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 …
655 – Pope Martin I, Umbrian cleric, Pope of the Imperial Church (649-53) who was banished due to his opposition to Monothelitism, and Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint, dies at between 55 and 65 [birthdate unceratin] 1775 – Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst, English privy councillor (b. 1684) 1865 – Christian Julius De Meza, …
1507 – Jiajing, 12th Emperor of Ming Dynasty of China (1521-1567), born in Anluzhou, Huguang (d. 1567) 1891 – Karl Dönitz, German naval admiral and last leader of Nazi Germany, born in Grünau, German Empire (d. 1980) 1906 – Jack Churchill, British Army commando, born in Colombo, British Ceylon (d. 1996) 1914 – Allen Funt, …
1597 – Albert VII Archduke of Austria’s Spanish forces lose control of the city of Amiens to French King Henry VI 1955 – US Auto Club forms to oversee four major auto racing categories 1955 – Bauer and Berra hit home runs in the 9th, beating the Red Sox 5-4 and taking over first 1962 …
668 – Constans II, Emperor of Byzantium (641-668), known as “the Bearded”, assassinated in his bath at 37 (some sources cite July 15) 1701 – Edmé Boursault, French writer (b. 1638) 1893 – Thomas Hawksley, English civil engineer (Nottingham Gas Light and Coke Company; Nottingham Waterworks Company), dies at 86 1924 – Frank Chance, American …
1744 – Georg Ritschel, German composer, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1805) 1877 – Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and Zionist, born in Byst?ice pod Hostýnem, Czech Republic (d. 1938) 1894 – Oskar Klein, Swedish theoretical physicist known for Kaluza–Klein theory, born in Mörby, Sweden (d. 1977) 1894 – Jean …
1590 – Giambattista Castagna is elected as Pope Urban VII 1916 – First use of tanks in warfare, Britain’s Mark I “Little Willies” at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Battle of the Somme 1943 – Benito Mussolini forms a rival anti-monarchist fascist government in Italy and soon returns to power as a German …
258 – Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Christian writer and saint, is beheaded in Carthage during persecutions by the Emperor Valerian at 58 1819 – Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist (lichens), dies at 61 1952 – Alexander Xaver Gwerder, Swiss writer, commits suicide at 29 1964 – Mary Howe, American composer and pianist (Sand), dies at 82 …
1760 – Luigi Cherubini, Italian musical prodigy, composer (Médée; Requiem in D minor), and educator (Conservatoire de Paris, 1822-42), baptized in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1842) [birth was likely on the 8th] 1885 – María Grever, Mexican-American composer (“What A Difference A Day Makes” / “Cuando vuelva a tu lado”), born in Guanajuato, …
1862 – Battle at Crampton’s Gap: Union troops win a tactical victory over Confederate forces 1913 – Route for the Lincoln Highway is announced, the first paved coast-to-coast highway across the United States, with terminal points in New York City and San Francisco 1923 – Jack Dempsey recovers after being knocked through the ropes in …
1813 – Hezqeyas, Emperor of Ethiopia (1789-94), dies 1949 – August Krogh, Danish zoophysiologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1920 for study of arterioles and capillaries), dies at 74 1967 – Varian Fry, American journalist and recognized as “Righteous Among the Nations”, dies at 59 1967 – Russell L. Rogers, American electrical engineer and …
1751 – Henry Kobell, Dutch painter and cartoonist, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1779) 1857 – Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate tycoon (The Hershey Chocolate Company) and philanthropist, born in Derry Township, Pennsylvania (d. 1945) 1877 – Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer who led the German Antarctic expedition of 1911–12, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1957) …
1858 – Hamburg-America steamship, SS Austria, catches fire and sinks, killing 449 passengers and crew 1944 – Amon Göth removed as head of Kraków-P?aszów concentration camp by the SS for stealing state property 1954 – MLB Cincinnati Reds first baseman Ted Kluszewski scores a run in his record 17th consecutive game in 5-4 road loss …
1956 – Sándor Graf Festetics, Hungarian nobleman and politician (Minister of War, 1918-19), dies at 74 1988 – Lauris Norstad, American general (NATO commander) and CEO (Owens-Corning Fiberglass), dies at 71 1994 – Tom Ewell [Sam Yewell Tompkins], American actor (Tom Ewell Show, The Seven Year Itch), dies at 85 1995 – Larry Gales, American …
1917 – Pierre Sévigny, Canadian military officer and politician, born in Quebec, Canada (d. 2004) 1922 – Conrad Shinn, American pilot and the first person to land a plane at the South Pole, born in Leaksville, North Carolina (d. 2025) 1924 – Howard Curtis Nielson, American politician (Rep-R-UT, 1983-91), born in Richfield, Utah (d. 2020) …
1789 – Jean-Paul Marat publishes the first issue of his radical newspaper Le Publiciste Parisien, later called L’Ami du Peuple (The Friend of the People) in Paris 1931 – Inaugural Bledisloe Cup rugby match played between Australia and New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland – NZ win 20-13 1954 – WLBZ TV Channel 2 in …