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This Day in History for 9th May


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Archaeologist and                                  Newscaster Mike Wallace (1918)           The Pianoman Billy Joel (1949)
Discoverer of Tutankhamun
Howard Carter (1873)


1147 - Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)
1265 - Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)
1596 - Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter
1738 - John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet
1740 - Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)
1783 - Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader
1785 - James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)
1793 - Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist
1796 - August Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia)
1800 - John Brown, Torrington, Connecticut, American revolutionary abolitionist (d. 1859)
1801 - Samuel Cousins, mezzotint engraver
1810 - Louis Gallait, historical painter
1810 - WFLC Marianne, princess of Orange-Nassau/daughter of king Willem I
1814 - Adolph von Henselt, composer
1824 - William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1829 - Ciro Pinsuti, pianist/composer
1833 - Boleslaw Dembinski, composer
1837 - Adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)
1843 - Belle Boyd, spy (Confederate)/actress/lecturer
1844 - [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders)
1846 - Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer
1855 - Julius Rontgen, composer
1860 - James Matthew (J.M.) Barrie, Scotland, novelist (Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan). Dies 1937.
1865 - August de Boeck, composer
1866 - Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Leader of Indian Independence Movement (d. 1915)
1873 - Howard Carter, London, British archaeologist and egyptologist (found King Tutankhamen's
           tomb)
1873 - Lilian Mary Baylis, manager (Old Vic & Sadler's Wells Theater)
1873 - Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933)
1882 - Henry J Kaiser, builder (Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam)
1882 - George Barker, American painter (d. 1965)
1886 - Francis Biddle, United States Attorney General (d. 1968)
1887 - Jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer
1887 - Sir Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan Philanthropist (d. 1957)
1888 - Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director (d. 1964)
1892 - Eric Westberg, composer
1892 - Zita, empress (Austria)/Queen (Hungary)
1893 - William Moulton Marston, American psychologist, writer (co-creator, Wonder Woman) (d.
           1947)
1895 - Lucian Blaga, Romaniams philosopher/poet (Dogmatic Aeon)
1895 - Richard Barthelmess, NYC, actor (Broken Blossoms, Noose)
1899 - Edward Pollock, saxophone/clarinet
1901 - Fuzzy Knight, Fairmont WV, actor (Oklahoma Annie, Cowby & the Lady)
1901 - George Duckworth, cricket wicket-keeper (England late 20's early 30's)
1903 - Walter Dehmel, writer
1906 - Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats)
1907 - Baldur von Schirach, German writer/nazi politician (Frame)
1907 - Kathryn Kuhlman, famed evangelist (d. 1976)
1907 - Fred Warngård, Swedish athlete (d. 1950)
1908 - Mary Goldsmith, American ceramist (d. 2007)
1909 - Don Messer, Canadian country musician (d. 1973)
1910 - Barbara Woodhouse, dog training expert
1910 - P E Palia, cricketer (appeared in India's 1st Test-Lord's 1932)
1911 - Harry Simeone, Newark NJ, choral director (Kate Smith Show)
1912 - Pedro Armendariz, Mexico, actor (From Russia With Love)
1912 - Per Imerslund, "The aryan idol" (d. 1943)
1913 - John Hayes, Admiral
1913 - Victor Smith, Admiral (Australian Chiefs of Staff)
1914 - Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
1914 - Frank Chacksfield, arranger/orchestra leader
1914 - Hank Snow, Nova Scotia Canada, country singer (I Went to Your Wedding)
1914 - Josef Muller-Brockmann, graphic designer/writer
1914 - Theodore Kheel, labor negotiator (Fair Employment Practices)
1915 - Richard Janvrin, British vice admiral
1916 - Bernard William George Rose, composer/organist
1916 - Cyril Bowles, bishop of Derby
1916 - Douglas Guest, organist
1917 - George Fleming, cyclist
1917 - John Arnatt, actor (Circumstantial Evidence)
1918 - Mike Wallace, Brookline Mass, newscaster (Biography, 60 Minutes), (d. 2012)
1918 - Orville Freeman, Minneapolis, (Sen-D-Mn)/Sec of Agriculture (1961-69)
1919 - Arthur English, comedian/actor (Malachi's Cove)
1920 - Richard Adams, author (Day Gone By)
1920 - William Tenn, American author
1921 - Mona Van Duyn, American poet (d. 2004)
1921 - Daniel Berrigan, American peace activist
1922 - Sheila Burrell, actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark)
1923 - Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer (d. 2008)
1924 - Bulat S Okudzjava, Russian author (Student!)
1924 - Connie Russell, NYC, singer (Club Embassy, Garroway at Large)
1924 - Gerard Wernars, Dutch graphic designer (Library stamps 1991)
1924 - Jean J A Girault, French director/screenwriter (l'Amour)
1925 - Peter Leng, Master General of the Ordnance
1926 - Alistair MacFarlane, principal (Heriot-Watt University England)
1926 - Francis Kennedy, British diplomat
1926 - Joshua Hassan, chief minister (Gibralter)
1926 - Robin Cooke, pres (NZ Court of Appeal)
1927 - John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
1927 - Manfred Eigen, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1967)
1927 - Ray Katt, baseball player
1928 - Barbara Ann Scott, Ottawa Ontario, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1948), (d. 2012)
1928 - Pall Pampichier Palsson, composer
1928 - Richard A "Pancho" Gonzalez, LA California, tennis star (US 1948-49)
1928 - Ralph Goings, American painter
1929 - Anthony Lloyd, Lord Justice of Appeal
1929 - Kay Dotrice, British actress (d. 2007)
1930 - Joan Sims, actress (Carry on Behind, Carry on Cleo)
1931 - Vance DeVoe Brand, Longmont Co, astro (Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35)
1932 - Conrad Hunte, cricketer (great West Indian opener 1958-66)
1932 - David Plastow, CEO (Medical Research Council)
1932 - Gavin Lyall, author (Conduct of Major Maxim)
1932 - Geraldine McEwan, actress (Henry V)
1932 - J Alex McMillan, (Rep-R-NC, 1985- )
1933 - Johnny Grant, unofficial mayor of Hollywood
1934 - Alan Bennett, Engld, playwright/actor (Secret Policeman's Other Ball)
1934 - John Robertson, deputy chairman (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
1934 - Roy Massey, Master of Choristers (Hereford Cathedral)
1935 - Nokie Edwards, American guitarist (The Ventures)
1936 - Albert Finney, Salford UK, actor (Dresser, Under the Volcano)
1936 - Floyd Robinson, baseball player (White Sox, Reds, A's)
1936 - Glenda Jackson, Cheshire England, actress (Women in Love)
1936 - Terry Downes, middleweight boxing champ (1961-62)
1936 - Terry Drinkwater, TV newsman (CBS)
1937 - Dave Prater, Ocilla Ga, rock vocalist (Sam & Dave)
1937 - Sonny Curtis, Texas, guitarist (Crickets)
1937 - José Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect
1938 - Geoffrey Holland, civil servant
1938 - Nokie Edwards, rocker (Ventures)
1938 - Charles Simic Yugoslavian-born poet, 15th Poet Laureate of the United States
1939 - Bruce Mather, composer
1939 - Herbert Hippauf, baseball player
1939 - Jim Dent, Augusta GA, PGA golfer (1989 MONY Syracuse Senior)
1939 - Kenneth Warby, fastest man on water at 300 knots (345 mph)
1939 - Nokle Edwards, rocker
1939 - Ralph Boston, Laurel Miss, long jumper (Oly-gold/sil/brz-60, 64, 68)
1939 - Pierre Desproges, French humorist (d. 1988)
1939 - Ion Ţiriac, Romanian tennis manager
1940 - Dick Morrissey, saxophonist
1940 - James L Brooks, producer/director (Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic)
1941 - Dorothy Hyman, England, sprinter (Oly-silver-60)
1941 - Jan Dibbets, sculptor/artist (Dutch Mountains)
1941 - Pete Birrell, rock bassist (Freddie & The Dreamers)
1942 - John D Ashcroft, (Gov-MO)
1942 - Mike Millward, rocker
1942 - Tommy Roe, Atlanta, rocker (Hooray for Hazel)
1942 - William Olner, MP
1943 - Bruce Milner, rocker (Every Mother's Son)
1943 - Maurice Foster, cricketer (West Indies batsman of 70's)
1943 - Tommy Roe, rocker
1944 - Don Dannemann, rocker (Cyrkle)
1944 - Richard Furay, Ohio, rock vocalist (Buffalo Springfield, Poco)
1945 - Steve Katz, NYC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1946 - Candice Bergen, Beverly Hills, actr (Carnal Knowledge, Murphy Brown)
1947 - Anthony Corlan, Cork City Ireland, actor (Something for Everyone)
1948 - John Drayton Mahaffey, Kerrville TX, PGA golfer (1978 PGA Champ)
1948 - Hans Georg Bock, German mathematician
1948 - Calvin Murphy, American basketball player
1949 - Billy Joel, Bronx, rock vocalist (Pianoman, Capt Jack, Bridge)
1949 - Oleg Yuriyevich Atkov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-10)
1950 - James A Butts, LA California, triple jumper (Olympic-silver-1976)
1950 - Matthew Kelly, actor/TV host (Holding the Fort, Relative Strangers)
1950 - Tom Petersson, Rockford Il, rock bassist (Cheap Trick)
1951 - Alley Mills, Chicago Ill, actress (Norma Arnold-Wonder Years)
1952 - Patrick Ryecart, actor (Silas Mariner)
1953 - Daniel Talbot, Montreal Que, golfer (Quebec Open-1979, 81, 84)
1953 - Gregory Beecroft, Chorpus Christi TX, actor (Guiding Light)
1953 - Ron Jackson, baseball player
1953 - Scott McInnis, (Rep-R-Colorado)
1954 - Balazs Taroczy, Hungary, tennis star
1955 - Kevin Peter Hall, Pitts Pa, actor (Misfits of Science)
1955 - Myra Blackwelder, LPGA golfer
1955 - Anne-Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo-soprano
1955 - Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, (d. 2012)
1956 - Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress
1957 - Fred Markham, 1st man to pedal a bike 65 mph
1957 - John Stuper, baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1958 - Esko Rechardt, Finland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1980)
1959 - Andrew Jones, cricketer (highly consistent for NZ at 1st drop)
1959 - Asantha De Mel, cricketer (pioneering Sri Lankan Test opening bowler)
1960 - Iain Butchart, cricket all-rounder (Zimbabwe, Test v Pak 1995)
1960 - Jim Reilly, rocker (Red Rockers)
1960 - Tony Gwynn, LA CA, outfielder (San Diego Padres)
1961 - Rene Capo, Pinal del Rio Cuba, half-heavyweight judoka (Olympics-96)
1962 - Dave Gahan, Essex, rock vocalist (Depeche Mode-Dreaming of Me)
1962 - John Corbett, actor/singer (Chris-Northern Exposure)
1962 - Paul Heaton, rocker (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There)
1963 - Sanja Doležal, Croatian singer (Novi fosili)
1964 - Miloslav Mecir, Czechoslovakia, tennis player (Olympic-gold-1988)
1964 - Kevin Saunderson, American music producer and disc jockey
1965 - Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance)
1965 - Marc Logan, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
1965 - Steve Yzerman, Cranbrook BC, NHL forward (Team Canada, Detroit)
1965 - Ken Nomura, Japanese racing driver
1965 - Janu Tornell, American model and Survivor contestant
1966 - Mark Tinordi, Red Deer, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1968 - Bruce Pickens, NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
1968 - David Benoit, NBA forward (Utah Jazz, NJ Nets)
1968 - Marie-Jose Perec, Guadeloupe, French 200m/400m runner (Oly-2 gold-96)
1968 - Vince Workman, NFL running back (Packers, Panthers, Colts)
1969 - Carla Overbeck, Pasadena California, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
1969 - Renn Crichlow, Ottawa Ontario, canoeist (Olympics-8-92, 96)
1969 - Amber, Dutch musician
1970 - Doug Christie, NBA guard/forward (Toronto Raptors)
1971 - Paul McGuigan, English bassist (Oasis)
1972 - Dan Hollander, Royal Oak Mich, figure skater (1996 Great Lakes champ)
1972 - Dave Barr, WLAF quarterback (Scotland Claymores)
1972 - Simon Hollingsworth, Australian 400m hurdler (Olympics-92, 96)
1972 - Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and artist
1972 - Daniela Silivaş, Romanian gymnast
1973 - Chu Sang-mi, South Korean actress
1974 - Shin Yahata, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1974 - Stephane Yelle, Ottawa, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
1975 - Brian Deegan, Freestyle Motocross innovator
1975 - Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor
1975 - Tamia, Canadian singer
1976 - Faye Johnstone, Auckland NZ, archer (Olympics-96)
1977 - Choi Jeong-yoon, South Korean actress
1977 - Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (d. 2006)
1977 - Iñigo Landaluze, Spanish cyclist
1978 - Leandro Damián Cufré, Argentine footballer
1978 - Aaron Harang, American baseball player
1979 - Rosario Dawson, American actress
1979 - Pierre Bouvier, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
1979 - Andrew W.K., American musician
1979 - Brandon Webb, American baseball player
1980 - Angela Nikodinov, Spartanburg SC, figure skater (1997 Pacif Sr champ)
1980 - Tatewin Means, Miss South Dakota Teen USA (1996)
1980 - Tony Schmidt, German racing driver
1980 - Cho Hyeon Jae, South Korean actor
1980 - Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
1981 - Bill Murphy, American baseball player
1982 - Rachel Boston, American actress
1983 - Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player
1983 - Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player
1984 - Prince Fielder, American baseball player
1985 - Jake Long, American football player
1988 - Skye Regan, Canadian Actress and Writer
1988 - John Ryan Fitzpatrick, Canadian race truck driver
1996 - Mary Matilyn Mouser, American child actress

