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This Day in History for 20th July


Famous Weddings

1608 - Reynier van Oldenbarnevelt marries Anna Weytzen in Delft
1991 - Kirk Cameron marries Growing Pains co-star Chelsea Noble in upstate NY
1996 - Tony Award-winning actress Bernadette Peters (48) weds investment adviser Michael
           Wittenberg (34) in Millbrook, New York
2002 - ABC's World News Tonight co-host Elizabeth Vargas (39) weds singer-songwriter Marc Cohn
          (43) at the Council on Foreign Relations

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This Day in History for 20th July


Famous Divorces

1993 - Joe Petruzzi files for divorce from Annabella Sciorra (Jungle Fever)
2012 - "Game of Thrones" actress Lena Headey (38) divorces musician Peter Loughran due to
           irreconcilable differences

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This Day in History for 20th July


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Macedonian King and                               Monk/Geneticist                                    Mount Everest Conquerer
Conqueror of Persia                                  Gregor Mendel (1822)                               Edmund Hillary (1919)
Alexander the Great (356 BC)


356 BC - Alexander the Great, Pella Macedon, Macedonian king and military leader, (d. 323 BC)
810 - Imam Bukhari, Muslim scholar and compiler of Hadith (d. 870)
1304 - Francesco Petrarch, Italy, poet (Italia Mia)
1513 - Gaspar Schetz, Dutch treasurer-general
1519 - Innocent IX, [Giovanni A Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591)
1537 - Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (d. 1604)
1600 - Simon Ives, composer
1659 - Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)
1663 - Pierre Drevet, French engraver
1709 - James Harris, philosopher
1720 - Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer
1726 - William Jones, composer
1744 - Henri Hamal, composer
1754 - Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher (d. 1836)
1757 - Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (d. 1811)
1761 - Joseph Lefebvre, composer
1762 - Jakob Haibel, composer
1766 - Thomas Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat
1774 - Auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852)
1779 - Ignaz Schuster, composer
1785 - Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39)/Westernizer/reformer
1793 - Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski)
1796 - Edward Hodges, composer
1797 - Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (d. 1873)
1803 - Jakob Zeugheer, composer
1804 - Richard Owen, British zoologist
1806 - John Sterling, writer (Representative Victorian)
1811 - James Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, governor (Jamaica)
1814 - Ivan S Gagarin, Russian theologist
1816 - William Bowman, English anatomist
1819 - Paul Henrion, composer
1822 - Gregor Mendel, Austrian Empire, monk/geneticist (discoverer of laws of heredity), (d. 1884)
1824 - Alexander Schimmelfennig, Prussia, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1836 - Thomas C Allbutt, English physiologist (Diseases of the Heart)
1837 - Hans Sommer, composer
1838 - Augustin Daly, American playwright (d. 1899)
1838 - George Otto Trevelyan, British statesman and biographer (d. 1928)
1847 - Max Liebermann, German impressionist painter
1849 - Robert Anderson Van Wyck, Mayor of New York City (d. 1918)
1852 - Theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, lawyer/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-13) [or 1/20]=
1853 - Geo[rge] Poggenbeek, Dutch water colors painter
1858 - Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (d. 1925)
1860 - Johannes Walter, German geologist (Denudation of the Wilderness)
1864 - Erik Karlfeldt, Sweden, poet (Nobel 1918-refused; 1931-posthumous)
1868 - Miron Cristea, 1st Patriarch of All Romania (d. 1939)
1870 - Vladimir D Nabokov, Russian jurist/minister of Justice (1918-19)
1872 - Alick Maclean, composer
1872 - Deodat de Severac, composer
1873 - Witold Maliszewski, composer
1873 - Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviator (d. 1932)
1876 - Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician (d. 1944)
1880 - Hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher/writer
1881 - Leon de Smet, Flemish painter
1885 - Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian/critic
1887 - Willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer
1889 - John Charles Reith, 1st Baron Reith, 1st dir-gen BBC (1927-38)
1890 - Theda Bara, [Theodosia Goodman], Cincinnati, actress (Love Goddeses)
1890 - Verna Felton, Salinas California, actress (Hilda-December Bride)
1893 - Alexander, king of Greece (1917-20)
1893 - Richard Billinger, Austria poet/writer (From Where I Came)
1893 - George Llewelyn-Davies, English Peter Pan character model (d. 1915)
1895 - László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946)
1897 - Tadeusz Reichstein, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1950)
1900 - Gottfried von Haberler, Austrian economist
1900 - Maurice Gilliams, Flemish writer/poet/essayist (Maria's Life)
1900 - Maurice Leyland, prolific cricket left-handed batsman (England)
1901 - Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist
1901 - Heinie Manush, American baseball player (d. 1971)
1902 - Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter (Bicycle Thiefs)
1902 - Dilys Powell, English writer (Descent from Parnassus)
1902 - Jimmy Kennedy, Irish composer (d. 1984)
1903 - Jef van de Wiele, Belgian politician
1905 - Molly Mary Nesta Keane, writer
1908 - Gunnar de Frumerie, composer
1909 - Eric Rowan, South African cricketer (prolific batsman pre- & post-WWII)
1909 - Jean Focas, Greco-French astronomer (d. 1969)
1910 - Cicely Veronica Wedgwood, British historian (William the Silent)
1910 - Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (d. 2004)
1911 - Baqa Jilani, Indian cricket fast bowler (Test 1936)
1911 - William Dillard, trumpeter/singer
1912 - Andrew Long, Scottish author (Blue Book of Fairy Tales)
1912 - Frederick Ferrari, crazy Gang Member
1912 - John Dacie, hematologist
1912 - Thijmen Kuijt, resistance fighter/co-found newspaper (The Typhoon)
1912 - George Johnston, Australian journalist and novelist (d. 1970)
1914 - William John Phillips, actor (Nothing but a Man)
1918 - Cindy Walker, American singer (d. 2006)
1919 - Edmund Hillary, Auckland NZ, Explorer and Mountaineer (1st to scale Mt Everest with Tenzing
           Norgay), (d. 2008)
1920 - Elliot L Richardson, Attorney General (1973)/Sec of Defense (1973)
1920 - Jack Harman, British general
1920 - Jeffrey Petersen, British diplomat
1920 - Lev Aronin, USSR, International Chess Grandmaster (1950)
1921 - Frederick Schroeder Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1942)
1922 - Miroslav "Standa" Bares, Czech/Dutch actor/director (Billy Budd)
1922 - Alan Stephenson Boyd, American politician
1923 - Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (d. 2005)
1924 - Hans Lodeizen, [Johannes A Frederik], Dutch poet (Inner Self)
1924 - Lola Albright, Akron Ohio, actress (Delta Country, Kid Galahad)
1924 - Thomas Berger, US, novelist (Vital Parts, Little Big Man)
1924 - Mort Garson, Canadian composer
1925 - Jacques Delors, French economist/chairman European Committee (1985-95)
1925 - Frantz Fanon, Martinique, France, psychiatrist and philosopher (The Wretched of the Earth),
           (d. 1961)
1926 - Lola Albright, American actress
1926 - Patricia Cutts, English actress (d. 1974)
1927 - Anthony Cavendish, British MI 6 agent/banker
1927 - Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor/composer
1928 - Jan Meyers, (Rep-R-Kansas, 1985- )
1928 - Pavel Kohout, writer
1928 - Peter Ind, jazz musician
1928 - Charles David Ganao, Djambala, French Equatorial Africa,Prime Minister of the Republic of the
           Congo (1996-1997), (d. 2012)
1929 - Mike Ilitch, American businessman and sports executive
1929 - Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (d. 1999)
1930 - Arthur U Spronken, sculptor
1930 - Sally Ann Howes, London England, actress (Dead of Night)
1930 - Yuri Petrovich Artyukin, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 14)
1931 - Tony Marsh, English racing driver
1932 - Nam June Paik, Seoul Korea, video artist (Medium is the Medium)
1932 - Otto Schily, German politician
1933 - Aliki Vouyouklaki, actress (Madalena)
1933 - Jose Vicente Asuar, composer
1933 - Nelson Doubleday, publisher (Doubleday)/owner (NY Mets)
1933 - Cormac McCarthy, American author
1934 - Doug Padgett, cricketer (England batsman twice in 1960)
1934 - Ralph C RInzler, folklorist (Greenbriar Boys)
1934 - Uwe Johnson, German writer
1935 - Lord Peter Palumbo, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
1935 - Ted Rogers, Kennington London, comedian (Aladdin, Cinderella)
1936 - Barbara A Mikulski, (Rep-D-MD, 1977-86/Sen-D-MD, 1986- )
1936 - Butch Baird, Chicago IL, PGA golfer (1961 Waco Turner Open)
1936 - Kaleria Fadicheva, ballerina
1937 - Ken Ogata, Japanese actor
1938 - Diana Rigg, Doncaster England, actress (Emma Peel-Avengers, Hospital)
1938 - Jo Ann Campbell, Jacksonville Fla, Lawrence Welk's champagne lady
1938 - Lord McGowan
1938 - Natalie Wood, [Natasha Gurdin], SF, (Gypsy, Rebel Without a Cause)
1938 - Roger Hunt, English footballer
1939 - Judy Chicago, [Cohen], Chicago, artist (Dinner Party)
1940 - Tony Oliva, ball player, batting champ (AL Rookie of Year 1964)
1941 - Vladimir Afanasiyevich Lyakhov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 32/34, T-9, TM-6)
1941 - Kurt Raab, German actor (d. 1988)
1942 - T G Sheppard, [William Browder], Humbolt Tn, singer (Devil in Bottle)
1942 - Ron Bowden, Australian politician
1943 - Dennis Yost, Detroit, Michigan, vocalist (The Classics IV), (d. 2008)
1943 - Chris Amon, Grand Prix racer
1943 - Wendy Richard, English actress
1944 - Wim Van Drimmelen, Dutch sect Science Council of Government policy
1945 - Betty Burfeindt, LPGA golfer
1945 - John Lodge, Birmingham, bassist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)
1945 - Larry E Craig, (Rep-R-Idaho, 1981- )
1945 - Viscount Petersham, English large landowner
1945 - Kim Carnes, Pasadena Ca, rock vocalist (Bette Davis Eyes)
1945 - Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer (d. 2005)
1947 - Carlos Santana, Mexico, rock guitarist (Santana-Black Magic Woman)
1947 - Gerd Binnig, Frankfurt, physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986)
1947 - James Harris, Monroe La, NFL quarterback (Buffalo, LA, San Diego)
1948 - Mary Dwyer, LPGA golfer
1948 - Richard H Lehman, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
1950 - Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress
1950 - Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor
1951 - Larry Black, Miami Fla, 4x100 runner (Olympic-gold-1972)
1951 - Jeff Rawle, English actor
1952 - Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress
1953 - Thomas Friedman, American journalist
1953 - Marcia Hines, American-born Australian singer
1953 - Dan Shaughnessy, American sports writer
1954 - Jay Jay French, NYC, guitarist (Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It)
1954 - Moira Harris, American actress
1956 - Charlie Magri, world champ flyweight boxer (1983)
1956 - Mima Jausovec, Yugoslavia, tennis player (French Open-1977)
1956 - Paul Cook, London, rock drummer (Sex Pistols)
1956 - Jim Prentice, Canadian politician
1957 - Donna Dixon, Virginia, actress and wife of actor Dan Aykroyd (Couch Trip, Bossom Buddies)
1957 - Larry Rinker, Stuart FL, Nike golfer (1985 Bing Crosby Pro-Am-2nd)
1957 - Merlina Defranco, rocker (Defranco Family)
1958 - Michael McNeill, synthesizer (Simple Minds-Don't You Forget About Me)
1958 - Mike McNeil, rocker
1959 - Radney Foster, Del Rio Tx, singer (Foster & Lloyd-Crazy Over You)
1960 - Katie Rabbet, London England, Prince Andrew's former girlfriend
1960 - Lauren Gregg, Rochester Minn, US women's soccer coach (Olympics-96)
1962 - Carlos Alazraqui, American actor and comedian
1962 - Giovanna Amati, Italian racing driver
1963 - Jenny Spangler, Monroe Wisc, marathoner (Olympics-96)
1963 - Paula Ivan, Romanian runner (world record mile)
1963 - Frank Whaley, American actor
1964 - Murray Craven, Medicine Hat, NHL left wing (Chicago Blackhawks)
1964 - Chris Cornell, American musician (Soundgarden, Audioslave)
1964 - Terri Irwin, American naturalist; widow of Steve Irwin
1964 - Kool G Rap, American musician
1964 - Dean Winters, American actor
1965 - Stone Gossard, musician with Pearl Jam
1966 - Beth Coats, Albuquerque NM, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1966 - Carlo L'Ami, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1966 - Mike Pero, Picton Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 CPGA Winter)
1966 - Tracey Mcfarlane, US breaststroke swimmer (US record 100m)
1967 - Akihito Sugisawa, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1967 - Ian Beckles, NFL guard (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1967 - Jon Normile, Cleve Oh, fencer (Olympics-96)
1967 - Reed Diamond, American actor
1968 - Chris Kennedy, actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure)
1968 - Chris Tsangaris, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
1968 - Robert Rodriguez, director (El Mariachi, Desperado)
1968 - Michael Park, American actor
1968 - Julian Rhind-Tutt, English actor
1969 - Josh Holloway, American actor
1969 - Giovanni Lombardi, Italian cyclist
1969 - Tobi Vail, American musician (Bikini Kill, The Go Team, The Frumpies)
1969 - Vitamin C, American singer
1970 - Dean Wells, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
1970 - Shannon Baker, CFL receiver (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1970 - Tom Sherrer, Syracuse NY, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Cleveland Open-2nd)
1971 - Bernard Whittington, NFL defensive end (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 - Charles Johnson, Fort Pierce Fla, catcher (US Olympics 1992, Marlins)
1971 - Ed Giddins, cricketer (promising Sussex pace bowler, England A 1995)
1971 - Ron Stone, NFLer (Dallas Cowboys)
1971 - Tom Tovo, WLAF defensive tackle (London Monarchs)
1971 - William Deering Jr, South Bend Indiana, pole vaulter
1971 - Sandra Oh, Korean Canadian actress
1971 - DJ Screw, American hiphop DJ (d. 2000)
1972 - Jay Barker, NFL quarterback (NE Patriots)
1972 - Jozef Stumpel, NHL forward (Team Kazakhstan 1998, LA Kings)
1972 - Erik Ullenhag, Swedish jurist and politician
1973 - Peter Forsberg, Ornskoldsvik Swe, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
1973 - Mads Rieper, Danish footballer
1973 - Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway
1974 - Kevin Meadows, gay rights activist
1974 - Bengie Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
1974 - Simon Rex, American actor
1975 - Ray Allen, NBA guard (Milwaukee Bucks)
1975 - Birgitta Ohlsson, Swedish politician
1975 - Judy Greer, American actress
1975 - Erik Hagen, Norwegian footballer
1975 - El Zorro, Mexican professional wrestler
1976 - Erica Hill, American news anchor
1976 - Debashish Mohanty, Indian cricketer
1976 - Andrew Stockdale, Australian musician (Wolfmother)
1976 - Alex Yoong, Malaysian racing driver
1977 - Julia Syriani, Miss Universe-Lebanon (1996)
1977 - Shany Kedmy, Israel, Women's 470 yachter (Oly-14th-1996)
1977 - Kiki Musampa, Congolese footballer
1977 - Alessandro dos Santos, Brazilian-born Japanese footballer
1978 - Charlie Korsmo, actor (Dick Tracy, What About Bob)
1978 - Denny Mendez, Miss Italy Universe (1997)
1978 - Jen Grubb, Elk Hart Indiana, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
1978 - Elliott Yamin, American Idol contestant
1978 - Pavel Datsyuk, Russian ice hockey player
1978 - Tamsyn Lewis, Australian athlete
1978 - Will Solomon, American basketball player
1979 - Claudine Barretto, Filipino actress
1979 - Miklos Feher, Hungarian football player (d. 2004)
1979 - David Ortega, Spanish freestyle and backstroke swimmer
1980 - Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian model
1980 - Mike Kennerty, American guitarist (The All-American Rejects)
1981 - Damien Delaney, Irish footballer
1981 - Thorsten Engelmann, German rower
1982 - Percy Daggs III, American actor
1984 - Alexi Casilla, Dominican baseball player
1984 - Troy Smith, American football player
1985 - John Francis Daley, American actor
1987 - Brent Wilson, former bassist for Panic At The Disco
1988 - Julianne Hough, American ballroom dancer
1989 - Witwisit Hirunwongkul, Thai actor
1991 - Scout Larue Willis, daughter of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore
1991 - William Tomlin, British actor
1992 - Paige Hurd, American actress
1997 - Billi Bruno, American actress
1999 - Princess Alexandra of Hanover, daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco

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This Day in History for 20th July


Famous Deaths

Karate Star/
Actor Bruce Lee (1973)


833 - Ansegis/Ansegius, French abbot of Fontenelle/author, dies at about 63
985 - Pope Boniface VII
1031 - Robert II de Vrome, King of France (996-1031), dies
1156 - Emperor Toba of Japan (b. 1103)
1160 - Peter Lombard, French theologian
1201 - Agnes of France, queen of France, dies [or 7/18]
1320 - King Oshin of Armenia (b. 1282)
1322 - Frederik II van Sierck, bishop of Utrecht (1317-22), dies
1351 - Margaretha Ebner, German visionary (b. 1291)
1387 - Robert IV of Artois, Count of Eu (poisoned) (b. 1356)
1398 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (b. 1374)
1453 - Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French chronicler
1454 - Johan II, King of Castile, dies at 49
1524 - Claude of France, wife of Louis XII of France (b. 1499)
1573 - Lancelot of Brederode, water beggar, beheaded
1597 - Franciscus Raphelengius [French of Ravelingen], Neth publisher, dies
1607 - Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian (Historia Belgica), dies at 48
1609 - Federico Zuccari, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at about 69
1616 - Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier
1636 - John Oldham, trader in Mass, murdered by indians
1704 - Peregrine White, first English child born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1620)
1732 - Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer, dies at 51
1752 - John C Pepusch, English composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at about 85
1762 - Christoph Nichelsmann, German klavecinist/composer, dies
1766 - Isabelle Farnese, queen of Spain, dies
1808 - Francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66
1816 - Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet (b. 1743)
1819 - John Playfair, Scottish geologist/mathematician, dies
1824 - Joan M Kemper, lawyer (layed-out Civil Code), dies
1825 - Joseph-Denis Doche, composer, dies at 58
1859 - Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Fantasy), dies
1866 - Faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide
1866 - G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function), dies
1868 - Antoine Prumier, composer, dies at 75
1868 - Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer, dies at 62
1881 - Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies
1888 - Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter, dies
1893 - Tom Kelly, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1977-79, 64 runs), dies
1897 - Jean Ingelow, English poet (b. 1820)
1898 - Yuri Arnold, composer, dies at 86
1901 - William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
1903 - Leo XIII, [Vincenzo G Pecci], Pope (1878-1903), dies at 93
1908 - Federico Chueca, composer, dies at 62
1908 - Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author, president of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1835)
1914 - Leo van Gheluwe, composer, dies at 76
1922 - Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (b. 1856)
1923 - Pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexican rebel, murdered at 55
1926 - Felix Dzerzhinsky [Iron Felix, Bloody Felix], Soviet statesman, established and developed
           Soviet secret police (Cheka, forerunner to the KGB), dies at 48
1927 - Ferdinand I VAM, King of Romania, dies at 61
1928 - Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (b. 1896)
1932 - René Bazin, French novelist (b. 1853)
1936 - Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer, dies at 75
1936 - Jose Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general/high director, dies
1937 - Guglielmo Marconi, Ital engineer/marquis (radio, Nobel 1909), dies
1939 - Joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies
1940 - Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide
1941 - Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (b. 1867)
1942 - Patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle
1944 - Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71
1944 - Brandt, col/German staff chief, dies in bombing
1944 - Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, count/German antifascist colonel, dies
1944 - Friedrich Olbricht, German general (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 - Heinz Burns, German (Olympic-gold-1936), dies in bombing
1944 - Korten, chef gen of Germany Luftwaffe, dies in bomb explosion
1944 - Ludwig Beck, gen/chief Germany general staff (July 20th plot), dies
1944 - Mertz, German colonel (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 - Rudolf Schmundt, gen/Hitler's Army adjunct, dies from wounds
1944 - Werner von Haeffen, German lieutenant (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 - Mildred Harris, American actress (b. 1901)
1945 - Arthur Seccull, South African cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies
1945 - Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)
1951 - Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan's King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem
1951 - Mustafa Shuqri Ashu, tailor/murderer of king Abdullah, shot to death
1951 - Friedrich Wilhelm Hohenzollern, Crown Prince of Germany (b. 1882)
1953 - Dumarsaid Estime, President of Haiti (b. 1900)
1953 - Jan Struther, British author (b. 1901)
1954 - Blair Moody, (Sen-Mich), dies at 52
1956 - Ken Burn, cricketer (Tasmanian rep on 1890 Ashes tour, 2 Tests), dies
1956 - James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (b. 1868)
1957 - Phil Hanna, singer (Once Upon a Tune), dies at 46
1958 - Franklin Pangborn, dies at 69
1959 - Harry Fox II, dies at 77
1962 - Andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51
1962 - George MacAulay Trevelyan, English royal historian, dies at 86
1966 - Julien Carette, dies of burns at 68
1968 - Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies
1969 - Roy Hamilton, American rocker, dies at 40 (b. 1929)
1970 - Iain Macleod, Conservative Party Politician and Chancellor of Exchequer at time of his death (b.
          1913)
1973 - Bruce Lee, [Lee Yuen Kam], actor (Enter the Dragon), dies at 32
1973 - Robert Smithson, American land artist (b. 1938)
1974 - Allen Jenkins, actor (Fugitive from a Chain Gang), dies at 74
1976 - Tom Lowry, cricketer (early New Zealand Test captain), dies
1977 - Carter De Haven, actor (Courage, Great Dictator), dies at 90
1977 - Gary Kellgren, American music producer (b. 1939)
1982 - Okot p'Bitek, Ugandan poet (b. 1931)
1983 - Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59
1984 - Gail Kubik, US composer (Gerald McBoing Boing), dies at 69
1984 - Jim [James] Fixx, jogger/writer (Jim Fixx on Running), dies at 52
1986 - Helen Craig, actress (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 74
1987 - Richard Egan, actor (Big Cube, Amsterdam Kill), dies at 63
1989 - Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, commander (French resistance), dies
1989 - Mary Treen, actress (Career, Rock-a-bye Baby), dies at 71
1990 - Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Obsessions, Pygmalion), dies
1990 - Herbert Jenkins, Atlanta's longest serving police chief (b. 1907)
1991 - Henri Marius Rellys, dies at 86
1993 - Donald Alexander, System director/producer (East Valley), dies at 79
1994 - Kim II Sung, pres of North-Korea (1948-94), buried
1994 - Paul Delvaux, Belgian surrealistisch painter, dies at 96
1994 - Reginald Hall, endocrinologist, dies at 83
1995 - Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim, photographer/collector, dies at 82
1995 - Natalia Dmitrevna Shpiller, singer, dies at 85
1996 - Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier, dies at 70
1996 - Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh, journalist, dies at 77
1997 - Linda Stirling, college prof/B movie actress (Pretender), dies at 75
1998 - June Byers, American professional wrestler (b. 1922)
1999 - Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916)
2000 - Gregory Hill (also known as Malaclypse the Younger,) American writer (b. 1941)
2001 - Carlo Giuliani, Italian anarchist (b. 1978)
2003 - Nicolas Freeling, English writer (b. 1927)
2004 - Adi Lady Lala Mara, Fiji chieftainess, wife of Kamisese Mara (b. 1931)
2005 - James Doohan, Canadian-born actor (b. 1920)
2005 - Finn Gustavsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1926)
2005 - Kayo Hatta, American film director (b. 1958)
2006 - Ted Grant, British Trotskyist (b. 1913)
2006 - Gérard Oury, French filmmaker (b. 1919)
2007 - Tammy Faye Messner (Bakker), American televangelist (b. 1942)
2008 - Artie Traum, American guitarist (b. 1943)
2009 - Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (b. 1957)
2012 - Simon Ward, English actor, dies at 70

