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This Day in History for 25th August


Famous Deaths

                                   
Philosopher David Hume (1776)        Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1900)        Physicist/Nobel Laureate
                                                                                                                              Henri Becquerel (1908)


Astronaut & 1st Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong (2012)


79 - Gaius Plinius Secundus, [Pliny the Elder], Roman admiral/writer, dies during eruption of Mount
       Vesuvius
383 - Gratian (Flavius Gratianus), Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25
471 - Gennadius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 458)
882 - Louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19
1192 - Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)
1227 - Ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies
1270 - Louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56
1282 - Thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218)
1330 - Sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286)
1346 - Louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, dies in battle
1554 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies
1556 - David Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54
1580 - Frederick Schenk van Toutenburg, last archbishop of Utrecht, dies
1632 - Thomas Dekker, English dramatist (b. ca. 1572)
1649 - Richard Crashaw, English clergyman/poet, dies at about 36
1688 - Henry Morgan, Welsh lt-governor of Jamaica
1699 - King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
1711 - Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician
1742 - Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer, dies at 38
1773 - Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29
1774 - Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59
1776 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711)
1789 - Mary Ball Washington, mother of George, dies
1791 - Pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies
1792 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719)
1822 - F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85
1835 - Ann Rutledge, said to be Lincoln's true love, dies in Ill at 22
1840 - K L Immermann, writer, dies at 44
1842 - Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80
1846 - Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian nature investigator/diplomat, dies at 73
1867 - Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791)
1868 - Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60
1868 - Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar (Iowa), dies at 62
1868 - Jacob van Lennep, Dutch 2nd member of parliament, dies at 66
1900 - Friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 55
1900 - Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
1900 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher, dies at 55
1901 - Clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the mosquito carries yellow
           fever
1904 - William Hall, Canadian Royal Naval sailor (b. 1827)
1908 - Henri Becquerel [Antoine ], French physicist, dies at 55
1924 - Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (b. 1818)
1925 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (b. 1852)
1929 - Frederick Burton, cricketer (Australian wicketkeeper 1886-87), dies
1930 - Siegfried Wagner, composer, dies at 61
1936 - Grogorij J Zinovjev, Russian revolutionary, dies
1938 - Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Jama), dies at 67
1939 - Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904)
1942 - George EAE, English prince/earl of St Andrews, dies in battle at 39
1942 - Panayot Pipkov, composer, dies at 70
1942 - W van Daalen, opposition leader on Celebes, beheaded
1942 - George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
1944 - Krijn van den Helm, resistance fighter (KP Leeuwarden), shot to death
1944 - Mussa Dshalil, writer, dies
1945 - John Birch, American intelligence officer and missionary (b. 1918)
1947 - Clark Wissler, US cultural anthropologist, dies at 76
1950 - Earl Caddock, professional wrestler (b. 1888)
1956 - Alfred C Kinsey, American biologist, zoologist and sexologist (Kinsey Report), dies at 62 from
           a heart ailment and pneumonia
1965 - Moonlight Graham, American baseball player
1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, head of American Nazi Party, assassinated
1967 - Paul Muni, actor (Good Earth), dies after lengthy illness at 71
1967 - Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
1968 - John George, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at 70
1968 - Stan McCabe, cricketer (39 Tests for Australia 1930-38), dies
1971 - Ted Lewis, [Theodore L Friedman], bandleader, dies at 80
1971 - Ted Lewis, American musician and entertainer (b. 1890)
1972 - Juan Carlos Paz, composer, dies at 71
1972 - Robert Denzler, composer, dies at 80
1975 - Frans van Amelsvoort, choir conductor, dies at 75
1975 - John R Dunning, US physicist, dies at 67
1976 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author (Nobel-1974), dies at 76
1976 - Perc Hornibrook, cricketer (6 Tests 1928-30, 17 wickets), dies
1979 - Stan Kenton, orchestra leader (Music 55), dies at 67
1980 - Gower Champion, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), dies at 60
1982 - John AM "Hans" van Tongeren, actor (Hunk), commits suicide at 27
1984 - Truman Capote, author (In Cold Blood), dies at 59
1984 - Waite Hoyte, knuckleball pitcher, dies at 84
1984 - Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (b. 1921)
1985 - Samantha Smith, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street), dies in plane at 13
1986 - Allen Case, actor (Deputy, Legend of Jesse James), dies at 51
1988 - Price Daniel, (Gov/Sen-D-Texas), dies at 77
1989 - Gunnar Johnsen Berg, composer, dies at 80
1990 - Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (b. 1903)
1991 - Don Nute, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56
1991 - Niven Busch, US writer (Duel in the Sun), dies
1991 - Sergei Ajromeiev, soviet general, commits suicide
1992 - Alma Graciela Haro Esmerelda, singer, dies of diabetes at 65
1992 - Frederick O'Neal, actor (Anna Lucasta, Free White & 21), dies at 86
1992 - Jan G Toonder, writer (Castle in Ireland), dies at 78
1993 - Amy Biehl, US activist in South-Africa, murdered at 26
1994 - Ramdas Nayak, Indies hindu leader/politician, murdered at about 52
1995 - John Killan Houston Brunner, British sci-fi writer, dies at 60
1995 - R B Hudmon, R&B/Soul Singer, dies at 41
1996 - Alexander Colleridge Vanderpuiye Baka Tetteh, actor/lawyer, dies at 64
1996 - Dai Houying, writer, dies at 58
1996 - Erskine Childers, UN official/civil servant, dies at 67
1996 - Les Burns, local councillor, dies at 53
1996 - Sylvia Fisher, opera Singer, dies at 86
1997 - Clodomiro Almeyda Medina, Chilean external minister (1970-73), dies
1997 - James Dewar, journalist/documentary film-maker, dies at 70
1997 - Robert Pinget, novelist/Playwright, dies at 78
1999 - Rob Fisher, English musician (b. 1956)
2000 - Carl Barks, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
2000 - Jack Nitzsche, American record producer (b. 1937)
2001 - Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979)
2001 - Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
2001 - Ken Tyrrell, former race driver and founder of Tyrrell Racing (b. 1924)
2001 - Philippe Léotard, French actor and singer (b. 1940)
2002 - Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (b. 1923)
2005 - Peter Glotz, German politician (b. 1939)
2007 - Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988)
2008 - Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964)
2008 - Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer (b. 1959)
2009 - Edward M. Kennedy, United States Senator from Massachusetts (b. 1932)
2012 - Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, dies from heart surgery complications at 82

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This Day in History for 26th August


Historical Events

                                   
Painter Michelangelo                                    Writer George Orwell                       36th US President
                                                                                                                             Lyndon B. Johnson

                 
Baseball Player and Manager                 42nd US President Bill Clinton
Leo Durocher 


580 - Chinese invents toilet paper
1071 - Battle of Manzikert, Byzantine Armenia (modern Malazgirt, Turkey). Fought between
           Byzantine Empire and Seljuq Turks.
1278 - Battle of Marchfeld: Rudolf van Habsburg defeats Ottokar II
1303 - Ala ud din Khilji captures Chittorgarh.
1346 - Battle at Crécy-England's longbows defeat France, cannons used for 1st time in battle
1466 - A conspiracy against Piero di Cosimo de Medici in Florence, led by Luca Pitti, is discovered.
1498 - Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà.
1541 - Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Buda/annexes Hungary
1545 - Pope Paul III names his son Pierluigi Farnese, duke of Parma
1549 - Battle at Dussingdale: John Dudley beats rebels
1629 - Cambridge Agreement, Mass Bay Co stockholders agree to emigrate
1634 - Battle at Nordlingen Bavarian: emperor Ferdinand II & Spain beat Sweden & German
           protestants
1641 - West India Company conquerors Sao Paulo de Loanda, Angola
1648 - People's uprising against Anna of Austria & Cardinal Mazarin
1652 - Sea battle at Plymouth: Ayscue vs De Ruyter
1745 - England, Prussia & Hannover sign treaty
1748 - The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in
           Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1778 - The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
1791 - John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat
1794 - French troops occupy Lock
1839 - The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.
1843 - Charles Thurber patents a typewriter
1846 - Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah," premieres
1846 - W A Bartlett appointed 1st US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF)
1858 - First news dispatch by telegraph.
1863 - Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs)
1873 - 1st free kindergarten in the U.S. started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis,
           Missouri
1874 - 16 blacks lynched in Tennessee
1894 - Netherlands Social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms
1895 - Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam
1896 - Armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople
1903 - Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game
1907 - Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec
1909 - Frank Tarrant scores cricket 145 & 13-67 for Middlesex v Gloucs
1909 - Middlesex beat Gloucs (Bristol) by Inn & 31 in a single day
1912 - 32nd US Mens Tennis: M E McLoughlin beats W F Johnson (36 26 62 64 62)
1912 - Walter Johnson's 16-game winning streak ends
1913 - 33rd US Mens Tennis: M E McLoughlin beats R N Williams (64 57 63 61)
1914 - -9/10] Russian army attacks Austrian army in Galicia
1914 - Battle of Tannenberg - 8th German army defeats Russian Narev army
1915 - German troops over run Brest-Litovsk, Russia
1916 - Phila A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0
1916 - Yanks turn triple-play beating Browns 10-6
1918 - W Smith & F Bacons "Lightnin'," premieres in NYC
1920 - Percy Fender (Surrey v Northants) scores 100 in 35 mins
1922 - Japanese cruiser Niitaka leaves in storm at Kamchatka, 300 killed
1924 - (August 13 Old Style) The Catastrophe of Smyrna, known as the Asia Minor Catastrophe to
           Greeks, occurs. The Ottoman army expels Greeks and other non-Turks from Asia Minor.
1929 - 1st US roller coaster built
1930 - Hack Wilson hits his 44th HR, breaks Chuck Klein's NL record
1933 - Jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km)
1935 - CCC camp opens in Brecksville Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks
1937 - Franco's troops conquer Santander
1937 - Pumping to build Treasure Island in SF Bay is finished
1938 - British leaders & Arabians fight in Palestine
1938 - Montreal Maroons dropped from NHL
1939 - 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Bkln Dodgers (W2XBS NY)
1939 - Belgium mobilizes
1939 - Kroatia gets autonomous status
1940 - RKC soccer team forms in Waalwijk
1940 - Chad is the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué,
           France's first black colonial governor.
1942 - 7,000 Jews are rounded up in Vichy-France
1942 - Japanse troops lands on New-Guinea, Milne Bay
1942 - Russian counter offensive begins in Moscow
1942 - Transport nr 24 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1944 - Bulgaria announces withdrawal & German troops are to be disarmed
1944 - De Gaulle marches to Champs-Elysees
1944 - US 12nd Army Corps crosses river Seine East of Paris
1945 - Japanese diplomats board Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of
           WW II
1946 - George Orwell published "Animal Farm"
1947 - 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat)
1950 - 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1)
1951 - Jongbloed in Paris demonstrates artificial heart
1952 - Fluoridation of SF water begins
1955 - 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup)
1956 - KREY TV channel 10 in Montrose, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 - Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Denver Golf Open
1956 - Yankees announce purchase of outfielder Enos Slaughter from KC
1957 - USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile
1961 - Official Intl Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto
1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open
1962 - Minnesota Twins Jack Kralick no-hits KC A's, 1-0
1963 - W I beat England 2-1 in series, 1st holders of Wisden Cricket Trophy
1964 - Italians CP selects Luigi Longo as chairman
1964 - LBJ nominated at Democratic convention in Atlantic City, NJ
1966 - Balt Orioles Roznovsky & B Powell are 4th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1966 - KLOC (now KCSO) channel 42 in Charlotte, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - Beatles, Mick Jagger & Marienne Faithful meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
1967 - Dean Chance pitches a 2-1 no-hitter, & Twins sweep Cleveland
1967 - Dutch 2nd Chamber demands US stop bombing North Vietnam
1971 - Dutch Queen Juliana & Prince Bernhard visit Indonesia
1971 - NY Giant football team announces they're leaving Bronx for NJ in 1975
1971 - Orioles' Don Buford struck out 5 times in a game
1972 - 20th Olympic games open at Munich German FR
1972 - Leo Durocher replaces Harry Walker as manager of Astros
1972 - NY Cosmos beat St Louis Stars, 2-1 to win NASL championship
1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1973 - David Eisenhower writes his last sports column
1973 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
1973 - U of Tx (Arlington) is 1st accredited school to offer belly dancing
1973 - 10-year-old Mary Boitano is 1st woman to win 6.8-mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, CA,
           beating a field of 1,500 runners
1974 - Guinee-Bissau becomes independent of Portugal
1974 - Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
1977 - Frank Martinus Arion forms Surinamese Writers group 77
1978 - Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I
1978 - Soyuz 31 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 East German) to Salyut 6
1979 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
1980 - Pete Comita replaces Tom Peterson as bassist of Cheap Trick
1980 - John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada.
1981 - Space Shuttle vehicle moves to Launch Complex 39A for STS-2 mission
1981 - Voyager 2 takes photo's of Saturn's moon Titan
1982 - NASA launches Telesat-F
1983 - Flooding destroys most of the old town of Bilbao, Spain.
1984 - Betsy King wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic
1984 - Tatyana Kazankina of USSR sets 3k woman record (8:22.62) in Leningrad
1984 - Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record)
1985 - Balt Oriole Eddie Murray knocks in 9 RBIs in a game vs California Angels
1985 - French government claims no knowledge of assault on Rainbow Warrior
1986 - Rosa Mota wins Stuttgart female marathon (2:28:38)
1987 - Paul Molitor goes 0-for-4 ends hitting streak at 39 consecutive games
1988 - Mehran Karimi Nasseri arrives at Charles de Gaulle International Airport.
1989 - Trumbull Conn, is 1st US team since 1983 to win Little League WS
1990 - 2 slain college students found in Gainesville Florida
1990 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Northgate Golf Classic
1990 - Bo Jackson hits 4th of 4 consecutive HRs
1991 - Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0
1992 - "Anna Karenina" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 46 performances
1995 - Andrew Symonds hits 20 sixes in match for Gloucs v Glamorgan
1995 - Lara completes 7th Test Cricket century, 179 at The Oval
1996 - President Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare
           policy
1997 - Beni-Ali massacre in Algeria; 60-100 people killed.
1999 - Michael Johnson breaks the 400 metres world record with a time of 43.18 seconds.
2002 - Earth Summit 2002 begins in Johannesburg, South Africa.
2003 - The Columbia Accident Investigation Board releases its final reports on Space Shuttle
           Columbia disaster.
2008 - Russia unilaterally recognizes the independence of the former Georgian breakaway republics
           Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
2011 - The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the
           EASA and the FAA
2012 - 15 year-old New Zealand golfer, Lydia Ko, becomes the youngest LPGA Tour event winner
           and the first amateur winner since 1969
2012 - 36 people are killed in a bus crash in Yan'an,China
2012 - 17 villagers in Afghanistan's Kajaki district are beheaded by an unknown organization
2012 - A Legionellosis outbreak in Quebec City, Canada, kills 8 and infects 104

