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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| + | * [[879]] - [[Louis III of France|Louis III]] becomes King of the [[Western Franks]]. | ||
| + | *[[1500]] - [[Ludovico Sforza]] is captured by the Swiss troops at [[Novara]] and handed over to the French. | ||
| + | *[[1606]] - The [[London Company|Charter of the Virginia Company of London]] was established by royal charter by [[James I of England]] with the purpose of establishing [[British colonization of the Americas|colonial settlements in North America]]. | ||
| + | *[[1710]] - The first law regulating [[copyright]] is issued in [[Great Britain]]. | ||
| + | *[[1741]] - [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: [[Prussia]] defeats [[History of Austria#Charles VI and Maria Theresa (1711-1780)|Austria]] in the [[Battle of Mollwitz]]. | ||
| + | *[[1790]] - [[United States]] [[Patent]] system established | ||
| + | *[[1815]] - [[Mount Tambora]] eruption covers several islands with ash in [[Indonesia]]. | ||
| + | *[[1816]] - The [[United States|U.S.]] [[government]] approved the creation of a [[Second Bank of the United States]]. | ||
| + | *[[1821]] - [[Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople]] is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the [[Bosphorus]]. | ||
| + | *[[1826]] - The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town [[Messolonghi]] start leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive. | ||
| + | *[[1856]] - [[Theta Chi]] Fraternity Founded at [[Norwich University]] | ||
| + | *[[1857]] - The [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Sepoy Mutiny]] popularly known as the "Revolt of 1857" broke out in [[Meerut]], India as part of the [[Indian independence movement]]. | ||
| + | *[[1864]] - Archduke [[maximilian I of Mexico|Maximilian of Habsburg]] is elected emperor of [[Mexico]]. | ||
| + | *[[1865]] - [[American Civil War]]: A day after his surrender to [[United States|Union]] forces, [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[General]] [[Robert E. Lee]] addresses his troops for the last time. | ||
| + | * 1865 - The last photograph of [[Abraham Lincoln]] alive was taken. | ||
| + | *[[1866]] - The [[American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]] ([[ASPCA]]) is founded in [[New York City]] by [[Henry Bergh]]. | ||
| + | *[[1868]] - At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor [[Theodore]]. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British/ Indian troops. | ||
| + | *[[1869]] - [[José Martí]] founds the [[Cuban Revolutionary Party]]. | ||
| + | *[[1896]] - [[Spiridon Louis]] wins the marathon of the first [[1896 Olympics|Olympic Games]]. | ||
| + | *[[1906]] - ''The Four Million'', [[O. Henry]]'s second [[short story]] collection, is published. | ||
| + | *[[1912]] - The [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] leaves port in [[Southampton]], [[England]] for her first and only voyage. | ||
| + | *[[1916]] - The [[Professional Golfers Association of America]] (PGA) is created in [[New York City]]. | ||
| + | *[[1919]] - [[Mexican Revolution]] leader [[Emiliano Zapata]] is ambushed and shot dead by [[government]] forces in [[Morelos]]. | ||
| + | *[[1924]] - The first train robbery is reported in [[Greece]] outside the city of [[Larissa]]. | ||
| + | *[[1925]] - [[The Great Gatsby]] by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] is first published in [[New York, New York]] by [[Charles Scribner's Sons]]. | ||
| + | *[[1933]] - [[New Deal]]: The [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] is created. | ||
| + | *[[1938]] - [[Édouard Daladier]] becomes [[Prime Minister]] of [[France]]. | ||
| + | *[[1941]] - [[World War II]]: The [[Axis Powers]] in [[Europe]] establish the [[Independent State of Croatia]] from occupied [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] with [[Ante Pavelic|Ante Pavelić's]] [[Ustase]] fascist [[insurgent]]s in power. | ||
| + | *[[1944]] - [[Rudolf Vrba]] and [[Alfred Wetzler]] escape from [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Birkenau]] death camp. | ||
