July 15th

TODAY IS:

Pet Fire Safety Day
Tapioca Pudding Day
Gummy Worm Day

EVENTS

1099 – City of Jerusalem is captured and plundered by Christian forces during the First Crusade
1205 – Pope Innocent III states Jews are doomed to perpetual servitudea and subjugation due to crucifixion of Jesus
1207 – King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton.
1240 – A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva.
1307 – Duke Henrik of Corinthia chosen as King of Bohemia
1381 – John Ball, a leader in the Peasants’ Revolt, is hung, drawn and quartered in the presence of Richard II of England.
1410 – Battle of Grunwald (2nd Battle of Tannenburg), one of the largest battles of medieval Europe, during Poland-Lithuanian Teutonic War. Polish King Władysław Jagiełło (Jogaila) and Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas led defeat against Teutonic Ulrich von Jungingen
1500 – Duke Albrecht of Saxon beats Friese rebellion
1500 – Baglione family massacre at the “Blood Wedding” of Astorre Baglione & Lavinia Colonna in Perugia
1501 – Explorer Pedro Cabral back in Lisbon
Key Figure of Medieval Rus Alexander Nevsky

1524 – Emperor Karel I bans German national synode
1538 – Peace talks between Karel & King Francois I
1662 – King Charles II charters Royal Society in London
1741 – Alexei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
1755 – French ambassador recalled from London
1779 – American troops under Gen A Wayne conquer Ft Stony Point, NY
1783 – 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France
1787 – Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes
1789 – Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, is named by acclamation colonel-general of the new National Guard of Paris.
1795 – “Marseillaise” becomes French national anthem
1799 – The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign.
French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte

1806 – Zebulon Pike began his journey to explore the Southwest
1808 – French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples
1815 – Napoleon surrenders to Captain Frederick Maitland of HMS Bellerophon at Rochefort after his earlier defeat at the Battle of Waterloo
1815 – 1st flat horse race held at English race track Cheltenham on Nottingham Hill
1823 – A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.
1830 – Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk & Fox, sign fourth Treaty of Prairie du Chien giving the US most of Minnesota, Iowa & Missouri
1840 – Great Britain, Russia, Austria & Prussia sign Quadruple Alliance
1850 – John Wisden bowls all 10 South batsmen, North v South at Lord’s
1856 – Natal forms as a British colony separate from Cape Colony
1862 – CSS Arkansas vs USS Cardondelet & Queen of the West engage at Yazoo R
1863 – Pres Davis orders service duty for confederate army
1864 – Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 & injuring 109 of 955 aboard
1867 – San Francisco Merchants’ Exchange opens
1869 – Margarine is patented by Hippolye Méga-Mouriès for use by French Navy
1870 – Georgia becomes last confederate to be readmitted to US
1870 – Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province & NW Territories created
1870 – Hudson’s Bay & Northwest Territories transferred to Canada
1876 – Baseball’s 1st no-hitter, St Louis’ George W Bradley no-hits Hartford
1880 – 4th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John Hartley beats H Lawford (6-2 6-3 6-2 2-6 6-3)
1888 – Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years
1895 – 12th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Charlotte Sterry beats H Jackson (7-5 8-6)
1895 – 19th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Wilfred Baddeley beats W Eaves (4-6 2-6 8-6 6-2 6-3)
Physician and Nobel Laureate Camillo Golgi

1898 – Camillo Golgi discovers the Golgi Apparatus (a delicate network inside cells essential for the transmission and reception of information between cells)
1900 – President Steyn/General De Law escape Brandwater Basin
1901 – NY Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St Louis, 5-0
1902 – Ranjitsinhji scores 180 before lunch, for Sussex v Surrey
1904 – 1st Buddhist temple in US forms, Los Angeles
1906 – Republic museum opens Rembrandt hall in Amsterdam
1909 – Ty Cobb hits 2 inside-the-park HRs
1911 – 46″ of rain (begining 7/14) falls in Baguio, Philippines
1912 – British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect
1914 – Mexican president Huerta flees with 2 million pesos to Europe
1915 – The head of German propaganda in the US, Dr Heinrich Albert, loses his briefcase on a subway in New York City; an examination of its content reveals an extensive network of German espionage and subversion across the US
MLB Legend Ty Cobb

1915 – The Austro-German forces launch an offensive along the Eastern Front
1916 – 22.22″ (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass NC (state record)
1916 – Boeing Company (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle Wash
1918 – World War I: Second Battle of Marne begins
1920 – Ruth ties his record of 29 HRs in a season
1922 – 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in US, at NY zoo
1922 – 26th US Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 288 at Skokie CC in Ill
1923 – 27th US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 296 at Inwood CC in NY
1923 – Italian parliament accepts new constitution
1926 – VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms
1927 – 62nd British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 285 at St Andrews
1927 – Massacre in Vienna: 89 protesters are killed by the Austrian police
1929 – 1st airport hotel opens-Oakland Ca
31st US President Herbert Hoover

