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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| + | * [[680]] - [[Battle of Karbala]]: [[Shia Imam]] [[Husayn bin Ali]], the grandson of the Prophet [[Muhammad]], was [[decapitation|decapitated]] by forces under [[Caliph]] [[Yazid I]]. This is commemorated by [[Shi'a Islam|Shi'a]] [[Muslim]]s as [[Aashurah]]. | ||
| + | * [[732]] - [[Battle of Tours]]: Near [[Poitiers]], [[France]], leader of the [[Franks]], [[Charles Martel]] and his men, defeat a large army of [[Moors]], stopping the [[Muslim]]s from spreading into [[Western Europe]]. The governor of [[Córdoba, Spain|Cordoba]], [[Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi]], is killed during the battle. | ||
| + | *[[1471]] - [[Battle of Brunkeberg]] in [[Stockholm]]: [[Sten Sture the Elder]], the [[Regent]] of [[Sweden]], with help of [[farmer]]s and [[miner]]s, repels an attack by [[Christian I of Denmark|Christian I]], [[King of Denmark]]. | ||
| + | *[[1575]] - [[Battle of Dormans]]: [[Roman Catholic]] forces under Duke [[Henry of Guise]] defeated the [[Protestants]], capturing [[Philippe de Mornay]] among others. | ||
| + | *[[1582]] - Because of the implementation of the [[Gregorian calendar#Gregorian_reform|Gregorian calendar]] this day does not exist in this year in [[Italy]], [[Poland]], [[Portugal]] and [[Spain]]. | ||
| + | *[[1631]] - A [[Saxony|Saxon]] army takes over [[Prague]]. | ||
| + | *[[1780]] - The [[Great Hurricane of 1780]] kills 20,000-30,000 in the [[Caribbean]]. | ||
| + | *[[1845]] - In [[Annapolis, Maryland]], the Naval School (later renamed the [[United States Naval Academy]]) opens with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors. | ||
| + | *[[1860]] - The original cornerstone of the [[University of the South]] was laid in [[Sewanee, Tennessee|Sewanee]], [[Tennessee]]. | ||
| + | *[[1868]] - [[Carlos Céspedes]] issued the [[Grito de Yara]] from his [[plantation]], La Demajagua, proclaiming [[Cuba]]'s independence. | ||
| + | *[[1889]] - [[Barnard College]] was founded. | ||
| + | *[[1910]] - [[Tau Epsilon Phi]] [[Fraternities and sororities|Fraternity]] is established at [[Columbia University]]. | ||
| + | *[[1911]] - [[Wuchang Uprising]] which led to the demise of [[Qing Dynasty]], the last Imperial court in [[China]], and the founding of the [[Republic of China]]. | ||
| + | * 1911 - The [[KCR East Rail]] commenced service between [[Kowloon]] and [[Guangzhou|Canton]]. | ||
| + | *[[1913]] - [[U.S. President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] triggered the explosion of the [[Gamboa Dike]] thus ending construction on the [[Panama Canal]]. | ||
| + | *[[1919]] - [[Richard Strauss]]' opera [[Die Frau ohne Schatten]] receives its debut performance in [[Vienna]]. | ||
| + | *[[1920]] - The [[Carinthian Plebiscite]] determined that the larger part of [[Carinthia (duchy)|Carinthia]] became part of [[Austria]]. | ||
| + | *[[1933]] - [[United Airlines Chesterton Crash]]: A [[United Airlines]] [[Boeing 247]] is destroyed by [[sabotage]], the first such proven case in the history of [[commercial aviation]]. | ||
| + | *[[1935]] - A tornado destroyed the 160 metre tall wooden [[Radio masts and towers|radio tower]] in [[Transmitter Langenberg|Langenberg]]. As a result of this catastrophe, few wooden towers were constructed after this date. | ||
| + | *[[1938]] - The [[Blue Water Bridge]] opens, connecting [[Port Huron, Michigan]] and [[Sarnia, Ontario]] | ||
| + | * 1938 - [[World War II]]: The [[Munich Agreement]] cedes the [[Sudetenland]] to [[Germany]]. | ||
| + | *[[1944]] - [[Holocaust]]: 800 [[Roma (people)|Gypsy]] children are systematically murdered at [[Auschwitz]] death camp. | ||
| + | *[[1954]] - The [[Communist Party of Honduras]] is founded. | ||
| + | *[[1957]] - U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] apologises to the [[finance minister]] of [[Ghana]], [[Komla Agbeli Gbdemah]], after he was refused service in a [[Dover, Delaware]] [[restaurant]]. | ||
| + | *[[1963]] - [[France]] cedes control of the [[Bizerte]] naval base to [[Tunisia]]. | ||