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This Day in History for 26th August


Famous Weddings

2006 - "Days of our Lives" actor Billy Warlock (45) weds actress Julie Pinson in Las Vegas, Nevada
2006 - 2004 X-Factor winner Steve Brookstein (37) weds jazz musician Eileen Hunter at King's
           College Chapel in Aberdeen, Scotland
2012 - "The Campaign" actress Kate Lang Johnson (28) weds musician Justin Miner at La Venta Inn
           in Palos Verdes, California
2012 - "Bridesmaids" actor Chris O'Dowd (32) weds British TV presenter Dawn Porter (33) at an
            intimate ceremony with family and friends in London

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This Day in History for 26th August


Famous Birthdays

                                   
First Victim of Jack the Ripper                      Catholic Missionary                          Journalist Ben Bradlee (1921)
 Mary Ann Nichols (1845)                             Mother Teresa (1910)


Actor Macaulay Culkin (1980)


1469 - Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)
1540 - King Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)
1596 - Frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain)
1627 - Thomas Bullis, composer
1676 - Robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5]
1687 - Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph)
1694 - Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755)
1726 - Karl Kohaut, composer
1728 - Johann Heinrich Lambert, German scientist (d. 1777)
1736 - Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French chemist (d. 1790)
1740 - Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning)
1743 - Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen)
1745 - Francois Guichard, composer
1749 - Johann Ernst Rembt, composer
1775 - William Joseph Behr, German writer (d. 1851)
1788 - Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist
1789 - Abbas Mirza, Prince of Persia (d. 1833)
1792 - Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan political figure (d. 1857)
1811 - Danville Leadbetter, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1866
1813 - Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks)
1819 - Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria
1820 - James Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66)
1823 - Wilhelm Troszel, composer
1825 - Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian
1826 - Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (d. 1875)
1828 - Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer
1833 - Charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1835 - Theodore Washington Brevard, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1842 - Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)
1843 - George August Lumbye, composer
1845 - Mary Ann Nichols, English victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
1850 - Charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913)
1854 - Arnold Fothergill, England cricketer (d. 1932)
1862 - Herbert Booth, American son of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1926)
1870 - Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7]
1873 - Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube)
1874 - Zona Gale, American novelist (d. 1938)
1875 - John Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme)
1880 - Guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola)
1882 - James Franck, German naturalist (Nobel 1925)
1882 - Johannes Lindeboom, vicar/church historian (Neth Archives)
1884 - Earl Biggers, author ("Charlie Chan" detective series)
1885 - Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will)
1887 - Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer
1890 - Tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's)
1891 - Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author
1891 - Ferdinand Bruckner, [Theodor Tagger], Austrian playwright (Races)
1894 - Sparky Adams, Baseball player (d. 1989)
1896 - Richard Hammond, composer
1896 - Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1990)
1897 - Yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (d. 1990)
1898 - Peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector
1899 - Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter
1900 - Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (d. 1980)
1901 - Gen Maxwell D Taylor, former US Army chief of staff
1901 - Jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier (KVP, 1959-63)
1901 - Tullio Campagnolo, Italy, bicycle manufacturer (Fiat)
1901 - Chen Yi, Chinese communist military commander and politician (d. 1972)
1903 - Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer
1904 - Christopher W Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer (Goodbye to Berlin)
1906 - Albert B Sabin, Russia, US microbiologist (oral polio vaccine)
1908 - Bill Hunt, cricketer (NSW slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1933)
1908 - W. B. Henning, Prussian-born Iranist (d. 1967)
1909 - Eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler (5 Tests for South Africa 1935-39)
1909 - Frank Gasparro, Phila Pa, US chief engraver (1965-81)
1909 - Jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981)
1909 - Gene Moore, baseball player (d. 1978)
1910 - Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Yugoslavia (Nobel Peace Prize 1979)
1911 - Lester Lanin, orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits)
1913 - Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier
1913 - Robertson William Davies, novellist essayist/dramatist
1913 - Tschakowski, writer
1914 - Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (d. 1984)
1915 - Humphrey Searle, England, writer (20th Century counterpoint)
1915 - William Bardwell, composer
1916 - Allan Leslie Merson, historian
1917 - Jan Clayton, Tularosa NM, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie)
1917 - William French Smith, Attorney General (1981-85)
1918 - Louis W "Louis" Stotijn, bassoonist/conductor (Residence Orchestra)
1919 - Ronny Graham, Phila Pa, actor (Bob Crane Show, Chico & the Man)
1920 - Brant Parker, American cartoonist (d. 2007)
1921 - Ben Bradlee, Boston, editor/journalist/executive (Washington Post)
1921 - David Begelman, film producer
1921 - William Preston, Columbia Penn, actor (Fisher King, Waterworld)
1922 - Lazar Nikolov, composer
1922 - Irving R. Levine, American journalist
1924 - Alex Kellner, baseball player (d. 1996)
1925 - Jack Hirshleifer, American economist (d. 2005)
1925 - Alain Peyrefitte, French politician and writer (d. 1999)
1925 - Sangharakshita, Buddhist Philosopher, Founder of the Western Buddhist Order
1927 - Francois Leydet, sierra club (Last Redwoods)
1927 - Sam Massell, (Mayor-Atlanta)
1927 - B. V. Doshi, Indian architect
1928 - Peter Appleyard, Canadian jazz vibraphonist
1928 - Naïm Kattan, Canadian novelist and essayist
1930 - Joe Solomon, cricketer (WI batsman of 50's Cap fell on wkt v Aust)
1931 - Dane Skerl, composer
1931 - Gordon Greig, journalist
1931 - Guy Vander Jagt, (Rep-R-MI, 1966- )
1932 - Joe H Engle, Abilene Ks, Brig Gen USAF/astro (STS T-2, T-4, 2, 51I)
1934 - Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist
1935 - Cornelis B Vaandrager, [Cor Vaan], Dut poet (Long Live Joop Massaker)
1935 - Geraldine Ferraro, (Rep-D-NY) 1st female dem VP candidate (1984)
1936 - Yvette Vickers, KC, playmate (Jul 1959)/actress (Attack of 50' Woman)
1937 - Tom Heinsohn, NBA star/coach (Boston Celtic)
1938 - Francine York, Aurora Minn, actress (Slattery's People)
1938 - Maurice Williams, rocker
1938 - Jet Black, English drummer, one of the founding members of The Stranglers
1940 - Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (d. 2008)
1941 - Barbet Schroeder, director (Barfly, Single White Female, More)
1941 - Chris Curtis, [Chris Crummy], rock drummer/vocalist (Deep Purple)
1941 - Akiko Wakabayashi, Japanese actress
1942 - John E Blaha, San Antonio, USAF/astronaut (STS 29, 33, 43, 58, 79/81)
1942 - Vic Dana, Buffalo, singer/dancer (Talent Scouts)
1943 - Ulf Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)
1944 - Cornelia J "Corry" Arends, Dutch actress (Fool's Hat)
1944 - Richard A W G, English prince/duke of Gloucester
1944 - Stephen Greif, English actor
1945 - Melvin Watt, (Rep-D-North Carolina)
1945 - Tom Ridge, first United States Secretary of Homeland Security (Rep-R-Pennsylvania)
1946 - Alison Steadman, Liverpool England, actress (Life is Sweet)
1946 - Valerie Simpson, American singer
1946 - Mark Snow, American composer
1946 - Chantal Renaud, Quebec singer and actress
1947 - Candy Moore, Maplewood NJ, actress (Lunch Wagon, Tomboy & Champ)
1947 - Emiliano Díez, Cuban actor
1948 - Valerie Simpson, Bronx, singer, Ashford's partner (Like a Rock)
1949 - John Baldwin, Detroit, light middleweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1950 - Richard Cowsill, Newport RI, rocker (Cowsills-Hair, We Can Fly)
1950 - Benjamin Hendrickson, American actor (d. 2006)
1951 - Robert G Torricelli, (Rep-D-New Jersey, 1983- )
1952 - Billy Rush, rocker (Asbury Jukes)
1952 - John Kinsella, USA, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
1952 - Michael Jeter, Lawrenceburg TN, actor (Fisher King)
1952 - Will Shortz, American crossword editor
1953 - Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer
1954 - Michael Chetwood, rocker
1954 - Sarah Lundy, horse trainer
1954 - Steve Wright, Britain's wacky DJ/actor (Funny Man)
1954 - Wally Murphy, rocker
1954 - Efren Reyes, Filipino pool player
1956 - Mark Mangino, American football coach
1957 - Alex Trevino, catcher (LA Dodgers)
1957 - Dr. Alban, Nigerian-Swedish singer
1957 - Rick Hansen, Canadian paraplegic athlete
1958 - Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist
1959 - Jim Rutledge, Victoria, Canadian Tour golfer (1995 Indian Open)
1959 - Joanne Gail Abbott, executive (MTV)
1959 - Kathryn P Hire, Mobile Alabama, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (sk: STS 90)
1960 - Branford Marsalis, jazz saxophonist (Bring on the Night, Tonight Show)
1960 - Nancy Martinez, rocker
1960 - Ola Ray, St Louis Mo, playmate (Jun, 1980)/actress (Thriller)
1961 - Jeff Parrett, Indianapolis IN, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1961 - Jimmy Olander, Palos Verdes Cal, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in Middle)
1962 - Roger Kingdom, US 60m hurdler (world record)
1962 - Bob Mionske, American cyclist and attorney
1962 - Tariq Ramadan, Geneva, Switzerland, Islamic scholar
1963 - David Byas, cricketer (left-handed Yorkshire batsman)
1964 - Bobby Jurasin, CFL defensive end (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1964 - Chad Kreuter, Marin County CA, catcher (Chicago White Sox)
1964 - Dave Boyes, St Catharines Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
1964 - Karla Karch-Gailus, Vancouver BC, basketball guard (Olympics-96)
1965 - Chris Burke, actor with down syndrome (Corky-Life Goes On)
1965 - Jon Hensley, Doylestown PA, actor (Holden Snyder-As the World Turns)
1965 - Bobby Duncum, Jr., wrestler (d. 2000)
1966 - Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player
1966 - Shirley Manson, Scottish singer
1967 - Myron Guyton, NFL full safety (NE Patriots)
1968 - Courtney Hall, NFL center (San Diego Chargers)
1968 - Gavin Stratfold, Darwin NT, Australasia golfer
1968 - Byron Lawson, Canadian actor
1969 - Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, Allentown Penn, wife of John Cougar
1969 - Mike Gisler, NFL guard/center (NE Patriots)
1969 - Nicole Arendt, Somerville NJ, tennis star (1996 Aust doubles finalist)
1969 - Ricky Bottalico, New Britain CT, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
1970 - Brett Schultz, cricket pace bowler (South African Test)
1970 - Jacco Eltingh, Heerde Neth, tennis star (1993 ATP World Doubles)
1970 - Olimpiada Ivanova, Russian athlete
1971 - Jocelyn Borgella, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions)
1971 - Sharon Tina Jenkins, Auckland NZ, badminton player (Olympics-96)
1971 - Thalía, Mexican singer
1972 - Sherell Ford, NBA forward (Seattle Supersonics)
1973 - Barret Robbins, NFL center (Oakland Raiders)
1974 - Freddie Scott, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 - Kelvin Cato, NBA center (Portland Trailblazers)
1974 - Eric D. Snider, American humor columnist / movie reviewer
1975 - Shea Seals, NBA guard (LA Lakers)
1975 - Morgan Ensberg, American baseball player
1976 - Carey Tally, Memphis Tenn, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1976 - Amaia Montero, Spanish singer (La Oreja de Van Gogh)
1976 - Zemfira, Russian singer
1977 - Liam Botham, cricketer (son of Ian Hampshire all-rounder 1996)
1977 - Saeko Chiba, Japanese seiyū
1977 - Morris Peterson, American basketball player
1978 - Raja Kashif, Pakistani singer
1979 - Cristian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer
1979 - Rubén Pazos, Spanish footballer
1979 - Jamal Lewis, American football player
1980 - Macaulay Culkin, NYC, actor (Home Alone, My Girl, Richie Rich)
1980 - Brendan Harris, American baseball player
1980 - Chris Pine, American actor
1981 - Jesse Martin, Australian yachtsman
1981 - Petey Williams, Canadian professional wrestler
1981 - Demetria McKinney, American actress
1981 - Tino Best, West Indian cricketer
1982 - David Long, New Zealand musician
1983 - Félix Porteiro, Spanish racing driver
1986 - Cassie, American singer
1988 - Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
1988 - Danielle Savre, American actress
1988 - Evan Ross, American actor
1990 - Lil' Chris, British singer
1992 - Yang Yilin, Chinese gymnast
1993 - Keke Palmer, American actress

