October 5th

EVENTS

610 – Heraclius’ fleet takes Constantinople
869 – 4th Council of Constantinople (8th ecumenical council) opens
1143 – The king Alfonso VII of Leon recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
1349 – Paris’ theologist Jean de Fayt warns against the Flagellants at Avignon
1430 – Duke Philip the Good of Bourgondy visits Brussels
1450 – Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig IX
1465 – French King Louis XI signs peace with Charles the Stout
1511 – Eedgenootschap signs anti-French Saint League
1511 – Pope Julius II/Germany/Ferdinand of Aragon/Venice/Swiss
1550 – Foundation of Concepción, city in Chile.
1568 – Conference of York begins: trial against Mary Stuart
1568 – William of Oranges army occupies Brabant
1572 – Spanish army under Alva’s son Don Frederik plunders Mechelen
1582 – Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries
1632 – Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Groningen
1665 – The University of Kiel is founded.
1693 – Haarlem people’s revolution due to food shortages
Queen of Scotland Mary Stuart

1750 – Carlo Goldoni’s “Il teatro comica,” premieres in Venice
1762 – Opera “Orfeo Ed Euridice” is produced (Vienna)
1789 – French Revolution: Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.
1793 – French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France.
1796 – Spain declares war on England
1813 – Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British
1823 – Weber visits Beethoven
1830 – King Willem I mobilizes Dutch army
1833 – Charles Darwin moves with Parana to Santa Fe Bajada Argentina
1857 – The City of Anaheim was founded.
1862 – Battle of Big Hatchie River, MS
Naturalist Charles Darwin

1862 – Federal fleet occupies Galveston, Texas
1863 – Confederate sub David damages Union ship Ironsides
1864 – Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing South
1864 – Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die)
1867 – Last day of Julian calendar in Alaska
1869 – A strong hurricane devastates the Bay of Fundy region of Maritime Canada. The storm had been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer.
1875 – Palace Hotel on Market Street, SF opens
1877 – Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce War
1887 – 1st U.S. Women’s National Championship: Ellen Hansell beats Laura Knight (6-1, 6-0)
1892 – Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeville, Kansas bank holdup
1895 – The first individual time trial for racing cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of London.
1896 – William Gillette’s “Secret Service,” premieres in NYC
1897 – Solomon Andrees baloon/polar expedition reaches White Island
1900 – 6th US Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 313 at Chicago GC Ill
1900 – Harry Vardon wins US Open golf tournament
1903 – Sir Samuel Griffith is appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia and Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O’Connor are appointed as foundation justices.
Aviator Wilbur Wright

1905 – Orville/Wilbur Wright’s “Flyer III” flight 38.5 km in 38.3″
1906 – Henry Mathewson (NY Giants, Christy’s brother) walks 14 men
1907 – Interprovincial Rugby Football Union plays 1st game (Mtl 17 Tor 8)
1907 – Phila A’s Rube Vickers no-hits Wash Senators, 4-0 in 5 inning game
1908 – Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar
1908 – White Sox Ed Walsh tops Detroit 6-1 for his 40th victory
1910 – Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims republic
1911 – Italian troops occupy Tripoli
1912 – Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
1912 – Red Sox defeat A’s 3-0 for then AL record 105th win
1912 – Yanks win final game at Hilltop stadium
1914 – World War I first aerial combat resulting in a kill.
1915 – Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers.
1915 – Allies land troops at the northern Greek city of Salonika; Greece is nominally neutral but allows the landing
Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler

1916 – Soldier Adolf Hitler is injured
1919 – Norwegian population agrees to prohibition
1921 – 1st World Series radio broadcast, Yanks beat Giants 3-0
1921 – Present constitution of Liechtenstein comes into effect
1922 – Yanks & Giants play an infamous 3-3 tie World Series game
1923 – Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star
1924 – 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in NYC Daily News
1925 – WSM-AM in Nashville Tenn begins radio transmissions
1925 – The Lacarno Conference meets: Germany agrees to recognize their frontiers with France and Belgium and will apply for membership in the League of Nations
1930 – British airship crashes in storm at Beauvais France, 48 die
1931 – 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Wash (Herndon & Pangborn)
1931 – Paul Green’s “House of Connelly,” premieres in NYC
Astronomer Edwin Hubble

1936 – The Jarrow March sets off for London.
1937 – Minister Romme says unemployment is 25% “quarter of Romme”
1941 – Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike, Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely – would have been last out, instead Yanks score 4 & win 7-4
1942 – 5,000 Jews of Dubno Russia massacred
1942 – St Louis Cards beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 1, in 39th World Series
1943 – US air raid on Wake
1944 – Harold Arlen/ET Harburgs musical premieres in NYC
1944 – Kerkrade (Neth) liberated
1944 – Suffrage is extended to women in France.
1945 – “Meet the Press” premieres on radio
1945 – Indonesian army forms
1945 – Queen Wilhelmina visits Rotterdam
1945 – Hollywood Black Friday: A six month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers’ studios.
1946 – “Yours Is My Heart” closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 36 perfs
1946 – 1st Cannes Film Festival ends
33rd US President Harry Truman

