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This Day in History for 2nd November


Famous Divorces

2006 - Rocker Rod Stewart (58) divorces model Rachel Hunter (33) due to irreconcilable differences

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This Day in History for 2nd November


Famous Birthdays

                     
Queen of France                                  48th Shia Iman Aga Khan III (1877)
Marie Antoinette (1755)


1082 - Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135)
1475 - Princess Anne of York (d. 1511)
1528 - Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works)
1636 - Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)
1667 - James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737)
1692 - Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766)
1696 - Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (d. 1760)
1699 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)
1709 - Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1759)
1734 - Daniel Boone, Oley Valley, Pennsylvania, frontiersman/explorer (US Hall of Fame-1915), (d.
           182)
1739 - Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer
1741 - Joan Derk van Capellen, leader of Neth Democratic Patriots
1755 - Marie Antoinette, Vienna, Queen of France(1774-1792), "let them eat cake", (d. 1793)
1766 - Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (d. 1858)
1777 - Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor (d. 1822)
1777 - Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1848)
1785 - Frederic Kalkbrenner, composer
1785 - Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer
1795 - James Knox Polk, NC, 11th American President (D) (1845-1849)
1808 - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (d. 1889)
1810 - Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1812 - Abraham I van Lier, theater director (Gran Theatre-van Lier)
1815 - George Boole, mathematician (Boolean algebra)
1821 - Sir George Bowen, British provincial governor (d. 1899)
1822 - James Byron Gordon, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1826 - Robert Hopkins Hatton, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1826 - William Haines Lytle, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1828 - Byron Grimes, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
1833 - Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian doctor (d. 1904)
1837 - Émile Bayard, French artist, illustrator (d. (1891)
1842 - Otto Reubke, composer
1843 - Caryl Florio, composer, Pen-name of William James Rob John
1843 - Elek Erkel, composer
1846 - Antonio Pena y Goni, composer
1847 - George Sorel, French Socialist thinker/author (violent revolutions)
1857 - Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist (Babinski reflex)
1865 - Warren Gamaliel Harding, Ohio, (R) 29th pres (1921-23)
1876 - Eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa, composer
1877 - Claire McDowell, NYC, actress (Big Parade)
1877 - Victor Trumper, cricketer (Australia batsman 1899-1912)
1877 - Aga Khan III, Karachi, Shia Imam (1885-1932), (d. 1957)
1877 - Joseph De Piro, Maltese founder of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (d. 1933)
1879 - Jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer (Prince Regent)
1880 - John Foulds, composer
1882 - Leo Perutz, writer
1883 - Frico Kafenda, composer
1883 - Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, cardinal and archbishop of Quebec (d. 1947)
1885 - Harlow Shapley, US, astronomer (studied the galaxies)
1886 - Philip Merivale, Rehutia India, actor (Nothing But Trouble)
1886 - Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician (d. 1971)
1890 - Henry Borginon, Flemish nationalist/senator
1892 - Alice Brady, NYC, actress (My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee, Zenobia)
1892 - Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Viktoria und ihr Huzar)
1893 - Battista Farina, founder of Pininfarina company (d. 1966)
1894 - William Johnston, tennis champ (US Open-1915)
1894 - Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (d. 1976)
1897 - Dennis King, Coventry England, comedian (Devil's Brother)
1897 - Jacob A B "Jack" Bjerknes, Norwegian/US meteorologist (USAF in London)
1899 - Eddy [Charles E] du Perron, Dutch author/poet
1901 - James Dunn, NYC, actor (Tree Grows in Brooklyn, It's a Great Life)
1901 - Paul Ford, Balt Md, actor (Phil Silvers Show)
1902 - Gyula Illyes, Hungarian author/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes)
1902 - Marius W Holtrop, economist/president (Netherlands Bank)
1903 - Travis Jackson, American baseball player (d. 1987)
1905 - Fred Lipmann, watchmaker
1905 - James Dunn, American actor (d. 1967)
1906 - Luchino Visconti, Milan Italy, director (Damned, Death in Venice)
1906 - Daniil Andreev, Russian poet (d. 1959)
1908 - Reginald Beckwith, York England, actor (Genevieve, Doctor in Love)
1910 - Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician (d. 1999)
1911 - Odysseus Elytis Alepoudellis, Greece, poet (Nobel 1979)
1911 - Raphael Robinson, US mathematician (d. 1995)
1912 - Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, composer
1913 - Burt Lancaster, NYC, actor (From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry)
1913 - Ivor Roberts-Jones, sculptor
1914 - Johnny Vander Meer, baseball player (d. 1997)
1915 - Douglas Gordon Lilburn, composer
1915 - Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (d. 2000)
1915 - Sidney Luft, American movie director (d. 2005)
1917 - Durward Knowles, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968-Bahamas)
1919 - Jorge de Sena, Portuguese engineer/poet (Reino da Estupidez)
1919 - Warren Stevens, Clark's Summit Pa, actor (Richard Boone Show), (d. 2012)
1920 - Fabio Gonzalez-Zuleta, composer
1920 - Lewis Charles, NYC, actor (Feather & Father Gang)
1920 - Ann Rutherford, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, actress, (d. 2012)
1921 - Fernando Correia de Oliveira, composer
1921 - Willaim D Schaefer, Maryland, (Gov-D-Md)
1921 - Shepard Menken, American voice actor (d. 1999)
1921 - Bill Mosienko, National Hockey League player (d. 1994)
1922 - John Pinsent, classical scholar
1924 - Father David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988)
1924 - Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer
1927 - John Sainsbury, English billionaire
1927 - Steve Ditko, American artist
1928 - Geoffrey Pardoe, engineer
1928 - Paul Johnson, British historian
1929 - Harold Farberman, NYC, conductor/composer (Medea)
1929 - Milan Stibilj, composer
1929 - Rachel Ames, Portland Oregon, actress (Line Up, Audrey-Gen Hospital)
1930 - Denis Gerald Barrington, artist
1932 - Henri Namphy, Cap Hatien Haiti, President of Haiti (1986-88)
1932 - Romano L Mazzoli, (Rep-D-KY, 1971- )
1934 - Ken Rosewall, Sydney Australia, tennis star (US Open 1956)
1934 - Bill Gothard, American speaker
1935 - Mohammad Munaf, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in 4 Tests 1959-62)
1936 - Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice
1936 - Abdullah the Butcher, wrestler
1937 - Earl "Speedoo" Carroll, NYC, rocker (Cadillacs, Coasters)
1938 - Jay Traynor, rocker (Jay & The Americans)
1938 - Patrick Buchanan, conservative political columnist
1938 - Ria Beckers-de Bruijn, Dutch MP (PPR)
1938 - Jay Black, American singer (Jay and the Americans)
1938 - Queen Sofia of Spain
1939 - Howard Wolpe, (Rep-D-MI, 1979- )
1939 - Pauline Neville-Jones, English diplomat
1939 - Richard Serra, American sculptor and video artist
1940 - Gigi Proletti, Italian entertainer
1941 - Bruce Welch, [Cripps], rocker (Shadows Bognor Regis)
1941 - David Knapp Stockton, San Bernardino CA, PGA golfer (1970 PGA)
1942 - Shere Hite, St Joseph Missouri, sex therapist (Hite Report)
1942 - Stefanie Powers, Hollywood Ca, actress (Girl From UNCLE, Hart to Hart)
1943 - Oldrich Pelcak, Czechoslovakia, cosmonaut
1944 - Keith Emerson, England (Emerson, Lake & Palmer-Brain Salad Surgery)
1944 - Jeffrey Alan Hoffman, Bkln, PhD/astronaut (STS 51-D, 35, 46, 61, 75)
1944 - Liesel Westermann, German FR, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1968)
1944 - Patrice Chereau, actress (Danton)
1946 - Alan Jones, Australia, auto racer (1980 World Champion)
1946 - Giuseppe Sinopoli, Venice Italy, conductor/composer (Sunnyata)
1947 - Dave Pegg, British pop bassist (Jethro Tull-Crest of a Wave)
1947 - David Anthony Ahern, composer
1948 - Rich Gooch, rock bassist (Quarterflash)
1949 - Simon Augustini, Albanian politician
1951 - Kathy Hammond, US, 400m runner (Olympics-bronze-1972)
1951 - Thomas Mallon, American novelist and critic
1951 - Lindy Morrison, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens)
1952 - Kate Linder, Pasadena Ca, actress (Esther Valentine--Young & Restless)
1952 - Maxine Nightingale, English soul singer
1954 - Pat Croce, American entrepreneur
1955 - Frank Gilligan, Queens NY, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around)
1955 - Mark Reynolds, San Diego California, star yachter (Olymp-8th-1988, 92, 96)
1955 - Chris Burnett, American musician
1957 - Rita Crockett, San Antonio Tx, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984)
1957 - Carter Beauford, American drummer (Dave Matthews Band)
1958 - Willie McGee, SF CA, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals, NL MVP-1985)
1959 - Peter Mullan, Scottish actor and film maker
1960 - Adam Lingner, NFL center (Buffalo Bills)
1960 - Bruce Baumgartner, Haledon NJ, wrestler (Oly-gold/br-84, 88, 92, 96)
1960 - Mardi Jacquet, Chateauroux California, playmate (October, 1980)
1960 - Robert Harold Lohr, Cincinnati OH, PGA golfer (1988 Walt Disney)
1960 - Rosalyn Nideffer, Durban South Africa, tennis star (1993 Futures-Midland MI)
1960 - Saïd Aquita, Morocco, 5K runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1960 - Tihomir Blaškić, Croatian war criminal
1961 - K.D. Lang [Kathy Dawn], Consort Alberta, Canadian country singer
1962 - Andrew Elt, singer (Sleeze Beez)
1962 - Donna Spangler, Los Angeles California, wrestler (Coal Miner's Daughter-GLOW)
1962 - David Brock, American political commentator, pundit
1962 - Mireille Delunsch, French soprano
1962 - Simon Hill, English-Australian Football commentator
1963 - Ines Diers, German DR, 400m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1980)
1963 - Susie Scott, San Diego Ca, playmate (May, 1983)
1963 - Bobby Dall American rocker (Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn)
1963 - Craig Saavedra, American filmmaker
1964 - Kevin Gogan, NFL guard (Oakland Raiders, SF 49ers)
1964 - Michael D'Asaro II, Brooklyn New York, American fencer-sabre
1964 - Britta Lejon, Swedish politician
1965 - Chuck Klingbeil, NFL nose tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1965 - Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor
1966 - Orlando Merced, Hato Rey Puerto Rico, outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1966 - Rosalyn Fairbank, South Africa, tennis player
1966 - Sean Kanan, actor (AJ-Gen Hospital, Rich Girl, Karate Kid Part 3)
1966 - Tim Kirkman, American filmmaker
1966 - Khaled Abol Naga, Egyptian actor
1967 - Chris Port, NFL guard/tackle (NO Saints)
1967 - Darla Michele Pruett, Canton Georgia, Miss Georgia-America (1991)
1967 - Derek Porter, Belfast Ireland, Canadian rower (Oly-gold/silver-92/96)
1967 - Marc van Roon, Dutch improvising musician
1968 - Brandi Brandt, Santa Clara California, playmate (October, 1987)
1968 - Helle Michaelsen, Alborg Denmark, playmate (Aug, 1988)
1968 - Melissa Evridge, Lexington Ky, playmate (Aug, 1990)
1968 - Ultra Naté, American musician
1969 - Dwayne Gordon, NFL linebacker (San Diego Chargers, NY Jets)
1969 - Reginald Arvizu, American bassist (KoЯn)
1970 - Corbin Lacina, NFL guard (Buffalo Bills)
1970 - Sharmell Sullivan, American professional wrestling valet
1971 - Pete Vordenberg, Rota Spain, US cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1972 - Alfred Schreuders, soccer player (RKC)
1972 - Jeni Stephens, Memphis Tennessee, Miss America-Tennessee (1997)
1972 - Marie Josee Gibeau, Lachine Quebec, kayaker (Olympics-96)
1972 - Samantha Janus, British entertainer
1972 - Darío Silva, Uruguayan footballer
1973 - Jason Smith, Calgary, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils)
1973 - Marisol Nichols, American actress
1974 - Alex Tanaka, actor (Saja-Swan's Crossing)
1974 - Jaroslav Spacek, NHL defenseman (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998, (Sweden)
1974 - Ruslan Salei, NHL defenseman (Belarus, Oly-98, Anaheim)
1974 - Orlando Cabrera, Colombian baseball player
1974 - Nelly, American rapper
1974 - Prodigy, American rapper (Mobb Deep)
1975 - Danny Cooksey, Moore Oklahoma, actor (Sam-Diff'rent Strokes)
1975 - Stéphane Sarrazin, French rally driver
1975 - Chris Walla, American musician (Death Cab for Cutie)
1976 - Sidney Ponson, Aruban baseball player
1977 - Jason Cerbone, American actor (The Sopranos)
1977 - Randy Harrison, American actor
1978 - Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro, Brazilian mixed-martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion
1979 - Julie Lund, Danish actress
1980 - Kim So-yeon, South Korean actress
1981 - Wilson Betemit, Dominican baseball player
1981 - Avy Scott, American actress
1982 - Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress, model and singer
1982 - Charles Itandje, French footballer
1984 - Tamara Hope, Canadian actress
1984 - Julia Stegner, German supermodel
1986 - Erika Jo, American musician
1986 - Lara Sacher, Australian actress
1987 - Danny Cipriani English rugby union player.
1988 - Lindze Letherman, American actress (General Hospital)
1989 - Katelyn Tarver, American singer
1990 - Natasha Smirnoff, daughter of Yakov Smirnov