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 26th August


Famous Deaths

                 
Banker, Industrialist and                      Aviator Charles Lindbergh (1974)           
Secretary of the US Treasury
Andrew W Mellon (1937)


1278 - Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle
1346 - Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle
1346 - Charles II of Alençon, killed in the Battle of Crécy (b. 1297)
1346 - Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine, killed in the Battle of Crécy (b. 1320)
1349 - Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury
1368 - Engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies
1486 - Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45
1518 - Giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara
1551 - Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)
1572 - Petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515)
1595 - Antonio, Prior of Crato, claimant to the throne of Portugal (b. 1531)
1616 - Johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66
1661 - Louis Couperin, composer, dies
1666 - Frans Hals, Dutch painter (b. circa 1580)
1683 - Christoph Schultze, composer, dies at 76
1712 - Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer, dies at 80
1714 - Edward Fowler, English Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1632)
1723 - Thonis van Leeuwenhoek, biologist/inventor (microscope), dies at 90
1770 - Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet, dies at 42
1785 - George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician (b. 1716)
1813 - Daniel Gottlob Turk, composer, dies at 63
1813 - Karl Theodor Korner, German poet (Vetter aus Bremen), dies at 21
1832 - Henryk Klein, composer, dies at 96
1849 - Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer, dies at 66
1850 - Louis-Philippe of France (b. 1773)
1860 - Philipp Friedrich Silcher, German composer, dies at 71
1863 - John Buchanan Floyd, US min of War (1857-60)/Confederate general, dies
1865 - Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73
1865 - Marcellus Monroe Crocker, US attorney/Union brig-general, dies at 35
1869 - Henri Leys, Flemish painter, dies at 54
1873 - Carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57
1894 - PPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok
1908 - Tony Pastor, American vaudeville performer (b. 1837)
1910 - William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
1915 - John Bunny American comedian (b. 1863)
1921 - Ludwig Thoma, writer, dies
1921 - Matthias Erzberger, German min of Finance, murdered at 45
1921 - Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1903-21), dies
1930 - Lon Chaney, actor (Thunder, Big City, Unholy 3), dies at 47
1937 - Andrew W. Mellon, American banker, industrialist and Secretary of the Treasury (1921-32),
           dies at 82
1944 - Adam von Trott zu Solz, German diplomat (b. 1909)
1945 - Franz Werfel, Czech/German/US poet/writer (Mirror Man), dies at 54
1946 - Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
1948 - Oscar L Fernandez, Brazilian conductor/composer (Imbapara), dies at 50
1949 - Nico van Suchtelen, publisher, dies at 70
1956 - Alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist (b. 1881)
1958 - Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer, dies at 85
1960 - Mark Hambourg, composer, dies at 81
1963 - Larry Keating, actor (George Burns Show, Roger-Mr Ed), dies at 67
1966 - Art Baker, TV host (You Asked For It), dies at 67
1967 - Andres Sas, composer, dies at 67
1967 - Dilawar Hussain, cricketer (Indian wicketkeeper in the 1930's), dies
1968 - Kay Francis, actress (Charley's Aunt, Play Girl), dies of cancer at 65
1968 - Kay Francis, American actress (b. 1899)
1971 - Francesco Santoliquido, composer, dies at 88
1972 - Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist, dies at 63
1974 - Charles Lindbergh, US aviator, dies at 72
1975 - Cullen Landis, entertainer, dies at 80
1976 - Lotte (Krause-)Lehmann, German soprano (More than singing), dies at 88
1976 - Warner Anderson, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Peyton Place), dies at 65
1977 - HA Rey, author of popular constellation book, dies at 78
1977 - Heinz Rottger, composer, dies at 67
1977 - Willis Bouchey, actor (Battle Cry, From Here to Eternity), dies at 34
1978 - Charles Boyer, actor (Gaslight, Rogues), dies at 78
1978 - Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, composer, dies at 86
1978 - José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (b. 1916)
1979 - Mika Waltari, Finnish author (b. 1908)
1980 - Miliza Korjus, actress (Great Waltz), dies at 71
1980 - Rosa Albach-Retty, German actress (b. 1874)
1980 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (b. 1908)
1981 - Lee Hays, rocker, dies of a heart attack
1981 - Roger Nash Baldwin, founder (ACLU), dies at 97
1983 - Mike Kellin, actor (Honestly Celeste), dies at 61 of cancer
1984 - Julie Stevens, actress (Lorelei-Big Town), dies at 67
1985 - Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP/editor (GPV, Netherlands Daily), dies at 76
1986 - Jennifer Levin, strangled by Robert Chambers in Central Park
1986 - Ted Knight, [Tadeus Konopka], actor (Mary Tyler Moore), dies at 62
1987 - John Goddard, cricketer (West Indian captain 1948-53), dies
1988 - Paul Francis Lloyd, entertainer, dies
1988 - Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (b. 1957)
1989 - Henk Heidweiller, ambassador of Suriname, dies
1989 - Irving Stone, US writer (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life), dies
1990 - Minoru Honda, Japanese astronomer (b. 1913)
1992 - Bob the Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje), dies
1992 - Arthur Leigh Allen, American suspected murderer (b. 1933)
1993 - Rockin Dopsie Sr, Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco), dies at 61
1994 - Tariq Yunus, actor (Bollywood, Ashanti, Deceivers), dies at 54
1995 - David James Moore, educationalist, dies at 62
1995 - Evelyn Wood, speed reading guru, dies at 86
1995 - John Costello, historian, dies at 52
1995 - Omukama Patrick D Matthew Olimi Kaboyo II, king of Toro, dies at 49
1995 - Ronald Anthony White Jr, singer, dies at 57
1996 - Alejandro Lanusse, army officer/politician, dies at 77
1996 - Baron Baker, activist, dies at 71
1996 - Catherine Mary Hall, nurse, dies at 73
1998 - Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2000 - Akbar Adibi, Iranian scientist (b. 1939)
2001 - Louis Muhlstock, Canadian painter (b. 1904)
2003 - Jim Wacker, American football coach (b. 1937)
2004 - Laura Branigan, American singer (b. 1957)
2005 - Denis D'Amour, Canadian guitarist (Voivod) (b. 1960)
2005 - Robert Denning, American interior designer (b. 1927)
2005 - Ed White, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1949)
2006 - Rainer Barzel, German politician (b. 1924)
2006 - Clyde Walcott, Barbadian West Indies cricketer (b. 1926)
2007 - Gaston Thorn, Luxembourger politician (b. 1928)
2007 - Ramon Zamora, Filipino martial arts actor (b. 1935)
2009 - Dominick Dunne, American writer, Vanity Fair correspondent (b. 1925)
2011 - George Band, British mountaineer (b. 1929)
2011 - John McAleese, British SAS Trooper, Team leader during 1980 Iranian Embassy Siege (b.
          1949)

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 27th August


Historical Events

                                   
US Secretary of State                                     Last Shah of Iran                                   Golfer Tiger Woods
Frank Kellogg                                            Mohammad Reza Pahlavi


