Today In History - Monday, April 19, 2021




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Welcome to Today In History for Monday, April 19, 2021.

On this day in history ..

0607 - Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 AUs of Earth
1451 - Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne
1524 - Pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly
1529 - 2nd Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism
1539 - Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt
1552 - Mauritius of Saksen captures Karel
1587 - Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain & sinks Spanish fleet
1591 - Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France
1619 - Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam
1713 - Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions
1770 - Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname
1770 - Capt James Cook 1st sees Australia
1774 - CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris
1775 - Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon
1775 - Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world"
1782 - Netherlands recognizes US
1825 - 33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay
1836 - Nikolai Gogol's "Revisor," premieres in St Petersburg
1837 - Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth
1839 - Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom & Luxembourg a Grand Duchy
1852 - Calif Historical Society forms
1853 - Netherlands Van Hall govt forms
1861 - Baltimore riots-4 soldiers, 9 civilians killed
1861 - Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War)
1863 - Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia
1864 - Naval Engagement at Cherbourg, FR: USS Kearsage vs CSS Alabama
1874 - Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire
1877 - Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris)
1890 - Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in Brussels
1892 - Charles Duryea takes 1st American-made auto out for a spin (Mass)
1894 - Jules Massenet's opera "Werther," premieres in NYC
1896 - Herzl's "The Jewish State" is published
1897 - 1st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston)
1897 - 1st Boston Marathon won by John McDermott of NY in 2:55:10
1897 - 1st performance of Debussy's "PellＢs et MＭisande"
1898 - 2nd Boston Marathon won by Ron McDonald of Mass in 2:42:00
1899 - 3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Mass in 2:54:38
1900 - 4th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:39:44.4
1900 - Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10
1901 - 5th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:29:23.6
1901 - James J Caffrey wins Boston marathon (2:29:23.6)
1902 - 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of NY in 2:43:12
1904 - 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of NY in 2:38:04.4
1904 - Much of Toronto destroyed by fire
1905 - 9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of NY in 2:38:25.4
1906 - 10th Boston Marathon won by Tim Ford of Mass in 2:45:45
1906 - Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail
1906 - SF Earthquake ends killing 452
1907 - 11th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2:24:24
1909 - 13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of NH in 2:53:36.8
1909 - Joan of Arc, declared a saint
1910 - 14th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2:28:52.4
1910 - Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao)
1911 - 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:21:39.6
1911 - George Bernard Shaw's "Fanny's First Play," premieres in London
1912 - 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of NY in 2:21:18.2
1913 - 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minn in 2:25:14.8
1915 - 19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2
1916 - "Bing Boys are Here" opens in London
1916 - 20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Mass in 2:27:16.4
1916 - Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano
1917 - 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of NY in 2:28:37.2
1919 - 23rd Boston Marathon won by Carl Linder of Mass in 2:29:13.4
1919 - French assembly decides on 8 hour work day
1919 - Leslie Irvin of US makes 1st parachute jump & free fall
1919 - Opera "Monsieur Beaucaire" is produced (London)
1920 - 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31
1921 - 25th Boston Marathon won by Frank Zuna of NJ in 2:18:57.6
1921 - Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria
1922 - 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:18:10
1923 - 27th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:23:37.4
1923 - New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers
1924 - "National Barn Dance" premieres on WLS Chicago
1924 - 28th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:29:40.2
1926 - 30th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40.4
1927 - "Vagabond King" opens in London
1927 - 31st Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:40:22.2