| + | * 1944 - [[Henry Ford II]] is named executive vice president of [[Ford Motor Company]]. | ||
| + | *[[1953]] - The first 3D film is released in [[New York]]. | ||
| + | *[[1957]] - The [[Suez Canal]] is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months. | ||
| + | *[[1959]] - [[Akihito]], future [[Emperor of Japan]], weds [[Empress Michiko of Japan|Michiko]]. | ||
| + | *[[1963]] - The [[submarine]] [[USS Thresher (SSN-593)|USS ''Thresher'']] is lost at sea, with all hands (129 officers, crewmen and civilian technicians). | ||
| + | *[[1964]] - The [[Polo Grounds]] are demolished. | ||
| + | *[[1968]] - Shipwreck of the [[Wahine disaster|Wahine]] outside [[Wellington]] harbour. | ||
| + | *[[1970]] - [[Paul McCartney]] announces that he's leaving [[The Beatles]]. | ||
| + | *[[1971]] - [[Ping Pong Diplomacy]]: In an attempt to thaw relations with the [[United States]], the [[People's Republic of China]] hosts the [[U.S.]] [[table tennis]] team for a weeklong visit. | ||
| + | *[[1972]] - 20 days after he was kidnapped in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Oberdan Sallustro]] is executed by [[communist]] guerrillas. | ||
| + | * 1972 - [[Vietnam War]]: For the first time since [[November]] [[1967]] [[United States|American]] [[B-52 Stratofortress|B-52 bombers]] reportedly begin bombing [[North Vietnam]]. | ||
| + | *[[1973]] - A [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Vickers Vanguard|Vanguard]] [[turboprop]] crashes during a snowstorm at Basel, [[Switzerland]] killing 104. | ||
| + | *[[1978]] - [[Volkswagen]] becomes the first non-American automobile manufacturer to build cars in the United States, opening a plant in [[Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Westmoreland County]], [[Pennsylvania]]. | ||
| + | *[[1979]] - On "[[Terrible Tuesday]]", a tornado lands in [[Wichita Falls, Texas]] killing 42 people. (see [[Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak]]). | ||
| + | *[[1991]] - [[Italy|Italian]] ferry ''[[Moby Prince]]'' collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off [[Livorno]], [[Italy]] killing 140. | ||
| + | * 1991 - A [[South Atlantic tropical cyclone|rare]] [[tropical cyclone|tropical storm]] develops in the [[Southern Hemisphere]] near [[Angola]]; the first to be documented by [[weather satellite|satellites]]. | ||
| + | *[[1998]] - The [[Belfast Agreement]] is signed. | ||
| + | *[[2006]] - Hundreds of thousands [[2006 United States immigration reform protests|protest]] [[H.R. 4437]] (''aka'' the "Sensenbrenner Bill") in cities across the United States. | ||
| - | == Births == | + | ==Births== |
| + | <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> | ||
| + | *[[1389]] - [[Cosimo de' Medici]], ruler of Florence (d. [[1464]]) | ||
| + | *[[1583]] - [[Hugo Grotius]], Dutch philosopher and writer (d. [[1645]]) | ||
| + | *[[1651]] - [[Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus]], German mathematician (d. [[1708]]) | ||
| + | *[[1656]] - [[René Lepage de Ste-Claire]], lord-founder of the town of [[Rimouski]], in [[New France]] (d. [[1718]]) | ||
| + | *[[1704]] - [[Benjamin Heath]], English classical scholar (d. [[1766]]) | ||
| + | *[[1713]] - [[John Whitehurst]], English clockmaker and scientist (d. [[1788]]) | ||
| + | *[[1755]] - [[Samuel Hahnemann]], German physician (d. [[1843]]) | ||
| + | *[[1762]] - [[Giovanni Aldini]], Italian physicist (d. [[1834]]) | ||
| + | *[[1778]] - [[William Hazlitt]], English writer (d. [[1830]]) | ||
| + | *[[1783]] - [[Hortense de Beauharnais]], French-born queen of Holland and wife of [[Louis Bonaparte]] (d. [[1837]]) | ||
| + | *[[1794]] - [[Matthew Perry (naval officer)|Matthew Perry]], American commodore (d. [[1858]]) | ||
| + | *[[1829]] - [[William Booth]], English founder of the Salvation Army (d. [[1912]]) | ||
| + | *[[1837]] - [[Forceythe Willson]], American poet (d. [[1867]]) | ||
| + | *[[1847]] - [[Joseph Pulitzer]], American journalist and publisher (d. [[1911]]) | ||
| + | *[[1864]] - [[Eugen d'Albert]], German composer (d. [[1932]]) | ||
