon, seeking aid from Sparta vs Persi
    09/02/ 911 Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signs treaty with Byzantines 09/02/1192 Sultan Saladin & king Richard the lion hearted sign cease fire 09/02/1519 1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico
    09/02/1666 Fire in London destroys 13,000 houses & kills 8
    09/02/1666 Great Fire of London starts; destroys St Paul's Church
    09/02/1732 Pope Clement XII renews anti-Jewish laws of Rome
    09/02/1752 Last day of Julian calendar in Britain, British colonies
    09/02/1789 US Treasury Department established by Congress
    09/02/1792 Paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails & slaughter them 09/02/1796 Jews of the Netherlands are emancipated
    09/02/1804 K L Harding discovers Juno, 3rd known asteroid
    09/02/1806 A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley Switz, kills 50
    09/02/1839 Salon of Variétés opens in Amsterdam
    09/02/1859 Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii
    09/02/1864 Union General William T Sherman captures Atlanta
    09/02/1867 1st Girl School opens in Haarlem Neth
    09/02/1870 Napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies
    09/02/1877 J C Watson discovers asteroid #174 Phaedra
    09/02/1894 Forest fires destroy Hinckley Minnesota: about 600 die
    09/02/1898 Battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain 09/02/1900 Telegraph use between Germany & US begins
    09/02/1901 VP Theodore Roosevelt advises, 'Speak softly & carry a big stick' 09/02/1902 L Carnera discovers asteroid #489 Comacina
    09/02/1908 Heavyweight Tommy Burns KOs Bill Long in Melbourne Australia 09/02/1911 Joao Chagas forms Portuguese govt
    09/02/1913 Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas
    09/02/1914 -3] Gen von Hausen & countess of France regime flees to Bordeaux 09/02/1915 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #847 Agnia
    09/02/1917 Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by admiral Tirpitz)
    09/02/1919 Communist Party of America organized in Chicago
    09/02/1919 Italy agress to general voting right/proportional representation 09/02/1922 Pres Ebert declares 'Deutschland über alas' as German national anthe
    09/02/1924 Rudolf Friml's 'Rose Marie' opens to rave reviews in NYC
    09/02/1926 Italy signs treaty with Yemen
    09/02/1927 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1087 Arabis
    09/02/1927 Rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers 09/02/1929 Unilever forms by merger of Margarine Union & Lever Bros
    09/02/1929 WOR (NYC) ends affiliation with CBS radio network
    09/02/1929 #1159 Granada & #2358 Bahner
    09/02/1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1130 Skuld, #1150 Achaia, 09/02/1930 1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to US (37 hrs)
    09/02/1930 M Wolf discovers asteroid #1703 Barry
    09/02/1935 A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423
    09/02/1936 1st transatlantic round-trip air flight
    09/02/1940 Byron Nelson wins PGA golf tournament
    09/02/1942 German troops enter Stalingrad
    09/02/1943 Waffen-SS (Skorzeny) frees Mussolini at Gran Sasso
    09/02/1944 Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank), is sent to Auschwitz
    09/02/1944 During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane
    09/02/1944 US leaders meet in Belgium
    09/02/1945 Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day)
    09/02/1945 V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends) 09/02/1946 Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager
    09/02/1949 Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China)
    09/02/1954 Hurricane Edna batters NE US, killing 20
    09/02/1954 WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting 09/02/1955 KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting 09/02/1956 Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India)
    09/02/1956 Orioles trailing Red Sox 8-0 come back to win 11-10 in 9 innings 09/02/1956 Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service
    09/02/1957 1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die 09/02/1957 Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game
    09/02/1958 Henry Verwoerd appointed PM of South Africa
    09/02/1958 KAYS TV channel 7 in Hays, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
    09/02/1959 US President Eisenhower arrives in Paris
    09/02/1960 Tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold 09/02/1963 Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS 09/02/1963 CBS & NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes
    09/02/1964 Indonesian parachutist lands in Malaysia
    09/02/1964 Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal 09/02/1965 Treblinka trial in Düsseldorf ends
    09/02/1967 KUHI (now KSNF) TV channel 16 in Joplin, MO (CBS) begins broadcastin
    09/02/1971 Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer
    09/02/1972 Chic White Sox Milt Pappas no-hits SD Padres, 1-0
    09/02/1973 Billy Martin fired as manager of Tigers
    09/02/1973 Netherlands wins hockey world's championship
    09/02/1973 P Wild discovers asteroids #1935 Lucerna & #2005 Hencke
    09/02/1978 George Harrison marries Olivia
    09/02/1978 Graham Salmon set worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man 09/02/1978 John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston 09/02/1978 Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years 09/02/1980 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2316 Jo-Ann, #2451 Dollfus, 09/02/1980 #2917 Sawyer Hogg, #3217 Seidelmann & #3255 Tholen
    09/02/1981 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2983 Poltava
    09/02/1983 N V Metlova discovers asteroid #3044
    09/02/1983 Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israeli PM 09/02/1984 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3141
    09/02/1986 Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi 09/02/1987 Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan 09/02/1987 Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit HRs in a game twice in 1 season
    09/02/1987 West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from 09/02/1987 Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia 09/02/1988 Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley 09/02/1989 Rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst 09/02/1990 Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St Zen Center, SF 09/02/1991 Jerry Lewis' 26th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,071,657 09/02/1992 Nicaragua struck by Earthquake; 60 die
    09/02/1993 Central African Republic ex-emperor Bokassa freed
    09/02/1993 Day of Peace in South Africa

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/03/1568 Adriano Banchieri, composer
    09/03/1596 Nicolo Amati, Italy, violin maker (Stradivari & Guarneri) 09/03/1600 Dirck Graswinckel, States-General court clerk
    09/03/1695 Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist/composer
    09/03/1703 Johan-Theodoor van Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal 09/03/1719 Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
    09/03/1757 Charles X, Versailles France, Duke of Prussia
    09/03/1778 Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer
    09/03/1789 Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer
    09/03/1803 Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer
    09/03/1803 Prudence Crandall, founder (School for 'young ladies of colour') 09/03/1811 John Humphrey Noyes, Vt, found Oneida Community (Perfectionists) 09/03/1825 Armistead Lindsay Long, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 189
    09/03/1825 William Wallace Burns, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
    09/03/1831 States Rights Gist, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 09/03/1835 William Gaston Lewis, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 09/03/1840 Jacob Fabricius, composer
    09/03/1849 Sarah Orne Jewett, Maine, author (Country of the Pointed Firs) 09/03/1856 Louis Henri Sullivan, Boston Mass, father of modern US architecture 09/03/1859 AAJ Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité, Les Preuves) 09/03/1860 Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established US credit union movement
    09/03/1861 Ursmer Berlière, Belgian historian (Monastican Belgium)
    09/03/1863 Hans Aanrud, Norse author (Sølve Solfeng)
    09/03/1864 Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer
    09/03/1865 Wilhelm Bousset, German theologist/historian
    09/03/1866 Alain Locke, famous African
    09/03/1875 Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche)
    09/03/1893 Florrie Rodrigo, dancer/choreography/teacher (Schepelingen) 09/03/1897 Francisco Paolo Mignone, composer
    09/03/1900 Urho K Kekkonen, premier/president Finland (1956- )
    09/03/1901 Eduard A van Beinum, musician/conductor
    09/03/1903 Willem Kooiman, theologist/church historian
    09/03/1905 Carl David Anderson, NYC, physicist (1936 Nobel Prize for physics) 09/03/1905 Robert Ruthenfranz, composer
    09/03/1907 Andrew Brewin, Canada, lawyer/cofound New Democratic Party 09/03/1907 Loren Eiseley, professor of Anthropology (Animal Secrets) 09/03/1910 Dorothy Maynor, Norfolk Va, soprano/founder (Harlem School of Arts) 09/03/1913 Alan Ladd, actor (Shane, Carpetbaggers, Boy on a Dolphin) 09/03/1914 Kitty Carlisle Hart, New Orleans La, actress (Animal Crackers) 09/03/1915 Abel Ehrlich, composer
    09/03/1915 Knut Nystedt, composer
    09/03/1917 Eddie 'Brat' Stanky, Phil Rizzuto's nemisis/2nd baseman (Dodgers) 09/03/1918 Helen Wagner, Lubbock Tx, actress (Nancy-As The World Turns) 09/03/1922 Rosendo Ejercito Santos, composer
    09/03/1923 Mort Walker, cartoonist (Beetle Bailey)
    09/03/1923 Terry Wilson, Calif, actor (Bill-Wagon Train)
    09/03/1926 Alison Lurie, US, novelist (War Between the Tates)
    09/03/1926 Anne Jackson, Penn, actress (Dirty Dingus Magee, Angel Levine) 09/03/1926 Irene Papas, actress (Anne of Thousand Days, Guns of Navarone, Z) 09/03/1926 Joe Kolter, (Rep-D-PA, 1983- )
    09/03/1926 John R[obert] Jones, US, sci-fi author (White Regiment, Lizard War) 09/03/1930 Cherry Barbara Grimm, [Lockett], NZ, sci-fi author (Nearest Fire) 09/03/1930 Haty Tegelaar-Boonacker, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
    09/03/1931 Mitzi Gaynor, Chicago Ill, actress (South Pacific)
    09/03/1931 Rudolf Kelterborn, composer
    09/03/1932 Richard Tyler, NYC, actor (Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family)
    09/03/1933 Roland Kayn, composer
    09/03/1933 Tompall Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Agai
    09/03/1934 Xavier Darasse, composer
    09/03/1935 Eileen Brennan, LA Calif, actress (Laugh-In, Pvt Benjamin) 09/03/1935 Otto Ketting, trumpeter/composer (Passacaglia)
    09/03/1936 John W Olver, (Rep-D-Massachusetts)
    09/03/1936 Zine al-Abidine Ben Ami, general/president of Tunisa (1987- ) 09/03/1940 Pauline Collins, London England, actress (Shirley Valentine) 09/03/1942 Al Jardine, US pop guitarist/singer (Beach Boys-Surfin, In My Room) 09/03/1943 Michael D Barnes, (Rep-D-MD, 1979-86)
    09/03/1943 Mick Farren, UK, sci-fi author (Synaptic Manhunt, Citizen Phaid) 09/03/1944 Sherwood C 'Woody' Spring, Hartford Ct, Col USA/astronaut (STS 61B) 09/03/1944 Valerie Perrine, Galveston Tx, actress (Steam Bath, Superman, Lenny)
    09/03/1945 Mike Harrison, keyboardist (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)
    09/03/1948 Minouche Janmat-Abee, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
    09/03/1948 Ronald W Harris, Canton Oh, lightweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1968) 09/03/1948 Tara Oedayraj Singh Varma, 1st black woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber 09/03/1956 Hans-Georg Beyer, German DR, team handball player (Olympic-gold-1980
    09/03/1964 Amber Lynn, [Adams], XXX actress (All For His Lady, Color Me Amber) 09/03/1965 Charlie Sheen, [Carlos Estavez], actor, NYC, actor (Wall St, Platoon
    09/03/1971 Tonja Christenson, Salt Lake City Utah, playmate (November, 1991)


    Deaths:

    09/03/1189 Rabbi Jacob of Orleans, killed in anti Jewish riot in London England
    09/03/1205 Petrus van Poitiers, French theologist (Sententiarum libri V), dies 09/03/1402 Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke/tyrant of Milan (1395-1402), dies at 51
    09/03/1634 Edward Coke, English Chief Justice/politician, dies
    09/03/1653 Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguistic, dies at 65
    09/03/1655 John W van Brederode, governor/field marshal, dies at 56
    09/03/1658 James I, king of England (1603-25), dies at 92
    09/03/1658 Oliver Cromwell, British general (1653-58)/Lord Protector, dies at 5
    09/03/1675 Pieter Boel, Flemish painter/etcher, dies
    09/03/1708 Christian Liebe, composer, dies at 53
    09/03/1739 George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal curiosity, dies
    09/03/1790 Thomas Norris, composer, dies at 49
    09/03/1811 Ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75
    09/03/1843 Cornelis PJ Elout, military/pres of West Sumatra, dies at 47 09/03/1849 Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria writer/physician, dies 09/03/1857 M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77 09/03/1871 Vaclav Horak, composer, dies at 71
    09/03/1890 Charles-A Chatrian, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 63
    09/03/1890 Willem Linnig Jr, Flemish painter/graphic artist, dies
    09/03/1908 Cornelis Pÿnacker Hordÿk, gov-gen (Dutch East-Indies), dies 09/03/1914 Alberic Magnard, composer, dies at 49
    09/03/1914 Ferdinand AR Cabrera, Spanish/German of emperor Wilhelm II, dies at
    09/03/1917 Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed 09/03/1935 Joannes DJ Aengenent, bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), dies at 62 09/03/1938 Bart de Ligt, anti military theologist, dies at 77
    09/03/1940 Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Hafvets Stjärna), dies at 59 09/03/1944 Frantisek Alois Drdla, composer, dies at 75
    09/03/1946 Carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer, dies at 79
    09/03/1948 Eduard Benesj, president Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48), dies 09/03/1951 Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer, dies at 67
    09/03/1960 Joseph Lamb, composer, dies at 72
    09/03/1962 Anton Mauve, painter, dies at 63
    09/03/1962 e e [Edward E] cummings, US poet (Tulips & Chimneys), dies at 67) 09/03/1963 Frico Kafenda, composer, dies at 79
    09/03/1964 Jopseph Marx, composer, dies at 82
    09/03/1967 David Cohen, historian/chairman (Jewish Council), dies at 84 09/03/1969 Ho Chi Minh, [Nguyen Ta't-Tanh], North Vietnamese president, dies 09/03/1970 Jochen Rindt, German race car driver, dies at 28
    09/03/1970 Vince Lombardi, football coach, dies in Washington DC at 57 09/03/1976 Harry Partch, composer, dies at 75
    09/03/1982 Della Chiesa, Italian general/mafia fighter, murdered
    09/03/1982 Michael Thoma, actor (8 is Enough, Fame), dies at 55
    09/03/1984 Arthur Schwartz, producer (Inside USA with Chevrolet), dies at 83 09/03/1984 Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid), dies at 80
    09/03/1985 John Herbert McDowell, composer, dies at 58
    09/03/1987 Morton Feldman, composer, dies at 61
    09/03/1990 David Acer, Florida dentist, dies of AIDs after infecting 5 patients
    09/03/1991 Frank Capra, director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 94 09/03/1991 Henri de Lubac, French theologist/antifascist, dies
    09/03/1992 Johannes van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Born 4/22/1884), dies
    09/03/1993 Leon Liebgold, Pol/US actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at


    Significant Events:

    09/03/ Date in the song 'Papa was a Rolling Stone' sung by the Temptations 09/03/ 590 St Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    09/03/1189 England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster 09/03/1260 Battle of Ain Djaloet, Palestine defeats Mongols army
    09/03/1483 Utrecht surrenders to Habsburgs army
    09/03/1651 Battle at Worcester-Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists 09/03/1709 1st major group of Swiss/German colonist reache NC/SC
    09/03/1725 England, France, Hannover & Prussia sign Covenant of Hannover 09/03/1731 Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Friesland
    09/03/1779 Earl d'orvilliers (French/Spanish Armada) sails back to Brest 09/03/1783 Treaty of Paris signed (ending US Revolutionary War)
    09/03/1826 USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate glob
    09/03/1832 Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname
    09/03/1833 NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)
    09/03/1838 Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor 09/03/1849 Calif State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey 09/03/1852 Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm
    09/03/1861 Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality 09/03/1864 Battle of Berryville, VA
    09/03/1864 US, British, French & Dutch naval officer sails Staits of Simonoseki
    09/03/1865 Army commander in SC orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land 09/03/1878 England's Princess Alice sinks; 645 die
    09/03/1882 K De Ball discovers asteroid #230 Athamantis
    09/03/1885 J Palisa discovers asteroid #250 Bettina
    09/03/1891 Cotton pickers organize union & staged strike in Texas
    09/03/1891 John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti
    09/03/1895 1st pro football game played (Latrobe, Penn)
    09/03/1900 British annex Natal (South Africa)
    09/03/1901 Boer General Smuts enters Kiba Drift in Cape Colony
    09/03/1902 M Wolf discovers asteroids #490 Veritas, #491 Carina & #492 Gismonda
    09/03/1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of Illustrious Client' 09/03/1903 Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup 09/03/1904 St Louis Olympics closes
    09/03/1906 Yanks win 2nd game on a forfeit over A's; 2nd forfeit win 09/03/1912 World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy 09/03/1913 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #762 Pulcova
    09/03/1914 British expeditionary army/general Lanrezacs army attacks the Marne 09/03/1914 Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV
    09/03/1914 French troops vacate Reims
    09/03/1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied leaves Albania
    09/03/1916 Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun
    09/03/1917 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes
    09/03/1917 German troops over run Riga Latvia
    09/03/1917 Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader 09/03/1918 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917 09/03/1918 J Palisa discovers asteroid #902 Probitas
    09/03/1921 KPB, Communist Party of Belgium merges
    09/03/1921 US win Davis Cup tennis tournament
    09/03/1924 Civil war breaks out in China (Gen Tsi moves to Shanghai) 09/03/1925 1st international handball match held
    09/03/1925 Dirigible 'Shenandoah' crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die 09/03/1930 Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic) 09/03/1932 Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US tennis title
    09/03/1934 Tunisia began its move for independence
    09/03/1935 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)
    09/03/1935 Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games 09/03/1938 1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland 09/03/1939 German U-boat sinks British passenger ship Athenia
    09/03/1939 Yanks beat Red Sox on a forfeit, their 4th forfeit win
    09/03/1940 1st showing of high definition color TV
    09/03/1940 39.4 CM rainfall at Sapulpa Oklahoma (state record)
    09/03/1940 Neth govt in exile of Gerbrandy forms London
    09/03/1940 Sicherheits police bans Free masons, Rotary & Red Cross
    09/03/1940 US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lea
    09/03/1941 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war) 09/03/1941 KYW TV channel 3 in Philadelphia, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting 09/03/1943 British 8th army lands in South Italy (Messina)
    09/03/1943 General Castellano signs cease fire treaty in Sicily
    09/03/1944 68th & last transport of Dutch Jews (Anne Frank) leaves to Auschwitz
    09/03/1944 Canadian troops liberate Abbeville, France
    09/03/1944 Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US tennis title
    09/03/1944 French troops liberate Lyon
    09/03/1944 Last transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz
    09/03/1944 Prince Bernhard appointed supreme commander of Neth Domestic Arm For
    09/03/1944 Tank division of British Guards free Brussels
    09/03/1945 Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies
    09/03/1947 Phila A's Bill McCahan no-hits Wash Senators, 3-0
    09/03/1947 Yanks get 18 singles to beat Red Soxs 11-2
    09/03/1948 W Gomulka deposed as general secretary of Polish Worker's party 09/03/1949 Fire in Chiang-king, China, destroys 7,000 lives
    09/03/1950 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1607 Mavis
    09/03/1951 TV soap opera 'Search for Tomorrow' debuts on CBS
    09/03/1953 French minister François Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy 09/03/1954 China begins artillery bombing on Quemoy & Amoy
    09/03/1954 Pope Pius X canonized a saint
    09/03/1955 KTBS TV channel 3 in Shreveport, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting 09/03/1956 Tanks are deployed against racial demonstrators in Clinton, Tennesse
    09/03/1957 KTCA TV channel 2 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) begins broadcasti
    09/03/1957 Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out 09/03/1964 US attorney general Robert Kennedy resigns
    09/03/1964 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson 09/03/1965 Garcia Godoy forms govt in Dominican Republic
    09/03/1965 Jim Hickman becomes 1st NY Met to hit 3 HRs in a game
    09/03/1966 24th World SF Convention honors Gene Roddenberry
    09/03/1967 Final episode of 'What's My Line?,' hosted by John Charles Daly 09/03/1967 Nguyen Van Thieu elected pres of S Vietnam under a new constitution 09/03/1967 Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road
    09/03/1967 WJPM TV channel 33 in Florence, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/03/1968 Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run
    09/03/1970 Billy Williams ends then longest NL consecutive streak at 1,117 game
    09/03/1970 Indonesian president Suharto visits Netherlands
    09/03/1971 John Lennon leaves UK for NYC, never to return
    09/03/1971 Manlio Brosio resigns as sect-gen of NATO
    09/03/1971 Qatar regains complete independence from Britain
    09/03/1971 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office 09/03/1974 NBA guard Oscar Robinson retires
    09/03/1974 US & German DR establish diplomatic relations
    09/03/1975 A R Klemola discovers asteroid #2131 Mayall
    09/03/1975 Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die
    09/03/1975 Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak 09/03/1976 Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos
    09/03/1978 Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
    09/03/1978 Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff 09/03/1979 Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000 09/03/1979 Iran army conquerors Mahabad
    09/03/1980 Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3560
    09/03/1981 Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game
    09/03/1981 Longest game in Fenway Park, suspended in 19, Mariners-7, Red Sox-7 09/03/1981 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3504
    09/03/1981 N G Thomas discovers asteroid #2527 Gregory
    09/03/1982 Jörgensen govt in Denmark resigns
    09/03/1984 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery 09/03/1984 South Africa adopts constitution
    09/03/1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth 09/03/1985 NY Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive HRs in a game
    09/03/1986 Astros & Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game 09/03/1987 Coup in Burundi suspends constitution
    09/03/1989 Iljushin-62 crashes down on residential area of Havana, 170 die 09/03/1990 9th no-hitter of 1990: Blue Jay Dave Steib beats Cleve 3-0 09/03/1990 Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego) 09/03/1992 Jerry Lewis' 27th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,759,368

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat Sep 4 00:30:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/04/1249 Amadeus V de Great, count of Flanders/Savoy
    09/04/1383 Amadeus VIII, duke of Savoye/last antipope (elix V (1439-48) 09/04/1596 Constantine Huygens, diplomat/poet/composer (Costelyck Silly) 09/04/1622 Jacob Hintze, composer
    09/04/1647 Gerard Noodt, lawyer
    09/04/1736 Robert Raikes, England, Sunday school pioneer
    09/04/1746 Bernardus Bosch, Dutch Patriot/poet/writer, baptised
    09/04/1761 Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer
    09/04/1768 François René de Chateaubriand, France, poet/novelist (Atala) 09/04/1778 Louis Napoleon, French king of Netherlands (1806-10)
    09/04/1793 Edward Bates, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1869
    09/04/1795 Friedrich [August] von Alberti, German geologist (Triasic Age) 09/04/1802 Marcus Whitman, missionary, led to US securing Oregon
    09/04/1803 Sarah Childress Polk, 1st lady (1845-1849)
    09/04/1810 Donald McKay, US naval architect, built fastest clipper ships 09/04/1811 Marie-Félicité-Denise Pleyel, [Mlle Moke], pianist/composer 09/04/1815 Andreas I Schaepman, archbishop of Utrecht 1868-82
    09/04/1815 Mihaly Mosonyi, composer
    09/04/1816 Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer
    09/04/1824 Anton Bruckner, Austria, Wagner disciple & monumental bore/composer 09/04/1824 Phoebe Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Poems of Alice & Phoebe Cary
    09/04/1825 Dadabhai Naoroji, 1st Indian in British parliament
    09/04/1843 Jan Levoslav Bella, composer
    09/04/1846 Daniel Burnham, US, architect/built skyscrapers
    09/04/1848 Lewis H Latimer, inventor/engineer
    09/04/1850 Luigi Cadorna, Italian field marshal/earl (WW I-Caporetto) 09/04/1853 Hermann von Wissmann, German African explorer/governor East-Africa 09/04/1859 Edoardo Mascheroni, composer
    09/04/1869 Geert A D Wumkes, Fries theologist/writer (Friese motion) 09/04/1872 Darius Milhaud, Aix-en-Provence France, composer (Maximilien) 09/04/1874 Johanna M 'Lena' Bakker, actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach
    09/04/1880 Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo)
    09/04/1883 Karel Candael, composer
    09/04/1888 Oskar Schlemmer, German painter/sculptor
    09/04/1893 Henry Schultz, US, farm commune leader
    09/04/1895 Nigel Bruce, British/US actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes) 09/04/1896 Agnes Ayres, [Hinkle], US, actress (Sheik, Souls at Sea)
    09/04/1896 Antonin Artaud, French songwriter/director (Le Theatre de Seraphin) 09/04/1900 Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder
    09/04/1901 Paul Osborn, playwright (Mornings at 7)
    09/04/1902 Lorna Johnstone, England, equestrian dressage (Olympic-13th-1968) 09/04/1904 Hjordis Töpel, Sweden, diving/4 X 100m relay (Olympic-bronze-1924) 09/04/1905 Mary Renault, [Mary Challens], writer (King Must Die, Funeral Games)
    09/04/1906 Alexander Moyzes, composer
    09/04/1906 Antanas Raciunas, composer
    09/04/1906 Hendrikus G 'Han' Hoekstra, poet (Ongerijmde life)
    09/04/1906 Max Delbrück, German/US biologist (Nobel 1969)
    09/04/1907 Leo Castelli, Trieste, American art dealer
    09/04/1908 Richard Wright, US, author (Native Son, Uncle Tom's Children) 09/04/1909 Karel Horky, composer
    09/04/1912 Alexander Liberman, editor/painter/photographer (639)
    09/04/1913 Stanford Moore, US biochemist (Nobel 1977)
    09/04/1915 Dick Thomas, Phila Pa, TV host (Village Barn)
    09/04/1915 Rudolf Schock, German opera/operette singer
    09/04/1916 Robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes, US, sci-fi author (Puzzle Planet)
    09/04/1917 Henry Ford II, automaker (Ford Motor Co)
    09/04/1918 Gerald Wilson, Shelby Miss, orch leader (Redd Foxx)
    09/04/1918 Paul Harvey, Tulsa Okla, news commentator (Rest of the story) 09/04/1918 William Talbert, tennis doubles champ (US 1942, 45, 46, 48) 09/04/1919 Howard Morris, NYC, comedic actor (High Anxiety)
    09/04/1920 Craig Claiborne, food columnist (NY Times Cookbook)
    09/04/1924 Joan Aiken, Romania, writer of children's songs
    09/04/1926 Robert J Lagomarsino, (Rep-R-CA, 1974- )
    09/04/1928 Dick York, Fort Wayne Ind, actor (Darrin-Bewitched, Inherit the Wind
    09/04/1928 Donald E Petersen, Minn, exec (Ford Motors)
    09/04/1929 Thomas F Eagleton, (Sen-D-MO, 1968-86/VP candidate-D-1972) 09/04/1930 Jerry Ragavoy, US songwriter/producer (Wonderful Dream)
    09/04/1932 Carlos Romero-Barcel, (Rep-D-Puerto Rico)
    09/04/1933 Richard Castellano, Bronx, actor (Godfather, Lovers & Other Stranger
    09/04/1937 Dawn Fraser, NSW Australia, 100m freestyle (Olympic-gold-1956, 60, 6
    09/04/1938 Leonard Frey, Bkln NY, actor (Best of West, Mr Smith)
    09/04/1942 Bob Filner, (Rep-D-California)
    09/04/1942 Merald 'Bubba' Knight, US singer (Gladys Knight & Pips)
    09/04/1942 Ray Floyd, Fort Bragg NC, PGA golfer (Masters 1976)
    09/04/1943 Giuseppi Gentile, Italy, triple jumper (Olympic-bronze-1968) 09/04/1944 Jennifer Salt, LA Calif, actress (Sisters, Soap, Wedding Party) 09/04/1947 Alan Greisman, Sally Field's husband/producer (Fletch, Surrender) 09/04/1947 Michael Huffington, (Rep-R-California)
    09/04/1948 Marian HJ Soutendÿk, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
    09/04/1949 Tom Watson, KC Mo, golfer (British Open 1975, 77, 80, 82, 83) 09/04/1951 Judith Ivey, El Paso Texas, actress (Lady in Red, Hello Again) 09/04/1953 Kengo Kimura, [Takashi Kimura], wrestler (NJPW)
    09/04/1953 Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, NYC, actor (Freddie-Welcome Back Kotter) 09/04/1953 Michael Stean, chess player
    09/04/1956 Candy Loving, playmate (Jan, 1979)
    09/04/1958 Shiro Koshinaka, wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
    09/04/1959 Armin Kogler, Austria, skier (2-time winner of jumping World Cup) 09/04/1959 William Kennedy Smith, Kennedy accused of rape in Florida (1991) 09/04/1960 Peter Virgile, soap actor
    09/04/1965 Terri Lynn Doss, Chicago Ill, playmate (Jul, 1988)
    09/04/1966 Debra Lewin, South Burlington Vermont, Miss Vermont-America (1991) 09/04/1968 John Preston, Utah, actor (Greg-General Hospital)
    09/04/1970 Igor Cavalera, Brazilian pop drummer (Sepultura)
    09/04/1970 Ione Skye, [Leitch], Hertfordshire England, actress (Say Anything) 09/04/1970 Jennifer Nakken, Cedar City Utah, Miss Utah-America (1991) 09/04/1972 Danny Ponce, Waltham Mass, actor (Willie-Valerie/Hogan Family) 09/04/1972 Merald Knight, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knights & Pips) 09/04/2179 Nyota Uhura, Nairobi Kenya, communications officer (Star Trek)


    Deaths:

    09/04/ 422 Boniface I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies
    09/04/ 454 Dioscorus van Alexandria, patriarch (council of Efeze), dies 09/04/1085 Irmgarde van Keulen, German countress of Aspel/saint, dies 09/04/1154 Gilbert de la Porrée, French philosopher/bishop of Poiters, dies 09/04/1553 Cornelia da Nomatalcino, monk converted to Judaism, burned at stake 09/04/1588 Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/favorite of Queen Elizabeth I, dies
    09/04/1709 Jean-François Regnard, French comedic poet/slave in Algeria, dies 09/04/1759 Girolamo Chiti, composer, dies at 80
    09/04/1784 Cesar F Cassini 'the Thury', French astronomer (geodesic labor), die
    09/04/1828 Cornelis Stevens, Belgian RC foreman/polemist, dies at 80 09/04/1845 Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher, dies at 82 09/04/1853 Jonathan Blewitt, composer, dies at 71
    09/04/1903 Herman Zumpe, composer, dies at 53
    09/04/1905 Pierre de Braza, founder (French Congo), dies
    09/04/1907 Edvard Grieg, composer, dies at 64
    09/04/1907 Edvard H Grieg, Norwegian composer (Peer Gynt Suite), dies 09/04/1918 Max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Raubmenschen), dies at 51) 09/04/1922 Georges Sorel, French social philospher, dies at 74
    09/04/1937 Giovanni Salviucci, composer, dies at 29
    09/04/1944 Izaak de Horst, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
    09/04/1963 Robert Schuman, French premier/chairman (European Parliament), dies 09/04/1965 Albert Schweitzer, German/French missionary (Nobel 1954), dies at 90
    09/04/1974 Creighton W Abrams, US general/army staff chief (Vietnam), dies at 5
    09/04/1974 Marcel Achard, French dramatist (La forges the Paris), dies 09/04/1975 Walter Tetley, voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 60 09/04/1979 Jef van de Wiele, Belgian politician, dies at 76
    09/04/1980 Wolfgang Gentner, German nuclear physicist, dies
    09/04/1981 Verne Rowe, actor (Verne-Fernwood 2 Night), dies at 59
    09/04/1985 George O'Brien, actor (Daniel Boone, Salute), dies of a stroke at 85
    09/04/1985 Isabel Jeans, actress (Suspicion, Easy Virtue, Tovarich), dies at 93
    09/04/1989 Georges Simenon, Belgian/French writer/director (Maigret), dies 09/04/1990 Henry Faas, [Wandelganger], journalist (People's Newspaper), dies 09/04/1990 Irene Dunne, actress (5 oscars), dies of heart failure at 91 09/04/1991 Charlie Barnet, saxophonist (Cherokee), dies of pneumonia at 77 09/04/1991 Dottie West, country singer (Here Comes my Baby), dies at 58 in a ca
    09/04/1991 Thomas Tryon, actor (Cardinal)/writer (Other), dies at 65 09/04/1992 John van Dreelen, [Jacques T van Drielen Gimberg], actor (Topaz), di
    09/04/1993 Herve Villechaize, actor (Fantasy Island), shoots self to death at 5
    09/04/1993 Mehmet Sincar, Turkish/Kurd parliament leader, murdered


    Significant Events:

    09/04/ 422 St Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    09/04/ 476 Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in west, is deposed 09/04/1024 Conrad II the Sailor chosen German king
    09/04/1260 Battle at Montaperti-Guelfen vs Ghibellijnen
    09/04/1282 King Pedro III of Aragónorth annexes Sicily
    09/04/1414 Peace of Atrecht: John the fearless & Armagnacs
    09/04/1609 Navigator Henry Hudson discovers island of Manhattan (or 0911) 09/04/1618 'Rodi' avalanche destroys Plurs Switzerland, 1,500 killed 09/04/1695 French garrison of castle Names surrenders for Willem III 09/04/1778 City Amsterdam signs trade agreement with US rebels
    09/04/1781 Los Angeles founded by 44 in Bahia de las Fumas, (Valley of Smokes) 09/04/1786 -5] Orange troops plunder Hattem/Elburg
    09/04/1805 1st edition of Batavian State-Current published
    09/04/1813 1st US relig newspaper (Religious Remembrancer (Christian Observer))
    09/04/1833 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty-NY Sun)
    09/04/1842 Work on Köln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus
    09/04/1854 English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka
    09/04/1862 North Beach & Mission Railway Company organized in SF
    09/04/1864 Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama
    09/04/1866 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published
    09/04/1870 3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king 09/04/1880 J Palisa discovers asteroid #218 Bianca
    09/04/1882 1st district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street Station) 09/04/1885 1st cafeteria opens (NYC)
    09/04/1886 Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war 09/04/1888 George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers 'Kodak' 09/04/1891 J Palisa discovers asteroid #315 Constantia
    09/04/1904 Dali Lama signs treaty allowing British commerce in Tibet 09/04/1905 P Gotz discovers asteroid #571 Dulcinea
    09/04/1911 Garros sets world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944 ft)
    09/04/1914 British, French & Russian govt signs Pact of London, against Germany
    09/04/1914 General von Moltke ceases German advance in France
    09/04/1916 Christy Mathewson & Mordecai Brown final baseball game
    09/04/1918 Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier 09/04/1918 US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months
    09/04/1919 British intervene in Petrograd
    09/04/1919 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #921 Jovita
    09/04/1920 Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria)
    09/04/1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000m (5:26.3)
    09/04/1923 NY Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Phila A's, 2-0
    09/04/1924 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1033 Simona
    09/04/1927 Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour 09/04/1930 Cambridge Theater opens in London
    09/04/1932 Olin Dutra wins PGA golf tournament
    09/04/1933 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il 09/04/1933 Coup on Cuban president De Céspedes by Fulgencio Batista
    09/04/1936 Franco troops conquer Irun & Talavera de la Reina Spain
    09/04/1936 Largo Caballero becomes Spanish premier
    09/04/1937 Doris Kopsky, becomes 1st NABA woman cycling champion (4:22.4) 09/04/1939 Dutch 2nd Chamber affirns Neth's in a State of War
    09/04/1939 German troops move into Danzig
    09/04/1939 Netherlands & Belgium declare neutrality
    09/04/1939 Polish ghetto of Mir is exterminated
    09/04/1940 CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB
    09/04/1940 Gerbrandy becomes premier of Dutch govt in exile
    09/04/1940 Mussert sends telegram, that Hitler has captured the Dutch 09/04/1940 Nazi collaborator Mussert puts the fate of Neth in Hitler's hands 09/04/1941 Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3 & clinch their 12th & earliest pennant 09/04/1943 British 8th army lands at Táranto South Italy
    09/04/1944 2,087 Jews transported for Westerbork to KZ-Lower Theresienstadt 09/04/1944 British 2nd pantzer division frees Antwerp
    09/04/1944 Finland breaks diplomatic contact with nazi-Germany
    09/04/1944 US 1st leader frees Namen
    09/04/1945 Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded 09/04/1945 US regains possession of Wake Island from Japan
    09/04/1948 Queen Wilhelmina abdicates Dutch throne
    09/04/1949 Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook) 09/04/1950 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines 09/04/1950 D McI Hodgson of St Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna 09/04/1950 Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250
    09/04/1951 1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by Pres Truman
    09/04/1951 NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network 09/04/1951 #2537 Gilmore & #2615 Saito
    09/04/1951 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1642 Hill, #1643 Brown, #1823 Gliese
    09/04/1953 WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins 09/04/1953 WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 09/04/1953 Yanks become 1st team to win 5 consecutive championship
    09/04/1954 1st passage of McClure Strait, fabled Northwest Passage completed 09/04/1957 Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel
    09/04/1961 Carol Burnette-Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS radio
    09/04/1961 US authorizes Agency for International Development
    09/04/1962 Beatles record 'How Do You Do It'
    09/04/1962 French president De Gaulle visits German FR
    09/04/1964 4th Road Bridge opens in England
    09/04/1964 Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile
    09/04/1964 NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1) 09/04/1965 Beatles' 'Help!,' single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
    09/04/1965 KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 09/04/1966 Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no 1st downs winning 45-7 09/04/1967 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200
    09/04/1967 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #1791 Patsayev
    09/04/1967 Train crash at Arnhem Neth, kills 5
    09/04/1968 Nigerian troops conquer Aba Biafra
    09/04/1970 -5) 29.0 cm rainfall at Workman Creek, Arizona (state record) 09/04/1970 George Harrison releases 'My Sweet Lord' single
    09/04/1970 Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile
    09/04/1971 Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska) 09/04/1972 US swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold meda
    09/04/1975 C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2744 Birgitta
    09/04/1976 Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus
    09/04/1977 P Wild discovers asteroid #2368 Beltrovata
    09/04/1978 NY Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season) 09/04/1979 Iran army conquerors Baneh
    09/04/1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3216 Harrington
    09/04/1981 Longest game at Fenway Park completed in 20, Mariners-8, Red Sox-7 09/04/1981 Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC
    09/04/1981 Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in 20 inn (started 9/3) 09/04/1983 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2959 Scholl & #3439 Lebofsky 09/04/1983 Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship
    09/04/1983 Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph)
    09/04/1984 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti sentenced to 2 years
    09/04/1985 Igor Paklin of USSR set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12 09/04/1985 NY Mets Gary Carter's 2 HRs ties record of 5 HRs in 2 games 09/04/1986 189.42 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
    09/04/1986 Claude Brochu becomes CEO of Montreal Expos
    09/04/1988 Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills NY 09/04/1988 Phoenix Cardinals play 1st regular-season NFL game
    09/04/1990 Jerry Lewis' 25th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $44,172,186 09/04/1991 Rte 35 Theater in Hazlit, last drive-in in NJ, closes
    09/04/1993 NY Yankee Jim Abbott no-hits Cleve Indians 4-0

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Sep 5 00:30:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/05/1187 Louis VIII, [Coeur-de-Lion] king of France (1223-26)
    09/05/1319 Pedro IV, king of Aragon
    09/05/1568 Giovan D 'Tommaso' Campanella, Ital philosopher/poet (Città del sole
    09/05/1600 Loreto Vittori, composer
    09/05/1638 Louis XIV, the great, king of France (1643-1715)
    09/05/1644 Gillis Schey, admiral (battle at Lowestoft)
    09/05/1666 Gottfried Arnold, German theologist/historian/songwriter
    09/05/1688 Lukas Fencer, poet (Stryt of vorschen & muyzen)
    09/05/1694 Frantisek Antonin Mica, composer
    09/05/1734 Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, composer
    09/05/1735 Johann Christian Bach, composer, son of JS Bach (English Bach) 09/05/1737 Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer
    09/05/1750 Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (Scots poems)
    09/05/1767 August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/interpreter/critic
    09/05/1771 Charles L J, archduke of Austria/Gov (Austria Netherland) 09/05/1791 Giacomo Meyerbeer, Vogelsdorf Germany, composer (Golt Und Die Natur)
    09/05/1792 Alexis-Charles-Maximilien Thibault, composer
    09/05/1815 Carl Wilhelm, composer
    09/05/1815 Tyree Harris Bell, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 09/05/1817 Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [NS] 09/05/1842 Louis F J Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare)
    09/05/1846 John W Cromwell, Secy (American Negro Academy)
    09/05/1847 Jesse James, Missouri, bank/train robber, son of a clergyman 09/05/1848 Manuel Giro, composer
    09/05/1867 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, composer
    09/05/1875 Napoleon 'Larry' Lajoie, RI, hall of fame shortstop (.426 in 1901) 09/05/1877 O W Albert Roelofs, painter/etcher
    09/05/1881 Otto Bauer, Austrian social-democrat
    09/05/1883 Otto E Deutsch, Austrian musicologist (Schubert-Brevier)
    09/05/1885 John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (National monument on the Dam) 09/05/1888 Sarvepalli Radhakrishan, president (India)/philosopher
    09/05/1892 Joseph Szigeti, Budapest Hungary, violinist (Violinist Notebook 1933
    09/05/1897 Luella Gear, NYC, actress (Joe & Mabel)
    09/05/1897 Morris Carnovsky, actor (Dead Reckoning)
    09/05/1898 Ebbe Hamerik, composer
    09/05/1901 Florence Elridge, actress (Long Days Journey into the Night) 09/05/1901 Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer
    09/05/1902 Darryl F Zanuck, film magnate/president (20th Century Fox) 09/05/1905 Arthur Koestler, Hungary, British writer (Arrow in Blue)
    09/05/1906 Peter Mieg, composer
    09/05/1906 Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Semj Dnej Nedeli) [OS] 09/05/1908 Joaquin Maria Nin-Culmell, Berlin Germany, Cuban/Spanish composer 09/05/1912 John Cage, LA, Calif, composer (Silence) & fraud
    09/05/1913 Connie Stuart, [Cornelia van Meygard], night club performer 09/05/1914 Gail Kubik, South Coffeyville, Okla, composer (Gerald McBoing Boing)
    09/05/1914 Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet (Defense of Violeta Parra)
    09/05/1917 Jack Buetel, Dallas Tx, actress (Outlaw, Half Breed)
    09/05/1920 Fons Rademakers, director (Assault)/actor (Daughter of Darkness) 09/05/1920 Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Anna & her Father) 09/05/1920 Peter Racine Fricker, British composer
    09/05/1921 Jack Valenti, Pres of Motion Picture Assn of America
    09/05/1923 Arthur C Nielsen, market researcher (TV's Nielsen's Ratings) 09/05/1924 Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar, composer
    09/05/1925 Justin Kaplan, US (...?)
    09/05/1927 Paul Volcker, Federal Reserve chairman
    09/05/1929 Andrian G Nikolayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Vostok III Soyuz 9) 09/05/1929 Bob Newhart, Oak Park Ill, comedian (Bob Newhart Show, Newhart) 09/05/1933 Vincent McDermott, composer
    09/05/1934 Carol Lawrence, Illinois, dancer/actress (Dean Martin Summer Show) 09/05/1935 Helen Gifford, composer
    09/05/1935 Werner Erhard, Phila, founded EST
    09/05/1936 Alcee Hastings, (Rep-D-Florida)
    09/05/1936 John C Danforth, (Sen-R-Missouri, 1977- )
    09/05/1937 William Devane, Albany NY, actor (Family Plot, Missles of October) 09/05/1939 George Lazenby, Goulburn Australia, actor (James Bond)
    09/05/1939 John Stewart, San Diego Ca, rocker (Kingston Trio-Fire in the Wind) 09/05/1940 Lewis Spratlan, composer
    09/05/1940 Raquel Welch, Chic Ill, (Myra Breckenridge, 1,000,000 BC, 100 Rifles
    09/05/1942 Eduardo Mata, Mexico City Mexico, conductor (Improvisaciones) 09/05/1945 Al Stewart, Glasgow Scotland, rocker (Year of the Cat)
    09/05/1946 Freddie Mercury, [Bulsara], British vocalist (Queen-We are Champions
    09/05/1946 Loudon Wainwright III, vocalist (April Fool's Day Morn)
    09/05/1950 Cathy Guisewhite, cartoonist (Cathy)
    09/05/1950 Kathy Cronkite, actress (Annie-Hizzonner)
    09/05/1952 Graham Salmon, blind runner (fastest 100m by a blind man) 09/05/1954 Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, German DR, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1980) 09/05/1956 Sandra Guiboard, US AFB German FR, actress (Donna-One Life to Live) 09/05/1956 Steve Denton, world's fastest tennis serve-138 mph)
    09/05/1960 Rob Stull, Damascus Md, US pentathlete (Olympic-92)
    09/05/1960 Willie Gault, bob sledder/NFL receiver (Chicago Bears, LA Raiders) 09/05/1964 Kristian Alfonso, actress (Days of our Lives, Falcon Crest) 09/05/1965 Barbara Lufthansa Herzog, born during Lufthansa Frankfurt-NY flight 09/05/1965 Christopher Nolan, Ireland, handicapped writer (Under Eye of Clock) 09/05/1966 Simone Jacobs, England, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-bronze-1984) 09/05/1967 Michele Ebadi, Omaha Nebraska, Miss Nebraska-America (1991) 09/05/1968 Yuki Ishikawa, wrestler (NJPW)
    09/05/1969 Dweezil Zappa, rock guitarist/son of Frank Zappa/MTV VJ
    09/05/1973 Tina Yothers, actress (Family Ties)


    Deaths:

    09/05/1235 Henry I, duke of Brabant, dies
    09/05/1566 Suleiman I, the Great Law Giver, sultan of Turkey (1520-66), dies 09/05/1572 Pieter Tichelmann, Flemish Franciscan, dies at about 71
    09/05/1659 Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 7
    09/05/1683 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French Minister of Navy, dies
    09/05/1803 Francois Devienne, composer, dies at 44
    09/05/1858 Moritz G, [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist, dies at 63 09/05/1859 W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter, dies
    09/05/1877 Crazy Horse, [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, dies 09/05/1890 Ludwig Deppe, composer, dies at 61
    09/05/1910 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist, dies at 70 09/05/1910 Julian Edwards, composer, dies at 54
    09/05/1914 Charles Péguy, French writer/publisher (Clio), dies in battle at 41 09/05/1932 Paul Bern, husband of Jean Harlow, dies
    09/05/1939 Cornelis J 'Cor' van Ast, actor/director (Two guys), dies at 67 09/05/1968 Juan Jose Castro, composer, dies at 73
    09/05/1969 Henk Bijvanck, composer, dies at 59
    09/05/1969 Mitchell Ayres, orch leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at 58 09/05/1972 Josef Romano, Israeli olympian, murdered
    09/05/1972 Mosje Weinberg, Israeli olympic wrestling coach, murdered 09/05/1980 Barbara Loden, actress (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 48
    09/05/1981 Ayatollah Ali Qoddusi, prosecutor-general of Iran, assassinated 09/05/1982 Maurice Naessens, Belgian banker, dies at 73
    09/05/1992 Billy Herman, US baseball player/manager, dies at 83
    09/05/1993 Claude Renoir, French cameraman (Spy Who Loved Me), dies at 78 09/05/1993 John Truscott, Australian set designer (Camelot), dies at 57 09/05/1993 René Klijn, [Dorian], singer (Mr Blue), dies of AIDS at 30) 09/05/1993 Willem Wagter, actor (Ghetto, Medic Center West), dies at 60


    Significant Events:

    09/05/1198 Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen crowned king of Roman Catholic Germa
    09/05/1519 2nd Battle of Tehuacingo, Mexico: Hernan Cortes vs Tlascala vs Azsig
    09/05/1644 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sas of Gent
    09/05/1750 Decree issued in Paderborn Prussia allows for annual search of all 09/05/1750 Jewish homes for stolen or 'doubtful' goods
    09/05/1774 1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia
    09/05/1781 Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, traps Cornwallis 09/05/1795 US-Algiers sign peace treaty
    09/05/1796 General Salicetti orders equal rights for Jews of Bologna Italy 09/05/1814 -15] Battle at Masurische Meren: Germans chase Russ out of E Prussia
    09/05/1836 Sam Houston elected president of Republic of Texas
    09/05/1838 Central Museum opens in Utrecht Netherlands
    09/05/1862 Lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland
    09/05/1863 Bread revolt in Mobile Alabama
    09/05/1877 Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas
    09/05/1882 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC
    09/05/1885 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind) 09/05/1887 Gas lamp at Theater Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200 09/05/1895 George Washington Murray elected to Congress from SC
    09/05/1900 France proclaims a protectorate over Chad
    09/05/1901 National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues formed 09/05/1905 Treaty of Portsmouth USA, ends Russo-Japanese War
    09/05/1906 1st legal forward pass (Brandbury Robinson to Jack Schneider) 09/05/1908 Dodger Nap Rucker no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
    09/05/1913 Phillies & Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, 09/05/1913 Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th 09/05/1914 Battle of Marne (WW I) begins
    09/05/1914 French headquarter move to Chatillon-sur-Seine
    09/05/1914 Gr Britain/France/Belgium/Russia sign pact of London
    09/05/1915 Anti-war conference in Zimmerwald, Switzerland
    09/05/1915 G Neujmin discovers asteroids #848 Inna & #917 Lyka
    09/05/1918 Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early
    09/05/1920 Iron monument unveiled at Stone churches, Flanders
    09/05/1922 Yankees final game at Polo Grounds (played there 7 years) 09/05/1923 Flyweights Gene LaRue & Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously 09/05/1923 S Belyavskij discovers asteroids #1004 Belopolskya, #1005 Arago 09/05/1924 S Belyavskij discovers asteroids #1153 Wallenbergia & #1874 Kaciveli
    09/05/1925 112 F (44°C), Centerville, Alabama (state record)
    09/05/1926 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1184 Gaea
    09/05/1927 Red Sox beat Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings
    09/05/1928 O Oikawa discovers asteroid #1098 Hakone
    09/05/1929 French premier A Briand requests a United States of Europe 09/05/1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1419 Danzig
    09/05/1935 P Shajn discovers asteroid #1648 Shajna
    09/05/1936 Red Sox turn a triple-play on Yankees
    09/05/1937 C Jackson discovers asteroid #3768
    09/05/1939 US declare itself neutral
    09/05/1942 British & US bomb Le Havre & Bremen
    09/05/1943 US airland at Nadzab, New-Guinea
    09/05/1944 'Dolle Tuesday' 65,000 Dutch NSB'ers flee to Germany
    09/05/1944 Allies liberate Brussels
    09/05/1944 Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands sign unity treaty
    09/05/1944 British premier Churchill travels to Scotland
    09/05/1944 Dutch Armed Forces forms, under prince Bernhard
    09/05/1946 Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game
    09/05/1950 98.3 cm rainfall at Yankeetown, Florida (state record)
    09/05/1952 General Carlos Ibañez elected president of Chile
    09/05/1953 1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC
    09/05/1953 US give Persians premier Zahedi $45 million aid
    09/05/1954 Dutch Super Constellation crashes at Shannon, 28 die
    09/05/1954 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2996 Bowman
    09/05/1955 Fred Kaps becomes world champion magician
    09/05/1955 WKRG TV channel 5 in Mobile, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 09/05/1955 WTTW TV channel 11 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/05/1956 20 die in a train crash in Springer NM
    09/05/1957 Cuban dictator Batista bombs Cienfuegos uprising
    09/05/1957 Yugoslavia bans Milovan Djilas' book 'new class marine officers' 09/05/1958 'Doctor Zhivago' by Boris Pasternak published in US
    09/05/1958 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte NC 09/05/1958 WKPC TV channel 15 in Louisville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/05/1959 Wash Senator Jim Lemon is 7th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd) 09/05/1960 Cassius Clay captures Olympic light heavyweight gold medal 09/05/1960 President Kasavubu fires premier Lumumba of Congo
    09/05/1961 JFK begins underground nuclear testing
    09/05/1961 President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty) 09/05/1961 US resume nuclear testing
    09/05/1966 WRLK TV channel 35 in Columbia, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/05/1967 KMEG TV channel 14 in Sioux City, IA (CBS) begins broadcasting 09/05/1967 WEBA TV channel 14 in Allendale, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/05/1968 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan 09/05/1969 Frente Obrero wins Dutch Antilles national elections
    09/05/1970 Estimated 15 cm (6') of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record) 09/05/1971 NY Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet 09/05/1972 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics by Black Sept 09/05/1972 Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley Belgium 09/05/1972 P Wild discovers asteroid #1906 Naef
    09/05/1972 Palestinian terrorists kill 10 Israelis at 1972 Munich Olympics 09/05/1975 Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme attempts to assassinate Ford in Sacramento 09/05/1975 Portugal premier Gonçalvez resigns
    09/05/1975 Wings release 'Letting Go'
    09/05/1977 Cleveland Indians stage 1st 'I hate the Yankee Hanky Night' 09/05/1977 H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #3496 Arieso
    09/05/1977 RAF kidnap West German work chairman Schleyer
    09/05/1977 Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn
    09/05/1978 N Chernykh disc asteroid 2610 Tuva, 2859 Paganini, 2969 & 3072 Vilni
    09/05/1978 Sadat, Begin & Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md 09/05/1979 Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Burma
    09/05/1979 Iran army occupies Piranshahr
    09/05/1980 Poland party leader Edward Gierek resigns
    09/05/1980 World's longest auto tunnel, St Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens 09/05/1981 L Brozek discovers asteroid #3603
    09/05/1981 Oak Ridge Observatory discovers asteroid #2872 Gentelec
    09/05/1982 Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph 09/05/1983 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB 09/05/1983 Elmer Trettr sets record for highest terminal velocity at 201.34 mph
    09/05/1983 end of a 440 yard motorcycle run from a standing start
    09/05/1984 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) -Discovery 1- lands at Edwards AFB
    09/05/1985 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3456 & #3457
    09/05/1986 Karachi Pakistan army storms hijacked US B-747, 19 killed 09/05/1986 NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms
    09/05/1986 NASA launches DOD-1
    09/05/1988 Jerry Lewis' 23rd Labor Day telethon raises record $41,132,113 09/05/1989 Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of Today Show
    09/05/1990 Iraqi Pres Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West 09/05/1991 Actor John Travolta weds Kelly Preston
    09/05/1991 Nelson Mandela chosen president of South African ANC
    09/05/1991 US trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins 09/05/1992 Andrew 'Dice' Clay marries his longtime live-in lover Trinie 09/05/1993 Noureddine Morceli runs world record mile (3:44,39)

