1994 October 31 ? The Duke of Edinburgh attends a ceremony in Israel, where his late mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, is honoured as "Righteous among the Nations" for sheltering Jewish families from the Nazis in Athens, during World War II.
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6TH of AUGUST:
Events
1284 ? Italian city of Pisa is defeated in Battle of Meloria by Genoa, ruining its naval power.
1538 ? Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
1661 ? The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
1787 ? Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention.
1806 ? Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates ending the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
1819 ? Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
1825 ? Bolivia gains independence from Spain.
1845 ? The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.
1861 ? The United Kingdom annexes Lagos, Nigeria.
1862 ? American Civil War: the Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering damage in a battle with USS Essex near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1870 ? Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Wörth is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
1890 ? At Auburn Prison in New York murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
1901 ? Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
1909 ? Alice Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip.
1912 ? The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
1914 ? World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic ? two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Helgoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
1914 ? World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
1915 ? World War I: Battle of Sari Bair ? the Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
1917 ? World War I: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins.
1926 ? Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim across the English Channel.
1926 ? In New York City, the Warner Brothers' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
1926 ? Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
1930 ? Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears.
1942 ? Queen Wilhelmina becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
1945 ? World War II: Hiroshima is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
1956 ? After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena.
1960 ? Cuban Revolution: in response to a United States embargo, Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
1962 ? Jamaica becomes independent.
1964 ? Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world's oldest tree, is cut down.
1965 ? US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
1966 ? Braniff Airlines Flight 250 crashes in Falls City, NE killing all 42 on board.
1976 ? Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.
1986 ? A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney.
1988 ? The Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City spurs reform of the NYPD, who were responsible for the melee that transpired the night of August 6-7.
1990 ? Gulf War: the United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
1991 ? Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
1991 ? Doi Takako, chair of the Social Democratic Party (Japan), becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
1993 ? Heavy rains and debris kill 72 in the Kagoshima and Aira areas, of Kyūshū, Japan.
1996 ? NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
1997 ? Korean Air Flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, crashes into the jungle on Guam on approach to airport, killing 228.
2008 ? A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
Births
1180 ? Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
1504 ? Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1575)
1609 ? Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)
1619 ? Barbara Strozzi (baptized), Italian singer and composer (d. 1677)
1638 ? Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (d. 1715)
1644 ? Louise de la Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1710)
1656 ? Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (d. 1733)
1666 ? Maria Sofia of the Palatinate, queen of Portugal (d. 1699)
1697 ? Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
1715 ? Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (d. 1747)
1766 ? William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist (d. 1828)
1768 ? Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (d. 1813)
1775 ? Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician (d. 1847)
1809 ? Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet (d. 1892)
1826 ? Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (d. 1915)
1844 ? Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)
1844 ? James Henry Greathead, British engineer (d. 1896)
1861 ? Edith Roosevelt, American First Lady of the United States (d. 1948)
1866 ? Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer (d. 1955)
1868 ? Paul Claudel, French poet (d. 1955)
1874 ? Charles Fort, American writer and researcher (d. 1932)
1877 ? Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician (d. 1952)
1880 ? Hans Moser, Austrian actor (d. 1964)
1881 ? Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961)
1881 ? Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
1881 ? Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (d. 1972)
1883 ? Scott Nearing, American writer, educator, and activist (d. 1983)
1887 ? Dudley Benjafield, British racing driver (d. 1957)
1888 ? Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone (d. 1952)
1889 ? George Kenney, American Air Force General (d. 1977)
1889 ? John Middleton Murry, English poet (d. 1957)
1891 ? William Slim, British general (d. 1970)
1892 ? Hoot Gibson, American actor (d. 1962)
1893 ? Wright Patman, American politician (d. 1976)
1895 ? Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1963)
1900 ? Cecil H. Green, American geophysicist (d. 2003)
1902 ? Dutch Schultz, American bootlegger (d. 1935)
1904 ? Henry Iba, American basketball coach (d. 1993)
1906 ? Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. 1984)
1908 ? Helen Jacobs, American tennis player (d. 1997)
1908 ? Will Lee, American actor (d. 1982)
1910 ? Charles Crichton, British film director (d. 1999)
1911 ? Lucille Ball, American actress (d. 1989)
1911 ? Norman Gordon, South African cricketer
1911 ? Constance Fecher Heaven, British romance writer (d. 1995)
1914 ? Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (d. 1980)
1916 ? Richard Hofstadter, American historian (d. 1970)
1916 ? Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister
1917 ? Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997)
1918 ? Norman Granz, American record producer (d. 2001)
1920 ? Ella Raines, American actress (d. 1988)
1922 ? Sir Freddie Laker, English entrepreneur (d. 2006)
1923 ? Jess Collins, American artist (d. 2004)
1925 ? Barbara Bates, American actress (d. 1969)
1926 ? Clem Labine, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1926 ? Frank Finlay, British actor
1926 ? Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999)
1928 ? Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1928 ? Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
1929 ? Roch La Salle, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
1930 ? Abbey Lincoln, American jazz singer
1932 ? Howard Hodgkin, British painter
1933 ? A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 1987)
1934 ? Piers Anthony, English writer
1934 ? Chris Bonington, British mountaineer
1934 ? Billy Boston, Welsh rugby league footballer
1937 ? Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (d. 2000)
1937 ? Barbara Windsor, English actress
1938 ? Paul Bartel, American actor (d. 2000)
1938 ? Peter Bonerz, American actor
1940 ? Mukhu Aliyev, Russian politician, President of Dagestan
1940 ? Louise Sorel, American actress
1941 ? Lyle Berman, American poker player
1941 ? Ray Culp, American baseball player
1942 ? George Jung, American convicted drug felon
1943 ? Jon Postel, American computer scientist (d. 1998)
1945 ? Ron Jones, British TV director (d. 1993)
1945 ? Andy Messersmith, American baseball player
1946 ? Allan Holdsworth, British musician
1946 ? Roh Moo-hyun, former President of South Korea (d. 2009)
1946 ? Masaaki Sakai, Japanese comedian
1947 ? Tony Dell, Australian cricketer
1949 ? Dino Bravo, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1993)
1949 ? Alan Campbell, Northern Irish clergyman
1949 ? Clarence Richard Silva, Catholic Bishop of Honolulu
1950 ? Dorian Harewood, American actor
1951 ? Catherine Hicks, American actress
1951 ? Daryl Somers, Australian television personality
1952 ? Vinnie Vincent, American musician (Kiss)
