0456 –
Offa, king of
Mercia dies.
0657 –
Battle of Siffin.
0796 –
Offa dies. King of Mercia.
0811 –
Battle of Pliska; Byzantine emperor
Nicephorus I is slain, his heir
Stauracius is seriously wounded
0811 –
Nicephorus I dies (slain in battle). Byzantine emperor.
0920 – Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from
Navarre and
Léon against the Muslims at
Pamplona.
1030 –
Stanislaus of Szczepanów was born (d. 1079). St. Stanislaw.
1139 –
Afonso, then a count, is proclaimed first king of Portugal and declares independence from
Castile1309 –
Henry VII is recognised
King of the Romans by
Pope Clement V.
1380 –
Emperor Komyo of
Japan dies (b. 1322). Second of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders.
1469 –
Wars of the Roses:
Battle of Edgecote Moor – Pitting the forces of
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of
King Edward IV.
1471 –
Pope Paul II dies (b. 1417.
1581 –
Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Oath of Abjuration). The
declaration of independence of the northern
Low Countries from the
Spanish king,
Philip II.
1592 –
Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron dies (b. 1524). French soldier.
1611 –
Horio Yoshiharu dies (b. 1542). Japanese warlord.
1678 –
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor was born (d. 1711).
1680 –
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester dies (b. 1647). English writer.
1684 –
Elena Cornaro Piscopia dies (b. 1646). Italian mathematician.
1712 – Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds dies (b. 1631). English statesman.
1723 – Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, dies (b. 1660). English statesman.
1757 – Battle of Plassey.
1775 – The birth of what would later become the United States Post Office Department was established by the Second Continental Congress and Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first Postmaster General.
1782 – John Field was born (d. 1837). Irish composer.
1870 – Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta was born. Spanish painter.
1874 –
Serge Koussevitsky was born (d. 1951). Russian conductor.
1874 –
Guilherme Braga dies in Porto (b. 22 Mar 1845). Portuguese poet.
1875 –
Carl Jung was born (d. 1961). Swiss psychiatrist and analytical psychologist who identified the introvert and extrovert types.
1875 –
Antonio Machado was born (d. 1939). Spanish poet.
1878 – In
California, the poet and
American West outlaw calling himself “
Black Bart” makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a
Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box will be found later with a taunting
poem inside.
1880 –
Volodymyr Vynnychenko was born (d. 1951). Ukrainian statesman.
1882 – Premiere of
Richard Wagner‘s
Parsifal at
Bayreuth.
1884 – Lino Ferreira was born. Portuguese dramatist, actor and film director.
1885 –
André Maurois was born in Elbeuf, Normandy (d. 7 Oct 1967) . French writer. Honorary president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1965. Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966
1886 –
Lars Hanson was born (d. 1965). Swedish actor.
1887 –
L. L. Zamenhof publishes
“Dr. Esperanto’s International Language”.
1890 – Dórdio Gomes was born. Portuguese painter.
1890 – Explode em Buenos Aires uma revolução dirigida por Leandro N. Alem contra Miguel Juárez Celman, que deixou a presidência argentina.
1891 – France annexes
Tahiti.
1892 –
Sad Sam Jones was born (d. 1966). American baseball player.
1894 –
Aldous Huxley was born (d. 22 Nov 1963). English writer
(Brave New World -1932 ).1895 –
Cassiano Ricardo was born in São José dos Campos, São Paulo (d. 1974). Brazilian poet, essayist, literary critic, and journalist, he was one of the most versatile 20th-century Brazilian poets.
1895 –
Gracie Allen was born (d. 1964). American actress and comedian.
1896 –
Henry Birkin was born (d. 1933). British racing driver.
1897 –
Paul Gallico was born (d. 1976). American author.
1899 – O presidente da República Dominicana Ulises Heureaux é assassinado
1900 – Ernesto Rodolfo Hintze Ribeiro assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal
1902 –
Gracie Allen was born (d. 27 Aug 1964). Actress, comedienne.
1903 –
Estes Kefauver was born (d. 1963). U.S. Senator from Tennessee.
1906 –
Irena Iłłakowicz was born (d. 1943). Polish agent of Intelligence.
1908 – United States Attorney General
Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the
Federal Bureau of Investigation).
1908 –
Salvador Allende was born (d. 1973).
President of Chile.
1909 –
Vivian Vance was born (d. 17 Aug 1979). Emmy Award-winning actress:
I Love Lucy [1953]; The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, Lucy in Connecticut, The Lucy Show; 1909 –
Peter Thorneycroft was born (d. 1994). British politician.
1914 –
Serbia and
Bulgaria interrupts diplomatic relationship.
1914 –
Ellis Kinder was born (d. 1968). American baseball player.
1914 –
Erskine Hawkins was born (d. 1993). American musician and bandleader.
1915 – Juan Luis Sanfuentes is elected President of Chile.
1918 –
Marjorie Lord was born. American actress.
