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Events

Births

Deaths

Holidays and observances

Liturgical feasts

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Events

★ 68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditus to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.

★ 1310 - Duccio's Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.

★ 1534 - Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the St. Lawrence River.

★ 1650 - The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It was the first legal corporation in the Americas.

★ 1732 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia.

★ 1772 - British vessel ''Gaspee'' is burned off of Rhode Island.

★ 1790 - ''Philadelphia Spelling Book'' by John Barry becomes the first book to be copyrighted in the United States.

★ 1815 - End of the Congress of Vienna: new European political situation is set.

★ 1856 - 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.

★ 1860 - '' becomes the first dime novel to be published.

★ 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.

★ 1909 - Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, became the first woman to drive across the United States. With three female companions, none of whom could drive a car, for fifty-nine days she drove a Maxwell automobile the 3,800 miles from Manhattan, New York, to San Francisco, California.

★ 1915 - U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the RMS ''Lusitania'' sinking.

★ 1922 - First ringing of the Harkness Memorial Chime at Yale University.

★ 1923 - Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.

★ 1928 - Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.

★ 1930 - ''Chicago Tribune'' reporter Jake Lingle is killed at the Illinois Central train station during rush hour by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.

★ 1934 - Donald Duck debuts in ''The Wise Little Hen''.

★ 1935 - Ho-Umezu Agreement: the Republic of China, under KMT administration, recognized Japanese occupations in Northeast China.

★ 1944 - World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, since 1941 occupied by Finland.

★ 1946 - King Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world's longest reigning monarch.

★ 1953 - Flint-Worcester Tornadoes: A tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts killing 94.

★ 1954 - McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army.

★ 1957 - First ascent of Broad Peak (12th highest mountain).

★ 1959 - The USS ''George Washington'' is launched as the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.

★ 1967 - Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria during the Six-Day War.

★ 1968 - President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

★ 1973 - Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.

★ 1978 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens the priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men.

★ 1983 - Margaret Thatcher wins a second term by a landslide in the British General Election with a majority of 144 for her Conservative Party. Tony Blair is elected for the first time to Parliament.

★ 1985 - Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon (he was not released until 1991).

★ 1986 - The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

★ 1991 - The congress of the Italian party Proletarian Democracy decides to merge with the Communist Refoundation Party.

★ 1993 - Montréal Canadiens win 24th Stanley Cup and Patrick Roy wins 2nd Conn Smythe Trophy

★ 1999 - Kosovo War: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and North Atlantic Treaty Organization sign a peace treaty.

Births

★ 1508 - Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586)

★ 1580 - Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (d. 1655)

★ 1588 - Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer (d. 1666)

★ 1595 - King Wladislaus IV of Poland (d. 1648)

★ 1640 - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1705)

★ 1661 - Tsar Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)

★ 1672 - Tsar Peter I of Russia (d. 1725)

★ 1686 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747)

★ 1768 - Samuel Slater, American industrialist (d. 1835)

★ 1810 - Otto Nicolai, German composer (d. 1849)

★ 1812 - Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (d. 1910)

★ 1843 - Bertha von Suttner, Austrian novelist and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1914)

★ 1845 - Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (d. 1914)

★ 1849 - Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (d. 1927)

★ 1851 - Charles Joseph Bonaparte, French politician (d. 1921)

★ 1865 - Albéric Magnard, French composer (d. 1914)

★ 1865 - Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (d. 1931)

★ 1875 - Henry Hallett Dale, English scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1968)

★ 1882 - Bobby Kerr, Canadian sprinter (d. 1963)

★ 1890 - Leslie Banks, British actor (d. 1952)

★ 1891 - Cole Porter, American composer and lyricist (d. 1964)

★ 1893 - Irish Meusel, American baseball player (d. 1963)

★ 1898 - Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (d. 1952)

★ 1900 - Fred Waring, American bandleader (d. 1984)

★ 1911 - George Webb, British actor (d. 1998)

★ 1912 - Ingolf Dahl, American composer (d. 1970)

★ 1915 - Les Paul, American guitarist

★ 1916 - Robert McNamara, United States Secretary of Defense and president of the World Bank

★ 1921 - Arthur Hertzberg, American Jewish scholar (d. 2006)

★ 1922 - John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (d. 1941)

★ 1922 - Fernand Seguin, French Canadian biochemist - Radio and TV animator (d. 1988)

★ 1922 - George Axelrod, American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director (d. 2003)

★ 1925 - Keith Laumer, science fiction writer (d. 1993)

★ 1929 - Johnny Ace, American singer (d. 1954)

★ 1930 - Barbara, French singer (d. 1997)

★ 1931 - Jackie Mason, American comedian

★ 1931 - Joe Santos, American actor

★ 1931 - Bill Virdon, American baseball player and manager

★ 1934 - Jackie Wilson, American singer (d. 1984)

★ 1936 - Mick O'Dwyer, Gaelic footballer and manager

★ 1937 - Harald Rosenthal, German biologist

★ 1938 - Charles Wuorinen, American composer

★ 1939 - Ileana Cotrubaş, Romanian soprano

★ 1939 - Dick Vitale, American sportscaster

★ 1939 - Charles Webb, author

★ 1940 - Shirley Muldowney, Racecar Driver

★ 1941 - Jon Lord, organist in Deep Purple

★ 1943 - Joe Haldeman, science fiction writer

★ 1945 - Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (d. 1994)

