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| - | *[[1431]] - [[Joan of Arc]] is handed over to the [[Bishop of Beauvais-Noyons-Senlis|Bishop]] [[Pierre Cauchon]]. | ||
| - | *[[1496]] - [[Leonardo da Vinci]] unsuccessfully tests a flying machine. | ||
| - | *[[1521]] - [[Pope Leo X]] excommunicates [[Martin Luther]] in the [[papal bull]] [[Decet Romanum Pontificem]]. | ||
| - | *[[1749]] - [[Benning Wentworth]] issues the first of the [[New Hampshire Grants]], leading to the establishment of [[Vermont]]. | ||
| - | *[[1777]] - American general [[George Washington]] defeats British general [[Charles Cornwallis]] at the [[Battle of Princeton]]. | ||
| - | *[[1815]] - [[Austria]], [[United Kingdom|Britain]], and [[France]] form a secret defensive alliance treaty against [[Prussia]] and [[Russia]]. | ||
| - | *[[1823]] - [[Stephen F. Austin]] receives a grant of land in [[Texas]] from the government of [[Mexico]]. | ||
| - | *[[1825]] - Rensselaer School, the first engineering college in the U.S. is opened in [[Troy]], [[New York]]. It is now known as [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]]. | ||
| - | *[[1833]] - [[United Kingdom|Britain]] seizes control of the [[Falkland Islands]] in the [[South Atlantic]]. | ||
| - | *[[1834]] - The government of [[Mexico]] imprisons [[Stephen F. Austin]] in [[Mexico City]]. | ||
| - | *[[1848]] - [[Joseph Jenkins Roberts]] is sworn in as the first [[President of Liberia|president]] of the independent [[African]] [[Republic of Liberia]]. | ||
| - | *[[1861]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Delaware]] votes not to secede from the [[United States]]. | ||
| - | *[[1868]] - [[Meiji Restoration]] in [[Japan]]: The [[Tokugawa shogunate]] is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power. | ||
| - | *[[1870]] - The construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins. | ||
| - | *[[1871]] - [[Henry W. Bradley]] patents [[oleomargarine]]. | ||
| - | *[[1888]] - The 91 cm [[refracting telescope]] at [[Lick Observatory]] is used for the first time. It was the largest [[telescope]] in the world at the time. | ||
| - | * 1888 - [[Marvin C. Stone]] patents the [[drinking straw]]. | ||
| - | *[[1892]] - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], British author of [[The Lord of the Rings]] Trilogy, is born. | ||
| - | *[[1899]] - The first known use of the word [[automobile]], in an editorial in ''[[The New York Times]]''. | ||
| - | *[[1921]] - Turkey makes peace with [[Armenia]]. | ||
| - | *[[1924]] - [[English people|English]] explorer [[Howard Carter (archaeologist)|Howard Carter]] discovers the sarcophagus of [[Tutankhamen]] in the [[Valley of the Kings]], near [[Luxor]], [[Egypt]]. | ||
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Benito Mussolini]] announces he is taking dictatorial powers over [[Italy]]. | ||
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Martial law]] declared in [[Honduras]] to stop revolt by banana workers fired by [[United Fruit]]. | ||
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Minnie D. Craig]] becomes the first woman to be elected [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of a legislative body in the USA. | ||
| - | *[[1938]] - The [[March of Dimes]] is established by [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. | ||
| - | * 1938 - ''[[Woman in White]]'' is first broadcast on the [[NBC]] Red network. The program remains on the radio for the next ten years. | ||
| - | *[[1944]] - [[World War II]]: Top Ace Major [[Pappy Boyington|Greg "pappy" Boyington]] is shot down in his [[F4U corsair|Corsair]] by Captain [[List of World War II aces from Japan|Masajiro Kawato]] flying a [[A6M Zero|Zero]]. | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - Admiral [[Chester W Nimitz]] is placed in command of all [[US Navy|U.S. Naval forces]] in preparation for planned assaults against [[Iwo Jima]], [[Okinawa]] and [[Japan]] itself. | ||
| - | *[[1947]] - Proceedings of the [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] are televised for the first time. | ||
| - | *[[1951]] - ''[[Dragnet (drama)|Dragnet]]'' is first broadcast on [[NBC-TV]]. | ||
| - | *[[1953]] - [[Frances Bolton]] and her son, [[Oliver P. Bolton|Oliver]] from [[Ohio]], become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress. | ||
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Hamilton Watch Company]] introduces the first electric [[watch]]. | ||
| - | *[[1958]] - The [[West Indies Federation]] is formed. | ||
