1286 – Mugaku Sogen, Zen Rinzai line founder of Engakuji temple, dies at 60 1539 – Guru Nanak, Founder of the religion of Sikhism and the 1st Sikh Guru, dies at 70 1952 – Cor Ruys, Dutch actor (Princess Stage, The Cross-Patch), dies at 63 1953 – William Brann, South African cricketer (3 Tests for …
1791 – Michael Faraday, English scientist, discovered electromagnetic induction, invented 1st electric motor, born in Newington Butts, England (d. 1867) 1833 – Stephen Dill Lee, American 1st president of Mississippi State University, Lt General in Confederate Army, born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1908) 1880 – Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragist, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, born …
1851 – City of Des Moines, Iowa, incorporated as Fort Des Moines 1885 – Lord Randolph Churchill delivers a speech in Ulster opposing Home Rule, stating, “Ulster will fight and Ulster will be right” 1919 – Steel strike begins in the US and continues for four months 1937 – Date celebrated as the first International …
1542 – Juan Boscán Almogáver, Spanish poet (b. c. 1490) 1944 – James E. Ferguson, American Democratic party politician (Governor of Texas, 1915-17; First Gentleman of Texas, 1925-27 and 1933-35), dies at 73 1997 – Eric William Hunter Christie, British lawyer and advocate for the Falkland Islands, dies at 75 1997 – Jennifer Holt, American …
1809 – Sophia Hawthorne, American writer, painter and illustrator, born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1871) 1820 – Williams Carter Wickham, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1888) 1853 – Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1926) 1867 – Henry L. Stimson, American statesman …
1746 – French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais and Dupleix Madras 1904 – The general strike called by the Socialist Party that spread throughout Italy ends 1955 – USSR performs nuclear test 1964 – The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world’s first Mach 3 bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California 1972 – Philippines President …
1630 – Claudio Saracini, Italian composer, dies at 44 1863 – Jacob Grimm, German philologist, folklorist and editor of “Grimm’s Fairy Tales”, dies at 78 1908 – Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (Spanish Dancer), dies at 64 1933 – Annie Besant, English social reformer and supporter of Indian independence, dies at 85 1974 …
1877 – Armand Marsick, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1959) 1896 – Fjodor Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga), born in Pavlovka, Russia (d. 1960) [NS=Oct 2] 1923 – Geraldine Clinton Little, Irish poet (A Little Bouquet), born in Northern Ireland (d. 1997) 1941 – Sylvester [J. Pussycat Sr.,], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by …
1859 – George Simpson patents the electric range 1861 – Battle of Lexington, MO, is captured by Union 1938 – Emlyn Williams’ semi-autobiographical comedic play “The Corn is Green” premieres in London and runs for 600 performances 1943 – Liberator bomber sinks U-338 1970 – Jim Morrison is found guilty of “open profanity and indecent …
1719 – Joachim Tielke, German violin maker, dies at 77 1902 – Masaoka Shiki, Japanese haiku and tanka poet and diarist (Salt Water Ballads), dies at 34 1935 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian pioneer in rocket and space research, dies at 78 1962 – Nikolai Pogodin, Soviet playwright, dies at 61 1971 – William F. Albright, …
1803 – Maria Anna of Savoy, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, born in Palazzo Colonna, Rome, Papal States (d. 1884) 1902 – Jimmy Van Alen, American tennis official (created Simplified Scoring System), born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 1991) 1907 – Lewis F. Powell Jr., American Supreme Court justice (1972-87), born …
634 – Muslim forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus, 1st major city of Eastern Roman Empire taken by the Rashidun Caliphate 1559 – Five Spanish ships sink in storm off Tampa, about 600 die 1854 – Henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car 1870 – Siege of Paris by Prussian forces begins (lasts until …
1891 – William Ferrel, American mathematician (b. 1817) 1951 – Pamela Colman Smith, British suffragist, writer and artist known for designing the Rider-Waite deck of tarot cards, dies at 73 1953 – Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver, dies at 26 1967 – John Cockcroft, English physicist (development of Radar, Nobel Prize 1951 for 1st …
1636 – Pietro Sanmartini, Italian composer, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1701) 1884 – Ludomir Ró?ycki, Polish composer and conductor (Eros i Psyche; Pan Twardowski), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1953) 1905 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress and Hollywood silent film star (Anna Karenina, Grand Hotel, Camille), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. …
1919 – Hurricane tides reach 16 feet above normal drowning 280 people along US Gulf Coast 1930 – Philadelphia A’s win AL Championship for the second year in a row 1948 – Communist Madiun Uprising in Dutch Indies (Muso/Sjarifudin) 1954 – Cleveland Indians clinch AL pennant, beating Tigers (3-2) 1962 – Charlie Finley is denied …
1179 – Saint Hildegard von Bingen, German Benedictine nun, magistra, writer, and 1st western composer whose works survive (Ordo virtutum), dies at 81 1791 – Tomás de Iriarte, Spanish writer (Fabulas Literarias), dies at 40 1820 – Henri Hamal, Belgian composer, dies at 76 1933 – Joseph De Piro, Maltese founder of the Missionary Society …
1849 – Vaclav Juda Novotny, Czech composer and music critic, born in Vesce, Kingdom of Bohemia. Austrian Empire (d. 1922) 1854 – Hans Müller, German music historian and writer, born in Cologne, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1897) 1874 – Ben Turpin, American comic (Uncle Tom Without the Cabin), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1940) …
1906 – Playing as “Sullivan,” Columbia University junior Eddie Collins debuts with the A’s 1944 – Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers 1956 – Yankees clinch pennant number 22 with Mantle’s 50th home run of the year 1958 – US performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1966 – Cleveland pitchers set an …