1932 – President Hoover cuts own salary 15%
1933 – Wiley Post began 1st solo flight around world
1934 – Continental Airlines commences operations.
1936 – Dutch 2nd Chamber agree to temporarily increase defense budget
1937 – Buchenwald Concentration Camp opens
1937 – Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China
1938 – Arthur Fagg completes 244 & 202 in the same cricket game for Kent
1939 – Clara Adams (NYC) is 1st woman to complete round world flight
1940 – 1st betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Il
1940 – Nazi occupiers seize library of IISG Amsterdam
1940 – Physicist Donald Kerst becomes the first person to accelerate electrons using electromagnetic induction, reaching energies of 2.3 MeV, when his betatron device (for particle acceleration) becomes operational
1941 – Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin)
Pathologist and Nobel Laureate Howard Florey

1942 – 1st deportation camp at Westerbork, Jews sent to Auschwitz
1942 – Dutch Jews invoked for “Labor camps”
1944 – Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb
1945 – 27th PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Morraine CC Dayton Ohio
1946 – British North Borneo Company transfers its rights to modern day Sabah to the British Crown
1948 – Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain
1948 – Pres Harry Truman nominated for another term (Phila)
1949 – “Miss Liberty” opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances
1949 – Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US
1949 – WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 – 1st transatlantic helicopter flight begins
1953 – ANC members, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe leave South Africa and go overseas under false names
Golfer Byron Nelson

1954 – 110°F (43°C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record)
1954 – 1st coml jet transport plane built in US tested (Boeing 707)
1954 – KOCO TV channel 5 in Oklahoma City, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 – WBOC TV channel 16 in Salisbury, MD (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 – WNDU TV channel 16 in South Bend, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 – Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
1956 – Beverly Hanson/Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Hot Springs Golf Invitational
1956 – Iharos runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
1957 – Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die
1957 – US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1958 – President Eisenhower sends US troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months
1959 – The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
34th US President & WWII General Dwight D. Eisenhower

1960 – Balt Orioles’ Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle
1960 – UN troops arrive in Congo to help deal with the political crisis after Moïse-Kapenda Tshombé’s declaration of independence for Katanga province
1961 – “Donnybrook!” closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 68 performances
1961 – 90th British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 284 at Royal Birkdale
1961 – Spain accepts equal rights for men & women
1962 – Algeria becomes member of Arab League
1962 – Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open
1962 – Netherlands & Indonesia reach agreement over New Guinea
1963 – KAIT TV channel 8 in Jonesboro, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting
1963 – Paul McCartney is fined £17 for speeding
1964 – Barry M Goldwater (Sen-R-Az) nominated for president by Republicans
1965 – “Mariner IV” sends back 1st pictures of Mars
1965 – Athanassiades Novas succeeds Papandreo as premier of Greece
LPGA Golfer Mickey Wright

1967 – “Sweet Charity” closes at Palace Theater NYC after 608 performances
1967 – LA Wolves beat Wash Whips 6-5 in OT to be United Soccer Ass champs
1967 – Roberto DeVicenzo of Argentina wins golf’s British Open
1967 – USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1967 – 96th British Golf Open: Robert De Vicenzo shoots a 278 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
1968 – “One Life to Live” premieres on TV
1968 – Commercial air travel begins between US & USSR
1968 – France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1968 – NJ Americans moved to Comack & become NY Nets (ABA)
1968 – Soap opera “One Life To Live” premieres
1969 – Cincinnati Red Lee May hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
1969 – Rod Carew ties record with his 7th steal of home in a season
1970 – Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship
1971 – Pres Nixon announces he would visit People’s Rep of China
1972 – 101st British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots 278 at Muirfield Gullane
1972 – Sandra Palmer/Jane Blalock wins Angelo’s Four-Ball Golf Championship
MLB Pitching Legend Nolan Ryan

1973 – California Angel Nolan Ryan 2nd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 6-0
1973 – Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
1973 – Paul Getty III kidnapped
1973 – Ray Davies, announces retirement from Kinks then attempts suicide
1973 – Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 HRs
1974 – Military coup on Cyprus: archbishop/president Makarios flees
1975 – 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee
1975 – All star MVP: Bill Madlock (Pittsburgh Pirates) & John Matlock (NY Mets)
1975 – Soyuz 19 & Apollo 18 launched; will rendezvous 2 days later
1976 – 36-hr kidnap of 26 school children & their bus driver in Calif
1978 – 107th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at St Andrews
1979 – 34th US Women’s Open Golf Championship won by Jerilyn Britz
1979 – Morarji Desai resigns as premier of India
1980 – Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher which breaks Yogi Berra’s record
MLB Catcher Johnny Bench

