October 4th

EVENTS

1209 – Pope Innocent II crowns German king Otto of Wittelsbach
1227 – Assassination of Caliph al-Adil.
1363 – End of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the Chinese rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang defeat that of his rival, Chen Youliang, in one of the largest naval battles in history.
1537 – The first complete English-language Bible (the Matthew Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale.
1571 – -13] Synod of Emden
1582 – Last Julian calender day in Spain/Portugal/pontifical states
1636 – Battle at Wittstock, Brandenburg: Sweden beat Ferdinand III
1636 – In Massachusetts the Plymouth Colony’s 1st law drafted
1648 – Peter Stuyvesant establishes Americas 1st volunteer firemen
1675 – Christian Huygens patents pocket watch
1693 – Battle of Marsaglia: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.
1712 – Utrecht banishes poor Jews
1725 – Foundation of Rosario in Argentina.
1777 – Battle of Germantown: Gen George Washington’s troops attack and are defeated by the British at Germantown, Pennsylvania
First US President George Washington

1779 – The Fort Wilson Riot takes place.
1824 – Mexico becomes a republic
1830 – Provisional government declares secession of Belgium from Netherlands
1834 – Franz Grillparzer’s “Der Traum ein Leben,” premieres in Vienna
1854 – Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair
1862 – Battle of Corinth ends
1864 – National black convention meets (Syracuse NY)
1864 – New Orleans Tribune, 1st black daily newspaper, forms
1873 – Toronto Argonaut Football Club forms
1873 – 13th British Golf Open: Tom Kidd shoots a 179 at St Andrews
1878 – 18th British Golf Open: Jamie Anderson shoots a 157 at Prestwick Golf Club
1880 – University of California founded in Los Angeles
1881 – Edward Leveaux patents automatic player piano
US President Abraham Lincoln

1883 – Orient Express’ 1st run, linking Turkey to Europe by rail
1883 – First meeting of the Boys’ Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
1895 – Horace Rawlins wins 1st US Open golf tournament (Newport RI)
1895 – 1st US Golf Open: Horace Rawlins shoots a 173 at Newport GC RI
1897 – George Bernard Shaw’s “Devil’s Disciple,” premieres in NYC
1900 – Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure “Problem of Thor Bridge” (BG)
1900 – In a final confrontation, some 4000 rebellious Ashantis are defeated by the British, Ashanti, Gold Coast, Africa
1901 – Columbia (US) beats Shamrock II (England) in 12th America’s Cup
1904 – 1st day of NYC subway, 350,000 people ride 9.1 mile tracks
1906 – Chicago Cubs win their 116th game (116-36 .763) of year
1910 – Portugal becomes a republic, King Manuel II flees to England
1910 – Adoption of the Flag of Bermuda.
1911 – 1st public elevator (London’s Earl’s Court Metro Station)
Playwright George Bernard Shaw

1913 – Bkln Dodger Jake Daubert earns a new Chalmers auto as NL MVP
1913 – Freddy Wilson of Regina Roughriders kicks 10 singles in a game
1914 – Dardanellen (French & English) fleet bombs Turkish forts
1915 – Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado & Utah is established
1916 – Market Street’s “Path of Gold” lit for 1st time
1917 – British assault on Broodseinde, France
1918 – Musical “Sometime” with Mae West premieres in NYC
1921 – League of Nations refuses to assist starving Russians
1921 – Riccardo Zanella becomes first elected president of Free State of Fiume.
1922 – For 1st time, entire World Series broadcast over radio (WJZ & WGY)
1922 – Protocol of Genevia signed: Austria gains independence
1923 – Young Stribling held light-heavyweight boxing championship for shortest amount of time (3 hrs). Referee overturns decision
1924 – NY Giants become 1st team to appear in 4 consecutive World Series
MLB Legend Ty Cobb

1925 – Harry Heilmann’s 6 hits edges Ty Cobb .393 to .389 as batting champ
1926 – Dahlia is officially designated as SF city flower
1927 – Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mt. Rushmore.
1928 – 25th World Series begins, NY Yankees vs St Louis Cardinals
1928 – KPD begins petition against Germany building a battle fleet
1930 – A’s Jack Quinn, 46, pitches 2 inn, is oldest to play in World Series
1931 – Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts
1931 – Juan Esteban Montero becomes president of Chile
1932 – Anti-semite Julius Gombos forms new government in Hungary
1932 – Clark Griffith announces Walter Johnson will be manager of Senators
1933 – Esquire magazine is 1st published
1936 – Italian lire devalued
1936 – Record 66,669 at Yankee Stadium for 4th game of World Series
MLB Pitcher Walter Johnson