| + | *[[1867]] - [[George William Russell]], Irish nationalist (d. [[1935]]) | ||
| + | *[[1868]] - [[George Arliss]], English actor (d. [[1946]]) | ||
| + | *[[1880]] - [[Montague Summers]], English writer (d. [[1948]]) | ||
| + | * 1880 - [[Mohammed Nadir Shah]], Afghan king (d. [[1933]]) | ||
| + | *[[1882]] - [[Frances Perkins]], American politician (d. [[1965]]) | ||
| + | *[[1887]] - [[Bernardo Houssay]], Argentine physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1971]]) | ||
| + | *[[1894]] - [[Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla]], Indian industrialist (d. [[1983]]) | ||
| + | *[[1910]] - [[Paul Sweezy]], American economist and editor (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| + | *[[1911]] - [[Martin Denny]], American musician (d. [[2005]]) | ||
| + | *[[1913]] - [[Stefan Heym]], German author (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| + | *[[1915]] - [[Harry Morgan]], American actor | ||
| + | *[[1917]] - [[Robert Burns Woodward]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1979]]) | ||
| + | *[[1921]] - [[Chuck Connors]], American actor (d. [[1992]]) | ||
| + | * 1921 - [[Sheb Wooley]], American actor and singer (d. [[2003]]) | ||
| + | *[[1923]] - [[Roger Gaillard]], Haitian historian and novelist (d. [[2000]]) | ||
| + | *[[1924]] - [[Kenneth Noland]], American painter | ||
| + | *[[1926]] - [[Junior Samples]], American musician (d. [[1983]]) | ||
| + | *[[1927]] - [[Marshall Warren Nirenberg]], American scientist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] | ||
| + | *[[1929]] - [[Max von Sydow]], Swedish actor | ||
| + | *[[1930]] - [[Claude Bolling]], French jazz composer/pianist | ||
| + | * 1930 - [[Norma Candal]], Puerto Rican actress/comedian (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| + | * 1930 - [[Spede Pasanen]], Finnish comedian (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| + | *[[1932]] - [[Omar Sharif]], Egyptian actor | ||
| + | *[[1934]] - [[David Halberstam]], American journalist, historian and author (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| + | * 1934 - [[Vladimir Posner]], Russian journalist | ||
| + | *[[1936]] - [[John Madden (football)|John Madden]], American football coach and broadcaster | ||
| + | *[[1937]] - [[Bella Akhmadulina]], Russian poet | ||
| + | *[[1938]] - [[Don Meredith]], American football player and broadcaster | ||
| + | *[[1941]] - [[Paul Theroux]], American author | ||
| + | *[[1942]] - [[Ian Callaghan]], English footballer | ||
| + | *[[1943]] - [[Andrzej Badeński]], Polish athlete | ||
| + | *[[1946]] - [[David Angell]], American television producer (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| + | *[[1947]] - [[Bunny Wailer]], Jamaican musician | ||
| + | *[[1950]] - [[Ken Griffey, Sr.]], American baseball player | ||
| + | * 1950 - [[Eddie Hazel]], American guitarist ([[P-Funk]] and [[The Temptations]]) (d. [[1992]]) | ||
| + | *[[1951]] - [[David Helvarg]], American journalist and environmental activist | ||
| + | * 1951 - [[Steven Seagal]], American actor | ||
| + | *[[1954]] - [[Peter MacNicol]], American actor | ||
| + | *[[1955]] - [[Lesley Garrett]], British soprano | ||
| + | *[[1957]] - [[John M. Ford]], American science fiction author and poet (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| + | * 1957 - [[Steve Gustafson]], American rock bassist ([[10,000 Maniacs]]) | ||
| + | *[[1958]] - [[Bob Bell (technical director)|Bob Bell]], British engineer | ||
| + | * 1958 - [[Yefim Bronfman]], Russian-born pianist | ||
| + | * 1958 - [[Babyface|Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds]], American music producer, musician, and film producer | ||
| + | *[[1959]] - [[Yvan Loubier]], Quebec politician | ||
| + | * 1959 - [[Brian Setzer]], American musician ([[Stray Cats]]) | ||
| + | *[[1960]] - [[Steve Bisciotti]], American owner of the [[Baltimore Ravens]] | ||
| + | * 1960 - [[Katrina Leskanich]], American singer ([[Katrina and the Waves]]) | ||
