Today in History for 11th October 2022:
Historical Events
1531 – Battle of Kappel: Swiss Roman Catholic cantons beat protestant forces of Zurich; Huldrych Zwingli Swiss reformation leader is killed
1726 – Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England
1890 – First 100 yard dash under 10 seconds run by John Owen in 9.8 sec at Analostan Island, Washington, D.C.
1922 – First woman FBI “special investigator”, Alaska Davidson, appointed
1956 – 1st Pakistan v Australia Test 95 runs scored on 1st day
2015 – Nepal’s parliament elects Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, leader of the Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist party, as Prime Minister
Famous Birthdays
1661 – Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat, Cardinal and poet, born in Chateau de la Ronte, Haute-Loire, France (d. 1741)
1747 – Marian Paradeiser, Austrian composer, born in Riedenthal, Austria (d. 1775)
1897 – Russell Collins, American actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1965)
1897 – Nathan Farragut Twining, U.S. Air Force general, born in Monroe, Wisconsin (d. 1982)
1919 – Jean Vander Pyl, American voice, radio and film actress (The Flintstones, The Jetsons), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
1926 – John Dewes, British cricketer (England opener late 40’s early 50’s), born in Latchford, Cheshire, England (d. 2015)
Famous Deaths
1666 – Henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies
1809 – Meriwether Lewis, American explorer, soldier and public administrator who helped lead the Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies of gunshot wounds at 35 under mysterious circumstances that could have been murder or suicide along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee at an inn called Grinder’s Stand
1896 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), Wagner disciple and “monumental bore”, dies at 72
1967 – Ivan Isakov [Hovhannes Ter-Isahakyan], Russian-Armenian military commander (Commander in Chief of the Soviet Navy during World War II), dies at 73
1977 – Mason Gross, professor (Think Fast, 2 for the Money), dies at 66
2005 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and Prime Minister in exile (b. 1915)