1939 – Last Polish troops surrender
1940 – 12 German aircrafts shot down above England
1940 – Adolf Hitler & Benito Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass in Alps
1940 – French Vichy-regime proclaims end of “Statut of the Juifs”
1940 – Wrestling returns to Madison Sq Garden after 12 year lay off
1942 – German assault on Tractor factory in Stalingrad
1943 – Corsica freed by Free French
1943 – German occupiers forbid flying of kites (6 month jail sentence)
1944 – British troops land on Greek continent
1944 – 1st All St Louis World Series, all games played at Sportsman’s Park
1944 – St Louis Browns win 1st World Series game in their only appearance
1947 – Negro League World Series, NY Cubans beat Cleveland Buckeyes, 6-5
1948 – Indians beat Red Sox, 8-0, in 1st AL playoff game
Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler

1948 – World Council of Churches forms under W Fisherman It Hooft)
1949 – American Contract Bridge League votes 58½% to keep blacks out
1949 – United Nations’ permanent NYC headquarters is dedicated
1950 – French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam
1951 – In opening World Series game, Giant Monte Irvin steals home in 1st inn
1952 – “Top Banana” closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 356 perfs
1953 – Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:17:39.4)
1953 – Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam in World Series
1955 – Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7
1955 – Rev Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul
1956 – Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1957 – “Leave It to Beaver,” debuts on CBS
1957 – USSR launches Sputnik I, 1st artificial Earth satellite
1957 – Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario.
Baseball Legend Mickey Mantle

1958 – 12th NHL All-Star Game: Montreal beat All-Stars 6-3 at Montreal
1958 – 5th French republic forms
1958 – Transatlantic coml jet passenger service began (BOAC)
1958 – Fifth Republic of France is established.
1959 – 1st World Series game played west of St Louis (in LA)
1959 – Cleveland Browns’ Jim Brown makes club record 37 rushing attempts
1959 – Dmitri Sjostakovitch 1st Cello concert premieres in Leningrad
1959 – LA Dodgers set World Series attendance record at 92,394
1959 – Netherlands beats Belgium 9-1
1959 – USSR Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon’s far side
1960 – Courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit
1961 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1961 – Whitey Ford’s 3rd straight World Series shutout
1962 – USAF Maj Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300m
MLB Pitcher Whitey Ford

1962 – Whitey Ford’s World Series 33 2/3 scoreless inning streak ends
1963 – -8] Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba & Haiti
1963 – Gambia achieves full internal self-government
1964 – -7] Hurricane Hilda, kills 38 in La, Miss & Ga
1964 – 10th LPGA Championship won by Mary Mills
1964 – 3 cars of a commuter train derails in South Africa killing 81
1964 – Italian Autostrada del Sol opens at Milan-Naples
1964 – Patriots’ Gino Cappelletti kicks 6-of-6 field goals against Broncos
1964 – Phils bomb Reds 10-0 as both teams finish one game behind St Louis
1965 – “Pickwick” opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 56 performances
1965 – Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN)
1965 – USSR launches Luna 7; crash lands on Moon
1966 – Dutch Cardinal Alfrink presents New Catechism
LPGA Golfer Mary Mills

1966 – France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1966 – Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1967 – 1st World Series since 1948 not to feature Yanks, Giants or Dodgers
1967 – Omar Ali Saifuddin III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
1968 – A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) delegation meet with the Derry March organisers and try to have the march cancelled; eventually it was decided to go ahead with the march.
1969 – Last wooden passenger subway cars retired at Bkln Myrtle Beach el
1969 – UN starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters
1969 – Baseball’s 1st divisional playoff games, Mets beat Braves 9-5 & Orioles beat Twins 4-3 in 12 innings
1970 – KC Chiefs Jan Stenerud kicks 55-yard field goal
1970 – Umps return after 1-day walkout in quest of higher wages
1970 – WFYI TV channel 20 in Indianapolis, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 – Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1971 – Borden’s opens a turn-of-century ice cream parlor at Disney World
1971 – KMPH TV channel 26 in Visalia-Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1971 – USSR performs underground nuclear test
Baseball Player Ted Williams

1972 – Ted Williams manages his final game as Rangers lose to Royals, 4-0
1973 – Hans of Manens ballet “Adagio Hammerklavier” premieres in Amsterdam
1974 – John Lennon releases “Walls & Bridges” album
1975 – A Cessna 310Q airplane crashes over Wilmington, North Carolina, killing the pilot and severely injuring several pro wrestlers affiliated with the NWA’s Mid-Atlantic promotion. One of the survivors is the legendary Ric Flair.
1976 – Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns due to telling a racial joke
1976 – Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death penalty for convicted murderers
1976 – Official launch of the Intercity 125 High Speed Train (HST).
1977 – Pier 39 opens in SF
1978 – Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I
1979 – Hugh Leonards “Life,” premieres in Dublin
1979 – USSR performs nuclear test
1980 – Mike Schmidt’s 2-run HR clinches NL East title for Phillies
MLB Third Baseman Mike Schmidt