| + | *[[1961]] - [[Joe Cole (roadie)]], roadie for American band Black Flag, Henry Rollins' best friend (d. [[1991]]) | ||
| + | *[[1962]] - [[Steve Tasker]], American football player | ||
| + | *[[1963]] - [[Warren DeMartini]], American rock guitarist ([[Ratt]]) | ||
| + | * 1963 - [[Doris Leuthard]], member of the Swiss Federal Council | ||
| + | *[[1965]] - [[Tim Alexander]], American musician | ||
| + | *[[1967]] - [[Donald Dufresne]], Canadian ice hockey player | ||
| + | *[[1968]] - [[Orlando Jones]], American actor and comedian | ||
| + | *[[1969]] - [[Billy Jayne]], American actor | ||
| + | * 1969 - [[Ekaterini Koffa]], Greek sprinter | ||
| + | *[[1970]] - [[Matthew Barlow|Matt Barlow]], American former heavy metal singer ([[Iced Earth]]), now law enforcer | ||
| + | * 1970 - [[Enrico Ciccone]], Canadian ice hockey player | ||
| + | * 1970 - [[Leonard Dorin]], Canadian boxer | ||
| + | * 1970 - [[Kenny Lattimore]], American singer | ||
| + | * 1970 - [[Mike Mushok]], American rock guitarist ([[Staind]]) | ||
| + | * 1970 - [[Q-Tip]], American rapper | ||
| + | *[[1971]] - [[Al Reyes]], Dominican baseball player | ||
| + | *[[1973]] - [[Guillaume Canet]], French actor and film director | ||
| + | * 1973 - [[Roberto Carlos da Silva|Roberto Carlos]], Brazilian footballer | ||
| + | * 1973 - [[Aidan Moffat]], Scottish singer and musician ([[Arab Strap (band)|Arab Strap]]) | ||
| + | * 1973 - [[Christopher Simmons]], American designer | ||
| + | *[[1974]] - [[Petros Passalis]], Greek footballer | ||
| + | *[[1975]] - [[Chris Carrabba]], American singer ([[Dashboard Confessional]]) | ||
| + | *[[1976]] - [[Sara Renner]], Canadian cross country skier | ||
| + | *[[1979]] - [[Shemekia Copeland]], American singer | ||
| + | * 1979 - [[Rachel Corrie]], American activist (d. [[2003]]) | ||
| + | * 1979 - [[Tsuyoshi Domoto]], Japanese artist | ||
| + | * 1979 - [[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]], English singer | ||
| + | * 1979 - [[Peter Kopteff]], Finnish footballer | ||
| + | *[[1980]] - [[Sean Avery]], Canadian ice hockey player | ||
| + | * 1980 - [[Charlie Hunnam]], British actor | ||
| + | * 1980 - [[Kasey Kahne]], American race-car driver | ||
| + | * 1980 - [[Bryce Soderberg]], American rock bassist ([[Lifehouse (band)|Lifehouse]]) | ||
| + | *[[1981]] - [[Liz McClarnon]], British singer | ||
| + | * 1981 - [[Michael Pitt]], American actor | ||
| + | * 1981 - [[Alexei Semenov]], Russian ice hockey player | ||
| + | *[[1982]] - [[Damián Lanza]], Ecuadorian footballer | ||
| + | * 1982 - [[Chyler Leigh]], American actress | ||
| + | *[[1983]] - [[Ryan Merriman]], American actor | ||
| + | *[[1984]] - [[Mandy Moore]], American singer/actress | ||
| + | *[[1985]] - [[Dion Phaneuf]], Canadian ice hockey player | ||
| + | *[[1986]] - [[Vincent Kompany]], Belgian footballer | ||
| + | *[[1987]] - [[Hayley Westenra]], New Zealand soprano | ||
| + | *[[1988]] - [[Haley Joel Osment]], American actor | ||
| + | *[[1990]] - [[Alex Pettyfer]], English actor | ||
| + | *[[1991]] - [[Amanda Michalka]], American actress/singer | ||
| + | *[[2007]] - [[Princess Ariane of the Netherlands]] | ||
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| + | Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. | ||
| + | If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. | ||
| + | Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> | ||
| - | == Deaths == | + | ==Deaths== |
| + | * [[948]] - King [[Hugh of Italy]] | ||
| + | * [[879]] - [[Louis the Stammerer]], King of the West Franks (b. [[846]]) | ||
| + | *[[1533]] - King [[Frederick I of Denmark]] (b. [[1471]]) | ||
| + | *[[1545]] - [[Costanzo Festa]], Italian composer | ||
| + | *[[1585]] - [[Pope Gregory XIII]] (b. [[1502]]) | ||
| + | *[[1599]] - [[Gabrielle d'Estrée]], mistress of King [[Henry IV of France]] (b. [[1571]]) | ||
| + | *[[1601]] - [[Mark Alexander Boyd]], Scottish poet (b. [[1562]]) | ||
| + | *[[1619]] - [[Thomas Jones (Archbishop)|Thomas Jones]], Archbishop of Dublin (b. c[[1550]]) | ||
| + | *[[1640]] - [[Agostino Agazzari]], Italian composer (b. [[1578]]) | ||