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 21st July


Historical Events

                                   
French Emperor                                         Outlaw Jesse James                            British war time Prime Minister
Napoleon Bonaparte                                                                                                     Winston Churchill     

                                   
Astronaut & 1st Man on the Moon          Baseball Player Hank Aaron                    Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Neil Armstrong                                                                                                      Mike Tyson


356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of
              the World.
230 - St Pontianus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler.
365 - Alexandria hit by Earthquake; about 50,000 die
866 - John appointed bishop of the kingdom
905 - Holy Roman Catholic emperor Louis III captured
976 - Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria
1542 - Pope Paul III begins inquisition against Protestants (Sactum Officium)
1545 - The first landing of French troops onto the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French
           invasion of the Isle of Wight occurs.
1568 - Battle at Jemmingen: Alva's troops beat Dutch rebellion
1579 - Mechelen surrenders to duke of Parma
1588 - English fleet defeats Spanish armada
1595 - Alvara Mendana discovers Marquesas Island
1669 - John Lockes Constitution of English colony Carolina approved
1718 - The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is
           signed.
1730 - States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy"
1749 - Pieter Steyn becomes pension advisor of Holland
1773 - Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits
1774 - Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774: Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign Treaty of Kuchuk-
           Kainarji ending the war.
1798 - Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt
1825 - Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics
1831 - Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king
1836 - 1st Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie & St John, Quebec
1846 - Mormons found 1st English settlement in California (San Joaquin Valley)
1861 - 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va - South wins
1865 - In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in
           what is regarded as the first true western showdown.
1866 - Cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London
1867 - City Gardens on Folsom opens
1873 - Jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa)
1877 - -27] US army breaks railroad strike
1880 - Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY
1884 - 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's
1896 - National Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's
1897 - Tate Gallery opens in England
1898 - Spain cedes Guam to US
1900 - Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite
1904 - After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed
1904 - Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH
1918 - U-156 shells Nauset Beach, in Orleans, Massachusetts.
1919 - Anthony Fokker's establishes airplane factory at Hamburg & Amsterdam
1919 - Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 (Chicago, Ill)
1921 - Indians (9) & Yankees (7) hit a record 16 doubles
1923 - Phillies score 12 in 6th & beat Cubs 17-4
1925 - Monkey Trial ends-John Scopes found guilty of teaching Darwinism
1930 - 110°F (43°C) at Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
1930 - US Veterans Administration forms
1931 - Reno race track, becomes 1st in US to use daily double wagering
1933 - Haifa Harbor in Palestine opens
1934 - 113°F (45°C), near Gallipolis, Ohio (state record)
1938 - Paul Hindemith & Leonide Massines ballet premieres in London
1940 - Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
1940 - VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands
1941 - 200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine
1941 - Himmler orders building of Majdanek concentration camp
1942 - 8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Va
1944 - British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery
1944 - General Koiso becomes premier of Japan
1944 - US forces land on Guam to get rid of Japanese invaders
1944 - Von Kluge warns Hitler of impending collapse of front in Normandy
1945 - Detroit Tigers & Phila A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie
1946 - Jesus T Pinerol becomes 1st native born Puerto Rican governor
1947 - Indonesia begins 1st political election
1948 - WSPD TV channel 13 in Toledo, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 - Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO)
1951 - Dalai Lama returns to Tibet
1952 - 7.8 earthquake shakes Kern County California, 14 killed
1952 - Premier Ghavam es-Sultaneh of Persia, resigns
1954 - At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North & South Vietnam
1955 - 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor launched-Seawolf
1956 - Cin Red pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins
1956 - US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Enwetak
1957 - 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson)
1957 - 39th PGA Championship: Lionel Hebert at Miami Valley GC Dayton Ohio
1957 - Marilynn Smith/Fay Crocker wins Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament
1959 - 1st nuclear powered merchant ship, NS Savannah, christened, Camden NJ
1959 - Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green)
1960 - Country of Katanga forms in Africa
1960 - In Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) Sirima Bandaranaike is world's 1st woman PM
1960 - Francis Chichester arrive in NY aboard Gypsy Moth II, setting record of 40 days for a solo
           Atlantic crossing
1961 - Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom
1962 - 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga
1962 - Battles on Chinese & Indies boundary
1963 - 45th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 279 at Dallas AC Dallas
1964 - Arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey v Sussex
1964 - Mildred Simpson runs female world record marathon (3:19:33)
1964 - Neth last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan
1965 - Pakistan, Iran & Turkey sign Regional Co-Operation pact
1966 - Gemini X returns to Earth
1966 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 - 50th PGA Championship: Julius Boros shoots a 281 at Pecan Valley TX
1968 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational
1968 - Jan Janssen wins Tour de France: 1st Dutchman
1969 - Neil Armstrong steps on Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT)
1969 - Russia's Luna 15 impacts moon after 52 lunar orbits
1970 - Huge Aswan Dam opens in Egypt
1970 - Libya orders confiscation of all Jewish property
1970 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1970 - Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack
           Baldschun gives up 3 hits & Padres lose, 3-0
1971 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1972 - 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76 (Seville, Spain)
1972 - 27.5 cm rainfall at Fort Ripley, Minnesota (state record)
1972 - Bloody Friday: 22 IRA-bombs explode in Belfast
1972 - Dodgers release & end career of pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm
1972 - In NY, 57 murders occur in 24 hours
1973 - Braves Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR
1973 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Atoll un the Pacific
1973 - USSR launches Mars 4 for fly-by (2600 km) of red planet
1974 - 29th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Haynie
1974 - Eddy Merckx wins his 5th Tour de France
1974 - House Judiciary approves 2 Articles of Impeachment against Pres Nixon
1975 - Billy Martin fired as Texas Rangers manager
1975 - NY Met Félix Millán hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays
1976 - "Guys & Dolls" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 239 performances
1976 - 1st outbreak of "Legionnaire's Disease" kills 29 in Phila
1976 - Christopher Ewart-Biggs British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland is assassinated by the
           Provisional IRA.
1977 - Libyan-Egyptian border fights
1977 - Sri Lanka premier Bandaranaike loses election
1978 - Bolivia milt coup under general Juan Pereda, pres Hugo Banzer flees
1978 - US Postal Service & unions agree on a contract averting mail strike
1978 - World's strongest dog, 80-kg St Bernard, pulls 2909-kg load 27 m
1979 - 108th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 283 at Royal Lytham
1979 - National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, NY) dedicated
1980 - Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins
1981 - Australia set 130 to win, all out 111 at Headingley Willis 8-43
1982 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1983 - Polish government ends 19 months of martial law
1983 - Storm cuts short Diana Ross' free concert in NY's Central Park
1983 - US announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge
1984 - 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in US
1984 - Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s
1984 - USSR performs underground nuclear Test
1985 - "Leader of the Pack" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 120 perfs
1985 - 114th British Golf Open: Sandy Lyle shoots a 282 at Royal St George
1985 - Amina Fakir (Detroit), 23, crowned 18th Miss Black America
1985 - Bernard Hinault wins his 5th & last Tour de France
1985 - Judy Clark wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1986 - Barbara Palacios Teyde, 22, of Venezuela, crowned 35th Miss Universe
1986 - Pleasure Island plans unveiled
1987 - Kristi Addis, of Mississippi, crowned 5th Miss Teen USA
1988 - ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian)
1988 - Mass Gov Michael Dukakis accepts Democratic nomination for president
1989 - Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors
1989 - Greg LeMond (US) wins Tour de France in fastest time
1989 - Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title
1990 - Goodwill Games opens in Seattle Wash
1990 - Pink Floyds' "Wall" is performed where Berlin Wall once stood
1991 - 120th British Golf Open: Ian Baker-Finch shoots 272 at Royal Birkdale
1991 - Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
1991 - Sharmell Sullivan (Gary Indiana), 20, crowned 23rd Miss Black America
1991 - Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, & Bill Veeck are elected into the
           Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY
1993 - Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke (26.93)
1994 - Tony Blair is declared the winner of the leadership election of the British Labour Party, paving
           the way for him to become Prime Minister in 1997.
1995 - Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians v Kent
1995 - KC Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings
1996 - 125th British Golf Open: Tom Lehman shoots a 271 at Royal Lytham
1996 - Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Friendly's Golf Classic
1996 - Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with NY Rangers
1997 - 200-year-old USS Constitution sails under its own power
1997 - NY Yank Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault
1997 - The fully restored USS Constitution (aka "Old Ironsides") celebrates her 200th birthday by
           setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
2002 - Telecom giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the largest such filing
           in United States history.
2004 - The United Kingdom government publishes Delivering Security in a Changing World, a paper
           detailing wide-ranging reform of the country's armed forces.
2005 - Four terrorist bombings, occurring exactly two weeks after the similar July 7 bombings, target
           London's public transportation system. All four bombs fail to detonate and all four suspected
           suicide bombers are captured and later convicted and imprisoned for long terms.
2007 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in the bestselling Harry Potter series is
           released.
2008 - Bosnian-Serb war criminal Radovan Karadžić is arrested in Serbia and is indicted by the UN's
           ICTY tribunal.
2011 - NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission
           STS-135.

