Today In History - Wednesday, July 1, 2026




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Welcome to Today In History for Wednesday, July 1, 2026.

On this day in history ..

0069 - Bataafs nobleman Gaius Julius Civilis proclaimed emperor of Syria
0070 - Titus sets up batterig rams to assault the walls of Jerusalem
0649 - Pope Martinus I elected to succeed Theodore I
1097 - 1st Crusaders defeat Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea
1200 - In China, sunglasses are invented
1233 - Earl Otto II van Gelre grants Arnhem state justice
1252 - King Alfonso X "el Sabio" of Castili‰/Le¢n crowned
1253 - Battle at Westkapelle-Floris the Guardian beats Gwijde van Dampierre
1347 - Engagement of Count Louis of Male to Margaretha to daughter of Jan III
1390 - French & Genuese armada sails out against barbarian pirates
1517 - 1st burning of Protestants at stake in Netherlands
1517 - Inquisitor Adrian Boeyens (pope Adrianus VI) becomes cardinal
1535 - Sir Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason
1543 - England & Scotland sign Peace treaty of Greenwich
1569 - Latvia Parliament accept Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland
1600 - Prince Maurits' army occupies Newport Flanders Neth
1656 - 1st Quakers (Mary Fisher/Ann Austin) arrives in Boston (arrested)
1674 - Spain, France & Netherlands form Triple Alliance
1689 - Matsuo Basho, zen poet, leaves for 150 days journey on Honshu Japan
1690 - Battle of Colors: French beats Spanish/Dutch army
1690 - Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland
1745 - Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlies frigate Doutelle [OS]
1747 - Battle at Lafeld: France beat English/Dutch army
1776 - 1st vote on Declaration of Independence
1795 - John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court
1798 - Napoleon's fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt
1810 - Louis Napoleon resigns as king of the Netherlands
1816 - Fr frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of G‚ricault's "Raft of the Medusa"
1820 - 1st edition of newspaper "Courrier de la Meuse" published"
1823 - 9th Postmaster General: John McLean of Ohio takes office
1823 - United Provinces of Central America gain independence from Mexico
1831 - Admiral James C Ross reaches magnetic North Pole
1839 - Abdl-Medjid succeeds Mahmud II as Sultan of Turkey
1847 - 1st US postage stamps go on sale, 5› Franklin & 10› Washington, NYC
1850 - At least 626 ships lie at anchor around SF Bay
1858 - 1st Canadian coins minted (1›, 5›, 10› & 20›)
1859 - 1st intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32
1859 - Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St Louis
1861 - 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF
1861 - War Dept decrees the KA & TN are to be canvassed for volunteers
1862 - Battle at Booneville Mississippi: Confed superior power driven out
1862 - Battle of Malvern Hill, VA (Harrison's Landing, Crew's Farm)
1862 - Congress outlaws polygamy (1st time); bad news for Utah
1862 - Day 7 of 7 Days-Battle of Malvern Hill (Poindexter's Farm) Day 7 of Seven Days US15,249 CS17,583
1862 - Emperor Alexander II grants Jews right to publish books
1862 - Lincoln appoints Isaac Newton sec of agriculture-no kidding!