1928 - 32nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:37:07.8
1928 - Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland
1928 - Yanks are out of 1st place for 1st time since May 1926
1929 - 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6
1930 - 34th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:34:48.2
1932 - 36th Boston Marathon won by Paul de Bruyn of Germany in 2:33:36.4
1932 - Pres Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week
1933 - 37th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:31:01.6
1933 - FDR announces US will leave gold standard
1934 - 38th Boston Marathon won by Dave Komonen of Canada in 2:32:53.8
1934 - Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up & Cheer"
1935 - 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:32:07.4
1936 - Anti-Jewish riots break out in Palestine
1937 - 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20
1937 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1938 - 42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:35:34.8
1938 - Phil Emmett Mueller & Dodger Ernie Koy both homer in their 1st at bat
1939 - 43rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:28:51.8
1939 - Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late)
1940 - "Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY
1940 - 44th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cot� of Canada in 2:28:28.6
1940 - Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege
1941 - 45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:30:38
1941 - B Brecht's "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder," premieres in Z〉ich
1941 - Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia
1941 - Milk rationed in Holland
1942 - 46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Mass in 2:26:51.2
1943 - -May 16] Revolt in Warsaw Ghetto under Mordechai Anielewicz
1943 - 47th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cot� of Canada in 2:28:25.8
1943 - Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto
1943 - SS-lt-gen J〉gen Stoop leads destruction of ghetto of Warsaw
1944 - Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra
1945 - 49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:30:40.2
1945 - Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway
1945 - US aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid
1945 - US offensive against Shuri-barrier on Okinawa
1946 - Yankees switch from 3rd base to 1st base dug out
1947 - 51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39
1947 - AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds
1947 - French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522
1947 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
1947 - Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39)
1948 - 52nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cot� of Canada in 2:31:02
1948 - ABC-TV network begins
1948 - Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China
1949 - 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8
1949 - Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth
1950 - 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea in 2:32:39
1951 - "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 267 perfs
1951 - 55th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan in 2:27:45
1951 - Gen Douglas MacArthur ends his military career
1952 - 56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53
1953 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open
1953 - WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 - 58th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:20:39
1954 - 7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th
1955 - 59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22
1956 - 1st ML baseball game in NJ, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium
1956 - 60th Boston Marathon won by Antti Viskari of Finland in 2:14:14
1956 - US actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III (in Church)
1958 - 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54
1959 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1959 - Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails
1960 - 64th Boston Marathon won by Paavo Kotila of Finland in 2:20:54
1960 - Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs
1960 - Comiskey Park's famed "exploding" scoreboard begins operating
1961 - 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39
1962 - 66th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:48
1962 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m
1963 - "Hot Spot" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 43 performances
1963 - 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belg in 2:18:58
1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational
1964 - Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier
1964 - Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma," premieres in West-Berlin
1965 - 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in NYC) begins operating
1965 - 69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33