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This Day in History for 21st July


Famous Weddings

1320 - Count Louis of Nevers marries 8-year old daughter of Philips V
1945 - Master of quick wit and widely considered one of the best comedians of the modern era
           Groucho Marx (54) weds Kay Marvis
2005 - Tennis star player Lleyton Hewitt (24) weds "Home and Away" TV actress Bec Cartwright (22)
           at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia
2010 - Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr (27) weds British actor Orlando Bloom (33) in a secret
           ceremony
2012 - 2010 American Idol winner Lee DeWyze (26) weds model-actress Jonna Walsh at Maravilla
           Gardens in Camarillo, California

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This Day in History for 21st July


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Nobel Laureate Author                           Rock Vocalist Cat Stevens (1948)              Comedian/Actor
Ernest Hemingway (1899)                                                                                       Robin Williams (1951)


810 - Imam Bukhari, Islamic scholar (d. 870)
1515 - St Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest
1620 - Jean Picard, French astronomer
1664 - Matthew Prior, English poet
1676 - Anthony Collins, English philosopher (A discourse on free-thinking)
1693 - Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st duke of Newcastle, Engl minister of finance
1706 - Pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups)
1710 - Paul Möhring, German physician (d. 1792)
1748 - Louis-Henry Paisible, composer
1758 - Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration)
1762 - Willem GF Bentinck, Dutch earl/politician/organist
1779 - Gottlob Wiedebein, composer
1797 - Franz Schoberlechner, composer
1802 - David Hunter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1804 - Victor Schoelcher, Guadeloupe, abolished french slavery
1808 - Simion Bărnuţiu, Romanian philosopher and politician (d. 1864)
1810 - Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist
1815 - Stewart Van Vliet, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901
1816 - Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service
1817 - John Gilbert, painter/illustrator
1817 - Joseph K Barnes, Major General (Union Army), died in 1883
1821 - Vasile Alecsandri, Romania, poet/ Foreign Minister/diplomat
1822 - Ludwig Theodore Gouvy, composer
1826 - James Gillpatrick Blunt, Major General (Union volunteers)
1828 - John Rutter Brooke, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1832 - Henrietta Marie Morse King, cattlewoman
1856 - Harry A P Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania)
1856 - Louise Blanchard Bethune, 1st US woman architect
1857 - A S C Wallis, [Adele SC von Antal-Opzoomer], Dutch writer
1858 - Lovis Corinth, German painter (d. 1925)
1858 - Maria Christina of Austria, queen of Spain (d. 1929)
1858 - Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand artist (d. 1941)
1863 - C[harles] Aubrey Smith, London England, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)
1864 - Frances Folsom Cleveland, 1st lady (1885-89, 93-97)
1865 - Robert Kahn, composer
1870 - Emil Orlik, Czech painter (d. 1932)
1880 - Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (d. 1919)
1882 - David Burliuk, Ukrainian artist (d. 1967)
1885 - Frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist (Dinner at Antoine)
1892 - Anton Schnack, German writer/poet
1892 - Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect (tax office Wibautstraat, Amsterdam)
1892 - Lenore Ulric, US actress (Notorious, Better Woman) [or 1894]
1893 - Hans Fallada, writer
1895 - H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31)
1895 - Ken Maynard, Texas, cowboy/actor/producer (Bigfoot)
1898 - Ernest Willem Mulder, composer
1898 - Sara Carter, Virginia, vocalist/guitarist (Carter Family)
1899 - Ernest Hemingway, Oak Park Illinois, author ('for whom the bell tolled... ', Nobel
           1954), (d. 1961
1899 - Hart Crane, US, poet (Bridge)
1901 - Allyn Joslyn, Milford Pa, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society)
1903 - Theodore Karyotakis, composer
1903 - Roy Neuberger, American financier
1905 - Diana Trilling, writer
1906 - Daniel Ayala Perez, composer
1907 - Ross Alexander, Brooklyn NY, actor (Boulder Dam, Capt Blood)
1908 - Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American professional golfer (d. 1996)
1909 - Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, Egyptologist
1911 - Jozef Cyrankiewicz, premier Poland (1947..70)
1911 - Marshall McLuhan, Canada, writer (Medium is the Massage)
1915 - Duke of Norfolk
1915 - Floyd McDaniel, blues singer/guitarist
1915 - Maurice Laing, English contractor/multi-millionaire
1920 - Constantly, [A Nieuwenhuys], painter (Uprising of Homo Ludens)
1920 - Isaac Stern, Kreminiecz Russia, violinist (debut SF Symph)
1920 - Manuel Valls Gorina, composer
1921 - Billy Taylor, Greenville NC, orchestra leader (David Frost Show)
1922 - Kay Starr, Dougherty Oklahoma, singer (Rock & Roll Waltz, Club Oasis)
1923 - Henny Alma, [Hendrika den Broek], Dutch actress (Soldier of Orange)
1924 - Don Knotts, Morgantown WV, actor (Amdy Griffth Show, 3's Company)
1925 - Al Checco, Pittsburgh PA, actor (Extreme Close-up)
1925 - Lovro Zupanovic, composer
1925 - Anne Meacham, American actress
1926 - Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner
1926 - Karel Reisz, director (Everybody Wins, Isadora, Who'll Stop the Rain)
1926 - Norman Jewison, director (Moonstruck, ...and Justice For All)
1926 - Paul Burke, New Orleans, actor (Thomas Crown Affair) [or Jan 21]
1926 - Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general
1926 - Queenie Watts, English actress (d. 1980)
1927 - Stefan Niculescu, composer
1928 - Marcel Gauthier, Canadian wrestler (d. 1998)
1929 - Bob Orton, American wrestler (d. 2006)
1930 - Gene Alec Littler, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (1961 US Open)
1930 - Anand Bakshi, Indian lyricist (d. 2002)
1931 - Leon Schidlowsky, composer
1932 - Ernie Warlick, American football player
1933 - Brigitte Reimann, writer
1933 - John C Gardner, scholar/writer (Grendel, Sunlight Dialogues)
1934 - Chandu Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67)
1934 - Edolphus Towns, (Rep-D-New York, 1983- )
1935 - Julian Pettifer, English TV-host
1935 - Kaye Stevens, Pitts, singer/comedienne (Jerry Lewis Show)
1935 - Norbert Blüm, German politician
1935 - Moe Drabowsky, baseball player (d. 2006)
1938 - Anton Emil Kuerti, composer
1938 - Janet Reno, US attorney general (1993- )
1938 - Les Aspin, (Rep-D-Wisc, 1971-93)/Minister of Defense (1993-94)
1939 - John Negroponte, 1st United States Director of National Intelligence
1940 - James E Clyburn, (Rep-D-South Carolina)
1941 - Jim Bates, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
1942 - Fred Hetzel, NBA star (SF, Cincinnati, Milwaukee Bucks)
1942 - Kim Fowley, Philippines/US rock vocalist/producer/songwriter
1942 - Patricia Elliot, Gunnison Co, actress (Renee-Empire, One Life to Live)
1943 - David Downing, NYC, actor (Backstairs at the White House)
1943 - Edward Herrmann, Wash DC, actor (Day of the Dolphin, Reds)
1943 - Jerry McGee, New Lexingon OH, PGA golfer (1975 Pensacola Open)
1944 - Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian/English writer (Price of Bride)
1944 - Paul Wellstone, (Sen-D-Minnesota)
1944 - Tony Scott, director (Top Gun, Revenge, Days of Thunder), (d. 2012)
1944 - John Atta Mills, Tarkwa, Gold Coast (Ghana), President of Ghana (2009-2012), (d. 2012)
1945 - Alton Maddox, NY black activist/attorney (Tawana Brawley case)
1945 - Barry Richards, extraordinary cricket batsman (4 Tests for South Africa)
1945 - Geoff Dymock, Australian cricket left-arm pace bowler (1974-80)
1945 - Leigh Lawson, Atherston England, actress (Fire & Sword, Charlie Boy)
1945 - John Lowe, English darts player
1945 - Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (d. 2008)
1946 - Barry "Bean" Whitwam, rocker
1946 - Zbigniew Kaczmarek, Poland, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1976)
1946 - Kenneth Starr, American lawyer
1947 - Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricket opener (Gavaskar's partner for a while)
1947 - John J Duncan Jr, (Rep-R-Tennessee)
1947 - Wendell Burton, San Antonio Tx, actor (Lucas-New Dick Van Dyke Show)
1948 - Cat Stevens [Steven Demetre Georgiou; Yusaf Islam], London, rock vocalist (Peace Train)
1948 - Art Hindle, Halifax Nova Scotia, actor (Jeff-Dallas, Berrengers)
1948 - Garry Trudeau, political cartoonist (Doonesbury)
1948 - Ed Hinton, American sportswriter
1949 - Ludmila Smirnova, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-silver-1972)
1949 - Al Hrabosky, baseball player
1950 - Larry Tolbert, rock drummer (Raydio)
1950 - Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian footballer
1951 - Diana Dennis, Portland Oregon, body builder (Women Physique World)
1951 - Doug Collins, US, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1972)
1951 - Slick Watts, NBA (Seattle SuperSonic)
1951 - Robin Williams, Chicago, Illinois, American actor and comedian (Mork & Mindy, Good Will
           Hunting)
1952 - John Barrasso, [John Anthony Barrasso III], Reading Pennsylvania, American politician, junior
           senator from Wyoming
1953 - Brian Talbot, British footballer
1953 - Jeff Fatt, Chinese Australian actor
1955 - Henry Preistman, rocker (Christians-Harvest the World)
1955 - Tacho Ocheriski, singer (Putting on the Ritz)
1955 - Howie Epstein, American musician (d. 2003)
1955 - Taco Ockerse, Indonesian singer
1956 - Michael Connelly, American author
1957 - Jon Lovitz, Tarzana California, actor (SNL, League of their Own, Critic)
1959 - Stuart Young-Black, Cheshire England, Canadian equestrian (Oly-96)
1960 - Lance Guest, Saratoga California, actor (Lance-Lou Grant)
1960 - Matt Mulhern, Phila, actor (Biloxi Blues)
1960 - Fritz Walter, German footballer
1961 - Don Wilson, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
1961 - Henry Ellard, NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
1961 - Jim Martin, Oakland CA, rock guitarist (Faith No More-Real Thing)
1961 - Amar Singh Chamkila, Punjabi folk singer
1962 - Ike Eisenmann, Houston Texas, actor (Scott-Fantastic Journey)
1963 - Kevin Poole, English footballer
1963 - Paulo Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
1964 - Susan Swift, Houston Texas, actress (Chisholms)
1965 - Mike Bordick, Marquette MI, infielder (Oakland A's)
1965 - Gudni Bergsson, Icelandic footballer
1965 - Jovy Marcelo, Filipino racing driver (d. 1992)
1966 - Larisa Neiland, Lvov Ukraine, tennis star (1996 Essen winner)
1966 - Arija Bareikis, American actress
1967 - Lance Painter, Bedford England, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
1967 - Tore Meinecke, West Germany, tennis star
1968 - Brandi Chastain, San Jose California, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
1968 - Christian Perthaler, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
1968 - Dina Ammaccapane, Bayport NY, LPGA golfer (1994 Sara Lee Classic-4th)
1968 - Johnnie Barnes, NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers, Amsterdam Admirals)
1968 - Lyle Odelein, Quill Lake Sask, NHL defenseman (Team Canada, Montreal)
1968 - Robert Anthony Gamez, Las Vegas NV, PGA golfer (1990 Nestle)
1969 - Emerson Hart, American musician (Tonic)
1970 - Bryce Florie, Charleston FLA, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
1970 - Steven "Scrappy" Segaloff, New Haven, Conn, rower (Olympics-5th-1996)
1970 - Shawn Stasiak, American professional wrestler
1971 - Nuno Markl, Portuguese comedian and radio host
1972 - Dennis Military man, soccer player (Sparta/Vitesse)
1972 - Joe Rudolph, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles)
1972 - Kimera Bartee, Omaha NE, outfielder (Detroit Tigers)
1972 - Lilach Parisky, Israel, Women's foil fencer (Oly-1996)
1972 - Martin Miller, CFL safety (BC Lions)
1972 - Shinjiro Otani, wrestler (NJPW)
1973 - Ali Landry, Louisiana, Miss Universe-USA (1996)
1973 - Stephen Clarke, Sutton Coldfield England, Canada swimmer (Oly-br-92, 96)
1973 - Steve Taneyhill, WLAF QB (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1974 - Andrea L'Huillier, Miss Universe-Chile (1996)
1974 - Geoff Jenkins, American baseball player
1975 - Mike Sellers, CFL defensive end (Edmonton Eskimos)
1975 - Ravindra Pushpakumara, Sri Lankan cricketer (Test pace bowler)
1977 - Allison Wagner, 200m/400m medley swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
1977 - Sarah Biasini, daughter of actress Romy Schneider
1977 - Paul Casey, English golfer
1977 - Jaime Murray, British actress
1978 - Kyoko Iwosoki, Japan, 100m breaststroke swimmer (Oly-gold-92, 96)
1978 - Damian Marley, Jamaican musician
1978 - Justin Bartha, American actor
1978 - Gary Teale, Scottish football player
1979 - David Carr, American football player
1979 - Tamika Catchings, American basketball player
1980 - Tailor James, Canadian model
1980 - CC Sabathia, American baseball player
1981 - Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist
1981 - Joaquín Sánchez, Spanish footballer
1981 - Titus Bramble, English footballer
1981 - Chrishell Stause, American actress
1981 - Blake Lewis, American musician
1983 - Eivør Pálsdóttir, Faroese singer
1983 - Kellen Winslow II, American football player
1984 - Liam Ridgewell, English footballer
1984 - Paul Davis, American basketball player
1985 - Von Wafer, American basketball player
1987 - AnnaLynne McCord, American actress
1988 - Chris Mitchell, Scottish footballer
1989 - Chris Gunter, Welsh footballer
1989 - Jamie Waylett, British actor
1989 - Rory Culkin, American actor
1992 - Rachael Flatt, American figure skater