479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan
              commander of the Greek army in the Battle of Plataea. Along the with the Greek victory on
              the same day in the Battle of Mycale, the Persian invasion of Greece is halted.
663 - Remnants of the Korean Baekje Kingdom and their Yamato Japanese allies engage the
         combined naval forces of the Tang Chinese and Silla Koreans on the Geum River in Korea; the
         outcome is a significant Tang-Silla victory, while the Japanese would not attempt another
         invasion of Korea until the Japanese invasions of Korea of the late 16th century.
1232 - The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki. (Traditional
           Japanese date: August 10, 1232)
1549 - Battle at Dussindale: John Dudley destroys Kett's army
1569 - Pope Pius names Cosimo I de Medici, grand duke of Toscane
1585 - Duke van Parma's troops occupy Antwerp
1601 - Olivier van Noort completes 1st Dutch exploration of new world
1610 - Polish King Wladyslaw crowned king of Russia
1619 - Monarch Frederik van Palts chosen king of Bohemia
1626 - Battle at Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish king Christian IV
1628 - Java sultan Agung van Mataram attacks Batavia
1634 - Battle of Nordingen-Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, loses Duchy of Francomia
1665 - "Ye Bare & Ye Cubb" is 1st play, performed in North America (Acomac, Va)
1667 - Earliest recorded hurricane in US (Jamestown Virginia)
1689 - The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing empire.
1776 - British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island
1783 - 1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude
1788 - Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance
1789 - French Natl Assembly issues "Decl of Rights of Man & Citizen"
1798 - Battle at Castelbar, Ireland: French army hunts The English
1799 - English invasion army lands in North-Holland
1813 - Battle of Dresden-Napoleon defeats Austrians
1816 - Lord Exmouth bombs Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates
1828 - Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talk
1828 - The Russians defeat the Turks at the Battle of Akhalzic.
1832 - Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up
1859 - 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake
1861 - Battle of Cape Hatteras SC-Union troops take Ft Clark
1862 - Battle of Cub Run, VA
1881 - Hurricane hits Florida & Carolinas; about 700 die
1883 - Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons and kills approximately
           40,000 people
1892 - NYC Metropolitan Opera House catches fire
1894 - Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later
           struck down by the Supreme Court
1895 - 15th US Mens Tennis: Fred H Hovey beats Robert D Wrenn (63 62 64)
1896 - England defeated Zanzibar in a 38-minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM)
1897 - Roger Bresnahan debuts as Wash Senator pitcher (later HOF catcher)
1900 - Battle at Bergendal: Gen Buller beats Boer general Botha
1903 - 23rd US Mens Tennis: Hugh L Doherty beats William A Larned (60 63 108)
1908 - Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as the Tigers
1909 - Jack Chesbro's final Yankee game
1910 - Using 20, 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at
           White Sox Park
1910 - Wash Red Killefer sacrifices record 4 times against Detroit
1911 - Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0
1912 - Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes "Tarzan of the Apes"
1913 - Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st
           aerobatic maneuver in an airplane)
1914 - 2nd day of battle at Tannenberg: German bombs Usdau
1914 - US war reporter Richard H Davis visits Leuven
1916 - Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary
1917 - Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game
1918 - Christy Mathewson resigns as Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in chemical
           warfare branch of Army
1918 - Dr Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia
1921 - J E Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise
1922 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:28.6)
1927 - Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens
1928 - 16 die in a NYC subway's 2nd worst accident
1928 - 42nd US Womens Tennis: Helen W Moody beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 61)
1928 - Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agree to outlaw war
1932 - 200,000 English textile workers strike
1932 - Intl anti-war congress opens in Amsterdam
1933 - Earl Averill becomes 2nd Cleveland ballplayer to hit for cycle Moody defaults in 3rd set, trailing
           3-0
1934 - Arlen, Ira Gershwin & Harburgs musical premieres in NYC
1937 - Bkln Dodger Fred Frankhouse no-hits Cin, 5-0 in 7 2/3 inn game
1937 - George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 345.49 MPH
1938 - Two NYC subway trains collide at 116th Street killing 2 and injuring 51
1938 - Yanks Monte Pearson no-hits Indians 13-0, DiMaggio hits 3 triples
1939 - Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178)
1939 - Heinkel He-178 makes 1st manned flight with rocket/jet propulsion
1939 - Nazi Germany demands Danzig & Polish corridor
1939 - Queen Wilhelmina receives German ambassador Grave Zech
1940 - Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan)
1941 - Shah of Iran abdicates throne to his son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1942 - Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy
1944 - 200 Halifax bombers attack oil-installations in Homburg
1945 - US troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender
1948 - 102°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August
1950 - 1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC
1950 - General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist
1952 - Emil Zatopek wins 12th olympics marathon (2:23:03.2)
1955 - "Guinness Book of World Records" 1st published
1955 - Sandy Koufax fans 14 Reds, both teams combine for record 23 strikeouts
1956 - Curt Robert of Columbus (Intl League) hits 4 HRs in 7 inning game
1957 - Hickory Smoke wins Hambletonian Stakes
1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 - The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force.
1958 - Clark Griffith says Senators will prob accept offer to move to Minn
1958 - US performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean
1958 - USSR launches Sputnik 3 with 2 dogs aboard
1960 - Anita Lonsbrough swims world/olympic record 200m (2:49.5)
1960 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Grossinger Golf Open
1961 - Francis the Talking Mule is mystery guest on "What's My Line"
1961 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Women's Golf Open
1962 - Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1965 - Beatles spend an evening with Elvis Presley
1965 - WTVI TV channel 42 in Charlotte, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 - Francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world
1966 - Oakland Pitcher Paul Lindblad begins a 385 cons errorless streak
1966 - Race riot in Waukegan Illinois
1966 - Sir Francis Chichester begins 1st solo ocean voyage around the world
1967 - Naomi Sims is 1st black model on US cover (Fashion of the Times)
1967 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Amarillo Ladies' Golf Open
1969 - Lindy's Pride win Hambletonian Stakes
1969 - Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs)
1972 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
1972 - US bombs Haiphong North Vietnam
1974 - NY Met Benny Ayala hits a HR in his 1st at bat
1975 - 1st night match at US Tennis Open (Parun defeats Smith)
1975 - Veronica & Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18,020 miles around
           the world
1976 - Transsexual Renee Richards barred from competing in US Tennis Open
1977 - "Chicago" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 947 performances
1977 - Army shoots on market vendor women in Conakry Guinee
1977 - Toby Harrah & Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at
           Yankee Stadium, Rangers won 8-2
1978 - Gerrie Knetemann becomes world cyclist champion
1978 - Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 HRs & have 500 stolen bases
1978 - Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
1978 - Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 1978
1979 - 18 British militia die in ambush/bomb attack in Northern Ireland
1980 - Chon Doo Hwan elected pres of South Korea
1981 - Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard Andrea Doria
1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 - Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark
1982 - Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth
1983 - Haiti adopts constitution
1983 - US performs nuclear test
1984 - President Reagan announces Teacher in Space project
1984 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1985 - 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-launched
1985 - Mary Joe Fernandez, 14 years & 8 days old is youngest to win a US Tennis Open match
           (beats Sara Gomer in 1st round)
1986 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1988 - Dodger Tommy Lasorda wins 1,000th game as manager tops Phila, 4-2
1989 - 100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings
1989 - 89th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Chris Patton
1989 - Betsy King wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
1989 - Tina Barrett wins LPGA Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State Golf Open
1990 - 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq
1990 - Brewers-Blue Jays game is delayed 35 minutes due to gnats
1990 - Rosa Mota wins female marathon (2:31:27)
1990 - WWF Summer Slam-Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude
1991 - Moldavia declares independence from USSR
1992 - CFL revokes BC Lions franchise
1992 - Mets trade David Cone to Toronto for Jeff Kent & Ryan Thompson
1993 - Yak-40 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 79 killed/1 lives
1993 - The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.
1994 - "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" closes at R Rodgers NYC after 320 perfs
1995 - "Arcadia" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 204 performances
1995 - 23rd du Maurier Golf Classic: Jenny Lidback
1995 - 95th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
1995 - Worst fire in NY in 80 years ends after 4 days
2000 - 540-metre (1,772 ft)-tall Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.
2003 - Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles
           (55,758,005 km) distant.
2006 - Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound
           for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Of the passengers and crew,
           49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
2008 - Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be nominated by a major political party
           for President of the United States
2012 - First interplanetary human voice recording is broadcast from the Mars Rover Curiosity

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 27th August


Famous Weddings

1956 - Socialite Gloria Vanderbilt (32) weds "12 Angry Men" director Sidney Lumet (32)
1977 - "Coral Reefer Band" singer Jimmy Buffett (30) weds Jane Slagsvol
1994 - TV executive Anthony Radziwill (35) weds Emmy Award-winning journalist Carole Di Falco (31)
           in East Hampton, New York
2005 - Actor Robert Downey, Jr. (40) weds film producer Susan Levin (31) at the Windy Dune Estate
           in Amagansett, New York
2011 - Oscar winner Sofia Coppola (41) weds vocalist of French indie rock band "Phoenix" Thomas
           Mars at the family villa, Palazzo Margherita in Bernalda, Italy
2011 - British heiress Petra Ecclestone (22) weds entrepreneur James Stunt at Orsini Odescalchi
           Castle near City of Rome
2011 - Lisa Vanderpump's daughter Pandora Vanderpump (24) weds Jason Sabo in Beverly Hills

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 27th August


Famous Birthdays

                                   
36th US President                                    Actress Barbara Bach (1947)                   Actor Pee-wee Herman (1952)
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908)