1947 – 1st Presidential address televised from White House- Harry Truman
1947 – Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in World Series
1949 – WBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1949 – WOR (now WWOR) TV channel 9 in NY-Secaucus, NY (IND) begins
1950 – “Pardon Our French” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 100 perfs
1952 – 19th congress of Communist Party meets in Moscow
1952 – 6th NHL All-Star Game: 1st Team ties 2nd Team 1-1 at Detroit
1953 – Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of US
1953 – 50th World Series sees NY Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as NY Billy Martin’s 12 hits set record; Yanks win record 5th consecutive WS
1953 – The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
1954 – Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US
1956 – Yogi Berra becomes 4th Yank to hit a World Series grand slam
1956 – “The Ten Commandments”, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner opens in the US
Filmmaker and Director Cecil B. DeMille

1957 – 11th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3 at Montreal
1957 – 12th Ryder Cup: Britain-Ireland win, 7½-4½ at Lindrick Golf Club (Rotherham, Yorkshire, England)
1957 – Yugoslav dissident Milovan Djilos sentenced to 7 years
1958 – KRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1958 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1960 – British Labour party demands unilateral nuclear disarmament
1960 – Eastern AL Electra turbo-prop crashed in Boston Harbor (61 die)
1960 – KEYC TV channel 12 in Mankato, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1961 – China & Nepal sign treaty
1962 – Beatles release their 1st record “Love Me Do”
1962 – “Dr. No”, 1st James Bond film based on the novel by Ian Fleming and starring Sean Connery and Ursula Andress, premieres in London
Actor Sean Connery

1963 – 17th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-3 at Toronto
1963 – Hyde St Pier re-opens as State Historical Park
1963 – Little Richard joins Everly Brothers Tour
1964 – KIXE TV channel 9 in Redding, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 – SF Fire Department Museum is dedicated
1965 – Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups
1965 – Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite
1968 – KPLM (now KESQ) TV channel 42 in Palm Springs, CA (ABC) begins
1968 – Civil rights march in Derry is stopped by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) before it had properly begun; clashes between RUC and protesters lead to two days of serious rioting-some consider this to be the beginning of ‘the Troubles’ in Northern Ireland
1969 – Carol Mann wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1969 – Monty Python’s Flying Circus begins airing on BBC
1969 – Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks 55-yard field goal
1970 – John Creach, joins Jefferson Airplane
1970 – Quebec separatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross
1970 – PBS becomes a US television network.
1970 – MLB National League Championship: Cincinnati Reds sweep Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 0
1970 – MLB American League Championship: Baltimore Orioles beat Minnesota Twins, 3 games to 0
1971 – A new sitting of the Northern Ireland parliament at Stormont begins, though the Social Democratic and Labour Party remain absent due to its continuing protest against Internment
1971 – MLB American League Championship: Baltimore Orioles beat Oakland Athletics, 3 games to 0
1972 – Herbert Mullin 1st kills, to prevent earthquakes
1973 – Signature of the European Patent Convention.
1974 – Guildford pub bombing by the IRA leaves 5 dead and 65 injured.
1975 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1975 – 26th Formula One WDC: Niki Lauda wins by 19.5 points
1976 – Seattle & Toronto picks 30 unprotected players on other AL rosters Ruppert Jones (Seattle) & Bob Bailor (Toronto) are picked 1st
1977 – “Hair” opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 43 performances
1978 – Isaac Bashevis Singer wins Nobel Prize for literature
1978 – Sweden’s Fälldin government falls
1978 – Over 30 major nations ratify the Environmental Modification Convention which prohibits environmental modification techniques
1978 – “The Boys from Brazil” debuts
1979 – MLB National League Championship: Pittsburgh Pirates beat Cincinnati Reds, 3 games to 0
1980 – Formal opening of meditation hall of Zenshin Temple in Riverdale, the Bronx NYC
LPGA Golfer Kathy Whitworth