1965 - T.A.M.I. Show premieres in London
1965 - At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die
1966 - In 1st regular season game at Anaheim Stadium, Angels lose 3-1 to Chic
1966 - 70th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:11
1966 - Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon
1967 - "Casino Royale" premieres
1967 - 71st Boston Marathon won by Dave McKenzie of New Zealand in 2:15:45
1967 - Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't)
1967 - US Surveyor III lands on Moon
1967 - Yugoslav author Mihaljo Mihaljov sentenced 4ｫ years
1968 - 72nd Boston Marathon won by Amby Burfoot of Conn in 2:22:17
1968 - Belgian construction workers strike
1968 - NL owners approve expansion for 2 new teams
1970 - "Look to the Lilies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 perfs
1970 - 24th Tony Awards: Borstal Boy & Applause win
1970 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational
1971 - 75th Boston Marathon won by Alvaro Mejia of Colombia in 2:18:45
1971 - Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder)
1971 - Sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day)
1971 - USSR Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit
1972 - "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" opens at Playhouse NYC for 1,065 perfs
1972 - Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth
1972 - Hungary revises constitution
1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 - Barbra Streisand records "Between Yesterday & Tomorrow"
1973 - Steinbrenner replaces Mike Burke with Gabe Paul as Yankee president
1973 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1974 - Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against NY Yankees
1975 - India launches 1st satellite with help of USSR
1976 - 5th Boston Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt of Wis in 2:47:10
1976 - 80th Boston Marathon won by Jack Fultz of Wash, DC in 2:20:19
1978 - Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel
1979 - FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY)
1979 - Following a 6-3 loss to the Orioles, Yanks Goose Gossage & Cliff
1979 - Johnson brawl, Gossage sustains a sprained ligament in his left thumb
1981 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf
1981 - Oakland A's runs record to 11-0
1981 - William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos," premieres in NYC
1981 - Rochester Red Wings & Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32 innings, game suspended at 4:07 AM (Pawtucket later wins in 33rd)
1982 - 11th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Ger in 2:29:33
1982 - 86th Boston Marathon won by Alberto Salazar of Oreg in 2:08:51
1982 - Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut
1982 - Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery
1982 - Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut
1982 - USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit
1983 - France performs nuclear test
1984 - Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in print (Nature mag)
1985 - 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth
1985 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1986 - Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 - Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka v NZ)
1987 - Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 & record 12th straight AL win
1987 - Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious skydiver
1987 - Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph)
1987 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Santa Barbara Golf Open
1987 - LA Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record
1987 - Last wild condor captured on California wildlife reserve
1987 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1989 - Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors
1989 - Kevin Elster (NY Mets), sets errorless shortstop mark at 73
1989 - Republic Day in Sierra Leone
1990 - Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas & incoming govt agree to truce
1990 - Marla Maples appears on ABC's Prime-Time
1990 - Pistons & 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record)
1990 - Truce in Nicaragua's civil war
1991 - Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
1991 - Greyhound Bus posts $195 million loss for 1990
1992 - "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" closes at Beaumont NYC after 38 perf
1992 - Balki & Mary Ann wed on "Perfect Strangers"
1992 - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sega Women's Golf Championship
1993 - 22nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:25:27
1993 - 97th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas N'deti of Kenya in 2:09:33
1993 - Branch Davidians in Waco Texas commit suicide after 51 day siege
1993 - Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40
1994 - 15th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1994 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10km (11:25.88)
1994 - Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election
1994 - Rodney King award $3,800,000 in compensation of police beating
1994 - Supreme Court outlaws excluding people from juries because of gender
1995 - Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (NYC) news
1995 - Truck bomb at Federal Building in Okla City, kills 168 & injures 500
1996 - Rangers scores 16 in 8th vs Orioles
1996 - South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah
1997 - Renee Slaughter, crowned 14th Miss Hawaiian Tropic Intl
1997 - SD Padres & St Louis Cards play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii
1998 - 59th PGA Seniors Golf Championship:
1998 - wins City of Hope Golf Classic

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1320 - Pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)
1605 - Orazio Benevoli, composer
1660 - Sebastian Duron, composer
1700 - Georg Abraham Schneider, composer
1715 - James Nares, composer
1721 - Roger Sherman, signer (Decl of Ind, Constitution)
1721 - Thomas McKean, attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [or 3/19]
1728 - Francisco Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright
1737 - Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation propagandist
1768 - Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist
1771 - Giuseppe Cartufo, composer
1772 - David Ricardo, economist
1785 - Alexandre Pierre Fran㎜is Boely, composer
1795 - Christian Gottfried Ehrenburg, German zoologist
1798 - Franz Joseph Glaser, composer
1798 - Heinrich Maria von Hess, historical painter
1801 - Gustav T Fechner, [Dr Mises], German philosopher/physicist
1805 - Charles Edmond-HＯri de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian
1817 - John Philip, painter
1821 - Mortimer Dormer Leggett, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1830 - Rudolf Cornely, German bible expert/jesuit
1832 - Jos� Echegaray y Eizaguirre, mathematician/dramatist (Nobel 1904)
1832 - Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, 1st lady (1881)
1838 - August[us] Alleb�, Dutch painter/lithographer
1840 - Andrea Bezzola, writer
1850 - Edward John Gregory, painter/engraver
1850 - Theo Mann-Bouwmeester, Dutch actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler)
1857 - Lucien Levy-Bruhl, philosopher
1858 - May Robson, [Mary J Robison], Melbourne Aust, actress (Apple Annie)
1858 - Siegfried Ochs, composer
1861 - Warden Oncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish farmer/writer
1863 - Felix Blumenfeld, composer
1866 - Henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell)
1868 - Max Von Schillings, German composer/conductor (Der Pfeifertag)
1873 - Sydney Barnes, cricketer (probably England's greatest bowler)
1874 - Firmin Baes, Flemish painter
1876 - Hendrik W A E, duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin/king of Netherlands
1877 - Ole Evinrude, inventor (outboard marine engine)
1879 - Richard Scheibe, German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz)
1883 - Get｣lio Vargas, president of Brazil (1930-45, 1951-54), modernizer
1888 - William L Axt, composer
1890 - Lou Bandy, [Lodewijk F Dieben], revue-artist (Look for the Sun)
1891 - Francoise Rosay, Paris, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband)
1891 - Ricardo Bacchelli, Italian writer/poet (La Ronda)
1892 - Germaine Tailleferre, [Les Six], Pau-St-Maur France, composer
1897 - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor/art benefactor
1897 - Vivienne Segal, Phila, Broadway actress (Pal Joey)
1898 - Constance Talmadge, Brooklyn NY, comedienne/actress (Intolerance)
1898 - Sybil Andrews, English/Canadian painter
1900 - Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, English writer (Fiction as Truth)
1903 - Eliot Ness, untouchable (FBI agent-Chicago)
1905 - John S "Jimmy" Thach, US pilot/admiral (WW II)
1905 - Tommy Benford, jazz drummer
1907 - Alan Wheatley, England, actor (Adventure of Robin Hood)
1907 - Gino Contilli, composer
1907 - Lina Basquette, Mateo Cal, actress (Paradise Park, Pleasure, Goldie)
1910 - Andrew Gilchrist, historian/diplomat
1911 - Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer
1912 - Glen T Seaborg, US chemist (AEC, plutonium, Nobel 1951)
1912 - Glenn T Seaborg, chemist/discoverer (Plutonium)
1912 - William Murray, teacher/educationalist
1913 - Cyril English, British educator
1914 - Andrew Wilkinson, pediatrician
1915 - Dorian Le Gallienne, composer
1915 - Harry Craft, baseball manager
1917 - Johnny Hoes, Dutch musician/producer (Wished I'd stayed with my Mom)
1919 - Gil Langley, cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper 1951-56)
1920 - Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Mass, comedian (Crazy Guggenheim)
1921 - Glyn England, CEO (CEGB, Windcluster Ltd)
1921 - Will Ogdon, composer
1922 - Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot (downed 352 Russian aircrafts)
1922 - Luigi Barbbarito, reverend (Apostolic ProNuncio)
1925 - Hugh O'Brian, [Krampke], Rochester NY, actor (Wyatt Earp, Search)
1927 - Don Barbour, Greencastle Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
