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This Day in History for 23rd May


Famous Weddings

1953 - John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy (31) weds activist and attorney Sargent Shriver at
           Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York City
1992 - "Once and Again" actress Sela Ward (35) weds actor Howard Sherman (42)
2004 - Singer-guitarist Michelle Branch (21) weds musician Teddy Landau at Isla Pardito, Mexico
2012 - Grammy-winning Spanish pop star Alejandro Sanz (43) weds longtime girlfriend Raquel Perera
           (37) in Barcelona

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This Day in History for 23rd May


Famous Divorces

1533 - King Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon's marriage declared null & void by authority English clergy
           not the Pope

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This Day in History for 23rd May


Famous Birthdays

                                   
King of France King Philip I (1052)                    Singer-Songwriter                        74 Time Jeopardy Champion
                                                                        Jewel Kilcher (1974)                            Ken Jennings (1974)


1052 - King Philip I of France (d. 1108)
1100 - Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)
1598 - Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized
1606 - Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)
1617 - Elias Ashmole, antiquary
1620 - Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized
1644 - Thomas Eisenhut, composer
1696 - Johann Caspar Vogler, composer
1707 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and the Father of Taxonomy (d. 1778)
1710 - Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)
1718 - William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer
1729 - Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)
1734 - Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)
1735 - Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author
1737 - Louis Francois Chambray, composer
1741 - Andrea Lucchesi, composer
1753 - Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer
1754 - Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)
1756 - Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer
1759 - Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer
1790 - Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)
1794 - Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer
1795 - Charles Barry, architect
1799 - Thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)
1812 - Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)
1813 - Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1820 - James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)
1820 - Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891)
1824 - Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers)
1828 - Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)
1832 - Pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer
1834 - Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890)
1837 - James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1843 - Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer
1844 - `Abdu'l-Bahá, Successor to Prophet of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1921)
1848 - Helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff (WW I)
1848 - Otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator
1851 - Antoni Stolpe, composer
1862 - William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99
1864 - Louis Glass, composer
1865 - Epitácio Pessoa, President of Brazil (d. 1942)
1866 - Gustav Aschaffenburg, German psychiatrist/criminalologist
1871 - Sigurd Lie, composer
1873 - Leo Baeck, rabbi/president (World Union for Progressive Judaism)
1875 - Alfred P. Sloan, American long-time president and chairman of General Motors (d. 1966)
1879 - Dezső Lauber, Hungarian sportsman (d. 1966)
1882 - James Gleason, NYC, writer/actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool)
1883 - Douglas Fairbanks, Denver CO, actor (Zorro/3 Musketeers/Robin Hood)
1884 - Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist (d. 1965)
1887 - Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1963)
1888 - Adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet (Raged & Tired)
1888 - Zack Wheat, American baseball player (d. 1972)
1889 - Ernst Niekisch, German politician (d. 1967)
1890 - Herbert Marshall, London, actor (Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes)
1890 - Virginia Eames, Ft Davis TX, entertainer
1891 - Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1974)
1893 - Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1977)
1896 - Felix Martin Julius Steiner, German Heer and Waffen-SS officer (d. 1966)
1898 - Frank McHugh, actor (Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young)
1898 - Joseph Hazen, lawyer
1898 - Scott O'Dell, American author (d. 1989)
1900 - Hans Frank, German Nazi war criminal (d. 1946)
1901 - Edmund Rubbra, Northampton England, composer (Morning Watch) [or 3/23]
1902 - Mark Lothar, composer
1903 - Walter Reisch, US, screenwriter (Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic)
1906 - Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer
1907 - Kenneth Allen, engineer
1907 - Matthew Campbell, British senior civil servant
1908 - John Bardeen, US, physicist (transistor, Nobel 1956, 1972)
1908 - Max Abramovitz, US architect (Lincoln Center, UN Building)
1909 - Edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat
1910 - Artie Shaw, [Arthur Arshawsky], NYC, bandleader (Come'on my House)
1910 - Franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter
1910 - Hugh Casson CH, architect
1910 - Scatman Crothers, [Benjamin], Terre Haute IN, actor (Zapped, Shining)
1910 - Margaret Wise Brown, American author (d. 1952)
1911 - Boris Kremenliev, composer
1911 - Melvin M Payne, president (National Geographic Society)
1912 - David Barran, CEO (Midland Bank, England)
1912 - John Payne, Roanoke Va, actor (Restless Gun)
1912 - Marius Goring, Isle of Wight, actor (Herr Palitz-Holocaust)
1912 - Samuel Curran, vice chancellor (Strathclyde University)
1913 - Ian Graeme, major-general
1913 - Ruth Fernandez legendary singer from Puerto Rico
1914 - Alec Dickson, founder (VSO)
1914 - Barbara Ward, economist/writer (Only One Earth)
1914 - Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine)
1914 - Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher
1915 - Clyde Wiegand, physicist
1916 - M Jean Francaix, composer
1916 - Margaret Hayden Rector, playwright (living legacy award 1995)
1917 - Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008)
1918 - Bulent Arel, composer
1918 - Bumps Blackwell, rocker
1918 - Denis Compton, cricketer (England batsman 1938-56 & Arsenal forward)
1919 - Betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family)
1919 - Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary
1919 - Ruth Fernandez, Ponce, Puerto Rico, singer (When you Return), politician, (d. 2012)
1920 - Helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola)
1920 - Sid Melton, Bkln NY, actor (Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas)
1921 - Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor (It's Great to Be Young)
1921 - James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Star Trek Reader)
1921 - Loren Tindall, OK, actor (Meet Me on Broadway, Girl of Limberlost)
1921 - Montague Modlyn, broadcaster
1921 - Sanderson Temple, circuit judge
1922 - Dennis Compton, author/crickleter
1923 - Alicia de Larrocha, Copenhagen Denmark, pianist (Orquesta Sinfonica)
1923 - Nirode Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52)
1924 - Desmond Carrington, British radio host (Jim-Calamity the Cow)
1924 - Michael McCrum, master (Corpus Christi College Cambridge)
1924 - V N Swamy, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1955, DNB, 0-45)
1925 - Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)
1925 - Mac Wiseman, American musician
1928 - Nigel Davenport, Cambridge England, actor (Without a Clue, Masada)
1928 - Nina Otkalenko, USSR, 800m runner (9 world records)
1928 - Rosemary Clooney, Kentucky, singer/paper towels spokeswoman (Coronet)
1928 - Jeannie Carson, English actress and comedian
1928 - Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (d. 1998)
1929 - Joe Modise, South African commandant of Umkhonto we Sizwe (1965- )
1929 - Ulla Jacobson, Swedish actress (One Summer of Happiness)
1930 - Richard Anuszkiewicz, Erie, Pa, painter
1930 - Friedrich Achleitner, German poet
1931 - Barbara Barrie, Chicago, actress (Breaking Away, Barney Miller)
1932 - James Lester, MP
1932 - John Lyons, Cambridge England, Master (Trinity Hall)
1933 - Bruce A Peterson, US test pilot (M2, HL-10)
1933 - Gerrit J M Braks, Dutch minister of agriculture & land & fishing (CDA)
1933 - Joan Henrietta Collins, London, actress (Alexis-Dynasty, Bitch)
1934 - Malcolm Gill, deputy head (Bank for Intl Settlements)
1934 - Robert A Moog, inventor (Moog Synthesizer)
1935 - Juliet Campbell, British ambassador (to Luxembourg)
1935 - Lord Grenfell, head of External affairs European office, world bank
1936 - Charles Kimbrough, actor (Murphy Brown)
1936 - Douglas John Gorman, businessman
1936 - Robert Sangster, horse owner/trainer
1936 - Ingeborg Hallstein, German opera singer
1937 - John Mazza, horse trainer
1938 - John R Miller, (Rep-R-WA, 1985- )
1938 - Peter Preston, editor (Guardian)
1939 - Ron Stevens, horse trainer
1939 - Michel Colombier, French composer and songwriter (d. 2004)
1941 - Jackson Hill, composer
1942 - K. Raghavendra Rao, Indian film director
1942 - Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher
1942 - Zalman King, Trenton, New Jersey, actor and director (Wild Orchid), (d. 2012)
1943 - John Newcombe, Australia, tennis pro (Wimbledon 1967, 70, 71)
1943 - Lars-Ake Nilsson, diplomat
1943 - Norman Johnson, singer/songwriter
1943 - Peter Kenilorea, PM Solomon Islands
1944 - General George Norman Johnson, US singer (Down at the Beach Club)
1944 - Giles Smith, TV journalist
1944 - Olga Maitland, MP
1944 - Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood, US drummer (Funkadelic, Knee Deep)
1945 - Elliott Bernerd, English broker/multi-millionaire
1945 - Lauren Chapin, actress (Kathy-Father Knows Best)
1945 - Misty Morgan, country keyboardist (duo with Jack Blanchard)
1945 - Padmarajan, Indian film director (d. 1991)
1946 - Tom Dorris, horse trainer
1946 - Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor
1946 - H. Paul Shuch, American SETI scientist
1947 - Ann Hui, director (Boat People)
1947 - Jonathan Pryce, North Wales, stage actor (Miss Saigon)
1947 - Bernard Comrie, English linguist
1947 - Jane Kenyon, American poet (d. 1995)
1948 - Reggie Cleveland, baseball player
1949 - Alan Garcia Perez, pres of Peru (1985-90)
1950 - Linda Thompson, Memphis Tn, actress (Hee Haw)
1951 - Anatoli Karpov, USSR, world chess champion (1975-85)
1951 - Judy Rodman, Riverside California, country singer (Girls Ride Horses Too)
1951 - Antonis Samaras, Greek politician
1952 - "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, NJ, middleweight boxing champ (1982-83)
1952 - Deborah Adair, actress (Tracey-Dynasty, Kate-Day of Our Life)
1952 - James Mankey, rocker (Concrete Blonde)
1952 - Anne-Marie David, French singer
1955 - John Stevens, MEP
1956 - Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician
1956 - Mark Shaw, New Zealand rugby footballer
1956 - Buck Showalter, American baseball player and manager
1957 - Jimmy McShane, Pop singer (Baltimora-Tarzan Boy)
1957 - Mark Arnold, American actor
1958 - Shelly West, Cleve OH, country singer (Red Hot, West by West)
1958 - Thomas Reiter, Germany, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-22)
1958 - Mitch Albom, American writer
1958 - François Feldman, French singer
1959 - Linden Ashby, actor (Mortal Kombat)
1959 - Marcella Mesker, Netherlands, tennis star
1961 - Dave Babych, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
1961 - Drew Carey, Cleve Oh, actor/comedian (Drew-Drew Carey Show)
1961 - Kevin Romine, baseball player
1962 - Karen Duffy, [Duff], NYC, MTV VJ/actress (Meet Wally Sparks)
1962 - Keith Brantley, Scott AFB Ill, marathoner (Olympics-96)
1962 - Imran Anwar, Pakistani Internet pioneer and American TV personality
1964 - Kenny Gattison, NBA forward (Orlando Magic)
1964 - Staci Greason, Denver, actress (Isabella Toscando-Days of Our Lives)
1964 - Ruth Metzler-Arnold, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1965 - James Hasty, NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs)
1965 - Lilian Drescher, Venezuela, tennis star
1965 - Woorkeri Venkat Raman, cricketer (Indian slow left-arm all-rounder)
1965 - Tom Tykwer, German film director
1965 - Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Real Madrid footballer
1966 - Gary Roberts, North York, NHL left wing (Calgary Flames)
1966 - Graeme Hick, cricketer (in Zimbabwe Massive run-scorer for Worcs)
1967 - Craig John Monk, Auckland NZ, finn class yachter (Olympics-96)
1967 - Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
1968 - Daryl Hobbs, NFL wide receiver (Oakland Raiders)
1968 - Tiffany Rochelle-Anderson, Laguna Beach Ca, WPVA (Nationals-13th-1995)
1968 - Guinevere Turner, American actress
1969 - Pat Hurst, San Leandro CA, LPGA golfer (1995 Rolex Rookie of the Year)
1969 - Ramon Caraballo, baseball player
1970 - Grahae Hick, cricketer
1970 - Ricky Gutierrez, Miami FL, infielder (Houston Astros)
1970 - Yigal Amir, Israeli assassin of Yitzhak Rabin
1970 - Nanette Burstein, American director/producer
1970 - Bryan Herta, American race car driver
1970 - Blake Schwendiman, American author
1971 - Issac Booth, NFL cornerback/safety (Cleveland Browns)
1971 - Joseph Rogers, CFL receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1971 - Marshall Boze, San Manual AZ, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
1971 - Laurel Holloman, American actress
1972 - Isabelle Fijalkowski, WNBA center/forward (Cleveland Rockers)
1972 - Marco van Hoogdalem, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
1972 - Rene Ingoglia, running back (Buffalo Bills)
1972 - Shannon Brown, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 - Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian formula one driver
1973 - Verna Vasquez, Miss Universe-best swimsuit (Curacao, 1997)
1974 - Duane Clemons, linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
1974 - Jewel Kilcher, Payson, Utah, American singer-songwriter (Pieces of You)
1974 - Kimber West, Atlanta GA, playmate (Feb 1997)
1974 - Ken Jennings, American game show contestant
1974 - Matt Hindle, Canadian bobsledder
1974 - Mónica Naranjo, Spanish singer
1975 - Vincent Goossens, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
1975 - Kim Sung-soo, South Korean actor
1976 - Kelly Marie Monaco, Phila PA, playmate (April, 1997)
1976 - Melanie Joyce Bell, Vernon New Jersey, Miss America-New Jersey (1997)
1976 - Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer
1978 - Scott Raynor, American drummer (formerly of blink-182)
1978 - Mike González, American baseball player
1978 - Carolyn Moos, American model and professional basketball player
1979 - Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Kirk Saarloos, American baseball player
1979 - Rasual Butler, American basketball player
1980 - Sarah Louise Catherwood, Christchurch NZ, 4x200m swimmer (Oly-96)
1980 - Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
1980 - Lane Garrison, American actor
1981 - Gwenno Saunders, Former Welsh dancer, now singer with The Pipettes
1982 - Cyrill Gloor, Swiss footballer
1982 - Malene Mortensen, Danish singer
1982 - Tristan Prettyman, American musician
1983 - Cristiano Bilanzola, Canadian musician and film-maker
1983 - Alex Shelley, American professional wrestler
1983 - Heidi Range, English singer (Sugababes)
1984 - Adam Wylie, actor (Picket Fences)
1985 - Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
1986 - Ruben Zadkovich, Australian soccer player
1988 - Morgan Pressel, American golfer