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This Day in History for 9th May


Famous Deaths

1079 - Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered
1280 - Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42
1315 - Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)
1443 - Niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies
1446 - Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368)
1460 - Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies
1474 - Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded
1590 - Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66
1657 - William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies
1667 - Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48)
1688 - Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68
1707 - Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69
1745 - Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82
1747 - John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673)
1760 - Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, Austrian born German religious and social
           reformer, dies at 59
1785 - Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44
1790 - William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress
1791 - Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53
1799 - Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72
1805 - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, German poet/playwright, dies at 45
1822 - Charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62
1850 - Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies
1853 - Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73
1861 - Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805)
1864 - "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50
1864 - Thomas Donnely Doubleday, US Union Col, dies in an accident
1880 - Johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54
1884 - Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69
1889 - William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800)
1903 - Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies
1905 - Ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78
1914 - C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)
1915 - François Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)
1918 - George Coşbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866)
1926 - Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies
1927 - Tommy Routledge, cricketer (4 Tests for South Africa 1892-96), dies
1928 - Constantin Dimitrescu, composer, dies at 81
1931 - A[lbert] A[braham] Michelson, US physicist (1907 Nobel), dies at 78
1937 - Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43
1938 - Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (b. 1866)
1944 - Ethel Mary Smyth, composer, dies at 86
1945 - Clem Hill, cricketer (49 Tests for Australia 1896-1912), dies
1949 - Louis II, Prince of Monaco, dies
1950 - Esteban Terradas i Illa, Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. 1883)
1951 - Marie Ault, dies at 80
1952 - Canada Lee, black actor (Lost Boundaries), dies in NYC at 45
1955 - Kate Booth, the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1858)
1957 - Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, NY Met Opera), dies
1957 - Heinrich Campendonk, German painter/wood carver/glasier, dies at 67
1958 - Bill Goodwin, TV announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 47
1965 - Leopold Figl, premier Austria, dies at 62
1966 - Alfred Mendelsohn, composer, dies at 56
1966 - Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Dukeenbosch, dies
1967 - Elmar Berkovich, Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven theater), dies
1967 - Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer, dies at 35
1968 - Finlay Currie, dies at 90
1968 - Harold Gray, US comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 74
1968 - Marion Lorne, actress (Aunt Clara-Bewitched), dies at 81
1968 - Phil Arnold, actor (Skidoo, Errand Boy, Damn Yankees), dies at 58
1968 - Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (b. 1893)
1970 - Percy Brier, composer, dies at 84
1970 - Walter P Reuther, US worker's union leader/president (CIO), dies
1970 - Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (b. 1884)
1974 - Lyubomir Pipkov, composer, dies at 69
1975 - Philip Dorn, dies at 73
1976 - Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer, dies at 74
1976 - Valentino Bucchi, composer, dies at 59
1976 - Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (b. 1920)
1977 - James Jones, US writer (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), dies at 55
1977 - Walter Kraft, composer, dies at 71
1978 - Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by the Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization Red
           Brigades at 61
1979 - Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American financier, industrialist and steel magnate, dies at 95
1979 - Lan Adomian, composer, dies at 73
1981 - C E "Nip" Pellew, cricketer (10 Tests 484 runs at 37), dies
1981 - Nelson Algren, US writer (Man with the Golden Arm), dies at 72
1981 - Ralph Allen, English footballer (b. 1906)
1985 - Reginald Dixon, British theatre organist, dies at 80
1985 - Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69
1986 - Dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], Limbourg activist, dies at 60
1986 - Herschel Bernardi, actor (Lt Jacoby-Peter Gunn, Arnie), dies at 62
1986 - Tenzing Norgay, Tibetan climber (Mount Everest 1953), dies at 71
1987 - Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at 78
1989 - Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33
1989 - Paul J Steenbergen, actor (Ciske de Rat), dies at 82
1990 - Luigi Nono, Ital composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66
1990 - Pauline Frederick, 1st women to moderate Pres debate, dies at 84
1991 - James L Reinsch, media-advisor (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy), dies
1991 - Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman III, Whats Up Nurse), dies at 72
1991 - Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies
1992 - Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident
1993 - Freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at 61
1993 - Mary Duncan Sanford, dies at 98
1993 - Penelope Gilliatt [Conner], British author
1994 - Elias Motsoaledi, South African freedom fighter (b. 1924)
1995 - Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, dies at 68
1995 - Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher, dies at 74
1995 - Marshall Royal, jazz Sax/Clarinet, dies at 82
1995 - Percy Mansell, cricketer (355 runs in 13 Tests for S Afr), dies
1997 - Marco Ferreri, Italian film director (b. 1928)
1998 - Alice Faye, American actress (b. 1915)
2001 - James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) and producer (b. 1919)
2002 - Dan Devine, American football coach (b. 1924)
2003 - Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (b. 1918)
2004 - Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen president (b. 1951)
2004 - Alan King, American comedian (b. 1927)
2005 - Nasrat Parsa, Afghani singer (b. 1969)
2007 - Dwight Wilson, second-to-last Canadian WWI veteran (b. 1901)
2007 - Edith Rodriguez, hospital emergency room refused to treat (b. 1964)
2008 - Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (b. 1929)
2008 - Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist (b. 1942)
2009 - Chuck Daly, American basketball coach (b. 1930)
2010 - Otakar Motejl, Czechoslvakian politician (b. 1932)
2010 - Lena Horne, American singer and actress (b. 1917)
2011 - Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (b. 1984)
2012 - Vidal Sassoon, British hairdresser and businessman, dies from leukemia at 84

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This Day in History for 10th May


Historical Events

                                   
First US President                                     First Director of the FBI                   The British war time Prime Minister
George Washington                                            J Edgar Hoover                                  Winston Churchill

                                   
Baseball Player Hank Aaron                    Radio shock jock Howard Stern              Anti-apartheid activist/South
                                                                                                                                    African President
                                                                                                                                      Nelson Mandela


1267 - Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb
1278 - Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining
1291 - Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I
1427 - Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland
1497 - Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to the New World
1503 - Columbus discovers Cayman Islands
1525 - Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague
1534 - French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland
1559 - Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary
1570 - Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant
1624 - Jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist
1652 - John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va
1655 - Jamaica captured by English
1676 - Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia government begins
1752 - Benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod
1768 - John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King
           George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
1774 - Louis XVI ascends to throne of France
1775 - 2nd Continental Congress convenes in Pa issues paper currency for 1st time
1775 - 2nd Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander
1775 - Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga NY-American Revolution
1787 - Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings
1796 - French government arrest 10 utopists
1796 - Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge
1796 - Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam
1797 - 1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched
1801 - First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
1816 - English steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor
1823 - 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Ft Snelling
1824 - The National Gallery in London opens to the public in its temporary home in a townhouse on
           Pall Mall
1837 - Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
1849 - Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in NYC (22 killed)
1857 - Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys in Meerut
1861 - Union troops march on state militia in St Louis, MI
1862 - Battle of Plum Run Bend, TN (Plum Point Bend)
1864 - Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
1864 - Skirmish at Ny River Virginia
1865 - Jefferson Davis captured at Irwinsville Georgia
1865 - Surrender of Sam Jones
1869 - Golden Spike driven, completes Promontory Pt Ut-Transcontinental RR
1870 - Jem Mace & defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hr & 17
           minutes, & neither is struck by a punch
1871 - Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France & Germany ends Franco-Prussian war
1872 - Victoria Woodhull becomes 1st woman nominated for US president
1876 - Centennial Fair opens in Philadelphia
1879 - Meteor falls near Estherville, Iowa
1880 - General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria
1881 - Lighthouse on Ameland begins operation
1889 - 17th Preakness: W Anderson aboard Buddhist wins in 2:17.5
1893 - 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39.25
1893 - Imperial Institute in London opens
1905 - 31st Kentucky Derby: Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75
1906 - Russia's Duma (Parliament) meets for 1st time
1907 - Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue," premieres in Paris
1908 - 1st Mother's Day observed (Phila)
1909 - Winchester's Fred Toney no-hits Lexington for 17 inning
1910 - 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)
1910 - 36th Kentucky Derby: Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4
1910 - Comet Halley's closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass
1913 - 39th Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8
1913 - Yanks commit 8 errors & still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings
1915 - Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea
1916 - Disastrous fire in Ellendale, ND
1916 - Historic Shipport Museum opens in Amsterdam
1917 - Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks
1918 - HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor
1919 - 45th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 2:09.8
1919 - Race riot in Charleston SC, 2 blacks killed
1921 - Luigi Pirandello's "Sei Personaggi in Cerca d'Autore," premieres
1922 - Dr Ivy Williams is 1st woman to be called to the English Bar
1922 - WHB-AM in Kansas City MO begins radio transmissions
1922 - The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
1924 - J Edgar Hoover appointed head of FBI
1926 - 52nd Preakness: John Maiben aboard Display wins in 1:59.8
1928 - WGY, Schenectady begins regular TV programming
1929 - 55th Preakness: Louis Schaefer aboard Dr Freeland wins in 2:01.6
1929 - 64th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Muirfield Gullane
1930 - 1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago)
1930 - Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 v Yorkshire at Sheffield
1931 - Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington NJ
1932 - Government declares "Wilhelmus" Neth national anthem
1932 - Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes president of France
1933 - Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms
1933 - Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany
1933 - Paraguay declares war on Bolivia
1933 - Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands
1936 - Manuel Azaña elected president of Spain
1936 - Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt
1937 - Busmen strike in London
1938 - Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam
1940 - British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms
1940 - Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks
1940 - Dutch-Indies Gov Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege
1940 - French marines stationed on Aruba
1940 - French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands
1940 - Nazi armies attack Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg
1940 - Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister
1940 - World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in
           Kent.
1941 - 67th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway wins in 1:58.8
1941 - Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland
1941 - England's House of Commons & Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz
1941 - Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason
1942 - World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
1944 - Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan
1944 - Smith v Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal
1945 - Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese
1945 - Russian troops occupied Prague
1946 - Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam
1946 - Umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy
1947 - "Chocolate Soldier" closes at Century Theater NYC after 69 perfs
1947 - 73rd Preakness: Doug Dodson aboard Faultless wins in 1:59
1948 - 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel
1948 - Winston Churchill visits The Hague
1950 - 1st Neth-US telex sent
1951 - Z Alexander Looby elected to Nashville City Council
1952 - "Shuffle Along" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 4 performances
1953 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open
1953 - KCBD TV channel 11 in Lubbock, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 - Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris
1956 - French government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria
1956 - KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno, CA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 - 1st meeting of legislative of Cameroon
1957 - Dmitri Sjostakovitsch 2nd Piano concert, premieres in Moscow
1959 - Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Howard Johnson Golf Invitational
1959 - Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan
1959 - Giants Jim Hearn allows 2 runs against Pirates, game is suspended, Hearn is released &
           charged with loss 2 months after his retirement
1960 - John F Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia
1960 - US atomic sub USS Triton completes 1st around world under water trip
1960 - USS Nautilus completes 1st circumnavigation of globe under water
1961 - "Beyond the Fringe," premieres in London
1963 - Decca signs Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison
1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Squirt Ladies' Golf Open Invitational
1966 - 25°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May
1967 - Foundation AZ soccer team forms in Alkmaar
1967 - Hank Aaron only inside the park HR (vs Jim Bunning)
1967 - Keith Richards, Brian Jones & Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges
1967 - Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia
1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 - Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the US & North Vietnam
1969 - Apollo 10 transmit 1st color pictures of Earth from space
1969 - Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times
1969 - US troop begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill
1970 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1970 - Brave's Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in his 1,000th game, loses to Cards 6-5
1970 - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games
1971 - US special delivery rates go from 45 cents to 60 cents
1972 - Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77
1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 - 27th NBA Championship: NY Knicks beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
1973 - 9th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 8-4
1973 - Establishment of Frente Polisario in Mauritania
1973 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
1974 - 7th ABA championship: NY Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1
1975 - Brian Oldfield of US put shot 75', an unofficial record
1978 - "Angel" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances
1978 - Liverpool wins 23rd Europe Cup
1979 - Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing
1979 - John McMullen becomes CEO of Houston Astros
1979 - Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha
           Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka [From May 2]
1980 - "Happy New Year" closes at Morosco Theater NYC after 17 performances
1981 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1981 - Francois Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang for Pres of France
1981 - Montreal Expo Charlie Lee no-hits SF Giants, 4-0
1982 - WABC NYC plays its last record (John Lennon's Imagine)
1982 - WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network
1983 - "Laverne & Shirley," last airs on ABC-TV
1983 - Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul
1983 - Oilers 0-Isles 2-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1984 - Intl Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua
1985 - Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1986 - "Rock Me Amadeus," by Falco hit #1 on UK pop chart
1987 - Jody Rosentha wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1988 - Edgar Degas' "Danseresje of 14" sold for $10,120,000
1989 - FC Barcelona wins 29th Europe Cup II
1989 - Gen Manuel Noriega's government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won
           by a 3-1 margin
1990 - "Zoya's Apartment" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 45 perfs
1990 - French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph
1990 - Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella
1991 - Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving Madonna's apt
1992 - "Hamlet" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
1992 - Bible Lands Museum opens in Jerusalem Israel
1992 - Jennifer Wyatt wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic
1993 - Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok, kills 145
1993 - Last TV appearance of Mies Bouwman
1993 - Paul Cezannes still life sells for $28,600,000 in NYC
1993 - Premier Lubbers opens Terminal West on Schiphol
1994 - "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Lunt-Font NYC for 16 per
1994 - Barbra Striesand's begins 1st concert tour in 30 years
1994 - Drew Barrymore (19) files for divorce from Jeremy Thomas (31)
1994 - Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's 1st black president
1994 - Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian government with 5 neo-fascists
1995 - 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins
1995 - Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein
1995 - In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident
1996 - "Twister" premieres
1996 - 2 US Marine helicopters collided during joint US & British war games
1996 - Excel Communications, Inc. becomes the youngest company ever to join the New York Stock
           Exchange (NYSE), trading under the symbol (ECI).
1997 - Chicago Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs SF Giants)
2001 - In Ghana, a stampede at a football game kills over 120 spectators.
2002 - Anaheim Angels crush the Chicago White Sox 19-0. The Angels join the 1923 Indians, 1939
           Yankees and 1950 Red Sox as the only teams to beat two opponents by 19 or more runs in
           the same season
2003 - The May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence takes place.
2005 - A hand grenade which was thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 65 feet (20 metres)
           from U.S. President George W. Bush while he was giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi,
           Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
2012 - The Red Cross suspends all humanitarian work in Pakistan after a worker was kidnapped and 
           killed
2012 - Two bombings in Damascus, Syria, kill 55 people and injure 370

