This Day in History for 19th April
607 - Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 AUs of Earth
1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich, London.
1451 - Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne
1524 - Pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly
1529 - 2nd Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism
1539 - Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt
1552 - Mauritius of Saksen captures Karel
1591 - Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France
1619 - Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam
1713 - Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions
1770 - Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname
1770 - British explorer Captain James Cook 1st sights Australia
1774 - CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis" premieres in Paris
1775 - Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon
1775 - American Revolution begins - Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world"
1782 - John Adams secures Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government and house he purchased in The Hague, Netherlands became first American embassy.
2nd US President John Adams1810 - Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a Junta is installed.
1825 - 33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay
1836 - Nikolai Gogol's "Revisor" premieres in St Petersburg
1837 - Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth
1839 - Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom & Luxembourg a Grand Duchy
1852 - California Historical Society forms
1853 - Netherlands Van Hall government forms
1861 - Baltimore riots-4 soldiers, 9 civilians killed
1861 - Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War)
1863 - Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia
1874 - Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire
1877 - Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris)
1890 - Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in Brussels
1892 - Charles Duryea takes 1st American-made auto out for a spin (Mass)
1894 - Jules Massenet's opera "Werther" premieres in NYC
1896 - Herzl's "The Jewish State" is published
1897 - 1st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston)
1898 - 2nd Boston Marathon won by Ron McDonald of Mass in 2:42:00
1899 - 3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Mass in 2:54:38
1900 - 4th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:39:44.4
1900 - Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10
1901 - 5th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:29:23.6
1901 - James J Caffrey wins Boston marathon (2:29:23.6)
Revolutionary General and 1st President of the Philippines Emilio Aguinaldo1901 - In the Philippines, recently captured insurgent leader Emilio Aguinaldoissues a proclamation advising his countrymen to end their rebellion and use of peaceful means to work with the US toward independence.
1902 - 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of NY in 2:43:12
1904 - 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of NY in 2:38:04.4
1904 - Much of Toronto destroyed by fire
1905 - 9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of NY in 2:38:25.4
1906 - 10th Boston Marathon won by Tim Ford of Mass in 2:45:45
1906 - Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail
1906 - SF Earthquake ends killing 452
1907 - 11th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2:24:24
1909 - 13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of NH in 2:53:36.8
1909 - Joan of Arc receives beatification
1909 - A convention with Turkey recognizes Bulgarian independence
1910 - 14th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2:28:52.4
French Soldier and National Heroine Joan of Arc1910 - Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao)
1911 - 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:21:39.6
1911 - George Bernard Shaw's "Fanny's First Play" premieres in London
1912 - 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of NY in 2:21:18.2
1913 - 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minn in 2:25:14.8
1915 - 19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2
1916 - "Bing Boys are Here" opens in London
1916 - 20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Mass in 2:27:16.4
1916 - Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano
1916 - Alderman Kelly reads the 'Castle Order' to a meeting of Dublin Corporation; this forged document supposedly from Dublin Castle, indicated that there was to be mass arrests of Irish Volunteers to prevent "trouble"
1917 - 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of NY in 2:28:37.2
1919 - 23rd Boston Marathon won by Carl Linder of Mass in 2:29:13.4
Playwright George Bernard Shaw1919 - French assembly decides on 8 hour work day
1919 - Leslie Irvin of US makes 1st parachute jump & free fall
1919 - Opera "Monsieur Beaucaire" is produced (London)
1920 - 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31
1921 - 25th Boston Marathon won by Frank Zuna of NJ in 2:18:57.6
1921 - Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria
1922 - 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:18:10
1923 - 27th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:23:37.4
1923 - New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers
1924 - "National Barn Dance" premieres on WLS Chicago
1924 - 28th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:29:40.2
1926 - 30th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40.4
1927 - "Vagabond King" opens in London
1927 - 31st Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:40:22.2
1928 - 32nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:37:07.8
1928 - Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland
1928 - Yanks are out of 1st place for 1st time since May 1926
1928 - The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
1929 - 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6
1930 - 34th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:34:48.2
1932 - 36th Boston Marathon won by Paul de Bruyn of Germany in 2:33:36.4
31st US President Herbert Hoover1932 - President Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week
1932 - Bonnie Parker is captured in a failed hardware store burglary, and subsequently jailed. A grand jury fails to indict her, however, and she is released a few months later
1933 - 37th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:31:01.6
1933 - FDR announces US will leave gold standard
1934 - 38th Boston Marathon won by Dave Komonen of Canada in 2:32:53.8
1934 - Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up & Cheer"
1935 - 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:32:07.4
1936 - Anti-Jewish riots break out in Palestine
1936 - First day of the Great Uprising in Palestine.
1937 - 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20
1938 - 42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:35:34.8
1938 - Phil Emmett Mueller & Dodger Ernie Koy both homer in their 1st at bat
Actress and Diplomat Shirley Temple1939 - 43rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:28:51.8
1939 - Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late)
1940 - "Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY
1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich, London.
1451 - Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne
1524 - Pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly
1529 - 2nd Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism
1539 - Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt
1552 - Mauritius of Saksen captures Karel
1591 - Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France
1619 - Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam
1713 - Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions
1770 - Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname
1770 - British explorer Captain James Cook 1st sights Australia
1774 - CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis" premieres in Paris
1775 - Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon
1775 - American Revolution begins - Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world"
1782 - John Adams secures Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government and house he purchased in The Hague, Netherlands became first American embassy.
2nd US President John Adams1810 - Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a Junta is installed.1825 - 33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay
1836 - Nikolai Gogol's "Revisor" premieres in St Petersburg
1837 - Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth
1839 - Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom & Luxembourg a Grand Duchy
1852 - California Historical Society forms
1853 - Netherlands Van Hall government forms
1861 - Baltimore riots-4 soldiers, 9 civilians killed
1861 - Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War)
1863 - Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia
1874 - Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire
1877 - Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris)
1890 - Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in Brussels
1892 - Charles Duryea takes 1st American-made auto out for a spin (Mass)
1894 - Jules Massenet's opera "Werther" premieres in NYC
1896 - Herzl's "The Jewish State" is published
1897 - 1st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston)
1898 - 2nd Boston Marathon won by Ron McDonald of Mass in 2:42:00
1899 - 3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Mass in 2:54:38
1900 - 4th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:39:44.4
1900 - Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10
1901 - 5th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:29:23.6
1901 - James J Caffrey wins Boston marathon (2:29:23.6)
Revolutionary General and 1st President of the Philippines Emilio Aguinaldo1901 - In the Philippines, recently captured insurgent leader Emilio Aguinaldoissues a proclamation advising his countrymen to end their rebellion and use of peaceful means to work with the US toward independence.1902 - 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of NY in 2:43:12
1904 - 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of NY in 2:38:04.4
1904 - Much of Toronto destroyed by fire
1905 - 9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of NY in 2:38:25.4
1906 - 10th Boston Marathon won by Tim Ford of Mass in 2:45:45
1906 - Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail
1906 - SF Earthquake ends killing 452
1907 - 11th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2:24:24
1909 - 13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of NH in 2:53:36.8
1909 - Joan of Arc receives beatification
1909 - A convention with Turkey recognizes Bulgarian independence
1910 - 14th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2:28:52.4
French Soldier and National Heroine Joan of Arc1910 - Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao)1911 - 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:21:39.6
1911 - George Bernard Shaw's "Fanny's First Play" premieres in London
1912 - 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of NY in 2:21:18.2
1913 - 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minn in 2:25:14.8
1915 - 19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2
1916 - "Bing Boys are Here" opens in London
1916 - 20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Mass in 2:27:16.4
1916 - Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano
1916 - Alderman Kelly reads the 'Castle Order' to a meeting of Dublin Corporation; this forged document supposedly from Dublin Castle, indicated that there was to be mass arrests of Irish Volunteers to prevent "trouble"
1917 - 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of NY in 2:28:37.2
1919 - 23rd Boston Marathon won by Carl Linder of Mass in 2:29:13.4
Playwright George Bernard Shaw1919 - French assembly decides on 8 hour work day1919 - Leslie Irvin of US makes 1st parachute jump & free fall
1919 - Opera "Monsieur Beaucaire" is produced (London)
1920 - 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31
1921 - 25th Boston Marathon won by Frank Zuna of NJ in 2:18:57.6
1921 - Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria
1922 - 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:18:10
1923 - 27th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:23:37.4
1923 - New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers
1924 - "National Barn Dance" premieres on WLS Chicago
1924 - 28th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:29:40.2
1926 - 30th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40.4
1927 - "Vagabond King" opens in London
1927 - 31st Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:40:22.2
1928 - 32nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:37:07.8
1928 - Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland
1928 - Yanks are out of 1st place for 1st time since May 1926
1928 - The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
1929 - 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6
1930 - 34th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:34:48.2
1932 - 36th Boston Marathon won by Paul de Bruyn of Germany in 2:33:36.4
31st US President Herbert Hoover1932 - President Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week1932 - Bonnie Parker is captured in a failed hardware store burglary, and subsequently jailed. A grand jury fails to indict her, however, and she is released a few months later
1933 - 37th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:31:01.6
1933 - FDR announces US will leave gold standard
1934 - 38th Boston Marathon won by Dave Komonen of Canada in 2:32:53.8
1934 - Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up & Cheer"
1935 - 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:32:07.4
1936 - Anti-Jewish riots break out in Palestine
1936 - First day of the Great Uprising in Palestine.