1407 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425)
1471 - George the Bearded, Meissen, Germany, Duke of Saxony (1500-39) (d. 1539)
1487 - Anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514)
1545 - Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat
1562 - Hans Leo Hassler, composer
1583 - Simon Besler, composer
1630 - Maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter
1637 - Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (d. 1715)
1650 - Johann Samuel Welter, composer
1665 - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (d. 1751)
1666 - Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89)
1669 - Anne Marie of Orléans, queen of Italy (d. 1728)
1677 - Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1748)
1698 - Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760)
1719 - John/Jean Nepveu, Dutch governor of Suriname (1768-79)
1724 - John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (d. 1781)
1730 - Hamann, writer
1739 - Michel Delalande, composer
1752 - Herman Muntinghe, Dutch theologist (History of Mankind)
1768 - Anne-Francois Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Maastricht)
1770 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher/inventor (dialectic)
1803 - Edward Beecher, American theologian (d. 1895)
1809 - Hannibal Hamlin, (R) 15th VP (1861-65)
1824 - Hiram Gregory Berry, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1826 - Frank Stillman Nickerson, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1826 - Hermann Kipper, music teacher/critic/composer
1832 - James Alexander Walker, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1835 - Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter
1837 - Heinrich Urban, composer
1839 - Emory Upton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1881
1847 - Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bridge
1849 - Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Nocturno)
1856 - Iwan Franko, writer
1858 - Giuseppe Peanoin Cuneo, Piemonte Italy, mathematician
1865 - Charles Gates Dawes, (R) 30th VP (1925-29, Nobel 1925)
1865 - Emmuska Orczy, British writer (Scarlet Pimpernel)
1865 - James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist (d. 1935)
1867 - Umberto Giordano, composer
1869 - Karl Haushofer, soldier/geographer
1870 - Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican writer/poet
1871 - Theodore Dreiser, US, novelist (Sister Carie, American Tragedy)
1874 - Karl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, Nobel 1931)
1875 - Katharine McCormick, American women's rights activist (d. 1967)
1877 - Charles Stewart Rolls, British auto manufacturer (Rolls-Royce Ltd)
1877 - Lloyd Cassel Douglas, novelist
1877 - Ernst Wetter, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1963)
1878 - Joseph John Richards, composer
1882 - Jaroslav Kricka, composer
1882 - Samuel Goldwyn, [Gelbfisch], film magnate (MGM)
1884 - Harry Antrim, Chicago IL, actor (Miracle on 34th St, Devil's Doorway)
1884 - Vincent Auriol, president of France (1947-53)
1886 - Eric Coates, Hucknall Nottinghamshire England, viola player/composer
1886 - Rebecca Clarke, composer
1890 - Man Ray, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American artist and photographe (Dada)
1894 - Charles Meredith, Knoxville Pa, actor (Court of Last Resort)
1896 - Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor [o.s. 15-08]
1896 - Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (d. 1984)
1897 - Ad van Emmenes, Dutch soccer reporter
1898 - Enny de Leeuwe, [Engelina], actress (Anatevka)/wife of Pierre Mols
1899 - Byron Foulger, Ogden UT, actor (River's Edge, Up in Smoke)
1899 - C.S. (Cecil Scott )Forester, England, historical novelist (Horatio Hornblower). Died. 1966
1901 - Al Ritz, [Joaquim], Newark NJ, actor (Ritz Brothers, Hi Ya Chum)
1901 - Roger Pryor, NYC, actor (Belle of the Nineties, Identity Unknown)
1902 - Herbert Menges, composer
1903 - Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nocturno de los Angeles)
1904 - Norah Lofts, British author (d. 1983)
1904 - John Hay Whitney, American financier (d. 1982)
1905 - Alexander Johnston, CEO (Board of Inland Revenue)
1905 - Frederick O'Neal, Brooksville Miss, actor (Car 54 Where Are You)
1906 - Ed Gein, American serial killer (d. 1984)
1908 - Donald [George] Bradman, Australian cricketer (6,996 runs)
1908 - Frank Leahy, O'Neill Nebraska, football coach (Notre Dame)
1908 - Lyndon B Johnson, Stonewall Tx, (D) 36th Pres (1963-1969), (d. 1973)
1908 - Kurt Wegner, German artist (d. 1985)
1909 - Lester W "Pres" Young, US jazz saxophonist
1909 - Sidney R Yates, (Rep-D-IL, 1949-62, 65- )
1909 - Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist
1911 - Patience Edney, nurse/communist
1911 - Kay Walsh, British actress (d. 2005)
1912 - Peter Gretton, British vice admiral
1913 - Arthur Benfield, head of Cheshire CID
1913 - Donald McKenzie MacKinnon, philosopher
1913 - Stewart Crawford, British diplomat
1914 - Catherine Marshall, editor/writer
1915 - Walter W Heller, economist (Old Myths & New Realities)
1916 - Martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show)
1916 - Tony Harris, cricketer (Springbok 5/8th, Test batsman))
1917 - Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1918 - Lord Winstanley, physician/British MP (Labour)
1919 - John Cox, Flemish/US painter/dir (Museum of Fine Physician, Boston)
1919 - Lord Dormand, of Eastington, British MP (Labour)
1920 - James Molyneaux, MP (Ulster unionist)
1921 - Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1996)
1921 - Leo Penn, American film director (d. 1998)
1924 - David Rowbotham, Australian poet
1925 - Ken Grieves, cricketer (NSW leg-spin all-rounder)
1925 - Richard Rutt, bishop of Leicester
1925 - Tony Crombie, drummer/bandleader
1925 - Viscount Rothermere, newspaper owner
1925 - Darry Cowl, French actor (d. 2006)
1926 - Pat Coombs, English actress (d. 2002)
1926 - Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2002)
1927 - Hugh Byatt, British diplomat
1927 - Liselott Linsenhoff, German FR, equestrian (Olympic-gold-1972)
1928 - Jack Thompson, MP (Labour)
1928 - Joan Kroc, wife of Ray Korc/owner (McDonalds & San Diego Padres)
1928 - Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, premier of Kwazulu (Shaka Zulu)
1928 - Peter Richard Tahourdin, composer
1928 - Othmar Schneider, Lech am, Arlberg, skier (Oly Gld 1952), (d. 2012)
1929 - Ad J Hermes, Dutch MP (KVP/CDA)
1929 - Elizabeta Bagrintseve, USSR, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1952)
1929 - Ira Levin, author (Rosemary Baby, Boys From Brazil, This Perfect Day)
1930 - John Daly, British trade union leader
1930 - John Watts, chief of defense (Omani Armed Forces)
1931 - Sri Chinmoy, Indian guru (d. 2007)
1931 - Joe Cunningham, American baseball player
1932 - Antonia Fraser, biographer (Mary Queen of Scots)
1932 - Francois Glorieux, composer
1932 - M N Burdayev, cosmonaut
1932 - Mikhail Nikolayevich Burdayev, cosmonaut
1933 - Joke Smit, Dutch feminist
1935 - Frank Yablans, NYC, writer (North Dallas Forty)
1935 - Michael Holroyd, author
1935 - Ernie Broglio, American baseball player
1936 - Joel Kovel, American politician
1937 - Alice Coltrane, jazz musician
1937 - Mark Potter, British court judge
1937 - Phil Shulmon, rocker (Gentle Giant)
1937 - Tommy Sands, Chicago IL, singer/actor (Teenage Rock, Dream With Me)
1940 - David Hart, gen-sect (National Association of Head Teachers)
1940 - Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, American jazz guitarist
1941 - Yuri Vassilyevich Malyshev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-2, T-11)
1941 - Harrison Page, American actor
1942 - Daryl Dragon, Pasadena California, keyboardist (Capt & Tennille)
1942 - Brian Peckford, Canadian politician
1943 - Bob Kerrey, (Sen-D Nebraska)
1943 - [Susan] Tuesday Weld, NYC, actress (Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country)
1944 - Barry Conyngham, composer
1944 - Tim Bogert, rocker
1944 - Wim Jurg, corrector/chairman (Werelddambond FMJD)
1944 - G W Bailey, Port Arthur, Texas, American actor (Police Academy, The Closer)
1946 - Tony Howard, cricketer (WI off-spinner one Test v NZ 1972)
1947 - Jacques Arnold, MP (Conservative)
1947 - John Morrison, cricketer ("Mystery" NZ batsman 1973-82)
1947 - Susie McAllister, LPGA golfer
1947 - Barbara Bach [Goldbach], Queens, New York, American actress (The Spy Who Loved Me,
           Force 10 from Navarone)
1947 - Harry Reems, American actor, (d. 2013)
1948 - Andy Turnell, horse trainer
1948 - Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek musician (d. 1990)
1949 - Andrew McKay, conservative MP
1949 - Douglas Fred Tewell, Baton Rouge LA, PGA golfer (1980 Sea Pines)
1949 - Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist
1949 - Edmund Weiner, lexicographer
1949 - Jeff Cook, Fort Payne Ala, country guitar/vocalist (Alabama-Mt Music)
1949 - Simon Kirke, rocker (Bad Company)
1950 - Charles Fleischer, Wash DC, comedian (Roger Rabbit)
1950 - Cynthia Potter, US, springboard diver (Olympic-bronze-1976)
1951 - Don [Sheldon George] Pooley Jr, Phoenix AZ, PGA golfer (1980 BC Open)
1952 - Pee-wee Herman, [Paul Reubens], NY, actor (Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
1953 - Alex Lifeson, Toronto Canada, rock guitarist (Rush)
1953 - Peter Stormare, Swedish-born actor
1954 - Derek Warwick, race car driver
1954 - John Lloyd, England, tennis star (former husband of Chris Everet)
1954 - Mike Kelley, Wayne, Michigan, artist (More Love Hours Than Can Ever Be Repaid), (d. 2012)
1955 - Diana Scarwid, Savannah GA, actress (Extermites, Psycho 3, Heat)
1955 - Roderick Hopkins Davis, Auckland NZ, yachting Star class (Olympics-96)
1955 - Laura Fygi, Dutch singer
1955 - Robert Richardson, American cinematographer
1956 - Glen Matlock, rock bassist (Sex Pistols)
1957 - Bernhard Langer, golfer
1958 - Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev, Russia, cosmonaut (TM-7, TM-12, STS 60)
1958 - Yoshinori Mizumaki, Tokyo Japan, PGA golfer (1994 Byron Nelson-2nd)
1958 - Normand Brathwaite, Canadian comedian and television and radio host
1958 - Tom Lanoye, Belgian author
1958 - Stalking Cat [Dennis Avner], Flint, Michigan,body modifier (world record holder in body
           modification), (d. 2012)
1959 - Gerhard Berger, formula-1 racer (Italian Grand Prix-1988)
1959 - Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian artist
1960 - Damon Keeve, SF California, heavyweight (209+ lbs) judoka (Olympics-92, 96)
1961 - "Downtown" Julie Brown, TV host (Club MTV, Inside Edition)
1961 - Tom Ford, American fashion designer
1962 - Scott Davis, Santa Monica CA, tennis star
1962 - Vic Mignogna, American voice actor
1963 - Patty Duffek, Woodland Hills California, playmate (May, 1984)
1963 - Downtown Julie Brown, Welsh TV personality and MTV VJ
1964 - Frankie Thorn, American actress
1965 - Michael Perry, NFL defensive tackle (Denver Broncos)
1965 - Patricia Hy-Boulais, Phnom Penh Kampuchea, Canada tennis (Oly-92, 96)
1965 - Wayne James, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test wicketkeeper v Pakistan 1993)
1966 - Deena Wigger, Colorado Springs CO, US shooter (Olympic-92)
1966 - Juhan Parts, Prime Minister of Estonia
1967 - Brian McRae, Bradenton FL, outfielder (Chicago Cubs)
1967 - Rob Burnett, NFL defensive end (Cleveland Browns/Baltimore Ravens)
1967 - Bob Nastanovich, American musician (Pavement, Silver Jews)
1968 - Christine Schaefer, Florence Ky, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-5th-1994)
1968 - Emanual Davis, NBA guard (Houston Rockets)
1968 - Martin Lowenfish, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1968 - Michael Long, Cromwell NZ, Australasia golfer
1969 - Kipp Vickers, NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts)
1969 - Mark Ealham, cricketer (Kent & England Test all-rounder 1996)
1969 - Steven Van Randwijck, Wash DC, field hockey player (Olympics-96)
1969 - Cesar Millan, Culiacan Mexico, professional dog trainer
1969 - Chandra Wilson, American actress
1970 - Andy Bichel, cricketer (Australian pace bowler v WI 1997)
1970 - Dene Hills, cricketer (prolific Tasmanian batsman)
1970 - Greg Woodcroft, Hamilton Ontario, 52 kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-96)
1970 - Jim Thome, Peoria IL, infielder (Cleveland Indians)
1970 - Mark Ilott, cricketer (England left-arm pace bowler 1993-)
1970 - Reggie Slater, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)
1970 - Peter Ebdon, English snooker player
1970 - Tony Kanal, English-born musician (No Doubt)
1970 - Jeff Kenna, Irish footballer
1971 - Ernest Faber, soccer player (PSV)
1971 - Jim Flanigan, NFL defensive tackle (Chic Bears)
1971 - Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
1972 - Chris Imes, South Paris Maine, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)
1972 - Donta Jones, NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1972 - Denise Lewis, English heptathlete
1972 - Dalip Singh, Indian professional wrestler
1972 - Mike Smith, Canadian actor
1973 - Carlene Begnaud, American professional wrestler
1973 - Cory Bowles, Canadian actor
1973 - Danny Coyne, Welsh footballer
1973 - Dietmar Hamann, German footballer
1974 - Sean Woodson, safety (Buffalo Bills)
1974 - José Vidro, Puerto Rican baseball player
1974 - Michael Mason, New Zealand cricketer
1975 - Jonny Moseley, American skier
1975 - Mark Rudan, Australian footballer
1976 - Cartos Moya, Spain, tennis star
1976 - Craig Mills, Toronto, NHL right wing (Winnipeg Jets)
1976 - Milano Collection Akihito Terui, Japanese professional wrestler
1977 - Michelle Kathlene Cardamon, California, Miss Teen USA (1996-3rd)
1977 - Sarah Chalke, Ottawa, actress (Becky-Roseanne, Ernest Goes to School)
1977 - Trisha Williams, Hobbs New Mexico, Miss America-New Mexico (1997)
1977 - Deco, Portuguese footballer
1977 - Mase, American rapper
1979 - Ara Francis, Miss Colorado Teen USA (1996)
1979 - Giovanni Capitello, American filmmaker/actor
1979 - Tian Liang, Chinese diver
1979 - Sarah Neufeld, Canadian musician (Arcade Fire)
1980 - Stephanie Michelle Steele, Abilene TX, country singer
1980 - Kyle Lowder, American actor
1983 - Wilson Chen, Taiwanese actor
1984 - David Bentley, English footballer
1984 - Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer
1985 - Alexandra Nechita, Romanian/American artist
1986 - Mario, American R&B singer
1987 - Darren McFadden, American football player
1988 - Alexa Vega, American actress

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 27th August


Famous Deaths

Architect/ City Planner
Le Corbusier (1965)