1982 – Body of Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle
1982 – Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas
1982 – Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0
1983 – 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France
1983 – Linda Ronstadt debuts as Mabel in “Pirates of Penzance”
1984 – 39th US Women’s Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy
1984 – John Lennon’s “I’m Stepping Out” released posthumously
1985 – Deborah Carthy-Deu, of Puerto Rico, crowned 34th Miss Universe
1986 – 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston
1986 – All star MVP: Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox)
1987 – Boy George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence
1987 – John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings
1987 – State of siege ends in Taiwan
LPGA Golfer Betsy King

1990 – 45th US Women’s Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King
1991 – France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1991 – US troops leave northern Iraq
1991 – Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men’s pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks & Phila Spirit
1992 – Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 3 weeks to have tumor removed
1992 – The Security Council of the UN examine violence in South Africa
1994 – Gyula Horn sworn in as premier of Hungary
1994 – Israel & Jordan agree to talks in Wash DC on July 25th
1994 – NJ Nets Derrek Coleman accused of rape in Detroit
1994 – Sonia O’Sullivan runs 3K (8:21.64)
1994 – Hundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire in the Congo near the end of the the Rwandan Genocide
264th Pope John Paul II

1995 – Birmingham Barracudas 1st CFL home game (vs Hamilton)
1995 – Jews take Jerusalem
1995 – Northern Virginia begins using new area code 540
1996 – After 2,216 consecutive games at shortstop, Cal Ripkin goes to 3rd
1996 – MSNBC begins Microsoft internet-NBC TV
1996 – Southern Mexico hit with 6.5 earthquake
1996 – A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
1997 – Jerold Mackenzie awarded $26.6M (later reduced to $625,000) for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker
1999 – The inaugural game at the Seattle Mariners’ Safeco Field was held in Seattle, Washington.
1999 – Scientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later; The SS Waratah was a luxury steamer which did not reach its destination in 1909, and no trace of the wreckage was ever found
2002 – “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
2002 – Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
2003 – AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
2003 – 74th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-6 at U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago
NHL Coach Mike Babcock

2005 – After declining an offer to remain with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Mike Babcock is named head coach of the Detroit Red Wings
2005 – “Wedding Crashers”, starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, premieres
2009 – A 7.9 Magnitude earthquake registers 160km west of Invercargill, New Zealand, creating a small tsunami.
2009 – “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, the 6th film based on the books by J. K. Rowling is released worldwide
2012 – 39 pilgrims are killed in a bus crash in Parasi, Nepal
2012 – A Russian Soyuz rocket with an international team launches for a mission to the International Space Station
2013 – 13 people are killed by a car bomb in Deir Atiyah, Syria
2013 – 18 people are killed and 47 are injured in a riot following a boxing match in Indonesia
Novelist J. K. Rowling

2014 – 20 people are killed & 100 are injured after a train derails in Moscow
2014 – Israel announces it has officially voted to accept the ceasefire proposed by Egypt; Hamas reject, saying they were not consulted

BIRTHDAYS

1273 – Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (d. 1352)
1353 – Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)
1471 – Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1494)
1553 – Archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595)
1573 – Inigo Jones, architect (Old St Paul’s Cathedral, Coven Garden), born in London, England
1606 – Rembrandt van Rijn, Leiden Netherlands, painter (Night Watch), (d. 1669)
1631 – Jens Juel, Danish diplomat (d. 1700)
1638 – Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, composer
1700 – Johann Christoph Richter, composer
1701 – Pierre Joubert, became oldest known Canadian (113 y 124 d at death)
1704 – August Gottlieb Spangenberg, founder of Moravian Church in North America
1737 – Princess Louise-Marie of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1787)
1779 – Clement Clarke Moore, US, author (‘Twas the Night Before Xmas)
1796 – Thomas Bulfinch, mythologist (Bulfinch’s Mythology)
Painter Rembrandt van Rijn(1606)

