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This Day in History for 2nd May


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Empress of Russia                                   Fighter Ace The Red Baron             Actor & Professional Wrestler The Rock
Catherine the Great (1729)                   (Manfred von Richthofen) (1892)                  (Dwayne Johnson) (1972)


Recording Artist & Fashion Designer
Lily Allen (1985)


1360 - Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)
1451 - René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
1458 - Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)
1551 - William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)
1601 - Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)
1660 - Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)
1695 - Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)
1702 - Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)
1729 - Catherine the Great [Catherine II], Stettin, Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia, Empress of Russia
           (1762-96)
1729 - Florian Johann Deller, composer
1737 - William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
1740 - Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found American Biblical Society
1750 - John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)
1752 - Ludwig August Lebrun, composer
1754 - Vicente Martin y Soler, composer
1768 - Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist
1772 - Novalis, writer
1773 - Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)
1779 - John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)
1810 - Hans Christian Lumbye, composer
1810 - Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)
1817 - Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer
1821 - Abram Sanders Piatt, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1908
1828 - Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)
1837 - Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)
1843 - Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer
1844 - Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents
1846 - Zygmunt Noskowski, composer
1853 - Marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou)
1855 - Theodore Moses Tobani, composer
1857 - Frederic Cliffe, composer
1859 - Eugene D'Harcourt, composer
1859 - Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)
1860 - D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)
1860 - Theodor Herzl, Austria, journalist/founder (Zionist movement)
1862 - Marie F M Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine)
1865 - Clyde Fitch, American playwright (d. 1909)
1869 - Tyrone Power Sr, London England, actor (Alexanders Ragtime Band)
1872 - G G van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC)
1879 - James F. Byrnes, American statesman, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1972)
1884 - Francois de Vries, Dutch economist
1885 - Hedda Hopper, American gossip columnist (d. 1966)
1886 - Gottfried Benn, writer
1887 - Edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame baseball infielder (White Sox, A's)
1887 - Vernon Castle, English dancer (d. 1918)
1890 - E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith, US, sci-fi author (Triplanetary). Died 1965
1892 - Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen [The Red Baron], Breslau, German World War I fighter ace
1893 - Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien) [or May 13, 1912]
1895 - Alfred Kurella, writer
1895 - Peggy Bacon, Ridgefield Ct, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads)
1895 - Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (d. 1943)
1896 - Helen of Greece and Denmark, queen of Romania (d. 1982)
1897 - J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (d. 1985)
1898 - Jef [Josephus C F] Last, Dutch poet/politician (The Spark)
1900 - Helen Morgan, singer/actress (Applause, Frankie & Johnny)
1901 - Bob Wyatt, cricketer (England batsman 1927-37)
1901 - Lev N Lunts, Russia, writer (Outside the Law, City of Truth)
1901 - Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer
1901 - Willi Bredel, writer
1902 - Brian Aherne, Worcestershire England, actor (Juarez)
1902 - Erin O'Brien-Moore, LA CA, actress (Peyton Place, Our Little Girl)
1903 - Benjamin Spock, CT, pediatrician (Common Sense Book of Baby Care)
1903 - Oivin Fjeldstad, composer
1904 - Georgi Dimitrov, composer
1906 - Aileen Riggin, Newport RI, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1920, 24)
1906 - Maurice Thiriet, composer
1906 - Philippe Halsman, American photographer (d. 1979)
1907 - Pinky Lee, children's show host (Pinky Lee Show)
1908 - William Bakewell, LA California, actor (Stage manager-Pinky Lee Show)
1910 - Laurie Nash, cricketer (Tasmanian fast-bowler, 2 Tests for Australia)
1910 - Alexander Bonnyman, U.S. Marine (d. 1943)
1911 - Lillian Rambach, teacher violinist
1912 - Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate
1912 - Marten Toonder, writer/cartoonist (Mr Bommel)
1913 - Nigel Patrick, London Engld, actor/director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold)
1914 - Dennis Dyer, cricketer (opened batting for South Africa v England 1947)
1915 - Jan Hanus, composer
1915 - Van Alexander, NYC, orchestra leader (Gordon MacRae Show)
1915 - Doris Fisher, American songwriter (d. 2003)
1915 - Peggy Mount, English actress (d. 2001)
1917 - Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder
1918 - Frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat
1919 - Than Wyenn, NYC, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues)
1920 - Jacob Gilboa, composer
1920 - Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (d. 2004)
1920 - Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian writer and ecological activist (d. 2000)
1921 - Satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary)
1922 - Abraham Rosenthal, editor (NY Times)
1923 - Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer
1924 - Aafje Heynis, Dutch singer
1924 - Theodore Bikel, Austrian/US folk singer/actor (Russians Are Coming)
1924 - Jamal Abro, Sindhi writer (d. 2004)
1925 - David Ironside, cricketer (S Afr swing bowler in 3 Tests v NZ 1953-54)
1925 - Roscoe Lee Browne, Woodbury NJ, actor (McCoy, Saunders-Soap)
1925 - Svatopluk Havelka, composer
1925 - John Neville, English theatre and film actor
1926 - Gérard D. Lévesque, Quebec politician (d. 1993)
1927 - Ray Barrett, Australian actor
1929 - Edward Levy Irving, composer
1929 - Luc Ferrari, composer
1929 - Sydney Gedye, cricketer (opening batsman in four Tests for NZ 1964)
1929 - Link Wray, American guitarist (d. 2005)
1930 - Marco Pannella, Italian politician and activist
1931 - Phil Bruns, American actor and writer (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman), (d. 2012)
1932 - Bruce Glover, Chicago Ill, actor (Diamonds are Forever)
1932 - Kees de Galan, Dutch economist
1932 - Malcolm Leyland Lipkin, composer
1932 - Maury Allen, American sportswriter
1933 - Bunk Gardner, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1935 - Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58)/son of Ghasi I
1935 - Hussain ibn Talal, King of Jordan (1952- )
1935 - Link Wray, rocker (Link Wray & His Ray Men)
1935 - Lance LeGault, American actor, (d. 2012)
1935 - Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager
1936 - Michael Rabin, NYC, violinist (In Memorium)
1936 - Quinn Redeker, Woodstock Ill, actor (Dan Raven, Young & Restless)
1937 - Gisela Elsner, writer
1937 - Lorenzo Music, Bkln NY, writer/actor/voice (Carlton-Rhoda, Garfield)
1938 - Constantine Bereng Seeiso, king Moshushoe II of Lesotho
1938 - Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996)
1939 - Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist
1940 - Bryan Davis, cricketer (bro of Charlie WI batsman v Australia 1965)
1940 - Sari van Heemskerck Pillis-Duvekot, Dutch MP (VVD)
1941 - Jules Wijdenbosch, premier Suriname
1941 - Clay Carroll, American baseball player
1942 - Jacques Rogge, Belgian International Olympic Committee president
1944 - F Innerhofer, writer
1944 - John Verity, rocker (Argent)
1945 - Bianca Perez Morena de Macias Jagger, Nicaragua, model and socialite
1945 - Bob Henrit, English pop drummer (Kinks-Waterloo Sunset)
1945 - Goldy McJohn, rocker (Steppenwolf)
1945 - Randy Cain, US soul singer (4 Gents/Delfonics)
1945 - Robert Henrit, England, rocker (Argent)
1945 - Sarah Weddington, American attorney
1945 - Judge Dread, English musician (d. 1998)
1946 - Lesley Gore, Tenafly NJ, singer (It's My Party)
1946 - David Suchet, English actor
1947 - Bill Lowery, (Rep-R-CA, 1981- )
1948 - Larry Gatlin, Seminole Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady)
1949 - Joey Phillips, percussionist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1950 - Lou Gramm, Rochester NY, rocker (Foreigner-Want to Know What Love Is)
1950 - Duncan Gay, Australian politician
1952 - Christine Baranski, Buffalo NY, actress (Maryann-Cybill, Birdcage)
1952 - Mari Natsuki, Japanese singer, dancer and actress
1953 - "Keith" Jamaal Wilkes, NBA forward (Golden State-Rookie of Yr 1975)
1954 - Bulelani T Ngcuka, South African attorney/leader (UDF)
1954 - Roberta Pedon, American glamour model (d. 1982)
1955 - Ian Callen, cricketer (one Test Australia v India 1978, six wickets)
1955 - Jay Osmond, rocker (Osmond Brothers)
1955 - Joe Callis, rocker
1956 - David Rhodes, English guitarist
1957 - Domonic L Pudwill Gorie, Lake Charles LA, USN/astronaut (sk: STS-91)
1958 - Kim Jones, Sonoma California, 5k runner
1959 - Alan Best, Canadian animation director and producer
1960 - Ravi Ratnayeke, cricketer (Sri Lankan pace bowler & opening batsman)
1961 - Doctor Robert, [Bruce R Howard], rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways)
1961 - Peter Doohan, Australia, tennis star
1961 - Phil Vickery, English celebrity chef
1962 - Elizabeth Berridge, Westchester NY, actress (Amadeus, Funhouse)
1962 - Nancy Harvey, Swift Current Sask, LPGA golfer (1995 Youngstown-11th)
1962 - Stephen Daldry, English film director
1962 - Ray Traylor, American professional wrestler (d. 2004)
1962 - Jimmy White, English snooker player
1963 - Brian Tochi, LA California, actor (Dr Alan Poe-St Elsewhere, Renegades)
1963 - Jos van Eck, Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
1963 - Kenton Leonard, CFL cornerback (Calgary Stampeders)
1964 - Kelly Michael Gibson, New Orleans LA, PGA golfer (1995 Bob Hope-7th)
1966 - Belinda Stronach, Canadian politician
1967 - Kerryn McCann, Australian marathoner (Olympics-96)
1968 - Reggie Slack, CFL quarterback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1968 - Will Furrer, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)
1968 - Midorikawa Hikaru, Japanese voice actor
1968 - Jeff Agoos, American soccer player
1968 - Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer and actress
1969 - Brian Lara, cricketer (WI left-hand bat Smashed world records in 1994)
1969 - Glen Young, NFL linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
1970 - Vania Thomas, Miss US Virgin Islands Universe (1997)
1971 - Greg Bishop, NFL guard (NY Giants)
1972 - Erik Maes, Dutch soccer player (MVV)
1972 - Jennifer Miriam, Oklahoma City OK, playmate (March, 1997)
1972 - Jill Savery, Fort Lauderdale Fl, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
1972 - Peter Ogilvie, Vancouver BC, 100m sprinter (Olympics-96)
1972 - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, American professional wrestler and actor
1972 - Paul Adcock, English footballer
1973 - Rich Yurkiewicz, NFL/WLAF linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, Amst Admirals)
1973 - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German film director and screenwriter
1974 - Miles Joseph, West Springfield Mass, soccer forward (Olympics-gold-96)
1974 - Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor
1974 - Andy Johnson, Welsh footballer
1975 - Mark Johnson, Dayton Ohio, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1975 - Murray William Burdan, Wellington NZ, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1976 - Ailleen Damiles, Miss Universe-Philippines/Miss Photogenic (1996)
1976 - Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star
1977 - Amy D'Entremont, Stoneham Mass, figure skater (1995 NE Jr champ)
1977 - Jenna Von Oy, actress (Seven-Blossom)
1977 - Fredrik Malm, Swedish politician
1977 - Luke Hudson, American baseball player
1978 - Steve Bays, Canadian musician
1979 - Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
1980 - Tim Borowski, German footballer
1980 - Miloš Glogovac, Serbian footballer
1980 - Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canadian skateboarder
1980 - Zat Knight, English footballer
1980 - Troy Murphy, American basketball player
1980 - Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 - Matt Murray, English footballer
1981 - Chris Kirkland, English footballer
1982 - Lorie, French singer
1983 - Christa Rigozzi, Swiss model
1984 - Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer
1984 - Thabo Sefolosha, American basketball player
1985 - Kyle Busch, American race car driver
1985 - Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter
1985 - Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
1985 - David Nugent, English footballer
1985 - Jarrod Saltalamacchia, American baseball player
1986 - James Kirk, Canadian actor
1987 - Nana Kitade, Japanese singer
1988 - Lara Liang, Taiwanese-American Singer
1990 - Kay Panabaker, American actor
1995 - Kelsey Lewis, American actress
2000 - Angel Sy, Filipina child actor

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This Day in History for 2nd May


Famous Deaths

                                   
Painter, Scientist & Visionary                     First Director of the FBI                      Islamic Militant & Terrorist 
Leonardo da Vinci (1519)                             J Edgar Hoover (1972)                        Osama bin Laden (2011)