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This Day in History for 21st July


Famous Deaths

 
Poet Robert Burns (1796)


1160 - Peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies
1425 - Manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies
1540 - John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies
1544 - René of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle
1683 - Lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded
1688 - James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610)
1717 - Niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies
1782 - Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63
1793 - Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, French explorer (b. 1739)
1796 - Robert Burns, Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne), dies at 37
1798 - François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b.
          1733)
1821 - Maurice J M prince de Broglie, bishop of Ghent, dies at about 55
1831 - Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen), dies at 55
1861 - Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44
1870 - Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42
1880 - Hiram Walden, American politician (b. 1800)
1888 - Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53
1889 - Nelson Dewey, American politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
1891 - Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor, dies at 51
1899 - Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and military officer (b. 1833)
1910 - Johan Peter Selmer, composer, dies at 66
1917 - Christopher J Forster, British RAF-pilot/capt, dies in battle
1922 - Djemal Pasha, dictator of Turkey, murdered
1927 - J J Lyons, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia), dies
1928 - Ellen A Terry, Brits actress/dir (Imperial Theatre), dies at 81
1932 - Bill Gleason, late 19th century baseball player
1938 - Owen Wister, American author (b. 1860)
1941 - Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer and poet (b. 1872)
1943 - Charles William Paddock, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1920), dies at 42
1944 - Gerrit van den Bosch, led illegal Dutch CPN party, dies in Dachau
1944 - Henning von Tresckow, Gen-Maj, "July 20th plotter", commits suicide
1946 - Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
1948 - Arshile Gorky, abstract expressionist, dies at 43
1948 - Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer, dies at 58
1950 - Albert Riemenschneider, composer, dies at 71
1957 - Bernard Spooner, US inventor (bulletproof jacket), dies
1957 - Rockley Wilson, cricketer (bro of Clem, Test for England 1921), dies
1966 - Eugeen Calleen, Flemish sculptor, dies at 83
1967 - Albert J Luthuli, president South Africa (ANC), dies
1967 - Basil Rathbone, actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies of heart attack at 75
1967 - Jimmy Foxx, baseball hall of famer (Det Tigers/534 HRs), dies at 59
1967 - Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet (English paint box), dies at 80
1968 - Ruth St Denis, US choreography, dies at about 90
1970 - Mikhail Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
1970 - Bob Kalsu, American football player (b. 1945)
1972 - Jigme Dori Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, dies
1972 - Ralph Craig, American athlete (b. 1889)
1973 - Russell Hardie, dies after long illness at 69
1974 - Willem F K Hussem, painter/poet (Steltlopen on Sea), dies at 74
1975 - Billy West, actor (Jimmy the Gent, Jealousy), dies at 82
1975 - Fie Carelsen, actress (Malle Gevallen), dies at 85
1976 - Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to Ireland, assassinated
1977 - Lee Miller, American Photographer aged 70
1979 - Ludwig Renn, writer, dies at 90
1982 - Dave Garroway, TV host (Today Show), dies at 69
1982 - Jean J A Girault, French director (Gendarme Saint-Tropez), dies at 58
1984 - Michael Osborne, rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe), dies at 34
1985 - Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65
1985 - Vicki Vola, actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney)
1986 - Paulo Correia, Guinee-Bissaus colonel/putschist, executed
1986 - Virginia Hewitt, actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies at 60
1986 - Ernest Maas, American screenwriter (b. 1892)
1990 - Manuel Puig, Argentine writer (Buenos Aires Affair), dies at 57
1990 - Sacha Piteoff, dies of heart failure at 70
1990 - Stanley Shapiro, dies of leukemia at 65
1991 - Theodore Wilson, dies at 47
1991 - Paul Warwick, English racing driver (b. 1969)
1993 - Henk Kersting, bureau chef (Associated Press-WW II), dies at 88
1993 - Piet Wielinga, TV producer (Dutch Glory), dies at 56
1993 - Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53
1994 - Dorothy Collins, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 67
1994 - John Ernest, constructionist Artist, dies at 72
1994 - Marjorie Dorothy Chandler Collins, jazz singer, dies at 67
1995 - Edwin "Russell" House, saxophonist, dies at 65
1995 - Elleston Trevor, author, dies
1995 - Jon Boulle, motorcyclist, dies at 59
1996 - Francis James Claude Piggott, soldier, dies at 85
1996 - Gerald McArthur, detective, dies at 70
1996 - Herb Edelman, actor (Odd Couple, St Elsewhere), dies of emphysema 62
1996 - James Tye, safety expert, dies at 74
1996 - John Kevin Moorhouse, test pilot, dies at 50
1996 - Macha Louis Rosenthal, critic/poet, dies at 79
1996 - Wolf Morris, actor (Padmasambhava-Dr Who), dies at 71
1998 - Alan Shepard, astronaut (b. 1923)
1998 - Robert Young, American actor (b. 1907)
2001 - Steve Barton, American actor (b. 1954)
2001 - Sivaji Ganesan, South Indian Tamil actor (b. 1927)
2003 - John Davies, New Zealand Olympic Committee president (b. 1938)
2003 - Walter M. "Matt" Jefferies, American film art director (b. 1921)
2004 - Jerry Goldsmith, American composer (b. 1929)
2004 - Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1918)
2005 - Long John Baldry, British blues musician (b. 1941)
2005 - Lord Alfred Hayes, British Wrestling Announcer for WWE (b. 1928)
2006 - Mako, Japanese-born American actor (b. 1933)
2006 - Ta Mok, "The Khmer Rouge Butcher", war criminal in Democratic Kampuchea (b. 1926)
2010 - Luis Corvalán, Chilean communist leader (b. 1916)
2011 - Lucian Freud, Realist painter (b. 1922)
2012 - Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-born American journalist, dies from cancer at 72

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This Day in History for 22nd July


Historical Events

                                   
First US President                                    Baseball Player and Manager                 US General George S. Patton
George Washington                                  Leo Durocher

                                   
Confederate General                               Colombian Drug Lord                  NFL Running Back & Convicted Criminal
Robert E. Lee                                           Pablo Escobar                                               OJ Simpson


259 - St Dionysius elected as Pope, succeeding Sixtus II
1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The
           Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1298 - English defeat Scots at Battle of Falkirk
1306 - King Phillip the Fair, orders expulsion of Jews out of France
1456 - Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats sultan Murad
           II
1484 - Battle of Lochmaben Fair - a 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany
           and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's
           brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured.
1489 - "Tractate Niddah" a talmudic edition, 1st printed
1489 - Treaty of Frankfurt signed between Maximilian of Austria and King Charles VIII of France
1515 - Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland & Holy Roman Empire
1535 - Christians captured in Tunis in uprising against Adm Barbarossa
1582 - Willem van Orange moves from Antwerp to Delft
1587 - 2nd English colony forms on Roanoke Island off NC
1627 - English fleet under George Villiers lands on the Rhe [OS=June 12]
1632 - Foundation laid in Madrid for Buen Retiro-palace for king Philip IV
1648 - 10,000 Jews of Polannoe murdered in Chmielnick massacre
1686 - City of Albany, NY chartered
1691 - Battle at Aghrim: English/Dutch army beats France
1729 - Diamonds found in Minas Geras Brazil
1731 - Spain signs Treaty of Vienna
1739 - Turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia & threaten Belgrade
1775 - George Washington takes command of US troops
1793 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete
           a transcontinental crossing of Canada.
1796 - Cleveland, Ohio, founded by Gen Moses Cleveland
1812 - Duke of Wellington defeats French at Battle of Salamanca, Spain
1859 - V E Walker takes 10-74 in an innings for England v Surrey
1864 - Battle of Atlanta-Hood attacks Sherman, 8449 conf, 3641 US die
1865 - V E Walker takes 10-104 in an innings for Middlesex v Lancs
1893 - Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful," in Colorado
1898 - Belgica crew see 1st sunrise in 1600 hrs-1st to endure Antarct winter
1901 - Serbia reactivates diplomatic relations with Montenegro
1905 - Phila Athletic's Weldon Henley no-hits St Louis Browns, 6-0
1912 - 5th Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden closes
1916 - A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in SF killing 10
1917 - Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM
1917 - British bomb German lines at Ypres, 4,250,000 grenades
1918 - Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park
1919 - De Falla & Massine's "Three-cornered Hat," premieres in London
1921 - 25th US Golf Open: Jim Barnes shoots a 289 at Columbia CC in MD
1922 - Cards enter 1st place, marks 1st time both St Louis teams are on top
1923 - Walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000 (en route to 3,508)
1925 - Yankees purchase infielder Leo Durocher
1926 - 105°F (41°C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record)
1926 - 108°F (42°C), Troy, NY (state record)
1926 - Cin Red Curt Walker ties record of 2 triples in an inning
1933 - 1st solo flight round the world 7d 19hrs (Wiley Post)
1933 - Caterina Jarboro sings "Aida," NYC-1st negro prima donna in US
1933 - Wiley Post completes 1st round-the-world solo flight
1934 - Outside Chicago's Biograph Theatre, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded
           by FBI agents.
1935 - Lester Walton appointed minister to Liberia
1936 - Phillies John Moore hits 3 consecutive HRs
1937 - Irish premier Eamon de Valera wins elections
1937 - Senate rejects FDR proposal to enlarge Supreme Court
1939 - 1st black woman judge (Jane Matilda Bolin-NYC)
1940 - Dutch prime minister De Geer meets Hitler seeking peace talks
1940 - Jacqueline Kennedy's parents divorce
1942 - 4th Russian Pantser army forms with 80 tanks
1942 - Gasoline rationing using coupons begins
1942 - Warsaw Ghetto Jews (300,000) are sent to Treblinka extermination Camp
1943 - US forces led by Gen George Patton liberate Palermo Sicily
1944 - Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation
1946 - Estelle Bennett, rocker (Ronettes)
1946 - Menachen Begin's opposition group surprise attack on King David hotel
1947 - -8°F (-13°C), Charlotte Pass, NSW (Australian record)
1950 - Frank Worrell completes 261 v England at Trent Bridge
1950 - King Leopold, after 6 years in exile, returns to Belgium
1951 - Gen Francisco Craveiro Lopes appointed pres of Portugal
1952 - Poland adopts Communist-imposed Constitution
1954 - Virgin Islands (US) adopts constitution (Revised Organic Act)
1954 - WTHI TV channel 10 in Terre Haute, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - 1st VP to preside over cabinet meeting-R Nixon
1955 - Phillies longest win streak since 1892 hits 11
1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island
1959 - Benjamin Britten's "Missa Brevis" in D, premieres
1959 - Earth gas found at Kolham (Slochteren) Groningen
1960 - Cuba nationalizes all US owned sugar factories
1961 - WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1962 - 1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off
1962 - 44th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 278 at Aronimink GC PA
1962 - Chicago White Sox Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles)
1962 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Tournament
1963 - Beatles release "Introducing the Beatles"
1963 - Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1965 - Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Hume as leader of Brit Cons party
1967 - 1st major appearance by Vanilla Fudge (Village Theater NYC)
1967 - Atlanta Braves use a record 5 pitchers in 9th inning
1967 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Supertest Ladies' Golf Open
1967 - Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour
1968 - Sir John Newsome recommends public schools should take 50% of their intake from the state
           school system
1969 - Aretha Franklin arrested for disturbing peace in Detroit
1969 - USSR launches Sputnik 50 & Molniya 1-12 communications satellite
1971 - Sudan military counter coup under premier Numeiry
1972 - 10.84" (27.53 cm) of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Mn (state 24-hr record)
1972 - Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus
1973 - 28th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell Berning
1975 - House of Reps votes to restore citizenship to Gen Robert E. Lee
1976 - "Let My People Come" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 106 performances
1979 - Pat Meyers wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
1981 - Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome to life
1982 - Academic Text Processing Service forms in Seattle
1983 - -128.6°F (-89.2°C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
1983 - Angels OF Brian Downing error ends his record streak at 244 games
1983 - Dick Smith makes 1st solo helicopter flight around the world
1983 - Poland's PM Januzelski lifts martial law
1984 - 113th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 276 at St Andrews
1984 - 22nd Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats Australia in Sao Paulo Brazil (2-1)
1984 - Kathy Whitworth wins Rochester Golf International (her 85th win)
1984 - Laurent Fignon wins Tour de France
1986 - House of Reps impeaches Judge Harry E Claiborne on tax evasion
1987 - Said Aouita of Morocco sets 5k record (12:58.39) in Rome
1987 - Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian)
1987 - US began escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf
1988 - 500 US scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research
1989 - Kristin Huxhold, 18, of Missouri, crowned America's Junior Miss
1990 - 119th British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots 270 at St Andrews Scotland
1990 - 90th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Phil Mickelson
1990 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament
1990 - Greg LeMond of US wins his 3rd Tour de France
1991 - Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to killing 17 males in 1978
1992 - Colombia drug baron Pablo Escobar escapes prison
1992 - Soyuz TM-15 launches
1993 - NY Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR
1993 - Soyuz TM-17 lands
1994 - 23rd & last part of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (since July 16th)
1994 - Doc Gooden admitted to Betty Ford Center
1994 - Mariners play Red Sox as home team at Fenway, as Kingdome is repaired
1994 - Military coup in Gambia: Pres Dawda Jawara flees
1994 - OJ Simpson pleads "Absolutely 100% Not Guilty" of murder
1994 - William Sigei runs world record 10k (26:52.53)
1995 - Space shuttle STS-70 (Discovery 20), lands
1995 - Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her 2 children in SC
1997 - Fire breaks out at Palais de Chaillot in Paris
1997 - The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
2002 - Israel assassinates Salah Shahade, the Commander-in-Chief of Hamas's military arm, the Izz
           ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, along with 14 civilians.
2003 - Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound
           in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein,
           Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard.
2005 - Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers. See 7
           July 2005 London bombings and 21 July 2005 London bombings
2011 - Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first being a bomb blast which targeted
           government buildings in central Oslo, the second being a massacre at a youth camp on the
           island of Utøya.
2012 - Car bombs kills 20 people and injures 80 in Madaen and Najaf, Iraq
2012 - Pranab Mukherjee is elected President of India
2012 - At least 77 people are killed by torrential rain in Beijing, China

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This Day in History for 22nd July


Famous Weddings

1515 - Anna of Bohemia (12) marries Karel van Ferdinand of Austria
1515 - Louis of Hungary (9) marries Maria of Bohemia & succession to Hungarian throne
1929 - American Playwright and 1936 winner Nobel prize for literature Eugene O'Neill (40) marries 3rd
           wife actress Carlotta Monterey (40)
1982 - Biggest mass wedding, Rev Sun Myung Moon weds 2,200 couples in NYC
1995 - "True Lies" actor Tom Arnold (36) weds Julie Champnella (25) in Dearborn, Michigan
2006 - Spanish singer David Bustamante (24) weds Spanish TV star Paula Echevarria at Basilica de
           Santa Maria la Real de Covadonga in the Asturias
2006 - British TV presenter Ant McPartlin (30) weds former member of "Deuce" Lisa Armstrong (29)
           at St. Nicholas Church in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England
2007 - Muhammad Ali's daughter Laila Ali (30) weds former NFL player Curtis Conway (36) in Marina
           del Rey, California

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This Day in History for 22nd July


Famous Divorces

1940 - Jacqueline Kennedy's parents divorce
2010 - "The Princess Bride" actress Robin Wright (44) divorces actor-director Sean Penn (49) due to 
           irreconcilable differences after 14 years of marriage

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This Day in History for 22nd July


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Poet Emma Lazarus (1849)                        Kennedy Family Matriarch                    Actress Louise Fletcher (1934)
                                                             Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890)


Disney Composer Alan Menken (1949)


1210 - Joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1238)
1478 - Philip I, (the Handsome), 1st Habsburg King of Spain (1504-06)
1510 - Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (d. 1537)
1535 - Katarina Stenbock, wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621)
1559 - Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (d. 1619)
1597 - Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer
1621 - Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury/minister (1660-73)
1642 - Johann Quirsfeld, composer
1647 - Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint
1649 - Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italy, Pope (1700-21)
1651 - Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer
1711 - Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (d. 1753)
1713 - Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (d. 1780)
1721 - Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer
1722 - Jean-Noel/Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian
1733 - Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1790)
1755 - Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (d. 1839)
1784 - Friedrich W Bessel, German astronomer (star parallax, Bessel Function)
1807 - Karolina Pawlowa, writer
1820 - Louis Powell Harvey, Governor (Union), died in 1862
1822 - Hamilton Prioleau Bee, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) died in 1897
1822 - John George Walker, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1893
1830 - Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer
1830 - William Sooy Smith, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1916
1833 - Benjamin Hanby, composer
1834 - Daniel McCook Jr, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1844 - William Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor (spoonerisms)
1848 - Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1914)
1849 - Emma Lazarus, New York NY, poet ("New Colossus" - on the base of Statue of Liberty)
1853 - Victor Roger, composer
1863 - Alec Hearne, cricketer (brother of George & Frank, Kent 1884-1910)
1871 - Akos Buttykai, composer
1872 - David D Salas, Antillian writer (Josefina)
1873 - Ettore Pozzoli, composer
1878 - Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un destin: Martin Luther)
1879 - Gustaf Heintze, composer
1882 - Edward Hopper, US painter (House by the Railroad)
1887 - Gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist (Nobel 1925)
1888 - Kirk Bryan, American geologist (d. 1950)
1889 - Frederick Preston Search, composer
1890 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Boston Massachusetts, mom of JFK, RFK & Ted, (d. 1995)
1892 - Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor (1930s)/war criminal
1892 - John MacBryan, cricketer (one Test Eng v South Africa 1924 DNBat, DNbowl)
1893 - Jesse Haines, American baseball player (d. 1978)
1894 - O M Graf, writer
1898 - Alexander Calder, sculptor (mobiles, stabiles)
1898 - Stephen Vincent Benét, American author (d. 1943)
1901 - Charles Weidman, Nebraska, modern dancer/choreographer (Candide)
1902 - Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer
1905 - Boris Alexandrov, conductor (Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble)
1905 - Doc Cramer, American baseball player (d. 1990)
1907 - Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (d. 1987)
1908 - Amy Vanderbilt, New York City, New York, American authority on etiquette (Complete Book of
           Etiquette, Complete Cook Book)
1909 - Dorino Serafini, Italian racing driver (d. 2000)
1910 - Edith Abbo, daughter of Mien Wenneker/Dutch Prince Henry
1913 - Licia Albanese, Bari Italy, operatic soprano (NY Met Opera)
1913 - Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader (d. 1995)
1914 - Cecil Effinger, composer
1915 - Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author. (d. 2000)
1916 - Hipolito M Ocalia, Curacao, landscape painter
1916 - Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1984)
1916 - Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (d. 1949)
1918 - Pim [Albrecht W] Lyre, Dutch lawyer/son of prince Henry
1920 - Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman
1921 - William V Roth Jr, (Sen-R-Delaware, 1971- )
1923 - Robert J Dole, (Sen-R Kansas, 1969-95)/presidential candidate (R-1996)
1923 - Bob Dole, American politician
1923 - Lillian Ellison, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
1923 - Mukesh, Indian singer (d. 1976)
1924 - Margaret Whiting, Detroit, singer (Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family)
1926 - Bryan Forbes, director/producer (Endless Games, King Rat)
1926 - Peter Michael Grayson, showman
1927 - George Hunter, South Africa, light heavyweight boxer (Oly-gold-1948)
1928 - Georg Dreyfus, composer
1928 - Orson Bean, Burlington VT, actor/comedian (To Tell the Truth)
1929 - Vivien Merchant, Manchester England, actress (Under Milk Wood)
1929 - John Barber, British racing driver
1930 - Leoncjusz Ciuciura, composer
1930 - Marcia Henderson, Andover Mass, actress (Kathleen-Aldrich Family)
1931 - Charles Huxtable, General commander (English ground armies)
1931 - Perry Lopez, NYC, actor (Chinatown, Death Wish 4)
1932 - Oscar de la Renta, Dom Rep, designer (Coty Hall of Fame-1973)
1932 - William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist
1933 - Chuck Cassey, Chicago, choral director (Jimmy Dean Show)
1934 - Louise Fletcher, Birmingham AL, actress (One Flew over Cuckoo's Nest)
1935 - Tom Cartwright, England cricket medium pacer (5 Tests 1964-65)
1936 - Harold "Dusty" Rhodes, England cricket pace bowler (1959)
1936 - Krasimir Kyurkchiiski, composer
1936 - Tom Robbins, American author
1937 - John Price, England cricket fast-medium bowler (1964-72)
1937 - V B Ranjane, Indian cricket fast bowler (early 1960's)
1937 - Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
1938 - Terence Stamp, Stepney, London, English actor (The Collector, Billy Budd)
1939 - Gila Almagor, Israeli actress
1940 - Alex Trebek, Sudbury Ontario, TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy)
1940 - Stan Ross, NYC, actor
1940 - Yuriy Klimov, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976)
1940 - Judith Walzer Leavitt, American college professor
1941 - George Clinton, Kannapolis NC, rocker (Parliament-Funkadelic)
1941 - Susie M Berning, Pasadena CA, LPGA golfer (US Women's Open-1972, 73)
1941 - Thomas Wayne, rocker (Tragedy)
1941 - Ron Turcotte, Canadian jockey
1943 - Bobby Sherman, actor/singer (Seattle)
1943 - Jimmy Castor, rocker
1943 - Yoran Ben Ami, Israel, producer/president (Triumph Pictures)
1943 - Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Senator from Texas
1944 - Estelle Bennett, NYC, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Baby)
1944 - Guich Koock, Austin Tx, actor (Harley Puckett-Carter Country)
1944 - Rick Davies, London England, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Supertramp)
1944 - Sparky Lyle, relief pitcher (NY Yankees, Cy Young)
1944 - Dennis Firestone, Australian racing driver
1946 - Mirelle Mathieu, Acignon France, singer (So Ein Schone r Abend)
1946 - Paul Schrader, director (American Gigolo, Cat People, Hardcore)
1946 - Steve Friedman, TV news executive/actor (American Anthem)
1946 - Danny Glover, San Francisco CA, actor (Lethal Weapon, Operation Dumbo Drop)
1946 - Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician (d. 2000)
1947 - Albert Brooks, Los Angeles California, comedian (Broadcast News, Lost in America)
1947 - Curt Weldon, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania)
1947 - Don Henley, Linden Tx, rock drummer/vocalist (Eagles-Desparado)
1947 - Gilles Duceppe, Canadian politician
1948 - S. E. Hinton, American author
1948 - Otto Waalkes, German comedian
1949 - Dianne Dailey, LPGA golfer
1949 - Lasse Viren, Finland, 5K/10K runner (Olympic-gold-1972, 76)
1949 - Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai and PM of UAE
1949 - Alan Menken, New York, Disney composer (Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast - 8 Oscars)
1951 - Tisa Farrow, Los Angeles California, actress (Zombie, Fingers, Grim Reaper)
1951 - Steven Springer, Port of Spain, Trinidad, guitarist and songwriter ( Sir Lancelot Pinard), (d.
           2012)
1952 - Herbert Chang, West Indian cricket batsman (1979)
1952 - Madeleine Collinson, Malta, twin playmate (Oct, 1970)
1952 - Mary Collinson, Malta, twin playmate (Oct, 1970)
1953 - Jimmy Bruno, American jazz guitarist
1953 - Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress
1954 - Al Dimeola, rocker
1954 - Henriette Allais Jacksonville FL, playmate (Mar, 1980)
1954 - Pierre Lebeau, Canadian actor
1954 - Al Di Meola, American guitarist
1955 - Willem Dafoe, Wisc, actor (Platoon, Roadhouse 66, Mississippi Burning)
1956 - Michael Spinks, US, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1976)
1956 - Mick Pointer, rock drummer (Marillion)
1957 - Dave Steib, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
1958 - Sandra Elizabeth Greenberg, Spokane Wash, playmate (June, 1987)
1958 - David Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1984)
1960 - Denyse Julien, Rouyn Quebec, badminton player (Olympics-9-92, 96)
1960 - Jon Oliva, American musician (Savatage)
1961 - Calvin Fish, English racing driver
1961 - Keith Sweat, American singer
1962 - Alvin Robertson, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
1962 - Steve Albini, American writer, recording engineer and musician (Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac)
1962 - Martine St. Clair, Canadian singer
1963 - Eddie Anderson, NFL safety (Oakland Raiders)
1963 - Joanna Going, actress (Lisa Grady-Another World)
1963 - Emilio Butragueno, Spanish footballer
1963 - Rob Estes, American actor
1963 - Emily Saliers, American singer (Indigo Girls)
1964 - Bonnie Langford, English actress (Wombling Free)
1964 - David Spade, comedian (SNL, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep)
1964 - Rafael Addison, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets)
1964 - John Leguizamo, Bogotá, Colombia, Colombian American actor (Mambo Mouth, Whispers in
           the Dark)
1964 - Adam Godley, British actor
1964 - Don Van Natta, Jr., American journalist
1965 - Alondra Johnson, CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
1965 - Doug Riesenberg, NFL tackle (NY Giants)
1965 - Patrick Laborteaux, Los Angeles California, actor (Albert-Little House on Prairie)
1965 - Shawn Michaels, [Mike Hickenbottom], San Antonio, wrestler (WWF/AWA)
1965 - Patrick Labyorteaux, American actor
1966 - Anna Wood, Roeumond Neth, Dutch/Australian canoeist (Olympics-88, 96)
1966 - Daniel Nowak, Schwennigen GER, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
1966 - Tim Brown, NFL wide receiver (Oakland Raiders)
1967 - Andreas Motzkus, WLAF receiver (Rhein Fire)
1967 - Pat Badger, heavy metal bassist (Extreme-More Than Words)
1967 - Shawn Wilbourn, US decathlete
1967 - Lauren Booth, British journalist
1967 - Rhys Ifans [Rhys Evans], Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Welsh actor/musician (Notting Hill,
           Enduring Love)
1968 - Sean Vanhorse, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions)
1969 - Despina Vandi, Greek singer
1970 - Dan Jones, NFL tackle (Cin Bengals)
1970 - Melvin Aldridge, CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1970 - Sergei Zubov, Moscow Russia, NHL defenseman (Team Russia, Pittsburgh)
1970 - W R Tillman, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1970 - Craig Baird, New Zealander racing driver
1971 - Charlotte Gainsbourg, London England, actress (Little Thief)
1971 - Kristine Marie Lilly, NYC, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96)
1971 - William Bell, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
1972 - Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor
1972 - Seth Fisher, American comic book artist and penciller (d.2006)
1972 - Keyshawn Johnson, American football player
1973 - Ronald Ray Howard, American murderer (d. 2005)
1973 - Daniel Jones, Australian musician (Savage Garden)
1973 - Mike Sweeney, American baseball player
1973 - Rufus Wainwright, Canadian singer
1974 - Franka Potente, German actress
1977 - Maria Jose Lopez, Miss Ecuador Universe (1997)
1977 - Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer
1978 - Heather Noelle Jones, Miss Oregon Teen USA (1996)
1978 - Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
1978 - A. J. Cook, Canadian actress
1978 - Martyn Lee, English radio presenter
1978 - Runako Morton, West Indian cricketer, (d. 2012)
1979 - Lucas Luhr, German racing driver
1979 - Yadel Martí, Cuban baseball player
1979 - James Mason, British professional wrestler
1980 - Scott Dixon, New Zealand racing driver
1980 - Dirk Kuyt, Dutch footballer
1980 - Kate Ryan, Belgian singer
1980 - Tablo, Korean hip-hop musician (Epik High)
1982 - Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri lankan cricketer
1983 - Arsenium, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)
1983 - Steven Jackson, American football player
1983 - Sharni Vinson, Australian actress and model
1984 - Stewart Downing, English footballer
1985 - Takudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean/American rugby player
1985 - Akira Tozawa, Japanese professional wrestler
1989 - Caroline Giuliani, daughter of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994- )
1992 - Selena Gomez, American actress
1993 - Patricia Quinn, 11th child of actor Anthony Quinn (78)
1997 - Field Cate, American actor
1998 - Madison Pettis, American actress
2002 - Prince Felix of Denmark