| + | *[[1646]] - [[Santino Solari]], Swiss architect and sculptor (b. [[1576]]) | ||
| + | *[[1704]] - [[William Egon of Fürstenberg]], Bishop of Strassburg (b. [[1629]]) | ||
| + | *[[1706]] - [[Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall]], Irish soldier (b. [[1666]]) | ||
| + | *[[1756]] - [[Giacomo Antonio Perti]], Italian composer (d. [[1661]]) | ||
| + | *[[1760]] - [[Jean Lebeuf]], French historian (b. [[1687]]) | ||
| + | *[[1786]] - [[John Byron]], British naval officer (b. [[1723]]) | ||
| + | *[[1813]] - [[Joseph-Louis Lagrange]], Italian-born mathematician (b. [[1736]]) | ||
| + | *[[1823]] - [[Karl Leonhard Reinhold]], Austrian philosopher (b. [[1757]]) | ||
| + | *[[1862]] - [[W.H.L. Wallace]], American Union general (b. [[1821]]) | ||
| + | *[[1882]] - [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]], English poet and painter (b. [[1828]]) | ||
| + | *[[1904]] - Queen [[Isabella II of Spain]] (b. [[1830]]) | ||
| + | *[[1909]] - [[Algernon Charles Swinburne]], English poet and critic (b. [[1837]]) | ||
| + | *[[1919]] - [[Emiliano Zapata]], Mexican revolutionary (b. [[1879]]) | ||
| + | *[[1920]] - [[Moritz Cantor]], German mathematician (b. [[1829]]) | ||
| + | *[[1931]] - [[Khalil Gibran]], Lebanese poet and painter (b. [[1883]]) | ||
| + | *[[1945]] - [[Charles Nordhoff]], English-born writer (b. [[1887]]) | ||
| + | * 1945 - [[H.N. Werkman]], Dutch artist and printer (b. [[1882]]) | ||
| + | *[[1954]] - [[Auguste and Louis Lumière|Auguste Lumière]], French film pioneer (b. [[1862]]) | ||
| + | * 1954 - [[Oscar Mathisen]], Norwegian speed skater (b. [[1888]]) | ||
| + | *[[1955]] - [[Teilhard de Chardin]], French paleontologist and theologian (b. [[1881]]) | ||
| + | *[[1958]] - [[Chuck Willis]], American singer and songwriter (b. [[1928]]) | ||
| + | *[[1962]] - [[Michael Curtiz]], Hungarian-born director (b. [[1886]]) | ||
| + | * 1962 - [[Stuart Sutcliffe]], English musician ([[The Beatles]]) (b. [[1940]]) | ||
| + | *[[1965]] - [[Lloyd Casner]], American race car driver and owner (b. [[1928]]) | ||
| + | * 1965 - [[Linda Darnell]], American actress (b. [[1923]]) | ||
| + | *[[1966]] - [[Evelyn Waugh]], English writer (b. [[1903]]) | ||
| + | *[[1968]] - [[Gustavs Celmins]], Latvian politician (b. [[1899]]) | ||
| + | *[[1969]] - [[Harley J. Earl]], American automobile designer (b. [[1893]]) | ||
| + | *[[1975]] - [[Marjorie Main]], American actress (b. [[1890]]) | ||
| + | *[[1979]] - [[Nino Rota]], Italian composer (b. [[1911]]) | ||
| + | *[[1980]] - [[Kay Medford]], American actress (b. [[1914]]) | ||
| + | *[[1986]] - [[Linda Creed]], American songwriter (b. [[1948]]) | ||
| + | *[[1991]] - [[Kevin Peter Hall]], American actor (b. [[1955]]) | ||
| + | * 1991 - [[Natalie Schafer]], American actress (b. [[1900]]) | ||
| + | *[[1992]] - [[Sam Kinison]], American comedian (b. [[1953]]) | ||
| + | *[[1993]] - [[Chris Hani]], South African activist (b. [[1942]]) | ||
| + | *[[1994]] - [[Sam B. Hall]], American politician (b. [[1924]]) | ||
| + | *[[1995]] - [[Morarji Desai]], Indian activist (b. [[1896]]) | ||
| + | *[[1997]] - [[Michael Dorris]], American author (b. [[1945]]) | ||
| + | *[[1999]] - [[Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat]], German-born biochemist (b. [[1910]]) | ||
| + | * 1999 - [[Jean Vander Pyl]], American voice actress (b. [[1919]]) | ||
| + | *[[2000]] - [[Peter Jones]], English comedian (b. [[1920]]) | ||
| + | * 2000 - [[Larry Linville]], American actor (b. [[1939]]) | ||
| + | * 2000 - [[Kirsten Rolffes]], Danish actress (b. [[1928]]) | ||
| + | *[[2002]] - [[Yuji Hyakutake]], Japanese astronomer (b. [[1950]]) | ||
| + | *[[2003]] - [[Chumy Chúmez]], Spanish film director (b. [[1927]]) | ||
| + | * 2003 - [[Little Eva]], American singer (b. [[1943]]) | ||
| + | *[[2005]] - [[Norbert Brainin]], Austrian violinist (b. [[1923]]) | ||
| + | * 2005 - [[Iakovos, Archbishop of America]] (b. [[1911]]) | ||
| + | * 2005 - [[Al Lucas]], American football player (b. [[1978]]) | ||
| + | == Notes == | ||
| Alfred Kubin | Alfred Kubin | ||
| Evelyn Waugh | Evelyn Waugh | ||