| + | *[[1967]] - The [[Outer Space Treaty]], signed on [[January 27]] by more than sixty nations, enters into force. | ||
| + | *[[1969]] - [[King Crimson]] releases their debut album, [[In the Court of the Crimson King]], which is considered the first [[progressive rock]] album by many people. | ||
| + | *[[1970]] - [[Fiji]] becomes independent. | ||
| + | * 1970 - In [[Montreal, Quebec]], a national crisis hits [[Canada]] when [[Quebec]] Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour [[Pierre Laporte]] becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the [[FLQ]] [[terrorism|terrorist]] group. | ||
| + | *[[1971]] - Sold, dismantled and moved to the [[United States]], the [[London Bridge (Lake Havasu City)|London Bridge]] reopens in [[Lake Havasu City, Arizona]]. | ||
| + | *[[1973]] - [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Spiro Agnew]] resigns after being charged with federal [[income tax]] evasion. | ||
| + | *[[1979]] - The [[Pac-Man]] [[arcade game]] is released to the [[Japan]]ese market by [[Namco]]. | ||
| + | *[[1985]] - [[United States Navy]] F-14 fighter jets intercept an [[Egypt]]ian plane carrying the ''[[Achille Lauro]]'' cruise ship [[wiktionary:Hijacking|hijackers]] and force it to land at a [[NATO]] base in [[Sigonella]], [[Sicily]] where they are arrested. | ||
| + | *[[1986]] - An [[earthquake]] measuring 7.5 on the [[Richter Scale]] strikes [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]], killing an estimated 1,500 people. | ||
| + | *[[1995]] - South African President [[Nelson Mandela]] attends Genadendal. | ||
| + | * 1997 - An [[Austral Líneas Aéreas|Austral Airlines]] [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9|DC-9-32]] crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, [[Uruguay]], killing 74. | ||
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| + | ==Births== | ||
| + | *[[1567]] - Infanta [[Catherine Michelle of Spain]] (d. [[1597]]) | ||
| + | *[[1678]] - [[John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll]], Scottish soldier (d. [[1743]]) | ||
| + | *[[1684]] - [[Antoine Watteau]], French painter (d. [[1721]]) | ||
| + | *[[1700]] - [[Lambert-Sigisbert Adam]], French sculptor (d. [[1759]]) | ||
| + | *[[1731]] - [[Henry Cavendish]], British scientist (d. [[1810]]) | ||
| + | *[[1780]] - [[John Abercrombie (physician)|John Abercrombie]], Scottish physician (d. [[1844]]) | ||
| + | *[[1794]] - [[William Whiting Boardman]], American politician (d. [[1871]]) | ||
| + | *[[1813]] - [[Giuseppe Verdi]], Italian composer (d. [[1901]]) | ||
| + | *[[1819]] - [[Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger]], German theologian (d. [[1883]]) | ||
| + | *[[1825]] - [[Paul Kruger]], President of the Transvaal Republic (d. [[1904]]) | ||
| + | *[[1828]] - [[Samuel J. Randall]], [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]] of the [[United States House of Representatives]] (d. [[1890]]) | ||
| + | *[[1830]] - Queen [[Isabella II of Spain]] (d. [[1904]]) | ||
| + | *[[1834]] - [[Aleksis Kivi]], Finnish author (d. [[1872]]) | ||
| + | *[[1837]] - [[Robert Gould Shaw]], American Army officer (d. [[1863]]) | ||
| + | *[[1861]] - [[Fridtjof Nansen]], Norwegian explorer, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1930]]) | ||
| + | *[[1863]] - [[Louis Cyr]], French Canadian [[Strongman (strength athlete)|strongman]] (d. [[1912]]) | ||
| + | * 1863 - [[Helen Dunbar]], American actress (d. [[1933]]) | ||
| + | *[[1864]] - [[T. Frank Appleby]], United States Congressman from New Jersey (d. [[1924]]) | ||
| + | *[[1870]] - [[Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin]], Russian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1953]]) | ||
| + | *[[1885]] - [[Walter Anderson (folklorist)|Walter Anderson]], German folklorist (d. [[1962]]) | ||
| + | *[[1895]] - [[Fridolf Rhudin]] Swedish actor and comedian (d. [[1935]]) | ||
| + | * 1895 - [[Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Deva Gosvami Maharaja]], Indian guru (d. [[1988]]) | ||
| + | * 1895 - [[Wolfram von Richthofen]], German field marshal (d. [[1945]]) | ||
| + | *[[1898]] - [[Lilly Daché]], French-born milliner (d. [[1989]]) | ||