542 - Saint Caesarius of Arles
827 - Pope Eugene II
1208 - Irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angeles, dies
1312 - Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1262)
1394 - Chokei, Emperor of Japan (b. 1343)
1450 - Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395)
1521 - Josquin Des Prez, composer, dies
1522 - Giovanni A Amadei/Amadeo, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at about 75
1545 - Piotr Gamrat, Polish Catholic archbishop (b. 1487)
1572 - Claude Goudimel, French composer
1576 - Titian, [Tiziano Vecelli], Italian painter, dies of plague
1590 - Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], Pope (1585-90), dies at 68
1608 - Hendrik van Kinschot, [Henricus Kinschotus], lawyer, dies at 66
1611 - Tomés L de Victoria, Spanish composer/singer/organist, dies
1635 - Lope Felix de Vega, playwright/poet (Angelica, Arcadia), dies at 72
1651 - Jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43
1664 - Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (b. 1598)
1667 - Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, buried at 33
1746 - Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, composer, dies
1748 - James Thomson, dies
1773 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)
1827 - Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat, dies
1828 - Eise J Eisinga, constructed planetarium at Franeker, dies at 84
1830 - Louis H J Condé, French prince, commits suicide at 74
1840 - William Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office
1841 - Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer, dies at 65
1846 - Frantiszek Scigalski, composer, dies at 64
1846 - Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer, dies at 63
1855 - Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36
1857 - Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American literary critic and editor (b. 1812)
1865 - Jozef Nowakowski, composer, dies at 64
1867 - Karol Katski, composer, dies at 51
1868 - Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer, dies at 82
1871 - William Whiting Boardman, American politician (b. 1794)
1874 - Johan George Schwartze, painter, dies
1874 - John Henry Foley, sculptor, dies
1875 - William Chapman Ralston, American banker (b. 1826)
1879 - Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84
1883 - August Friedrich Pott, composer, dies at 76
1887 - Wilhelm Volkmar, composer, dies at 74
1910 - Clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death
1914 - John Weiss, German new testament, dies
1919 - Louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies at 56
1922 - Carl Fuchs, composer, dies at 83
1929 - Herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket scientist (b. 1892)
1930 - Didericus G van Epen, genealogist/Dutch Patriarch, dies at 62
1931 - Willem H Nolens, priest/2nd Chamber member, dies
1931 - Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (b. 1856)
1931 - Francis Marion Smith, American borax magnate (b. 1846)
1943 - Otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies
1944 - Georg von Boeselager, German nobleman (b. 1915)
1948 - Oley Speaks, composer, dies at 74
1948 - Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, composer, dies at 50
1948 - Charles Evans Hughes, U.S. Supreme Court justice (b. 1862)
1949 - Arthur Chesney, actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67
1950 - Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41
1953 - Nicolai Berezowsky, composer, dies at 53
1955 - Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies
1958 - Ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57
1962 - Carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79
1963 - W E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana
1963 - William Edward Burghardt du Bois, educational editor/author, dies
1963 - Garrett Morgan, American inventor (b. 1877)
1963 - Allama Mashriqi, Pakistani scholar and politician (b. 1888)
1964 - Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59
1964 - Gracie Allen, actress (Burns & Allen), dies at 62
1965 - Edmond of Dooren, Flemish painter, dies at 68
1965 - Gerald Bond, cricketer (South Africa 1938-39), dies
1965 - Le Corbusier, [Charles Jeanneret], Swiss/French architect, dies at 77
1965 - Otto Reinhold, composer, dies at 66
1967 - Brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32
1967 - Henri-Georges Adam, French painter/cartoonist/sculptor, dies at 63
1968 - Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61
1968 - William E B Dubois, US founder NAACP (Souls of black people), dies
1969 - Claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79
1969 - Erika Mann, German/US author/daughter of Thomas Mann, dies
1969 - Henri EJA de Page, Belgian lawyer, dies
1969 - Ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist, dies
1971 - Bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73
1971 - Margaret Bourke-White, US photographer, dies at 67
1975 - Emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83
1976 - Mukesh, Indian playback singer (b. 1923)
1977 - George Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86
1977 - Steve Dunne, actor (Professional Father), dies at 59
1978 - Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51
1979 - Boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82
1979 - Louis Mountbatten, British adm of the Fleet, assassinated by IRA
1979 - Nicholas Mountbatten, Lord Mountbatten's grandson, murdered at 14
1980 - Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68
1980 - Douglas Kenney, American humorist (b. 1947)
1981 - Joan Edwards, singer (Joan Edwards Show), dies at 62
1981 - Valery Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (b. 1948)
1984 - Bernard Youens, British actor (Coronation Street), dies at 69
1984 - Billy Sands, actor (Phil Silvers Show, McHale's Navy), dies at 73
1987 - Scott La Rock, American DJ (Boogie Down Productions) (b. 1962)
1988 - Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (b. 1928)
1990 - Raymond St Jacques, actor/dir (Falcon Crest), dies of cancer at 60
1990 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitarist, dies in a helicopter crash at 35
1991 - Gordon Heath, actor (Sapphire, Staircase, Animal Farm), dies
1991 - Vince Taylor, [Brian Holden], Brit singer (Brand new Cadillac), dies
1993 - Bob Verstraete, Dutch actor/screenwriter/director (Alicia), dies at 71
1994 - Roberto Goyeneche, [El Polaco], Argentine tango singer (Maria), dies
1995 - Carl Ronald Giles, cartoonist, dies at 78
1995 - Dick Bentley, entertainer, dies at 88
1995 - Martin Louis "Marty" Paich, jazz arranger, dies at 70
1996 - Abram Games, graphic artist, dies at 82
1996 - Alexander Lanusse, military president of Argentina (1971-73), dies
1996 - Greg Morris, actor (Mission Impossible), dies at 61
1997 - Brandon Tartikoff, TV exec (NBC), dies at 48
1997 - Jeep Swenson, actor (Batman & Robin), dies of heart failure at 40
1999 - Hélder Câmara, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1909)
2001 - Abu Ali Mustafa, leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (assassinated) (b.
          1938)
2001 - Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer
           Science (b. 1936)
2002 - Dr. Edwin Louis Cole, "Father of the Modern Day Men's Movement," Founder of the Christian
           Men's Network (CMN)
2003 - Pierre Poujade, French politician (b. 1920)
2004 - Willie Crawford, American baseball player (b. 1946)
2005 - Seán Purcell, Gaelic footballer (b. 1929)
2006 - Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian film director (b. 1922)
2006 - Maria Capovilla, oldest woman alive from 2004-2006 (b. 1889)
2006 - Jesse Pintado, Mexican-born guitarist (Napalm Death) (b. 1969)
2007 - Emma Penella, Spanish actress (b. 1930)
2008 - Mark Priestley, Australian actor (b. 1976)
2009 - Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian writer and poet (b. 1913)
2010 - Luna Vachon, Professional Wrestler (b. 1962)

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 28th August


Historical Events

                                   
King of England                                     Composer Richard Wagner                      Baseball Great Babe Ruth
King Charles I 

                                   
Italian Dictator                                   Singer-songwriter Tony Sheridan                 Singer-Songwriter Bob Dylan
Benito Mussolini

                                   
Israeli Prime Minister                             Baseball Player Ted Williams                      Golfer Tiger Woods
Menachem Begin


475 - The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city,
         Ravenna.
476 - German ruler Odoacer captures Pavia
476 - West Roman Empire formally disbands/emperor Romulus August ousted
489 - Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into
         Italy.
1189 - Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan
1521 - Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade
1542 - Turkish-Portuguese War (1538-1557) - Battle of Wofla: the Portuguese are scattered, their
           leader Christovão da Gama is captured and afterwards executed.
1565 - Oldest city in the US, St Augustine Fla, established
1609 - Henry Hudson, discovers & explores Delaware Bay
1619 - Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman Emperor
1632 - Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Drenthe
1637 - WIC-colonel Hans Koin conquerors Fort Elmina, West Africa
1640 - Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at
           the Battle of Newburn
1655 - New Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service
1777 - American Revolutionary War - Battle of Cooch's Bridge takes place near Newark, Delaware.
1789 - Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus
1830 - 1st locomotive in US, "Tom Thumb," runs from Baltimore to Ellicotts Mill
1837 - Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce
1840 - 9 Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails
1845 - Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue.
1849 - Venice under Daniele Manin surrenders to Austrians under Radetsky, after been under siege
           since July 20 after proclaiming independence
1850 - Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" premieres at Weimar Germany
1859 - A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly
           over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far afield as Japan.
1861 - Battle of Fort Hatteras NC
1862 - Battle of Thoroughfare Gap VA
1862 - Battle of Groveton, VA (Manassas Plains) [->AUG 19] US7000 CS7000
1862 - Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC
1867 - US occupies Midway Islands in Pacific
1879 - Battle at Ulundi: Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz
1884 - 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard SD
1884 - Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces
1898 - Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola".
1907 - United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle
1907 - UPS is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington.
1908 - 14th US Golf Open: Fred McLeod shoots a 322 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass
1911 - 45.7 cm rainfall at St George, Georgia (state record)
1913 - Queen Wilhelmina opens Peace Palace (The Hague)
1914 - 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German/Russian battles
1914 - Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed
1914 - John French evacuate Amiens
1916 - Germany declares war on Romania
1916 - Italy declares war against Germany during WW I
1917 - 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House
1918 - Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly
1919 - General John Smuts becomes premier of South Africa
1921 - 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels & Paris)
1921 - Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games
1922 - 1st Walker Cup: US beats England 8-4
1922 - Albert von Tilzer & Neville Fleesons musical premieres in NYC
1922 - WEAF in NYC airs 1st radio coml (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins)
1924 - Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
1925 - Meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil Island
1926 - Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)
1929 - Frank Woolley scores his 100th first-class hundred
1937 - Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
1938 - Mauthausen concentration camp opens in Austria
1938 - Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy
1938 - On Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park, the A's win a doubleheader
1939 - "Monty" becomes commandant of 3rd "Iron" Infantry division
1939 - Netherland mobilizes
1939 - Sammy Fain/Jack Yellen's musical "George White's Scandals" premieres
1940 - French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support Gen De Gaulle
1941 - 8th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 37, All-Stars 13 (98,203)
1941 - Last meeting of resistance fighter Comte d'Estienne d'Orves
1942 - 9th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 21, All-Stars 0 (101,100)
1942 - Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2)
1942 - Transport nr 25 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1943 - Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers
1943 - Benito Mussolini transfered from La Maddalena Sardinia to Gran Sasso
1944 - Last German troops in Marseille surrendered & Toulon cleared
1944 - US air raid on Ambon
1949 - 38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
1949 - Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY
1950 - Earle & Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A's from Connie Mack Jr
1951 - Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000
1951 - Pirates snap NY Giants 16 game win streak
1952 - German & Israeli reach accord about recovery payments
1952 - Jakob Malik succeeds Zorine as Foreign minister
1953 - "Me & Juliet" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 358 performances
1955 - 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17
1955 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament
1956 - England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series
1957 - Sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill
1958 - Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98)
1960 - White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time
1962 - 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record)
1962 - Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid
1962 - Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)"
1963 - 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC
1963 - Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle & Bellevue opens
1963 - Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial
1964 - Race riot in Philadelphia
1964 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 - US weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched
1964 - WEWS-TV Channel 5's "Upbeat" debuts in Cleveland
1965 - Bob Dylan booed for playing electric guiter at a concert in New York's Forest Hills
1966 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Glass City Golf Classic
1967 - Asif Iqbal & Intikhab Alam make 190 stand for 9th wkt v Eng
1967 - Boston signs 1st free-agent outfielder Ken Harrelson for $75,000 bonus
1968 - Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven
1970 - Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970
1971 - The dollar is allowed to float against the yen for the first time.
1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1973 - "Monster Mash" goes gold
1973 - "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple goes gold
1973 - 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527
1973 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1973 - India & Pakistan sign POW accord
1973 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1974 - Soyuz 15 returns to Earth
1976 - NY Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup
1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1977 - Bonnie Lauer wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
1977 - NY Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men & beats Texas Rangers 1-0
1977 - Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year
1977 - NY Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland Ore, winning their 2nd
           North American Soccer League championship
1978 - Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph
1978 - Ja'afar Sharif-Emami appointed premier of Iran
1979 - IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market
1979 - Train crash at Nijmegen, 7 die
1981 - John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill Pres Reagan
1981 - Sebastian Coe of UK sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken)
1981 - National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis & Kaposi's
           sarcoma in gay men
1982 - "Sugar Babies" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 1208 perfs
1982 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1982 - The first Gay Games are held in San Francisco.
1983 - "Mame" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 41 performances
1983 - Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 HRs onto roof at Comiskey Park
1983 - Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation
1983 - Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour
1983 - Pat Bradley wins Columbia Savings Golf Classic
1984 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1986 - Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege
1986 - Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium
1986 - Tina Turner's star unveiled in Hollywood
1986 - US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying
1987 - Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams & Willie McCovey with 522 HRs
1988 - 40th Emmy Awards: 30something, Wonder Years & Richard Kiley
1988 - 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany
1988 - 88th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Eric Meeks
1988 - Italian stunt flyers crashes in flames in West Germany, killing 50
1988 - Patty Jordan wins LPGA Ocean State Golf Open
1988 - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
1989 - 1st regular-season matchup of defending Cy Young Award winners
1989 - Frank Viola & Mets outduel Orel Hershiser & Dodgers 1-0
1990 - Cub's Ryne Sandberg is 1st 2nd baseman to hit 30 HRs, consecutively
1990 - Stefan Edberg (#1 seeded player) loses in 1st round to Alex Volkov
1991 - Lexington Ave IRT subway train derails at Union Square, 5 die
1991 - Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher
1992 - Test Cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo
1993 - Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed
1993 - Jakovlev-42 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 76 killed
1993 - Long Beach California beats Panama for little league world championship
1993 - Singapore vice-premier Teng Cheong elected president
1994 - 1st Japanese gay pride parade
1994 - 22nd du Maurier Golf Classic: Martha Nause
1994 - 94th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
1995 - Last day of Test Cricket for Richie Richardson
1995 - Northants 7-781 decl defeat Nottinghamshire 527 & 157
1996 - Liam Botham takes 5-67 on 1st-class debut Hants v Middlesex
1997 - Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes
1998 - Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and
           Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
2003 - An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in south east England
           and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina hammers the south eastern United States, especially New Orleans,
           Louisiana, and coastal Mississippi
2012 - Mitt Romney is officially nominated as the United States Republican Party's candidate

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This Day in History for 28th August


Famous Weddings

1811 - English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (19) elopes to Scotland with 1st wife Harriet
           Westbrook (16)
1924 - British children's writer Enid Blyton (27) marries editor Major Hugh Alexander Pollock, DSO
           (36)
1968 - 1 day marriage of character Murphy Brown
1997 - British-Indian novelist and essayist Salman Rushdie (50) weds Elizabeth West
2004 - "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" actress Mariska Hargitay (40) weds actor-writer Peter
           Hermann (37) at the Unitarian Society in Santa Barbara, California
2007 - "Diff'rent Strokes" actor Gary Coleman (40) weds Shannon Price (22) at Valley of Fire State
            Park in Nevada
2010 - "Pretty Little Liars" actor Chad Lowe (42) weds film producer Kim Painter at Terranea Resort in
           Los Angeles

