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Events
392
-
Arbogast
has
Eugenius
elected
Western Roman Emperor
.
476
-
Odoacer
is named
Rex italiae
by his troop.
565
-
St. Columba
reports seeing a monster in
Loch Ness
,
Scotland
.
851
-
Erispoe
defeats
Charles the Bald
near the Breton town of Jengland.
1138
-
Battle of the Standard
between Scotland and England.
1485
- The
Battle of Bosworth Field
, the death of
Richard III
and the end of the
House of Plantagenet
.
1559
-
Bartolomé Carranza
,
Spanish
archbishop
, is arrested for
heresy
.
1639
-
Madras
(now
Chennai
),
India
, is founded by the
British East India Company
on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1642
-
Charles I
calls the
English Parliament
traitors. The
English Civil War
begins.
1654
-
Jacob Barsimson
arrives in
New Amsterdam
. He is the first known
Jewish
immigrant
to America.
1717
-
Spanish
troops land on
Sardinia
.
1770
-
James Cook
's expedition lands on the east coast of
Australia
.
1775
-
King George III
declares the
American colonies
to be in open rebellion.
1780
-
James Cook
's ship
HMS Resolution
returns to
England
(Cook having been killed on
Hawaii
during the voyage).
1791
- Beginning of the
Haitian
Slave Revolution
in
Saint-Domingue
.
1798
-
French
troops land in
Kilcummin harbour
,
County Mayo
,
Ireland
to aid
Wolfe Tone's
United Irishmen's
Irish Rebellion
.
1827
-
José de La Mar
becomes
President of Peru
.
1831
-
Nat Turner's slave rebellion
commences just after midnight in
Southampton, Virginia
, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred
African Americans
who were killed in retaliation for the uprising.
1848
-
The United States
annexes
New Mexico
.
1849
- The first
air raid
in history. Austria launches pilotless balloons against the Italian city of
Venice
.
1851
- The first
America's Cup
is won by the
yacht
America
.
1875
- The
Treaty of Saint Petersburg
between
Japan
and
Russia
is ratified, providing for the exchange of
Sakhalin
for the
Kuril Islands
.
1864
- Twelve
nations
sign the First
Geneva Convention
. The
Red Cross
is formed.
1901
-
Cadillac
Motor Company is founded.
1902
-
Theodore Roosevelt
becomes the first
President of the United States
to ride in an automobile.
1911
- Theft of the
Mona Lisa
is discovered.
1914
-
World War I
: in
Belgium
,
British
and
German
troops clash for the first time in the war.
1922
-
Michael Collins
,
Commander-in-Chief
of the
Irish Free State
Army is shot dead during an
Anti-Treaty
ambush at
Beal na mBlath
,
County Cork
, during the
Irish Civil War
.
1926
-
Gold
is discovered in
Johannesburg
,
South Africa
.
1932
- The
BBC
first experiments with television broadcasting. (See also
Timeline of the BBC
.)
1941
-
World War II
:
German
troops
reach
Leningrad
, leading to the
siege of Leningrad
.
1942
- World War II:
Brazil
declares war
on
Germany
and
Italy
.
1944
- World War II:
Romania
is captured by the
Soviet Union
.
1949
-
Queen Charlotte earthquake
: Canada's largest earthquake since the
1700 Cascadia earthquake
1950
-
Althea Gibson
becomes the first black
competitor
in international
tennis
.
1952
- The
penal colony
on
Devil's Island
is permanently closed.
1962
- An attempt to assassinate
French
president
Charles de Gaulle
fails.
1962 - The
NS
Savannah
, the world's first
nuclear-powered
cargo ship, completes its
maiden voyage
.
1963
-
Joe Walker
in an
X-15
test plane reaches an altitude of 106 km (67 miles).
1966
- Labor movements
NFWA
and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the
United Farm Workers
.