| + | *[[1900]] - [[Helen Hayes]], American actress (d. [[1993]]) | ||
| + | *[[1901]] - [[Alberto Giacometti]], Swiss sculptor (d. [[1966]]) | ||
| + | *[[1903]] - [[Vernon Duke]], American composer and songwriter (d. [[1969]]) | ||
| + | * 1903 - [[Prince Charles of Belgium]], [[Prince Regent]] of Belgium (d. [[1983]]) | ||
| + | *[[1906]] - [[Paul Creston]], American composer (d. [[1985]]) | ||
| + | * 1906 - [[R.K. Narayan]], Indian novelist (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| + | *[[1908]] - [[Johnny Green]], American songwriter, arranger and conductor (d. [[1989]]) | ||
| + | * 1908 - [[Mercè Rodoreda]], Catalan novelist (d. [[1983]]) | ||
| + | *[[1913]] - [[Claude Simon]], French writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[2005]]) | ||
| + | *[[1914]] - [[Tommy Fine]], American baseball player (d. [[2005]]) | ||
| + | * 1914 - [[Ivory Joe Hunter]], American R&B singer (d. [[1974]]) | ||
| + | *[[1917]] - [[Thelonious Monk]], American jazz pianist (d. [[1982]]) | ||
| + | *[[1923]] - [[Nicholas Parsons]], English actor | ||
| + | *[[1924]] - [[James Clavell]], Australian author (d. [[1994]]) | ||
| + | * 1924 - [[Ed Wood, Jr.|Ed Wood]], American filmmaker (d. [[1978]]) | ||
| + | * 1924 - [[Ludmilla Tchérina]], French ballet dancer and actress (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| + | *[[1925]] - [[Great Antonio]], Croatian-Canadian strongman (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| + | *[[1926]] - [[Richard Jaeckel]], American actor (d. [[1997]]) | ||
| + | *[[1927]] - [[Dana Elcar]], American actor (d. [[2005]]) | ||
| + | *[[1930]] - [[Mustafa Zaidi]], Pakistani poet (d. [[1970]]) | ||
| + | * 1930 - [[Yves Chauvin]], French chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] | ||
| + | * 1930 - [[Harold Pinter]], English playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] | ||
| + | *[[1932]] - [[Harry Smith (footballer)|Harry Smith]], English footballer | ||
| + | *[[1933]] - [[Jay Sebring]], American hair stylist and [[Charles Manson|Manson]] murder victim (d. [[1969]]) | ||
| + | *[[1935]] - [[André Bureau]], French Canadian communications executive | ||
| + | *[[1938]] - [[Moriyama Daido]], Japanese photographer | ||
| + | *[[1941]] - [[Peter Coyote]], American actor | ||
| + | *[[1942]] - [[Radu Vasile]], Romanian [[Prime Minister]], 17 April 1998- 13 December 1999 | ||
| + | *[[1946]] - [[Charles Dance]], English actor | ||
| + | * 1946 - [[Naoto Kan]], Japanese politician | ||
| + | * 1946 - [[John Prine]], American singer | ||
| + | * 1946 - [[Chris Tarrant]], English TV presenter | ||
| + | * 1946 - [[Ben Vereen]], American actor | ||
| + | * 1946 - [[Peter Mahovlich]], Canadian ice hockey player | ||
| + | * 1946 - [[Mildred Grieveson]] (aka: Anne Mather, Caroline Fleming, Cardine Fleming), English writer | ||
| + | *[[1947]] - [[Martin Ruane]], English professional wrestler (d. [[1998]]) | ||
| + | *[[1948]] - [[Séverine (singer)|Séverine]], French singer | ||
| + | * 1948 - [[Ed Volker]], American musician | ||
| + | *[[1951]] - [[Epeli Ganilau|Epeli Ganilau]], Fijian statesman | ||
| + | *[[1953]] - [[Midge Ure]], Scottish musician | ||
| + | * 1953 - [[Gus Williams]], American basketball player | ||
| + | * 1954 - [[Rekha]], Bollywood actress | ||
| + | * 1955 - [[David Lee Roth]], American singer | ||
| + | *[[1956]] - [[Amanda Burton]], Northern Irish actress | ||
| + | *[[1957]] - [[Rumiko Takahashi]], Japanese artist | ||
| + | *[[1958]] - [[Tanya Tucker]], American singer | ||
| + | *[[1959]] - [[Kirsty MacColl]], English singer (d. [[2000]]) | ||
| + | * 1959 - [[Bradley Whitford]], American actor | ||
| + | *[[1960]] - [[Eric Martin (singer)|Eric Martin]], American singer ([[Mr. Big (band)|Mr. Big]]) | ||
| + | *[[1961]] - [[Jodi Benson]], American voice actress | ||
| + | * 1961 - [[Henrik Jørgensen]], Danish marathon runner | ||
| + | * 1961 - [[Julia Sweeney]], American actress and comedian | ||
| + | *[[1963]] - [[Anita Mui]], Hong Kong singer (d. [[2003]]) | ||
| + | * 1963 - [[Daniel Pearl]], American journalist (d. [[2002]]) | ||
| + | * 1963 - [[Jolanda de Rover]], Dutch swimmer | ||