1980 – ABC premiere of Saturday futuristic fantasy cartoon “Thundarr the Barbarian”
1981 – Donna Caponi Young/Kathy Whitworth wins Portland Ping Team Golf Champ
1981 – Meadowlands Arena opens in NJ
1981 – Pasakevi Kouna of Greece (9) is youngest intl gymnastics participant
1982 – Helmut Kohl elected chancellor of German FR
1983 – Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car
1984 – US government closes down due to budget problems
1984 – Detroit Tigers clinch AL East
1985 – Henry G Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia
1985 – Shite Muslims claim to have killed hostage William Buckley
1985 – Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, USA.
1986 – NY Yank Dave Righetti saves doubleheader for then record 46 saves
1986 – Queen Beatrice installs dam at Oosterschelde
MLB Pitcher and Coach Dave Righetti

1986 – Rachel Oliver (Mass), 20, crowned 19th Miss Black America
1987 – 1st “Scrub Sunday” of NFL football with replacement players
1987 – Blues Jays lose final 7 games allowing Tigers to win AL pennant
1987 – James Jefferson of Winnipeg scores 2 TDs on interception returns without making an interception. (He scored on laterals)
1987 – “The Last Emperor” directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring John Lone, Joan Chen and Peter O’Toole premieres at the Tokyo Film Festival (Best Picture 1988)
1988 – Pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid
1989 – Giants Will Clark hits 1st NLCS grand slam since 1977
1989 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1990 – “Stand Up Tragedy” opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 13 performances
1990 – Regional elections held, in what is East Germany
1990 – U.S. premiere of Fox TV’s “Beverly Hills, 90210”
1991 – Delta Center in Salt Lake City Utah
NHL Legend Mark Messier

1991 – NHL NY Rangers trade Bernie Nichols to Edmonton for Mark Messier
1991 – San Jose Sharks lose 4-3 to Vancouver Canucks in their 1st NHL game
1991 – Whiteland Janice, driven by Mike Lachance, wins Kentucky Futurity
1991 – The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
1992 – “Anna Karenina” closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 46 perfs
1992 – “Real Inspector Hound” closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 61 perfs
1992 – 1st time AL East & West champs have same record (96-66)-Tor & Oak
1992 – 2nd Solheim Cup: Europe beats US, 11½-6½ at Dalmahoy CC Scotland
1992 – El Al cargo plane crashes at Amsterdam Bijlmer, 43 die
1992 – Miami Dolphin Louis Oliver returns record tying interception 103 yards
1992 – The Rome General Peace Accords ends a 16 year civil war in Mozambique.
1993 – Troops of pres Yelsin occupy Russian White House (parliament)
1994 – 7.9 earthquake strikes Koerilen, flood kills 18+
1994 – Keith Moore is charged with stealing $5,000,000 from Sting
1994 – Soyuz TM-20 launches
1995 – 29th Country Music Association Award: Krauss Jackson win
1995 – Jim Leyritz homers with a man on in 15th inning to give Yankees 2-0 Division Series lead over Mariners
1995 – 29th CMT Music Awards: Alan Jackson, Vince Gill, and Alison Krauss win
1996 – BPAA US Bowling Open by Dave Husted
1996 – BPAA US Women’s Bowling Open won by Liz Johnson
1996 – Shahid Afridi scores century in 37 balls for Pakistan v Sri Lanka
1997 – Farm Aid 10 concert in Texas cancelled due to weak ticket sales and moved to Illinois
1997 – The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. An FBI investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million in cash which had been taken.
Country Singer Faith Hill

2000 – 34th Country Music Association Award: Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw wins
2000 – 34th CMT Music Awards: Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw, and Faith Hill win
2001 – Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: a Sibir Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile. 78 people are killed.
2001 – Barry Bonds hits his 70th home run, tying Mark McGwire for the most home runs hit in a single season
2003 – Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel: 21 Israelis, Jews and Arabs, are killed, and 51 others wounded.
2004 – SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.
2009 – George Papandreou’s Panhellenic Socialist Movement defeats Greece’s governing New Democracy party in an electoral landslide.
2010 – 38th Ryder Cup: Europe wins 14.5-13.5 at Celtic Manor Resort, Wales
2011 – US State Department lists Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (ISIL) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist with a $10 million reward for information leading to his capture
2012 – Turkey’s parliament approves cross-border military operations in Syria
2012 – 19 people are killed after being buried by a landslide in Yunnan, China
2012 – Jordan’s King Abdullah dissolves parliament in preparation for new elections
2012 – Formula One legend, Michael Schumacher, retires
2014 – New Zealand win the 2014 Rugby Championship