1968
-
Pope Paul VI
arrives in
Bogotá
,
Colombia
. It is the first visit of a
pope
to
Latin America
.
1971
-
J. Edgar Hoover
and
John Mitchell
announce the arrest of 20 of the
Camden 28
.
1972
-
Rhodesia
is expelled by the
IOC
for its racist policies.
1978
- The
Frente Sandinista de Liberacion
or
FSLN
occupies national palace in
Nicaragua
.
1989
- The first
ring
of
Neptune
is discovered.
1989 -
Nolan Ryan
strikes out
Rickey Henderson
to become the first
Major League Baseball
pitcher
to record 5,000
strikeouts
.
1992
-
FBI
HRT
sniper
Lon Horiuchi
shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at
Ruby Ridge
,
Idaho
.
2003
-
Alabama
Chief Justice
Roy Moore
is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the
Ten Commandments
from the lobby of the
Alabama Supreme Court
building.
2004
- A version of
The Scream
and
Madonna
, two paintings by
Edvard Munch
, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in
Oslo
,
Norway
.
2007
- The
Texas Rangers
rout the
Baltimore Orioles
30-3, the most runs scored by a team in modern MLB history.
2007
- The
Storm botnet
, a botnet created by the
Storm Worm
, sends out a record 57 million e-mails in one day
Births
1601
-
Georges de Scudéry
, French writer (d.
1667
)
1624
-
Jean Renaud de Segrais
, French writer (d.
1701
)
1647
-
Denis Papin
, French physicist and inventor (d. c.
1712
)
1679
-
Pierre Guérin de Tencin
, French cardinal (d.
1758
)
1760
-
Pope Leo XII
(d.
1829
)
1764
-
Charles Percier
, French architect (d.
1838
)
1771
-
Henry Maudslay
, English inventor (d.
1831
)
1773
-
Aimé Bonpland
, French explorer (d.
1858
)
1779
-
James Kirke Paulding
, American author (d.
1860
)
1800
-
William S. Harney
, U.S. general (d.
1889
)
1800 -
Samuel David Luzzatto
, Italian-Jewish scholar (d.
1865
)
1811
-
William Kelly
, American inventor (d.
1888
)
1822
-
Virginia Clemm Poe
, wife of
Edgar Allan Poe
(d.
1847
)
1827
-
Ezra Butler Eddy
, Canadian businessman, industrialist and politician (d.
1906
)
1834
-
Samuel Pierpont Langley
, American astronomer (d.
1906
)
1836
-
Archibald MacNeal Willard
, American artist (d.
1918
)
1845
-
William Lewis Douglas
, 42nd
Governor of Massachusetts
(d.
1924
)
1848
-
Melville E. Stone
, American newspaper publisher (d.
1929
)
1854
-
Milan I
, King of Serbia (d.
1901
)
1857
-
Ned Hanlon
, American baseball player and manager (d.
1937
)
1860
-
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow
, German inventor (d.
1940
)
1860 -
Eleonore of Reuss-Köstritz
, tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d.
1917
)
1862
-
Claude Debussy
, French composer (d.
1918
)
1867
-
Maximilian Bircher-Benner
, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d.
1939
)
1873
-
Alexander Bogdanov
, Russian physician and philosopher (d.
1928
)
1874
-
Max Scheler
, German philosopher (d.
1928
)
1880
-
George Herriman
, American cartoonist (d.
1944
)
1880 -
Gorch Fock
, German author and poet (d.
1916
)
1887
-
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
, German minister of finance (d.
1977
)
1891
-
Jacques Lipchitz
, Lithuanian/American sculptor (d.
1973
)
1893
-
Dorothy Parker
, American writer (d.
1967
)
1893 -
Wilfred Kitching
, British Salvation Army general (d.
1977
)
1895
-
Paul Comtois
, French Canadian politician (d.
1966
)
1900
-
Sergei Ozhegov
, Russian lexicographer (d.