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Alaska]] is admitted as the 49th [[U.S. state]]. | ||
| - | *[[1961]] - The [[United States]] severs diplomatic relations with [[Cuba]]. | ||
| - | * 1961 - The [[SL-1]], a government-run reactor near [[Idaho Falls, Idaho]], leaks radiation, killing three workers. | ||
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Pope John XXIII]] excommunicates [[Fidel Castro]]. | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[George Steinbrenner]] buys the [[New York Yankees]] from [[CBS]] for 3.2 million dollars | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Apple Computer]] was incorporated. | ||
| - | * 1983 - [[CiTV]] launches on [[ITV]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. | ||
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Aretha Franklin]] becomes the first woman inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]. | ||
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Margaret Thatcher]] becomes the longest-serving British Prime Minister in the 20th Century. | ||
| - | *[[1990]] - Former leader of [[Panama]] [[Manuel Noriega]] surrenders to American forces. | ||
| - | *[[1993]] - In [[Moscow]], [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[Boris Yeltsin]] sign the second [[Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty]] (START). | ||
| - | *[[1994]] - An [[Aeroflot]] [[Tupolev]] TU-154 crashes and explodes after takeoff from [[Irkutsk]], [[Russia]], killing 125 people including one on the ground. | ||
| - | *[[1997]] - The [[People's Republic of China]] announces it will spend $27.7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the [[Yangtze river|Yangtze]] and [[Yellow river]] valleys. | ||
| - | *[[1999]] - The [[Mars Polar Lander]] launches. | ||
| - | * 1999 - Israel detains, later to expel, 14 members of [[Concerned Christians]]. | ||
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Flash Airlines Flight 604|Flight 604]], a [[Boeing 737]] owned by [[Flash Airlines]], an [[Egypt]]ian airliner, plunges into the [[Red Sea]], killing all 148 people aboard. | ||
| - | *[[2007]] - [[National Express]] has its [[2007 National Express coach crash|worst ever coach crash]] just outside [[Heathrow Airport]] when it was travelling to [[Glasgow]] | ||
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| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
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| *[[106 BC]] - [[Cicero]], Roman statesman and philosopher (d. [[43 BC]]) | *[[106 BC]] - [[Cicero]], Roman statesman and philosopher (d. [[43 BC]]) | ||
| - | *[[1196]] - [[Emperor Tsuchimikado]] of Japan (d. [[1231]]) | ||
| - | *[[1710]] - [[Richard Gridley]], [[American Revolution]]ary soldier (d. [[1796]]) | ||
| - | *[[1719]] - [[Francisco José Freire]], Portuguese historian (d. [[1773]]) | ||
| - | *[[1722]] - [[Fredric Hasselquist]], Swedish naturalist (d. [[1752]]) | ||
| - | *[[1760]] - [[John Storm]], [[American Revolution]]ary soldier (d. [[1835]]) | ||
| - | *[[1778]] - [[Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski]], Polish bishop (d. [[1861]]) | ||
| - | *[[1793]] - [[Lucretia Mott]], American women's rights activist (d. [[1880]]) | ||
| - | *[[1802]] - [[Charles Pelham Villiers]], [[British House of Commons]] member (d. [[1898]]) | ||
| - | *[[1803]] - [[Douglas William Jerrold]], British playwright (d. [[1857]]) | ||
| - | *[[1810]] - [[Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie]], French geographer (d. [[1897]]) | ||
| - | *[[1836]] - [[Sakamoto Ryoma]], Japanese revolutionary (d. [[1867]]) | ||
| - | *[[1840]] - [[Father Damien]], Flemish missionary (d. [[1889]]) | ||
| - | *[[1855]] - [[Hubert Bland]], English socialist (d. [[1914]]) | ||
| - | *[[1865]] - [[Henry Lytton]], British actor and opera singer (d. [[1936]]) | ||
| - | *[[1870]] - [[Henry Handel Richardson]], Australian author (d. [[1946]]) | ||
| - | *[[1876]] - [[Wilhelm Pieck]], first [[Leaders of East Germany#Presidents of the GDR|President of East Germany]] (d. [[1960]]) | ||
| - | *[[1879]] - [[Grace Coolidge]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. [[1957]]) | ||
| - | *[[1883]] - [[Clement Attlee]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. [[1967]]) | ||
| - | *[[1886]] - [[Josephine Hull]], American actress (d. [[1957]]) | ||
| *[[1887]] - [[August Macke]], German painter (d. [[1914]]) | *[[1887]] - [[August Macke]], German painter (d. [[1914]]) | ||
| *[[1892]] - [[J. R. R. Tolkien]], British writer (d. [[1973]]) | *[[1892]] - [[J. R. R. Tolkien]], British writer (d. [[1973]]) | ||