BIRTHDAYS

1160 – Alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (d. 1220)
1276 – Margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany (d. 1311)
1289 – Louis X, the Stubborn, king of France (1314-16)
1331 – James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (d. 1382)
1379 – King Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)
1515 – Lucas Cranach, the Younger, German painter
1542 – Roberto Bellarmino, Italian saint/theologist (Doctor of the Church)
1550 – Charles IX, King of Sweden
1562 – Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (d. 1647)
1570 – Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1637)
1585 – Anna of Tyrol, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1618)
1607 – Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Span playwright (Del Rey Abajo Ninguno)
1625 – Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (d. 1661)
1626 – Richard Cromwell, lord protector of England (1658-59)
1657 – Francesco Solimena, Italian painter (d. 1747)
1659 – Franz Weichlein, composer
1720 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian etcher
1723 – Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (d. 1798)
1744 – Domenico Corri, composer
1749 – Jean-Louis Duport, composer
1759 – Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician (d. 1803)
1762 – Tommaso Sogner, composer
1772 – Francois-Louis Perne, composer
1787 – Francois P G Guizot, French historian/politician
1796 – John Richardson, Canadian writer (Wacousta, or the prophecy)
1797 – J Gotthelf, writer
1804 – “Felix”, cricketer (Nicholas Wanostracht)
1807 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician, prime minister of the Province of Canada (d. 1864)
1809 – Albrecht F H, prince of Prussia
1809 – Robert Cumming Schenck, Major General (Union volunteers), (d. 1890)
1810 – Alexander Walewski, French earl/foreign minister/Napoleon I’s son
1816 – Egbert Benson Brown, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1902)
1818 – Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier
19th US PresidentRutherford B. Hayes(1822)

1822 – Rutherford B. Hayes, Delaware Ohio, (R) 19th US president (1877-81)
1832 – William Griggs, inventor (photo chromo lithography)
1836 – Juliette Adam-Lamber, French author (Salon/Nouvelle Revue)
1840 – Charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer
1841 – Stephen Albert Emery, composer
1841 – Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (d. 1912)
1841 – Maria Sophie of Bavaria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1925)
1850 – John W McGraw, (Gov-R-Wash) (1893-97)
1857 – Henry Schoenfeld, composer
1858 – Michael I. Pupin, Serbian-born telephone pioneer (d. 1935)
1859 – Henryk Pachulski, composer
1860 – Sidney Paget, British illustrator (Sherlock Holmes)
1861 – Frederic Remington, US, artist/sculptor of American West
1861 – Joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer
1862 – Edward Stratemeyer, American author (d. 1930)
1865 – Max Halbe, writer
1868 – Marcelo Torcuato the Alvear, President of Argentina (1922-28)
1876 – Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (d. 1958)
1877 – Razor Smith, English cricketer (d. 1946)
1879 – Edward Murray East, Du Quoin Illinois, American Botanist and Geneticist who developed hybrid corn
Journalist and Author Damon Runyon (1880)

1880 – Damon Runyon, Manhattan, Kansas, journalist/writer (Guys & Dolls-based on his work), (d. 1946)
1881 – [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal
1885 – Henricus Wijdefield, Dutch architect (Peace Palace)
1886 – Luis Alberni, Spain, actor (Topaze)
1887 – Francis Bull, Norway, writer (Norsk literature historian)
1888 – Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1954)
1889 – John B Kelly, Olympic champion rower/father of Grace Kelly
1892 – Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian Fascist chancellor killed by Nazis
1892 – Luis Trenker, Sankt Ulrich, actor (Berge in Flammen)
1892 – Hermann Glauert, British aerodynamicist (d. 1934)
1894 – Cliff Hall, American actor (Crime Photographer), born in Brooklyn, New York
1895 – Buster [Joseph F] Keaton, actor (Navigator, Steamboat Bill, Jr)
1895 – Richard Sorge, German spy for USSR in Tokyo (WW II)
1895 – Sergei Jessenin, writer
1901 – [Robert] Carroll Nye, Akron Ohio, actor (Gone with the Wind)
1903 – Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian nazi (SS/SD)
1903 – Lord Roborough, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1903 – Bona Arsenault, French Canadian politician, historian and genealogist (d. 1993)
1904 – Harris Rhoad, rocker
1904 – Rene Mable Neighbour Cloke, illustrator
1905 – Leon Orthel, composer
1905 – Rene Defossez, composer
1906 – Johannes Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight)
1909 – James B Pritchard, US, theologist/archaeologist
1909 – Noel Chiboust, trumpeter/Sax
1910 – Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1912 – Alfonso Letelier-Llonas, composer
1912 – John de Mol, Dutch accordianist/producer (Baantjer, Pril Geluk)
1913 – Stanley Oliphant Stewart, librarian
1914 – Brendan Gill, writer/critic (New Yorker magazine)
1914 – Jim Cairns, Australian politician (d. 2003)
1915 – Koos Schuur, Dutch journalist/poet (7 Curses)
1916 – Owen Tudor Williams, civil engineer
1916 – George Sidney, American film director (d. 2002)
1917 – Albert de Klerk, Dutch composer/conductor
1917 – Jan Murray, comedian (Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear), born in The Bronx, New York
1918 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
1920 – George Tribe, cricketer (Australian chinaman bowler, Northants)
1922 – Malcolm Baldrige, Conn, US Secretary of Commerce (1981-87)
1922 – Shin Kyuk-Ho, Japanese businessman
Actor Charlton Heston(1923)