1964
)
1902
-
Leni Riefenstahl
, German film director (d.
2003
)
1902 -
Thomas Pelly
, American politician (d.
1973
)
1904
-
Deng Xiaoping
, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d.
1997
)
1908
-
Henri Cartier-Bresson
, French photographer (d.
2004
)
1909
-
Julius J. Epstein
, American screenwriter (d.
2000
)
1909 -
Mel Hein
, American football player (d.
1992
)
1909 -
Lucille Ricksen
, American actress (d.
1925
)
1913
-
Bruno Pontecorvo
, Italian physicist (d.
1993
)
1915 -
David Dellinger
, American social rights and peace movement leader (d.
2004
)
1915
-
Hugh Paddick
, British actor (d.
2000
)
1915
-
James Hillier
, Co-inventor of the electron microscope (d.
2007
)
1915 -
Edward Szczepanik
, Polish Prime Minister (d.
2005
)
1917
-
John Lee Hooker
, American musician (d.
2001
)
1918
-
Mary McGrory
, American journalist (d.
2004
)
1920
-
Ray Bradbury
, American writer
1920 -
Denton Cooley
, American heart surgeon
1922
-
Micheline Presle
, French actress
1925
-
Honor Blackman
, English actress
1925 -
James Kirkwood, Jr.
, American playwright and author (d.
1989
)
1928
-
Tinga Seisay
, Sierra Leonean diplomat and pro-democracy advocate
1928
-
Karlheinz Stockhausen
, German composer (d.
2007
)
1930
-
Gilmar
, Brazilian football player
1932
-
Gerald P. Carr
, American astronaut
1934
-
Norman Schwarzkopf
, U.S. general
1934 - Sir
Donald McIntyre
, English bass-baritone
1935
-
E. Annie Proulx
, American author
1936
-
Dale Hawkins
, American singer and songwriter
1938
-
Paul Maguire
, American football commentator
1939
-
George Reinholt
, American actor
1939 -
Carl Yastrzemski
, baseball player
1940
-
Valerie Harper
, American actress
1940 -
Bill McCartney
, American football coach
1941
-
Bill Parcells
, American football coach
1941
-
Hannspeter Winter
, Austrian plasma physicist
1942
-
Uğur Mumcu
, Turkish journalist and writer (d.
1993
)
1943
-
Masatoshi Shima
,
Japanese
computer
scientist
1945
-
Ron Dante
, American songwriter and record producer (
The Archies
)
1945 -
Erol Gelenbe
, Turkish computer scientist and mathematician
1947
-
Cindy Williams
, American actress
1947 -
Donna Godchaux
, singer (
Grateful Dead
)
1948
-
Eleonora Brown
, Italian actress
1949
-
Diana Nyad
, American swimmer
1949 -
Doug Bair
, baseball player
1949 -
Þórarinn Eldjárn
, Icelandic writer
1949 -
Alfred Musema
, Rwandan
genocidaire
1950
-
Ray Burris
, baseball player
1950 -
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby
, White House Chief of Staff
1951
-
Chandra Prakash Mainali
, Nepalese politician
1952
-
Peter Laughner
, American musician (
Rocket From the Tombs
,
Pere Ubu
) (d.
1977
)
1953
-
Paul Ellering
, American wrestling manager
1955
-
Will Shetterly
, writer
1955 -
Chiranjeevi
,
Telugu
film actor
1956
-
Paul Molitor
, baseball player
1957
-
Steve Davis
, English snooker player
1958
-
Colm Feore
, American actor
1958 -
Lane Huffman
, American professional wrestler
1958 -
Vernon Reid
, American musician (
Living Colour
)
1959
-
Juan Croucier
, American musician
1959 -
Pia Gjellerup
, Danish politician
1961
-
Roland Orzabal
, British musician (
Tears for Fears
)
1961 -
Debbi Peterson
, American musician (
The Bangles
)
1963
-
Tori Amos
, American singer/songwriter
1963 -
Terry Catledge
, American basketball player
1964
-
Mats Wilander
, Swedish tennis player
1965
-
Tom Gibis
, American voice actor
1966
-
Eric Andolsek
, American football player (d.