373 - Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)
649 - Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies
756 - Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)
907 - Boris I of Bulgaria
1230 - William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)
1250 - Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered
1300 - Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)
1450 - William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)
1459 - Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies
1488 - Jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies
1519 - Leonardo Da Vinci, artist/scientist, dies at 67
1564 - Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500)
1567 - Marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies
1627 - Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560)
1667 - George Wither, English writer (b. 1588)
1669 - Pieter Jansz Post, master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61
1683 - Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613)
1685 - Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried
1711 - Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641)
1727 - Paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70
1736 - Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71
1799 - Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58
1802 - Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (b. 1762)
1810 - Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740)
1818 - Herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55
1819 - Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744)
1845 - August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48
1849 - David H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84
1857 - LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies
1864 - Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72
1892 - Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 69
1897 - William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63
1919 - Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies
1927 - Ernest Starling, British physiologist (b. 1866)
1937 - Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73
1945 - Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies
1945 - Ludwig Stumpfegger, German SS doctor (b. 1910)
1945 - Joe Corbett, baseball player (b. 1875)
1947 - Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (b. 1920)
1954 - Pauline de Cock-Manifarges, singer, dies at 82
1955 - Tadeusz Jarecki, composer, dies at 66
1957 - Joseph McCarthy, commie hunting senator (R-Wisc), dies at 47
1957 - Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, composer, dies at 53
1958 - Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies at 89
1960 - Caryl Chessman, rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39
1961 - J C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies
1963 - Jack Crawford, cricketer (469 runs & 39 wickets in 12 Tests), dies
1963 - Tomas Vackar, composer, dies at 17
1963 - Van Wyck Brooks, US historian (Ordeal of Mark Twain), dies at 77
1964 - Nancy N Witcher Astor, US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies
1968 - Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69
1969 - Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89
1972 - Hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69
1972 - J Edgar Hoover, first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1924-72) dies at 77
1973 - Alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61
1979 - Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1980 - Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies
1980 - George Pál, Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908)
1982 - Helmut Dantine
1982 - Hugh Marlowe, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World), dies at 71
1983 - Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies
1983 - Norm Van Brocklin, American football star (b. 1926)
1984 - Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66
1984 - Piet van Aken, Flemish writer (Failing God, Niggers), dies at 64
1985 - Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery
1985 - Milton S Eisenhower, US diplomat, dies at 85
1985 - Attilio Bettega, Italian rallydriver (b.1951)
1985 - Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1909)
1986 - Henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b.1956)
1989 - Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1906)
1989 - Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (b. 1902)
1990 - David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38
1990 - Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 49
1990 - William Levi Dawson, composer, dies at 90
1991 - Hal Bell, dies at 65
1991 - Leib Lensky, dies at 82
1991 - Ronald McKie, Australian author (b. 1909)
1992 - Joey Cuevas, dancer, dies at 34
1992 - Lee Salk, baby doctor/author, dies of cardiac arrest at 65
1992 - Margareth Wallmann, Austrian opera director, dies at 88
1992 - Philip Dunne, screenwriter, dies of cancer at 84
1992 - Wilbur Mills, (Rep-D-Ark)/involved with Fanne Foxe, dies at 82
1993 - Julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82
1993 - WLPM, the Short, Dutch MP (KVP, 1945-73), dies at 83
1993 - Will Weng, Sunday Times crossword puzzle editor (1968-78), dies at 86
1994 - Louis Calaferte, writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at 65
1994 - Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin, hero, dies at 75
1995 - Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)
1996 - Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, civil servant, dies at 97
1996 - Emile Habibi, writer, dies at 73
1996 - Peter John Swales, football club chairman, dies at 63
1997 - Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator (b. 1921)
1998 - Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)
1998 - Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, Japanese musician (b. 1964)
1998 - Justin Fashanu, English footballer (b. 1961)
1998 - Kevin Lloyd, British actor (b. 1949)
1999 - Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)
2001 - Ted Rogers, British comedian (b. 1935)
2001 - Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (b. 1961)
2002 - John Nathan-Turner, English television producer (b. 1947)
2002 - W. T. Tutte, English-born codebreaker (b. 1917)
2005 - Kenneth B. Clark, American psychologist (b. 1914)
2005 - Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
2006 - Louis Rukeyser, American columnist (b. 1933)
2007 - Brad McGann, New Zealand film director and screenwriter (b. 1964)
2008 - Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940)
2009 - Jack Kemp, former United States Congressman and 1996 Vice Presidential Candidate (b.
           1935)
2010 - Lynn Redgrave, British actress (b. 1943)
2011 - Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda and 'the most wanted man in the world' (b. 1957)
2012 - Junior Seau, NFL inside linebacker, commits suicide at 43

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 3rd May


Historical Events

                                   
Statesman/Philosopher                          Yankee Clipper Joe DiMaggio                  Author Margaret Mitchell
Francis Bacon

                                   
Playwright Tennessee Williams                          Singer Tom Jones                     Jewish Victim & Diarist of the
                                                                                                                               Holocaust Anne Frank


British Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher


1294 - John II becomes duke of Brabant/Limburg
1342 - Count Hartmann II becomes ruler of Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
1382 - Battle on Beverhoutsfield near Brugge
1455 - Jews flee Spain
1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the
           baptismal name of João I.
1494 - Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St Iago"
1512 - Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateran at St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome
1515 - Persian Gulf: Portugese fleet occupies Ormuz
1616 - Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war
1621 - Francis Bacon accused of bribery
1624 - Spanish silver fleet sails to Panama
1629 - French huguenot leader duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain
1640 - English Upper house accept Act of Attainder
1654 - Bridge at Rowley Mass begins charging tolls for animals
1660 - Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg & Austria sign Peace of Oliva
1661 - Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen
1662 - Royal charter granted Connecticut
1678 - French conquering fleet at Curacao, 1200 die
1715 - Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads"
1722 - Pierre de Marivaux' "La Double Inconstance," premieres in Paris
1747 - Willem IV appointed viceroy of Holland/Utrecht
1765 - 1st US medical college opens in Philadelphia
1791 - The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm
           of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1802 - Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city
1808 - Goya's "Executions of 3rd of May"
1808 - Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia.
1808 - Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are fired upon near Príncipe Pío hill.
1810 - Lord Byron swims Hellespont
1815 - Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples
1822 - Society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France)
1830 - 1st regular steam train passenger service starts
1837 - The University of Athens is founded.
1845 - 1st black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to bar (Mass)
1845 - Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton China
1846 - Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas
1849 - The May Uprising in Dresden begins - the last of the German revolutions of 1848.
1851 - Most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die
1855 - Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens
1860 - Charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
1861 - Gen Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan for the North against the South in US Civil
           War
1861 - Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers & another 18,000 seamen
1863 - Battle of Fredricksburg, VA (Marye's Heights)
1863 - Battle of Salem Church, VA
1864 - 3rd day in Battle at Alexandria Louisiana: Confederate assault
1867 - The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
1886 - M A Maclean elected 1st mayor of Vancouver, BC
1898 - Camp Merriman forms at Presidio (SF) (see 0517)
1900 - 26th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Boland aboard Lieut Gibson wins in 2:06.25
1901 - Fire destroyed 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville, Florida
1902 - 28th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on Alan-a-Dale wins in 2:08.75
1903 - AVC Heracles (SC Heracles '74) soccer team forms in Almelo
1906 - British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey
1909 - 35th Kentucky Derby: Vincent Powers on Wintergreen wins in 2:08.2
1916 - The leaders of the Easter Rising are executed in Dublin.
1917 - 1st performance of Ernest Bloch's symphony "Israel"
1919 - Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain
1919 - America's 1st passenger flight (NY-Atlantic City)
1921 - West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax
1922 - Mayor Hylan closes streets for building of Yankee Stadium
1922 - Salt layer find at Winterswijk
1923 - 1st nonstop transcontinental flight (NY-San Diego) completed
1924 - Aleph Zadik Aleph is formed in Omaha, Nebraska by Sam Beber.
1926 - British general strike-3 million workers support miners
1926 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Sinclair Lewis (Arrowsmith)
1926 - US marines land in Nicaragua (9-mo after leaving), stay until 1933
1928 - Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China.
1929 - Prussia bans anti-fascists
1932 - 24 tourists begin 1st air-charter holiday (London-Basle, Switz)
1933 - 1st female director (Nellie T Ross) of US Mint takes office
1934 - Bradman scores 206 Aust v Worcestershire, 210 mins, 27 fours
1936 - French People's Front wins elections
1936 - NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits
1937 - Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With the Wind"
1938 - Concentration camp at Flossenburg goes into use
1938 - Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway
           Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941
1938 - Vatican recognizes Franco-Spain
1939 - The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
1941 - -4] German air raid on Liverpool
1941 - 67th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway wins in 2:01.4
1942 - Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu & Tanambogo, Solomon Islands
1942 - Luftwaffe bombs Exeter
1942 - Nazi's execute 72 OD'ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands
1942 - Nazi's require Dutch Jews to wear a Jewish star
1943 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth)
1943 - Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed
1943 - US 1st armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia
1944 - "Meet Me in St Louis" opens on Broadway
1944 - Meat rationing ends in US
1945 - 1st Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen
1945 - Allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg
1945 - British troop join in Rangoon
1945 - German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed
1946 - International military tribunal in Tokyo begins
1947 - 73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8
1947 - Japan forms a constitutional democracy
1947 - New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
1948 - Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener & Tennessee Williams
1949 - 1st firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km
1951 - Gil McDougald ties major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning
1951 - NY Yankee Gil McDougald is 5th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (9th)
1951 - London's Royal Festival Hall opens.
1951 - The Festival of Britain opens.
1952 - "Call Me Madam" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 644 performances
1952 - 1st landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole
1952 - 78th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Gail wins in 2:01.6
1953 - WTVO TV channel 17 in Rockford, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 - Westchester conference of American Library Association proclaims "Freedom to
           Read"
1954 - KTEN TV channel 10 in Ada-Ardmore, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh & John Patrick
1954 - WHA TV channel 21 in Madison, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - "Most Happy Fella" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 678 performances
1956 - A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000')
1956 - Frank Loesser's musical "Most Happy Fella," premieres in NYC
1958 - 84th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 2:05
1958 - WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston, he quits
1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Land of the Sky Golf Tournament
1959 - Tiger's Charlie Maxwell hits 4 consecutive HRs in a doubleheader
1960 - Harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones' musical "Fantasticks," premieres in NYC
1960 - The Anne Frank House opens in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1961 - Warren Spahn pitches a 2 hitter after pitching a no hitter
1962 - Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train & a freight, killing 163, injuring 400
           (Tokyo, Japan)
1963 - Leslie Narum is only Balt Oriole to homer on his 1st at bat
1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Clifford Ann Creed Golf Invitational
1965 - 1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on Early Bird Satellite
1965 - 3rd Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 2-1 in 10
1965 - Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US
1965 - Don Steele, begins a 40+ year radio career at KRTH (LA California)
1965 - KTCI TV channel 17 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) 1st broadcast
1965 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Irwin Unger (Greenback Era)
1966 - WDHO (now WNWO) TV channel 24 in Toledo, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1967 - Black students seize finance building at Northwestern U
1968 - Holland Pirate Radio Station VRON becomes Radio Veronica Intl
1969 - "Trumpets of the Lord" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 7 perfs
1969 - 95th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Majestic Prince wins in 2:01.8
1970 - 24th NBA Championship: NY Knicks beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3
1970 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Golf Invitational
1971 - All Things Considered premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations
1971 - Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader
1971 - National Public Radio begins programming
1971 - Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days
1971 - Pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun)
1973 - Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 m), topped out
1973 - KC Royals' George Brett gets his 1st major league hit
1975 - 101st Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Foolish Pleasure wins 2:02
1975 - Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8 )
1976 - Panama 747SP lands after record flight around world (46:26)
1976 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift)
1978 - "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US
1978 - Anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup II
1978 - Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston
1978 - WI all set to lose cricket test v Aust at Kingston till riots end game
1978 - The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as "spam") is
           sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address
           on the west coast of the United States.
1979 - 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher)
1979 - Bobby Bonds hits his 300th HR (2nd to have 300 HRs & 300 stolen bases)
1979 - Martin Sherman's "Bent," premieres in London
1980 - 106th Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Genuine Risk wins in 2:02
1980 - Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st & final HR
1980 - Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes 4th to win 100 games in AL & NL
1981 - "Can-Can" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances
1981 - "Moony, Shapiro Songbook" opens & closes at Morosco Theater NYC
1981 - Sally Little wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International
1982 - ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)
1982 - NY Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget
1982 - Pres Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts
1983 - Bruins 3-Isles 8-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 3-1 lead
1983 - Soviet leader Andropov decreases nuclear weapons in Europe
1983 - US bishops condemn nuclear weapons
1985 - Date of $5 million check in "View to a Kill"
1986 - 112th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Ferdinand wins in 2:02.8
1986 - Air Lanka crashes, killing 22
1986 - Cubs 3rd baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th & 301st HR
1986 - NASA launches Goes-G, it failed to achieve orbit
1986 - NY Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game
1987 - "Mikado" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 46 performances
1987 - Cindy Hill wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1987 - Miami Herald reports a woman spent Friday & Saturday with Gary Hart
1988 - 4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs Florida
1988 - Jasper Johns' "Diver" sold for $4,200,000
1991 - 356th & final episode of CBS 2nd longest running series Dallas, 2nd only to Gunsmoke
1991 - The Declaration of Windhoek is signed.
1992 - Balt's Gregg Olson, 25, is youngest to record 100 saves
1992 - Danielle Ammaccapane wins LPGA Centel Golf Classic
1992 - NY Met Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 HRS
1992 - Ohio Glory wins 1st WLAF game (after 6 loses), beat Frankfurt 20-17
1992 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Centel Senior Golf Challenge
1993 - "Kiss of the Spider Woman" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 906 perfs
1994 - 29th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins
1994 - D66/Dutch Liberal Party win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election
1994 - US space probe Clementine launched
1995 - "My Thing of Love" opens at Beck Theater NYC for 16 performances
1995 - Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
1995 - David Bell debuts for the Indians (3rd generation player, Gus & Buddy)
1996 - Martin Moxon & Michael Vaughan make 362 1st wkt Yorks v Glam
1997 - 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3
1997 - ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen
1997 - Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue
1999 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is slammed by an F5 tornado killing forty-two people, injuring 665,
           and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado was one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma
           tornado outbreak.
1999 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time in its history at
           11,014.70.
1999 - Stephen Hendry defeats Mark Williams 18-11 to win the World Snooker Championship for a
           record seventh time.
2000 - The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS
           posted on Usenet.
2001 - The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since
           the commission was formed in 1947.
2002 - A military MiG-21 aircraft crashes into the Bank of Rajasthan in India, killing eight.
2003 - New Hampshire's famous Old Man of the Mountain collapses.
2006 - Armavia Flight 967 crashes into the Black Sea, killing 113 people on board, with no survivors.
2006 - Zacarias Moussaoui is sentenced to life in prison in Alexandria, Virginia.
2007 - British girl Madeleine McCann disappears from her bed in a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz,
           Portugal.