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This Day in History for 23rd May


Famous Deaths

                                   
Pirate Legend William Kidd (1701)                    American Outlaw                                    Oil Industrialist
                                                                       Bonnie Parker (1934)                        John D Rockefeller (1937)


1125 - Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies
1304 - Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer
1423 - Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies
1498 - Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45
1523 - Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)
1524 - Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)
1568 - Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27
1627 - Luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies
1648 - Luis de Nain, painter, dies
1662 - John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)
1668 - Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried
1670 - Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)
1684 - Adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48
1691 - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)
1701 - William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock
1752 - William Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663)
1754 - John Wood, architect/town planner, dies
1783 - James Otis, American lawyer, dies
1785 - William Woollett, engraver, dies
1786 - Móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746)
1813 - Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772)
1825 - Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia
1834 - Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76
1838 - John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75
1841 - Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76
1842 - Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34
1846 - Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778)
1851 - Lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69
1855 - Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797)
1857 - Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789)
1860 - Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies
1867 - Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74
1868 - Kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809)
1875 - Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78
1881 - Kit Carson, frontiersman, dies
1881 - Leopold von Ranke, historian, dies
1883 - Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda), dies
1886 - Leopold von Ranke, German historian (b. 1795)
1887 - Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer, dies at 74
1891 - Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73
1893 - Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (b. 1805)
1895 - Franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/physicist, dies at 96
1897 - Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back), dies at 34
1905 - Martinus W van AA Meerbeke, head-editor (Time), dies at 75
1906 - Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78
1908 - Francois Coppee, French poet, dies
1920 - Svetozar Boroević, Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
1926 - Hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73
1934 - Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush at 23
1934 - Clyde Barrow, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush
1937 - John Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla
1937 - John D Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist, dies at 97
1938 - Philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70
1940 - Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies
1940 - Paul Nizan, French journalist/writer (Ce Soir/Aden Arabia), dies at 35
1941 - Lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies
1941 - Slavko Osterc, composer, dies at 45
1947 - C F Ramuz, writer, dies at 68
1952 - Georg Alfred Schumann, composer, dies at 85
1954 - H R Bromley-Davenport, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England), dies
1960 - Georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies
1961 - Joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53
1965 - David Smith, sculptor, dies
1965 - Earl Webb, American baseball player (b. 1897)
1966 - Ruth Gates, Denton TX, actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79
1966 - Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (b. 1902)
1967 - Philip Coolidge, actor (I Want to Live, Tingler), dies at 58
1967 - Sanne Sannes, photographer, dies at 30
1968 - James Burke, actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81
1968 - Merle Kendrick, orchestra leader (Window on the World), dies at 72
1969 - Diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at 79
1969 - Jimmy McHugh, composer (Can't Give You Anything But Love), dies at 74
1969 - Peter Alma, painter/graphic artist, dies at 83
1970 - Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at 68
1973 - Athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57
1974 - Kathleen Cannell, writer, dies
1975 - Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81
1979 - Hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79
1981 - George Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83
1981 - Rayner Heppenstall, English novelist (d. 1911)
1981 - David Lewis, Canadian labour lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
1983 - Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84
1986 - Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70
1987 - Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86
1988 - David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73
1989 - Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian theatre director (b. 1915)
1991 - Jean van Houte, Belgian premier, dies
1991 - Peter T Thwaites, British brig-gen/playwright (Love or money), dies
1991 - William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician (Shamen), dies at 30
1991 - Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
1992 - Atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine singer/composer/poet/guitarist, dies
1992 - Giovanni Falcone, anti-mafia judge (Palermo), murdered
1993 - James Millhollin, actor (Anston Foster-Grindl), dies at 77
1994 - Carl Althoff, German circus director, dies at 82
1994 - Joe Pass, US jazz guitarist (The Trio), dies at 65
1994 - Ray Candy, American professional wrestler (b. 1951)
1996 - Dorothy Hyson, actress (Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go), dies at 81
1996 - Kronid Arkadyevich Lyubarsky, human rights activist, dies at 61
1996 - Patrick Cargill, actor (Up Pompeii, Magic Christian), dies at 77
1996 - Rob Hall, New Zealand high altitude climber (b. 1941)
1996 - Scott Fischer, American high altitude climber (b. 1955)
1999 - Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1965)
2002 - Sam Snead, American golfer (b. 1912)
2003 - Jean Yanne, French actor and director (b. 1933)
2004 - Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (b. 1919)
2006 - Clifford Antone, American businessman (b. 1949)
2006 - Lloyd Bentsen, American politician (b. 1921)
2006 - Frits Bernard, American activist (b. 1920)
2006 - Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer (b. 1921)
2008 - David Mitton, British television director (b. 1939)
2009 - Roh Moo-hyun, 16th President of the Republic of Korea (b. 1946)
2010 - Jose Lima, Dominican baseball player (b. 1972)
2010 - Simon Monjack, English actor, producer, & writer (b. 1970)
2010 - Gane Todorovoski, Macedonian literary critic, poet, & publicist (b. 1929)
2010 - Leonida Georgievna, Grand Duchess Of Russia (b. 1914)
2012 - Joseph Lesniewski, soldier (Easy Company, 101st Airborne), dies at 91
2012 - Paul Fussell, American historian, dies from natural causes at 88

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This Day in History for 24th May


Historical Events

                                   
Co-founder of the Methodist                    Inventor Samuel Morse                        Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck
Movement John Wesley

                                   
Inventor Thomas Edison                         Dictator Fidel Castro                               British Prime Minister
                                                                                                                              Margaret Thatcher

                 
Parody Singer and Comedian                     Comedian Tim Allen
Weird Al Yankovic   