1937 - 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20
1938 - 42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:35:34.8
1938 - Phil Emmett Mueller & Dodger Ernie Koy both homer in their 1st at bat
Actress and Diplomat Shirley Temple1939 - 43rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:28:51.81939 - Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late)
1940 - "Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY
1320 - Pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)
1501 - Erasmus Sarcerius, German Lutheran theologian and reformer (d. 1559)
1603 - Michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)
1605 - Orazio Benevoli, composer
1658 - Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)
1660 - Sebastian Duron, composer
1665 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)
1686 - Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)
1700 - Georg Abraham Schneider, composer
1715 - James Nares, composer
1721 - Roger Sherman, American lawyer and Founding Father of the United States (Declaration of Independence, Constitution)
Founding Father of the United States Roger Sherman(1721)1728 - Francisco Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright
1737 - Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation propagandist
1768 - Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist
1771 - Giuseppe Cartufo, composer
1772 - David Ricardo, economist
1785 - Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer
1787 - Deaf Smith, American frontiersman and revolutionary (d. 1837)
1795 - Christian Gottfried Ehrenburg, German zoologist
1798 - Franz Joseph Glaser, composer
1798 - Heinrich Maria von Hess, historical painter
1801 - Gustav T Fechner, [Dr Mises], German philosopher/physicist
1814 - Louis Amédée Achard, French novelist (d. 1875)
1817 - John Philip, painter
1821 - Mortimer Dormer Leggett, Mjr General (Union volunteers), (d. 1896)
1830 - Rudolf Cornely, German bible expert/jesuit
1832 - Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre, mathematician/dramatist (Nobel 1904)
1832 - Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, 1st lady (1881)
1840 - Andrea Bezzola, writer
1850 - Edward John Gregory, painter/engraver
1850 - Theo Mann-Bouwmeester, Dutch actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler)
1857 - Lucien Levy-Bruhl, philosopher
1858 - May Robson, [Mary J Robison], Australian actress (Apple Annie), born in Melbourne, Victoria
1858 - Siegfried Ochs, composer
1861 - Warden Oncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish farmer/writer
1863 - Felix Blumenfeld, composer
1866 - Henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell)
1868 - Max Von Schillings, German composer/conductor (Der Pfeifertag)
1873 - Sydney Barnes, cricketer (probably England's greatest bowler)
1874 - Firmin Baes, Flemish painter
1874 - Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (d. 1952)
1876 - Hendrik W A E, duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin/king of Netherlands
1877 - Ole Evinrude, inventor (outboard marine engine)
1879 - Richard Scheibe, German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz)
President and Dictator of Brazil Getulio Vargas (1883)1883 - Getulio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-45, 1951-54), modernizer
1883 - Richard von Mises, Austrian-born mathematician (d. 1953)
1888 - William L Axt, composer
1889 - Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician (d. 1946)
1890 - Lou Bandy, [Lodewijk F Dieben], revue-artist (Look for the Sun)
1891 - Francoise Rosay, Paris, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband)
1891 - Ricardo Bacchelli, Italian writer/poet (La Ronda)
1892 - Germaine Tailleferre, [Les Six], Pau-St-Maur France, composer
1895 - Anton F Pieck, Den Helder, Netherlands, illustrator (Efteling, Kaatsheuvel)
1897 - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor/art benefactor
1897 - Vivienne Segal, Phila, Broadway actress (Pal Joey)
1897 - Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)
1898 - Constance Talmadge, Brooklyn NY, comedienne/actress (Intolerance)
1898 - Sybil Andrews, English/Canadian painter
1899 - George O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985)
1900 - Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, English writer (Fiction as Truth)
1900 - Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada (d. 1991)
1903 - Eliot Ness, untouchable (FBI agent-Chicago)
1905 - John S "Jimmy" Thach, US pilot/admiral (WW II)
1905 - Tommy Benford, jazz drummer
1907 - Alan Wheatley, England, actor (Adventure of Robin Hood)
1907 - Gino Contilli, composer
1907 - Lina Basquette, Mateo Cal, actress (Paradise Park, Pleasure, Goldie)
1910 - Andrew Gilchrist, historian/diplomat
1911 - Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer
1912 - Glenn T Seaborg, American chemist (AEC, Plutonium, Nobel 1951)
1912 - William Murray, teacher/educationalist
1913 - Cyril English, British educator
1914 - Andrew Wilkinson, pediatrician
1915 - Dorian Le Gallienne, composer
1915 - Harry Craft, baseball manager
1917 - Johnny Hoes, Dutch musician/producer (Wished I'd stayed with my Mom)
1919 - Gil Langley, cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper 1951-56)
1920 - Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian (Crazy Guggenheim)
1921 - Glyn England, CEO (CEGB, Windcluster Ltd)
1921 - Will Ogdon, composer
1922 - Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot (downed 352 Russian aircrafts)
1922 - Luigi Barbbarito, reverend (Apostolic ProNuncio)
1925 - Hugh O'Brian, [Krampke], actor (Wyatt Earp, Search), born in Rochester, New York
1927 - Don Barbour, Greencastle Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
1928 - Alexis Korner, Paris, musician (Blues Inc-Bootleg Him)
1928 - John Horlock, British vice-chancellor (Open College)
1929 - Edward Crook, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1960), born in Detroit, Michigan
1930 - Dick Sargent, American actor (d. 1994)
1931 - Alex Webster, Kearney, New Jersey, football coach (NY Giants), (d. 2012)
1931 - Denis Henry, British high court judge
1931 - Garfield Morgan, Brtish actor (Odessa File, To Catch a Spy)
1931 - Hendrick J "Kobie" Coetsee, South Africa minister of Defense/Justice
1931 - Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist (d. 2004)
1932 - Andrea Mead Lawrence, Rutland Vt, alpine slalom skier (Oly-2 gold-52)
1933 - Jayne Mansfield, [Vera Jane Palmer], Bryn Mawr Pa, American actress (Fat Spy)
1933 - Dick Sargent, Carmel California, actor (Darrin-Bewitched)
1933 - Harold "Dickie" Bird, cricketer (noted England Test umpire)
1934 - Dickie Goodman, parody singer (Flying Saucer)
1934 - Jan Helge Guttorm Bark, composer
1934 - John Roch, high court judge
1501 - Erasmus Sarcerius, German Lutheran theologian and reformer (d. 1559)
1603 - Michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)
1605 - Orazio Benevoli, composer
1658 - Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)
1660 - Sebastian Duron, composer
1665 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)
1686 - Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)
1700 - Georg Abraham Schneider, composer
1715 - James Nares, composer
1721 - Roger Sherman, American lawyer and Founding Father of the United States (Declaration of Independence, Constitution)
Founding Father of the United States Roger Sherman(1721)1728 - Francisco Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright1737 - Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation propagandist
1768 - Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist
1771 - Giuseppe Cartufo, composer
1772 - David Ricardo, economist
1785 - Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer
1787 - Deaf Smith, American frontiersman and revolutionary (d. 1837)
1795 - Christian Gottfried Ehrenburg, German zoologist
1798 - Franz Joseph Glaser, composer
1798 - Heinrich Maria von Hess, historical painter
1801 - Gustav T Fechner, [Dr Mises], German philosopher/physicist
1814 - Louis Amédée Achard, French novelist (d. 1875)
1817 - John Philip, painter
1821 - Mortimer Dormer Leggett, Mjr General (Union volunteers), (d. 1896)
1830 - Rudolf Cornely, German bible expert/jesuit
1832 - Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre, mathematician/dramatist (Nobel 1904)
1832 - Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, 1st lady (1881)
1840 - Andrea Bezzola, writer
1850 - Edward John Gregory, painter/engraver
1850 - Theo Mann-Bouwmeester, Dutch actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler)
1857 - Lucien Levy-Bruhl, philosopher
1858 - May Robson, [Mary J Robison], Australian actress (Apple Annie), born in Melbourne, Victoria
1858 - Siegfried Ochs, composer
1861 - Warden Oncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish farmer/writer
1863 - Felix Blumenfeld, composer
1866 - Henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell)
1868 - Max Von Schillings, German composer/conductor (Der Pfeifertag)
1873 - Sydney Barnes, cricketer (probably England's greatest bowler)
1874 - Firmin Baes, Flemish painter
1874 - Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (d. 1952)
1876 - Hendrik W A E, duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin/king of Netherlands
1877 - Ole Evinrude, inventor (outboard marine engine)
1879 - Richard Scheibe, German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz)
President and Dictator of Brazil Getulio Vargas (1883)1883 - Getulio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-45, 1951-54), modernizer1883 - Richard von Mises, Austrian-born mathematician (d. 1953)
1888 - William L Axt, composer
1889 - Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician (d. 1946)
1890 - Lou Bandy, [Lodewijk F Dieben], revue-artist (Look for the Sun)
1891 - Francoise Rosay, Paris, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband)
1891 - Ricardo Bacchelli, Italian writer/poet (La Ronda)
1892 - Germaine Tailleferre, [Les Six], Pau-St-Maur France, composer
1895 - Anton F Pieck, Den Helder, Netherlands, illustrator (Efteling, Kaatsheuvel)
