Today in History for 11th August 2022:
Historical Events
1949 – 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi)
1960 – Chad declares Independence from France
1965 – “Help!” a musical comedy film featuring the Beatles released in the US
1970 – Future Baseball HOF pitcher Jim Bunning becomes 2nd Cy Young Award winner to win 100 games in both NL and AL; Phillies beat Houston 6-5 at Astrodome
1980 – Yanks Reggie Jackson hits his 400th HR off Chicago’s Britt Burns
1980 – Angola revises its constitution
Famous Birthdays
1888 – Owen Nares [Ramsay], British actor and manager (Maiden Erleigh), born in Maiden Erlegh, Berks, England (d. 1943)
1925 – Robert Linn, American composer, born in San Francisco (d. 1999)
1927 – Raymond Leppard, British-American harpsichordist, conductor (Indianapolis Symphony, 1987-2001; BBC Northern Symphony, 1973-80), and composer (Lord Of The Flies), born in London, England
1956 – June Daugherty, American women’s college basketball coach (Boise State Uni, Uni of Washington, Washington State University), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 2021)
1984 – Lucas Di Grassi, Brazilian racing driver
1985 – Grace Adams-Short, British reality television contestant
Famous Deaths
1578 – Pedro Nunes [Nonius], Port mathematician/astronomer (nonius), dies
1614 – Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter, dies at 61
1868 – Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (Brudefaerden i Hardanger), dies at 52
1868 – Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R-Pennsylvania 1849-53 1859-68), dies at 76
1919 – Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American industrialist, steel tycoon, philanthropist and one of the richest Americans ever, dies of bronchial pneumonia at 83
1994 – Dorothy Grenfell Williams, radio producer and broadcaster, dies at 60