1086 - Abbott Dauferio/Desiderius becomes Pope Victor III
1153 - Malcolm IV becomes King of Scots
1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.
1300 - King Philip IV occupies Flanders, Earl Gwijde captured
1370 - Hanzesteden signs peace treaty with Danish king Waldemar IV
1487 - Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin
1595 - Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional
           library.
1621 - The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
1653 - German Parliament selects Ferdinand II king of Austria
1658 - Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought
1660 - English king Charles II visits Netherlands
1667 - French troops attack into Southern Netherlands
1689 - English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants
1697 - English King William III travels through northern Europe
1726 - -26] People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax
1738 - Methodist Church forms
1738 - John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is
           celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day.
1798 - Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins.
1809 - Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war
1815 - George Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia
1818 - Gen Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida
1822 - Battle of Pichincha, Bolívar secures independence of Quito from Spain
1824 - Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee
1829 - Pope Pius VIII issues his program for pontificate
1830 - "Mary Had A Little Lamb," is published
1830 - 1st passenger rail service in US (Baltimore & Elliots Mill, Maryland)
1832 - The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference.
1844 - Samuel Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph message)
1846 - Gen Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Mexican War
1854 - Anthony Burns, slave, arrested by US Deputy marshals in Boston
1854 - Lincoln University, Penn, 1st Black college in US founded by John Miller Dickey and Sarah
           Emlen Cresson
1856 - Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas
1861 - Alexandria, VA occupied by Federal troops
1861 - Maj Gen Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war"
1862 - Beardslee field telegraph used for 1st time
1862 - Westminster Bridge across Thames opens
1866 - Berkeley, California named (for George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne)
1870 - Memoria of Jackson Kemper, 1st Missionary Bishop in US
1873 - Leo Delibes' opera "Le Roi l'a Dit," premieres in Paris
1877 - 5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:45.5
1878 - CA Parker (Harvard) wins 1st American bike race, Beacon Park Boston
1879 - 7th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Harold wins in 2:40.5
1881 - Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die
1881 - Turkey cedes Thessaly and Arta back to Greece.
1883 - Brooklyn Bridge opened by Pres Arthur & Gov Cleveland
1884 - Anti-Monopoly party & Greenback Party forms People's Party in US
1887 - Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants E Afr Association at East African harbors
1890 - Caprivi succeeds Bismarck on as chancellor of Germany
1890 - Geo Train & Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma
1890 - Tivoli Theater of Varities opens in London
1895 - Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight
1899 - 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston)
1900 - 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼
1901 - Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.
1902 - Empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain
1902 - Cleve's Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a HR run in 4 consecutive games, not duplicated until
           Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918
1905 - 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08
1908 - Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election
1908 - John Masefields "Tragedy of Nan," premieres in London
1909 - Bristol University granted Royal Charter
1915 - Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations
1916 - Conscription begins in Britain
1916 - French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured
1916 - Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname
1916 - US pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker
1918 - Cleveland Indians Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19)
1918 - Cleveland beats Yankees 3-2 in 19th inning
1921 - 1st parliament for Northern Ireland elected
1921 - British Legion forms
1922 - Record temperature in Netherlands for May (35.6°C)
1922 - Russian-Italian trade agreement signed
1926 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 m (8:25.4)
1928 - Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as Yanks beat A's 9-7
1928 - Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole again
1929 - Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings
1930 - 1st woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands (Amy Johnson)
1930 - Bradman scores 252* Australia v Surrey, 290 mins, 29 fours
1930 - Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week
1931 - 1st air-conditioned train installed-B&O Railroad
1933 - Dmitri Shostakovitch's Preludes, premieres in Moscow
1934 - Colombia & Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia
1935 - 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1)
1936 - Dutch bishops forbid membership of Nazi party
1936 - Tony Lazerri 2 grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching 1st 7 times
           safely, Yanks beat A's 25-2
1940 - 1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1)
1940 - 1st night game at St Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2)
1940 - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio
1940 - Dutch army demobilizes
1940 - German tanks reach Atrecht France
1940 - Hitler affirms Gen von Rundstedts "Stopbevel"
1940 - NY Giants rip Boston Bees 8-1 in 1st night game at Polo Grounds
1941 - Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive
1943 - Admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean
1943 - U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje
1944 - Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists
1944 - Icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark
1946 - Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as Yankee manager
1948 - Benjamin Brittens "Beggar's Opera," premieres in Cambridge
1951 - Racial segregation in Wash DC restaurants ruled illegal
1951 - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1953 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Doctor Mellifluus
1954 - 1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, NM
1954 - Dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit
1954 - German airline Lufthansa forms
1954 - IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an
           hour
1956 - Conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist Council on Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year anniversary
           after the Lord Buddha's Parinibbāna.
1957 - Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan
1957 - Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia
1958 - "New Girl in Town" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 432 perfs
1958 - Pres Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion
1958 - UP & International News Service merge into United Press International
1959 - 1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills Pa)
1959 - Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England
1960 - 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed
1961 - 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi
1961 - Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
1961 - Cyprus enters the Council of Europe.
1962 - M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into Earth orbit
1963 - 1st Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely
1964 - 18th Tony Awards: Luther & Hello Dolly win
1964 - Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan
1964 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open Invitational
1964 - Longest HR (471') in Balt Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minn)
1964 - Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300
1965 - Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is
           unconstitutional
1966 - "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1508 performances
1967 - AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals
1968 - Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days
1968 - Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession
1968 - Pres De Gaulle proposes referendum & students set fire to Paris bourse
1968 - FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.
1969 - Beatles' "Get Back," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
1970 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
1970 - Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult
1970 - The drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole begins in the Soviet Union.
1971 - A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard
1972 - Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona
1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 - Earl Jellicoe resigns as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the Lords.
1974 - Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV
1975 - Dutch government of De Uyl decides to obtain an F-16
1976 - 1st commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Wash DC)
1976 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title in Munich
1976 - In the Judgment of Paris, wine testers rate wines from California higher than their French
           counterparts, challenging the notion of France being the foremost producer of the world's
           best wines.
1977 - USSR President Podgorny resigns
1978 - Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect
1979 - Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar
1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 - "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56
1980 - Iran rejects a call to World Court to release US hostages
1980 - Stanley Cup: NY Islanders beat Phila Flyers, 4 games to 2
1981 - Bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indy 500
1981 - Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain
1981 - Kathy Hite wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1982 - Liberation of Khorramshahr, Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the
           Iraqis during the Iran-Iraq War.
1983 - Fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria
1983 - Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated
           against students
1984 - "Wiz" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 13 performances
1984 - Det Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
1985 - "View to a Kill" premieres in US
1985 - -25) cyclone hits Bangladesh; about 10,000 die
1986 - Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British PM to visit Israel
1986 - Reginald Huffstetler trode water for 985 hrs
1986 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1
1987 - 33rd LPGA Championship won by Jane Geddes
1987 - Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indy 500
1988 - John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute
1988 - Porntip Nakhirunkanok, 19, of Thailand, crowned 37th Miss Universe
1988 - Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals
1988 - Section 28 is passed as law by Parliament in the United Kingdom.
1989 - "Indiana Jones & Last Crusade" premieres
1989 - AC Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona
1989 - French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice
1989 - NHL's NY Rangers fire GM & coach Phil Esposito
1989 - Weird Al Yankovic records his UHF soundtrack
1989 - NY Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his
          1st run of season
1989 - Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of the Yorkshire Ripper, is awarded £600,000 in damages (later reduced
           to £60,000 on appeal) after winning a libel action against Private Eye.
1990 - Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game
1990 - Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
1990 - A car carrying American Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney explodes in 
           Oakland, California, critically injuring both.
1992 - Al Unser Jr wins Indy 500
1992 - Colleen Walker wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1992 - Pat Bradley wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament
1992 - Despite trailing 7-1, NY Yanks tie Milwaukee Brewers & then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th
           straight extra inning game
1993 - Eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war
1993 - Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4M settlement
1993 - Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers & 5 citizens in Turkey
1994 - Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash
1996 - "Spy Hard," starring Leslie Nielsen is released
1997 - Actor Tim Allen arrested for drunk driving in Mich
1997 - STS 84 (Atlantis 19), lands
1997 - Telstar-5 Proton Launch, Successful
1998 - Indianapolis 500 race
1999 - Venezuela enters the Antarctic Treaty System.
2000 - Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
2001 - Mountain climbing: 15-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to climb
           to the top of Mount Everest.
2001 - The Versailles wedding hall disaster in Jerusalem, Israel, kills 23 and injures over 200 in
           Israel's worst-ever civil disaster.
2001 - The Democrats gain control of the U.S. Senate for the first time since 1994 when Senator
           James Jeffords of Vermont abandons the Republican Party and declares himself an
           independent.
2002 - Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
2004 - Communications in North Korea: North Korea bans mobile phones.

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This Day in History for 24th May


Famous Weddings

1935 - Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX)
1986 - Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy
2002 - Princess Martha Louise of Norway (30) weds author Ari Behn (29) in Trondheim
2003 - Oscar winning-actress Kate Winslet (27) weds director Sam Mendes (36) in Anguilla Island
2003 - Actor and film director Kenneth Branagh (42) weds film art director Lindsay Brunnock in a
           secret ceremony

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This Day in History for 24th May


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Singer-Songwriter                              Country Singer Rosanne Cash (1955)             Actor John C. Reilly (1965)
Bob Dylan (1941) 