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Famous Weddings

1986 - Actress-singer Annette Funicello (43) weds harness racing horse breeder and trainer Glen
           Holt
1991 - Andy Williams weds Debbie Hass
1992 - Beverly Hills 90210 Gabrielle Carteris marries Charles Isaacs
1997 - "Port Charles" soap opera actor Jon Lindstrom (39) weds "The Young and The Restless"
           actress Eileen Davidson (38) in Cambria, California
1998 - "Jekyll & Hyde" lead singer Linda Eder (37) weds composer Frank Wildhorn (38) at their new
           8-acre estate in North Salem, New York
2003 - "Friends" actor Matt LeBlanc (35) weds former model Melissa McKnight (38) at a private estate
           overlooking Anini Beach in Kilauea, Hawaii

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Famous Birthdays

                                   
Humanist philosopher                                  Middle/welterweight                          Godfather of Soul
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469)                        championship boxer Sugar                     James Brown (1933)
                                                                     Ray Robinson (1921)


612 - Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)
1415 - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495)
1428 - Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)
1446 - Margaret of York / Margaret of Burgendy, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)
1469 - Niccolo Machiavelli, Florence, Italy, politician/writer (Prince), d. 1527)
1514 - Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal
1535 - Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer
1647 - John A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Bellone aen bant)
1649 - Johann Valentin Meder, composer
1662 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1736)
1692 - Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51)
1695 - Henri Pitot, Italian-born French engineer (d. 1771)
1708 - Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer
1713 - Alexis Clairault, French mathematician (d. 1765)
1729 - Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer
1737 - Friedrich Schwindl, composer
1742 - Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer
1744 - Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer
1752 - Braz Francisco de Lima, composer
1761 - August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819)
1764 - Elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI
1768 - Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (d. 1838)
1773 - Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian traveller/nature investigator/diplomat
1815 - Hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist
1816 - Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892
1819 - Nicola De Giosa, composer
1826 - Charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet
1844 - Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist
1844 - Richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe)
1849 - Jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun)
1849 - Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
1857 - George Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933)
1859 - Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy)
1860 - John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936)
1860 - Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician (d. 1940)
1861 - Emmett Dalton, American outlaw (d. 1937)
1867 - Jack Hearne, cricketer (cousin of George & Alec 12 Tests for Eng)
1870 - Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1948)
1873 - Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs [OS]
1873 - [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Kvinnen og Den)
1873 - Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian general (d. 1945)
1874 - Francois Coty, Corsica, Corsican senator/perfume maker
1874 - V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (d. 1954)
1876 - Bert Hopkins, cricketer (Australian pace bowler of the 1900's)
1876 - John Elicius Benedict B P Quick Carrington Dwyer, cricketer (Sussex)
1877 - Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (d. 1925)
1879 - Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman (d. 1950)
1886 - Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (d. 1971)
1888 - Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)
1890 - B Traven, writer
1891 - Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet (d. 1969)
1892 - Beulah Bondi, Chicago, actress (It's a Wonderful Life)
1892 - George Thomson, demonstrated electron diffraction (Nobel 1937)
1893 - Hope Landin, Minneapolis MN
1893 - Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (d. 1975)
1895 - Earnest Kantorowicz, German/US historian (Laudes regiae)
1895 - Zoltan Korda, Hungarian/British director (Jungle Book, 4 Feathers)
1895 - Cornelius Van Til, philosopher and Christian apologist (d. 1987)
1896 - Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (d. 1990)
1896 - Karl Allmenroder, German World War I Ace (d. 1917)
1897 - V K Krishna Menon, India, minister of defense
1898 - Golda Meir, [Meyerson], Kiev Ukraine, 4th Israeli PM (1969-74)
1898 - Septima Poinsette Clark, civil rights activist/educator
1899 - Aline MacMahon, McKeesport Pa, actress (Backdoor to Heaven)
1901 - Gino Cervi, Bologna Italy, actor (Les Miserables, Naked Maja)
1902 - Hugo Friedhofer, composer
1902 - Jack Larue, NYC, actor (Lights Out, Mouthpiece, My Favorite Brunette)
1902 - Seton I Miller, Chehalis WA, writer (Pete's Dragon, Istanbul)
1902 - Walter Slezak, Vienna, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo, Inspector General)
1903 - Bing Crosby, Tacoma Wash, singer (White Christmas, Going My Way)
1904 - Charles "Red" Ruffing, NY Yankee pitcher, hitter (1930-46)
1904 - John Breeden, SF CA, actor (Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street)
1905 - Albrecht Luitpold G Ferdinand Michael Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria
1905 - Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor (High Season, Ace of Spades, Caste)
1906 - Mary Astor, Quincy IL, actress (Maltese Falcon, Dinky)
1907 - Earl Wilson, Rockford Ohio, columnist (Midnight Earl)
1910 - Alceo Galliera, composer
1910 - Norman Corwin, American radio pioneer
1911 - John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, trumpeter
1912 - Virgil Fox, American organist (d. 1980)
1913 - Earl Blackwell, Atlanta Ga, author (Celebrity Register)
1913 - William M Inge, US playwright (Picnic-Pulitzer 1953)
1915 - Evencio Castellanos, composer
1915 - Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler and trainer (d. 2003)
1916 - Henry Barbosa Gonzalez, San Antonio Tx, (Rep-D-Tx, 1961- )
1916 - Pierre Emmanuel, French poet (Sodome)
1916 - Léopold Simoneau, French Canadian tenor (d. 2006)
1917 - James Penberthy, composer
1917 - Betty Comden, American lyricist, (d. 2006)
1917 - Kiro Gligorov, Macedonia, President of the Republic of Macedonia 1991-1999 (d. 2012)
1918 - Ted Bates, English former footballer (d. 2003)
1919 - Pete Seeger, NYC, folk singer (Weaver, Goodnight Irene)
1919 - John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (d. 2004)
1921 - Sugar Ray Robinson, [Walter Smith], Ailey, Georgia, middle/welterweight boxer (1946-52, 55,
           58), (d. 1989)
1921 - Vasco dos Santos Goncalves, Portuguese leftist colonel
1921 - Joe Ames, American singer (d. 2007)
1922 - Marina Svetlova, ballerina/choreographer (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo)
1922 - Len Shackleton, English former footballer (d. 2000)
1923 - Ralph M Hall, (Rep-D-TX, 1981- )
1923 - George Hadjinikos, Greek pianist and conductor
1924 - Mary Carver, LA California, actress (Cecilia-Simon & Simon)
1924 - Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet (d. 2000)
1924 - Ken Tyrrell, English founder of eponymous F1 racing team (d. 2001)
1925 - Nina Bara, Buenos Aires Arg, actress (Tonga-Space Patrol)
1928 - Jeanne Bal, Santa Monica California, actress (Pat-Love & Marriage)
1929 - Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral
1929 - Jaharna Imam, Bangladeshi writer/political activist
1930 - David Evatt Tunley, composer
1931 - Joseph Lichtman Layton, dancer
1932 - Robert Osborne, American film historian
1933 - Collie Smith, cricketer (exciting WI all-rounder all too briefly)
1933 - James Brown, Barnwell, South Carolina, American soul singer (Hot Pants, Living in America)
           and originator of funk music (d. 2006)
1933 - Alex Cord, American actor
1934 - Georg Kroll, composer
1934 - Henry Cooper, English boxer
1934 - Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons)
1935 - Donald P Hodel, Portland Ore, US Secretary of Interior (1985-89)
1935 - Ron Popeil, American inventor
1936 - Engelbert Humperdinck, [Arnolde Dorsey], India, singer (EH Show)
1937 - Frankie Valli, [Castelluccio], Newark NJ, singer (Four Seasons-Sherry)
1937 - Nélida Piñon, Brazilian writer
1938 - Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player
1939 - Jonathan David Harvey, English composer (Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen)
1939 - Jose Torres, US, boxer (Olympics)
1939 - Samantha Eggar, London England, actress (Collector)
1940 - Konrad "Conny" Plank, German record producer and musician
1940 - Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager
1941 - Nona Gaprindasvili, USSR, world women's chess champ (1962-78)
1941 - Edward "Monk" Malloy, American university president
1942 - Lynn Farleigh, Bristol England, actress (Lovers of Their Time)
1942 - Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast
1942 - Dave Marash, American journalist
1942 - C.L. Otter, American politician, governor of Idaho
1943 - John Costello, historian
1944 - Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist
1944 - Peter Staples, rocker (Troggs-Wild Thing)
1945 - Sadiq Mohammad, cricketer (attacking Pakistan opening batsman 1969-81)
1946 - Greg Gumbel, sportscaster (CBS TV, WFAN)
1946 - Norm Chow, American football coach
1947 - Doug Henning, Ft Garry Manitoba, magician (Broadway play-Magic)
1948 - Chris Mulkey, American actor
1949 - Albert Sacco Jr, Boston Mass, PhD/astronaut (STS 73)
1949 - Ron Wyden, (Rep-D-OR, 1981- )
1950 - Mary Hopkin, South Wales, singer (Those Were the Days)
1951 - Christopher Cross, [Geppert], Texas, singer (Sailing, Arthur's Theme)
1951 - Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian writer
1952 - Allen Wells, England, 100m dash (Olympic-gold-1980)
1952 - Caitlin Clarke. American actress (d. 2004)
1953 - Bruce Hall, Champaign Ill, rock bassist (Reo Speedwagon)
1953 - Van McLain, rocker (Shooting Star)
1954 - Gary Young, American drummer (Pavement)
1955 - David Hookes, cricketer (dashing Australian LHB, S Aussie stalwart)
1955 - Timmy Cappello, rock & sax player (played with Tina Turner, Ringo Starr & The Lost Boys)
1956 - Marc Bellemare, French Canadian lawyer and politician
1957 - Cactus Moser, Montrose Co, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry)
1957 - Rod Langway, Formosa, NHL defenseman (Mont Canadiens, Wash Caps)
1958 - Kevin Kilner, American actor
1958 - Sandi Toksvig, Danish comedian and radio presenter
1959 - Ben Elton, London UK, actor (Stark, Friday Night Live)
1959 - David Ball, Blackpool, rock keyboardist (Soft Cell)
1959 - Uma Bharati, Indian politician
1959 - Ben Elton, British comedian and author
1960 - Amy Steel, American actress
1961 - Steve McClaren, English football manager
1961 - Joe Murray, American cartoonist
1961 - David Vitter American politician
1962 - Anthony Gilligan, Penrith NSW, Australasia golfer
1962 - Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
1963 - Jeff Hornacek, NBA guard (Utah Jazz)
1963 - Jamie Reeves, British strongman
1963 - Sally Whittaker, English actress
1964 - Ron Hextall, Winnipeg, NHL goalie (Phila Flyers, NY Islanders)
1965 - Rob Brydon, Welsh comedian
1965 - Nina Garcia, Colombian-American fashion expert and television personality
1965 - John Jensen, Danish footballer
1966 - Paul Stevenson, Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)
1966 - Peter Abbay, American actor
1966 - Firdous Bamji, Indian-American actor
1966 - Darren Morgan, Welsh snooker player
1966 - M-16 [Ernest Mateen], Brooklyn New York, Cruiserweight boxing champion, (d. 2012)
1968 - Deborah Caprioglio, Miestre Italy, actress (Big Game Hunter)
1968 - Jay Darlington, London England, keyboardist (Kula Shaker)
1968 - Shane Minor, American singer
1969 - Karen Kraft, San Mateo California, rower (Olympics-silver-96)
1969 - Daryl F. Mallett, American writer/editor
1970 - Alexia Dechaume-Ballert, La Rochelle France, tennis star (1992 Aust)
1970 - Ted Crowley, Concord Mass, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)
1971 - James Roberson, defensive end (Tennessee Oilers)
1971 - Damon Dash, American label executive
1971 - Josey Scott, American singer (Saliva)
1972 - Brett Hayman, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1972 - Josh Taves, defensive end (New England Patriots)
1972 - Vyacheslav Kozlov, Voskresensk Russia, NHL forward (Detroit Red Wings)
1972 - Shonie Carter, American MMA fighter
1972 - Suzi Suzuki, former Japanese adult actress
1973 - Dominique Monami, Verviers Belgium, tennis star
1973 - Michel Traveller, soccer player (Ajax)
1974 - Princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan
1975 - Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist
1975 - Eva Santolaria, Spanish actress
1975 - Dulé Hill, American actor
1976 - Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
1977 - Mashima Hiro, Japanese Mangaka of Rave Master and Fairy Tail
1977 - Ryan Dempster, American baseball player
1978 - Paul Banks, American vocalist (Interpol)
1978 - Christina Hendricks, American actress
1978 - Lawrence Tynes, American football player
1979 - Steve Mack, American professional wrestler
1980 - Marcel Vigneron, American chef (Top Chef)
1981 - Farrah Franklin, American singer (former member of Destiny's Child)
1982 - Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-born American football player
1983 - Joseph Addai, American football player
1983 - Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer
1983 - Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer
1983 - Myriam Fares, Lebanese singer
1984 - Cheryl Burke, American professional dancer
1984 - Nam Sang-mi, South Korean actress and model
1985 - Greg Raposo, American pop/rock singer