1980 – Kathy Whitworth/Donna Caponi Young win Portland Ping Team Golf Champ
1980 – Yanks set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417
1980 – 31st Formula One WDC: Alan Jones wins by 13 points
1981 – Dutch guilder/Deutsche mark revalued up 5.5%
1981 – Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honorary American (posthumously)
1982 – 1st NJ Devils game, tie the Pitts Penguins 3-3 at the Meadowlands
1982 – China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
1982 – Hernan Siles Zuazo appointed president of Bolivia
1982 – Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, NM
1983 – Lech Walesa wins Nobel Peace Prize
1984 – 13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G)-Challenger 6-launched
1984 – MLB American League Championship: Detroit Tigers beat Kansas City Royals, 3 games to 0
1985 – Grambling’s Eddie Robinson wins record 324th football game
1986 – London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms
1988 – Brazil adopts its Constitution
1988 – Chilean population agrees at referendum against Pinochet regime
1988 – Israel bans Meir Kahane’s Kach Party on grounds of racism
1990 – Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obsentity (Mappelthorpe photos)
1991 – Military transport plane crashes at Jakarta, 133 dies
1991 – NJ Devils begin their 10th Anniversary with a 7-2 win over the Blues
1991 – USSR reduces nuclear weapons arsenal
1991 – Carlos Huerta’s NCAA record streak of successful points after a touchdown ends at 157
1991 – Fresno State ties NCAA record with 49 points in a quarter, as they route New Mexico 94-17
1991 – The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.
US President George H. W. Bush

1992 – 1st overturn of a George Bush veto (cable bill)
1992 – NY senator Alphonse D’Mato fillerbusters for 15 hours 20 mins
1992 – US Air goes on strike
1993 – China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
1993 – Last honor guard at Lenin’s mausoleum
1993 – Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical Veritatis splendor
1994 – 28th Country Music Association Award: Vince Gill & Pam Tillis wins
1994 – 52 members of Zonnetempel, murdered
1994 – 28th CMT Music Awards: Vince Gill and Pam Tillis win
1995 – “Company” opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 68 performances
1996 – Caroline Pierce wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
1996 – Cleve Indians strike out 23 Balt Orioles in 12 inn playoff game
1996 – NY Yankee Bernie Williams switch hits HRs in a post season game
1997 – 35th Tennis Fed Cup: France beats Netherlands in Den Bosch Neth (4-1)
264th Pope John Paul II

1997 – Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA CoreStates Betsy King Classic
1997 – Davis Love III wins golf’s Buick challenge, shooting a 267
1997 – STS 86 (Atlantis 20) lands
1997 – Vantage Senior Golf Championship
1999 – The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
2000 – Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution.
2001 – Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
2001 – Tom Ridge resigns as Governor of Pennsylvania to become President Bush’s Homeland Security Advisor.
2001 – Barry Bonds hits his 71st home run, breaking Mark McGwire’s record of 70 for the most home runs hit in a single season (Bonds would end up with 73 in total)
Author Stephenie Meyer

2005 – Vampire novel “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer is first published by Little Brown
2007 – “Michael Clayton”, starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, and Tilda Swinton, is released
2012 – Anglo Platinum Limited fires 12,000 striking workers in South Africa
2013 – Wladimir Klitschko defeats Alexander Povetkin to retain his WBA Heavyweight Championship
2014 – South Sydney Rabbitohs win the 2014 NRL Grand Final

BIRTHDAYS

1458 – Kazimierz de Saint, Polish ruler/saint
1609 – Paul Fleming, writer
1626 – Johann Schop, composer
1641 – Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of King Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)
1658 – Mary of Modena, queen of James II of England (d. 1718)
1684 – Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer
1695 – John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)
1703 – Jonathan Edwards, East Windsor, Connecticut Colony, Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (Original Sin)
1712 – Francesco Guardi, Italian painter
1713 – Denis Diderot, Langres, France, enlightenment philosopher (d. 1784)
1715 – Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (d. 1789)
1717 – Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1744)
1722 – Gregorio Sciroli, composer
1743 – Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer
1758 – Thomas Greatorex, composer
Enlightenment Philosopher Denis Diderot (1713)

1781 – Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)
1792 – Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1844)
1795 – Alexander Keith, Scottish-born Canadian brewer (d. 1873)
1799 – Anthony G O Ridder Van Rappard, Dutch Min of Reformed Worship
1804 – Robert Parker Parrott, Inventor, (d. 1877)
1808 – Thomas Algeo Rowley, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1892)
1808 – Winand C H Staring, geologist (Geology of Netherlands)
1817 – Eduard Franck, composer
1820 – David Wilber, American politician (d. 1890)
1822 – Hans Hampel, composer
1823 – Feliks Jaronski, composer
1829 – Chester A. Arthur, Fairfield Vermont, (Republican) 21st American President (1881-85)
1833 – Cyrus Bussey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), (d. 1915)
21st US President Chester A. Arthur (1829)

1836 – George Washington Gordon, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), (d. 1911)
1840 – Fran Gerbic, composer
1840 – John Addington Symonds, Brit historian/writer (Probs in Greek Ethics)
1844 – Francis William Reitz, State President of the Orange Free State (d. 1934)
1848 – Guido von List, German writer (d. 1919)
1850 – Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma (d. 1910)
1858 – Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria
1863 – Ludwig Borchardt, German Egyptologist
1864 – Louis Lumière, with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture in 1895
1875 – Cyril Rootham, composer
1878 – Louise Dresser, [Kerlin], Evansville IN, actress (Maid of Salem)
1879 – Halfdan Cleve, composer
1879 – John Erskine, US, poet/pianist (Private Life of Helen of Troy)
1881 – Otto V Kuusinen, Fin/Rus communist pres of Karelo-Finnish SR (1940-56)
1882 – Giorgio Abetti, Italian astronomer (Solar physics)
Rocket Pioneer Robert H. Goddard (1882)

