1844 – Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and statesman (b. 1769) 1873 – Emile Gaboriau, French writer (father of the French detective novels), dies at 37 1914 – Richard Warren Sears, American businessman who founded department store Sears, Roebuck and Company, dies of Bright’s disease at 50 1968 – Corry Lievens, Flemish actress, playwright and …
1813 – Anton Wallerstein, German composer, born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1892) 1844 – Robert Stout, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1884-87), born in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (d. 1930) 1855 – Thomas Frederick Tout, British historian (Manchester school of historiography), born in London, England (d. 1929) 1864 – Barry Pain, English writer (Punch), …
1923 – New York Yankees overwhelm Boston Red Sox 24-4 1928 – US recognizes the Chinese nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek 1961 – “Hazel” starring Shirley Booth debuts on NBC-TV 1963 – “Sally, Go ‘Round The Roses” by Jaynetts, a one-hit wonder from the Bronx, New York City, peaks at #2 1969 – SPD wins …
1719 – George Smalridge, British Bishop of Bristol (Sixty Sermons Preach’d on Several Occasions), dies at 56 1891 – Ivan Goncharov, Russian novelist (Oblomov), dies at 79 1943 – Wac?aw Gieburowski, Polish Catholic priest, choral conductor, composer, and musicologist, dies at 65 1972 – S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician (b. 1892) 1974 – Silvio Frondizi, …
1911 – Peter Doig, British Labour Party politician, born in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland (d. 1996) 1912 – Mary Grierson, Welsh botanical artist, born in Bangor, Wales (d. 2012) 1921 – Dennis Nineham, British theologian (Synod and Doctrine Commission), born in Southampton, England (d. 2016) 1927 – Jack Katz, American comic book artist and graphic novel …
1717 – French founder of Detroit Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac is imprisoned in the Bastille for speaking “against the government of the state and the colonies ” (freed 1718) 1779 – John Adams is appointed to negotiate Revolutionary War peace terms with Great Britain 1916 – Emperor Lidj Jasu of Ethiopia flees a palace coup …
1417 – Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal and jurist, dies at 57 1620 – Taichang Emperor [Zhu Changluo], 14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, dies at 38 1780 – Bernard Paul Moll, German diplomat, map collector and cartographer, dies at 83 1959 – S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1956-59), assassinated by …
1894 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (Long Pants, Oliver Twist), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1929) 1925 – Marty Robbins, American country singer (“El Paso”; “Devil Woman”; “I Walk Alone”), born in Glendale, Arizona (d. 1982) 1926 – Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian Indo-European philologist (Indo-Iranian languages), born in Linz, Austria (d. 2011) 1927 – Carolyn …
1371 – A small Ottoman force makes a devastating surprise night raid on the Serbian camp by the Maritsa River, killing thousands of drunken soldiers, including Serbian King Vukašin Mrnjav?evi? and his brother, Despot Jovan Uglješa 1824 – Kapiolani defies Pele, the Hawaiian volcano goddess, and lives 1901 – Boer General Botha fails to capture …
1086 – William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1025) 1791 – William Bradford, American printer (b. 1719) 1870 – Robert Cooper Grier, American jurist, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1846-70), dies at 76 1944 – Leo Justinus Kauffmann, Alsatian composer, dies at 43 1979 – Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (Me tulemme …
1663 – Johann Nikolaus Hanff, German organist and composer, born in Wechmar, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1711) 1694 – Henry Pelham, British Prime Minister (Whig: 1743-54) who introduced the Gin Acts, born in Laughton, England (d. 1754) 1829 – William Michael Rossetti, English writer and civil servant, born in London, England (d. 1919) 1905 – …
1919 – US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a breakdown in Pueblo, Colorado; his health never recovers 1922 – Giants beat St. Louis to clinch John McGraw’s eighth pennant 1943 – Soviet troops liberate Smolensk 1955 – The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded 1961 – KTPS TV channel 62 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting …
1732 – Reigen [Satohito], 112th Emperor of Japan (1663-87), dies at 78 1855 – Alexandre Stiévenard, French violinist, guitarist and composer, dies at 86 1924 – William Laurel Harris, American mural painter (Church of Saint Paul the Apostle in NY), dies of a stroke at 54 1975 – Clive Morton, British actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, …
1848 – Pieter Lodewijk Tak, Dutch journalist (The Chronicle; Het Volk), and politician, born in Middelburg, Netherlands (d. 1907) 1860 – S. R. Crockett, Scottish novelist (The Stickit Minister), born in Duchrae, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire (d. 1914) 1883 – Franklin Clarence Mars, American business magnate, founder of Mars Inc. (Mars bar, MandM’s), born in Pope County, …
366 – Liberius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1786 – African American slave and poet Jupiter Hammon delivers his “Address to the Negroes of the State of New York” speech advocating emancipation at a meeting of the African Society in New York 1941 – Bomb explodes in German headquarters at Hotel Continental in Kiev …
1910 – Tup Scott, Australian cricket batsman and captain (8 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 102; Victoria), dies of typhoid at 51 1972 – Calvin Frazier, American country and Detroit blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (“This Old World’s In A Tangle”), dies of cancer at 57 1992 – James Van Fleet, American US Army General (served …
1816 – Julius White, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Cazenovia, New York (d. 1890) 1907 – Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, unfulfilled claimant to the throne of Portugal, born in Seebenstein, Austria (d. 1976) 1923 – Samuel V. Wilson, American ex-director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and former Army lieutenant general, born …
1459 – Battle of Blore Heath in Staffordshire: an inferior Yorkist force defeats a larger Lancastrian force in a major battle of the English Wars of the Roses 1912 – First Mack Sennett “Keystone Comedy” movie releases “Cohen Collects a Debt” 1926 – “Upset of the Decade”: Gene Tunney defeats defending champion Jack Dempsey by …