15 BC - Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commander (d. 19)
1522 - John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)
1544 - William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)
1605 - Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church
1610 - Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer
1616 - John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)
1619 - Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter
1650 - John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist
1671 - Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)
1677 - Alexandre de Villenueve, composer
1689 - Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (d. 1769)
1736 - Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer
1738 - George III, King of Great Britain (1760-1820)
1743 - Jean-Paul Marat, France, revolutionist
1751 - Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardina (1796-1802)
1753 - Oliver Cromwell, Burlington NJ, decorated black soldier who served with Washington in US
           War of Independence
1754 - Giacomo Conti, composer
1767 - Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer
1781 - Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer/horn player
1794 - William Whewell, British philosopher (History of Inductive Science)
1803 - Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino/Musignano
1803 - Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish zoologist (d. 1866)
1807 - Cornelis E van Koetsveld, vicar/literature
1807 - Thomas Duncan, painter
1810 - Abraham Geiger, theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism
1811 - Charles Clark, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
1816 - Emanuel Leutze, US, painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware)
1816 - Robert Seaman Granger, (Union Army Bvt Major general, died in 1894)
1819 - Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901)
1830 - Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (d. 1897)
1831 - Richard Hoffman, composer
1836 - Joseph Rowntree, British social reformer (d. 1925)
1838 - Paul Laband, German lawyer
1840 - Frederick Walker, painter
1841 - Charles Napier Henry, painter
1841 - Tito Mattei, pianist/composer
1850 - Ernest Albert Waterlow, water-color painter
1852 - Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, author/politician
1854 - Louis Mountbatten, admiral (WW I)
1854 - John Riley Banister, American law officer and cowboy (d. 1918)
1855 - Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright
1858 - Johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist (Green Amsterdammer)
1863 - George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (d. 1938)
1866 - Armando Frid, Argentina, live until July 28 1990 (124 years)
1868 - Charles E. Taylor, First aircraft maintenance professional (d. 1956)
1870 - Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (d. 1938)
1870 - Jan Christiaan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa and proponent of Commonwealth &
           League of Nations (d. 1950)
1878 - Lillian Moller Gilbreth, engineer (CIOS Gold Medal-1954)
1879 - H. B. Reese, American inventor of Reese's and founder (d. 1956)
1881 - Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer
1882 - Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor (Gorilla Man, Way Down East)
1885 - Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English educational psychologist (d. 1948).
1886 - Paul Paray, French conductor and composer (d. 1979)
1887 - Edward "Mick" Mannock, Irish WWI flying ace (d. 1918)
1891 - Benedictus H Danser, Dutch botanist
1891 - William F Albright, US old testament scholar/archaeologist
1893 - W H Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda)
1895 - H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI)
1895 - Samuel I Newhouse, US millionaire publisher (Parade, Vogue, Glamour)
1898 - Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando)
1899 - Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)
1899 - Henri Michaux, French poet (d. 1984)
1900 - Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete and politician (d. 1954)
1900 - Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1901 - José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1968)
1903 - Aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth)
1903 - Hilding Hallnas, composer
1904 - George Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It)
1904 - Kenneth Buckley, British rear-admiral
1904 - Patrick Johnson, physicist
1905 - Mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965)
1905 - Zdenek Blazek, composer
1906 - Edmund Sargant, solicitor
1906 - John Mayo, director-general (Help the Aged)
1908 - Kresimir Fribec, composer
1908 - Michael Roberts, historian
1909 - Guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca)
1909 - Louis Fornberg, writer
1909 - Wilbur Mills, (Rep-D-Ark)/involved with Fanne Foxe
1910 - Margers Zarins, composer
1910 - Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer
1911 - Barbara West, English survivor of the Titanic sinking (d. 2007)
1912 - Joan Hammond, British operatic soprano
1912 - Joseph Anthony, [Deuster], US director/actor (Matchmaker, Tomorrow)
1913 - Audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936)
1913 - Willi Daume, olympic organizer
1914 - Clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man government)
1914 - George Tabori, writer
1914 - Lilli Palmer, [Peiser], Germany, actress (Gentle Sex, Lotte in Weimar)
1916 - Roden Cutler, Governor (New South Wales)
1917 - Derek Hodgson, British high court judge
1917 - Lord Campbell of Alloway, QC
1917 - Theodore Hesburgh, Syracuse NY, president (Notre Dame)
1918 - Coleman A Young, civil rights leader (Mayor-D-Detroit)
1918 - D V Jennings, solicitor
1919 - Sid Couchey, Cleveland, Ohio, comic book artist (Richie Rich), (d. 2012)
1922 - Sadao Bekku, composer
1923 - Paul Bramley, oral surgeon
1923 - Siobhan McKenna, Ireland, stage actress (Saint Joan)
1925 - Francois J [Frank] le Roux, chief whip (South Afr Conserv Party)
1925 - Mai Zetterling, Vaeras Sweden, actress (Witches, Offbeat, Jet Storm)
1926 - Len Maddocks, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian mid-50's)
1926 - Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor
1927 - John Kelly Jr, US, sculls (Oly-bronze-1956)/brother of Grace Kelly
1927 - Martinus J Mentz, South African MP (Conservative)
1927 - Timothy Beven, CEO (Barclays Bank)
1928 - Peter Griffiths, MP
1928 - Stanley Baxter, British comedian (Joey Boy, Fast Lady)
1928 - William Trevor, Brit writer (Children of Dynmouth, Fools of Fortune)
1930 - Hans-Martin Linde, composer
1930 - Ivor Richardson, Judge (NZ Court of Appeals)
1931 - Michael Lonsdale, French actor
1932 - Arnold Wesker, British playwright (Bratkartoffeln Inbegriffen)
1932 - Elaine Malbin, opera singer
1932 - Graham Arnold, artist
1932 - James Anderton, Chief constable (Manchester England)
1932 - Terence Heiser, British senior civil servant
1933 - Christopher Staughton, British Lord Justice of Appeal
1933 - Hemchandra Tukaram Dani, cricketer (Test Ind v Pak, 1-19, ct 1, DNB)
1933 - Joaquín Vaquero Turcios, Spanish painter
1933 - Tony Mullett, dir-general (National Criminal Intelligence Service)
1933 - Aharon Lichtenstein, Orthodox Jewish rabbi
1934 - Jane Byrne, (Mayor-D-Chic)
1934 - Barry Rose, English choir-trainer and organist
1935 - Joan Micklin Silver, American director
1936 - Harold Budd, composer
1938 - Glen Hall, cricket leg-spinner (South African in one Test v England 1964)
1938 - Tommy Chong, Edmonton, Alberta, comedian/actor (Cheech & Chong)
1938 - David Viscott, American psychiatrist (d. 1996)
1939 - Gert J Schutte, Dutch MP (GPV)
1940 - Gary Burghoff, Bristol CT, actor (Radar-M*A*S*H)
1940 - Joseph Brodsky, USSR, author (Less than 1, Nobel 1987)
1941 - Andres Garcia, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, actor (Tiger Shark)
1941 - Baroness Hollis of Heigham, history lecturer (U of East Anglia)
1941 - Bob Dylan, [Zimmerman], Minn, singer/songwriter (Blowin' in Wind)
1941 - Brian Dennis, composer
1941 - Konrad Boehmer, composer
1941 - Martin Mogg, governor (British Durham Prison)
1941 - Tony Valentino, rocker (Standells-Dirty Water)
1942 - Ali Bacher, cricketer (South African batsman & capt in 60's)
1942 - Derek Quinn, guitarist (Freddie & Dreamers-I'm Telling You Now)
1942 - Sarah Dash, Trenton NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)
1943 - James Levine, British conductor
1943 - Gary Burghoff, American actor
1944 - Patti LaBelle, [Holt], Phila Pa, singer (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)
1945 - Priscilla Presley, Bkln NY, actress (Jenna-Dallas, Naked Gun)
1945 - Richard Ottaway, MP
1945 - Steven Norris, British MP
1946 - Irina Kirszenstein Szewinska, Lenningrad, long jumper (Oly-bron-1972)
1946 - Jeremy Treglown, English scholar/editor (TLS)
1946 - Steve Upton, rock drummer (Wishbone Ash-There's the Rub, Locked In)
1947 - Luke Rittner, sect-gen (Arts Council)
1947 - Mike Reid, Altoona Penn, country singer (Walk on Faith)
1947 - Martin Winterkorn, German automotive executive
1949 - John Illsley, rocker (Dire Straits)
1949 - Jim Broadbent, English actor
1950 - Jo Ann Washam, LPGA golfer
1950 - Larry Seidlin, American judge
1951 - Rob Baker, rock drummer (Red Rider)
1951 - Ronald A Parise, Warren Ohio, PhD/astronaut (STS 35, STS 67)
1953 - Alfred Molina, London, actor (Enchanted April, Prick up your Ears)
1953 - Nell Campbell, [Laura], Sydney Australia, actress (Rocky Horror)
1955 - Rosanne Cash, Memphis Tn, country singer (Seven Year Ache, I Wonder)
1955 - Thad Ackel, horse trainer
1956 - Helen Terry, rocker (Now You're Mine)
1956 - Michael Jackson, Northern Irish clergyman
1957 - John G Rowland, (Rep-R-CT, 1985- )
1959 - George Glanos, horse trainer
1960 - Pete Metzelaars, NFL tight end (Carolina Panthers, GB Packers, Lions)
1962 - Bev Lidyoff, Huntington Park Ca, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-7th-1994)
1962 - Dorothy Trapp, equestrian 3-day (Olympics-96)
1963 - Gene Anthony Ray, Harlem NY, dancer/actor (Leroy-Fame)
1963 - Horace Holden Jr, Atlanta GA, slalom double canoe (Olympics-11th-96)
1963 - Joe Dumars, NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
1963 - Ken Ftach, St Louis Mo, tennis star
1963 - Ivan Capelli, Italian racing driver
1963 - Michael Chabon, American author
1963 - Kathy Leander, Swiss singer
1963 - Rich Rodriguez, American football coach
1964 - Adrian Moorhouse, British 100m breaststroker (Olympic-gold-1988)
1964 - Elizabeth McColgan, British running star (world record 5 km indoor)
1964 - Pat Verbeek, Sarnia Ont, NHL forward (Team Canada, NY Rangers)
1965 - Chris Jorgis, Palo Alto California, US badminton player (Olympic-92)
1965 - John C. Reilly, Chicago, Illinois, American actor (Chicago, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story)
1965 - Shinichiro Watanabe, Japanese anime director
1966 - Tommy Turner, jockey
1966 - Tony Jones, NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1966 - Eric Cantona, French footballer
1966 - Ricky Craven, American NASCAR driver
1967 - Heavy D, rapper
1967 - Margaret Crowley, Australian 800m/1500m runner (Olympics-96)
1967 - Steve McDonald, rocker (Redd Kross)
1968 - Jerry Dipoto, Jersey City NJ, pitcher (NY Mets)
1969 - Martin McCague, cricketer (in Ulster AIS product, Eng quickie 1993-94)
1969 - Rich Robinson, rocker (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker)
1970 - Jeff Zgonina, NFL defensive tackle (Carolina Panthers, Packers, Rams)
1970 - Nick Castaneda, Birmingham Ala, pairs skater (& Dawn Piepenbrink)
1970 - Thomas Alden Page, Glenridge NJ, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough)
1970 - Tommy Page, American singer
1971 - Paul Ragusa, Bulach Switz, Canadian 48 kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-96)
1971 - Troy Barnett, NFL defensive end (NE Patriots)
1972 - Danny Bautista, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, outfielder (Atlanta Braves)
1972 - Petra Schwarz-Ritter, Vienna Aus, tennis star (1988 Futures-Bari-ITA)
1972 - Tito Paul, NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals)
1972 - Viktor Ujcik, Jihlava CZE, hockey (Team Czech Rep)
1972 - Greg Berlanti, American television writer and producer
1973 - Karim Alami, Morocco, tennis star
1973 - Ville Peltonen, Vantaa FIN, NHL forward (Team Finland, San Jose)
1973 - Ruslana, Ukrainian singer
1974 - Ace Custis, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)
1974 - Marcus Coleman, free safety (NY Jets)
1974 - Maria Alejandra Vento, Caracas Venz, tennis star (1995 Futures-Braz)
1974 - Natalie Neaton, Royal Oak Mich, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
1974 - Will Sasso, Canadian actor and comedian
1974 - Masahide Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player
1975 - Katie King, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
1975 - Yannis Goumas, Greek footballer
1975 - Marc Gagnon, Canadian short track speed skater
1975 - Maria Lawson, British Singer
1976 - Alessandro Cortini, Italian musician
1976 - Catherine Cox, Australian netballer
1976 - Bob Maesen, Belgian flatwater canoer
1977 - Kym Valentine. Australian actress
1978 - Jade Winter, Australian swimmer (Olympics-96)
1978 - Brian Ching, American footballer
1978 - Bryan Greenberg, American actor
1978 - Brad Penny, American baseball player
1978 - Johan Holmqvist, Swedish hockey player
1979 - Tracy McGrady, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)
1979 - Frank Mir, American UFC fighter
1980 - Billy L Sullivan, LI NY, actor (Will Pacino-Something So Right)
1980 - Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong actress and singer
1981 - Shelby Lyons, Oswego NY, pairs skater (& Wells-1995 Midwest champ)
1981 - Marketa Janska, Czech model and Playboy Playmate
1982 - Issah Ahmed, Ghana football player
1982 - DaMarcus Beasley, American footballer
1983 - Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, Anglo-Australian videogame creator and critic
1984 - Sarah Hagan, American actress
1984 - Brodney Pool, American football player
1985 - Tim Bridgman, British racing driver
1986 - Mark Ballas, professional dancer
1986 - Jordan Metcalfe, English actor
1987 - Dominika Kasprzycka, Polish singer
1987 - Guillaume Latendresse, French-Canadian hockey player
1988 - Billy Gilman, American singer
1989 - Tara Correa-McMullen, American actress (d. 2005)
1990 - Joey Logano, American racecar driver
1991 - Erika Umeda, Japanese singer
1992 - Travis T. Flory, American actor
1995 - Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein
1996 - Matthew Eappen, Boston Mass, baby killed by nanny Louise Woodward

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This Day in History for 24th May


Famous Deaths

Mathematician and Astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus (1543) 