| + | * 1963 - [[Vegard Ulvang]], Norwegian cross-country skier. | ||
| + | *[[1964]] - [[Jim Rome]], sports talk radio host and host of [[The Jim Rome Show]]. | ||
| + | *[[1965]] - [[Chris Penn]], American actor (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| + | *[[1965]] - [[Clive Jones]], British engineer | ||
| + | * 1965 - [[Rebecca Pidgeon]], American actress | ||
| + | * 1965 - [[Toshi (musician)|Toshi]], Japanese singer ([[X Japan]]) | ||
| + | *[[1966]] - [[Tony Adams (footballer)|Tony Adams]], English footballer | ||
| + | *[[1967]] - [[Jonathan Littell]], French-American writer | ||
| + | *[[1968]] - [[Bart Brentjens]], Dutch mountain biker | ||
| + | *[[1969]] - [[Brett Favre]], American football player | ||
| + | * 1969 - [[Wendi McLendon-Covey]], American actress | ||
| + | *[[1970]] - [[Dean Kiely]], Irish footballer | ||
| + | * 1970 - [[Bai Ling]], Chinese American actress | ||
| + | * 1970 - [[Corinna May]], German singer | ||
| + | * 1970 - [[Matthew Pinsent|Sir Matthew Pinsent]], English rower | ||
| + | *[[1971]] - [[Ian Bennett (footballer)|Ian Bennett]], English footballer | ||
| + | * 1971 - [[Evgeny Kissin]], Russian pianist | ||
| + | *[[1972]] - [[Alexei Zhitnik]], Russian ice hockey player | ||
| + | *[[1973]] - [[Mario López]], American actor | ||
| + | * 1973 - [[Semmy Schilt]], Dutch kickboxer | ||
| + | *[[1974]] - [[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]], American race car driver | ||
| + | * 1974 - [[Assi Cohen]], Israeli comedian and actor | ||
| + | * 1974 - [[Julio Ricardo Cruz]], Argentinian footballer | ||
| + | * 1974 - [[Chris Pronger]], Canadian ice hockey player | ||
| + | *[[1975]] - [[Plácido Polanco]], Dominican baseball player | ||
| + | *[[1976]] - [[Bob Burnquist]], Brazilian-born skateboarder | ||
| + | * 1976 - [[Pat Burrell]], American baseball player | ||
| + | *[[1978]] - [[Jodi Lyn O'Keefe]], American actress | ||
| + | *[[1979]] - [[Mya Harrison]], American singer | ||
| + | * 1979 - [[Nicolás Massú]], Chilean tennis player | ||
| + | * 1979 - [[Kangta|Ahn Chil Hyun (Kangta)]], lead singer of the former South Korean group [[H.O.T.]] | ||
| + | *[[1980]] - [[Tim Maurer]], American singer ([[Suburban Legends]]) | ||
| + | * 1980 - [[Elvis Hammond]], Ghanaian footballer | ||
| + | * 1980 - [[Wu Chun]], Brunei Born Taiwanese Actor | ||
| + | *[[1982]] - [[Amon Buchanan]], Australian rules footballer | ||
| + | * 1982 - [[Hideki Mutoh]], Japanese racing driver | ||
| + | *[[1983]] - [[Vusimuzi Sibanda]], Zimbabwean cricketer | ||
| + | *[[1984]] - [[Stephanie Cheng]], Hong Kong singer | ||
| + | * 1984 - [[Chiaki Kuriyama]], Japanese actress | ||
| + | * 1984 - [[Paul Posluszny]], American football player | ||
| + | *[[1985]] - [[Dominique Cornu]], Belgian professional cyclist | ||
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| + | * [[19]] - [[Germanicus]], Roman general (b. [[15 BC]]) | ||
| + | * [[680]] - [[Husayn ibn Ali]], [[Shi'a]] imam, [[Muhammad|Mahomet]]'s grandson (b. [[626]]) | ||
| + | * [[732]] - [[Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi]], Moorish Governor of Andalusia | ||
| + | * [[833]] - [[al-Ma'mun]], Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. [[786]]) | ||
| + | *[[1359]] - King [[Hugh IV of Cyprus]] (b. [[1295]]) | ||
| + | *[[1459]] - [[Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini]], Italian humanist and classicist (b. [[1380]]) | ||
| + | *[[1531]] - [[Huldrych Zwingli]], Swiss reformer (killed in battle) (b. [[1484]]) | ||
| + | *[[1659]] - [[Abel Tasman]], Dutch explorer (b. [[1603]]) | ||
| + | *[[1674]] - [[Thomas Traherne]], English poet | ||
| + | *[[1691]] - [[Isaac de Benserade]], French poet (b. [[1613]]) | ||
| + | *[[1708]] - [[David Gregory]], Scottish astronomer (b. [[1659]]) | ||
| + | *[[1714]] - [[Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert]], French economist (b. [[1646]]) | ||
| + | *[[1720]] - [[Antoine Coysevox]], French sculptor (b. [[1640]]) | ||
| + | *[[1723]] - [[William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper]], [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of England]] (b. [[1665]]) | ||