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This Day in History for 2nd November


Famous Deaths

Playwright George Bernard Shaw (1950)


943 - Queen Emma of France, (b. 894)
1083 - Matilda of Flanders, Queen consort (b. 1031)
1171 - Baudouin IV, count of Henegouwen (1120-71), dies
1171 - Dionysius bar Salibi, author (Diarbekir), dies
1285 - King Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239)
1327 - King James II of Aragon (b. 1267)
1483 - Henry Stafford, earl of Buckingham/constable of Engl, beheaded at 49
1588 - Wilhelmus Damasi, theologist/1st bishop of Roermond, dies at 63
1610 - Richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury (1604-10), dies at 66
1618 - Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1568)
1635 - Aurelio Signoretti, composer, dies at 68
1697 - Constantine Huygens Jr, Poet/painter/cartoonist, buried
1716 - Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (b. 1651)
1717 - Johann Jacob Walther, composer, dies
1731 - Johann Matthias Leffloth, composer, dies at 26
1781 - Jose F de Isla, Spanish Jesuit/author, dies at 78
1804 - Armand-Gaston Camus, French chairman of Council of 500, dies at 64
1807 - Baron de Breteuil, French statesman (b. 1730)
1845 - Chretien Urhan, composer, dies at 55
1852 - Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
1863 - Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (b. 1826)
1875 - JWW Birch, 1st British resident of Perak Malakka, murdered
1877 - Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
1882 - Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques, composer, dies at 61
1884 - Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer, dies at 62
1887 - Jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, dies at 67
1898 - George Goyder, English-born surveyor-general of South Australia (b. 1826)
1905 - Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (b. 1817)
1909 - Theodor W Ahlwardt, German orientalist, dies at 81
1920 - Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73
1925 - Antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 65
1931 - Arthur James Cook, union leader (coal miners), dies at 47
1931 - Harry Musgrove, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies
1935 - H B "Jock" Cameron, South African cricket captain (v England 1935, age
           30), dies
1937 - Maude Valerie White, composer, dies at 82
1944 - Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (b. 1889)
1945 - Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1880)
1949 - Jerome F. Donovan, American politician (b. 1872)
1950 - George Bernard Shaw, Irish author (Pygmalion), dies at 94
1952 - Maire O'Neill, actress (Juno & the Paycock, Glamorous Night), dies
1956 - Jacob Weinberg, composer, dies at 77
1956 - Leo Baeck, Pres of World Union for Progressive Judaism, dies at 83
1958 - Adam von Ahn Carse, composer, dies at 80
1960 - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek/US conductor/composer, dies at 64
1961 - James Thurber, humorist (The Male Animal), dies at 66
1962 - Felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80
1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, president of South Vietnam (1955-63), murdered at 62
1966 - Mississippi John Hurt, rocker, dies at 73
1966 - Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War (1931-34), dies at 89
1968 - Ernst Hess, composer, dies at 56
1969 - Marion Lloyd Vince, fencer (National champ 1928, 31), dies at 63
1970 - Richard Cushing, US cardinal to Boston, dies at 75
1971 - Martha Vickers, actress (Alimony), dies after long illness at 46
1977 - H E Nossak, writer, dies at 76
1979 - Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death
1980 - Edith Bunker, character on "All in the Family", dies
1980 - Willie Sutton, US bank robber, dies at 79
1982 - Lester Roloff, Man of God, preacher.
1984 - Margie V Barfield, US murderer, 1st woman electricuted in 22 years
1986 - Paul Frees, cartoon voice (Boris Badenov), dies at 66
1991 - Fran Stevens, singer, dies of cancer in Bronx NY at 72
1991 - Irwin Allen, dir (Land of the Giants, Poseidon Adventure), dies at 75
1992 - Hal Roach, producer (Keystone Kops), dies of pneumonia at 100
1993 - P A Jacob Mees, Dutch banker (Mees & Hope), dies at about 86
1994 - David Feinberg, AIDS activist/author, dies at 37
1994 - Egbert George "Pete" Pitterson, trumpeter, dies at 73
1994 - Noah Beery Jr, US actor (Gung Ho!, Heaven With a Gun), dies at 81
1995 - Alun Edward Islwyn Pask, rugby International, dies at 58
1995 - Alvaro Gomez Hurtado, VP of Columbia (1982-84), assassinated
1995 - Florence Greenberg, record company founder, dies at 82
1995 - Ivan Metropolitan Ioann Snychev, russion Orthodox Priest, dies at 68
1995 - Oliver Wendell Harrington, cartoonist, dies at 83
1995 - Rosalind Cash, actress (General Hospital), dies of cancer at 56
1995 - Sal Gliatto, baseball player, dies at 93
1996 - Alvaro Gomez Hurtado, Colombian politician, dies
1996 - Christopher Prater, screen printer, dies at 72
1996 - Eva Cassidy, American singer (b. 1963)
1997 - G Harry Stine, writer, dies at 69
1997 - Roy McMillan, baseball player (Reds), dies of heart failure at 68
1998 - Vincent Winter, British actor (b. 1957)
2002 - Tonio Selwart, German actor (b. 1896)
2002 - Charles Sheffield, American author and physicist (b. 1935)
2003 - Frank McCloskey, American politician (b. 1939)
2004 - Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1918)
2004 - Theo van Gogh, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1957)
2004 - Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (b. 1951)
2005 - Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian football player and coach.
2007 - Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (b. 1978)
2007 - Witold Kiełtyka, Polish metal drummer (Decapitated) (b. 1984)
2007 - Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (b. 1906)
2007 - Lillian Ellison, American professional wrestler (b. 1923)
2007 - Henry Cele, South African Actor; best known for his onscreen portrayal of the legendary
           Shaka Zulu
2010 - Andy Irons, American professional surfer (b. 1978)
2010 - Clyde King, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
2011 - Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1915)
2012 - Milt Campbell, American hurdler/decathlete, dies from prostate cancer and diabetes at 78

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This Day in History for 3rd November


Historical Events

                                   
Composer                                               US President Ulysses S. Grant                  25th US President
George Friedrich Handel                                                                                        William McKinley

                                   
Absolute monarch Nicholas II                  32nd US President                                  Baseball Player Ted Williams
                                                                Franklin D. Roosevelt 

                                   
36th US President                                     US President & Actor                            42nd US President Bill Clinton
Lyndon B. Johnson                                     Ronald Reagan


644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina.
1394 - Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI
1468 - Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.
1493 - Christopher Columbus discovers island of Dominica
1527 - Ferdinand of Austria/Bohemia chosen as king of Hungary
1529 - London - 1st sitting of the Reformation Parliament
1534 - English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII church leader
1620 - Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony
1629 - Prince Frederik Hendrik festival in The Hague
1640 - English Long Parliament forms
1655 - England & France sign miltary & economic treaties
1656 - Treaty of Vilnius Russia/Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant [NS]
1676 - Kara Mustafa succeeds Ahmed Kiprulu as Turkish grand vizier
1679 - Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet
1716 - Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's
           Polish kingdom
1752 - Georg Friedrich Handel undergoes (failed) eye operation
1760 - Battle at Torgau, Saxony: Prussia beats Austria
1762 - Britain & Spain sign Treaty of Paris
1762 - Spain acquires Louisiana
1783 - Washington orders Continental Army disbanded
1783 - John Austin, a highwayman, is the last to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows.
1791 - Battle at Wabash: indians assault general St Clair/killed 637 soldiers
1793 - French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
1794 - French troops conquer Maastricht
1796 - John Adams elected president of the United States of America
1812 - Napoleonic armies defeated at Vyazma
1813 - US troops under General Coffee destroy Indian village at Talladega Ala
1820 - Cuenca Ecuador declares independence
1838 - The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet
           newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.
1839 - 1st opium war - 2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks
1839 - Palace of Gulhane Turkey, freedom of religion proclaimed
1848 - Johan Thorbeckes revises Great Force
1856 - A British fleet bombards Canton.
1862 - Battle until the 5th November between gunboats at Bayou Teche, a waterway in Louisiana
1863 - Battle of Grand Coteau in Southwestern Louisiana in the American Civil War
1867 - Battle at Mentana: French/pontifical troops beat Garibaldi
1868 - 1st black Congressman elected (John W Menard, Louisiana)
1868 - Ulysses Grant (R) wins presidential election over Horatio Seymour (D)
1869 - Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms
1874 - James Theodore Holly, elected bishop of Haiti
1883 - Race riots in Danville Virginia (4 blacks killed)
1883 - US Supreme Court decides Native Americans can't be Americans
1883 - American Old West: Self-described "Black Bart the poet" gets away with his last stagecoach
           robbery, but leaves an incriminating clue that eventually leads to his capture.
1885 - Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes & businesses
1886 - Friars of Tilburg arrives on Curacao
1888 - Amsterdam: 1st concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes
1889 - Chaplain Ariëns founds 1st roman catholic workers group
1896 - J H Hunter patents portable weighing scales
1896 - Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator
1896 - William McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) for president
1899 - James J Jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title
1900 - 1st US automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (NYC)
1903 - Colombia grants independence to Panama
1905 - Csar Nicholas II of Russia signs a document of amnesty for the political prisoners.
1908 - William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th pres over William Jennings Bryan
1911 - Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
1913 - The USA introduces an income tax.
1916 - Treaty establishes British suzerainity over Qatar
1917 - 1st class US mail now costs 3 cents per ounce
1918 - Austro-Hungarian Empire disolves
1918 - Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I
1920 - "Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Theater
1922 - Greek parliament bans prince Andreas for life
1926 - 15th party congress CPSU ends/5 year plan begins
1926 - Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager
1927 - 22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record)
1927 - Rodgers & Hart's musical "Connecticut Yankee," premieres in NYC
1927 - Tropical storm flooding kills 84 in Winooski River Valley (Vt)
1928 - Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet
1930 - 1st vehicular tunnel to a foreign country (Detroit-Windsor) opens
1930 - Bank of Italy becomes Bank of America
1930 - Getúlio Dornelles Vargas became Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a
           bloodless coup on October 24.
1931 - 1st commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured
1934 - Although Lou Gehrig wins Triple Crown, Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP
1934 - Dizzy Dean chosen as NL MVP
1935 - George II returns to Greece & regains monarchy
1935 - Kitei Son runs world record marathon (2:26:42)
1936 - President FDR (D) wins landslide victory over Alfred M Landon (R)
1937 - Maurice Archambaud bicycles world record for distance in one hour (45.796 km)
1937 - NHL Howie Morenz Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 6-5 in Mont
1939 - Clare Booth's "Margin for Error," premieres in NYC
1941 - Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails
1942 - 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault
1942 - Despite Ted Williams winning Triple Crown, Yanks Joe Gordon wins AL MVP
1942 - Mort Cooper wins NL MVP
1942 - William L Dawson elected to Congress from Chicago
1943 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th Symphony premieres in Moscow
1943 - P-47D Thunderbolt shot down above North-Holland
1944 - Allied commandos lands at Westkapelle Walcheren
1944 - German troops in Vlissingen surrenders
1944 - Pro-German government of Hungary flees
1944 - US 28th Infantry division occupies Schmidt Hurtgenwald
1945 - Lindsay Hassett scores 187 & 124* for Aust Services at Delhi
1946 - Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution
1948 - 2nd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Chicago
1952 - Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas
1952 - Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel
1953 - 1939 sacrifice fly rule restored: no time at bat for sac fly
1953 - 1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (NYC)
1954 - Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born & Walter Bothe
1955 - 1st virus crystallized (announced)
1955 - Alabama woman bruised by a meteor
1955 - Argentine ex-president Peron arrives in Nicaragua
1955 - Australia takes control of Cocos Islands
1955 - Bernardus J Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht
1956 - "Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV)
1957 - USSR launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), 1st animal in orbit
1958 - USSR performs nuclear test
1959 - David Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins Israeli parliamentary election)
1960 - "Unsinkable Molly Brown" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 532 perfs
1960 - Ivory Coast adopts constitution
1960 - Pittsburgh Pirates' Vern Law wins Cy Young Award
1960 - Tammy Grimes' "Unsinkable Molly Brown" premieres in NYC
1961 - General Assembly unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 72 points vs LA Lakers
1963 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Cavern City Golf Open
1964 - LBJ (D) soundly defeats Barry Goldwater (R) for pres
1964 - Phila voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium
1965 - Sandy Koufax wins NL Cy Young Award unanimously
1967 - Boston's Jim Lonborg wins AL Cy Young
1967 - Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
1968 - Bob Packwood is elected senator of Oregon
1968 - Ex-premier Papandreou buried. 300,000 demonstrate against fascist junta
1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Canyon Ladies Golf Classic
1968 - NY Jet Jim Turner kicks 6 field goals to beat Buffalo 25-21
1969 - Congo president Mobutu visits Belgium
1970 - "President's Daughter" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 72 perfs
1970 - Bob Gibson wins NL Cy Young Award
1970 - Pres Nixon promises gradual troop removal of Vietnam
1970 - Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile
1971 - "Play Misty For Me" premieres
1973 - Mariner 10 launched-1st Venus pics, 1st mission to Mercury
1974 - "Lorelei" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 320 performances
1974 - Chako Higuchi wins Japan LPGA Golf Classic
1975 - Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman & Nancy Dussault)
1976 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA/Japan Mizuno Golf
1977 - Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic
1978 - 1st broadcast of "Diff'rent strokes" on NBC TV
1978 - Dominica gains independence from UK & adopts constitution
1978 - Michiko Okada wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic
1978 - USSR & Vietnam sign peace & friendship treaty
1979 - 5 mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in NC
1979 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mizuno Japan Golf Classic
1979 - Marocco offensive against Polisario
1980 - Ianford Wilsons "5th of July," premieres in NYC
1980 - Walter Hass Jr becomes CEO of Oakland A's
1981 - Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers wins AL Cy Young Award
1982 - Detroit blocks 20 Cleve Cav shots tying NBA regulation game record
1982 - Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee's 2nd consecutive AL Cy Young
1983 - Jesse Jackson launches his 1st campaign for presidency (D)
1983 - Nashville Network begins on cable TV
1984 - 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India
1984 - Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated
1985 - Argentine pres Alfonsíns Radical Burgerunie wins elections
1985 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament
1986 - Federated States of Micronesia signs Compact of Free Association with US
1986 - Joaquim Chissano elected president Mozambique
1986 - John Lennon "Menlove Avenue" album released posthumously
1986 - Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra reveals secret US arms sales to Iran
1986 - Northern Mariana Islands becomes a Commonwealth associated with US
1987 - Oakland 1st baseman Mark McGwire wins AL Rookie of Year
1987 - On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56
1988 - Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane
1988 - President Reagan signs credit-card disclosure-bill
1988 - Soviet Union agrees to allow teaching of Hebrew
1988 - Talk-show host Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken as Roy Innis brawls with skinheads at TV
           taping
1989 - 100s of Bulgarian demonstrate in Sofia for democratic rights
1989 - Lou Piniella is named manager of the Reds, replacing banned Pete Rose
1989 - Minn Timberwolves' 1st NBA game, loses to Seattle, 106-94
1990 - Gro Harlem Brundtland installed as premier of Norway
1991 - 21st NYC Women's Marathon won by Liz McColgan of Scotland in 2:27
1991 - 22nd NYC Marathon won by Salvador Garcia of Mexico in 2:09:28
1991 - Ayrton Senna wins shortest Formula One race ever run (17 laps)
1992 - Bill Clinton (D) wins US presidential election over President Bush (R)
1992 - Carol Moseley Brown elected 1st black female in US Senate
1993 - Ken Daneyko sets NJ Devil 'Ironman' record by playing 322nd cons game
1994 - Dutch & British astronomers find spiral nebula Dwingeloo 1
1994 - Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), launches
1994 - Susan Smith who claimed her two children were carjacked arrested for murder
1994 - Total solar eclipse in South America (4m23s)
1995 - 1st NBA game at FleetCenter, Boston Celtics lose to Mil Bucks, 101-100
1995 - 1st NBA game at Rose Garden, Port Trailblazers lose to Grizzlies 92-80
1995 - 1st NBA game at Skydome, Toronto Raptors beat NJ Nets 94-79
1996 - "It's a Slippery Slope," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
1996 - 26th NYC Women's Marathon won by Anuta Catuna of Romania in 2:28:18
1996 - 27th NYC Marathon won by Giacomo Leone of Italy in 2:09:54
1996 - Mayumi Hirase wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup
1996 - Toray Japan Queens Cup
1997 - Boston shortstop Nomar Garciaparra is 6th unanimous AL Rookie of Year
1997 - California law ends affirmative-action
1997 - David Duval wins Championship at the Champions Golf Club
1997 - Phillies 3rd baseman Scott Rolen selected unanimous Rookie of Year
2007 - Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule across Pakistan. He suspended the Constitution,
           imposed State of Emergency, and fired the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
2012 - Syrian rebels launch a major assault on Taftanaz airbase