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Art and culture
- 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks.
- 1500 - Ludovico Sforza is captured by the Swiss troops at Novara and handed over to the French.
- 1606 - The Charter of the Virginia Company of London was established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
- 1710 - The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain.
- 1741 - War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz.
- 1790 - United States Patent system established
- 1815 - Mount Tambora eruption covers several islands with ash in Indonesia.
- 1816 - The U.S. government approved the creation of a Second Bank of the United States.
- 1821 - Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
- 1826 - The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
- 1856 - Theta Chi Fraternity Founded at Norwich University
- 1857 - The Sepoy Mutiny popularly known as the "Revolt of 1857" broke out in Meerut, India as part of the Indian independence movement.
- 1864 - Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is elected emperor of Mexico.
- 1865 - American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
- 1865 - The last photograph of Abraham Lincoln alive was taken.
- 1866 - The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
- 1868 - At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Theodore. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British/ Indian troops.
- 1869 - José Martí founds the Cuban Revolutionary Party.
- 1896 - Spiridon Louis wins the marathon of the first Olympic Games.
- 1906 - The Four Million, O. Henry's second short story collection, is published.
- 1912 - The RMS Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her first and only voyage.
- 1916 - The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
- 1919 - Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
- 1924 - The first train robbery is reported in Greece outside the city of Larissa.
- 1925 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York, New York by Charles Scribner's Sons.
- 1933 - New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps is created.
- 1938 - Édouard Daladier becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1941 - World War II: The Axis Powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelić's Ustase fascist insurgents in power.
- 1944 - Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
- 1944 - Henry Ford II is named executive vice president of Ford Motor Company.
- 1953 - The first 3D film is released in New York.
- 1957 - The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
- 1959 - Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko.
- 1963 - The submarine USS Thresher is lost at sea, with all hands (129 officers, crewmen and civilian technicians).
- 1964 - The Polo Grounds are demolished.
- 1968 - Shipwreck of the Wahine outside Wellington harbour.
- 1970 - Paul McCartney announces that he's leaving The Beatles.
- 1971 - Ping Pong Diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a weeklong visit.
- 1972 - 20 days after he was kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is executed by communist guerrillas.
- 1972 - Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967 American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
- 1973 - A British Vanguard turboprop crashes during a snowstorm at Basel, Switzerland killing 104.
- 1978 - Volkswagen becomes the first non-American automobile manufacturer to build cars in the United States, opening a plant in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
- 1979 - On "Terrible Tuesday", a tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people. (see Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak).
- 1991 - Italian ferry Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140.
- 1991 - A rare tropical storm develops in the Southern Hemisphere near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
- 1998 - The Belfast Agreement is signed.
- 2006 - Hundreds of thousands protest H.R. 4437 (aka the "Sensenbrenner Bill") in cities across the United States.