1882 – Robert Hutchings Goddard, Worcester Mass, rocket pioneer
1883 – Charles Maduro, Antillean composer
1884 – Hendrik W Tilanus, Dutch artillery officer/politician (CHU 1939-63)
1886 – Carter De Haven, IL
1887 – Max Ackermann, German “entartet” painter
1887 – René Cassin, pacifist (Nobel Peace Prize 1968)
1889 – Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (d. 1936)
1890 – Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer
1892 – Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (d. 1969)
1894 – Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (d. 1948)
1895 – Walter Bedell Smith, US general (WW II)/head of CIA (1950-52)
1899 – Boleslaw Woytowicz, composer
1899 – Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1962)
1901 – Johan Fiolet, Dutch actor/director
1901 – John Alton, cinematographer
1901 – Willy Lages, German chief of Sicherheitsdienst in Amsterdam
1902 – Larry Fine, [Laurence Feinberg], PA, comedian (3 Stooges)
1902 – Michael Kondracki, composer
MacDonalds Entrepreneur Ray Kroc (1902)

1902 – Ray Kroc, Oak Park, Illinois, fast food entrepreneur (McDonalds), (d. 1984)
1903 – Jimmy Ritz, US comic (Ritz Brothers-Blazing Stewardesses)
1903 – M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (d. 1989)
1904 – George Chesterman Phillips, naval officer
1904 – John Hoyt, Bronxville NY, actor (Gimme a Break, Tom Dick & Mary)
1905 – Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (d. 1987)
1906 – Leopold Kohr, writer/mentor of Fritz Schumacher
1906 – Louise Brown, dancer/teacher
1907 – Mrs. Miller, American singer (d. 1997)
1908 – Joshua Logan, Broadway producer (South Pacific)
1911 – Flann O’Brien, Irish humorist (d. 1966)
1912 – Fritz Fischer (medical doctor), Nazi war criminal
1913 – William Lehman, (Rep-D-FL, 1973- )
1913 – Eugene Bennett Fluckey American Navy Submariner (d. 2007)
1916 – Douglas Ranger, surgeon
1917 – Robert Adams, English sculptor
1919 – Allen Ludden, Mineral Point Wisc, TV host (Password)
1919 – Donald Pleasence, Worksop England, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Halloween)
1919 – Luis H P Daal, Antillean literary
1919 – Robin Bailey, Hucknall England, actor (See No Evil, Screamtime)
1920 – Robert Feenstra, Dutch law historian
1921 – Bill Willis, AAFC, NFL guard (Cleveland Browns)
1922 – José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver, (d. 2013)
1922 – Bil Keane, American cartoonist
1922 – Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985)
1923 – Glynis Johns, Pretoria South Africa, actress (Mary Poppins)
1923 – Philip Berrigan, militant priest (Chicago 7)
1923 – Stig H Dagerman, Swedish writer (Burned Child)
1923 – Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer (d. 1994)
1923 – Bill Wirtz, longtime Chicago Blackhawks owner (d. 2007)
1924 – Bill Dana, Quincy Mass, comedian/actor (Jose Jimenez)
1924 – Jose Donoso, writer
1924 – Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)
1925 – Gail Davis, Little Rock Ark, actress (Annie Oakley)
1925 – Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
1926 – Clifton Eugene Bancroft Robinson, public servant
1926 – Gottfried Michael Koenig, composer
1926 – Willi Unsoeld, American climber (d. 1979)
1927 – Al Hansen, artist
1927 – John Downey, composer
1928 – Willem de Kwaadsteniet, lawyer/Dutch MP (CDA)
1928 – Louise Fitzhugh, American author (d. 1974)
1929 – Autherine Lucy, Shiloh, Alabama, 1st African American to enroll in University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
1929 – Richard F Gordon Jr, Capt USN/astronaut (Gemini 11, Apol 12), born in Seattle, Washington
1929 – Skip Homeier, actor (Beachhead, Dan Raven, Interns), born in Chicago, Illinois
1930 – Pavel Romanovich Popovich, Ukraine, cosmonaut (Vostok IV, Soyuz 14)
1930 – Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel laureate
1932 – Madhav Apte, cricketer (bro of Arvind 7 Tests for India, 1 century)
1932 – Yvonne Braitwaite Burke, lawyer (Rep)
1933 – Diane Cilento, Queensland Aust, actress (Agony & Ecstasy, Wicker Man)
1934 – David Smith, cricketer (England opening bowler v India 1961-62)
1934 – Angelo Buono, Jr., American serial killer (d. 2002)
1935 – Jimmy Binks, cricket wicket-keeper (England twice v India 1964)
1935 – Peter Brown, actor (Lawman, Laredo, Bold & Beautiful), born in NYC, New York
1935 – Arlene Saunders, American soprano
1936 – Annerose Schmidt, East German pianist
1936 – Vaclav Havel, writer/pres Czechoslovakia (1989-92)
1937 – Barry Switzer, football coach (Oklahoma)
1938 – Carlo Mastrangelo, rocker (Dion & The Belmonts), born in The Bronx, New York
1938 – Teresa Heinz Kerry, American philanthropist
1939 – Marie Laforêt, French singer and actress
1939 – Marie-Claire Blais, French Canadian author and playwright
1939 – Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1939 – Walter Wolf, Slovenian-born Canadian industrialist
1940 – Bob Cowper, cricketer (Aust LHB, 307 v England MCG 1966 Very rich
1941 – Ricardo Hoffmann, marathon swimmer (299 miles)
1941 – Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina
1942 – Richard Street, Rhythm and Blues musician (The Temptations), born in Detroit, Michigan
1943 – Benjamin L Cardin, (Rep-D-Maryland)
1943 – Inna Churikova, Russia, actress (Theme)
1943 – Steve Miller, Milwaukee, rocker (Abracadabra, Space Cowboy)
1944 – Ben Korthals, advocate/Dutch MP (VVD)
1945 – Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1945 – Geoff Leigh, English musician (Henry Cow)
1946 – Richard Kermode, rocker
1946 – Zahida Hina, Pakistani columnist
1946 – Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey coach
1947 – Brian Johnson, Dunston, English rocker (AC/DC)
1948 – Delroy George Wilson, singer
1948 – Lucius Ross, US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-One Nation Under a Groove)
1948 – Sal Viscuso, American actor (Soap, Montefuscos), born in Brooklyn, New York
1948 – Tawl Ross, American musician (P Funk)
1948 – Zoran Živković, Serbian writer
1949 – Ralph Goodale, Canadian politician
Baseball Writer and Statistician Bill James(1949)