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This Day in History for 28th August


Famous Divorces

2009 - Blake Fielder-Civil (27) divorces Grammy award-winning singer Amy Winehouse (25) due to
           adultery after 2 years of marriage

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This Day in History for 28th August


Famous Birthdays

                                   
1st American-born Saint                          Comic Book Artist and Writer                  Singer Shania Twain (1965)
 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774)                    Jack Kirby (1917)


865 - Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian physician
1025 - Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)
1476 - Motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)
1582 - Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620)
1592 - George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28)
1612 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)
1667 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)
1673 - Conrad Michael Schneider, composer
1691 - Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)
1700 - Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer
1713 - Louis A A Count d'Affry, French general/ambassador to Netherland
1714 - Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1774)
1749 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust), (d. 1832)
1754 - Peter Winter, composer
1774 - Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975), (d. 1821)
1775 - Sophie Gail, composer
1789 - Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden (d. 1860)
1794 - Johannes Zwijsen, archbishop (Utrecht Netherlands)
1795 - Joannes A Paredis, Belgian Bishop of Roermond
1798 - Gershom Jaques Van Brunt, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1863
1801 - Antoine A Cournot, French philosopher/mathematician (rule of Cournot)
1814 - Sheridan le Fanu, Irish writer (d. 1873)
1824 - Carel JCH van Nispen of Sevenaer, Dutch Catholic politician
1826 - Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer
1827 - Teresa Milanollo, composer
1827 - Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1894)
1828 - William Alexander Hammond, Brigadier General (Union Army), died in 1900
1829 - Albert Dietrich, composer
1831 - Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer
1831 - Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, 1st lady (1877-81)
1833 - Edward Burne-Jones, England, Pre-Raphaelite painter/designer
1840 - Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel hymns)
1840 - Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant (d. 1900)
1842 - Willem Linnig jr, Flemish painter/graphic artist
1853 - Vladimir Shukhov, Russian engineer and inventor (d. 1939)
1860 - Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter [OS]
1872 - Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer
1878 - George Hoyt Whipple, US, astrophysicist (Nobel-1934)
1881 - Arne Eggen, composer
1882 - Carl W de Vries, Dutch jurist (Unknown Thorbecke)
1883 - E E Clive, Monmouthshire Wales, actor (Night Must Fall, Dark Hour)
1885 - Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo, composer
1885 - Vance Palmer, Australian author (d. 1959)
1887 - Daniel Zamudio, composer
1889 - Charles Boyer, France, actor (Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park)
1890 - Ivor Gurney, composer
1891 - Stanley Andrews, Chicago IL, actor (Shine on Harvest Moon)
1894 - Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Iron Tower)
1894 - Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (d. 1981)
1897 - Morris Ankrum, IL, actor (Kronos, Half Human, Earth vs Flying Saucers)
1898 - Ludwig Turek, writer
1899 - Charles Boyer, French actor (d. 1978)
1901 - Cornelis J Kelk, Dutch writer (Dance of Young Feet)
1901 - Paul Henry Lang, Budapest, critic/musicologist (NY Herald Tribune)
1903 - Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer
1904 - Secondo Campini, Italian jet engine pioneer (d. 1980)
1905 - Cyril Walters, cricketer (solid England batsman of 30's)
1905 - Sam Levene, Russia, actor (Demon, Gung Ho, Boomerang)
1906 - John Betjeman, poet laureate of England (Mt Zion)
1907 - Philip A Edwards, Brit Guiana, runner (Olympic-bronze-1928, 32, 36)
1908 - Roger Tory Peterson, NY, ornithologist/writer (How to Know Birds)
1910 - Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-born economist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
1911 - Jose Antonio Giron de Velasco, politician
1911 - Joseph MAH Luns, foreign minister/secr-general (NATO)
1912 - Ruurd Faber, mayor of Aalten (1971-75)
1913 - John Terence Reese, bridge master
1913 - Lindsay Hassett, cricketer (great Australian bat & capt after Bradman)
1913 - Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker], Brooklyn NY, Tenor (NY Met Opera)
1914 - Glenn Osser, Munising Mich, orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue)
1915 - Max Robertson, British sports commentator
1915 - Tasha Tudor, American illustrator (d. 2008)
1916 - C Wright Mills, sociologist, writer (The Power Elite) [or May 28]
1916 - Jack [Holbrook] Vance, US, sci-fi author (2 Hugo, Dirdir, Pnume), (d. 2013)
1916 - Hélène Baillargeon, Quebec singer and folklorist (d. 1997)
1917 - Jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk, Capt America)
1918 - Alejandro Lanusse, army officer/politician
1919 - Ernest H Martin, [Markowitz], producer (Feuer & Martin-Chorus Line)
1920 - Frits Bernard, pedophile activist (d. 2006)
1921 - Joop Doderer, Velsen Netherlands, actor (Swiebertje)
1921 - Nancy Kulp, Harrisburg PA, actress (Miss Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies)
1921 - Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (d. 2007)
1924 - Janet Frame, NZ, novelist (Intensive Care, Owls Do Cry)
1924 - Peggy Ryan, Long Beach California, actress (Jenny-Hawaii Five-0)
1924 - Tony MacGibbon, NZ cricket fast bowler (took 70 wickets in 1950's)
1924 - Vilayat Khan, composer
1925 - Arkadi N Strugazki, USSR, sci-fi author (Tale of the Troika)
1925 - John Gillett, film researcher
1925 - Marvin Davis, Newark NJ, CEO (Davis Oil Company)
1925 - Billy Grammer, American country music singer and guitarist
1928 - James Wild, music teacher
1928 - F. William Free, American advertising executive (d. 2003)
1929 - Rokie Roker, Miami Fla, actress (Helen-Jeffersons)
1930 - Ben Gazzara, NYC, actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII), (d. 2012)
1930 - Windsor Davies, British actor
1931 - John Perkins, rocker (Crew Cuts)
1931 - John Shirley-Quirk, Liverpool England, baritone (Death in Venice)
1931 - Tito Capobianco, Argentinian stage impresario
1932 - Andy Bathgate, Canada, NY Ranger (1958 NHL MVP)
1932 - Carlene Polite, US dancer/activist/author (Sister X)
1932 - [Moriyuki] Pat Morita, Isleton CA, actor (Hiroshima, Karate Kid)
1935 - Gilles Rocheleau, French Canadian politician (d. 1998)
1936 - Harry McLevy, trade Unionist
1936 - Don Denkinger, American baseball umpire
1937 - 12th duke of Argyll, Scottish Campbell-captain/large landowner
1938 - Paul Martin, Canadian politician
1938 - Maurizio Costanzo, Italian television journalist
1939 - Cassie Mackin, newswoman (NBC TV)
1939 - Clem Cattini, rocker
1939 - Edward Patten, US soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
1940 - Richard Sanders, actor (Les Nessman-WKRP)
1940 - William S Cohen, (Sen-R Maine, 1979- )
1940 - Ken Jenkins, American actor
1940 - Roger Pingeon, French cylist
1940 - Nik Turner, English musician (Hawkwind)
1941 - Paul Peter Plishka, Old Forge Penn, bass (Bronx Botanical Gardens)
1941 - Sybille de Selys Longchamps, Belgian aristocrat
1943 - Anne "Honey" Lantree, rocker
1943 - David Soul, [Solberg] Chicago, actor (Starsky & Hutch)
1943 - Lou Pinella, Yankee manager (1969 AL rookie of the year)
1943 - Surayud Chulanont, Thai 24th Prime Minister (former)
1944 - Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer
1944 - Melvin Dummar, American claimant to the Howard Hughes estate
1945 - Bruno Nuytten, director (Camille Claudel)
1945 - Bob Segarini, Musician and radio personality
1947 - Alice Playton, NYC, actress (Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name)
1947 - Shoto Tanemura, Japanese martial artist
1948 - Daniel Seraphine, Chicago, rock drummer (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now)
1948 - Murray Parker, cricketer (brother of John Three Tests for NZ 1976)
1948 - Vonda N[eel] McIntyre, US, sci-fi author (Star Trek II, III, IV)
1949 - Hugh Cornwell, rocker (The Stranglers-Dreamtime)
1950 - Ron "Louisiana Lightning" Guidry, Yankee pitcher (Cy Young 1978)
1951 - Dave Hlubek, rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet)
1951 - Wayne Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
1951 - Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese composer
1952 - Rita Dove, American poet
1952 - Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman
1952 - Guy Nadon, Canadian actor
1952 - Jacques Chagnon, Canadian politician
1953 - Gates McFadden, Columbus Ohio, actress (Star Trek Next Generation)
1954 - George Church, American geneticist
1956 - Beverley Goddard-Callender, Barbados, 4x100m (Olympic-bronze-1980, 84)
1956 - Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor
1957 - Daniel Stern, Stamford Ct, actor (City Slickers, Wonder Years)
1957 - Rick Rossovich, Palo Alto CA, actor (Top Gun, Roxanne, ER)
1958 - Scott Scovell Hamilton, Toledo Oh, ice skater (Olympic-gold-1984)
1959 - Mary Murphy, Birmingham MI, LPGA golfer (1990 US Women's Open-5th)
1960 - Cunningham T Ngcukana, South African worker's union leader
1960 - Emma Samms, [Samuels], London, actress (Colby's, General Hospital)
1960 - Leroy Chiao, Milwaukee Wisc, astronaut (STS 65, 72, sk: 92)
1961 - Kim Appleby, Stoke Newington, London, English singer (Mel & Kim-Coming to America)
1962 - Richard Elliott Fehr, Seattle WA, PGA golfer (1986 BC Open)
1962 - Paul Allen, English footballer
1962 - David Fincher, American music video and film director
1963 - Abe Button, soccer player (Vitesse)
1963 - Regina Marie Jacobs, LA CA, 800m/1500m runner (Olympics-10th-1996)
1963 - Reyna Thompson, NFL cornerback (NY Giants)
1964 - Lee MacLeod Janzen, Austin MN, PGA golfer (1993 US Open)
1965 - James Jagger, son of Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall
1965 - Shania Twain, Windsor Ontario, Canadian singer (You're Still the One)
1966 - Jerry Fehily, rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go)
1966 - Teresa Zarzeczny Bell, Washington Crossing NJ, rower (Oly-silver-1996)
1966 - Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and politician
1967 - Chris Armstrong, CFL slot back (Montreal Alouettes)
1967 - Darren Lewis, Berkeley CA, outfielder (Chicago White Sox)
1967 - Frederick Kesner, Philippine-born Australian poet
1968 - Scarlet Annette Morgan, Pfafftown NC, Miss NC-America-1991
1968 - Tom Fitzgerald, Melrose, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
1968 - Billy Boyd, Scottish actor
1969 - Jason Priestley, Vancouver BC, actor (Brandon-Beverly Hills 90210)
1969 - Mary McCartney, daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney
1969 - Pierre Turgeon, Rouyn, NHL center (NY Islanders, Montreal Canadiens)
1969 - Jack Black, American actor
1970 - Gavin Maxwell, Mississauga Ontario, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1970 - Jaime Fields, NFL/WLAF linebacker (KC Chiefs, Scotland Claymores)
1970 - Rick Recht, Jewish singer
1971 - Janet Evans, Fullerton CA, 400m/800m swimmer (Oly-4 gold-88, 92, 96)
1971 - Olaf Sheep, soccer player (Dordrecht '90, NAC)
1971 - Raul Marquez, Mexico, US boxer (Olympic-92)
1971 - Scott Eldredge, Chatham Mass, 1996 World Mens' Champion
1971 - Shane Andrews, Dallas TX, infielder (Montreal Expos)
1971 - Todd Eldredge, Chatham Mass, figure skater (1997 National Sr champ)
1972 - Darby Hendrickson, Richfield Minn, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
1972 - Mike Cawley, CFL quarterback (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1972 - Jay Witasick, American baseball player
1973 - Matthew John Armstrong, American actor
1973 - DJ Assault, American musician
1974 - Mark Smith, defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)
1974 - Takahito Eguchi, Japanese composer
1974 - Johan Andersson, Swedish game programmer
1974 - Carsten Jancker, German footballer
1975 - Jamie Cureton, English footballer
1975 - Gareth Farrelly, Irish footballer
1975 - Vera Jordanova, Finnish actress and model
1976 - Federico Magallanes, Uruguayan footballer
1978 - Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY)
1978 - Shaniqua, American wrestling valet
1979 - Markus Pröll, German footballer
1979 - Robert Hoyzer, German football referee
1979 - Shaila Durcal, Spanish singer
1979 - Kristen Hughes, Australian netballer
1979 - Ruth Riley, American basketball player
1980 - T.J. Beam, American baseball player
1981 - Daniel Gygax, Swiss footballer
1981 - Vaggelis Moras, Greek footballer
1981 - Agata Wróbel, Polish weightlifter
1981 - Raphael Matos, Brazilian racing driver
1981 - Martin Erat, Czech hockey player
1982 - Le Ann Rimes, country singer (Blue, Holiday in Your Heart)
1982 - Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer
1982 - Thiago Motta, Brazilian footballer
1982 - Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer
1983 - Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer
1983 - Alfonso Herrera, Actor, and singer in the Latin pop group RBD
1985 - Ralph Woolfolk IV, American actor
1986 - Gilad Shalit, Israeli corporal
1988 - Ray Jones, English footballer (d. 2007)
1990 - Bojan Krkić, Serbian-Spanish footballer
1991 - Kyle Massey, American actor
1991 - Sarah Jane Santos, Filipino singer
1999 - Prince Nikolai of Denmark