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This Day in History for 10th May


Famous Weddings

1927 - 1954 Nobel Prize winner in Literature Ernest Hemingway (27) weds journalist Pauline Pfeiffer
           (31)
1976 - "KISS" former lead guitarist Ace Frehley (25) weds Janette Trerotola
1986 - Tommy Lee drummer of Motley Crue marries Heather Locklear
2003 - "Broadway" singer-actress Carol Channing (82) weds Harry Kullijian at Big Valley Grace
           Community Church in Modesto, California
2003 - Fashion designer Shoshanna Lonstein (28) weds investment analyst Joshua Gruss at the
           Metropolitan Club in New York City
2003 - "Ocean's Eleven" director and producer Steven Soderbergh (40) weds former fashion model
           Jules Asner (35) in Manhattan, New York
2005 - Actress and model Heidi Klum (39) weds British soul and R&B singer-songwriter Seal (49) in
           Costa Careyes, Mexico
2005 - Actress and model Heidi Klum (39) weds British soul and R&B singer-songwriter Seal (49) in
           Costa Careyes, Mexico
2008 - President George W. Bush's daughter Jenna Bush (26) weds Henry Hager (30) at the Bush
           family ranch in Texas
2012 - Food Network chef Robert Irvine (46) weds "TNA" pro wrestler Gail Kim (35) in California

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 10th May


Famous Divorces

1994 - Drew Barrymore (19) files for divorce from Jeremy Thomas (31)

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 10th May


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Assassin John                                         Musician Sid Vicious (1957)                Rocker Bono (Paul Hewson) (1960)
Wilkes Booth (1838)


1265 - Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
1536 - Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall
1604 - Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)
1697 - Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer
1705 - Gallus Zeiler, composer
1724 - Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)
1727 - Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)
1730 - George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)
1741 - Johann Michael Schmidt, composer
1746 - Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818)
1754 - Asmus Jakob Carstens, painter
1760 - Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise)
1760 - J P Hebel, writer
1769 - Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France
1770 - Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians)
1775 - Robert Gray, Sea Captain (d. 1806)
1776 - George Thomas Smart, composer
1780 - Peter Lichtenthal, composer
1783 - Niccola Benvenuti, composer
1788 - Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist
1788 - Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen (d. 1819)
1795 - Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian
1800 - Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer
1810 - James Shields, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
1813 - Montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford)
1822 - August Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter
1823 - John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900
1824 - Charles Henry Van Wyck, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1825 - Rudolf Viole, composer
1830 - Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult)
1837 - Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana)
1838 - James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman
1838 - John Wilkes Booth, American stage actor and assassin (President Lincoln)
1840 - Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868)
1841 - James Gordon Bennett Jr., American publisher (d. 1918)
1843 - Kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian
1843 - Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (d. 1920)
1847 - Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (d. 1923)
1850 - Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea)
1855 - Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS]
1857 - Hendrik Zwaardemaker, Dutch physiologist (olfactometer)
1858 - Frederick Zech Jr, composer
1866 - Léon Bakst, Russian artist (d. 1924)
1867 - Jim Kelly, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian 1896-1905)
1868 - Ed Barrow, American baseball manager (d. 1953)
1872 - Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (d. 1950)
1873 - Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor
1873 - Jan Kalf, literary/art historian (Preservation of museums)
1874 - Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist (d. 1941)
1876 - Ivan Cankar, Slavs author (Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica)
1877 - Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer
1878 - Gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)
1879 - Symon Petlura, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1926)
1882 - Thurston Hall, Boston MA, actor (Roaming Lady, In Society)
1885 - Fritz v Unruh, writer
1885 - Marie Benavente, [Maria Wissink], actress (Scapegoat)
1886 - Karl Barth, Basel Switzerland, theologian/author (Action in Waiting)
1886 - Olaf Stapleton, British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker)
1886 - Felix Manalo, Founder and 1st Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
1887 - Jacobus C Bloem, Dutch poet (Sintels)
1888 - Max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind)
1889 - Mae Murray, Portsmouth, Virginia, American silent screen actress (d. 1965)
1894 - Dimitri Tiomkin, Russia, composer (Acad Award 1954-High & Mighty)
1897 - Dalton Parry Conyngham, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1923)
1897 - Ewart Levy
1897 - Einar Gerhardsen, Prime minister of Norway (d. 1987)
1898 - Ariel Durant, writer (Story of Civilization)
1898 - Herbert Elwell, Minneapolis Minnesota, composer (Happy Hypocrite)
1899 - Fred Astaire, Omaha Neb, tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime)
1899 - Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-born composer (d. 1979)
1901 - Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist
1902 - David O Selznick, Pittsburgh Pa, producer (Gone With the Wind)
1902 - Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37)
1902 - Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (d. 1974)
1903 - Kay Petre, early racing driver
1903 - Otto Bradfisch, Nazi leader (d. 1994)
1904 - David Brown, CEO (Aston Martin Lagonda)
1905 - Angus Paton, civil engineer
1905 - Markos Vamvakaris, Greek rebetiko musician and songwriter (d. 1972)
1907 - Harilaos Perpessas, composer
1908 - Carl Albert, (D) speaker of the House
1908 - Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP
1909 - Harold Francis Collison, trade Unionist
1909 - Lord Collison, British union leader (agriculture workers)
1909 - Maybelle Carter, Nickelsville Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show)
1910 - Jimmy Demaret, winner of 44 golf tournaments, but not the Open
1910 - Margot Turner, matron-in-chief (Army Nursing Service)
1911 - Bel Kaufman, American author
1912 - Edward Gardner, Queen's Court/MP
1912 - Erik Jorgensen, composer
1912 - Harold Myers, film journalist
1914 - Charles McGraw, NYC, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family)
1914 - Lord Smith, British surgeon
1915 - Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], singer/impressionist/actor
1915 - Denis Thatcher, husband of British PM Margaret (1979-90)
1915 - Duke of Sutherland
1915 - Monica Dickens, author/founder (US Samaritians)
1915 - Salah Abou Seif, director
1916 - Milton Babbitt, US mathematician/composer (Widow's Lament)
1918 - Margo, singer (Golden Irish Favorites)
1918 - T Berry Brazelton, doctor (On Being a Father)
1918 - George Welch, American pilot (d. 1954)
1919 - Ella Grasso, (Gov-D-Ct)
1919 - Louis Sen A Kaw, Surinam dam builder
1919 - Tibor Sarai, composer
1920 - Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals (Northern Ireland)
1921 - Bert Weedon, rocker
1921 - Nancy Walker, Phila, Bounty ads/actress (Rhoda, McMillan & Wife)
1922 - David Orr, deputy chairman (Inchcape)/CEO (British Council, Unilever)
1923 - John Dugdal, Lord-Lt (Salop)
1923 - Heydar Aliyev, Ex-President and Leader of Azerbaijan Republic (d. 2003)
1925 - Edward Fursdon, British Maj-Gen (defense council)
1926 - Duncan Watson, president (World Blind Union)
1926 - Hugo Banzer, Bolivian dictator (d. 2002)
1927 - Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author
1928 - Arnold Rüütel, Estonian president
1929 - Brian Corby, CEO (Prudential)
1929 - Marquess of Downshire
1930 - June Knox-Mawer, British radio host/novelist (World of Islands)
1930 - Pat Summerall, NFLer (NY Giants)/sportscaster (CBS)/alchoholic
1930 - Scott Muni, American radio DJ (d. 2004)
1931 - Lord Michael Mustill, of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal
1931 - Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter
1932 - Earl of Rothes
1932 - Francoise Fabian, Hussein Dey Algeria, actress (Happy New Year)
1933 - Barbara Taylor Bradford, author
1934 - Cliff Wilson, snooker player
1934 - William Lithgow, Scottish industrialist/multi-millionaire
1934 - Jeanine Basinger, American film scholar
1935 - Henry Fambrough, US singer (Spinners)
1935 - Larry Williams, rocker
1936 - Anthony Mullens, British Lt-Gen (Deputy chief of defense)
1936 - Gary Owens, Mitchell SD, disc jockey/TV host (Laugh In, Gong Show)
1936 - Michael Stone, English broker/multi-millionaire (Man Group)
1936 - Trevor Clay, Gen-Sec (Royal College of Nursing)
1936 - Jayne Cortez, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, poet (I see Chano Pozo), (d. 2012)
1937 - Arthur Kopit, US, playwright (Day Whores Came Out to Play Tennis)
1937 - Jim Hickman, baseball player (Mets, Dodgers, Cubs)
1937 - Tamara Press, USSR, shot putter/discus thrower (Oly-gold-60)
1938 - Manuel Santana, tennis player (US Open 1965)
1938 - Maxim Shostakovich, Leningrad Russia, conductor (Atlanta Symph)
1938 - Merritt Ranew, baseball player
1938 - Michael Shea, director (Hanson Trust)/Queen's press sect
1938 - Peter Davies, Major-General/Director-General (RSPCA)
1938 - Philip Gordon Winsor, composer
1938 - Jean Becker, French director, screenwriter and actor
1940 - Arthur Alexander, US singer/songwriter (Lonely Just Like Me)
1940 - Taurean Blacque, actor (Neal Washington-Hill Street Blues)
1940 - William Cash, MP
1940 - Wayne A. Downing, retired United States Army general
1941 - Danny Rapp, Phila, rocker (Danny & Juniors)
1941 - Ken Berry, baseball player (White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians)
1941 - Win Bischoff, CEO (Schroders)
1942 - Bill Coday, US singer (You're Gonna Then Me)
1942 - Ingram Douglas Marshall, composer
1942 - Youssouf Sambo Bâ, Burkinabé politician
1943 - Bruce Raymond, jockey
1943 - James Earl Chaney, US civil rights activist
1943 - Andrzej Badeński, Polish athlete (400 metres) (d. 2008)
1943 - David Clennon, American actor
1943 - Richard Darman, American economist
1944 - Abdul Kadir, cricketer (Pakistani batsman-keeper in 4 Tests 1964-65)
1944 - Anne-Marie Pisier
1944 - Jackie Lomax, Liverpool, rocker (Is This What You Want)
1944 - Jim Abrahams, Shorewood WI, director (Hot Shots, Top Secret)
1944 - Kathy Farrer, LPGA golfer
1944 - Marie-France Pisier, Daclat Vietnam, actress (Scruples, Midnight)
1945 - Justice Laws
1945 - Pamelo Mounk'a, musician
1946 - Graham Gouldman, Manchester England, bassist (10cc-No Milk Today)
1946 - Maureen Lipman, actress (Educating Rita, Wonderworks)
1946 - Dave Mason, Worcester England, singer/songwriter (We Just Disagree)
1946 - Donovan, Scottish musician
1947 - Jay Ferguson, Burbank California, rocker (Spirit-I Got A Line on You)
1947 - Meg Foster, Conn, actress (Sunshine, Cagney & Lacey)
1947 - Paul Nicholas Young, architect
1947 - Caroline Cooney, American author
1947 - Thomas Tessier, American author
1948 - Christopher Gent, CEO (Vodafone Group)
1951 - Ron Banks, US R&B singer (Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get)
1951 - Steve Gunderson, (Rep-R-WI, 1981- )
1952 - Sly Dunbar, Kingston Jamaica, reggae drummer (Sly & Robbie)
1952 - Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer
1953 - Barbara Moxness, LPGA golfer
1953 - Lawrence Lau, actor (Jamie Frame-Another World)
1953 - Steve Thomas, rocker (Shooting Star)
1953 - John Diamond, English journalist (d. 2001)
1953 - Tito Santana, Mexican-American professional wrestler
1954 - Jeff Apple, Miami Florida, producer (In the Line of Fire)
1955 - Bruce Hartzler, Wash DC, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1955 - Chris Berman, sportscaster (ESPN)
1955 - Mark David Chapman, assassin (John Lennon)
1956 - Vladislav Listyev, Russian television anchor and journalist (d. 1995)
1957 - Phil Mahre, Yakima Wash, alpine slalom skier (Oly-gold/silver-80, 84)
1957 - Sid Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie], England, bassist (Sex Pistols)
1957 - Steve Mahre, Yakima Wash, twin alpine slalom skier (Oly-Silver-80, 84)
1958 - Ellen Ochoa, LA California, PhD/Astronaut (STS 56, 66)
1958 - Jeannette Kohlhaas, LPGA golfer
1958 - Margaret Ward, LPGA golfer
1958 - Rick Santorum, (Rep-R-Penn)
1958 - Yu Suzuki, Japanese creator of Virtua Fighter series
1959 - Dan Schayes, NBA center/forward (Miami Heat, Orlando Magic)
1960 - Bono [Paul Hewson], Dublin, Ireland, rocker (U2-Joshua Tree)
1960 - Merlene Ottey, Jamaican/Italian running star (Olympics)
1960 - Tauseef Ahmed, cricketer (leading Pakistani off-spinner of 80's)
1960 - Victoria Rowell, Portland ME, actress (Drucilla-Young & Restless)
1961 - Blyth Tait, England, NZ equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-gold-96)
1961 - Randy Cunneyworth, Etobicoke, NHL left wing (Ottawa Senators)
1961 - Teri Copley, Arcadia California, actress (Mickey-We've Got it Made)
1961 - Johanna ter Steege, Dutch actress
1962 - Garry Daley, keyboard (China Crisis-Christian)
1962 - Joey Meyer, baseball player
1962 - Robby Thompson, W Palm Beach FL, infielder (SF Giants)
1963 - Lisa M Nowak, Wash DC, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1964 - Dean Spriddle, Plymouth Engld, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Oak Valley)
1965 - Jim Schreiner, Kailua Hawaii, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
1965 - Linda Evangelista, St Catherines Canada, model (Elite)
1965 - Mike Butcher, baseball player
1965 - Rony Seikaly, NBA center (Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors)
1965 - Todd Kalis, NFL guard (Cin Bengals)
1966 - Jonathan Edwards, Britain, triple jumper (Olympics-gold/silver-92, 96)
1966 - Mikael Andersson, Malmo Swe, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1967 - Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
1967 - Scott Brison, Canadian politician
1967 - Jon Ronson, British journalist and author
1967 - Young MC, American rapper
1968 - Julie Smith, Glendora California, softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1968 - Erik Palladino, American actor
1968 - Al Murray, British comedian
1969 - Curtis Whitley, NFL center (Panthers, Packers, Raiders)
1969 - Dennis Bergkamp, Amsterdam Neth, soccer player (Ajax)
1969 - Judson Mills, Purcellville Va, actor (Hutch-As The World Turns)
1969 - Martin Driever, WLAF tight end (Rhein Fire)
1969 - Pete Schourek, Austin TX, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1969 - John Scalzi, American writer
1970 - Andre Stolz, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
1970 - Perry Blake, Irish singer/songwriter
1970 - Dallas Roberts, American actor
1970 - Gabriela Montero, Caracas Venezuela, Venezuelan-American pianist
1971 - Andrei Kravtsov, Queensland Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1971 - Eric Stock, soccer player (NEC)
1971 - Ronnie Dixon, NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, NY Jets)
1971 - Adriano Giannini, Italian actor
1972 - Akili Johnson, NFL defensive back (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 - Emma Ridley, Hanpstead England, actress (Return to Oz)
1972 - Farrell Duclair, CFL fullback (Calgary Stampeders)
1972 - Stuart Carlisle, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1995-)
1972 - Radosław Majdan, Polish footballer
1973 - Jerome Williams, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)
1973 - Joshua Eagle, Australian tennis player
1974 - Grant Williams, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1974 - Janet Reasons, Port Orchard Washington, Miss America-Washington (1997)
1974 - Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
1975 - Adam Deadmarsh, Trail BC, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche, Oly-98)
1975 - Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
1976 - Stuart Braithwaite, Scottish musician (Mogwai)
1976 - Rob Malda, American internet writer/editor (Slashdot)
1976 - Udo Mechels, Belgian singer
1976 - Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi, Greek javelin thrower
1977 - Amanda Borden, Cincinnati Ohio, gymnast (World-silv-94, Oly-gold-96)
1977 - Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer
1977 - Nick Heidfeld, German Formula 1 driver
1977 - Chas Licciardello, Australian comedian, member of The Chaser
1978 - Kenan Thompson, American actor
1979 - Lee Hyori, South Korean singer
1981 - Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
1982 - Daniel Harris, Australian rules footballer
1982 - Despina Caldis, Greek-Australian actress
1982 - Jeremy Gable, American playwright
1983 - Gustav Fridolin, Swedish politician
1983 - Natalia Zabala, Miss Spain 2007
1984 - Edward Mujica. Venezuelan baseball player
1985 - Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 - Anej Lovrečič, Slovenian football (soccer) player
1989 - Lindsey Shaw, American actress
1991 - Emily McEnroe, daughter of Tatum O'Neal & John McEnroe
1993 - Charice Pempengco, Filipino singer
1993 - Mirai Shida, Japanese actress
2000 - Shyann McClure, American actress and model
2004 - The Gosselin Sextuplets