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This Day in History for 3rd November


Famous Weddings

2012 - Professional bull rider Luke Snyder (30) weds Jennifer Manna (34) at Big Cedar Lodge outside
           of Branson, Missouri
2012 - Olympic gymnast Carly Patterson (24) weds Mark Caldwell (27) at the Main Street Garden Park
           in Dallas, Texas

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This Day in History for 3rd November


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Founder of Texas                                    Novelist André Malraux (1901)                Actor Charles Bronson (1921)
Stephen F. Austin (1793)

                 
Economist/Nobel Laureate                       Comedienne and Actress
 Amartya Sen (1933)                                 Roseanne Barr (1952)


39 - Lucan, Cordova Spain, Latin poet (Bellum Civile)
1470 - Edward V, King of England (Apr 9-Jun 25 1483)
1560 - Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1609)
1587 - Samuel Scheidt, composer
1604 - Osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22)
1611 - Henry Ireton, English general/MP (Edgehill)
1618 - Aurangzeb, [Alamgir], Emperor of India (1658-1707)
1619 - Willem Kalf, Rotterdam Neth, painter (still lifes)
1621 - Renatus Rapinus, [René Rapin], French jesuit/poet (Hortorum libri IV)
1633 - Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (d. 1714)
1656 - Georg Reuter, composer
1689 - Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer
1718 - John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich, inventor (sandwich)
1736 - Christian Brunings, Dutch hydraulic engineer
1749 - Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (d. 1819)
1753 - August G Meissner, German author
1753 - Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer
1780 - Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer
1781 - Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer
1793 - Stephen Fuller Austin, Virginia USA, colonized Texas
1794 - William Cullen Bryant, poet (Thanatopsis)
1798 - Mason James Murray, (Confederacy), died in 1871
1799 - William Sprague III, American politician from Rhode Island (d. 1856)
1801 - Karl Baedeker, Germany, published travel books
1801 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (La Sonnambula, Norma)
1815 - Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, composer
1815 - John Mitchel, Fenian
1816 - Jubal Anderson Early, Lt General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
1818 - Gustavus Adolphus DeRussy, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1826 - Jasper Adalmorn Maltby, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1830 - Esten Cooke, John (Confederate Army), died in 1886
1830 - Jacob M van Bemmelen, Dutch physicist/chemist
1833 - Edward Dorr Tracy, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1844 - Mehmed V Reshad, sultan of Turkey (1909-18)
1845 - Edward Douglass White, 9th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1921)
1852 - Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
1856 - Jim McCormick, baseball player (d. 1918)
1857 - Michail V Alekseyev, Imperial Russian general and WW I Chief of Staff (d. 1918)
1861 - Johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian/archaeologist
1863 - Eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer
1867 - Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer
1871 - Albert Goldthorpe, English rugby league footballer
1872 - Paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin)
1875 - Emils Darzins, composer
1876 - Stephen Peter Alencastre, Roman Catholic prelate (d. 1940)
1877 - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chilean president. (d. 1960)
1879 - Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canada, Arctic explorer/ethnologist
1880 - Edmond Barrett, heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-bronze-1908)
1880 - Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri, composer
1883 - Enny Vrede, [Maria M Muller], Dutch actress/wife of Eduard Verkade
1884 - Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch author (Me Own Way)
1887 - Samuil Marshak, Russian writer, translator and children's poet (d. 1964)
1888 - William Charles Denis Browne, composer
1889 - Heinrich Campendonk, German painter/wood carver/glazer
1890 - Eustaquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest (d. 1943)
1893 - R Lindley Murray, tennis champ (US Open-1918)
1896 - Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (d. 1970)
1897 - Karel Salmon, composer
1899 - Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist (d. 1986)
1900 - Roger Blunt, cricketer (NZ all-rounder in 9 Tests 1930-32)
1900 - Adolf Dassler, founder of Adidas (d. 1978)
1901 - Andre Malraux, [Berger], Paris, France, novelist/art historian (La Condition Humaine)
1901 - Leopold III, [Filip von Saksen-Coburg], King of the Belgians (from 1934, abdicated 1951), d.
           1983
1903 - Walker Evans, US, photographer (Fortune Magazine)
1904 - Gideon Fagan, composer
1904 - Janis Kalnins, composer
1905 - Lois Mailou Jones, US painter (Peasants on Parade)
1905 - William Donald Campbell, diarist/ornithologist
1907 - James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist
1907 - Joe Turner, US jazz pianist
1908 - Bronko Nagurski, NFL fullback (Chicago Bears)
1909 - James "Scotty" Barrett Reston, Clydebank Scotld, journalist (NY Times)
1910 - Richard Hurndall, British actor (d. 1984)
1911 - Vladimir Ussachevsky, Hailar Manchuria, composer (Creation)
1912 - Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay (1954-89)
1914 - Hallgrimur Helgason, composer
1918 - Bob Feller, Van Meter, Iowa, American baseball pitcher (Cleveland Indian, 3 no-hitters)
1918 - Russell B Long, (Sen-D-LA, 1948-86)
1918 - Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American Brigadier General (d. 2007)
1918 - Dean Riesner, film and television screenwriter (d. 2002)
1919 - Bert Freed, NYC, actor (Rufe-Shane)
1919 - Jesús Blasco, Spanish comic book author (d. 1995)
1920 - Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian writer (d. 1993)
1921 - Charles Bronson, Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, actor (Magnificent Seven, Death Wish, Dirty
           Dozen), (d. 2003)
1922 - Earl of Lonsdale, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1923 - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich, Northern Irish clergyman (d. 1990)
1925 - Dieter Wellershoff, German author (Minotaur)
1926 - Valdas Adamkus, President of the Republic of Lithuania
1927 - Zbigniew Cybulski, Pniarz Poland, actor (See You Tommorrow)
1927 - Andy Williams, Wall Lake, Iowa, singer/actor (Andy Williams Show, "Butterfly"), (d. 2012)
1928 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (d. 1989)
1930 - Ken Berry, Moline Ill, actor (F Troop, Mayberry RFD, Mama's Family)
1930 - Lois Smith, Topeka Ks, actress (Reckless, Reuben Reuben)
1930 - Philip M Crane, (Rep-R-IL, 1969- )
1930 - William H Dana, pilot (X-15)
1930 - D. James Kennedy, American theologian (d. 2007)
1930 - Brian Robinson, British cyclist
1931 - Monica Vitti, [Ceciarelli], Rome Italy, actress (Tigers in Lipstick)
1931 - Yon Hyong-muk, North Korean politician (d. 2005)
1932 - Thomas J Manton, (Rep-D-NY, 1985- )
1933 - Aneta Corsaut, Jutchinson Ks, actress (Helen Crump-Andy Griffith)
1933 - Jeremy Brett, Berkswell England, actor (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Freddie-My Fair Lady)
1933 - Louis W Sullivan, US Sec of Health & Human Services (1989- )
1933 - Michael S Dukakis, (Gov-D-Mass, 1988 Pres Candidate)
1933 - John Barry, English composer
1933 - Amartya Sen, Santiniketan, Bengal, economist and Nobel Prize laureate (welfare economics
           and social choice theory)
1934 - Derek Richardson, cricketer (played one innings for England 1957)
1934 - Hans Janmaat, Dutch MP (CD)/(fascist)
1934 - Ruma Guha Thakurta, Singer, Actress, Dancer, Founder of Calcutta Youth Choir
1936 - Roy Emerson, Australia, tennis player (Wimbledon-1964, 65, US Open-61)
1937 - Lynn Woolsey, (Rep-D-California)
1937 - Paula Wayne, Hobart Oklahoma, vocalist (Everything's Great)
1938 - Pupi Avati, Bologna Italy, director (Festival, Bix, Impiegati)
1938 - Martin Dunwoody, British mathematician
1938 - Jean Rollin, French director and screenwriter
1939 - Terrence McNally, St Petersburg Fla, playwright (Bad Habits)
1940 - Dieter Acker, composer
1941 - Brian Poole, Essex England, vocalist (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
1943 - Bert Jansch, rocker
1945 - Ken Holtzman, American baseball pitcher and manager
1945 - Gerd Müller, German footballer
1946 - Nick Simper, rocker (Deep Purple)
1946 - Tommy Dee, rocker
1946 - Tom Savini, American actor
1947 - Mazie Hirono, American politician
1948 - Lulu, Glasgow Scotland, singer/actress (To Sir With Love)
1948 - Tom Shales, TV critic (Washington Post)
1948 - Helmut Koinigg, Austrian racing driver (d. 1974)
1949 - Larry Holmes, heavyweight boxing champ (1978-85)
1949 - Michael Evans, Salisbury NC, actor (Lionel-All in the Family)
1949 - Roswitha Krause, USSR, 4 X 100m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1968)
1949 - Anna Wintour, English-American editor
1949 - Mike Evans, American actor (d. 2006)
1950 - Joe Queenan, American writer
1950 - Massimo Mongai, Italian writer
1951 - Azmat Rana, cricketer (one Test for Pakistan against Australia 1980)
1951 - Ed Murawinski, American cartoonist, New York Daily News
1952 - Felix R de Rooy, Curacaos poet/sculptor
1952 - Roseanne, [Barr Arnold], Salt Lake City, comedienne/TV star (Roseanne)
1952 - Jim Cummings, American voice actor
1952 - David Ho, Taiwanese-American AIDS researcher
1953 - Kate Capshaw [Nail], Fort Worth, Texas, American actress (Indiana Jones and the Temple of
           Doom)
1953 - Dennis Miller, Pitts Pa, comedian/TV host (SNL, Dennis Miller Show)
1953 - Kathy Kinney, actress (Mimi-Drew Carey Show)
1953 - Helios Creed, American musician (Chrome)
1953 - Larry Herndon, baseball player
1954 - Adam Ant, [Stuart Goddard], London, English punk rocker (If I Strip For You)
1954 - Godzilla, Japanese monster (Godzilla)
1954 - Kevin P Chilton, Los Angeles California, Lt Col USAF/Astronaut (STS 49, 59, 76)
1955 - Phil Simms, NFL quarterback (NY Giants, Superbowl 1986)
1956 - Kevin Murphy, American actor and puppeteer
1956 - Gary Ross, American film director
1957 - Dolph Lundgren, Stockholm, Sweden, actor (Rocky IV, The Expendables 2)
1958 - Andrew Mapple, US water skier
1958 - Sue Daniels, Adelaide Australia, golfer (1983 Victorian Amateur Champ)
1959 - Timothy Patrick Murphy, Hartford Conn, actor (Dallas, Glitter)
1959 - Hal Hartley, American film director and writer
1960 - James Prime, British rock keyboardist (Deacon Blue-Pay Day)
1960 - Marcel "Baaf" Stavenuiter, Dutch drummer (Bob Color)
1960 - Sharon Monplaisir, NYC, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
1960 - [Charles] Karch Kiraly, Jackson, Michigan, American volleyball player (Oly-3 g-84, 88, 96)
1961 - David AC viscount Linley, son of English princess Margaret/mystic
1961 - Kari Michaelsen, NYC, actress (Katie-Gimme a Break)
1962 - Kimberly Evenson, Bremerhaven Germany, playmate (September, 1984)
1962 - Kym Hampton, WNBA forward (NY Liberty)
1962 - Marilyn, rocker (You Don't Love Me)
1962 - Jacqui Smith UK Home Secretary
1963 - Howard Ballard, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1963 - Stephen Corkin, Auckland NZ, judoka (Olympics-96)
1963 - Ian Wright, English footballer
1963 - Shigeaki Hattori, Japanese racing driver
1964 - Brian Young, cricketer (NZ Test opening batsman)
1965 - John Feskens, Dutch soccer player (Willem II)
1965 - Maty Monforth, TV host (Mike & Maty)
1965 - Michael Paul Springer, SF CA, PGA golfer (1994 Greater Milwaukee)
1966 - Todd Reynolds, Norwalk Conn, pairs skaters (Olympics-1994)
1966 - Tracey Fuchs, Centereach NY, field hockey midfielder (Olympics-88, 96)
1966 - Joe Hachem, Lebanese-born Australian poker player
1967 - Rob Cowie, Toronto, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
1968 - Antonio Pettigrew, Macon Ga, 400m (Olympics-96)
1968 - Debbie Rochon, Vancouver BC, actress (Tromeo & Juliet)
1968 - Lee Germon, cricketer (NZ keeper & captain 1995- )
1968 - Paul Quantrill, London Ontario, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
1969 - Jim Mckenzie, Gull Lake, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets)
1969 - Leslie Shepherd, NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
1969 - Robert Miles, Swiss record producer, composer and musician in trance and ambient music.
1970 - Doug Zmolek, Rochester, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
1971 - Bob Kronenberg, WLAF center (Rhein Fire)
1971 - Colbie Bell, Edmonton Alberta, 100kg Greco Roman wrestler (Oly-96)
1971 - Darrin Hancock, NBA guard/forward (Charlotte Hornets)
1971 - Joan Kenmore, actress (Wizard of Oz)
1971 - Matthew Lawton, Gulfport MS, outfielder (Minnesota Twins)
1971 - Tricia Carolyn Nosko, Miss USA-Indiana (1997)
1971 - William Strong, NFL cornerback (NO Saints)
1971 - Dylan Moran, Irish comedian
1971 - Diego Alessi, Italian race car driver
1972 - Chris Shelling, NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals)
1972 - Verl Mitchell, NFL guard (Atlanta Falcons)
1973 - Derrick Alexander, NFL defensive end (Minnesota Vikings)
1973 - Nemone, athlete and broadcaster
1973 - Kirk Jones (Sticky Fingaz), American musician
1973 - Mick Thomson, American guitarist (Slipknot)
1974 - Tariq Abdul Wahad, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1975 - Darren Sharper, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1976 - Guillermo Franco, Argentine-Mexican footballer
1977 - Aria Giovanni, American model
1979 - Jamie Duffney, Miss Minnesota Teen USA (1997)
1979 - Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer
1979 - Tim McIlrath, American musician (Rise Against)
1979 - Beau McDonald, Australian Rules Footballer
1981 - Sten Pentus, Estonian racing car driver
1982 - Evgeny Plushenko, Russian figure skater
1983 - Suzane von Richthofen, Brazilian murderess
1984 - Ryo Nishikido, Japanese Idol (member of NEWS (band) and Kanjani8)
1984 - Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver
1987 - Felix Schütz, German ice hockey player
1987 - Gemma Ward, Australian model
1987 - Colin Kaepernick, American football player
1987 - Elizabeth A. Smart, American abductee and activist
1988 - Angus McLaren, Australian Actor
1989 - Paula DeAnda, American singer
1990 - Ellyse Perry, Australian soccer player/cricket player