★ 1945 - Nike Wagner, German woman of the theater

★ 1947 - Kiran Bedi, Indian Police Service Officer

★ 1947 - John Gurda, American historian

★ 1948 - Gudrun Schyman, Swedish politician

★ 1951 - Dave Parker, American baseball player

★ 1951 - James Newton Howard, American film composer

★ 1952 - Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer

★ 1954 - George Pérez, American comic book artist

★ 1954 - Gregory Maguire, American fantasy writer

★ 1956 - Patricia Cornwell, American author

★ 1961 - Michael J. Fox, Canadian-born actor

★ 1961 - Aaron Sorkin, American writer

★ 1963 - Johnny Depp, American actor

★ 1963 - Gilad Atzmon, Israeli jazz musician and author

★ 1964 - Gloria Reuben, Canadian actress

★ 1967 - Dean Felber, American Guitarist

★ 1968 - Niki Bakoyianni, Greek high jumper

★ 1969 - Eric Wynalda, American soccer player

★ 1971 - Rick Renstrom, American guitarist

★ 1972 - Tomoe Hanba, Japanese voice actress

★ 1973 - Tedy Bruschi, American football player

★ 1973 - Frederic Choffat, Swiss film director

★ 1974 - Tim Shaw, British radio personality

★ 1974 - Randy Winn, American baseball player

★ 1975 - Andrew Symonds, Australian cricketer

★ 1975 - Otto Addo, Ghanaian footballer

★ 1975 - Jeff Saturday, American football player

★ 1977 - Roopa Mishra, Indian civil servant

★ 1977 - Amisha Patel, Indian actress

★ 1977 - Peja Stojakovic, Serbian basketball player

★ 1978 - Shandi Finnessey, game hostess

★ 1978 - Matthew Bellamy, British musician (Muse)

★ 1978 - Miroslav Klose, German footballer

★ 1980 - Mike Fontenot, American baseball player

★ 1980 - Lehlohonolo Seema, Lesotho footballer

★ 1981 - Natalie Portman, Israeli-born actress

★ 1982 - Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer

★ 1983 - Alektra Blue, American porn star

★ 1983 - Danny Richar, Dominican baseball player

★ 1983 - Sean Taylor, American football player

★ 1984 - Yulieski Gourriel, Cuban baseball player

★ 1984 - Kaleth Morales, Colombian singer and songwriter (d. 2005)

★ 1984 - Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer

★ 1984 - Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer

★ 1986 - Adamo Ruggiero, Canadian actor

★ 1986 - Kary Ng, Hong Kong singer and actress

★ 1993 - Danielle Chuchran, American actress

Deaths

★ 62 - Claudia Octavia, wife of Nero (b. 40)

★ 68 - Nero, Roman Emperor (b. 37)

★ 373 - Ephrem the Syrian, Christian hymnodist

★ 597 - St. Columba, Christian missionary (b. 521)

★ 630 - King Shahrbaraz of Persia

★ 1361 - Philippe de Vitry, French composer (b. 1291)

★ 1563 - William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (b. 1506)

★ 1572 - Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (b. 1528)

★ 1583 - Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

★ 1656 - Thomas Tomkins, Welsh composer (b. 1572)

★ 1716 - Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander (executed)

★ 1717 - Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic (b. 1648)

★ 1834 - William Carey, one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society (b. 1761)

★ 1870 - Charles Dickens, English author (b. 1812)

★ 1875 - Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (b. 1795)

★ 1892 - William Grant Stairs, Canadian explorer (b. 1863)

★ 1912 - Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian writter (b. 1852)

★ 1946 - Ananda Mahidol, Rama VIII, king of Thailand (b. 1925)

★ 1952 - Adolf Busch, German composer (b. 1891)

★ 1958 - Robert Donat, English actor (b. 1905)

★ 1959 - Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1876)

★ 1961 - Camille Guérin, French scientist (b. 1872)

★ 1964 - Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian-born business tycoon and politician (b. 1879)

★ 1974 - Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

★ 1979 - Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1884)

★ 1981 - Allen Ludden, TV game show host (b. 1917)

★ 1989 - George Wells Beadle, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1903)

★ 1989 - Rashid Behbudov, Azerbaijani singer and actor (b. 1915)

★ 1991 - Claudio Arrau, Chilean-born pianist (b. 1903)

★ 1993 - Alexis Smith, Canadian actress (b. 1921)

★ 1994 - Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)

★ 1997 - Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (b. 1908)

★ 2000 - Jacob Lawrence, American painter (b. 1917)

★ 2004 - Rosey Brown, American football player (b. 1932)

★ 2006 - Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer (b. 1946)

Holidays and observances

★ Roman Empire paganism - third day of the Vestalia in honor of the goddess Vesta

Liturgical feasts

Catholicism

★ Saint Alexander, martyr [GTZ: Russia]

★ Saint Columba (called Saint Columcille and Saint Colm, pronounced as KUHL-uhm) in Ireland, where he is honoured as one of the islands three patron saints)

★ Blessed Columba, abbot, confessor [GTZ: Scotland]

★ Saint Diomedes

★ Saint Edmund, bishop of Canterbury, confessor (Translation day) [GTZ: England]

★ Saint Efrem=Saint Ephraim, deacon, Doctor of the Church

★ Saint Liborius, bishop (of LeMans), confessor [GTZ: LeMans]

★ Saint Primus and Felicianus, martyrs [common]

★ Blessed Richard, bishop of Andria, Apulia

★ Saint Vincent, deacon, martyr [BLS]

★ Saint Pelagia, virgin, martyr [BLS]

★ Blessed Diana d'Andalo


Lutheranism

★ Aidan of Lindisfarne

External links

★ BBC: On This Day

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★ On This Day in Canada
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