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Famous Deaths

1010 - Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69
1152 - Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)
1160 - Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100)
1270 - King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)
1294 - Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies
1410 - Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies
1442 - Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies
1481 - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)
1567 - Leonhard Paminger, composer, dies at 72
1598 - Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563)
1606 - Henry Garnet, English Jesuit (executed) (b. 1555)
1614 - Sasbout Vosmeer, RC theologist/apostole vicar, dies at 66
1622 - Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564)
1654 - Francois van Kinschot, treasurer-gen/chancellor of Brabant, dies at 77
1679 - James Sharp, English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613)
1693 - Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
1703 - Eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies
1704 - Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59
1707 - Michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53
1724 - John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (b. 1662)
1737 - Abraham Patras, gov-gen of East-Indies (1735-37), dies at 65
1750 - John Willison, Scottish minister and writer (b. 1680)
1752 - Samuel Ogle, British provincial Governor of Maryland (b. c. 1692)
1758 - Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Pope (1740-58), dies at 83
1763 - George Psalmanazar, British impostor (b. 1679)
1764 - Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedist, dies at 53
1779 - John Winthrop, American astronomer (b. 1714)
1783 - Pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49
1792 - Carlo Zuccari, composer, dies at 87
1839 - Ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 67
1841 - Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74
1854 - William Beale, composer, dies at 70
1856 - Adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27
1856 - Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic (Giselle), dies at 52
1861 - Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80
1863 - Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, US Confederate brig-gen, dies at 35
1868 - Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer, dies at 68
1881 - Josip Jurcic, Slovic writer (Schone Vida), dies
1893 - Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, composer, dies at 73
1902 - David R Capriles, Curacaos director of psychiatric, dies at 64
1917 - Norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies
1918 - Charlie Soong, Christian Missionary
1921 - Théodore Pilette, Belgian racing driver (b. 1883)
1926 - Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne, dies at 63
1931 - Frank Hoyt Losey, composer, dies at 59
1931 - Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer, dies at 93
1932 - Anton Wildgans, Austr writer (Dies Irae)/dir Burgtheater, dies at 51
1939 - [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, German general, dies at 71
1940 - Henry Ossian Flipper, American soldier, former slave and first African American to graduate
           from the United States Military Academy at West Point, dies at 84
1942 - Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed
1942 - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
1943 - Leslie Heward, composer, dies at 45
1945 - Louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN), dies at 66
1955 - Philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies
1958 - Frank Foster, cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies
1961 - Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53
1964 - Diana Wynyard, dies at 58
1965 - Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76
1965 - Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist, dies at 75
1966 - Wylie Watson, dies at 77
1968 - Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer, dies at 86
1969 - Imre Vincze, composer, dies at 42
1969 - Zakir Hussain, 3rd President of India, (b. 1897)
1970 - Candelario Huizar, composer, dies at 82
1972 - Bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68
1972 - Les Harvey, rocker, dies
1975 - Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78
1976 - David Bruce, dies at 62
1976 - Ernie Nevers, college fullback (Stanford), dies at 72
1978 - Wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71
1979 - Erin O'Brien-Moore, actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place), dies at 76
1982 - Helmut Dantine, actor (Shadow of the Cloak), dies at 64
1983 - Vaughn Taylor, act (Jailhouse Rock), dies of cerebal hemmorrhage at 72
1986 - Robert Alda, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain), dies at 72
1987 - Dicky Fuller, cricketer (one Test for WI 1935, one run, 0-12), dies
1987 - Yolande Christina Dalida, dies at 54
1988 - Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (b. 1908)
1989 - Christine Jorgensen, 1st transsexual, dies at 62
1989 - Muriel Ostriche, dies
1989 - Edward Ochab, Polish Communist politician (b. 1906)
1990 - Pimen, [Sergei Irzyekov], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 79
1991 - Gerrit Mik, child psychiatrist/Dutch MP (D66), dies
1991 - Jersy Kosinski, author (Being There), dies at 57
1991 - Margaret Tallichet, actress (Stranger on the 3rd Floor), dies
1991 - Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer and composer (b. 1907)
1992 - Elizabeth Lennox, radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98
1992 - George Murphy, (Sen-R-Ca, 1965-71)/actor, dies of Leukemia at 89
1992 - Peter Bruni, dies of heart failure at 60
1994 - Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor of Maarn, dies at 78
1994 - Haty Tegelaar-Boonacker, Dutch MP (CDA), dies at 63
1994 - Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer, dies at 90
1994 - Richard Scarry, author/illustrator of children's books, dies at 74
1995 - Michael Horden, actor (Fool, Green Man, Scoop), dies at 83
1996 - Jack Weston, actor (Ishtar, Rad, Cuba), dies of lymphoma at 71
1996 - Timothy Gullikson, tennis player/coach, dies at 45
1997 - Narciso Yepes, Spanish classical guitarist (b. 1927)
1999 - Joe Adcock, American baseball player (b. 1927)
1999 - Steve Chiasson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
2000 - John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor, Catholic Archbishop of New York (b. 1920)
2001 - Billy Higgins, American drummer (b. 1936)
2002 - Barbara Castle, British politician (b. 1910)
2002 - Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian composer and pianist (b. 1928)
2003 - Suzy Parker, American actress (b. 1932)
2004 - Anthony Ainley, British actor (b. 1932)
2004 - Ken Downing, British racing driver (b. 1917)
2004 - Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1928)
2006 - Karel Appel, Dutch painter (b. 1921)
2006 - Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (b. 1949)
2006 - Earl Woods, Athlete and father of Tiger Woods (b. 1932)
2007 - Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (b. 1913)
2007 - Wally Schirra, American astronaut (b. 1923)
2007 - Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (b. 1932)
2008 - Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, Spanish former Primer Minister (b. 1926)
2009 - Ram Shewalkar, Indian Marathi writer, cardiac arrest.(b.1931)
2011 - Thanasis Veggos, Greek actor (b. 1927)
2011 - Jackie Cooper, American actor (b. 1922)
2011 - Sergo Kotrikadze, Georgian footballer (b. 1936)

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Historical Events

                                   
Composer                                                Naturalist Charles Darwin                  Confederate General Robert E Lee
George Friedrich Handel 

                                   
Gangster Al Capone                                    Nobel Laureate Author                        Jazz Singer Ella Fitzgerald
                                                                     Ernest Hemingway

                  
British Prime Minister                           Singer-Songwriter Courtney Love
Margaret Thatcher

1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when
           Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae.
1303 - Flemings conquers Middelburg
1415 - Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of
           Constance.
1471 - Battle of Tewkesbury - King Edward IV vs Ex-queen Margaretha
1493 - Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain & Portugal
1494 - Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica
1540 - Venice & Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople
1572 - Veere sides with Geuzen
1626 - Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherlands
1634 - Johan van Walbeecks fleet departs to West-Indies
1652 - Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels
1686 - Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines.
1715 - French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris)
1728 - George F Handel's opera "Tolomeo, re di Egitto," premieres in London
1747 - Willem IV appointed viceroy of Overijssel
1776 - Rhode Island declares independence from England
1780 - American Academy of Arts & Science founded
1780 - Charles Bunbury on Diomed wins 1st Epsom Derby
1783 - Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus
1799 - Fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends
           when the city is assaulted and the Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the
           command of General George Harris.
1805 - Henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in Bronx
1814 - Bourbon reign restored in France
1814 - King Ferdinand VII of Spain signs the Decrete of the 4th of May, returning Spain to
           absolutism.
1818 - Netherlands & England sign treaty against illegal slave handling
1834 - Charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean
1839 - The Cunard Steamship Company Ltd forms San Bonifacio
1843 - Great-Britain annexes Natal
1846 - US state Michigan ends death penalty
1847 - NY State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration
1851 - 1st major SF fire
1858 - War of Reform (Mexico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz
1859 - The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and 
           Cornwall in England.
1861 - At Gretna LA, one of 1st guns of Rebel navy is cast
1862 - -5] Battle at Williamsburg, Virginia
1862 - Yorktown, VA - McClellan halted his troop before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by
           CS Brigadier General Gabrial Rains
1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville-action at Salem Church
1863 - End of Chancellorsville - Beaten Union army withdraws
1864 - -16] actions at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia
1864 - Gen Grant's Army at Potomac attacks at Rappahannock
1864 - Ulysses S. Grant crosses Rapidan & begins his duel with Robert E Lee
1864 - Ulysses S. Grant crosses Rapidan & begins his duel with Robert E Lee
1865 - Battle of Citronville, AL; Richard Taylor surrenders
1865 - Battle of Mobile, AL
1866 - Woodward's Gardens opens to public
1869 - The Naval Battle of Hakodate takes place in Japan.
1871 - 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft Wayne 2, Cleveland 0)
           Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double
1878 - Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House
1883 - John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" (Miss)
1886 - Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen
1888 - Italy & Spain sign military covenant
1893 - Cowboy Bob Pickett invents bulldogging
1896 - 1st edition of London Daily Mail (halfpenny)
1896 - Grease fire ignites half ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek Colorado
1897 - 23rd Kentucky Derby: Buttons Garner aboard Typhoon II wins in 2:12.5
1897 - Fire in Paris bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200
1898 - 24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09
1899 - 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12
1904 - Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal.
1904 - Charles Stewart Rolls meets Frederick Henry Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester,
           England.
1910 - Canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent
1910 - Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy
1910 - Tel Aviv founded
1912 - Italian mariners occupy Turkish Island of Rhodes
1915 - Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungary & Germany
1916 - At request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare
1917 - Arabs sack Tel Aviv
1918 - Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4
1919 - 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3)
1919 - FVC soccer team forms
1919 - Giants play their 1st legal Sunday home game, 35,000 see Phils win 4-3
1922 - KNX-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions
1923 - Bloody street battles between nazi's, socialist & police in Vienna
1923 - NY state revokes Prohibition law
1924 - 8th Olympic games open at Paris, France
1924 - German Republic election fascists & communists win
1925 - League of Nations conference on arms control & poison gas usage
1926 - General strike hits Britain
1927 - 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill)
1927 - Nicaragua agrees to a US supervised presidential election in 1928
1929 - Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9
1931 - Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president
1932 - Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary
1933 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador)
1935 - 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05
1936 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn)
1938 - Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire
1940 - 21 "not neutral" nazis & communists arrested in Netherlands
1940 - 66th Kentucky Derby: Carroll Bierman aboard Gallahadion wins in 2:05
1942 - Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air)
1942 - Food 1st rationed in US
1942 - German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages
1942 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life)
1943 - NL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet
           ball proves to be 50% livelier
1945 - German troops in Netherlands, Denmark & Norway surrender
1946 - 5 die in a 2 day riot at Alcatraz prison in SF bay
1946 - 72nd Kentucky Derby: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:06.6
1946 - Wash's Cecil Travis gets 6 straight hits before being stopped
1948 - The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death
1949 - Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives)
1952 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Fresno Golf Open
1953 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Ernest Hemingway (Old Man & The Sea)
1954 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1956 - Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam
1956 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1957 - 83rd Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Iron Liege wins in 2:02.2
1957 - Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show
1957 - Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam
1958 - Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen president of Colombia
1959 - 1st Grammy Awards: Perry Como & Ella Fitzgerald win
1959 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (JB)
1960 - 1st great Delta dam closes, North-South Beveland
1961 - 1st on-the-road Spacemobile lecture given.
1961 - CORE begins freedom rides from Washington, DC
1961 - Malcolm Ross & Victor Prather reach 34,668 m (record) in balloon
1961 - South-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested
1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1963 - 89th Kentucky Derby: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:01.8
1963 - Pitcher Bob Shaw sets record of 5 balks in a game
1964 - "Another World" & "As the World Turns" premieres on TV
1964 - 70 GATT-countries confer in Geneva
1964 - KIII TV channel 3 in Corpus Christi, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Richard Hofstadter (Anti-intellectualism)
1965 - Willie Mays 512th HR breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record
1966 - Soviet government signs accord about building Fiat factory in USSR
1967 - Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by US; begins orbiting Moon May 7
1968 - 1st ABA championship: Pitts Pipers beat NO Buccaneers, 4 games to 3
1968 - 94th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins
1968 - Dancer Image DQ due to drugs after winning 94th Kent Derby in 2:02½
1969 - Charles Gordone's "No Place to be Somebody," premieres in NYC
1969 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
1969 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games
1970 - National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio
1970 - Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt
1970 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth)
1972 - Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam
1972 - The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada
           in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".
1973 - 1st TV network female nudity-Steambath (PBS)-Valerie Perrine
1973 - BPAA US Women's Bowling Open won by Millie Martorella
1973 - Longest game in Veterans' Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20
1973 - Patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope
1973 - Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 innings
1973 - Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK
1974 - 100th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr. aboard Cannonade wins in 2:04
1975 - Ed Bullins' "Taking of Miss Jane," premieres in NYC
1975 - Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots
1975 - Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time
1975 - Maria Astrologes wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1976 - "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 7 perfs
1978 - Russian president Brezhnev visits West-Germany
1979 - Jackie Mercer wins her 4th golf title 31 years after her 1st
1979 - Margaret Thatcher elected prime minister of England
1979 - NASA launches Fltsatcom-2
1980 - Dodgers bat out of order against Phillies in 1st inning
1980 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC Women's Internationalional Golf Tournament
1980 - White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming
           1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958
1981 - Rockline premieres on KLOS FM in Los Angeles
1981 - Silvana Cruciata runs 15k female world record (49:44.0)
1981 - Yankee Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels, ran record of 13 strikeouts of last 14
           faced, also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win, 4-2
1982 - British torpedo boat Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket
1982 - Nordiques 2-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles win series 4-0
1982 - Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes
           himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans
1983 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1984 - Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)
1985 - 111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2
1986 - President Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghanistan
1988 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1989 - Junior Felix of Toronto becomes 53rd to hit HR on 1st at bat
1989 - US launches Magellan to Venus
1989 - US space shuttle STS-30 launched
1990 - Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger
1990 - Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence
1990 - Oriole Gregg Olson sets relief pitcher rec of 41 cons scoreless inns
1990 - Pakistan beat Aust by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah
1991 - 117th Kentucky Derby: Chris Antley aboard Strike the Gold wins in 2:03
1991 - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent
1991 - Actress Sharon Gless & producer Barney Rosenzeig wed
1991 - Indians' Chris James sets club record for most RBIs in a game (9)
1991 - Morris K Udall, (Rep-D-Ariz), resigns due to Parkinson disease
1991 - NY Mets M Sasser & Mark Carreon are 8th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1991 - Pres Bush is hospitalized for erratic heartbeat
1993 - "Angels in America-Millennium Approaches" opens at Kerr for 367 perfs
1994 - Arsenal wins 34th Europe Cup II
1994 - Courtney Love cleared of drug charges
1996 - 122nd Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Grindstone wins in 2:01
1996 - ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel
1996 - Greg Pavlik one-hits Tigers making the Rangers 1st AL team to pitch back-to-back one-
           hitters since the Washington Senators in 1917
1997 - Bruno's Memorial Senior Golf Classic
1997 - Phil Blackmar wins 50th Houston golf Open
1997 - Tammie Green wins LPGA Sprint Titlehoders Championship
1998 - A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life
           sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the
           death penalty.
2000 - Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London.
2001 - The Milwaukee Art Museum addition, the first Santiago Calatrava-designed structure in the
           United States, opens to the public.
2002 - Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run as a Giant, leading his team to a 3-0 win over
           Cincinnati. Bonds is the first player to hit 400 homers for one team and 100 with another
2007 - Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7m wide EF-5 tornado.
2007 - The Scottish National Party wins the Scottish general election and becomes the largest party
           in the Scottish Parliament for the first time ever.
2012 - 14 decapitated bodies and 9 hung from a bridge are found in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