1897 - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor/art benefactor
1897 - Vivienne Segal, Phila, Broadway actress (Pal Joey)
1897 - Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)
1898 - Constance Talmadge, Brooklyn NY, comedienne/actress (Intolerance)
1898 - Sybil Andrews, English/Canadian painter
1899 - George O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985)
1900 - Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, English writer (Fiction as Truth)
1900 - Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada (d. 1991)
1903 - Eliot Ness, untouchable (FBI agent-Chicago)
1905 - John S "Jimmy" Thach, US pilot/admiral (WW II)
1905 - Tommy Benford, jazz drummer
1907 - Alan Wheatley, England, actor (Adventure of Robin Hood)
1907 - Gino Contilli, composer
1907 - Lina Basquette, Mateo Cal, actress (Paradise Park, Pleasure, Goldie)
1910 - Andrew Gilchrist, historian/diplomat
1911 - Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer
1912 - Glenn T Seaborg, American chemist (AEC, Plutonium, Nobel 1951)
1912 - William Murray, teacher/educationalist
1913 - Cyril English, British educator
1914 - Andrew Wilkinson, pediatrician
1915 - Dorian Le Gallienne, composer
1915 - Harry Craft, baseball manager
1917 - Johnny Hoes, Dutch musician/producer (Wished I'd stayed with my Mom)
1919 - Gil Langley, cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper 1951-56)
1920 - Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian (Crazy Guggenheim)
1921 - Glyn England, CEO (CEGB, Windcluster Ltd)
1921 - Will Ogdon, composer
1922 - Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot (downed 352 Russian aircrafts)
1922 - Luigi Barbbarito, reverend (Apostolic ProNuncio)
1925 - Hugh O'Brian, [Krampke], actor (Wyatt Earp, Search), born in Rochester, New York
1927 - Don Barbour, Greencastle Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
1928 - Alexis Korner, Paris, musician (Blues Inc-Bootleg Him)
1928 - John Horlock, British vice-chancellor (Open College)
1929 - Edward Crook, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1960), born in Detroit, Michigan
1930 - Dick Sargent, American actor (d. 1994)
1931 - Alex Webster, Kearney, New Jersey, football coach (NY Giants), (d. 2012)
1931 - Denis Henry, British high court judge
1931 - Garfield Morgan, Brtish actor (Odessa File, To Catch a Spy)
1931 - Hendrick J "Kobie" Coetsee, South Africa minister of Defense/Justice
1931 - Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist (d. 2004)
1932 - Andrea Mead Lawrence, Rutland Vt, alpine slalom skier (Oly-2 gold-52)
1933 - Jayne Mansfield, [Vera Jane Palmer], Bryn Mawr Pa, American actress (Fat Spy)
1933 - Dick Sargent, Carmel California, actor (Darrin-Bewitched)
1933 - Harold "Dickie" Bird, cricketer (noted England Test umpire)
1934 - Dickie Goodman, parody singer (Flying Saucer)
1934 - Jan Helge Guttorm Bark, composer
1934 - John Roch, high court judge
Famous Weddings
Weddings 1 - 6 of 6
Actress Grace Kelly (1956)1956 - US actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III (in Church)1997 - Tennis player champion Andre Agassi (26) weds actress and model Brooke Shields (31) in Monterey, California
1997 - Actor Chris O'Donnell (26) weds high school sweetheart Caroline Fentress (24)
2005 - "Extra" co-host Dayna Devon (35) weds plastic surgeon Dr. Brent Moelleken at the Hans Fahden Winery in Calistoga, California
2008 - New York Giants NFL quarterback Eli Manning (27) weds Abby McGrew (24) at the One & Only Palmilla Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
2014 - Brooklyn Nine-Nine actor Joe Lo Truglio (43) weds Beth Dover in in Santa Barbara, California
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 100 of 144
843 - Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies
1012 - Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954)
1044 - Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies
1054 - Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51
1390 - Robert II, King of Scots, dies
1529 - John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55
1560 - Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63
1567 - Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79
1578 - Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1530)
1588 - Paolo Veronese (Cagliari), painter, dies
1608 - Earl of Dorset, poet/statesman, dies
1618 - Thomas Bastard, clergyman and epigrammatist (b. 1565 or 1566)
1627 - John Beaumont, English poet (b. 1583)
1629 - Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer
1645 - Anton van Diemen, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at about 51
1645 - William Smith, composer, dies at 42
1684 - Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (b. 1603)
1686 - Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish writer (b. 1610)
1689 - Christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies
1706 - Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies
1733 - Elizabeth Villiers, mistress of William III of England
1739 - Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies
1751 - Peter Lacy, Irish-born Russian Field marshal (b. 1678)
1768 - Filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor, dies at about 70
1770 - Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74
1772 - Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66
1773 - Florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43
1776 - Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78
1791 - Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies
1799 - Pieter Hellendaal, violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78
1813 - Benjamin Rush, physician/abolotionist (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 67
1824 - George Gorden Noel "Lord" Byron, poet, dies at 36
1831 - Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician (b. 1765)
1840 - Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)
1852 - Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus), dies at 69
1854 - Robert Jameson, Scottish naturalist (b. 1774)
1862 - Louis Powell Harvey, US governor of Wisconsin, drowns
1862 - Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer, dies
1867 - Robert Smirke, British architect, dies
1870 - Andreas Schelfhout, painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 83
1870 - Camille Marie Stamaty, composer, dies at 59
1870 - William Henry Havergal, composer, dies at 77
1874 - Owen Jones, architect, dies
1876 - Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer, dies at 65
1881 - Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl (Beaconsfield)/novelist, dies
1881 - Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor, dies at 53
Naturalist Charles Darwin(1882)1882 - Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist (Origin of Species), dies at 73
1889 - Warren De La Rue, astronomer/chemist, dies
1892 - Fr. Thomas Dale SSC, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (b. 1821)
1893 - John Addington Symonds, critic/poet, dies
1895 - George Scharf, critic, dies
1895 - Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70
1901 - Alfred Horatio Belo, American newswriter and businessman (b. 1839)
1906 - Pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies
1906 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (b. 1850)
1914 - Charles Pierce, philosopher/scientist, dies
1916 - Ephraim Shay, American inventor (b. 1839)
1923 - Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer, dies at 75
1926 - Squire Bancroft, [Butterfield], actor/manager (Haymarket), dies at 84
1926 - Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov, Russian statistician (b. 1874)
1930 - Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Canadian senator (b. 1827)
1932 - Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer, dies at 77
1937 - William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81
1938 - Henry John Newbolt, poet/author (Studies Green & Gray), dies at 75
1941 - Johanna Muller-Hermann, composer, dies at 63
1943 - Alexander Schmorell, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1943 - Gustave Doret, composer, dies at 76
1943 - Kurt Huber, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1943 - Willy Graf, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1944 - Tommy Hitchcock, polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 27), dies at 44
1945 - J P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed
1949 - Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (b. 1877)
1950 - Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at 66
1956 - Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70
1956 - Lionel K P "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II), dies at 47
1956 - Leon N H Jungschlaeger, head milt intelligence Neth-Indies, dies at 52
1957 - Charles Funk, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls), dies at 76
1957 - Johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch SDAP minister (1939-45), dies at 79
1964 - Cyril Merry, cricketer (WI batsman in 2 Tests 1933), dies
1965 - George Davis, actor (Private Lives, Devil May Care), dies at 75
German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (1967)1967 - Konrad Adenauer, West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 91
1968 - Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61
1972 - Adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82
1978 - Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70
1980 - Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
1980 - Tony Beckley, actor (Assault, When a Stranger Calls), dies at 51
1981 - Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85
1983 - Jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73
1983 - Lorene Scott, actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74
1986 - Alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78
1986 - Dag Ivar Wiren, composer, dies at 80
1987 - Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum, Actor (Mr Green Jeans), dies at 77
1987 - Maxwell D Taylor, US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85
1988 - Kwon Ki-ok, first Korean female pilot (b. 1901)