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This Day in History for 3rd November


Famous Deaths

                                   
Sharp Shooter Annie Oakley (1926)               Impressionist Painter                         Actress Mary Martin (1990)
                                                                     Henri Matisse (1954)


361 - Flavius Julius Constantius II, 1st Byzantine Emperor, dies at 44
753 - Pirminius, German saint (b. 753)
1254 - Johannes III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (1222-54)/saint, dies
1344 - Adolf van der Mark, prince-bishop of Liege (1313-44), dies at 56
1378 - Jan II, ruler of Polanen/Leck/Breda, dies
1428 - Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (mortally wounded in battle)
           (b. 1388)
1456 - Edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies
1580 - Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (b. 1512)
1584 - Charles Borromeo, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1538)
1600 - Richard Hooker, English theologian (b. 1554)
1639 - Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice), dies at 69
1643 - Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (b. 1577)
1643 - John Bainbridge, English astronomer (b. 1582)
1708 - Henriette Catharina van Nassau, daughter of Frederik Henry, dies at 71
1711 - Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer, dies at 60
1711 - John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian (b. 1666)
1787 - Robert Lowth, British bishop and grammarian (b. 1710)
1793 - Olympe de Gouges, French feminist and revolutionary (b. 1748)
1794 - François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1715)
1803 - Henri Moreau, composer, dies at 75
1832 - Pietro Generali, composer, dies at 59
1845 - Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies at 69
1864 - Antonio Goncalves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea
1867 - Pieter J Jong, Dutch Zouave, dies in battle
1869 - Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet (b. 1792)
1873 - Kintpuash, "Captain Jack", chief of Modoc-indians, dies
1890 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1811)
1904 - Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer, dies at 57
1911 - Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer, dies at 79
1913 - Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, composer, dies at 83
1914 - Georg Trakl, Austria poet (Totentag, Cocaine Overdose), dies at 27
1917 - Léon Bloy, French novelist and essayist (b. 1846)
1918 - Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov, Russian scientist (b. 1857)
1926 - Annie Oakley, US sharp shooting star, dies at 66
1927 - Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist (b. 1860)
1929 - Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (b. 1883)
1931 - Rudolf W Canne, Fries playwright (Peaske), dies at 60
1933 - Emile Roux, French scientist (b. 1853)
1936 - Filip Lazar, composer, dies at 42
1942 - Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Trousers, Snob), dies at 64
1945 - Alessandro Longo, composer, dies at 80
1949 - Solomon R Guggenheim, US art collector, dies at 88
1954 - Henri E B Matisse, French painter/sculptor (Dance II), dies at 84
1957 - Wilhelm Reich, Austria/US psycho analyst (sexual), dies at 60
1958 - Harry Revel, movie composer (Sitting Pretty, Gay Divorcee), dies
1959 - Friedrich Niggli, composer, dies at 83
1960 - Paul Willis, American actor (b. 1901)
1962 - Harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69
1964 - John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (b. 1905)
1966 - Eric Spear, British composer for film and TV (Coronation Street theme)
1970 - Peter II Karadjordjevic, last king of Yugoslavia (1934-45), dies at 57
1971 - Etienne Gailly, Belgium marathoner (Oly-bron-48), dies in accident at 48
1973 - Arturo De Cordova, actor (This Strange Passion), dies at 65
1973 - Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
1977 - Florence Vidor, actress (Jack Knife Man), dies at 82
1980 - Ludwig Hohl, writer, dies
1982 - Edward H Carr, British historian, dies at 90
1983 - Alfredo Antonini, conductor (Jane Froman Canteen), dies at 82
1986 - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, jazz saxophonist, dies at 65
1988 - Henri van Praag, Dutch para-psychologist, dies
1990 - Mary Martin, actress (Peter Pan), dies of cancer at 76
1990 - Valerie French, actress (Jubal), dies of leukemia
1992 - Jean Daskalides, Belgian chocolate factory, dies at 70
1992 - John H Davis, actor (Our Gang), dies of respiratory failure at 78
1993 - Duncan Gibbins, director (Fire With Fire), dies in California fire at 41
1993 - Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor, dies at 97
1993 - William Lanteau, actor (On Golden Pond), dies at 70
1994 - Dennis C Ott, US actor (Star Trek 3/4), dies of AIDs
1994 - Richard Krautheimer, US art historian, dies at 97
1995 - Arthur George Bottomley, politician, dies at 88
1995 - Gordon S. Fahrni, physician and president of the Canadian Medical Association (b. 1887)
1996 - Barry George Barrington Porter, politician, dies at 57
1996 - Heather Swift, local councellor, dies at 79
1996 - Jean-Bedel Bokassa, dictator of Cent Africa Rep (1967-79), dies at 75
1996 - Michael Burchill, actor, dies at 65
1996 - Abdullah Çatlı, a Turkish nationalist and neofascist activist (b. 1956)
1998 - Bob Kane, comic artist and Batman co-creator (b. 1915)
1999 - Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (b. 1928)
2001 - Ernst Gombrich, Austrian art historian (b. 1909)
2002 - Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician (b. 1931)
2002 - Jonathan Harris, American actor (b. 1914)
2003 - Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (b. 1923)
2004 - Sergei Zholtok, Latvian hockey player (b. 1972)
2006 - Paul Mauriat, French musician (b. 1925)
2006 - Marie Rudisill, American author and "Fruitcake Lady" (b. 1911)
2006 - Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorean footballer (b. 1937)
2007 - Martin Meehan, Irish republican (b. 1945)
2009 - Francisco Ayala, Spanish novelist (b. 1906)
2010 - Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician (b. 1938)
2010 - Jerry Bock, American musical theatre composer (b. 1928)
2010 - Jim Clench, Canadian bassist (April Wine and Bachman-Turner Overdrive) (b. 1949)
2012 - Tommy Goodwin, British track cyclist, dies at 91

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 4th November


Historical Events

                                   
US President                                           US President Grover Cleveland                 Dictator of Nazi Germany
 James Buchanan                                                                                                    Adolf Hitler

                                   
Nazi Politician Hermann Goering                 262nd Pope John XXIII                       Musician and Beatle
                                                                                                                              John Lennon

                                   
US President & Actor                                     Singer Elton John                         44th US President Barack Obama
Ronald Reagan