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Famous Weddings

1996 - Actor-producer Forest Whitaker (35) weds actress-model Keisha Nash (23) in Montego Bay,
           Jamaica
1996 - "CSI Miami" actor David Caruso (40) weds flight attendant Margaret Buckley (33)
2009 - Two-time Tony winner singer-actress Bebe Neuwirth (50) weds Napa Valley's Destino vineyard
           founder Chris Calkins at the Players Club in New York

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This Day in History for 4th May


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Egyptian President                                 Actress Audrey Hepburn (1929)            Bassist Rocker Mike Dirnt (1972)
Hosni Mubarak (1928)


1006 - Khajeh Abdullah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088), Herat, Khorasan (now Afghanistan)
1008 - King Henry I of France (d. 1060)
1611 - Carlo Rainaldi, composer
1631 - Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England
1635 - Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)
1654 - Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)
1655 - Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder
1715 - Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804)
1733 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d.
          1799)
1738 - Josef Kohaut, composer
1744 - Marianne von Martinez, composer
1752 - John Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)
1763 - Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer
1767 - Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847)
1769 - Charles Hague, composer
1772 - Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)
1776 - Johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist
1777 - Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer
1781 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)
1796 - Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools)
1796 - Joseph Pannell Taylor, Brigadier General (Union Army), died in 1864
1796 - William H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859)
1820 - Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack
1820 - Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of Pres John Tyler (1841-45)
1822 - Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Quebec politician (d. 1915)
1825 - Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist
1825 - Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908)
1826 - Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch)
1827 - John Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864)
1835 - Edmund Hart Turpin, composer
1852 - Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934)
1860 - Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana)
1867 - Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer
1870 - Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (d. 1960)
1871 - Mynona, writer
1873 - Joe De Grasse, Canadian film director (d. 1940)
1875 - Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, Spanish writer (Don Quixote & Celestine)
1875 - Reggie Schwartz, cricketer (1st of great South African googlists)
1877 - Arthur Lang, US, boxer/businessman (Died Aug 8, 1992 at 115)
1881 - Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917-Prelude to Bolshevism)
1882 - Wilhelm Lehmann, writer
1889 - Francis J Spellman, US Cardinal
1891 - Frederick Jacobi, composer
1891 - Johan W F Werumeus Buning, Dutch poet (Daily Bread)
1893 - Edgar Dearing, Ceres CA, actor (Abraham Lincoln, Free & Easy)
1893 - Royal Butler, [Edwin Richey], Atlanta GA, actor
1902 - Cola [Nicolas] Debrot, Bonaire governor (Neth Antilles)/author
1902 - Cvjetko Rihtman, composer
1902 - Rodney Meredith Thomas, architect/painter
1903 - Luther Adler, NYC, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-Psychiatrist)
1904 - Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer (official Date of Birth) (d. 1975)
1905 - Mátyás Seiber, Budapest Hungary, composer (Scherzando)
1906 - Esmond Knight, East Sheen England, actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder)
1907 - Lincoln Kirstein, American impresario (d. 1996)
1909 - Howard Da Silva, [Silverblatt], Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776)
1909 - Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright
1910 - Mady Alfredo, [Maria M the Brieder], actress (Alicia)
1912 - Lou Brown, Bkln, orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show)
1913 - Lady Katherine Brandram, née Princess of Greece and Denmark (d. 2007)
1914 - Abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq (1958-63)
1914 - Emmanuel Robles, Algerian-Fren journalist/playwright (Lesson Hauteurs)
1915 - Curt Conway, Boston MA, actor (Raw Deal)
1915 - Pedro Saenz, composer
1916 - Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer
1917 - Edward Toner Cone, composer
1918 - Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking
1918 - Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (d. 2004)
1919 - Dimiter Petkov, composer
1919 - Mary Ann McCall, singer
1921 - John van Kesteren, Dutch tenor (Komische Oper, West-Berlin)
1921 - Patsy Garrett, Atlantic City NJ, actress (Nanny & the Professor)
1921 - Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (d. 2005)
1922 - John Paul Hammerschmidt, (Rep-R-AR, 1967- )
1923 - Ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit)
1923 - Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and author
1924 - Peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey
1924 - Tat'yana Petrovna Nikolayeva, composer
1925 - Peter Blum, German/South African/English poet (Capricorn)
1925 - Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman
1926 - G Reinshagen, writer
1926 - Milton "Milt" Thompson, US NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer (X-15)
1927 - Terry (Owen John) Scott, Watford UK, English actor and comedian (Carry On Films)
1928 - Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg SC, golfer (US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60)
1928 - Hosni Mubarak, Kafr-El Meselha, Egypt, Egyptian president (1981-2011)
1928 - Maynard Ferguson, Verdun Quebec, jazz trumpeter (Roulette)
1928 - Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver (d. 1961)
1929 - Audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady), (d. 1993)
1929 - Sidney Lamb, American linguist
1930 - Roberta Peters, NYC, operatic soprano (NY Met)
1931 - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Moscow Russia, conductor (USSR State Radio)
1931 - Thomas Stuttaford, British doctor and writer
1932 - Fausto Razzi, composer
1933 - J. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher
1934 - Pete Barbutti, Scranton Pa, comedian (Garry Moore Show)
1936 - El Cordobés, Spanish matador
1937 - Ron Carter, jazz bassist (Ron Carter Meets Bach)
1937 - Hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer
1937 - Mr. Fuji, Former professional wrestler
1937 - Dick Dale, American guitarist
1938 - Tyrone Davis, US R&B singer (Are you serious)
1938 - William J Bennett, US Secretary of Education (1985-88)
1938 - Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican writer
1939 - Amos Oz, Jerusalem, Israel, author (My Michael)
1939 - Paul Gleason, American actor (d. 2006)
1940 - Dick Curl, Chester Pa, offensive coordinator coach (Barcelona Dragons)
1940 - Robin Cook, American novelist
1941 - David LaFlamme, Utah, electric violinist (It's a Beautiful Day)
1941 - George F Will, political analyst (Night Line)
1941 - George Will, American writer
1942 - Ronnie Bond, drummer (Troggs-Wild Thing)
1943 - Nickolas Ashford, SC, singer (Ashford & Simpson-Solid as a Rock)
1943 - Stella Parton, sister of Dolly Parton/singer (A Woman's Touch)
1943 - Mikhail Chemiakin, Russian painter
1944 - Paul Gleason, Jersey City NJ, actor (Breakfast CLub, Die Hard)
1944 - Peggy Santiglia McGannon, NJ, rocker (Angels)
1945 - George Wadenius, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1945 - Monika van Paemel, Belgian writer (Accursed Fathers)
1945 - Narasimhan Ram, Indian journalist
1946 - Renee Powell, LPGA golfer
1946 - John Watson, Northern Irish racecar driver
1948 - Billy O'Donnell, harness racer driver of year (1984)
1948 - Hurley Haywood, American race car driver, and three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
1948 - George Tupou V, Tonga, King of Tonga (2006-2012), (d. 2012)
1949 - Gerrit J P van Otterloo, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1949 - Sybil Danning, [Danninger], Weis Austria, actress (Chained Heat)
1949 - Zal Cleminson, rocker (Alex Harvey Band)
1949 - John Force, American race car driver
1949 - Graham Swift, British author
1950 - Darryl Hunt, English pop bassist (Pogues-Pair of Brown Eyes)
1950 - Hilly Hicks, LA California, actor (Roll Out, Roots)
1950 - René CM van Asten, Dutch actor (Herenstraat 10)
1951 - Gene Greenwood, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania)
1951 - Jackie Jackson, [Sigmund], Gary In, rocker (Jackson 5-ABC)
1951 - Colin Bass, British bassist (Camel)
1951 - Mick Mars, American guitarist (Mötley Crüe)
1951 - Tirso Cruz III, Filipino actor and singer.
1952 - Michael Barrymore, English comedian, actor, quiz master and entertainer
1954 - Julie Budd, Bkln, singer (Child of Plenty)
1954 - Pia Zadora, American actress
1955 - Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer
1956 - Jackie Bertsch, LPGA golfer
1956 - Michael L Gernhardt, Mansfield OH, astronaut (STS 69, 83, 94, sk 100)
1956 - Ulrike Meyfarth, Frankfurt West Germany, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1972)
1956 - David Guterson, American author
1956 - Ken Oberkfell, American baseball player
1956 - Sharon Jones, Augusta Georgia, soul/funk singer (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings)
1957 - Peter Sleep, cricketer (Australian leg-spin all-rounder 1979-90)
1957 - Richard E Grant, Swaziland, actor (Posse, Bram Stoker's Dracula)
1958 - Keith Haring, Kutztown Pa, graffiti artist (Vanity Fair, Paris Review)
1959 - Randy Travis, Marshville NC, country singer (Diggin' Up Bones)
1959 - Robert Raymond Tway, Oklahoma City OK, PGA golfer (1986 Shearson)
1959 - Rohn Stark, NFL punter (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1959 - Scott Armstrong, American professional wrestling referee
1960 - Martyn Moxon, cricketer (England batsman in ten Tests 1986-89)
1960 - Andrew Denton, Australian television presenter and comedian
1961 - Eugene Daniel, NFL center (Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens)
1961 - Jay Aston, rocker
1961 - Mary Elizabeth McDonough, Van Nuys Cal, actress (Erin-Waltons)
1961 - Luis Herrera, Colombian cyclist
1961 - Ishita Bhaduri, Indian (Bengali) Poet
1962 - Tracy Vaccaro, Glendale California, playmate (October, 1983)
1962 - Oleta Adams, American singer
1964 - Goran Prpic, Yugoslavia, tennis star
1964 - Zsuzsa Mathe, Hungarian painter and visual artist, founder of transrealism
1965 - Adri Bogers, Dutch soccer player (Willem II)
1966 - Monica Tranel [Michini], Billings Mont, rower (Olympics-96)
1966 - Jane McGrath, co-founder of the McGrath Foundation for breast cancer (d. 2008)
1967 - Derek MacCready, CFL defensive tackle (Edmonton Eskimos)
1967 - John Child, East York Ontario, beach volleyballer (Olympics-bronze-96)
1967 - Matthew Crane, Kimberton Pa, actor (Matt Cory-Another World)
1967 - Ana Gasteyer, American actress
1967 - Kate Garraway, English GMTV Presenter
1968 - Andre Collins, NFL linebacker (Cin Bengals)
1968 - Eddie Perez, Cuidad Ojeda Venezuela, catcher (Atlanta Braves)
1968 - Kevin Todd, Winnipeg, NHL center (LA Kings)
1968 - Julian Barratt, English comedian and musician, one half of The Mighty Boosh
1969 - Micah Aivazoff, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 - Ryan Shamrock, American wrestling valet
1970 - Dawn Staley, Phila, basketball guard (Olympics-gold-96)
1970 - Gregg Alexander, American musician (New Radicals)
1971 - Derrick Clark, NFL/WLAF fullback (Broncos, Rhein Fire)
1971 - Steve Glenn, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
1971 - Joe Borowski, American baseball player
1971 - Luiz Garcia, Jr., Brazilian racing driver
1972 - Mike Dirnt [Michael Ryan Pritchard], Berkeley, California, American musician (Green Day)
1972 - Ethan Watts, Phila, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
1972 - Gretchen Ulion, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
1972 - Marc Lamb, WLAF T (London Monarchs)
1973 - Edward Hervey, NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
1973 - Matthew Barnaby, Ottawa, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
1973 - Melissa Boyd, Miss Ohio USA (1996)
1973 - Michelle Martinez, Dallas Texas, Miss America (Texas-Top 10-1997)
1973 - Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Argentine footballer
1974 - Miguel Cairo, Venezuelan baseball player
1975 - Pablo Ruiz, Buenos Aires Arg, spanish singer
1975 - Laci Peterson, American murder victim (d. 2002)
1976 - Heather Kozar, Akron OH, playmate (Jan, 1998)
1976 - Ben Grieve, American baseball player
1976 - Jason Michaels, American baseball player
1977 - Emily Perkins, Canadian actress
1977 - Mariano Pernía, Argentine-Spanish footballer
1978 - Shaenon K. Garrity, American webcomics writer and artist
1978 - Brett Burton , Australian Football Player for the Adelaid Crows
1979 - Wes Butters, British broadcaster
1979 - Lance Bass, American singer (*NSYNC)
1979 - Lesley Vainikolo, Tongan born rugby union and rugby league player
1980 - Andrew Raycroft, NHL goalie
1981 - Eric Djemba-Djemba, Cameroon footballer
1982 - Kleopas Giannou, Greek footballer
1982 - Markus Rogan, Austrian swimmer
1982 - Hector King, Mexican singer-songwriter
1982 - Rasheeda,American hiphop singer
1983 - Trisha Krishnan, Indian actress
1983 - Derek Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi test cricket player (d. 2007)
1984 - Kevin Slowey, American baseball player
1984 - Montell Owens, American football player
1985 - Anthony Fedorov, American singer
1985 - Ravinder Bopara, English cricketer
1987 - Cesc Fabregas, Spanish footballer
1987 - Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer
1987 - Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer
1989 - Rory McIlroy, Holywood Northern Ireland, Professional Golfer
1992 - Courtney Jines, American actress
1994 - Alexander Gould, American actor
1994 - Pauline Ducruet, daughter of HSH Princess Stéphanie of Monaco

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This Day in History for 4th May