1925 –
Jerzy Einhorn was born (d. 2000). Polish-Swedish doctor, researcher and politician.
1925 –
Gottlob Frege dies (b. 1848). German mathematician and logician.
1925 –
William Jennings Bryan dies (b. 1860). American politician.
1925 –
Antonio Ascari dies (b. 1888). Italian racing driver.
1926 –
James Best was born. American actor (
The Dukes of Hazzard, Ode to Billy Joe, The Naked and the Dead, Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair).1926 –
Ana María Matute was born. Spanish author.
1928 –
Don Beauman was born (d. 1955). British racing driver.
1953 –
Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the
Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the
Cuban Revolution.
1953 –
Nikolaos Plastiras dies (b. 1883). Greek general and politician.
1953 –
Robert Phillips was born. Classical guitarist.
1954 –
Vitas Gerulaitis was born (d. 17 Sep 1994, killed by carbon monoxide from a faulty heater). Tennis champion: Australian Open [1977].
1956 – Following the
World Bank‘s decline to fund building the
Aswan High Dam,
Egyptian leader
Gamal Nasser nationalizes the
Suez Canal sparking international condemnation.
1956 –
Dorothy Hamill was born. American figure skater.
1956 –
Tommy Rich was born. American professional wrestler.
1957 –
Hart Hanson was born. American television writer and producer.
1957 –
Nana Visitor was born. American actress.
1957 –
Yuen Biao was born. Hong Kong actor.
1957 –
Carlos Castillo Armas, President of Guatemala (1954-1957), is assassinated.
1958 –
Explorer program:
Explorer 4 is launched.
1959 –
Kevin Spacey was born. American Academy Award-winning actor:
American Beauty [1999]; Academy Award-winning supporting actor: The Usual Suspects [1995]; A Time to Kill, Outbreak, Consenting Adults, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Lost in Yonkers, Henry and June, Working Girl, Wiseguy, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, L.A. Confidential1959 –
Rick Bragg was born. American writer
1959 –
Michael Ross was born (d. 2005). American serial killer.
1960 –
Maud Menten dies (b. 1879). Canadian biochemist.
1960 –
Cedric Gibbons dies (b. 1893). American art director.
1961 –
Andy Connell was born. English musician (
Swing Out Sister,
A Certain Ratio).
1961 –
Dimitris Saravakos was born. Greek footballer.
1964 –
Sandra Bullock was born. American actress: (
Speed, Speed 2: Cruise Control, The Net, While You Were Sleeping, A Time to Kill, Hope Floats, Forces of Nature, Miss Congeniality, Fool Proof, Exactly 3:30, The Chambermaid) See Sandra Bullock wallpapers1964 –
Danny Woodburn was born. American actor.
1964 –
Ralf Metzenmacher was born. German painter and designer.
1964 – Train from Povoa de Varzim, Portugal derails at Custóias near Oporto, killing over 100 people
1964 –
Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe dies (b. 1884). British politician, naval officer and racing driver.
1965 – Full independence was granted to the
Maldives, from Britain.
1965 –
Jeremy Piven was born. American actor (
The Larry Sanders Show, Ellen, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, Kiss the Girls, Cupid, Serendipity, Highway, Black Hawk Down)1965 –
Jim Lindberg was born. American musician (
Pennywise).
1966 – World Cup 1966 – Portugal lose the semi-final face hosts England 2-1. After beating Hungary 3-1, Bulgaria 3-0, Brazil 3-1 and North Korea 5-3 (after have been losing 0-3) Eusebio’s team lose against England that would go win The World Cup.
1966 –
Carlos Sousa was born. Portuguese racing car driver.
1966 –
Jennifer Ashe was born. Actress
(As the World Turns).1966 – Lord Gardiner issues the
Practice Statement in the
House of Lords stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous
precedent.
1967 – De Gaulle’s political sensation – During a speech on a state visit to Canada, Charles de Gaulle caused a political sensation. He supported French-Canadian separatism, thereby offending the public and the Canadian government.
1967 –
Anthony Durante was born (d. 2003). American professional wrestler.
1967 –
Tim Schafer was born. American computer game designer
1967 – Ignacio Corsini dies. Tango singer.
1968 –
Vietnam War:
South Vietnamese opposition leader
Truong Dinh Dzu is sentenced to five years
hard labor for advocating the formation of a
coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the
war.
1968 –
Olivia Williams was born. English actress.
1970 –
Robert Taschereau dies (b. 1896). French Canadian lawyer and Chief Justice of Canada.
1971 –
Apollo Program:
Apollo 15 Mission – Launch of Apollo 15.
1971 –
Diane Arbus dies (suicide) (b. 1923). American photographer.
1973 –
Kate Beckinsale was born in London. British actress .
Pearl Harbor, One Against the Wind, Much Ado About Nothing, Haunted, Shooting Fish, Brokedown Palace, Alice Through the Looking Glass , The Aviator. See wallpapers1973 –
Lenka Šarounová was born. Czech astronomer.