922 - Richarius becomes bishop of Luik
1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine
           chronicler Giovanni Villani.
1501 - Philip de Blank & Juana "la Loca" depart to Spain
1519 - Flood ravages Dutch/Friese coast
1520 - Danish/Norwegian king Christian II crowned king of Sweden
1529 - English cardinal Thomas Wolsey arrested
1576 - Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spanish defeat Walloon and captures Antwerp (after three
           days the city was nearly destroyed).
1619 - Frederik V crowned king of Bohemia
1631 - Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of S Netherlands
1645 - Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Holly
1646 - Massachusetts uses death penalty for denying that Holy Bible is God's word
1675 - Storm hits Western Europe: flood in Amsterdam
1737 - The Teatro di San Carlo is inaugurated.
1771 - Carlo Goldoni's "Le Bourru Bienfaisant," premieres in Paris
1783 - W.A. Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is premiered in Linz, Austria.
1839 - The Newport Rising is the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland
           Britain.
1841 - 1st wagon train arrives in California
1845 - 1st nationally observed uniform election day in US
1846 - Benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg
1852 - Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon
           expands to become Italy.
1854 - Lighthouse built on Alcatraz Island
1856 - James Buchanan elected 15th US president
1861 - University of Washington founded in Seattle
1862 - Dr Richard Gatling patents Gatling machine gun (Indianapolis)
1864 - Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee
1864 - Naval Engagement at Reynoldsburg Island
1866 - Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia
1867 - 90 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall
1873 - Dentist John Beers of SF patents gold crown
1874 - Samuel J Tilden elected governor of NY
1875 - Passenger Steamship "Pacific" collides with sailing vessel "Orpheus" off Cape Flattery Wash,
           236 die
1875 - Tonga adopts constitution
1876 - John Brahms' 1st Symphony in C, premieres
1879 - Elkins patents refrigerating apparatus
1879 - James Ritty patents 1st cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his Dayton, Ohio
           saloon
1884 - Grover Cleveland (D) beats James G Blaine (R) for his 1st presidential term. The only
           American president to serve 2 non-consecutive terms
1886 - Edward MacDowell's "Ophelia," premieres
1889 - Players League begins, declaring independence from baseball's NL
1890 - Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate
1890 - Prince of Wales opens 1st underground station (Stockwell, London)
1890 - St Aleksandr Borodons opera "Prins Igor," premieres in Petersburg
1893 - Dr Jamesons Legertje occupies Bulawayo Matabeleland
1901 - Clyde Fitch' "Way of the World," premieres in NYC
1904 - 1st stadium built specifically for football (Harvard Stadium)
1905 - Dock strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam
1908 - Brooklyn Academy of Music, opens in NYC
1909 - Opera "Il Segreto di Susanna" is produced (Munich)
1910 - Start of South Africa's 1st F-C game in Aust (v S Aust). It rained
1911 - France & Germany signs treaty about Morocco & Congo
1914 - Soviet Union declares war on Turkey
1914 - Vogue holds 1st model show ("Fashion Fete," NYC)
1918 - Kiel in hands of revolutionary sailors
1921 - The Sturmabteilung or SA is formally formed by Adolf Hitler
1921 - Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
1922 - Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt
1924 - British Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald resigns
1924 - California legalizes professional boxing (illegal since 1914)
1924 - Nellie Tayloe Ross elected 1st US female gov (Wyoming)
1924 - US president Calvin Coolidge re-elected
1928 - Jose Moncada elected president of Nicaragua
1929 - John Baldridge' "Berkeley Square," premieres in NYC
1931 - Jean Genet's "Judith," premieres in Paris
1933 - Bradman scores 200 NSW v Queensland, 184 mins, 26 fours
1933 - Hermann Goering & Georgi Dimitrov duel
1933 - Young Park (1) in the Bronx named in honor of James Young
1934 - Pitts ends Detroit Lions' shutout streak at 7 games but loses 40-7
1939 - 1940 Olympics awarded to Helsinki, Finland
1939 - 1st air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill
1939 - US allows "cash & carry" arms sales during WW II
1940 - Eggs & cake rationed in Netherlands
1942 - 13th day of battle at El Alamein: Afrika Korps draws back out Fuka-posing
1943 - France arrests government of Lebanon
1944 - German troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald
1944 - RAF bombs Dinteloord, 54 killed
1946 - "Park Avenue" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 72 performances
1946 - UN Educational, Scientific, & Cultural Organization formed
1948 - TS Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature
1949 - "One Man's Family" premieres on TV
1950 - "Barrier" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances
1950 - "Consul" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 269 performances
1950 - Indonesian troops reconquer Ambonese capital Ambon
1950 - US troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea
1951 - 9th Ryder Cup: US wins 9½-2½ at Pinehurst Resort (Pinehurst, North Carolina, US)
1951 - NY Giants & NY Yanks score back-to-back TDs on kickoff returns
1951 - Vijay Merchant scores 154 v England in his last Test Cricket innings
1952 - Earthquake & flood strike Kamshatka-South America
1952 - General Dwight Eisenhower (R) elected 34th pres beating Adlai Stevenson (D)
1953 - Eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Phila A's
1953 - New balk rule gives the batter option; of accepting the outcome of the pitch or the balk
1954 - "Fanny" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 888 performances
1954 - Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City
1955 - The rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio after it was
           totally destroyed in World War II.
1956 - 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest
1956 - Israel captures Straits of Tiran & reach Suez Canal Egypt
1956 - USSR sends tanks into Hungary & threatens to bomb Budapest
1957 - 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched
1958 - Angelo G Roncalli crowned as pope John XXIII
1958 - Belgian government of Eyskens, resigns
1958 - Democrats win US congressional election
1959 - Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP
1960 - "Misfits" premieres, final movie for Clark Gable & Marilyn Monroe
1961 - Karamanlis becomes premier of Greece
1962 - Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament
1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1963 - John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewellery" line
1965 - Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah
1966 - Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113
1968 - Battles between Jordan army & Al Fatah-arm forces
1968 - WRDU (now WPTF) TV chan 28 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (NBC) 1st broadcast
1968 - WTOG TV channel 44 in St Petersburg-Tampa, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
1970 - Russian nuclear physicist Sacharov forms Human Rights Comittee1958 - Angelo G Roncalli
           crowned as pope John XXIII
1958 - Belgian government of Eyskens, resigns
1958 - Democrats win US congressional election
1959 - Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP
1960 - "Misfits" premieres, final movie for Clark Gable & Marilyn Monroe
1961 - Karamanlis becomes premier of Greece
1962 - Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament
1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1963 - John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewellery" line
1965 - Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah
1966 - Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113
1968 - Battles between Jordan army & Al Fatah-arm forces
1968 - WRDU (now WPTF) TV chan 28 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (NBC) 1st broadcast
1968 - WTOG TV channel 44 in St Petersburg-Tampa, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
1970 - Russian nuclear physicist Sacharov forms Human Rights Comittee
1970 - Genie, a 13 year old feral child was found in Los Angeles, California having been locked in her
           bedroom for most of her life.
1972 - Bangladesh adopts constitution
1972 - Kings score 3 goals within 45 seconds against Islanders
1973 - 1000s commemorates former premier Georgios Papandreou
1973 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic
1973 - M Medoff's "When you Comin' Back, Red Ryder?," premieres in NYC
1973 - New Orleans Saints 1st shutout victory, 13-0 vs Buffalo Bills
1973 - The Netherlands experiences the first Car Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis.
           Highways are deserted and are solely used by cyclists and roller skaters.
1975 - Orioles Jim Palmer wins his 2nd Cy Young Award
1976 - 1st mass-market free-agent reentry draft, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Gullett, Tenace, Fingers,
           Baylor, Grich & McCovey, available
1977 - UN Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa
1978 - Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U
1978 - Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3)
1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1978 - 3rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, & Darrell Evans, available
1979 - 63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheran, Iran)
1979 - 500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days)
1980 - Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2)
1980 - Libyan invasion in Chad
1980 - Ronald Reagan (R) defeats President Jimmy Carter (D) by a landslide
1980 - Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time HR run king with 868, retires
1980 - Steve Carlton wins 3rd NL Cy Young Awards
1981 - Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart," premieres in NYC
1981 - Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 secs remaining
1981 - Dr George Nichopoulas is acquitted of overprescribing addictive drugs for Elvis Presley
1982 - Ruud Lubbers becomes Dutch premier
1983 - Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed
1983 - Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime victory beating Vancouver 5-4
1984 - Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1984 - Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%
1987 - Benito Santiago, Padres catcher, wins NL Rookie of Year
1987 - Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father Joel
1987 - NBA announces 4 new franchises; Charlotte & Miami for 1988 & Minneapolis & Orlando for
           1989
1988 - 1st NBA game at Charlotte Coliseum - Hornets lose to Cavs, 133-93
1989 - 1st NBA game at Orlando Arena, Orlando Magic loses to NJ Nets, 111-106
1989 - Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon
1989 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm,
           Steinlen, Sunday Silence
1989 - The congress of the Solidarity Party is inaugurated in Sweden. The congress decides, contrary
           to the proposal of the central committee, not to disband the party.
1990 - "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" opens at Shubert NYC for 225 perfs
1990 - 20th NYC Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil in 2:30:45
1990 - 21st NYC Marathon won by Douglas Wakiihuri in 2:12:39
1990 - Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mazda Japan 133 Golf Classic
1990 - Iraq says it is preparing for a "dangerous war"
1990 - US Secretary of State James Baker visits American troops in Saudi Arabia
1991 - Mid East peace conference ends in Madrid Spain
1992 - NY Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR
1992 - NY Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio
1993 - "Timon of Athens" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 37 performances
1993 - Elton John awarded $518,700 from Sunday Mirror for a false report on his diet
1993 - Nia Peeples files for divorce from Howard Hewett
1993 - Bolivia becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1994 - Soyuz TM-20 lands in Kazahkstan
1994 - United Center in Chicago opens - Bulls beat Charlotte Hornets, 89-83
1994 - San Francisco: First conference that focusses exclusively on the subject of the commercial
           potential of the World Wide Web.
1995 - "Indiscretions" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC after 221 perfs
1995 - 1st-class Cricket debut of Paul Adams, W Province v N Transvaal
1995 - Key Arena opens, Seattle Supersonics beat LA Lakers 103-89
2002 - Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing pro-democracy letter to the
           16th Communist Party Congress
2003 - The most powerful solar flare as observed by satellite instrumentation is recorded.
2003 - Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy becomes the first person indicted under the
           Sarbanes-Oxley Act. He was eventually acquitted.
2004 - 12 French soldiers, 3 UN personnel and hundreds of civilians die during the Côte d'Ivoire civil
           war.
2008 - Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United
           States
2012 - Bishop Tawadros appointed as the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church
2012 - Kimi Raikkonen wins Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2012
2012 - Syrian rebels capture a major oil field in Deir ez-Zor Governorate

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 4th November


Famous Weddings

1842 - Abraham Lincoln (later 16th US President) marries Mary Todd in Springfield
1911 - Charles I of Austria marries Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma
1978 - "The Nanny" actress Fran Drescher (20) weds writer and director Peter Marc Jacobson (20)
2006 - Radio and television journalist Alison Stewart (40) weds MSNBC vice-president of prime-time
           programming Bill Wolff (40) at the stylish New York restaurant Cipriani 23rd Street
2006 - Croatian princess Paola Doimi de Frankopan (37) weds son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent
           Lord Nicholas Windsor (37) at St. Stephen of Abyssina in Vatican City
2006 - 1996 summer Olympics gold medalist gymnast Dominique Moceanu (25) weds podiatrist Dr.
           Michael Canales (29) in Houston, Texas

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 4th November


Famous Divorces

1940 - American author and journalist "The Old Man and the Sea" Ernest Hemingway divorces 2nd
           wife Pauline Pfeiffer
1993 - Nia Peeples files for divorce from Howard Hewett
2009 - R&B singer Usher (30) divorces hair stylist and wardrobe stylist Tameka Foster (38) due to
           irretrievably broken marriage after 2 years of marriage

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 4th November


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Humorist Will Rogers (1879)                      Broadcast Journalist                              Actress Doris Roberts (1930)
                                                               Walter Cronkite (1916)

 
Rapper Puff Daddy (1969)


