Today in History for 7th August 2017:
Historical Events
1409 – Council of Pisa closes
1760 – Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians
1933 – The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day.
1956 – Boston Red Sox fine Ted Williams $ 5,000 for spitting at Boston fans
1985 – Barbra Streisand records “Broadway Album”
1987 – Lynne Cox swims 4.3 km from US to USSR in 39°F (4°C) Bering Sea
Famous Birthdays
1877 – Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (d. 1949)
1902 – Ann Harding, American actress (East is West, Janie), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1981)
1936 – Richard L[ouis] Tierney, US, sci-fi author (Winds of Zarr)
1942 – Caetano Veloso, Brazilian musician
1945 – Patrice Mestral, composer
1982 – Vasileios Spanoulis, Greek basketball player
Famous Deaths
1816 – Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77
1960 – Vaino Hannikainen, composer, dies at 60
1970 – William Christmas, US African American activist, shot dead
1991 – Shapur Bahktiar, PM of Iran (1979), assassinated
1992 – John Anderson, actor, dies of heart attack at 69
2004 – Colin Bibby, English ornithologist (b. 1948)