Famous Deaths

1436 - Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)
1471 - Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)
1471 - Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, English military commander (executed)
1506 - Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)
1519 - Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)
1566 - Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)
1594 - Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62
1604 - Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71
1605 - Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82
1615 - Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)
1626 - Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569)
1677 - Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)
1684 - John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639)
1729 - Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)
1734 - James Thornhill, English painter
1737 - Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686)
1752 - Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71
1770 - Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51
1774 - Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)
1776 - Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717)
1790 - Matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718)
1799 - Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader killed during Battle of Seringapatam (b. 1750)
1811 - Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)
1824 - Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)
1832 - Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church
1855 - Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66
1858 - Aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (b. 1773)
1859 - Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771)
1879 - William Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68
1880 - Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
1885 - Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78
1891 - Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls
1893 - George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82
1901 - John Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831)
1903 - Goce Delchev, a revolutionary from the Balkans - leader of the Internal Macedonian
           Revolutionary Organization (b. 1872)
1916 - Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish revolutionary (b. 1887)
1919 - Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (b. 1880)
1922 - Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (b. 1888)
1928 - Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63
1929 - Henry Morton Dunham, composer, dies at 75
1937 - Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1910)
1938 - Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48
1953 - Edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic, dies at 60
1953 - Thomas Tertius Noble, composer, dies at 85
1955 - Georges Enescu, Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73
1955 - Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer, dies at 75
1961 - Anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66
1965 - Norman Brokenshire, TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at 66
1966 - Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer, dies at 69
1967 - Bengt Axel von Torne, composer, dies at 75
1969 - Osbert Sitwell, English writer (b. 1892)
1970 - 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard
1970 - William Schroeder (b. 1950)
1971 - Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88
1971 - Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor, dies at 83
1971 - Louis de Bree, [Louis C Davids], Dutch actor (Bluejackets), dies at 87
1972 - Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
          (b. 1886)
1973 - Jane Bowles, writer, dies at 56
1974 - Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65
1974 - John Wengraf, actor (Pride & Passion, 12 to the Moon), dies at 77
1975 - Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77
1980 - Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87
1980 - Kay Hammond, actress (Blithe SPirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies
1983 - Nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72
1984 - Diana Dors, actress (Berserk!), dies at 52 of cancer
1984 - Bob Clampett, American cartoonist (b. 1913)
1985 - Clarence Wiseman, the 10th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1907)
1987 - Cathryn Damon, actress (Mary Campbell-Soap), dies at 56
1987 - Dick Hillenius, Dutch biologist/writer, dies at 59
1987 - Paul Butterfield, singer/harmonica player, dies of drug abuse at 44
1990 - Don Appell, dies
1991 - Dennis Crosby, son of Bing, commits suicide at 54
1992 - Henri Guillemin, French historian, dies at 89
1992 - Ismael Galeano, "Commandant Franklyn" (Contra), dies
1992 - Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 50
1992 - Gregor Mackenzie, Labour Party (UK) politician (b. 1927)
1994 - Karl Francis Hettinger, onion Field survivor, dies at 59
1995 - Lewis T Preston, banker, dies at 68
1995 - Louis Krasner, violinist, dies at 91
1996 - Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist, dies at 87
1996 - Stanley William Reed, cineaste, dies at 85
1997 - Alvy Moore, actor/producer (Mr Kimball-Green Acres), dies at 75
1997 - Vijayananda Dahanayake, PM of Sri Lanka (1959-60), dies
2001 - Bonnie Lee Bakley, American murder victim (b. 1956)
2005 - David Hackworth, U.S. Army officer and military journalist (b. 1930)
2009 - Dom Deluise, American comedian, actor (b. 1933)
2010 - Ernie Harwell, American sportscaster (b. 1918)
2010 - Zvonimir Levačić - Ševa, Croatian humorist and entertainer (b. 1943)
2012 - MCA [Adam Yauch], beastie boys vocalist, dies from cancer at 47

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This Day in History for 5th May


Historical Events

                                   
Naturalist Charles Darwin                           Composer Tchaikovsky                 Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Gandhi

                 
Novelist Norman Mailer                        Country singer Tammy Wynette


553 - 2nd Council of Constantinople (5th ecumenical council) opens
1260 - Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
1382 - Battle of Beverhoutsveld - population beats drunken army
1430 - Jews are expelled from Speyer Germany
1494 - On 2nd voyage to New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica
1640 - English Short Parliament unites
1646 - King Charles I surrenders at Scotland
1665 - Nicolaas Witsen visits patriarch Nikon in Moscow
1726 - Marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Opera of Paris
1762 - Russia & Prussia sign peace treaty, Treaty of Saint Petersburg ending the Seven Years War
1764 - Smolny-institution forms in St Petersburg for noble girls
1780 - 2nd oldest learned society in US (American Academy of Arts & Sciences) forms (Boston)
1789 - French States-General for It first since 1614 together
1809 - Citizenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland
1809 - Mary Kies is 1st woman issued a US patent (weaving straw)
1814 - British attack Ft Ontario, Oswego, NY
1816 - American Bible Society organized (NY)
1834 - Charles Darwin's expedition begins at Rio Santa Cruz
1835 - King Leopold opens Brussels-Mechelen railway
1842 - City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany)
1847 - American Medical Association organized (Philadelphia)
1854 - English pirate Plumridge robs along pro-English Finnish coast
1855 - NYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration
1861 - Alexandria, VA - CS troops abandon city
1862 - French army intervenes in Puebla, Mexico: Cinco de Mayo
1862 - Peninsular Campaign-Battle of Williamsburg, VA
1863 - Battle of Tupelo, MS
1863 - Joe Coburn KOs Mike McCoole for US boxing title in 63rd round
1864 - Atlanta Campaign: 5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge
1864 - Battle between Confederate & Union ships at mouth of Roanoke
1864 - Battle of Wilderness, VA (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)
1864 - Campaign in Northern Georgia - Chattanooga GA to Atlanta GA
1865 - 1st US train robbery (North Bend Ohio)
1874 - Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law
1877 - Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the
           United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
1881 - Anit-Jewish rioting in Kiev Ukraine
1886 - The Bay View Tragedy occurs, as militia fire upon a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee,
           Wisconsin killing seven.
1891 - Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in NY, Tchaikovsky as guest conductor
1893 - Panic of 1893: Great crash on NY Stock Exchange
1900 - "The Billboard" began weekly publication
1904 - Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Phila A's (3-0)
1905 - Robert S Abbott published 1st issue of newspaper "Chicago Defender"
1908 - 34th Kentucky Derby: Arthur Pickens on Stone Street wins in 2:15.2
1908 - Great White Fleet arrives in SF
1912 - 5th Olympic games open at Stockholm, Sweden
1912 - Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing (4/22 OS)
1915 - German U-20 sinks Earl of Lathom
1916 - US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
1917 - St Louis Brown Ernie Koob no-hits Chic White Sox, 1-0
1920 - German-Latvian peace treaty signed
1920 - Polish troops occupy Kiev
1920 - US Pres Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal
1921 - 1st ranger for Cleveland Metroparks hired
1921 - Miniature newspaper published (Brighton Gazette 10 x 13 cm)
1922 - Construction begins on Yankee Stadium (Bronx)
1924 - Unions terminate Twentse textile strike
1925 - John T Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee
1925 - Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases)
1925 - Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak
1925 - Afrikaans is established as an official language in South Africa.
1926 - Geldrop soccer team forms
1926 - Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith"
1927 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch' 1st Symphony, premieres in Berlin
1930 - 1st woman to fly solo from Engl to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson)
1930 - Bradman scores 185* Aust v Leicestershire, 317 mins, 16 fours
1932 - Japan & China sign a peace treaty
1934 - 60th Kentucky Derby: Mack Garner aboard Cavalcade wins in 2:04
1935 - Jessie Owens of US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8½"
1936 - Edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip
1936 - Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa
1938 - Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL
           records off one hurler in a single inning
1939 - Flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky
1940 - Norwegian government in exile forms in London
1941 - 2 Fokker's employees flee nazi occupied Netherlands to England
1941 - Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa
1941 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert E Sherwood (There shall be no night)
1941 - Chanel No. 5 was released.
1942 - British assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar
1942 - US begins rationing sugar during WW II
1943 - Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System
1944 - Gandhi freed from prison
1944 - Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim
1945 - Mauthausen Concentration camp liberated
1945 - Netherlands & Denmark liberated from Nazi control
1945 - Uprising against SS-occupying troops in Prague
1945 - Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated
1945 - World War II: Admiral Karl Dönitz, leader of Germany after Hitler's death, orders all U-boats
           to cease offensive operations and return to their bases.
1947 - Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 & causes $850M in damage
1947 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men)
1948 - 1st air squadron of jets aboard a carrier
1948 - Belgian government of Spaak resigns
1949 - Council of Europe forms
1949 - KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1949 - Statue of Council of Europe drawn
1949 - Tiger 2nd baseman Charlie Gehringer selected to Hall of Fame
1950 - Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand
1951 - "Out of This World" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 157 perfs
1951 - 77th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Count Turf wins in 2:02.6
1952 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Herman Wouk (Caine Mutiny)
1952 - Ron Necciai of Pitts Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits
           Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base
1954 - Military coup by general Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay
1955 - "Damn Yankees" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1022 performances
1955 - Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce
1955 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site
1955 - West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers
1956 - 82nd Kentucky Derby: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:03.4
1956 - Broekster Boys soccer team forms in Damwoude
1956 - Jim Bailey (US) runs mile a record 3:58.6 in LA Calif
1956 - World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo
1957 - Adolf Scharf elected president of Austria
1957 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
1958 - KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, NM (PBS) begins broadcasting
1958 - Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family)
1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1961 - Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7)
1962 - 88th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Decidedly wins in 2:00.4
1962 - LA Angel Bo Belinsky no-hits Balt Orioles, 2-0
1962 - West Side Story soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than
           20 weeks longer than any other album
1963 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
1964 - Separatists riot in Quebec
1965 - 1st large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam
1966 - Borussia Dortmund wins 6th Europe Cup II
1966 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2
1966 - Willie Mays hit his 512th HR
1968 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
1969 - 23rd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3
1969 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night)
1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site
1971 - "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 5 performances
1971 - Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (NYC)
1972 - Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115
1973 - 99th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:59.4
1974 - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
1975 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels)
1975 - A's release pinch runner Herb Washington (played 104 games without batting, pitching, or
           fielding He stole 30 bases, & scored 33 runs)
1976 - Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II
1976 - Train collision at Schiedam Neth, kills 24
1978 - Cin Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits
1979 - 105th Kentucky Derby: Ron Franklin on Spectacular Bid wins in 2:02.4
1979 - Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting
1979 - Voyager 1 passes Jupiter
1980 - Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos & police stormed the building
1980 - Constantine Karamanlis is elected for the first time President of Greece.
1981 - 16th & final Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-1, hold 8-7-1 edge
1983 - Bruins 5-Isles 1-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 3-2 lead
1983 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 - 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4
1985 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational
1986 - Hall of Fame & Museum announced to be built in Cleveland
1987 - Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings
1987 - Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East
1987 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1988 - Eugene A Marino installed as 1st black US archbishop
1989 - Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY
1990 - 116th Kentucky Derby: Craig Perret aboard Unbridled wins in 2:02
1990 - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren
1990 - Paul Hogan & Linda Koslowski wed in Byron Bay, Eastern Australia
1991 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
1991 - A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after a Salvadoran man is
           shot by police.
1992 - Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection
1994 - "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 50 perfs
1994 - Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections
1994 - North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen
1995 - Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics)
1996 - "Jack-Night on Town with J Barrymore" closes at Belasco after 12 perfs
1996 - Karrie Webb wins LPGA Sprint Titleholders Golf Championship
1996 - Renette Cruz, Vancouver, wins Miss Canadian Universe
1997 - "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV
1997 - Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful
2000 - Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn & Moon
2005 - The United Kingdom general election takes place, in which Tony Blair's Labour Party is re-
           elected for a third, consecutive term.
2006 - The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA).
2007 - Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507 crashes in Cameroon.
2012 - 17 people are killed and 47 missing after a flash flood in Nepal
2012 - Japan shuts down its nuclear reactors leaving the country without nuclear power for the first
           time since 1970

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 5th May


Famous Weddings

1797 - Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi
1978 - "Happy Days" actor Anson Williams (28) weds Lorrie Maheffey
1990 - "Crocodile Dundee" actors Paul Hogan (50) weds Linda Kozlowski (32) at their newly built $3
           million mansion at Faraway Possum Creek in New South Wales, Australia
2000 - Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie (24) weds actor Billy Bob Thornton (44) at The
           Little Church of The West Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
2007 - Actress and singer Brittany Murphy (29) weds writer and director Simon Monjack (37) at their
           home in Los Angeles City
2007 - "Scream" actress Neve Campbell (33) weds actor John Light (32) in Malibu
2012 - Actress Julie Benz (40) weds marketing executive Rich Orosco (39) at the historic John
           Sowden house in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles

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This Day in History for 5th May


Famous Birthdays

                                    
Communist Philosopher                               Country singer                                                  Singer-songwriter
Karl Marx (1818)                                         Tammy Wynette (1942)                                    Craig David (1981)