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/06/1577 Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect (Aanbidding of the Point) 09/06/1620 Isabella Leonarda, composer
    09/06/1627 Pierre Verdier, composer
    09/06/1633 Sebastian Knupfer, composer
    09/06/1644 Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer
    09/06/1648 Johann Schelle, composer
    09/06/1697 Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdams regent/banker/merchant
    09/06/1702 Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer
    09/06/1711 Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg, found US Lutheran church
    09/06/1757 Marquis de Lafayette, American patriot, French revolutionary 09/06/1766 John Dalton, English physicist, developed atomic theory of matter 09/06/1781 Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer
    09/06/1788 F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari)
    09/06/1797 Wililam 'Extra Billy' Smith, Confederacy (Confederate Army) 09/06/1805 Horatio Greenough, US, neo-classical sculptor/writer (Form & Functio
    09/06/1811 James Melville Gilliss, founder (Naval Observatory in Washington) 09/06/1811 Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans, Flemish author (Rozeken Pot) 09/06/1814 George Cartier, (C) Canadian co-PM (1858-62)
    09/06/1815 John Richardson Liddell, Brig General (Confederate Army)
    09/06/1815 Karol Katski, composer
    09/06/1816 Francis Stebbins Bartow, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1861 09/06/1817 Alexander Tilloch Galt, a Canadian founding father
    09/06/1819 Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer
    09/06/1819 Nicolae Filimon, Romania, writer/critic (Ciocoii Vechi Si Noi) 09/06/1819 William Starke Rosecrans, Mjr General (Union volunteers)
    09/06/1827 John Morrison Oliver, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 09/06/1855 Ferdinand B Hummel, composer
    09/06/1860 Jane Addams, US, pacifist/social worker/feminist (Nobel 1931) 09/06/1863 Rodolfo Lenz, German/Chilian linguist (El Papiamento)
    09/06/1869 Felix Salten, [Siegmund Salzmann], Austria journalist (Bambi) 09/06/1869 Walford Davies, composer
    09/06/1876 John JR Macleod, Scottish/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923) 09/06/1876 Willem A Bonger, sociologist/criminologist (Race & Crime) 09/06/1877 Petar Stojanovic, composer
    09/06/1880 Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch night club performer (French governess) 09/06/1881 Leo Carrillo, LA Calif, actor (Pancho-Cisco Kid)
    09/06/1882 John Powell, composer
    09/06/1883 Lord Birkett, England, judge (Nüremburg Trials)
    09/06/1884 Emerson Whithorne, composer
    09/06/1885 Franz T Csokor, Austrian author (Tie Zeichen an up the Wand) 09/06/1885 Otto Kruger, Toledo Ohio, actor (Lux Video Theater, High Noon) 09/06/1888 Joseph P Kennedy, Boston Mass, diplomat, father of JFK, RFK & Teddy 09/06/1889 Fritz Künkel, German physicians (Angewandte Characterize) 09/06/1890 Manfred Gurlitt, composer
    09/06/1896 Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer
    09/06/1896 Mario Praz, Italian literary (La carne, la morte, e il diavolo) 09/06/1896 Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer
    09/06/1899 Billy Rose, theatrical producer (Diamond Horse Show)
    09/06/1900 Julien Green, US/French writer (Frere Francois)
    09/06/1902 Morgan Beatty, Little Rock Ark, news anchor (Du Mont Evening News) 09/06/1903 Pál Kadosa, Hungarian composer/pianist
    09/06/1904 Karlo A Kivima, Finnish writer (Groenende Cross)
    09/06/1904 Lyubomir Pipkov, composer
    09/06/1904 Maxie Rosenbloom, light heavyweight boxing champ (1930-34) 09/06/1906 Alexander Bodon, Hungarian/Dutch architect (RAI building) 09/06/1906 John Meulenhoff, publisher
    09/06/1907 John A Kelly, US marathon runner (Berlin 1936, Boston 1935..1991) 09/06/1908 Paul Lavalle, Beacon NY, bandleader (Cities Service Band of America)
    09/06/1912 Vincent DiMaggio, baseball player (Giants, Phils, Reds, Braves) 09/06/1912 Wayne Barlow, composer
    09/06/1915 Franz Josef Strauss, Germany, nazi/minister of defense (1956-62) 09/06/1917 George Mann, captain English cricket team
    09/06/1923 Peter II Karadjordjevic, King of Yugoslavia (1934-45)
    09/06/1923 William Kraft, Chicago, Ill, composer/percussionist
    09/06/1924 John Melcher, (Sen-D-MO)
    09/06/1925 Jimmy Reed, Mississippi, blues singer (Soulin', Big Boss Man) 09/06/1926 Arthur William Oldham, composer
    09/06/1926 Claus von Amsberg, prince of Netherland
    09/06/1927 Keith Humble, composer
    09/06/1928 Evgeny Svetlanov, Moscow Russia, conductor (Siberian Fantasy) 09/06/1928 Rudolph Plukfelder, USSR, light heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1964) 09/06/1929 Tsang-houe' Hsu, composer
    09/06/1930 André Beullens, Flemish painter
    09/06/1931 Sander M Levin, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1983- )
    09/06/1932 Gilles Tremblay, composer
    09/06/1934 Jody McCrea, LA Calif, actor (Ben Matheson-Wichita Town)
    09/06/1935 Bob Bouber, Dutch singer (ZZ & Masks)
    09/06/1937 Jo Anne Worley, Lowell Indiana, comedienne (Laugh-in)
    09/06/1937 John Bernard, Dutch TV weatherman
    09/06/1938 Joan Tower, New Rochelle NY, composer (Breakfast Rhythms) 09/06/1939 David Allan Coe, country musician (Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy) 09/06/1940 Jackie Trent, singer
    09/06/1941 Monica Mason, England, ballerina
    09/06/1941 Willibrord Frequin, Dutch TV reporter
    09/06/1942 Mel McDaniel, Checotah Okla, singer (Baby's got her Blue Jeans On) 09/06/1944 Linda Kaye Henning, Cal, actress (Betty Joe-Petticoat Junction) 09/06/1944 MN Aubrey Mokoape, S Afr's VP (Azanian People Org)
    09/06/1944 Roger Waters, British pop bassist (Pink Floyd-The Wall)
    09/06/1944 Swoosie Kurtz, Omaha Nebraska, actress (Slap Shot, Garp)
    09/06/1946 Bryan D O'Connor, Orange Cal, Col USMC/astronaut (STS 61B, STS 40) 09/06/1946 Buizen Beernd, [Bennie Jolink], singer/guitarist/pianist (Normal) 09/06/1947 Jane Curtin, Cambridge Mass, actress (SNL, Allie Lowell-Kate & Allie
    09/06/1947 Roger Waters, singer (Pink Floyd-Wall)
    09/06/1948 Charles 'Claydes' Smith, US guitarist (Cabbage & Passage-Too Hot) 09/06/1949 Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, S Afr Kwazulu politician
    09/06/1950 Ria Oomen-Ruÿten, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
    09/06/1953 Katherine Cannon, Hartford Ct, actress (Father Murphy, Survivors) 09/06/1953 Mohammed Kedir, Ethiopia, 10k runner (Olympic-bronze-1980) 09/06/1954 Jon Erikson, US, 1st to triple cross English Channel (1981) 09/06/1955 Anne Henning, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1972)
    09/06/1955 Carl E Walz, Cleve Ohio, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (SK:STS 51)
    09/06/1957 'Curley' Joe Smyth, Westbrook Me, country singer (Betty's Bein' Bad)
    09/06/1957 Gwyn Evans, Welsh rugby player
    09/06/1960 Michael Winslow, actor/comedian (Police Academy)
    09/06/1961 Peggy MacIntaggart, Midland Ontario, playmate (January, 1990) 09/06/1961 Pái Waaktaar, rocker (Aha-Take on Me)
    09/06/1963 Mark Chesnutt, Beaumont Tx, country singer (Too Cold at Home) 09/06/1966 Joan Guetschow, Akron Ohio, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
    09/06/1967 Amy Lynn Baxter, model (Penthouse Pet 1990)
    09/06/1974 Justin Whalin, LA, actor (Charles in Charge)


    Deaths:

    09/06/ 972 John XIII Crescentii, pope (965-72), dies
    09/06/1635 Adrian A Metius, mathematician/fort architect, dies at 63 09/06/1649 Robert Dudley, English navigator/writer (Arcano del Mare), dies 09/06/1701 James II, king of England (1685-88), dies at 68
    09/06/1811 Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer, dies at 77
    09/06/1819 Georg Druschetzky, composer, dies at 74
    09/06/1831 Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer, dies at 49
    09/06/1863 Lucius March Walker, Confederate brig-general (in duel), dies at 33 09/06/1902 Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet), dies at 75 09/06/1937 Henry Hadley, composer, dies at 65
    09/06/1939 Arthur Rackham, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales), dies at 71
    09/06/1941 Hugo Loudon, president-director (Royal Oil), dies at 81
    09/06/1944 Robert Lejour, Belgian lawyer/resistance fighter, murdered 09/06/1945 John S Mccain, US admiral, (WW II-Pacific Ocean), dies
    09/06/1947 Paul Guthnick, German astronomer, dies at 76
    09/06/1948 Gerrit H Kersten, vicar/founder (Calvinist Party), dies at 66 09/06/1952 Jose Forns y Cuadras, composer, dies at 54
    09/06/1956 Felix Borowski, composer, dies at 84
    09/06/1959 Kay Kendall, British actress (Genevieve), dies at 32
    09/06/1960 Jimmy Savo, comedian (Through the Crystal Ball), dies at 65 09/06/1962 Hanns Eisler, composer (N Vietnam/E German Natl Anthem), dies at 64 09/06/1963 Margarita Sierra, actress (Surfside 6), dies at 26 after heart surge
    09/06/1963 Margarita Sierra, actress, dies at 26 after heart surgery 09/06/1965 Konstantin Mostras, composer, dies at 79
    09/06/1966 Hendrik F Verwoerd, South African PM (1958-66), assassinated at 64 09/06/1966 Luigi Perrachio, composer, dies at 83
    09/06/1966 Margaret Sanger, US feminist/birth control pioneer, dies at 86 09/06/1968 Karl Ranki, composer, dies at 69
    09/06/1973 William H Harris, composer, dies at 90
    09/06/1974 Otto Kruger, actor (Lux Video Theater), dies on 89th birthday 09/06/1975 Rien van Nunen, actor, dies at 62
    09/06/1977 Guido Pannain, composer, dies at 85
    09/06/1977 Paul Burkhard, composer, dies at 65
    09/06/1978 John Berger, politician, dies at 59
    09/06/1979 Ronald Binge, composer, dies at 69
    09/06/1981 Joseph Yasser, composer, dies at 88
    09/06/1984 E J Andre, actor (Eugene Bullock-Dallas), dies at 74
    09/06/1984 Ernest Tubb, singer (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 70
    09/06/1985 Jane Frazee, singer/actress (Alice-Beulah), dies at 67 of pneumonia 09/06/1985 Johnny Desmond, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies of cancer at 65 09/06/1985 Leon Orthel, composer, dies at 79
    09/06/1986 Blanche Sweet, US actress (DW Griffith movies), dies at 90 09/06/1990 T Issan Dorsey, founder (Hartford St Zen Center SF), dies


    Significant Events:

    09/06/ 394 Battle of Frigidus North-Italy
    09/06/1492 Columbus' fleet leaves Gomera, Canary islands
    09/06/1522 Magellen with Vittoria returns to Spain, after 1st round world trip 09/06/1620 1st stones layed in Western Tower
    09/06/1620 Pilgrims set sail from Plymouth England to New World
    09/06/1622 Spanish silver fleet disappears off Florida Keys; 1,000s die 09/06/1628 Puritans land at Salem, from Mass Bay Colony, witches soon to settle
    09/06/1675 Swedish admiral Stenbock sails out with fleet of 66 ships 09/06/1732 VOC fires Neth-Dutch east indies governor-general Diederik Dare 09/06/1776 Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French & Dutch ships sinks; 600 die 09/06/1837 Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men) 09/06/1839 Great fire in NY
    09/06/1848 National Black Convention meets (Cleveland)
    09/06/1853 Women's Right's Convention met (NYC)
    09/06/1862 Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland
    09/06/1863 -7] Confederate troops vacate Fort Wagner SC (1700 casualties) 09/06/1863 After 59 day siege, confederates evacuate Ft Wagner, SC
    09/06/1867 J C Watson discovers asteroid #94 Aurora
    09/06/1869 1st westbound train arrives in SF
    09/06/1869 Mine fire kills 179 at Avondale Pennsylvania
    09/06/1870 Ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die
    09/06/1873 Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street
    09/06/1876 Race riot in Charleston SC
    09/06/1876 Southern Pacific line from LA to SF completed
    09/06/1883 Cub's Burns (extra bases), Williamson & Pfeiffer get 3 hits in 1 inn
    09/06/1886 Queen Victoria establishes Distinguished Service Order (DSO) award 09/06/1899 Carnation processes its 1st can of evaporated milk
    09/06/1900 British General Buller occupies Lydenburg South Africa
    09/06/1903 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of Creeping Man' (BG) 09/06/1905 Atlanta Life Insurance Company established
    09/06/1905 Chic White Sox Frank Smith no-hits Detroit Tigers, 15-0
    09/06/1905 General Trade journal publishes 1st Dutch photo (train accident) 09/06/1909 Word received, Adm Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier 09/06/1910 Saskatchewan (then Regina) Roughrider football club formed 09/06/1912 NY Giant Jeff Tesreau no-hits Phila, 3-0
    09/06/1913 1st aircraft to loop the loop (Adolphe Pégoud-France)
    09/06/1914 Battle of Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris
    09/06/1916 S B Nicholson discovers asteroid #878 Mildred
    09/06/1920 1st radio broadcast of a prizefight; Dempsey KOs Miskey retains titl
    09/06/1923 Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 25 year jubilee
    09/06/1924 Assassination attempt on Mussolini fails
    09/06/1928 USSR signs Briand-Kellogg-pact
    09/06/1930 Brooklyn Dodgers beat Phillies 22-8
    09/06/1938 Wilhelmina celebrates 40th anniversary jubilee as Dutch queen 09/06/1939 1st German air attack on Great-Britain in WW II
    09/06/1939 South Africa declares war on nazi-Germany
    09/06/1940 Crown prince Michael succeeds Carol II as king of Romania 09/06/1940 M B Protitch discovers asteroid #1554 Yugoslavia
    09/06/1940 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1677 Tycho Brahe
    09/06/1941 All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star 09/06/1941 Jews of Vilna Poland are confined to a ghetto
    09/06/1943 'Congressional Limited' train derails near Frankfort Pa, kills 79 09/06/1944 Gen Von Zangens 15th army escape from Zealand
    09/06/1946 All-American Football Conference plays 1st game (Clev 44, Miami 0) 09/06/1948 Juliana becomes queen of Netherlands
    09/06/1948 US win Davis Cup tennis tournament
    09/06/1949 Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in 12 minutes
    09/06/1952 Canadian TV begins in Montreal
    09/06/1953 Adenauers CDU wins elections in German FR
    09/06/1954 US plane shot down above Siberia
    09/06/1954 WINS NYC begins playing rock n roll with Alan Freed Show
    09/06/1954 Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters
    09/06/1963 Church bombed in Birmingham AL, kills 4 African-American girls 09/06/1963 Major league baseballs 100,000th game
    09/06/1965 KLNE TV channel 3 in Lexington, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/06/1966 'Star Trek' premieres on NBC TV
    09/06/1966 Race riot in Atlanta Georgia
    09/06/1967 G Soulie discovers asteroid #1736 Floirac
    09/06/1968 Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day)
    09/06/1970 Palestinians seize 3 jetliners
    09/06/1972 John & Yoko appear on Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon 09/06/1972 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #2720 Pyotr Pervyj & #2768 Gorky 09/06/1972 Summer Olympics resume in Munich Germany after massacre
    09/06/1973 NY Times reports almost all Superfectas run at Yonkers, Roosevelt & 09/06/1973 Monticello from Jan-Mar of 1973 were fixed
    09/06/1975 6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice Turkey 09/06/1975 Chris Evert beats Evonne Goolagong for her 1st US Open Tennis title 09/06/1975 Chris Evert beats Martina Naratilova for her 5th US Open Tennis titl
    09/06/1975 Heavy earthquake at Lice Turkey; 3,000 killed
    09/06/1976 Russian pilot Belenko defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet
    09/06/1978 Begin & Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace
    09/06/1978 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2786 Grinevia
    09/06/1980 Chantal Langlace sets women's record for fastest 100K run (7h27m22s)
    09/06/1981 Bob Lemon named Yankee manager
    09/06/1982 Dutch Internal minister Mr M Red assigns BVD to spy on communists 09/06/1982 Paul McCartney releases 'Tug of War'
    09/06/1982 Polish dissidents seize Polish Embassy in Bern, Switzerland 09/06/1983 Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova requests political asylum in N
    09/06/1983 USSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2
    09/06/1984 Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow
    09/06/1986 Attack on synagogue in Istanbul, 23 killed
    09/06/1986 Barbra Striesand's 1st live concert in 20 years
    09/06/1986 USSR charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying
    09/06/1987 Benjamin & Patrick Binder separated at John Hopkins Hospital 09/06/1987 Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks a CFL-record 60-yard field goal 09/06/1988 Crippled soviet Soyuz TM-5 lands safely with 2 cosmonauts aboard 09/06/1989 Amateur Athletic Fed strips Ben Johnson of all track records 09/06/1991 Ronald Venetian chosen president of Suriname
    09/06/1991 USSR recognizes independence of the 3 Baltic republics
    09/06/1992 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m (3:28.86)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Sep 7 00:30:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/07/1471 Frederik I, king of Denmark/Norway (1523-33)
    09/07/1533 Queen Elizabeth I, England, (1558-1603) daughter of Henry VIII 09/07/1631 Clemens Thieme, composer
    09/07/1635 Pal Esterhazy, composer
    09/07/1703 Jean Monnet, composer
    09/07/1707 George-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, writer on natural history 09/07/1726 François-André Danican Philidor, France, composer/chess champion 09/07/1731 Damasus Brosmann, composer
    09/07/1731 Elisabetta de Gambarini, composer
    09/07/1737 Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomist/physicist
    09/07/1739 Joseph Legros, composer
    09/07/1756 Willem Bilderdijk, poet/literature (Disease of the geleerden) 09/07/1782 Bernardus JC Dibbets, baron/general-major (Maastricht)
    09/07/1784 Frantisek Max Knize, composer
    09/07/1811 William Hamsley Emory, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 188
    09/07/1815 Howell Cobb II, Major General/Secy of Treas (Union), died in 1868 09/07/1819 Jean E 'Adrian' van Bevervoorde, journalist (History of Holland) 09/07/1829 August Kekule von Stradonitz, discovered structure of benzene ring 09/07/1829 Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, US, geologist (Geograph Survey 1859-86) 09/07/1831 Victorien Sardou, French songwriter (Madame Sans-Gene)
    09/07/1836 Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British PM (L) (1905-08)
    09/07/1842 John H Zuckertort, German chess player
    09/07/1860 Grandma (Anna Maria) Moses, NY, primitive painter (Old Oaken Bucket)
    09/07/1860 Willem H Nolens, priest/Dutch ambassador to Vatican
    09/07/1864 Giovanni Tebaldini, composer
    09/07/1867 Camilod d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet (China)
    09/07/1869 Margot SE Scharten-Antink, author (Catherina, Sprotje)
    09/07/1879 Nachman N 'Neddy' Bamberg, actor (Schellevis-Mie)
    09/07/1880 Attilio Brugnoli, composer
    09/07/1880 Kurt von Wolfurt, composer
    09/07/1881 Constantly WL Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert 09/07/1882 Johanna F Zandstra-Giezen, oldest person in Netherland
    09/07/1885 Harry Sinclair Lewis, US, writer (Babbitt, Nobel 1930)
    09/07/1887 Edith L Sitwell, English poetess/author (Wheels)
    09/07/1889 Albert Plesman, aviation pioneer/founder/director (KLM)
    09/07/1891 Roscoe Karns, San Bernadino Calif, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey) 09/07/1893 Leslie Hore-Belisha, British Minister of Transport
    09/07/1899 Leendert A Donker, Dutch Minister of Justice (PvdA)
    09/07/1900 'Janet' Taylor Caldwell, England, novelist (Melissa)
    09/07/1906 Filip Gershkovich, composer
    09/07/1907 Ahmet Adnan Saygun, composer
    09/07/1908 Michael E DeBakey, artificial heart pioneer
    09/07/1908 Paul Brown, Norwalk Ohio, NFL hall of famer (Browns, Bengels) 09/07/1909 Elia Kazan, Constaninople Turkey, director (Streetcar Named Desire) 09/07/1909 Jo Juda, music
    09/07/1910 John Shea, US, 500m/1500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1932) 09/07/1913 Anthony Quayle, England, actor (Anne of 1000 Days, Lawrence of Arabi
    09/07/1913 Willem CL 'Wim' van der Grinten, lawyer/Dutch asst sect of state (KV
    09/07/1914 Hugo Pfister, composer
    09/07/1914 James Van Allen, discovered Van Allen radiation belts
    09/07/1922 Art Ferrante, pianist (Ferrante & Tachere-Exodus)
    09/07/1922 Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer
    09/07/1923 Louise Suggs, Atlanta GA, golfer (Vare Trophy 1957)
    09/07/1923 Peter Lawford, London England, actor (Mrs Miniver, Thin Man) 09/07/1924 Daniel K Inouye, (Sen-D Hawaii, 1963- )
    09/07/1924 Hugh Aitken, composer
    09/07/1924 Leonard Rosenman, Bkln NY, TV composer (Marcus Welby MD)
    09/07/1927 Graham Dudley Whettam, composer
    09/07/1928 Herbert H Bateman, (Rep-R-VA, 1983- )
    09/07/1929 John Milford, Johnstown NY, actor (Lieutenant, Legend of Jesse James
    09/07/1929 T[homas] P[atrick] McKenna, Ireland, actor (Rivals, Holocaust) 09/07/1930 Baudouin I, king of Belgium (1951-93)
    09/07/1930 Sonny Rollins, NYC, jazz saxophonist (Blue Room)
    09/07/1930 Thÿs van Vlÿmen, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
    09/07/1931 Al McGuire, US, basketball coach (Marquette)
    09/07/1931 Charles Camilleri, composer
    09/07/1934 Bill Giles, Rochester NY, baseball owner (Phila Phillies) 09/07/1935 Abdou Diouf, president of Senegal (1981- )
    09/07/1936 Buddy Holly, singer (Peggy Sue, That'll Be the Day)
    09/07/1936 Romualds Kalsons, composer
    09/07/1937 John Phillip Law, Hollywood, actor (Barbarella, Love Machine) 09/07/1937 Olly Wilson, composer
    09/07/1939 S David Griggs, Portland Oregon, astronaut (STS 51D, STS 33) 09/07/1939 [Benjamin] Latimore, US singer (Let's Straighten It Out)
    09/07/1941 Mogoboya NN Ramadike, South african politician in Lebowa
    09/07/1942 Garrison Keillor, humorist (Praire Home Companion)
    09/07/1942 Richard Roundtree, actor (Shaft, Earthquake)
    09/07/1945 Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled in Netherlands
    09/07/1948 Susan Blakely, Frankfurt Germany, actress (Rich Man Poor Man) 09/07/1949 Gloria Gaynor, Newark NJ, disco singer (I Will Survive)
    09/07/1950 Adriano Panatta, Rome, tennis star (French 1976, Italian 1976) 09/07/1950 Chrissie Hynde, Akron Oh, rocker (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement) 09/07/1950 Peggy Noonan, author (What I Saw at the Revolution)
    09/07/1951 Julie Kavner, LA Calif, actress (Brenda-Rhoda, Tracy Ullman Show) 09/07/1951 William Katt, US, actor (Butch & Sundance Kid, Carrie)
    09/07/1953 Linda G Miller, actress (Mississippi, Night of the Juggler) 09/07/1953 Michael Byron, composer
    09/07/1954 Corbin Bernsen, North Hollywood Calif, actor (Arnie Becker-LA Law) 09/07/1956 Michael J Feinstein, pianist (Isn't It Romantic)
    09/07/1957 Margot Chapman, Hawaii, vocals (Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Deligh
    09/07/1957 Melvin Edward Mays, one of FBI's most wanted
    09/07/1958 Nadieh, singer/guitarist/composer (Haifa blue)
    09/07/1960 David Steele, rocker (Fine Young Cannibals-Drive Me Crazy) 09/07/1965 Danny Harris, Torrance Calif, 400m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1984) 09/07/1968 Kyle Stevens, NJ, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals) 09/07/1971 Henry Thomas, actor (ET)
    09/07/1978 G A, General Austin, Columbus Ga, rapper (Another Bad Creation) 09/07/1985 Tatia Jayne Starkey, Ringo's 1st grandchild


    Deaths:

    09/07/1134 Alfonso I de Strÿdvaardige, king of Aragon (1104-34), dies 09/07/1151 Geoffrey Plantagenet, conquered Normandy, dies at 38
    09/07/1625 Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension executive of Lead, dies at 64 09/07/1655 Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist/poet, dies (birth date unknown) 09/07/1721 Bernhard Albinus, [Weiss], German artist (Frederik of Prussia), dies
    09/07/1775 Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer, dies at 48
    09/07/1783 Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician, dies
    09/07/1809 Caroline von Schelling, [Michaelis], German author, dies at 46 09/07/1819 Jean-Louis Duport, composer, dies at 69
    09/07/1820 Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma, Fries regent/patriot, dies at 67 09/07/1838 Joseph Panny, composer, dies at 43
    09/07/1845 Isabella Colbran, wife of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies 09/07/1871 Cowper Phipps Coles, English inventor (Steel warships), drowns 09/07/1871 Mehmed E Ali Pasja, Turkish statesman, dies
    09/07/1872 Antoni Stolpe, composer, dies at 21
    09/07/1881 Sidney Clopton Lanier, composer, dies at 39
    09/07/1892 John G Whittier, US poet/secretary Anti-Slavery Society, dies 09/07/1902 Franz Wullner, composer, dies at 70
    09/07/1907 R F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, French poet (Poesies, Nobel 1901), dies 09/07/1909 Eugène Lefebvre, dies test piloting a Wright A aircraft
    09/07/1914 Lord O'Brien, British nobleman, dies at 73
    09/07/1925 John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 52
    09/07/1925 René [Raphael] Viviani, French premier (1914-15), dies
    09/07/1933 Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/Foreign minister, dies 09/07/1940 Edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies
    09/07/1944 Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, composer, dies at 70
    09/07/1948 Henricus A Poels, RC theologist/social foreman, dies at 80 09/07/1951 Maria Montez, actress (Arabian Nights, Sudan), dies at 31 09/07/1960 Wilhelm Pieck, president of German DR (1949-60), dies at 84 09/07/1961 Pieter S Gerbrandy, lawyer/premier to London 1940-5, dies at 76 09/07/1966 Al Kelly, double talk comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 67 09/07/1969 Everett McKinley Dirksen, (Sen-R), dies at 73
    09/07/1971 Spring Byington, actress (Lily Ruskin-December Bride), dies at 84 09/07/1972 Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian, dies at 81
    09/07/1977 Gustave Reese, composer, dies at 77
    09/07/1983 Hans Munch, composer, dies at 90
    09/07/1984 Joe Cronin, shortstop/American League Pres, dies at 77
    09/07/1986 Ruth Polsky, record promoter, dies after being run over by a cab at
    09/07/1986 Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov, composer, dies at 83
    09/07/1990 Alan J P Taylor, British historian (Origins of WW II), dies 09/07/1991 John Crosby, US columnist/detective writer dies at 79
    09/07/1991 John Lawrence, examined effect of neutron radiation on fabric, dies 09/07/1992 Henry Ephron, US screenwriter, dies at 81
    09/07/1992 Indra Kamadjojo, [Jan L Broekveld(t]), Indon/Dutch dancer/actor, die
    09/07/1992 Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports Fund), dies at


    Significant Events:

    09/07/ Mackinac Bridge Walk
    09/07/1159 Ottaviano de Montecello elected as (anti)Pope
    09/07/1303 King Philip de Blank allows pope Boniface VIII to get captured 09/07/1543 Duke Willem of Gulik surrenders to emperor Charles V
    09/07/1652 Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English 09/07/1701 Germany, England & Netherlands sign anti-French covenant
    09/07/1714 Peace of Rastatt Bathe: Germany & France sign peace treaty 09/07/1714 Treaty of Baden-French retain Alsace, Austria gets right bank of Rhi
    09/07/1800 Zion AME Church dedicated (NYC)
    09/07/1812 Battle at Borodino (Napoleon-Koetoezow)
    09/07/1822 Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day) 09/07/1822 Pedro I, son of king Joao VI, declares Brazil independence 09/07/1860 Excursion steamer 'Lady Elgin' drowns 340 in Lake Michigan 09/07/1863 Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass
    09/07/1868 J C Watson discovers asteroid #103 Hera
    09/07/1871 Bay of Biskaje: English warship HMS Captain fired on, 500 killed 09/07/1876 Bank robbery by James/Younger fails (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested) 09/07/1880 Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters 09/07/1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Adventure of Engineer's Thumb' (BG) 09/07/1892 James J Corbett KOs John L Sullivan in round 21 at New Orleans 09/07/1896 1st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, RI
    09/07/1896 A H Whiting won 1st closed-circuit auto race held
    09/07/1902 M Wolf discovers asteroid #493 Griseldis
    09/07/1903 Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY
    09/07/1907 A Kopff discovers asteroid #644 Cosima
    09/07/1907 Sutro's ornate Cliff House in SF destroyed by fire
    09/07/1914 NY Post Office Building opens to public
    09/07/1915 St Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0 09/07/1920 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #935 Clivia
    09/07/1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #957 Camelia
    09/07/1923 Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Phila A's, 4-0
    09/07/1923 Interpol forms in Vienna
    09/07/1924 V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1034 Mozartia
    09/07/1927 Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in SF
    09/07/1931 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1198 Atlantis
    09/07/1934 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1327 Namaqua
    09/07/1934 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1335 Demoulina, #1669 Dagmar, 09/07/1934 Luxury liner 'Morro Castle' burns off NJ, killing 134
    09/07/1936 Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation
    09/07/1939 Radio NY Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmission
    09/07/1940 German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights 09/07/1942 German occupiers take silver anniversary coins in battle
    09/07/1942 Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #2292 Seili & #3223
    09/07/1943 987 Dutch Jewish transported to Auschwitz Concentration Camp 09/07/1943 Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston Texas)
    09/07/1944 Strongest Hurricane of century in Netherlands (wind force 12) 09/07/1945 Japanese at Rioekioe-islands surrender
    09/07/1947 Battles between hindus & muslims in New Delhi
    09/07/1947 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1585 Union
    09/07/1948 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh 09/07/1948 H L Giclas discovers asteroid #3382
    09/07/1950 Monasteries shut down in Hungary
    09/07/1952 General Naguib forms Egyptian govt/becomes premier
    09/07/1952 Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1' (Tenn) 09/07/1952 Whitey Ford becomes 5th pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters 09/07/1954 Integration begins in Wash DC & Balt MD public schools
    09/07/1956 Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+ 09/07/1956 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2160 Spitzer & #2165 You
    09/07/1957 WWL TV channel 4 in New Orleans, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting 09/07/1959 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2466 Golson
    09/07/1963 1st US TV appearance of Beatles (Big Night Out-ABC)
    09/07/1963 Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton Ohio
    09/07/1966 KTNE TV channel 13 in Alliance, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/07/1966 P Wild discovers asteroid #1748 Mauderli
    09/07/1969 Margaret Smith Court wins US Open tennis tournament
    09/07/1972 A R Klemola discovers asteroid #2202 Pele
    09/07/1973 Mike Storen becomes American Basketball Assn's 4th commissioner 09/07/1976 US courts find George Harrison guilty of plagiarism (He's So Fine) 09/07/1977 Ethiopia drops diplomatic relations with Somalia
    09/07/1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3544
    09/07/1977 P Wild discovers asteroid #2229 Mezzarco
    09/07/1978 1st game of Boston Massacre, Yanks beat Red Sox 15-3
    09/07/1979 5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at MSG, NY 09/07/1980 32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott
    09/07/1980 Cape Verde adopts its constitution
    09/07/1980 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2598 Merlin, #2878 Panacea & #3351 Smi
    09/07/1980 Earnest Gray becomes 2nd NY Giant to score 4 TDs (vs St Louis) 09/07/1980 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2869 Nepryadva & #3444
    09/07/1981 Judge Wapner & People's Court premier on TV
    09/07/1981 L G Karachkina discovers asteroid #3620
    09/07/1983 Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s) 09/07/1985 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3458
    09/07/1986 Desmond Tutu installed to lead south African Anglican Church 09/07/1986 Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Pinochet, 5 killed 09/07/1987 Netherlands routes 2 minesweepers to Persians Gulf
    09/07/1987 South Africa frees Dutch anthropologist/Anc'er Klaas de Young 09/07/1988 Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito & Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame 09/07/1988 NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist 09/07/1988 Security & Exchange Comm accuses Drexel of violating security laws 09/07/1990 Miss America 1991 crowned
    09/07/1991 Harry Hamlin weds Nicollette Sheridan
    09/07/1991 Monica Seles wins US Open
    09/07/1992 Army of Ciskei homeland kills 28 ANC demonstrators
    09/07/1992 Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns
    09/07/1993 Brazil votes over importing monarchy
    09/07/3114 -BC- Presumed origin of Mayan 'long count' calendar system

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Wed Sep 8 00:30:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/08/1157 Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99) 09/08/1207 Sancho II, king of Portugal
    09/08/1380 Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint
    09/08/1474 Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso)
    09/08/1588 Marin Mersenne, France, mathematician/musician/philospher (Cartesian
    09/08/1591 Jacqueline M A de Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess 09/08/1621 Louis II Condé, [Great Condé], duke of Bourbon (Rocroy)
    09/08/1672 Nicolas de Grigny, composer
    09/08/1718 François-Thomas the Baculard d'Arnaud, sentimental writer 09/08/1736 Bernardo Ottani, composer
    09/08/1756 Anton Teyber, composer
    09/08/1767 Karl August von Lichtenstein, composer
    09/08/1779 Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer
    09/08/1779 Mustafa IV, sultan of Turkey (1807-08)
    09/08/1792 Joseph Netherclift, composer
    09/08/1804 Eduard Mörike, German vicar/poet/writer (Maler Nolten)
    09/08/1815 Alexander Ramsey, Gov (Union), died in 1903
    09/08/1821 Henry Baxter, (Union volunteers Bvt Major General, died in 1873 09/08/1824 Jaime Nuno, composer
    09/08/1826 Disma Fumagalli, composer
    09/08/1827 Emil Naumann, composer
    09/08/1828 Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 09/08/1829 George Crook, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 09/08/1829 Seth Maxwell Barton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 09/08/1830 Frédéric Mistral, Provençal poet (Nobel 1904)
    09/08/1841 Antonín Dvorák, Nelahozeves Czech, composer (New World Symphony) 09/08/1854 Willem M van Rossum, cardinal/prefect of Propaganda File
    09/08/1863 Gustavo Emilio Campa, composer
    09/08/1865 Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer (Amore & Amore, Top)
    09/08/1870 Hermann Hans Wetzler, composer
    09/08/1873 David O McKay, Huntsville, Utah, 9th pres of Mormon church 09/08/1873 Max Reinhardt, Austria, theatrical director (Oedipus Rex) 09/08/1886 Siegfried L Sassoon, English poet/writer (Counterattack)
    09/08/1889 Robert A Taft, (Sen-R-Ohio, Taft-Hartley Act)
    09/08/1894 Willem FJ Pijper, composer/critic
    09/08/1897 Jimmie Rodgers, Mendoza Miss, country singer/singing brakeman 09/08/1898 Queenie Smith, NYC, actress/dancer (Funny Side)
    09/08/1900 Claude D Pepper, (Rep-D-FL, 1963- ), old people's advocate 09/08/1901 Hendrik F Verwoerd, premier South Africa (1958-66) (assassinated) 09/08/1901 Jacques Perret, French journalist/writer (La caporal épinglé) 09/08/1902 Anthonie Donker, [Prof N Donkersloot], literary
    09/08/1904 Carlos Sanchez Malaga, composer
    09/08/1906 Andrei P Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of CP 09/08/1907 Gavin Muir, Chic Ill, actor (Hollister-Betty Hutton Show) 09/08/1907 Leon Askin, Vienna Austria, actor (Pierre-Charlie Farrell Show) 09/08/1910 Gella Allaert, Flemish actress (La Round)
    09/08/1910 Jean-Louis Barrault, France, actor (Les Enfants du Paradis) 09/08/1912 Leo Cherne, NYC, economist/commentator (All Star News)
    09/08/1914 Dimitrios I, patriarch (primus interparis orthodox Christians) 09/08/1914 Hillary Brooke, Abbott & Costello's neighbor (Hillary)
    09/08/1918 Derek Barton, British chemist (Nobel 1969)
    09/08/1918 John F Seiberling, (Rep-D-OH, 1971-86)
    09/08/1919 David Johan Kvandal, composer
    09/08/1921 Hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer (Ophelia)
    09/08/1921 Harry Secombe, Wales, actor (Down Among the 'Z' Men)
    09/08/1922 Lyndon LaRouche, American presidental candidate (1980)
    09/08/1922 Sid Caesar, Yonkers NY, comedian (Your Show of Shows)
    09/08/1924 Wendell H Ford, (Sen-D-Kentucky, 1974- )
    09/08/1925 Alexander Nikolayevich Kholminov, composer
    09/08/1925 Denise Darcel, Paris France, actress (Dangerous When Wet) 09/08/1925 Heinz Lau, composer
    09/08/1925 Magnus Blondal Johansson, composer
    09/08/1925 Peter Sellers, England, actor (not now, Kato, Bobo, Pink Panther) 09/08/1929 Christoph von Dohnányi, Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist (Cleve Orc
    09/08/1929 Severn Darden, actor (Popesco-Mary Hartman)
    09/08/1930 Jeanette Altwegg, England, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1952) 09/08/1932 Patsy Cline, Winchester Va, country singer (Crazy)
    09/08/1933 Eric Salzman, composer
    09/08/1934 Peter Maxwell Davies, Manchester Engld, composer (Prolation, Taverne
    09/08/1937 Virna Lisi, Italy, actress (Assault on a Queen, Bluebeard) 09/08/1938 Sam A Nunn, (Sen-D-Georgia, 1972- )
    09/08/1940 Willie Tyler, Red Level Ala, ventriloquist (Lester)
    09/08/1941 Alan Feinstein, NYC, actor (Max-Berrengers, Family Tree)
    09/08/1941 Bernard Sanders, (Rep-R-Vermont)
    09/08/1942 Nancy Ann Dibble, Netherlands, sci-fi author (Summerfair) 09/08/1945 Rogie Vachon, Québec, NHL goalie (Canadiens, Kings, Vezina-1968) 09/08/1947 Amos Biwott, Uasin Gishee Kenya, 3k steeplechaser (Oly-gold-1968) 09/08/1947 Ann Beattie, Wash DC, short story writer (New Yorker Magazine) 09/08/1948 Great Kabuki, [Akihisa Yone Yoshi Mera], wrestler (NWA/NJPW/WAR/SWS)
    09/08/1948 Jean-Pierre Monseré, Flemish cyclist
    09/08/1948 Lynn/Marilyn [Lorraine] Abbey, US, sci-fi author (Black Flame) 09/08/1950 Daniel Victor Starr, composer
    09/08/1951 Mark McCumber, golfer
    09/08/1951 Tom Gullikson, Wisc, tennis player (US mixed Doubles 1984) 09/08/1954 Clayton Norcross, actor (Bold & Beautiful, Colbys, Santa Barbara) 09/08/1956 Maurice Cheeks, NBA guard (NY Knicks, Phila '76ers)
    09/08/1957 Heather Thomas, Greenwich Ct, actress (Jody-Fall Guy, Coed Fever) 09/08/1958 David Lewis, guitarist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) 09/08/1960 David Steele, English soul/pop musician (Fine Young Cannibals) 09/08/1961 Franny Michel, Bkln NY, actress (Patricia-Apple's Way)
    09/08/1962 René Klijn, [Dorian], singer (Mr Blue)
    09/08/1971 Cristy Thom, Los Angeles Ca, playmate (Feb, 1991)
    09/08/1973 Jason Downs, actor
    09/08/1981 Jonathan Taylor Thomas, actor (Home Improvement)


    Deaths:

    09/08/ 701 Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies
    09/08/ 780 Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies
    09/08/1100 Clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies 09/08/1550 Hans [Johann] Vischer, German count of Johann Cicero, dies 09/08/1555 Thomas Villanova, Spanish saint/archbishop of Valencia, dies 09/08/1637 Robert Fludd, composer, dies at 63
    09/08/1644 Francis Quarles, English poet (Enchiridion, dies
    09/08/1654 Peter Claver, Spanish saint (baptized 300,000 slaves), dies 09/08/1675 Amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, dies at 73
    09/08/1706 Romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53
    09/08/1811 Peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, dies at 69
    09/08/1819 Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer, dies at 56
    09/08/1838 Pietro Rovelli, composer, dies at 45
    09/08/1840 John H van de Palm, theologist/literature/speaker, dies at 77 09/08/1871 Etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer, dies at 57
    09/08/1879 Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 58
    09/08/1881 W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, dies at 84 09/08/1882 Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (surface of Liouville), dies 09/08/1899 Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer, dies at 78
    09/08/1914 William E Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74 09/08/1917 Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74
    09/08/1933 Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria, dies at 50 09/08/1935 Carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Sen Huey Long, shot down
    09/08/1935 Huey P Long, (Sen-La) assassinated at Baton Rouge Capitol building 09/08/1944 Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63 09/08/1949 Richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at
    09/08/1951 Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed
    09/08/1955 John the Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69 09/08/1956 Vital Celen, Flemish writer ('t Pastoorke van Vossendonck), dies at
    09/08/1960 Johan J 'Jussi' Björling, Swedish epic tenor, dies at 49
    09/08/1962 Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84 09/08/1965 Dorothy Danridge, actress (Island in the Sun), dies at 41 in Hollywo
    09/08/1969 Bud Collyer, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies at 6
    09/08/1976 Assen Karastoyanov, composer, dies at 83
    09/08/1976 Joaquin Zamacois Soler, composer, dies at 81
    09/08/1977 Samuel J 'Zero' Mostel, US actor (Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 62 09/08/1978 Pancho Vladigerov, composer, dies at 79
    09/08/1979 Jean Seberg, actress (Breathless), dies at 40
    09/08/1980 Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist/theory, dies at 84
    09/08/1981 Hediki Joekawa, Japans physicist (Nobel 1949), dies
    09/08/1981 Roy Wilkins, longtime executive director of NAACP, dies at 80 09/08/1983 Antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies 09/08/1983 Willem C 'Wim' Can, cabaret performer, dies at 72
    09/08/1984 Rene Bernier, composer, dies at 79
    09/08/1991 Alex North, music composer (Spartacus), dies at 80 of cancer 09/08/1991 Brad Davis, US, actor (Midnight Express, Chariots of Fire), dies at
    09/08/1991 Jan J Lipski, chairman (Polish Socialist Party)/writer, dies 09/08/1991 Jo Budie, Dutch orch leader (KRO), dies
    09/08/1992 Quentin N Burdick, (sen-D-ND, 1960-91), dies at 84
    09/08/1993 Hall Bartlett, US director (Jonathan Livingston Seagull), dies at 70
    09/08/1993 Zaki Naguib Mahmoud, Egyptian philosopher/author/diplomat, dies at 8


    Significant Events:

    09/08/1024 Duke Koenraad II chosen German king
    09/08/1141 -9] Battle of Samarkand: Yelutashi defeats Islams
    09/08/1156 Henry II Jasormigott leaves Bavaria
    09/08/1276 John XXI elected Pope
    09/08/1303 Anagni: French king Philip IV captures Pope Boniface VIII 09/08/1380 Battle on Kulikovo: Moscow's great monarch Dimitri beats Mongols 09/08/1380 Russians defeat Tatars at Kulikovo, beginning decline of Tatars 09/08/1553 City of Lichfield, England established
    09/08/1563 Maximilian chosen king of Hungary
    09/08/1565 1st permanent settlement in US forms (St Augustine, Florida) 09/08/1565 Turkish siege of Malta broken by Maltese & Knights of St John 09/08/1628 Bay of Matanzas Cuba: Piet Heyn captures Spanish silver fleet 09/08/1664 Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (NY) to 300 English soldiers 09/08/1713 Pope Clemens XI publishes degree 'Unigenitus' against Jansenism' 09/08/1760 French army gives Montreal to Gen Jeffrey Amherst
    09/08/1771 Mission San Gabriel Archangel forms in California
    09/08/1796 Battle of Bassano-French beat Austrians
    09/08/1833 Charles Darwin departs to Buenos Aires
    09/08/1854 With a 3-2 count, Phillies Richie Ashburn fouls next 14, then walks 09/08/1855 Crimean war - assault of Malakof Tower under Mac-Mahon)
    09/08/1858 Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people
    09/08/1860 Loss of steamer, 'Lady Elgin'
    09/08/1863 -10] Federal troops reconquer the Cumperland Gap, Tennessee 09/08/1863 Battle of Sabine Pass TX: 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal forces 09/08/1863 Battle of Telford's Depot TN
    09/08/1868 NY Athletic Club forms
    09/08/1870 Neth & Engl sign 'Koelietraktaat' Br-Indian contract work in Surinam
    09/08/1871 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #116 Sirona
    09/08/1883 NY Giants score 13 runs in an inning against Phillies
    09/08/1883 Northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont 09/08/1891 A Charlois discovers asteroid #316 Goberta
    09/08/1892 1st appearance of 'Pledge of Allegiance' (Youth's Companion) 09/08/1899 British govt sends additional troops to South Africa
    09/08/1900 6,000 killed when a hurricane & tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas 09/08/1900 Galveston Texas destroyed by hurricane, most deadly in US history 09/08/1905 Pitts Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base & lose to Reds 8-3 09/08/1907 A Kopff discovers asteroid #643 Scheherezade
    09/08/1907 M Wolf discovers asteroids #641 Agnes & #642 Clara
    09/08/1907 Pope's encyclical against 'modernism' (Pius X)
    09/08/1913 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #761 Brendelia
    09/08/1914 British ship Oceanic leaves for Scotland
    09/08/1915 M Wolf discovers asteroids #810 Atossa & #811 Nauheima
    09/08/1915 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #812 Adele
    09/08/1915 The Assn of Negro Life & History founded
    09/08/1920 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #936 Kunigunde
    09/08/1920 US Air Mail service begins (NYC to SF)
    09/08/1921 1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington DC) 09/08/1924 Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador 09/08/1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1151 Ithaka
    09/08/1930 1st appearance of comic strip 'Blondie'
    09/08/1930 Hebrew is taught as a modern language in NYC public schools 09/08/1930 NYC public schools begin teaching Hebrew
    09/08/1932 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1707 Chantal
    09/08/1933 Spain's 2nd govt of Azaña forms
    09/08/1934 Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle for NJ catches fire, 133 die 09/08/1935 Willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle (2:25.2) 09/08/1936 Princess Juliana & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engag
    09/08/1937 Pan Arab conference about Palestine opens
    09/08/1937 Yankees trailing 6-1 in 9th, score 8 to beat Boston 9-6
    09/08/1939 FDR declares 'limited national emergency' due to war in Europe 09/08/1939 Gen Von Reichenaus pantzer division reaches suburbs of Warsaw 09/08/1939 Yanks beat Red Sox 4-1 in 7, game called because of lightning 09/08/1940 G Kulin discovers asteroid #1538 Detre
    09/08/1941 Entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated 09/08/1942 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2064 Thomsen
    09/08/1942 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2820 Iisalmi
    09/08/1943 Italy surrenders to Allies in WW II
    09/08/1943 NY Giants' pitcher Ace Adams sets record by working in his 62nd game
    09/08/1944 1st V-2 rocket lands in Britain
    09/08/1944 1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp
    09/08/1944 Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany 09/08/1945 US invades Japanese-held Korea
    09/08/1946 Bulgaria ends monarchy
    09/08/1946 SF 49ers play 1st AAFC game, lose to NY Yankees 21-7
    09/08/1947 British govt sails 'Exodus' with fugitives from Nazis
    09/08/1948 British De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound
    09/08/1951 Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF)
    09/08/1952 Ernest Hemmingway's 'Old Man & Sea' published
    09/08/1954 SE Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) forms to stop communist spread in SE Asia
    09/08/1955 Earliest clinching of an NL pennant (Brooklyn Dodgers)
    09/08/1956 Harry Belafonte's album 'Calypso,' goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 week
    09/08/1957 Mal Anderson & Althea Gibson win tennis' US Open
    09/08/1957 Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV
    09/08/1958 Oman turns over Gwadur (on Balúchistán coast) to Pakistan 09/08/1960 German DR limits access to East-Berlin for West Berliners 09/08/1962 Chinese troops exceed Mac-Mahon-line (Tibet-India boundary) 09/08/1963 Algerian population accepts constitution
    09/08/1963 Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys 09/08/1965 Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana & Florida
    09/08/1965 KC A's Bert Campaneris plays all 9 positions in a game
    09/08/1966 'Star Trek' premieres on NBC-TV
    09/08/1966 'That Girl' starring Marlo Thomas premieres on ABC-TV
    09/08/1967 Surveyor 5 launched; makes soft landing on Moon Sept 10
    09/08/1967 Uganda abolishes traditional tribal kingdoms, becomes a republic 09/08/1968 Virginia Wade wins US Open tennis tournament
    09/08/1969 Rod Laver wins US Open tennis tournament
    09/08/1969 Suleiman Maghrabi appointed premier of Libya
    09/08/1971 John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts opens in Washington DC 09/08/1972 Chic Cub Ferguson Jenkins wins his 20th game for 6th straight year 09/08/1972 Jim Ryan (US) & Billy Fordjour (Ghana) collide & fall in qualifying 09/08/1972 competitions for 1,500m finals, ending Ryan's chances for gold 09/08/1973 1st all Australian women's US Open final, (Court beats Goolagong) 09/08/1973 Billy Martin named manager of Texas Rangers
    09/08/1973 Hank Aaron sets record of most HRs in 1 league (709)
    09/08/1974 Pres Gerald Ford pardons former Pres R Nixon of all federal crimes 09/08/1975 Boston begins court ordered busing of public schools
    09/08/1975 Guinee-Bissau declares independence from Portugal
    09/08/1976 Fons Rademakers' film 'Max Havelaar' premieres in Amsterdam 09/08/1977 Interpol sends a resolution concerning video piracy
    09/08/1977 Jimmy McCullough quits Wings
    09/08/1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3739
    09/08/1978 2nd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2
    09/08/1978 Irani army shoots on Khomeini followers in Teheran, 100s killed 09/08/1980 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroids #3095 & #3662
    09/08/1981 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #3587
    09/08/1982 Dutch social dem party wins elections
    09/08/1983 NASA launches RCA-6
    09/08/1983 P Wild discovers asteroid #3258
    09/08/1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41G mission 09/08/1985 'USA Weekend's' 1st issue, appears in 255 newspapers
    09/08/1985 7 die in a car & train crash in San Jose Calif
    09/08/1985 Alayson Gibbons sets 24 hr women swim record of 42.05 mi in 25 m poo
    09/08/1985 Discovery flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 09/08/1985 Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits
    09/08/1988 Javier Sotomayer of Cuba high jumps world record 2.43 m (7' 11½') 09/08/1989 George Brett gets his 2,500th hit
    09/08/1989 Mausoleum of Beatrice of Brabant (1288) discovered in Kortrÿk Belgiu
    09/08/1989 Norse Convair 580 crashes at Jutland in sea (55 murder)
    09/08/1990 Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Ellis Island, NYC
    09/08/1990 Gabriella Sabitini beats Steffi Graff to win US Open
    09/08/1991 Buffalo Bill Jim Kelly passes for 6 touchdowns vs Pitts (52-34) 09/08/1991 Macedonia agrees to independence of Yugoslavia
    09/08/1991 Stefan Edberg wins US Open
    09/08/1992 Danny Tartabull has 9 RBIs as Yanks beat Orioles 16-4
    09/08/1992 Dutch postage stamps for Red Cross (6030 7035 8040 c) issued 09/08/1992 Howard Stern Radio Show begins broadcasting in Dallas (KGEL-FM) 09/08/1993 Cheek Junxia wins world record ladies 10 km (29:31.78)