Births
- 1389 - Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
- 1583 - Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (d. 1645)
- 1651 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)
- 1656 - René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)
- 1704 - Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
- 1713 - John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)
- 1755 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (d. 1843)
- 1762 - Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)
- 1778 - William Hazlitt, English writer (d. 1830)
- 1783 - Hortense de Beauharnais, French-born queen of Holland and wife of Louis Bonaparte (d. 1837)
- 1794 - Matthew Perry, American commodore (d. 1858)
- 1829 - William Booth, English founder of the Salvation Army (d. 1912)
- 1837 - Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)
- 1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, American journalist and publisher (d. 1911)
- 1864 - Eugen d'Albert, German composer (d. 1932)
- 1867 - George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935)
- 1868 - George Arliss, English actor (d. 1946)
- 1880 - Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1948)
- 1880 - Mohammed Nadir Shah, Afghan king (d. 1933)
- 1882 - Frances Perkins, American politician (d. 1965)
- 1887 - Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
- 1894 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983)
- 1910 - Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (d. 2004)
- 1911 - Martin Denny, American musician (d. 2005)
- 1913 - Stefan Heym, German author (d. 2001)
- 1915 - Harry Morgan, American actor
- 1917 - Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
- 1921 - Chuck Connors, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1921 - Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (d. 2003)
- 1923 - Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and novelist (d. 2000)
- 1924 - Kenneth Noland, American painter
- 1926 - Junior Samples, American musician (d. 1983)
- 1927 - Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate
- 1929 - Max von Sydow, Swedish actor
- 1930 - Claude Bolling, French jazz composer/pianist
- 1930 - Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress/comedian (d. 2006)
- 1930 - Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian (d. 2001)
- 1932 - Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor
- 1934 - David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (d. 2007)
- 1934 - Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist
- 1936 - John Madden, American football coach and broadcaster
- 1937 - Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet
- 1938 - Don Meredith, American football player and broadcaster
- 1941 - Paul Theroux, American author
- 1942 - Ian Callaghan, English footballer
- 1943 - Andrzej Badeński, Polish athlete
- 1946 - David Angell, American television producer (d. 2001)
- 1947 - Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician
- 1950 - Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
- 1950 - Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (P-Funk and The Temptations) (d. 1992)
- 1951 - David Helvarg, American journalist and environmental activist
- 1951 - Steven Seagal, American actor
- 1954 - Peter MacNicol, American actor
- 1955 - Lesley Garrett, British soprano
- 1957 - John M. Ford, American science fiction author and poet (d. 2006)
- 1957 - Steve Gustafson, American rock bassist (10,000 Maniacs)
- 1958 - Bob Bell, British engineer
- 1958 - Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist
- 1958 - Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, American music producer, musician, and film producer
- 1959 - Yvan Loubier, Quebec politician
- 1959 - Brian Setzer, American musician (Stray Cats)
- 1960 - Steve Bisciotti, American owner of the Baltimore Ravens
- 1960 - Katrina Leskanich, American singer (Katrina and the Waves)
- 1961 - Joe Cole (roadie), roadie for American band Black Flag, Henry Rollins' best friend (d. 1991)
- 1962 - Steve Tasker, American football player
- 1963 - Warren DeMartini, American rock guitarist (Ratt)
- 1963 - Doris Leuthard, member of the Swiss Federal Council
- 1965 - Tim Alexander, American musician
- 1967 - Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968 - Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian
- 1969 - Billy Jayne, American actor
- 1969 - Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter
- 1970 - Matt Barlow, American former heavy metal singer (Iced Earth), now law enforcer
- 1970 - Enrico Ciccone, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970 - Leonard Dorin, Canadian boxer
- 1970 - Kenny Lattimore, American singer
- 1970 - Mike Mushok, American rock guitarist (Staind)
- 1970 - Q-Tip, American rapper
- 1971 - Al Reyes, Dominican baseball player
- 1973 - Guillaume Canet, French actor and film director
- 1973 - Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer
- 1973 - Aidan Moffat, Scottish singer and musician (Arab Strap)
- 1973 - Christopher Simmons, American designer
- 1974 - Petros Passalis, Greek footballer
- 1975 - Chris Carrabba, American singer (Dashboard Confessional)
- 1976 - Sara Renner, Canadian cross country skier
- 1979 - Shemekia Copeland, American singer
- 1979 - Rachel Corrie, American activist (d. 2003)