1144 - Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies
1153 - David I, King of Scots (1124-53), dies at about 68
1351 - Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)
1408 - Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)
1425 - Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)
1456 - Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)
1543 - Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland
1612 - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48
1665 - Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies
1669 - Pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48
1670 - Ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59
1696 - Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62
1725 - Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682)
1734 - Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
1749 - Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman
1751 - William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies
1762 - Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51
1773 - Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73
1792 - George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies
1792 - Jakob M R Lenz, writer (That Soldier), dies
1804 - Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73
1806 - John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723)
1826 - Friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37
1831 - Benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62
1843 - Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765)
1844 - William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies
1850 - Jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74
1851 - Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40
1861 - Elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23
1861 - James T Jackson, US landlord (doodde EE Ellsworth), shot dead)
1871 - Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40
1872 - Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies
1876 - Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46
1876 - Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1843)
1879 - William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73
1881 - Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies
1883 - Abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808)
1894 - William Joseph Westbrook, composer, dies at 63
1895 - Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73
1908 - Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1821)
1919 - Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican poet, dies at 48
1941 - Lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle
1943 - Vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84
1948 - Alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78
1948 - Jacques Feyder, Belgian director and screenwriter (b. 1885)
1949 - Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect (b. 1873)
1950 - Archibald Wavell, British general (b. 1883)
1953 - Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63
1956 - Guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74
1959 - John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71
1963 - Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack
1968 - Bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75
1969 - Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48
1972 - Asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88
1972 - Gavin Muir, actor (Hollister-Betty Hutton Show), dies at 64
1972 - Ismail Yasin, Egyptian comedian and actor (b. 1915)
1974 - Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75
1976 - Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62
1976 - Melle J Oldeboerrigter ("Melle"), painter/cartoonist, dies at 65
1979 - Jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies
1981 - George Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83
1981 - Jack Warner, [Waters], actor (Captive Heart), dies at 84
1984 - Vincent J. McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter (b. 1914)
1986 - Gunnar Bjornstrand, actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at 76
1986 - Stephen D Thorne, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at 33
1986 - Yakima Canutt, actor/director (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 91
1987 - Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89
1988 - James "Hamish" Hamilton, Brit publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at 87
1988 - Tom Burtt, cricketer (NZ slow left-armer in 11 Tests 1947-53), dies
1989 - Herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies at 72
1991 - Gene Clark, folk-rocker (Byrds-Tambourine Man), dies at 49
1991 - Miriam di San Servolo, Italian actress (b. 1912)
1992 - Joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at 79
1993 - Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66
1993 - Milton O Thompson, astronaut (Dynasoar, X-15), dies at 66
1994 - Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at 48
1994 - John Barrington Wain, author, dies at 69
1994 - Sandor Lakatos, Hungarian violist/orchestra leader, dies at 69
1994 - Yehuda Mor-Mirkovsky, Israeli kibbutz-founder, dies at 96
1995 - Harold Wilson, British PM (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79
1995 - Mike Pyne, jazz Pianist, dies at 54
1996 - Alexander Langsdorf, physicist, dies at 83
1996 - Harry Campion, statistician, dies at 91
1996 - Jack McCarthy, kiddie show host (Popeye), dies of cancer at 81
1996 - Jacob R Druckman, composer, dies at 67
1996 - John Abbott, British actor (Lady Jane, Quest), dies at 90
1996 - Joseph Mitchell, writer, dies at 87
1997 - Edward Mulhare, actor (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies of lung cancer at 74
2000 - Kurt Schork, American reporter (b. 1947)
2002 - Wallace Markfield, American writer (b. 1926)
2003 - Rachel Kempson, English actress (b. 1910)
2004 - Henry Ries, American photographer (b. 1917)
2004 - Milton Shulman, Canadian author and critic (b. 1913)
2004 - Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (b. 1900)
2005 - Carl Amery, German writer (b. 1922)
2005 - Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist (b. 1913)
2005 - Vivian Liberto, first wife of Johnny Cash (b. 1934)
2006 - Henry Bumstead, American art director (b. 1915)
2006 - Michał Życzkowski, Polish technician (b. 1930)
2007 - Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer (b. 1922)
2008 - Dick Martin American comedian (b. 1922)
2009 - Jay Bennett, American guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer, and singer-
           songwriter (b. 1963)
2010 - Ray Alan, English ventriloquist & television entertainer (b. 1930)
2010 - Virendra Bhatia, Indian politician (b. 1947)
2010 - Tapen Chatterjee, Bengali actor from India (b. 1937)
2010 - Raymond V. Haysbert, African-American business executive and civil rights leader (b. 1920)
2010 - Anneliese Rothenberger, German operatic lyric soprano (b. 1926)
2010 - Morrie Martin, Former Major League Baseball (b. 1922)
2010 - Petr Muk, Czech composer, musician, performer, and singer (b. 1965)
2010 - Paul Gray, American bassist (Slipknot) (b. 1972)
2011 - Huguette Clark, Heiress of the Clark Copper fortune, life-long reclusion from society. (b.
           1906)

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This Day in History for 25th May


Historical Events

                                   
Founder of Protestanism                           Writer/Poet Oscar Wilde                     Ford Motor Company Founder
Martin Luther                                                                                                                  Henry Ford

                                   
First Secretary of the                            Actress Mary Tyler Moore                         Ford Motor Company Founder
   General Secretary of the                                                                                     Communist Party of the Soviet
Union Nikita Khrushchev                                                                                          Union Mikhail Gorbachev


Parody Singer and Comedian
Weird Al Yankovic


1085 - King Alfonso VI of Castily/Leon occupy Toledo on Moren
1241 - 1st attack on Jewish community of Frankfort-on-the-Main Germany
1420 - Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.
1521 - Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther & his followers
1522 - Emperor Karel I returns to Spain
1632 - Albrecht von Wallenstein recaptures Prague on Saksen
1659 - Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector
1660 - English King Charles II lands in Dover
1720 - "Le Grand St Antoine" reaches Marseille, plague kills 80,000
1721 - John Copson becomes America's 1st insurance agent
1738 - A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a
           boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
1784 - Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek
1787 - Constitutional convention opens at Phila, G Washington presiding
1793 - Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st US Roman Catholic priest ordained
1810 - The Primera Junta (local gouvernment) is established in Argentina
1810 - In the May Revolution, citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Spanish Viceroy Cisneros during
           Semana de Mayo.
1825 - American Unitarian Association founded
1837 - The Patriots of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom.
1844 - 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot
1861 - John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a
           supreme court decision protecting writ
1862 - Battle of Winchester VA
1864 - Battle of New Hope Church, GA
1868 - Aust Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins v Surrey Gentlemen
1870 - Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Quebec
1876 - 1st tie in NL history (Athletics & Louisville, 2-2 in 14)
1876 - 4th Preakness: G Barbee aboard Shirley wins in 2:44.75
1878 - Gilbert/Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore," premieres in London
1887 - Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die
1895 - 20th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Belmar wins in 1:50.5
1895 - Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite
1895 - The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as the president.
1898 - 1st US troop transport to Manila leaves SF
1899 - 33rd Belmont: R Clawson aboard Jean Beraud wins in 2:23
1900 - Eyre M Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics
1904 - 38th Belmont: George Odom aboard Delhi wins in 2:06.6
1906 - After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0
1911 - Revolution in Mexico overthrows President Jose Porfirio Diaz
1914 - British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule
1915 - 2nd Battle of Ypres ends with 105,000 casualties
1915 - Chicago Claude Hendrix no-hits Pitts (Federal League), 10-0
1919 - Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap
1922 - Babe Ruth suspended 1 day & fined $200 for throwing dirt on an ump
1923 - Britain recognizes Transjordan with Abdullah as its leader
1926 - Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-
           in-exile of Ukrainian People's Republic.
1927 - Henry Ford stops producing Model T car (begins Model A)
1932 - Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney
1934 - Béla Bartòk's "Enchanted Deer," premieres
1935 - Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs Pirates
1935 - Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in one hour
1936 - The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins.
1937 - 1st airmail letter to circle globe returns to NY
1938 - Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths.
1939 - Carl Storck becomes 2nd NFL president
1940 - German troops conquer Boulogne
1940 - Golden Gate Intl Expo reopens
1941 - 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India
1941 - Ted Williams raises his batting avg over .400 for 1st time in 1941
1943 - Riot at Mobile Ala shipyard over upgrading 12 black workers
1943 - Trident conference in Wash DC (operation plan '43 against Japan)
1944 - Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia
1945 - Arthur C Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit
1946 - Abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan
1946 - Jordan gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
1947 - Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111
1948 - 30th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Norwood Hills CC St Louis
1948 - SF receives its 1st telecast
1949 - Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai
1950 - Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC
1951 - NY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)
1953 - 1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada
1953 - 1st non-commercial educational television station-Houston, Texas
1953 - Braves Max Surkont strikes out record 8 Reds in a row
1955 - Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas & most of Blackwell Okla
1956 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas
1957 - "Shinbone Alley" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 49 performances
1959 - Khrushchev visits Angola
1959 - Supreme ct rules La prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional
1960 - George Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit HR
1961 - JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade
1961 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 m
1962 - Isley Brothers release "Twist & Shout"
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
1962 - US unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week
1963 - "Hot Spot" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 43 performances
1963 - Early Wynn wins his 300th baseball game
1963 - Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket
1963 - Organization for African Unity formed by Chad, Mauritania & Zambia
1964 - 16th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore
1964 - Frank Gilroy's "Subject is Roses," premieres in NYC
1964 - Ground is broken for a new stadium in St Louis
1964 - Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation unconstitut
1965 - Dave Davies of Kinks stumbles & is knocked unconscious on stage
1965 - India & Pakistan border fights
1965 - Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1965 - Roel van Duyn, Martijn Ananar & Rob Faado align in Provo
1966 - Peru & Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
1967 - Celtic wins 12th Europe Cup 1 in Lisbon
1967 - John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce
1968 - BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Jim Stefanich
1968 - BPAA US Women's Bowling Open won by Dotty Fothergill
1968 - Gateway Arch in St Louis dedicated
1968 - Rolling Stones release "Jumping Jack Flash"
1968 - Unicorn by The Irish Rovers hits #7
1969 - "Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating
1969 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
1969 - Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup
1970 - 3rd ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat LA Stars, 4 games to 2
1971 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972 - Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander
1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 - Argentine Peronist Hector Campora installed as president
1973 - Borussia Minchengladbach wins 2nd UEFA Cup at Enschede
1973 - George Harrison releases "Give Me Love" in UK
1973 - US launches 1st Skylab crew Kerwin, Conrad, Weitz
1975 - 29th NBA Championship: Golden Warriors sweep Wash Bullets in 4 games
1975 - Cleve's Dennis Eckersley, debuts shuting out the A's 6-0
1975 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA American DefenderGolf Classic
1977 - "Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released
1977 - "Brady Bunch Hour," last airs on ABC-TV
1977 - Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election
1977 - Liverpool wins 22nd Europe Cup 1 in Rome
1977 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1977 - Original "Star Wars" movie released
1978 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2
1979 - American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago killing 273 including 2 on the ground
1979 - Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt
1979 - Raul Gonzales of Mexico completes 50,000 m walk in record 3:41:38.4
1980 - "Musical Chairs" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 15 performances
1980 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1980 - Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8")
1981 - Bobby Unser becomes 1st Indy 500 winner to be disqualified
1981 - Carl Yastrzemski is 4th to get 3,000 hits (Cobb, Musial & Aaron)
1981 - Daniel Goodwin, scales outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours
1981 - Rangers' Bill Stein sets AL record with 7 consecutive pinch hits
1982 - Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters
1982 - Iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar
1982 - STS-4 vehicle moves to launch pad
1983 - "Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released
1983 - 1st National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed
1983 - Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357
1983 - France performs nuclear test
1983 - Kirk Gibson (Tigers) & Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park HRs
1984 - Det Tigers lose to Seattle 7-3 ends record tying 17 consecutive wins
1984 - Red Sox trade pitcher Dennis Eckersley to Cubs for Bill Buckner
1985 - Allan Border scores 4th successive 1st class 100 (v Derbyshire)
1985 - Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed
1986 - 30,000,000 watch "Live Aid," a massive benefit concert
1986 - 7,000,000 Americans form "Hands Across America"
1986 - 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida
1986 - Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed
1986 - Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from California to NY
1986 - KC Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit
1986 - Laurie Rinker wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1986 - Virgilio Barco elected president of Colombia
1988 - PSV wins Europe Cup
1989 - Eastern Airlines graduates it 1st class of non-union pilots
1989 - Mariners trade Mark Langston to Montreal for Randy Johnson
1989 - Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union
1989 - Stanley Cup: Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
1989 - Weird Al Yankovic records "She Drives Like Crazy"
1991 - "People Are Still Having Sex," by LaTour hits #35
1991 - Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews
1991 - Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minn North Star, 4 games to 2
1992 - Jay Leno becomes permanent host of "Tonight Show"
1992 - NY Yankees score 9 runs before 1st out in 8th inn, beat Brewers 13-7
1992 - Oscar Luigi Scalfaro elected president of Italy
1994 - Emmy 21st Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci not nominated
1995 - The Bosnian Serb Army kills 72 youngsters in the Bosnian city of Tuzla.
1996 - Jennifer Maria Holsten, 18, crowned Miss Filipino-American
1997 - Bell Atlantic Senior Golf Classic
1997 - David Frost wins Golf's Colonial Final in Fort Worth Texas
1997 - Indianapolis 500 race
1997 - Minnesota Twins retire Kirby Puckett's uniform #
1997 - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Corning Classic
1997 - Todd & Mel Stottlemyre become 1st father & son to win 100 games
1997 - A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny
           Paul Koromah.
1999 - The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the
           People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
2000 - Liberation Day of Lebanon. Israel withdraws its army from most of the Lebanese territory
           after 22 years of its first invasion in 1978.
2001 - 32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach
           the summit of Mount Everest.
2002 - A train crash in Tenga, Mozambique kills 197 people.
2002 - China Airlines Flight 611: A Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the
           Taiwan Strait killing 225 people.
2003 - Néstor Kirchner becomes President of Argentina after defeating Carlos Menem. He is the first
           elected President since the economic crisis.
2007 - The Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire for the second time.
2009 - North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device. Following the nuclear test, Pyongyang
           also conducted several missile tests bulding tensions in the international community.
2011 - Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey
           Show.
2012 - Up to 116 people are massacred, including women and children, by the Syrian army in Houla,
           in the Homs province
2012 - A SpaceX Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to dock at the International Space
           Station