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/09/ 384 Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423)
    09/09/1583 Girolamo Frescobaldi, composer
    09/09/1585 Cardinal A Jean de Plessicide de Richelieu, Louis XIII chief ministe
    09/09/1618 Joan Cererols, composer
    09/09/1629 Cornelis Tromp, lt-adm-gen/son of Maarten Tromp
    09/09/1646 Zeger B van Espen, Flemish theologist
    09/09/1664 Johann Christoph Pez, composer
    09/09/1687 Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer
    09/09/1752 Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer
    09/09/1754 William Bligh, nasty ship's captain (HMS Bounty)
    09/09/1769 Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch minister of Justice (1807..42) 09/09/1789 William Cranch Bond, US, astronomer (codiscovered Hyperion) 09/09/1809 William Radford, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1890
    09/09/1817 Speed Smith Fry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 09/09/1819 Martin Luther Smith, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 09/09/1822 Napoleon J K P Bonaparte, French prince/member National Meeting 09/09/1826 Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907)
    09/09/1826 Thomas John Lucas, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 190
    09/09/1828 Leo Tolstoy, Russia, novelist (War & Peace, Anna Karenina) 09/09/1834 Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant)
    09/09/1834 William MacRae, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1882 09/09/1850 Harishchandra, India, poet/dramatist/father of modern Hindi 09/09/1850 Leopoldo Miguez, composer
    09/09/1853 Frederick R Spofforth, Australia, cricketer (Demon)
    09/09/1855 Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist
    09/09/1858 Benjamin Kidel, English Sudan (Control of the Tropics)
    09/09/1865 Edwin Lehare, composer
    09/09/1868 Mary Austin, Ill, feminist/nature writer (Land of Little Rain) 09/09/1872 Josef Stransky, composer
    09/09/1873 Edward Burlingame Hill, composer
    09/09/1877 Frank Chance, baseball player/manager, Tinkers to Evers to Chance 09/09/1880 Viking Eggeling, Sweden, artist/film maker (Diagonal Symphony) 09/09/1887 Alfred M Landon, (R-Ks) pres candidate (1932, 1936)
    09/09/1890 Harland Sanders, Kentucky Fried Chicken founder/colonel
    09/09/1892 Bruno Sturmer, composer
    09/09/1896 Fritz Reuter, composer
    09/09/1898 Frank (Fordham Flash) Frisch, NYC, baseball player (NL MVP 1931) 09/09/1899 Louis Cheslock, composer
    09/09/1899 Neil Hamilton, Lynn Mass, actor (Commisioner Gordon-Batman) 09/09/1900 James Hilton, hotel magnate (Hilton Hotels)
    09/09/1907 Pinky Tomlin, Eureka Springs Ark, singer/actor (Tip-Waterfront) 09/09/1908 Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (La belle estate)
    09/09/1908 John Haeton, US, bobsled (Olympic-silver-1928, 48)
    09/09/1909 Kwame Nkrumah, communist/premier Gold Coast/president Ghana (1960-66
    09/09/1912 Kurt Sanderling, Arys Germany, conductor (E Berlin Symph 1960-77) 09/09/1915 Guus [August] Oster, actor/director (Carré)
    09/09/1919 Jacques Marin, Paris, actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo)
    09/09/1919 Jimmy 'the Greek' Snyder, gambler/sportscaster (lay you 5 to 1) 09/09/1921 Andrzej Dobrowolski, composer
    09/09/1924 Jane Greer, Wash DC, actress (Prisoner of Zenda, Clown)
    09/09/1924 Nino Bibbia, Italy, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1948)
    09/09/1925 Cliff Robertson, La Jolla Calif, actor (Charly)/spokesman for AT&T 09/09/1926 Jake Carey, US R&B-singer (Flamingos-I Know Better)
    09/09/1928 Julian E 'Cannonball' Adderley, US, jazz musician (Black Messiah) 09/09/1929 Stan Parris, (Rep-R-VA, 1973-74, 81- )
    09/09/1930 Paolo Castaldi, composer
    09/09/1932 Ali Doelman-Pel, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
    09/09/1932 Sylvia Miles, NYC, actress (Midnight Cowboy, Farewell My Lovely) 09/09/1935 [Chaim] Topol, Tel Aviv Israel, actor (Fiddler on the Roof) 09/09/1936 Augustinius Franz Kropfreiter, composer
    09/09/1937 Michail Tal, Russian world champ skater (1960-61)
    09/09/1939 Howard P McKeon, (Rep-R-California)
    09/09/1941 Curtis Otto Bismark Curtis-Smith, composer
    09/09/1941 Les Braid, England, bass (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good) 09/09/1941 Otis Redding, Georgia, rocker (Sitting on the Dock of the Bay) 09/09/1942 Inez Foxx, Greensboro NC, rocker (Mockingbird, Hi Diddle Diddle) 09/09/1942 John Linder, (Rep-R-Georgia)
    09/09/1943 George Roger Waters, keyboardist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall) 09/09/1944 Olga de Hare, ballerina
    09/09/1945 Dee Dee Sharpe, [Dione Larue], US singer (I Love You Anyway) 09/09/1946 Billy Preston, singer/pianist, 5th Beatle (David Brenner Show) 09/09/1947 David Rosenboom, composer
    09/09/1947 Lynn Fitzgerald, marathoner (ran 133 miles 939 yards in 24 hrs) 09/09/1949 Joe Theismann, NFL QB (Redskins)
    09/09/1949 John Curry, England, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976)
    09/09/1950 Tom Wopat, Lodi Wisc, actor (Luke Duke-Dukes of Hazzard)
    09/09/1951 Corry Konings, Dutch singer
    09/09/1951 Michael Keaton, Pitts Pa, actor (Gung Ho, Batman)
    09/09/1951 Robert Desiderio, Bronx NY, actor (Det Kennedy-Heart of the City) 09/09/1952 Angela Cartwright, England (Make Room for Daddy, Lost in Space) 09/09/1952 Dave Stewart, rocker (Eurythmics-Here Comes the Rain Again) 09/09/1954 Walter Paul Davis, Pineville NC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-197
    09/09/1956 Anatoli Pavlovich Artsebarsky, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-1
    09/09/1958 Lita Ford, London England, vocalist (Kiss Me Deadly)
    09/09/1960 Julianna Young, Ft Campbell KY, playmate (Nov, 1993)
    09/09/1962 Aleta Rzepecki Sill, Detroit Mich, bowler (1983 WIBC single) 09/09/1963 Leslie Thompson, Burlington Vt, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) 09/09/1966 Brenda Epperson, actress (Ashley-Young & Restless)
    09/09/1966 David Bennent, Lausanne, actor (Tin Drum, Legend)
    09/09/1969 Scott DeFreitas, Newton Mass, actor (Andy Dixon-As the World Turns)


    Deaths:

    09/09/ 9 -BC- Nero Claudius Drusus, Roman general strategist, dies 09/09/1087 Willem de Veroveraar, duke of Normandy/king of England, dies 09/09/1087 William I, The Conqueror, King of England/Duke of Normandy, dies 09/09/1438 Eduard [Dom Duarte], king of Portugal (1433-38)/writer, dies 09/09/1488 François II of Bretagne, dies
    09/09/1573 André the Resende, Portuguese dominican/humanist, dies
    09/09/1713 Giovanni A di Bartlommeo Viscardi, Swiss architect, dies
    09/09/1770 Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist, dies at 73 09/09/1770 Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist, dies at 62
    09/09/1803 Armand-Emmanuel Trial, composer, dies at 32
    09/09/1817 Paul Cuffe, entrepreneur/civil rights activist, dies at 58 09/09/1832 Bernhard Joseph Klein, composer, dies at 39
    09/09/1876 American Horse, Sioux chief, dies in battle
    09/09/1878 Jacobo Ficher, composer, dies at 18
    09/09/1888 John van Swieten, Dutch governor of West-Sumatra, dies at 71 09/09/1898 Stéphane Mallarmé, French publisher (L'après-midi d'un faune), dies 09/09/1901 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter, dies
    09/09/1901 Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, minister of Cologne dies 09/09/1902 Titus AJ van Asch van Wÿck, governor Suriname (1891-97), dies 09/09/1912 Jaroslav Vrchlicky, [Emil Frída], Czech poet, dies at 59
    09/09/1913 Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer, Belgian politician, dies
    09/09/1926 David Lobo, actor, dies in an accident
    09/09/1926 Greta Lobo-Braakensiek, actress, dies in an accident
    09/09/1931 Lujo [Ludwig J von] Brentano, German economist dies at 86 09/09/1941 Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist, dies at 85
    09/09/1942 Zsigmond Móricz, Hungarians writer (Rózsa Sándor), dies
    09/09/1944 Cut P Musch, Dutch resistance fighter, murdered by Nazis
    09/09/1951 Cecil Gray, composer, dies at 56
    09/09/1954 Alfred Gradstein, composer, dies at 49
    09/09/1957 Ettore Pozzoli, composer, dies at 84
    09/09/1959 Max d' Ollone, composer, dies at 84
    09/09/1960 Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo, composer, dies at 75
    09/09/1962 Pat Rooney, vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82
    09/09/1963 Earnest Kantorowicz, German/US historian, dies at 68
    09/09/1963 John Schouten, Dutch ARP chairman, dies
    09/09/1964 Charles O'Neill, composer, dies at 82
    09/09/1965 Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo, composer, dies at 90
    09/09/1965 Julian Carrillo-Trujillo, composer, dies at 90
    09/09/1966 Antonio Massana, composer, dies at 76
    09/09/1966 Leon de Smet, Flemish painter, dies
    09/09/1971 Billy Gilbert, (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), dies at 76 09/09/1973 Samuel N Behrman, US stage/screenwriter (Quo Vardis), dies at 80 09/09/1974 Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov, composer, dies at 55
    09/09/1975 John McGiver, actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show), dies at 6
    09/09/1976 Mao Tse-Tung, Chinese communist party chairman (1949-76), dies at 82
    09/09/1978 Jack L Warner, US movie production (Warner Bros), dies at 86) 09/09/1979 Solon Michaelides, composer, dies at 73
    09/09/1982 Frederic Dannay, [Ellery Queen], US, detective writer, dies 09/09/1984 Walter Kaufmann, composer, dies at 77
    09/09/1987 Gerrit John Heijn, senior executive (Ahold), kidnapped/murdered 09/09/1991 Edwin M McMillan, US, chemist (neptunium, plutonium, Nobel 1951), di
    09/09/1991 John Lawrence, doctor, dies
    09/09/1991 Joop H Zwart, Spanish fighter/publicist (Black Widow), dies 09/09/1993 Helen O'Connell, singer (Green Eyes), dies of cancer at 73


    Significant Events:

    09/09/ 701 St Sergius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    09/09/1492 Columbus' fleet sets sail west
    09/09/1513 Battle of Flodden Fields; English defeat James IV of Scotland 09/09/1561 Sermon of Poissy
    09/09/1739 Slave revolt in Stono SC led by Jemmy (25 whites killed)
    09/09/1776 Continental Congress renames 'United Colonies,' 'United States' 09/09/1839 John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph
    09/09/1841 Great Lakes steamer 'Erie' sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300 09/09/1850 California becomes 31st state
    09/09/1850 Territories of New Mexico & Utah created
    09/09/1857 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #56 Melete
    09/09/1860 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #61 Danae
    09/09/1862 Lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry 09/09/1863 Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN
    09/09/1867 Luxembourg gains independence
    09/09/1875 Lotta's Fountain (Kearny & Market) dedicated
    09/09/1878 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #189 Phthia
    09/09/1880 President Hayes visits SF
    09/09/1890 A Charlois discovers asteroids #297 Caecilia & #298 Baptistina 09/09/1892 Almalthea, moon of Jupiter, discovered
    09/09/1892 E E Barnard at Lick discovers Amalthea, 5th Jupiter moon
    09/09/1895 American Bowling Congress formed (NYC)
    09/09/1899 French Capt Alfred Dreyfus sentenced on unjust grounds
    09/09/1903 6 km long Engadin-railroad tunnel of Switzerland inaugurated 09/09/1908 Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va 09/09/1908 Russia takes part of Poland
    09/09/1909 Heavyweight Jack Johnson & Al Kaufman fight to no decision in SF 09/09/1911 1st European airpost (Hendon to Windsor, England)
    09/09/1912 J Verdrines becomes 1st to fly over 100 mph (107 mph/172 kph) 09/09/1913 Assn for Study of Negro Life & History organizes in Chicago 09/09/1914 Battle of Marne (German advance stalls, Paris saved)
    09/09/1914 Boston Brave George Davis no-hits Phila Phillies, 7-0
    09/09/1915 Assn for study of Negro Life & History forms by Carter G Woodson 09/09/1918 Dutch govt of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms
    09/09/1919 Boston's police force forms strike
    09/09/1920 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #938 Chlosinde
    09/09/1922 St Louis Brown Baby Doll Jacobson hits 3 triples beating Tigers 16-0
    09/09/1922 Turkish troops defeat Smyrna
    09/09/1922 William T Cosgrave replaces Irish premier Collins
    09/09/1926 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1067 Lunaria
    09/09/1926 National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America 09/09/1926 Train disaster at Washer, 4 die
    09/09/1927 Tony Lazzeri Day at Yankee Stadium
    09/09/1928 M Wolf discovers asteroid #1365 Henyey
    09/09/1928 Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' ¼' 09/09/1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1160 Illyria
    09/09/1932 Frank Crosetti ties record, striking out twice in 1 inning 09/09/1932 Mine strikes at Belgian Borinage ended
    09/09/1932 Spanish Cortes grants Catalonia autonomy
    09/09/1936 Yanks clinch 8th pennant
    09/09/1939 Nazi army reaches Warsaw
    09/09/1939 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1535 Paijanne
    09/09/1942 1st bombing on continental US soil, Mount Emily Oregon (WW II) 09/09/1942 Compulsory work for women, children & old males in Batavia 09/09/1943 Italy surrenders to Allies
    09/09/1943 Red Army occupies Bachmatsj
    09/09/1943 US, British & French troops land in Salerno (operation Avalanche) 09/09/1944 Allied forces liberate Luxembourg
    09/09/1944 Bulgaria liberated from Nazi control (National Day)
    09/09/1944 Resistance fighter Cut Musch arrested in Nijverdal Neth
    09/09/1944 US 113th cavalry passes Belg-Dutch borders
    09/09/1944 Very strong hurricane hits Netherland
    09/09/1945 Japanese in S Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies 09/09/1945 Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th & final HR
    09/09/1945 Phila A's Dick Fowler no-hits St Louis Brown, 1-0
    09/09/1948 Bkln Dodger Rex Barney no-hits NY Giants, 2-0
    09/09/1948 People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed
    09/09/1950 1st use of TV laugh track-Hank McCune
    09/09/1950 Massive arrests of communists in France
    09/09/1953 KGTV TV channel 10 in San Diego, CA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 09/09/1953 WFIE TV channel 14 in Evansville, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting 09/09/1954 Earthquake strikes Orléansville Algeria: 1,400 killed
    09/09/1956 African Party for Liberation of Guinea-Bissau & Cape Verde forms 09/09/1956 Elvis Presley appears on national TV for 1st time (Ed Sullivan) 09/09/1956 K Reinmuth & I Groenevel discovers asteroid #1691 Oort
    09/09/1957 Nashville's new Hattie Cotton Elementary School dynamited 09/09/1958 Pirate Roberto Clemente ties record of 3 triples in a game 09/09/1959 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2065 Spicer
    09/09/1960 4th American Football League plays 1st game (Denver 13, Boston 10) 09/09/1962 Soviet economist Liberman plead for autonomous businesses 09/09/1962 WNYS (now WIXT) TV channel 9 in Syracuse, NY (ABC) begins broadcasti
    09/09/1963 Landslide into Vaiont Dam emptys lake, kills 3-4,000 (Italy) 09/09/1964 German DR govt allows short visits to West Germany
    09/09/1965 François Mitterrand nominated for French presidency
    09/09/1965 Sandy Koufax pitches his 4th no-hitter, a perfect game vs Cubs (1-0)
    09/09/1965 Tibet is made an autonomous region of China
    09/09/1966 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at an avante-garde art exposition 09/09/1967 1st successful test flight of a Saturn V
    09/09/1967 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2120 Tyumenia
    09/09/1967 Uganda declares independence from Great Britain
    09/09/1968 1st US Open, held as an 'open' (Arthur Ashe-wins)
    09/09/1968 Minn Tommy Krammer passes for 6 touchdowns vs Green Bay (42-7) 09/09/1968 WGIQ TV channel 43 in Louisville, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/09/1968 WVPT TV channel 51 in Staunton, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/09/1969 Allegheny 853 collides with Piper Cherokee above Indiana, kills 82 09/09/1969 Seaplane crashes at Indianapolis, kills 83
    09/09/1969 WCVN TV channel 54 in Covington, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/09/1970 Feyenoord wins World Cup
    09/09/1971 1,000 convicts seize Attica, NY prison
    09/09/1971 John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear on Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV) 09/09/1971 John Lennon releases 'Imagine' album
    09/09/1971 NHL great Gordie Howe retires
    09/09/1975 Viking 2 launched toward orbit around Mars, soft landing
    09/09/1977 1st TRS-80 computer sold
    09/09/1977 Harvard College discovers asteroid #2267 Agassiz
    09/09/1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #3233 Krisbarons & #3409
    09/09/1978 3rd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 7-0
    09/09/1978 Balt Orioles pull their 7th triple play (5-4-3 vs Toronto) 09/09/1978 Iraqi Ayatollah Khomeini calls for uprising in Irani army 09/09/1979 John McEnroe beats Vitas Gerulatis, for US Open Tennis title 09/09/1979 Sid Bernstein offers $½ billion for a Beatle reunion
    09/09/1979 Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens) weds Fouzia Ali at Kensington Mosque 09/09/1981 Vernon E Jordan resigns as president of National Urban League 09/09/1982 Columbia mated with SRBs & external tank in preparation for STS-5 09/09/1982 Conestoga 1, 1st private commercial rocket, makes suborbital flight 09/09/1983 Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas 09/09/1983 Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (Coco2)
    09/09/1984 Calif Angel Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game 09/09/1984 John McEnroe beats Ivan Lendl, for US Open Tennis title
    09/09/1985 President Reagan proclaims sanctions against South Africa 09/09/1985 Race riot in Birmingham England
    09/09/1986 NYC jury indicts Gennadly Zakharov (Soviet UN employee) of spying 09/09/1987 Gary Hart admits on 'Nightline,' to cheating on his wife
    09/09/1987 Larry Bird (Celtics), begins NBA free throw streak of 59
    09/09/1987 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter
    09/09/1988 US swamps New Zealand at 27th America`s Cup: NZ set to appeal 09/09/1989 Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratilova for US Open championship 09/09/1990 Bush & Gorbachev meet in Helsinki & urge Iraq to leave Kuwait 09/09/1991 Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland
    09/09/1992 1st time Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home
    09/09/1992 MTV awards - Howard Stern appears as Fartman
    09/09/1993 Croupier of casino in Bristol England, shoots a 4, a record 8 times 09/09/1993 PLO recognizes state of Israel
    09/09/1993 Ukraine premier Leonid Koetsjma, resigns

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Fri Sep 10 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/10/1487 Julius III, Counter-Reformation pope (1550-55)
    09/10/1585 Ercole Porta, composer
    09/10/1588 Nicholas Lanier, composer
    09/10/1645 Romeyn de Hooghe, Haarlem Neth, painter/goldsmith
    09/10/1714 Nicolo Jommelli, composer
    09/10/1736 Carter Braxton, US farmer/signer (Declaration of Independence) 09/10/1751 Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Italian violinist/composer/conductor 09/10/1752 John Soane, English architect (Bank of England, Soane Museum) 09/10/1779 Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer
    09/10/1787 John Jordan Crittenden, MC (Union), died in 1863
    09/10/1810 Albert Gallatin Blanchard, Brig General (Confederate Army) 09/10/1815 Eleazer Arthur Paine, Brig General (Union volunteers)
    09/10/1823 Adolf von Doss, composer
    09/10/1832 Randall Lee Gibson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 09/10/1836 Joseph Wheeler II, Maj Gen (Confederacy/Cavalry/Army of Tennessee) 09/10/1836 Karl Merz, composer
    09/10/1839 Isaac Kauffman Funk, US, publisher (Funk & Wagnalls)
    09/10/1848 William M Harnett, US painter (Old Violin)
    09/10/1854 Anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman) 09/10/1857 James E Keeler, US, astronomer (rings of Saturn)
    09/10/1866 Jeppe Aakjær, Danish journalist/author/poet (Vredens Børn) 09/10/1866 Tor Bernhard Vilhelm Aulin, composer
    09/10/1869 Caro Roma, composer
    09/10/1872 Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, India, cricketer/politician
    09/10/1875 Paul Scheinpflug, composer
    09/10/1883 Euphemia 'Phemia' Molkenboer, author/poster artist
    09/10/1885 John de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht (Handbook)
    09/10/1886 Hilda Doolittle, US, poetess (imagisten)
    09/10/1887 Giovanni Gronchi, president of Italy
    09/10/1889 Vilem Petrzelka, composer
    09/10/1890 Franz Werfel, Austria, author (40 Days of Musa Dagh)
    09/10/1892 Arthur H Compton, US physicist (X-rays)
    09/10/1893 Al 'Fuzzy' St John, Santa Ana Calif, actor (Lash of the West) 09/10/1896 Elsa Schiaparelli, French fashion designer
    09/10/1902 Toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Wegwerkers)
    09/10/1906 Bertus van Lier, composer
    09/10/1906 Lambertus 'Bertus' van Lyre, composer/conductor (Hooglied) 09/10/1907 Fay Wray, Alberta Canada, actress-King Kong's main squeeze [or 9/15]
    09/10/1909 Raymond Scott, Bkln NY, orch leader (Your Hit Parade)
    09/10/1913 Zeph[ania L] Mothopeng, pres South Afr Pan-African Congress (1986-
    09/10/1914 Robert Wise, movie director (Day the Earth Stood Still)
    09/10/1915 Edmond O'Brien, NYC, actor (Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight) 09/10/1919 Lex van Delden, composer/writer
    09/10/1920 Egbert van Paridon, actor/director
    09/10/1925 Roy James Brown, US boxer/soul singer (Good Rockin' Tonight) 09/10/1926 Beryl Cook, British painter
    09/10/1927 Gwen Watford, British actress (Body in the Library, Ghoul) 09/10/1927 Yma Sumac, [Emperatriz Chavarri], Ichocan Peru, 5 octave soprano 09/10/1928 Leo P[atrick] Kelley, US, sci-fi author (Dead Moon, Vacation in Spac
    09/10/1929 Akio Yashiro, composer
    09/10/1929 Arnold Palmer, golfer (PGA Golfer of Year 1960, 1962)
    09/10/1933 Yevgeny V Khrunov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 5)
    09/10/1934 Charles Kuralt, Wilmington NC, newscaster (On the Road)
    09/10/1934 James L Oberstar, (Rep-D-Minnesota, 1975- )
    09/10/1934 Larry Sitsky, composer
    09/10/1934 Roger Maris, Yankee, HR champ (61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961) 09/10/1934 Vasil Kazandzhiev, composer
    09/10/1935 John Palmer, Kingsport Tenn, news anchor (NBC Weekend News) 09/10/1935 Paul van Vliet, night club performer
    09/10/1937 Paul Martin Palombo, composer
    09/10/1939 Greg Mullavey, Buffalo NY, actor (Tom-Mary Hartman, Rituals) 09/10/1940 Roy Ayers, LA, disco jazz artist (Fever, You Send Me)
    09/10/1943 Garrett List, composer
    09/10/1944 Thomas Allen, British opera singer
    09/10/1945 José Feliciano, Lares PR, singer/songwriter (Light my Fire) 09/10/1945 Rein van den Broek, trumpeteer (Ekseption)
    09/10/1945 Richard M Mullane, Tx, USAF/astro (STS 41-D, STS-27, STS-36) 09/10/1945 Tom Ligon, New Orleans, actor (Joyride)
    09/10/1946 James R Hines, Dumas Ark, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1968) 09/10/1948 Bob Lanier, NBA center (Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks) 09/10/1948 Judy Geeson, Arundei Sussex Engld, actress (To Sir With Love, Berser
    09/10/1948 Margaret Trudeau, Vancouver BC, former Canadian 1st lady
    09/10/1950 Joe Perry, Boston, rocker (Aerosmith-Walk this Way)
    09/10/1951 Albert R Wynn, (Rep-D-Maryland)
    09/10/1953 Amy Irving, Palo Alto, Cal, actress (Yentl, Carrie, Crossing Delancy
    09/10/1955 Charlotte Lewis, Chic Ill, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1976) 09/10/1955 Giannina Facio Franco, San Jose Costa Rica, Mrs Phillipe Junot 09/10/1957 Brian Fitzpatrick, Upper Darby Pa, actor (Rick Alden-Loving) 09/10/1957 Siobhan Fahey, rocker (Bananarama-Venus)
    09/10/1960 Miranda Wilson, Nebraska, actress (Sandra-Santa Barbara)
    09/10/1963 Carol Decker, rocker (T'Pau-Heart & Soul)
    09/10/1963 David Titlow, rocker (Blue Mercedes-Rich & Famous)
    09/10/1965 Allison Daughtry, actress (Guilding Light)


    Deaths:

    09/10/ 918 Boudewijn II the Bare, originator of Flanders territory, dies 09/10/ 954 Louis IV, of overseas, King of France, dies
    09/10/1279 Robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies 09/10/1305 Nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint, dies
    09/10/1382 Louis I, the Great, King of Hungary/Poland, dies
    09/10/1419 Jan zonder Vrees, duke of Burgundy/count of Flanders, murdered 09/10/1419 John the Fearless, Burgundy/French warrior, murdered at 48 09/10/1547 Pierlugi Faraese, Italian son of Pope Paul III, murdered
    09/10/1600 John Bruhesius, [Bruhesen], bishop of Groningen, dies
    09/10/1623 John I Van de Velde, calligrapher (Mirror of Write-Konste), dies 09/10/1765 Jacob Gilles, pension advisor, dies at about 74
    09/10/1806 Johann C Adelung, German translator/librarian, dies at 74 09/10/1828 Earl d'Andréossi, French general/parliament leader, dies at 67 09/10/1831 George Guest, composer, dies at 60
    09/10/1839 Pieter Fontÿn, painter, dies
    09/10/1842 Letitia Tyler, Pres Tyler's (1841-45) wife, dies at 51
    09/10/1845 Karl August von Lichtenstein, composer, dies at 78
    09/10/1858 Henry Wellington Greatorex, composer, dies at 44
    09/10/1862 Carlos A López, president of Paraguay (1844-62), dies at 71 09/10/1867 Simon Sechter, composer, dies at 78
    09/10/1868 Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer, dies at 79
    09/10/1895 Harrison Millard, composer, dies at 64
    09/10/1898 Elisabeth AE, empress of Austria/wife of Franz Joseph I, dies at 60 09/10/1916 Friedrich Gernsheim, composer, dies at 77
    09/10/1922 Arpad Szendy, composer, dies at 59
    09/10/1931 Alfonso Randano, composer, dies at 78
    09/10/1932 Percy Fletcher, composer, dies at 52
    09/10/1934 George Henschel, composer, dies at 84
    09/10/1942 Nachman N 'Neddy' Bamberg, actor, dies in Auschwitz at 63 09/10/1945 Vaino Raitio, composer, dies at 54
    09/10/1951 Giuseppe Mule, composer, dies at 66
    09/10/1954 Peter Anders, German opera singer, dies
    09/10/1955 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer, dies at 70
    09/10/1961 Leo Carrillo, actor (Pancho-Cisco Kid), dies at 81
    09/10/1976 Dalton Trumbo, US writer/director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70 09/10/1976 Mordecai Johnson, 1st black president of Howard U, dies at 86 09/10/1977 Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine 09/10/1979 Agostinho Neto, poet/1st pres of Angola, dies at 57
    09/10/1979 Stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych, composer, dies
    09/10/1982 Max [GMJ] Winders Maximilien, Belgium architect, dies
    09/10/1983 Balthasar J 'John' Vorster, S African premier (1966-78), dies at 67 09/10/1985 Alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23
    09/10/1990 Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated 09/10/1991 Yves Montand, actor (Lets Make Love, Z), dies at 70
    09/10/1993 Rita Karin, Polish-Latvia/US actress (Sophie's Choice), dies at 73


    Significant Events:

    09/10/ 422 St Celestine I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    09/10/ 918 Arnulf I the Old becomes landsheer of Flanders
    09/10/1349 Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to deat
    09/10/1510 Bishop Frederik of Bathe recaptures Oldenzaal
    09/10/1608 John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va 09/10/1776 George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers 09/10/1798 British Honduras beats Spain in battle of St George
    09/10/1813 Comm Oliver H Perry defeats British in Battle of Lake Erie 09/10/1823 Simon Bolivar named president of Peru
    09/10/1845 King Willem II opens Amsterdam Stock exchange
    09/10/1846 Elias Howe patents sewing machine
    09/10/1847 1st theater opens in Hawaii
    09/10/1849 1st performance of US actor Edwin Booth (Richard III)
    09/10/1858 G Searle discovers asteroid #55 Pandora
    09/10/1858 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #54 Alexandra
    09/10/1858 John Holden hits 1st recorded HR (Bkln vs NY)
    09/10/1861 -15] Battle at Cheat Mountain, Elkwater West Virginia
    09/10/1861 Battle of Carnifex Ferry VA
    09/10/1869 Baptist minister invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan
    09/10/1870 Dutch Jurist Cooperation established
    09/10/1872 Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam
    09/10/1882 1st international conference to promote anti-semitism meets 09/10/1882 J Palisa discovers asteroid #231 Vindobona
    09/10/1882 Dresden Germany (Congress for Safeguarding of Non-Jewish Interests) 09/10/1884 Congressman John R Lynch presides over Republican National Conventio
    09/10/1897 Police shoot at striking mine workers in Penns, kills 20
    09/10/1899 2nd quake in 7 days hits Yakutat Bay Alaska
    09/10/1900 20.3 cm rainfall at Each Point, South Dakota (state record) 09/10/1905 Japanese battleship Mikasa explodes
    09/10/1910 Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber
    09/10/1913 Cleveland Call & Post established
    09/10/1913 George W Buckner, named minister to Liberia
    09/10/1913 Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway 09/10/1919 Indian's Ray Caldwell no-hits Yankees 3-0
    09/10/1919 NYC welcomes home Gen John J Pershing & 25,000 WW I soldiers 09/10/1922 Largest Polo Grounds crowd Meusel, Ruth & Gehrig consecutive HRs 09/10/1923 Irish Free state joins League of Nations
    09/10/1924 Leopold & Loeb found guilty of murder
    09/10/1926 Allies-German treaty of Koblenz drawn
    09/10/1926 Germany joins League of Nations
    09/10/1927 France wins its 1st Davis Cup
    09/10/1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1131 Porzia
    09/10/1930 Charles E Mitchell, named minister to Liberia
    09/10/1931 Lord Cecil of British Govt says War was never so improbable 09/10/1936 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1476 Cox
    09/10/1939 Canada declares war on Germany
    09/10/1940 Buckingham Palace hit by German bomb
    09/10/1942 British troops lands on Madagascar
    09/10/1943 British 8th army occupies Tarente
    09/10/1945 KLS-AM in Oakland Ca changes call letters to KWBR (now KDIA) 09/10/1945 Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaborating with Nazis 09/10/1948 Bÿz Criminal division sentences war criminal Jacob Folks to life 09/10/1948 P Shajn discovers asteroid #1735 ITA
    09/10/1950 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 HR in a game at Griffith Stadium 09/10/1951 British begins economic boycott of Iran
    09/10/1953 Swanson sells it's 1st 'TV dinner'
    09/10/1954 12 second shock kills 1,460 in Orleansville Algeria
    09/10/1954 WLUK TV channel 11 in Green Bay, WI (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 09/10/1955 'Gunsmoke' premieres on CBS TV
    09/10/1956 Louisville Ky public schools integrates
    09/10/1956 WSYE (now WETM) TV chan 18 in Elmira-Corning, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast
    09/10/1958 WJCT TV channel 7 in Jacksonville, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/10/1960 Abebe Bikila runs OR marathon (2:15:16.2)
    09/10/1960 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field roof in Detroi
    09/10/1960 Running barefoot, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins Rome Olympic marathon 09/10/1961 Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit HR # 400
    09/10/1962 KLRN TV channel 9 in San Antonio, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/10/1962 Maryland Campaign (Antietam Campaign)
    09/10/1962 Rod Laver wins Grand Slam of tennis
    09/10/1962 WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/10/1963 20 black students entered public schools in Alabama
    09/10/1963 Phillies beat Houston Colt .45s, 16-0
    09/10/1964 Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) established
    09/10/1965 Phillies 10,000th game to a decision since 1900, Phils beat Cards 09/10/1965 WUND TV channel 2 in Columbia, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/10/1966 Beatles' 'Revolver,' album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks 09/10/1966 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Karl Mildenberger in Frankfurt 09/10/1967 Chic White Sox Joel Horlen no-hits Det Tigers, 6-0
    09/10/1967 Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British
    09/10/1967 KVVU TV channel 5 in Henderson-Las Vegas, NV (IND) begins broadcasti
    09/10/1969 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2352 Kurchatov
    09/10/1969 NY Mets sweep Montreal Expos putting them in 1st place for 1st time 09/10/1971 KVUE TV channel 24 in Austin, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting 09/10/1972 20th Olympic games close at Munich, German FR
    09/10/1972 Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championshi
    09/10/1972 US Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to USSR (disputed)
    09/10/1972 WKAR TV channel 23 in East Lansing, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/10/1973 Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton
    09/10/1973 NY Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don Maynard to St Louis
    09/10/1974 Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal
    09/10/1974 Lou Brock ties (104) & then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark 09/10/1974 Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs 09/10/1976 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard 09/10/1976 5 Croatian terrorists capture TWA-plane at La Guardia Airport, NY 09/10/1977 Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits
    09/10/1977 Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull for her 3rd cons US Open title 09/10/1978 Arlyne Rhode sets female footbow distance record (1,113 yds & 30') 09/10/1978 Chris Evert & Jimmy Connors win US Open tennis tournament 09/10/1978 E F Helin discovers asteroid #2100 Ra-Shalom
    09/10/1978 P Wild discovers asteroid #2262 Mitidika
    09/10/1979 3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed 09/10/1980 Bill Gullickson, sets rookie record of striking out 18
    09/10/1981 'Guernica' of Pablo Picasso returns to Spain
    09/10/1982 Decca releases Beatle audition 'Complete Silver Beatles' album 09/10/1983 Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert Lloyd for US Open title 09/10/1984 Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla 09/10/1984 Sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24 days) 09/10/1986 Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel 09/10/1988 Steffi Graf wins US Open, 1st woman Grand Slam since Court (1970) 09/10/1989 Boris Becker beats Yvan Lendl for US Open championship
    09/10/1989 East Germans begin their flight to west (via Hungary & Czech) 09/10/1990 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win US Open 09/10/1990 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are differen
    09/10/1990 George Bush & Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki
    09/10/1990 Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada
    09/10/1990 Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq
    09/10/1990 Mariner Matt Young becomes 21st AL'er to strike out 4 in 1 inning 09/10/1992 Brewers Robin Yount is 17th to get 3,000th hit against Cleve Indians
    09/10/1992 Bud Selig becomes interm commissioner of baseball
    09/10/1992 Lucy in Peanuts comics raises her Pyschiatric Help from 5¢ to 47¢ 09/10/1993 1,000 Boeing 747 jumbo plane produced
    09/10/1993 Israel & PLO sign joint recognition statements

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sat Sep 11 00:30:08 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/11/1458 Bernardo Accolti, [Unico Aretino], Italian writer (Virginia) 09/11/1476 Louise of Savoye, French mother/regentes of king François I 09/11/1522 Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical
    09/11/1523 Pierre the Ronsard, poet
    09/11/1525 Johan Georg, monarch of Brandenburg (1571-91)
    09/11/1584 Thomas Erpenius, [of Erp], oriëntalist/arabist (grammar)
    09/11/1614 Philipp Buchner, composer
    09/11/1700 James Thomson, songwriter (Rule Britannia)
    09/11/1753 Friedrich August Baumbach, composer
    09/11/1764 Valentino Fioravanti, composer
    09/11/1786 Friedrich Kuhlau, composer
    09/11/1804 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [OS]
    09/11/1806 Joshua Blackwood Howell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 18
    09/11/1807 Ignaz Lachner, composer
    09/11/1813 Conrad Feger Jackson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 09/11/1835 William Wirt Allen, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 09/11/1838 John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul
    09/11/1844 George Clement Martin, composer
    09/11/1860 Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss house painter [NS] 09/11/1861 Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio)
    09/11/1862 O Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer
    09/11/1874 Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer
    09/11/1876 Alfonso Broqua, composer
    09/11/1877 Feliks E Dzjerzjinski, Lithuania, founder (KGB)
    09/11/1877 James Jeans, England, physicist/mathematician/astronomer
    09/11/1885 David Herbert 'DH' Lawrence, England, writer (Lady Chatterly's Lover
    09/11/1885 Eratstus Flaval Beadle, publisher (Beadle's Dime Novels)
    09/11/1885 Herbert Stothart, composer
    09/11/1890 Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer
    09/11/1891 Noel Gallon, composer
    09/11/1899 Nelly A 'Nell' Button, actress (Driestuivers Opera)
    09/11/1902 Alice Tully, Corning, NY, singer/patroness (Carnegie Hall) 09/11/1903 Theodor Adorno, German philosopher/sociologist
    09/11/1904 Thanásis Petsalis, Greek author (I Mavrólyki)
    09/11/1909 Anne Seymour, Engld, actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show
    09/11/1909 William H Natcher, (Rep-D-Kentucky, 1953- )
    09/11/1910 Gerhard Schröder, German minister of Defense
    09/11/1913 Paul 'Bear' Bryant, US football coach (Alabama Crimson Tide) 09/11/1915 Jack Fascinato, Bevier Mo, pianist/orch leader (Kukla Fran & Ollie) 09/11/1917 Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines Pres (1965-86)
    09/11/1917 Jessica Mitford, writer (American Way of Death)
    09/11/1922 Charles Evers, civil rights leader (Amazing Grace)
    09/11/1923 Alan Badel, Manchester England, actor (Shogun)
    09/11/1923 Betsy Drake, fitness expert/actress (Every Girl Should be Married) 09/11/1924 Daniel Kahikina Akaka, (Rep-D-HI, 1977- /Sen-D Hawaii)
    09/11/1924 Tom Landry, NFL player (NY Giants)/coach (Dallas Cowboys) 09/11/1925 Ashley Heenan, composer
    09/11/1925 Harry Stuart Somers, composer
    09/11/1926 Alfred Slote, author (Love & Tennis, Omega Station)
    09/11/1926 Gerrit van Niekerk Viljoen, South African minister of Legislation 09/11/1928 Earl Holliman, La, actor (Police Woman, Tribes, Cry Panic) 09/11/1928 Reubin Askew, (Gov-Fla)
    09/11/1929 David S Broder, Chicago Hgts Ill, journalist (Pulitzer 1973) 09/11/1930 Cathryn Damon, Seattle Wash, actress (Mary Campbell-Soap) 09/11/1932 Bob Packwood, (Sen-R-OR, 1969- )
    09/11/1932 Herbert 'Sonny' Leon Callahan, (Rep-R-Alabama, 1985- )
    09/11/1932 Robert W Packwood, (Sen-R Oregon)
    09/11/1932 Valentino, Milan Italy, fashion designer (Jacquline Kennedy Onasis) 09/11/1935 Arvo Part, composer
    09/11/1935 Gherman Titov, USSR, 1st man to spend a day in space (Vostok 2) 09/11/1936 Charles Dierkop, LaCrosse Wisc, actor (Det Pete Royster-Police Woman
    09/11/1937 Paola Ruffo di Calabria, Ital princess/queen of Belgium (1993- ) 09/11/1937 Robert L Crippen, Beaumont Tx, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 1, 7, 41C, 41
    09/11/1939 Lola Falana, Camden NJ, singer (Liberation of LB Jones)
    09/11/1940 Brian DePalma, film director (Body Double, Dressed to Kill) 09/11/1942 Tom Dreesen, comedian (Tim Ried's partner)
    09/11/1945 Leo Kottke, Athens Ga, guitarist (Ice Water, Greenhouse)
    09/11/1949 Marty Liquori, US, runner (AAU 3 mile-1979 (13:14.7))
    09/11/1950 Amy Madigan, Chicago Ill, actress (Uncle Buck, Twice in a Lifetime) 09/11/1954 Reed Birney, Alexandria Va, entertainer (Greatest Man in the World) 09/11/1957 Jon Moss, rocker (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me) 09/11/1958 Donna Auguste, Beaumont Texas, computer designer (Newton) 09/11/1958 Mick Talbot, rocker (Style Council-You're the Best Thing) 09/11/1960 Neal X, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
    09/11/1961 Virginia Madsen, Chicago Ill, actress (Dune, Hot Spot, Class) 09/11/1962 Elizabeth Daily, actress (Street Music)
    09/11/1962 Kristy McNichol, LA Calif, actress (Buddy-Family, Barbara-Empty Nest
    09/11/1963 Bonnie Gadusek, Pittsburgh, tennis player (French Juniors 1981) 09/11/1967 Kendra Lee Ruwe, Madison Idaho, Miss Idaho-America (1991) 09/11/1969 Laura Sisk, Maryland, actress (Allison Rescott-Loving)
    09/11/1970 Berry Richter, Madison Wis, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994) 09/11/1992 Paul Storken, priest (De weg terug)


    Deaths:

    09/11/1297 Hugh de Cressingham, English treasurer, dies in battle
    09/11/1599 Cornelis de Houtman, navigator (1st Dutch trip to Java), murder at 3
    09/11/1606 Carel van Mander, Flemish painter/art historian, dies at 58 09/11/1646 Johann Stobaeus, composer, dies at 66
    09/11/1709 Hamilton, Scottish(?) general (Malplaquet), dies in battle 09/11/1709 Oxenstiern, German(?) general (Malplaquet), dies in battle 09/11/1709 Spaar, German(?) general (Malplaquet), dies in battle
    09/11/1712 Giovanni D Cassini, French astronomer, dies
    09/11/1713 John Foot, lawyer, dies at 65
    09/11/1721 Rudolph J Camerarius, German physician (sexuality plans), dies 09/11/1733 Francois Couperin, composer, dies at 64
    09/11/1789 Luca Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 55
    09/11/1848 Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87
    09/11/1858 Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer, dies at 55
    09/11/1870 Eugenio Lucas y Padilla, Spanish poet, dies at about 46
    09/11/1888 Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74), dies at 77 09/11/1891 Antera Tarquínis de Quental, Portuguese poet/revolutionary, dies at
    09/11/1892 Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer, dies at 84
    09/11/1898 Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer, dies at 74
    09/11/1922 Louis Coerne, composer, dies at 52
    09/11/1924 Mieczyslaw Surzynski, composer, dies at 57
    09/11/1946 Arthur of Schendel, writer (Holland drama), dies at 72)
    09/11/1948 Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, dies
    09/11/1949 Henri Rabnaud, composer, dies at 75
    09/11/1950 John C Smuts, co-found British RAF/S African PM (1919..48), dies at
    09/11/1954 Licinio Refice, composer, dies at 69
    09/11/1957 Petar Stojanovic, composer, dies at 80
    09/11/1958 Robert Lach, composer, dies at 84
    09/11/1959 Paul Douglas, actor (Adventure Theater), dies at 52
    09/11/1966 Charlie Cantor, actor (Artie-Ray Bolger Show), dies at 68 09/11/1970 Chester Morris, actor (Diagnosis: Unknown), dies at 69
    09/11/1971 Nikita Khrushchev, dies of a heart attack at 77
    09/11/1971 Percy Helton, actor (Homer-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 77 09/11/1973 Salvador Allende Gossens, president Chile, dies
    09/11/1976 Jan Kunc, composer, dies at 93
    09/11/1980 Jose Antonio Calcano, composer, dies at 80
    09/11/1981 Frank McHugh, actor (Dawn Patrol, Going My Way), dies at 83 09/11/1982 Albert Soboult, French historian, dies at 68
    09/11/1984 Hilding Hallnas, composer, dies at 81
    09/11/1987 Lorne Greene, actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica), dies at 72 09/11/1988 George Alpert, railroad executive, dies at 90
    09/11/1988 Luis W Alvarez, physicist (Nobel-1968), dies at 77
    09/11/1988 Peter Tosh, reggae singer shot dead at 43 in Jamacia
    09/11/1992 Erik Terpstra, director (Versier de leegte, De ander, Daniel), dies 09/11/1992 Paul Storken, priest (Away Backing), dies
    09/11/1993 Antoine Izmery, Haitian businessman/advisor to pres Aristide, murder
    09/11/1993 Erich Leinsdorf, Austria/US conductor/author: Cadenza, dies at 81


    Significant Events:

    09/11/ 813 Charles the Great crowns Louis I emperor
    09/11/1297 Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel Wm Wallace beats English 09/11/1304 Willem III becomes earl of Holland
    09/11/1609 Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan island
    09/11/1649 Massacre of Drogheda-Cromwell kills 3,000 royalists
    09/11/1649 Oliver Cromwell seizes Drogheda Ireland
    09/11/1709 Battle at Malplaquet: Engl/Aust/Dutch Great Alliance beat France 09/11/1773 Benjamin Franklin writes 'There never was a good war or bad peace' 09/11/1777 Battle of Brandywine, Pa; Americans lose to British
    09/11/1786 Annapolis Convention to determine interstate commerce
    09/11/1789 Alexander Hamilton appointed Secretary of Treasury
    09/11/1814 Battle of Lake Champlain, NY; Americans defeat British
    09/11/1831 Charles Darwin meets with capt Fitzroy at Plymouth
    09/11/1839 1st Canadian track & field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds) 09/11/1847 1st singing of Stephen Fosters 'Susanna' (in Pittsburgh)
    09/11/1850 'Swedish Nightingale' Jenny Lind gives 1st US concert
    09/11/1852 Olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R 09/11/1853 1st electric telegraph in use, Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos 09/11/1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre-120 colonists killed by indians in Utah 09/11/1872 Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #125 Liberatrix
    09/11/1875 1st newspaper cartoon strip
    09/11/1877 Rijkslandbouwhoge school opens in Wageningen
    09/11/1879 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #202 Chryseis
    09/11/1881 Triple landslides bury Elm Switz
    09/11/1885 Moses Hopkins, named minister to Liberia
    09/11/1886 Mayflower (US) beats Galatea (England) in 7th America's Cup 09/11/1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure 'Crooked Man' (BG)
    09/11/1891 A Charlois discovers asteroid #317 Roxane
    09/11/1893 Bronx Gas & Electric Company opens on Frisby & Tremont Ave 09/11/1893 Shaku Soen is 1st Zen teacher to visit the West (Chicago) 09/11/1898 M Wolf & A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #435 Ella
    09/11/1898 M Wolf discovers asteroid #434 Hungaria
    09/11/1900 President Kruger crosses boundary with Mozambique
    09/11/1904 P Gotz discovers asteroids #543 Charlotte & #544 Jetta
    09/11/1907 A Kopff discovers asteroids #646 Kastalia, #647 Adelgunde, 09/11/1907 #648 Pippa & #649 Josefa
    09/11/1909 Max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet
    09/11/1910 1st commercially successful electric bus line opens (Hollywood) 09/11/1912 Netherland Olympic Committee forms
    09/11/1912 Phila A's Eddie Collins steals 6 bases in 1 game
    09/11/1916 German troops conquer Kavalla Greece
    09/11/1918 Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 15th World Series 09/11/1919 US marines invade Honduras
    09/11/1922 British mandate of Palestine begins
    09/11/1923 After a single, Red Sox Howard Ehmke retires next 27 Yanks 09/11/1923 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1628 Strobel & #1662 Hoffmann 09/11/1923 ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over NY's tallest
    09/11/1923 skyscraper, Woolworth Tower
    09/11/1926 Aloha Tower dedicated in Honolulu
    09/11/1926 Spain leaves League of Nation due to Germany joining
    09/11/1926 US defeats France for their 7th straight Davis Cup championship 09/11/1926 Yanks' Bob Meusel ties record with 3 sacrifice flies
    09/11/1927 Babe Ruth hits 50th of 60 homers
    09/11/1928 1st TV drama-WGY's Queens Messenger
    09/11/1928 P Shajn discovers asteroid 1120 Cannonia, 1121 Natascha & 1610 Mirna
    09/11/1929 SF Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system 09/11/1930 Stomboli volcano (Sicily) throws 2-ton basaltic rocks 2 miles 09/11/1935 US captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year
    09/11/1936 A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game
    09/11/1936 FDR dedicates Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam
    09/11/1939 British submarine Triton torpedoes British submarine Oxley 09/11/1939 Iraq & Saudi Arabia declare war on nazi-Germany
    09/11/1940 Anton Mussert establishes Dutch SS
    09/11/1940 Hitler begins operation-Seelöwe (invasion England)
    09/11/1941 Belgium King Leopold marries Lilian Baels
    09/11/1941 FDR orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight 09/11/1942 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1759 Kienle
    09/11/1943 Allied arm forces conquerors Salerno
    09/11/1943 Jewish ghettos of Minsk & Lida Belorussia liquidated
    09/11/1943 Last German Q/pirate ship sinks near Easter Island
    09/11/1943 US & Australian troops join in Salamaua, New Guinea
    09/11/1944 FDR & Churchill meet in Canada at 2nd Quebec Conference
    09/11/1944 US 5th pantzer division is 1st to enter nazi-Germany
    09/11/1946 1st mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation 09/11/1950 1st typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited 09/11/1950 33 die in a train crash in Coshocton Ohio
    09/11/1950 Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence
    09/11/1951 Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English
    09/11/1951 Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours & 19 minutes 09/11/1952 P Shajn discovers asteroid #1987 Kaplan
    09/11/1952 West German Chancellor Adenauer signs a reparation pact for Jews 09/11/1953 KSBW TV channel 8 in Salinas-Monterey, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting 09/11/1953 WEHT TV channel 25 in Evansville, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 09/11/1954 1st Miss America TV broadcast
    09/11/1954 20.4 cm rainfall at Brunswick, Maine (state record)
    09/11/1954 KXJB TV channel 4 in Valley City (Fargo) (NBC) begins broadcasting 09/11/1955 KTVT TV channel 11 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX (IND) begins broadcastin
    09/11/1956 Cin Red Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th HR 09/11/1959 'Duke' Ellington wins Springarn Medal for his musical achievements 09/11/1959 Elroy Face's 22 game win streak ends as Dodgers beat Pirates 5-4 09/11/1959 Oriole Jerry Walker pitches 16 inn beating White Sox 1-0
    09/11/1960 17th Olympic games close in Rome Italy
    09/11/1961 Bob Dylan's 1st NY performance
    09/11/1962 Beatles cut 'Love Me Do' & 'PS I Love You'
    09/11/1962 KVCR TV channel 24 in San Bernardino, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/11/1964 George Harrison forms Mornyork Ltd music publishing company 09/11/1964 Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG & ABC to televise fights for 09/11/1964 free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleve Auditorium 09/11/1965 Beatles' 'Help!,' album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
    09/11/1966 Johnny Miller becomes 1st Yank to hit a HR on his 1st at bat 09/11/1967 French president De Gaulle visits Poland
    09/11/1967 Indian/Chinese border fights
    09/11/1967 US Surveyor 5 makes 1st chemical analysis of lunar material 09/11/1967 WSRE TV channel 23 in Pensacola, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/11/1967 WUNE TV channel 17 in Linville, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/11/1967 WUNF TV channel 33 in Asheville, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/11/1967 WUNG TV channel 58 in Concord, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/11/1969 P Wild discovers asteroid #1891 Gondola & #2029 Binomi
    09/11/1971 Egypt adopts its constitution
    09/11/1972 BART begins service with a 26-mi (42-km) line from Oakland to Fremon
    09/11/1972 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #1907 Rudneva, #1908 Pobeda, 09/11/1972 #2113 Ehrdni, #2164 Lyalya, #2178 Kazakhstania & #2238 Steshenko 09/11/1973 Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup 09/11/1976 Evonne Goolagong loses her 4th straight US Open Final (Evert wins) 09/11/1977 Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy O'Connors wins US Open
    09/11/1977 TV's Rhoda gets divorced
    09/11/1980 Chile adopts its constitution
    09/11/1981 2nd govt of Agt forms
    09/11/1982 Chris Evert 6th US open title defeats Hana Mandlikova
    09/11/1983 Fashion designer Donna Karen marries Stephan Weiss
    09/11/1983 Franco Harris becomes 3rd NFL to rush 11,000 yards
    09/11/1983 Jimmy Connors & Martina Navratilova win US Open tennis tournament 09/11/1985 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3646
    09/11/1985 Intl Cometary Explorer (ISEE 3) passes Giacobini-Zinner by 7900 km 09/11/1986 Dow Jones Industrial Avg suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, 09/11/1986 Pres Mubarak receives Israeli premier Peres
    09/11/1988 1/3 of population argues for Estonia autonomy
    09/11/1988 Sports Aid-jogging to feed the world
    09/11/1989 Drexel formally pleads guilty to security fraud
    09/11/1989 KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa changes call letters to KGGO
    09/11/1991 'La Toya: Growing Up in The Jackson Family' forms sale
    09/11/1991 14 die in a Continental Express commuter plane crash near Houston 09/11/1991 Air crash at Djeddah, Saudi-Arabia, 263 die
    09/11/1991 NY Yankees final game at Baltimore Oriole's Memorial Stadium 09/11/1992 Hurricane Iniki hits Kauai Hawaii; 3 die & 8,000 injured
    09/11/1992 Space Shuttle STS 47 (Endeavour 2) launches into space
    09/11/1993 Junxia Qu runs 1500m ladies world record (3:50.46)
    09/11/1993 Steffi Graf wins US tennis open