1953 ? Iqbal Qasim, Pakistani cricketer
1954 ? Paul Steigerwald, American sports announcer
1955 ? Rusty Magee, American composer (d. 2003)
1955 ? Gregory Bryant-Bey, American convicted murderer (d. 2008)
1957 ? Bob Horner, American baseball player
1957 ? Jim McGreevey, American politician
1960 ? Dale Ellis, American basketball player
1962 ? Marc Lavoine, French singer and actor
1962 ? Michelle Yeoh, Chinese-Malaysian actress
1963 ? Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker
1963 ? Charles Ingram, British controversial contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
1964 ? Moosie Drier, American actor and director
1965 ? Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer
1965 ? Juliane Köhler, German actress
1965 ? David Robinson, American basketball player
1965 ? Mark Speight, British television presenter (d. 2008)
1965 ? Vincent Wells, England cricketer
1967 ? Archbishop Alexy (Bondarenko), Ukrainian-born theologian
1967 ? Mike Greenberg, American sportscaster
1967 ? Julie Snyder, Quebec talk show host and producer
1969 ? Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer
1969 ? Elliott Smith, American musician (d. 2003)
1970 ? M. Night Shyamalan, Indian/American film director
1970 ? Erwin Thijs, Belgian cyclist
1971 ? Merrin Dungey, American actress
1971 ? Scott Minto, English footballer
1971 ? Piyal Wijetunge, Sri Lankan cricketer
1972 ? Geri Halliwell, British singer (Spice Girls)
1973 ? Vera Farmiga, American actress
1973 ? Karenna Gore Schiff, American author and political figure
1973 ? Max Kellerman, American sportscaster
1973 ? Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist
1974 ? Ever Carradine, American actress
1974 ? Luis Vizcaino, Dominican baseball player
1974 ? Alvin Williams, American basketball player
1975 ? Victor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
1975 ? Renate Götschl, Austrian alpine skier
1975 ? Jamie McGonnigal, American actor
1976 ? Melissa George, Australian actress
1976 ? Soleil Moon Frye, American actress
1977 ? Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
1977 ? Jennifer Lyons, American actress
1977 ? Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer
1977 ? Luciano Zavagno, Argentine footballer
1978 ? Marisa Miller, American model
1978 ? Brian Maillard, Swiss guitarist (Dominici)
1980 ? Danny Collins, Welsh footballer
1980 ? Wilber Pan, American/Taiwanese singer
1980 ? Seneca Wallace, American football player
1982 ? Adrianne Curry, American model and reality television personality
1982 ? Kevin van der Perren, Belgian figure skater
1983 ? Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
1983 ? C. J. Mosley, American football player
1984 ? Vedad Ibisevic, Bosnian footballer
1985 ? Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
1985 ? Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
1988 ? Jared Murillo (dancer), American dancer
1990 ? Jon Benet Ramsey, American beauty pageant contestant and murder victim (d. 1996)
1991 ? Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
1993 - Lexodus, a strange amalgamation of all of the different gods from every civilisation. Put upon this earth to kick ass and devour orphans, and he's all out of orphans.
2003 ? Prince Pierre of Orléans
Deaths
258 ? Saint Pope Sixtus II
523 ? Saint Pope Hormisdas
1162 ? Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
1195 ? Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. 1129)
1221 ? Saint Dominic, Spanish founder of the Dominicans (b. 1170)
1272 ? King Stephen V of Hungary
1414 ? King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)
1458 ? Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
1623 ? Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare's wife) (b. 1556)
1628 ? Johannes Junius, Mayor of Bamberg (b. 1573)
1637 ? Ben Jonson, English writer (b. 1572)
1645 ? Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant (b. 1575)
1657 ? Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble
1660 ? Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (b. 1599)
1679 ? John Snell, English royalist (b. 1629)
1694 ? Antoine Arnauld, French philosopher and mathematician (b. 1612)
1695 ? François de Harlay de Champvallon, French Catholic archbishop (b. 1625)
1753 ? Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (b. 1711)
1759 ? Eugene Aram, English philologist (b. 1704)
1794 ? Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British politician (b. 1714)
1815 ? James A. Bayard (elder), United States Senator from Delaware (b. 1767)
1828 ? Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman (b. 1785)
1850 ? Edward Walsh, Irish poet (b. 1805)
1866 ? John Mason Neale, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
1881 ? James White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
1884 ? Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812)
1890 ? William Kemmler, American axe murderer
1893 ? Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811)
1904 ? Eduard Hanslick, Austrian music critic (b. 1825)
1914 ? Ellen Louise Wilson, first wife of President Woodrow Wilson (b. 1860)
1920 ? Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator, first flight in independent Poland (b. 1890)
1925 ? Sir Surendranath Banerjea, leader, Indian National Congress (b. 1848)
1931 ? Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (b. 1903)
1945 ? Richard Bong, American ace fighter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)
1945 ? Hiram Johnson, American politician (b. 1866)
1945 ? Prince Wu of Korea (b. 1912)
1946 ? Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (b. 1903)
1959 ? Preston Sturges, American playwright, screenwriter, and director (b. 1898)
1964 ? Sir Cedric Hardwicke, English actor (b. 1893)
1966 ? Cordwainer Smith, American writer (b. 1913)
1969 ? Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
1970 ? Nikos Tsiforos, Greek screenwriter and film director
1973 ? Memphis Minnie, American blues singer (b. 1897)
1973 ? Fulgencio Batista, Cuban president and de facto leader (b. 1901)
1974 ? Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1925)
1976 ? Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist (b. 1903)
1978 ? Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)
1978 ? Edward Durell Stone, American architect (b. 1902)
1979 ? Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1911)
1983 ? Klaus Nomi, German singer (b. 1944)
1985 ? Forbes Burnham, Guyanese visionary and leader of Guyana from 1964 to his death (b. 1923)
1986 ? Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1904)
1987 ? Ira Eaker, American Air Force leader (b. 1896)
1990 ? Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist (b. 1912)
1991 ? Roland Michener, Canadian politician and governor general (b. 1900)
1991 ? Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian prime minister, assassinated in Paris (b. 1915)
1991 ? Harry Reasoner, American television reporter (b. 1923)
1993 ? Tex Hughson, American baseball player (b. 1916)
1994 ? Domenico Modugno, Italian singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
1998 ? Andre Weil, French mathematician (b. 1906)
1999 ? Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (b. 1934)
2001 ? Jorge Amado de Faria, Brazilian writer (b. 1912)
2001 ? Dorothy Tutin, English actress (b. 1930)
2001 ? Wilhelm Mohnke, one of the original 120 members of the Nazi SS-Staff Guard (b. 1911)
2002 ? Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1930)
2004 ? Rick James, American musician (b. 1948)
2005 ? Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1927)
2005 ? Keter Betts, American jazz bassist (b. 1928)
2005 ? Robin Cook, British politician (b. 1946)
2007 ? Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian rock guitarist (Bikini, Omen, Carpathia Project Tirana Rockers, solo) (b. 1969)
2007 ? Heinz Barth, German convicted war criminal (SS) (b. 1920)
2008 ? Angelos Kitsos, Greek lawyer and script writer (b. 1934)
2009 ? John Hughes, American film director (b. 1950) - I, unknowingly at the time, was watching The Breakfast Club at the same time.
2009 ? W. S. Rendra, Indonesian poet and playwright (b. 1935)
Holidays and observances
Christian Feast Day
Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ
Justus and Pastor
H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Accession Day. (United Arab Emirates)
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (Hiroshima)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bolivia from Spain in 1825.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Jamaica from the United Kingdom in 1962.
The beginning of Tanabata festival. (Sendai)
Well, fancy that.
6TH of AUGUST:
Events
1284 ? Italian city of Pisa is defeated in Battle of Meloria by Genoa, ruining its naval power.
1538 ? Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
1661 ? The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
1787 ? Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention.
1806 ? Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates ending the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
1819 ? Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
1825 ? Bolivia gains independence from Spain.
1845 ? The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.
1861 ? The United Kingdom annexes Lagos, Nigeria.
1862 ? American Civil War: the Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering damage in a battle with USS Essex near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1870 ? Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Wörth is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
1890 ? At Auburn Prison in New York murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
1901 ? Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
1909 ? Alice Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip.
1912 ? The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
1914 ? World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic ? two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Helgoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
1914 ? World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
1915 ? World War I: Battle of Sari Bair ? the Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
1917 ? World War I: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins.
1926 ? Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim across the English Channel.
1926 ? In New York City, the Warner Brothers' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
1926 ? Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
1930 ? Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears.
1942 ? Queen Wilhelmina becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
1945 ? World War II: Hiroshima is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
1956 ? After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena.
1960 ? Cuban Revolution: in response to a United States embargo, Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
1962 ? Jamaica becomes independent.
1964 ? Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world's oldest tree, is cut down.
1965 ? US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
1966 ? Braniff Airlines Flight 250 crashes in Falls City, NE killing all 42 on board.
1976 ? Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.
1986 ? A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney.
1988 ? The Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City spurs reform of the NYPD, who were responsible for the melee that transpired the night of August 6-7.
1990 ? Gulf War: the United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
1991 ? Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
1991 ? Doi Takako, chair of the Social Democratic Party (Japan), becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
1993 ? Heavy rains and debris kill 72 in the Kagoshima and Aira areas, of Kyūshū, Japan.
1996 ? NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
1997 ? Korean Air Flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, crashes into the jungle on Guam on approach to airport, killing 228.
2008 ? A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
Births
1180 ? Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
1504 ? Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1575)
1609 ? Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)
1619 ? Barbara Strozzi (baptized), Italian singer and composer (d. 1677)
1638 ? Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (d. 1715)
1644 ? Louise de la Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1710)
1656 ? Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (d. 1733)
1666 ? Maria Sofia of the Palatinate, queen of Portugal (d. 1699)
1697 ? Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
1715 ? Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (d. 1747)
1766 ? William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist (d. 1828)
1768 ? Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (d. 1813)
1775 ? Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician (d. 1847)
1809 ? Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet (d. 1892)
1826 ? Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (d. 1915)
1844 ? Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)
1844 ? James Henry Greathead, British engineer (d. 1896)
1861 ? Edith Roosevelt, American First Lady of the United States (d. 1948)
1866 ? Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer (d. 1955)
1868 ? Paul Claudel, French poet (d. 1955)
1874 ? Charles Fort, American writer and researcher (d. 1932)
1877 ? Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician (d. 1952)
1880 ? Hans Moser, Austrian actor (d. 1964)
1881 ? Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961)
1881 ? Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
1881 ? Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (d. 1972)
1883 ? Scott Nearing, American writer, educator, and activist (d. 1983)
1887 ? Dudley Benjafield, British racing driver (d. 1957)
1888 ? Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone (d. 1952)
1889 ? George Kenney, American Air Force General (d. 1977)
1889 ? John Middleton Murry, English poet (d. 1957)
1891 ? William Slim, British general (d. 1970)
1892 ? Hoot Gibson, American actor (d. 1962)
1893 ? Wright Patman, American politician (d. 1976)
1895 ? Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1963)
1900 ? Cecil H. Green, American geophysicist (d. 2003)
1902 ? Dutch Schultz, American bootlegger (d. 1935)
1904 ? Henry Iba, American basketball coach (d. 1993)
1906 ? Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. 1984)
1908 ? Helen Jacobs, American tennis player (d. 1997)
1908 ? Will Lee, American actor (d. 1982)
1910 ? Charles Crichton, British film director (d. 1999)
1911 ? Lucille Ball, American actress (d. 1989)
1911 ? Norman Gordon, South African cricketer
1911 ? Constance Fecher Heaven, British romance writer (d. 1995)
1914 ? Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (d. 1980)
1916 ? Richard Hofstadter, American historian (d. 1970)
1916 ? Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister
1917 ? Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997)
1918 ? Norman Granz, American record producer (d. 2001)
1920 ? Ella Raines, American actress (d. 1988)
1922 ? Sir Freddie Laker, English entrepreneur (d. 2006)
1923 ? Jess Collins, American artist (d. 2004)
1925 ? Barbara Bates, American actress (d. 1969)
1926 ? Clem Labine, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1926 ? Frank Finlay, British actor
1926 ? Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999)
1928 ? Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1928 ? Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
1929 ? Roch La Salle, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
1930 ? Abbey Lincoln, American jazz singer
1932 ? Howard Hodgkin, British painter
1933 ? A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 1987)
1934 ? Piers Anthony, English writer
1934 ? Chris Bonington, British mountaineer
1934 ? Billy Boston, Welsh rugby league footballer
1937 ? Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (d. 2000)
1937 ? Barbara Windsor, English actress
1938 ? Paul Bartel, American actor (d. 2000)
1938 ? Peter Bonerz, American actor
1940 ? Mukhu Aliyev, Russian politician, President of Dagestan
1940 ? Louise Sorel, American actress
1941 ? Lyle Berman, American poker player
1941 ? Ray Culp, American baseball player
1942 ? George Jung, American convicted drug felon
1943 ? Jon Postel, American computer scientist (d. 1998)
1945 ? Ron Jones, British TV director (d. 1993)
1945 ? Andy Messersmith, American baseball player
1946 ? Allan Holdsworth, British musician
1946 ? Roh Moo-hyun, former President of South Korea (d. 2009)
1946 ? Masaaki Sakai, Japanese comedian
1947 ? Tony Dell, Australian cricketer
1949 ? Dino Bravo, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1993)
1949 ? Alan Campbell, Northern Irish clergyman
1949 ? Clarence Richard Silva, Catholic Bishop of Honolulu
1950 ? Dorian Harewood, American actor
1951 ? Catherine Hicks, American actress
1951 ? Daryl Somers, Australian television personality
1952 ? Vinnie Vincent, American musician (Kiss)
1953 ? Iqbal Qasim, Pakistani cricketer
1954 ? Paul Steigerwald, American sports announcer
1955 ? Rusty Magee, American composer (d. 2003)
1955 ? Gregory Bryant-Bey, American convicted murderer (d. 2008)
1957 ? Bob Horner, American baseball player
1957 ? Jim McGreevey, American politician
1960 ? Dale Ellis, American basketball player
1962 ? Marc Lavoine, French singer and actor
1962 ? Michelle Yeoh, Chinese-Malaysian actress
1963 ? Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker
1963 ? Charles Ingram, British controversial contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
1964 ? Moosie Drier, American actor and director
1965 ? Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer
1965 ? Juliane Köhler, German actress
1965 ? David Robinson, American basketball player
1965 ? Mark Speight, British television presenter (d. 2008)
1965 ? Vincent Wells, England cricketer
1967 ? Archbishop Alexy (Bondarenko), Ukrainian-born theologian
1967 ? Mike Greenberg, American sportscaster
1967 ? Julie Snyder, Quebec talk show host and producer
1969 ? Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer
1969 ? Elliott Smith, American musician (d. 2003)
1970 ? M. Night Shyamalan, Indian/American film director
1970 ? Erwin Thijs, Belgian cyclist
1971 ? Merrin Dungey, American actress
1971 ? Scott Minto, English footballer
1971 ? Piyal Wijetunge, Sri Lankan cricketer
1972 ? Geri Halliwell, British singer (Spice Girls)
1973 ? Vera Farmiga, American actress
1973 ? Karenna Gore Schiff, American author and political figure
1973 ? Max Kellerman, American sportscaster
1973 ? Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist
1974 ? Ever Carradine, American actress
1974 ? Luis Vizcaino, Dominican baseball player
1974 ? Alvin Williams, American basketball player
1975 ? Victor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
1975 ? Renate Götschl, Austrian alpine skier
1975 ? Jamie McGonnigal, American actor
1976 ? Melissa George, Australian actress
1976 ? Soleil Moon Frye, American actress
1977 ? Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
1977 ? Jennifer Lyons, American actress
1977 ? Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer
1977 ? Luciano Zavagno, Argentine footballer
1978 ? Marisa Miller, American model
1978 ? Brian Maillard, Swiss guitarist (Dominici)
1980 ? Danny Collins, Welsh footballer
1980 ? Wilber Pan, American/Taiwanese singer
1980 ? Seneca Wallace, American football player
1982 ? Adrianne Curry, American model and reality television personality
1982 ? Kevin van der Perren, Belgian figure skater
1983 ? Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
1983 ? C. J. Mosley, American football player
1984 ? Vedad Ibisevic, Bosnian footballer
1985 ? Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
1985 ? Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
1988 ? Jared Murillo (dancer), American dancer
1990 ? Jon Benet Ramsey, American beauty pageant contestant and murder victim (d. 1996)
1991 ? Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
1993 - Lexodus, a strange amalgamation of all of the different gods from every civilisation. Put upon this earth to kick ass and devour orphans, and he's all out of orphans.
2003 ? Prince Pierre of Orléans
Deaths
258 ? Saint Pope Sixtus II
523 ? Saint Pope Hormisdas
1162 ? Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
1195 ? Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. 1129)
1221 ? Saint Dominic, Spanish founder of the Dominicans (b. 1170)
1272 ? King Stephen V of Hungary
1414 ? King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)
1458 ? Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
1623 ? Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare's wife) (b. 1556)
1628 ? Johannes Junius, Mayor of Bamberg (b. 1573)
1637 ? Ben Jonson, English writer (b. 1572)
1645 ? Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant (b. 1575)
1657 ? Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble
1660 ? Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (b. 1599)
1679 ? John Snell, English royalist (b. 1629)
1694 ? Antoine Arnauld, French philosopher and mathematician (b. 1612)
1695 ? François de Harlay de Champvallon, French Catholic archbishop (b. 1625)
1753 ? Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (b. 1711)
1759 ? Eugene Aram, English philologist (b. 1704)
1794 ? Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British politician (b. 1714)
1815 ? James A. Bayard (elder), United States Senator from Delaware (b. 1767)
1828 ? Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman (b. 1785)
1850 ? Edward Walsh, Irish poet (b. 1805)
1866 ? John Mason Neale, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
1881 ? James White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
1884 ? Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812)
1890 ? William Kemmler, American axe murderer
1893 ? Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811)
1904 ? Eduard Hanslick, Austrian music critic (b. 1825)
1914 ? Ellen Louise Wilson, first wife of President Woodrow Wilson (b. 1860)
1920 ? Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator, first flight in independent Poland (b. 1890)
1925 ? Sir Surendranath Banerjea, leader, Indian National Congress (b. 1848)
1931 ? Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (b. 1903)
1945 ? Richard Bong, American ace fighter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)
1945 ? Hiram Johnson, American politician (b. 1866)
1945 ? Prince Wu of Korea (b. 1912)
1946 ? Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (b. 1903)
1959 ? Preston Sturges, American playwright, screenwriter, and director (b. 1898)
1964 ? Sir Cedric Hardwicke, English actor (b. 1893)
1966 ? Cordwainer Smith, American writer (b. 1913)
1969 ? Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
1970 ? Nikos Tsiforos, Greek screenwriter and film director
1973 ? Memphis Minnie, American blues singer (b. 1897)
1973 ? Fulgencio Batista, Cuban president and de facto leader (b. 1901)
1974 ? Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1925)
1976 ? Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist (b. 1903)
1978 ? Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)
1978 ? Edward Durell Stone, American architect (b. 1902)
1979 ? Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1911)
1983 ? Klaus Nomi, German singer (b. 1944)
1985 ? Forbes Burnham, Guyanese visionary and leader of Guyana from 1964 to his death (b. 1923)
1986 ? Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1904)
1987 ? Ira Eaker, American Air Force leader (b. 1896)
1990 ? Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist (b. 1912)
1991 ? Roland Michener, Canadian politician and governor general (b. 1900)
1991 ? Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian prime minister, assassinated in Paris (b. 1915)
1991 ? Harry Reasoner, American television reporter (b. 1923)
1993 ? Tex Hughson, American baseball player (b. 1916)
1994 ? Domenico Modugno, Italian singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
1998 ? Andre Weil, French mathematician (b. 1906)
1999 ? Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (b. 1934)
2001 ? Jorge Amado de Faria, Brazilian writer (b. 1912)
2001 ? Dorothy Tutin, English actress (b. 1930)
2001 ? Wilhelm Mohnke, one of the original 120 members of the Nazi SS-Staff Guard (b. 1911)
2002 ? Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1930)
2004 ? Rick James, American musician (b. 1948)
2005 ? Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1927)
2005 ? Keter Betts, American jazz bassist (b. 1928)
2005 ? Robin Cook, British politician (b. 1946)
2007 ? Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian rock guitarist (Bikini, Omen, Carpathia Project Tirana Rockers, solo) (b. 1969)
2007 ? Heinz Barth, German convicted war criminal (SS) (b. 1920)
2008 ? Angelos Kitsos, Greek lawyer and script writer (b. 1934)
2009 ? John Hughes, American film director (b. 1950) - I, unknowingly at the time, was watching The Breakfast Club at the same time.
2009 ? W. S. Rendra, Indonesian poet and playwright (b. 1935)
Holidays and observances
Christian Feast Day
Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ
Justus and Pastor
H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Accession Day. (United Arab Emirates)
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (Hiroshima)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bolivia from Spain in 1825.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Jamaica from the United Kingdom in 1962.
The beginning of Tanabata festival. (Sendai)
Well, fancy that.
On September 14 in History!!!
1752 - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian Calendar.
1814 - Francis Scott Key writes the poem Defence of Fort McHenry, which is used for lyrics of the U.S. National Anthem.
1812 - French grenadiers enter Moscow.
1901 - U.S. President William McKinley is assassinated and replaced by Theodore Roosevelt.
1917 - Russia officially becomes a republic.
1948 - Groundbreaking of the United Nations building in New York City.
1959 - The Soviet probe Luna-2 crashes into the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach the Moon.
1975 - The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
2003 - Estonia approves joining into European Union.
1814 - Francis Scott Key writes the poem Defence of Fort McHenry, which is used for lyrics of the U.S. National Anthem.
1812 - French grenadiers enter Moscow.
1901 - U.S. President William McKinley is assassinated and replaced by Theodore Roosevelt.
1917 - Russia officially becomes a republic.
1948 - Groundbreaking of the United Nations building in New York City.
1959 - The Soviet probe Luna-2 crashes into the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach the Moon.
1975 - The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
2003 - Estonia approves joining into European Union.
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0270 St. Valentine died, marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273).
0842 Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.
1014 Pope Benedict VIII recognizes Henry of Bavaria as King of Germany.
1014 The German king Henry of Bavaria recognizes Benedict VIII as the rightful pope and is crowned at Rome February 14
1076 Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
1349 Approximately 2,000 Jews were burned to death by mobs or forcibly removed from the city of Strasbourg.
1540 Emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels
1556 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer declared a heretic
1556 Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
1610 Polish king Sigismund III, Forges Dimitri #2 & Romanov family sign covenant against czar Vasili Shushki
1613 King James I's daughter Elizabeth marries Frederik
1630 Dutch fleet of 69 ships reaches Pernambuco Brazil
1663 Canada becomes a Royal Province of France.
1670 Roman Catholic emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna
1689 English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince Willem III on the throne
1711 Händels opera Rinaldo, premieres
1743 Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister.
1761 British troops occupy Fort Michilimackinac in Michigan
1766 Dutch governor Falck signs Treaty of Batticaloa with rebels
1778 The Star and Stripes (U.S. flag) makes its first appearance at a foreign port, flying aboard the ship Ranger, as it arrives in France.
1778 The United States Flag was formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte rendered a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
1779 James Cook was killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
1794 First US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia PA
1803 Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington PA
1803 Chief Justice John Marshall declares that any act of U.S. Congress which conflicts with the Constitution is void.
1804 Karadjordje leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
1826 Lt. Colonel John By 1781-1836 of the Royal Engineers arrives in Hull to plan construction of the Rideau Canal
1831 Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay.
1835 The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio.
1843 The event that inspired the song Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! is held.
1848 James K Polk became first President photographed in office (Matthew Brady)
1849 In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
1852 Personal posting - 1st patient accepted at Gt Ormond Street Hospital, London - United Kingdom
1854 Texas linked by telegraph with the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
1859 Oregon admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
1859 Oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union.
1862 Galena, first US iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Connecticut
1867 Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company issues first policy
1876 A G Bell & Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents; Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor
1876 Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
1879 Chilean troops occupy Antofagasta
1879 The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
1886 First trainload of oranges left Los Angeles via the transcontinental railroad.
1890 First New South Wales vs South Australia 1st-class cricket game
1894 Venus is both a morning star & evening star
1895 First performance of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnest at the St James's Theatre in London.
1895 Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London
1896 George Lohmann takes a hat-trick vs South Africa, 8-7 for inning
1896 South Africa all out for 30 vs England - their lowest ever
1899 President McKinley signs a bill making mechanical voting machines legal in the U.S.
1899 Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
1900 Russia responds to international pressure to free Finland by tightening imperial control over the country.
1900 Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State.
1903 The U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor is established.
1912 Arizona admitted as the 48th U.S. state.
1912 Arizona is admitted to the Union, becoming the 48th state.
1912 First US submarines with diesel engines commissioned, Groton CT
1912 In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned.
1914 High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands
1915 First Canadian Division arrives in France from England, and moves into Flanders.
1918 Tarzan of the Apes, the first movie featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan character, is released.
1918 USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar
1919 The Polish-Soviet War begins.
1919 United Parcel Service forms
1920 The League of Women Voters is established in Chicago.
1921 Canadian 5¢ nickel coin is authorized
1921 Little Review faces obscenity charges for publishing "Ulysses," New York
1924 IBM Corporation founded by Thomas Watson
1924 The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is founded.
1925 State of emergency crisis in Bayern ends, NSDAP re-allowed
1927 Conn Smythe takes over the Toronto St. Patricks team and renames them the Maple Leafs
1929 Personal posting - Vasily Krasnoslobodtsev was born - Russian Federation
1929 Seven rivals of mobster Al Capone are murdered in a Chicago garage, now remembered as the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre."
1929 UK hist Screen debut of Mickey Mouse ? same day as St Valentine's Day massacre!
1931 Bradman scores 152 Australia vs West Indies, 154 minutes, 13 fours 2 fives
1931 Spanish government of General Damasco Berenguer falls
1936 National Negro Congress organizes in Chicago
1939 Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as director of Gone With the Wind
1940 British merchant vessel fleet is armed
1941 1,000,000th vehicle traverses the New York Midtown Tunnel
1941 German Africa Corps lands in Tripoli, Libya
1942 Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
1942 Personal posting - Mary Ann Wright born - USA
1942 Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang Sumatra
1942 Rotterdam's Maas tunnel opens
1943 German offensive through de Faid-pass Tunisia
1943 Soviets recapture Rostov
1943 World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
1944 Anti-Japanese revolt on Java
1944 World War II: Anti-Japanese revolt on Java.
1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
1945 Bombing of Prague - probably due to a mistake in the orientation of the pilots bombing Dresden.
1945 Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru join the United Nations.
1945 Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans.
1945 On the second day of the Bombing of Dresden in World War II the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony.
1946 The Bank of England goes public.
1946 The Bank of England is nationalized.
1949 Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses
1949 First session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem
1949 The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
1949 The Knesset (Israeli parliament) first convenes.
1950 Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg
1950 USSR & China sign peace treaty
1951 Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta & takes middleweight title
1952 6th Winter Olympics games opens in Oslo, Norway
1954 Senator John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press"
1956 20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow
1956 Indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union
1956 Khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference
1956 The XX Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union starts in Moscow. On the last night of the meeting, Premier Nikita Khruschev condemns Josef Stalin's crimes in a secret speech.
1957 Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites
1958 Arab Federation of Iraq & Jordan forms
1959 $3.6 million heroin seizure in New York NY
1960 Marshal Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan
1961 Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
1961 Element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley CA
1962 First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House.
1962 Lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV
1963 US launches communications satellite Syncom 1
1965 Personal posting - Helen Heywood is born - United Kingdom
1966 Australia introduces first decimal currency postage stamps
1966 Australian currency is decimalised.
1967 Aretha Franklin records "Respect"
1967 Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up
1968 Number one hit on UK music charts - Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn
1968 Pennsylvania Railroad/NYC Central merge into Pennsylvania Central
1971 Movie "Ben Hur" first shown on television
1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House
1972 John & Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week
1972 Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit & soft landing on Moon
1975 Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station
1976 Number one hit on UK music charts - Slik - Forever And Ever
1977 The Unity Bank of Canada and Provincial Bank of Canada merge
1978 First "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments
1978 Personal posting - John F. Camajani asks Felicity M. Black to marry him. She says YES!
1979 In Kabul, Muslims kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
1979 Personal posting - my totaly awosome mom was born!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - USA
1980 "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 341 performances
1980 13th Winter Olympics games open in Lake Placid NY
1980 US launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares
1980 Walter Cronkite announces his retirement from the CBS Evening News.
1981 Stardust Disaster. A fire in a Dublin nightclub kills 48 people
1983 United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher is later convicted of fraud.
1984 Singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney Australia
1985 Hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut
1988 Alfredo Stroessner re-elected President of Paraguay
1988 General hospital star Jackie Zeman marries Glenn Gorden
1989 African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam
1989 Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1 million-$3 million bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses"
1989 Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill the author of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie.
1989 Robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in Dominican Republic
1989 The first of 24 satellites of the Global Positioning System is placed into orbit.
1989 Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million damages for Bhopol disaster
1989 World's first satellite Skyphone opens
1990 92 people are killed aboarad Indian Airlines Flight 605 at Bangalore, India.
1990 An Indian Airlines jetliner crashes while landing in southern India, killing 94 passengers and crew.
1990 Perrier recalls 160 million bottles of sparkling water after traces of benzene, a carcinogen, are found in some
1990 Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system
1991 Air raid shelter at Baghdad bombed killing 300
1992 Cease fire in Somalia begins
1993 Fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79
1994 Andrei Chikatilo, a Russian serial killer was executed by shooting.
1994 Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia (51) weds Deborah Koons
1995 Roseanne weds bodyguard Ben Thomas
1996 China launches a Long March 3 rocket, carrying the Intelsat 708 satellite. The rocket flew off course 3 seconds after liftoff and crashed into a rural village.
1997 Abitibi-Price and Stone-Consolidated announce a $2.3 billion merger, creating the world's largest newsprint maker
1998 Authorities in the United States announce that Eric Robert Rudolph is a suspect in an Alabama abortion clinic bombing.
1999 John Ehrlichman, presidential advisor during the Nixon administration and imprisoned for his role in the Watergate scandal, dies in Atlanta, at age 73.
1999 Quebec Railway Corporation takes over the former CN Mont Joli and Matane subdivisions linking Matane to Riviere du Loup, QC. The Matane sub. was the former Canada and Gulf Terminal Railway.
1999 Personal posting - Joshua M. Loiselle was born.
2000 The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
2000 Tornadoes rip through southwestern Georgia just after midnight, killing 19 people and injuring more than 100 others.
2001 Personal posting - Christian Smith was born in Cheraw, SC
2002 The Tullaghmurray Lass sinks off the coast of Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland killing three members of the same family on board.
2004 In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
2005 Lebanon's former Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri, is assassinated, prompting the Cedar Revolution (Intifada of Independence).
2005 Seven people were killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected Al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit the Philippines' Makati financial district in Metro Manila, Davao City, and General Santos City.
0842 Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.
1014 Pope Benedict VIII recognizes Henry of Bavaria as King of Germany.
1014 The German king Henry of Bavaria recognizes Benedict VIII as the rightful pope and is crowned at Rome February 14
1076 Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
1349 Approximately 2,000 Jews were burned to death by mobs or forcibly removed from the city of Strasbourg.
1540 Emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels
1556 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer declared a heretic
1556 Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
1610 Polish king Sigismund III, Forges Dimitri #2 & Romanov family sign covenant against czar Vasili Shushki
1613 King James I's daughter Elizabeth marries Frederik
1630 Dutch fleet of 69 ships reaches Pernambuco Brazil
1663 Canada becomes a Royal Province of France.
1670 Roman Catholic emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna
1689 English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince Willem III on the throne
1711 Händels opera Rinaldo, premieres
1743 Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister.
1761 British troops occupy Fort Michilimackinac in Michigan
1766 Dutch governor Falck signs Treaty of Batticaloa with rebels
1778 The Star and Stripes (U.S. flag) makes its first appearance at a foreign port, flying aboard the ship Ranger, as it arrives in France.
1778 The United States Flag was formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte rendered a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
1779 James Cook was killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
1794 First US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia PA
1803 Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington PA
1803 Chief Justice John Marshall declares that any act of U.S. Congress which conflicts with the Constitution is void.
1804 Karadjordje leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
1826 Lt. Colonel John By 1781-1836 of the Royal Engineers arrives in Hull to plan construction of the Rideau Canal
1831 Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay.
1835 The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio.
1843 The event that inspired the song Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! is held.
1848 James K Polk became first President photographed in office (Matthew Brady)
1849 In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
1852 Personal posting - 1st patient accepted at Gt Ormond Street Hospital, London - United Kingdom
1854 Texas linked by telegraph with the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
1859 Oregon admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
1859 Oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union.
1862 Galena, first US iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Connecticut
1867 Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company issues first policy
1876 A G Bell & Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents; Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor
1876 Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
1879 Chilean troops occupy Antofagasta
1879 The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
1886 First trainload of oranges left Los Angeles via the transcontinental railroad.
1890 First New South Wales vs South Australia 1st-class cricket game
1894 Venus is both a morning star & evening star
1895 First performance of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnest at the St James's Theatre in London.
1895 Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London
1896 George Lohmann takes a hat-trick vs South Africa, 8-7 for inning
1896 South Africa all out for 30 vs England - their lowest ever
1899 President McKinley signs a bill making mechanical voting machines legal in the U.S.
1899 Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
1900 Russia responds to international pressure to free Finland by tightening imperial control over the country.
1900 Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State.
1903 The U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor is established.
1912 Arizona admitted as the 48th U.S. state.
1912 Arizona is admitted to the Union, becoming the 48th state.
1912 First US submarines with diesel engines commissioned, Groton CT
1912 In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned.
1914 High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands
1915 First Canadian Division arrives in France from England, and moves into Flanders.
1918 Tarzan of the Apes, the first movie featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan character, is released.
1918 USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar
1919 The Polish-Soviet War begins.
1919 United Parcel Service forms
1920 The League of Women Voters is established in Chicago.
1921 Canadian 5¢ nickel coin is authorized
1921 Little Review faces obscenity charges for publishing "Ulysses," New York
1924 IBM Corporation founded by Thomas Watson
1924 The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is founded.
1925 State of emergency crisis in Bayern ends, NSDAP re-allowed
1927 Conn Smythe takes over the Toronto St. Patricks team and renames them the Maple Leafs
1929 Personal posting - Vasily Krasnoslobodtsev was born - Russian Federation
1929 Seven rivals of mobster Al Capone are murdered in a Chicago garage, now remembered as the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre."
1929 UK hist Screen debut of Mickey Mouse ? same day as St Valentine's Day massacre!
1931 Bradman scores 152 Australia vs West Indies, 154 minutes, 13 fours 2 fives
1931 Spanish government of General Damasco Berenguer falls
1936 National Negro Congress organizes in Chicago
1939 Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as director of Gone With the Wind
1940 British merchant vessel fleet is armed
1941 1,000,000th vehicle traverses the New York Midtown Tunnel
1941 German Africa Corps lands in Tripoli, Libya
1942 Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
1942 Personal posting - Mary Ann Wright born - USA
1942 Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang Sumatra
1942 Rotterdam's Maas tunnel opens
1943 German offensive through de Faid-pass Tunisia
1943 Soviets recapture Rostov
1943 World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
1944 Anti-Japanese revolt on Java
1944 World War II: Anti-Japanese revolt on Java.
1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
1945 Bombing of Prague - probably due to a mistake in the orientation of the pilots bombing Dresden.
1945 Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru join the United Nations.
1945 Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans.
1945 On the second day of the Bombing of Dresden in World War II the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony.
1946 The Bank of England goes public.
1946 The Bank of England is nationalized.
1949 Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses
1949 First session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem
1949 The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
1949 The Knesset (Israeli parliament) first convenes.
1950 Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg
1950 USSR & China sign peace treaty
1951 Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta & takes middleweight title
1952 6th Winter Olympics games opens in Oslo, Norway
1954 Senator John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press"
1956 20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow
1956 Indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union
1956 Khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference
1956 The XX Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union starts in Moscow. On the last night of the meeting, Premier Nikita Khruschev condemns Josef Stalin's crimes in a secret speech.
1957 Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites
1958 Arab Federation of Iraq & Jordan forms
1959 $3.6 million heroin seizure in New York NY
1960 Marshal Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan
1961 Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
1961 Element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley CA
1962 First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House.
1962 Lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV
1963 US launches communications satellite Syncom 1
1965 Personal posting - Helen Heywood is born - United Kingdom
1966 Australia introduces first decimal currency postage stamps
1966 Australian currency is decimalised.
1967 Aretha Franklin records "Respect"
1967 Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up
1968 Number one hit on UK music charts - Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn
1968 Pennsylvania Railroad/NYC Central merge into Pennsylvania Central
1971 Movie "Ben Hur" first shown on television
1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House
1972 John & Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week
1972 Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit & soft landing on Moon
1975 Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station
1976 Number one hit on UK music charts - Slik - Forever And Ever
1977 The Unity Bank of Canada and Provincial Bank of Canada merge
1978 First "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments
1978 Personal posting - John F. Camajani asks Felicity M. Black to marry him. She says YES!
1979 In Kabul, Muslims kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
1979 Personal posting - my totaly awosome mom was born!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - USA
1980 "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 341 performances
1980 13th Winter Olympics games open in Lake Placid NY
1980 US launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares
1980 Walter Cronkite announces his retirement from the CBS Evening News.
1981 Stardust Disaster. A fire in a Dublin nightclub kills 48 people
1983 United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher is later convicted of fraud.
1984 Singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney Australia
1985 Hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut
1988 Alfredo Stroessner re-elected President of Paraguay
1988 General hospital star Jackie Zeman marries Glenn Gorden
1989 African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam
1989 Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1 million-$3 million bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses"
1989 Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill the author of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie.
1989 Robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in Dominican Republic
1989 The first of 24 satellites of the Global Positioning System is placed into orbit.
1989 Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million damages for Bhopol disaster
1989 World's first satellite Skyphone opens
1990 92 people are killed aboarad Indian Airlines Flight 605 at Bangalore, India.
1990 An Indian Airlines jetliner crashes while landing in southern India, killing 94 passengers and crew.
1990 Perrier recalls 160 million bottles of sparkling water after traces of benzene, a carcinogen, are found in some
1990 Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system
1991 Air raid shelter at Baghdad bombed killing 300
1992 Cease fire in Somalia begins
1993 Fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79
1994 Andrei Chikatilo, a Russian serial killer was executed by shooting.
1994 Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia (51) weds Deborah Koons
1995 Roseanne weds bodyguard Ben Thomas
1996 China launches a Long March 3 rocket, carrying the Intelsat 708 satellite. The rocket flew off course 3 seconds after liftoff and crashed into a rural village.
1997 Abitibi-Price and Stone-Consolidated announce a $2.3 billion merger, creating the world's largest newsprint maker
1998 Authorities in the United States announce that Eric Robert Rudolph is a suspect in an Alabama abortion clinic bombing.
1999 John Ehrlichman, presidential advisor during the Nixon administration and imprisoned for his role in the Watergate scandal, dies in Atlanta, at age 73.
1999 Quebec Railway Corporation takes over the former CN Mont Joli and Matane subdivisions linking Matane to Riviere du Loup, QC. The Matane sub. was the former Canada and Gulf Terminal Railway.
1999 Personal posting - Joshua M. Loiselle was born.
2000 The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
2000 Tornadoes rip through southwestern Georgia just after midnight, killing 19 people and injuring more than 100 others.
2001 Personal posting - Christian Smith was born in Cheraw, SC
2002 The Tullaghmurray Lass sinks off the coast of Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland killing three members of the same family on board.
2004 In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
2005 Lebanon's former Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri, is assassinated, prompting the Cedar Revolution (Intifada of Independence).
2005 Seven people were killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected Al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit the Philippines' Makati financial district in Metro Manila, Davao City, and General Santos City.
0475 Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople.
1493 Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily
1528 Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden.
1552 Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed
1583 Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar
1592 Titus Andronicus first staged at the Rose Theatre.
1598 Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso
1684 French king Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon
1701 Parts of the Netherlands adopt the Gregorian calendar
1723 Handel's opera "Ottone" premieres, London
1755 Tsarina Elisabeth establishes first Russian University
1773 The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina.
1777 Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in California
1780 The first issue of the Neue Zrcher Zeitung (then known as the Zrcher Zeitung) is published.
1806 French evacuate Vienna
1807 Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden Netherlands, 150 die
1809 British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from the French (until 1814)
1812 The first load of cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez
1813 US Frigate Chesapeake captures British Volunteer
1816 France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
1820 Royal Astronomical Society founded in England
1836 Battle of Wetumka FL
1842 Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherlands Antilles
1848 The Palermo rising in Sicily rises against the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies
1861 FL state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens
1863 President Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address
1865 Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC
1866 Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
1867 Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo," premieres in St Petersburg
1872 Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
1875 Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
1876 Writer Jack London born
1879 British Zulu War begins Lieutenant-General Chelmsford invades Zululand
1895 The National Trust is founded in Britain.
1895 UK hist The National Trust founded in England
1896 The first X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
1898 Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.
1900 Freeland Colony founded in US
1903 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown PA, killing 170
1904 Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison
1493 Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily
1528 Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden.
1552 Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed
1583 Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar
1592 Titus Andronicus first staged at the Rose Theatre.
1598 Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso
1684 French king Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon
1701 Parts of the Netherlands adopt the Gregorian calendar
1723 Handel's opera "Ottone" premieres, London
1755 Tsarina Elisabeth establishes first Russian University
1773 The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina.
1777 Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in California
1780 The first issue of the Neue Zrcher Zeitung (then known as the Zrcher Zeitung) is published.
1806 French evacuate Vienna
1807 Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden Netherlands, 150 die
1809 British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from the French (until 1814)
1812 The first load of cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez
1813 US Frigate Chesapeake captures British Volunteer
1816 France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
1820 Royal Astronomical Society founded in England
1836 Battle of Wetumka FL
1842 Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherlands Antilles
1848 The Palermo rising in Sicily rises against the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies
1861 FL state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens
1863 President Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address
1865 Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC
1866 Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
1867 Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo," premieres in St Petersburg
1872 Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
1875 Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
1876 Writer Jack London born
1879 British Zulu War begins Lieutenant-General Chelmsford invades Zululand
1895 The National Trust is founded in Britain.
1895 UK hist The National Trust founded in England
1896 The first X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
1898 Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.
1900 Freeland Colony founded in US
1903 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown PA, killing 170
1904 Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison
Most interesting...I dunno...1583: Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar, I guess...
Not gonna post a long list here, since quite a few things happened on July 8th.
But one that I personally thought was very cool, is this one:
On July 8th 1932, the US stock-market apparently reached it's lowest point EVER.
It's kind of weird to think that my birthday signifies the single darkest day in the Great Depression.
But one that I personally thought was very cool, is this one:
On July 8th 1932, the US stock-market apparently reached it's lowest point EVER.
It's kind of weird to think that my birthday signifies the single darkest day in the Great Depression.
Oh no. On top of all the information I've revealed here, I am not going to reveal my date of birth. This is the internet, and the internet can hurt you.
When I was born, Lincoln killed all the dinosaurs with lasers and then proceeded to fuck Marilyn Monroe's brains out.
When I was born, Lincoln killed all the dinosaurs with lasers and then proceeded to fuck Marilyn Monroe's brains out.
30 June of 1997
-Nintendo 64 was released
-Final Fantasy VII was released
-An american werewolf in Paris was released
-Titanic was released
-Jurassic park 2 was released
-Nintendo 64 was released
-Final Fantasy VII was released
-An american werewolf in Paris was released
-Titanic was released
-Jurassic park 2 was released
I don't feel like posting all of them, mostly because I'd have to do it in pieces to remove ads. I'll just post the most interesting, oddly enough on my actual birthday:
1992 British scientists find new largest perfect number (2 756839 -1 2 756839)
Why yes, I am a nerd. Why do you ask?
1992 British scientists find new largest perfect number (2 756839 -1 2 756839)
Why yes, I am a nerd. Why do you ask?
Lot's of people won medals in WW1 on the 8th October
0314 Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses his European territories.
0451 At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor, the first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1).
0451 Council of Chalcedon (4th ecumenical council) opens
1075 Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned king of Croatia.
1275 Scottish forces put down a Manx rebellion in the Battle of Ronaldsway, Isle of Man
1480 Great standing on the Ugra river, a standoff between the forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and the Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, which resulted in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols and eventual disintegration of the Horde.
1600 San Marino adopts its written constitution.
1604 The supernova called "Kepler's nova" is First sighted
1775 Officers decide to bar slaves and free blacks from Continental Army
1818 2 English boxers are the first to use padded gloves
1821 The government of general Jos de San Martn establishes the Peruvian Navy.
1822 First eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley
1840 First Hawaiian constitution proclaimed
1856 The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River.
1860 Telegraph line between LA and SF opens
1862 Battle of Perryville, KY-Confederate invasion halted
1865 Earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains
1871 Four major fires break out on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee, Michigan. The Great Chicago Fire is the most famous of these, having left nearly 100,000 people homeless, although the Peshtigo Fire killed as many as 2,500 people making it the deadliest fire in United States history.
1871 Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4ýmiles (10 kmý) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation
1879 War of the Pacific: the Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos, Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau is killed in the encounter.
1895 Eulmi incident- Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated and her corpse burnt by the Japanese in Gyeongbok Palace.
1896 Dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks
1912 First Balkan War begins
1916 Piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France
1918 Capt. Coulson Norman Mitchell (4th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France
1918 Sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans
1918 World War I - In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132.
1928 Joseph Szigeti debuted Alfredo Casella's Violin Concerto.
1929 The suspension of Billy Coutu was lifted so that the former Boston Bruins defenseman could play in the minor leagues. In Game 4 of the 1927 Stanley Cup, Coutu started a brawl, punching referee Jerry LaFlamme. As a result, Coutu became the first player to be suspended for life from the NHL.
1932 The Indian Air Force is established.
1934 Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son
1935 Ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie and Harriet)
1939 Germany annexes Western Poland
1941 World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
1944 "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debut on CBS radio
1944 The Battle of Crucifix Hill, a World War II battle, occurs on Crucifix Hill just outside of Aachen. Capt. Bobbie Brown receives a Medal of Honor for his heroics in this battle.
1945 Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada
1952 2 trains collide with a derailed commuter train, kills 112 (England)
1955 Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, Saratoga (US), launched
1957 Turkish and Syrian border guards exchange fire
1958 Personal posting - Janelle Beard was born in Kansas City, KS
1962 Algeria admitted as 109th member of the UN
1962 N Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party
1962 Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Bedingt abwehrbereit" ("Conditionally prepared for defense") about a NATO manoeuver called "Fallex 62", which uncovered the sorry state of the Bundeswehr (Germany's army) facing the communist threat from the east at the time. The magazine was soon accused of treason.
1963 Sultan of Zanzibar cedes his mainland possessions to Kenya
1964 Number one hit on UK music charts - Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman
1964 Ringo Starr takes and passes his driving test
1967 Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
1970 Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit
1970 Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion."
1971 John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"
1973 Yom Kippur War: Gabi Amir's armored brigade attacks Egyptian occupied positions on the Israeli side of the Suez Canal, in hope of driving them away. The attack fails, and over 150 Israeli tanks are destroyed.
1974 Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it was the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
1975 Personal posting - Michael Kaighn was born in Marlton, NJ to Kathy and Robert - USA
1977 Number one hit on UK music charts - David Soul - Silver Lady
1977 Personal posting - Oct 8, 1977 - Mark Sicat was born in Honolulu, HI
1978 Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
1981 Pres Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral
1981 Personal posting - Oct 8 1981 - Birth - Jeff Chen (Taiwan)
1982 Poland bans Solidarity
1987 Personal posting - Kenneth & Diane Dwyer were married. - USA
1988 Fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage
1988 Number one hit on UK music charts - U2 - Desire
1990 Israeli police kill 17 Palestinian rioters
1990 US doctors Joseph E Murray and E Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize
1991 A colonial-era burial site for African-American slaves is discovered in New York by construction crew
1991 The Croatian Parliament cuts all remaining ties with Yugoslavia
1991 Personal posting - Shelly Was Bornnn- USA misheli91@yahoo.com
1995 Personal posting - steph wilcox was born
1999 New Coligny Calendar, NCC, The beginning of a new era of the Coligny calendar, the oldest material Celtic calendar.
2001 A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118.
2003 Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark's engagement to Australian lawyer Mary Donaldson is announced.
2005 The Kashmir earthquake hits parts of northern South Asia at 03:50 UTC.
2007 Personal posting - October 8 2007 Richard Jewell Plowman is born in Winston Salem NC
2007 Personal posting - justin townsend and hailey allman first started dating this day and its been wonderful everyday after! - USA
2008 Jewish Holiday - Yom Kippur - No work is permitted. October 8-9, 2008
2008 Personal posting - Brooklyn Ross was born to her happy parents Tera and Jonathan
2008 Personal posting - Ethan is welcomed to this world! Congratulations Rachelle an Scott! Washington Hospital, Fremont, CA, USA