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This Day in History for 25th May


Famous Weddings

1661 - King Charles II marries Portuguese princess Catherina the Braganca
1901 - Russian physician, dramatist and author Anton Chekhov marries actress Olga Knipper
1961 - King Hussein of Jordan marries Princess Muna al-Hussein (Antoinette Gardiner).
1996 - Actress Kelley Menighan (29) weds actor-singer Jon Hensley (31) in Chicago, Illinois

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This Day in History for 25th May


Famous Divorces

2000 - Television producer and director Mark Tinker (49) divorces actress and painter Kristin Harmon
           (54) after 12 years of marriage
2012 - Actress Halina Mlynkova (35) divorces actor Lukasz Nowicki (39) after 9 years of marriage

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This Day in History for 25th May


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Actor Ian McKellen (1939)                        Actress Anne Heche (1969)              Singer-Songwriter Lauryn Hill (1975)


1048 - Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)
1334 - Emperor Sukō (d. 1398)
1458 - Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)
1494 - Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)
1550 - Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint
1606 - Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
1661 - Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)
1688 - Christian August Jacobi, composer
1713 - John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute, English premier (1760-63)
1725 - Samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776)
1726 - Giuseppi Paolucci, composer
1729 - Jean de Neufville, Dutch/US merchant (started 4th English war)
1767 - Ferdinand Franzl, composer
1767 - Friedrich Johann Eck, composer
1779 - Henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician
1781 - Ferdinand K J, archduke of Austria-Este/gov-gen (Sicily)
1783 - Philip Pendleton Barbour, Virginia politician and U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1841)
1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn)
1818 - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian
1821 - Diederich Krug, composer
1830 - Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International)
1839 - John Eliot, English meteorologist
1845 - Lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1883)
1846 - Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1923)
1846 - Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer(d. 1900)
1847 - Alphonse Goovaerts, composer
1847 - John Alexander Dowie, [Elijah the Restorer], US, evangelist
1852 - William Muldoon, US wrestler and owner of NY health institute "The Olympia," (d. 1933)
1856 - Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942)
1860 - James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (d. 1944)
1865 - Frederick Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18)
1865 - John Raleigh Mott, organizer (YMCA, Nobel 1946)
1865 - Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist (Zeeman effect, Nobel 1902)
1877 - Billy Murray, singer (Denver Nightengale)
1878 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, actor (Stormy Weather, Little Colonel)
1879 - W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker
1880 - Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist (d. 1967)
1882 - Harry Fox, entertainer
1882 - Marie Doro, American actress (d. 1956)
1886 - Philip Murray, founded Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
1886 - Rash Behari Bose, leader against the British Raj in India (d. 1945)
1887 - Pio of Pietrelcina, Catholic saint (d. 1968)
1888 - Miles Malleson, writer/actor (Phantom of Opera, Postman's Knock)
1889 - Gilardo Gilardi, composer
1889 - Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
1889 - Sverre Jordan, composer
1891 - Robert W P Peereboom, Dutch editor in chief (Haarlem Newspaper)
1894 - Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright (Verschaeve Gives Evidence)
1896 - Jan N Bakhuizen van den Brink, theologist/church historian
1897 - Alan Kippax, cricketer (22 Tests for Australia 1924-34, brilliant bat)
1898 - Bennett Cerf, publisher (Random House) panelist (What's My Line)
1898 - Gene Tunney, world heavyweight boxing champion (1926-30)
1898 - Gustav Regler, writer
1898 - Mischa Levitzki, composer
1899 - Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (d. 1976)
1900 - Alain Grandbois, French Canadian poet (d. 1975)
1901 - Milenko Zivkovic, composer
1902 - Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer
1903 - Binnie Barnes, British actress (d. 1998)
1904 - Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer
1905 - Binnie Barnes, London, actress (Adv of Marco Polo, Diamond Jim)
1905 - Joseph C Harsch, Toledo Ohio, newscaster (Background)
1907 - Rachel Carson, conservationist/writer (silent springs)
1907 - U Nu, premier Burma (1948-58, 1960-62)
1907 - U Nu, Burmese politician (d. 1995)
1908 - David Lean, British director (Lawrence of Arabia)
1908 - Theodore Roethke, US, poet (Words for the Wind)
1909 - Alfred Kubel, German politician (d. 1999)
1909 - Marie Menken, American experimental filmmaker and socialite (d. 1970)
1910 - Ernest Anderson, publicist
1912 - Eddie Maxwell, singer (Yes We Have No Bananas)
1912 - Princess Dukhye of Korea (d. 1989)
1913 - Joseph Peter Grace, businessman
1913 - Richard Dimbleby, British journalist and broadcaster (d. 1965)
1915 - Daniel Wolf, journalist
1916 - Lou van Rees, Dutch impresario [or May 29]
1916 - Virginia Ginny Simms, actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band)
1917 - Dorothy Sarnoff, US, actress(?)
1917 - Jimmy Hamilton, saxophonist
1917 - Steve Cochran, Eureka CA, actor (Mozambique, Gay Senotiys, Dallas)
1918 - Peder Lunde, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-silver-1952)
1919 - Gino Negri, composer
1919 - Lindsey Nelson, Pulaski Tn, sportscaster (NY Mets)
1921 - Hal David, New York, lyricist (Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head), (d. 2012)
1923 - John Weitz, spy/author/fashion designer (Friends in High Places)
1924 - István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
1925 - Aldo Clementi, composer
1925 - Jeanne Crain, Barstow California, actress (Man Without a Star)
1925 - Don Liddle, baseball player (d. 2000)
1926 - Claude Akins, Nelson GA, actor (BJ & Bear, Movin' On, Lobo)
1926 - Kitty Kallen, rocker
1927 - Robert Ludlum, NYC, spy novelist (Bourne Identity)
1928 - Frigyes Hidas, composer
1928 - Mary Tuck, social researcher/civil servant
1929 - Beverly Sills, [Belle "Bubbles" Miriam Silverman], Bkln NY, soprano
1929 - David S Ruder, 23rd chairman of Security & Exchange Commission
1929 - Warren Frost, American actor
1931 - John Gabriel, Niagara Falls NY, actor (Cat Gang, Fantasies)
1931 - Aili Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter
1932 - Georgi Mikhailovich Grechko, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 26, T-14)
1932 - John Grogery Dunne, US writer (Up Close & Personal, True Confessions)
1932 - K C Jones, Taylor Tx, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956)
1933 - Roger Bowen, actor (M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob, Petulia)
1933 - Ray Spencer, English footballer
1934 - David J Burke, Liverpool England, writer
1934 - Ron Nesson, press secretary (Gerald Ford)
1935 - Cookie Gilchrist, American football player
1935 - Victoria Shaw, Australian-born American actress (d. 1988)
1936 - Rusi Surti, cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), *d. 2013)
1936 - Tom T Hall, Olive Hill Ky, country singer/writer (Harper Valley PTA)
1938 - Ludmil Buldakova, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
1938 - Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season)
1939 - Dixie Carter, TN, actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night)
1939 - Ian McKellen, England, actor (Keep, Plenty, Scarlet Pimpernel)
1942 - Bill Young, rocker
1942 - Brian "Blinky" Davison, rocker
1943 - John "Poli" Palmer, rocker (Family K)
1943 - Leslie Uggams, NYC, singer/actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots)
1943 - Poli Palmer, rocker (Family)
1943 - Sally Jesse Raphael, TV talk show host (Sally) [or Feb 25]
1943 - Wynand C Malan, South African lawyer/NP/DP-politician
1943 - Jessi Colter, American singer
1944 - Frank Oz, Hereford England, American muppetteer (Grover-Sesame Street, Muppet Show)
1944 - Frank Oz, Heresford England, puppeteer (Sesame St, Muppet Show)
1944 - Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate
1944 - John Bunnell, former Sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon and TV personality
1944 - Robert MacPherson, American mathematician
1945 - Dave Lee Travis, DJ
1946 - Irnema Szewinski Kirszenstein, Poland, 200m runner (1968 Olym Gold)
1946 - Janet E[llen] Morris, US, sci-fi author (Golden Sword, Tempus)
1946 - Tommy Cecil, ferryman
1946 - David A. Hargrave, RPG designer
1947 - Jessi Colter, [Miriam Johnson], Phoenix, country singer (I'm Not Lisa)
1947 - Karen Valentine, Santa Rosa CA, actress (Love American Style, Room 222)
1947 - Mitch Margo, Bkln, rocker (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight)
1948 - Sgt. Slaughter, American professional wrestler
1948 - Klaus Meine, German musician (Scorpions)
1949 - Jamaica Kincaid, [Elaine P Richardson], Antigua/US journalist (NYer)
1949 - Lalith Kaluperuma, cricketer (two Tests for Sri Lanka 1982)
1951 - Clifford Archer, bassist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1951 - Bob Gale, American screenwriter
1952 - Al Sarrantonio, American writer
1952 - Gordon Smith, American politician
1952 - Jeffrey Bewkes, American media executive
1953 - Donald Albert Weibring Jr, Quincy IL, PGA golfer (1979 Quad Cities)
1953 - Jane Priest, Perth Australia, Prince Charles' lover
1953 - Rich Alves, Pleasanton California, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake)
1953 - Eve Ensler, American playwright
1953 - Daniel Passarella, Argentine footballer
1953 - Stan Sakai, Japanese-American cartoonist (Usagi Yojimbo)
1954 - Alison Stern, wife of radio personality Howard Stern (Private Parts)
1955 - Connie Selleca, Bronx, actress (Hotel, Capt America II)
1955 - Alistair Burt, British politician
1956 - Tatsutoshi Goto, wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
1956 - Sugar Minott, Jamaican singer
1956 - David P. Sartor, American music composer
1957 - Hillary Bailey Smith, Boston MA, actress (Nora-One Life to Live)
1957 - Edward Lee, American writer
1958 - Claus Minah, singer (Scorpions)
1958 - Dorothy Straight, 4 year old author (How World Begun)
1958 - Klaus Meine, rocker (Scorpions-No One Like You)
1958 - Paul Weller, guitar (Jam-This is Modern World, Style Council)
1959 - Cathryn Harrison, London England, actress (Old Woman in Black Moon)
1959 - Manolis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician
1959 - Julian Clary, British television personality
1960 - Amy Klobuchar, American politician, junior senator from Minnesota
1961 - Hiro Saito, wrestler (All-Japan/NJPW/Calgary)
1962 - Amy Read, Birmingham MI, golfer (1994 Healthsouth Palm Beach-15th)
1962 - Zulqarnain, cricketer (last person in alphabetical order to play Test)
1963 - Mike Myers, Canada, comedian (SNL, Wayne's World) [or Jun 25]
1964 - David Shaw, St Thomas, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1964 - Ivan Bella, Slovak cosmonaut
1965 - Mark Knight, California, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals)
1965 - Remco Prins, Dutch rock guitarist/vocalist (Burma Shave-Stash)
1965 - Roef-Ragas, Dutch actor (Missing Link, Red Rain, Juju, Mykosch)
1965 - Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria high jumper (world record 1987)
1965 - George Hickenlooper, American documentary film-maker
1966 - Bill Haselman, Long Branch NJ, catcher (Boston Red Sox)
1966 - Dave Hollins, Buffalo NY, infielder (Minnesota Twins)