| + | *[[1725]] - [[Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil]], Governor-General of New France (b. [[1643]]) | ||
| + | *[[1747]] - [[John Potter (Archbishop)|John Potter]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (b. [[1674]]) | ||
| + | *[[1759]] - [[Granville Elliott]], British military officer (b. [[1713]]) | ||
| + | *[[1765]] - [[Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset]], Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. [[1688]]) | ||
| + | *[[1795]] - [[Francesco Antonio Zaccaria]], Italian theologian and historian (b. [[1714]]) | ||
| + | *[[1806]] - [[Louis Ferdinand of Prussia]], German prince (b. [[1772]]) | ||
| + | *[[1827]] - [[Ugo Foscolo]], Italian writer (b. [[1778]]) | ||
| + | *[[1837]] - [[Charles Fourier]], French philosopher (b. [[1772]]) | ||
| + | *[[1872]] - [[William H. Seward]], [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. [[1801]]) | ||
| + | *[[1875]] - [[Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy]], Russian novelist, poet and dramatist (b. [[1817]]) | ||
| + | *[[1876]] - [[Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville]], French geologist (b. [[1814]]) | ||
| + | *[[1893]] - [[Lip Pike]], American baseball player (b. [[1845]]) | ||
| + | *[[1901]] - [[Lorenzo Snow]], fifth president of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. [[1814]]) | ||
| + | *[[1913]] - [[Katsura Taro]], Prime Minister of Japan (b. [[1848]]) | ||
| + | * 1913 - [[Adolphus Busch]], American brewer ([[Anheuser-Busch]]) (b. [[1839]]) | ||
| + | *[[1914]] - King [[Carol I of Romania]] (b. [[1839]]) | ||
| + | *[[1927]] - [[Gustave Whitehead]], German-born inventor (b. [[1874]]) | ||
| + | *[[1930]] - [[Adolf Engler]], German botanist (b. [[1844]]) | ||
| + | *[[1939]] - [[Eleanor Rigby#Inspiration|Eleanor Rigby]], a real person whose name may have suggested the title to [[The Beatles]] song (b. [[1895]]) | ||
| + | *[[1940]] - [[Berton Churchill]], Canadian actor (b. [[1876]]) | ||
| + | *[[1957]] - [[Karl Genzken]], Nazi physician (b. [[1885]]) | ||
| + | *[[1963]] - [[Roy Cazaly]], Australian rules footballer (b. [[1893]]) | ||
| + | *[[1964]] - [[Eddie Cantor]], American singer and vaudeville performer (b. [[1892]]) | ||
| + | * 1964 - [[Heinrich Neuhaus]], Soviet pianist (b. [[1888]]) | ||
| + | *[[1970]] - [[Édouard Daladier]], French politician (b. [[1884]]) | ||
| + | *[[1971]] - [[John Cawte Beaglehole]], New Zealand historian (b. [[1901]]) | ||
| + | *[[1976]] - [[Silvana Armenulic]], Yugoslavian folk singer (b. [[1939]]) | ||
| + | *[[1977]] - [[Angelo Muscat]], Maltese actor (b. [[1930]]) | ||
| + | *[[1978]] - [[Ralph Metcalfe]], American athlete (b. [[1910]]) | ||
| + | * 1978 - [[Ralph Marterie]], American big band leader (b. [[1914]]) | ||
| + | *[[1979]] - [[Christopher Evans (computer scientist)|Christopher Evans]], British psychologist and computer scientist (b. [[1931]]) | ||
| + | * 1979 - [[Paul Paray]], French conductor (b. [[1886]]) | ||
| + | *[[1982]] - [[Jean Effel]], French painter and journalist (b. [[1908]]) | ||
| + | *[[1983]] - [[Ralph Richardson]], English actor (b. [[1902]]) | ||
| + | *[[1985]] - [[Yul Brynner]], Russian-born actor (b. [[1920]]) | ||
| + | * 1985 - [[Orson Welles]], American director and actor (b. [[1915]]) | ||
| + | *[[1986]] - [[Gleb Wataghin]], Ukrainian-Italian physicist (b. [[1899]]) | ||
| + | *[[1998]] - [[Clark Clifford]], [[United States Secretary of Defense]] (b. [[1906]]) | ||
| + | *[[2000]] - [[Sirimavo Bandaranaike]], [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka]] (b. [[1916]]) | ||
| + | *[[2001]] - [[Eddie Futch]], American boxing trainer (b. [[1911]]) | ||
| + | * 2001 - [[Vasily Mishin]], Soviet rocket designer (b. [[1917]]) | ||
| + | *[[2002]] - [[Teresa Graves]], American actress and singer (b. [[1948]]) | ||
| + | *[[2003]] - [[Eugene Istomin]], American pianist (b. [[1925]]) | ||
| + | *[[2004]] - [[Ken Caminiti]], American baseball player (b. [[1963]]) | ||
| + | * 2004 - [[Christopher Reeve]], American actor (b. [[1952]]) | ||
| + | * 2004 - [[Arthur H. Robinson]], American cartographer (b. [[1915]]) | ||
| + | * 2004 - [[Maurice Shadbolt]], New Zealand writer (b. [[1932]]) | ||
| + | *[[2005]] - [[Wayne Booth]], American literary critic (b. [[1921]]) | ||
| + | * 2005 - [[Milton Obote]], [[President of Uganda]] (b. [[1925]]) | ||
| + | *[[2006]] - [[Michael John Rogers]], English ornithologist (b. [[1932]]) | ||
| + | * 2006 - [[Ian Scott]], Canadian politician (b. [[1934]]) | ||
| - | == Births == | ||
| - | == Deaths == | ||
| == Notes == | == Notes == | ||
| # Antonio Sant'Elia | # Antonio Sant'Elia | ||
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Art and culture
- 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated by Shi'a Muslims as Aashurah.
- 732 - Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe. The governor of Cordoba, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, is killed during the battle.
- 1471 - Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm: Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by Christian I, King of Denmark.
- 1575 - Battle of Dormans: Roman Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeated the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
- 1582 - Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1631 - A Saxon army takes over Prague.
- 1780 - The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in the Caribbean.
- 1845 - In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors.
- 1860 - The original cornerstone of the University of the South was laid in Sewanee, Tennessee.
- 1868 - Carlos Céspedes issued the Grito de Yara from his plantation, La Demajagua, proclaiming Cuba's independence.
- 1889 - Barnard College was founded.
- 1910 - Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity is established at Columbia University.
- 1911 - Wuchang Uprising which led to the demise of Qing Dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China.
- 1911 - The KCR East Rail commenced service between Kowloon and Canton.
- 1913 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggered the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal.
- 1919 - Richard Strauss' opera Die Frau ohne Schatten receives its debut performance in Vienna.
- 1920 - The Carinthian Plebiscite determined that the larger part of Carinthia became part of Austria.
- 1933 - United Airlines Chesterton Crash: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
- 1935 - A tornado destroyed the 160 metre tall wooden radio tower in Langenberg. As a result of this catastrophe, few wooden towers were constructed after this date.
- 1938 - The Blue Water Bridge opens, connecting Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario
- 1938 - World War II: The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Germany.
- 1944 - Holocaust: 800 Gypsy children are systematically murdered at Auschwitz death camp.
- 1954 - The Communist Party of Honduras is founded.
- 1957 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologises to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he was refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.
- 1963 - France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
- 1967 - The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, enters into force.
- 1969 - King Crimson releases their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King, which is considered the first progressive rock album by many people.
- 1970 - Fiji becomes independent.
- 1970 - In Montreal, Quebec, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
- 1971 - Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, the London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
- 1973 - Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with federal income tax evasion.
- 1979 - The Pac-Man arcade game is released to the Japanese market by Namco.
- 1985 - United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the Achille Lauro cruise ship hijackers and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are arrested.
- 1986 - An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.
- 1995 - South African President Nelson Mandela attends Genadendal.
- 1997 - An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.