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This Day in History for 22nd July


Famous Deaths

                     
Anatomist Marie                                        Actress Estelle Getty (2008)
Francois Xavier Bichat (1802)


1035 - Robert II/I, Duke of Normandy, dies
1362 - Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (b. 1324)
1387 - French Ackerman, Ghent rebel/leader of Reisers, murdered at about 57
1461 - Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), dies at 58
1477 - Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies in battle at 39
1497 - Francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52
1499 - Neithart Fox, [Jonker Fox], German passage leader, slain in battle
1525 - Richard Wingfield, English diplomat
1619 - Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (b. 1559)
1633 - Trijntje Keever, presumed to have been the tallest woman ever (b.1616)
1635 - Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer, dies at 45
1645 - Gaspar de Guzman, premier of Spain (1621-43), dies at 58
1676 - Clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italian Pope (1670-76), dies at 86
1726 - Hugh Drysdale, British Colonial Governor of Virginia
1734 - Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor of England
1786 - Vaclav Kalous, composer, dies at 71
1789 - Joseph-François Foulon, French administrator (b. 1715)
1794 - Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, composer, dies at 59
1802 - Marie Francois Xavier Bichat, a founder of histology, dies from falling down stairs at 30
1826 - Giuseppe Piazzi, monk/mathematician (found 1st asteroid), dies at 80
1832 - Napoleon II of France (b. 1811), son of Napoleon I dies of tuberculosis
1840 - Josef Jawurek, composer, dies at 83
1848 - Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60
1852 - Auguste Marmont, French marshal (b. 1774)
1861 - Barnard Elliot Bee, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 37
1863 - Carl Schuberth, composer, dies at 52
1864 - James Birdseye Mcpherson, US Union gen-major, dies in battle at 35
1864 - William Henry Talbot Walker, Confederate gen-mjr, dies in battle at 47
1868 - Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer, dies at 51
1869 - John A. Roebling, German-American civil engineer (Brooklyn Bridge), (b. 1806)
1870 - Josef Strauss, composer, dies at 42
1880 - Anna Caroline Oury, composer, dies at 72
1902 - Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (b. 1822)
1903 - Cassius Marcellus Clay, American emancipationist (b. 1810)
1904 - Wilson Barrett, English actor (b. 1846)
1908 - William Randal Cremer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1828)
1909 - D v Liliencron, writer, dies at 65
1915 - Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer and inventor (b. 1827)
1916 - James Whitcomb Riley, American author and poet (b. 1849)
1918 - Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (b. 1898)
1920 - William Kissam Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1849)
1922 - Jokichi Takamine, Japanese chemist (b. 1854)
1929 - Bror Beckman, composer, dies at 63
1929 - Edouard baron Empain, Belgian builder (Heliopolis), dies at 76
1932 - Roosje Vos, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 71
1932 - Roses Fox, Trade union leader, dies at 71
1932 - Errico Malatesta, Italian anarchist (b. 1853)
1932 - Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and radio pioneer (b. 1866)
1934 - John Dillinger, shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago, at 33
1937 - Ted McDonald, cricketer (43 wickets for Australia), dies in car crash
1950 - William LM King, premier of Canada (1921-30, 35-48), dies at 75
1952 - Antonio Maria Valencia, composer, dies at 49
1952 - August Balthazar, Belgian politician, dies at 58
1953 - Cy Kendall, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown), dies at 55
1955 - Joseph Foley, actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45
1958 - Karl Nunes, cricketer (1st WI Test captain 1928), dies
1958 - Michail M Zosjtsjenko, Russian author, dies at 62
1958 - Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian writer (b. 1895)
1967 - Carl Sandburg, poet (Abraham Lincoln: Prairie Years), dies at 89
1968 - Giovanni Guareschi, Italian author: Don Camillo/Peppone, dies at 60
1969 - Hammy Love, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper, played for Australia), dies
1970 - George Johnston, Australian journalist and novelist (b. 1912)
1972 - Hugo Kauder, composer, dies at 84
1972 - Pavel Borkovek, composer, dies at 78
1974 - Edna Lewis Thomas, US actress (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 88
1974 - Lili Darvas, Hungarian actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron), dies at 68
1974 - Wayne L Morse, (Sen-D-Oregon), dies at 73
1979 - Hope Summers, actress (Clara-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 78
1979 - Soschtschenko, writer, dies at 83
1979 - Tony "Two-Ton" Galento, boxer/actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 69
1979 - Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
1980 - Fred Kaps [Abram PA Bongers], magician (world champ 1955), dies at 54
1987 - A G Kripal Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India), dies
1988 - Duane Jones, dies of cardiopulmonary arrest at 51
1988 - Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87
1989 - Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (b. 1935)
1990 - George Wood, dies of diabetes complications at 56
1990 - Preben Neergaard, Danish actor (Mordskab), dies of cancer at 70
1992 - David Wojuarowicz, artist (U2 album cover), dies of AIDs at 37
1992 - Souleiman Franjieh, president Lebanon (1970-76), dies
1992 - Wayne McLaren, model (Marlboro Man), dies of lung cancer at 51
1995 - Dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter, dies at 85
1995 - Harold Larwood, cricket (98 wkts bowling for Engl 1926-34), dies at 91
1995 - Percy Humphrey, musician, dies at 90
1996 - Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader, dies at 65
1996 - Leon Shenandoah, native American leader, dies at 81
1996 - Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector, dies at 71
1996 - Richard Day, engineer/development expert, dies at 48
1996 - Robert Collins, keyboard player, dies at 33
1996 - Tamara Danz, singer, dies at 43
1998 - Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone (b. 1929)
1999 - Gar Samuelson, American musician (Megadeth) (b. 1958)
2000 - Eric Christmas, British actor (b. 1916)
2000 - Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author (b. 1925)
2000 - Claude Sautet, French film director (b. 1924)
2001 - Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909)
2003 - Qusay Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1966)
2003 - Uday Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1964)
2003 - Wahome Muthahi, Kenyan humourist (b. 1954)
2004 - Sacha Distel, French singer (b. 1933)
2004 - George Kidd, Canadian diplomat (b. 1917)
2004 - Illinois Jacquet, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1922)
2005 - Eugene Record American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940)
2005 - Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian electrician killed by Scotland Yard (b. 1978)
2006 - José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (b. 1965)
2006 - James E. West, mayor of Spokane, Washington (b. 1950)
2007 - Jarrod Cunningham New Zealand rugby player (b. 1968)
2007 - Mike Coolbaugh former baseball player and coach (b.1972)
2007 - Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953)
2007 - Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (b. 1906)
2007 - Laszlo Kovacs, Hungarian-born cinematographer (b. 1933)
2008 - Estelle Getty, American actress, dies of Lewy body disease at 84
2009 - Richard M. Givan Supreme court chief justice (b. 1921)
2009 - Peter Krieg, German documentary filmmaker, producer and writer (b. 1947)
2011 - Cees de Wolf, Dutch footballer (b. 1945)
2012 - George A. Miller, American psychologist, dies at 92