1989 - Daphne Du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), dies at 82
1990 - Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 52
1991 - Stanley Hawes, British-born Australian film producer, director and administrator (b. 1905)
1992 - Alice Mary Riley, entertainer, dies of cancer at 51
1992 - Frankie Howerd, actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front), dies at 70
1992 - Pat Thompson, actress (Strictly Ballroom), dies at 51
1012 - Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954)
1044 - Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies
1054 - Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51
1390 - Robert II, King of Scots, dies
1529 - John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55
1560 - Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63
1567 - Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79
1578 - Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1530)
1588 - Paolo Veronese (Cagliari), painter, dies
1608 - Earl of Dorset, poet/statesman, dies
1618 - Thomas Bastard, clergyman and epigrammatist (b. 1565 or 1566)
1627 - John Beaumont, English poet (b. 1583)
1629 - Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer
1645 - Anton van Diemen, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at about 51
1645 - William Smith, composer, dies at 42
1684 - Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (b. 1603)
1686 - Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish writer (b. 1610)
1689 - Christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies
1706 - Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies
1733 - Elizabeth Villiers, mistress of William III of England
1739 - Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies
1751 - Peter Lacy, Irish-born Russian Field marshal (b. 1678)
1768 - Filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor, dies at about 70
1770 - Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74
1772 - Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66
1773 - Florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43
1776 - Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78
1791 - Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies
1799 - Pieter Hellendaal, violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78
1813 - Benjamin Rush, physician/abolotionist (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 67
1824 - George Gorden Noel "Lord" Byron, poet, dies at 36
1831 - Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician (b. 1765)
1840 - Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)
1852 - Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus), dies at 69
1854 - Robert Jameson, Scottish naturalist (b. 1774)
1862 - Louis Powell Harvey, US governor of Wisconsin, drowns
1862 - Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer, dies
1867 - Robert Smirke, British architect, dies
1870 - Andreas Schelfhout, painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 83
1870 - Camille Marie Stamaty, composer, dies at 59
1870 - William Henry Havergal, composer, dies at 77
1874 - Owen Jones, architect, dies
1876 - Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer, dies at 65
1881 - Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl (Beaconsfield)/novelist, dies
1881 - Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor, dies at 53
Naturalist Charles Darwin(1882)1882 - Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist (Origin of Species), dies at 731889 - Warren De La Rue, astronomer/chemist, dies
1892 - Fr. Thomas Dale SSC, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (b. 1821)
1893 - John Addington Symonds, critic/poet, dies
1895 - George Scharf, critic, dies
1895 - Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70
1901 - Alfred Horatio Belo, American newswriter and businessman (b. 1839)
1906 - Pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies
1906 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (b. 1850)
1914 - Charles Pierce, philosopher/scientist, dies
1916 - Ephraim Shay, American inventor (b. 1839)
1923 - Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer, dies at 75
1926 - Squire Bancroft, [Butterfield], actor/manager (Haymarket), dies at 84
1926 - Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov, Russian statistician (b. 1874)
1930 - Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Canadian senator (b. 1827)
1932 - Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer, dies at 77
1937 - William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81
1938 - Henry John Newbolt, poet/author (Studies Green & Gray), dies at 75
1941 - Johanna Muller-Hermann, composer, dies at 63
1943 - Alexander Schmorell, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1943 - Gustave Doret, composer, dies at 76
1943 - Kurt Huber, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1943 - Willy Graf, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1944 - Tommy Hitchcock, polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 27), dies at 44
1945 - J P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed
1949 - Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (b. 1877)
1950 - Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at 66
1956 - Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70
1956 - Lionel K P "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II), dies at 47
1956 - Leon N H Jungschlaeger, head milt intelligence Neth-Indies, dies at 52
1957 - Charles Funk, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls), dies at 76
1957 - Johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch SDAP minister (1939-45), dies at 79
1964 - Cyril Merry, cricketer (WI batsman in 2 Tests 1933), dies
1965 - George Davis, actor (Private Lives, Devil May Care), dies at 75
German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (1967)1967 - Konrad Adenauer, West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 911968 - Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61
1972 - Adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82
1978 - Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70
1980 - Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
1980 - Tony Beckley, actor (Assault, When a Stranger Calls), dies at 51
1981 - Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85
1983 - Jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73
1983 - Lorene Scott, actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74
1986 - Alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78
1986 - Dag Ivar Wiren, composer, dies at 80
1987 - Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum, Actor (Mr Green Jeans), dies at 77
1987 - Maxwell D Taylor, US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85
1988 - Kwon Ki-ok, first Korean female pilot (b. 1901)
1989 - Daphne Du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), dies at 82
1990 - Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 52
1991 - Stanley Hawes, British-born Australian film producer, director and administrator (b. 1905)
1992 - Alice Mary Riley, entertainer, dies of cancer at 51
1992 - Frankie Howerd, actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front), dies at 70
1992 - Pat Thompson, actress (Strictly Ballroom), dies at 51
1940 - 44th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:28.6
1940 - Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege
1941 - 45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:30:38
1941 - B Brecht's "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder" premieres in Zurich
1941 - Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia
1941 - Milk rationed in Holland
1942 - 46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Mass in 2:26:51.2
1943 - 47th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:25.8
1943 - SS-lt-gen Jurgen Stoop leads destruction of ghetto of Warsaw
1943 - Bicycle Day - Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time.
1944 - Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra
1945 - 49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:30:40.2
1945 - Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway
1945 - US aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid
1945 - US offensive against Shuri-barrier on Okinawa
1945 - The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Guatemala are established.
1946 - Yankees switch from 3rd base to 1st base dug out
1947 - 51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39
1947 - AAU record for a 25-foot rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds
1947 - French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522
1947 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
1947 - Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39)
Ice Hockey Player Maurice Richard1947 - After scoring 45 goals during the regular season, Maurice Richard is named MVP.
1948 - 52nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:02
1948 - ABC-TV network begins
1948 - Chiang Kai-shek elected President of Nationalist China
1949 - 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8
1949 - Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth
1950 - 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea in 2:32:39
1951 - "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 267 perfs
1951 - 55th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan in 2:27:45
1951 - Gen Douglas MacArthur ends his military career
1952 - 56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53
1953 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open
1953 - WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
WW2 General Douglas MacArthur1954 - 58th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:20:39
1954 - 7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th
1955 - 59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22
1955 - The German automaker Volkswagen, after six years of selling cars in the United States, founds Volkswagen of America in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey to standardize its dealer and service network.