1992
)
1966 -
GZA
, American rapper
1966 -
Rob Witschge
, Dutch footballer
1967
-
Layne Staley
, American musician (
Alice in Chains
) (d.
2002
)
1967 -
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
, British actor
1967 -
Ant
, American comedian
1967 -
Ty Burrell
, American actor
1967 -
Alfred Gough
, American screenwriter
1967 -
Yukiko Okada
, Japanese singer (d.
1986
)
1968
-
Paul Colman
, Australian guitarist (
Newsboys
)
1968 -
Casper Christensen
, Danish comedian
1968 -
Rich Lowry
, American magazine editor
1968 -
Alexander Mostovoi
, Russian footballer
1968 -
Horst Skoff
, Austrian tennis player (d.
2008
)
1970
-
Charlie Connelly
, English writer
1970 -
Giada De Laurentiis
, Italian/American chef and television host
1971
-
Richard Armitage
, English actor
1971 -
Rick Yune
, American actor
1972
-
Steve Kline
, American baseball player
1972 -
Okkert Brits
, South African pole vaulter
1972 -
Max Wilson
, Brazilian racing driver
1973 -
Kristen Wiig
, American comedian
1973
-
Howie Dorough
, American singer (
Backstreet Boys
)
1974
-
Brimstone
, American professional wrestler
1974 -
Agustín Pichot
, Argentine rugby player
1974 -
Stefano Verderi
, Italian guitarist
1975
-
Clint Bolton
, Australian footballer
1975 -
Sheree Murphy
, British actress
1975 -
Rodrigo Santoro
, Brazilian actor
1977
-
Heiðar Helguson
, Icelandic footballer
1977 -
Jenna Leigh Green
, American actress
1978
-
Jeff Stinco
, Canadian musician (
Simple Plan
)
1979
-
Brandon Quintin Adams
, American actor
1979 -
Matt Walters
, American football player
1980
-
Christi Shake
, American model and actress
1980 -
Roland Benschneider
, German footballer
1980 -
Nicolas Macrozonaris
, French-Canadian track-and-field athlete
1981
-
Alex Holmes
, American football player
1983
-
Theo Bos
, Dutch cyclist
1983 -
Laura Breckenridge
, American actress
1984
-
Lee Camp
, English footballer
1986
-
Keiko Kitagawa
, Japanese actress
Deaths
408
-
Stilicho
, Roman general (b.
359
)
1155
-
Konoe
, Emperor of Japan (b.
1139
)
1188
-
Ferdinand II
, King of Leon (b.
1137
)
1241
-
Pope Gregory IX
, (b. c.
1143
)
1280
-
Pope Nicholas III
(b. c.
1216
)
1304
-
John II, Count of Hainaut
(b.
1247
)
1350
-
Philip VI
, King of France (b.
1293
)
1358
-
Isabella, Queen of England
(b. circa
1295
)
1485
-
Richard III
, King of England (b.
1452
)
1553
-
John Dudley
, English admiral and politician (b.
1501
)
1572
-
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland
(b.
1528
)
1584
-
Jan Kochanowski
, Polish writer (b.
1530
)
1599
-
Beatrice Cenci
, Italian noblewoman (b.
1577
)
1599 -
Luca Marenzio
, Italian composer (b. c.
1553
)
1607
-
Bartholomew Gosnold
, English explorer and privateer (b.
1572
)
1609
-
Maharal of Prague
, Jewish mystic and philosopher (b.
1525
)
1652
-
Jacob De la Gardie
, Swedish soldier and statesman (b.
1583
)
1680
-
John George II, Elector of Saxony
(b.
1613
)
1701
-
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
, English royalist statesman (b.