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This Day in History for 28th August


Famous Deaths

                 
Landscape Architect and Writer             Murder Victim Emmett Till (1955)
Frederick Law Olmsted (1903)


388 - Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed
430 - Augustine of Hippo, North African saint and theologian (Belijdenissen), dies at 75
876 - Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies
1065 - Frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65)
1341 - King Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)
1481 - Afonso V, King of Portugal, dies
1484 - Diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered
1539 - Lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75
1544 - Alardus Aemstelredamus, priest/humanist, dies at about 53
1550 - Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, Charles V's asst sec of state, dies
1645 - Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (b. 1583)
1646 - Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Poesie liriche), dies at 53
1647 - Johann Dilliger, composer, dies at 53
1654 - Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent, dies at 71
1676 - Joan Cererols, composer, dies at 57
1677 - Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver/etcher/cartoonist, dies at 54
1678 - John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602)
1757 - David Hartley, English philosopher (b. 1705)
1767 - Johann Schobert, composer, dies
1778 - Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies
1784 - Junípero Serra, Spanish missionary (b. 1713)
1793 - Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/parliament member, dies
1798 - James Wilson, Scot/US judge/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 55
1803 - Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter, dies
1805 - Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (Moderator of the General Assembly 1770), dies at
           83
1818 - Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies
1820 - Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (b. 1754)
1839 - William Smith, English geologist (b. 1769)
1885 - Julius Hopp, composer, dies at 66
1900 - Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies
1903 - August Labitzky, composer, dies at 70
1903 - Frederick Law Olmsted, American writer and landscape architect (designed Central Park) dies
           aged 81
1914 - Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, composer (Baba Yaga), dies at 59 [NS]
1914 - Anatoli Liadov, composer, dies at 59
1916 - Francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies
1922 - Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80
1930 - Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies
1933 - Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)
1934 - Doris Ulmann, American photographer dies aged 52
1943 - Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies
1944 - Ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald
1947 - Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)
1951 - Robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32
1955 - Emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi
1958 - Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67
1959 - Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68
1960 - Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81
1961 - Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies
1964 - Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62
1964 - Lumsden Hare, actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox), dies at 89
1965 - Giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909)
1967 - Charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies
1968 - John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies
1968 - Nick Castle, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58
1969 - Clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74
1971 - Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies
1972 - William HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29
1975 - Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
1978 - Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78
1979 - Simonow, writer, dies
1981 - Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900)
1982 - G W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies
1982 - Nini de Boel, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), dies at 84
1983 - Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66
1985 - Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88
1987 - John Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81
1988 - Hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98
1988 - Paul Whitelaw, cricketer (2 Tests NZ v England 1933), dies
1990 - Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies
1991 - Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies
1991 - Eleanor Berry, actress (Death Valley Days), dies
1993 - René Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80
1993 - William Stafford, American poet (b. 1914)
1994 - David Wright, poet, dies at 74
1994 - Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian pater, murdered
1994 - Pieter de Cort, Belgian rock guitarist (Betty Goes Green), dies at 25
1995 - Agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85
1995 - Michael Ende, German writer (Neverending Story), dies at 65
1995 - Michael VerMeulen, journalist, dies at 38
1995 - Earl Bascom, American rodeo pioneer (b. 1906)
1996 - Lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50
1996 - Phyllis Pearsall, painter/writer, dies at 89
2003 - Brian Douglas Wells, American criminal (failed) (b. 1956)
2005 - Jacques Dufilho, French actor (b. 1914)
2005 - Esther Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1910)
2005 - George Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1911)
2006 - Benoît Sauvageau, French Canadian politician (b. 1963)
2006 - Melvin Schwartz, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1932)
2007 - Arthur Jones, American inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines (b. 1926)
2007 - Hilly Kristal, American Founder of CBGB/Punk rock legend (b. 1932)
2007 - Paul B. MacCready, Jr., American aeronautical engineer (b. 1925)
2007 - Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (b. 1984)
2007 - Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist (b. 1935)
2007 - Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1929)
2007 - Nikola Nobilo, New Zealand winemaker (b. 1913)
2008 - Phil Hill, American race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (b. 1927)
2009 - Adam Goldstein, American DJ also known as DJ AM (b. 1973)
2010 - William P. Foster, notable band director and founder of the Marching 100 of Florida A&M
           University
2011 - Bernie Gallacher, British footballer (Aston Villa) (b. 1967)

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 29th August


Historical Events

                                   
King of England                                           Baseball Great Babe Ruth                  Animator Walt Disney
King Charles I

                 
Iraqi President                                         Professional Road Cyclist and
Saddam Hussein                                      Testicular Cancer Survivor
                                                                Lance Armstrong


708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10,
         708).
1178 - Anti-Pope Callistus III gives pope title to Alexander III
1261 - Jacques Pantaleon elected as Pope Urban IV
1350 - Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III
           defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.
1475 - Treaty of Picquigny] king Louis XI buys English contacts
1484 - Giovanni B Cibo elected as Pope Innocent VIII
1521 - The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade.
1526 - Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Mohács
1533 - Francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa
1540 - Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges
1541 - The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
1612 - Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese
1640 - English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland
1655 - Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of
           Sweden during The Deluge.
1664 - Adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam
1708 - English troops occupy Menorca & Sardinia
1708 - Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French & Indians
1742 - Edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on the card game whist
1756 - England & France meet in war
1756 - Prussian Libya occupies Saxson: beginning 7 years War
1758 - New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation
1776 - Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester
1786 - Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass
1792 - English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900
1793 - Slaves in French colony of St Domingue (Haiti) freed
1825 - Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.
1831 - Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer
1833 - Britain's Slavery Abolition Act becomes law
1842 - Gr Britain & China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war
1844 - 1st white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win
1854 - Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)
1861 - American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
1862 - 2nd Battle of Bull Run Va (Manassas) during US Civil War
1862 - Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels
1862 - US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation
1864 - William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae
1871 - Emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as
           local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
1882 - Australia beat England by 7 runs "Death of English cricket"
1882 - Fred Spofforth completes 14-90 for match v England (7-46 & 7-44)
1883 - Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hrs after
           explosion
1885 - Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle
1885 - Phillies Charlie Ferguson no-hits Providence 1-0
1885 - Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves & 3-minute rounds fought between John
           L Sullivan & Dominick McCaffrey
1889 - 1st American Intl pro lawn tennis contest (Newport RI)
1895 - The formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England.
1896 - Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador
1898 - The Goodyear tire company is founded.
1904 - 1st Olympics in US are held (St Louis)
1904 - 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis
1905 - Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville
1906 - Bridge in St Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die
1906 - William J Clothier wins the US Tennis Open
1907 - The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
1908 - NY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London
1909 - AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m
1909 - World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA) wins
1910 - Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new
           colony.
1911 - Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges
           from the wilderness of northeastern California.
1913 - Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch government
1914 - 4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, Gen Martos caught
1914 - Arizonian is 1st vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal
1914 - Battle at St Quentin: French counter attack under General Lanrezac
1916 - Congress creates US Naval reserve
1916 - Gen Von Hindenburg becomes German Chief of Staff
1916 - Transportship Hsin-Yu & cruiser Hai-Yung collide; 1000 die
1916 - US Congress accept Jones Act: Philippines independence
1916 - Von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German chief of staff
1918 - Bapaume taken by Australian Corps and Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days Offensive
1924 - German Republic day accepts Dawes plan
1925 - After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins
           suspends Ruth & slaps a $5,000 fine on him
1929 - German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight
1930 - The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of
           Scotland.
1932 - International Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam
1932 - United Cigar Stores shuts 800 shops
1935 - 2nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 5, All-Stars 0 (77,450)
1937 - Phila A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st)
1939 - Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II
1940 - 7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567)
1941 - German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children
1943 - Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany
1944 - 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees
1944 - Anti German rebellion in Slovakia
1945 - British liberate Hong Kong from Japan
1945 - Gen MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan
1947 - Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier
1949 - USSR performs first nuclear test
1949 - USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb
1950 - Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52
1953 - KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 - USSR explodes its 1st hydrogen bomb
1954 - SF International Airport (SFO) opens
1956 - French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis
1957 - Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957
1957 - Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights
1958 - Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo
1958 - George Harrison joins Quarrymen (Lennon-McCartney-Best-Sutcliffe)
1960 - Jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack
1962 - Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended
1962 - US U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba
1963 - Harmon Killebrew (Twins) HRs off Pete Burnside (Senators) in DH
1964 - "Funny Thing Happened" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 965 perfs
1964 - Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released
1964 - On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330)
1965 - Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5
1965 - Willie Mays sets NL record for HRs in a month with his 17th of August
1966 - Beatles last public concert (Candlestick Park, SF)
1966 - Dutch Internal minister Smallenbroek resigns after driving drunk
1967 - Final TV episode of "Fugitive"
1967 - Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of
           8 hours & 19 minutes
1968 - 1st US Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr Vija Vuskains)
1968 - Democratics nominate Hubert H Humphrey for president (Chicago)
1969 - Joe Pepitone quits Yanks after being fined $500 for leaving the bench
1969 - KYUS TV channel 3 in Miles City, MT (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1970 - Black Panthers confront cops in Phila (1 cop killed)
1972 - SF Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to last 21 he retired 6 days earlier for
           record 41 in a row
1974 - USSR performs underground nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1975 - Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky
1976 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
1977 - St Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893
           as Padres win 4-3
1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1978 - USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing NY
1979 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 - Sheridan Broadcasting Corp purchases Mutual Black Network
1981 - 28th Walker Cup: US wins 15-9
1981 - Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122
           (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League))
1982 - 38°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August
1982 - George Brett gets his 1,500th hit
1982 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
1982 - Steve Miller's "Abracadabra" hits #1
1982 - The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the
           Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
1985 - Atlantis moves to launch pad for 51-J mission
1985 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1985 - NY Yank Don Baylor is hit by a pitch for a record 190th time
1986 - Heike Drechsler of E Germany ties world women's 200 m mark (21.71s)
1986 - Morocco king Hassan II signs unity treaty with Libya
1987 - Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time
1987 - Rosa Mota becomes wins female Rome marathon (2:25:17)
1988 - Macy's Tap-o-Mania sets Guiness record
1988 - USSR launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir
1990 - C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13
1990 - Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq
1991 - JFK Jr wins his 1st battle as an attorney
1991 - USSR suspends Communist Party activities
1992 - Largest wrestling crowd out side of US (75,000) at Wembley Stadium
1992 - Randy Myers blows his 6th save of the season & it marks the 5th time he's blown a potential
           win for Greg Harris
1992 - Brave's Charlie Leibrandt 1,000th strikeout & decides to keep the ball He rolls it to the
           dugout, allows Ricky Jordan to take 2nd on error
1993 - 21st du Maurier Golf Classic: Brandie Burton
1993 - 93rd US Golf Amateur Championship won by John Harris
1995 - NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
1996 - Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on
           the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
1997 - At least 98 villagers are killed by the GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
2003 - Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in
           a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida
           Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $115 billion in damage.
2007 - A United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident takes place at Minot Air Force Base and
           Barksdale Air Force Base.
2012 - Georgian hostage crisis results in 3 police officers and 10 militants being killed
2012 - Operation Eagle, undertaken by the Egyptian Army, results in the deaths of 11 suspected
           terrorists and the arrest of another 23
2012 - Banana Spider venom is found to be effective in relieving erectile dysfunction
2012 - The USADA claims to have stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles