Today in History for 4th July 2017:
Historical Events
1887 – The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
1888 – 1st organized rodeo competition held, Prescott, Ariz
1912 – Detroit Tiger George Mullen no-hits St Louis Browns, 7-0
1941 – Politburo of Yugoslav communist party reorganizes
1972 – The Royal Ulster Constabulary forward a file about the killings on ‘Bloody Sunday’ (30 January 1972) to the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland
2005 – The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
Famous Birthdays
1883 – Maximilian Oseyevich Shteynberg, composer
1895 – Massimo Campigli, Italian painter/illustrator
1920 – Norm Drucker, American basketball referee
1940 – Walter Greenman, horse trainer
1946 – Michael Milken, partner (Intl Capital Access Group), born in Los Angeles, California
1970 – Andrei Cherkasov, USSR, tennis star
Famous Deaths
1857 – William L. Marcy, American statesman (b. 1786)
1910 – Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer, dies at 70
1963 – Bernard Freyberg, Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889)
1993 – Anne Shirley, actress (Stella Dallas), dies of lung cancer at 75
1995 – Bob Ross, artist, dies at 52
2003 – Barry White, American singer, dies at 58