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 10th May


Famous Deaths

Confederate General
Thomas Jackson (1863)


238 - Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered
995 - Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht
1290 - Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)
1424 - Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan
1493 - Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician
1521 - Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)
1566 - Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65
1569 - Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer
1637 - Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37
1641 - Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596)
1653 - John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61
1657 - Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592)
1691 - Colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615)
1696 - Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (b. 1645)
1710 - Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46
1717 - John Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641)
1726 - Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670)
1733 - Barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681)
1737 - Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702)
1760 - Johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77
1764 - Picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies
1770 - Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61
1774 - Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64
1785 - Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36
1787 - William Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715)
1789 - Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72
1792 - John Stevens, American delegate to the Continental Congress
1794 - Elisabeth PMH, princess of France, beheaded at 30
1798 - George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40
1807 - Comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (b. 1725)
1818 - Paul Revere, American patriot, dies
1820 - Matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49
1826 - Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86
1829 - Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies
1833 - Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician, dies at 74
1849 - Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese painter, dies at 89
1859 - John Archduke of Austria, dies
1863 - Thomas Jackson, ["Stonewall"], Confederate general (Civil War), dies at 39
1864 - James Clay Rice, lawyer/Union brig-general, dies in battle at 34
1864 - Thomas Greeley Stevenson, Union brig-general, dies at about 27
1868 - Henry Bennett, American politician (b. 1808)
1869 - Wilhelm Bernhard Molique, composer, dies at 66
1880 - John Goss, composer/organist, dies at 79
1885 - Edward Stephen, composer, dies at 62
1885 - Ferdinand Hiller, composer, dies at 73
1889 - Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist (b. 1826)
1897 - William Thomas Best, composer, dies at 70
1897 - Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino revolutionary leader (b. 1863)
1904 - Henry M Stanley, [John Rowlands], British explorer, dies
1909 - Johannes de Koo, journalist/playwright, dies
1910 - Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist, dies at 85
1910 - William Huggins, discoverer of stellar nature of Andromeda, dies
1915 - Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle
1920 - John Wesley Hyatt, inventor/plastics pioneer, dies
1923 - Vaslav Vorovsky, Russian delegate, assassinated
1924 - Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer (L'ave), dies at 58
1937 - William Tedmarsh, silent movie actor (b. 1876)
1938 - Percy McAlister, cricketer (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912), dies
1940 - Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56
1942 - Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74
1943 - Andre Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
1943 - Arnaud/Armand Fraiteur, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
1943 - Maurice-Albert Raskin, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
1945 - Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
1950 - John G Fletcher, US poet (Burning Mountain), dies
1950 - Belle da Costa Greene, librarian, bibliographer, archivist (b. 1883)
1954 - George Hirst, cricketer (36,323 1st-class runs, 2739 wickets), dies
1955 - Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (b. 1881)
1955 - John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (b. 1865)
1960 - Juri Olescha, writer, dies at 61
1960 - Yury Olesha, Russian novelist (b. 1899)
1963 - Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb, American football player (b. 1931)
1964 - Carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35
1964 - Ignace Lilien, composer, dies at 66
1964 - Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (b. 1881)
1965 - Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch min of Colonization (1942-45), dies at 70
1967 - Lorenzo Bandini, Italian racing driver, (b. 1935)
1968 - Maurie Sievers, cricket medium-pacer (Austral v England 1936-37), dies
1968 - Philippa Bevans, dies at 55
1968 - Scotty Beckett, dies at 38
1971 - Mihail Jora, composer, dies at 79
1971 - Shukichi Mitsukuri, composer, dies at 75
1973 - Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian, dies at 62
1973 - Loren Tindall, dies of heart attack at 51
1974 - Hal Mohr, Cinematographer, Husband of Evelyn Venable (b. 1894)
1976 - George Curzon, dies at 77
1976 - Elias Aslaksen, Leader of Smith's Friends (b. 1888)
1977 - Joan Crawford, actress (Mildred Pierce), dies at 69
1979 - John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Morton, satirist (Beachcomber), dies
1979 - Louis Paul Boon, Flemish writer (Eros & the Lonely Man), dies at 67
1982 - Jean C M Picart le Doux, French designer, dies
1982 - Peter Weiss, German playwright (Marat-Sade), dies at 65
1983 - John P Strijbos, writer (Called that Bird), dies at 92
1984 - Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist, dies at 41
1984 - Robert Moore, actor (Marshall-Diana), dies at 56
1988 - Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (b. 1902)
1989 - Woody Shaw, American jazz musician (b. 1944)
1990 - Susan Oliver, actress (Disorderly Orderly), dies of cancer at 61
1990 - Walker Percy, physician/novelist (Lancelot), dies of cancer at 73
1991 - Armand HF Boni, [Armand the Good], Flemish poet/writer, dies
1992 - Joan Merrill, vocalist, dies of a stroke at 74
1992 - John Lund, actor (Perils of Pauline), dies at 81
1992 - Liesbeth Saijers, sculptor, dies
1992 - Sylvia Sims, singer (Flower Drum Song), dies of a heart attack at 74
1994 - John Wayne Gacy, mass murderer, executed in Illinois at 52
1994 - Lucebert [J Swaanswijk], poet/cartoonist (PC Hooft 1967), dies at 69
1994 - Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author, dies at 81
1995 - Harold Berens, comedian, dies at 92
1995 - Hilde Jarecki, educationist, dies at 83
1995 - Jimmy Raney, jazz guitarist, dies at 67
1997 - Joanie Weston, roller derby queen (Bay Bombers), dies at 61
1999 - Shel Silverstein, American poet and composer (b. 1930)
2000 - Dédé Fortin, Quebec singer and songwriter (Les Colocs) (b. 1962)
2000 - Jules Deschênes, Quebec superior court judge (b. 1923)
2001 - Deborah Walley, American actress (b. 1943)
2002 - Lynda Lyon Block, convicted murderer (b. 1948)
2002 - Yves Robert, French actor, screenwriter and director (b. 1920)
2003 - Milan Vukcevich, Yugoslavian chemist and chess problem composer (b. 1937)
2005 - David Wayne, American singer (Metal Church) (b. 1958)
2006 - Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (b. 1917)
2006 - A. M. Rosenthal, American newspaper editor (b. 1922)
2006 - Soraya, Colombian-American singer (b. 1969)
2006 - Val Guest, British film director (b. 1911)
2008 - Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (b. 1928)
2008 - Jessie Jacobs, Australian Actress (b. 1990)
2010 - Frank Frazetta, American artist (b. 1928)
2011 - Michael Baze, American horse racing jockey (b. 1987)
2012 - Evelyn Johnson, American pilot, dies at 102
2012 - Carroll Shelby, American automobile designer, dies at 89