1798 – Charles H Bell, Comm (Union Navy), (d. 1875)
1802 – John Barnett, composer
1808 – Henry Cole, promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851)
1808 – Henry Edward Manning, cardinal/archbishop (Westminster)
1812 – Benno Adam, animal painter
1812 – James Hope-Scott, English barrister (d. 1873)
1817 – John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway)
1818 – Heinrich Esser, composer
1837 – Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, queen of Portugal (d. 1859)
1848 – Vilfredo F D Pareto, Italian economist/sociologist
1849 – Moritz Heuzenroeder, composer
1850 – Francesca Xavier Cabrini, [Mother Cabrini], 1st US saint
1851 – Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (d. 1889)
1856 – Owen Dunell, cricketer (South Africa’s 1st Test captain)
1858 – Emmeline Pankhurst, England, found (Women’s Social & Political Union)
1864 – Marie Tempest, [Marie Susan Etherington], actress (Yellow Sands)
1865 – Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe
1865 – Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian mathematician (d. 1945)
1867 – Maggie Mitchell Walker, 1st woman bank director/philanthropist
1870 – Ernest Walker, composer
1871 – Kunikida Doppo, Japanese writer (d. 1908)
1875 – Frank “Pop” Morgenweck, basketball hall of famer (elected 1962)
1875 – Jean van den Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter
1878 – Willem Paerels, Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist
1884 – Enrique Soro Barriga, composer
1889 – Marjorie Rambeau, SF California, actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song)
1892 – Walter Benjamin, German literature critic/writer
1893 – Enid Bennett, Australia, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins)
1894 – Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer and inventor (d. 1989)
1898 – Noel Gay, [Richard Moxon Armitage], composer
1898 – Norman Demuth, composer
1899 – Seán Lemass, Irish leader (d. 1971)
1901 – Pyke F C Koch, Dutch surrealistic painter (Dolores’ Breakfast)
1902 – Jean Rey, Belgium, pres of European Commission (1967-70)
1902 – Raymond Hackett, husband of Blanche Sweet/actor (Faithless Lover), born in NYC, New York
1903 – Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian politician (d. 1975)
1904 – Rudolf Arnheim, German-born author (d. 2007)
1905 – Dorothy Fields, lyricist (I’m in the Mood for Love)
1906 – Edmund Davies, British lord of appeal
1906 – Rudolf “Rudi” Uhlenhaut, German automotive engineer and test driver (Mercedes Benz) (d. 1989)
1907 – Paterson Fraser, British air marshal
1909 – Enid Kathleen Hutchinson, adult educationalist
1909 – Isabel Jewell, Shoshone WY, actress (Ceiling Zero, Arousers)
1909 – John Cochrane, South African cricket pace bowler (one Test 1931)
1910 – Ronald Binge, composer
1911 – Juliet Pannett, English portrait painter
1911 – Lord Shackelton, explorer/government minister
1911 – Edward Shackleton, English explorer (d. 1994)
1913 – Murvyn Vye, Quincy Mass, actor (Bob Cummings Show)
1913 – Ralph Hammond Innes, English author
1913 – Cowboy Copas, American country singer (d. 1963)
1913 – Dorothy Schwartz, American violinist (d. 2007)
1913 – Abraham Sutzkever, Yiddish language poet and memoirist.
1914 – Akhtar Hameed Khan, pioneer of Microcredit in developing countries (d. 1999)
1914 – Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (d. 1996)
1915 – Alexander Durie, vice president (British AA)
1915 – Ron Smith, union leader (British Postal Workers)
1916 – George Maduro, Antillian resistance fighter (Willemsorde/Madurodam)
1917 – Robert Conquest, English author (Back to Life)
1918 – Lord Buxton of Alsa, CEO (ITV)
1919 – Iris Murdoch, novelist (Severed Head, Unicorn), born in Dublin, Ireland
1920 – Eldon Rudd, (Rep-R-AZ, 1977- )
1920 – Ruthven Wade, British Air Chief marshal
1921 – Jack Hamilton Beeson, composer
1922 – Jef Houthuys, chairman Belgian labor union (ACV 1968-87)
1922 – Jeffrey Benson, CEO (600 group)
1922 – Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia, journalist/dissident
1924 – David Cox, warden (Nuffield College, Oxford)
1924 – Jeremiah A Denton, (Sen-R-AL, 1981-86)
1925 – Phil Carey, Hackensack NJ, actor (Asa Buchanan-One Life to Live)
1926 – John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer
1926 – John Graham, British ambassador to NATO
1926 – Driss Chraïbi, Moroccan author
1926 – Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine dictator (d. 2003)
1927 – Ann Jellicoe, theater director/playwright (Knack)
1927 – Carmen Zapata, actress (Hagen, Viva Valdez, Man & the City), born in NYC, New York (d. 2014)
1928 – Carl Woese, American microbiologist
1929 – Larry Lamb, newspaper editor
1929 – Charles Anthony, American tenor
1930 – Charles Kelly, chief constable (Staffordshire England)
1930 – Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (d. 2004)
1930 – Stephen Smale, American mathematician
1931 – Clive Cussler, Aurora Illinois, writer (Raise The Titantic, Sahara)
1931 – Eugene Louw, South African minister of Internal affairs
1932 – Nina Van Pallandt, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (American Gigolo)
1933 – Frederico Davia, opera singer
1933 – James Ball, economist
1933 – Julian Bream, guitarist
1934 – Harrison Birtwhistle, Accringto Lancashire, composer (Trombeau)
1934 – Simon Gournlay, president (British National Farmer’s Union)
1934 – Harrison Birtwistle, English composer
1934 – Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (d. 1977)
1935 – Alex Karras, NFLer (Detroit Lions)/actor (George-Webster), born in Gary, Indiana (d. 2012)
1935 – Ken Kercheval, Wolcottville Ind, actor (Cliff Barnes-Dallas)
1935 – Donn Clendenon, baseball player (d. 2005)
1936 – Marion Roe, MP (C)
1938 – Carmen Callil, publisher
1938 – Enrique Figuerola Camue, Cuba, 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1964)
1939 – Haseeb Ahsan, Pakistani cricket off-spinner (12 Tests 1958-62)
1939 – Patrick Wayne, actor (Rounder, Shirley, Beyond Atlantis), born in Los Angeles, California
1939 – Ronald Hadfield, chief constable (West Midlands England)
1939 – William David Hellerman, composer
1941 – Geoffrey Burgon, composer
1942 – Henry McCubbin, MEP (Labour)
1942 – Philip R Sharp, (Rep-D-Indiana, 1975- )
1942 – Mil Mascaras, Mexican professional wrestler
1943 – Diligenti quintuplets, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1943 – Jocelyn Burnell, astronomer
1944 – Jan-Michael Vincent, actor (Hooper, Tribes, Buster & Billie), born in Denver, Colorado
1944 – Millie Jackson, Thompson Ga, model/singer (Get it out ‘cha system)
1945 – Peter Lewis, rock guitarist/vocalist (Moby Grape), born in Los Angeles, California
1945 – Jürgen Möllemann, German politician (d. 2003)
1946 – Hassabal Bolkiah Mu’izzadin Waddaulah, sultan of Brunei
1946 – Linda Ronstadt, Tucson Az, singer (Dif Drum)/actress (Pir of Penzance)
1948 – Enrique Basilio, hurler, 1st lady to light Olympic flame (Mexico-1968)
1948 – Alicia Bridges, American singer
1949 – John Arthur Casken, composer
1949 – Kerry Short, Vineland Ont, Canad Tour golfer (Highland Amat-1981, 84)
1949 – Trevor Horn, rock producer (Buggles-Video Killed, Yes, Frankie)
1949 – WiIlliam Faure, producer
1949 – Carl Bildt, Swedish politician
1950 – Alan Hurst, cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1974-79)
1950 – Colin Barnett, Australian politician
Author and creator of The Huffington Post Arianna Huffington (1950)