1956 - 1st ML baseball game in NJ, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium
1956 - 60th Boston Marathon won by Antti Viskari of Finland in 2:14:14
1958 - 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54
1959 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1959 - Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails
1960 - 64th Boston Marathon won by Paavo Kotila of Finland in 2:20:54
1960 - Baseball uniforms begin displaying players' names on their backs
1960 - Comiskey Park's famed "exploding" scoreboard begins operating
1961 - 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39
1962 - 66th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:48
1962 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m
1963 - "Hot Spot" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 43 performances
1963 - 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:18:58
LPGA Golfer Mickey Wright1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational
1964 - Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier
1964 - Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma" premieres in West Berlin
1965 - 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in NYC) begins operating
1965 - 69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33
1965 - T.A.M.I. Show premieres in London
1965 - At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die
1966 - In 1st regular season game at Anaheim Stadium, Angels lose 3-1 to Chic
1966 - 70th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:11
1966 - Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon
1967 - "Casino Royale" premieres
1967 - 71st Boston Marathon won by Dave McKenzie of New Zealand in 2:15:45
1967 - Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't)
1967 - Yugoslav author Mihaljo Mihaljov sentenced 4½ years
1968 - 72nd Boston Marathon won by Amby Burfoot of Conn in 2:22:17
1968 - Belgian construction workers strike
1968 - NL owners approve expansion for 2 new teams
1969 - Serious rioting in the Bogside area of Derry following clashes between Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association marchers and Loyalists and members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary
1970 - "Look to the Lilies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 perfs
1970 - 24th Tony Awards: Borstal Boy & Applause win
1970 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational
1971 - 75th Boston Marathon won by Alvaro Mejia of Colombia in 2:18:45
1971 - Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder)
1971 - Sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day)
1971 - USSR Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit
1972 - "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" opens at Playhouse NYC for 1,065 perfs
1972 - Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth
1972 - Hungary revises constitution
1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 - British Prime Ministe rEdward Heath confirms that a plan to conduct an arrest operation, in the event of a riot during the march on 30 January 1972, was known to British government Ministers in advance
Singer-songwriter & ActressBarbra Streisand1973 - Barbra Streisand records "Between Yesterday & Tomorrow"
1973 - Steinbrenner replaces Mike Burke with Gabe Paul as Yankee president
1973 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1974 - Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against NY Yankees
1975 - India launches 1st satellite with help of USSR
1976 - 5th Boston Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt of Wis in 2:47:10
1976 - 80th Boston Marathon won by Jack Fultz of Wash, DC in 2:20:19
1978 - Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel
1979 - FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Brooklyn New York)
1979 - Following a 6-3 loss to the Orioles, Yanks Goose Gossage & Cliff
1979 - Johnson brawl, Gossage sustains a sprained ligament in his left thumb
1981 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf
1981 - Oakland A's runs record to 11-0
1981 - William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos" premieres in NYC
LPGA Golfer Beth Daniel1981 - Rochester Red Wings & Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32 innings, game suspended at 4:07 AM (Pawtucket later wins in 33rd)
1982 - 11th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Ger in 2:29:33
1982 - 86th Boston Marathon won by Alberto Salazar of Oreg in 2:08:51
1982 - Guinon Bluford announced as 1st African American NASA astronaut
1940 - Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege
1941 - 45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:30:38
1941 - B Brecht's "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder" premieres in Zurich
1941 - Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia
1941 - Milk rationed in Holland
1942 - 46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Mass in 2:26:51.2
1943 - 47th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:25.8
1943 - SS-lt-gen Jurgen Stoop leads destruction of ghetto of Warsaw
1943 - Bicycle Day - Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time.
1944 - Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra
1945 - 49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:30:40.2
1945 - Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway
1945 - US aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid
1945 - US offensive against Shuri-barrier on Okinawa
1945 - The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Guatemala are established.
1946 - Yankees switch from 3rd base to 1st base dug out
1947 - 51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39
1947 - AAU record for a 25-foot rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds
1947 - French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522
1947 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
1947 - Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39)
Ice Hockey Player Maurice Richard1947 - After scoring 45 goals during the regular season, Maurice Richard is named MVP.1948 - 52nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:02
1948 - ABC-TV network begins
1948 - Chiang Kai-shek elected President of Nationalist China
1949 - 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8
1949 - Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth
1950 - 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea in 2:32:39
1951 - "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 267 perfs
1951 - 55th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan in 2:27:45
1951 - Gen Douglas MacArthur ends his military career
1952 - 56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53
1953 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open
1953 - WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
WW2 General Douglas MacArthur1954 - 58th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:20:391954 - 7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th
1955 - 59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22
1955 - The German automaker Volkswagen, after six years of selling cars in the United States, founds Volkswagen of America in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey to standardize its dealer and service network.
1956 - 1st ML baseball game in NJ, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium
1956 - 60th Boston Marathon won by Antti Viskari of Finland in 2:14:14
1958 - 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54
1959 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1959 - Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails
1960 - 64th Boston Marathon won by Paavo Kotila of Finland in 2:20:54
1960 - Baseball uniforms begin displaying players' names on their backs
1960 - Comiskey Park's famed "exploding" scoreboard begins operating
1961 - 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39
1962 - 66th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:48
1962 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m
1963 - "Hot Spot" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 43 performances
1963 - 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:18:58
LPGA Golfer Mickey Wright1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational1964 - Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier
1964 - Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma" premieres in West Berlin
1965 - 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in NYC) begins operating
1965 - 69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33
1965 - T.A.M.I. Show premieres in London
1965 - At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die
1966 - In 1st regular season game at Anaheim Stadium, Angels lose 3-1 to Chic
1966 - 70th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:11
1966 - Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon
1967 - "Casino Royale" premieres
1967 - 71st Boston Marathon won by Dave McKenzie of New Zealand in 2:15:45
1967 - Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't)
1967 - Yugoslav author Mihaljo Mihaljov sentenced 4½ years
1968 - 72nd Boston Marathon won by Amby Burfoot of Conn in 2:22:17
1968 - Belgian construction workers strike
1968 - NL owners approve expansion for 2 new teams
1969 - Serious rioting in the Bogside area of Derry following clashes between Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association marchers and Loyalists and members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary
1970 - "Look to the Lilies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 perfs
1970 - 24th Tony Awards: Borstal Boy & Applause win
1970 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational
1971 - 75th Boston Marathon won by Alvaro Mejia of Colombia in 2:18:45
1971 - Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder)
1971 - Sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day)
1971 - USSR Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit
1972 - "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" opens at Playhouse NYC for 1,065 perfs
1972 - Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth
1972 - Hungary revises constitution
1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 - British Prime Ministe rEdward Heath confirms that a plan to conduct an arrest operation, in the event of a riot during the march on 30 January 1972, was known to British government Ministers in advance
Singer-songwriter & ActressBarbra Streisand1973 - Barbra Streisand records "Between Yesterday & Tomorrow"1973 - Steinbrenner replaces Mike Burke with Gabe Paul as Yankee president
1973 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1974 - Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against NY Yankees
1975 - India launches 1st satellite with help of USSR
1976 - 5th Boston Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt of Wis in 2:47:10
1976 - 80th Boston Marathon won by Jack Fultz of Wash, DC in 2:20:19
1978 - Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel
1979 - FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Brooklyn New York)
1979 - Following a 6-3 loss to the Orioles, Yanks Goose Gossage & Cliff
1979 - Johnson brawl, Gossage sustains a sprained ligament in his left thumb
1981 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf
1981 - Oakland A's runs record to 11-0
1981 - William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos" premieres in NYC
LPGA Golfer Beth Daniel1981 - Rochester Red Wings & Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32 innings, game suspended at 4:07 AM (Pawtucket later wins in 33rd)1982 - 11th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Ger in 2:29:33
1982 - 86th Boston Marathon won by Alberto Salazar of Oreg in 2:08:51
1982 - Guinon Bluford announced as 1st African American NASA astronaut
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 101 - 200 of 225
1935 - Dudley Moore, actor (10, Arthur, Bedazzled, 6 Weeks), born in London, England
1935 - Peter Scott, QC
1936 - Csaba Szabo, composer
1936 - Ruby Johnson, US singer (I'll Run Your Hurt Away)
1936 - Wilfried Martens, premier (Belgium, 1979-81, 1981-92), (d. 2013)
1937 - Elinor Donahue, Tacoma Wash, actress (Father Knows Best, Get a Life)
1937 - Joseph Estrada, actor and 13th President of the Philippines
1938 - Jonathan Tunick, composer
Actor, Comedian and Jazz Musician Dudley Moore(1935)1939 - E Clay Shaw Jr, (Rep-R-FL, 1981-2007 ), (d. 2013)
1939 - Ellen Weston, actress (Betty-SWAT), born in NYC, New York
1939 - Michael Macaulay, cricketer (Tvl, W Prov, OFS, NE Tvl, E Prov & S Afr)
1940 - Algy Cluff, CEO (Spectator, Cluff Resources)
1940 - Genya Ravan, American vocalist (Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Ten Wheel Drive)
1941 - Michel Roux, chef de cuisine
1941 - Roberto Carlos, Brazilian singer
1942 - Alan Price, England, rock keyboardist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1942 - Bas Jan Ader, Dutch artist (disappeared 1975).