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This Day in History for 11th May


Historical Events

                                   
Naturalist Charles Darwin                        Author and Nobel Laureate                    British war time Prime Minister
                                                                        William Faulkner                                   Winston Churchill

                                   
Singer & Cultural Icon                              Actor/Singer Richard Harris                   Singer/Actor Frank Sinatra
Elvis Presley

                                   
Composer                                                Pop Star Madonna                              Racing Car Driver Mario Andretti
Andrew Lloyd Webber


330 - Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes capital of Roman Empire
1189 - Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa & 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg
1310 - Fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France for being
           heretics.
1421 - Jews are expelled from Styria Austria
1502 - Columbus begins 4th & last trip to "Indies"
1548 - Start of great fire in Brielle
1625 - Boers besiege Frankenburg estate in Upper-Austria
1647 - Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam.
1674 - Netherlands & Cologne sign peace treaty
1678 - French admiral Jean d'Estrees' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaaao
1689 - Battle of Bantry Bay, French & English naval battle
1690 - English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia
1745 - Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war
1749 - British parliament accept Consolidation Act: fleet reorganization
1751 - 1st hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital) in the 13 Colonies in America
1752 - 1st US fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia)
1772 - Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed
1784 - England & Tippu Sahib van Mysore sign peace treaty
1792 - Columbia River discovered & named by US Capt Robert Gray
1812 - Waltz introduced into English ballrooms. Most observers consider it disgusting & immoral. No
           wonder it caught on!
1812 - Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House
           of Commons, London.
1813 - In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth, lead an expedition
           westwards from Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion
           throughout the 19th century.
1814 - Americans defeat British at Battle of Plattsburgh
1816 - American Bible Society forms (NY)
1820 - Launch of HMS Beagle the ship that took young Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage.
1833 - "Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg & sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215
1841 - Lt. Charles Wilkes lands at Fort Nisqually in Puget Sound.
1850 - Work starts on 1st brick building in SF
1857 - Sepoy-revolt in Meerutkazerne, Delhi
1858 - Minnesota admitted as 32nd US state
1862 - Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk, VA
1864 - Battle of Yellow Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)
1864 - Gen J E B Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern
1865 - Jeff Thompson surrenders
1867 - Treaty of London drawn, concerning Luxembourg
1875 - George "Charmer" Zettlein pitches the 1st 9 inning shutout
1881 - Bedrich Smetana's opera "Libusa," premieres in Prague
1887 - 13th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Lewis aboard Montrose wins in 2:39.25
1888 - 16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:49
1891 - The Otsu Scandal takes place.
1892 - 18th Kentucky Derby: Lonnie Clayton aboard Azra wins in 2:41½
1893 - Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km)
1894 - American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co
1897 - Wash Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers
1900 - James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavyweight boxing title
1904 - Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace
1907 - Bank of SF incorporated
1907 - A derailment outside Lompoc, California kills 32 Shriners when their chartered train jumps off
           the tracks at a switch near Surf Depot.
1910 - Montana's Glacier National Park forms
1911 - The United States becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1912 - 38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4
1916 - Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented
1917 - Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand
1918 - 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8
1919 - Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0
1919 - Yanks' Jack Quinn & Senators' Walter Johnson, 12 inning 0-0 tie
1921 - Tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality
1923 - 10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cards
1924 - Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election
1924 - Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)
1924 - Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging the two companies.
1925 - Communist Party of Holland splits
1925 - Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR
1926 - Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic O
1927 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences forms
1927 - Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer
1927 - Louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
1928 - 54th Kentucky Derby: Chick Lang aboard Reigh Count wins in 2:10.4
1928 - 54th Preakness: Raymond Sonny Workman aboard Victorian wins in 2:00.2
1928 - 63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal St George's
1928 - General Electric opens 1st TV-station (Schenectady, NY)
1929 - 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)
1929 - Dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin Tx
1931 - Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe
1935 - 61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4
1940 - 66th Preakness: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 1:58.6
1940 - NY World's Fair reopens
1941 - 1st Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England
1942 - Japanese troops conquer Kalewa
1942 - William Faulkner's collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published.
1943 - Hermann Goering-division in Tunisia surrenders
1943 - US 7th div lands on Attu, Aleutian, (1st US territory recaptured)
1944 - Opposition group surprise attack post office Washer
1944 - Slomp Resistance fighter (Frits de Zwerver) freed from Arnhem prison
1945 - US marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa
1946 - 1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1)
1946 - 72nd Preakness: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:01.4
1946 - UMNO is created.
1947 - BF Goodrich announced the development of tubeless tire (Akron Ohio)
1947 - Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy
1948 - Haganah takes control of Safed & port of Haifa
1948 - Luigi Einaudi elected president of Italy
1949 - 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)
1949 - By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN
1949 - Siam renames itself Thailand
1950 - Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
1950 - Eugene Ionesco's "La Cantatrice Chauve," premieres in Paris
1951 - Jay Forrester patents computer core memory
1953 - Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas ($39M damage)
1953 - Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory
1955 - Israel attacks Gaza
1956 - Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV
1957 - Gabriel Paris forms government of Colombia
1958 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open
1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1959 - "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4
1959 - Elvis Presley's 1st entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel"
1959 - Rodgers & Barer's musical "Once upon a mattress," premieres in NYC
1959 - Yankee catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends
1960 - French liner "France" launched
1960 - Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires
1960 - The first contraceptive pill is made available on the market.
1962 - Antonio Segni becomes president of Italy
1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 - US sends troops to Thailand
1963 - "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2
1963 - LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 2nd no-hitter beats NY Giants, 8-0
1963 - Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama
1965 - "Flora, the Red Menace" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 87 performances
1965 - 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India)
1965 - Bangladesh windstorm kills 17,000
1965 - Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument
1965 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1965 - West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
1966 - Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I
1967 - "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 perfs
1967 - 100,000,000th US phone connected
1967 - Great Britain, Ireland & Denmark apply for EG membership
1968 - Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park"
1968 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games
1968 - Students & police battle in Paris, 100s injured
1968 - The Toronto Transit Commission opens the largest expansion of its Bloor-Danforth Line,
           going to Scarborough in the east, and Etobicoke in the west.
1969 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1969 - Monty Python comedy troupe forms
1970 - Henry Marrow is murdered in a violent racially-motivated crime in Oxford, North Carolina.
1971 - Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last AL pitcher to hit grand slam
1972 - Giants trade Willie Mays to Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams & cash
1972 - John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show
1972 - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat NY Rangers, 4 games to 2
1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 - Dutch government of Uyl forms
1973 - Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has his charges for his involvement in releasing
           the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times dismissed.
1974 - "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83
1974 - "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7
1974 - Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number"
1975 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
1975 - Flyers 1-Isles 2-Semifinals-Series tied at 3 games
1975 - Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
1976 - Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation
1976 - Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV
1977 - Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II
1977 - Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
1978 - Margaret A Brewer is 1st female general in the US Marine Corps
1980 - Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1980 - Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, & home in one inning for Phillies
1981 - Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats," premieres in London
1981 - Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks
1982 - Canucks 4-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1983 - "Dance a Little Closer" opens & closes at Minskoff Theater NYC
1983 - Aberdeen wins 23rd Europe Cup II
1983 - Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth
1984 - Johan Cruijff quits soccer
1984 - Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4)
1984 - Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
1985 - 40 die and 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground, England
1985 - Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India
1985 - Madonna's "Crazy For You," single goes #1
1985 - Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands
1985 - Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cin Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose,
          Tony Perez & Cesar Cedeno
1986 - Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1987 - 1st heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)
1987 - Corazon Aquino is elected president in the Philippines
1988 - France performs nuclear test
1988 - KV Mechelen wins 28th Europe Cup II
1988 - Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph)
1989 - 217th & final episode of "Dynasty" is aired
1989 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1989 - Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds
1989 - President Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panama
1990 - NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt
1993 - 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins
1993 - Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire
1994 - "Grease," opens at Eugene O' Neill Theater NYC for 1,503 performances
1994 - "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult," released in France
1994 - 6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa
1994 - Inter Milan wins 23rd UEFA Cup
1995 - In New York City, more than 170 countries decide to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation
          Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.
1996 - Florida Marlin Al Leiter no hits Colo Rockies, 11-0
1996 - Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die
1997 - "Play On!" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 61 performances
1997 - NY Mets C Everett & Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1997 - Paine Webber Senior Golf Invitational
1997 - Sara Lee LPGA Classic
1997 - Scott McCarron wins Bellsouth Golf Classic
1997 - Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Sara Lee Classic
1997 - Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov 3.5-2.5 in chess
1998 - India conducts three underground nuclear tests in Pokhran, including a thermonuclear device.
2002 - Last performance of the musical Cats in London's West End.
2002 - Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveils the Man With Two Hats
           monument in Ottawa and Apeldoorn (May 2), 2000, symbolically linking both the Netherlands
           and Canada for their assistance throughout the Second World War.
2007 - Pope Benedict XVI canonizes the first Brazilian-born saint, Frei Galvão.
2009 - An American soldier in Iraq opened fire on a counseling center at Camp Liberty in Bagdhad,
           leaving 5 other US soldiers dead and 3 soldiers wounded.
2012 - Chinese scientists break world record by transferring photons over 97 kilometers using
           quantum teleportation

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This Day in History for 11th May


Famous Weddings

1970 - Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise
1996 - Fashion designer Cynthia Rowley (39) weds retail store designer Bill Keenan (43) at
           Manhattan City Hall in New York
2001 - Actress Suzanne Pleshette (64) weds actor Tom Poston (79) at Manhattan's City Hall

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This Day in History for 11th May


Birthdays

                                   
Painter Salvador Dali (1904)                Actress Natasha Richardson (1963)       Actor & Singer Holly Valance (1983)