1950 – Arianna Huffington, Athens, Greek-born author, syndicated columnist and creator of The Huffington Post
1951 – Jesse “The Body” Ventura, wrestler/actor (Predator, Running Man)
1952 – David Bell, horse trainer
1952 – David Pack, rocker (Ambrosia)
1952 – Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, (Rep-R-Florida)
1952 – Jeff Carlisi, rock guitarist (38 Special)
1952 – Jesse Ventura, [James Janos], wrestler/actor (mayor-Brooklyn Pk-MN)
1952 – Jill Long, (Rep-D-Indiana)
1952 – Larken Collins, rocker (Rossington-Collins Band)
1952 – Johnny Thunders, American musician (d. 1991)
1952 – Terry O’Quinn, American actor
1952 – Judy McGrath, American television executive
1953 – Cathy Larmouth Torrance California, playmate (Jun, 1981)
1953 – Franklyn Seales, St Vincent, actor (Dexter-Silver Spoons)
1953 – Jean-Bertrand Aristide, president of Haiti (1991, 1994- )
1953 – John Denham, Seaton, Devon, England, MP (Labour)
1954 – Boris Polak, Israel, Men’s 50M Free Rifle 3 Positions (Oly-20-1996)
1956 – Joe Satriani, rocker
1956 – Kathy Kreiner, Canada, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1976)
1956 – Toshihiko Seko, Japanese runner (world record 25/30 km)
1956 – Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division-Transmission) (d. 1980)
1957 – Kate Kellaway, critic
1958 – Daniel Bruce Forsman, Rhinelander WI, PGA golfer (1992 Buick Open)
1958 – Mac Thornberry, American politician
1959 – Vincent Lindon, French actor
1959 – Shep Pettibone, American record producer
1960 – Alexander W Dunlap, Honolulu Hawaii, astronaut
Supermodel Kim Alexis(1960)