1928 - Alexis Korner, Paris, musician (Blues Inc-Bootleg Him)
1928 - John Horlock, British vice-chancellor (Open College)
1929 - Edward Crook, Detroit Mich, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1960)
1931 - Alex Webster, football coach (NY Giants)
1931 - Denis Henry, British high court judge
1931 - Garfield Morgan, Brtish actor (Odessa File, To Catch a Spy)
1931 - Hendrick J "Kobie" Coetsee, South Africa minister of Defense/Justice
1932 - Andrea Mead Lawrence, Rutland Vt, alpine slalom skier (Oly-2 gold-52)
1932 - Jayne Mansfield, [Vera Jane Palmer], Bryn Mawr Pa, actress (Fat Spy)
1933 - Dick Sargent, Carmel Calif, actor (Darrin-Bewitched)
1933 - Harold "Dickie" Bird, cricketer (noted England Test umpire)
1934 - Dickie Goodman, parody singer (Flying Saucer)
1934 - Jan Helge Guttorm Bark, composer
1934 - John Roch, high court judge
1935 - Dudley Moore, London England, actor (10, Arthur, Bedazzled, 6 Weeks)
1935 - Peter Scott, QC
1936 - Csaba Szabo, composer
1936 - Ruby Johnson, US singer (I'll Run Your Hurt Away)
1936 - Wilfried Martens, premier (Belgium, 1979-81, 1981-92)
1937 - Elinor Donahue, Tacoma Wash, actress (Father Knows Best, Get a Life)
1938 - Jonathan Tunick, composer
1939 - E Clay Shaw Jr, (Rep-R-FL, 1981- )
1939 - Ellen Weston, NYC, actress (Betty-SWAT)
1939 - Michael Macaulay, cricketer (Tvl, W Prov, OFS, NE Tvl, E Prov & S Afr)
1940 - Algy Cluff, CEO (Spectator, Cluff Resources)
1941 - Michel Roux, chef de cuisine
1942 - Alan Price, Eng, rock keyboardist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1943 - Mike Kelly, rocker (Duprees)
1944 - Bernard Worrell, US keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop)
1944 - Margo MacDonald, Scotish national broadcaster
1944 - Mark "Flo" Volman, rocker (Flo & Eddie, Turtles-Eleanor)/DJ (WKRK)
1945 - Nuria Ortiz, Mexico, skeet shooter (Olympic-13th-1968)
1946 - Leon Wessels, S Afr lawyer/underminister of Law & Order
1946 - Tim Curry, Cheshire England, actor (Rocky Horror Show)
1946 - Viktor Viktorovich Zabolotsky, Russia, cosmonaut (BST-02)
1947 - Frits Castricum, journalist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
1947 - Murray Perahia, NYC, pianist (Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988)
1947 - Wilf Stevenson, director (British Film Institute)
1949 - Myra McCulloch, teacher academic/administrator
1949 - Paloma Picasso, [Gilot], Paris France, actress (Immoral Tales)
1950 - Jeff Hammond, cricketer (Australian fast bowler on 1973 WI tour)
1950 - Marc Demeyer, Belgian bicyclist (Paris-Brussel '74)
1952 - Adny Shernoff, rocker
1953 - Sara Simeoni, Italy, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1980)
1954 - Trevor Francis, British soccer manager
1956 - Lori West, Denver CO, LPGA golfer (1994 State Farm-5th)
1956 - Sue Barker, England, tennis star
1957 - Belinda Lipscomb, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1957 - Bo[as] Watson, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1957 - Rod Morgenstern, rocker (Winger)
1960 - Frank Viola, Hempstead NY, pitcher (Twins, Mets/Cy Young-1988)
1961 - Richard Phelps, British pentathelete
1962 - Al Unser Jr, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)
1962 - Christa Teno, Tecumseh Ontario, LPGA golfer (1989 Mitsubishi-44th)
1964 - Harris Barton, NFL tackle (SF 49ers)
1964 - Scott Kamienicki, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1965 - Melita R”n, Romania, horse vaulter (Olympic-bronze-1980)
1966 - Paul Reiffel, cricketer (Victorian & Australian pace bowler)
1966 - Randolph Keys, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
1968 - Ashley Taylor Judd, Granada Hills Calif, actress (Kuffs, Sisters)
1968 - Brent Mayne, Loma Linda CA, catcher (NY Mets)
1968 - Keith McCants, NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)
1968 - Roger Reinson, CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
1968 - Thomas Nock, Zurich Switzerland, actor (Tartort, Gemini-Twin Stars)
1969 - Carlos Reyes, Miami FL, pitcher (Oakland A's)
1969 - Danelle Marie Folta, Hammond IN, playmate (Apr, 1995)
1969 - James Westphal, Oak Park Illinois, 10k runner
1970 - Luis Miguel, Vera Cruz MＹico, spanish singer
1970 - Michael Barrow, NFL linebacker (Houston Oilers, Carolina Panthers)
1970 - Rick Hamilton, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
1971 - Otis Scott, Gainesville Fla, 400m/800m runner
1972 - Eric Jack, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 - Jeff Wilkins, NFL kicker (SF 49ers)
1974 - Ante Moric, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1975 - Jason Gillespie, cricketer (SA fast bowler, Australia 1996)
1975 - Nazarena Almada, Miss Argentina Universe (1997)
1975 - Temoc Suarez, Greenwood SC, soccer forward (Olympics-gold-96)
1976 - Vanessa Guzman, Miss Universe-Mexico (1996)
1978 - Adrienne Parker, Miss Tennessee Teen USA (1996)
1978 - Whitney Metzler, 400m medley swimmer (Olympics-8th-96)
1979 - Challen Sievers, Downers Grove Ill, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
1979 - Mariah Billado, Miss Vermont Teen USA (1997)

Famous deaths for this day ..