1942 - Jack Roush, American racing entrepreneur
1943 - Mike Kelly, rocker (Duprees)
1944 - Bernard Worrell, US keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop)
1944 - Margo MacDonald, Scotish national broadcaster
1944 - Mark "Flo" Volman, rocker (Flo & Eddie, Turtles-Eleanor)/DJ (WKRK)
1944 - James Heckman, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize
1945 - Nuria Ortiz, Mexico, skeet shooter (Olympic-13th-1968)
1946 - Leon Wessels, S Afr lawyer/underminister of Law & Order
1946 - Tim Curry, Cheshire England, actor (Rocky Horror Show)
1946 - Viktor Viktorovich Zabolotsky, Russia, cosmonaut (BST-02)
1946 - Mary Jo Slater, American casting director
1947 - Frits Castricum, journalist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
1947 - Murray Perahia, pianist (Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988), born in NYC, New York
1947 - Wilf Stevenson, director (British Film Institute)
1948 - Rick Miller, American baseball player
1949 - Myra McCulloch, teacher academic/administrator
1949 - Paloma Picasso, [Gilot], Paris France, actress (Immoral Tales)
1949 - Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot (d. 1993)
1950 - Jeff Hammond, cricketer (Australian fast bowler on 1973 WI tour)
1950 - Marc Demeyer, Belgian bicyclist (Paris-Brussel '74)
1951 - Barry Brown, American actor and writer (d. 1978)
1951 - Jóannes Eidesgaard, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
1952 - Adny Shernoff, rocker
1953 - Sara Simeoni, Italy, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1980)
1953 - Rod Morgenstein, American musician (Winger)
1953 - Ruby Wax, British television personality
1954 - Trevor Francis, British soccer manager
1956 - Lori West, LPGA golfer (1994 State Farm-5th), born in Denver, Colorado
1956 - Sue Barker, England, tennis star
1957 - Belinda Lipscomb, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1957 - Bo[as] Watson, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1957 - Rod Morgenstern, rocker (Winger)
1957 - Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman
1960 - Frank Viola, Hempstead NY, pitcher (Twins, Mets/Cy Young-1988)
1960 - Roger Merrett, Australian footballer
1960 - Nicoletta Braschi, Italian actress (The Tiger and the Snow)
1961 - Richard Phelps, British pentathelete
Indy Car Driver Al Unser Jr.(1962)1962 - Al Unser Jr, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)
1962 - Christa Teno, Tecumseh Ontario, LPGA golfer (1989 Mitsubishi-44th)
1963 - Valerie Plame Wilson, former C.I.A. agent
1964 - Harris Barton, NFL tackle (SF 49ers)
1964 - Scott Kamienicki, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1965 - Natalie Dessay, French soprano
1965 - Suge Knight, American record producer
1966 - Paul Reiffel, cricketer (Victorian & Australian pace bowler)
1966 - Randolph Keys, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
1966 - Véronique Gens, French soprano
1967 - Steven H Silver, American science fiction editor
1967 - Dar Williams, American musician and songwriter
1968 - Ashley Taylor Judd, Granada Hills California, actress (Kuffs, Sisters)
1968 - Brent Mayne, Loma Linda CA, catcher (NY Mets)
1968 - Keith McCants, NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)
1968 - Roger Reinson, CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
1968 - Thomas Nock, Zurich Switzerland, actor (Tartort, Gemini-Twin Stars)
1968 - Craig McNeil, American writer, lawyer, and military officer
1968 - Mswati III, King of Swaziland
1968 - Pascal Kleiman, Spanish DJ, producer, musician
1968 - Arshad Warsi, Indian actor
1969 - Carlos Reyes, pitcher (Oakland A's), born in Miami, Florida
1969 - Danelle Marie Folta, Hammond IN, playmate (Apr, 1995)
1969 - James Westphal, Oak Park Illinois, 10k runner
1969 - Jesse James, American television personality and motorcycle builder
1970 - Luis Miguel, Vera Cruz Mexico, spanish singer
1970 - Michael Barrow, NFL linebacker (Houston Oilers, Carolina Panthers)
1970 - Rick Hamilton, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
1970 - Kelly Holmes, English athlete
1971 - Otis Scott, Gainesville Fla, 400m/800m runner
1972 - Eric Jack, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 - Jeff Wilkins, NFL kicker (SF 49ers)
1972 - Rivaldo, Brazilian footballer
1974 - Ante Moric, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1974 - Akara Amarttayakul, Thai actor
1975 - Jason Gillespie, Australian cricketer (fast bowler, Australia 1996)
1975 - Nazarena Almada, Miss Argentina Universe (1997)
1975 - Temoc Suarez, Greenwood SC, soccer forward (Olympics-gold-96)
1975 - Jussi Jääskeläinen, Finnish footballer
1976 - Vanessa Guzman, Miss Universe-Mexico (1996)
1976 - Ruud Jolie, Dutch guitarist (Within Temptation)
1977 - Lucien Mettomo, Cameroonian footballer
1977 - Joe Beimel, American baseball player
1977 - Dennys Reyes, Mexican baseball player
1978 - Adrienne Parker, Miss Tennessee Teen USA (1996)
1978 - Whitney Metzler, 400m medley swimmer (Olympics-8th-96)
1935 - Peter Scott, QC
1936 - Csaba Szabo, composer
1936 - Ruby Johnson, US singer (I'll Run Your Hurt Away)
1936 - Wilfried Martens, premier (Belgium, 1979-81, 1981-92), (d. 2013)
1937 - Elinor Donahue, Tacoma Wash, actress (Father Knows Best, Get a Life)
1937 - Joseph Estrada, actor and 13th President of the Philippines
1938 - Jonathan Tunick, composer
Actor, Comedian and Jazz Musician Dudley Moore(1935)1939 - E Clay Shaw Jr, (Rep-R-FL, 1981-2007 ), (d. 2013)1939 - Ellen Weston, actress (Betty-SWAT), born in NYC, New York
1939 - Michael Macaulay, cricketer (Tvl, W Prov, OFS, NE Tvl, E Prov & S Afr)
1940 - Algy Cluff, CEO (Spectator, Cluff Resources)
1940 - Genya Ravan, American vocalist (Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Ten Wheel Drive)
1941 - Michel Roux, chef de cuisine
1941 - Roberto Carlos, Brazilian singer
1942 - Alan Price, England, rock keyboardist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1942 - Bas Jan Ader, Dutch artist (disappeared 1975).
1942 - Jack Roush, American racing entrepreneur
1943 - Mike Kelly, rocker (Duprees)
1944 - Bernard Worrell, US keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop)
1944 - Margo MacDonald, Scotish national broadcaster
1944 - Mark "Flo" Volman, rocker (Flo & Eddie, Turtles-Eleanor)/DJ (WKRK)
1944 - James Heckman, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize
1945 - Nuria Ortiz, Mexico, skeet shooter (Olympic-13th-1968)
1946 - Leon Wessels, S Afr lawyer/underminister of Law & Order
1946 - Tim Curry, Cheshire England, actor (Rocky Horror Show)
1946 - Viktor Viktorovich Zabolotsky, Russia, cosmonaut (BST-02)
1946 - Mary Jo Slater, American casting director
1947 - Frits Castricum, journalist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
1947 - Murray Perahia, pianist (Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988), born in NYC, New York
1947 - Wilf Stevenson, director (British Film Institute)
1948 - Rick Miller, American baseball player
1949 - Myra McCulloch, teacher academic/administrator
1949 - Paloma Picasso, [Gilot], Paris France, actress (Immoral Tales)
1949 - Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot (d. 1993)
1950 - Jeff Hammond, cricketer (Australian fast bowler on 1973 WI tour)
1950 - Marc Demeyer, Belgian bicyclist (Paris-Brussel '74)
1951 - Barry Brown, American actor and writer (d. 1978)
1951 - Jóannes Eidesgaard, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
1952 - Adny Shernoff, rocker
1953 - Sara Simeoni, Italy, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1980)
1953 - Rod Morgenstein, American musician (Winger)
1953 - Ruby Wax, British television personality
1954 - Trevor Francis, British soccer manager
1956 - Lori West, LPGA golfer (1994 State Farm-5th), born in Denver, Colorado
1956 - Sue Barker, England, tennis star
1957 - Belinda Lipscomb, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1957 - Bo[as] Watson, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1957 - Rod Morgenstern, rocker (Winger)
1957 - Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman
1960 - Frank Viola, Hempstead NY, pitcher (Twins, Mets/Cy Young-1988)
1960 - Roger Merrett, Australian footballer
1960 - Nicoletta Braschi, Italian actress (The Tiger and the Snow)
1961 - Richard Phelps, British pentathelete
Indy Car Driver Al Unser Jr.(1962)1962 - Al Unser Jr, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)1962 - Christa Teno, Tecumseh Ontario, LPGA golfer (1989 Mitsubishi-44th)
1963 - Valerie Plame Wilson, former C.I.A. agent
1964 - Harris Barton, NFL tackle (SF 49ers)
1964 - Scott Kamienicki, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1965 - Natalie Dessay, French soprano
1965 - Suge Knight, American record producer
1966 - Paul Reiffel, cricketer (Victorian & Australian pace bowler)
1966 - Randolph Keys, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
1966 - Véronique Gens, French soprano
1967 - Steven H Silver, American science fiction editor
1967 - Dar Williams, American musician and songwriter
1968 - Ashley Taylor Judd, Granada Hills California, actress (Kuffs, Sisters)
1968 - Brent Mayne, Loma Linda CA, catcher (NY Mets)
1968 - Keith McCants, NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)
1968 - Roger Reinson, CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
1968 - Thomas Nock, Zurich Switzerland, actor (Tartort, Gemini-Twin Stars)
1968 - Craig McNeil, American writer, lawyer, and military officer
1968 - Mswati III, King of Swaziland
1968 - Pascal Kleiman, Spanish DJ, producer, musician
1968 - Arshad Warsi, Indian actor
1969 - Carlos Reyes, pitcher (Oakland A's), born in Miami, Florida
1969 - Danelle Marie Folta, Hammond IN, playmate (Apr, 1995)
1969 - James Westphal, Oak Park Illinois, 10k runner
1969 - Jesse James, American television personality and motorcycle builder
1970 - Luis Miguel, Vera Cruz Mexico, spanish singer
1970 - Michael Barrow, NFL linebacker (Houston Oilers, Carolina Panthers)
1970 - Rick Hamilton, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
1970 - Kelly Holmes, English athlete
1971 - Otis Scott, Gainesville Fla, 400m/800m runner
1972 - Eric Jack, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 - Jeff Wilkins, NFL kicker (SF 49ers)
1972 - Rivaldo, Brazilian footballer
1974 - Ante Moric, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1974 - Akara Amarttayakul, Thai actor
1975 - Jason Gillespie, Australian cricketer (fast bowler, Australia 1996)
1975 - Nazarena Almada, Miss Argentina Universe (1997)
1975 - Temoc Suarez, Greenwood SC, soccer forward (Olympics-gold-96)
1975 - Jussi Jääskeläinen, Finnish footballer
1976 - Vanessa Guzman, Miss Universe-Mexico (1996)
1976 - Ruud Jolie, Dutch guitarist (Within Temptation)
1977 - Lucien Mettomo, Cameroonian footballer
1977 - Joe Beimel, American baseball player
1977 - Dennys Reyes, Mexican baseball player
1978 - Adrienne Parker, Miss Tennessee Teen USA (1996)
1978 - Whitney Metzler, 400m medley swimmer (Olympics-8th-96)
1992 - Robert F Clayton, drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash
1992 - Robert Paul Haynes, bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash
1993 - David Koresh, [Vernon Howell], cult leader (Davidians), suicide
1993 - George Mickelson, Gov of SD, & 7 others, die in a plane crash
1994 - Frederick Ferrari, crazy Gang Member, dies at 81
1994 - Larry Davis, blues Singer/Guitarist, dies at 57
1994 - Louis Simmonds, bookseller, dies at 87
1994 - Michael Carreras, film Director, dies at 67
1994 - Michel van Rooy, Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43
1995 - "King" Herbert Whitaker, tenor sax, dies at 66
1995 - Igor Hajek, translator/writer, dies at 64
1995 - J Peter Grace Jr, CEO (W R Grace), dies from cancer at 81
1995 - Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/Orientalist, dies at 70
1996 - Bernard Edwards, bass player, dies at 44
1996 - Norman Oldfield, cricketer (scored 99 runs in Test for England), dies
1996 - Peg Ridge, peace campaigner, dies at 72
1997 - El Duce, American singer and drummer (The Mentors) (b. 1958)
1998 - Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
1999 - David Sanes, US Navy employee
1999 - Hermine Braunsteiner, Nazi war criminal (b. 1919)
2000 - Louis Applebaum, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1918)
2004 - Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)
2004 - John Maynard Smith, English biologist (b. 1920)
2005 - Ruth Hussey, American actress (b. 1911)
2005 - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist (b. 1946)
2005 - George Pan Cosmatos, Greek film director (b. 1941)
2005 - Clement Meadmore, Australian sculptor (b. 1929)
2006 - Scott Crossfield, American pilot, first man to fly at Mach 2 (b. 1921)
2006 - Zola Levitt, Messianic Jewish preacher (b. 1938)
2007 - Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (b. 1932)
2007 - Helen Walton, wife of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (b. 1919)
2008 - John Marzano, American baseball player (b. 1963)
2008 - Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (b. 1907)
2008 - Alfonso López Trujillo, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1935)
2009 - J.G. Ballard, British novelist. (b. 1930)
2010 - Keith "Guru" Elam, American rapper (b. 1966)
2010 - Edwin Valero, Venezuelan boxer (b. 1981)
2010 - Carl Williams, Australian criminal (b. 1970)
2011 - Elisabeth Sladen, British actress (b. 1946)
2012 - Valeri Vasiliev, Society ice hockey defenceman, dies at 62
2013 - Allan Arbus, American actor, dies from heart failure at 95
2013 - Mike Denness, Scottish cricketer, dies from cancer at 72
2013 - Patrick Garland, British director, writer, and actor, dies at 78
2013 - Francois Jacob, French biologist and Nobel laureate, dies at 92
1992 - Robert Paul Haynes, bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash
1993 - David Koresh, [Vernon Howell], cult leader (Davidians), suicide
1993 - George Mickelson, Gov of SD, & 7 others, die in a plane crash
1994 - Frederick Ferrari, crazy Gang Member, dies at 81
1994 - Larry Davis, blues Singer/Guitarist, dies at 57
1994 - Louis Simmonds, bookseller, dies at 87
1994 - Michael Carreras, film Director, dies at 67
1994 - Michel van Rooy, Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43
1995 - "King" Herbert Whitaker, tenor sax, dies at 66
1995 - Igor Hajek, translator/writer, dies at 64
1995 - J Peter Grace Jr, CEO (W R Grace), dies from cancer at 81
1995 - Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/Orientalist, dies at 70
1996 - Bernard Edwards, bass player, dies at 44
1996 - Norman Oldfield, cricketer (scored 99 runs in Test for England), dies
1996 - Peg Ridge, peace campaigner, dies at 72
1997 - El Duce, American singer and drummer (The Mentors) (b. 1958)
1998 - Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
1999 - David Sanes, US Navy employee
1999 - Hermine Braunsteiner, Nazi war criminal (b. 1919)
2000 - Louis Applebaum, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1918)
2004 - Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)
2004 - John Maynard Smith, English biologist (b. 1920)
2005 - Ruth Hussey, American actress (b. 1911)
2005 - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist (b. 1946)
2005 - George Pan Cosmatos, Greek film director (b. 1941)
2005 - Clement Meadmore, Australian sculptor (b. 1929)
2006 - Scott Crossfield, American pilot, first man to fly at Mach 2 (b. 1921)
2006 - Zola Levitt, Messianic Jewish preacher (b. 1938)
2007 - Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (b. 1932)
2007 - Helen Walton, wife of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (b. 1919)
2008 - John Marzano, American baseball player (b. 1963)
2008 - Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (b. 1907)
2008 - Alfonso López Trujillo, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1935)
2009 - J.G. Ballard, British novelist. (b. 1930)
2010 - Keith "Guru" Elam, American rapper (b. 1966)
2010 - Edwin Valero, Venezuelan boxer (b. 1981)
2010 - Carl Williams, Australian criminal (b. 1970)
2011 - Elisabeth Sladen, British actress (b. 1946)
2012 - Valeri Vasiliev, Society ice hockey defenceman, dies at 62
2013 - Allan Arbus, American actor, dies from heart failure at 95
2013 - Mike Denness, Scottish cricketer, dies from cancer at 72
2013 - Patrick Garland, British director, writer, and actor, dies at 78
2013 - Francois Jacob, French biologist and Nobel laureate, dies at 92
1982 - Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery
1982 - Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut
1982 - USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit
1983 - France performs nuclear test
1984 - Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in print (Nature magazine)
1985 - 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth
1985 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 - Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.