1960 – Kim Alexis, Lockport NY, supermodel (Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover) and actress
1960 – Willie Aames, Newport Beach Ca, actor (8 is Enough, Paradise, Zapped)
1961 – Forest Whitaker, Longview TX, actor (Bloodsport, Platoon, Stakeout)
1961 – Lolita Davidovich, actress (Blaze, Jungle2Jungle)
1961 – Jean-Christophe Grangé, French writer and screenwriter
1961 – Scott Ritter, UN weapons inspector in Iraq
1963 – Brigitte Nielsen, Eisinore Denmark, actress (Red Sonja, Rocky IV)
1963 – Joe Phillips, NFL defensive tackle (KC Chiefs)
1963 – Steve Thomas, Stockport England, NHL left wing (NJ Devils)
1964 – Shari Headley, Queens, New York, American actress (All My Children, Coming to America)
1964 – Leonard Stabb, actor (Hunter Guthrie-One Life to Live, Guiding Light)
1965 – Kirt Manwaring, Elmira NY, catcher (SF Giants)
1965 – Scott Livingstone, Dallas TX, infielder (SD Padres, Det Tigers)
1965 – David Miliband, British politician
1966 – Irene Jacob, actress (Red, Othello)
1966 – Kristoff St John, actor (Adam-Generations, Young & Restless), born in NYC, New York
1966 – Rickey Foggie, CFL quarterback (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1967 – Carnell Lake, NFL strong safety (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1967 – Adam Savage, American actor
1968 – Eddie Griffin, American comedian
1968 – Stan Kirsch, American actor
1969 – Christina Novak, Miss Arizona USA (1996)
1969 – John Crotty, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trailblazers)
1969 – Johnny Scott, CFL defensive tackle (BC Lions)
1969 – Lorenzo Williams, NBA center (Wash Wizards, Dallas Mavericks)
1969 – Peter Ciavaglia, Albany NY, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
1969 – Richard Fletcher Pride III, Tuscaloosa AL, PGA golfer (1994 Fed Exp)
1970 – Julian Paynter, Australian 5k runner (Olympics-96)
1970 – Stephen Howard, NBA forward (Seattle Supersonics)
1970 – Chi Cheng, American musician (Deftones), (d. 2013)
1971 – Dean Panaro, Knoxville Tenn, diver (Olympics-96)
1971 – Eric Lacroix, Montreal, NHL left wing (LA Kings)
1971 – Ernest Dye, NFL tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
1971 – James Baldwin Jr, Southern Pines NC, pitcher (Chicago White Sox)
1971 – Danijela, Croatian singer
1972 – Khalid Reeves, NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks, NJ Nets)
1972 – Michael Barnett, UK musician / producer
1972 – Scott Foley, American actor
1972 – Beth Ostrosky, American model
1973 – Brian Austin Green, Van Nuys Cal, actor (David-Beverly Hills 90210)
1973 – Donald Willis, WLAF corner (Amsterdam Admirals)
1973 – John Dolmayan, Lebanese-born drummer (System of a Down)
1973 – Chris Taylor, Australian comedian, member of The Chaser
1974 – Janice Bremner, Burlington Ontario, synchronized swimmer (Olymp-silver-96)
1974 – Chot Ulep, Filipino musician
1975 – Kara Drew, An American professional wrestler better known as Cherry
1975 – Ben Pepper, Australian basketball player
1976 – Rebecca Snyder, Grand Junction Colo, air pistol (Olympics-1996)
1976 – Jim Jones, African Puerto Rican American rapper
1976 – Diane Kruger, German actress and former fashion model
1977 – Ray Toro, American musician (My Chemical Romance)
1977 – Faraz Anwar, Pakistani guitarist (Mizraab)
1977 – Kitana Baker, American model (Miller Light Catfight commercial)
1977 – Lana Parrilla, American actress
1977 – Andre Nel, South African Cricketer
1978 – Miguel Olivo, Dominican baseball player
1979 – Laura Benanti, American musical theatre actress
1979 – Alexander Frei, Swiss footballer
1980 – Jonathan Cheechoo, professional ice hockey player
1980 – Reggie Abercrombie, professional baseball player
1980 – Jasper Pääkkönen, Finnish actor and film producer
1981 – Alecia Ingram, Knoxville Tenn, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
1983 – Nelson Merlo, Brazilian racing driver
1984 – Vice Cooler, American musician
1989 – Tristan Wilds, American actor
1992 – Koharu Kusumi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)

WEDDINGS

1500 – “Blood Wedding” of Astorre Baglione & Lavinia Colonna in Perugia family Baglione massacre
1952 – Gerald D Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Angela Dowding
1965 – Actress Joan Rivers (32) weds TV producer Edgar Rosenberg
1999 – “Grateful Dead” guitarist Bob Weir (51) weds Natasha Muenter (31) in Mill Valley, California
2005 – Heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis (39) weds former Miss Jamaica runner-up Violet Chang at William Knibb Memorial Baptist Church in Falmouth, Jamaica
2006 – Singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne (21) weds “Sum 41” lead singer and guitarist Deryck Whibley (26) at a private estate in Montecito, California
Pop Singer and Songwriter Avril Lavigne (2006)

