Today in History for 6th July 2017:
Historical Events
1894 – Cleveland sends 2,000 troops to Chicago to suppress Pullman strike
1904 – The US Democratic Party nominates little known New York judge Alton B. Parker for presidential nominee – virtually assuring the election of Theodore Roosevelt
1943 – US destroyer William D Porter [Willie Dee] launched
1994 – Lerou Burrell runs world record 100m (9.85)
1999 – U.S. Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted in his sleep the previous day by fellow soldiers for his relationship with transgendered showgirl and former Navy combat medic, Calpernia Addams.
2013 – 120th Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Marion Bartoli beats Sabine Lisicki (6-1 6-4)
Famous Birthdays
1782 – Maria Louisa of Spain, queen of Etruria (d. 1824)
1796 – Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55)
1916 – Unica Zürn, German writer and artist, born in Berlin (d. 1970)
1917 – Hugo Cole, composer and music critic, born in London (d. 1995)
1939 – Helena Dupont, US, equestrian 3-day even (Olympic-33rd place-1964)
1957 – Ron Duguay, Canada, hockey player (NY Rangers, Detroit Red Wings)
Famous Deaths
1415 – Jan Hus, Bohemian reformer (b. 1369), burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany
1795 – Georg Gottfried Petri, composer, dies at 79
1813 – Granville Sharp, British abolitionist (b. 1735)
1976 – Fritz Lenz, German geneticist (b. 1887)
1977 – Oedoen Partos, composer, dies at 69
1999 – Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (b. 1901)