1974 – Greek Prime Minister Constantin Caramanlis forms the country’s first civil government after seven years of military rule.
1974 –
Dan Konopka was born. American musician (
OK Go)
1974 –
Daniel Negreanu was born. Canadian poker player.
1974 –
Dean Sturridge was born., English footballer.
1975 – Formation of a military triumvirate in
Portugal / O Movimento das Forças Armadas de Portugal acorda concentrar o poder num triunvirato formado pelo Presidente da República, General Costa e Gomes; o primeiro- ministro, general Vasco Gonçalves, e o general Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho.
1975 –
Joe Smith was born. American basketball player.
1990 – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that a young woman, later identified as Kimberly Bergalis, had been infected with the AIDS virus, apparently by her dentist.
1990 –
Brent Mydland dies (b. 1952). American keyboardist (
Grateful Dead).
1991 –
Paul Reubens, better known as Pee Wee Herman, is arrested for allegedly exposing himself at a
Sarasota, Florida adult theatre.
1991 –
Sonic the Hedgehog is released for the
Sega Megadrive in
Japan1992 – Miguel Indurain of Spain won cycling’s Tour de France for the second year in a row.
1992 – Patty Sheehan defeated Juli Inkster in a playoff to win the 47th U. S. Women’s Open at the Oakmont (PA) Country Club.
1992 –
Mary Wells dies (b. 1943). American singer.
1993 – Italian
Democrazia Cristian changes its name to
People’s Party.
1993 –
Taylor Momsen was born. American actress (
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Prophet’s Game, We Were Soldiers).1993 –
Matthew Ridgeway dies (b. 1895). American army general.
1994 –
Israel’s London embassy bombed: A car bomb explodes outside the Israeli embassy in London injuring 14 people.
1994 – Russian President
Boris Yeltsin orders the removal of Russian troops from
Estonia.
1995 –
George Romney dies (b. 1907). American businessman and politician.
1995 –
Laurindo Almeida dies (b. 1917). Brazilian guitarist.
1995 –
Raymond Mailloux dies (b. 1918). Quebec politician.
1996 – Amy Van Dyken became the first American woman to win four gold medals at a single Olympics as she captured the 50-meter freestyle in Atlanta.
1997 – Kunihiko Kodaira dies (b. 16 Mar 1915). Japanese
mathematician who was
awarded the Fields Medal in 1954 for his work in algebraic geometry and complex analysis.
1997 – William Burroughs dies. American writer.
1998 – Legislative elections in
Cambodia1998 –
Carlos Anasagasti Zulueta dies. Bolivian bishop.
1999 – El escritor mexicano Sergio Pitol gana el premio de Literatura Iberoamericana y del Caribe Juan Rulfo.
1999 – Luis Alvarez Piñer dies. Spanish poet.
1999 –
Trygve Haavelmo dies (b. 1911). Norwegian economist who was awarded in 1989 with The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
2000 –
John Tukey dies (b. 1915). American statistician.
2000 –
José Lino Grünewald dies (b. 13 Feb 1931). Brazilian journalist, poet and translator.
2001 –
Rex Barber dies (b. 1917). American WW II aviator.
2002 –
Museo Evita Perón is inaugurated in Buenos Aires.
2004 – In response to an explosion of violence in the
Darfur region, the
European Union advocated that the
United Nations institute economic sanctions against
The Sudan.
2005 –
Space Shuttle program:
STS-114 Mission – Launch of
Discovery,
NASA‘s first scheduled flight mission after the
Columbia Disaster in 2003.
2005 –
Mumbai,
India receives 99.5 cm of rain within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days. (See:
2005 Maharashtra floods.)
2005 –
Lebanese Christian Militia leader,
Samir Geagea, has been released from prison after 11 years
2005 – Over 200 people have been killed in intense
rain storms in
Maharashtra,
India, described by the Chief Minister of the state as the heaviest recorded rainfall in a single day in India. One third of the state
Capital,
Mumbai, is said to be underwater causing more than a two hundred thousand people to be stranded in offices and roads for about 24 hours.
2005 –
Alexander Golitzen dies (b. 1908). American art director.
2005 –
Betty Astell dies (b. 1912). British actress.
2005 –
Gilles Marotte dies (b. 1945). French Canadian ice hockey player.
2005 –
Jack Hirshleifer dies (b. 1925). American economist.
2007 –
Lars Forssell dies (b. 1928). Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy.
2007 –
John Normington dies (b. 1937). English actor.
2007 –
Skip Prosser dies (b. 1950). American basketball coach.
Cuba – Anniversary of the Moncada Barracks Attack Day (1953), Revolution Day
Liberia – Independence Day
Maldives – Independence Day
India – Vijay Divas (end of Kargil War)
Municipal Holyday in Loures (Portugal)
Hoje é O Dia dos Avós (Portugal, Brasil)