1966 - Melissa McNamara, Tulsa OK, LPGA golfer (1991 Stratton Mt Classic)
1966 - Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
1967 - Danny Gonzales, jockey
1967 - Juan Jimenez, WLAF quarterback/receivers coach (Barcelona Dragons)
1967 - Luc Nilis, Belgian soccer player (RSC Anderlecht/PSV)
1967 - Ruthie Bolton, McClain Miss, basketball guard (Olympics-gold-96)
1967 - Poppy Z. Brite, American author
1968 - Debbi Miho Koyama, LPGA golfer (1995 US Women's Open-28th)
1968 - Kendall Gill, NBA guard/forward (NJ Nets)
1968 - Nathalie Schneyder, SF California, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
1968 - Shawn Bouwens, NFL guard (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1969 - Anne Heche, Ohio, actress (Donnie Brasco, Juror, Volcano)
1969 - Matt Borlenghi, LA California, actor (Brian Bodine-All My Children)
1969 - Stacy London, American fashion consultant
1970 - Danni Roche, Melbourne VIC Australia, field hockey midfielder (Oly-96)
1970 - Heather Simmons-Carrasco, Mt View Ca, synchro swimmer (Oly-alt-96)
1970 - Joey Eischen, West Covina CA, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1970 - Lindsay Greenbush, LA, twin actress (Carrie-Little House on Prairie)
1970 - Michael B Enyaer, writer (Pilot One)
1970 - Robert Croft, cricketer (Glamorgan off-spinner, England 1996-)
1970 - Sandra Dopfer, Lustenau Austria, tennis star (1995 Futures-Lerida)
1970 - Sidney Greenbush, LA, twin actress (Carrie-Little House on Prairie)
1970 - Satsuki Yukino, Seiyuu
1971 - Alan Kline, NFL tackle (NO Saints)
1971 - Justin Henry, Rye NY, actor (Kramer vs Kramer, 16 Candles)
1971 - Keith Hamilton, NFL defensive tackle (NY Giants)
1971 - Larry Thompson, CFL/NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks, BC Lions)
1971 - Tim Kroeker, Chilliwack BC, 110m hurdler (Olympics-96)
1971 - Marco Cappato, Italian politician
1972 - Antonio Lang, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1972 - Tony Ronaldson, Adelaide SA Australia, basketball forward (Oly-96)
1973 - Duncan Free, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1973 - Earl Mackey, NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
1973 - Jeff Smith, NFL/WLAF corner (Scotland Claymores/KC Chiefs)
1973 - Josee Corbeil, Pointe-Claire Quebec, volleyball player (Olympics-96)
1973 - Maria Jose Gaidano, Buenos Aires Arg, tennis star (1993 Belgium doubles)
1973 - Racquel Spurlock, WNBA center (Houston Comets)
1973 - Demetri Martin, American comedian
1973 - Molly Sims, American model and actress
1973 - Daz Dillinger, American hip-hop performer
1974 - Dennis Stallings, linebacker (Tennessee Oilers)
1974 - Frank Klepacki, American musician
1975 - Adam Saathoff, Tuscon Ariz, running target (Olympics-1996)
1975 - Lauryn Hill, South Orange, New Jersey, American singer-songwriter (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill)
1976 - Tarik Glenn, offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
1976 - Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
1976 - Ethan Suplee, American actor
1976 - Sandra Nasic, German singer (Guano Apes)
1977 - Giel Beelen, Dutch radio DJ
1978 - Brian Urlacher, American football player
1979 - Carlos Bocanegra, American footballer
1979 - Sam Sodje, Nigerian footballer
1979 - Jonny Wilkinson, English international and Newcastle Falcons rugby player
1979 - Caroline Ouellette, French Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Jae Hee, South Korean actor
1980 - David Navarro, Spanish footballer
1982 - Adam Boyd, English footballer
1982 - Daniel Braaten, Norwegian footballer
1982 - Ryan Gallant, American skateboarder
1983 - Kunal Khemu, Indian actor
1984 - Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, 2005 Miss World
1984 - Marion Raven, Norwegian singer-songwriter (M2M)
1984 - Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Shawne Merriman, American football player
1984 - Kostas Martakis, Greek singer
1985 - Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress
1986 - Yoan Gouffran, French footballer
1986 - Juri Ueno, Japanese actress
1987 - Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer
1987 - Yves De Winter, Belgian goalkeeper
1993 - Dilley sextuplets, American sextuplets

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 25th May


Famous Deaths

Cosmetics Mogul Madame
C J Walker (1919)


615 - Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies
709 - Aldhelm, Abbot of Malmesbury, Bishop of Sherborne. English poet and scholar (b. cica 639)
946 - Edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies
967 - Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926)
992 - Mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935)
1085 - Gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies
1125 - Hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies
1261 - Alexander IV, [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni], Pope (1254-61), dies
1452 - John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury
1510 - Georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49
1555 - Gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46
1555 - Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503)
1595 - Valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567)
1632 - Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
1667 - Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620)
1681 - Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600)
1693 - Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (b. 1634)
1741 - Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660)
1765 - Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53
1789 - Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751)
1797 - John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719)
1805 - William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743)
1826 - Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72
1848 - Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)
1849 - Andreas Michiels, Dutch milt gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52
1849 - Benjamin d'Urban, British general and colonial administrator (b. 1777)
1862 - Johann N Nestroy, Aust actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60
1895 - Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73
1899 - Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68
1912 - Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860)
1914 - Paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81
1916 - Jack Marsh, cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for NSW 1900-03), dies
1917 - Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72
1917 - Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (b. 1891)
1919 - Madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51
1924 - Theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51
1924 - Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (b. 1889)
1926 - Symon Petlyura, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47
1927 - Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876)
1930 - Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848)
1934 - Gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59
1935 - Sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868)
1936 - Jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92
1937 - Henry O Tanner, artist, dies
1940 - Joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873)
1943 - Nils von Dardel, Swedish post-impressionist painter (b. 1888)
1949 - Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47
1951 - Paula von Preradović, Croatian-born writer (b. 1887)
1954 - Robert Capa, Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913)
1958 - Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa), dies
1964 - Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92
1965 - Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65
1968 - Charles K Feldman, [Gould], producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63
1971 - Jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss
1971 - Mark Brunswick, composer, dies at 69
1971 - Terence De Marney, actor (Case Thomas-Johnny Ringo), dies at 62
1974 - Donald Crisp, actor/director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at 91
1974 - Frank Ward, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1936-38), dies
1974 - Pam Morrison, wife of Door's vocalist Jim, dies of drug overdose
1977 - Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904)
1979 - John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949)
1981 - Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84
1981 - Roy Brown, American boxer/rocker, dies of a heart attack at 55
1981 - Fredric Warburg, British publisher and author (b. 1898)
1982 - Larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68
1983 - Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76
1983 - Jean Rougeau, French Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1925)
1983 - Black Jack Stewart, Canadian NHL hockey player (b. 1917)
1984 - Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79
1985 - Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer
1985 - Robert Nathan, US writer/poet (Portrait of Jennie), dies at 91
1986 - Chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85
1988 - Ernst Ruska, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
1990 - Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60
1991 - Dorothy Davis Bostwick, entertainer, dies
1992 - Danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83
1992 - Marshall Thompson, US actor (To Hell & Back), dies at 66
1992 - Nancy Walker, actress (Ida Morgenstein-Rhoda), dies of cancer at 71
1992 - Philip C Habib, US diplomat (Middle-East/Asia), dies at 72
1992 - Viktor Grishin, hardline soviet communist, dies at 78, dies
1993 - Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78
1993 - Louise Tazewell, entertainer, dies at 93
1994 - Eric Gale, guitarist, dies at 55
1995 - Dany Robin, actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Julietta), dies at 68
1995 - Dick Curless, singer/songwriter, dies at 63
1995 - Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (b. 1948)
1996 - Bernard Charles Sendall, deputy director general of ITA, dies at 83
1996 - Buck, dog (Married with Children), dies at 13
1996 - David W Howe, test pilot, dies at 77
1996 - Enid Kathleen Hutchinson, adult educationalist, dies at 86
1996 - John Morrison, politician/landowner, dies at 89
1996 - Laurence Marks, journalist, dies at 67
1996 - Renzo de Felice, historian, dies at 67
1997 - Muhammad Fadhel, PM of Iraq (1953-54), dies
2000 - Nicholas Clay, British actor (b. 1946)
2002 - Pat Coombs, English actress (b. 1926)
2003 - Jeremy Michael Ward, American musician (The Mars Volta) (b. 1976)
2004 - Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (b. 1917)
2005 - Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (b. 1929)
2005 - Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (b. 1938)
2005 - Graham Kennedy, Australian television personality (b. 1934)
2005 - Ruth Laredo, American pianist (b. 1937)
2005 - Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (b. 1965)
2006 - Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska musician (b. 1941)
2007 - Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor and host (b. 1931)
2008 - J. R. Simplot, American potato farmer (b. 1909)
2009 - Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician (b. 1905)
2010 - Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African opera singer (b. 1975)
2010 - Alexander Belostenny, Ukrainian basketball player (b. 1959)
2010 - Alan Hickinbotham, Australian businessman, football player, & football coach (b. 1925)
2010 - Gabriel Vargas, Mexican cartoonist (b. 1915)
2010 - Silvius Magnago, Italian politician (b. 1914)
2010 - Michael H. Jordan, businessman and former CEO PepsiCo and CBS Corporation (b. 1936)
2011 - Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer (b. 1944)
2012 - Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer, dies at 93