1568 - Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)
1571 - Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)
1654 - Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian
1720 - Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)
1722 - Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)
1731 - Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer
1733 - Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)
1752 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)
1763 - János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)
1772 - Henri-Jean Rigel, composer
1791 - Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer
1799 - John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836)
1801 - Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)
1807 - Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello)
1811 - Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins
1811 - Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893)
1817 - Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909)
1821 - [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1823 - Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter
1824 - Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)
1827 - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
1830 - John Converse Starkweather, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1835 - Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)
1838 - Walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912)
1840 - Filippo Capocci, composer
1841 - Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter
1852 - Charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09)
1854 - John Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper)
1854 - Ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype)
1855 - Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)
1858 - Carl Hauptmann, writer
1861 - Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)
1869 - Francisco Lacerda, composer
1871 - Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943)
1875 - Harriet Quimby, American aviator (d. 1912)
1878 - Jan Machiel Reyskens, oldest male resident of the Netherlands. Died 1990 aged 111.
1881 - Jan van Gilse, composer/resistance fighter (Frau Helga von Staveren)
1881 - Pascual Rogatis, composer
1881 - Al Cabrera, Spanish-born Cuban baseball player (d. 1964)
1881 - Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian physicist (d. 1963)
1882 - Joseph Marx, Austrian composer/critic
1888 - Irving Berlin, [Isadore Balin], Temum Siberia, composer (White Xmas)
1888 - P A J Losecaat Vermeer, leader of Dutch High Council
1888 - Willis A. Lee, World War II U.S. naval admiral (d. 1945)
1890 - Woodall Rodgers, mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1961)
1891 - Henry Morgenthau Jr, US Secretary of Treasury (1934-45)
1892 - Margaret Rutherford, England, actress (Murder Most Foul)
1894 - Anton A Mussert, Dutch nazi leader (NSB)
1894 - Florimond Cornellie, Belgium, yachting (Olympic-gold-1920)
1894 - Martha Graham, Allegheny Penn, choreographer (Appalachian Spring)
1895 - Jan Parandowski, writer
1895 - William Grant Still, Woodville Mississippi, composer (Afro-American)
1896 - Josip Slavenski, composer
1896 - Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter
1897 - Izak W van der Merwe, [Boerneef], S Afr writer (Tweetalige Woordeboek)
1897 - Robert E. Gross, American businessman (d. 1961)
1899 - Paulino Masip, Spanish playwright (d. 1963)
1901 - Mari Sandoz, Nebraska, author (Cheyenne Autumn)
1902 - Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Unen Kaivo)
1903 - Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman (1924-42)
1904 - Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer
1904 - Salvador Dali, Figueras Spain, surrealist artist (Crucifixion)
1905 - Marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner
1906 - Kent Taylor, [Louis Weiss], Iowa, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders)
1907 - Rose Ausländer, German poet (d. 1988)
1907 - Rip Sewell, American baseball player (d. 1989)
1909 - Herbert Murrill, composer
1910 - Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer
1911 - Doodles Weaver, LA California, comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers)
1911 - Edgar Beck, president (John Mowlem)
1911 - Roy James Alfred Kaulback, soldier
1911 - Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (d. 2004)
1912 - Foster Brooks, Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy)
1912 - Phil Silvers, Bkln NY, comedian (Sgt Bilko-Phil Silvers Show)
1913 - Clare Grundman, composer
1913 - Tutti Camarata, Glen Ridge NJ, orchestra leader (Vic Damone Show)
1913 - Robert Jungk, Austrian publicist (d. 1994)
1914 - Haroun Tazieff, French volcanologist (d. 1998)
1916 - C J Cela, writer
1916 - Camilo Jose Cela, Spain, author (La Colmena-1951)
1917 - Hon Montague Woodhouse, Greek resistance organiser
1918 - Richard P Feynman, physicist (Feynman-diagrams/Nobel prize 1965)
1918 - Robert Hunt, CEO (Dowty Group)
1920 - Beryl Bryden, jazz singer
1920 - Denver Pyle, Bethune Colo, actor (Dukes of Hazzard, Tammy, Doris Day)
1921 - Ian Percival, QC/MP
1921 - Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician
1922 - Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (d. 1992)
1922 - Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1923 - Joan Moriarty, Brigadier matron-in-chief/dir (Army Nursing Services)
1923 - Lord Gordon "Gordy" White, English industrialist/multi-millionaire
1923 - Vincent Gordon Lindsay White, tycoon
1924 - Antony Hewish, radio astronomer
1924 - Jackie Milburn, English soccer star (Newcastle United)
1924 - Eugene Dynkin, Russian mathematician
1925 - Rhodes Boyson, MP
1925 - Edward J. King, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2006)
1926 - Ernest Harrison, CEO (Racal Electronics)
1926 - Frank Thring, Melbourne Australia, actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur)
1927 - Justice Hollis
1927 - Mort Sahl, Montreal, comedian/political satirist/beatnik (Big Party)
1927 - Zilpha Keatly Snyder, US, sci-fi author (Headless Cupid)
1927 - Gene Savoy, American author, explorer, scholar and cleric (d. 2007)
1928 - Yaacov Agam, Israeli sculptor
1928 - Brother Andrew, Dutch missionary
1929 - Edward Anson, British vice-admiral
1930 - M J Hamlin, Principal/Vice-Chancellor (Dundee University)
1930 - Stanley L Elkin, Bkln NY, writer/professor (Living End)
1930 - Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (d. 2002)
1930 - Bud Ekins, American stuntman (d. 2007)
1930 - William Carey, Baltimore, Maryland, American businessman and philanthropist (W.P. Carey &
           Co. LLC) (d. 2012)
1931 - Stephen Smalley, rev/dean (Chester)
1932 - Henriette Santer, clinical Psychologist
1932 - Valentino [Garavani], Milan Italy, fashion designer
1933 - Louis Farrakhan, minister (black islam nation, million man march)
1934 - James M Jeffords, (Rep-R-VT, 1975- )
1935 - Doug McClure, Glendale California, actor (Checkmate, Virginian, Roots)
1935 - Francisco Umbral, Spanish novelist (d. 2007)
1936 - Ulrich Berkes, writer
1936 - Carla Bley, American musician and composer
1937 - David Allan, cricketer (West Indian wicketkeeper 1962-66)
1938 - Carla Bley, [Carla Borg], Oakland, musician (Escalator Over the Hill)
1938 - Harvey Sollberger, Cedar Rapids Ia, flutist/composer (2 Oboes Troping)
1939 - Milt Pappas, baseball pitcher
1939 - Carlos Lyra, Brazilian musician
1940 - Ronald Anthony Pellegrino, composer
1940 - Juan Downey, Chilean video artist (d. 1993)
1941 - Eric Burdon, Walker-on-Tyne England, rock vocalist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1941 - Ian Redpath, cricketer (dependable Australian opening batsman 1964-76)
1941 - Graham Miles, English snooker player
1942 - Rachel Billington, British writer
1943 - Arnie Satin, rocker
1943 - George Edwards, composer
1943 - Les Chadwick, bassist (Gerry & Pacemakers-Ferry Crossed the Mersy)
1943 - Nancy Greene, Canada, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1968)
1943 - Juliet Harmer, English actress
1944 - John Benaud, cricketer (brother of Richie, Australian bat 1972-73)
1946 - Plume Latraverse, Quebec singer and musician
1947 - Claude "Butch" Hudson Trucks, drummer (Allman Brothers)
1948 - Alfred Matt, Austria, slalom (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1948 - Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-British politician
1948 - Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese folk musician
1950 - Dane Iorg, baseball player (Philles, Cards)
1950 - Jeremy Paxman, broadcaster
1951 - Mike Sleman, rugby player
1952 - Darrow Igus, Newark NJ, comedian (Fridays, Roll Out)
1952 - Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian actress
1952 - Frances Fisher, English-born actress
1952 - Mike Lupica, American sports journalist
1952 - Renaud Séchan, French composer
1952 - Warren Littlefield, American television executive
1953 - Boyd Gaines, Atlanta Ga, actor (Mark-One Day at a Time, Sure Thing)
1953 - David Gest, American television producer
1954 - Edgar Riley Jr, rocker (Axe K)
1954 - Judith Weir, composer
1954 - John Gregory, English football manager
1954 - Lubomir Stoykov, Bulgarian journalist and broadcaster
1955 - Jos Haagmans, Dutch singer (Frank Boeijen Group)
1955 - Mark Herndon, Springfield Mass, country drummer (Alabama-Take Me Down)
1955 - John DeStefano, Jr., American politician
1956 - Theresa Burke, Canadian journalist
1956 - Alex Lester, British broadcaster
1957 - Luca Urbani, Rome Italy, MD/astronaut (STS 78-alt)
1958 - Peter Antonie, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1958 - Walt Terrell, baseball player
1959 - Martha Quinn, Albany NY, MTV VJ (Tracey-Bradys)
1960 - Jorgen Schult, German FR, discus thrower (world record 1986)
1961 - Cecile Licad, Manila Philippines, pianist (Leventritt Award-1981)
1961 - Diana Lee[-Hsu], Seattle Wa, playmate (May, 1988)
1962 - Steve Bono, NFL quarterback (KC Chiefs, GB Packers-Superbowl 31)
1963 - Blair Piercy, Vancouver, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Cordova Bay Open)
1963 - Mark Breland, Bkln NY, welterweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1984)
1963 - Natasha Richardson, London England, actress (Gothic, Handmaid's Tale)
1963 - Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish politician
1963 - Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian
1963 - Roark Critchlow, actor
1964 - Bobby Witt, Arlington VA, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
1964 - Drew Story, San Clemente California, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1964 - Floyd Youmans, baseball pitcher (Expos)
1964 - Jeff Sellers, baseball pitcher (Red Sox)
1964 - John Parrott, snooker player
1964 - Katie Wagner, daughter of Robert Wagner/model/guest VJ (MTV)
1965 - Greg Dulli, American musician
1965 - Monsour del Rosario, Filipino martial artist and actor
1966 - Chris Mohr, NFL punter (Buffalo Bills)
1966 - Trenidad Hubbard, Chicago IL, outfielder (Colorado Rockies)
1966 - Christoph Schneider, German drummer (Rammstein)
1967 - Eric Young, New Brunswick NJ, infielder (Colorado Rockies)
1967 - Jamie Brayshaw, cricketer (son of Ian WA & SA right-handed batsman)
1967 - Kenneth Gould, Chic Ill, Welterweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1988)
1968 - Jeffrey Donovan, American actor
1969 - Amy Legacki, Terrytown NY, 10k runner
1970 - Dean Capobianco, Australian 200m/400m (Olympics-92, 96)
1970 - Michael Joubert, Australian 400m/800m (Olympics-96)
1970 - Nicky Katt, American actor
1970 - Glenn Hugill, British television presenter and producer
1971 - Corey Fuller, NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings)
1971 - Yo Murphy, WLAF receiver (Scottish Claymores)
1972 - Andrew Bonhomme, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1972 - Hicham El-Mashtoub, NFL center (Houston Oilers)
1972 - Stefen Reid, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1972 - Anita Hegh, Australian actress
1973 - Dean Pullar, Cobram Victoria Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
1973 - Michelle Venturella, US softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1973 - Patrick Sapp, NFL offensive linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
1973 - James Haven, American actor
1974 - Roger Juffing, soccer player (Fortuna Sittard
1974 - Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
1974 - Billy Kidman, American professional wrestler
1974 - Benoît Magimel, French actor
1974 - Darren Ward, Welsh footballer
1977 - Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper
1977 - Gonzalo Colsa, Spanish footballer
1977 - Pablo García, Uruguayan footballer
1977 - Victor Matfield, South African rugby union footballer
1977 - Matthew Newton, Australian actor
1978 - Perttu Kivilaakso, Finnish Cellist from the band Apocalyptica
1978 - Laetitia Casta, French supermodel and actress
1979 - Erin Lang, Canadian musician
1980 - Matthew Lawrence, Phila, actor (Dynasty, Matthew-Brotherly Love)
1981 - Austin O'Brien, actor (Apollo 13, My Girl 2, Lawnmower Man)
1981 - Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
1981 - Daniel Ortmeier, American baseball player
1982 - Jonathan Jackson, Orlando Fla, actor (Lucky-General Hospital)
1982 - Andrew Walter, American football player
1983 - Frédéric Xhonneux, Belgian decathlete
1983 - Matt Leinart, American football player
1983 - Holly Valance, Melbourne, Victoria, Australian actress (Felicity "Flick" Scully-Neighbours) and
           singer
1984 - Andres Iniesta, Spanish football player
1985 - Sifow (Shiho Fujita), Japanese pop star and business woman
1986 - Abou Diaby, French footballer
1986 - Ronny, Brazilian footballer
1986 - Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen, Dutch Professional Gamer
1987 - Louis Murphy, American college football player
1987 - Monica Roşu, Romanian gymnast
1987 - Justin King, American football player
1989 - Giovani dos Santos, Mexican footballer
1989 - Ace Hood, American rapper

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 11th May


Famous Deaths

                                   
British Prime Minister                         Reggae Musician Bob Marley (1981)          Author Douglas Adams (2001)
(The Great Commoner)
William Pitt the Elder (1778)