1923 – Charlton Heston, actor (10 Commandments, Ben-Hur, Planet of Apes), (d. 2008), born in Illinois (d. 2008)
1928 – Alvin Toffler, author (Future Shock, Power Shift, The Third Wave)
1928 – Torben Ulrich, Danish musician, writer, filmmaker and tennis player
1929 – Leroy Van Dyke, Spring Fork Mo, country singer (Walk on By)
1929 – Scotty Beckett, actor (Listen Darling, Battleground), born in Oakland, California
1930 – Jozsef Soproni, composer
1931 – Basil D’Oliveira, cricketer (England all-rounder of late 60’s)
1931 – Dick Tracy, comic strip crimestopper
1932 – Dottie West, country singer
1932 – Felicia Farr, Westchester NY, actress (Charley Varrick, Kotch)
1932 – Milan Chvostek, Canadian television director
1934 – Malva M Basoalto, daughter of Pablo Neruda & Marie Hagenaar Vogelzang
1934 – Sam Huff, NFL linebacker (NY Giants, Washington Redskins)
1935 – Eddie Applegate, Wyncote Pa, actor (Richard-Patty Duke Show)
1936 – David Pithey, cricketer (bro of Tony, S Afr all-rounder in 8 Tests)
1936 – Sally Mary Caroline Belfrage, writer
1937 – Franz Vranitzky, Austria union chancellor (1986- )
1937 – Jackie Collins, British-American author (The Stud, Lucky), born in London, England (d. 2015)
1937 – Jim Sillars, Scottish politician
1938 – Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate
1939 – W Henson Moore, (Rep-R-LA, 1975- )
1940 – Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer
1940 – Alberto Vilar, Cuban-American investor and philanthropist
Author Anne Rice (1941)

1941 – Anne Rice, author (Interview with a Vampire), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1941 – Lori Saunders, Kansas City Mo (Petticoat Junction, Dusty Trails)
1941 – Roy Blount, Jr., American writer
1941 – Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian racing driver
1942 – Christopher Stone, Manchester NH, actor (Dave-Dallas, Interns)
1942 – Jenny Arean, [Joanna Klarenbeek], Dutch actress (Paul Chevrolet)
1942 – Karl W. Richter, American aviator (d. 1967)
1943 – Bonnie Bryant, LPGA golfer
1943 – Buddy Roemer, (Gov/Rep-D-LA, 1981- )
1943 – Owen Keir Davidson, Australia, 4 time Wimbledon mix double champ
1944 – Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
1944 – Tony La Russa, MLB manager (Chicago, Oakland, St. Louis), born in Tampa, Florida
Baseball Manager Tony La Russa (1944)

1945 – Clifton Davis, actor/singer (That’s My Mama, Amen), born in Chicago, Illinois
1945 – Richard Bickell, race horse trainer
1946 – Andre Bolhuis, hockey player (World Cup 1973, European Cup 1978
1946 – Susan Sarandon, [Tomaling], Jackson Hgts NY, actress (Bull Durham)
1946 – Chuck Hagel, American politician
1947 – James Fielder, Denton TX, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears)
1947 – Ann Widdecombe, British politician
1947 – Julien Clerc, French singer
1948 – Linda McMahon, CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment
1949 – Armand Assante, actor (Private Benjamin, Unfaithfully Yours), born in NYC, New York
1949 – Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director
1950 – Meg Bennett, actress (Young & Restless), born in Los Angeles, California
1951 – Alan Rosenberg, actor (Civil Wars, LA Law, Cybill)
1951 – Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet
1952 – Anita Luceete Defrantz, Phila Pa, rower (Olympic-bronze-1976)
1952 – Jody Stephens, rock drummer (Big Star)
1952 – Nina Carter, vocalist (Blonde on Blonde), born in London, England
1953 – Tchéky Karyo, Turkish-French actor
1955 – Joe Orseno, race horse trainer
1955 – Jorge Valdano, Argentine footballer
1956 – Hans van Breukelen, Dutch soccer goaltender (PSV)
LPGA Golfer Sherri Turner(1956)