1949 – Bill James [George William James], Holton Kansas, American baseball writer and statistician
1949 – B. W. Stevenson, American singer (d. 1988)
1950 – Jeff Conaway, actor (Bobby-Taxi, Loving), born in NYC, New York
1950 – Edward P. Jones, American writer
1951 – Karen Allen, Illinois, actress (Cruising, Starman, Wanderers)
1951 – Leah Poulis Mueller, Berwyn Ill, speed skater (Olympic-gold-1980)
1951 – Bob Geldof, Irish singer (The Boomtown Rats) and activist
1952 – Clive Barker, English author and film director (Hellraiser, Lord of Illusions)
1952 – Duncan Regehr, Canadian actor
1952 – Gigi Sabani, Italian TV host (d. 2007)
1953 – James E Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary
1953 – John Stachniewski, scholar/teacher
1953 – Russell Mael, [Dwight Russel Day], California, rock vocalist (Sparks)
1953 – Sandra “Puma” Jones, Kingston Jamaica, rocker (Black Uhuru)
1954 – Bob Geldof, rocker
1954 – Duncan Regehr, Alberta Canada, actor (Wizards & Warriors)
1955 – Adair Ferguson, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1955 – Leo Barnes, Irish saxophonist (Hothouse Flowers-I’m Sorry, Don’t Go)
1957 – Jeanne Evert, tennis player, Chris’ sister
1957 – Larry Saumell, jockey
1957 – Lee “Kix” Thompson, saxophonist (Madness-Baggy Trousers)
1957 – Mark Geragos, American attorney
1957 – Bernie Mac, American comedian (d. 2008)
1958 – Brent W Jett Jr, Pontiac Mich, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 72, sk:81)
1958 – André Kuipers, Dutch astronaut
1959 – Troy Luccketta, rock drummer (Tesla-Psychotic Supper)
1960 – Daniel Baldwin, American actor
1960 – Careca, Brazilian footballer
1961 – Shell Kepler, actress (Amy Vining-General Hospital)
1961 – Sharon Cheslow, American musician, composer and artist
1961 – Matthew Kauffman, American journalist and George Polk Award winner
1961 – David Kirk, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1962 – J C Estrada, jockey
1962 – John Sala, LA CA
1962 – Johnny Huang, Canton China, table tennis player (Olympics-96)
1962 – Ken Noda, pianist (Rivalry), born in NYC, New York
1962 – Michael Alexander Conley, Chic, triple jumper (Olympics-gold-92, 96)
1962 – Michael Andretti, Indy-car racer/Auto Hall of Fame (elected 1986)
1962 – Mike Conley, triple jumper (Olympic-silver-1984), born in Chicago, Illinois
1962 – Caron Keating, British television personality (d. 2004)
1963 – Hugh Morris, cricketer (England lefty opening batsman 1991)
LPGA Golfer Laura Davies(1963)