1862 - Battle of Holly Spring, MS
1862 - Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal taxes on inheritance, tobacco & on incomes over $600 (progressive rate)
1863 - -2] Battle at Baltimore: Crump's Crossroads Virginia
1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pa; Lee's northward advance halted
1863 - Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 US cities; postage 3›/« oz
1863 - Slavery abolished in Suriname & Netherlands Antilles
1864 - Battle of Petersburg, VA [->JUL 31] -front US3695 CS---
1867 - Dominion of Canada forms (New Bruns, Nova Scotia, Ontario & Qu‚bec)
1869 - Dutch newspaper stamp tax repealed
1869 - US mint at Carson City, Nevada opens
1870 - James W Smith of SC is 1st black to enter West Point
1871 - The decimal currency system is made uniform in Canada
1873 - Henry Flipper of Ga is 2nd black to enter West Point
1873 - Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province
1874 - 1st Chamber accept law against child labor
1874 - 1st US kidnapping for ransom, 4-year-old Charles Ross, $20,000
1874 - 1st US zoo opens (Philadelphia)
1875 - Universal Postal Union established
1877 - 1st edition of "Amsterdammer" published
1878 - Treaty of Berlin divide Africa up for colonization
1879 - Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples
1881 - 1st international telephone conversation, Calais, ME-St Stephen, NB
1881 - US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri opens
1883 - ANWB forms in Utrecht
1889 - Frederick Douglass named Minister to Haiti
1889 - US mint at Carson City, Nevada reopens
1890 - Great-Britain & Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty
1893 - SF Bay City Club opens 1st US bicycle race track, made of wood
1896 - Harbor of Ymuiden opens
1896 - Wilfrid Laurel sworn in as 1st French speaking premier
1897 - Bronx acquires Hutton Square
1898 - Teddy Roosevelt & his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill
1899 - Gideon Society established to place bibles in hotels
1899 - SF City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building
1902 - Ranji (230) & Newham (153) add 344 for 7th wkt, Sussex v Essex
1902 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" (BG)
1903 - 1st Tour de France bicycle race begins
1904 - 3rd modern Olympic games opens in St Louis
1907 - World's 1st air force established (US Army)
1910 - Chicago's Comiskey Park opens - St Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0
1910 - Union of South Africa becomes a dominion
1910 - White Sox Park (Comiskey Park) opens with 2-0 loss to Browns
1911 - German boat Panther nears for Agadir Morocco
1911 - Proclamation removes "Dei Gratia" from Canada's coins
1913 - Serbia & Greece declare war on Bulgaria
1915 - Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service
1915 - Australian Survey Corps becomes part of Military Forces
1916 - Battle on the Somme: British 4th Army walks to German lines
1916 - British court martial (Easter uprising)
1916 - Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market
1916 - Dwight Eisenhower marries Mary `Mamie' Geneva Doud in Denver Colo
1916 - Honus Wagner, 42, is oldest to hit an inside-the-park HR
1917 - 257cm-mirror for Mount Wilson Observatory mounted
1917 - Race riots in East St Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed)
1917 - Reds Fred Toney pitches completes doubleheader victories over Pirates
1917 - Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday game in Brooklyn
1919 - 1st class postage drops from 3› to 2›
1919 - Scheveningen soccer team forms in Scheveningen
1920 - Wash Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0
1923 - 1st permanent radio network-AT&T (WEAF NY & WMAF Mass)
1924 - Light Brigade forms
1924 - Through regular transcontinental airmail service forms, NYC-SF
1925 - NY Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 HRs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7
1925 - SDAP wins 4 chairs in Second-Parliamentary election
1925 - Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs created in UK
1926 - Canada restores gold standard
1929 - US Immigration law of 1924 in effect
1929 - US cartoonist Elzie Segar creates "Popeye"
1930 - Great-Britain signs accord for Independence of Iraq
1931 - Cleveland Municipal Stadium is completed
1931 - Ice vending machines introduced in LA 25 lbs, 15›
1931 - Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs Chicago Cubs
1931 - Trans African Railway in use (Benguela, Angola-Jadotville, Congo)
1932 - 45th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (63 61)
1932 - NY Gov FDR nominated for president at Dem Convention in Chicago
1932 - NY newspaper Evening Standard goes bankrupt
1933 - German nazi regime decides married women shouldn't work
1933 - Strauss & von Hofmannsthal's opera "Arabella," premieres in Dresden
1934 - 1st x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, NY
1935 - General Neth Persbureau (ANP) forms in Amsterdam
1936 - AVRO radio broadcast studios in Hilversum opens
1936 - Watchfulness Committee forms in Amsterdam
1937 - Britian begins using an emergency phone number (999)
1937 - Rev Martin Niem”ller (Bekennende Kirche) arrested in Germany
1937 - Spanish bishops support Franco & fascists
1938 - 58th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats Henry Austin (61 60 63)
1940 - Australia refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees
1941 - 1st coml TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC
1941 - Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial
1941 - Joe Dimaggio on way to 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hit streak
1941 - WCBW (now WCBS) TV channel 2 in NY, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
1941 - WNBT TV (W2XBS, Now WNBC) channel 4 in NYC (NBC) begins broadcasting
1942 - German troops conquer Sebastopol
1943 - "Pay-as-you-go" - 1st withholding tax from paychecks
1944 - 2500+ killed in London/SE England by German flying bombs
1944 - Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing IMF & World Bank
1944 - Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to colonel
1944 - General Eisenhower visits front in Normandy
1944 - US headquarter moves to ColombiŠres Normandy
1944 - Von Rundstedt against Keitel: "Signs peace, idiots!"