1956 – Sherri Turner, Greenville South Carolina, LPGA golfer (1988 Mazda LPGA Champ)
1957 – Christina Smith, playmate (Mar, 1978), born in Miami, Florida
1957 – Gregory T Linteris, Demarest NJ, astronaut (sk: STS 83)
1957 – Alexander Tkachyov, Soviet gymnast
1957 – Bill Fagerbakke, American actor
1957 – Kyra Schon, American actress
1958 – Anneka Rice, Dutch TV hostess
1958 – Barbara MacDonald, rocker (Timbuk 3)
1959 – Tony Meo, English billiards champion (snookers)
1960 – Gregg “Hobie” Hubbard, Apopka Fla, country singer (Betty’s Bein’ Bad)
1960 – Jennifer Anglin, Adrian Mich, actress (Cheryl-General Hospital)
1960 – Joe Boever, American baseball player
1961 – David W Harper, Abilene Tx, actor (Jim Bob-Waltons)
1961 – John Secada, singer
1961 – Mary Ellen Stuart, actress (Frannie Crawford-As the World Turns)
1961 – Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author
1962 – Aldo Sprenger, Dutch pop guitarist (Kong-Phlegm)
1962 – Dennis Cook, Lamarque TX, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
1963 – A C Green, NBA forward (Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks)
1963 – Bruce Ruffin, Lubbock TX, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
1963 – Patti Berendt, LPGA golfer (1995 Star Bank Classic-24th), born in San Diego, California
1963 – Koji Ishikawa (children’s book author and illustrator)Japanese children’s author
1964 – David Brain, cricketer (Zimbabwe lefty seamer 1993-)
1964 – Mark McLemore, infielder (Texas Rangers), born in San Diego, California
1964 – Matthew Cetlinski, US 400m freestyle swimmer
1964 – Yvonne Murray, athlete
1965 – “Stuttering John” Melendez, interviewer (Howard Stern Show)
1965 – Skip Heller, American musician
1966 – John van de Brom, soccer player (Ajax)
1966 – Mike Walker, Brooksville FL, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1967 – Nick Green, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1967 – Roger Pavlik, pitcher (Texas Rangers), born in Houston, Texas
1967 – Vicky Bullett, WNBA forward/center (Oly-gold-1988/Charlotte Sting)
1967 – Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin, Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer
1967 – Liev Schreiber, American actor
1968 – Kanavis McGhee, NFL defensive end (Houston Oilers)
1969 – Lucas Parsons, Australian golfer, born in Sydney, New South Wales
1970 – Brian Kozlowski, NFL halfback (Atlanta Falcons, NY Giants)
1970 – Hency Charles, CFL defensive back (Montreal Alouettes)
1970 – Lucy Nusrala, St Louis Mo, 5k runner
1970 – Ryan McNeil, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions, St Louis Rams)
1970 – Richard Hancox, English footballer
1971 – Corey Sawyer, NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals)
1971 – Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer
1972 – Joanna Stone, Australian javelin thrower (Olympics-96)
1972 – Kurt Thomas, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat)
1972 – Norberto Garrido, tackle (Carolina Panthers)
1972 – Rusty Fitzgerald, Minneapolis, NHL center (Pitts Penguins)
1973 – Emy Snook, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1973 – Kantroy Barber, fullback (Carolina Panthers)
1973 – Kerry Joseph, WLAF quarterback (London Monarchs)
1973 – Chris Parks, American wrestler
1974 – Claudia Elena Vasquez, Miss Universe-best costume (Colombia, 1997)
1974 – Paco León, Spanish actor
1975 – Heather Tom, Hinsdale Ill, (Victoria-Y&R, Deadly Whispers)
1975 – Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian football player
1976 – Alicia Silverstone, actress (Clueless, Batman Forever), born in San Franciso, California
1976 – Mauro Camoranesi, Argentine-Italian footballer
1976 – Cabral Ibacka, Romanian actor and television presenter
1978 – Ko Soo, South Korean television and movie actor
1978 – Kyle Lohse, American baseball player
1979 – Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress
1979 – Stefan Booth, British actor
1979 – Bjorn Phau, German tennis player
1980 – Jimmy Workman, actor (Pugsley-Addams Family)
1980 – Kristina Lenko, Canadian ice skater
1980 – Me’Lisa Barber, American athlete
1980 – Sarah Fisher, American race car driver
1980 – Tim Peper, American actor
1980 – Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer
1981 – Justin Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Scott Hammond, American photographer
1981 – Juka, Japanese singer
1982 – Jered Weaver, American baseball player
1982 – Tony Gwynn Jr., American baseball player
1983 – Risa Kudo, Japanese gravure idol
1983 – Ueda Tatsuya, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN)
1983 – Dan Clarke, British racing driver
1983 – Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player
1984 – Lena Katina, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
1984 – Álvaro Parente, Portuguese racing driver
1986 – Barbara Jean Jones, fictional character (General Hospital)
1986 – Yuridia, Mexican singer
1987 – Michael Roman, actor (Al-One Life to Live)
1987 – Rawez Lawan, Swedish footballer
1989 – Dakota Johnson, American actress and daughter of Melanie Griffith & Don Johnson, born in Austin, Texas
1989 – Lil Mama, American rapper
1989 – Kimmie Meissner, American figure skater
2005 – Prince Emmanuel of Belgium