2006 – Soccer star player Ashley Cole (25) weds “Girls Aloud” member Cheryl Tweedy (23) at Holy Trinity Church in Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire
2011 – American TV personality and host Vanessa Minnillo (30) weds American singer-songwriter Nick Lachey (37) at Sir Richard Branson’s private Necker Island in British Virgin Islands
2011 – Former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy (44) weds Amy Petitgout in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts

DIVORCES

1996 – Prince Charles & Princess Diana sign divorce papers

DEATHS

668 – Constantius II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at 37
1085 – Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia & Calabria, dies at 70
1262 – Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1222)
1274 – John F Bonaventura, Ital/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies
1291 – Rudolf I, King of Germany & Holy Roman Empire, dies
1381 – John Ball, English priest/ideologist of Boer uprising, hanged
1406 – Duke William of Austria (b. c.1370)
1410 – Ulrich von Jungingen, German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, killed at the Battle of Grunwald (b. 1360)
1411 – Johannes Parvus, [Jean Petit], French theologist, dies
1416 – John, Duke of Berry, captain of Paris, dies
1417 – Willem J Eggert, financier (W E Center, Purmerend), dies
1521 – Juan Ponce de León, Spanish Explorer and conquistador – 1st European to discover Florida
1571 – Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1514)
1609 – Annibale Carracci, painter, dies
1614 – Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, French historian and biographer (b. c.1540)
1655 – Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570)
1685 – James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles 2, executed
Explorer and ConquistadorJuan Ponce de León(1521)

1738 – Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed
1738 – Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer, dies at 84
1738 – Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed
1750 – Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
1751 – John Wilson, botanist, dies
1765 – Charles-André van Loo, French painter (b. 1705)
1767 – Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (b. 1746)
1782 – Farinelli, Italian singer, dies at 77
1782 – Robert Wainwright, composer, dies at 33
1784 – Johan B Straub, South German sculptor, dies
1789 – Jacques Duphly, composer, dies at 74
1798 – Gaetano Pugnani, composer, dies at 66
1810 – Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer, dies at 75
1828 – Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741)
1839 – Winthrop Mackworth Praed, politician/poet, dies
1844 – Claude Charles Fauriel, French historian (b. 1772)
1854 – Wincenty Studzinski, composer, dies at 39
1856 – Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81
1857 – Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66
1862 – David Emanuel Twiggs, US Confederate gen-mjr (Monterrey), dies at 72
1865 – Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian, dies at 55
1868 – William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies
1869 – A J Haynes, US army captain and civil war veteren, assassinated by KKK
1876 – Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82
1881 – Billy the Kid [William H Bonney], shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21
1883 – Tom Thumb, famous small person (40″), dies of a stroke at 44
1885 – Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet in the Galician language (‘Séculos Escuros’) (b. 1837)
1890 – Gottfried Keller, writer, dies at 70
1898 – Jean Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1825)
Author and Playwright Anton Chekhov (1904)

1904 – Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (Uncle Vanya), dies at 44
1910 – Daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies
1912 – Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21
1915 – Ludwik Grossman, composer, dies at 80
1919 – Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and Nobel Prize laureate, commits suicide at 66
1929 – Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, playwright/poet, dies
1930 – Leopold von Auer, Hungarian/US violinist, dies
1931 – Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian economist (b. 1868)
1933 – Irving Babbitt, US writer (Democracy & Leadership), dies at 67
1933 – Freddie Keppard, American musician (b. 1890)
1934 – Jules Renkin, Belgian PM (1931-32), dies
1935 – Alfred Archer, cricketer (England batsman in one Test 1899), dies
1935 – Pieter WA Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18), dies at 89
Chemist and Nobel LaureateHermann Emil Fischer(1919)

1937 – Walter Gay, artist, dies
1939 – Johon Mellanby, physiologist, dies
1939 – Percy Scott Worthington, architect, dies
1940 – Donald Calthrop, dies at 52
1940 – Robert Wadlow, world’s tallest man (8’11.1″), dies at 32
1942 – Denis Moloney, cricketer (during WW II 3 Tests for NZ 1937), dies
1946 – Razor Smith, English cricketer (b. 1877)
1947 – Henry Kolker, dies at 76
1947 – Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (b. 1893)
1948 – John J. Pershing, [Black Jack], US general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87
1953 – Servant of God Archbishop Mar Ivanios (b.1882)
1957 – George Cleveland, actor (Grampa-Lassie), dies at 74
1957 – Marie C of Zeggelen, author (Dessajongen), dies at 87
1957 – James M. Cox, American politician (b. 1870)
US WW1 Commander John J. Pershing (1948)

1957 – Vasily Maklakov, Russian orator and liberal politician (b. 1869)
1958 – Julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident
1958 – Nuries-Said, Iraqi soldier/statesman, assassinated, dies
1959 – Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78
1959 – Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies
1959 – Vance Palmer, Australian author (b. 1885)
1960 – Lawrence Mervil Tibbett, baritone, dies after surgery at 63
1960 – Set Persson, Swedish communist politician (b. 1897)
1961 – John E. Brownlee, Canadian politician (b. 1884)
1965 – Francis Cherry, American politician (b. 1908)
1968 – Lura Anson, dies in Woodland at 76
1969 – Peter Van Eyck, dies after long illness at 56
1971 – Guy Wilkerson, dies of cancer at 71
1974 – Christine Chubbuck, television news reporter (b.1944)
1975 – Charles Weidman, US dancer/choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies
1976 – Paul William Gallico, writer, dies at 78
1977 – Konstantin Fedin, writer, dies
1979 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico (b. 1911)
1980 – Eddie Jackson, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84
1980 – Henri Martelli, composer, dies at 85
1982 – Donald Beard, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1952-56), dies
1982 – Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle
1982 – Bill Justis, American musician and producer (b. 1926)
1983 – Eddie Foy Jr, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78
1986 – Benny Rubin, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show), dies at 87
1986 – Florence Halop, actress (Florence-Night Court), dies at 63
1986 – Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (b. 1923)
1987 – Alfie Bass, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served), dies at 66
1987 – Jack O’Hagan, cricketer/composer (Our Don Bradman), dies
1988 – Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats), dies at 82
1989 – Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (b. 1956)
1990 – Alison Leggatt, actress (Day of Triffids, Cows), dies at 86
1990 – Margaret Mary Lockwood, actress (Man in Grey, Wicked Lady), dies at 73
1990 – Troy Dixon, rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall
1991 – Bert Convy, actor (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw), dies at 57
1992 – Henk van der Molen, guitarist/composer/writer (Martine Bijl), dies
1992 – Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijan’s most noted journalist (b. 1960)
1992 – Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (b. 1922)
1993 – David Brian, US actor (Damned Don’t Cry, Fort Worth), dies at 78
1993 – Bobby Kent, alleged Florida bully murdered by his friends (b. 1973)
1994 – Jeanne Bieruma Oosting, Dutch painter/illustrator, dies
1995 – Eddie J Bush, golf professional, dies at 83
1995 – Willie George “Bill” Woodruff Sr, vocalist, dies at 66
1996 – Dana Hill, actress (Vacation), dies at 32
1997 – Alan Chaig, paleontologist (Carl Sagan of BBC), dies at 70
Fashion Designer Gianni Versace (1997)

1997 – Gianni Versace, fashion designer, shot to death by Andrew Cunanan at 50
2000 – Louis Quilico, Canadian baritone (b. 1925)
2003 – Roberto Bolaño, Chilean writer (b. 1953)
2003 – Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (b. 1920)
2006 – Robert H. Brooks, founder of Hooters of America (b. 1937)
2007 – Kelly Johnson, English guitarist, dies at 49
2008 – Gyorgy Kolonics, Hungarian canoeist, Olympics medalist. (b. 1972)
2010 – James E. Akins, American diplomat and advisor to Richard Nixon (b. 1926)
2011 – Googie Withers, British actress (b. 1917)
2012 – Celeste Holm, American actress (Gentleman’s Agreement, All About Eve), dies at 95
2013 – Earl Gros, American NFL player, dies at 72

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1971 Nixon announces visit to communist China

• American Revolution

• 1789 Lafayette selected colonel-general of the National Guard of Paris

• Automotive

• 1903 Ford Motor Company takes its first order

• Civil War

• 1862 CSS Arkansas attacks Union ships

• Cold War

• 1971 Nixon announces trip to China

• Crime

• 1953 A notorious English killer is executed
• 2002 John Walker Lindh accepts plea bargain

• Disaster

• 1888 Volcano buries victims in fiery mud

• General Interest

• 1606 Rembrandt born
• 1806 Pike expedition sets out
• 1965 Mariner 4 studies Martian surface
• 1997 Versace murdered in Cunanan killing spree

• Hollywood

• 1988 Die Hard debuts, makes Bruce Willis a movie star

• Literary

• 1919 Iris Murdoch is born

• Music

• 1986 Columbia Records drops country legend Johnny Cash after 26 years

• Old West

• 1904 The Mad Trapper of Rat River heads for U.S.

• Presidential

• 1979 Jimmy Carter speaks about a national “crisis in confidence”

• Sports

• 2003 Tex Schramm dies

• Vietnam War

• 1964 Goldwater nominated for president
• 1971 Nixon announces a visit to China

• World War I

• 1918 Second Battle of the Marne begins with final German offensive

• World War II

• 1941 Garbo makes an appearance