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Births
- 106 BC - Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher (d. 43 BC)
- 1887 - August Macke, German painter (d. 1914)
- 1892 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (d. 1973)
- 1894 - ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)
- 1895 - Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and businessman (d. 1974)
- 1897 - Marion Davies, American actress (d. 1961)
- 1898 - Carlos Keller, Chilean fascist politician (d. 1974)
- 1901 - Ngô Đình Diệm, President of South Vietnam (d. 1963)
- 1905 - Ray Milland, Welsh actor (d. 1986)
- 1905 - Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961)
- 1909 - Victor Borge, Danish entertainer (d. 2000)
- 1910 - Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player (d. 2000)
- 1911 - John Sturges, American director (d. 1982)
- 1912 - Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and senator (d. 2002)
- 1912 - Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (d. 2005)
- 1916 - Maxene Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (d. 1995)
- 1916 - Betty Furness, American actress (d. 1994)
- 1917 - Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Renato Carosone, Italian musician (d. 2001)
- 1921 - John Russell, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1922 - Bill Travers, English actor and director (d. 1994)
- 1923 - Hank Stram, American football coach (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Doug Ellis, British entrepreneur
- 1924 - André Franquin, Belgian cartoonist (Gaston Lagaffe) (d. 1997)
- 1924 - Nell Rankin, American singer (d. 2005)
- 1926 - George Martin, British producer
- 1929 - Sergio Leone, Italian director (d. 1989)
- 1929 - Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer
- 1930 - Marcel Dubé, Quebec playwright
- 1930 - Robert Loggia, American actor
- 1932 - Dabney Coleman, American actor
- 1932 - Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (d. 2005)
- 1935 - Raymond Garneau, French Canadian politician and businessman
- 1937 - Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
- 1939 - Nikos Alefantos, Greek football manager
- 1939 - Bobby Hull, Canadian hockey player
- 1941 - Van Dyke Parks, American musician
- 1942 - John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)
- 1944 - David Atherton, English conductor
- 1945 - Stephen Stills, American musician
- 1946 - John Paul Jones, British musician (Led Zeppelin)
- 1946 - Cissy King, American entertainer
- 1949 - Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)
- 1950 - Victoria Principal, American actress
- 1954 - Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1990)
- 1954 - Ned Lamont, American businessman
- 1954 - Jim Ross, American wrestling announcer
- 1955 - Palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats)
- 1956 - Mel Gibson, Australian actor
- 1956 - Willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver
- 1957 - Bojan Križај, Slovenian skier
- 1958 - Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker
- 1959 - Rafael Arráiz Lucca Venezuelan writer
- 1960 - Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India
- 1962 - Francesca Lia Block, American author
- 1963 - Vic Grimes, American professional wrestler
- 1963 - Jerome Young, American professional wrestler
- 1964 - Bruce LaBruce, Canadian film-maker
- 1966 - Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer
- 1969 - Michael Schumacher, German race car driver
- 1970 - Mahaya Petrosian, Iranian actress
- 1971 - Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1972 - Yoon Chan, South Korean actor
- 1972 - Nichole Nordeman, American singer
- 1974 - Alessandro Petacchi, Italian cyclist
- 1975 - Thomas Bangalter, French DJ (Daft Punk)
- 1975 - Jason Marsden, American actor
- 1975 - Danica McKellar, American actress
- 1976 - Angelos Basinas, Greek footballer
- 1976 - Dinara Drukarova, Russian actress
- 1976 - Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor
- 1977 - Lee Bowyer, English footballer
- 1977 - A.J. Burnett, American baseball player
- 1977 - Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
- 1977 - Michelle Stephenson, English singer (The Spice Girls)
- 1978 - Kimberley Locke, American singer
- 1978 - Park Sol-mi, South Korean actress
- 1978 - Dominic Wood, English children's television presenter and magician
- 1978 - Mike York, American ice hockey player
- 1979 - Francesco Bellissimo, Italian mangaka
- 1980 - Rob Arnold, American guitarist (Chimaira)