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 26th May


Historical Events

                                   
Last Emperor of Russia                     Marxist Revolutionary Vladimir Lenin             Baseball Great Babe Ruth
Nicholas II

                                   
Seamstress Credited with                              First Secretary of the                        Parody Singer and Comedian
Creating the First American Flag             Communist Party of the Soviet                      Weird Al Yankovic
Betsy Ross                                                 Union Nikita Khrushchev


265th Pope Benedict XVI


451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place. The
         Armenians are defeated militarily but are guaranteed freedom to openly practice Christianity.
961 - German King Otto II crowned
1328 - William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII
1538 - Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg
           for the next three years.
1596 - England, France & Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain
1637 - 1st battle of Pequot at Mystic Ct kills 500 indians
1647 - Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony
1647 - Alse Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she
           is hanged in Hartford, Connecticut.
1736 - Battle of Ackia (La), British & Chickasaw Indians defeat French
1770 - The Orlov Revolt, a first attempt to revolt against the Turks before the Greek War of
           Independence ends in disaster for the Greeks.
1781 - Bank of North America incorporates in Philadelphia
1790 - Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress
1798 - British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara
1805 - Lewis & Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains
1805 - Napoleon is crowned king of Italy
1824 - Brazil is recognized by US
1828 - Mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg.
1834 - Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates
1860 - Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy
1861 - Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South
1861 - Union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL
1864 - -30] Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia
1864 - Territory of Montana formed
1865 - Battle of Galveston TX, surrender of Edmund Kirby Smith
1868 - President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote
1869 - Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1874 - 2nd Preakness: William Donohue aboard Culpepper wins in 2:56.5
1876 - HMS Challenger returns from 128,000-km oceanographic exploration
1883 - 11th Preakness: G Barbee aboard Jacobus wins in 2:42.5
1884 - Fred Spofforth takes 7-34 & 7-3 v England XI in 4 hours
1887 - Racetrack betting becomes legal in NY state
1894 - Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player
1896 - 1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY
1896 - Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)
1896 - Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned
1896 - James Dunham murders six people in Campbell, California.
1898 - 32nd Belmont: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32
1898 - SF approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utilities
1900 - British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa
1903 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Gables" (BG)
1905 - A pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia
1906 - Archaeological Institute of America forms
1906 - Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.
1907 - Chic White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game
1908 - At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the
           Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
1911 - 1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run
1913 - Actors' Equity Association forms (NYC)
1913 - Emily Duncan becomes Great Britain's first woman magistrate.
1915 - H H Asquith forms a coalition government in England
1917 - Walt Cruise hit 1st HR out of Braves Field
1918 - Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia
1918 - Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarapat.
1922 - Lenin suffers a stroke
1923 - 1st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance is run
1923 - Socialist Workers Youth International forms in Hamburg
1924 - German government of Marx resigns
1924 - Pres Calvin Coolidge signs Immigration law: restricting immigration
1925 - Babe Ruth is finally out of bed, 5 weeks after ulcer surgery
1925 - Tigers' Ty Cobb is 1st to collect 1,000 extra-base hits (ends 1,139)
1926 - Lebanon adopts constitution
1928 - A's commit 7 errors & lose to Yanks 7-4
1930 - Joe Sewell, strikes out twice of his 3 times in 1930, by Pat Caraway
1930 - Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution
1932 - Admiral Makoto Saito forms parliament in Tokyo
1933 - 2nd emergency Dutch government of Colijn forms
1933 - Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs St Louis Cards
1934 - Century of Progress Exposition reopens in Chicago
1936 - 1st government of Zealand in Belgium ends
1937 - Dutch Rail NV at law forms
1937 - San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens
1938 - House on un-American Activities forms
1940 - 1st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 designed by Igor Sikorsky
1940 - Operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk
1941 - American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Phila
1941 - Ark Royal airplane sights German battleship Bismarck
1941 - German occupiers begin youth labor
1942 - Anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London
1942 - Belgium Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star
1942 - Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army
1943 - 1st president of a black country to visit US (Edwin Barclay, Liberia)
1943 - Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam
1943 - Premier Churchill & General Marshall fly from US to North Africa
1944 - 82nd Airborne div D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mere Eglise
1945 - US drop fire bombs on Tokyo
1946 - 2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball
1946 - Darius Milhauds 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Prague
1946 - Klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia
1946 - Patent filed in US for H-Bomb
1948 - Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers
1948 - South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy
1951 - Vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London
1953 - Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die
1955 - "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 44 performances
1955 - Conservatives win British parliamentary election
1955 - Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade
1956 - Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103
1956 - Reds' John Klippstein, Hershel Freemman & Joe Blacks no-hitter, broken up with 2 outs in
          10th & lose to Braves in 11th, 2-1
1957 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open
1958 - Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed
1958 - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1958 - Union Square, SF becomes state historical landmark
1959 - Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th
1961 - Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta
1961 - USAF bomber flies Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours
1962 - "All American" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 80 perfs
1963 - 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1963 - Organization of African Unity forms
1963 - Wes Stock becomes only Balt Oriole to win a doubleheader
1964 - "Fade Out-Fade In" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 199 perfs
1965 - Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes
1965 - Revised Intl Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect
1966 - Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam
1966 - Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK
1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1969 - Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth
1969 - John & Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal)
1970 - The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
1971 - Soviet Union's Concorde, TU-144, makes its 1st appearance
1972 - Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1972 - Nixon & Brezhnev signs SALT accord
1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 - The British state-owned travel firm Thomas Cook & Son is sold to a consortium of private
           businesses headed by the Midland Bank.
1973 - Bahrain adopts it's constitution
1973 - Beatles' "Beatles 1967-1970," album goes #1
1973 - Chic White Sox beat Cleve Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game complete 5/28)
1973 - Funky Worm by Ohio Players hits #15
1973 - Super Fly Meets Shaft by John & Ernest hits #31
1973 - Tippett's 3rd Piano sonata, premieres
1974 - During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled
1974 - Joanne Carner wins Hoosier LPGA Golf Classic
1975 - Tennis game in Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes
1977 - George Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center
1978 - 1st legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City
1979 - Dancin' Fool by Frank Zappa hits #45
1980 - Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8"
1980 - Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st NLer to record 6, 1-hitters
1980 - Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6
1981 - Marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14
1981 - The Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal
           over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
1982 - Aston Villa wins 27th Europe Cup 1 of Rotterdam
1982 - British ship Atlantic Conveyor & Coventry were hit in Falkland war
1983 - 29th Walker Cup: US, 13½ - 10½
1983 - Challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7
1983 - LA Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws
1983 - NASA launches Exosat
1983 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 - Floods kill 14 in Tulsa Okla
1984 - Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia
1984 - Tulsa Oklahoma gets 13" of rain, 14 die
1985 - Danny Sullivan wins Indy 500 by 24 seconds following a spin
1985 - Explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die
1985 - Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1987 - Cecilia Bolocco, 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe
1987 - Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka
1987 - Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail
1987 - William H Webster replaces Robert M Gates as 14th director of CIA
1988 - Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
1989 - At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 2nd silence, honoring radio
1989 - Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals
1989 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1990 - Philadelphia Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's uniform #20
1991 - Betsy King wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1992 - Carlos Martinez hits a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a HR
1992 - Weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour
1993 - Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time
1993 - Olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Cup I at Munich
1993 - Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head & goes over fence
           for a home run
1996 - "Midsummer Night's Dream" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 66 perfs
1996 - Indianapolis 500 race
1996 - Laura Davies wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game
1996 - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1997 - Sammy Sosa (Cubs) & Tony Womack (Pirates) hit inside the park HRs
1998 - Date for Paula Jones sex harassment trial vs Pres Clinton
1998 - The United States Supreme Court rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of
           immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
2002 - The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars.
2002 - Álvaro Uribe becomes President of Colombia.
2003 - Only three days after a previous record, Sherpa Lakpa Gelu climbs Mount Everest in 10 hours
           56 minutes. The tourism ministry of Nepal confirms this record in July that year.
2004 - The New York Times publishes an admission of journalistic failings, claiming that its flawed
           reporting and lack of skeptism towards sources during the buildup to the 2003 war in Iraq
           helped promote the belief that Iraq possessed large stockpiles of weapons of mass       
           destruction.
2004 - The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for
           helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
2006 - The May 2006 Java earthquake kills over 5,700 people, leaves 200,000 homeless.
2012 - A gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvink
2012 - Pope Benedict XVI's butler is arrested for allegedly leaking confidential documents

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 26th May


Famous Weddings

1994 - Michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26) in La Romana, Dominican
           Republic
1996 - "Seinfield" actor-comedian Wayne Knight (41) weds makeup artist Paula Sutor (44) in Pacific
           Palisades, California
2006 - Soccer star player Joshua Kennedy (23) weds Australian Opals player Jacinta Hamilton at St.
           Joseph's Catholic Church in Port Melbourne