867 - Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)
1210 - King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)
1352 - Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king
1479 - Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)
1546 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)
1557 - Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty
1635 - Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret)
1657 - Jacques Danican Philidor, composer
1680 - Giuseppe Porsile, composer
1715 - Daniel Dal Barba, composer
1747 - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)
1749 - Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer
1764 - Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)
1800 - Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette)
1804 - Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)
1813 - Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)
1815 - Eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright
1817 - George Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899
1818 - Karl Marx, Trier, Prussia, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital), (d. 1883)
1819 - Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer
1823 - James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876
1826 - Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France
1830 - John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)
1832 - H H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States)
1833 - Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer
1834 - Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)
1835 - Leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized
1842 - Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer
1846 - Federico Chueca, composer
1846 - Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905)
1848 - Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer
1849 - Hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse
1854 - Antonio Smareglia, composer
1862 - Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya)
1863 - Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs)
1865 - Felicjan Szopski, composer
1865 - Nellie Bly, [Elizabeth Cochran Seaman], American journalist and writer (d. 1922)
1866 - Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (d. 1938)
1867 - Thomas Tertius Noble, composer
1869 - Hans Pfitzner, Russian-born composer (d. 1949)
1871 - Alberto Cametti, composer
1879 - Symon Petlyura, leader Ukraine (pogroms)
1883 - Charles Bender, only American Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame
1883 - Leopold Samuel, composer
1883 - Petar Konjovic, composer
1883 - Archibald Wavell, British general (d. 1950)
1884 - Wang Tjing-Wei, premier China (1932-35)
1885 - Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State)
1886 - Manuel Borguno, composer
1887 - Estelle Hemsley, Boston MA
1887 - Lord Geoffrey Fisher of Lambeth, archbishop of Canterbury
1889 - Herbie Taylor, cricketer (prolific South African pre- & post-WWI)
1890 - Christopher Morley, author (Kitty Foil)
1894 - Kit Guard, Denmark, actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous)
1899 - Freeman Gosden, Richmond Va, radio actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy)
1900 - Charles Jewtraw, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1924)
1900 - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German composer/conductor (Hassan gewinnt)
1900 - Mervyn A Ellison, British astronomer (spectrohelioscope)
1901 - Blind Willie McTell, American ragtime singer and guitarist (d. 1959)
1903 - James Beard, US, culinary expert/author (Delights & Prejudices)
1904 - Gordon Richards, British jockey (winner of 4,870 races)
1905 - Arnold Meijer, Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National/Black Front
1905 - Robert Houben, Belgian CVP-minister of Public health (1958)
1906 - Ursula Jeans, Simla India. actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon)
1907 - Benny Baker, St Joseph MO, actor (18 Again, Sting II, Thunderbirds)
1907 - Kenneth Muir, English scholar
1907 - Yoritsune Matsudaira, composer
1908 - Jacques Massu, French general (Algeria)
1908 - Rex Harrison, [Reginald Carey], Engld, actor (My Fair Lady, Cleopatra)
1908 - Kurt Böhme, German bass (d. 1989)
1909 - Miklos Radnoti, writer
1910 - William I Martin, US pilot/vice-admiral (WW II)
1911 - Giles Grangier, film director
1911 - Norman Oldfield, cricketer (Engl batsman one Test v WI 1939, 80 & 19)
1911 - Phillip Edmund Clinton Manson-Bahr, specialist in tropical medicine
1912 - Alice Faye, [Ann Leppert], NYC, actress (Barricade, State Fair)
1912 - W Fenton Morley, preacher
1913 - Tyrone Power, Cleve, actor (Mark of Zorro, Alexander's Ragtime Band)
1915 - Richard H Rovere, Jersey City, journalist (Goldwater Caper)
1915 - Alice Faye, American actress (d. 1998)
1916 - Mutal' Burkhanov, composer
1916 - Zail Singh, President of India (d. 1994)
1917 - Ron Saggers, cricket wicket-keeper (effective NSW & Aussie late 40's)
1918 - Erbie Bowser, pianist
1919 - George London, Montreal Canada, bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto)
1919 - Tony Canadeo, Chicago, NFL hall of fame halfback (Green Bay Packers)
1919 - Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (d. 1999)
1920 - John Hidalgo Moya, architect/designer (Skylon)
1921 - Sonja Oosterman, Dutch singer (Marketensters)
1922 - Jay D Miller, record producer
1922 - Phil Gordon, Meridian Miss, singer/actor (Jasper-Bev Hillbillies)
1923 - Godfrey Quigley, actor (Barry Lyndon, Educating Rita, Rooney)
1923 - Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (d. 2003)
1924 - Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Buenos Aires, director (Monday's Child)
1924 - Theo Olof, German/Neth violinist/prodigy/concert master
1925 - Monica Lewis, actress (Box Office)
1925 - Leo Ryan, United States Congressman (d. 1978)
1925 - Mykola Plaviuk, Rusiv, Poland, Ukranian president (1978-81), (d. 2012)
1926 - Ann B Davis, Schenectady NY, American actress (Bob Cummings Show, Alice-Brady Bunch)
1927 - Charles Rosen, NYC, pianist/musicologist (Sonata Forms)
1927 - Pat Carroll, Shrevport La, comedienne/actress (Make Room for Daddy)
1927 - Sid O'Linn, cricketer (soccer for South Africa 1947, cricket 1960)
1928 - Pierre Schoendoerffer,Chamalieres, France, director and screen-writer (The Anderson
           Platoon), (d. 2012)
1929 - John S Ragin, Newark NJ, actor (Dr Astin-Quincy ME)
1930 - Michael James Adams, USAF pilot (X-15)
1931 - Greg, Belgian comic-book writer (Achille Talon) (d, 1999)
1932 - Aurel Stroe, composer
1932 - Will Hutchins, Atwater California, actor (Sugarfoot, Hey Landlord)
1934 - Ace Cannon, American saxophonist
1935 - Douglas Marland, West Sand Lake NY, soap opera writer (Gen Hospital)
1936 - Patrick Gowers, British composer
1937 - Rob Van Gennep, publisher
1938 - Jerzy Skolimowski, Warsaw Poland, director (Hands Up, Deep End)
1938 - Johnnie Taylor, Crawfordsville, Arkansas, R&B and multi-genre singer (Disco Lady, I Believe in
           You), (d. 2000)
1938 - Michael Murphy, LA CA, actor (McCabe & Mrs Miller, Unmarried Woman)
1939 - James R Jones, (Rep-D-OK, 1973- )
1939 - Cesare Fiorio, Italian sporting director of various Formula One teams
1940 - Lance Henriksen, actor (Aliens, Pumpkinhead, Knights, Hard Target)
1941 - Aleksandr Ragulin, USSR, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
1941 - Howie Komives, NBA star (NY Knicks, Buffalo Braves)
1942 - Amy Hill, actress (Grandma-Seinfeld, Pauly Shore)
1942 - Tammy Wynette [Virginia Pugh], Redbay Alabama, country singer (Stand by your Man), (d.
           1998)
1942 - Marc Alaimo, American actor
1943 - Michael Palin, England, comedian (Monty Python, Fish Called Wanda)
1943 - Raphael, Spanish singer
1944 - Jean-Pierre Leaud, Paris France, actor (Detective)
1944 - John Rhys-Davies, Salisbury England, actor (Sir Edward-Quest, Sliders)
1944 - Roger Raised, English actor (Nicholas Nickleby)
1944 - Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer
1945 - Jiri Svoboda, composer (Accumulator 1)
1945 - Raphael, Spain, spanish singer (When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano)
1945 - Kurt Loder, Entertainment reporter
1946 - Stefania Sandrelli, Viareggio Italy, actress (Lie, Conformist, 1900)
1948 - Bill Ward, Birmingham England, heavy metal drummer (Black Sabbath)
1948 - Frank Esier-Smith, rocker
1949 - Anna Bergman, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Agent 69)
1950 - Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal, I See a Star)
1950 - Googoosh, Faegheh Atashin (فائقه آتشین), Iranian, Persian Singer & actress
1951 - Rex Goh, rock guitarist (Air Supply)
1952 - Louis Cortelezzi, rock saxophonist (Mink DeVille)
1952 - Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (d. 2005)
1953 - Billy Burnette, Memphis Tn, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
1954 - Angelo Kimball, Boston Mass, rock guitarist (Face To Face)
1954 - John Greg Adams, Scottsdale AZ, PGA golfer (1982 Hall of Fame-2nd)
1954 - Dave Spector, American television personality and commentator
1955 - Melinda Culea, Western Springs Ill, actress (A-Team, Brotherly Love)
1955 - Robert Feld, Nashville Tn, National Scrabble Champion (1990)
1956 - Dick Kemper, Amsterdam Neth, rock vocalist/bassist (Vandenberg)
1957 - Lisa Eilbacher, Dharan Saudi Arabia, actress (Beverly Hills Cop)
1957 - Thereza Bazaar, rocker (Dollar-Love's Gotta Hold on Me)
1957 - Peter Howitt, British actor and film director
1958 - Ron Arad, Israeli aircraft navigator missing in action.
1959 - Ian McCullough, rock vocalist (Echo & Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here)
1959 - Brian Phelps, American disk jockey and actor
1961 - Hiro Hase, wrestler (NJPW)
1962 - Jenifer McKitrick, American songwriter
1963 - Simon Rimmer, English chef
1963 - Heidi Kozak, American actress
1963 - James LaBrie, Canadian singer (Dream Theater)
1964 - Heike Henkel, German FR, world record indoor high jumper (1992)
1964 - Lorraine McIntosh, British pop singer (Deacon Blue-Fellow Hoodlums)
1964 - Ulrich Wilson, soccer player (FC Volendam)
1965 - Paul Frase, NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1965 - Glenn Seton, Australian racing driver
1966 - Mike Stapleton, Sarnia, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
1966 - Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth)
1967 - Brad Baxter, NFL fullback (NY Jets)
1967 - Charles Nagy, Fairfield CT, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
1967 - Takehito Koyasu, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
1967 - Maro Mavri, Greek fashion model and actress
1968 - Craig Hendrickson, CFL tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1968 - Michael Titley, WLAF TE (London Monarchs)
1968 - Robert David Burns, Mission Hills CA, PGA golfer (1994 Buick-5th)
1968 - Tim Neilsen, cricket wicket-keeper (South Australian 1991)
1969 - Bryan Ivie, Torrance California, volleyball middle blocker (Oly-br-92, 96)
1970 - Harold Nash, CFL halfback (Montreal Alouettes)
1970 - LaPhonso Ellis, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
1970 - Kyan Douglas, American TV-personality
1970 - Juan Acevedo, baseball player
1970 - Naomi Klein, Canadian author and activist
1970 - Will Arnett, Canadian-American actor
1970 - Soheil Ayari, French racer
1971 - Harold Miner, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1971 - Keith Hamilton, defensive end (NY Giants)
1971 - Ken Brown, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
1971 - Reggie Jones, wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
1971 - David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (d. 2005)
1972 - Barrett Brooks, NFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1972 - Brigitta Boccoli, Milan Italy, actress (Manhattan Baby)
1972 - Janelle Lynn Canady, Miss Alaska USA (1996)
1972 - Mikael Renberg, Pitea Swe, NHL right wing (Phila Flyers, TB Lightning)
1972 - Mike Hollis, kicker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1972 - Ron Snook, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1972 - Rushia Brown, WNBA forward/center (Cleveland Rockers)
1972 - Travis Jervey, NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 - Wendy Kaye, Memphis Tenn, playmate (Jul, 1991)
1972 - Zigmund Palffy, Skalica Slo, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
1972 - James Cracknell, British rowing champion, double Olympic gold medalist
1973 - Johan Hedberg, Nacka SWE, hockey goalie (Team Sweden, Oly-1998)
1973 - Matt Dubuc, CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts)
1973 - Muhsin Muhammad, wide receiver (Carolina Panthers)
1973 - Tina Yothers, Whittier California, actresss (Jennifer-Family Ties)
1974 - Seiji Ara, Japanese racing driver
1975 - Christine Buschur, Eagle River Alaska, Miss America-Alaska (1997)
1976 - Sage Stallone, Sylvester's son/actor (Rocky V)
1976 - Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer
1976 - Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentine footballer
1977 - Tiffany Roberts, Petaluma California, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96)
1977 - Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress
1978 - Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer
1978 - Morgan Pehme, American filmmaker and writer
1978 - Santiago Cabrera, Chilean actor
1979 - Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
1980 - Bonnie Lynn Gagnon, Miss New Hampshire Teen USA (1997)
1980 - Yossi Benayoun, Israeli Footballer
1980 - DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player
1981 - Danielle Christine Fishel, Mesa AZ, actress (Topanga-Boy Meets World)
1981 - Marcelle Bittar, Brazilian supermodel
1981 - Chris Duncan, baseball player
1981 - Craig David, Southhampton England, English singer (7 Days, Insomnia)
1982 - Wouter D'Haene, Belgian flatwater canoer
1982 - Randall Gay, National Football League player
1982 - Edyta Sliwinska, Polish ballroom dancer
1982 - Jay Bothroyd, English footballer
1982 - Dieter Brummer, Australian TV Actor
1983 - Henry Cavill, English actor
1983 - Scott Ware, American footballer
1984 - Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist (Alexisonfire)
1984 - Eve Torres, American dancer and model
1985 - Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, illustrator and singer
1985 - Terrence Wheatley, American Football player
1985 - P. J. Tucker, American basketball player
1987 - Marija Šestić, Bosnian singer
1988 - Jessica Dubroff, American aviator (d. 1996)
1988 - Brooke Hogan, American singer
1988 - Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer and songwriter
1988 - Adele, English singer
1989 - Chris Brown, American singer
1990 - Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg, NYC, daughter of Caroline

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 5th May


Famous Deaths

                   
French Emperor                                          Nobel Peace Laureate
Napoleon Bonaparte (1821)                     Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1959)