- 1980 - Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model
- 1980 - Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey player
- 1980 - David Tyree, American football player
- 1981 - Eli Manning, American football player
- 1985 - John David Booty, American football player
- 1986 - Jacob Timpano, Australian soccer player
- 1986 - Lloyd Polite, R&B Singer
- 1987 - Anchal Joseph, Indian-American fashion model and reality show contestant
- 1989 - Alex D. Linz, American actor
Deaths
- 1098 - Walkelin, first Norman bishop of Winchester (b. unknown)
- 1322 - King Philip V of France (b. 1293)
- 1437 - Catherine of Valois, wife of Henry V of England (b. 1401)
- 1543 - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer (b. 1499)
- 1641 - Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer (b. 1618)
- 1656 - Mathieu Molé, French statesman (b. 1584)
- 1670 - George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier (b. 1608)
- 1690 - Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1615)
- 1743 - Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and designer (b. 1657)
- 1779 - Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)
- 1785 - Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706)
- 1795 - Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (b. 1730)
- 1826 - Louis Gabriel Suchet, French marshal (b. 1770)
- 1875 - Pierre Larousse, French editor (b. 1817)
- 1882 - William Harrison Ainsworth, English novelist (b. 1805)
- 1903 - Alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hilter (b. 1837)
- 1911 - Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (b. 1851)
- 1915 - James Elroy Flecker, English author (b. 1884)
- 1916 - Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)
- 1923 - Jaroslav Hasek, Czech novelist (b. 1883)
- 1927 - Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (b. 1856)
- 1931 - Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852)
- 1933 - Wilhelm Cuno, 6th Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Germany) (b. 1876)
- 1933 - Jack Pickford, Canadian actor (b. 1896)
- 1944 - Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)
- 1945 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877)
- 1945 - Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (b. 1879)
- 1946 - William Joyce, American Nazi propagandist (executed) (b. 1906)
- 1950 - Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (b. 1884)
- 1956 - Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (b. 1864)
- 1956 - Joseph Wirth, 5th Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Germany) (b. 1876)
- 1963 - Jack Carson, Canadian actor (b. 1910)
- 1967 - Mary Garden, Scottish singer (b. 1874)
- 1967 - Jack Ruby, American killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (b. 1911)
- 1969 - Jean Focas, Greco-French astronomer (b. 1909)
- 1969 - Howard McNear, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1974 - Gino Cervi, Italian actor (b. 1901)
- 1979 - Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (b. 1887)
- 1980 - Joy Adamson, Czech conservationist (b. 1910)
- 1980 - Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (b. 1892)
- 1981 - Princess Alice of Albany (b. 1883)
- 1988 - Rose Ausländer, German poet (b. 1901)
- 1988 - Joie Chitwood, American racedriver & Daredevil (b. 1912)
- 1989 - Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)
- 1992 - Dame Judith Anderson, Australian actress (b. 1897)
- 1993 - Johnny Most, American sports announcer (b. 1923)
- 2002 - Juan García Esquivel, Mexican band leader (b. 1918)
- 2002 - Freddy Heineken, Dutch beer executive (b. 1923)
- 2003 - Sid Gillman, American football coach (b. 1911)
- 2004 - Leon Wagner, American baseball player (b. 1934)
- 2005 - Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (b. 1917)
- 2005 - JN Dixit, Indian government official (b. 1936)
- 2005 - Will Eisner, American comic book artist (b. 1917)
- 2006 - Steve Rogers, Australian rugby league footballer (b. 1954)
- 2006 - Bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954)
- 2007 - Janos Furst, Hungarian-born orchestral conductor (b. 1935)
- 2007 - Earl Reibel, Canadian ice hockey forward Detroit Red Wings (b. 1930)
- 2007 - William Verity Jr., United States Secretary of Commerce 1987-1989 (b. 1917)
- 2007 - Sir Cecil Walker, Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for North Belfast 1983–2001 (b. 1924)
- 2007 - Michael Yeats, Irish Fianna Fáil senator 1961–1981 and son of W.B. Yeats (b. 1921)
Notes
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