1945 - 1st of the superstars returns from the WW II, Hank Greenberg homers
1945 - 55th Postmaster General: Robert E Hannegan of Mo takes office
1945 - Allies troop land on Balikpapan
1946 - Rajah cedes Sarawak to British crown
1946 - US drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion)
1947 - 192m long passenger ship Willem Ruys (Achille Lauro) launched
1947 - Brit Dominion Affairs office becomes Commonwealth Relations office
1948 - Bradman scores 128 Australia v Surrey, 141 mins, 15 fours
1948 - Brooklyn's Roy Campanella debuts as catcher
1948 - NYC subway fare goes to 10›, bus fare to 7› & combo fare at 12›
1949 - 63rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ted Schroeder beat Drobny (36 60 63 46 64)
1949 - Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France
1949 - WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1949 - WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1950 - "Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 281 perfs
1950 - 1st 407 US soldiers flown to South Korea
1950 - NYC bus fare rises to 10› equal to subway fare, combo fare at 15›
1950 - WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
1951 - Cleve Indian Bob Feller, 3rd no-hitter beats Det Tigers, 2-1
1953 - KLAS TV channel 8 in Las Vegas, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 - KTVH (now KWCH) TV channel 12 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (CBS) begins
1954 - Cards' Joe Cunningham hits 2 HRs for record 3 HRs in his 1st 2 days
1954 - Test Cricket debut of Khalid Hassan, 16 yrs 352, then world record
1954 - WDBO (now WCPX) TV channel 6 in Orlando, FL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - 69th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen (63 75 61)
1955 - KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1956 - Elvis Presley wearing a tuxedo appears on Steve Allen Show
1956 - Ibrahim Hashiroe succeeds Said el-Moefti as premier of Jordan
1957 - International Geophysical Year begins (until Dec 31, 1958)
1957 - WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield/Keene/Brat, MA (IND) 1st broadcast
1959 - Heinrich Lbke elected pres of West-Germany
1959 - Israeli Knesset agrees to weapon sales to West-Germany
1959 - WVTV TV channel 18 in Milwaukee, WI (IND) begins broadcasting
1959 - World Refugee Year begins
1960 - Benjamin Britten's cantate "Carmen Baseliense," premieres in Basel
1960 - British Somaliland becomes Somalia
1960 - Fidel Castro nationalizes Esso, Shell & Texaco in Cuba
1960 - Ghana becomes a republic
1960 - Italian Somaliland gains independence, unites with Somali Republic
1960 - No passports needed inside Benelux
1960 - USSR shoots down US RB-47 reconnaissance plane
1961 - 16th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1961 - Haleakala National Park forms in Hawaii
1961 - KNDU TV channel 25 in Richland-Pasco-Kennew, WA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1962 - Algeria votes for independence
1962 - Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days)
1963 - Beatles record "She Loves You" & "I'll Get You"
1963 - Pres Kennedy arrives in Rome
1963 - US postal service institutes (Zone Improvement Plan) zip code
1965 - FC Twente '65 Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede
1965 - KUID TV channel 12 in Moscow, ID (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 - Kinderstraf trial starts
1966 - 80th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: M Santana beats D Ralston (64 11-9 64)
1966 - Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART
1966 - Explorer 33 launched
1966 - Medicare goes into effect
1966 - VVV soccer team forms in Venlo
1967 - "Funny Girl" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 1348 perfs
1967 - 1st British color TV broadcast, on BBC 2
1967 - BBC starts their World Radio Club
1967 - Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 weeks
1968 - Bob Gibson's streak of 47 2/3 inn scoreless streak ends on wild pitch
1968 - Fortuna Sittard soccer team forms in Sittard
1968 - John Lennon's 1st full art exhibition (You are Here)
1968 - US, Britain, USSR & 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
1968 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1969 - Charles Philip Arthur George invested as Prince of Wales
1969 - John & Yoko are hospitalized after a car crash
1969 - Shelby Singleton buys Sun Records from Sam Phillips
1970 - Denny McLain returns, (leaves trailiing) Tigers beat Yankees in 11
1970 - FC Utrecht soccer team forms in Utrecht
1970 - Jimi Hendrix 1st recording session (NYC)
1971 - British & Argentina sign accord about Falkland Islands
1971 - Golden Gate Bridge paid for (so why is there still a toll?)
1971 - State of Washington becomes 1st state to ban sex discrimination
1972 - "Follies" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 524 performances
1972 - "Hair" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 1750 performances
1972 - Ms. magazine begins publishing
1973 - "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 711 perfs
1973 - 1st US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61
1973 - Mary Mills wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
1974 - 1st Laura Ashley-store in US opens (SF)
1974 - General Pinochet becomes president of Chile
1974 - Isabel Per¢n succeeds husband Juan as pres of Argentina
1974 - Monmouthshire renamed Gwent & becomes part of Wales
1975 - Muhammad Ali beats Joe Bugner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1975 - Ringo Starr & Maureen, divorce
1975 - WEDway People Mover inaugurated
1976 - Kenneth Gibson, is 1st black president of US Conference of Mayors
1977 - 84th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats B Stove (46 63 61)
1977 - FC Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam Neth
1977 - Marlies G”hr runs Europen record 100m (10.88 sec)
1978 - "Act" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 233 performances
1978 - Former Pres Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974
1978 - Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing
1979 - Stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6" of snow
1979 - Vicki Fergon wins LPGA Lady Stroh's Golf Open
1980 - Steve Overt runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo
1981 - Laurel Canyon Calif murders (4 die, 1 wounded)
1981 - NEC soccer team forms in Nijmegen
1981 - Nell Dunn's "Steaming," premieres in London
1981 - Prince Willem Alexander opens Willems Bridge in Rotterdam
1981 - Radio Shack 3rd release of Model III TRSDOS 1.3
1982 - 2,100 Unification church couples wed in NYC
1982 - ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)
1982 - Cal Ripken's 1st game
1982 - Challenger moves overland to Dryden
1982 - General Reynaldo Bignone sworn in as president of Argentina
1982 - Kosmos 1383, 1st search & rescue satellite, launched
1982 - Over 2000 Unification Church couples marry at NY MSG
1982 - PEC Swells '82 soccer team forms in Swells
1983 - Arbitrator Raymond Goetz rules 43 players who are on Disabled List during 1981 players' strike not entitled to salaries for that period
1984 - "Baby" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 241 performances
1984 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1984 - Royals pitcher Paul Splittorff, retires
1987 - Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in Oct by senate
1987 - NYC radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio
1987 - WHN-AM in NY City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format
1989 - Hugh Hefner (Playboy editor) weds playmate Kimberly Conrad
1989 - NFL owners vote unanimously to form WLAF
1989 - Yanks beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-1, score is changed to 5-1 after game is over. Umpire rules Roberto Kelly scored before a double-play
1990 - 11th US Seniors Golf Open: Lee Trevino
1990 - 18th du Maurier Golf Classic: Cathy Johnston
1990 - 1st Zen winter session in Sydney Zen Center's Gorrick's Run Zendo
1990 - Despite Andy Hawkins no-hitting White Sox, Yankees lose 4-0
1990 - Dordrecht '90 soccer team forms in Dordrecht
1990 - FC Swells soccer team forms in Swells
1990 - German Democratic Republic accepts Deutsche Mark as its currency
1990 - In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal
1990 - NY Yankee Andy Hawkins throws no-hitter in Comiskey Park, losing 4-0
1992 - 6.6 earthquake in Big Bear Valley of Los Angeles
1992 - Ali Kafi becomes president of Algeria
1992 - Fox broadcasting adds Wednesday night TV programming
1993 - 1 second is added to the clock
1993 - Russian manned space craft TM-17, launches into orbit
1993 - STS-57 (Endeavour) lands
1994 - Fokker's-28 crashes at Tidjikja, Mauritania (94 killed)
1994 - Roman Herzog sworn in as German president
1994 - Soyuz TM-19 launches
1994 - Yassar Arafat returns to Gaza strip
1995 - "Kiss of the Spider Woman" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 906 perfs
1995 - Kiersten Rickenbach, of NJ, crowned America's Junior Miss
1996 - Kevan James scores 103 & takes 4 wkts in 4 balls, Hants v Ind
1996 - NHL Winnipeg Jets officially become the Phoenix Coyotes
1996 - Placido Domingo becomes art director of Washington Opera
1996 - WBSI TV replaces WNYC on channel 31 in NYC
1997 - Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield
1997 - STS 94 (Columbia 23) launches into orbit
1997 - UK returns Hong Kong to China

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1381 - Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint
1506 - Louis II, king of Hungary/Bohemia (1516-26)
1511 - Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen de Jonghe], medical/historian/humanist
1534 - Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88)
1560 - Charles van Croij, prince of Chimay/duke of Aarschot
1586 - Claudio Saracini, composer
1646 - G W Leibniz, German mathematician/philosopher; postulated monads
1663 - Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer
1688 - Johann Ludwig Steiner, composer
1723 - Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/historian/literary
1735 - James Lyon, composer
1742 - Georg C Lichtenberg, German physicist/writer (types of Lichtenberg)
1764 - Georg Christoph Grosheim, composer
1784 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach, dies at 74
1788 - Jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry
1802 - Gideon Welles, Secy Navy (Union), died in 1878
1804 - George Sand, France, (female) novelist (Valentine, Le Figaro)
1807 - Thomas Green Clemson, mining engineer, endowed Clemson University
1810 - Walter White, secretary (NAACP)
1812 - Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dutch genealogist/heraldicus
1813 - Pavel Annenkov, Russian lit historian (Zametsjatelnoje desjatileti‰)
1818 - Ignaz Semmelweis, gynecologist
1833 - Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert, Bvt Major General (Union Army)
1840 - Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer
1844 - Verney L Cameroon, English explorer (Tanganyika)
1857 - Roger Connor, 1st baseman (NY Giants)
1861 - Samuel D Riddle, horse owner (Man 'o War)
1872 - Louis Bl‚riot, 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel
1874 - Michel H Campen, author/critic (Bikoerim)
1879 - L‚on Jouhaux, France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO (Nobel 1951)
1881 - Piet[er] L Kramer, architect (Amsterdam School)
1887 - Charles D Brown, Iowa, actor (Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor)
1892 - James M Cain, Minneapolis Mn, novelist (Postman Always Rings Twice)
1892 - Jean Lur‡at, French painter/carpet designer
1893 - Walter Francis White, Atlanta Georgia
1896 - Pavel G Antokolski, Russian poet/director (Syn) [NS]
1898 - Andr‚-Marie Charue, bishop of Namen Belgium
1899 - Cavan O'Connor, singer
1899 - Charles Laughton, England, actor (Mutiny on Bounty, Spartacus)
1899 - Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr, fictional character "Indiana Jones"
1899 - Konstantijn Tsatsos, president Greece
1901 - Irna Phillips, Chicago, created 6 soap operas (Guiding Light)
1901 - Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist
1902 - Billy Wyler, director (Ben Hur, Mrs Miniver)
1902 - Jos‚ Luis Sert, Spanish/US architect
1903 - Amy Johnson, British pilot
1903 - Beatrix Lehmann, England, actress (Candles at Nine, Staircase)
1904 - Mary Calderone, physician/founder (planned parenthood)
1906 - Edward Lansing Gordon Jr, Jackson Miss, long jumper (Olympic-gold-32)
1906 - Frank Parker, NYC, actor (Shawn-Days of our Life)
1907 - Bill Stern, Rochester NY, sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights)
1908 - Estee Lauder, CEO (Estee Lauder's cosmetics)
1908 - Paul Hardy, Belgian writer (Best of Painted Furniture)
1908 - Peter Anders, German opera singer
1909 - Juan Carlos Onetti, novelist
1909 - Madge Evans, Manhattan NYC, TV panelist (Masquerade Party)
1911 - Alvino Rey, Cleve Ohio, orch leader (King Family)
1912 - Ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi fieldmarshal/president/premier
1912 - David Brower, environmentalist/president (Sierra Club)
1912 - Roy McKelvie, soldier/sports writer
1913 - Jo Sinclair, writer
1914 - Cristyl Cranz, Germany, slalom (Olympic-gold-1936)
1914 - Earle Warren, alto sax player
1914 - Magda Gabor, Budapest Hungary, actress (People vs Zsa Zsa Gabor)
1915 - Jean Stafford, US writer (Boston Adventure, Lion & Carpenter)
1915 - Viscount Leverhulm, English large landowner (Unilever)
1915 - Willie Dixon, Vicksburg Miss, bassist (Walkin' the Blues)
1916 - Olivia de Havilland, Tokyo Japan, actress (Adventures of Robin Hood)
1919 - Hans Bender, German poet
1921 - Seretse Khama, 1st premier/president of Botswana (Bechuanaland)
1922 - Jean-Pierre Rampal, [Louis], Marseilles France, flutist
1923 - Constance Ford, actress (Ada Hobson-Another World)
1925 - Farley Granger, San Jose CA, actor (Arnold, Rope, Deathmask)
1926 - Franclaois-Regis Bastide, writer/broadcaster
1926 - Hans Werner Henze, Gttersloh Germany, composer (Das Floss Medusa)
1927 - Hans Eklund, composer
1927 - Ruben Gomez, baseball player
1928 - Constance Ford, US actress (Cabinet of Calgary, Ada-Another World)
1928 - Volker Wangenheim, composer
1929 - Gerald M Edelman, US biochemist (Nobel 1972)
1930 - Andreas JAI Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Schipluiden/Leiderdorp)
1930 - Imelda Marcos, former 1st lady (Philipines)/shoe collector
1931 - Leslie Caron, Boulogne-Biliancourt France, actr (Lili, Father Goose)
1931 - Tab Hunter, actor (Tab Hunter Show, Lust in the Dust)
1932 - Bobby Day, [Robert Byrd], Fort Worth Tx, rock vocalist (Rockin' Robin)
1933 - Frank Baumann, baseball player
1933 - Peter Walwyn, British race horse trainer
1934 - Claude Berri, Paris France, director (Le Sex Shop, L'Homme Bless‚)
1934 - Jamie Farr, Toledo Oh, actor (Klinger-M*A*S*H, AfterMASH)
1934 - Jean Marsh, London England, actress (Dark Places, Eagle has Landed)
1934 - Sydney Pollack, Lafayette, director (Tootsie, Presumed Innocent)
1935 - James Cotton, blues vocalist
1935 - Seiji Ozawa, [Fentian Shenyan], Manchuria, orchestra conductor
1937 - Ebrahim I Ebrahim, South African ANCer/Umkhonto we Sizwe-leader
1938 - Chester Watson, West Indian cricket fast bowler (early 60s)
1938 - Don Pavletich, baseball player
1939 - Charles Hatcher, (Rep-D-GA, 1981- )
1939 - Delaney Bramlett, Okla, rocker (Shindogs, Delaney & Bonnie)
1940 - Jack Acker, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1940 - Kenneth Clarke, British minister
1941 - John Gould, British composer/musical comic
1941 - Rod Gilbert, Canada, NHL wing (NY Rangers)
1941 - Sally Quinn, Georgia, CBS newscaster (Morning Show)
1941 - Twyla Tharp, Portland Ind, choreographer (Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe)
1942 - Genevieve Bujold, Montr‚al, actress (King of Hearts, Choose Me, Coma)
1942 - Karen Black, [Ziegler], Park Ridge Ill, (5 Easy Pieces, Pyx)
1942 - William Carney, (Rep-R-NY, 1979-86)
1945 - Deborah Harry, Miami Fla, singer (Blondie-Heart of Glass)
1946 - June Montiero, US, vocalist (Toys-A Lover's Concerto)
1946 - Ron Silver, NYC, actor (Gary-Rhoda, Entity, Silkwood, Best Friends)
1947 - Marc Benno, rocker
1949 - Andrew Scott, rocker (Sweet)
1951 - Daryl Anderson, Seattle, actor (Animal-Lou Grant)
1951 - Fred Schneider, Newark Ga, vocalist/guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster)
1951 - Trevor Eve, Wales, actor (Shadow Chasers)
1952 - Dan Aykroyd, Ottawa Canada, comedian/actor (SNL, Dragnet)
1953 - Henry Percy, 11th duke of Northumberland, godchild of Elizabeth II
1954 - Michael Daniel Reid, Bainbridge MD, PGA golfer (1987 Seiko Tucson)
1955 - Keith Whitley, Sandy Hook Ky, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes)
1956 - Adrian Wright, rocker (Human League-Only Human)
1956 - Bill Caudill, baseball player
1956 - Lorna Patterson, Whittier Calif, actress (Airplane, Pvt Benjamin)
1958 - Nancy Lieberman Cline, Bkln, WNBA guard (Phoenix Mercury) (Oly-S-76)
1959 - Anne Smith, Dallas TX, tennis star
1960 - Alan Ruck, Cleve Oh, actor (Stuart-Spin City)
1960 - Evelyn "Champagne" King, Bronx NY, disco singer (Shame, I'm in Love)
1960 - Lynn Jennings, Princeton NJ, 5k runner
1960 - Mike Fitzgerald, baseball player
1961 - Diana Frances Spencer, Sandringham England, Princess of Wales (-97)
1961 - Kalpana Chawla, Karnal India, astronaut (STS 87)
1961 - [Frederick] Carl[eton] Lewis, Birmingham, track (Oly-9 gold-84-96)
1962 - Andre Braugher, Chicago Ill, actor (Frank Pembleton-Homicide)
1963 - Edward Tsang Lu, Springfield Mass, astronaut (STS 84)
1963 - Roddy Bottum, LA Calif, rock keyboardist (Faith No More-Real Thing)
1964 - Mike Twardoski, baseball player
1964 - Poi Burton, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
1964 - Theresa Lynn, Louisville KY, actress (Orgasm Girl-Private Parts)
1965 - Luc Rochefort, Trois-Rivieres Que, golfer (1991 Low Amateur Quebec)
1966 - Eric Ball, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
1966 - Larisa Savchenko, Neiland Latvia, tennis star
1966 - Patrick McEnroe, Manhasset NY, tennis star
1966 - Shawn Burr, Sarnia, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1966 - Simon Arkell, Australian pole vaulter (Olympics-17th-92, 96)
1967 - Dave Richardson, CFL tackle (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1967 - Mike Eastwood, Ottawa, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
1967 - Pamela Anderson Lee, Ladysmith BC, playmate (Feb 90/Home Improvement)
1967 - Tony Bennett, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
1968 - Charles Wilson, NFL wide receiver (NY Jets)
1968 - Roshumba Williams, Chicago Ill, model (Bride)
1969 - Gary Brown, NFL running back (Houston Oilers)
1969 - Graham Lloyd, cricketer (son of David, Lancashire batsman, Eng ODI 96)
1970 - Kevin O'Brien, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
1970 - Nicky Goetze, Milwaukee Wisc, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 NCAA Acad)
1970 - Van Malone, NFL safety (Detroit Lions)
1971 - Darick Holmes, NFL running back (Buffalo Bills)
1971 - Oleg Antonenko, hockey forward (Team Belarus, Olympics-1998)
1971 - Wanda Gonzalez, Miss Connecticut USA (1996)
1972 - Corey Hirsch, Medicine Hat, NHL goalie (Vancouver Canucks)
1972 - Darrick Bledose, WLAF cornerback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1973 - Malina Milson, Australian softball 1st baseman (Olympics-bronze-96)
1974 - Michele Krasnoo, Culver City Calif, actress (Kickboxer IV)
1975 - Liv Tyler, NYC, daughter of Todd Rundgren/actress (Stealing Beauty)
1976 - Patrick Stephan Kluivert, Surinam/Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
1977 - Misty Marriah Esplin, Preston Idaho, Miss America-Idaho (1997)
1978 - Eisa Istok, Miss Illinois Teen USA (1996)
1978 - Jacqie Turner, west Covina Calif, figure skater, 1997 SW Pacific-2nd
1978 - Vicki Renee Hughes, Miss New Mexico Teen USA (1997)
1992 - Bryant Jones, Camarillo Ca, actor (Nate Hastings-Young & Restless)

Famous deaths for this day ..

1378 - Jan I V van Arkel, bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies
1523 - Hendrik Voes, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake
1523 - John of Esschen, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake
1589 - Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies
1592 - Marc A Ingegneri, Italian violinist/composer (Responsoria), dies
1627 - Nathaniel Bacon, English painter, dies at 41
1662 - Simon Ives, composer, dies at 61
1691 - Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer, dies at 77
1723 - Willem van de Pose, gov of Cape Colony (1699-1797), dies at about 59
1742 - Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky, Czech monk/composer, dies at 58
1774 - Henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68
1776 - Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War
1782 - Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham, does at 52
1784 - Wilhelm Friedmann Bach, composer (Sinfonias 64), dies at 73
1805 - Georg Ritschel, composer, dies at 60
1839 - Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39), dies at 53
1847 - George F Kersting, German painter, dies at 61
1863 - John Fulton Reynolds, Union general-major, dies in battle at 42
1883 - Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer, dies at 39
1885 - Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens), dies at 73
1894 - Julius PJA van Nyevelt, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 77
1896 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, US author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85
1910 - Marius Petipa, Fren ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies
1916 - William Booth, cricketer (WW I 2 Tests for England 1913-14), dies
1922 - Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I mala voglia), dies at 81
1925 - Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer (Dreamy Fish), dies at 59
1925 - Jan P Veth, Dutch painter/lithographer/art historian, dies at 61
1939 - Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies
1943 - Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed
1943 - C Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - C L Barentsen, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Coos Hartogh, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Cor Roos, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Henri Halberstadt, Dutch resistance fighter (census dir), executed
1943 - Johan Brouwer, hispanist/writer/Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1943 - Karl Gr”ger, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Koen Limperg, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Sam Bloemgarten, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Willem Arondeus, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Willem Brouwer, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1944 - Carl Mayer, actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise), dies at 49
1947 - Clarence Lucas, composer, dies at 80
1949 - Louis Davids, [Simon David], cabaret artist, dies at 65
1950 - Edward Faber Schneider, composer, dies at 77
1950 - Eliel Saarinen, Fins/US architect (Chicago Trib building), dies at 76
1953 - Azzedine Bey, Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered
1953 - Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies
1958 - Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch writer (I Go Me Own Way), dies
1958 - Harry Nicholls Holmes, Dr (crystallized vitamin A), dies at 78
1958 - Rudolf von Laban, Czech/Ger choreographer (modern dance), dies at 78
1963 - Camille Chautemps, premier France, dies
1964 - Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89
1965 - Claude Thornhill, composer, dies at 55
1965 - Wally Hammond, S African cricketer (7,249 runs for England), dies
1968 - Dick Young, cricketer (England wicketkeeper v Aust 1907-08), dies
1968 - Virginia Weidler, actress (All This & Heaven Too), dies at 42
1971 - Lord Learie Constantine, WI cricketer (all-rounder & fielder), dies
1973 - Mario La Broca, composer, dies at 76
1974 - Juan D Per¢n, president of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), dies at 78
1979 - Richard Ward, actor (Beacon Hill), dies at 64
1980 - Charles Percy Snow, British writer (Friends & Associates), dies at 75
1981 - George Voskovec, actor (Fred-Nero Wolfe, Peter-Skag), dies at 76
1982 - John Everett Watts, composer, dies at 51
1982 - Shon Coco Palm, [Jacobo JM Palm], Cura‡an composer, dies
1982 - Vera [A Veronica] Bondam, actress, dies at 86
1983 - R Buckminster Fuller, inventor/philosopher, dies in LA at 87
1986 - Roy Poole, actor (Winds of War), dies at 62
1988 - Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer, dies at 82
1988 - Lex van Delden, Dutch composer/writer, dies at 68
1989 - William Ching, actor (Moonlighter, Terror in Haunted House), dies
1990 - Anna Palk, actress (Play it Cool, Frozen Dead), dies of cancer at 48
1990 - Jurriaan Schrofer, graphic designer, dies
1991 - Joost Baljeu, painter/founder-editor Structure, dies
1991 - Michael Landon, actor (Bonanza, Hwy to Heaven), dies of cancer at 54
1992 - Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer (Amarcord), dies
1994 - Johanna Ader-Appels, resistance fighter/author, dies
1995 - Bruce Mitchell, S Afr cricketer (leading Test scorer with 3471), dies
1995 - Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest, dies at 49
1995 - Wolfman Jack, disc jockey (Midnight Special), dies at 57
1996 - Alfred Marks, actor (Fanny Hill, Desert Mice), dies at 75
1996 - Margaux Hemmingway, actress (Lipstick), dies at 41
1996 - Richard Michael Fraser, political administrator, dies at 80
1996 - Steve Tesich, screenwriter/playwright, dies at 53
1997 - Joshua Hassan, head of Gibraltar (1964-69, 72-87), dies
1997 - Robert Mitchum, actor (Winds of War), dies at 79