WEDDINGS

1539 – King Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves, his 4th wife
1767 – Prince Willem V marries Prussian princess Wilhelmina
1795 – “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” poet Samuel Coleridge (22) marries Sarah Fricker
1795 – Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (22) weds Sara Fricker in Bristol, England
1802 – English romantic poet William Wordsworth (32) marries childhood friend Mary Hutchinson
1905 – 30th US President Calvin Coolidge (33) weds Grace Anna Goodhue (26) in Burlington, Vermont
1925 – Jurist Earl Warren (34) weds Nina Elisabeth Palmquist Meyers
Physicist/Chemist Irene Joliot-Curie (1926)

1926 – Chemist Irene Joliot-Curie (29) weds physicist Frédéric Joliot (26) in Paris, France
1932 – Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov marries Yelena Sergeyevna
1942 – Actor Gregory Peck (26) weds real estate broker Greta Kukkonen (31)
1980 – “The Princess Bride” actor Chris Sarandon (38) weds model Lisa Cooper
1996 – Former undisputed boxing heavyweight world champion Evander Holyfield (34) weds Janice Itson (34) at Glynn Wedding Chapel in nearby Fayetteville
1997 – MTV news anchor Tabitha Soren (30) weds “Liars Poker” author Michael Lewis (37) in Garrison, New York

DIVORCES

None

DEATHS

1052 – Vladimir of Novgorod (b. 1020)
1072 – Sancho II, king of Castile/bro of Alfonso VI, murdered at about 35
1221 – William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179)
1226 – Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order, dies at 45
1250 – Herman VI, Margrave of Baden
1305 – Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)
1540 – Helius Eobanus Hessus, German humanist/poet (Silvae), dies
1564 – Pietro P Vergerio, Italian theologist/bishop of Croatia, dies
1571 – Claude Togniel d’Espence, French theologist (Sorbonne), dies at 60
1582 – Theresia van Avila, Spanish mystic writer, dies
1590 – Cujacius, [Jacques Cujas], French lawyer, dies at about 68
1597 – Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1550)
1661 – Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (b. 1625)
1669 – Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch painter, dies at 63
1680 – Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer
1713 – Valentin Molitor, composer, dies at 76
1721 – Abraham Alewijn, poet/playwright (Beslikte Swaantje), dies at 36
Painter Rembrandt van Rijn(1669)

1743 – John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal, dies at 64
1749 – Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (b. 1711)
1754 – Tanacharison, Catawba Indian chief
1755 – Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer, dies
1785 – David Brearly, American statesman (b. 1703)
1821 – John Rennie, Scottish engineer (b. 1761)
1830 – Hans DL earl Yorck von Wartenburg, gov-gen of E-Prussia, dies at 71
1838 – Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer, dies at 79
1848 – Louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82
1851 – Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (b. 1767)
1859 – Karl Baedeker, German tour guide (Die Schweiz), dies at 57
1862 – William Duncan Smith, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 36
1863 – Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, earl of Nijenhuis/Peckedam, dies at 69
1864 – Joseph Montferrand, French Canadian logger and strong man (b. 1802)
1867 – Francis Xavier Seelos German-American Roman Catholic priest (b. 1819)
1880 – William Lassell, English astronomer (1st moon of Neptune), dies
1890 – Catherine Booth, the Mother of The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
1892 – Guillaume Van Kerckhoven, Belgian captain, dies at 39
1893 – Pieter J Elout van Soeterwoude, MP (AR), dies at 88
1903 – Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher (b. 1880)
Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1904)

1904 – Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, designer of the Statue of Liberty, dies of tuberculosis at 70
1904 – Frederic Auguste Bertholdi, French sculptor (Statue of Liberty), dies
1904 – Karl Bayer, Austrian chemist (b. 1847)
1907 – Alfredo Kiel, composer, dies at 57
1910 – Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma (b. 1850)
1912 – Gen Zeledon, Nicaraguan opponent of US occupation, is executed
1929 – John Metzelaar, Dutch/US writer (Report on the Fishes), dies at 37
1935 – Jean Béraud, French painter (b. 1849)
1935 – Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (b. 1874)
1943 – Richard T Ely, US economist (Ground under our feet), dies
1943 – Irena Iłłakowicz, Polish agent of Intelligence (b. 1906)
1944 – Al Smith, American politician (b. 1873)
1947 – Max Planck, German physicist (constantly of P, Nobel 1918), dies aged 89
1949 – Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75
1951 – Willie Moretti, American gangster (b. 1894)
1955 – Alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal, dies
1961 – Max Weber, Polish/Russ/US painter, dies
1961 – Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov), Orthodox missionary and writer, Exarch of Russian Church in North America (b. 1880)
1962 – E H Hendren, cricketer (57,611 1st-class runs, 3rd-best ever), dies
1962 – John Lowry, Mount Vernon NY, NYC builder, dies at 79
1966 – Sherman Billingsley, talk show host (Stork Club), dies at 66
1969 – Vibart Wight, cricketer (member of WI 1st Test touring 1928), dies
1969 – Natalino Otto, Italian singer (b. 1912)
1970 – George Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71
Singer-Songwriter Janis Joplin (1970)