1963 – Laura Davies, Coventry England, LPGA golfer (1989 Lady Keystone Open)
1963 – Sophie Favier, Lyon France, actress (Sans Interdits)
1963 – Tony Dodemaide, cricketer (Victorian, Sussex & Australian all-rounder)
1964 – Denean Howard, Sherman Tx, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1988)
1964 – Terry Mathews, Alexandria LA, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1964 – Malik Saidullaev Chechen businessman
1964 – Warren E. Miller, Maryland politician
1965 – John Keller Jr, Toledo Ohio, team handball back court (Olympics-1996)
1965 – Mario Lemieux, Montreal Quebec, NHL high scoring center (Pitts Penguin, #66)
1965 – Patrick Roy, Quebec City Quebec, NHL goalie (Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche)
1965 – Paul Moloney, Australian golfer, born in Melbourne, Victoria
1965 – Penny Baker, playmate (January, 1984), born in Buffalo, New York
NHL Goalie and Head Coach Patrick Roy (1965)

1965 – Richey Reneberg, Phoenix AZ, tennis star (1995 Australian doubles)
1965 – Theo Bos, Dutch soccer player: Vitesse
1965 – Trace Armstrong, NFL defensive end (Miami Dolphins)
1966 – Fredrik Olausson, Vaxsjo Swe, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1966 – Inessa Kravets, Ukraine, long/triple jumper (Oly-silv/gold-92, 96)
1966 – Peter Fonseca, Lisbon Portugal, Canadian marathoner (Olympics-96)
1966 – Therese Brisson, ice hockey defenseman (Canada, Oly-98)
1966 – Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker referee
1967 – Ellie Gibson, Corpus Christi TX, golfer (1994 PING-Cellular One-5th)
1967 – Rex Chapman, NBA guard (Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns)
1967 – Guy Pearce, Anglo-Australian actor
1968 – Omar Berlo, jockey
1968 – Sally Smith, Orange NSW, golfer (1993 T67 Alpine Aust Ladies Masters)
1968 – Wayne Holdsworth, cricketer (NSW fast bowler, Australian tourist 1993)
1969 – Karyn Parsons, actress (Hilary-Fresh Prince of Bel Air) [or Oct 8 66]
1969 – Martin Driever, WLAF tight end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 – Anthony Phillips, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
1970 – Josie Bissett, actress (Jane Mancini-Melrose Place), born in Seattle, Washington
1970 – Mark Luijpers, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
1970 – Thomas Randolph, NFL cornerback (NY Giants)
1970 – Tina Poitras, Thompson Manitoba, 10k walker (Olympics-96)
1970 – Audie Pitre, bass guitarist (d. 1996)
1970 – South Park Mexican, American rapper
1971 – Chad Lewis, tight end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1971 – Chris Whitney, NBA guard (Wash Wizards)
1971 – Coni Lyn Hull, Jackson Michigan, Miss America-Michigan (1996)
1971 – Dan Plante, Hayward, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
1971 – Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentine former footballer
1972 – Derek Sholdice, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)
1972 – Grant Hill, NBA forward/guard (Det Pistons, Oly-gold-96), born in Dallas, Texas
1972 – Thomas Roberts, American news anchor
1974 – Douglas Emerson, Glendale California, actor (Robbie-Herbie the Love Bug)
1974 – Heather Headley, Trinidadian singer
1974 – Rich Franklin, American Mixed Martial Artist
1974 – Colin Meloy, American singer (The Decemberists)
Actress Kate Winslet (1975)

1975 – Kate Winslet, English actress (Titanic, Revolutionary Road), born in Reading
1975 – Scott E Weinger, actor (Steve Taylor-Family Man, Full House), born in NYC, New York
1975 – Bobo Baldé, Guinean footballer
1975 – Parminder Nagra, English actress
1976 – Song Seung-hun, South Korean actor
1976 – Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen President
1976 – J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
1977 – Lia Rousset, Alhambra California, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
1978 – Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic footballer
1978 – Jesse Palmer, Canadian-born American football player
1978 – Morgan Webb, Canadian-born television presenter
1978 – James Valentine, American musician (Maroon 5)
1979 – Jaime Chambers, American television reporter
1979 – Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Vincenzo Grella, Australian soccer player
1979 – Yao Chen, Chinese actress and Sina Weibo personality, born in Shishi City, Quanzhourn
1980 – Paul Thomas, American bassist (Good Charlotte)
1981 – Kelvin Tan Wei Lian, Singaporean singer
1982 – Natalie Vlandis, Northridge California, pairs skater (& Jered Guzman)
1983 – Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984 – Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer
1985 – Nicola Roberts, English singer (Girls Aloud)
1987 – Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer
1987 – Javier Villa, Spanish racing driver
1988 – Bahar Kızıl, German Singer (Monrose)
1988 – Bobby Edner, American actor
1988 – Maja Salvador, Filipina Actress
1990 – Myles Jeffrey, American actor