1986 - Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 - Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka v NZ)
1987 - Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 & record 12th straight AL win
1987 - Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious skydiver
1987 - Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph)
WBC Heavyweight ChampionLarry Holmes1987 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Santa Barbara Golf Open
1987 - LA Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record
1987 - Last wild condor captured on California wildlife reserve
1987 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1989 - Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors
1989 - Kevin Elster (NY Mets), sets errorless shortstop mark at 73
1989 - Republic Day in Sierra Leone
1990 - Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas & incoming government agree to truce
1990 - Marla Maples appears on ABC's Prime-Time
1990 - Pistons & 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record)
1990 - Truce in Nicaragua's civil war
1991 - Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
Boxer Evander Holyfield1991 - Greyhound Bus posts $195 million loss for 1990
1992 - "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" closes at Beaumont NYC after 38 perf
1992 - Balki & Mary Ann wed on "Perfect Strangers"
1992 - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sega Women's Golf Championship
1993 - 22nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:25:27
1993 - 97th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas N'deti of Kenya in 2:09:33
1993 - After a 51 day siege by the FBI 76 Branch Davidians die in a fire near Waco Texas (accident, suicide, tear gas are disputed causes)
1993 - Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40
1993 - South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashed lands in Iowa.
1994 - 15th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1994 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10km (11:25.88)
1994 - Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election
Victim of Police ViolenceRodney King1994 - Rodney King award $3,800,000 in compensation for his police beating
1994 - Supreme Court outlaws excluding people from juries because of gender
1995 - Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (NYC) news
1995 - Truck bomb at Federal Building in Oklahoma City, kills 168 & injures 500
1996 - Rangers scores 16 in 8th vs Orioles
1996 - South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah
1997 - Renee Slaughter crowned 14th Miss Hawaiian Tropic Intl
1997 - SD Padres & St Louis Cards play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii
1999 - The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
2005 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal conclave.
2011 - Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party of Cuba's central committee after 45 years of holding the title.
2012 - Levon Helm, American rock musician, dies from throat cancer at 71
Cuban President Fidel Castro2013 - Boston bombing suspects killed and captured in Boston after 4 days
1982 - Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut
1982 - USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit
1983 - France performs nuclear test
1984 - Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in print (Nature magazine)
1985 - 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth
1985 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 - Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.
1986 - Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 - Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka v NZ)
1987 - Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 & record 12th straight AL win
1987 - Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious skydiver
1987 - Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph)
WBC Heavyweight ChampionLarry Holmes1987 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Santa Barbara Golf Open1987 - LA Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record
1987 - Last wild condor captured on California wildlife reserve
1987 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1989 - Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors
1989 - Kevin Elster (NY Mets), sets errorless shortstop mark at 73
1989 - Republic Day in Sierra Leone
1990 - Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas & incoming government agree to truce
1990 - Marla Maples appears on ABC's Prime-Time
1990 - Pistons & 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record)
1990 - Truce in Nicaragua's civil war
1991 - Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
Boxer Evander Holyfield1991 - Greyhound Bus posts $195 million loss for 19901992 - "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" closes at Beaumont NYC after 38 perf
1992 - Balki & Mary Ann wed on "Perfect Strangers"
1992 - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sega Women's Golf Championship
1993 - 22nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:25:27
1993 - 97th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas N'deti of Kenya in 2:09:33
1993 - After a 51 day siege by the FBI 76 Branch Davidians die in a fire near Waco Texas (accident, suicide, tear gas are disputed causes)
1993 - Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40
1993 - South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashed lands in Iowa.
1994 - 15th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1994 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10km (11:25.88)
1994 - Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election
Victim of Police ViolenceRodney King1994 - Rodney King award $3,800,000 in compensation for his police beating1994 - Supreme Court outlaws excluding people from juries because of gender
1995 - Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (NYC) news
1995 - Truck bomb at Federal Building in Oklahoma City, kills 168 & injures 500
1996 - Rangers scores 16 in 8th vs Orioles
1996 - South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah
1997 - Renee Slaughter crowned 14th Miss Hawaiian Tropic Intl
1997 - SD Padres & St Louis Cards play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii
1999 - The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
2005 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal conclave.
2011 - Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party of Cuba's central committee after 45 years of holding the title.
2012 - Levon Helm, American rock musician, dies from throat cancer at 71
Cuban President Fidel Castro2013 - Boston bombing suspects killed and captured in Boston after 4 daysFamous Birthdays
Birthdays 201 - 225 of 225
1978 - Gabriel Heinze, Argentinian footballer
1978 - James Franco, American actor
1978 - Amanda Sage, American born visionary artist
1979 - Challen Sievers, Downers Grove Ill, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
1979 - Mariah Billado, Miss Vermont Teen USA (1997)
1979 - Kate Hudson, American actress (Almost Famous, You, Me and Dupree), born in Los Angeles, California
1980 - Alexis Thorpe, American actress
1981 - Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor (Sam-Life as a House, Star Wars), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1981 - Martin Havlat, Czech hockey player
Actor Hayden Christensen(1981)1981 - Kasie Head, American actress and model
1981 - Troy Polamalu, American football player
1981 - Catalina Sandino Moreno, Colombian actress
1983 - Alberto Callaspo, Venezuelan baseball player
1983 - Zack Duke, American baseball player
1983 - Joe Mauer, American baseball player
1983 - Curtis Thigpen, American baseball player
1984 - Lee Da Hae, South Korean actress
1985 - Valon Behrami, Swiss Footballer
1986 - Candace Parker, American basketball player
1987 - Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player
1987 - Joe Hart, English Under-21 Footballer
1987 - Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress
1987 - Courtland Mead, American actor
Tennis Player Maria Sharapova (1987)1989 - Fiona MacGillivray, Canadian vocalist (The Cottars)
1990 - Kim Chiu, Filipino actress
1978 - James Franco, American actor
1978 - Amanda Sage, American born visionary artist
1979 - Challen Sievers, Downers Grove Ill, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
1979 - Mariah Billado, Miss Vermont Teen USA (1997)
1979 - Kate Hudson, American actress (Almost Famous, You, Me and Dupree), born in Los Angeles, California
1980 - Alexis Thorpe, American actress
1981 - Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor (Sam-Life as a House, Star Wars), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1981 - Martin Havlat, Czech hockey player
Actor Hayden Christensen(1981)1981 - Kasie Head, American actress and model1981 - Troy Polamalu, American football player
1981 - Catalina Sandino Moreno, Colombian actress
1983 - Alberto Callaspo, Venezuelan baseball player
1983 - Zack Duke, American baseball player
1983 - Joe Mauer, American baseball player
1983 - Curtis Thigpen, American baseball player
1984 - Lee Da Hae, South Korean actress
1985 - Valon Behrami, Swiss Footballer
1986 - Candace Parker, American basketball player
1987 - Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player
1987 - Joe Hart, English Under-21 Footballer
1987 - Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress
1987 - Courtland Mead, American actor
Tennis Player Maria Sharapova (1987)1989 - Fiona MacGillivray, Canadian vocalist (The Cottars)1990 - Kim Chiu, Filipino actress
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