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This Day in History for 23rd July


Historical Events

                                   
United States founding father                       Israeli Prime Minister                                   37th US President
Benjamin Franklin                                              Menachem Begin                                       Richard Nixon
                                                                 

636 - Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from Byzantine Empire
685 - John V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1148 - Crusaders attack Damascus
1215 - Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
1253 - Jews are expelled from Vienne France by order of Pope Innocent III
1298 - Rindfleisch Persecutions - Jewish community in Wurzburg Germany massacred
1403 - Battle of Shrewsbury fought by Percys against King Henry IV
1431 - Council of Basel opens
1431 - G Cesarini opens Counsel of Basel (Ferrara/Florence)
1453 - Battle at Gavere: Philip the Good beats Gentse rebellion
1532 - Karel I & evangelical monarchy signs Peace of Neurenberg
1540 - Turkey recognizes Janos Sigismund Zapolyai as vassal-king of Hungary
1558 - Battle at Grevelingen: Gen/earl Lamoraal van Egmont beat France
1572 - Willem van Oranges troops occupy Roermond on the Spanjaarden
1594 - Groningen surrenders to earl Mauritius/Willem Louis
1599 - Caravaggio's 1st public commission for paintings
1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.
1645 - Aleksei Mihailovitch Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar
1664 - 4 British ships to drive Dutch out of NY, arrive in Boston
1726 - Benjamin Franklin sails back to Philadelphia
1745 - Charles Stuart, the Younger, lands at Eriskay Island, Hebrides
1764 - James Otis publishes views on taxation without representation
1793 - The Prussians conquer Mayence.
1798 - Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt
1803 - Robert Emmett leads rebellion in Dublin
1812 - Battle of Mogilev Russia-Napolean fights Czar Alexander I
1827 - 1st US swim school opens (Boston Mass)
1829 - William Austin Burt patents "typographer" (typewriter)
1833 - Cornerstones are laid for the construction of the Kirtland Temple in Kirtland, Ohio.
1834 - HMS Beagle anchors in Bay of Valparaiso
1840 - Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada
1848 - Battle of Custoza-Italian War of Independence, starts
1850 - 17th Postmaster General: Nathan K Hall of NY takes office
1851 - Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by Sioux Indians & US
1852 - 1st interment in US National Cemetery at Presidio
1858 - Jewish Disabilities Removal Act passed by British Parliament
1863 - Alexandra Park opens in North London
1864 - Battle of Woodstock, VA
1866 - Cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms
1870 - Emperor Napoleon III appoints Empress Eugenie as Regent of France
1874 - Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave
           of Goa.
1877 - 1st US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations
1877 - 1st telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii completed
1880 - 1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich
1886 - Steve Brodie supposedly survives plunge from Brooklyn Bridge
1888 - John Boyd Dunlop, applies to patent pneumatic tire
1890 - Jack Barrett carries his cricket bat for Australia at Lord's (67)
1900 - Pan-African Congress meets in London
1903 - Ford Motor Co sells 1st Model A car
1904 - Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo
1906 - Pogroms against Jews in Oddessa
1907 - 7th Davis Cup: Australasia beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2)
1913 - Arabs attack Jewish community of Rechovot Palestine
1914 - Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum to Serbia leading to WW I
1917 - Cleveland Metropolitan Park District establishes
1920 - British East Africa renamed Kenya & becomes a British crown colony
1921 - Chinese communist party forms under Henk Sneevliet
1921 - Edward Gourdin of US, sets then long jump record at 25' 2 3/4"
1925 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers
1926 - Belgian NMBS/SNCFB forms
1926 - France government of Poincaré, forms
1929 - The Fascist government in Italy bans the use of foreign words.
1930 - Earthquake strikes Ariano Italy, 1,500 killed
1930 - Pitts Pie Traynor ends both games with HRs (1st in 9th, 2nd in 13th)
1931 - Ashmore & Cartier Is in Indian Ocean transferred to Australia
1931 - France announces they can't afford to send a team to 1932 LA olympics
1934 - Bradman completes 304 at Headingley, 430 mins, 43 fours 2 sixes
1935 - Airplane crashes into the Empire State Building
1936 - Anthony M Kennedy, Sacramento CA, Supreme Court Justice
1937 - Isolation of pituitary hormone announced (Yale University)
1938 - Bradman scores 103 in 178 mins on a Headingley sticky, 3rd Test
1940 - "Blitz" all-night air raid by German bombers on London begins
1942 - German troops conquer Rostow
1942 - Hitler's Directive #45: order to occupy Stalingrad
1942 - Treblinka Concentration Camp destroyed
1942 - World War II: Operation Edelweiss begins.
1943 - Battle of Koersk, USSR ends in Nazi defeat (6,000 tanks)
1943 - US 45th Infantry division occupies north coast of Termini
1944 - Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
1944 - Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin
1944 - Soviet Army marches into Lublin Poland
1944 - US forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II
1944 - US troops occupy Pisa Italy
1945 - Marshal Henri Pétain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial
1946 - Menachem Begins opposition group bombs King David Hotel
1947 - 1st (US Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, RI
1948 - Progressive party convention nominates Henry Wallace for President
1949 - Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days
1952 - General Neguib seizes power, Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (Natl Day)
1955 - NY Yankees Bob Cerv & E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1956 - Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph
1956 - Joe Cronin & Hank Greenberg inducted into Hall of Fame
1956 - The Loi Cadre is passed by the French Republic in order to order French overseas territory
           affairs.
1958 - 1st 4 women named to peerage in House of Lords
1959 - VP Richard Nixon begins visit on USSR
1960 - 15th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1961 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
1961 - Bricusse & Newley's musical "Stop the world I want to ...," premieres
1962 - The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
1964 - A's Bert Campaneris HRs on 1st pitch, hits a 2nd HR on 2nd at bat
1964 - Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die,
          160 injured, $20 million damage
1965 - Beatles "Help" is released in UK
1965 - Dick Stuart homers in a major league-record 23rd different park
1966 - Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens
1966 - John Pennel pole vaults record (5.34 m)
1966 - Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!"
1967 - -27] 43 die in race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)
1967 - Pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons
1968 - Fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt
1968 - PLO's 1st hijacking of an El Al plane
1968 - Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed
1969 - 40th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 9-3 at RFK Memorial, Wash DC
1969 - All star MVP: Willie McCovey (SF Giants)
1969 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1970 - Qaboos ibn Sa'id becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Sa'id ibn Taimur.
1972 - 1st Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched
1972 - Eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France
1972 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic
1973 - Ozark AL plane knocked out of air by lightning, St Louis-36 die
1973 - Qaboos bin Said Al Said, becomes Sultan & Prime Minister of Oman
1973 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1973 - Pres Nixon refuses to release Watergate tapes of conversations in the White House relevant
           to the Watergate investigation
1974 - 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts
1974 - All star MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers)
1974 - Greek military dictatorship collapses
1975 - Alan Ayckbourn's "Absent Friends," premieres in London
1975 - LA Dodgers W Crawford & Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1976 - 42nd NFL Chicago All Star Game: Pittsburgh 24, All Stars 0 (52,895)
1976 - Balt Oriole Reggie Jackson homers in 6th straight game
1976 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1976 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1976 - Wings release "Let 'em In"
1977 - Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges
1978 - 33rd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy
1978 - Israeli government rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas
1978 - Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th pitcher to win 200
1978 - Reggie Jackson returns & helps Yankees win their 5th straight
1979 - George Brett gets his 1,000th hit
1980 - Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya
1980 - River of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter
1980 - Soyuz 37 ferries 2 cosmonauts (1 Vietnamese) to Salyut 6
1982 - FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo
1982 - Intl Whaling Comn votes for total ban on coml whaling (starting 1985)
1983 - Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli,
           Manitoba.
1984 - KC Royals Dan Quisenberry gets his 200th career save
1984 - Suzette Charles (NJ), 21, replaces Williams as 57th Miss America 1984
1984 - Vanessa Williams, 1st black Miss America, resigns due to posing nude
1986 - King Hassan II meets with Israeli premier Simon Peres
1987 - Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record)
1987 - RNI (Bkln NY pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
1987 - Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last years World Series
1987 - Said Aouita of Morocco runs world record 5,000 m (12:58.39)
1988 - Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks record 8 field goals vs Edmonton
1989 - 118th British Golf Open: Mark Calcavecchia shoots a 275 at Royal Troon
1989 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1989 - FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC & CBS for 1st time (America's Most Wanted)
1989 - Winds gust to 85 MPH at Fort Smith Arkansas
1990 - Rosie Jones, (St Louis), 26, crowned 22nd Miss Black America
1990 - South-Africa worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested
1991 - James Farentino of Dynasty arrested in Canada for cocaine possession
1991 - Rob Dibble back from 3-game suspension, is ejected for throwing at & hitting Cubs
           baserunner Doug Dascenzo Cubs win, 8-5
1992 - Bruce Springsteen begins a world tour
1992 - Emperor Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen] of Ethiopia's, funeral
1993 - Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley
1993 - British Aerospace 147 crash at Yinchuan, 55 killed
1993 - Chinese B737 crash at Yinchuan, at least 66 killed
1993 - Chris Boardman bicycles world record 1 hour distance (52,270 km)
1993 - NY Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks,
           Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st
1994 - All 40,000 ceiling tiles in Kingdome must be replaced
1994 - Amy Osmond, of Utah, 17, crowned America's Junior Miss
1994 - Dancer Gene Kelly suffers a mild stroke
1994 - Don Mattingly becomes 6th NY Yankee to get 2,000 hits
1994 - Goodwill Games open in St Petersburg
1994 - Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in NYC
1994 - Space shuttle STS-65: Columbia 17, lands after record 14 days 55 mins
1995 - "Hamlet" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 121 performances
1995 - 124th British Golf Open: John Daly shoots a 282 at St Andrews Scotland
1995 - Miguel Indurains wins his 5th Tour de France
1995 - Tracy Kerdyk wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
1995 - Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and becomes visible to the naked eye nearly a year later.
1997 - Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin & Erik Williams for reporting
           false sex assault allegations against them
1999 - Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the
           death of his father.
1999 - ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan.
2000 - 129th British Golf Open: at Royal Lytham
2000 - 55th US Women's Open Golf Championship
2005 - Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
2008 - Cape Verde joins the World Trade Organization, becoming its 153rd member.
2009 - Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox becomes the 18th pitcher to throw a perfect game in
           Major League Baseball history, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0.
2012 - A series of attacks across Iraq kill 103 people

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 23rd July


Famous Weddings

1986 - Britain's Prince Andrew (26) weds Sarah Ferguson (26) at Westminster Abbey in London,
           England
2006 - "The Young and The Restless" actor John Enos (44) weds Disney executive Jennie Lee on the
           patio of Hollywood hotspot The Cabana Club
2011 - "Pittsburgh Steelers" quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (29) weds Ashley Harlan at Christ
           Church of Grove Farm in Ohio Township