WEDDINGS

1937 – Two-time Oscar winner actor Anthony Quinn (22) weds actress Katherine de Mille (26)
1945 – Actress Janet Leigh (18) weds Stanley Reames at Morris Chapel in Stockton, California
1968 – “The Dirty Dozen” actor Charles Bronson (46) weds Jill Ireland
1981 – “The Hollywood Knights” actress Michelle Pfeiffer (23) weds actor Peter Horton (28) in Santa Monica
1991 – Actor Ted Shackelford (Knots Landing) weds Annett Wolf
2001 – “The Golden Boy” professional boxer Oscar De La Hoya (28) weds Puerto Rican pop singer Millie Corretjer (27) in a secret ceremony held at “El Invernino” in San Juan
Formula 1 Racing Driver Ralf Schumacher (2001)

2001 – F1 racing driver Ralf Schumacher (26) weds former model Cora Brinkmann at the church of Maria Plain in Salzburg, Austria
2002 – “Angel” actress Charisma Carpenter (32) weds Damian Hardy
2004 – Professional golfer Tiger Woods (28) weds former Swedish model Elin Nordegren (24) at Sandy Lane Resort in St. James, Barbados
2008 – American Idol season 6 fourth finalist LaKisha Jones (28) weds financial adviser Larry Davis at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California
2013 – Skateboarder and actor Bam Margera (34) weds Nicole Boyd in Reykjavík, Iceland

DIVORCES

1991 – Director Martin Scorsese (48) divorces producer Barbara De Fina (41) after 6 years of marriage
2007 – Actress Reese Witherspoon (30) divorces actor Ryan Phillippe (32) due to irreconcilable differences after 7 years of marriage

DEATHS

578 – Justinus II, Byzantine emperor (565-78), dies
1056 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017)
1111 – Robrecht II of Jerusalem, Count of Flanders (1st Crusader), dies
1112 – Sigebert of Gembloux, French chronicler
1285 – King Philip III of France (b. 1245)
1399 – Raymundus of Capua, Italian general, dies
1496 – Ferdinand II, king of Naples, dies
1528 – Richard Foxe, English churchman
1557 – Il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter, dies at 63
1564 – Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer
1565 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (b. 1522)
1606 – Philippe Desportes, French poet (b. 1546)
1631 – Arabella Holles, wife of English politician Thomas Wentworth, dies
1707 – Daniel Speer, composer, dies at 71
1714 – Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630)
1740 – Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (b. 1721)
1763 – August III, king of Poland, dies at 66
1777 – Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)
1787 – Thomas Stone, US attorney/signer (Dec of Ind), dies at about 44
1799 – Antonio Dinis da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese poet (O Hissope), dies at 68
1805 – Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (b. 1738)
1813 – Etienne Ozi, composer, dies at 58
Native American Leader of the Shawnee Tecumseh(1813)