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Sep 12 00:30:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/12/1494 François I van Valois-Angoulême, king of France
    09/12/1655 Sebastien de Brossard, composer
    09/12/1659 Ferdinand W, prince of Württemberg-Neustadt/gen Dutch infantry 09/12/1720 Frederick Philipse III, NYC, land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam
    09/12/1761 Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer
    09/12/1768 Bemnjamin Carr, composer
    09/12/1788 Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ) 09/12/1801 Giuseppe Concone, Italian child singer
    09/12/1803 Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer
    09/12/1806 Andrew Hull Foote, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1863 09/12/1811 James Hall, US geologist (Natural history of NY)
    09/12/1818 Richard Jordan Gatling, US, inventor (hand-cranked machine gun) 09/12/1829 Anselm Feuerbach, German painter
    09/12/1829 Charles Dudley Warner, Mass, newspaperman/author (Being a Boy) 09/12/1830 William Sprague, Gov (Union), died in 1915
    09/12/1852 HH Asquith, (L) British PM (1908-16)
    09/12/1852 Hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain (1908-16)
    09/12/1856 Johann Heinrich Beck, composer
    09/12/1857 George H Breitner, impressionist painter/water colors painter 09/12/1858 Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter
    09/12/1871 Friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, Romania
    09/12/1876 Flor Alpaerts, composer
    09/12/1879 Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter
    09/12/1879 H de Bie, lawyer (children's rights)
    09/12/1880 Henry L Mencken, Baltimore, Md, newspaperman/critic (Prejudices) 09/12/1881 Daniel Jones, England phoneticist (English pronouncing dictionary) 09/12/1887 George Georgescu, composer
    09/12/1888 Jószi J Tersánszky, Hungary, musician/writer (Youth of Marci Kakuk) 09/12/1888 Maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls (Gigi) 09/12/1890 Guido Guerrini, composer
    09/12/1891 Adolph Weiss, composer
    09/12/1891 Hans Albers, German actor (Die Nacht Gehört Uns)
    09/12/1892 Alfred A Knopf, US, publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal) 09/12/1894 Billy Gilbert, Louisville Ky, (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday) 09/12/1896 Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe)
    09/12/1897 Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist (neutron, Nobel 1935) 09/12/1898 Ben Shahn, painter (1964 Arts & Letters)
    09/12/1899 Gerard Hordÿk, painter
    09/12/1900 Eric Harding Thiman, composer
    09/12/1901 Ben Blue, Montreal, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show) 09/12/1901 Ernst Pepping, German composer
    09/12/1902 Juscelino Kubitschek, president Brazil (1955-60)
    09/12/1902 Margaret Hamilton, Ohio, wicked witch of the west (Wizard of Oz) 09/12/1904 Gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer
    09/12/1905 Boris Arapov, composer
    09/12/1906 Dmitri D Sjostakovitsj, Russian pianist/composer [OS]
    09/12/1906 Ruvim Pergament, composer
    09/12/1907 Joe Lederer, Austrian actress/writer (Drei Tage Liebe)
    09/12/1909 Douglas Fairbanks Jr, US, actor/producer (Ghost Story)
    09/12/1909 Spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943)
    09/12/1910 Rolf [Robert] Liebermann, Swiss composer
    09/12/1913 Ben[jamin S] Polak, Neth, physician/communist/resistance fighter 09/12/1913 Jesse Owens, track star, spoiled Hitler's 1936 Olympics with 4 gold 09/12/1915 Billy Daniels, Jacksonville Fla, singer (Billy Daniels Show) 09/12/1917 Christian Geel, poet/sculptor/artist
    09/12/1920 Irene Daily, actress (Liz-Another World, Grissom Gang)
    09/12/1920 Jan W Schulte Nordholt, poet/historian (Blossoming Stone) 09/12/1921 Amílcar Cabral, worked for independence of Portuguese Africa 09/12/1921 Frank McGee, Monroe La, news anchor (NBC Evening News)
    09/12/1921 Stanislaw Lem, Poland, sci-fi author (Solaris, Invincible) 09/12/1922 Jackson Mac Low, composer
    09/12/1924 Amilcar Cabral, Cape Verde Islands, fought for Guinea Bissau indepen
    09/12/1924 Howard Curtis Nielson, (Rep-R-UT, 1983- )
    09/12/1925 Dickie Moore, LA Calif, actor (Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men) 09/12/1927 Ina Muller-van Ast, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
    09/12/1929 Harvey Lester Schmidt, composer
    09/12/1930 Larry Austin, composer
    09/12/1931 George Jones, Saratoga Tx, singer (Golden Rings, Oh Lonesome Me) 09/12/1931 Ian Holm, Ilford Essex England, actor (Himmler-Holocaust) 09/12/1934 Gunther Gebel-Williams, lion tamer (Ringling Bros Circus) 09/12/1935 Allan B Swift, (Rep-D-Washington, 1979- )
    09/12/1935 Richard H Hunt, Chicago, sculptor (Pyramidal Construction) 09/12/1938 Tatiana Troyanos, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Octavian-Der Rosenleavalier) 09/12/1939 Henry A Waxman, (Rep-D-California, 1975-86)
    09/12/1939 Phillip Ramey, composer
    09/12/1940 Linda Gray, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Sue Ellen Ewing-Dallas) 09/12/1940 Mickey Lolich, Detroit Tiger pitcher (won 25 in 1971)
    09/12/1940 Stephen J Solarz, (Rep-D-NY, 1975-93)
    09/12/1940 Susan Sennett, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Big Bad Mama) 09/12/1941 Hans-Karsten Raecke, composer
    09/12/1942 Tomás Marco, Basque/Spanish composer
    09/12/1943 Maria Muldaur, Greenwich Village, NY, singer (Midnight at the Oasis)
    09/12/1944 Barry White, Galveston Tx, singer (Love's Theme)
    09/12/1945 John Mauceri, NYC, conductor (Wash DC Opera)
    09/12/1945 Vern M Lindblad, Seattle WA, Turkologist
    09/12/1949 Irina Rodnina, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)
    09/12/1951 Joe Pantoliano, actor (Finelli Boys)
    09/12/1952 Gerry Beckley, rock vocalist/guitarist (America-Daisy Jane) 09/12/1952 Neil Peart, Canada pop drummer (Rush-A Farewell to Kings) 09/12/1953 Gé Reinders, singer/songwriter (Girls walk by)
    09/12/1953 John Williams, US, archer (Olympic-gold-1972)
    09/12/1954 Peter Scolari, New Rochelle NY, actor (Jerry-Newhart)
    09/12/1955 Nina Blackwood, Mass, actress/VJ (MTV, Solid Gold, Vice Squad) 09/12/1957 Hawk, [Michael Hegstrand], wrestler (ECW/WCW/WWF/AWA, Legion of Doom
    09/12/1957 Rachel Ward, Cornwell Manor England, actress (Thorn Birds) 09/12/1958 Wilfredo Benitez, PR, boxer (world champ at 17y176d)
    09/12/1961 Mylene Farmer, Montreal Canada, french singer (Cendres de Lune) 09/12/1966 Darren E Burrows, US, actor(?)
    09/12/1968 Larry Laronde, US funk metal guitarist (Primus-Frizzle Fry) 09/12/1972 Cady Cantrell, Lanett AL, playmate (Apr, 1992)
    09/12/1975 Tom Carroll, actor (J T Adams-Swan's Crossing)
    09/12/1977 James Louis McCartney, son of Paul & Linda McCartney


    Deaths:

    09/12/ 352 Maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies
    09/12/1012 Guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies
    09/12/1015 Lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 6
    09/12/1185 Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched 09/12/1213 Pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle
    09/12/1362 Innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies
    09/12/1500 Albrecht III van Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon, dies at 57
    09/12/1604 Louis Gunther, earl of Nassau, dies in battle at about 29 09/12/1647 Joos Banckert, Swiss admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies at 48 09/12/1660 Jacob Cats, [Father Cats], pension advisor of Holland, dies at 82 09/12/1661 Jacobus de la Torra, RC apostole vicar of Holland, dies at about 53 09/12/1674 Claes P 'Nicolas' Tulip, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 80
    09/12/1683 Afonso VI, mentally ill king of Portugal (1656-67), dies at 40 09/12/1691 Johan Georg III, monarch of Saxon (1680-91), dies at 44
    09/12/1732 Eugene JP earl the Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo, dies at 58 09/12/1733 François Couperin 'Le Grand', French composer, dies at 64 09/12/1739 Reinhard Keiser, German conductor/composer (Markus-Passion, dies at
    09/12/1764 Jean Philippe Rameau, French composer (Castor en Pollux), dies at 80
    09/12/1789 Franz Xaver Richter, composer, dies at 79
    09/12/1806 Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer, dies at 58
    09/12/1807 Edward Miller, composer, dies at 71
    09/12/1812 Pjotr I Bagration, Georgian/Russian ruler/general, dies in battle 09/12/1815 Jose Mauricio, composer, dies at 63
    09/12/1819 Gebhard Leberecht Fürst von Blücher von Wahlstatt, General, dies at
    09/12/1824 Louis AG baron de Bacler d'albe, French cartographer, dies at 62 09/12/1871 Karl Collan, composer, dies at 43
    09/12/1877 Julius Reitz, composer, dies at 64
    09/12/1878 Friedrich August von Alberti, geologist (Triasic Age), dies at 83 09/12/1879 Peter Arnold Heise, composer, dies at 49
    09/12/1919 Leonid N Andrejev, Russ journalist/writer (Seven Hangs), dies 09/12/1927 Walther Amelung, German archaeologist, dies at 61
    09/12/1947 Harry Rowe Shelley, composer, dies at 89
    09/12/1953 Lewis Stone, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 73 of a heart attack
    09/12/1955 Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86 09/12/1971 Lin Piau, Chinese politician, dies
    09/12/1972 William Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy), dies at 77
    09/12/1973 Eduard Flipse, conductor/composer, dies at 77
    09/12/1973 Marjorie Post, US philanthropic/multi-millionaire ($200m), dies at 8
    09/12/1977 Robert Lowell, US poet/pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60) 09/12/1977 Steven Biko, S African black student leader, dies in police custody 09/12/1980 Lillian Randolph, actress (Roots, Amos n Andy), dies at 65 09/12/1982 Kommer Kleÿn, actor/director (Paul Vlaanderen), dies at 89 09/12/1986 Frank Nelson, actor (Ralph-I Love Lucy, Jack Benny Show), dies at 75
    09/12/1986 Jacques-Henri Lartigue, French photographer, dies at 92
    09/12/1988 Alan Bible, (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74), dies at 78
    09/12/1988 Lauris Morstad, NATO commander/CEO Corning Fiberglass, dies at 71 09/12/1989 Anton Lubowski, Namibian attorney/SWAPO, murdered at 37
    09/12/1991 ?, Japanese interpreter of Rushdies 'Satanic Verses', murdered 09/12/1991 Jacques Benoit, [JJM Bayer), poet, dies
    09/12/1991 Regis Toomey, actor (You're in the Army Now, Burke's Law), dies at 9
    09/12/1992 Anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho), dies from AIDs at 60
    09/12/1992 Ruth Nelson, actress (Awakenings, 3 Women), dies at 87
    09/12/1993 Charles Lamont, actor/director (Abbott & Costello movies), dies at 9
    09/12/1993 Harold Innocent, actor (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), dies at 60 09/12/1993 Herman Nieland, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 82
    09/12/1993 Raymond Burr, actor (Perry Mason), dies of liver cancer at 76


    Significant Events:

    09/12/ 490 -BC- Athenians defeat 2nd Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon 09/12/1015 Henry I becomes earl of Leuven
    09/12/1217 French prince Louis & English king Henry III sign peace treaty 09/12/1396 Crusaders under the earl of Nevers reaches Nicopolis
    09/12/1543 Treaty of Venlo: Duke Willem of Gulik & Emperor Charles V 09/12/1609 Henry Hudson discovers Hudson River
    09/12/1649 Drogheda, Ireland falls to Puritan troops; inhabitants massacred 09/12/1673 Prince Willem III occupies Naarden
    09/12/1683 Turkish troops attacks Vienna overthrows by Polish king Sobieski 09/12/1695 NY Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties
    09/12/1720 Isaäk of Hoornbeek elected Dutch pension advisor
    09/12/1751 Amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto
    09/12/1758 Charles Messier observes Crab Nebula & begins catalog
    09/12/1776 Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission 09/12/1787 Black Masons form 1st lodge
    09/12/1814 Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812 09/12/1818 Richard J Gatling invents revolving machine gun
    09/12/1840 Composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck
    09/12/1857 423 die when 'Central America' sinks off Cape Romain SC
    09/12/1860 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #59 Elpis
    09/12/1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry VA
    09/12/1867 2nd synagogue in Curaçao, Emanu-El of Willemstad, inaugurated 09/12/1871 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #117 Lomia
    09/12/1878 Cleopatra Needle installed in London
    09/12/1884 R Luther discovers asteroid #241 Germania
    09/12/1885 Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set 09/12/1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure 'Greek Interpreter' (BG) 09/12/1895 Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (Engld) in 10th America's Cup 09/12/1901 Arabs attack Gedara Palestine
    09/12/1906 A Kopff discovers asteroid #1780 Kippes
    09/12/1907 Lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record) 09/12/1909 J Palisa discovers asteroid #689 Zita
    09/12/1910 Gustav Mahlers 8th Symphony premieres
    09/12/1912 Dutch Olympian Committee established (NOC)
    09/12/1918 During WW I, US forces launch an attack on German-occupied St Mihiel
    09/12/1920 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium
    09/12/1920 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #937 Bethgea
    09/12/1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:35.4)
    09/12/1923 Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 09/12/1923 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1006 Lagrangea
    09/12/1925 US win Davis Cup tennis tournament
    09/12/1928 Katharine Hepburn's NY stage debut in 'Night Hostess'
    09/12/1932 Bkln Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit HR 09/12/1932 German govt of Papen falls/Reichstag dissolved
    09/12/1933 Alejandro Lerroux forms new Spanish govt
    09/12/1933 Dutch parliament accepts ban on uniforms
    09/12/1934 Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania signs Baltic Entente, against USSR 09/12/1936 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1405 Sibelius
    09/12/1938 Adolph Hitler demands self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czec
    09/12/1939 L Oterma discovers asteroid #1507 Vaasa
    09/12/1940 49 die & 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ) 09/12/1940 Italian troops enter Egypt
    09/12/1941 1st German ship in WW2 captured by US ship (Busko)
    09/12/1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge begins at Guadalcanal
    09/12/1942 Free-Poland & Belgium asks pope to condemn nazi-war crimes 09/12/1943 Free French lands on Corsica
    09/12/1944 Noorbeek & Mheer freed
    09/12/1946 Court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels 09/12/1947 Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games
    09/12/1949 Theodor Heuss elected 1st pres/Conrad Adenauer 1st PM of German FR 09/12/1950 Belgian govt dismisses all communist civil servants
    09/12/1950 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1800 Aguilar
    09/12/1951 S Arend discovers asteroid #1639 Bower
    09/12/1953 Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy
    09/12/1953 Nikita Khrushchev becomes 1st Secretary of USSR Communist Party 09/12/1954 Indians sweep Yanks at Municipal Stadium; largest AL crowd (86,563) 09/12/1954 WLBZ TV channel 2 in Bangor, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting 09/12/1955 KNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting 09/12/1956 Black students enter & are barred from Clay Ky elementary school 09/12/1957 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus visits US
    09/12/1959 'Bonanza' premieres on NBC-TV
    09/12/1959 János Kádár becomes premier of Hungary
    09/12/1959 Luna 2 launched by USSR; 1st spacecraft to impact on Moon 09/12/1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m 09/12/1962 Wash Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game
    09/12/1963 WHYY TV channel 12 in Wilmington, DE (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/12/1964 1st football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6 09/12/1964 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 4½' 09/12/1964 Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage
    09/12/1965 17th annual Emmy Awards
    09/12/1965 Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida & Louisiana kills 75
    09/12/1965 WCEE TV channel 23 in Rockford, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting 09/12/1966 'Monkees,' premier on NBC
    09/12/1966 Gemini XI (Charles Conrad & R Gordon) launched for 71-hour flight 09/12/1966 KPNE TV channel 9 in North Platte, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/12/1966 WCES TV channel 20 in Wrens, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/12/1966 WUSF TV channel 16 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (PBS) 1st broadcast 09/12/1970 US LSD professor Timothy Leary escapes from Calif jail
    09/12/1970 USSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility 09/12/1972 Lord Michael Killanin succeeds Avery Brundage as head of Olympics 09/12/1973 2 bettors win largest US Daily Double ($19,909.60 in Detroit) 09/12/1974 Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day) 09/12/1976 Seattle Seahawks play 1st regular-season game (St L 30, Sea 24) 09/12/1976 White Sox Minnie Minoso at age 53 hits a single
    09/12/1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2473 Heyerdahl
    09/12/1978 Fidel Castro visits Addis Abba
    09/12/1978 Situation comedy 'Taxi' premieres on ABC television
    09/12/1979 Hurricane Frederick hits Mobile Alabama; 5 die & $23 million damage 09/12/1979 Indiana Pacers cut Ann Meyers, 1st woman on an NBA club
    09/12/1979 Pietro Mennea of Italy sets 200m record (19.72) in Mexico City 09/12/1979 Red Carl Yastrzemski gets his 3,000th hit off Yankee Jim Beattie 09/12/1980 Harvard College discovers asteroid #2305 King
    09/12/1980 Military coup under General Kenan Evren in Turkey
    09/12/1981 Elizabeth Ward (Arkansas) is crowned Miss America
    09/12/1982 P Wild discovers asteroid #3060
    09/12/1983 Albert Rizzo trod water at sea for 108 hours 9 minutes
    09/12/1983 R S Dunbar discovers asteroid #3551
    09/12/1983 Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 millio
    09/12/1983 USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plan
    09/12/1984 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident 09/12/1984 Ethiopia forms socialistic republic
    09/12/1984 NY Met Dwight Goodin sets rookie strike out record at 251 09/12/1985 Flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds 09/12/1985 P Wild discovers asteroid #3329
    09/12/1985 T Schildknecht discovers asteroid #3330
    09/12/1986 240.49 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
    09/12/1986 US professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped & held hostage in Beirut 09/12/1987 Ethiopia adopts constitution
    09/12/1987 Martina Navratilova wins US Open tennis tournament
    09/12/1987 Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for 3rd straight year 09/12/1988 1st NFL regular-season game played in Phoenix; Cowboys beat Card 09/12/1988 Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica 09/12/1990 US, England, France, USSR, East & West Germanys sign agreements 09/12/1990 allowing 2 Germanys to merge
    09/12/1991 Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched
    09/12/1992 Endeavour Space shuttle launches into space
    09/12/1992 Hurricane Inuki pounds Hawaii
    09/12/1992 Monica Seles beats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario to win US Open 09/12/1993 Junxia Cheek runs 3000 m ladies world record (8:12.29)
    09/12/1993 STS-51 (Discovery) launches into orbit

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/13/1157 Alexander Neckum/de Sancto Albano, English theologist/encyclopedist 09/13/1551 Pandolfo Zallamella, composer
    09/13/1594 Francesco Manelli, composer
    09/13/1673 Hercule Brehy, composer
    09/13/1682 Theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer
    09/13/1688 Luca Antonio Praedieri, composer
    09/13/1739 Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer
    09/13/1739 Grigory Potemkin, army officer, statesman, Catherine II's lover, OS 09/13/1751 Henry Kobell, painter/cartoonist
    09/13/1755 Oliver Evans, pioneered high-pressure steam engine
    09/13/1806 Joseph Lewis Hogg, Brig General (Confederate Army), die in 1862 09/13/1806 Moritz Ganz, composer
    09/13/1813 John Sedgwick, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 09/13/1814 Nicolas Beets, [Hildebrand], writer (Camera Obscura)
    09/13/1817 John McAuley Palmer, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900 09/13/1818 Olivier Gloux, [Aimard], Fren world explorer/writer (Grande Flibuste
    09/13/1819 Clara Josephine Schumann, [née Wieck], Leipzig Germ, pianist/compose
    09/13/1836 John McCausland, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1927 09/13/1841 Johannes de Koo, journalist/songwriter
    09/13/1842 Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer
    09/13/1846 Richard Kiepert, German cartographer (Africa)
    09/13/1847 Charles Dupee Blake, composer
    09/13/1851 Walter Reed, US Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow feve
    09/13/1857 Milton S Hershey, chocolate manufacturer/philanthropist
    09/13/1858 Catherinus Elling, composer
    09/13/1860 John J (Blackjack) Pershing, US commander (WW I)
    09/13/1862 Dirk Forest, liberal 2nd Member of Dutch parliament
    09/13/1863 Arthur Henderson, Britain, socialist/disarmament worker (Nobel 1934)
    09/13/1866 Adolf Meyer, US, psychiatrist/neurologist (pioneered mental hygiene)
    09/13/1874 Arnold Franz Walter Schonberg, Vienna Austria, composer (2nd Quartet
    09/13/1876 Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio, author/publisher (Winesburg) 09/13/1882 Henri Potiron, composer
    09/13/1886 Alain L Lovke, philosopher
    09/13/1894 Anton Roosjen, politician/NCRV-chairman
    09/13/1894 J[ohn] B[oynton] Priestly, author (Good Companions)/wed Jessica Hawk
    09/13/1894 John B Priestley, English stagewriter (Journey Down a rainbow) 09/13/1895 Ruth McDevitt, Coldwater Mich, actress (Jo-All in the Family) 09/13/1896 Morris Kirksey, US, 4 X 100m (Olympic-gold-1920)
    09/13/1897 Gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer
    09/13/1899 Anton Constandse, anarchist/writer
    09/13/1902 Hermine Heijermans, actress/author
    09/13/1902 Leland Hayward, US producer (Spirit up St Louis)
    09/13/1903 Claudette Colbert [Lily Chauchoin], French actress (Texas lady) 09/13/1904 Gladys George, Patten Maine, actress (Roaring Twenties)
    09/13/1908 Ray Burns Green, composer
    09/13/1911 Bill Monroe, Rosine Ky, country singer (Blue Moon of Kentucky) 09/13/1912 Reta Shaw, South Paris Maine, actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir)
    09/13/1913 Roy Engle, Mo, actor (Police Chief-My Favorite Martian)
    09/13/1916 Roald Dahl, UK, sci-fi author (Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables) 09/13/1917 Jon Thorarinsson, composer
    09/13/1917 Robert Eugene Ward, composer
    09/13/1917 Robert Ward, Cleveland Ohio, composer (Pantaloon)
    09/13/1918 Ray Charles, Chicago, orch leader (Perry Como)
    09/13/1920 Carole Mathews, Montgomery Ill, actress (Wilma-Californians) 09/13/1923 Reninca, [Renée Lauwers], Flemish author (Seed in the Wind) 09/13/1924 Maurice Jarre, Lyons France, composer (Dr Zhivago-Acad Award 1966) 09/13/1924 Norman Alden, Fort Worth Tx, actor (Pilaski-Hennesey, Al-Fay) 09/13/1924 Scott Brady, Bkln NY, actor (China Syndrome, Gremlins, Johnny Guitar
    09/13/1925 Gabriel Charpentier, composer
    09/13/1925 Mel Tormé, Chic Ill, jazz singer 'Velvet Fog' (Jet Set, Night Court)
    09/13/1926 Emile Francis, NHL player/coach/GM (Rangers, Blues, Whalers) 09/13/1928 Ernest L Boyer, educator/chancellor of NY's State Universities (SUNY
    09/13/1930 James McLane, US, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1948) 09/13/1931 Barbara Bain, Chic, actress (Cinnamon-Mission Impossible, Space 1999
    09/13/1931 Marjorie Jackson, Australia, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1952) 09/13/1932 Bengt Hallberg, composer
    09/13/1933 Arif Melikov, composer
    09/13/1933 Eileen Fulton, Asheville NC, actress (Our Private World)
    09/13/1937 Fred Silverman, broadcasting exec (ABC/NBC)
    09/13/1938 Judith Martin, Miss Manners
    09/13/1939 Joyce Arleen Augér, US soprano (Mozart/Matthäus Passion)
    09/13/1939 Larry Speakes, presidential press secretary
    09/13/1939 Richard Kiel, Detroit Mich, James Bond adversary
    09/13/1940 Joyce Schouten, Dutch singer (Fouryo's)
    09/13/1941 Oscar Arias Sánchez, president of Costa Rica (1986- , Nobel 1987) 09/13/1944 Peter Cetera, Chicago, lead singer (Chicago-25 or 6 to 4, Old Days) 09/13/1944 [Winifred] Jacqueline Bisset, England, actress (Class, Deep, Secrets
    09/13/1945 Alain Louvier, composer
    09/13/1948 Clyde Kusatsu, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Ali-Bring 'em Back Alive) 09/13/1948 Nell Carter, Birmingham Ala, actress (Nell-Gimme a Break, Lobo) 09/13/1951 David Clayton-Thomas, singer (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World) 09/13/1952 Johanna Klier-Schaller, German DR, 100m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1976) 09/13/1952 Karen Wyman, Bronx NY, singer (Long & Winding Road)
    09/13/1953 Taryn Power, LA Calif, actress (Maria)
    09/13/1956 [Joan] Joni Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family) 09/13/1958 Ann Dusenberry, Tucson Az, actress (Jaws 2, Lies, Basic Training) 09/13/1965 Zak Starsky, drummer, son of Beatle Ringo
    09/13/1967 Michael Johnson, Dallas TX, US Olympic 200m runner (Olympic-92) 09/13/1971 Stella Nina McCartney, daughter of Paul & Linda McCartney 09/13/1971 Ted Drury, Boston Mass, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)


    Deaths:

    09/13/ 81 Titus Flavius Vespasianus, emperor of Rome (69-81), dies at about 42
    09/13/ 867 Nicholas I, the Great, Italian Pope (858-67), dies
    09/13/1321 Dante Alighieri, author (Divine Comedy), dies
    09/13/1596 Pieter D Keyzer/Keyser, astronomer/navigator (Java)
    09/13/1598 Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98), dies at 71
    09/13/1650 Ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik/archbishop, dies at 72 09/13/1759 James Wolfe, British general (Plains of Abraham), dies in battle at
    09/13/1803 John Barry, 1st American commodore, dies
    09/13/1859 Cornelis J van Axes, lawyer, dies at 71
    09/13/1872 Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philospher (Der Mensch ist), dies at 68 09/13/1881 Ambrose Everett Burnside, US Union general, dies at 57
    09/13/1894 Emmanuel Chabrier, composer, dies at 53
    09/13/1906 Georg Jacobi, composer, dies at 66
    09/13/1913 Alfred Gaul, composer, dies at 76
    09/13/1921 Ludwig-Alexander von Battenberg [Mountbatten], adm (WW I), dies at 6
    09/13/1924 Pekka Hannikainen, composer, dies at 69
    09/13/1928 Italo Svevo, [Ettore Schmitz], Italian writer (Una Vita), dies 09/13/1932 Julius Rontgen, composer, dies at 77
    09/13/1932 Paul Gorguloff, murderer of French pres Doumer, beheaded
    09/13/1938 Samuel Alexander, Engl philosopher (Space, time & deity), dies at 79
    09/13/1948 Paul Wegener, German actor/director (Golem, Svengali), dies 09/13/1950 Sara Allgood, Irish actress (Jane Eyre, Spiral Staircase), dies at 5
    09/13/1960 Leo Weiner, Hungarian composer (Toldi), dies at 75
    09/13/1969 Charles Foulkes, Canada general/honarary citizen of Wageningen, dies
    09/13/1971 Lin Piao, Chinese party leader, dies in air crash(?)
    09/13/1971 Nelly A 'Nell' Button, actress (Ocean Waters), dies at 72 09/13/1971 Nikita Chroestjsov, Soviet premier, buried
    09/13/1977 Leopold Stokowski, symphonic conductors, dies in England, at 95 09/13/1981 William Loeb, publisher of Manchester Union Leader, NH, dies at 75 09/13/1982 Grace, Princess of Monaco, dies at 52 in a car crash
    09/13/1982 Philip Ober, actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 80 09/13/1985 Dane Rudhyar, composer, dies at 90
    09/13/1987 Mervyn Leroy, actor/screenwriter/director (Quo Vadis), dies at 86 09/13/1989 Géza Frid, Hungarian/Dutch pianist/composer, dies
    09/13/1989 Yamada Koun, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies at 82
    09/13/1991 Ferry Barendse, trumpeter/composer/arranger (Ramblers), dies 09/13/1991 Joseph Pasternak, movie producer, dies at 89 of cancer
    09/13/1992 Lou Jacobs, US clown (1966 US postage stamp), dies at 89, dies


    Significant Events:

    09/13/ 122 Building begins on Hadrian's Wall
    09/13/ 604 Sabinian begins his reign as Pope replacing Pope Gregory the Great 09/13/1556 Charles V & Maria of Hungary march into Spain
    09/13/1579 Breda forms Union of Utrecht
    09/13/1625 Rabbi Isiah Horowith & 15 other rabbis arrested in Jerusalem 09/13/1631 Admiral Tholen conquerors 30+ Spanish frigates
    09/13/1663 1st serious slave conspiracy in colonial America (Virginia) 09/13/1759 British beat French forces at Plains of Abrahams (Quebec) 09/13/1759 Wolfe defeats Montcalm on Plains of Abraham; Canada becomes English 09/13/1787 Prussian army moves into Netherlands
    09/13/1788 NY City becomes capital of US
    09/13/1789 1st loan to US Govt (from NYC banks)
    09/13/1791 France's King Louis XVI accepts constitution
    09/13/1800 Curaçao in English hands (until Jan 1803)
    09/13/1849 1st US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy)
    09/13/1850 J R Hind discovers asteroid #12 Victoria
    09/13/1858 Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire & sinks, 471 die
    09/13/1867 Gen E R S Canby orders SC courts to impanel blacks jurors 09/13/1868 J C Watson discovers asteroid #104 Klymene
    09/13/1869 Jay Gould & James Fisk attempt to control US gold market
    09/13/1881 Lewis Latimer invents & patents electric lamp with a carbon filament
    09/13/1882 Britain invades Egypt
    09/13/1883 Cleveland Hugh Daily no-hits Phila 1-0
    09/13/1898 M Wolf & A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #436 Patricia
    09/13/1906 1st airplane flight in Europe
    09/13/1907 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #645 Agrippina
    09/13/1915 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #877 Walkure
    09/13/1918 J Palisa discovers asteroid #903 Nealley
    09/13/1918 Train accident at Weesp, kills 36
    09/13/1922 136.4°F (58°C), El Aziziyah, Libya in shade (world record) 09/13/1923 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1003 Lilofee
    09/13/1923 With Spain's king Alfonso XIII assist, army coup under de Rivera 09/13/1925 Bkln Dodger Dazzy Vance no-hits Phillies, 10-1
    09/13/1926 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1068 Nofretete
    09/13/1927 Waite Hoyt became only 20 game winner of 1927 Yankees
    09/13/1928 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1099 Figneria
    09/13/1928 KOH-AM in Reno NV begins radio transmissions
    09/13/1929 H Van Gent discovers asteroids #1132 Hollandia & #1133 Lugduna 09/13/1930 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 20,000m (1:04:38.4)
    09/13/1930 Tommy Armour wins PGA golf tournament
    09/13/1931 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1202 Marina
    09/13/1931 Right-radical coup of Dr Pfrimer fails in Austria
    09/13/1932 NY Yankees clinch their 7th pennant
    09/13/1936 Cleve Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 in a game (vs Phila A's)
    09/13/1936 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1406 Komppa
    09/13/1940 Italian troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt
    09/13/1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge (2nd Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal 09/13/1942 Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes 4 errors in 1 inning 09/13/1942 German forces attack Stalingrad
    09/13/1943 Chiang Kai-shek became president of China
    09/13/1943 German counter attack at Salerno
    09/13/1944 Last transport out camp Westerbork to Auschwitz
    09/13/1947 WPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting 09/13/1948 Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in 09/13/1948 both houses of Congress
    09/13/1949 Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in NYC
    09/13/1950 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1589 Fanatica
    09/13/1951 St Louis Cards beat NY Giants 6-4 (rescheduled from 9/12) then at 09/13/1951 night lose to Boston Braves 2-0
    09/13/1952 Adolfo Ruiz Cortinez elected president of Mexico
    09/13/1953 Nikita Khrushchev appointed 1st secretary-general of USSR 09/13/1954 WPBN TV channel 7 in Traverse City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 09/13/1955 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroids #2227 Otto Struve & #316
    09/13/1956 Dike near Eastern Flevoland closes
    09/13/1958 Queen Juliana christens passenger ship Rotterdam
    09/13/1959 USSR's Luna 2 becomes 1st probe to contact another celestial body 09/13/1960 Dutch 1st Chamber condemns soccer-law
    09/13/1961 'Car 54 Where are You?' premieres on TV
    09/13/1961 Battles between UN & Katanga troops in Congo
    09/13/1961 Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit
    09/13/1963 'Outer Limits' premieres on ABC TV
    09/13/1963 C Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #3674 Erbisbuhl
    09/13/1963 Yanks clinch their 28th pennant
    09/13/1964 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council opens in Rome
    09/13/1964 WKEF TV channel 22 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 09/13/1965 Beatles release 'Yesterday'
    09/13/1965 Today Show's 1st totally color broadcast
    09/13/1965 Willie Mays hits his 500th HR
    09/13/1968 Albania leaves Warsaw pact
    09/13/1970 IBM announces System 370 computer
    09/13/1970 Jordanian guerrilla's occupy Irbid city
    09/13/1971 9 hostages & 28 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison 09/13/1971 Frank Robinson hits his 500th HR
    09/13/1971 WIIQ TV channel 41 in Demopolis, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/13/1971 World Hockey Association formed
    09/13/1973 ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics
    09/13/1973 Congress passes & sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout 09/13/1973 Syrian/Israeli dogfight over Mediterranean Sea
    09/13/1974 -17] 3 Japanese kidnap French ambassador in the Hague
    09/13/1976 2nd Enterprise, approach & lands test (ALT) flight (5m28s) 09/13/1977 1st TV viewer discretion warning-Soap
    09/13/1977 2nd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise
    09/13/1977 General Motors introduces 1st US diesel auto (Oldsmobile 88) 09/13/1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2372 Proskurin & #2951
    09/13/1977 S J Bus & T Lauer discovers asteroid #2735 Ellen
    09/13/1978 1st flight of McDonnell Douglas F-18A Hornet
    09/13/1978 NY Yanks win to gain sole possession of 1st place from 14 games back
    09/13/1978 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2724 Orlov, #2787 Tovarishch 09/13/1979 South Africa grants Venda independence (Not recognized out of S Afr)
    09/13/1980 C Kowal discovers asteroid #2629
    09/13/1981 33rd Emmy Awards (Hill Street Blues big winner)
    09/13/1981 April Moon sets women's handbow distance record of 1,039 yds & 13' 09/13/1981 Atlanta Falcons tie record of 31 points in 4th quarter (vs Green Bay
    09/13/1981 John McEnroe beats Björn Börg for US Open title
    09/13/1982 50 die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain 09/13/1982 C & E Shoemaker discover asteroid #3199 Nefertiti
    09/13/1982 Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game
    09/13/1982 Oak Ridge Observatory discovers asteroid #3076
    09/13/1983 US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle) 09/13/1984 STS 41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad
    09/13/1984 Simon Peres forms Israeli govt with Likoed
    09/13/1985 John Williams introduces new Today Show theme
    09/13/1986 Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 HRs in a season
    09/13/1986 Kellye Cash (Miss Tennessee) crowned Miss America
    09/13/1987 Cesium-137 stole from hospital in Rio de Janeiro
    09/13/1987 Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours 09/13/1988 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams 09/13/1988 9 hard/software manufacturers announce EISA computer bus in NY 09/13/1988 Gilbert is strongest (26.13 barometer) hurricane in Western Hemisphe
    09/13/1989 Fay Vincent named baseball commissioner
    09/13/1990 Commuter train at Johannesburg South Africa attacked, 36 die 09/13/1990 Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait 09/13/1990 Senate Judiciary Com opens hearing on confirmation of David Souter 09/13/1991 A 55 ton concrete beam falls in Montreal's Olympic Stadium 09/13/1991 Joe Coleman 3rd 100 RBI season in a row 3 teams (Cleve, SD & Toronto
    09/13/1992 NY Giants trailing Dallas Cowboys 34-0 in 3rd, lose 34-28 09/13/1992 Steffan Edberg beats Pete Sampress to win US Open
    09/13/1993 Israeli min of Foreign affairs Peres & PLO-Abu Mazen sign peace acco
    09/13/1993 Junxia Cheek runs ladies world record 3000m (8:06.11)
    09/13/1993 Queen NY begins required recycling

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Sep 14 00:30:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/14/1486 Agrippa von Nettesheim, German occultist/alchemist/royal astrologer 09/14/1547 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, land owner in Rotterdam
    09/14/1644 Gijsbert Cuper, classical/regent
    09/14/1722 Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer
    09/14/1732 Franz Josef Haydn, Austria, composer (Die Schöpfung)
    09/14/1737 Johann Michael Haydn, composer
    09/14/1742 James Wilson, Scot/US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) 09/14/1748 Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer
    09/14/1760 Luigi Cherubini, composer
    09/14/1760 M Luigi CZS Cherubini, Italian prodigy/composer
    09/14/1761 Pavel Lambert Masek, composer
    09/14/1768 Georg Johann Schinn, composer
    09/14/1819 Henry Jackson Hunt, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1889 09/14/1835 Joseph Hayes, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1912 09/14/1835 YES de Smit-Rog, oldest citizen of Netherlands (Died 5/30/1940) 09/14/1836 Abraham PC Van Karnebeek, Dutch Foreign Minister (Liberal, 1918-27) 09/14/1838 John Pelham, Major (Confederate Army), died in 1863
    09/14/1840 George Elbridge Whiting, composer
    09/14/1849 Ivan Pavlov, Russia, physiologist/pioneer in psychology (Nobel 1904)
    09/14/1864 Lord Cecil of Chelwood, UK, help form League of Nations (Nobel 1937)
    09/14/1864 Robert Cecil, viscount of Chelwood
    09/14/1867 Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, drew 'Gibson Girl'
    09/14/1879 Margaret Sanger, feminist/nurse/birth control proponent
    09/14/1880 Paul Fechter, German writer (Der Zauberer Gottes)
    09/14/1882 Harald Fryklof, composer
    09/14/1883 Martin Dibelius, German theologist (That Drawer Jahwes)
    09/14/1885 Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor/composer (Batture d'aspetto) 09/14/1886 Jan Garrique Masaryk, Czech, statesman/minister to London (1918-35) 09/14/1887 Karl Taylor Compton, physicist/atomic bomb scientist
    09/14/1887 Stanley 'Midnight Assassin' Ketchel, HW boxing champ (1908-10) 09/14/1899 Hal Wallis, movie producer (Maltese Falcon, Barefoot in the Park) 09/14/1904 Anton Zischka, Austrian writer (Lebendiges Europa)
    09/14/1904 Richard Mohaupt, Breslau Germany, composer (Bucolica)
    09/14/1907 A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico
    09/14/1907 Cecil Brown, news correspondant (CBS)
    09/14/1908 Bernie Green, NYC, orch leader (Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Sho
    09/14/1908 Clayton Moore, Chicago Ill, actor (Lone Ranger)
    09/14/1910 Gaston Deferre, French politician
    09/14/1910 Lehman Engel, Jackson Miss, conductor/comp (Streetcar Named Desire) 09/14/1910 Rolf Liebermann, Zürich Switzerland, composer (Leonore)
    09/14/1913 Jacobo Arbenz, president of Guatemala (1951-54); overthrown by CIA 09/14/1914 Kay Medford, NYC, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love) 09/14/1914 Michael Spisak, composer
    09/14/1916 Eric Bentley, England, critic/writer (In Search of Theater) 09/14/1918 Jack Somack, Chic Ill, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show) 09/14/1919 Deryck Victor Cooke, composer
    09/14/1920 Bud Palmer, Hollywood Calif, NBAer (NY Knicks)/sportscaster 09/14/1921 Hughes Rudd, TV newscaster (CBS/ABC)
    09/14/1924 Jerry Coleman, 2nd baseman/sportscaster (NY Yankees)
    09/14/1925 ML de Braauw, Dutch minister (DS'70)
    09/14/1925 Robert Webber, Santa Ana Calif, actor ($, Nuts, Pvt Benjamin) 09/14/1925 Ruth Mompati, S Afr sec of Nelson Mandela/W Sisulu
    09/14/1926 Hovhannes Gorgeni Ter-T'at'evosyan, composer
    09/14/1926 Richard Elsasser, composer
    09/14/1928 Albert Shanker, American labor leader (Amer Fed of Teachers) 09/14/1928 Angus Ogilvy, son of English princess Alexandra
    09/14/1929 John Gutfreund
    09/14/1929 Mel Hancock, (Rep-R-Missouri)
    09/14/1932 Joshua Culbreath, Penn, 400m hurdler (Olympic-bronze-1956) 09/14/1933 Harve Presnell, Modesto Calif, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown) 09/14/1933 Zoe Caldwell, Australia, actress (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) 09/14/1934 Hans Faverey, songwriter
    09/14/1934 Kate Millett, St Paul Minn, feminist/author (Sexual Politics) 09/14/1938 Leonard Frey, US, comedian/actor (Fiddler on the Roof)
    09/14/1938 Nicol Williamson, Scotland, actor (Excalibur, Robin & Marian) 09/14/1938 Walter Koenig, Chicago Ill, actor (Checkov-Star Trek)
    09/14/1939 Piet R Stoffelen, ambassador/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA) 09/14/1940 Leo H Ferrier, Suriname writer (Atman)
    09/14/1942 Kuldar Sink, composer
    09/14/1942 Oliver Eugene Lake, composer
    09/14/1944 Joey Heatherton, Rockville Center NY, dancer/actress (Bluebeard) 09/14/1947 Jon 'Bowser' Bauman, Queens NY, singer (Sha Na Na)
    09/14/1947 Sam Neill, actor (Enigma, Hunt for Red October)
    09/14/1947 Wolfgang Schwartz, Austria, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1968) 09/14/1952 Margit Schumann, German DR, luge (Olympic-gold-1976)
    09/14/1956 Joe Penny, London, actor (Gangster Wars, Riptide, Jake & the Fatman)
    09/14/1959 Mary Crosby, LA Calif, actress (Kristin-Dallas, Ice Pirates) 09/14/1959 Morten Harket, rocker (Aha-Take on Me)
    09/14/1960 Anthony Addabbo, actor (Jason-Generations)
    09/14/1963 Antonia Real, Spain, 400m freestyle (Olympic-1976)
    09/14/1964 Faith Ford, Louisiana, actress (Another World, Corky-Murphy Brown) 09/14/1967 Ashlyn Gere, XXX actress (Dances with Foxes, Laid in Heaven, Eternit
    09/14/1970 Satoshi Kojima, wrestler (NJPW)
    09/14/1971 Kimberly Williams, actress (Father of the Bride)


    Deaths:

    09/14/ 258 Thascius C Cyprian, Saint/Bishop of Carthage, dies at 58
    09/14/ 407 Johannes Chrysostomus, patriarch, dies
    09/14/ 891 Stephen V, [VI], Italian Pope (885-91), dies
    09/14/1146 Imad ad-Din Zengi, gov of Basra, murdered
    09/14/1321 Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divine Commedy), dies at 56 09/14/1523 Adrian VI, [Adriaan F Bieyens], only Dutch Pope (1522-23), dies at 6
    09/14/1538 Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg & Dietz, viceroy of Holland, dies 09/14/1637 Pierre Vernier [Peter Werner], French mathematician, dies 09/14/1645 Heinrich Steuccius, composer, dies at 65
    09/14/1646 Thomas H earl of Arundel, English art collector (Marbles), dies 09/14/1693 Aert Jansz van Nes, [Young boer Jaep], lt-admiral, dies at 67 09/14/1712 Jean [Giovanni) D Cassini, Italian/French astronomer, dies 09/14/1743 Johann Michael Muller, composer, dies at 59
    09/14/1750 Carl T Pachelbel, US organist/composer
    09/14/1759 Louis Joseph Montcalm, French general (Plains of Abraham), dies at 4
    09/14/1763 Johann Philipp Sack, composer, dies at 40
    09/14/1788 John Penn, US attorney, signed (Decl of Independence), dies at 47 09/14/1788 Theodore-Jean Tarade, composer, dies at 56
    09/14/1819 Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist, dies
    09/14/1836 Aaron Burr, 3rd VP, dies
    09/14/1836 Vincenzo Lavigna, composer, dies at 60
    09/14/1844 Oliver Holden, composer, dies at 78
    09/14/1852 Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington, dies at 83
    09/14/1861 Fortunato Santini, composer, dies at 83
    09/14/1862 Samuel Garland Jr, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle 09/14/1872 Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48
    09/14/1886 Hubert Reis, composer, dies at 84
    09/14/1887 Friedrich T Vischer, German philosopher/writer (Auch einer), dies 09/14/1898 Paul A Daum, writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper), dies 09/14/1899 Henry Bliss, 1st auto death (NYC)
    09/14/1901 Pres William McKinley, dies in Buffalo, of gunshot wounds inflicted 09/14/1902 Reinhold Finsterbusch, composer, dies at 76
    09/14/1911 Piotr Stolypin, Russia's PM assassinated by Mordka Bogrov 09/14/1916 Josiah Royce, US philosopher (Conception of Immortality), dies 09/14/1926 Johan LE Dreyer, Danish astronomer (New gen catalog of nebulae), die
    09/14/1927 Isadora Duncan, dies as her scarf became entangled in her car's whee
    09/14/1932 Jean Emile Paul Cras, composer, dies at 53
    09/14/1936 Ossip Gabrilovich, composer, dies at 58
    09/14/1937 Tomás G Masaryk, philosopher/pres of Czech (1918-35), dies at 87) 09/14/1962 Marcel Delannoy, composer, dies at 64
    09/14/1964 Mary Howe, composer, dies at 82
    09/14/1966 Gertrude Berg, actress (Molly Goldberg-Goldbergs), dies at 66 09/14/1967 Mohammed Abdul Hakim Amer, Egyptian vice-PM, commits suicide at 47 09/14/1970 Rudolph Carnap, German philosopher/mathematician, dies at 79 09/14/1972 Kornelis Posthumus, chemist, dies at 70
    09/14/1974 Pieter Y Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer, dies at 95
    09/14/1974 Vera Vague, [Barbara Jo Allen], actr (Follow the Leader), dies at 70
    09/14/1974 Warren Hull, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies at 71 09/14/1979 Raymond Loucheur, composer, dies at 80
    09/14/1981 Yasuji Kiyose, composer, dies at 81
    09/14/1982 Bashir Gemayel, falangist Lebanon's president-elect, killed by a bom
    09/14/1982 Grace Kelly, princess of Monaco, dies at 52 in a car crash 09/14/1982 John C Gardner, US, writer (Life & Times of Chaucer High), dies at 4
    09/14/1984 Janet Gaynor, actress (Sunrise), dies at 77 from a traffic accident 09/14/1988 Louis Quinn, actor (Unholy Rollers), dies at 73 of cancer 09/14/1990 Wime de Craene, Flemish chansonnier/composer, dies
    09/14/1991 Julie Bovasso, actress (Saturday Night Fever), dies at 61 of cancer 09/14/1992 Ted Weiss, (Rep-NY, 1977-92), dies at 64


    Significant Events:

    09/14/ 891 Stephen V ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    09/14/1163 Pastor Frederik forms convent at Mariengaarde Friesland
    09/14/1629 Spanish garrison surrenders to prince Frederik Henry
    09/14/1662 Netherlands & England sign peace treaty
    09/14/1716 1st lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor)
    09/14/1752 England & colonies adopt Gregorian calendar, 11 days disappear 09/14/1752 US adopts Gregorian calender (no Sept 4-Sept 13th)
    09/14/1807 Aaron Burr acquitted of a misdemeanor charge
    09/14/1812 Napoleon occupies Moscow & fires start
    09/14/1814 Francis Scott Key inspired to write 'Star-Spangled Banner' 09/14/1829 Peace of Adrianopel: ends Russian-Turkish war
    09/14/1830 Princess WFLC Marianne marries Albrecht of Prussia
    09/14/1834 Charles Darwins company passes Tagua-tagua-more Chile
    09/14/1847 US Marines under General Scott enter Mexico City (halls of Montezuma
    09/14/1848 Alexander Stewart opens 1st US dept store
    09/14/1856 Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders
    09/14/1860 J Ferguson discovers asteroid #60 Echo
    09/14/1860 O Lesser & W Forster discovers asteroid #62 Erato
    09/14/1862 Battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates 09/14/1862 Battle at South Mountain: Union troops chases away Confederates 09/14/1862 Battle of Munfordsville KY
    09/14/1862 Federal troops escape from beleaguered Harpers Ferry West Virginia 09/14/1862 Skirmish at Mountain MD (Boonesboro, Crampton's Gap, Fox's Gap) 09/14/1863 J C Watson discovers asteroid #79 Eurynome
    09/14/1872 Britain pays US $15½ M for damages during Civil War
    09/14/1886 George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon 09/14/1892 AP Giannini marries Clorinda Cuneo
    09/14/1899 Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality (NY)
    09/14/1903 NY Giant Red Ames no-hits St Louis, 5-0 in a 5 inning game 09/14/1905 Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated
    09/14/1905 Dutch AR-politician AWF Idenburg named governor of Suriname 09/14/1905 RAC Tourist Trophy, 1st run, on Isle of Man
    09/14/1914 German staff-chief von Moltke replaces von Falkenhayn
    09/14/1914 German troops withdraw from Aisne/invent trenches
    09/14/1916 Christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game
    09/14/1917 Kerenski regime declares Russian republic
    09/14/1917 M Wolf discovers asteroid #883 Matterania
    09/14/1917 Provisional government of Russia established, Republic proclaimed 09/14/1919 British regime forbids Sinn Fein Dáil
    09/14/1923 Heavyweight Jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in NYC
    09/14/1923 J Palisa discovers asteroid #1073 Gellivara
    09/14/1923 Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain
    09/14/1925 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid s#1049 Gotho, #1050 Meta & #1944 Gunte
    09/14/1926 Guido Companions birthplace as a museum opens
    09/14/1930 Detroit Lions (as Portsmouth Spartans) play 1st NFL game, win 13-6 09/14/1930 Nazis gain 107 seats in German election
    09/14/1931 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1199 Geldonia
    09/14/1931 Reinmuth disc asteroids 1200 Imperatrix, 1201 Strenua & 1420 Radclif
    09/14/1932 Military coup in Chile under Arturo Alessandri
    09/14/1933 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook Oregon fire 09/14/1938 Graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight 09/14/1939 British fleet attacks German U-39 boat
    09/14/1939 Minister Winston Churchill visits Scapa Flow
    09/14/1940 Congress passes 1st peace-time conscription bill (draft law) 09/14/1940 German bomb hits shelter in Chelsea; 100s die
    09/14/1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge (Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal 09/14/1942 M Vaisala discovers asteroids #1718 Namibia & #2437 Amnestia 09/14/1942 Yanks clinch pennant #13
    09/14/1943 Comedians Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara marries
    09/14/1943 Yanks clinch pennant #14
    09/14/1944 Gulpen, Meerssen & Maastricht freed
    09/14/1944 Hurricane hits New England: 389 die
    09/14/1948 Gerald Ford upsets Rep Bartel J Jonkman in Mich 5th Dist Rep primary
    09/14/1948 Ground breaking ceremony for UN world headquarters
    09/14/1948 Milton Berle starts his TV career on Texaco Star Theater
    09/14/1950 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1606 Jekhovsky
    09/14/1950 Western allies rearm West Germany
    09/14/1951 A G Wilson & R Minkowsk discovers asteroid #1620 Geographos 09/14/1951 Giant's Bob Niemans homers on his 1st 2 at bats
    09/14/1953 Comedians Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara marry
    09/14/1954 Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits NYC, $50 million damage 09/14/1956 1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC
    09/14/1957 UN resolution deplores & condemns USSR invasion of Hungary 09/14/1958 WTAE TV channel 4 in Pittsburgh, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting 09/14/1959 WQEX TV channel 16 in Pittsburgh, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/14/1960 Coup under Col Joseph-Desiré Mobutu in the Congo
    09/14/1960 Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia & Venezuela form OPEC
    09/14/1960 KERA TV channel 13 in Dallas, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/14/1961 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj becomes member of CP of USSR
    09/14/1961 S Arend discovers asteroid #2642 Vesale
    09/14/1964 WCVE TV channel 23 in Richmond, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/14/1964 Walt Disney awarded Medal of Freedom at the White House
    09/14/1965 'F-Troop' premieres
    09/14/1965 4th meeting of 2nd Vatican council opened
    09/14/1967 Melville Abrams Ball Field in the Bronx named
    09/14/1967 Thomas Pell Wildlife Refuge & Sanctuary opens in the Bronx 09/14/1968 Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of season
    09/14/1968 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 12th string quartet, premieres in Moscow 09/14/1968 USSR's Zond 5 is launched on 1st circumlunar flight
    09/14/1969 Males of Swiss kanton Schaffhausen rejects female suffrage 09/14/1970 Stevie Miracle marries Rita Wright, [Syreeta]
    09/14/1971 Cleve Indians & Wash Senators, play 20 innings
    09/14/1972 'Waltons' TV program premieres
    09/14/1972 West Germany & Poland establish diplomatic relations
    09/14/1973 Indianapolis is awarded a WHA franchise
    09/14/1973 Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s
    09/14/1973 Pres Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout
    09/14/1974 Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter
    09/14/1974 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2783 Chernyshevskij
    09/14/1975 Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton canonized as 1st US-born saint 09/14/1975 Rembrandts 'Night watch' damaged in Amsterdam
    09/14/1977 Christmas Tinto sentenced to 7 years in Robbeneiland South Africa 09/14/1978 Portugal govt of Da Costa falls
    09/14/1979 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3120
    09/14/1980 Dwight Clark begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions 09/14/1981 Entertainment Tonight premieres on TV
    09/14/1982 36' snow (Red Lodge, MT)
    09/14/1982 Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of English Channel 09/14/1982 H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #3271
    09/14/1982 Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7' 09/14/1984 1st MTV awards-Bette Midler & Dan Aykroyd host
    09/14/1986 Bomb attack in Paris, 2 killed
    09/14/1986 Bomb explosion on airport Kimpo at Seoul, 5 killed
    09/14/1986 Saskatchewan & Hamilton play 1st CFL regular-season overtime game 09/14/1987 Ivan Lendl wins final US Open tennis tournament
    09/14/1987 Oriole Cal Ripken Jr sets record of playing 8,243 inn in 910 games 09/14/1987 Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 HRs vs Baltimore Orioles 09/14/1989 Calgary Flames become 1st NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2 09/14/1991 Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (Hawaii) crowned Miss America 1992
    09/14/1991 Magic Johnson weds Erieatha 'Cookie' Kelly
    09/14/1992 1st subway car completed to be exported from US (to Taiwan)

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Fri Sep 17 00:30:04 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/17/ 879 Charles III, [The Simple], king of France (893-923)
    09/17/1271 Wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305)
    09/17/1552 Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21)
    09/17/1580 Charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange
    09/17/1580 Francisco Gomez de Quevado y Villegas, poet/satirist
    09/17/1605 Francesco Sacrati, composer
    09/17/1643 Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury/author
    09/17/1709 Samuel Johnson, lexicographer/writer
    09/17/1711 Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer
    09/17/1730 Baron Frederick von Steuben, Germany, made Continental Army winners 09/17/1730 Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prus/US inspector-gen of Washington's ar
    09/17/1743 Marquis de Condorcet, France, enlightenment philosopher
    09/17/1748 Robert Wainwright, composer
    09/17/1764 John Goodricke, English astronomer/member Royal Society
    09/17/1765 Gregory XVI, Pope
    09/17/1767 Henri-Montan Berton, composer
    09/17/1774 Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages
    09/17/1783 Samuel Prout, water-color painter
    09/17/1795 Giuseppi Saverio Rafaele Mercadante, composer
    09/17/1800 Franklin Buchanan, Admiral (Confederate Navy), died in 1874 09/17/1801 Edward William Lane, translator (Thousand & 1 Nights)
    09/17/1814 Stefano Ronchetti-Molnteviti, composer
    09/17/1818 Halfdan Kjeruif, composer (Kjerulf)
    09/17/1819 Jean-Bernard-Léon Foucault, physicist
    09/17/1819 Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st president (Republic South Africa) 09/17/1819 Thomas Andrews Hendricks, (D) 21st US VP; died in office
    09/17/1820 Earle Van Dorn, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 09/17/1821 Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer
    09/17/1825 Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, MC (Confederacy), died in 1893 09/17/1826 G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function) 09/17/1834 Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/comedic writer
    09/17/1838 Anton Mauve, landscape painter
    09/17/1849 Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer
    09/17/1850 Abílio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro, Portuguese poet (Simple Ones) 09/17/1853 Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Geschichte of the patristischen)
    09/17/1854 Hans Müller, music historian
    09/17/1857 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket & space research 09/17/1859 Frank D Adams, Canada geologist/theory
    09/17/1859 Richard Henry Warren, composer
    09/17/1861 Owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch)
    09/17/1869 Christian Lange, Norway, pacifist/internationalist (Nobel 1921) 09/17/1874 Ben[jamin] Turpin, US, comic (Uncle Tom Without the Cabin) 09/17/1875 Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin, composer
    09/17/1877 Jean Hure, composer
    09/17/1878 Vincenzo Tommasini, composer
    09/17/1880 Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht, composer
    09/17/1882 Anton H Blaauw, botanist (That Perception of Lights)
    09/17/1883 Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners, 14th baron/composer
    09/17/1883 William Carlos Williams, poet
    09/17/1884 Bastian de Gay Fortman, historian/Justice of Curaçao
    09/17/1884 Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Elmira NY, composer (White Peacock) 09/17/1885 Uzeir Abdul Huseyn Hajibeyov, composer
    09/17/1890 Lubov Tchernicheva, Russian ballerina
    09/17/1891 Leslie Lincoln Henson, actor (Lady Luck, Funny Face, Harvey) 09/17/1892 Hendrik F Andriessen, organist/composer (Ballade of Merel) 09/17/1893 Abel J Herzberg, Russ/Dutch writer (Chronicle Spread of Judaism) 09/17/1893 Arthur Benjamin, composer
    09/17/1894 Fay Compton, [Virginia Lillian Emeline Compton], actress (Haunting) 09/17/1901 Francis Charles Chinester, yachtsman/aviator
    09/17/1902 Esther Ralston, US, actress (Lonely Wives, Sadi McKee, Tin Pan Alley
    09/17/1904 Frederick Ashton, British choreographer (Cinderella)
    09/17/1905 Hans Freudenthal, mathematician/director OW&OC (Freudenthal Institut
    09/17/1905 Jorge Urrutia Blondel, composer
    09/17/1906 Dolores Costello, actress (Little Lord Fauntleroy)
    09/17/1906 Frederick Ashton, choreographer
    09/17/1906 Junius Jaywewardene, president (Sri Lanka)
    09/17/1907 Desmond Heap, authority on British planning law
    09/17/1907 Helen Vinson, actress (Transatlantic Tunnel, In Name Only) 09/17/1907 Warren E Burger, Minn, Supreme Court chief justice (1969-86) 09/17/1908 Franz J A Grothe, German composer
    09/17/1909 Elizabeth Wilkinson, professor German University College London 09/17/1909 Kenneth Darling, Commander-in-chief Allied Forces, Northern Europe 09/17/1909 Kwame Nkrumah, PM (Ghana)
    09/17/1910 Vernon Thompson, thoracic surgeon
    09/17/1912 Pauline Parsons, matron in chief (PMRAFNS)
    09/17/1913 Jorgen Jersild, composer
    09/17/1916 Mary [Florence Elinor] Stewart, UK, sci-fi author (Crystal Cave) 09/17/1916 Ove J Abildgaard, Danish poet (Uglegylp)
    09/17/1917 Isang Yun, composer
    09/17/1917 Lawrence Jacob, Atlantic City NJ, artist (Sanitarium)
    09/17/1917 Peter Bennett, London, actor (Leonides-Adv of Sir Lancelot) 09/17/1918 Chaim Herzog, president (Israel, 1983-93)
    09/17/1920 Dinah Sheridan, actress (Genevieve, Railway Children)
    09/17/1920 Hannie, [Jannetje J] Buy, 'the girl with the red hair'
    09/17/1920 Marjorie S Holt, (Rep-R-MD, 1973- )
    09/17/1921 Virgilio Barco Vargas, president of Colombia (1986-90)
    09/17/1922 Agostinho Neto, poet/president Angola
    09/17/1922 Naomi Datta, geneticist
    09/17/1922 Ursula Howells, London, actress (Girly, Murder is Announced) 09/17/1923 Hank Williams, country singer (Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin') 09/17/1923 John Hale, linguist
    09/17/1926 Donald Acheson, England's chief medical officer
    09/17/1926 Reginald Marsh, actor (Sicilians, It Happened Here)
    09/17/1927 George Blanda, Penn, NFL hall of famer (Bears, Oilers, Raiders) 09/17/1927 Ted Weiss, (Rep-D-NY, 1977-92)
    09/17/1928 Brian Matthew, British disc jockey
    09/17/1928 Roddy McDowall, London Engld, actor (Planet of Apes, Lord Love a Duc
    09/17/1929 John Stewart-Clark, (C) MEP
    09/17/1929 Lord Craig of Radley, RAF marshal
    09/17/1929 Stirling Moss, race car driver
    09/17/1930 David Huddleston, Vinton Va, actor (How the West Was Won) 09/17/1930 Dorothy Loudon, Cambridge Mass, actress/singer (Garry Moore Show) 09/17/1930 Edgar Dean Mitchell, Hereford Texas, Capt USN/astronaut (Apollo 14) 09/17/1930 Gwyn Francis, British Forestry commissioner
    09/17/1930 Thomas P Stafford, Weatherford Ok, USAF/astronaut (Gem 6 9, Ap 10 18
    09/17/1931 Anne Bancroft, AKA Mrs Mel Brooks, Bronx, actress (Graduate) 09/17/1933 Charles E Grassley, (Sen-R-Iowa, 1981- )
    09/17/1933 D A Fenner, headmaster (Alleyn's School)
    09/17/1933 Desmond Fennell, high court judge
    09/17/1933 Patricia Crowley, Olyphant Pa, actress (Please Don't Eat the Daisies
    09/17/1934 Maureen 'Little Mo' Connolly, Ca, tennis, 1st woman grand slam (1953
    09/17/1934 Orlando Cepeda, Giants player (NL MVP 1967)
    09/17/1935 Ken Kesey, author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest)
    09/17/1935 Timothy Bavin, Bishop of Portsmouth
    09/17/1936 Jennifer Dickson, artist/photographer
    09/17/1936 Mischa de Vreede, poetess (Our Eternal Hunger)
    09/17/1936 Richard Gaskell, solicitor/president (Law Society)
    09/17/1937 Albertine Sarrazin, French author (L'astragale, La Cavale) 09/17/1938 Alec Broers, master (Churchill College Cambridge)
    09/17/1938 Paul Benedict, Silver City NM, actor (Harry-Jeffersons)
    09/17/1939 David H Souter, Weir NH, 107th Supreme Court Justice (1990- ) 09/17/1939 Joseph Mosikili, South African actor/singer
    09/17/1940 Lamonte McLemore, rocker (5th Dimension-One Less Bell to Answer) 09/17/1941 Robert T Matsui, (Rep-D-California, 1979- )
    09/17/1941 William Grut, Sweden, penthalete (Olympic-gold-1948)
    09/17/1942 Beverly Aadland, Hollywood Cal, Errol Flynns last girlfriend 09/17/1942 Desmond Lynam, journalist/sports broadcaster
    09/17/1942 Doris Brown-Heritage, US, 800m track star (Olympic-gold-1968) 09/17/1946 Billy Bonds, soccer manager
    09/17/1946 Michael Jack, British minister of state-home office
    09/17/1947 Tessa Jowell, MP
    09/17/1948 John Ritter, Burbank Calif, actor (Jack-3's Company, Hearts Afire) 09/17/1950 Fee Waybill, rocker (Tubes)
    09/17/1951 Cassandra Peterson, [Elvira], US, actress (Echo Park, Elvira) 09/17/1952 Steve Sanders, Richland Ga, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira) 09/17/1955 Rita Rudner, comedienne (Funny People)
    09/17/1957 David Bintley, choreographer
    09/17/1958 Daniel Nunez, Cuba, weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1980)
    09/17/1959 Hank Ilesic, Edmonton, CFL punter, place kicker (Edmonton, Toronto) 09/17/1960 Terry Nihen, Concord Mass, playmate (December, 1983)
    09/17/1962 Dustin Nguyen, actor (Harry-21 Jump Street)
    09/17/1963 Masahiro Chono, wrestler (NJPW)
    09/17/1964 Karen Straker, horse show jumper
    09/17/1968 Suzy Cote, Santa Barbara Calif, actress (Samantha-Guiding Light) 09/17/1977 Latoya Warning, Suriname 4th Miss Teenager (1993)
    09/17/1977 Tony Goskowicz, Wauwautosa Wis, short track skater (Olympics-1994)


    Deaths:

    09/17/1179 Hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81 09/17/1312 Ferdinand V, king of Castilië/León, dies at 26
    09/17/1322 Robrecht III, of Béthune, Count of Flanders, dies
    09/17/1574 Pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies
    09/17/1604 Lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69
    09/17/1665 Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-55), dies
    09/17/1679 Juan José of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50 09/17/1702 Olof Rudbeck, composer, dies at 71
    09/17/1732 Josef Antonin Planicky, composer, dies at 40
    09/17/1762 Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer, dies at 74
    09/17/1771 Tobias George Smollett, novelist (Adv of Roderick Random), dies at 5
    09/17/1820 Henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76
    09/17/1823 Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76
    09/17/1824 Giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91
    09/17/1839 Ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies 09/17/1846 Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84
    09/17/1858 Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court, dies
    09/17/1862 Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 4
    09/17/1863 Albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies 09/17/1863 Alfred Victor Comte de Vigny, poet, dies
    09/17/1864 Walter Savage Landor, author, dies
    09/17/1868 Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies
    09/17/1869 Peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies 09/17/1877 William Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer, dies at 77 09/17/1879 Eugene Emmanuel Violletle-Duc, gothic archetect, dies
    09/17/1884 Louis Schubert, composer, dies at 56
    09/17/1895 Auguste Toulet, Belgian balloonist, dies
    09/17/1907 Ignaz Brull, composer, dies at 60
    09/17/1908 Thomas E Selfridge, earlier US aviator, 1st to die in an air crash 09/17/1926 August Sauer, Austria literature historian, dies at 70
    09/17/1934 Edmund van der Straeten, composer, dies at 79
    09/17/1944 ... Kussin, German gen-maj/commanding Arnhem, dies in battle 09/17/1948 André Sérot, colonel/commandant of French air force (WW II), dies 09/17/1948 Lillian Brainthwaite, British actress (Man About the House), dies 09/17/1948 Ruth Benedict, anthropoligst, dies
    09/17/1948 Count Folke Bernadotte, UN mediator for Palestine, assassinated 09/17/1948 in Jerusalem by Jewish extremists
    09/17/1953 Emil Ermatinger, Switz, literature critic, dies at 80
    09/17/1953 Henry Holden Huss, composer, dies at 91
    09/17/1956 Mildred E 'Babe' Didrikson Zaharias, (Olympic-gold-1932), dies at 42
    09/17/1957 John W 'John' Eisenloeffel, goldsmith, dies at 81
    09/17/1958 Eugène Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi, dies at 70 09/17/1958 Friedrich Adolf Paneth, chemist, dies
    09/17/1959 Bert Leysen, Belgian TV director, dies at 39
    09/17/1960 Jose Sancho Marraco, composer, dies at 81
    09/17/1961 Adnan Menderes, PM of Turkey (1950-60), dies at 62
    09/17/1966 Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (Stuttgart 1955-58), dies at 35 09/17/1973 Hugo Winterhalter, composer, dies at 63
    09/17/1979 Miloslav Kabelac, composer, dies at 71
    09/17/1980 Anastasio Somoza, former Nicaraguan Pres, assassinated in Paraguay 09/17/1980 Katherine A Porter, US author (Ship of Fools, Pulit-66), dies at 90 09/17/1983 Humberto Madeiros, US cardinal to Boston, dies at 67
    09/17/1984 Richard Basehart, actor (Rage), dies at 70 following several strokes
    09/17/1989 Jay Stewart, annoucer on Lets Make a Deal, commits suicide 09/17/1992 William A Swanberg, biographer (Henry Luce, Pulitzer 1973), dies at
    09/17/1993 Christian Nyby, US director (Big Sleep, Thing), dies at 80


    Significant Events:

    09/17/ 642 Arabs conquer Alexandria, library destroyed
    09/17/1156 Markgraafschap Austria becomes a temple (Privilegium minus) 09/17/1394 Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI 09/17/1584 Gent surrenders to duke of Parma
    09/17/1598 Netherland sailors discover Mauritius
    09/17/1630 City of Boston forms
    09/17/1630 English settlement Trimountain/Shawmut renamed Boston
    09/17/1631 Battle of Breitenfeld: King Gustaaf Adolf defeats Gen Tilly 09/17/1683 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek reports existence of bacteria
    09/17/1745 Edinburg occupied by Jacobites under Young Pretenders
    09/17/1776 Presidio of SF forms as a Spanish fort
    09/17/1787 Prussian troops conquer Gorinchem
    09/17/1787 US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention
    09/17/1789 William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn
    09/17/1819 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii
    09/17/1835 Charles Darwins lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago
    09/17/1859 A man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America
    09/17/1861 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia 09/17/1861 Hampton Institute forms
    09/17/1862 Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals
    09/17/1862 Battle of Mumfordville, KY-US Col J Wilder surrenders city 09/17/1862 Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of Civil War, 23,110 d
    09/17/1863 Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada
    09/17/1864 Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign 09/17/1871 Mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens
    09/17/1873 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University 09/17/1876 Race riots in SC
    09/17/1897 Joe Lloyd wins US Open golf tournament
    09/17/1899 1st British troops leave Bombay for South Africa
    09/17/1900 Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed
    09/17/1900 Queen Victoria disbands British parliament
    09/17/1901 Battle at Blood River Port: Boer Gen Botha beats mjr Goughs cavalry 09/17/1901 Battle at Elands River Port: Boer Gen Smuts destroys unit 17th Lance
    09/17/1902 US protests anti-semitism in Romania
    09/17/1908 Thomas Selfridge becomes 1st fatality of powered flight
    09/17/1911 1st transcontinental airplane flight, NY-Pasadena in 82 hrs 4 min 09/17/1916 40,000 Amsterdam demonstrators demand general voting right 09/17/1920 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Prof Football Assn 09/17/1920 National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio
    09/17/1922 Bicyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world sprint champ
    09/17/1922 Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station) 09/17/1924 Italy signs treaty of Rapallo
    09/17/1926 Hurricane hits Miami & Palm Beach Florida; about 450 die
    09/17/1927 Charles Lindbergh visits San Francisco
    09/17/1928 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1122 Neith
    09/17/1928 Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500 09/17/1928 Pitcher Ray Boggs hits 3 batters in 1 inning
    09/17/1929 British troops begin evacuating
    09/17/1930 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1189 Terentia
    09/17/1930 H Van Gent discovers asteroid #2831
    09/17/1931 1st LP record demonstrated (NYC), venture failed
    09/17/1931 Operetta 'Victoria & Her Husband' 1st performed in London 09/17/1933 F Rigaux discovers asteroid #1292 Luce & #3280 Gretry
    09/17/1934 1st 33 1/3 rpm recording released (Beethoven's 5th)
    09/17/1934 USSR joins League of Nations (Netherland, Switz & Portugal vote no) 09/17/1937 1st NFL game in Washington, DC; Redskins beat NY Giants 13-3 09/17/1938 A Bohrmann discovers asteroid #1470 Carla & #1531 Hartmut 09/17/1938 British premier Neville Chamberlain leaves Munich
    09/17/1938 Don Budge wins US Tennis open & completes Grand Slam
    09/17/1939 German U-boat sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous
    09/17/1939 Poland's president Moscicki & PM Slawoj-Skladkowski flee to Romania 09/17/1939 Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II
    09/17/1940 Hitler begins invasion of England (operation Seelöwe)
    09/17/1940 Nazis deprive Jews of possessions
    09/17/1941 J Willis discovers asteroid #1745 Ferguson
    09/17/1943 Load of 'ammunition in transit' explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Statio
    09/17/1944 Allies land at Arnhem (operation Market Garden)
    09/17/1944 British Premier Winston Churchill travels to the US
    09/17/1944 Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers
    09/17/1947 James Forrestal sworn in as 1st US secretary of defense
    09/17/1948 KCOP TV channel 13 in Los Angeles/Hollywood, CA (IND) begins 09/17/1948 WLS TV channel 7 in Chicago, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 09/17/1949 128 die as fire guts Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto 09/17/1949 North Atlantic Treaty Council meets for 1st time
    09/17/1949 WFAA TV channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
    09/17/1950 San Francisco 49ers (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, lose 21-17 09/17/1951 Romanian bishop A Pacha of Timisoara sentenced to 18 years 09/17/1952 'I am an American Day' & 'Constitution Day' renamed 'Citizenship Day
    09/17/1953 1st successful separation of Siamese twins
    09/17/1953 Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player
    09/17/1954 Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8
    09/17/1956 Black students enter Clay Ky elementary school
    09/17/1956 Yanks clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of year
    09/17/1957 KETV TV channel 7 in Omaha, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting
    09/17/1957 Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for 1st powered flight
    09/17/1957 Thailand military coup under marshal Sarit Thanarat
    09/17/1959 Transit 1A, 1st navigational satellite launched; failed to orbit 09/17/1959 Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan & Korea
    09/17/1960 Cuba nationalizes US banks
    09/17/1961 Minnesota Vikings' 1st NFL game (beat Chicago Bears 37-13) 09/17/1962 US space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts 09/17/1963 'Fugitive' premieres on ABC TV
    09/17/1963 Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32 09/17/1964 'Bewitched' premieres on ABC TV
    09/17/1964 Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas) 09/17/1964 Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 & 2001
    09/17/1964 Supremes release 'Baby Love'
    09/17/1965 WPHL TV channel 17 in Philadelphia, PA (IND) begins broadcasting 09/17/1967 'Mission Impossible' premieres on CBS-TV
    09/17/1967 Mount Washington cog railway train derails, kills 8 (NH)
    09/17/1967 New Orleans Saints 1st NFL game, they lose to LA Rams 27-13 09/17/1968 Gaylord Perry (Giants) no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 1-0
    09/17/1968 Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of the Moon
    09/17/1970 Jordan launches offensive against guerrilla army
    09/17/1970 WSWP TV channel 9 in Grandview, WV (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/17/1972 'M*A*S*H,' premieres on TV
    09/17/1972 BART begins passenger service in SF
    09/17/1972 Tanzania troops march in to Uganda
    09/17/1974 Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Aust) in 23rd America's Cup 09/17/1975 Rollout of 1st space shuttle orbiter Enterprise (OV-101)
    09/17/1976 Amnesty International receives Erasmus-prize
    09/17/1976 NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, Calif 09/17/1976 Ringo releases 'Ringo's Rotogravure' album
    09/17/1977 Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more 09/17/1978 Begin, Sadat & Carter sign Camp David accord
    09/17/1978 Red Sox finally beat Yanks in Sept 1978, 7-3
    09/17/1979 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #2936
    09/17/1979 Pietro Mennea runs world record 200 m (19.72')
    09/17/1980 Iraq (Saddam Hussein) signs accord with Algeria
    09/17/1980 Solidarity labor union in Poland forms
    09/17/1980 South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae Jung sentenced to death 09/17/1982 NJ Devils 1st exhibition game, beating Caps 3-1 in Hershey Pa 09/17/1983 Vanessa Williams of NY became 1st 'black' Miss America
    09/17/1984 Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th PM succeeding John Turner 09/17/1984 Met's Dwight Goodin becomes 2nd to strikeout 32 over 2 cons games 09/17/1984 Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 HRs
    09/17/1985 Soyuz T-14 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 09/17/1986 Bomb attack in Paris, 6 killed
    09/17/1986 Marina Stepanova of USSR sets 400m hurdle woman's record (52.94) 09/17/1986 US Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice 09/17/1987 Phila celebrates 200th anniversary of Constitution
    09/17/1988 24th Olympic games open at Seoul, Korea
    09/17/1988 Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL & NL 09/17/1988 Military coup in Haiti: head of state gen Henri Namphy flees 09/17/1989 Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62 09/17/1989 NYC court of appeals overturns lower court decision & returns 09/17/1989 America's Cup back to US (from New Zealand)
    09/17/1990 Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep NY Post publishing
    09/17/1990 Soviet Union & Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic ties
    09/17/1991 4,355 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
    09/17/1992 Amsterdam stock exchange hits record ƒ8.8 billion
    09/17/1992 House votes 280 to 128 to give FCC control of cable TV rates 09/17/1992 NFL decides to suspend World League Football

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/18/1574 Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet
    09/18/1636 Pietro Sanmartini, composer
    09/18/1684 Johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer 09/18/1709 Samuel Johnson, writer (Boswell's tour guide)
    09/18/1733 George Read, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) 09/18/1750 Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (Fabulas Literarias)
    09/18/1752 Adrien-Marie Lagendre, mathematician, worked on elliptic integrals 09/18/1752 Johann Anton Sulzer, composer
    09/18/1765 Gregory XVI, [Bartolomeo A Cappellari/Mauro], Italy, Pope 09/18/1765 Oliver Holden, composer
    09/18/1772 Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer
    09/18/1779 Joseph Story, Mass, 19th Supreme Court justice (1812-45)
    09/18/1786 Justinus AC Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer
    09/18/1787 Johann D Passavant, German historian/painter/graphic artist 09/18/1805 Robert Cowdin, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 09/18/1815 Henry Constantine Wayne, Brig General (Confederate Army)
    09/18/1818 Marcellus Augustus Stovall, Brig General (Confederate Army) 09/18/1819 Jean-Bernard-Léon Foucault, his pendulum proved Earth rotates 09/18/1838 Anton Mauve, painter/graphic artist/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh 09/18/1860 Alberto Franchetti, composer
    09/18/1863 Hermann Kutter, Swiss Christ-social theologist
    09/18/1870 Clark Wissler, anthropologist (American Indian)
    09/18/1874 Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Vises Sten)
    09/18/1877 Jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter (Under the Snow) 09/18/1883 Gerald Berners, composer
    09/18/1883 Lord Berners, [Gerald Tyrwhitt], England, composer (1st Childhood) 09/18/1885 Abdul Muslim Mahomayev, composer
    09/18/1890 Vladimir Ambros, composer
    09/18/1893 Arthur Benjamin, Sydney Australia, composer (Jamaican Rumba) 09/18/1893 Frederic Marés, Spanish sculptor
    09/18/1893 William March, [Campbell], US, writer (Company K)
    09/18/1895 John G Diefenbaker, Neustadt Ontario, 13th Canadian PM (C) (1957-63)
    09/18/1897 John Mens, writer (People Without Money)
    09/18/1897 Pablo Sorozabal Marialcurrena, composer
    09/18/1901 Harold Clurman, producer/director (Deadline at Dawn)
    09/18/1905 Agnes De Mille, NYC, choreographer (Oklahoma)
    09/18/1905 Claudette Colbert, Paris, actress (Lily Chauchoin, Arise My Love) 09/18/1905 Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Oakland Calif, actor (Jack Benny Show) 09/18/1905 Greta Garbo, Stockholm, actress (Ninotchka, Grand Hotel, Camille) 09/18/1906 Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Semj dnej nedeli) [NS] 09/18/1907 Edwin M McMillan, US, physicist/discoverer plutonium (Nobel prize) 09/18/1908 Viktor A Ambartsoemjan, Russian astronomer (Stalin Prize 1946, 50) 09/18/1910 Henri A Cornelis, gov-general Belgian Congo/Rwanda-Urundi 09/18/1910 Josef Tal, composer
    09/18/1910 Leon Stein, composer
    09/18/1916 John J Rhodes, (Rep-R-Az)
    09/18/1916 Rossano Brazzi, Bolognia Italy, actor (Antaeus-Survivors) 09/18/1917 Gerrit Borgers, literature
    09/18/1918 John Berger, politician
    09/18/1920 Jack Warden, Newark NJ, actor (NYPD, Crazy Like a Fox, Norby) 09/18/1923 J T Mellema, Boer politician (CHU)
    09/18/1924 Zelda Fichandler, Boston, theater director/producer (Raisin, K2) 09/18/1925 Harvey Haddix, baseball pitcher (pitched perfect game into 12th) 09/18/1928 Adam Walacinski, composer
    09/18/1928 Phyllis Kirk, Syracuse NY, actress (Thin Man, Red Button's Show) 09/18/1932 Jack Mullaney, Pitts Pa, actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time) 09/18/1932 Nikolai N Roekavisjnikov, Siberia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 10, 16, 33) 09/18/1933 Jimmie Rodgers, Wash, country singer (Honeycomb)
    09/18/1933 Manfred Niehaus, composer
    09/18/1933 Robert Blake, Nutley NJ, (Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast) 09/18/1933 Robert F Bennett, (Sen-R Utah)
    09/18/1933 Roman Polanski, Paris France, director (Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown) 09/18/1937 Norman Dinnerstein, composer
    09/18/1939 Bob Whittaker, (Rep-R-KS, 1979- )
    09/18/1939 Fred Willard, Ohio, comedian (Fernwood 2 Night, Real People) 09/18/1939 Naresh Kumar Sohal, composer
    09/18/1940 Frankie Avalon, Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus) 09/18/1941 Haflidi Magnus Hallgrimmson, composer
    09/18/1941 Mariangela Melato, Milan Italy, actress (Flash Gordon, Summer Night)
    09/18/1942 Koos van den Berg, Dutch 2nd chamber member (SGP)
    09/18/1943 Michael Vetter, composer
    09/18/1944 Charles Lacy Veach, Chicago Illinois, astronaut (STS 39, STS 52) 09/18/1947 Hans Vermeulen, singer/guitarist (Sandy Coast)
    09/18/1949 Jim McCrery, (Rep-R-Louisiana)
    09/18/1949 Kerry Livgren, Kansas, rocker
    09/18/1951 Dee Dee Ramone, rocker
    09/18/1955 Jeana Tomasino, Milwaukee Wis, playmate (Nov, 1980)
    09/18/1964 Holly Robinson, Phila, actress (21 Jump Street)
    09/18/1965 Monique Klemann, singer (Loïs Lane)
    09/18/1966 Spike, vocal/guitar (Ian Spice Breathe, Flash Cadillac-R&R Forever) 09/18/1967 Ricky Bell, US rock vocalist (Bell Div Devoe-Candy Girl)
    09/18/1970 Michela Rocco, Udine Italy, Miss Italy (1987)


    Deaths:

    09/18/ 31 Sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed
    09/18/ 96 Domitian, Roman emperor, dies
    09/18/ 993 Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle 09/18/1137 Erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelÿke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered
    09/18/1180 Louis VII, King of France, dies
    09/18/1261 Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies
    09/18/1426 Hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies
    09/18/1721 Matthew Prior, poet/diplomat, dies
    09/18/1735 Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51 09/18/1775 Andrew Foulis, bookseller/printer, dies
    09/18/1783 Leonhard Euler, mathematician, dies
    09/18/1792 Gottlieb August Spangenberg, founder (Moravian Church in Amer), dies
    09/18/1797 Louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies
    09/18/1818 Olaf Swaertz, botanist, dies
    09/18/1827 Robert Pollok, poet, dies
    09/18/1830 William Hazlitt, critic/essayist, dies
    09/18/1831 Peter Hansel, composer, dies at 60
    09/18/1857 Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer, dies at 72
    09/18/1860 Casimiro de Abreu, Brazilians poet (Primaveras), dies
    09/18/1860 Joseph Locke, railway engineer, dies
    09/18/1872 Charles XV Louis E, king of Sweden/Norway (1859-72), dies 09/18/1890 Diuon Boucicauklt, [Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot], playwright, dies 09/18/1894 Rafael Núñez, president (Colombia)/writer (La fonolgia Moderna), die
    09/18/1896 Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau, physicist, dies
    09/18/1903 Isidor Vorobchievici, composer, dies at 67
    09/18/1903 Theodore Furchtegott Kirchner, composer, dies at 79
    09/18/1904 Herbert von Bismarck, German politician/son of Otto, dies 09/18/1905 George MacDonald, sci-fi author (Princess & Curdie), dies at 80 09/18/1911 Pjotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11), murdered
    09/18/1918 Ernest Bristow Farrar, composer, dies at 33
    09/18/1924 Francis Herbert Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism), dies 09/18/1929 Hermann Gradener, composer, dies at 85
    09/18/1944 Anthony Stefanich, British boxer/captain, dies in battle
    09/18/1944 Hendrikus Colÿn, Dutch premier (1933-39), dies at 75
    09/18/1944 Hubert Ahaus, chaplin (Godsrijk), dies at 67
    09/18/1944 Paul Gräbner, German SS-captain, dies in battle in Arnhem 09/18/1944 Peter Waddy, British major 1st Para Brigade, dies in battle in Arnhe
    09/18/1944 Robert Cole, US lt-colonel, dies in battle at Best
    09/18/1949 Frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59 09/18/1951 John Douglas Cockcroft, physicist, dies
    09/18/1952 Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Dreamy), dies
    09/18/1961 Dag Hammarskjöld, UN Sect General, dies in an air crash over Congo 09/18/1964 Sean O'Casey, Irish plywright (Playboy of the Western World), dies 09/18/1966 Fernand Lamy, composer, dies at 85
    09/18/1966 Jeno Vecsey, composer, dies at 57
    09/18/1968 Franchot Tone, actor (Advise & Consent, Dark Waters), dies 09/18/1968 Francis McDonald, Bowling Green Ky, actor (Will-Adv of Champion) 09/18/1968 Willem Kooiman, theologist/church historian, dies at 65
    09/18/1969 Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer, dies at 66
    09/18/1970 Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple haze), dies at 27 in London 09/18/1973 Théo Lefèvre, premier Belgium, dies
    09/18/1979 Gene Kelly, sportscaster (Sportsreel), dies at 60


    Significant Events:

    09/18/ 324 Chrysopolis emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius
    09/18/1544 Peace of Crépy: German emperor Charles V & French king François I 09/18/1573 Spanish attack Alkmaar
    09/18/1739 Treaty of Belgrade-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks
    09/18/1755 Ft Ticonderoga, NY opens
    09/18/1759 British capture Québec during French & Indian War
    09/18/1769 Boston Gazette reports 1st US piano (a spinet)
    09/18/1793 Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building
    09/18/1809 Royal Opera House in London opens
    09/18/1810 Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day)
    09/18/1811 English expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies
    09/18/1812 Fire in Moscow destroys 90% of houses & 1,000 churchs
    09/18/1830 Horse beats 1st US made locomotive (near Baltimore)
    09/18/1838 Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden
    09/18/1849 De Kempenaer's Dutch govt resigns
    09/18/1850 Congress passes Fugitive Slave Law as part of Compromise of 1850 09/18/1851 NY Times starts publishing, at 2¢ a copy
    09/18/1862 Confederate armies officially divide into corps
    09/18/1862 General Read army pulls out of Antietam Creek Virginia
    09/18/1864 Battle of Martinsburg WV
    09/18/1881 Chicago Tribune reports on a televideo experiment
    09/18/1882 Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as Local Security Board)
    09/18/1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure 'Sign of Four' (BG)
    09/18/1893 A Charlois discover asteroid 374 Burgundia, 375 Ursula & 376 Geometr
    09/18/1895 Booker T Washington delivera 'Atlanta Compromise' address 09/18/1895 D D Palmer of Davenport, Iowa, becomes 1st chiropractor
    09/18/1903 Phillie's Chick Fraser no-hits Chic Cubs, 10-0
    09/18/1905 Electric tramline opens in Rotterdam
    09/18/1906 A Kopff discovers asteroids #606 Brangane, #607 Jenny & #608 Adolfin
    09/18/1908 Cleve Indian Bob 'Dusty' Rhoades no-hits Boston, 2-1
    09/18/1910 25,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam for general male/female suffrage 09/18/1911 Britain's 1st twin-engine airplane (Short S.39) test flown 09/18/1914 Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I 09/18/1914 Irish home rule bill receive Royal assent
    09/18/1914 South African troops land in German South West Africa
    09/18/1915 Boston Braves trounce St Louis Cardinals 20-1
    09/18/1918 Battle of Megiddo (Palestine) starts
    09/18/1919 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts female suffrage
    09/18/1919 Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast 09/18/1919 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #922 Schlutia & #3500
    09/18/1922 2nd govt of Ruys de Beerenbrouck installed in Neth
    09/18/1922 Hungary leaves League of Nations
    09/18/1924 Govt routes 7 Provinces to Peking
    09/18/1926 Hurricane hits Miami, kills 250
    09/18/1927 18 station CBS radio network begins, (WOR is NYC affiliate) 09/18/1928 Cards beat Phillies for 20th of 22 games in 1928
    09/18/1928 Juan de la Cierva flies 1st helicopter above The Channel
    09/18/1930 Enterprise (US) beats Shamrock V (England) in 15th America's Cup 09/18/1930 NY Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 HRs to beat St Louis Browns, 7-
    09/18/1931 Japan takes Manchuria, renames it Manchukuo
    09/18/1934 St Louis Brown Bobo Newsom loses no-hitter to Boston in 10, 2-1 09/18/1934 USSR admitted to League of Nations
    09/18/1938 A Bohrmann discovers asteroid #2016 Heinemann
    09/18/1938 C Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #3203
    09/18/1938 Chicago Bears beat Green Bay Packers 2-0
    09/18/1938 Despite losing a double header, Yanks clinch pennant #10
    09/18/1939 Polish govt of Moscicki flees to Romania
    09/18/1939 Vaisala disc asteroids 1524 Joensuu, 1525 Savonlinna & 1536 Pielinen
    09/18/1940 Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani
    09/18/1942 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service 09/18/1943 Hitler deports Danish Jews
    09/18/1944 Eindhoven free (Lightly Day)
    09/18/1944 US 266th division occupiers Brest Bretagne
    09/18/1945 1000 whites walk out of Gary Ind schools to protest integration 09/18/1947 Establishment USAF (United States Air Force)
    09/18/1948 Communist Madiun-uprising in Dutch Indies (Muso/Sjarifudin) 09/18/1948 Ralph J Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator in Palestine 09/18/1949 Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit
    09/18/1950 Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher, receives dharma transmission
    09/18/1954 Cleveland Indians clinch AL pennant, beat Tigers (3-2)
    09/18/1954 KTUL TV channel 8 in Tulsa, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
    09/18/1954 WLOS TV channel 13 in G'ville-Spartanburg, SC (ABC) 1st broadcast 09/18/1957 'Wagon Train' premieres
    09/18/1957 Electric train joining in Amsterdam-Brussels
    09/18/1959 Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit
    09/18/1962 Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to UN 09/18/1963 Final game at Polo Grounds, 1,752 see Phillies beat Mets 5-1 09/18/1963 USSR orders 58.5 million barrels of cereal from Australia 09/18/1964 Greek king Constantine II marries Danish princess Anne-Marie 09/18/1965 'Get Smart' premieres
    09/18/1965 Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #2380 Heilongjiang 09/18/1967 Intrepid (US) beats Dame Pattie (Aust) in 21st America's Cup 09/18/1968 Ray Washburn (Cards) no-hits SF Giants 2-0
    09/18/1972 1st black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles vs San Diego) 09/18/1973 German FR & German DR apply for UN membership
    09/18/1974 Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die 09/18/1975 Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF 09/18/1976 Dom Mintoffs Labour Party wins Malta election
    09/18/1976 Rev Sun Myung Moon holds 'God Bless America' convention
    09/18/1977 Courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup 09/18/1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3461
    09/18/1977 US Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth & Moon together 09/18/1979 Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov defect
    09/18/1979 Steven Lachs, appointed Calif's 1st admittedly gay judge
    09/18/1980 Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station 09/18/1982 Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon 09/18/1983 George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphe
    09/18/1983 Lebanese & Syrian army battle
    09/18/1983 New Orleans Saints 1st OT victory; beating Chic Bears 34-31 09/18/1984 Joe Kittinger completes 1st solo balloon crossing of Atlantic 09/18/1984 Tigers become 4th team to stay in 1st place from opening day 09/18/1985 BBC Radio reports prime # 2^216091-1 found in Houston
    09/18/1987 Detroit Tiger Darrell Evans is 1st 40 year old to hit 30 HRs 09/18/1987 US & Russia sign accord to remove mid range missiles
    09/18/1988 Burma suspends its constitution
    09/18/1988 Coup in Haiti
    09/18/1989 Hurricane Hugo causes extensive damage in Puerto Rico
    09/18/1990 A 500 lb 6' Hershey Kiss is displayed at 1 Times Square, NYC 09/18/1990 Atlanta is chosen to host 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics 09/18/1991 Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) lands
    09/18/1992 Space Shuttle STS 47 (Endeavour 2) lands

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Sep 19 00:30:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/19/ 86 Antoninus Pius, 15th Roman emperor (138-161)
    09/19/ 866 Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912)/writer (Problematica) 09/19/1551 Henry III, duke of Anjou/king of Poland/France (1573/4-89) 09/19/1655 Jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer 09/19/1705 Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/band master
    09/19/1730 Augustin Pajou, French (court)sculptor (Psyche abandonnée) 09/19/1737 Charles Carroll, signed Decl of Ind
    09/19/1769 Joseph Comb, missionary to Molukkas
    09/19/1770 Johann G Repsold, German instrument maker
    09/19/1800 William Wister McKean, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1865 09/19/1802 Louis Kossuth, Hungary, President of Hungary (1849)
    09/19/1822 Joseph Rodman West, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
    09/19/1824 Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer
    09/19/1837 Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer
    09/19/1867 Arthur Rackham, England, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales) 09/19/1871 Fritz Schaudinn, German animal expert (examined syphilis) 09/19/1882 Paul-Marie Masson, composer
    09/19/1889 Ernest Truex, KC Mo, actor (Pop-Pete & Gladys, Mr Peepers) 09/19/1894 Cornelis Rÿnsdorp, writer (Kings Children)
    09/19/1898 Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71)
    09/19/1900 Solomon Pimsleur, composer
    09/19/1901 Joseph Pasternak, film producer (Anchors Aweigh, Date With Judy) 09/19/1902 James Van Alen, created Simplified Scoring System for tennis 09/19/1902 Pieter John Bouman, sociologist/historian
    09/19/1904 Bergen Evans, Ohio, English professor ($64,000 Question)
    09/19/1904 Karen Aabye, Danish author (Less bedstemor there jomfru)
    09/19/1905 Betty Garde, Phila, actress (Aggie-Real McCoys)
    09/19/1906 Dalibor Cyril Vackar, composer
    09/19/1906 Massimo Freccia, composer
    09/19/1907 Lewis F Powell Jr, Va, Supreme Court justice (1972-87)
    09/19/1908 Mika Waltari, novelist (Egyptian)
    09/19/1910 Margaret Lindsay, Dubuque Iowa, actress (Take a Guess)
    09/19/1911 Gustaf Allan Pettersson, composer
    09/19/1911 Weldon Hart, composer
    09/19/1911 William Golding, England, novelist (Lord of the Flies-Nobel 1983) 09/19/1914 Frances Farmer, US actress (Son of Fury, Among the Living) 09/19/1914 Rogers Morton, Louisville Ky, US Secretary of Interior (1968-75) 09/19/1919 Blanche Thebom, Monessen Penn, mezzo-soprano (Amneris-Aida) 09/19/1920 Karen Khachiturian, composer
    09/19/1921 Billy Ward, US songwriter/singer/pianist/arranger (Dominoes) 09/19/1922 Damon [Francis] Knight, US, sci-fi author (CV, Beyond the Barrier) 09/19/1922 Dana Zatopek, Czechoslavakia, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1952) 09/19/1922 Emil Zatopek, Czechoslavakia, 5K/10K/marathon (Olympic-gold-1952) 09/19/1924 Ernest Tomlinson, composer
    09/19/1926 Arthur Wills, composer
    09/19/1926 Edwin 'Duke' Snider, Bkln Dodger centerfielder (406 HRs)
    09/19/1926 Lurieen Wallace, (Gov-D-Ala, 1966-68)
    09/19/1926 Pierre Janssen, art museum director
    09/19/1928 Adam West, Walla Walla Wash, actor (Batman, Last Precinct) 09/19/1929 Margaret S Roukema, (Rep-R-New Jersey, 1981- )
    09/19/1930 Muhal Richard Abrams, composer
    09/19/1930 Rosemary Harris, Ashby Suffolk England, actress (Holocaust) 09/19/1931 Brook Benton, Camden, SC, singer (Frankie & Johnny)
    09/19/1931 Ray Danton, NYC, actor/director (Longest Day, Psychic Killer) 09/19/1932 Mike Royko, Chicago, journalist (Chic Daily News)/author (Boss) 09/19/1933 David McCallum, Glasgow Scot, actor (Ilyla Kuryakin-Man From UNCLE) 09/19/1935 Nick Massi, rocker (4 Seasons-Sherry)
    09/19/1935 Robert Kruger, (Sen-D Texas)
    09/19/1935 Thomas W Ewing, (Rep-R-Illinois)
    09/19/1936 Alfred A Oerter Jr, Astoria NY, discus (Olympic-gold-56, 60, 64, 68)
    09/19/1937 Boris Onischenko, USSR, épée (Olympic-76) disqualified-illegal épée 09/19/1938 Zygmunt Krauze, composer
    09/19/1940 Bill Medley, Santa Ana Cal, rocker (Righteous Bros-Up Where We Belon
    09/19/1940 Paul Williams, singer/composer/actor (Planet of the Apes) 09/19/1941 Jim Fox, England, pentathlete (Olympics-1972)
    09/19/1943 'Mama' Cass Elliot, Balt Md, singer (Mamas & Papas-Monday Monday) 09/19/1943 Christi Haas, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1964) 09/19/1945 Benoît Lamy, Belgian director
    09/19/1945 David Bromberg, Phila, musician (Demon in Disguise)
    09/19/1945 Freda Payne, Detroit Mich, singer (Band of Gold)
    09/19/1945 Jane Blalock, Portsmouth NH, golfer (LPGA Rookie of Year 1969) 09/19/1945 Randolph Mantooth, Sacramento Calif, actor (Emergency, Loving) 09/19/1946 John Coghla, rocker (Status Quo)
    09/19/1947 Steve Bartlett, (Rep-R-TX, 1983- )
    09/19/1947 Tanith Lee, UK, sci-fi author (Don't Bite the Sun)
    09/19/1948 Jeremy Irons, England, actor (French Lieutenant's Woman)
    09/19/1948 Michael Cooper, SF Calif, sodomizer (FBI Most Wanted List) 09/19/1948 Nadezhda Tkachenko, USSR, pentathlete (Olympic-gold-1980) 09/19/1949 Twiggy Lawson, [Leslie Hornby], England, model/actress (Boyfriend, W
    09/19/1950 Joan Lunden, Fair Oaks Calif, news host (Good Morning America) 09/19/1950 Rudy Ramos, Lawton Okla, actor (Wind-High Chaparral)
    09/19/1952 Nile Rodgers, US guitarist (Chic, Dance dance dance)
    09/19/1952 Rhys Chatham, composer
    09/19/1952 Scott Colomby, Bkln, actor (Stash-Sons & Daughters, Szysznyk) 09/19/1956 Rex Smith, Jacksonville Fla, actor (Solid Gold, Pirates of Penzance)
    09/19/1957 Richard M Linnehan, Lowell Mass, US Army Capt/astronaut
    09/19/1958 Kevin Hooks, Phila, actor (Sounder, Aaron Loves Angela)
    09/19/1962 Tonja Walker, actress (Capitol, General Hospital)
    09/19/1964 Kim Richards, LI NY, actress (Nanny & Prof, James at 15)
    09/19/1965 Debbye Turner, Miss America (1990)
    09/19/1966 El Samurai, [Osamu Matsuda], wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
    09/19/1969 Candy Dulfer, Netherlands, saxophonist/daughter of Hans Dulfer 09/19/1972 David Tamburrino, Saratoga Springs NY, speed skater (Olympics-1994)


    Deaths:

    09/19/1180 Louis VII, the Younger, King of France (1137-80), dies
    09/19/1356 Gautier de Brienne, duke of Athens/French supreme commander, dies 09/19/1356 Geoffroy de Charny, French nobleman, dies in battle
    09/19/1356 Jean the Clermont, French marshal, dies in battle
    09/19/1678 Christoph B von Galen, prince-bishop of Münster (1650-78), dies at 7
    09/19/1719 French Anneessens, Belgian merchant, executed at 59
    09/19/1719 John Weenix, painter, buried
    09/19/1756 Josef Antonin Sehling, composer, dies at 46
    09/19/1761 Peter Musschenbroek, physician/physicist (Leidse Bottle), dies at 69
    09/19/1830 Stanislas Champein, composer, dies at 76
    09/19/1836 Carl Friedrich Ebers, composer, dies at 66
    09/19/1862 [Lewis] Henry Little, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 45 09/19/1864 Archibald Campbell Godwin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle 09/19/1864 David Allen Russell, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 43 09/19/1881 James A Garfield, 20th president (1881), dies of gunshot wound at 49
    09/19/1882 Andreas I Schaepman, archbishop of Utrecht (1868-82), dies at 67 09/19/1902 Maria Hendrika, Queen of Belgium, dies
    09/19/1918 Liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer, dies at 56
    09/19/1935 Jules M Cambron, French gov-gen to Algeria/ambassador, dies 09/19/1944 David Lord, British lieutenant/Dakota-pilot, dies in battle 09/19/1944 Hilary Barlow, British colonel, dies
    09/19/1944 John AC Fitch, British lt-colonel, dies in battle in Arnhem 09/19/1952 Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Presento il mio Ticino), dies 09/19/1954 Tibor Harsanyi, composer, dies at 56
    09/19/1961 Helen Kimble, fictional wife of Dr Richard Kimble (Fugitive) 09/19/1961 Pieter Tesch, mine engineer/geology (Pedestal of Netherlands), dies 09/19/1967 Martin Block, TV announcer (Chesterfield Supper Club), dies at 64 09/19/1968 Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62
    09/19/1968 Red Foley, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 58 09/19/1969 Bert [Lambertus] Bakker, director Free Netherland/inventor, dies 09/19/1972 Robert M Casadesus, French pianist/composer (Prix Diémer), dies at 7
    09/19/1978 Rolf Günther, East German priest, self imolation
    09/19/1981 Joke Smit, feminist, dies
    09/19/1982 Samuel L M Barlow, composer, dies at 90
    09/19/1984 June Preisser, dancer/actress (Babes in Arms), dies at 61 in car cra
    09/19/1985 Italo Calvino, sci-fi author (T-Zero, Mr Palomar), dies at 61 09/19/1988 Oren Lee Staley, 1st pres of Natl Farmers Org (1955-79), dies at 65 09/19/1989 Guido de Moor, actor, dies
    09/19/1990 Werner Janssen, composer, dies at 91
    09/19/1992 Jacques Pic, french restaurant owner, dies
    09/19/1993 Bruce Ferden, US conductor (NY, Washington, Amsterdam), dies at 44 09/19/1993 Richard Landau, US screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies at 79


    Significant Events:

    09/19/1356 English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers
    09/19/1559 5 Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die
    09/19/1580 Treaty of Plessis-lez-Tours (Anjou/Dutch States-General)
    09/19/1602 Grave surrenders to earl Mauritius
    09/19/1676 Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown Va on fire
    09/19/1777 Battle of Freeman's Farm (Bemis Heights) or 1st Battle of Saratoga 09/19/1795 Tula, leader of Curaçao slave opposition, imprisoned
    09/19/1796 George Washington's farewell address as president
    09/19/1799 English & Russian invasion army conquerors Receiver
    09/19/1833 Charles Darwin visits Guardia del Monte, Argentina
    09/19/1846 Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning elopes
    09/19/1848 Hyperion, moon of Saturn, discovered by Bond (US) & Lassell (England
    09/19/1849 1st commercial laundry established, in Oaklan, California 09/19/1852 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #20 Massalia
    09/19/1857 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #48 Doris & #49 Pales
    09/19/1862 -20] Battle at Blackford's Ford Virginia
    09/19/1862 Battle at Iuka Mississippi (1,700 casualties)
    09/19/1863 Battle of Chickamauga GA (near Chattanooga) begins; Union retreat 09/19/1864 3rd Battle of Winchester Virginia (Opequon, 3rd Winchester) 09/19/1865 Atlanta University forms
    09/19/1865 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #85 Io
    09/19/1870 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #112 Iphigenia
    09/19/1870 Siege of Paris begins
    09/19/1873 Black Friday: Jay Cooke & Co fails, causing a securities panic 09/19/1890 Turkish frigate 'Ertogrul' burns off of Japan, kills 540
    09/19/1892 A Charlois discovers asteroid #336 Lacadiera
    09/19/1903 King Leopold II deny Belgian cruelty in Congo
    09/19/1904 Gen Nogi's assault on Port Arthur: 16,000 Japanese casualties 09/19/1905 M Wolf discovers asteroids #573 Recha, #574 Reginhild & #575 Renate 09/19/1905 P Gotz discovers asteroid #572 Rebekka
    09/19/1908 Gustav Mahlers 7th Symphony, premieres
    09/19/1911 Red Tuesday-20,000 protest for universal rights
    09/19/1912 Pius X encyclical Singular quadam, against interconfess unions 09/19/1914 Brooklyn's Ed Lafitte no-hits KC (Federal League), 6-2
    09/19/1916 1st landing on Schiphol (Farman F-22 of Soesterberg)
    09/19/1916 Belgian troops conquer Tabora, German East Africa
    09/19/1922 Queen Wilhelmina's takes Dutch throne with 119 word speech 09/19/1926 80,000 demonstrate for democratic peace in The Hague
    09/19/1928 Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater NYC)
    09/19/1929 Latvia dictator A Woldemaras chased out
    09/19/1931 Japanese troops conquer Mukden, South Mantsjoerÿe
    09/19/1931 Tom Creavy wins PGA golf tournament
    09/19/1934 Bruno Haptmann arrested for kidnapping Lindbergh baby
    09/19/1938 C Jackson discovers asteroid #2825
    09/19/1939 British Expeditionary Force reaches France
    09/19/1939 Lord Haw-Haw becomes radio host of Reichsrundfunk Berlin
    09/19/1939 Wehrmacht (German regular army) murders 100 Jews in Lukov Poland 09/19/1939 Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #2638 Gadolin & #3606
    09/19/1940 Nazi decree forbids gentile woman to work in Jewish homes 09/19/1941 German army conquerors Kiev
    09/19/1941 Nazi's force German Jews, 6 & over to wear Jewish stars
    09/19/1943 Fanny Whiteers-Koen breaks jumping world record
    09/19/1944 Finland & Russia agree to cease fire
    09/19/1945 Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London 09/19/1947 Jackie Robinson is named 1947 'Rookie of the Year'
    09/19/1950 European Payment Union forms in Paris
    09/19/1950 Great Three acknowledge Union govt as only German govt
    09/19/1950 UN reject membership of China's People Republic
    09/19/1951 Italian bureaucratic strike for pay increase
    09/19/1955 Argentine president Juan Perón, flees
    09/19/1956 1st intl conference of black writers & artists meets (Sorbonne) 09/19/1957 1st underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas Nevada)
    09/19/1959 Nikita Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland
    09/19/1963 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1729 Beryl
    09/19/1965 Erhards CDU wins West German parliament
    09/19/1965 P Wild discovers asteroids #1687 Glarona & #2914
    09/19/1966 Mike Burke named Yankees pres
    09/19/1967 Nigeria begins offensive against Biafra
    09/19/1968 Baby born on Golden Gate Bridge (those Marin County folk!) 09/19/1970 'Mary Tyler Moore' show premieres
    09/19/1973 C J Van Houten discovers asteroids #3290 Azabu & #3548
    09/19/1973 Carl XVI Gustaf, becomes King of Sweden
    09/19/1973 NL refuses to allow San Diego Padres move to Washington DC 09/19/1973 Pirate Radio Free America (off Cape May NJ) forms air
    09/19/1973 T Gehrels discovers asteroid #2643
    09/19/1974 Hurricane Fifi hits coast of Honduras; about 5,000 die
    09/19/1974 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2386 Nikonov, #2419 Moldavia, 09/19/1974 #2756 Dzhangar, #2977 Chivilikhin, #3232 Brest, #3384 & #3429 09/19/1975 Indonesia routes troops to Portuguese East Timor
    09/19/1980 Titan II missile explosion (Damascus, AR)
    09/19/1981 Satellites China 10 & 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket 09/19/1981 Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a NYC Central Park concert
    09/19/1982 New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chic Bears 10-0 09/19/1982 Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service 09/19/1983 David Slowinski on 2 CRAY-1 comp's find 2^132049-1 prime # 09/19/1983 St Kitts & Nevis declares independence from UK
    09/19/1985 9,500 die in Mexico's earthquake (6.9)
    09/19/1986 'Captain EO' with Michael Jackson premieres
    09/19/1986 Chic White Sox Joe Crowley no-hits Calif Angels, 7-1
    09/19/1986 Fed health officials announce AZT will be available to AIDS patients
    09/19/1988 Israel launches 1st satellite, for secret military reconnaissance 09/19/1989 Chase Manhattan Discovery Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden opens 09/19/1989 French DC-10 crashes near Niger, 171 die
    09/19/1992 Sergei Boebka pole vaults world record (6.13m)
    09/19/1992 UN Security Council votes 12-0 (3 abstentions) to dump Yugoslavia 09/19/1993 Emmy Awards
    09/19/1993 Parliamentary election in Poland

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Mon Sep 20 00:30:12 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/20/ 357 -BC- Alexander III, the Great, king of Macedonia, emperor 09/20/1593 Gottfried Scheidt, composer
    09/20/1653 Benedict Schultheiss, composer
    09/20/1663 Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer
    09/20/1706 Franz Habermann, composer
    09/20/1744 Giacomo Quarenghi, It's/Russian master builder (Hermitage theater) 09/20/1767 Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer
    09/20/1771 Mungo Park, explorer
    09/20/1777 Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba, composer
    09/20/1790 Francisco Acuña the Figueroa, Uruguayan poet (Toraidas)
    09/20/1791 Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Semejnaja chronika)
    09/20/1795 Charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner, composer
    09/20/1809 Sterline 'Old Pap' Price, Major General (Confederate Army) 09/20/1810 Alpheus Starkey Williams, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 09/20/1820 George Washington Morgan, Brig General (Union volunteers) 09/20/1820 John Fulton Reynolds, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
    09/20/1832 Johann Joseph Abert, composer
    09/20/1833 Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italy, journalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1907) 09/20/1842 James Dewar, Scottish chemist/physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet) 09/20/1846 Agnes Tyrrell, composer
    09/20/1859 Yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator
    09/20/1865 Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist/slavist
    09/20/1866 Gustave Doret, composer
    09/20/1869 George Robey, [George Edward Wade], comic
    09/20/1872 Maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo
    09/20/1877 Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer
    09/20/1878 Upton B Sinclair, US writer (Jungle)
    09/20/1879 Jacobo Conrad, [Coco Lepol/Elias Martinus], Curaçaos composer 09/20/1880 Ildebrando Pizzetti, composer
    09/20/1884 Piotr Rytel, composer
    09/20/1885 Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer 09/20/1886 Charles Walter Stansby Williams, songwriter
    09/20/1893 Hans HB Scharoun, German architect (Berlin Philharmonic)
    09/20/1897 Efim Golishev, composer
    09/20/1899 Elliot Nugent, director (And so They were Married)
    09/20/1900 Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil general/pres (1964-67) 09/20/1900 Uuno Kalervo Klami, composer
    09/20/1900 Wilhelm Weismann, composer
    09/20/1901 Leo Justinus Kauffmann, composer
    09/20/1902 Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter (Ladri di Biciclette) 09/20/1902 Kermit Maynard, Vevey Ind, cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup) 09/20/1902 Steve Smith, singer (Lawrence Welk Show)
    09/20/1906 David Sheinfeld, composer
    09/20/1908 Alexander Mitscherlich, German psychotherapist
    09/20/1910 Jacques-Baptise LeBrun, France, finn yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1932) 09/20/1911 Frank Devol, Moundsville WV, orch leader (I'm Dickens He's Fenster) 09/20/1911 Jan Mul, composer
    09/20/1914 Kenneth More, British actor (39 Steps, Doctor in the House) 09/20/1917 Arnold 'Red' Auerbach, NBA coach/GM (Boston Celtic)
    09/20/1918 Peg Phillips, actress (Ruth Ann-Northern Exposure)
    09/20/1920 Alexander Thereat
    09/20/1922 Frank Comstock, SD Calif, orch leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show) 09/20/1924 Gogi Grant, singer
    09/20/1924 James Galanos, Phila, fashion designer (Coty Hall of Fame-1959) 09/20/1927 Clarice Taylor, Va, actress (Nurse Bailey-Nurse)
    09/20/1927 Rachel Roberts, Wales, actress (Foul Play, Doctor's Wife) 09/20/1928 Joyce Brothers, NYC, pop psychiatrist ($64,000 question winner) 09/20/1929 Anne Meara, Bkln NY comedian/actress (Stiller & Meara, Archie's Plac
    09/20/1933 Bob Banas, NYC, choreographer (Malibu U, Jonathan Winters Show) 09/20/1934 Sophia Loren, Rome, actress (Desire Under the Elms, Black Orchid) 09/20/1935 Keith J Roberts, England, writer (Irish Encounter, Ladies from Hell)
    09/20/1935 Lubos Fiser, composer
    09/20/1936 Dany Carrel, Touraine Indo-china, actress (Passionate Summer) 09/20/1938 Eric Gale, US funk guitarist (Blue Horizon)
    09/20/1938 George J Hochbrueckner, (Rep-D-New York)
    09/20/1938 Jane Manning, soprano
    09/20/1938 Pia Lindstom, entertainment critic (WNBC-TV)
    09/20/1938 Tom Tresh, NY Yankee (1962 AL Rookie of Year)
    09/20/1940 Joseph J DioGuardi, (Rep-R-NY, 1985- )
    09/20/1941 Dale Chihuly, Tacoma Wash, artist in glass (Louis Tiffany Award 1967
    09/20/1941 John A Wismont Jr, Calif, watercolor painter (over 50,000) 09/20/1942 Robbe de Deer, Flemish director/producer (Fugitive Cinema, Bomb) 09/20/1943 Roek Williams, [Willemze], Dutch singer
    09/20/1944 Jeremy Child, actor (Privilege, Taffin)
    09/20/1945 Laurie Spiegel, composer
    09/20/1948 George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, US, sci-fi author (Wild Cards) 09/20/1949 Jan Hendriks, guitarist (Doe Maar)
    09/20/1950 Debi Morgan, Dunn NC, actress (Angie-All My Children, Cry Uncle) 09/20/1950 James P[aul] Blaylock, US, sci-fi author (Elfin Ship, Homunculus) 09/20/1950 Loredana Berte, Milan Italy, singer/2nd ex wife of Björn Börg 09/20/1951 Guy LaFleur, Quebec, NHL right wing (Montreal, NY Rangers) 09/20/1951 JoAnna Cameron, Colo, actress (I Love My Wife, Isis)
    09/20/1953 Jeff Jones, Red Rider, rocker
    09/20/1954 Anne Mcintosh, British member European parliament
    09/20/1954 Brinke Stevens, [Charlene Brinkman] Ca, actr (Slumber Party Massacre
    09/20/1954 Silvio Leonard, Cuba, 100m sprinter (Olympic-silver-1980) 09/20/1955 Christine Oddy, British member European parliament
    09/20/1955 Silvio Leonard, Cienguegos Cuba, 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1980) 09/20/1957 Arn Anderson, [Marty Lunde], wrestler (ECW/SMW/WCW/NWA/WWF) 09/20/1957 Fran Drescher, NYC, actress (Cadillac Man)
    09/20/1957 Vladmir Tkachenko, USSR, basketball (Olympic-bronze-1980) 09/20/1960 Alice Regina Brown, Jackson Ms, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-1984, 88)
    09/20/1966 Nuno Bettencourt, Azores, rock guitarist (Extreme-More Than Words) 09/20/1967 Gunnar Nelson, rock singer (Nelsons-Love & Affection)
    09/20/1967 Matthew Nelson, rock singer (Nelsons-Love & Affection)


    Deaths:

    09/20/1168 Paschal III, [Guido di Crema], Italian anti-Pope, dies
    09/20/1384 Louis, duke of Anjou/wife of Marie of Bretagne
    09/20/1493 Philippe Pot, governor/viceroy of Burgundy, dies
    09/20/1586 Anthony Babington, page/conspirator to Mary Stuart, executed at 24 09/20/1613 Willem H van Est (Estius), theologist, dies
    09/20/1624 Isaäc Le Maire, Amsterdam ship owner, dies at about 66
    09/20/1639 John Meursius, [van Meurs], historian, dies at 60
    09/20/1647 Giovanni Del Turco, composer, dies at 70
    09/20/1648 Marco Ivan Lukacic, composer, dies at 61
    09/20/1679 Cornelis Evertsen the Young, vice-admiral of Zealand, dies at 51 09/20/1703 Archibald Campbell, Scot milt man (blood bath of Glencoe), dies at 5
    09/20/1706 Pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79
    09/20/1731 Sicco van Goslinga, Fries diplomat/sect of High Council, dies at 67 09/20/1773 Pieter de Swart, architect (Delfts Port Rotterdam), dies at 63 09/20/1803 Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed
    09/20/1806 Utamaro Kitagawa, painter, dies
    09/20/1807 Charles G van Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, wife of F Louisa W, dies 09/20/1810 Wouter J van Troostwijk, painter, dies at 28
    09/20/1823 Daniel Steibelt, composer, dies at 57
    09/20/1863 Benjamin Hardin Helm, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies at
    09/20/1873 Lulu Strauss und Torney, German poetess/writer, dies
    09/20/1886 John Liptrot Hatton, composer, dies at 77
    09/20/1896 Gottfried Conradi, composer, dies at 76
    09/20/1897 Karel Bendl, composer, dies at 59
    09/20/1908 Pablo Martin Melitou de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer, dies at 64 09/20/1917 Herbert Morris, Jamaican deserteur in France, executed at 17 09/20/1932 Max Slevogt, German painter, dies at 63
    09/20/1933 Annie Besant, English theosophy (Esoteric Christianity), dies 09/20/1944 John Grayburn, English (Victoria Cross), dies in battle in Arnhem 09/20/1947 Fiorello H La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45), dies
    09/20/1949 Nikolaos Skalkottas, composer, dies at 45
    09/20/1957 Jean Julius Christian Sibelius, Fin composer (Finlandia), dies at 91
    09/20/1959 Olin Howlin, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy), dies at 63
    09/20/1960 Michel Brusselmans, composer, dies at 74
    09/20/1967 Henri Mulet, composer, dies at 88
    09/20/1968 Frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57
    09/20/1971 James Westerfield, actor (Travels of Jaime McPheeters), dies at 59 09/20/1971 William F Albright, US archaeologist, dies at 80
    09/20/1971 Yórgos Seféris, [Seferiádis], Greek diplomat/poet (I sterna), dies 09/20/1973 Ben[jamin F] Webster, US tenor saxophonist, dies
    09/20/1973 Glenn Strange, actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke), dies at 74 09/20/1974 Robert Herberigs, composer, dies at 88
    09/20/1975 Saint-John Perse, French diplomat/poet (Nobel 1960), dies at 88 09/20/1976 Johan Boskamp, actor, dies at 83
    09/20/1979 Ludvik Svoboda, Czech general/politician, dies at 83
    09/20/1993 Leonard Parkin, British TV host (ITN), dies at 64
    09/20/1993 Loan Volkerijk, Dutch baseball coach (ADO), dies at 65


    Significant Events:

    09/20/ 368 Emperor Valentinianus visits Nijmegen
    09/20/ 451 General Aetius defeats Attila the Hun at Chalons-sur-Marne
    09/20/ 622 Prophet Mohammed/Abu Bakr arrives in Jathrib (Medina)
    09/20/1258 Cathedral of Salisbury inaugurated
    09/20/1378 Robert de Genève, 'butcher of Cesena' crowned anti-pope Clemens VII 09/20/1519 Magellan starts 1st successful circumnavigation of world
    09/20/1565 Spaniards capture Fort Caroline Fla & massacre the French 09/20/1620 Battle at Jassy: Turks beat king Sigismund III of Poland
    09/20/1674 2nd West Indie Company forms
    09/20/1697 Peace of Saki (ends 9 years war)
    09/20/1777 Paoli massacre
    09/20/1787 Prince Willem V returns to The Hague
    09/20/1792 French defeat Prussians at Valmy
    09/20/1793 British troops under maj-gen Williamson lands on (French) Haiti 09/20/1797 US frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston 09/20/1830 1st Negro Convention of Free Men agree to boycott slave-produced goo
    09/20/1833 Charles Darwin rides horse to Buenos Aires
    09/20/1839 1st railroad in Netherland opens (Amsterdam-Haarlem)
    09/20/1850 Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue 09/20/1854 Battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died
    09/20/1854 British & French defeat Russians at Alma, in Crimea
    09/20/1859 Patent granted on electric range
    09/20/1860 1st British royalty to visit US, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII) 09/20/1861 Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union
    09/20/1863 Battle of Shepardstown VA
    09/20/1863 Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga Tenn, ends 09/20/1870 Mayor William Tweed accused of robbing NY treasury
    09/20/1870 Pope Pius IX surrenders to king Victor Emanuel
    09/20/1873 Panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) 09/20/1873 NY shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal
    09/20/1877 Chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan)
    09/20/1879 US Grants come to SF for elaborate extended visit
    09/20/1881 Chester A Arthur sworn in as 21st president
    09/20/1884 6.2 mile Arlberg railroad tunnel completed in Austria
    09/20/1884 Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for Pres & VP 09/20/1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #377 Campania
    09/20/1902 Chic White Sox Jim Callahan no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0
    09/20/1903 M Wolf discovers asteroids #515 Athalia & #2017 Wesson
    09/20/1903 R S Dugan discovers asteroid #516 Amherstia
    09/20/1904 Orville & Wilbur Wright fly their Flyer II
    09/20/1907 Pitts Nick Maddox no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-1
    09/20/1908 Chic White Sox Frank Smith 2nd no-hitter, beats Phila 1-0 09/20/1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #673 Edda
    09/20/1911 Yanks set team record 12 errors in a double header
    09/20/1918 Royal Dutch Blast furnace & Steel factory opens in the Hague 09/20/1919 Jim Barnes wins PGA golf tournament
    09/20/1924 Cub's Grover Cleveland Alexander beats NY Giants to win 300th game 09/20/1927 NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th HR of season off Tom Zachry 09/20/1930 G Neujmin discovers asteroid 1190 Pelagia, 1269 Rollandia & 1725 CrA
    09/20/1932 Gandhi begins hunger strike
    09/20/1932 South Seas rebaptized in Ijsselmeer
    09/20/1933 Pittsburgh Steelers (as Pirates) play 1st NFL game, lose 23-2 09/20/1938 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' Suite for jazz orchestra, premieres 09/20/1939 British fleet takes German U-27 boat
    09/20/1939 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Bob Pastor in Detroit
    09/20/1942 Gunther Hagg becomes world champ of all records from 1500m to 5000m 09/20/1944 Nijmegen free
    09/20/1944 Polish forces free Terneuzen
    09/20/1945 German rocket engineers begin work in US
    09/20/1946 Churchill argues for a 'United States of Europe'
    09/20/1948 Mexican Baseball league disbanded
    09/20/1949 Dutch Guilder devalued 30.3%
    09/20/1949 Tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional
    09/20/1951 1st North Pole jet crossing
    09/20/1951 Ford Frick elected commissioner of baseball
    09/20/1951 Swiss males votes against female suffrage
    09/20/1952 KPTV TV channel 12 in Portland, OR (IND) begins broadcasting 09/20/1954 1st FORTRAN computer program run
    09/20/1954 1st National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution 09/20/1954 KETC TV channel 9 in Saint Louis, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/20/1954 Roger Bannister awarded Britain's Silver Pears Trophy
    09/20/1958 A black woman stabs Martin Luther King Jr in chest in NYC 09/20/1958 Baltimore Oriole knuckler Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits NY Yankees 1-0 09/20/1958 Ferhat Abbas forms Algerian govt in exile (Cairo)
    09/20/1958 Martin Luther King Jr stabbed in chest by a deranged black woman 09/20/1960 UN General Assembly admit 13 African countries & Cyprus (96 nations)
    09/20/1960 WFSU TV channel 11 in Tallahassee, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/20/1961 After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls 09/20/1961 James Meredith refused access as a student in Mississippi 09/20/1962 Ben Bella wins 1st elections in independent Algeria
    09/20/1962 Gov R Barnett refuses to admit a black to Miss Univ (James Meredith)
    09/20/1964 Paramount theater (NYC) presented the Beatles with Steve & Eydie 09/20/1965 Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #2752
    09/20/1965 WXXW (now WYCC) TV channel 20 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasti
    09/20/1966 Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth II launched
    09/20/1966 US Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23
    09/20/1967 Benin separates from Nigeria
    09/20/1967 Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38
    09/20/1967 WCAE TV channel 50 in St John, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/20/1967 WCIX TV channel 6 in Miami, FL (CBS) begins broadcasting
    09/20/1968 Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536
    09/20/1969 Pitts Pirate Bob Moose no-hits NY Giants, 4-0
    09/20/1970 Luna 16 lands on Moon's Mare Fecunditatis, drills core sample 09/20/1972 Police find cannabis growing on Paul & Linda McCartney's farm 09/20/1973 Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match 09/20/1973 T Gehrels discovers asteroid #1921 Pala
    09/20/1973 Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season
    09/20/1974 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #3260 & #3771
    09/20/1975 David Bowie's 'Fame,' single goes #1 for 2 weeks
    09/20/1975 Gary Sentman draws a record 176 lb longbow to a maximum 28¼' draw 09/20/1976 Metroliner official opens in Brussels
    09/20/1976 Playboy releases Jimmy Carter's interview that he lusts for women 09/20/1976 Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion 09/20/1977 Vietnam & Djibouti ask for membership in UN
    09/20/1977 Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 09/20/1978 Yamada Mumon Roshi visits Benedictine Abbey of Maria Laach Germany 09/20/1979 Coup in Central African Rep: David Dacko overthrows emperor Bokassa
    09/20/1979 Jose E dod Santos becomes president of Angola
    09/20/1979 NASA launches HEAO
    09/20/1980 Plaque dedicated in Thurman Munson's memory at Yankee Stadium 09/20/1980 Spectacular Bid runs in Belmont alone as 3 horses drop out 09/20/1981 Belize declares independence
    09/20/1981 Joe Danelo kicks then NY Giant record 55 yard field goal
    09/20/1982 E F Helin discovers asteroid #3043 San Diego
    09/20/1982 NFL players begin a 57 day strike
    09/20/1983 3,112 turn out to see Pirates play NY Mets at Shea Stadium 09/20/1983 Cryptographic Communications System & Method (RSA) patented 09/20/1984 'Cosby Show' premieres on NBC-TV
    09/20/1984 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3490
    09/20/1984 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3465
    09/20/1984 Suicide car bomb attacks US Embassy annex in Beirut, kills 23 09/20/1985 Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball playe
    09/20/1985 Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest
    09/20/1986 Wichita State Shockers blow a 35-3 lead; lose 36-35 to Morehead Stat
    09/20/1987 Alain Prost wins record 28th Formula one auto race
    09/20/1987 Dwight Clark ends NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions 09/20/1987 Walter Payton scores NFL record 107th rushing touchdown
    09/20/1988 Wade Boggs is 1st player to get 200 hits for 6 consecutive seasons 09/20/1990 Both Germanys ratify reunification
    09/20/1990 Saddam Hussein demands US networks broadcast his message
    09/20/1992 Frances votes in favor of Maastricht treaty
    09/20/1992 Leanza Cornett (Miss Florida) crowned Miss America 1993
    09/20/1992 Mickey Moradini of Phils makes an unassisted triple play
    09/20/2000 Patent on RSA cryptograph algorithm ends

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Sep 21 00:30:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/21/1372 Frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40) 09/21/1415 Frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493) 09/21/1452 Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98) 09/21/1527 Matthaus Ludecus, composer
    09/21/1706 Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer
    09/21/1728 Louis Emmanuel Eadin, composer
    09/21/1752 Louise MC, countess of Albany
    09/21/1756 John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt) 09/21/1760 Gaetano Valeri, composer
    09/21/1788 Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50)
    09/21/1791 Théodore Géricault, French painter (Easy-going of Medusa) 09/21/1817 Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Major General (Confederate Army) 09/21/1817 Charles Balmer, composer
    09/21/1820 Williams Carter Wickham, Brig General (Confederate Army)
    09/21/1824 Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, Brig General (Union volunteers) 09/21/1827 Michael Corcoran, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 09/21/1832 Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer
    09/21/1832 Samuel Sprigg Carroll, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893 09/21/1833 Josef Richard Rozkosny, composer
    09/21/1840 Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876)
    09/21/1843 David Emlyn Evans, composer
    09/21/1849 Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son)
    09/21/1853 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913) 09/21/1859 Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Jack of Spades) 09/21/1866 Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France, bacteriologist (Nobel-1928) 09/21/1866 H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, Bromley England, author (Time Machine) 09/21/1869 Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer
    09/21/1871 Earnest Heldring, merchant/ship owner/financier
    09/21/1874 Gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets) 09/21/1882 Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer
    09/21/1884 Hugh (Shorty) Ray, supervisor of NFL officials, HOF member 09/21/1885 Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer
    09/21/1886 Teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mt Fuji at age 99
    09/21/1887 Lodewijk de Vocht, composer
    09/21/1889 Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist
    09/21/1893 Moses Pergament, composer
    09/21/1901 Adele Bochner
    09/21/1902 Limari Salminen, Finland, 10K run (Olympic-gold-1936)
    09/21/1904 Hans Hartung, German/French painter
    09/21/1907 Lloyd Gough, actor (Mike Axford-Green Hornet)
    09/21/1909 Kwame Nkrumah, President of Ghana (1958-66)
    09/21/1912 Chuck Jones, animator (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck)
    09/21/1912 György Sándor, Budapest Hungary, pianist (L'Apprenti Sorcier) 09/21/1914 John Kluge, Chemnitz Germany, media CEO (Metromedia)/billionaire 09/21/1916 Jagernath Lachmon, premier Suriname
    09/21/1918 Rand Brooks, LA Calif, actor (Cpl Boone-Rin Tin Tin)
    09/21/1921 Stanislaw Lem, Polish sci-fi writer (Solaris/1 Human Minute) 09/21/1922 Lode Backx, Flemish pianist
    09/21/1924 Gail Russell, US, actress (Wake of Red Witch, Unseen)
    09/21/1930 Dawn Addams, Felixstown Engl, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens
    09/21/1931 Larry Hagman, Fort Worth Tx, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas) 09/21/1932 Melvin Van Peebles, US, playwright/director (Watermelon Man) 09/21/1934 Leonard Cohen, Montréal, singer/songwriter (Death of Ladies Man) 09/21/1935 Henry Gibson, Germantown Pa, comedian (Nashville, Laugh-In's poet) 09/21/1938 Atli Heimir Sveinsson, composer
    09/21/1938 Yuji Takahashi, composer
    09/21/1940 Bill Kurtis, Pensacola Fla, newscaster (American Parade)
    09/21/1942 Ann Elder, Cleve Oh, comedienne (Smothers Brothers Show, Laugh-In) 09/21/1944 Fannie Flagg, Birmingham Ala, actress/comediene (Candid Camera) 09/21/1944 Hamilton Jordan, political advisor (Crisis, Last Year of Carter Pres
    09/21/1947 Don Felder, rocker
    09/21/1947 Stephen [Edwin] King, US, sci-fi author (Carrie, Shining, Kujo) 09/21/1948 Artis Gilmore, ABA all star (Kentucky Colonels)
    09/21/1948 Michael Finneran, diver (1st perfect 10 on 10m platform)
    09/21/1950 Bill Murray, Evanston Ill, comedian (SNL, What About Bob, Stripes) 09/21/1951 Bob Franks, (Rep-R-New Jersey)
    09/21/1951 Henk Hofstede, Dutch singer/guitarist/keyboardist (Nits)
    09/21/1953 John Mengatti, NYC, actor (Nick-White Shadow, For Love & Honor) 09/21/1954 Phil Taylor, rocker (Motorhead)
    09/21/1955 Richard J Hieb, Jamestown ND, astronaut (STS 39, STS 49)
    09/21/1957 Ethan Coen, Minneapolis Mn, producer (Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink
    09/21/1959 Corrinne Drewery, rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out)
    09/21/1959 David Coulier, Detroit, actor (Joey Gladstone-Full House) 09/21/1961 Michel R Vassallucci, French/Neth publisher (Arena)
    09/21/1962 Grant Fuhr, Edmonton Alberta, NHL goalie (Oilers)
    09/21/1962 Rob Morrow, US, actor (Dr Fleishman-Northern Exposure)
    09/21/1968 Ricki Lake, actress (Hairspray)/talk show host (Ricki)
    09/21/1971 Alfonso Ribeiro, NYC, actor/pianist (Alfonso-Silver Spoons)


    Deaths:

    09/21/ 490 -BC- Callimachus, General (Athens army of Marathon), dies
    09/21/ 687 Conon, Sicilian Pope (686-87), dies
    09/21/1327 Edward II, king of England (1307-1327), dies at 43
    09/21/1433 Zweder van Kuilenberg, bishop of Utrecht
    09/21/1440 Frederik I van Hohenzollern, ruler Brandenburg (1417-40), dies at 68
    09/21/1481 Bartholomeus Platinum, Italian humanist/pontifical librarian, dies 09/21/1519 Hans Backofen/Backoffen, German sculptor, dies at about 49 09/21/1558 Charles V, emperor Romania-Germany/King of Spain (Charles I), dies 09/21/1576 Girolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, dies at 74
    09/21/1586 Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French cardinal, dies at 69 09/21/1590 Ascanio Trombeti, composer, dies at 45
    09/21/1629 John Pieterszoon Coen, merchant/gov-gen of East-Indies, dies at 42 09/21/1705 Willem Hadriaan of Nassau, corrupt mister of Odÿck, dies
    09/21/1776 Nathan Hale, spied on British for American rebels, hanged 09/21/1798 George Read, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 65 09/21/1809 Alexander Reinagle, composer, dies at 53
    09/21/1812 Emmanuel Johann Joseph Schikaneder, composer, dies at 61
    09/21/1820 Joseph R Drake, US poet (American Flag), dies at 25)
    09/21/1832 Walter Scott, Schots attorney/poet/writer (Ivanhoe), dies 09/21/1836 John Stafford Smith, composer, dies at 86
    09/21/1839 Jacob Gottfried Weber, composer, dies at 60
    09/21/1874 JBAL Léonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75 09/21/1883 John of Vloten, literature/theology, dies
    09/21/1904 Chief Joseph, US indian chief (Nez Percés), dies
    09/21/1908 Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist/composer (Spanish Dancer), dies
    09/21/1915 Anthony Comstock, anti-vice crusader, dies at 71 in NYC
    09/21/1939 Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania, murdered
    09/21/1946 Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66
    09/21/1952 Cor Ruys, actor (Princess Stage), dies at 62
    09/21/1953 Roger Quilter, composer, dies at 75
    09/21/1956 Anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lop
    09/21/1956 Robert Mills Delaney, composer, dies at 53
    09/21/1957 Haakon VII (CF Charles WA), Danish king of Norway (1905-57), dies 09/21/1961 Earle Dickson, inventor (band-aid), dies at 68
    09/21/1961 Maurice Delage, composer, dies at 81
    09/21/1964 Jim Koethe, Dallas Times Herald reporter, killed by karate chop 09/21/1966 Paul Reynaud, premier France (1940), dies
    09/21/1970 Gÿsbert Friedhoff, architect (Wibautstrat tax office), dies 09/21/1972 Henry M de Montherlant, French author (Port Royal), dies at 76 09/21/1973 Diana Sands, actress (Landlord, Raisin in the Sun), dies at 39 09/21/1973 William CF Plomer, South African libretto writer (Curlew River), die
    09/21/1974 Jacqueline Susann, author (Valley of the Dolls), dies at 53 of cance
    09/21/1974 Walter Brennan, actor (Real McCoys), dies at 80
    09/21/1976 Orlando Letelier, minister Chile, dies
    09/21/1979 John McQuade, actor (Charlie Wild Private Detective), dies at 73 09/21/1980 Ernest White, composer, dies at 80
    09/21/1981 Tony Aubin, composer, dies at 73
    09/21/1986 Pierre Wigny, Belg minister of Foreign affairs (1958-61), dies at 81
    09/21/1988 Robert Gwathmey, artist, dies at 85
    09/21/1989 F Fischer, German war criminal (4, Two of Breda), dies
    09/21/1991 JA Mommersteeg, Dutch state sect of Defense (KVP), dies
    09/21/1992 Billy Williams, actor (Adv of Kit Carson), dies at 76 of brain tumor
    09/21/1992 Hans Rosenberg, astronomer/alderman of Utrecht, dies
    09/21/1993 Fernand Ledoux, Belgian/French actor (L'homme de Londres), dies at 9
    09/21/1993 Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/Engl/Neth actor (Best thing in life), dies at


    Significant Events:

    09/21/ 490 -BC- Battle of Marathon: Athens vs Persia; about 6,600 die
    09/21/ 687 Conon ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    09/21/1066 Battle at Fulford: Norway king Harald III Hardrada beats Brit militi
    09/21/1192 English king Richard I the Lion hearted, captured
    09/21/1348 Jews in Zurich Switzerland are accused of poisoning wells 09/21/1435 Treaty of Atrecht: Philip of Bourgondy vs French king Charles II 09/21/1451 Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge 09/21/1676 Benedetto Odescalchi elected as Pope Innocent XI
    09/21/1677 John & Nicolaas de Heyden patents fire extinguisher
    09/21/1776 5 days after British take NY, ¼ of city burns down
    09/21/1776 Great fire in NY
    09/21/1780 Benedict Arnold gives British Major André plans to West Point 09/21/1784 1st daily newspaper in America (Penns Packet & General Advertiser) 09/21/1792 1st French Republic forms
    09/21/1815 King Willem I takes oath in Brussels
    09/21/1823 Moroni 1st appears to Joseph Smith, according to Smith
    09/21/1863 Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga 09/21/1872 John Henry Conyers of SC becomes 1st black student at Annapolis 09/21/1875 J Perrotin discovers asteroid #149 Medusa
    09/21/1883 1st direct US-Brazil telegraph connection
    09/21/1885 Dutch demonstrate for general voting right
    09/21/1887 J Palisa discovers asteroid #269 Justitia
    09/21/1893 Frank Duryea drives 1st US made gas propelled vehicle (car) 09/21/1895 1st auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company
    09/21/1897 NY Sun runs famous 'Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus,' editorial
    09/21/1898 China's empress-mother Ci Xi & emperor De Zong arrested
    09/21/1900 M Wolf & A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #458 Hercynia
    09/21/1901 L Carnera discovers asteroid #478 Tergeste
    09/21/1905 Atlanta Life Insurance Co forms
    09/21/1906 Yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase's 22 put-outs ties record
    09/21/1908 A Kopff discovers asteroid #672 Astarte
    09/21/1908 J Palisa discovers asteroid #671 Carnegia
    09/21/1909 A Kopff discovers asteroid #693 Zerbinetta
    09/21/1913 1st aerobatic maneuver, sustained inverted flight, performed in Fran
    09/21/1913 Turkey & Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople
    09/21/1915 Emanuel Querido ('Kerido') begins publishing Querido
    09/21/1915 Stones at Stonehenge, England, sold at auction for £6,600 09/21/1921 Gas explodes at Bradishe Aniline chemical works in Germany, 565 die 09/21/1921 Pope Benedictus XV donates 1 million lire to feed Russians 09/21/1928 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1123 Shapleya
    09/21/1929 1st legal forward pass in Canadian senior football thrown (Calgary) 09/21/1930 Johann Ostermeyer patents flashbulb
    09/21/1931 Britain resigns gold standard/pound devalues 20%
    09/21/1934 St Louis Card Paul Dean no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 3-0
    09/21/1934 Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000
    09/21/1935 P Shajn discovers asteroid #1475 Yalta
    09/21/1936 Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo/supreme commande
    09/21/1937 J R R Tolkein, publishes 'Hobbit'
    09/21/1938 Hurricane (183 MPH winds) in New England kills 700
    09/21/1938 Winston Churchill condemns Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia 09/21/1938 Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #1495 Helsinki & #1928 Summa 09/21/1939 Reinhard Heydrich meets in Berlin to discuss final solution of Jews 09/21/1941 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1543 Bourgeois
    09/21/1941 S Arend discovers asteroid #2231 Durrell
    09/21/1941 US launches its 1st Liberty-ship, 'Patrick Henry'
    09/21/1941 Y Vaisala discovers asteroids 2379 Heiskanen, 2454 Olaus Magnus & 35
    09/21/1942 116 hostages executed by Nazis in Paris
    09/21/1943 Arundel (Solomon Island) in US hands
    09/21/1943 Lynch Triangle (Square) in the Bronx named
    09/21/1943 Russian 13th/61st Army reconquer Tsjernigov
    09/21/1943 Soviet forces reach Dnjepr
    09/21/1944 Last British paratroopers at bridge of Arnhem surrenders
    09/21/1948 'Texaco Star Theater' with Milton Berle premieres on NBC-TV 09/21/1949 Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation 09/21/1949 Peoples Republic of China forms
    09/21/1951 Emil Zatopek runs 15,000m in record 44 min, 54.6 sec
    09/21/1953 Allied forces form West Germany
    09/21/1953 KRDO TV channel 13 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (ABC) 1st broadcast 09/21/1954 Kleffens appointed chairman of General Meeting UN
    09/21/1954 Nuclear submarine 'Nautilus' is commissioned
    09/21/1955 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore
    09/21/1957 'Perry Mason' with Raymond Burr premieres on CBS-TV
    09/21/1957 German sailing school ship Pamir sails the Atlantic Ocean 09/21/1957 Olav V, becomes king of Norway
    09/21/1957 Pote Sarasin forms govt in Thailand
    09/21/1958 1st airplane flight exceeding 1200 hours, lands, Dallas Tx 09/21/1959 600 Indian Dutch emigrate to US
    09/21/1961 Antonio Abertondo swims English Channel round trip (44 miles) 09/21/1964 Constellation (US) beats Sovereign (England) in 20th America's Cup 09/21/1964 Malta gains independence from Britain
    09/21/1965 O Kommissarova (USSR) sets women's longest parachute jump (46,250') 09/21/1966 5' of rain falls on NYC
    09/21/1969 NY Jet Steve O'Neal punts 98 yards against Denver Broncos 09/21/1970 'Monday Night Football' on ABC premieres (Jets beat Browns 31-21) 09/21/1970 KAPP TV channel 35 in Yakima, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting 09/21/1970 Luna 16 leaves Moon
    09/21/1970 Oakland A's Vida Blue no-hits Minn Twins, 6-0
    09/21/1971 AL OKs Washington Senator move to Arlington (Texas Rangers) 09/21/1971 John Lennon & Yoko Ono are Dick Cavett's only guest
    09/21/1972 Marcos declares martial law in Philippines
    09/21/1973 J Gibson discovers asteroid #2035 Stearns
    09/21/1973 Jackson Pollocks painting 'Blue Poles' sold for $2,000,000 09/21/1973 NY Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12½ games 09/21/1973 Nate Archibald signs 7 yr contract with NBA KC Kings for $450,000 09/21/1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #3438
    09/21/1974 US Mariner 10 makes 2nd fly-by of Mercury
    09/21/1976 Wings performs in Zagreb Yugoslavia
    09/21/1977 US minister of Foreign affairs Cyrus Vance dismissed
    09/21/1980 LA Ram Johnnie Johnson scores a 99 yard interception
    09/21/1980 Richard Todd of NY Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record) 09/21/1981 Belize (British Honduras) gains independence from UK
    09/21/1981 Sandra Day O'Conner becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice 09/21/1981 Steve Carlton strikes out NL record 3,118th (Andre Dawson) 09/21/1982 2,251 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
    09/21/1982 Devils beat Rangers 3-2 in exhibition; 1st hockey in Meadowlands (NJ
    09/21/1982 NFL players begin a 57 day strike
    09/21/1982 SF cable cars cease operations for 2 years of repairs
    09/21/1982 STS-5 vehicle moves to launch pad
    09/21/1983 11 killed in anti Marcos demonstrations in Manila
    09/21/1984 NASA launches Galaxy-C
    09/21/1986 Miami Dan Marino passes for 6 touchdowns vs NY Jets (51-45) 09/21/1986 NY Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT; record 884 passing yards 09/21/1986 New Orleans Saints Mel Gray returns kickoff 101 yards for a touchdow
    09/21/1987 3 Belgian minesweepers depart to Persians Gulf
    09/21/1988 Mike Tyson smashes TV camera outside his Bernardsville NJ home 09/21/1989 Poland's Sejm (National Assembly) approves prime minister Mazowiecki
    09/21/1990 Oakland A's Bob Welch becomes 1st 25 game winner in 10 years 09/21/1991 Armenia votes on whether to remain in Soviet Union
    09/21/1993 Ukraine govt of Kutshma resigns

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/25/1593 Matthew Merian, the Elder, engraver/bookseller
    09/25/1612 Mark Zuesius Boxhorn, historian
    09/25/1627 Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, theologist
    09/25/1644 Olaus Rømer, Denmark, 1st to accurately measured speed of light 09/25/1657 Imre Thököly, Hungary, patriot, opposed Habsburg rule
    09/25/1683 Jean-Philippe Rameau, Dÿon France, composer (Traite) (baptized) 09/25/1714 Jean-Benoit Leclair, composer
    09/25/1718 Louis E van Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, [Thick Duke], Austrian duke 09/25/1725 Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, designed & built 1st automobile
    09/25/1729 Christian G Heyne, German archaeologist
    09/25/1734 Louis RE prince de Rohan-Guémené, French archbishop of Straatsburg 09/25/1741 Vaclav Pichl, composer
    09/25/1744 Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97)
    09/25/1752 Carl Stenborg, composer
    09/25/1766 Armand-Emmanuel, duc de Richelieu, French PM (1815-18, 1820-21) 09/25/1785 George Frederic Pinto, composer
    09/25/1793 Felicia Dorothea Hermans, poet
    09/25/1798 Henri Scheffer, painter
    09/25/1798 JBAL Léonce Elie de Beaumont, French mine engineer/geologist 09/25/1805 Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar (Pella Iowa)
    09/25/1822 Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich von Steinwehr, Brig Gen (Union vol) 09/25/1823 Thomas John Wood, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 09/25/1829 William Michael Rossetti, civil servant
    09/25/1830 Karl Klindworth, pianist/conductor
    09/25/1832 William Le Baron Jenney, US, architect/'father of skyscraper' 09/25/1839 [Wilhel]Mina JPR Kruseman, writer/feminist
    09/25/1846 Vladimir Köppen, Russ/German meteorologist
    09/25/1852 Cornelis J Cutters, supreme commander of the Navy (1910-18) [or 5/29
    09/25/1852 Gestur Pálsson, Iceland writer (Verdandi, Ritsafn)
    09/25/1858 Emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist
    09/25/1862 Léon Boëllmann, French organist/composer (Variations Symphoniques) 09/25/1866 Thomas Hunt Morgan, US, biologist (Nobel-1933)
    09/25/1872 Charles Blake Cochran, impresario
    09/25/1877 Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28) 09/25/1879 Luis da Costa, composer
    09/25/1884 Cornelis 'Kees' Boeke, theorist
    09/25/1886 Jesus Guridi, composer
    09/25/1886 John Howard Lawson, scriptwriter/playwright
    09/25/1887 May Sutton Bundy, US, 1st US woman to win Wimbeldon (US 1904) 09/25/1889 George Douglas Howard Cole, socialist/novelist
    09/25/1896 Roberto Gerhard, composer
    09/25/1896 Sandro Pertini, president Italy
    09/25/1897 Otto AP Fürst von Bismarck-Schönhausen, German diplomat/politician 09/25/1897 William Faulkner, Mississippi, author (Sound & Fury-Nobel 1949) 09/25/1902 Ernst von Salomon, German writer (Kette Der Tausend Kraniche) 09/25/1902 Jeno Takacs, composer
    09/25/1902 Juscelino Kubitschek, president Brazil (1955-60)
    09/25/1903 Mark Rothko, [Marcus Rothkovich], US, painter (Green on Blue) 09/25/1905 Nahman Avigad, Israeli archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem) 09/25/1905 Red Smith, Green Bay Wisc, sportscaster/columnist (Fight Talk) 09/25/1906 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [NS
    09/25/1906 Jaroslav Jezek, composer
    09/25/1907 Jan Felderhof, composer
    09/25/1907 Robert Bresson, France, director (Pickpocket, Mouchette)
    09/25/1908 Eugen Suchon, composer
    09/25/1909 Florizel A Glasspole, governor-gen of Jamaica (1973- )
    09/25/1911 Lionel Henry Nowak, composer
    09/25/1913 David Hunt, British diplomat/quiz winner
    09/25/1916 Tolia Nikiprowetzsy, composer
    09/25/1918 Phil Rizzuto, Bkln NY, sportscaster/shortstop (NY Yankees-MVP 1950) 09/25/1920 Sergey Bondarchuk, Belozerka Ukraine, director (War & Peace) 09/25/1921 Remy C, de Kerckhove, Flemish poet
    09/25/1921 Robert Muldoon, premier NZ (1975-84)/chairman (IMF)
    09/25/1922 John Farr, MP
    09/25/1924 Norman Ayrton, opera director
    09/25/1925 Silvana Pampanini, Rome Italy, actress (Day in Court, Island Sinner)
    09/25/1925 William Edgar Mitchell, physicist
    09/25/1926 Aldo Ray, actor (God's Little Acre, Naked & Dead, Green Beret) 09/25/1926 John Ericson, Dusseldorf Germany, actor (Sam Bolt-Honey West) 09/25/1926 Sergei Filatov, USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1960) 09/25/1927 Carl Braun, basketball player (NY Knicks)
    09/25/1927 Colin Rex Davis, Weybridge England, conductor (NY Met 1967-71) 09/25/1929 Ronnie Barker, British comedian (2 Ronnies)
    09/25/1931 Barbara Walters, Boston Mass, newscaster (Today, 20/20, ABC-TV) 09/25/1932 Andrew Gardner, British broadcaster
    09/25/1932 Daphne Swallow, commandant/director (WRNS)
    09/25/1932 Glenn Herbert Gould, Toronto Canada, pianist (sued Steinway Piano) 09/25/1934 John S Bull, Memphis Tennessee, astronaut
    09/25/1934 Struther Arnott, professor (St Andrew University)
    09/25/1936 Edward Jones, UK military rep to NATO
    09/25/1936 Juliet Prowse, Bombay India, actress/dancer (Who Killed Teddy Bear) 09/25/1937 Michael Gibbs, jazz composer
    09/25/1937 Thomas Kessler, composer
    09/25/1939 David Mann, (Rep-D-Ohio)
    09/25/1939 Joseph 'Jesse' Russell, US singer (Slip Sliding Away)
    09/25/1939 Leon Britain, vice president (Commission of European Communities) 09/25/1940 Timothy Severin, author/explorer
    09/25/1941 Vivian Stern, director (Nacros)
    09/25/1942 John Taylor, jazz pianist
    09/25/1942 Michael Stephen, MP
    09/25/1943 John Locke, LA, rocker (Spirit-I Got A Line on You)
    09/25/1943 Robert Walden, NYC, actor (Joe Rossi-Lou Grant, New Doctors) 09/25/1944 Eugenia Zukerman, Cambridge Ms, flutist/novelist (Deceptive Cadence)
    09/25/1944 Michael Douglas, NJ, actor (Coma, Wall St, Jewel of the Nile) 09/25/1945 Cathy Burns, actress (Last Summer)
    09/25/1945 Onnie McIntire, rocker (Average White Band)
    09/25/1945 Owen 'Onnie' Mcintyre, guitarist (Average White Band)
    09/25/1945 Reynold Henry Weidenaar, composer
    09/25/1946 Bishin Bedi, cricketer
    09/25/1946 Felicity Kendal, actress (Shakespeare Wallah)
    09/25/1948 Phyllis Pearsall, founder (Geographers' A to Z Map Company) 09/25/1949 Anson Williams, LA Calif, actor (Potsie-Happy Days)
    09/25/1949 Jerry F Costello, (Rep-D-Illinois)
    09/25/1949 Mimi Kennedy, Rochester NY, actress (Spencer, 3 girls 3, Under 1 Roo
    09/25/1951 Bob McAdoo, NBA forward/center (Buffalo Braves, LA Lakers) 09/25/1951 Mark Hamill, Oakland Calif, actor (Star Wars)
    09/25/1952 Christopher Reeve, actor (Superman, Death Trap, Somewhere in Time) 09/25/1955 Steven Severin, British pop bassist (Siousie & Banshees-Wild Thing) 09/25/1958 Michael Madsen, actor (Reservior Dogs, Straight Talk)
    09/25/196- Shell Danielson, actress (Laken Lockridge-Santa Barbara)
    09/25/1960 John Hills, horse trainer
    09/25/1961 Heather Locklear, LA Ca, actress (Stacy-T J Hooker, Sammy Jo-Dynasty
    09/25/1965 Fresh Prince, [Will Smith], rapper (Parents Just Don't Understand) 09/25/1967 Lezlie Lund, Tolna ND, Miss ND-America (1991)
    09/25/1968 Johan Friso, prince of Orange-Nassau, Netherlands
    09/25/1969 Catherine Zeta Jones, Wales, actress (Christopher Columbus) 09/25/1969 Fresh Prince, [Will Smith], US rapper
    09/25/1970 Kerri Kendall, San Diego Ca, playmate (Sep, 1990)