1448 - King Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495)
1575 - Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642)
1587 - Samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised
1590 - Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter
1640 - Carlo Mannelli, composer
1650 - William III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702)
1656 - Leonard Sailer, composer
1661 - Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742)
1674 - Anton Englert, composer
1708 - Robert Praelisauer, composer
1740 - Augustus Montague Toplady, English author of hymn "Rock of Ages" (d. 1778)
1756 - Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner
1765 - Pierre Girard, French mathematician (d. 1836)
1779 - John W Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo)
1787 - Edmund Kean, England, actor (Edmund Kean's Masonic Career)
1790 - Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62)
1797 - Aleksander A Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author
1800 - Eduard Brendler, composer
1809 - Benjamin Robbins Curtis, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1874)
1812 - Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/East poet (Lettere a Maria)
1816 - William Polk Hardeman, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
1816 - Stephen Johnson Field, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1899)
1818 - Alexander Robert Lawton, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
1820 - Robert Vinkler Richardson, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1870
1823 - Karel Komzak, composer
1835 - Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1913
1836 - Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman and sawmill partner (d. 1912)
1841 - Carl Tausig, composer
1842 - William Barker Cushing, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1874
1845 - Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, The First Indian Revolutionary (d. 1883)
1846 - Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer
1859 - Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer
1862 - Eden Phillpotts, England, novelist/poet/playwright (Red Madymaynes)
1867 - Tomasz Arciszewski, Polish PM (1944-47)
1868 - Carolina Otero, a.k.a La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer and courtesan (d. 1965)
1872 - Herman Finck, composer
1873 - G E Moore, English philosopher (Ethics)
1874 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (d. 1920)
1876 - James Fraser, designed buffalo nickel
1879 - Will Rogers, Oologah Indian Territory (Okla), humorist and actor (Judge Priest), (d. 1935)
1881 - Gena Branscombe, composer
1881 - Milton Rosmer, Southport England, director (Murder in the Red Barn)
1884 - Harry Ferguson, Northern Irish aviator and inventor (d. 1960)
1886 - Ian Wolfe, Canton Ill, actor (Diary of a Madman, Wizards & Warriors)
1887 - Knut Algot Hakanson, composer
1889 - Alton Augustus Adams, composer
1890 - Klabund, [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Bracke, Borgia)
1891 - Miroslav Krejci, Czech composer
1896 - Carlos P. Garcia, 8th President of the Philippines (d. 1971)
1897 - Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, Brazilian conductor/composer (Imbapara)
1899 - Carlos Pellicer, Mexican museum director/poet (Teotihuacan)
1899 - Mimi Boesnach, Dutch actress (Wedding of Kloris & Roosje)
1899 - Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourgish cyclist (d. 1985)
1900 - Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter (opera stars)
1900 - Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Romanian communist activist and sociologist (d. 1954)
1901 - Princess Bang-ja of Korea (d. 1989)
1901 - Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (d. 1974)
1902 - Frank Jenks, Des Moines IA, actor (Zombies on Broadway)
1903 - Ion Vasilescu, composer
1904 - Don Alvarado, [Jose Page], Albuquerque NM, actor (Captain Thunder)
1904 - Walter Bauer, writer
1904 - Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish technician and textilist (d. 1967)
1905 - Martin Raschke, German author/publisher/war correspondent
1906 - Arnold Atkinson Cooke, composer
1906 - Bob Considine, sports columnist (Bob Feller Story)
1906 - Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, lawyer/diplomat
1906 - Siegfried Borris, composer
1908 - Anthony Warde, PA, actor (Black Widow)
1908 - Stanley Cortez, New York City, American cinematographer
1909 - Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1909 - Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (d. 1974)
1909 - Evelyn Johnson, Corbin Kentucky, female pilot (most flying hours - 57,685), (d. 2012)
1911 - Jack Rose, screenwriter
1911 - Ssamu Shimizu, composer
1912 - H "Giff" Vivian, cricketer (father of Graham 1st Test for NZ at 18)
1912 - Pauline Trigere, fashion designer (Bell Bottoms)
1912 - Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov, composer
1913 - Gig Young, St. Cloud Minnesota, American actor (They Shoot Horses Don't They)
1915 - Alistair Cameron Crombie, historian of science
1915 - Courtenay E Benson, broadcaster
1915 - Lloyd James Austin, French Scholar
1916 - Walter Cronkite, St Joseph Mo, news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81)
1917 - Leonardo Cimino, Manhattan, New York, actor (V, Dune), (d. 2012)
1918 - Art Carney, Mount Vernon NY, actor (Ed Norton-Honeymooners)
1918 - Cameron Mitchell, Dallastown Pa, actor (Buck-High Chaparral)
1919 - Martin Balsam, NYC, actor (Murray-Archie Bunker's Place, Catch 22)
1920 - Georges Papy, Belgian mathematician (Numbers Game)
1921 - Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer
1922 - Poul Rovsing Olsen, composer
1922 - Benno Besson, Swiss actor (d. 2006)
1923 - Alfred Heineken, beer brewer (Heineken)
1924 - Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
1927 - Vittorio Fellegara, composer
1928 - Hannah Weiner American experimental poet
1929 - Jimmy Piersall, baseball player (Red Sox, Senators, Indians)
1929 - Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor (d. 1987)
1930 - Dick Groat, shortstop (NL MVP 1960)
1930 - Doris Roberts, St Louis Mo, actress (Angie, Maggie, Emmy 1983)
1930 - Kate Reid, London England, actress (Heaven Help US)
1931 - Darla Hood, Leedey Oklahoma, singer/actress (Little Rascals)
1932 - David Shipman, film historian
1932 - Noam Pitlik, Phila Pa, actor/director (Sanford & Son, Bob Newhart)
1932 - Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (d. 2004)
1933 - Mildred McDaniel, US high jumper (Olympic-gold-1956)
1933 - Tito Francona, American baseball player
1934 - Judith Herzberg, Dutch poetess/author (Charlotte Life or Theater)
1935 - Elgar Howarth, composer
1936 - Didier Ratsiraka, president of Madagascar
1936 - C. K. Williams, American poet
1937 - Loretta Swit, Passaic NJ, actress (Hotlips Houlihan-M*A*S*H)
1938 - Alan Jones, cricketer (England v ROW 1970 his only intl honour)
1938 - Harry Elston, rocker
1940 - Delbert McClinton, Lubbock Tx, singer (Gonna Find a Good Woman)
1941 - Martin Brozius, Dutch actor (Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden)
1943 - Marlene Jobert, novelist (Adventures of John Difool)
1943 - Clark Graebner, American tennis player
1944 - Willem Breuker, Dutch saxophonist/conductor (WB Collective)
1946 - Robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer
1946 - Laura Bush, U.S. First Lady 2001-09
1946 - Frederick Elmes, American cinematographer
1947 - Aleksandr Tkachev, USSR, parallel bars gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980)
1947 - Alexei Ulanov, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1972, 76)
1947 - Edward Matt Dougherty, Chester PA, PGA golfer (1995 Deposit Guaranty)
1947 - Rodney Marsh, cricketer (AKA "Iron Gloves" AKA "Bacchus" Kept wickets)
1949 - Berlinda Tolbert, Charlotte NC, actor (Jenny-Jeffersons)
1949 - Kathy McMullen, LPGA golfer
1950 - Markie Post, [Marjorie], Palo Alto Cal, actr (Christine-Night Court)
1950 - Charles Frazier, American author
1951 - Dan Hartman, US singer/songwriter/producer (Instant Replay)
1951 - Traian Băsescu, President of Romania
1953 - Carlos Gutierrez, American politician
1953 - Jacques Villeneuve (elder), Canadian racing driver
1953 - Dr. Marvel Williamson, American educator
1954 - Chris Difford, guitarist/vocalist (Squeeze-Tempted)
1955 - Peter Boynton, Danaiscotta Maine, actor (Tonio-As the World Turns)
1955 - Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland
1956 - James Honeyman-Scott, rock guitarist/vocalist (Pretenders)
1956 - Jeff Watson, rock guitarist (Night Ranger)
1956 - Jordan Rudess, American musician (Dream Theater)
1957 - Najee, rocker
1958 - Anne Sweeney, American television executive
1960 - Kim Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men)
1960 - Kathy Griffin, Chicago, Illinois, American comedienne (Suddenly Susan, Kathy Griffin: My Life
           on the D-List)
1960 - Marc Awodey, American artist and writer
1960 - Frl. Menke, German pop singer of the Neue Deutsche Welle
1961 - Edward Knight, Ann Arbor, Michigan, composer
1961 - Carlos Espinosa, Mexico, Canadian Tour golfer (1995 Philippine Open)
1961 - Ralph Macchio, Huntington NY, actor (Karate Kid, 8 is Enough)
1961 - Daron Hagen, American composer
1961 - Edward Knight, American composer
1961 - Les Sampou, American musician
1961 - Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer
1962 - Jeff Probst, American television host
1963 - David Williams, WI cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests 1992)
1963 - Michael Heidt, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
1963 - Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist (Zébulon)
1963 - Rosario Flores, Spanish singer and actress
1963 - Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey coach
1964 - Fiona Pike, Adelaide Australia, golfer (S Aust State champ 1993/94)
1964 - Kurt Krakowian, Berwyn, Illinios, child actor
1965 - Erik Norgard, NFL center/guard (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1965 - Gregory Scott [Koenig], Dearborn Mich, guitarist (Signs of Life)
1965 - Malandra Burrows, English actress and singer
1965 - Tomoaki Ishizuka "Pata", Japanese musician
1965 - Wayne Static, American musician (Static-X)
1966 - Bubba McDowell, NFL safety (Carolina Panthers)
1966 - Kool Rock, [Damon Wimbley], rapper (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)
1966 - Petra Verkaik, Los Angeles Ca, playmate (Dec, 1989)
1966 - H. John Heinz IV, American medieval armor craftsman; son of Teresa Heinz
1967 - Alex Rousseau, Paris France, US water polo 2m Offense (Oly-4th-92, 96)
1967 - Asif Mujtaba, cricketer (Pakistani lefty batsman)
1967 - Eric Karros, Hackansack NJ, infielder (LA Dodgers)
1968 - Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rico, infielder (Cleveland Indians)
1968 - Domingo Cedeno, La Ramona Dom Rep, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
1968 - Osvaldo Fernandez, Holguin Cuba, pitcher (SF Giants)
1969 - Jan Apell, Sweden, tennis star
1969 - Katrin Borchert, Germany, Australian canoeist (Olympics-96)
1969 - Matthew McConaughey, actor (Contact, A Time to Kill)
1969 - Tommy Henry, CFL defensive back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1969 - Sean Combs [Puff Daddy], New York City, rapper/record producer (Come to Me, I'll be Missing
           You)
1970 - Corey Schwab, North Battleford Canada, NHL goalie (NJ Devils)
1970 - Tim DeBoom, American triathlete
1971 - Russell Copeland, NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
1972 - Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer
1972 - Tabassum Hashmi, Indian actress
1974 - Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American musician (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta)
1975 - Eric Fichaud, Anjou Canada, NHL goalie (NY Islanders)
1975 - Heather Tom, Hinsdale Ill, actress (Victoria Howard-Young & Restless)
1975 - Lorenzen Wright, NBA forward (LA Clippers)
1975 - Michael Osmond, Utah, singer (Osmond Boys)
1975 - Orlando Pace, tackle (St Louis Rams)
1975 - Eduard Kokcharov, Russian handball player
1975 - Curtis Stone, Australian chef and television personality
1976 - Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian racing driver
1976 - Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer
1977 - Roseanne Farrugia, Miss Universe-Malta (1996)
1977 - Larry Bigbie, American baseball player
1977 - So Ji-sub, South Korean swimmer, model and actor
1977 - Tonicha Jeronimo, British actress
1978 - Carmen Cali, American baseball player
1978 - John Grabow, American baseball player
1979 - Daisy Eagan, Brooklyn New York, American actresss (Secret Graden)
1979 - Jesse Camp, former MTV veejay
1979 - Trishelle Cannatella, American reality tv castmember and model
1980 - Sabrina Colie, Jamaican actress
1980 - Jerry Collins, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1980 - Richard Owens, American football player
1980 - Marcy Rylan, American actress
1981 - Vince Wilfork, American football player
1982 - Devin Hester, American football player
1985 - Marcell Jansen, German footballer
1986 - Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer and actress
1986 - Adrian Zaugg, South African racing driver
1993 - Jonathan Ric Ocasek, son of rocker Ric & model Paulina Porizkova

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 4th November


Famous Deaths

Novelist Michael Crichton (2008)


1203 - Dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies
1411 - Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384)
1652 - Jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597)
1658 - Antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)
1669 - Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603)
1674 - Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72
1698 - Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)
1702 - John Benbow, English vice-admiral (Santa Marta), dies
1702 - Thomas Eisenhut, composer, dies at 58
1704 - Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (b. 1654)
1708 - Henriette Catharina van Nassau, daughter of Frederik Henry, dies at 71
1768 - Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer, dies at 57
1781 - Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (b. 1721)
1801 - William Shippen, American physician and delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1712)
1830 - Frederic LG de Merode, Belgian revolutionary, dies in battle at 37
1837 - Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist, dies at 69
1847 - Jacob L Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, German pianist/composer, dies at 38
1853 - Alexander Stadtfeld, composer, dies at 27
1856 - Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (b. 1797)
1869 - George Peabody, American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Peabody
           Trust and the Peabody Institute, dies at 74
1890 - Jacob PP baron van Zuylen, Dutch foreign minister (1852-3), dies at 74
1890 - Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, composer, dies at 46
1893 - Cornelis E van Koetsveld, Dutch vicar/literature, dies at 86
1893 - Pierre Tirard, French politician (b. 1827)
1898 - Jerome Hopkins, composer, dies at 62
1904 - Jack Brown, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1894-99), dies
1906 - John H. Ketcham, American politician (b. 1832)
1908 - Tomés Estrada Palma, 1st president Cuba (1902-06), dies
1914 - Georg Trakl, writer, dies at 27
1918 - Wilfred Owens, anti-war poet (Anthem for doomed youth), dies at 25
1921 - Takasji Hara, premier of Japan, murdered
1924 - Gabriel Urbain Faure, French composer (Requiem), dies at 79
1924 - Richard Conner, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (b. 1843)
1928 - Arnold Rothstein, [A R], US businessman/gambler, shot to death at 46
1931 - Charles Buddy Bolden, US jazz musician, dies
1932 - Belle Bennett, actress (Iron Mask), dies at 41
1935 - Miklos Radnai, composer, dies at 43
1937 - Rogelio del Villar, composer, dies at 61
1939 - Charles Arnold Tournemire, composer, dies at 69
1940 - Manuel Azaña y Diez, Spanish PM (1932..4)/pres (1936-39), dies at 60
1942 - Marcel Barger, [Streliskie], cabaret performer, killed in Auschwitz
1950 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (b. 1887)
1953 - Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer, dies at 89
1954 - Stig H Dagerman, Swedish author (Burned Child), dies at 31
1955 - Cy Young, American baseball player (b. 1867)
1956 - Art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46
1957 - Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer, dies at 78
1957 - Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1897)
1965 - Krsto Odak, composer, dies at 77
1967 - June Thorburn, actress (Tom Thumb), dies in plane crash at 36
1968 - Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78
1968 - Michel Kikoine, Belarusian painter (b. 1892)
1969 - Carlos Marighela, Brazilian guerilla, dies in battle
1969 - Ferenc Szabo, composer, dies at 66
1973 - Karl H Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75
1974 - Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop, dies at 62
1975 - Sheila Ryan, actress(Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54
1980 - Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer (b. 1905)
1982 - Dominique Dunne, actress (Poltergeist), murdered by boyfriend at 23
1982 - Jacques Tati[scheff], French mime/director, dies at 74
1984 - Merie Earle, actress (Maude-Waltons), dies of uremic poisoning at 95
1986 - Kurt Hirsch, German mathematician (b. 1906)
1987 - Raphael Soyer, artist (Depression scenes in NYC), dies at 87
1992 - Regina Carrol, actress (Jessi's Girl), dies of cancer at 49
1993 - Basuki Abdullah, Indonesian painter, murdered at 78
1993 - Cliff Young, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies in car accident at 29
1993 - Cornelis T "Cor" van de Molen, Dutch journalist (Beehive), dies at 62
1993 - Ely A Landau, producer (Long Day's Journey), dies of stroke at 73
1993 - Jose L Guarner, Spanish movie reviewer, dies at 56
1994 - Alexander Hardie Williamson, artist, dies at 87
1994 - Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitarist, dies at 46
1994 - Jan Wegter, actor (Pastorale 1943), dies at 64
1994 - Sam Francis, US painter (Basel Mural), dies at about 71
1994 - Samuel Lewis Francis, painter, dies at 71
1995 - Gilles Deleuze, philosopher, dies at 70
1995 - Jerome Berger, lawyer/Film producer, dies at 64
1995 - Marti Lynne Stringer Caine, singer/comedienne, dies at 50
1995 - Paul Eddington, actor (Jim Hacker), dies at 68
1995 - Yitzhak Rabin, PM of Israel, assassinated at 73
1996 - Robert Rapoport, social anthropologist, dies at 72
1997 - George Chambers, PM of Trinidad & Tobago (1981-86), dies
1997 - H Richard Hornberger, surgeon (inspired M*A*S*H), dies at 73
1997 - Wally Bruner, journalist (ABC, What's My Line), dies at 66
1999 - Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian West Indies cricketer (b. 1958)
2003 - Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (b. 1923)
2003 - Ken Gampu, South African actor (b. 1929)
2003 - Charles Causley, Cornish writer and poet (b. 1917)
2005 - Nadia Anjuman, Afghan poet and journalist (b. 1980)
2005 - Sheree North, American actress and singer (b. 1932)
2006 - Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American memoirist (Cheaper by the Dozen) (b. 1908)
2006 - Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician (b. 1915)
2007 - Peter Viertel, German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2008 - Michael Crichton, American author, dies at 66
2008 - Juan Camilo Mouriño, Mexican Secretary of the Interior (b. 1971)
2009 - Hubertus Brandenburg, Roman Catholic Bishop of Stockholm (b. 1923)
2010 - Sparky Anderson, American baseball manager (b. 1934)
2010 - Eugénie Blanchard, French supercentenarian (b. 1896)
2010 - Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer (b. 1960)
2011 - Andy Rooney, American radio and television writer (b. 1919)
2012 - Ted Curson, American jazz trumpeter, dies from a heart attack at 77