1813 – Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief (Battle of Thames), dies in battle at 45
1837 – Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54
1848 – Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)
1861 – Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (b. 1778)
1867 – Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer, dies at 67
1880 – Jacques Offenbach, German-born composer (b. 1819)
1892 – Bill Powers, US member of Daltonbende, dies
1892 – Bob Dalton, US leader of Daltonbende, dies
1892 – Dick Broadwell, US member of Daltonbende, dies
1892 – Grat Dalton, US member of Daltonbende, dies
1899 – Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer, dies at 57
1906 – Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter, dies aged 58
1911 – Charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer, dies at 58
1913 – Hans von Bartels, German painter (b. 1856)
1915 – Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer, dies at 28
1915 – Otto Valdemar Malling, composer, dies at 67
1918 – Roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies
1919 – Jean Louis Nicode, composer, dies at 66
1924 – Joseph Vezina, composer, dies at 75
1924 – Tom Campbell, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, ct 7 stp 1), dies
1930 – Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, British military officer (b. 1875)
1933 – Nikolaj N Joedenitsj, Russian general/contra revolutionary, dies at 71
1933 – Renee Adoree, actress (Big Parade), dies at 35
1933 – Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
1934 – Jean Vigo, French filmer, dies
1936 – Jan J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship doc/writer (Seaman’s Grave), dies at 38
1938 – Saint Faustina, Polish saint (b. 1905)
1940 – Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40
1940 – Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (b. 1859)
1940 – Ballington Booth, English Officer in The Salvation Army and co-founder of Volunteers of America
1941 – Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84
1943 – Leon Roppolo, American musician (b. 1902)
1944 – Joseph B “Aristide” Maillol, French sculptor/graphic artist, dies
1950 – Frederic Lewy, German neurologist (b. 1885)
1952 – Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884 or 1885)
1953 – Friedrich Wolf, writer, dies at 64
1954 – Flor Alpaerts, Flem composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel/Pallieter), dies at 78
1965 – Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, composer, dies at 79
1967 – Clifton C Williams Jr, astronaut, dies at 35, in T-38 jet crash
1976 – Barbara Nichols, actress (Pajama Game, Loved One), dies at 46
1976 – Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
1979 – Charlie Smith, oldest American (137 year), dies
1981 – Gloria Grahame, actress (Sue-Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 55
1981 – Jud Strunk, singer/comedian (Laugh-In), dies at 48
1983 – Earl Tupper, American inventor (b. 1907)
1984 – Leonard Rossiter, actor (2001, Water), dies of a heart attack at 57
1986 – Hall B Wallis, US movie production (Barefoot in Park), dies at 87
1986 – James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician (b. 1919)
1986 – Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver (b. 1947)
1990 – Meir Kahane, founder of Jewish defense league, assassinated at 58
1992 – Cornelis Berkhouwer, Dutch MP (VVD), dies
1992 – Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations), dies of lung cancer at 52
1992 – Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies
1993 – Jane Nigh, actress (Big Town, Blue Blood, Rawhide), dies at about 67
1993 – Karl G Henize, astronaut (STS 51-F), dies of heart failure at 66
1995 – Dick Henry Jurgen, bandleader, dies at 85
1995 – Fred Fehl, photographer, dies at 89
1995 – Peter Crichton Kirkpatrick, oarsman, dies at 79
1995 – Linda Gary, American voice actress (b. 1944)
1996 – Catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant, dies at 77
1996 – Seymour Cray, computer designer, dies in auto accident at 71
1997 – Andrew Keir, actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt), dies at 71
1997 – Dave Marr, golfer/commentator, dies at 63
1997 – Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (b. 1962)
2000 – Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (b. 1976)
2001 – Mike Mansfield, American politician (b. 1903)
2002 – Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
2003 – Denis Quilley, English actor (b. 1927)
2003 – Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1978)
2003 – Timothy Treadwell, American bear enthusiast featured in Grizzly Man (b. 1957)
Comedian and Actor Rodney Dangerfield (2004)

2004 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (b. 1921)
2004 – Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
2004 – William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine nominee (b. 1941)
2006 – Jennifer Moss, English Actress (b. 1945)
2006 – Antonio Peña, Mexican founder of lucha libre promotion AAA (b. 1953)
2007 – Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (b. 1898)
2010 – Bernard Clavel, French novelist (b. 1923)
2010 – Mary Leona Gage, American beauty pageant winner and actress (b. 1939)
2010 – Steve Lee, Swiss musician and vocalist (Gotthard) (b. 1963)
2011 – Steve Jobs, American Businessman, co-founder and CEO of Apple, dies from respiratory arrest at 56
2011 – Bert Jansch, Scottish folk musician (b. 1943)
2011 – Charles Napier, American actor (b. 1936)
Civil Rights Activist Fred Shuttlesworth (2011)

2011 – Fred Shuttlesworth, American civil rights activist, dies at 89
2011 – Derrick Bell, American legal scholar and civil rights advocate (b. 1930)
2012 – Keith H.S. Campbell, British biologist, dies at 58

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1947 First presidential speech on TV

• American Revolution

• 1775 Washington informs Congress of espionage

• Automotive

• 1919 Enzo Ferrari makes his debut as a race car driver

• Civil War

• 1864 Battle of Allatoona

• Cold War

• 1986 Iran-Contra scandal unravels

• Crime

• 1892 The Dalton gang performs their last robbery attempt

• Disaster

• 1930 Blimp crashes in France

• General Interest

• 1813 Tecumseh defeated
• 1877 Chief Joseph surrenders
• 1969 Cuban defector lands MiG in Miami
• 1974 American circumnavigates the globe on foot
• 1989 Dalai Lama wins Peace Prize
• 2011 Apple founder Steve Jobs dies

• Hollywood

• 1990 Henry & June is first NC-17 film

• Literary

• 1978 Isaac Singer wins Nobel Prize

• Music

• 1991 Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch earn a #1 hit with “Good Vibrations”

• Old West

• 1892 The Dalton Gang is wiped out in Coffeyville, Kansas

• Presidential

• 1829 Chester Arthur is born

• Sports

• 1953 Yanks win their fifth series in a row

• Vietnam War

• 1963 South Vietnamese generals plan coup
• 1964 President Johnson under fire from his own party

• World War I

• 1915 Britain and France commit troops to operation in Salonika, Greece

• World War II

• 1942 Stalingrad must not be taken by the enemy.