200 - Sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175)
311 - Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50
984 - Gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia
1028 - Alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle
1194 - Casimir II, the Just, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies. Born 1138
1219 - King Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150)
1309 - Charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies
1504 - Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82
1525 - Frederik III, the Wise, ruler of Saxon (1486-1525), dies at 62
1582 - Charlotte de Bourbon, Princess of Orange, dies
1586 - Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529)
1604 - Claudio Merulo, Italian organist/composer, dies at 71
1613 - Johann Steuerlein, composer, dies at 66
1672 - Samuel Cooper, English painter (b. 1609)
1678 - Anna M van Schurman, Dutch poet/spoke 10 languages, dies at about 70
1702 - Jacob Hintze, composer, dies at 79
1705 - Leopold I von Hapsburg, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at 64
1766 - Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
1786 - Pedro III, King of Portugal, dies
1801 - Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 74
1808 - Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (b. 1757)
1811 - Robert Mylne, Scottish architect (b. 1734)
1821 - French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1799-1815), dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena
1827 - Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1806-27), dies at 76
1831 - Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer, dies at 65
1837 - Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85
1840 - Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer, dies at 67
1840 - Matthaus Fischer, composer, dies at 76
1855 - Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (b. 1786)
1859 - Peter G L Dirichlet, German mathematician, dies at 53
1864 - Alexander Hays, US Union-general-major, dies in battle at 44
1864 - John Marshall Jones, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 43
1864 - Leroy A Stafford, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 42
1875 - Jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch MP (1848-75), dies at 71
1885 - Lauro Rossi, composer, dies at 73
1886 - Joseph Albert, German photographer (Albertotype), dies at 61
1892 - Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer, dies at 80
1892 - August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (b. 1818)
1896 - Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
1900 - Ivan Aivazovsky, Russian painter (b. 1817)
1902 - Bret Harte, writer, dies at 65
1909 - Pauline Staegeman, German feminist, dies
1921 - Alfred H Fried, Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel 1911), dies
1927 - Charles Boissevain, editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies
1931 - Glen Kidston, British aviator and racing driver (b. 1899)
1941 - Natalija Obrenović, Queen of Serbia (b. 1859)
1942 - Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
1945 - Peter Van Pels, Jewish Refugee (b. 1926)
1947 - Ty LaForest, Canadian baseball player (b. 1917)
1951 - Eddie Dunn, comedian (Face to Face, Spin the Picture), dies at 54
1956 - Charles R Gallas, lexicographer (French Dictionary), dies at 88
1957 - Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer, dies at 74
1959 - Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician, dies at 80
1960 - Sulho Ranta, composer, dies at 58
1962 - Ernest Tyldesley, cricketer (990 runs in 14 Tests for England), dies
1963 - Heinrich Gebhard, composer, dies
1963 - Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (Stijl), dies at 73
1968 - Albert Dekker, dies of accidental suffocation at 62
1969 - Ben Alexander, actor (Frank Smith-Dragnet), dies at 57
1971 - Alice Tissot, actress (Italian Straw Hat), dies of cancer at 81
1971 - Petro Scaglione, Italian procureur-general, killed by Mafia
1971 - Violet Jessop, Titanic survivor (b. 1887)
1972 - Rev Gary David, vocalist, dies at 76
1976 - Thomas Burnett Swann, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47
1977 - Ludwig Erhard, German minister of Economic Affairs (CDU), dies at 80
1978 - Alfred H H Gilligan, cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies
1979 - Shirley O'Hara, actress (Wild Party), dies at 68
1980 - Edmond Vandercammen, Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79
1981 - Bobby Sands, IRA activist/terrorist dies in the 66th day of his hunger strike
1983 - John Williams, actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), dies at 80
1983 - Horst Schumann, Nazi physician (b. 1901)
1985 - Sir Donald Bailey, British civil engineer (b. 1901)
1986 - Jon William Haussermann Jr, composer, dies at 76
1986 - Rui Coelho, composer, dies at 94
1988 - George Rose, actor (Devil's Disciple, Hideaways), dies at 68
1988 - Tamara Pos, Suriname/Dutch activist
1988 - Michael Shaara, American author (b. 1928)
1989 - Frank Easton, cricket wicketkeeper (NSW 1933-39), dies
1991 - William De Acutis, dies at 33
1992 - Ben Frommer, dies at 78
1992 - Dick Yarmy, dies of lung cancer at 58
1992 - Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor (Golden Salamander), dies at 64
1992 - Stefano d'Arrigo, Siciilian writer, dies at 72
1993 - Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], Indies guru, dies at 73
1993 - Irving Howe, US writer/critic (Dissent), dies at 72
1993 - Lenore Kingston Jenson, dies of cancer at 79
1994 - Hein Salomonson, architect, dies at about 83
1994 - Joe Layton, director (Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip), dies at 63
1995 - Anthony Wagner, genealogist, dies at 86
1995 - Bernard Benjamin Gillis, judge, dies at 89
1995 - Esther Waterhouse, doctor/methodist, dies at 86
1995 - James Pack, naval officer museum curator, dies at 81
1995 - Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington, engineer, dies at 75
1995 - Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik, world chess champ, dies
1995 - Thomas Eden Binkley, musician, dies at 63
1996 - Ai Qing, poet, dies at 86
1996 - Beryl Burton, cyclist, dies at 58
1997 - Walter Gotell, German actor (b. 1924)
2000 - Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (b. 1914)
2001 - Clifton Hillegass, American writer and publisher
2001 - Raymond Kessler, American midget wrestler
2002 - Hugo Banzer, Bolivian dictator (b. 1926)
2002 - Paul Klipsch, American engineer, noted for his loudspeaker designs. (b. 1904)
2002 - George Sidney, American film director (b. 1916)
2003 - Walter Sisulu, South African activist (b. 1912)
2004 - Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
2006 - Naushad Ali, Indian composer (b. 1919)
2007 - Theodore Harold Maiman, Inventor (b. 1927)
2008 - Irv Robbins, Canadian-American entrepreneur (b. 1917)
2011 - Yosef Merimovich, Israeli football player and manager (b. 1924)
2011 - Claude Choules, last surviving World War I veteran (b. 1901)

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 6th May


Historical Events

                                   
The Sun King Louis XIV                                   Confederate General                        Baseball Great Babe Ruth
                                                                          James Longstreet

                                   
Author John Steinbeck                        Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin        Racing Car Driver Mario Andretti

                 
Actor Tom Cruise                                     King of Pop Michael Jackson


1312 - Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna
1527 - Spanish & German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance
1529 - Battle at Gogra: Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans & Bengals
1536 - King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church
1542 - Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
1598 - Arch duke Albrecht & Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands
1604 - Leon VII Spanish poet's first poem is published: La Cocina.
1626 - Dutch colonist Peter Minuit buys Manhattan Island from local Indians for 60 guilders worth of
           trinkets
1642 - Ville Marie (Montreal) forms
1644 - Johan Mauritius resigns as governor of Brazil
1648 - Battle at Zolty Wody-Bohdan Chmielricki's Cossaks beat John II Casimir
1672 - Brandenburgs monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands
1682 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles.
1733 - 1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni
1753 - French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle
1757 - Battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army
1787 - 1st Black Masonic Lodge (African # 459) forms Prince Hall, Boston
1794 - Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France
1804 - Suriname sold to English (until Feb, 1816)
1833 - John Deere makes 1st steel plow
1835 - James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald (price 1 cent).
1840 - 1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain)
1844 - Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote
1848 - Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony
1851 - Dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine"
1851 - Linus Yale patents Yale-lock
1851 - New slave regulations go into effect in Suriname
1851 - SF Chamber of Commerce starts
1853 - 1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut)
1860 - SF Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club forms
1860 - Giuseppe Garibaldi's Mille sets sail from Genoa to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
1861 - Arkansas & Tennessee becomes 9th & 10th states to secede from US
1861 - Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy
1864 - Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA
1864 - Battle of Wilderness-Gen Longstreet seriously injured
1864 - General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta Georgia
1882 - Chinese Exclusion Act: US Congress ceases Chinese immigration
1882 - Epping Forest England dedicated by Queen Victoria
1882 - Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed and killed during the Phoenix
           Park Murders in Dublin.
1889 - Universal Exposition opens in Paris, Eiffel Tower completed
1890 - Mormon Church renounces polygamy [1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)]
1891 - Conductors on London General Omnibus Company go on strike
1895 - 21st Kentucky Derby: Soup Perkins aboard Halma wins in 2:37.50
1896 - 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins in 2:07.75
1902 - British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon; 739 die
1902 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" (BG)
1902 - Zulu assault at Holkrantz South-Africa
1903 - Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers
1904 - American Lung Association holds its 1st meeting
1906 - "Temporary" permit to erect overhead wires on Market St SF
1907 - 33rd Kentucky Derby: Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in 2:12.6
1910 - King George V ascends to British throne
1910 - George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
1913 - King Nikita I of Montenegro vacates Skoetari, North-Albania
1914 - British House of Lords rejects women suffrage
1915 - Allies attack Cape Helles, Hellespont
1915 - German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland
1915 - Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut & 1st HR, loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15
1916 - Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa
1917 - St Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chic White Sox, 3-0
1919 - Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; Ger E Africa is assigned to Britain &
           France, German SW Africa to South Africa
1921 - American Soccer League forms
1925 - Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884
1929 - AL announces it will discontinue MVP award
1929 - NY to SF footrace begins
1933 - 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8
1933 - Italy & USSR sign trade agreement
1934 - Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl
           Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, & B Walters
1935 - British King George & Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee
1935 - KTM-AM in Los Angeles California changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC)
1935 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Audrey Wurdemann (Bright Ambush)
1937 - Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, NJ (36 die)
1938 - Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state"
           (Hitler)
1939 - 1st performance of Honegger/Claudel's "Jeanne d'Arc Ouch B-cher"
1939 - 65th Kentucky Derby: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:03.4
1940 - Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath)
1941 - Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia
1941 - At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
1942 - Corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies
1943 - British 1st army opens assault on Tunis
1944 - 70th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 2:04.2
1944 - KJR-AM in Seattle Wash swaps calls with KOMO
1945 - Gen J Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands
1945 - World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops (first was on
           December 11, 1941).
1946 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur M Schlesinger (Age of Jackson)"
1948 - "Sally" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 36 performances
1950 - "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 perfs
1950 - 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6
1951 - Pitts Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0
1953 - Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Phila A's, 6-0
1954 - Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4)
1955 - West Germany joins NATO
1956 - Gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header
1956 - WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 - Italian government of Segni resigns
1957 - Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV
1957 - Pulitzer prize awarded to John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage)
1959 - Iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships
1960 - Pres Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960
1960 - Students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta
1960 - Trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramon Mercader), freed in Mexico
1961 - 87th Kentucky Derby: John Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 2:04
1961 - Omer Vanaudenhove chosen chairman of Belgium Liberal Party
1962 - 1st nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen)
1962 - Antonio Segni elected president of Italy
1962 - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament
1962 - Pathet Lao breaks cease fire/conquerors Nam Tha Laos
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
1963 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August)
1964 - Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr Sloan," premieres in London
1965 - Lawry & Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against W Indies
1966 - Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin
1966 - Most runs scored in 11th inning (9) Phils score 5 to beat Pirates 8-7
1966 - Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors Murders in
           England.
1967 - 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College
1967 - 93rd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Ussery on Proud Clarion wins in 2:00.6
1967 - Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22)
1967 - Zakir Hussain elected 1st Moslem president of India
1968 - Battle between students & troops in Paris, 1000 injured
1968 - Giants reliever Lindy McDaniel sets NL record of 225th consecutive errorless game (108
           chances consecutively since June 16, 1964)
1968 - Spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards
1970 - Yuchiro Miura of Japan skies down Mt Everest
1972 - 98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:01.8
1972 - Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to
           overthrow the Constitutional order.
1973 - 1st WHA championship, New England Whalers beat Win Jets, 4 games to 1
1973 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic
1974 - A's pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Balt ends his
           record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games
1974 - Bundy victim Roberta Parks disappears from OSU, Corvallis, Ore
1974 - Smallest attendance at Phila's Veterans Stadium (4,149)
1974 - Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London
1974 - W German chancellor W Brandt resigns
1975 - Bundy victim Lynette Culver disappears from Pocatello, Idaho
1975 - Early warnings provided by REACT (ham radio operators) means only
1975 - 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska
1976 - An earthquake strikes Friuli, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
1977 - "Beatles at Hollywood Bowl," released in UK
1978 - 104th Kentucky Derby: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 2:01.2
1978 - South Africa military goes into Angola
1979 - Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m
1979 - Louis LaRusso II's "Knockout," premieres in NYC
1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1981 - "Inacent Black" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 14 performances
1981 - Mariners manager Maury Wills is fired & replaced by Rene Lachemann
1981 - US expels Libyan diplomats
1982 - Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games
1984 - Balt Oriole Cal Ripken Jr hits for cycle
1984 - Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election
1985 - 17th Space Shuttle Mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 lands at Edwards AFB
1986 - Berlin: Real Madrid wins 15th UEFA Cup
1986 - Donald E Pelotte becomes 1st native American bishop
1986 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1987 - Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice
1987 - Mario Andretti sets one-lap speed record at Indy at 218.204 MPH
1987 - Niroslav Milhailovic begins 54 hours of telling jokes
1987 - PTL's Jim Bakker & Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God
1987 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 - Graeme Hick scores 405 for Worcs v Somerset 35 fours 11 sixes
1988 - Doughnutgate incident: NJ Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to 'eat
           another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended
1989 - 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05
1990 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
1990 - Former president PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party
1990 - Tom Cruise is ticketed for careless operation of a vehicle in SC
1991 - Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
1991 - Seppo Raty of Finland sets javelin record to 301' 9"
1991 - Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) lands
1992 - NY Met Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games
1992 - Werder Bremen wins 32nd Europe Cup II
1993 - STS-55 (Columbia) lands
1994 - Chunnel linking England & France officially opens
1994 - Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on Tonight Show
1994 - House passes the assault weapons ban
1994 - Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 - Nelson Mandela & his ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa
1995 - 121st Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Thunder Gulch wins in 2:01.2
1995 - ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby
1995 - Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV
1996 - Guatemala's leftist guerrillas sign key accord with government of President Alvaro Arzu aimed
           at ending 35 years of civil war
1996 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford CT on WCCC 106.9 FM
1996 - The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern
           Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
1997 - Army Staff Sgt Delmar Simpson gets 25-year sentence for rape
1997 - Michael Jackson & Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1997 - NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes
1997 - Rick Pitino becomes coach of Boston Celtics
1997 - The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change
           in the bank's 300-year history.
1998 - Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger
           Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his 5th career start.
2001 - During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
2002 - Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is shot and killed by an animal rights activist.
2004 - The season finale of the sitcom Friends airs
2008 - Chaiten Volcano erupts in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
2010 - The second largest intraday point swing in Dow Jones Industrial Average history occurs.
2012 - Francois Hollande elected President of France
2012 - Greece parliamentary election results in 60% support for parties opposed to austerity
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