1628
)
1711
-
Louis François, duc de Boufflers
, French marshal (b.
1644
)
1752
-
William Whiston
, English mathematician (b.
1667
)
1773
-
George Lyttelton
, English writer and politician (b.
1709
)
1793
-
Louis, 4th duc de Noailles
, Marshal of France (b.
1713
)
1793 -
Cäcilia Weber
, German mother-in-law of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(b.
1727
)
1797
-
Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser
, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b.
1724
)
1806
-
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
, French artist (b.
1732
)
1818
-
Warren Hastings
, British Governor-General of India (b.
1732
)
1828
-
Franz Joseph Gall
, Austrian neuroscientist (b.
1758
)
1850
-
Nikolaus Lenau
, Austrian poet (b.
1802
)
1861
-
Xianfeng
, Emperor of China (b.
1831
)
1891
-
Jan Neruda
, Czech author (b.
1834
)
1903
-
Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
(b.
1830
)
1914
-
Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi
Italian religious figure
1918
-
Korbinian Brodmann
, German neurologist (b.
1868
)
1922
-
Michael Collins
, Irish revolutionary (b.
1890
)
1926
-
Charles William Eliot
, American University president (b.
1834
)
1940
-
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge
, English physicist (b.
1851
)
1942
-
Michel Fokine
, Russian choreographer and dancer (b.
1880
)
1950
-
Kirk Bryan
, American geologist (b.
1888
)
1951
-
J. P. Bickell
, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b.
1884
)
1953
-
Jim Tabor
, American baseball player (b.
1916
)
1958
-
Roger Martin du Gard
, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1881
)
1960
-
Eduard Pütsep
, Estonian wrestler (b.
1898
)
1965
-
Ellen Church
, American airline
stewardess
(b.
1904
)
1967
-
Gregory Goodwin Pincus
, American endocrinologist (b.
1903
)
1970
-
Vladimir Propp
,
Russian structuralist
scholar (b.
1895
)
1973
-
Louise Huff
, American actress (b.
1895
)
1974
-
Jacob Bronowski
, Polish-English mathematician & TV presenter (b.
1908
)
1976
-
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
, President of Brazil (b.
1902
)
1976 -
Gina Bachauer
, Greek pianist (b.
1913
)
1977
-
Sebastian Cabot
, English-born actor (b.
1918
)
1978
-
Jomo Kenyatta
, first President of Kenya (b. c.
1892
)
1979
-
James T. Farrell
, American novelist (b.
1904
)
1980
-
James Smith McDonnell
, American aircraft manufacturer (b.
1899
)
1980 -
Alfred Neubauer
, German racing team manager (b.
1891
)
1989
-
Robert Grondelaers
, Belgian cyclist (b.
1933
)
1989 -
Huey P. Newton
, American activist (b.
1942
)
1991
-
Colleen Dewhurst
, Canadian actress (b.
1924
)
1994
-
Gilles Groulx
, French-Canadian film director (b.
1931
)
2003
-
Arnold Gerschwiler
, Swiss figure skating trainer (b.
1914
)
2003 -
Generosa Ammon
, American widow of
Ted Ammon
(b.
1956
)
2003 -
Imperio Argentina
, Argentinian singer and actress (b.
1906
)
2004
-
Konstantin Aseev
, Russian chess player (b.
1960
)
2004 -
Daniel Petrie
, Canadian television and movie director (b.
1920
)
2004 -
Al Dvorin
, American
Elvis Presley
concert announcer (b.
1922
)
2005
-
Luc Ferrari
, French composer (b.
1929
)
2006
-
Bruce Gary
, American rock drummer (
The Knack
) (b.
1951
)
2008
-
Gladys Powers
, Canadian
World War I
veteran (b.
1899
)
Holidays and observances
RC feasts
-
Mary
, Queen of
angels
,
Immaculate Heart
External links
BBC: On This Day
On This Day in Canada
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