Births
- 1567 - Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (d. 1597)
- 1678 - John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (d. 1743)
- 1684 - Antoine Watteau, French painter (d. 1721)
- 1700 - Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)
- 1731 - Henry Cavendish, British scientist (d. 1810)
- 1780 - John Abercrombie, Scottish physician (d. 1844)
- 1794 - William Whiting Boardman, American politician (d. 1871)
- 1813 - Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (d. 1901)
- 1819 - Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian (d. 1883)
- 1825 - Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic (d. 1904)
- 1828 - Samuel J. Randall, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1890)
- 1830 - Queen Isabella II of Spain (d. 1904)
- 1834 - Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author (d. 1872)
- 1837 - Robert Gould Shaw, American Army officer (d. 1863)
- 1861 - Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, Nobel laureate (d. 1930)
- 1863 - Louis Cyr, French Canadian strongman (d. 1912)
- 1863 - Helen Dunbar, American actress (d. 1933)
- 1864 - T. Frank Appleby, United States Congressman from New Jersey (d. 1924)
- 1870 - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1953)
- 1885 - Walter Anderson, German folklorist (d. 1962)
- 1895 - Fridolf Rhudin Swedish actor and comedian (d. 1935)
- 1895 - Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Deva Gosvami Maharaja, Indian guru (d. 1988)
- 1895 - Wolfram von Richthofen, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1898 - Lilly Daché, French-born milliner (d. 1989)
- 1900 - Helen Hayes, American actress (d. 1993)
- 1901 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (d. 1966)
- 1903 - Vernon Duke, American composer and songwriter (d. 1969)
- 1903 - Prince Charles of Belgium, Prince Regent of Belgium (d. 1983)
- 1906 - Paul Creston, American composer (d. 1985)
- 1906 - R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (d. 2001)
- 1908 - Johnny Green, American songwriter, arranger and conductor (d. 1989)
- 1908 - Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan novelist (d. 1983)
- 1913 - Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
- 1914 - Tommy Fine, American baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1914 - Ivory Joe Hunter, American R&B singer (d. 1974)
- 1917 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (d. 1982)
- 1923 - Nicholas Parsons, English actor
- 1924 - James Clavell, Australian author (d. 1994)
- 1924 - Ed Wood, American filmmaker (d. 1978)
- 1924 - Ludmilla Tchérina, French ballet dancer and actress (d. 2004)
- 1925 - Great Antonio, Croatian-Canadian strongman (d. 2001)
- 1926 - Richard Jaeckel, American actor (d. 1997)
- 1927 - Dana Elcar, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1930 - Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (d. 1970)
- 1930 - Yves Chauvin, French chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1930 - Harold Pinter, English playwright, Nobel laureate
- 1932 - Harry Smith, English footballer
- 1933 - Jay Sebring, American hair stylist and Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
- 1935 - André Bureau, French Canadian communications executive
- 1938 - Moriyama Daido, Japanese photographer
- 1941 - Peter Coyote, American actor
- 1942 - Radu Vasile, Romanian Prime Minister, 17 April 1998- 13 December 1999
- 1946 - Charles Dance, English actor
- 1946 - Naoto Kan, Japanese politician
- 1946 - John Prine, American singer
- 1946 - Chris Tarrant, English TV presenter
- 1946 - Ben Vereen, American actor
- 1946 - Peter Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1946 - Mildred Grieveson (aka: Anne Mather, Caroline Fleming, Cardine Fleming), English writer
- 1947 - Martin Ruane, English professional wrestler (d. 1998)
- 1948 - Séverine, French singer
- 1948 - Ed Volker, American musician
- 1951 - Epeli Ganilau, Fijian statesman
- 1953 - Midge Ure, Scottish musician
- 1953 - Gus Williams, American basketball player
- 1954 - Rekha, Bollywood actress
- 1955 - David Lee Roth, American singer
- 1956 - Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress
- 1957 - Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese artist
- 1958 - Tanya Tucker, American singer
- 1959 - Kirsty MacColl, English singer (d. 2000)
- 1959 - Bradley Whitford, American actor
- 1960 - Eric Martin, American singer (Mr. Big)
- 1961 - Jodi Benson, American voice actress
- 1961 - Henrik Jørgensen, Danish marathon runner
- 1961 - Julia Sweeney, American actress and comedian
- 1963 - Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer (d. 2003)
- 1963 - Daniel Pearl, American journalist (d. 2002)
- 1963 - Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer
- 1963 - Vegard Ulvang, Norwegian cross-country skier.
- 1964 - Jim Rome, sports talk radio host and host of The Jim Rome Show.
- 1965 - Chris Penn, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1965 - Clive Jones, British engineer
- 1965 - Rebecca Pidgeon, American actress
- 1965 - Toshi, Japanese singer (X Japan)
- 1966 - Tony Adams, English footballer
- 1967 - Jonathan Littell, French-American writer
- 1968 - Bart Brentjens, Dutch mountain biker
- 1969 - Brett Favre, American football player
- 1969 - Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress
- 1970 - Dean Kiely, Irish footballer
- 1970 - Bai Ling, Chinese American actress
- 1970 - Corinna May, German singer
- 1970 - Sir Matthew Pinsent, English rower
- 1971 - Ian Bennett, English footballer
- 1971 - Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist
- 1972 - Alexei Zhitnik, Russian ice hockey player
- 1973 - Mario López, American actor
- 1973 - Semmy Schilt, Dutch kickboxer
- 1974 - Dale Earnhardt Jr., American race car driver
- 1974 - Assi Cohen, Israeli comedian and actor
- 1974 - Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian footballer
- 1974 - Chris Pronger, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 - Plácido Polanco, Dominican baseball player
- 1976 - Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-born skateboarder
- 1976 - Pat Burrell, American baseball player
- 1978 - Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American actress
- 1979 - Mya Harrison, American singer
- 1979 - Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player
- 1979 - Ahn Chil Hyun (Kangta), lead singer of the former South Korean group H.O.T.
- 1980 - Tim Maurer, American singer (Suburban Legends)
- 1980 - Elvis Hammond, Ghanaian footballer
- 1980 - Wu Chun, Brunei Born Taiwanese Actor
- 1982 - Amon Buchanan, Australian rules footballer
- 1982 - Hideki Mutoh, Japanese racing driver
- 1983 - Vusimuzi Sibanda, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1984 - Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer
- 1984 - Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress
- 1984 - Paul Posluszny, American football player
- 1985 - Dominique Cornu, Belgian professional cyclist
Deaths
- 19 - Germanicus, Roman general (b. 15 BC)
- 680 - Husayn ibn Ali, Shi'a imam, Mahomet's grandson (b. 626)
- 732 - Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia
- 833 - al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786)
- 1359 - King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)
- 1459 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist and classicist (b. 1380)
- 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss reformer (killed in battle) (b. 1484)
- 1659 - Abel Tasman, Dutch explorer (b. 1603)
- 1674 - Thomas Traherne, English poet
- 1691 - Isaac de Benserade, French poet (b. 1613)
- 1708 - David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (b. 1659)
- 1714 - Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (b. 1646)
- 1720 - Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640)
- 1723 - William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1665)
- 1725 - Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. 1643)
- 1747 - John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1674)
- 1759 - Granville Elliott, British military officer (b. 1713)
- 1765 - Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1688)
- 1795 - Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian (b. 1714)
- 1806 - Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, German prince (b. 1772)
- 1827 - Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer (b. 1778)
- 1837 - Charles Fourier, French philosopher (b. 1772)
- 1872 - William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)
- 1875 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian novelist, poet and dramatist (b. 1817)
- 1876 - Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist (b. 1814)
- 1893 - Lip Pike, American baseball player (b. 1845)
- 1901 - Lorenzo Snow, fifth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)
- 1913 - Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)
- 1913 - Adolphus Busch, American brewer (Anheuser-Busch) (b. 1839)
- 1914 - King Carol I of Romania (b. 1839)
- 1927 - Gustave Whitehead, German-born inventor (b. 1874)
- 1930 - Adolf Engler, German botanist (b. 1844)
- 1939 - Eleanor Rigby, a real person whose name may have suggested the title to The Beatles song (b. 1895)
- 1940 - Berton Churchill, Canadian actor (b. 1876)
- 1957 - Karl Genzken, Nazi physician (b. 1885)
- 1963 - Roy Cazaly, Australian rules footballer (b. 1893)
- 1964 - Eddie Cantor, American singer and vaudeville performer (b. 1892)
- 1964 - Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet pianist (b. 1888)
- 1970 - Édouard Daladier, French politician (b. 1884)
- 1971 - John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian (b. 1901)
- 1976 - Silvana Armenulic, Yugoslavian folk singer (b. 1939)
- 1977 - Angelo Muscat, Maltese actor (b. 1930)
- 1978 - Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete (b. 1910)
- 1978 - Ralph Marterie, American big band leader (b. 1914)
- 1979 - Christopher Evans, British psychologist and computer scientist (b. 1931)
- 1979 - Paul Paray, French conductor (b. 1886)
- 1982 - Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (b. 1908)
- 1983 - Ralph Richardson, English actor (b. 1902)
- 1985 - Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor (b. 1920)
- 1985 - Orson Welles, American director and actor (b. 1915)
- 1986 - Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist (b. 1899)
- 1998 - Clark Clifford, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1906)
- 2000 - Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1916)
- 2001 - Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer (b. 1911)
- 2001 - Vasily Mishin, Soviet rocket designer (b. 1917)
- 2002 - Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
- 2003 - Eugene Istomin, American pianist (b. 1925)
- 2004 - Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (b. 1963)
- 2004 - Christopher Reeve, American actor (b. 1952)
- 2004 - Arthur H. Robinson, American cartographer (b. 1915)
- 2004 - Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer (b. 1932)
- 2005 - Wayne Booth, American literary critic (b. 1921)
- 2005 - Milton Obote, President of Uganda (b. 1925)
- 2006 - Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (b. 1932)
- 2006 - Ian Scott, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
Notes
- Antonio Sant'Elia
- Orson Welles
- Ed Wood, Jr.
- Charles Fourier
- David Gascoyne
- Alberto Giacometti
- Urania (magazine)
- Peter Bradshaw
- George Barbier
- Antoine Watteau
- Wayne C. Booth
- Nora Roberts
- Carrie Bradshaw
- Ludwig von Mises
- Jeanette Dimech
- Harold Pinter
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