1304 - Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)
1610 - Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies
1631 - Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57
1672 - Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)
1708 - Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)
1723 - Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)
1742 - Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70
1772 - Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged
1777 - George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)
1778 - William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69
1779 - John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68
1812 - Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762)
1819 - Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47
1845 - Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14
1848 - Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
1849 - Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer and conductor, dies at 38 of a stroke
1849 - Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier, French socialite (b. 1777)
1857 - E Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81
1871 - John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79
1881 - Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59
1885 - Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73
1887 - Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)
1891 - A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)
1895 - Feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71
1907 - John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54
1916 - Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies
1916 - Max Reger, composer, dies at 43
1916 - Max [Johann BJM] Reger, German composer/pianist/organist, dies at 43
1917 - Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66
1920 - William D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83
1927 - Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90
1927 - Juan Gris, Spanish cubist painter, dies at 40
1929 - Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (b. 1864)
1934 - Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852)
1935 - Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78
1937 - Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62
1938 - Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81
1939 - Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)
1944 - Henk Hos, resistance fighter, executed at 37
1947 - Ture Rangstrom, composer, dies at 62
1949 - Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor), dies at 65
1952 - Giovanni Tebaldini, composer, dies at 87
1953 - Jean Adair, dies at 80
1955 - G L Jessop, cricketer (match-winning batsman, brilliant field), dies
1956 - Walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79
1960 - John D Rockefeller Jr, philanthropist, dies at 86
1963 - Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
1965 - Ludovicus H "Lode" Baekelmans, Flemish playwright, dies at 86
1965 - Roger Vailland, French author, dies at 57
1970 - Johnny Hodges, American musician (b. 1906)
1973 - Grigory M Kosinzev, Russian director, dies
1973 - Lex Barker, American actor (b. 1919)
1976 - Alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78
1976 - Camille Schmit, composer, dies at 68
1976 - J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered
1978 - John Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/poet, dies at 93
1979 - Joan Chandler, dies at 55
1979 - Lester Raymond Flatt, musician (Ballad of Jed Clampett), dies at 64
1981 - Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain & lung cancer at 36
1981 - Hoyt J Fuller, editor (1st World magazine), dies at 57
1982 - Leigh Snowden, actress (Hot Rod Rumble), dies at 51 of cancer
1982 - Piet van Egmond, organist/conductor, dies at 70
1983 - Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, author (Anything Box), dies at 65
1985 - Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy), dies at 84
1985 - Garmt Stuiveling, literatrary (Ego & Echo), dies at 77
1985 - Jorja Curtright, actor (Whistle Stop), dies of a heart attack
1985 - Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies
1986 - Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (b. 1910)
1986 - Fritz Pollard, American football player (b. 1894)
1988 - H A R (Kim) Philby, British double agent, dies
1991 - Filip J Field, dies at 67
1991 - Ho Dam, foreign minister North-Korea (1970-83), dies
1992 - Carlos Herrera, drink inventor (Margarita), dies at 90
1992 - Elizabeth McDonald, inventor (Spic & Span), dies at 98
1994 - Alfred James Broomhall, methodist Missionary, dies at 82
1994 - Danny Overbea, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 68
1994 - Leonard Friedman, violinist, dies at 63
1994 - Lewis B Puller, US writer (Pulitzer 1992), commits suicide at 48
1994 - Timothy Carey, dies of stroke at 64
1995 - Arthur Lubin, director (Francis The Talking Mule, Mr Ed), dies at 96
1995 - David Avidan, poet/writer, dies at 62
1995 - William John Phillips, actor (Nothing but a Man), dies at 80
1996 - Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher, dies at 85
1996 - Joan Thirkettle, journalist, dies at 48
1996 - Malcolm MacEwen, writer, dies at 84
1996 - Nnamdi Azikiwe, Pres of Nigeria (1963-66), dies
1996 - Walter Hyatt, #Musician, dies at 46
1996 - Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (b. 1922)
1997 - Brenda Carlin, TV producer/wife of comedian George Carlin, dies at 57
2000 - Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (b. 1907)
2001 - Douglas Adams, English author (b. 1952)
2002 - Joseph Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (b. 1905)
2002 - Renaude Lapointe, French Canadian journalist and senator (b. 1912)
2003 - Noel Redding, English bassist (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (b. 1945)
2004 - John Whitehead, American singer (McFadden & Whitehead) (b. 1949)
2004 - Mick Doyle, Irish rugby union footballer and coach
2005 - Michalis Genitsaris, Greek rebetiko singer and composer (b. 1917)
2006 - Floyd Patterson, American boxer (b. 1935)
2006 - Frankie Thomas, American actor (b. 1921)
2006 - Yossi Banai, Israeli singer (b. 1932)
2007 - Malietoa Tanumafili II, Sovereign Ruler of Samoa (b. 1913)
2007 - Bernard Gordon, blacklisted American author (b. 1918)
2008 - Dottie Rambo, American gospel singer (b. 1934)
2008 - John Rutsey, Canadian drummer, formerly for Canadian progressive rock band Rush (b.1953)
2008 - Bruno Neves, portuguese cyclist that died in competition (b.1981)
2010 - Frank Frazetta, American fantasy and science fiction artist (b. 1928)

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 12th May


Historical Events

                                   
Naturalist Charles Darwin                      Playwright George Bernard Shaw         Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini

                                   
British war time Prime Minister                      Author Henry Miller                         Singer-Songwriter Bob Dylan
Winston Churchill

                                   
Pop Singer & Beatle                                  264th Pope John Paul II                         Anti-apartheid activist/
Paul McCartney                                                                                                        South African President
                                                                                                                                Nelson Mandela

 
Singer-Songwriter Sinead O'Connor


254 - Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope
919 - Duke Henry of Saxon becomes king Henry I of Oostfrankische rich
1082 - Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austr
1215 - English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country
1328 - Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV and assembly of priests select P Rainalducci as anti-Pope
           Nicolaas V
1328 - Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of
           Venice.
1459 - Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur
1525 - Battle at Biblingen: Zwabische Union beats rebel Wurttembergse farmers
1534 - Wurttemberg becomes Lutherian
1551 - San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens
1588 - Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris
1604 - Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius
1640 - Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV
1689 - England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg
1695 - English king Willem III departs to Netherlands
1701 - Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)
1733 - Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague
1776 - Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns
1777 - 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)
1780 - British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina (Revolutionary War)
1789 - Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous
           group of NYC political bosses
1792 - Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented
1797 - First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
1821 - The first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi.
1832 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera "L'elisir d'amore," premieres in Milan
1835 - Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile
1849 - Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam
1862 - Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana
1863 - Battle of Raymond, Miss
1864 - Battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA (Ft Darling)
1864 - Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
1864 - Battle of Todd's Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid)
1864 - Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River
1864 - US Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to brigade-general
1865 - Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas
1870 - Manitoba becomes a province of Canada
1871 - Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Ky
1873 - Oscar II of Sweden-Norway is crowned King of Sweden.
1874 - US Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized
1875 - 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0
1877 - Ottawa Rough Riders 1st outside competition vs Britannia
1881 - Treaty of Bardo, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate
1885 - Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against Canada
1888 - Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale
1890 - Louisiana legalized prize fighting
1890 - The first-ever official County Championship match begins. Yorkshire beats Gloucestershire by
           eight wickets at Bristol. George Ulyett scores the first century in the competition.
1891 - Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname
1894 - Ludwig Englander's musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC
1897 - 1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente Neth
1897 - Battle at Thessalie: Turkish army beats Greece
1898 - Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black
           voters
1900 - Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed
1900 - Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city
1901 - Pres McKinley visits SF
1908 - George Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married," premieres in London
1908 - Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield
1909 - 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8
1910 - 2nd NAACP conference (NYC)
1910 - Phil A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0
1913 - Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2)
1915 - Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250
1915 - Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of "Book Week"
1917 - 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4
1917 - 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6
1919 - Yanks & Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15
1921 - National Hospital Day 1st observed
1923 - 49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6
1924 - 50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2
1924 - 7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at French Lick CC Ind
1925 - Uzbekistan & Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics
1925 - Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
1926 - Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole
1926 - British general strike ends
1926 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
1926 - Gen Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared
1926 - Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole
1928 - Benito Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy
1928 - Opium laws enforced
1929 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary)
1930 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)
1932 - Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ
1933 - Federal Emergency Relief Administration & Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to
           help the needy & farmers
1934 - "Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1
1934 - 60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2
1936 - Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London
1937 - George VI crowned King of England
1937 - St Louis Cards beat Philadelphia Phillies, 15-3
1937 - Coronation of King George VI of Britain at Westminster Abbey.
1938 - Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)
1940 - French mariners occupy St Maarten
1940 - German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug
1940 - Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River
1941 - Great British convoy marches into Alexandria
1941 - Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic
           computer, in Berlin.
1942 - 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz
1942 - David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine
1942 - Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River
1942 - Russia occupies Crackow, until Aug 23, 1943
1943 - Axis forces in North Africa surrender
1943 - British premier Winston Churchill arrives in US
1943 - German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender
1944 - 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen & Brux
1944 - Krim purged of nazi troops
1944 - Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat
1948 - Queen Wilhelmina resigns
1949 - 1st foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India)
1950 - Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar," premieres in Paris
1951 - 1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll
1952 - Charlton Playground named in Bronx
1952 - Gaj Singh is crowned Maharaja of Jodhpur.
1953 - KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0)
1956 - Bkln Dodger Carl Erskine's 2nd no-hitter, beats NY Giants, 3-0
1956 - East Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves
1957 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Smokey Golf Open
1958 - "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont's hits #40
1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1959 - "Nervous Set" opens at Henry Miller's Theater NYC for 23 performances
1960 - Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special
1961 - Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time
1962 - Grevelingendam closes
1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1963 - Bob Dylan walks out of the "Ed Sullivan Show"
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Alpine Civitan Golf Open
1963 - Race riot in Birmingham Alabama
1964 - Manlio Brosio chosen as sec-gen of NATO
1965 - Israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations
1966 - St Louis' Busch Stadium opens, Braves lose to Cards 4-3 in 12 inns
1967 - H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student
1967 - Provo disbands in Neth Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
1968 - "March of Poor" under rev Abernathy reach Washington, DC
1968 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
1968 - WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 - Kenneth H Wallis achieved record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH
1970 - Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run
1970 - Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court
1970 - KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, MT (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 - Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)
1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 - Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13)
1972 - Paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
1973 - 6th ABA championship: Indiana Pacers beat Ky Colonels, 4 games to 3
1973 - Dueling Tubas by Martin Mull hits #92
1974 - 28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee, 4 games to 3
1974 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic
1975 - US merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces
1976 - Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1
1977 - 1st quadrophonic concert (Pink Floyd in London)
1977 - Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation
1978 - Commerce Dept says hurricane names will no longer be only female
1979 - Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end
1980 - 1st nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson & son Chris)
1980 - West Ham United wins the FA Cup, beating Arsenal 1-0 at Wembley Stadium. Midfield
           playmaker Trevor Brooking scores the winner with a rare header.
1981 - "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander NYC for 333 perfs
1981 - Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Minn
1982 - FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II
1982 - Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)
1982 - US Football League forms
1982 - In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack
           Pope John Paul II
1983 - Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA
1983 - Oilers 3-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1984 - Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-D
1984 - France performs nuclear test
1984 - Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on same hole
1984 - S Afr prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years
1984 - White Horse by Laid Back hits #26
1984 - World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans
1985 - Amy Eilberg is ordained in NY as 1st woman Conservative rabbi
1985 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1986 - Bicycle is pedaled 65 mph
1986 - President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator
1986 - Fred Markham (US), unpaced & unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big
           Sand Flat, Calif
1988 - "Carrie" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 5 performances
1989 - "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance
1989 - Last graffiti covered NYC subway car retired
1989 - Retired Brit pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists
1990 - 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts)
1990 - Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million
1990 - Nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's
           hosting
1991 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic
1991 - A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific
           Northwest
1992 - 1st Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest
1993 - Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands
1993 - Last broadcast of "Knots landing" on CBS
1993 - Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
1993 - Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II
1994 - WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan
1995 - Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59)
1995 - Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves
1995 - Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4
1996 - "Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 45 performances
1996 - "Night of the Iguana" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 perfs
1996 - 42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies
1996 - Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8
1997 - 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea
1997 - Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox
1997 - Russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict
1997 - Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida
1997 - Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami
1999 - David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament.
2002 - Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro
           becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since
           Castro's 1959 revolution.
2003 - The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by Al Qaeda, kill 26.
2003 - Fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers bring the Texas Legislature to a standstill by going into
           hiding in a dispute over a Republican congressional redistricting plan.
2007 - 2007 Karachi riots , which killed over 50 people in Karachi and above 100 injured, on the
           arrival of Chief Justice of Pakistan; Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in Karachi city.
2008 - 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China,
           killing over 69,000 people
2010 - An Afriqiyah Airways Flight crashes and kills everyone but one person on board.
2012 - The discovery of a missing Mayan calender piece disproves 2012 Armageddon

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This Day in History for 12th May


Famous Weddings

1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre.
1641 - Prince Willem II of Orange (14) marries English princess Mary Henrietta Stuart (9)
1959 - Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher)
1971 - Rolling Stone rocker Mick Jagger (27) weds actress and model Bianca Pérez-Mora Macia (26)
           at St Tropez Town Hall, France
2001 - American actor Eddie Cibrian (28) weds TV personality Brandi Glanville (28) at the beachfront
           Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles
2005 - "La Femme Nikita" actress Anne Parillaud (45) weds musician Jean-Michel Jarre (56) in Paris
2011 - Victoria's Secret model Lily Aldridge (25) weds Kings of Leon singer Caleb Followill (29) at San
           Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California
2012 - McFly guitarist Tom Fletcher (27) weds actress Giovanna Falcone (27) at One Marylebone in
           London
2012 - "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actress Mercedes McNab (30) weds real estate developer Mark
            Henderson at the CostaBaja resort in La Paz, Mexico