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This Day in History for 5th November


Historical Events

                                   
English Catholic Conspirator                   US President Ulysses S. Grant                US President Woodrow Wilson
 Guy Fawkes 

                                   
Dictator of Nazi Germany                         32nd US President                                36th US President
Adolf Hitler                                              Franklin D. Roosevelt                           Lyndon B. Johnson

                 
Singer-songwriter Robin Gibb               Boxing Champ George Foreman


1228 - Wu MeKuan, a collection of 48 Zen koans, compiled in China
1414 - Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens
1492 - Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba
1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary was
           written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French
          dictionary.
1530 - St Felix Flood ravages Dutch coast and destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands
1556 - Akbar (14) succeeds his father Humajun as Sultan of Delhi
1556 - Battle at Panipat: Mogollegers beat hindu leader Hemu
1605 - Gunpowder Plot; attempt to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy
           Fawkes tortured and later executed
1630 - Spain & England sign peace treaty
1639 - 1st post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts
1678 - Brandenburgse troops occupy Greifswald in Sweden
1725 - Spain & Austria sign secret treaty
1743 - Coordinated scientific observations of the transit of Mercury were organized by Joseph-Nicolas
           Delisle.
1757 - Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French & Indian War)
1780 - French-American force under Colonel LaBalme is defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
1781 - John Hanson elected 1st "President of US in Congress assembled"
1789 - Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname
1789 - French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law
1811 - El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence
1838 - Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation
1846 - Robert Schumann's 2nd Symphony in C, premieres
1854 - Crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000
1862 - Ambrose Burnside replaces McClellen as head of Army of Potomac
1862 - Battle at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia: 51 casualties
1872 - American women's right to vote advocate Susan B Anthony votes for Ulysses S. Grant
1872 - Ulysses S. Grant re-elected US president
1876 - Henry Morton Stanley's expedition leaves Nyangwe
1881 - French government-Ferry resigns
1882 - Bedrich Smetana's "Ma Vlast," premieres
1883 - Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army
1883 - Musical "Cordelia's Aspirations" premieres in NYC
1887 - Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion
           championship
1889 - Louisa Woosley first women to be ordained as a minister in any Presbyterian denomination
           (US Cumberland Presbyterian Church).
1894 - Frederick Lugards expedition reaches Nikki
1895 - 1st US patent granted for auto (George B Selden) for gasoline driven car
1895 - Edward, Prince of Wakes, says "We are all Socialists nowadays"
1895 - US state Utah accepts female suffrage
1898 - Gerhart Hauptmanns "Fuhrmann Henschel," premieres in Berlin
1911 - Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica
1911 - Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing 1st transcontinental airplane flight (49 days)
           (left Sheepshead Bay, NY, Sept 17)
1912 - Arizona, Kansas & Wisconsin vote for female suffrage
1912 - Bulgarian troops in Constantinople blockade drinking water
1912 - Woodrow Wilson (D) defeats Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) & Pres Taft (R)
1913 - Ludwig III crowned king of Bavaria
1914 - Britain annexes Cyprus
1914 - Great Britain & France & Russia declares war on Turkey
1916 - Emperor Wilhelm II & Franz Jozef I establish the kingdom of Poland
1916 - Second Chamber accept initial impetus to general males/female suffrage
1916 - The Everett Massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a
           shoot-out between IWW organizers and local police.
1917 - Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time
1917 - Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v Warley) strikes down Lousiville Ky ordiance requiring
           blacks & whites to live in separate areas
1919 - Ir à Steringa Idzerda begins hosting "soirée-musical" on Dutch radio
1922 - Demonstration for a Dutch University in Ghent
1925 - Mussolini disbands Italian socialist parties
1927 - 10th PGA Championship: Water Hagen at Cedar Crest CC Dallas
1927 - Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa for 4th consecutive PGA title
1930 - Nobel for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis for "Babbitt"
1932 - Benito Mussolini frees 16,000 criminals
1933 - Chicago Bears 30 game unbeaten streak ends to Patriots (10-0)
1933 - Spanish Basques vote for autonomy
1935 - Maryland Court of Appeals orders U of M to admit (black) Donald Murray
1935 - Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly
1936 - French writer Andre Gide criticizes Soviet regime
1937 - Hitler informs his military leaders in a secret meeting of his intentions of going to war
1938 - Ottawa Roughriders score on 5-man, 4-lateral, 65-yard punt return
1938 - Rugers beats Princeton 1st time in 60 yrs as Rutgers Stad dedicated
1940 - Dutch submarine departs Dundee
1940 - Pres FDR (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R)
1940 - Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Wash Senators, loses Maryland congressional race (R)
1941 - Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima leave Pearl Harbor
1942 - Nazi raid on Greek Jews in Paris
1942 - Pro-British Clandestine Radio Diego Suarez's final transmission
1943 - -6] Vatican bombed
1944 - Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren
1944 - Canadian & British troops liberate Dinteloord
1944 - German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die
1945 - Colombia joins the United Nations.
1946 - John F Kennedy (D-Mass) elected to House of Representatives
1950 - Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record
1950 - Philippines president Quirino ends emergency crisis
1951 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1953 - Nobel prize for physics awarded/appended on Frederik Zernicke
1953 - Paul Searls saws a 32" log in 86.4 seconds
1953 - Terence Rattigans' "Sleeping Prince," premieres in London
1955 - Mont Canadien Jean Beliveau scores 2nd fastest hat trick (44 seconds)
1955 - New Vienna Opera house opens (Austria)
1955 - Date returned to in "Back to the Future" by Marty McFly
1956 - Britain & France land forces in Egypt
1956 - Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized
1956 - Israel liberates Sharm-el-Sheikh, reopening Gulf of Aqaba
1956 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Datis nuperrime
1957 - Mrs Nellie McGrail wins $574,658 on a 2½ cent soccer pool ticket
1958 - "Maria Golovin" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 5 performances
1958 - KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
1959 - AFL announced with 8 teams
1961 - India's premier Nehru arrives in NY
1961 - St Louis Cards Bill Stacy, returns 2 interceptions for TDs vs Dallas
1963 - US VP Lyndon B Johnson visits Netherlands
1964 - US launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned
1966 - Brigham Young QB Virgil Carter sets NCAA record of 599 yards gained
1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 - ATS-3 launched by US to take 1st pictures of full Earth disk
1967 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
1967 - New Orleans Saints 1st NFL victory, beat Philadelphia Eagles 31-24
1967 - US troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam
1967 - Yemen president Sallal flees
1967 - The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. The survivors include Bee
           Gee Robin Gibb.
1968 - 1st AL pitcher to win MVP, Denny McLain (wins unanimously)
1968 - Nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) & George C Wallace for presidency
1971 - Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping
1971 - NBA's LA Lakers starts a 33 game consecutive victory streak
1972 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic
1973 - BART starts SF-Daly City train shuttle service
1974 - Dmitri Sjotakovitch completes Michelangelo-liederen
1974 - Ella Grasso (Ct) elected 1st woman US gov not related to previous gov
1974 - Walter E Washington, becomes 1st elected mayor of Wash DC
1975 - British government sends troops to Belize
1975 - Sao Tome & Principe adopts constitution
1976 - Balt Jim Palmer wins AL Cy Young Award
1976 - New AL franchises in Seattle & Toronto fill up their rosters
1976 - Pirates trade Manny Sanguillen & $100,000 to A's for mgr Chuck Tanner
1976 - USSR performs nuclear test
1977 - NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young)
1978 - Iranian PM Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
1978 - Khomeini followers attack British embassy/El Al office in Iran
1978 - Oakland Raider's John Madden becomes 13th coach to win 100 NFL games
1979 - Iran government of Bazargan resigns
1979 - Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares US "The Great Satan"
1981 - Charles Fuller's "Soldier's Play," premieres in NYC
1981 - Former Dolphin, Mercury Morris, is sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficing, conspiracy, &
           possession of cocaine
1982 - Cleveland Cavaliers lose 24th consecutive game (NBA record)
1982 - George Harrison releases "Gone Troppo" album
1983 - NY Rangers & Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 secs of 3rd period
1983 - Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) moves overland to Dryden
1985 - "News" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 4 performances
1987 - "Into the Woods" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 764 performances
1987 - France performs nuclear test
1987 - Iceberg twice size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic
1987 - South Africa ANC-leader Govan Mbeki freed
1987 - Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine's musical "Into the Stars," premieres
1987 - Supreme Court nominee Douglas H Ginsburg admitted using marijuana
1988 - 1st NBA game at Bradley Center, Milw Bucks lose to LA Clippers 111-91
1988 - 1st NBA game at Miami Arena, Miami Heat loss to LA Clippers, 111-91
1988 - 1st NBA game at Palace of Auburn Hills, Pistons beat Hornets 94-85
1988 - Cornell confirms grad student source of worst computer sabotage
1988 - France performs nuclear test
1988 - Gulch wins Breeder's Cup
1988 - Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7)
1988 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Alysheba, Gt Communicator, Gulch, Is It True, Miesque,
           Open Mind, Personal Ensign at Churchill Downs
1989 - "Threepenny Opera" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 65 perfs
1989 - 19th NYC Women's Marathon won by Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:25:30
1989 - 20th NYC Marathon won by Juma Ikangaa in 2:08:01
1989 - Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record of 16 cons pass completions
1989 - Elaine Crosby wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1989 - US plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1991 - Kiichi Miyazawa elected premier of Japan
1991 - Richard J Kerr, ends term as acting director of CIA
1992 - "Show Off" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
1992 - Bobby Fisher beats Boris Spassky to with Chess title in Belgrade
1993 - 1st NBA game in Alamodome, San Antonio Spurs beat Warriors 91-85
1994 - Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun
1994 - Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (55,291 km)
1994 - Yak-40 accident in north of Peru, 8 killed
1994 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One
           Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country
1994 - George Foreman (45) KOs Michael Moorer to win boxing HW championship
1995 - STS 73 (Columbia 18), lands
1995 - Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament
1995 - 1st NBA game at General Motors Place, Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minn Timberwolves 100-98 in
           OT
1995 - André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Jean Chrétien; he is thwarted when the Prime
           Minister's wife locks the door.
1996 - Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of
1997 - 2 hours after Davey Johnson resigns, he is named AL Manager of Year
1997 - French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the
           former screen star $8,300 in damages
2000 - Emperor Haile Selassie I is given an Imperial funeral by the Ethiopian Orthodox church
2006 - Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti
           and Awad Hamed al-Bandar are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for the role in the         
           massacre of the 148 Shi'as in 1982.
2007 - China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon.
2009 - US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly killed 13 and wounded 43 at Fort Hood, Texas in
           the largest mass shooting ever at a US military installation.
2012 - 50 Syrian military personnel are killed by a suicide car bomb in Hama
2012 - Widespread flooding in Nigeria kills 363 people and displaces 2.1 million

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 5th November


Historical Events

1940 - American author and journalist "The Old Man and the Sea" Ernest Hemingway marries
           journalist Martha Gellhorn
1977 - 43rd US President George W. Bush (31) weds Laura Welch (31) at The First United Methodist
           Church in Midland, Texas
2005 - 2004 Indianapolis 500 racecar driver winner Buddy Rice (29) weds Michelle Noonan in Arizona

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 5th November


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Olympic Runner                                Singer Bryan Adams (1959)                   Actress Tilda Swinton (1960)
Teddy Flack (1873)


1271 - Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (d. 1304)
1494 - Hans Sachs, German composer, playwright and shoemaker
1534 - Joachim Camerarius, German botanist/physician (horticulture catalog)
1549 - Philippe de Mornay (or Philippe Du-Plessis-Mornay), French writer (d. 1623)
1563 - Anna van Nassau, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna of Saksen
1592 - Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672)
1613 - Isaac de Benserade, French poet (d. 1691)
1615 - Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1648)
1654 - Christian Liebe, German composer
1666 - Attilio Ariosti, Italian composer born in Bologna
1667 - Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (d. 1719)
1701 - Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (d. 1785)
1715 - John Brown, English writer (d. 1766)
1722 - William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English duelist (d. 1798)
1742 - Richard Cosway, English artist (d. 1821)
1764 - Pieter Nieuwland, Dutch scientist (Newton)
1770 - Etienne P de Senancour, French author (Obermann)
1779 - Washington Allston, US painter/author
1798 - Carolina F L duchess of Berry, daughter of crown prince of Naples
1818 - Benjamin Franklin Butler, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1893
1819 - Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, composer
1825 - Julius H [Szamvald] Stahel, Major General (Union volunteers)
1832 - William Woods Averell, Major General (Union Army), died in 1900
1835 - Moritz Szeps, Austrian journalist (d. 1902)
1841 - Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer
1846 - Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869)
1849 - Rui Barbosa, Brazil, statesman/jurist/essayist/civil liberties
1850 - Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (d. 1919)
1851 - Charles Dupuy, French prime minister (d. 1923)
1854 - Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
1854 - Alphonse Desjardins, founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (d. 1920)
1855 - Eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate
1855 - Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (stratosphere)
1857 - Ida Tarbell, muckraker (Standard Oil was very unhappy)
1866 - Daniel Protheroe, composer
1873 - Teddy Flack [Edwin], London, Australian athlete, double Olympic gold medallist in 1896, (d.
           1935)
1876 - Raymond Duchamp-Villon, cubist sculptor (Head of Baudeaire)
1881 - George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (d. 1961)
1884 - James Elroy Flecker, English poet/dramatist (Hassan)
1885 - Will Durant, US, author/historian (Story of Civilization)
1887 - Oscar Bossaert, Belgium, chocolate manufacturer/min of Middenstand
1887 - Paul Wittgenstein, Vienna Austria, left hand specialist pianist
1890 - Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter (d. 1977)
1891 - Bert McGirr, cricketer (played in NZ's 1st Test series)
1891 - Earle "Greasy" Neale, NFL coach (Philadelphia Eagles)
1891 - Mary Dorna, Dutch author
1892 - J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (d. 1964)
1893 - Raymond Loewy, US industrial designer
1894 - Henri E J A de Page, Belgian private law scholar
1895 - Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer
1895 - Charles MacArthur, American author (d. 1956)
1899 - Forrest Lewis, actor (Monster of Piedras Blancas)
1900 - Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (d. 1972)
1901 - Eddie Paynter, cricketer (England batting hero in Bodyline series)
1902 - Strom Thurmond, (Sen-R-SC, 1955- )
1904 - Cooney Weiland, Canadian hockey player (d. 1985)
1905 - George Bissett, cricketer (successful South African quick in 1927-28)
1905 - Joel McCrea, South Pasadena California, actor (Marshal-Wichita Town)
1906 - George Lowthian Trevelyan, designer/visionary
1906 - Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (d. 2004)
1911 - Roy Rogers, Cincinnati Ohio, cowboy (Happy Trails, Roy Rogers Show)
1912 - Natalie Schaeffer, Rumson NJ, actress (Lovey Howell-Gilligan's Island)
1913 - John McGiver, NYC, actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show)
1913 - Vivien Leigh, (Gone With Wind) Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn
1914 - Henri J de Koster, Dutch Min of Defense (1971-73)
1914 - Alton Tobey, American artist (d. 2005)
1915 - Moe Biller, NYC, labor union officer (AFL-CIO, Postal Workers)
1916 - Len Wilkinson, cricketer (England leg-spinner just before WW II)
1917 - Claus Adam, composer
1917 - Jacob Everaers, office clerk/resistance fighter
1917 - Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (d. 2000)
1917 - Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian former Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007)
1919 - Myron Floren, Webster SD, accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show)
1919 - Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher (d. 1978)
1920 - Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1920 - Tommy Goodwin [Thomas],Connecticut, British Track Cyclist (2 X Olympic Bronze 1948), (d.
           2012)
1921 - Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt)
1921 - Fawzia of Egypt, Queen of Iran
1922 - Violet Barclay, American illustrator
1923 - Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist
1924 - Ivan Rezak, composer
1926 - Leo Derksen, Dutch journalist (Telegraph/Sunday Newspaper)
1927 - Robert Abernethy, Geneva Switz, Newscaster (NBC News Encore)
1929 - Ottmar MA Fraai, Curacaos/Dutch tenor
1930 - Herb Edelman, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Good Guys, Strike Force, 9 to 5)
1931 - Ike Turner, Miss, AKA Mr Tina Turner!, guitarist (A Fool in Love)
1932 - Arthur L Liman, NYC, trial lawyer (Oliver North)
1934 - Nick Smith, (Rep-R-Michigan)
1934 - Victor Argo, American actor (d. 2004)
1935 - Dick Davalos, Bronx, actor (Jeff-The Americans)
1935 - Jerry Amper Dadap, composer
1935 - John Nicholas Maw, composer
1935 - Lester Piggott, British jockey (11 time champ)
1935 - Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and novellist
1936 - Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of
           Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (d. 2001)
1937 - Harris Yulin, American actor
1938 - Chris Robinson, Fla, actor (Stanley, General Hospital, Another World)
1938 - Joe Dassin, French-speaking American singer (d. 1980)
1938 - César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer
1939 - Ken Walter, South African cricket pace bowler (1961-62 series v NZ)
1940 - Elke Sommer, [Elke Schletz], Berlin Germany, actress (A Shot in the Dark, The Oscar)
1941 - Patricia Harty, Wash DC, actress (Occasional Wife, Blondie)
1941 - Art Garfunkel, New York, American singer/actor (Sounds of Silence, Carnal Knowledge)
1943 - Pablo Gomez, rocker
1943 - Sam Shepard, Ill, actor/playwright (Frances, Crimes of the Heart)
1943 - Friedman Paul Erhardt (Chef Tell), German-born American TV chef (d. 2007)
1945 - Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1945 - Aleka Papariga, Greek politician
1946 - Gram Paarson, [Cecil Connor], Winter Haven Fl, rocker (Byrds)
1946 - Herman Brood, Dutch painter/singer/pianist (Sleepin' Bird)
1946 - Patricia K Kuhl, speech & hearing scientist
1947 - Oleg Antropov, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
1947 - Peter Noone, rocker (Herman-Herman's Hermits-Silhouttes)
1948 - Peter Hammill, English singer/songwriter (Patient)
1948 - Rick Cobb, rocker
1948 - Mel Ab-Owain, Welsh politician
1948 - Hridayananda dasa Goswami, ISKCON guru
1948 - Bernard-Henri Lévy, French public intellectual
1949 - Armin Shimerman, American actor
1949 - Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
1950 - Debbie Massey, Grosse Pointe MI, LPGA golfer (1979 Wheeling Classic)
1951 - Cindy Brooks, Gettysburg Pa, playmate (April, 1985)
1951 - Stuart Havelock Hollingdale, anthropologist
1952 - Bill Walton, NBA center (Portland Trailblazers, Boston Celtics)
1952 - Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer
1952 - Vandana Shiva, Indian physicist
1953 - Florentino V. Floro, Filipino dwarf judge
1953 - Joyce Maynard, American writer
1955 - Sylvester Louis Adams, murderer
1955 - Karan Thapar, Foremost Indian Journalist, Political Analyst & Commentator
1955 - Nestor Serrano, American actor
1956 - Mike Score, Liverpool England, rock guitarist (Flock Of Seagulls)
1956 - Rob Fisher, Bath England, rock keyboardist (Naked Eyes)
1957 - David Moyse, Adelaide Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply)
1957 - Jon-Erik Hexum, Tenafly NJ, actor (Voyager, Cover-up)
1958 - Don Falcone, American musician and producer
1958 - Robert Patrick, American actor
1959 - Bryan Adams, Vancouver BC Canada, singer (Heaven)
1960 - Mark West, NBA center (Detroit Pistons)
1960 - René Froger, Dutch singer (Everything Can Make a Man Happy)
1960 - Tilda Swinton, London England, actress (Orlando)
1961 - Charles O Hobaugh, Bar Harbor ME, Capt USMC/astronaut
1961 - Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (d. 2001)
1962 - Brian Wheat, rock bassist (Tesla-Psychotic Supper)
1962 - Abédi Pelé, Ghanaian footballer
1962 - Marcus J. Ranum, American computer/network security innovator
1963 - Andrea McArdle, Phila, actress (Annie)
1963 - Hans Gilhaus, soccer player (Vitesse)
1963 - Tatum O'Neal, LA Cal, Mrs John McEnroe (Paper Moon, Little Darlings)
1965 - Famke Janssen, Dutch model and actress
1965 - Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte, titular Bulgarian royal family
1966 - Georgia Apostolou, Greek actress
1966 - Nayim, Spanish footballer
1967 - Frank Pollack, NFL tackle (SF 49ers)
1967 - Grant Leury, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1967 - Percy Snow, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1967 - Steve Wagner, Phila, field hockey goalkeeper (Olympics-96)
1967 - Judy Reyes, New York City, New York, Dominican American actress (Scrubs)
1968 - Bob Dahl, NFL guard/tackle (Cleveland Browns)
1968 - Cary Blanchard, NFL kicker (Indianapolis Colts)
1968 - Chris Gray, Perth WA, Australasia golfer
1968 - Malcolm Frank, CFL cornerback (Edmonton Eskimos)
1968 - Sam Rockwell, American film actor
1968 - Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress
1969 - Jennifer Guthrie, Willimantic Conn, actress (Dawn-General Hospital)
1970 - Javier Lopez, Ponce Puerto Rico, catcher (Atlanta Braves)
1970 - Ryan Wetnight, NFL tight end (Chic Bears)
1970 - Javy López, baseball player
1970 - Tamzin Outhwaite, English actress
1971 - Corin "Corky" Nemec, Little Rock, actor (Tucker, Parker Lewis)
1971 - Erick Walder, Mobile Alabama, triple jumper
1971 - Sergei Berezin, Voskrensensk Russia, NHL forward (Team Russia, Oly-Si-98)
1971 - Todd Collins, NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills)
1971 - Dana Jacobson, ESPN's First Take hostess
1971 - Rob Jones, English footballer
1971 - Jonny Greenwood, guitarist (Radiohead)
1971 - Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer
1972 - Tracy Greene, NFL tight end (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1973 - Alexei Yashin, Sverdlovsk Russia, NHL center (Team Russia Olympics-Silver-1998, Ottawa
           Senators)
1973 - James Collins, NBA guard (LA Clippers)
1973 - Johnny Damon, Ft. Riley Kansas, baseball outfielder (Kansas City Royals)
1973 - Kate Anderson, Australian 1.5k/3k/5k runner (Olympics-96)
1973 - Rupert Grant, NFL fullback (NE Patriots)
1973 - Daniella Westbrook, English actress
1974 - Conrad Hamilton, cornerback (NY Giants)
1974 - Jerry Stackhouse, NBA guard/forward (Detroit Pistons, Phila 76ers)
1974 - Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer
1974 - Angela Gossow, German vocalist (Arch Enemy)
1974 - Ryan Adams, American musician
1977 - Jodi Webb, Miss Utah Teen USA (1996)
1977 - Tuula Puputti, ice hockey goalie (Finland, Oly-98)
1977 - Richard Wright, English footballer
1979 - Mihalis Hatzigiannis, Greek-Cypriot songwriter and singer
1980 - Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
1980 - Jaime Camara, Brazilian racing driver
1980 - Eva González, Spanish model and beauty queen
1983 - Mike Hanke, German footballer
1983 - Andrew Hayden-Smith, TV presenter and actor
1984 - Nick Folk, American football player
1984 - Tobias Enstrom, Swedish hockey player
1985 - Tanaka Koki, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN)
1985 - Kate DeAraugo, Australian Idol 2005
1986 - BoA, Korean singer
1986 - Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer
1987 - Kevin Jonas, American guitarist, member of the Jonas Brothers