- 1979 - Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese artist
- 1979 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer
- 1979 - Peter Kopteff, Finnish footballer
- 1980 - Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 - Charlie Hunnam, British actor
- 1980 - Kasey Kahne, American race-car driver
- 1980 - Bryce Soderberg, American rock bassist (Lifehouse)
- 1981 - Liz McClarnon, British singer
- 1981 - Michael Pitt, American actor
- 1981 - Alexei Semenov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1982 - Damián Lanza, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1982 - Chyler Leigh, American actress
- 1983 - Ryan Merriman, American actor
- 1984 - Mandy Moore, American singer/actress
- 1985 - Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 - Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer
- 1987 - Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
- 1988 - Haley Joel Osment, American actor
- 1990 - Alex Pettyfer, English actor
- 1991 - Amanda Michalka, American actress/singer
- 2007 - Princess Ariane of the Netherlands
Deaths
- 948 - King Hugh of Italy
- 879 - Louis the Stammerer, King of the West Franks (b. 846)
- 1533 - King Frederick I of Denmark (b. 1471)
- 1545 - Costanzo Festa, Italian composer
- 1585 - Pope Gregory XIII (b. 1502)
- 1599 - Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress of King Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
- 1601 - Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (b. 1562)
- 1619 - Thomas Jones, Archbishop of Dublin (b. c1550)
- 1640 - Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer (b. 1578)
- 1646 - Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)
- 1704 - William Egon of Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg (b. 1629)
- 1706 - Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)
- 1756 - Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (d. 1661)
- 1760 - Jean Lebeuf, French historian (b. 1687)
- 1786 - John Byron, British naval officer (b. 1723)
- 1813 - Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian-born mathematician (b. 1736)
- 1823 - Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (b. 1757)
- 1862 - W.H.L. Wallace, American Union general (b. 1821)
- 1882 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
- 1904 - Queen Isabella II of Spain (b. 1830)
- 1909 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet and critic (b. 1837)
- 1919 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1879)
- 1920 - Moritz Cantor, German mathematician (b. 1829)
- 1931 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet and painter (b. 1883)
- 1945 - Charles Nordhoff, English-born writer (b. 1887)
- 1945 - H.N. Werkman, Dutch artist and printer (b. 1882)
- 1954 - Auguste Lumière, French film pioneer (b. 1862)
- 1954 - Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
- 1955 - Teilhard de Chardin, French paleontologist and theologian (b. 1881)
- 1958 - Chuck Willis, American singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
- 1962 - Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (b. 1886)
- 1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe, English musician (The Beatles) (b. 1940)
- 1965 - Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (b. 1928)
- 1965 - Linda Darnell, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1966 - Evelyn Waugh, English writer (b. 1903)
- 1968 - Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899)
- 1969 - Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (b. 1893)
- 1975 - Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890)
- 1979 - Nino Rota, Italian composer (b. 1911)
- 1980 - Kay Medford, American actress (b. 1914)
- 1986 - Linda Creed, American songwriter (b. 1948)
- 1991 - Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (b. 1955)
- 1991 - Natalie Schafer, American actress (b. 1900)
- 1992 - Sam Kinison, American comedian (b. 1953)
- 1993 - Chris Hani, South African activist (b. 1942)
- 1994 - Sam B. Hall, American politician (b. 1924)
- 1995 - Morarji Desai, Indian activist (b. 1896)
- 1997 - Michael Dorris, American author (b. 1945)
- 1999 - Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-born biochemist (b. 1910)
- 1999 - Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (b. 1919)
- 2000 - Peter Jones, English comedian (b. 1920)
- 2000 - Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
- 2000 - Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (b. 1928)
- 2002 - Yuji Hyakutake, Japanese astronomer (b. 1950)
- 2003 - Chumy Chúmez, Spanish film director (b. 1927)
- 2003 - Little Eva, American singer (b. 1943)
- 2005 - Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (b. 1923)
- 2005 - Iakovos, Archbishop of America (b. 1911)
- 2005 - Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
Notes
Alfred Kubin
Evelyn Waugh
John O'Brien (novelist)
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Delphine Seyrig
Statute of Anne
Christophe Honoré
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Jacques de Loustal
Gillo Dorfles
Medieval Dutch literature
Anna Bijns
The Great Gatsby
Bernard Moitessier
Auguste and Louis Lumière
Montague Summers
Kahlil Gibran
Giuseppe Pitrè
Walker Evans
Martin Denny
Oliviero Toscani
Nino Rota
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