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 12th May


Famous Divorces

2004 - Model and actress Ali Landry divorces (30) "Saved by the Bell" actor Mario Lopez (30) due to
           infidelity only less than 2 weeks after getting married

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This Day in History for 12th May


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Nurse Florence Nightingale (1820)             Fictional TV Character                       Skateboarder Tony Hawk (1968)
                                                                Homer Simpson (1956)


1401 - Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)
1496 - Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)
1590 - Cosimo II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)
1622 - Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
1626 - Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)
1662 - Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized
1670 - Frederick Augustus I/ August II, the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (reputed
           to have sired 355 children) (d. 1733)
1679 - Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer
1700 - Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect
1725 - Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)
1739 - Johann Baptist (Jan Krtitel) Vanhal, composer
1751 - Gaetano Manna, composer
1754 - Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer
1767 - Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851)
1776 - Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer
1790 - [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer
1797 - Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer
1803 - Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)
1804 - Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish government in Canada (or 1904)
1806 - Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877
1806 - J V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist
1812 - Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)
1812 - Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1813 - Johann Czerski, German chaplin
1820 - Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)
1828 - Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite figure
1829 - Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896)
1842 - Jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid)
1845 - Gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade)
1850 - Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924)
1863 - Charles Bordes, composer
1867 - Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century)
1868 - Halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books
1874 - Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician (Reaction of Pirquet)
1876 - Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria
1880 - Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights
1880 - W Hupkes, engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938)
1886 - Albert Saverys, Flemish painter
1886 - Hermann Grabner, composer
1886 - Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov)
1887 - Nandor Zsolt, composer
1889 - Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank
1892 - Fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (d. 1970)
1894 - Cleo Ridgely, NY, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama)
1895 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22]
1899 - Indra Devi, Latvian Yoga Instructor (d. 2002)
1900 - Helene Weigel, Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage)
1901 - Hyam Greenbaum, composer
1902 - Heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor
1903 - Lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway)
1903 - Wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place)
1906 - William M Ewing, US geologist/geophysicist
1907 - Katharine Hepburn, Hartford CT, actress (Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond)
1907 - Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint)
1910 - Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964)
1910 - Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove Mo, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour)
1910 - Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996)
1912 - Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet
1912 - Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (d. 2004)
1914 - Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer
1914 - Dan Daniel, (Rep-D-VA, 1969- )
1914 - Howard K Smith, LA, TV newsman (ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate)
1915 - Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001)
1916 - Ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer
1917 - Andre A Rieu, Dutch conductor
1918 - Oscar Beregi Jr, Hungary, actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City)
1918 - Julius Rosenberg, Soviet spy (d. 1953)
1921 - Edvard Mikcaeli Mirzoyan, composer
1921 - Giovanni Benelli, archbishop (Florence)/Papal candidate
1921 - Henry Mackie, designer of the Belfast Calorimeter
1921 - Joseph Beuys, Germany, avant-garde painter/politician
1921 - Farley Mowat, Canadian writer and naturalist
1922 - Barend Busnac, office clerk/resistance fighter
1922 - Marco Denevi, Argentine writer (d. 1998)
1923 - Ewart G Abner, record company executive
1923 - Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Rocco e i suoi fratelli)
1923 - Lord Laing, English biscuit manufacturer/pilot/multi-millionaire
1924 - Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian mathematician
1925 - John Simon, theater critic (NY Times)
1925 - Lawrence "Yogi" Berra, catcher/coach/manager (NY Yankees, Mets)
1925 - Tony Hancock, Birmingham England, actor (Rebel, Wrong Box)
1926 - Earl Hutto, Panama City Fla, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- )
1926 - Mervyn M Dymally, (Rep-D-CA, 1981- )
1928 - Manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )
1928 - Burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)
1928 - Henry Cosby, African-American songwriter (d. 2002)
1929 - Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player
1929 - Sam Nujoma, first President of Namibia
1930 - Pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood California, diver (Oly-4 gold-1952, 56)
1931 - Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One
1933 - Andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet
1935 - Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player
1936 - Tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News)
1936 - Guillermo Endara, President of Panama
1936 - Tom Snyder, American television personality (d. 2007)
1936 - Frank Stella, American painter
1937 - Beryl Burton, UK, won record (7) women's cycling titles
1937 - George Carlin, Bronx, comedian (7 dirty words, AM & FM, Carwash)
1937 - Gerry E Studds, (Rep-D-MA, 1973- )
1938 - Andrei Amalrik, Russian writer/dissident
1938 - Millie Perkins, Passaic NJ, actress (Jane-Knots Landings)
1938 - Susan Hampshire, London England, actress (Vanity Fair, Living Free)
1939 - Ronald Ziegler, press secretary (Nixon)
1939 - Miltiadis Evert, Greek politician
1939 - Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league footballer
1941 - Anthony Newman, LA California, harpsichordist/organist (Bhajeb)
1941 - Little Jayotis Washington, US R&B singer (Persuasions)
1941 - Ruud de Wolff, singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds)
1942 - Barry B[rookes] Longyear, US, sci-fi author (City of Baraboo)
1942 - Dumitru Dediu, Romania, cosmonaut (Soyuz 40 backup)
1942 - Ian Dury, Upminster Essex, rocker (Blockheads)/actor (Judge Dredd)
1942 - Timothy Hugh Brown, theatre critic
1942 - Billy Swan, Cape Giradeau La, rocker (I Can Help)
1943 - David Walker, rock keyboardist (Gary Lewis & Playboys-Diamond Ring)
1943 - Linda Dano, LA California, actress (Felicia Gallant-Another World)
1944 - Eva Demski, writer
1944 - James Purify, US singer (I'm Your Puppet)
1945 - Jayotis Washington, rocker
1945 - Linda Carlson, Knoxville Tn, actress (Bev-Newhart, Katie-Kaz)
1945 - Willie Parnell, US singer (Archie Bell & the Drells)
1945 - Patrick Ricard, French businessman
1946 - Ian McLagan, rocker (Faces)
1946 - Leonard Baichan, cricketer (WI opener, 103 v Pakistan on debut 1975)
1946 - L. Neil Smith, American science fiction author
1947 - Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician
1947 - Micheline Lanctôt, American film actor, director and screenwriter
1947 - catherine yronwode, American writer and editor
1948 - Lindsay Ann Crouse, NYC, actress (Slapshot, Iceman, Places in Heart)
1948 - Steve Winwood, England, rock bassist (A Higher Love)
1950 - Billy Squier, Mass, heavy metal guitarist (Don't Say No)
1950 - Bruce Boxleitner, Elgin Ill, actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King, Babylon 5)
1950 - Gabriel Byrne, Dublin Ireland, actor (Hello Again, Cool World)
1950 - Jocko Marcellino, rocker (Sha Na Na)
1950 - Renate Stecher-Meissner, German DR, sprinter (Oly-gold-72)
1950 - Shozo Fujii, judoka
1951 - Gunnar Larrson, Sweden, 200m/400m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
1955 - Kix Brooks, Shreveport La, singer (Brooks & Dunn-Brand New Man)
1956 - Homer Simpson, fictional character from the long running television show "The Simpsons"
1956 - Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 - Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian
1957 - Lou[is Rodman] Whitaker, 2nd baseman (Detroit Tigers)
1957 - Lou Whitaker, American baseball player
1958 - Beth Maitland, actress (Traci-Young & Restless)
1958 - Christian Brando, son of Marlon/killed sisters boyfriend
1958 - Kim Greist, Stamford CT, actress (CHUD, Brazil, Payoff, Manhunter)
1958 - Andreas Petroulakis, Greek political caricaturist
1958 - Eric Singer, American drummer
1959 - Dave Christian, Minn, NHL right wing (Wash Caps, Olympic-gold-1980)
1959 - Ving Rhames, American actor
1960 - Lisa Martin, Australian marathoner (Olympic-silver 1988)
1960 - Lisa Ondieki, Australian marathoner (Olympics-7th-84, 88, 96)
1961 - Billy Duffy, rocker (Cult-Hell's Kitchen)
1961 - Lar Park Lincoln, American actress
1961 - Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor
1961 - Thomas Dooley, German-American Soccer Player
1962 - Amy Benz, Rochester NY, LPGA golfer (1994 Oldsmobile Classic-3rd)
1962 - Emilio Estevez, NYC, actor (Breakfast Club, Young Guns, Mighty Ducks)
1962 - Mark Bradshaw, Happy Camp California, diver (Olympics-96)
1962 - Brett Gurewitz, American songwriter and record producer (Bad Religion) (Epitaph)
1963 - Stefano Modena, Italian racing driver
1963 - Charles Pettigrew, American singer (Charles and Eddie) (d. 2001)
1964 - Joy Ellen Kitzmiller, LA California, US badminton player (Olympic-92)
1965 - Stacy Wilson, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
1965 - Steve Finley, Union City TN, outfielder (San Diego Padres)
1966 - Rafael Bournigal, Azua Dom Rep, infielder (Oakland A's)
1966 - Stephen Baldwin, actor (Beast, Lawrenceville Stories, Usual Suspects)
1966 - Steven Conran, Lithgow NSW, Australasia golfer
1966 - Bebel Gilberto, Brazilian singer
1967 - Cara Coughenour, Sioux City IA, female pitcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
1967 - Lawrence Rucchin, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
1967 - Robert Blackmon, defensive back (Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks)
1967 - Warren Rychel, Tecumseh, NHL left wing (Colorado Avalanche)
1968 - Mark Clark, Bath Ill, pitcher (NY Mets)
1968 - Tony Hawk, American skateboarder
1968 - Scott Schwartz, American actor
1968 - Catherine Tate, British comedian
1969 - Kim Fields Freeman, LA California, actress (Tootie-Facts of Life)
1969 - Cesar Millan, professional dog trainer
1969 - Kevin Nalty, famed YouTuber
1970 - Andreas Hestler, Victoria BC, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1970 - Andrew Coltart, Dumfries Scotland, Australasia golfer
1970 - James Michael Furyk, West Chester PA, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas-5th)
1970 - Mike Malizia, Utica NY, Nike golfer (1993 Doral-Ryder Open-61st)
1970 - Mike Weir, Sarnia Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (Ontario Amateur-1990, 92)
1970 - Stevie Anderson, NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
1970 - Todd Hallett, Shelburne Nova Scotia, rower (Olympics-7-92, 96)
1970 - Samantha Mathis, American actress
1971 - Craig Novitsky, NFL tackle (NO Saints)
1971 - Jamie Luner, Palo Alto California, actress (Cindy-Just the 10 of Us)
1971 - Tommy Johnson, WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 - Doug Basham, American professional wrestler
1972 - Annette Albertson, Reno Nevada, Miss America-Nevada (1997)
1972 - David Oaks, 100m/200m runner
1972 - Jason Kyle, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 - Michelle Kahn, Miss Universe-Trinidad & Tobago (1996)
1972 - Paul Stout, Saugus California, actor (Phillip-Scarecrow & Mrs King)
1973 - MacKenzie Astin, LA California, actor (Facts of Life, Garbage Pail Kids)
1973 - Stefano Margoni, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1973 - Kendra Kassebaum, American stage actress
1973 - Travis Lutter, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
1974 - Anna Ozolins, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1974 - Tiffany Stoker, Clovis California, Miss America (California-4th-1996)
1975 - Lawrence Phillips, running back (St Louis Rams)
1975 - Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1976 - Matthew P Newmark, actor (Joseph Carroll-Guns of Paradise)
1977 - Iva Majoli, Yugoslavia, tennis star
1977 - Monique de Bruin, Porland Oregon, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1977 - Graeme Dott, British snooker player
1977 - Rebecca Herbst, American actress
1978 - Amy Wheaton, actress (Curse)
1978 - Thomas Odoyo, cricketer (Kenyan all-rounder 1996 World Cup)
1978 - Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iranian weightlifter
1978 - Jason Biggs, American actor
1978 - Wilfred Le Bouthillier, Acadian singer
1978 - Josh Phelps, American baseball player
1978 - Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer (formerly Morning Musume)
1979 - Erdinç Saçan, Turkish-Dutch politician
1979 - Andre Carter, American football player
1979 - Steve Smith, American football player
1981 - James Graham - Founder HistoryOrb.com
1981 - Kentaro Sato, Japanese composer
1981 - Lorena Bernal, Spanish model and actress, Miss Spain 1999
1983 - Charilaos Pappas, Greek footballer
1985 - Tally Hall, American soccer player
1985 - Jeroen Simaeys, Belgian footballer
1986 - Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress
1988 - Marcelo, Brazilian footballer
1992 - Malcolm David Kelley, American actor
1995 - Sullivan and Sawyer Sweeten, American actors
1995 - Luke Benward, American actor