1970 – Janis Joplin, American rocker and blues singer-songwriter (Down on Me), dies of a drug overdose at 27
1971 – Edit Angold, actor (Suspense, Molly, Blue Angel), dies at 76
1972 – Colin Gordon, actor (John-Baron), dies at 61
1972 – Louis S B Leakey, archaeologist/anthropologist, dies at 68
1974 – Anne Sexton, US poetess (Pulitzer 1967), dies at 45
1975 – Joan Whitney Payson, owner of New York Mets, dies at 72
1976 – Alexander Gray, singer (This is Music), dies at 74
1979 – Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer, dies at 56
1981 – Freddie Lindstrom, Major League Baseball Hall of famer (b. 1905)
1982 – Ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi fieldmarshal/president/premier, dies
1982 – Glenn H Gould, Canadian pianist, dies at 50
1989 – Graham Chapman, comedian (Monty Python), dies of cancer at 48
1989 – Norman Yardley, cricketer (England captain 1947-50), dies
1989 – Secretariat, American race horse (b. 1970)
1990 – Avis Bunnage, actor (Loneliness of Long Distance Runner), dies at 67
1990 – Jill Bennett, actress (Skull, Hawks), dies of undisclosed causes at 58
1991 – Leonard C Odell, wrote 7,000 Burma Shave poems, dies at 83
1992 – Itzhak Fuks, El Al captain, crashes in Bijlmer Netherlands
1992 – Laurie Anders, singer, dies of cancer
1992 – Ohad Arnon, El Al captain, crashes in Bijlmer Netherlands
1993 – Fran Carlon, dies of cancer at 80
1993 – Jim Holton, Scottish footballer (b. 1951)
1994 – Bill Challis, arranger/Pianist, dies at 90
1994 – Heinz Rohmann, German actor/dir (Brave Soldier Schwejk), dies at 92
1994 – Danny Gatton, US guitarist, commits suicide at 48
1995 – Peter Nicholson Gunn, writer, dies at 81
1996 – Martyn Harris, journalist, dies at 43
1996 – Silvio Piola, footballer, dies at 83
1996 – Tim N Gidal Gidalewitsch, photojournalist, dies at 87
1999 – Erik Brødreskift (aka Grim), Norwegian black metal musician (b. 1969)
1999 – Art Farmer, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1928)
1999 – Bernard Buffet, French painter (b. 1928)
2000 – Michael Smith, Nobel laureate (b. 1932)
2000 – Yu Kuo-hwa, former Premier of Taiwan (b. 1914)
2001 – Blaise Alexander, American race car driver (b. 1976)
2001 – Ahron Soloveichik, Orthodox Jewish rabbi
2002 – Alphonse Chapanis, founder of ergonomics (b. 1917)
2002 – André Delvaux, Belgian film director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2003 – Sid McMath, American politician (b. 1912)
2004 – Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (b. 1927)
2004 – Rio Diaz, Filipino actress & TV hosts (b. 1959)
2005 – Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (b. 1924)
2006 – Tom Bell, English actor on stage, television and film (b. 1933)
2009 – Mercedes Sosa, Argentinian singer (b. 1935)
2009 – Günther Rall, German fighter ace (b. 1918)
2010 – Sir Norman Wisdom, English comedian, singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1915)
2013 – Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnamese general and politician, dies at 102
2014 – Paul Revere, American musician, dies from cancer at 76
President of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier (2014)

2014 – Jean-Claude Duvalier, 41st President of Haiti (1971-86), dies of a heart attack at 63

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1957 Sputnik launched

• American Revolution

• 1777 Both sides battered at Germantown

• Automotive

• 1937 Blues singer Bessie Smith, killed in Mississippi car wreck, is buried

• Civil War

• 1861 Lincoln watches a balloon ascension

• Cold War

• 1957 Soviet Union launches Sputnik I

• Crime

• 1988 Jim Bakker is indicted on federal charges
• 2011 Man who served 25 years for murder exonerated by DNA

• Disaster

• 1992 Plane crashes into apartment building

• General Interest

• 1777 The Battle of Germantown
• 1965 Pope visits U.S.
• 1993 White House siege ends in Moscow

• Hollywood

• 1990 Beverly Hills, 90210 debuts

• Literary

• 1941 Anne Rice is born

• Music

• 1970 Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose

• Old West

• 1861 Frederic Remington is born in Canton, New York

• Presidential

• 1822 Rutherford B. Hayes is born
• 1927 Work begins on Mount Rushmore

• Sports

• 1955 So-called Brooklyn bums win their first World Series

• Vietnam War

• 1964 Johnson orders the commencement of Oplan 34A raids
• 1966 Pope calls for end to the Vietnam War

• World War I

• 1918 Germany telegraphs President Wilson seeking armistice

• World War II

• 1943 Heinrich Himmler encourages his SS group leaders
• 1944 Ike warns of the risk of “shell shock”