    Deaths:

    09/25/1066 Harald III Hardrada, king of Norway (1047-66), dies in battle at 51 09/25/1392 Sergius van Radonesj, Russian saint, dies at 78
    09/25/1396 Jean de Vienne, French admiral/crusader, dies in battle
    09/25/1396 Odard de Chasseron, French knight/crusader, dies in battle 09/25/1396 Philip of Bar, French knight/crusader, dies in battle
    09/25/1501 Dzore Drzic, Croatish poet, dies
    09/25/1506 Felipe I, the handsome, King of Castilië (Spain) (1504-06), dies 09/25/1534 Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italian Pope (1523-34), dies at 56
    09/25/1630 Ambrogio Spínola, Spanish marquis of Balbases, dies at about 61 09/25/1680 Samuel Butler, poet/satirist, dies
    09/25/1716 Johann Christoph Pez, composer, dies at 52
    09/25/1727 Jacques Abbadie, French theologist, dies at about 73
    09/25/1733 Georg Motz, composer, dies at 79
    09/25/1777 Johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician, dies at 49
    09/25/1808 Richard Porson, scholar, dies
    09/25/1813 Braz Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 61
    09/25/1840 Jacques-Etienne-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, Duc de Tarente, soldier 09/25/1849 Johann Baptist Strauss, elder, composer (Radetzky-Marsch), dies at 4
    09/25/1860 Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer, dies at 60
    09/25/1871 Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller, dies
    09/25/1916 Julius Fucik, composer, dies at 44
    09/25/1918 John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul, dies
    09/25/1920 William F Sudds, composer, dies at 77
    09/25/1929 Miller Huggins, baseball manager (NY Yankees), dies at 50 09/25/1933 Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist, dies at 53
    09/25/1944 Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer (Irrfahrten), dies at 68
    09/25/1944 Leo Justinus Kauffmann, composer, dies at 43
    09/25/1946 Heinrich George, German actor (Jud Süss), commits suicide at 52 09/25/1953 Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria poet (Iron Verses), dies 09/25/1958 John B Watson, US psychologist/behaviorist, dies
    09/25/1959 Ennio Porrino, composer, dies at 49
    09/25/1959 Helen Broderick, comedienne/actress (Swing Time, Top Hat), dies 09/25/1959 S W R D Bandaranaike, Ceylon's PM, assassinated by a Buddhist monk 09/25/1960 Emily Post, etiquette expert, dies at 86
    09/25/1970 Efim Golishev, composer, dies at 73
    09/25/1970 Erich M Remarque, [Kramer], German writer (Im West nieces Neues), di
    09/25/1974 Coco the Clown, [Nikolai Poliakov], dies
    09/25/1974 William Sloane, publisher/writer ('Edge of Running Water'), dies 09/25/1975 Bob Considine, newscaster (Tonight! America After Dark), dies at 68 09/25/1977 Sidney van de Bergh, businessman/politician, dies at 78
    09/25/1980 John Bonham, English pop drummer (Led Zeppelin), dies at 32 09/25/1983 Leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies
    09/25/1984 Walter Pidgeon, actor (Forbidden Planet, Mrs Miniver), dies at 87 09/25/1985 Albert Moeschinger, composer, dies at 88
    09/25/1986 Ben Sajet, physician/politician, dies at 99
    09/25/1987 Mary Astor, [Lucille V Langhanke], US actress (Hurricane), dies at 8
    09/25/1988 Billy Carter, Pres Carter's brother Billy, dies of cancer at 51 09/25/1991 Dr Seuss, [Theodore Geisel], children author (Cat in Hat), dies at 8
    09/25/1991 Klaus Barbie, Gestapo chief of Lyon, dies of cancer at 77 09/25/1991 Max Koot, royal photographer, dies


    Significant Events:

    09/25/ 953 Ratherius becomes bishop of Luik
    09/25/ 955 Bishop Ratherius of Luik flees
    09/25/1066 Battle of Stampford Bridge King Harold Godwinson II of England, 09/25/1066 beaten by his brother King Harold Hardrada of Norway
    09/25/1212 Emperor Frederik II ends Golden Degree (Bohemia)
    09/25/1340 England & France sign disarmament treaty
    09/25/1396 Battle of Nicopolis: Sultan Bajezid I defeats Crusades armies 09/25/1492 Crewman on Pinta sights 'land'-a few weeks early
    09/25/1493 Columbus sails with 17 ships on 2nd voyage to America
    09/25/1513 Vasco Nuñez de Balboa is 1st European to see Pacific Ocean 09/25/1555 Freedom of Religion in Augsburg
    09/25/1639 1st printing press in America
    09/25/1639 Suzuki Shosan, Samurai monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening 09/25/1690 Publick Occurrences, 1st US (Boston) newspaper, publish 1st & last e
    09/25/1775 American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured
    09/25/1789 Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify)
    09/25/1804 12th amendment to US constitution, regulating judicial power 09/25/1829 Failed assassination attempt on Simón Bolívar
    09/25/1836 HMS Beagle anchors at St Michael
    09/25/1846 US troops under Gen Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico
    09/25/1857 Relief of Lucknow by Havelock & Outram begins
    09/25/1861 Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves
    09/25/1862 Skirmish at Davis' Bridge, Tennessee
    09/25/1866 (Leonard W) Jerome Park opens in Bronx for horse racing
    09/25/1879 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #203 Pompeja
    09/25/1882 1st baseball doubleheader (Providence & Worcester)
    09/25/1886 Comedy opera 'Dorothy', 1st produced in London
    09/25/1888 Royal Court Theatre, London, opens
    09/25/1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes 'Hound of Baskervilles' (BG)
    09/25/1890 Congress establishes Yosemite National Park (Calif)
    09/25/1890 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure 'Silver Blaze' (BG)
    09/25/1892 A Charlois discovers asteroid #338 Budrosa
    09/25/1892 Wolf discovers asteroid #339 Dorothea, #340 Eduarda & #341 Californi
    09/25/1908 Cubs' Ed Reulbach becomes only pitcher to throw doubleheader shutout
    09/25/1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration opens in NY
    09/25/1911 French battleship Liberté explodes at Toulon Harbor, 285 killed 09/25/1911 Ground breaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park
    09/25/1911 Italy declares war on Turkey
    09/25/1913 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #763 Cupido
    09/25/1915 -26] Battle at Loos: 8,246 British & 0 German casualties
    09/25/1916 M Wolf discovers asteroid #840 Zenobia
    09/25/1919 Pres Wilson becomes seriously ill & collapses after a speech 09/25/1920 Molly Blurstedt Mallory wins her 5th US Lawn Tennis title in 6 years
    09/25/1920 Vern Bradburn of Winnipeg Victorias kicks 9 singles in a game 09/25/1924 Malcolm Campbell sets world auto speed record at 146.16 MPH 09/25/1925 V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1283 Komsomolia
    09/25/1926 Canadian govt of MacKenzie King forms
    09/25/1926 Henry Ford announces 8 hour, 5-day work week
    09/25/1926 International slavery convention signed by 20 states
    09/25/1926 NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks & Detroit Red Wings 09/25/1926 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
    09/25/1929 E Hertzsprung discovers asteroid #1627 Ivar
    09/25/1929 M Wolf discovers asteroid #1134 Kepler
    09/25/1929 Queen-mother Emma opens Antonie van Leeuwenhoek House in Amsterdam 09/25/1930 Austrian govt of Vaugoin forms
    09/25/1933 5th 'extermination campaign' against communists in Nanjing China 09/25/1934 Lou Gehrig plays in his 1500th consecutive game
    09/25/1934 Rainbow (US) beats Endeavour (England) in 16th America's Cup 09/25/1937 'il duce' visits Berlin/named 'the Führer' to corporal 1st class 09/25/1937 Battle of of P'ing-hsin-kuan Wutai Mountain
    09/25/1939 German Luftwaffe strikes Warsaw with (fire)bombs
    09/25/1939 Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra & 09/25/1939 Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I
    09/25/1940 German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling govt 09/25/1941 Brooklyn Dodgers win their 1st pennant in 21 years
    09/25/1941 Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #2243 Lonnrot & #2299 Hanko 09/25/1949 Louise Suggs wins US Woman's Golf championship
    09/25/1954 WCBD TV channel 2 in Charleston, SC (ABC) begins broadcasting 09/25/1956 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation
    09/25/1956 Brooklyn Dodger Sal Maglie no-hits Phila Phillies, 5-0
    09/25/1956 Transatlantic telephone cable (Newfoundland-Oban) is used 09/25/1957 300 US Army troops guard 9 black kids return to Central HS in Ark 09/25/1957 Soviet 7 year plan (1959-1965) announced
    09/25/1960 1st Atomic powered aircraft carrier (Enterprise) launched (US) 09/25/1960 NY Yankees clinch AL pennant
    09/25/1960 PLS discovers asteroids #2799 Justus & #2934 Aristophanes 09/25/1960 Phillies beat Reds 7-1, ending 16 consecutive Sunday loses 09/25/1961 KTPS TV channel 28 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/25/1961 KTPS TV channel 62 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/25/1962 A black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia
    09/25/1962 Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1st round for heavyweight title 09/25/1962 Weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Aust) in 19th running of America's Cup 09/25/1964 Jens Otto Krag forms minority govt in Denmark
    09/25/1965 60 year old Satchel Paige of KC A's pitches 3 scoreless innings 09/25/1965 Beatle cartoon show begins in US
    09/25/1965 Children find trunk with corpse in Amsterdam canal
    09/25/1966 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 2nd Cello Concert premieres in Moscow 09/25/1966 Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see White Sox win 4-1
    09/25/1967 WGBX TV channel 44 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/25/1970 Ringo releases his 'Beaucoups of Blues' album
    09/25/1972 Dutch air force drives away Russian Tupolev-bombers
    09/25/1972 KAVT (now KSMQ) TV channel 15 in Austin, MN (PBS) begins broadcastin
    09/25/1972 Norway votes to join common market
    09/25/1973 3-man crew of Skylab II make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 day
    09/25/1973 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #3157
    09/25/1973 Willie Mays night at Shea Stadium
    09/25/1976 Expo's last game at Montreal's Jarry Park
    09/25/1976 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2745
    09/25/1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2776 Baikal
    09/25/1978 PSA Boeing 727 & a Cessna private plane collide by San Diego, 144 di
    09/25/1979 A Mrkos discovers asteroids #2325 Chernykh & #2403 Sumava 09/25/1979 Calif Angels win their 1st NL West pennant
    09/25/1980 Chevy Chase calls Cary Grant a homo on Tomorrow show (suit follows) 09/25/1981 L G Taff discovers asteroid #3403 Tammy
    09/25/1981 Nolan Ryan's 5th career no-hitter as Astros beat Dodgers 5-0 09/25/1981 Rolling Stones begin their 6th US tour (JFK Stadium, Phila) 09/25/1981 Sandra Day O'Connor sworn in as 1st female supreme court justice 09/25/1982 Northwestern ends 34 football game losing streak, beats No Ill 31-6 09/25/1982 Penn prison guard George Banks kills 13 (5 were his own children) 09/25/1983 Bob Forsch pitches 2nd career no-hitter, Cards beat Expos 3-0 09/25/1984 1st London performance of musical 'Stepping Out' presented 09/25/1984 Egypt & Jordan regain diplomatic relations
    09/25/1984 J Platt discovers asteroids #3237 Victorplatt & #3259
    09/25/1984 NY Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit HRs as a teen & in 40s 09/25/1985 Akali Dal wins Punjab State election in India
    09/25/1985 Palestinian terrorists kill 3 Israeli sailors at Lanaca Cyprus 09/25/1986 Antonin Scalia appointed to Supreme Court
    09/25/1986 Houston Astro Mike Scott no-hits SF Giants, 2-0
    09/25/1987 2nd coup on Fiji led by Major General Sitiveni Rabuka
    09/25/1988 Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54s 09/25/1989 Archaeologists open Titus of Rhine grave in Amsterdam
    09/25/1990 1st 8 NY Yankees hit safely vs Balt Orioles to tie record 09/25/1990 Oakland A's clinch 3rd straight AL West title
    09/25/1990 Saddam Hussein warns that US will repeat Vietnam experience 09/25/1990 UN Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq 09/25/1991 'Good & Evil' premieres on ABC TV
    09/25/1991 Paramount at Madison Square Garden in NYC opens
    09/25/1992 Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova
    09/25/1992 Opening Main-Donau canal (North Sea-Black Sea)
    09/25/1992 US Mars Observer launched from Space shuttle
    09/25/1994 Asteroid #13 Egeria (ø 215 km) eclipses star PPM 301323

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Sun Sep 26 00:30:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/26/1688 Willem J Once-Gravesande, physicist
    09/26/1729 Moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator
    09/26/1759 Hans DL earl Yorck von Wartenburg, Prussian field marshal/gov-gen 09/26/1767 Wenzel Muller, composer
    09/26/1774 John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman
    09/26/1820 Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar, father of Bengali prose (Exile of Sita) 09/26/1821 Alvin Peterson Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 09/26/1823 Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist (Denj, Moskvitsh)
    09/26/1832 Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer
    09/26/1841 Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer
    09/26/1867 Maggie L Walker, black business & civic leader
    09/26/1868 Henry F Gilbert, composer
    09/26/1870 Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47)
    09/26/1873 Amilcare Zanella, composer
    09/26/1875 Edmund Gwenn, Wales, actor (Miracle on 34th Street)
    09/26/1876 Edith Abbott, dean U of Chic Social Sciences
    09/26/1877 Alfred Cortot, French pianist
    09/26/1879 Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Samodiva [Fee])
    09/26/1885 Anna MF 'Annie' van Wageningen-Salomons, author (Girl Student) 09/26/1888 T S Eliot, St Louis poet/dramatist/critic (Waste Land-Nobel 1948) 09/26/1889 Martin Heidegger, Germany, Existentialist (Being & Time)
    09/26/1891 Charles Münch, Strasbourg Alsatian conductor (French Legion D'Honeur
    09/26/1893 Milos Crnjanski, Serbian poet (Seobe)
    09/26/1895 Fay Holden, Birmingham England, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films) 09/26/1897 Pope Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], 262nd Roman Catholic pope (1963-78
    09/26/1897 Wilhelmina J 'Willy' Hook, actress/acting teacher (Goethe/Brecht) 09/26/1898 George Gershwin, [Jacob Gershvin] Bkln NY, composer (Rhapsody in Blu
    09/26/1901 Donald Cook, Portland Ore, actor (Too Young To Go Steady) 09/26/1902 Umberto 'Albert' Anastasia, US gangster (Murder Inc)
    09/26/1907 Anthony F Blunt, British historian/spy for USSR
    09/26/1907 Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, European Boxing Champ (Olympic) 09/26/1907 Ralph Michael, London England, actor (Quest, Doctor in the House) 09/26/1908 Maurice Naessens, Belgian banker
    09/26/1909 Helen Giuliani, mother of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994- )
    09/26/1913 Earnest Schnabel, German sailor/dramatist (Anne Frank)
    09/26/1914 Jack LaLanne, exercise mogul (Juice Tiger)
    09/26/1918 Humphrey van Loo, news director (ANP/Reuter)
    09/26/1919 Barbara Britton, Long Beach, Calif, actress (Young & Willing) 09/26/1925 Bobby Shantz, baseball player (1952 AL MVP)
    09/26/1925 Marty Robbins, Glendale Az, singer (Devil Woman, I Walk Alone) 09/26/1926 Giuseppi Chiari, composer
    09/26/1926 Imre Vincze, composer
    09/26/1926 Julie London, Santa Rosa Calif, actress (Nurse McCall-Emergency) 09/26/1927 Patrick O'Neal, Ocala Fla, actor (Kaz, Alvarez Kelly, King Rat) 09/26/1929 Meredith C Gourdine, Newark NJ, long jumper (Olympic-silver-1952) 09/26/1930 Fritz Wunderlich, Kusel Germany, tenor (Stuttgart 1955-58) 09/26/1930 Philip Bosco, Jersey City, actor (Trading Places)
    09/26/1931 Donald J Pease, (Rep-D-OH, 1977- )
    09/26/1932 Clifton C Williams Jr, Mobile Alabama, Major USMC/astronaut 09/26/1932 Giuacomo Manzoni, composer
    09/26/1932 Joyce Jameson, Chicago Ill, comedienne (Spike Jones Show) 09/26/1933 Donna Douglas, [Dot Smith], Pride La, actress (Beverly Hillbillies) 09/26/1934 Winnie Mandela-Madikizela, South African anti-apartheid protestor 09/26/1937 Joop Admiral, actor/director (You Are My Mother)
    09/26/1941 Joe Bauer, rocker (Youngbloods)
    09/26/1942 Ingrid Mickler-Becker, German FR, long jumper/relayer (Oly-gold-72) 09/26/1942 Kent McCord, LA Calif, actor (Officer Jim Reed-Adam 12)
    09/26/1945 Brian Ferry, England, rocker (Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together) 09/26/1946 Mary Beth Hurt, [Mary Supinger], Iowa, actress (Garp, Interiors) 09/26/1947 Graham Faulkner, London, actor (Brother Sun Sister Moon)
    09/26/1947 Lynn Anderson, ND, country singer (I Never Promised you a Rose Garde
    09/26/1947 Richard Roth, US, 400m swim medley (Olympic-gold-1964)
    09/26/1948 Olivia Newton-John, Cambridge England, singer (Lets Get Physical) 09/26/1948 Vladimir Remek, Czechoslovakia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 28)
    09/26/1949 Martin Delray, Texarkana Ar, country singer (Get Rhythm)) 09/26/1952 James Keane, Buffalo NY, actor (Willis Bell-Paper Chase)
    09/26/1955 Carlene Carter, Nashville Tn, country singer (I Fell in Love) 09/26/1956 Linda Hamilton, Salisbury Md, actress (Catherine-Beauty & the Beast)
    09/26/1962 Melissa Sue Anderson, Cal, actress (Little House on the Prairies) 09/26/1962 Tracey Thorn, rocker (Everything But the Girls)
    09/26/1963 Douglas Wakiihuri, Kenyan marathon runner (Olympic-silver-1988) 09/26/1963 Lysette Anthony, London, actress (Angelique-Dark Shadows, Switch) 09/26/1964 Ty Miller, Granada Hills Calif, actor (The Kid-Young Riders) 09/26/1967 Martha Nix, Orange County Calif, actress (Serena-Waltons) 09/26/1972 Shann Stockman, [Slim], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)


    Deaths:

    09/26/1023 Godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies
    09/26/1342 John I, ruler of Poland, dies
    09/26/1345 Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27 09/26/1371 Vlkasin, Hungarian general/king of Serbia, dies
    09/26/1614 Felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies 09/26/1626 Lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at
    09/26/1657 Hadji Chalfa/Kâtib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48 09/26/1788 Francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63
    09/26/1808 Paul Wranitzky, composer, dies at 51
    09/26/1820 Daniel Boone, frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85
    09/26/1871 Cipriani Potter, composer, dies at 78
    09/26/1904 Lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54 09/26/1917 Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies
    09/26/1935 Andy Adams, US writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76
    09/26/1937 Bessie Smith, singer, dies of injuries sustained in car crash 09/26/1944 Ernst Isler, composer, dies at 64
    09/26/1945 Béla V J Bartók, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64
    09/26/1952 George Santayana, US philosopher/poet (last puritan), dies 09/26/1956 Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un destin (Martin Luther), dies at
    09/26/1959 Solomon Bandaranaike, PM of Ceylon (1956-59) assassinated at 60 09/26/1964 Calvin Thomas, actor (Judge Hunter-One Man's Family), dies at 79 09/26/1972 Charles Correll, actor (Calvin & the Colonel), dies at 82 09/26/1973 Anna Magnani, Italians actress (Roma, Città Aperta), dies at 64 09/26/1973 Anton Schnack, German writer/poet, dies
    09/26/1975 Jacob Paludan, Danish pharmacist/writer (Sløret Sandhed), dies at 79
    09/26/1979 Seymour Shifrin, composer, dies at 53
    09/26/1983 Tino Rossi, French singer, dies
    09/26/1984 Walter Pidgeon, actor (Forbidden Planet), dies of strokes at 87 09/26/1989 Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome 09/26/1990 Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (Woman in Red), dies at 82 09/26/1993 James Boyden, British labour-Lower house leader (1959-79), dies at 8


    Significant Events:

    09/26/1371 Battle of Maritsa: Serbia-Turkey
    09/26/1396 Sultan Bajezid I beheads 100s of crusaders
    09/26/1404 Brussels Brabants/Limburgse audit-office established
    09/26/1580 Francis Drake with Spanish treasure returns to England
    09/26/1680 Tax revolt in Gorinchem due to tax on cereal
    09/26/1687 Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks & Venetians
    09/26/1777 British troops occupy Philadelphia during American Revolution 09/26/1824 Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) & lives
    09/26/1835 Opera 'Lucia di Lammermoor' is produced (Naples)
    09/26/1876 1st Belgian parachute jump (Glorieux)
    09/26/1884 Suriname army shoots on British-Indian contract workers, 7 killed 09/26/1890 US stops minting $1 & $3 gold coin & 3¢ piece
    09/26/1892 1st public appearance of John Philip Sousa's band (NJ)
    09/26/1896 John Philip Sousa led band's 1st performance (Plainfield, NJ) 09/26/1901 Boer general Botha captures Fort Itala in Natal
    09/26/1901 Great Britain annexes Gold Coast (Ghana)
    09/26/1904 Earl Grey is named British governor-general of Canada
    09/26/1906 M Wolf discovers asteroid #610 Valeska
    09/26/1906 Pitts Lefty Leifield no-hits Phillies, 8-0 in 6 inning game 09/26/1907 New Zealand declares independence from UK
    09/26/1908 Ed Ruelbach shuts-out Dodgers in a doubleheader
    09/26/1913 F Kaiser discovers asteroids #764 Gedania & #765 Mattiaca 09/26/1914 Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce 09/26/1914 Germans arrest A Max, mayor of Brussel
    09/26/1914 J Palisa discovers asteroid #795 Fini
    09/26/1916 Bishop speak against Catholics in trade unions
    09/26/1918 Meuse-Argonne offensive against Germany began during WW I 09/26/1919 US President Wilson hit by a heart attack
    09/26/1923 Stresemann Govt ends resistance against occupiers in Ruhrgebied 09/26/1925 Italian sub 'Sebastiano Veniero' lost off Sicily with 54 dead 09/26/1925 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
    09/26/1929 John Schrober becomes chancellor of Austria
    09/26/1931 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg marries Freiin Nina von Lerchenfeld 09/26/1933 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1293 Sonja
    09/26/1934 British liner Queen Mary is launched
    09/26/1938 Hitler issues ultimatum to Czech government, demanding Sudenten Land
    09/26/1939 German seaplane shoots KLM-aircraft (1 killed)
    09/26/1940 Japanese troops attack French Indo-China
    09/26/1941 L Oterma discovers asteroid #1705 Tapio
    09/26/1941 Nazi's slaughter about 34,000 Jews of Kiev
    09/26/1944 British & Polish paratroopers evacuate Austria
    09/26/1944 Soviet forces occupy Estonia
    09/26/1945 All old Dutch banknotes declared invalid
    09/26/1946 1st edition of Tintin (Kuifje), publishes until June 1993 09/26/1947 Happy Chandler announces Ford & Gillette to sponsor World Series 09/26/1948 Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914
    09/26/1950 Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament
    09/26/1950 Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England 09/26/1950 UN troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul 09/26/1951 Prof Youngblood demonstrates artificial heart in Paris
    09/26/1952 Yanks clinch pennant #19
    09/26/1953 KERO TV channel 23 in Bakersfield, CA (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 09/26/1953 Polish govt arrest Cardinal Wyszynski
    09/26/1953 US & Spain sign defense treaty (4 US bases in Spain)
    09/26/1954 Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru, 1172 die 09/26/1954 KODE TV channel 12 in Joplin, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 09/26/1954 KUTV TV channel 2 in Salt Lake City, UT (NBC) begins broadcasting 09/26/1954 Typhoon hits Japan (5 ferryboats sink, about 1,600 killed 09/26/1954 Typhoon strikes Kakodate Bay Japan, killing over 1,600
    09/26/1954 WANE TV channel 15 in Fort Wayne, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 09/26/1954 WCAX TV channel 3 in Burlington, VT (CBS) begins broadcasting 09/26/1955 NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929
    09/26/1957 Dag Hammarskjöld re-elected secretary-general of UN
    09/26/1957 Musical 'West Side Story,' opens on Broadway
    09/26/1958 Columbia (US) beats Sceptre (England) in 18th America's Cup 09/26/1959 SF Giants Sam Jones 2nd no-hitter, beats St Louis Cards, 4-0 09/26/1959 Vera, Japan hit by a typhoon; about 5,000 die
    09/26/1960 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon & Kennedy took place (Chicago)
    09/26/1960 Longest speech in UN history (4 hrs, 29 mins, by Fidel Castro) 09/26/1960 PLS discovers asteroid #1778 Alfven
    09/26/1961 Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record 09/26/1962 LA Dodger Maury Wills becomes 1st to steal 100 bases (en route to 10
    09/26/1962 TV comedy series 'Beverly Hillbillies' premieres on CBS
    09/26/1962 Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day)
    09/26/1963 Lee Harvey Oswald seen on Continental Trailways bus in Mexico 09/26/1966 'Staten Island,' 1st icebreaker to enter SF bay
    09/26/1967 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 2nd Violin concert, premieres in Moscow 09/26/1968 Hawaii Five-O debuts as an hourly program on CBS
    09/26/1968 Marcelo Caetano elected premier of Portugal
    09/26/1968 St Louis Cards' Bob Gibson's 13th shutout, ends with 1.12 ERA 09/26/1969 Beatles release 'Abbey Road' album
    09/26/1969 Bolivia military coup under general Ovando Candia
    09/26/1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroids #2217 Eltigen & #2280 Kunikov 09/26/1971 WGBY TV channel 57 in Springfield, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 09/26/1972 American Museum of Immigration dedicated
    09/26/1972 Norway rejects membership in European Common Market
    09/26/1973 Concorde flies from Washington DC to Paris in 3h33m
    09/26/1973 E F Helin discovers asteroids #2128 Wetherill & #2143 Jimarnold 09/26/1973 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2755 Avicenna
    09/26/1973 Turkey's state of siege ends (after 2½ years)
    09/26/1973 Wilt Chamberlain signs with ABA San Diego Conquistadors
    09/26/1974 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroids #2283 Bunke, #2310 Olshaniya & #274
    09/26/1975 Phillies & NY Mets play a doubleheader that ends at 3:15 AM 09/26/1976 Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title
    09/26/1977 Sir Freddie Laker begins cut-rate 'Skytrain' service, London to NY 09/26/1978 Harvard College discovers asteroid #2978
    09/26/1978 RR clerks go on strike, halting more than 2/3s of rail service 09/26/1979 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million 09/26/1979 Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3443
    09/26/1980 B A Skiff & N G Thomas discovers asteroid #3256 Daguerre
    09/26/1980 Bomb attack on Octoberfest in Munich, 12 killed
    09/26/1980 Cuban govt closes Mariel Harbor ending 'freedom flotilla' 09/26/1980 Soyuz 38 returns to Earth
    09/26/1981 B A Skiff & N G Thomas discovers asteroid #2557 Putnam
    09/26/1981 Houston Astro Nolan Ryan 5th no-hitter beats LA Dodgers, 5-0 09/26/1981 N G Thomas discovers asteroids #2558 Viv, #3467 Bernheim & #3621 09/26/1981 T Seki discovers asteroid #2582 Harimaya-Bashi
    09/26/1983 Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks NY Giant record 56 yard field goal
    09/26/1983 Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-US winner) 09/26/1983 Cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10 09/26/1983 Lebanon premier Chafiq Wazzan offers to resigns
    09/26/1983 P Wild discovers asteroid #3552
    09/26/1983 St Louis Card Bob Forsch 2nd no-hitter beats Montreal Expos, 3-0 09/26/1984 5,251 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium 09/26/1984 Britain & China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997 09/26/1984 Dutch Queen Beatrice opens University
    09/26/1984 Pres Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa
    09/26/1985 Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Libya
    09/26/1986 Antonin Scalia becomes a Supreme Court Justice
    09/26/1986 William Rehnquist becomes Chief Justice of Supreme Court
    09/26/1987 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3736
    09/26/1988 Canada`s Ben Johnson stripped of his 100-m gold failing drug test 09/26/1988 NYC's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark
    09/26/1988 Polish communist party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new PM 09/26/1988 US space shuttle STS-26 launched
    09/26/1989 Last Vietnamese soldier leaves Cambodia
    09/26/1990 Motion Picture Assn of America creates new NC-17 rating
    09/26/1991 2 year experimental Biosphere 2 in Oracle Arizona begins
    09/26/1992 Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova, 7-5, 6-3
    09/26/1992 Nigerian Hercules C-130 crashes at Lagos, 163 die
    09/26/1992 Roseanne Barr Arnold gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame 09/26/1992 Tsuruhiko Kiuchi discovers comet Swift-Tuttle

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Mon Sep 27 00:30:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/27/1600 John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, baptised
    09/27/1601 Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43)
    09/27/1618 Jacob Alting, oriëntalist/theologist
    09/27/1637 Hieronymus Gradenthaler, composer
    09/27/1657 Sophia, regent of Russia (1682-89)
    09/27/1677 Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer
    09/27/1722 Samuel Adams, revolutionary rabble rouser/(Lt Gov-Mass, 1789-94) 09/27/1772 Sàndor Kisfaludy, Hungary, poet/Austrian army (1793-1801) 09/27/1776 Maria EJ Versfelt, actress/mistress of general Moreau/marshal Ney 09/27/1783 Agustín I de Iturbide, emperor of Mexico (1822-23)
    09/27/1786 Jose Mariano Elizaga, composer
    09/27/1792 George Cruikshank, England, illustrator for Charles Dickens 09/27/1803 Samuel Francis DuPont, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1865 09/27/1809 Raphael Semmes, Rear Admiral (Confederate Navy), died in 1877 09/27/1817 Hiram R Revels, Fayetteville NC, 1st black US senator
    09/27/1821 Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Grains the Mil) 09/27/1824 William Nelson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 09/27/1830 William Babcock Hazen, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 188
    09/27/1835 John Murray Corse, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 189
    09/27/1838 Antony E J Modderman, minister of Justice (1879-83)
    09/27/1840 Alfred Thayer Mahan, US, naval officer (Influence of Sea Power) 09/27/1840 Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America
    09/27/1858 Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician, founder of symbolic logic 09/27/1858 Porsteinn Erlingsson, Iceland, poet (Pyrnar)
    09/27/1862 Louis Botha, South African Boer leader
    09/27/1864 Alexander Cohen, anarchist/author
    09/27/1866 Tryggve Andersen, Norse writer (Fra Cancelliraadens this time) 09/27/1875 Grazia Deledda, Italy, novelist (Old Man of the Mtn-Nobel 1926) 09/27/1879 Cyril M Scott, English pianist/composer/author (Heroic Suite) 09/27/1880 Jacques Thibaud, Bordeaux France, violinist (Café Rogue)
    09/27/1881 Ernest Samuel Williams, composer
    09/27/1881 Johanna 'Annie' Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress
    09/27/1881 William Clothier, 1st pres of tennis hall of fame
    09/27/1887 Anton Roemer, actor
    09/27/1893 Joannes DM Cornelissen, historian (Hooft & Tacitusq)
    09/27/1895 George Raft, NYC, actor (Each Dawn I Die, Scarface, Some Like It Hot
    09/27/1896 George Bender, Cleveland, (Rep/Sen-R-Oh)
    09/27/1896 Sam Ervin, (Sen-D-NC), Watergate committee chairman
    09/27/1902 Miguel Aleman Valdes, Mexican attorney/president (1946-52) 09/27/1905 Ernest Baier, Germany, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1936)
    09/27/1905 Vjekoslav Kaleb, Yugoslavia, writer (Splendor of the Fabric) 09/27/1909 Jean Berger, composer
    09/27/1912 Gerben Wagenaar, resistance fighter/Dutch Communist
    09/27/1912 Tauno Marttinen, composer
    09/27/1916 Samuel S Stratton, (Rep-D-NY, 1959- )
    09/27/1917 Louis Auchincloss, Lawrence NY, lawyer/novelist (Watchfires) 09/27/1918 Jame McCallion, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Mi Taylor-National Velvet) 09/27/1918 Martin Ryle, Britain, radio astronomer, astronomer royal 1972-82 09/27/1919 Charles H Percy, (Sen-R-Ill)
    09/27/1920 William Conrad, Louisville Ky, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Cannon) 09/27/1921 Milós Jancsó, Vác Hungary, director (My Way Home)
    09/27/1922 Arthur Penn, Phila, director (Miracle Worker, Bonnie & Clyde) 09/27/1922 James Wilson, composer
    09/27/1923 Mary McCarty, Winfield Ks, actress/singer (Starch-Tra[pper John MD) 09/27/1924 Bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer
    09/27/1926 Jayne Meadows, Wu Chang China, Mrs Steve Allen, actr (Dark Delusion)
    09/27/1927 Boris Porena, composer
    09/27/1927 Eli van de Merwe Louw, S Afr minister of Transport/Manpower 09/27/1929 Sada Thompson, Des Moines Ia, actress (Family, Pursuit of Happiness)
    09/27/1930 Igor Kipnis, Berlin Germany, harpsichordist/professor (Fairfield) 09/27/1932 Mario Bertoncini, composer
    09/27/1933 Kathleen Nolan, St Louis Mo, actress (Real McCoys, Janie, Broadside)
    09/27/1934 Barbara Howar, Nashville, reporter (Wash Post, Entertainment Tonight
    09/27/1934 Claude Jarman Jr, Nashville Tn, actor (Rio Grande, Inside Straight) 09/27/1934 Dick Schaap, sportscaster/author (Bo Knows Bo, Instant Replay) 09/27/1934 Greg Morris, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Mission Impossible, Vega$) 09/27/1934 Wilford Brimley, Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Gus-Our House, Cocoon) 09/27/1935 Jerome Shipp, US, basketball (Olympic-gold-1964)
    09/27/1939 Jim Ross Lightfoot, (Rep-R-Iowa, 1985- )
    09/27/1939 Kathy Whitworth, Monahans Tx, golfer (7 time LPGA Player of Year) 09/27/1941 Don Cornelius, TV show host (Soul Train)
    09/27/1941 Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star
    09/27/1943 Anna Gael, [Gyarmarthy], Budapest Hungary, Lady Weymouth
    09/27/1943 Bob Curiano, rocker (Mink Deville)
    09/27/1943 Randy Bachman, Winnipeg, rocker (Bachman-Turner Overdrive-Roll On) 09/27/1943 Steve Boone, rocker (Lovin' Spoonful)
    09/27/1945 Misha Dichter, Shanghai China, pianist (Tchaikowsy 2nd prize-1966) 09/27/1946 Peter H Kostmayer, (Rep-D-PA, 1977-81, 83- )
    09/27/1947 A Martinez, Glendale Calif, actor (Whiz Kids, Cruz-Santa Barbara) 09/27/1947 Cheryl Tiegs, Minnesota, model's figure
    09/27/1947 Jacques Wallage, sociologist/Dutch politician (PvdA)
    09/27/1947 Liz Torres, Bronx NY, actress (Phyllis, All in the Family) 09/27/1947 Meat Loaf, [Marvin Lee Aday], Dallas, rocker (Bat Out of Hell) 09/27/1949 Mike Schmidt, 3rd baseman & HR hitter (Phillies)
    09/27/1949 Robb Weller, TV host (Entertainment Tonight, Home Show)
    09/27/1952 Del Russel, Pasadena Calif, actor (Richard-Arnie)
    09/27/1952 Doemitri Dorin Proenarioe, Romania, cosmonaut (Soyuz 40)
    09/27/1953 Benjamin Gene Brown, SF Calif, 4X400 runner (Olympic-gold-1976) 09/27/1953 Robbie Shakespeare, rocker
    09/27/1958 Shaun Cassidy, LA Calif, actor/singer (Hardy Boys, Breaking Away) 09/27/1959 Beth Heiden, Madison Wisc, 3000m speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1980) 09/27/1960 Nick della Casa, British/Brazillian/Argentine cameraman (Emmy Award)
    09/27/1963 Caren Metschuck, German DR, 100m butterfly swimmer (Olympic-gold-198
    09/27/1969 Laura Wilson, Utica NY, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) 09/27/1970 Mark Caldero, Okla City, vocalist (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You U


    Deaths:

    09/27/1259 Ezzeline III da Romano, gentleman of Verona/'cruel monster', dies 09/27/1566 Marcus A Vida, [Marcus Hieronymus], Italian humanist/poet/bishop, di
    09/27/1590 Urban VII, [Giambattista Catagna], Italian Pope (1590), dies 09/27/1612 Piotr Skarga, Polish theology/PM (Sanctity of Life), dies at 76 09/27/1617 Johan Earnest count of Nassau-Siegen, dies
    09/27/1641 François van d'aerssen, mister of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at 69 09/27/1651 Maximilian I, duke/ruler of Bayern (Codex Maximilianus), dies at 78 09/27/1660 St Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Cong founder, dies
    09/27/1674 Robert Arnauld d'andilly, French literary/financier/translator, dies
    09/27/1674 Thomas Traherne, English poet/mystic (Roman Forgeries), dies 09/27/1700 Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700), dies at 85 09/27/1784 Boniface Stoecki, composer, dies at 38
    09/27/1821 Luis (Philippus) Brion, Curaçaos admiral/supreme commander, dies at
    09/27/1831 Henry van Wine, archivist/founder General Rijksarchief, dies at 91 09/27/1844 Charles Nodier, French writer (History du chien the Brisquet), dies 09/27/1868 Alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister, dies
    09/27/1870 Henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50 09/27/1875 Edouard Corbière, French captain/writer (Le Negrier), dies at 82 09/27/1915 Conrad T van Deventer, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament, dies at 57 09/27/1915 Kaspar C E Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austria sculptor, dies at 84 09/27/1915 Rémy the Gourmont, French critic/writer (Physique the L'amour), dies
    09/27/1916 Emile AG Verhaeren, Belgian writer (Les heures du soir), dies 09/27/1919 Adelina [Adela JM] Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio), dies
    09/27/1921 Engelbert Humperdinck, composer, dies at 67
    09/27/1935 Alan Gray, composer, dies at 79
    09/27/1940 Walter Benjamin, German literature critic/writer, dies
    09/27/1942 Douglas Munro, only US Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies 09/27/1943 Waclaw Gieburowski, composer, dies at 65
    09/27/1944 Aimee Semple Mcpherson, Canada/US evangelist/faith healer, dies at 5
    09/27/1944 Aristide Maillol, French sculptor/graphic artist, dies
    09/27/1955 Henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71 09/27/1956 Gerald Raphael Finzi, composer, dies at 55
    09/27/1956 Milburn Apt, in X-2 rocket plane reaches 3370 kph, but, dies in cras
    09/27/1956 [Mildred] Babe Didrikson-Zaharias, javelin (Oly-gold-32), dies at 45
    09/27/1960 Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist/daughter of Emmeline, dies at 78 09/27/1961 Hilda Doolittle, US poetess (Imagisten), dies at 75
    09/27/1962 Francisco Brochado da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962), dies at 52 09/27/1965 Clara Bow, US actress, (Down to the Sea in Ships, Wings), dies 09/27/1965 Harry Reser, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69
    09/27/1967 Felix F Joessoepov, Russian monarch, dies at 80
    09/27/1972 Rory Storm, lead singer of Rory Storm & Hurricane, commits suicide 09/27/1979 Jimmy McCullough, musician (Wings), dies of a drug overdose 09/27/1981 Coenrad van Emde Boas, sexologist, dies
    09/27/1981 Robert Montgomery, actor/dir (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 7
    09/27/1982 Saad Sayd, [Abu Walid], Palestinian commandant in Lebanon, dies 09/27/1984 John Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at 72
    09/27/1985 Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83 09/27/1988 William V Shannon, US ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61 09/27/1991 Huib Orizand, Dutch actor (Paul Vlanderen), dies
    09/27/1991 Jan Hart, director (Friends of Curaçao), dies
    09/27/1991 Oona Chaplin, daughter of Eugene O'Neill/wife of Charles, dies at 66
    09/27/1992 Keith Prentice, US actor (Boys in the Band), dies
    09/27/1992 Wim Van Exter, founder Unity Profession Central (1944), dies 09/27/1993 Andrei Solovyiov, Russian photographer, dies in battle at 38 09/27/1993 James H Doolittle, US air force general (Tokyo 1942), dies at 96


    Significant Events:

    09/27/1290 Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000 09/27/1312 Duke John II of Brabant ends Charter of Kortenberg
    09/27/1509 Storm ravages Flemish/Dutch/Friese coast, 1000s killed
    09/27/1540 Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola
    09/27/1694 Hurricane hits Carlisle Bay Barbados; 27 Brit ships sink & 3,000 die
    09/27/1777 Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by British
    09/27/1779 John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain 09/27/1787 Constitution submitted to states for ratification
    09/27/1794 French troops conquer Crèvecoeur
    09/27/1821 Mexican Empire declares its independence
    09/27/1821 Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw 09/27/1825 Railroad transportation is born with 1st track in England 09/27/1830 Dutch army leaves Brussels, after 100s killed
    09/27/1833 Charles Darwin rides horse to Santa Fe
    09/27/1834 Charles Darwin returns to Valparaiso
    09/27/1852 1st showing of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' (Troy NY)
    09/27/1854 Steamship Arctic sank with 300 people aboard
    09/27/1863 Jo Shelby's cavalry in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas 09/27/1864 Centralia Massacre (Missouri): 'Bloody Bill' Anderson/Frank/ 09/27/1864 Jesse James' gang surprise attack train: 150 killed
    09/27/1873 R Luther discovers asteroid #134 Sophrosyne
    09/27/1877 John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti
    09/27/1881 Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small 'crowd' of 12 09/27/1892 Match book patented
    09/27/1894 Aqueduct racetrack opens in NY
    09/27/1905 1st published blues composition forms sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues 09/27/1905 Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chic White Sox, 2-0
    09/27/1910 1st test flight of a twin-engined airplane (France)
    09/27/1912 W C Handy publishes 'Memphis Blues' 1st Blues Song, 1912
    09/27/1916 emperor Lidj Jasu of Ethiopia flees
    09/27/1919 British troops march return to Archangelsk
    09/27/1919 Democratic National Committee votes to admit women
    09/27/1919 Pitcher Bob Shawkey sets then Yank record with 15 strike-outs 09/27/1921 Yanks beat Indians 21-7 in Polo Grounds
    09/27/1922 King Constantine of Greece ends march
    09/27/1923 Italian troops leave occupied Korfu
    09/27/1923 Lou Gehrig's 1st homer
    09/27/1928 US recognizes Nationalist Chinese government
    09/27/1930 Bobby Jones completes Grand Slam of Golf
    09/27/1930 Cub's Hack Wilson's 2 HRs give him NL record 56 HRs
    09/27/1931 Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game 09/27/1935 Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game & clinch NL pennant 09/27/1936 Franco-troops conquer Toledo
    09/27/1936 Netherlands leaves the Gold Standard
    09/27/1937 1st Santa Claus school opens (Albion NY)
    09/27/1938 Jewish lawyers forbidden to practice in Germany
    09/27/1938 League of Nations declares Japan the aggressor
    09/27/1938 Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched at Glasgow
    09/27/1939 Warsaw, Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance 09/27/1940 Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces
    09/27/1940 Floyd Giebells, 1st game, 2-0 pennant clinching beating Bob Feller 09/27/1940 Nazi-Germany, Italy & Japan sign formal alliance (Axis)
    09/27/1941 1st WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched 09/27/1941 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2195 Tengstrom
    09/27/1942 NY Giants beat Wash Redskins 14-7 without making a 1st down 09/27/1942 St Louis Cards win NL pennant on last day of season
    09/27/1943 Anti-fascism opposition begins in Naples
    09/27/1943 Dutch opposition newspaper 'The Slogan' publishes KZ-Lower letter 09/27/1944 Helmond & Oss freed
    09/27/1946 King George II of Greece returns from exile
    09/27/1950 Dr Ralph Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize
    09/27/1950 Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles KOs Joe Louis in NYC
    09/27/1951 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1713 Bancilhon
    09/27/1951 Persians troops occupies oil refinery at Abadan
    09/27/1952 S Arend discovers asteroid #3346
    09/27/1953 Bert Bechichar, Baltimore Colts, kicks a 56-yard field goal 09/27/1953 KCMO (now KCTV) TV channel 5 in Kansas City, MO (CBS) begins 09/27/1953 KNOE TV channel 8 in Monroe-West Monroe, LA (CBS) begins broadcastin
    09/27/1953 KOLO TV channel 8 in Reno, NV (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 09/27/1953 KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 09/27/1953 Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya Japan
    09/27/1953 WHBQ TV channel 13 in Memphis, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting 09/27/1953 WMAZ TV channel 13 in Macon, GA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 09/27/1953 WTOK TV channel 11 in Meridian, MS (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 09/27/1954 School integration begins in Wash DC & Baltimore Md public schools 09/27/1954 Steve Allen's 'Tonight Show' premieres
    09/27/1959 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his US visit
    09/27/1959 Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000 09/27/1961 Sierre Leone becomes 100th member of UN
    09/27/1962 Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North-Yemen 09/27/1962 US sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
    09/27/1963 At 10:59 AM census clock, records US population at 190,000,000 09/27/1963 Lee Harvey Oswald visits Cubans consulate in Mexico
    09/27/1964 Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place
    09/27/1964 Warren Commission released, finding Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone 09/27/1967 Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year 09/27/1968 Cardinal's super pitcher Bob Gibson's 13th shutout of year 09/27/1970 Ken Boswell sets 2nd baseman record of 85 games without an error 09/27/1972 1st game at Nassau Coliseum, Rangers beat Islanders 6-4 (exhibition)
    09/27/1973 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 383rd batter of year
    09/27/1973 P Wild discovers asteroid #2129 Cosicosi
    09/27/1973 Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days)
    09/27/1974 -10/26] Rome: 4th bishop synod
    09/27/1974 Austr National Gallery buys W de Koonings 'Woman V' for $850,000 09/27/1975 Govt De Uyl recalls Dutch ambassador out of Spain
    09/27/1977 Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title
    09/27/1979 Congress' final approval to create Dept of Education
    09/27/1979 Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #2344 Xizang 09/27/1980 WHOT (Bkln NY pirate radio station) begins on 1620 AM & 92.5 FM 09/27/1981 L G Karachkina discovers asteroid #3453 Dostoevsky
    09/27/1982 Filming begins on 'Never Say Never Again'
    09/27/1982 Jan Wolkers awarded but refuses Constantine Huygens-prize 09/27/1982 John Palmer becomes news anchor of Today Show
    09/27/1983 S Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu freed after 19 years 09/27/1984 A Grossman discovers asteroid #3694
    09/27/1984 Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #3732
    09/27/1985 8 killed as roof collapses in Brussel's supermarket
    09/27/1985 Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits Atlantic coast
    09/27/1986 Senate joins House of Reps voting for sweeping tax reforms 09/27/1987 NFL players' strike
    09/27/1988 Grand jury evidence shows Tawana Brawley fabricated rape story 09/27/1988 Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ`s burial cloth 09/27/1988 Senate votes for major federal tax code changes
    09/27/1989 Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash
    09/27/1990 A gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkeley Calif 09/27/1990 Deposed emir of Kuwait address UN General Assembly
    09/27/1990 Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court nominatio
    09/27/1990 Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House
    09/27/1991 'Princesses' premieres on CBS TV
    09/27/1991 Pres Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert
    09/27/1992 LA Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place
    09/27/1992 Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Tue Sep 28 00:30:10 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/28/ 106 -BC- Pompey, [Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus], Rome, warrior
    09/28/ 551 -BC- Confucius, (as celebrated in Taiwan)
    09/28/1493 Agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Italian monk (Golden Donkey) 09/28/1565 Alessandro Tassoni, Italian poet (La Secchia Rapita)
    09/28/1573 Caravaggio, Italy, painter
    09/28/1596 Vredius, [Olivier the Wree], Flemish historian/poet/mayor 09/28/1612 Michel Anguier, French sculptor
    09/28/1679 Mihael Omerza, composer
    09/28/1681 Johann Mattheson, composer
    09/28/1705 Johann Peter Kellner, composer
    09/28/1746 William Jones, English judge
    09/28/1748 Johann Michael Demmler, composer
    09/28/1785 David Walker, Wilmington NC, a black born free
    09/28/1793 Denis A Affre, archbishop of Paris (1840-48)
    09/28/1813 Anton Wallerstein, composer
    09/28/1819 Jacob G de Scheffer, vicar/theologist
    09/28/1824 Francis Turner Palgrave, Eng, poet (Golden Treasury)/prof (Oxford) 09/28/1825 Rafael Núñez, president Colombia/writer (La Fonlogia Moderna) 09/28/1833 James Deering Fessenden, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 09/28/1839 Frances Willard, founded Women's Christian Temperance Union 09/28/1840 Alexander Swift 'Sandie' Pendleton, LCol (Confederate Army) 09/28/1841 Georges Clemenceau, France, PM (1906-09, 17-20, defended Dreyfuss) 09/28/1844 Michael Hertz, composer
    09/28/1849 Dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium) 09/28/1851 Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Judah)
    09/28/1852 Henri Moissan, France, chemist (isolated fluorine, Nobel 1906) 09/28/1852 John [Denton P] French, British field marshal (Boer War, WW I) 09/28/1856 Edward Thompson, US archaeologist who explored Mayan ruins 09/28/1856 Kate Douglas Wiggins, author (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm) 09/28/1864 Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch)
    09/28/1870 Florent Schmitt, Blâmont France, composer (Frédégonde, Salomé) 09/28/1871 Pietro Badoglio, Italian marshal/gov of Libya (1928-33)
    09/28/1873 Waclaw Rawicz, [Berent], Polish biologist/writer
    09/28/1880 Ralph Edward Flanders, Barnet VT, (Sen-VT)
    09/28/1881 Henry Geehl, composer
    09/28/1882 Jack Fournier, 2nd baseman (1917-18 NY Yankees)
    09/28/1885 Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher (NY Yankees, 1905)
    09/28/1887 Avery Brundage, AAU & International Olympic Committee president 09/28/1889 Carlos I FLMVMRGGXF of Assisi JS, king of Portugal
    09/28/1889 Octavus L 'Octave' van Aerschot, violinist/actor (Hippie) 09/28/1892 Edmond Thieffry, Belgian WW I pilot/air pioneer
    09/28/1893 Marie V Felix, prince of Luxemburg/Bourbon-Parma
    09/28/1895 Lawton Whitey Witt, outfielder (NY Yankees, 1922-25)
    09/28/1901 Lily Bouwmeester, actress/comedienne (Pygmalion)
    09/28/1901 William S Paley, founder & chairman (CBS)
    09/28/1902 Ed Sullivan, TV variety show host/gossip columnist (Ed Sullivan Show
    09/28/1904 Hendrik J Hofstra, Dutch minister of Finance (PvdA)
    09/28/1905 Max Schmeling, Germany, world heavyweight boxing champ (1930-32) 09/28/1905 William Northam, Austria, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1964)
    09/28/1907 Glen (Turk) Edwards, NFL tackle (Boston/Washington Redskins) 09/28/1907 Heikki Savolainen, Finland, pommel horse gymnist (Olympic-gold-1948)
    09/28/1908 Marin Goleminov, composer
    09/28/1909 Al Capp, New Haven Ct, cartoonist (Li'l Abner)
    09/28/1909 Wiesje Bouwmeester, Dutch actress (Doodzonde)
    09/28/1910 Fran Lee, NYC, actress (Ms Wong-Major Dell Conway)
    09/28/1911 Henry Ellsworth Vines Jr, tennis (US Open 1931,32)/golf player 09/28/1913 Alice Marble, Beckworth Calif, tennis player (US Open 1936, 1938-40)
    09/28/1913 Vivian Fine, Chicago Ill, composer (Women in the Garden)
    09/28/1914 Harold Taylor, Canada, educator (Art & the Future)
    09/28/1916 Peter Finch, actor (Network, Windom's Way, Raid on Entebbe) 09/28/1917 Michael Somes, England, ballet dancer (Royal Ballet in London) 09/28/1917 Vaclav Kaslik, composer
    09/28/1919 Thomas Harmon, football player/sportscaster (Heisman winner) 09/28/1921 Ilhan Usmanbas, composer
    09/28/1922 Frederik JW 'Fried' Löwensteyn, [Stephan Styrmarck], lawyer 09/28/1922 Joe Silver, Chicago Ill, actor (Mr I Magination, Fay)
    09/28/1923 Fred Robbins, Balt Md, DJ (Coke Time with Eddie Fisher, Robbins Nest
    09/28/1923 William Windom, NYC, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Murder She Wrote) 09/28/1924 Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (8½, La Dolce Vita)
    09/28/1925 Arnold Stang, Mass, comedian/actor (Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat
    09/28/1925 Seymour Cray, inventor (Cray I computer)
    09/28/1926 Jerry Clower, Amite County Miss, country comedian (Nashville on Road
    09/28/1932 Michael G[reatrex] Coney, Canada, sci-fi author (Cat Karina) 09/28/1933 Madeleine M Kunin, Switzerland (Gov-D-Vt), 1st Jewish gov of Vermont
    09/28/1934 Brigitte Bardot, Paris France, sex kitten (And God Created Women) 09/28/1936 Robert Hogan, NYC, actor (Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat) 09/28/1936 Sherwood L Boehlert, (Rep-R-New York, 1983- )
    09/28/1937 Edward Applebaum, composer
    09/28/1938 Ben E King, NC, singer (Stand by Me)
    09/28/1940 Aleksandr Y Kalery, Russian cosmonaut
    09/28/1940 Alexander Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 29, T-6) 09/28/1941 Charley Taylor, NFL wide receiver/running back (Wash Redskin) 09/28/1942 Grant Jackson, pitcher (1972 NY Yankees)
    09/28/1943 Gertrud 'Traudl' Hecher, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-bronze-196
    09/28/1943 Joel Higgins, Bloomington Ill, actor (Salvage 1, Silver Spoons) 09/28/1943 Kay Parker, [Taylor], XXX actress (Body Talk, Critic's Choice, Dance
    09/28/1943 Mike Kreidler, (Rep-D-Washington)
    09/28/1943 Nick St Nicholas, rocker (Steppenwolf)
    09/28/1945 Marielle Goitschel, Ste Maxime France, alpine skier (Olympic-gold-64
    09/28/1946 Fiona Lewis, Westcliff England, actress (Stunts, Lisztomania) 09/28/1946 Herbert Jefferson Jr, Jersey City NJ, actor (Battlestar Galactica) 09/28/1946 Larry Breeding, Winchester Ill, actor (Who's Watching the Kids?) 09/28/1948 Helen Shapiro, London England, rocker (Straighten Up)
    09/28/1948 Marielle Goitschel, France, slalom (Olympic-gold-1968)
    09/28/1948 Phil Hartman, Canada, comedian (SNL)
    09/28/1950 John Sayles, US, actor (Brother from Another Planet)
    09/28/1951 Christian Marlowe, LA Calif, actor (Bram-Highcliffe Manor) 09/28/1951 Dave Rajsich, pitcher (NY Yankees)
    09/28/1952 Sylvia Kristel, Holland, actress (Emmanuelle, Priv School for Girls)
    09/28/1954 Steve Largent, wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
    09/28/1957 Alannah Currie, rocker (Thompson Twins-Doctor, Doctor)
    09/28/1958 Angella Issajenko, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984) 09/28/1958 Lory Del Santo, Verona Italy, (Miss Italy-1980)
    09/28/1959 Angela Groothuizen, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
    09/28/1961 Anne White, Charleston WV, tennis (Wore spandex in '85 Wimbeldon) 09/28/1962 Anne-Marie Fox, playmate (Feb, 1982)
    09/28/1962 Luis Enrique, spanish singer (Luces del Alma)
    09/28/1967 Jason Dungjen, Detroit Mich, pairs skaters (Olympics-1994) 09/28/1967 Moon Unit Zappa, rocker (Valley Girl), Frank's daughter
    09/28/1968 Bess Singh, [Lennart Berry], pop drummer (Burma Shop-Hippies) 09/28/1968 Carré Otis, SF Calif, actress (Wild Orchid)


    Deaths:

    09/28/ 929 Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia, murdered
    09/28/1104 Pedro I, king of Navarra & Aragon, dies
    09/28/1197 Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, Roman Catholic German King (1169-97), die
    09/28/1296 Adolf VII, earl of Mountain (1259-96), dies
    09/28/1509 Siwara/Sjoerd Aylva, Fries army leader (siege of Franeker) 09/28/1618 Gilles van Ledenberg, sec of Utrecht States (1588-1618), suicide at
    09/28/1649 Ottavio Vernizzi, composer, dies at 79
    09/28/1652 John Asselijn, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 42 09/28/1657 Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daugher of Willem of Orange, dies at 75 09/28/1667 Jacobus Golius, mathematician/founder (Leidse observ), dies at 71 09/28/1757 Andrea Zani, composer, dies at 60
    09/28/1759 Cornelis Pronk, portrait painter/cartoonist, dies at 67
    09/28/1819 Karl Haack, composer, dies at 68
    09/28/1833 Lemuel Haynes, Revolutionary War veteran, dies at 88
    09/28/1852 Johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer, dies at 60
    09/28/1859 Rinse Posthumus, Fries writer, dies
    09/28/1873 Emile Gaboriau, detective writer (Monsieur Lecoq), dies at 37 09/28/1875 Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet, dies at 58 [OS] 09/28/1879 Nathan C Meeker, US, poet/writer, murdered
    09/28/1891 Herman Melville, writer (Billy Budd), dies
    09/28/1899 Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (Become his fare), dies 09/28/1902 Emile Zola, French writer (Nana/Germinal/J'accuse), dies
    09/28/1903 Jesus Monasterio, composer, dies at 67
    09/28/1907 Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907), dies at 81 09/28/1911 Louis Pincoffs, businessman/Dutch politician 1st-Chamber, dies 09/28/1914 Porsteinn Erlingsson, Icelandic poet (Málleysingjar), dies at 56 09/28/1914 Stevan Mokranjac, composer, dies at 58
    09/28/1920 Nestor the Tière, Flemish playwright (The bride of the sea, dies 09/28/1922 Andrejs Jurjans, composer, dies at 65
    09/28/1939 Felicjan Szopski, composer, dies at 74
    09/28/1946 Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter, dies
    09/28/1947 Francisco Santiago, composer, dies at 58
    09/28/1952 Paul Hastings Allen, composer, dies at 68
    09/28/1953 Edwin P Hubble, astronomer, designer of telescopes, dies at 63 09/28/1954 Bert Lytell, actor (Henry-One Man's Family), dies at 69
    09/28/1957 Albert Ascoli, Italian developed anti-tuberculosis vaccine, dies 09/28/1957 Luis Cluzeau-Mortet, composer, dies at 67
    09/28/1961 Michael Shepley, actor (Dick & the Duchess), dies at 54
    09/28/1964 George Dyson, composer, dies at 81
    09/28/1964 Harpo Marx, [Arthur], comedian (Marx Bros), dies at 75
    09/28/1966 André Breton, French writer (Manifest of Surréalism), dies 09/28/1966 Eric Fleming, actor (Gil-Rawhide), dies at 41
    09/28/1970 Gamal' Abd al-Nassar, Egypt Pres (1953-70), dies of heart attack at
    09/28/1970 John Roderigo Dos Passos, US writer (Manhattan Transfer), dies 09/28/1972 Maurice Thiriet, composer, dies at 66
    09/28/1973 Norma Crane, actress (Rayola-Mr Peepers), dies at 42
    09/28/1973 Wystan H Auden, British/US writer (Spain/Platonic Blow), dies 09/28/1975 Sidney Fields, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 77
    09/28/1978 John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], Pope (1978), dies after 33 days as po
    09/28/1979 Jimmy McCulloch, guitarist of Wings, dies at 26
    09/28/1982 Larry Breeding, (Who's Watching the Kids?), dies on 36th birthday 09/28/1982 Mabel Albertson, actress (Gazebo), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 81
    09/28/1989 Ferdinand E Marcos, president of Philippines (1965-86), dies at 72 09/28/1991 Miles Davis, jazz trumpetist, dies at 65 from pneumonia
    09/28/1993 Gustavo Brillembourg, Venez/US advocate, dies in an accident at 35


    Significant Events:

    09/28/ 235 Bishop of Rome Pontianus steps down
    09/28/ 351 Constantine II beats emperor Maxentius
    09/28/1066 William the Conqueror troops sail to England
    09/28/1322 Battle of Mühldorf
    09/28/1362 Guillaum de Grimoard elected as Pope Urban V
    09/28/1394 Cardinal Pedro de Luna of Aragón chosen (anti)pope Benedictus XIII 09/28/1528 Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die
    09/28/1542 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay 09/28/1704 Maryland allows divorce if wife is mistreated
    09/28/1767 Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Ho
    09/28/1781 Siege of Yorktown begins, last battle of Revolutionary War 09/28/1787 Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval
    09/28/1829 Walker's Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston 09/28/1850 Flogging in US Navy & on merchant vessels abolished
    09/28/1850 US Navy abolishes flogging as punishment
    09/28/1858 Donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed
    09/28/1864 -30) Battle of Fort Harrison VA (Chaffin's Farm New Market Heights) 09/28/1867 Toronto becomes capital of Ontario
    09/28/1868 Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to Franc
    09/28/1868 Opelousas Massacre at St Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed)
    09/28/1876 J C Watson discovers asteroid #168 Sibylla
    09/28/1876 Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #169 Zelia
    09/28/1879 Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route
    09/28/1887 Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million 09/28/1889 Carlos I crowned King of Portugal (1889-1908)
    09/28/1899 Transvaal mobilizes
    09/28/1901 Guerrilla's assault unarmed US soldiers in Balangiga Phil, 38 killed
    09/28/1906 US troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909
    09/28/1912 'Kiche Maru' sinks off Japan, killing 1,000
    09/28/1912 SS Kichemaru disappears in storm off Japanese coast, 1,000 die 09/28/1914 German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
    09/28/1919 Fastest major league game (51 mins), Giants beat Phillies 6-1 09/28/1920 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal) 09/28/1920 Dirk Fock appointed as gov-gen of Neth Indies
    09/28/1921 Gene Sarazen wins PGA golf tournament
    09/28/1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #958 Asplinda
    09/28/1922 Mussolini marches on Rome
    09/28/1923 Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves League of Nations
    09/28/1923 Yanks slaughter Red Sox 24-4
    09/28/1924 2 US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 sto
    09/28/1924 French govt names Gen Serrail gov-gen of Syria
    09/28/1924 Gen Plutarco Calles elected president of Mexico
    09/28/1924 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1302 Werra
    09/28/1926 Russia & Latvia treaty of neutrality signed
    09/28/1928 Juan de la Cierva makes 1st helicopter flight over English Channel 09/28/1928 Prussia forbids speech from Adolf Hitler
    09/28/1928 US acknowledge Chinese govt of Chiang Kai-shek
    09/28/1928 Yanks clinch pennant #6
    09/28/1930 H Van Gent discovers asteroid #1914 Hartbeespoortdam
    09/28/1930 Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games 09/28/1930 The winning pitcher is Babe Ruth beating Red Sox 9-3
    09/28/1931 Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan) 09/28/1936 Brooklyn & Boston play a penalty free NFL game
    09/28/1937 FDR dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon)
    09/28/1938 Dutch Premier Colijns sends radio message 'No war coming' 09/28/1940 Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 & 94 yard touchdowns
    09/28/1940 Prof Snyder & Seyss Inquart presents 'Neth Culture' in German 09/28/1941 G Kulin discovers asteroid #1546 Izsak
    09/28/1941 Phillies lose club record 111th game
    09/28/1941 Ted Williams assures his .400 avg on last day with 6 hits 09/28/1942 NY Americans NHL team folded
    09/28/1944 1st TV Musical comedy (Boys from Boise)
    09/28/1944 Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands 09/28/1944 Nazi murders in Marzabotto, Italy (SS-major Reder)
    09/28/1948 WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting 09/28/1950 Indonesia becomes 60th member of UN
    09/28/1951 Allie Reynolds' 2nd no-hitter of 1951; Yanks clinch pennant #18 09/28/1951 Norm Van Brocklin of Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards 09/28/1952 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1988 Delores
    09/28/1953 Dutch govt proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954 09/28/1953 KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, NM (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting 09/28/1955 WITN TV channel 7 in Washington, NC (NBC) begins broadcasting 09/28/1957 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Velser Tunnels
    09/28/1958 France adopts constitution
    09/28/1958 Guinea votes for independence from France
    09/28/1959 Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around Earth 09/28/1960 Ted Williams hits his final homer #521
    09/28/1961 'Purlie Victorious,' a farce by Ossie Davis, opens on Broadway 09/28/1961 Syria withdraws from United Arab Republic
    09/28/1961 USN Comdr Forrest S Petersen takes X-15 to 30,720 m
    09/28/1963 Giuseppe Cantarella roller-skates record 25.78 mph for 440 yds 09/28/1964 Australia beats US in 1st clay court Davis Cup
    09/28/1964 Suriname governor A Currie resigns
    09/28/1965 Jack McKay in X-15 reaches 90 km
    09/28/1965 Lava flows kill at least 350 (Taal Philippines)
    09/28/1965 Volcano explodes on Luzon Philippines; 500 killed
    09/28/1967 Walter Washington elected 1st mayor of Washington, DC
    09/28/1968 Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr 09/28/1968 Atlanta Chiefs beat San Diego Toros 3-0 for NASL championship 09/28/1968 Beatles' 'Hey Jude,' single goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks 09/28/1968 Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes 09/28/1968 Marisa Danisi of W Germany roller skates record 21.995 miles in 1 hr
    09/28/1968 P Wild discovers asteroid #2517
    09/28/1969 Joe Kapp (Minn Vikings) passes for 7 touchdowns vs Balt Colts (52-14
    09/28/1969 SPD win West German Parliament
    09/28/1970 Intrepid (US) beats Gretel II (Aust) in 22nd America's Cup 09/28/1972 Japan & Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations 09/28/1973 P Wild discovers asteroid #1860 Barbarossa
    09/28/1973 Terrorists hijack Austrian train
    09/28/1974 1st lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy
    09/28/1974 Calif Angel Nolan Ryan 3rd no-hitter beats Minn Twin, 4-0 09/28/1974 John Lennon appears as guest dj on WNEW-FM (NYC)
    09/28/1975 H L Giclas discovers asteroid #3110
    09/28/1978 Israeli Knesset endorses Camp David accord
    09/28/1978 Pieter Botha succeeds Vorster as premier of South Africa
    09/28/1979 Larry Holmes (retain championship) KOs Earnie Shavers in 11 rounds 09/28/1980 Jaromir Wagner is 1st to fly Atlantic standing on wing
    09/28/1982 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules 09/28/1982 NASA launches Intelsat V
    09/28/1983 E F Helin & V Shkodrav discovers asteroid #3546 Atanasoff 09/28/1983 STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad
    09/28/1984 B A Skiff discovers asteroid #3153, #3154, #3155 & #3706
    09/28/1985 NASA launches Intelsat VA
    09/28/1985 Race riot in London area of Brixton
    09/28/1986 Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)
    09/28/1988 Bronx Museum for Arts opens
    09/28/1988 LA Dodger Orel Hershiser sets record for consecutive scoreless inns 09/28/1990 Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame
    09/28/1991 NY Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game 09/28/1992 Oakland A's win AL West title
    09/28/1992 Pakistani Airbus A-300 crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 167 dies 09/28/1993 Gas field in Caracas explodes, 53 killed

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    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/29/1276 Christoffel II, king of Denmark (Handfæstning)
    09/29/1402 Ferdinand, the Saint, Portuguese slave of Fez/saint
    09/29/1511 Michael Servetus, Spain, physician (Christianism Rostituta) 09/29/1518 Tintoretto, Italian painter
    09/29/1583 Johan VIII de Jongere, count of Nassau-Siegen
    09/29/1620 John L baron of Elderen, 63rd prince-bishop of Luik (1688-94) 09/29/1714 Peter A van de Parra, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1761-75)
    09/29/1727 Henry Harington, composer
    09/29/1746 Ernst Ludwig Gerber, composer
    09/29/1753 Johann Gottfried Schict, composer
    09/29/1755 Robert, Lord Clive, founded British empire in India
    09/29/1758 Horatio Nelson, Burnham Thorpe Britain, naval hero (Trafalgar) 09/29/1794 William Michael Rooke, composer
    09/29/1815 Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver
    09/29/1829 Bradley Tyler Johnson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903
    09/29/1829 Giles Alexander Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 187
    09/29/1830 John Parker Hawkins, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1914 09/29/1831 John McAlister Schofield, Major General (Union volunteers) 09/29/1838 Henry Hobson Richardson, US Romanesque revival architect
    09/29/1848 Caroline Ardelia Yale, US, educated deaf
    09/29/1849 Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer
    09/29/1854 Martin Pluddemann, composer
    09/29/1855 Michele Esposito, composer
    09/29/1857 Conrad T van Deventer, lawyer/2nd-Member of parliament
    09/29/1858 Leopoldo Mugnone, composer
    09/29/1863 Hugo Haase, German SPD-German parliament/revolutionary
    09/29/1864 Miguel de Unamuno Jugo, Spanish philosopher/poet (Ensayos/Teatro) 09/29/1879 Joaquin Nin y Castellanos, composer
    09/29/1884 Boris Asafiev, composer
    09/29/1893 Fabien Sevitzky, Vishny Volotchok Russia, conductor (Phila Orch) 09/29/1894 Franco Capuana, composer
    09/29/1895 Joseph Banks Rhine, Penn, parapsychologist (Extra-Sensory Perception
    09/29/1901 Enrico Fermi, Italy, US physicist, gone fission/fermium (Nobel-1938)
    09/29/1903 Karl August Andersen, composer
    09/29/1903 Ted Decorsia, Bkln NY, actor (Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon) 09/29/1907 Gene Autry, Tioga Tx, cowpoke/singer/actor/Calif Angels owner 09/29/1907 Michael Shepley, Plymouth England, actor (Dick & the Duchess) 09/29/1907 Richard Harkness, Artesian SD, newscaster (Story of the Week) 09/29/1908 Greer Garson, North Ireland, actress (Pride & Prejudice)
    09/29/1910 Virginia Bruce, actress (Action in Arabia)
    09/29/1912 Michelangelo Antonioni, Ferrara Italy, director (Blow-up) 09/29/1913 Stanley E Kramer, producer/director (On the Beach)
    09/29/1915 Brenda Marshall, Philippines, actress (Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark) 09/29/1916 Minao Shibata, composer
    09/29/1916 Trevor Howard, England, actor (Mutiny on Bounty, Ryan's Daughter) 09/29/1918 Harold Laurence Walters, composer
    09/29/1919 Masao Takemoto, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1960)
    09/29/1920 James Mitchell, Calif, actor (Oklahoma, Devil's Doorway)
    09/29/1922 Lizabeth Scott, Scranton, Pa, actress (Dark City, Desert Fury) 09/29/1923 O A 'Bum' Phillips, football coach (Houston Oilers/New Orlean Saints
    09/29/1924 Steve Forrest, Huntsville Tx, actor (Ben-Dallas, SWAT)
    09/29/1925 John Tower, (Sen-R-Tx)
    09/29/1927 Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, Brazil, triple jumper (Olympic-gold-52, 5
    09/29/1927 Paul McCloskey, (Sen-R-Calif)
    09/29/1928 Ankie [Johanna A] (Hoving-)Peypers, author/poetess
    09/29/1929 Bob Newhart, Oak Park Ill, actor/comedian (Bob Newhart Show) 09/29/1930 Richard Bonynge, Sydney Australia, conductor (Aust Orch Sydney-1976)
    09/29/1931 Anita Ekberg, Sweden, actress (La Dolce Vita)/Miss Sweden 1950 09/29/1931 Eddie Barth, Phila, actor (Shaft, Simon & Simon)
    09/29/1931 Joseph M McDade, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania, 1963- )
    09/29/1932 Robert Benton, Texas, writer/director (Kramer vs Kramer)
    09/29/1932 Ronald B Kitaj, US/British painter/graphic artist (pop art) 09/29/1933 Samora Machel, president Moçambique (1975-86?)
    09/29/1935 Jerry Lee Lewis, Feriday La, country singer (Whole Lotta Shakin') 09/29/1936 Mylene Demongeot, Nice France, actress (3 Murderesses)
    09/29/1938 Wim Kok, Dutch vice-premier (NVV/FNV)
    09/29/1939 Larry Linville, Ojai Calif, actor (Frank Burns-M*A*S*H, Blue Movie) 09/29/1939 Mylene Demongeot, Nice France, actress (Just Another Pretty Face) 09/29/1941 Don Nix, US saxophonist (Last Night)
    09/29/1942 Donna Corcoran, Quincy Mass, actress (Man Without a Star) 09/29/1942 Ian McShane, Blackburn England, actor (Roots, Bare Essence) 09/29/1942 Jean-Luc Ponty, France, fusion violinist (Frank Zappa)
    09/29/1942 Madeline Kahn, Boston Mass, actress (Young Frankenstein, High Anxiet
    09/29/1942 William Nelson, (Rep-D-Fla, 1979- )/astronaut (STS 61C)
    09/29/1943 Lech Walesa, Popowo Poland, leads Polish Solidarity (Nobel 1983) 09/29/1945 Kyriacos Sfetsas, composer
    09/29/1945 Nadezhda Chizova, USSR, shot putter (Oly-gold/silv/bronze-68/72/76) 09/29/1948 Bryant Gumbel, New Orleans La, sportscaster/TV host (Today Show) 09/29/1948 John M McHugh, (Rep-R-New York)
    09/29/1948 Mark Farner, Mich, guitar/vocalist (Grand Funk Railroad-Locomotion) 09/29/1948 Viktor Krovopouskov, USSR, sabres (Olympic-gold-1976, 1980) 09/29/1952 Monika Zehrt, German DR, 400m runner (Olympic-gold-1972)
    09/29/1953 Drake Hogestyn, Ft Wayne Indiana, actor (7 Brides for 7 Brothers) 09/29/1954 Cindy Morgan, [Cichorski], Chicago Ill, actress (Tron)
    09/29/1956 James Donald Halsell Jr, Monroe Louisiana, Mjr USAF/Astronaut 09/29/1956 Sebastian Coe, England, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1980, 84) 09/29/1957 Andrew 'Dice' Clay, [Silverstien], comedian (Adv of Ford Fairlane) 09/29/1960 Leslie Graves, Silver City NM, actress (Capitol)
    09/29/1960 Wendy White, Atlanta Ga, tennis player
    09/29/1963 Les Claypool, US funk metal singer/bassist (Primus-Suck on This) 09/29/1964 Julie Peterson, Havre de Grace Md, playmate (Feb, 1987)
    09/29/1965 Fora van Leÿenhorst, Curaçaos/Neth dancer (Josephine)
    09/29/1965 Hersey Hawkins, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1988)
    09/29/1966 Jill Whelan, Oakland Calif, actress (Vicki-Love Boat)
    09/29/1968 Jennifer Sterart, XXX actress (Out for Blood, Swap, Wet Sex 4) 09/29/1968 Luke Goss, rocker (Bros-I Owe You Nothing)
    09/29/1968 Matt Goss, rocker (Bros-I Owe You Nothing)
    09/29/1969 Erika Eleniak, Glendale Ca, playmate (Jul, 1989)
    09/29/1970 Emily Lloyd, London England, actress (Wish You Were Here) 09/29/1970 Luke Bodensteiner, Iowa City Iowa, cross country skier (Olympics-199


    Deaths:

    09/29/ 855 Lotharius I, Romanian-French emperor (signed Treaty of Verdun), dies
    09/29/1530 Andrea del Sato, [d'agnolo di Franceszo], Italian painter, dies at 4
    09/29/1575 Charles de Boisot, water beggar, dies in battle at about 45 09/29/1598 Floris I van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg, dies at about 61 09/29/1619 John Lippershey, inventor of telescope, buried
    09/29/1800 William Billings, composer, dies at 53
    09/29/1833 Ferdinand VII MF, king of Spain, dies
    09/29/1862 William 'Bull' Nelson, Union general-major, murdered at 38 09/29/1864 Hiram Burnham, US Union-colonel (Chancellorsville), dies in battle 09/29/1895 Louis Pasteur, scientist (Pasteurization) dies
    09/29/1904 Niels Ryberg Finnen, Danish physician (Nobel 1903), dies
    09/29/1908 Joaquim M Machado de Assis, Brazil writer (Dom Casmurro), dies at 69
    09/29/1913 Rudolph C K Diesel, German constructer (Diesel Motor), dies at 55 09/29/1914 Jean Bouin, French marathoner (Olympic-silver-1912) dies in battle 09/29/1915 Luther Orlando Emerson, composer, dies at 95
    09/29/1915 Rudi Stephan, composer, dies at 28
    09/29/1918 Eduard earl van Keyserling, German writer (Frühlingsopfer), dies at
    09/29/1925 E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Galgmannen), dies at 36
    09/29/1925 Léon VA Bourgeois, French premier (1895-96, Nobel 1920), dies 09/29/1927 Willem Einthoven, physiologist (Nobel-1924), dies at 67
    09/29/1929 Giitji Tanaka, Japanese baron/general/premier (1927-29), dies at 66 09/29/1950 Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer, dies 09/29/1958 Aare Merikanto, composer, dies at 65
    09/29/1959 Harold Huber, actor (I Cover Times Square), dies at 49
    09/29/1962 Patrick Corry, developed self-rotating rock drill, dies in the Bronx
    09/29/1964 Robert Burton, actor (Dr Gordon-Kings Row), dies at 69
    09/29/1966 Mauritius H E Y Uyldert, poet/writer (Motion), dies at 75 09/29/1967 Carson McCullers, US author (Heart is a Lonely Hunter), dies at 50 09/29/1970 Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84 09/29/1974 John Smallenbroek, Dutch Internal minister, dies at 72
    09/29/1975 Casey Stengel, NY Yankee manager (1949-60), dies in Glendale at 85 09/29/1977 Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, composer, dies at 78
    09/29/1978 Pope John Paul I, 65-yr-old found dead, after only 34 days as Pope 09/29/1984 Marnix Gÿsen, [Jan-Al Goris], writer (Lament for Agnes), dies at 85 09/29/1986 Betty Kean, actress (Amy Tucker-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69 09/29/1987 Henry Ford II, president Ford Motor Co, dies at 70
    09/29/1988 Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies at 76 of heart atta
    09/29/1989 A A Busch Jr, brewer/baseball owner (St Louis Cards), dies at 90 09/29/1991 Gÿsbert Perlee, Amsterdam's organ builder/grinder (Arabian), dies 09/29/1991 Sam Ntuli, South African ANC-writer, murdered
    09/29/1991 Zapata Jaw, [Nelson Renfrum], Surinamese musician, dies
    09/29/1992 Paul Jabara, US singer/actor/songwriter (Last Dance), dies at 44 09/29/1993 Ghuslam Wyne, premier of Lahore Pakistan, murdered at 60
    09/29/1993 Gordon Douglas, US director (Call Me Mr Tibbs), dies at 85


    Significant Events:

    09/29/ 219 Batavian soldiers consecrate altar on Hercules Magusanus Rome 09/29/ 235 St Pontianus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
    09/29/ 440 Pope Leo I the Great, installed
    09/29/ 855 Benedict III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
    09/29/1187 Saladins army marches into Jerusalem
    09/29/1227 Pope Gregory IX excommunicate German emperor Frederik II
    09/29/1349 People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning wells
    09/29/1364 Battle of Auray, English forces defeat French at Brittany 09/29/1521 Turkish troops occupy Belgrade
    09/29/1650 Henry Robinson opens 1st marriage bureau (England)
    09/29/1785 Chasidic sect is excommunicated in Cracow Poland
    09/29/1789 1st congress adjourns
    09/29/1789 US War Dept established a regular army
    09/29/1793 Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine
    09/29/1815 King Willem I forms Order of Dutch Lion
    09/29/1829 London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty
    09/29/1829 Scotland Yard formed in London
    09/29/1849 1st passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad) 09/29/1853 Emigrant ship 'Annie Jane' sinks off Scotland, drowning 348 09/29/1859 Great auroral display in US
    09/29/1863 Opera 'Pescatori di Perle' is produced (Paris)
    09/29/1864 Battle of Waynesboro & New Market Heights VA
    09/29/1872 '3 Fingers' Mackenzie destroys Kwahadi-Commanche village
    09/29/1872 Kiowa-chief Lone Wolf captures Satanta & Big Tree
    09/29/1884 J Palisa discovers asteroid #243 Ida
    09/29/1892 1st night football game played (Mansfield, Penn)
    09/29/1902 Impresario David Belasco opened his 1st Broadway theater
    09/29/1906 US intervenes in Cuba ousts dictator Estrada Palma
    09/29/1907 Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral
    09/29/1911 Gun magazine of French battleship Liberté explode
    09/29/1911 J Palisa discovers asteroid #718 Erida
    09/29/1912 French/British troops lands on Samoa
    09/29/1913 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #766 Moguntia
    09/29/1913 Wash Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game
    09/29/1915 A hurricane claims 275 in Mississippi Delta
    09/29/1915 British army conquerors Chilly al Imara, Mesopotamië
    09/29/1915 Dutch Opera's 1st performance
    09/29/1915 Phila Phillies clinch their 1st pennant
    09/29/1918 Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line 09/29/1920 Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54
    09/29/1920 Belgium annexes Eupen/Malmédy
    09/29/1922 Mussolini ask Vatican for support of fascist party program 09/29/1923 Gene Sarazen wins PGA-golf tournament
    09/29/1923 Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public
    09/29/1924 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1035 Amata
    09/29/1924 Santo Domingo joins League of Nations
    09/29/1925 French Gen of Morocco, marshal Lyautey, is dismissed
    09/29/1925 Greek republican constitution enforced
    09/29/1926 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1075 Helina
    09/29/1927 Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games 09/29/1927 Tornado strikes St Louis Missouri, 85 die
    09/29/1928 Yanks (17) Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Tigers win 19-10
    09/29/1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1161 Thessalia
    09/29/1930 1st Canadian football game played under lights, Hamilton-UBC 09/29/1930 Boquerón battle ends Paraguay border dispute
    09/29/1930 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1170 Siva
    09/29/1934 H Van Gent discovers asteroid #1694 Kaiser
    09/29/1936 Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign
    09/29/1937 Frans Slaats bicycles world record time (45,563 km)
    09/29/1938 Treaty of Munich signed by Hitler, Mussolini, Daladier & Chamberlain
    09/29/1941 Heavyweight Champ Joe Louis KOs Lou Nova in 6 in NYC
    09/29/1941 Nazi mass murder at Babi Jar, Soviet Union
    09/29/1943 1st Silbertanne-murder by German occupiers in Meppel
    09/29/1943 Eisenhower & Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice 09/29/1943 German riots at Amsterdam Jews
    09/29/1943 Zjadovs 5th Gardeleger/Managarovs 53rd Army reconquer Kremenchug 09/29/1944 Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia
    09/29/1946 1st time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cards & Dodgers)
    09/29/1946 Al Couture knockouts Ralph Walton in Lewiston Maine in 10½ secs 09/29/1946 Los Angeles (previously Cleveland) Rams play 1st NFL game in LA 09/29/1946 NPS, Nationale Party Suriname, forms
    09/29/1948 WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX (NBC) begins 09/29/1948 WSB TV channel 2 in Atlanta, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting 09/29/1949 George Lascelles marries Maria Stein
    09/29/1951 1st color telecast of football game on network, Phila (CBS) 09/29/1951 Emile Zatopek runs world record 20,000 m & 10 mile
    09/29/1951 S B Nicholson discovers 12th satellite of Jupiter
    09/29/1953 AL approves Balt group purchase of St Louis Browns for $2,475,000 09/29/1953 Milton Berle Show premieres
    09/29/1953 US govt gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China 09/29/1954 KALB TV channel 5 in Alexandria, LA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 09/29/1954 Willie Mays famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' 460' drive 09/29/1955 Ali Sastroamidjojo's PNI wins elections in Indonesia
    09/29/1956 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #3447
    09/29/1957 300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery W Pakistan) 09/29/1957 NY Giants play & lose their last game at Polo Grounds (9-1 to Pitts)
    09/29/1957 Passenger train & oil train crash in Gambar West Pakistan, 300 die 09/29/1959 Sultan of Brunei promulgates a constitution
    09/29/1961 Mamum Kuzbari becomes premier of Syria
    09/29/1962 Algerian govt of Ben Bella forms
    09/29/1962 JFK authorized use of federal troops to integrate U of Mississippi 09/29/1962 Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on US Delta rocket) 09/29/1963 2nd session of Ecumenical council, `Vatican II,' opens in Rome 09/29/1963 Card's Stan Musial's final game, gets his 3,630th hit
    09/29/1963 Houston Colt .45 John Paciorek goes 3 for 3 in his only game 09/29/1963 Pope Paul opens 2nd sitting of 2nd Vatican council
    09/29/1963 Rolling Stones 1st tour (opening act for Bo Diddley & Everly Bros) 09/29/1964 Greece & Bulgaria close boundaries
    09/29/1965 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4' 09/29/1965 St L Cards Charlie Johnson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Cleve (49-13) 09/29/1966 Bechuanaland gains independence from England, becomes Botswana 09/29/1967 -10/29] Rome: 1st bishop synod
    09/29/1968 Chuck Latourette, sets NFL record 47.7 yd punt return avg (3 punts) 09/29/1969 'Love American Style,' premieres on ABC
    09/29/1969 7th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 7-6
    09/29/1969 Steve O'Neal of NY Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards vs Denver 09/29/1971 Orbiting Solar Observatory VII launched
    09/29/1972 Japan & People's Republic of China begin diplomatic relations 09/29/1973 Balt Orioles pull their 5th triple play (5-4-3 vs Detroit) 09/29/1973 Insurance ind announces auto racers get into more highway accidents 09/29/1973 Soyuz 12 returns to Earth
    09/29/1973 T Gehrels discovers asteroid #2049 Grietje
    09/29/1975 WGPR-TV Detroit, 1st Black-owned station in US, began broadcasting 09/29/1976 2nd Chamber recognizes Dutch Liberals/social democratic abortion law
    09/29/1976 SF Giant John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0
    09/29/1977 Muhammad Ali won a unanimous, 15-round decision over Earnie Shavers 09/29/1977 Peter Schats circus opera 'Houdini', premieres in Amsterdam 09/29/1977 Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit
    09/29/1979 Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong
    09/29/1979 Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit Ireland
    09/29/1980 Z Vavrova discovers asteroids #2599 Veseli & #2647
    09/29/1981 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #3622
    09/29/1982 Cyanide laced Tylenol capsules kills 7 in Chicago
    09/29/1983 1st time Congress invokes War Powers Act
    09/29/1983 Airport of Beirut reopens
    09/29/1983 Oakland A's Mike Warren no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0
    09/29/1985 First of 5 cyanide-laced Tylenol victims dies
    09/29/1986 Cubs Greg Maddux defeats Phillies Mike Maddux (1st rookie brothers) 09/29/1986 USSR releases US journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charge
    09/29/1987 NY Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year 09/29/1988 26th Space Shuttle mission, Discovery 7 launched
    09/29/1988 Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 200m woman's record (21.34) 09/29/1988 UN peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace prize
    09/29/1988 Union Station reopens in Wash DC
    09/29/1990 Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 yea
    09/29/1991 US beats Europeans 14½ to 13½ to capture Ryder's cup
    09/29/1992 Atlanta Braves win their 2nd straight NL West title
    09/29/1992 Parliament suspends president Fernando Collor

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  • From Robert Wolfe@21:2/136 to All on Thu Sep 30 00:30:06 2021
    Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
    Registered to Omicron Theta

    By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Births:

    09/30/1622 Johann Sebastiani, composer
    09/30/1627 Robinson Crusoe, fictional character according to Daniel Defoe 09/30/1685 Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer
    09/30/1715 Etienne B de Condillac, French philospher (sensualism/Cours d'études
    09/30/1743 Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer
    09/30/1752 Justin Heinrich Knecht, composer
    09/30/1805 Samuel Peter Heintzelman, Major General (Union volunteers) 09/30/1808 Lambertus GC Ledeboer, vicar (old Calvinist communities)
    09/30/1824 Peter Milne, composer
    09/30/1827 Carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of parliament (liberal)
    09/30/1827 Kenner Garrard, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879 09/30/1832 Frederick Sleigh 'Bobs' Roberts, Brit gov of Natal (Ireland-Boer war
    09/30/1840 Johan Severin Svendsen, composer
    09/30/1847 Wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist
    09/30/1852 Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish organist/composer
    09/30/1856 Andrejs Jurjans, composer
    09/30/1857 Hermann Sudermann, German (stage)writer (That Ehre, Frau Sorge) 09/30/1862 Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, composer
    09/30/1863 Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (WW I)
    09/30/1870 Jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926)
    09/30/1871 John Fabricius, Neth/English stageauthor (Ring of Prophet) 09/30/1871 Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer
    09/30/1879 Ernst Isler, composer
    09/30/1879 Henry Casadesus, composer
    09/30/1880 Henri G Casadesus, French altviolist/composer (Viola d'amour) 09/30/1882 George Bancroft, US actor/wife of Octavia Brooke (Underworld) 09/30/1898 Felix Kersten, Baltic-German/Finnish massage therapist
    09/30/1898 Johannes Rontgen, composer
    09/30/1898 Renée Adorée, French/US singer/actress (Tfolies-Bergère, Mr Wu) 09/30/1899 Henry Marsman, poet/writer/critic
    09/30/1902 Piet[there J] Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52) 09/30/1906 Eamonn O Gallagher, composer
    09/30/1906 John I M Stewart, British detective writer (Comedy of Terrors) 09/30/1907 Arnold Elston, composer
    09/30/1908 David Oistrakh, Odessa Russia, violinist/prof (Moscow Conservatory) 09/30/1908 Edzard H Schaper, German/Swiss sailor/UP-correspondent/antifascist 09/30/1912 Kenny Baker, radio singer/actor (Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back) 09/30/1915 Lester Garfield Maddox, (Gov-D-Ga)/restaurant owner
    09/30/1917 Chung Hee Park, general/pres of S Korea (1961-79), assassinated 09/30/1917 Yuri 'Petrovich' Lyubimov, USSR, director (Taganka)
    09/30/1919 Patricia Neway, Bkln NY, soprano (Consul, Maria Golovia)
    09/30/1920 Ghazar Saryan, composer
    09/30/1921 Deborah Kerr, Helensburg Scotland, actress (King & I, Night of Iguan
    09/30/1924 Truman Capote, US writer (In Cold Blood)
    09/30/1926 Peder Holm, composer
    09/30/1926 Robin Roberts, Phillies pitcher, Hall of Famer (Won 28 in 1952) 09/30/1928 Elie Wiesel, author (Souls on Fire)/Nazi hunter (Nobel 1986) 09/30/1929 Dorothee Sölle-Nipperdey, German theologist (Politician Nachtgebet) 09/30/1931 Angie Dickinson, [Angeline Brown], Kulm ND, actress (Police Woman) 09/30/1932 Ben Cooper, Hartford Ct, actor (Johnny Guitar, Rose Tattoo) 09/30/1934 Freddie King, Gilmer Tx, blues singer (Hideaway)
    09/30/1935 Jill Corey, Avonmore Pa, singer (Your Hit Parade)
    09/30/1935 Johnny Mathis, singer (Chances Are, 12th of Never)
    09/30/1936 Butler Derrick, (Rep-D-South Carolina, 1974- )
    09/30/1936 James R Sasser, (Sen-D-Tennessee, 1977- )
    09/30/1937 Valentin Vasil'yevich Sil'vestrov, composer
    09/30/1938 Salvatore Michael Caruana, Mass, criminal (FBI Most Wanted List) 09/30/1939 Len Cariou, actor (Four Seasons)
    09/30/1939 Piet M Blauw, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
    09/30/1940 Harry Winston Jerome, Sask Canada, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1964)
    09/30/1942 Frankie Lymon, NYC, rocker (& Teenagers-Why do Fools Fall in Love) 09/30/1942 Sture Pettersson, Sweden, cyclist (Olympic-silver-1968)
    09/30/1943 Jody Powell, press mouthpiece to Jimmy Carter
    09/30/1943 Marilyn McCoo, Jersey City NJ, host/singer (Solid Gold, 5th Dimensio
    09/30/1946 Sylvia Peterson, US singer (He's So Fine)
    09/30/1947 Marc Bolan, London England, rocker (T-Rex-Bang a Gong)
    09/30/1947 Rula Lenska, St Neots England, actress (Friends from Europe are here
    09/30/1950 Victoria Tennant, London England (All of Me, Chiefs, Winds of War) 09/30/1951 Catie Ball, US, 100 m breast stroke swimmer (Olympic-4X4 gold-1968) 09/30/1951 Nicholas Yermakov, US, sci-fi author (Epiphany, Jehad, Clique) 09/30/1952 Dewey Martin, rocker (Buffalo Springfield)
    09/30/1952 Frank Zincavage, rocker (Romeo Void)
    09/30/1953 Deborah Allen, Memphis Tn, country singer (Jim Stafford Show) 09/30/1954 Barry Williams, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Greg-Brady Bunch) 09/30/1954 Calvin Levels, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Knightwatch)
    09/30/1954 Patrice Rushen, rocker
    09/30/1954 Silvia Chivás, Cuba, 100m/4x100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972) 09/30/1957 William Christian, Wash DC, actor (Derek-All My Children) 09/30/1958 Christopher Cass, Cold Spring Harbor NY, actor (Jack Forbes-Loving) 09/30/1958 Marty Stuart, Phila Miss, country singer (Hillbilly Rock)) 09/30/1959 Basia Trzetrzelevska, Poland, jazz singer (Time & Life)
    09/30/1959 Debrah Farentino, actress (Hooperman, Equal Justice)
    09/30/1960 Susan Keith, actress (Shana Vochek-Loving)
    09/30/1961 Crystal Bernard, Dallas, actress (Amy-It's a Living, Helen-Wings) 09/30/1962 Dave Magadan, 1st baseman (NY Mets)
    09/30/1962 Frank Rÿkaard, soccer star (Ajax, AC Milan)
    09/30/1976 Adita Linares, Miami Fla, spanish actress
    09/30/1977 Maia Brewton, LA Calif, actress (Margaret-Lime Street)
    09/30/1992 Marina CAK Windsor, granddaughter of English prince Edward


    Deaths:

    09/30/ 739 P'u-chi Ho-shang Tao-chao, Northern Ch'an Line Zen teacher, dies 09/30/1351 Muso Soseki, Zen teacher/Rinzai line/head of Nanzenji, dies in Japan
    09/30/1572 Francisco Borgia, theologist/saint, dies at 61
    09/30/1612 Ercole Bottrigari, composer, dies at 81
    09/30/1630 John Billington, murderer, 1st American execution, hanged 09/30/1712 Johann Michael Zacher, composer, dies at 61
    09/30/1716 Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer, dies at 62
    09/30/1755 Francesco Durante, composer, dies at 71
    09/30/1803 Charles Broche, composer, dies at 51
    09/30/1811 Thomas Percy, English bishop of Dromore, dies at 82
    09/30/1819 Nicolas Roze, composer, dies at 74
    09/30/1877 Toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Percé indians, dies in battle 09/30/1884 Louis Lacombe, composer, dies at 65
    09/30/1904 Sigurd Lie, composer, dies at 33
    09/30/1912 Mary Frances Allitsen, composer, dies at 63
    09/30/1922 Paul Barth, German philosopher/sociologist, dies
    09/30/1929 Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China), dies
    09/30/1935 Joannes D J Aengenent, sociologist/bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), dies
    09/30/1940 Walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62
    09/30/1952 Waldorf Astor, House of Lords & Commons/owner of Observer, dies 09/30/1955 James Dean, killed in an auto collision at 24 near Cholame Calif 09/30/1955 Pentti Haanpää, Finnish writer (Maantietä pitkin), dies at 49 09/30/1958 Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist (ph-stipulation), dies at 79 09/30/1959 John H Kliegl, developer of Klieg light, dies at 89
    09/30/1960 Harry St John Philby, [sheik Abdullah], British explorer, dies 09/30/1963 Arnold Foster, composer, dies at 66
    09/30/1976 Louis Fourestier, composer, dies at 84
    09/30/1978 Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy), dies at 75 09/30/1983 Freddy Martin, orch leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76 09/30/1983 William D Elliot, actor (Bernie Loves Bridget, Adam 12), dies at 49 09/30/1984 Ellsworth Bunker, US ambassador (South-Vietnam, dies at 90) 09/30/1985 Charles F Richter, US seismologist (scale of R), dies at 85 09/30/1985 Heleb MacInnes, US spy writer (Affiliate in place), dies at 77 09/30/1985 Simone Signoret, German/French actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies at
    09/30/1987 Alfred Bester, sci-fi author (Dark Side of Earth), dies at 73 09/30/1988 Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37), dies at 86 09/30/1989 Virgil Thomson, composer, dies at 92
    09/30/1990 Liesbeth de Uyl-of Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop du, dies 09/30/1990 Michel Levis, French cultural anthropologist/writer, dies 09/30/1990 Patrick White, Australian writer (Nobel 1973), dies
    09/30/1993 Alex Lyon, English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83), dies at 61 09/30/1993 Paul Nowee, writer (Arendsoog.. premiejager), dies at 57
    09/30/1993 Reizl Bozyk, Polish/US actress (Crossing Delancey), dies at 79


    Significant Events:

    09/30/1399 King Richard II of England abdicates throne
    09/30/1452 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible
    09/30/1630 1st execution in America-J Billington hanged in Plymouth, MA 09/30/1659 Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe)
    09/30/1777 Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance
    09/30/1791 Mozart's opera 'Magic Flute' premieres in Vienna
    09/30/1818 Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France & England 09/30/1846 Anesthetic ether used for 1st time (Dr Wm Morton extracts a tooth) 09/30/1857 US occupies Sand, Baker, Howland & Jarvis Is south of Hawaii 09/30/1862 Battle of Newtonia, MS
    09/30/1864 Battle of Preble's Farm VA (Poplar Springs Church)
    09/30/1864 Black Soldiers given Medal of Honor
    09/30/1864 E W Tempel discovers asteroid #81 Terpsichore
    09/30/1867 Midway Islands formally declared a US possession
    09/30/1877 1st US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club)
    09/30/1878 1st Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii
    09/30/1878 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #191 Kolga
    09/30/1880 Henry Draper takes that 1st photograph of Orion Nebula
    09/30/1880 J Palisa discovers asteroid #219 Thusnelda
    09/30/1885 Bechuanaland becomes a British protectorate
    09/30/1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure 'Five Orange Pips' (BG) 09/30/1887 Volunteer (US) beats Thistle (Scotland) in 8th America's Cup 09/30/1895 France proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar
    09/30/1898 City of NY established
    09/30/1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #757 Portlandia
    09/30/1916 Giants lose to Braves 8-3, ends 26 consecutive win streak 09/30/1916 H Thiele discovers asteroid #843 Nicolaia
    09/30/1919 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #923 Herluga
    09/30/1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #864 Aase, #959 Arne & #2453 09/30/1922 Govt of Alexandros Zaimis forms in Greece
    09/30/1922 Yanks clinch pennant #2
    09/30/1923 Canton Bulldogs win 1st on way to 17-0 season
    09/30/1924 Allies stop checking on German navy
    09/30/1925 General Pángulos disbands Greek parliament
    09/30/1926 German/French/Belgian/Luxembourg steel cartel closes
    09/30/1927 Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th HR (off Tom Zachary)
    09/30/1928 Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium cycles record 76 mi 604 yds in 1 hr 09/30/1929 1st manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel) 09/30/1930 J Comas Sola discovers asteroid #1188 Gothlandia
    09/30/1934 Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3
    09/30/1934 FDR dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
    09/30/1935 Gershwin's 'Porgy & Bess' premieres in Boston
    09/30/1936 Intl Commission of Straits (Dardanelles & Bosphorus) ends 09/30/1938 Munich Agreement-forced Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany 09/30/1939 1st televised college football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at NYC) 09/30/1939 Germany & Russia agree to partition Poland
    09/30/1941 3,721 Jews are buried alive at Babi Yarravine (near Kiev) Ukraine 09/30/1941 German assault on Moscow: operation-Taifun, begins
    09/30/1942 Adm Nimitz' B-17 views Guadalcanal with National-Geographic 09/30/1942 SS exterminates 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland in 6 week period 09/30/1943 Pope Pius XII encyclical on Divine spirit
    09/30/1943 Study begins on holy shroud
    09/30/1944 -10/1] Failed attack on German officers
    09/30/1944 Algemene Bond of Werkers in Minebedrÿf (ABWM) forms
    09/30/1944 Calais reoccupied by Allies
    09/30/1945 Hank Greenberg's final day HR wins pennant for Tigers
    09/30/1946 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nüremberg
    09/30/1946 Von Ribbentrop & Goering sentence to death by Nüremberg trial 09/30/1947 Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised 09/30/1948 S Arend discovers asteroids #1576 Fabiola & #1579 Herrick 09/30/1949 Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights
    09/30/1950 1st congress of Internat'l Astronautical Federation opens in Paris 09/30/1950 Radio's 'Grand Ole Opera' is broadcasted on TV for 1st time 09/30/1950 WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting 09/30/1953 Auguste/Jacques Piccard dives with bathosphere to 3150 m (record) 09/30/1953 WICS TV channel 20 in Springfield, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 09/30/1953 WMT (now KGAN) TV channel 2 in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, IA (CBS) begin
    09/30/1954 1st atomic-powered vessel, submarine Nautilus launched
    09/30/1956 KZTV TV channel 10 in Corpus Christi, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 09/30/1956 Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th HR 09/30/1957 French govt of Mauroy, resigns due to Algeria
    09/30/1957 WKYT TV channel 27 in Lexington, KY (CBS) begins broadcasting 09/30/1958 French Guinée becomes independent republic Guinea
    09/30/1960 Flintstones premieres (1st prime time animation show)
    09/30/1960 On Howdy Doody's last show Clarabelle finally talks 'Goodbye Kids' 09/30/1960 West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany
    09/30/1962 JFK routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi
    09/30/1962 James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi 09/30/1962 KCRL TV channel 4 in Reno, NV (NBC) begins broadcasting
    09/30/1962 KMEX TV channel 34 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting 09/30/1966 Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain (Natl Day) 09/30/1967 BBC starts their own popular music radio station
    09/30/1967 Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition) 09/30/1967 USSR's Kosmos 186 & 188 complete 1st automatic docking
    09/30/1968 1st Boeing 747 rolls out
    09/30/1968 Supremes release 'Love Child'
    09/30/1970 New American Bible published
    09/30/1971 -11/6] Rome: 3rd bishop synod
    09/30/1972 L Kohoutek discovers asteroid #1942 Jablunka
    09/30/1972 Passenger train derails killing 48 (Rust Stasie South Africa) 09/30/1973 Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions 09/30/1973 Yanks close 50th year at Yankee Stadium losing 8-5
    09/30/1974 Gen Francesco da Costa Gomez succeeds Gen Spínola as pres of Portuga
    09/30/1975 5 drown in flash flood of sewer & water tunnel (Niagara Falls NY) 09/30/1975 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #3296
    09/30/1977 Ringo releases 'Ringo the 4th' album
    09/30/1980 1,754 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium 09/30/1980 Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein 09/30/1981 Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics 09/30/1982 National railroad strike in Belgium
    09/30/1984 Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner
    09/30/1984 Calif Angel Mike Witt, pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-
    09/30/1984 NY Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg 09/30/1984 P Wild discovers asteroid #3491
    09/30/1986 US releases soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov
    09/30/1987 Suriname constitution ratified
    09/30/1988 Andrei A Gromyko retires
    09/30/1988 IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer 09/30/1988 Louise Ritter, US, jumps 6'8' to win Olympic gold medal
    09/30/1988 Robin Givens & Mike Tyson appear on Barbara Walter's Show 09/30/1989 NASA closes down tracking stations in Hawaii & Ascension
    09/30/1989 Senegambia separates back into Gambia & Senegal
    09/30/1991 Haitian President Jean-Bertand Aristide is ousted
    09/30/1992 KC Royal George Brett gets 4 hits, to give him 3,000
    09/30/1992 Mariel Hemmingway appears nude on TV show Civil Wars
    09/30/1993 6.4 earthquake at Latur, India, 28,000 killed
    09/30/1993 MS Dos 6.2 released

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