0843 - Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies
1044 - Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies
1054 - Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51
1390 - Robert II, King of Scotland, dies
1529 - John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55
1560 - Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63
1567 - Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79
1588 - Paolo Veronese (Cagliari), painter, dies
1608 - Earl of Dorset, poet/statesman, dies
1645 - Anton van Diemen, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at about 51
1645 - William Smith, composer, dies at 42
1658 - Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick, Engl Lord High Admiral, dies at �70
1689 - Christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies
1706 - Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies
1739 - Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies
1768 - Filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor, dies at about 70
1770 - Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74
1772 - Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66
1773 - Florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43
1776 - Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78
1791 - Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies
1799 - Pieter Hellendaal, violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78
1813 - Benjamin Rush, physician/abolotionist (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 67
1824 - George Gorden Noel "Lord" Byron, poet, dies at 36
1852 - Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus), dies at 69
1862 - Louis Powell Harvey, US governor of Wisconsin, drowns
1862 - Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer, dies
1867 - Robert Smirke, British architect, dies
1870 - Andreas Schelfhout, painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 83
1870 - Camille Marie Stamaty, composer, dies at 59
1870 - William Henry Havergal, composer, dies at 77
1874 - Owen Jones, architect, dies
1876 - Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer, dies at 65
1881 - Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl (Beaconsfield)/novelist, dies
1881 - Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor, dies at 53
1882 - Charles Robert Darwin, evolutionist (Origin of Species), dies
1889 - Warren De La Rue, astronomer/chemist, dies
1893 - John Addington Symonds, critic/poet, dies
1895 - George Scharf, critic, dies
1895 - Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70
1900 - Ivan K A久azovski, Russian painter (harbor scenes), dies at 82
1906 - Pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies
1914 - Charles Pierce, philosopher/scientist, dies
1923 - Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer, dies at 75
1926 - Squire Bancroft, [Butterfield], actor/manager (Haymarket), dies at 84
1932 - Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer, dies at 77
1937 - William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81
1938 - Henry John Newbolt, poet/author (Studies Green & Gray), dies at 75
1938 - Marie-ClＮentine "Suzanne" Valadon, French acrobat/model, dies at 72
1941 - Johanna Muller-Hermann, composer, dies at 63
1943 - Alexander Schmorell, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1943 - Gustave Doret, composer, dies at 76
1943 - Kurt Huber, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1943 - Willy Graf, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1944 - Tommy Hitchcock, polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 27), dies at 44
1945 - J P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed
1950 - Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at 66
1954 - Joe Laurie Jr, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 61
1956 - Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70
1956 - Lionel K P "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II), dies at 47
1956 - LＰn N H Jungschlaeger, head milt intelligence Neth-Indies, dies at 52
1957 - Charles Funk, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls), dies at 76
1957 - Johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch SDAP minister (1939-45), dies at 79
1964 - Cyril Merry, cricketer (WI batsman in 2 Tests 1933), dies
1965 - George Davis, actor (Private Lives, Devil May Care), dies at 75
1966 - V�in� A Tanner, Finnish premier (1926-27)/minister, dies at 85
1967 - Conrad Adenauer, West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 91
1968 - Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61
1969 - Casper H背eler, music critic, dies at 71
1972 - Adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82
1978 - Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70
1980 - Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
1980 - Tony Beckley, actor (Assault, When a Stranger Calls), dies at 51
1981 - Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85
1983 - Jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73
1983 - Lorene Scott, actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74
1986 - Alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78
1986 - Dag Ivar Wiren, composer, dies at 80
1987 - Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum, Actor (Mr Green Jeans), dies at 77
1987 - Maxwell D Taylor, US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85
1989 - Daphne Du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), dies at 82
1990 - Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 52
1992 - Alice Mary Riley, entertainer, dies of cancer at 51
1992 - Frankie Howerd, actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front), dies at 70
1992 - Pat Thompson, actress (Strictly Ballroom), dies at 51
1992 - Robert F Clayton, drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash
1992 - Robert Paul Haynes, bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash
1993 - David Koresh, [Vernon Howell], cult leader (Davidians), suicide
1993 - George Mickelson, Gov of SD, & 7 others, die in a plane crash
1994 - Frederick Ferrari, crazy Gang Member, dies at 81
1994 - Larry Davis, blues Singer/Guitarist, dies at 57
1994 - Louis Simmonds, bookseller, dies at 87
1994 - Michael Carreras, film Director, dies at 67
1994 - Michel van Rooy, Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43
1995 - "King" Herbert Whitaker, tenor sax, dies at 66
1995 - Igor Hajek, translator/writer, dies at 64
1995 - J Peter Grace Jr, CEO (W R Grace), dies at 81
1995 - Joseph Peter Grace, businessman, dies at 61
1995 - Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/Orientalist, dies at 70
1996 - Bernard Edwards, bass player, dies at 44
1996 - Norman Oldfield, cricketer (scored 99 runs in Test for England), dies
1996 - Peg Ridge, peace campaigner, dies at 72