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Events [ ] 740 - An earthquake strikes Constantinople , causing much damage and death.1640 - The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England .1774 - The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia .1776 - Benjamin Franklin departed from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution .1795 - The French Directory , a five-man revolutionary government, is created.1825 - The Erie Canal opens - passage from Albany to Lake Erie .1859 - The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey , north Wales with 459 dead.1860 - Meeting of Teano . Giuseppe Garibaldi , conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies , gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy .1861 - The Pony Express officially ceased operations.1863 - The Football Association is formed.1881 - The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone .1905 - Norway becomes independent from Sweden .1912 - First Balkan War : The city of Thessaloniki is unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Demetrius . On the same day the Serbian troops captured Skopje .1917 - Battle of Caporetto : Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the hands of Germany during the World War I .1918 - Erich Ludendorff , quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army , is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.1936 - The first electric generator at Hoover Dam went into full operation.1940 - The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight.1942 - World War II : In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign , one U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet Enterprise 1943 - World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".1944 - World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends.1947 - The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India .1947 - The British Military Occupation ends in Iraq .
1948 - Killer smog settles into Donora .1951 - Boxer Joe Louis comes out of retirement to fight Rocky Marciano . However, Marciano would win the fight in eight rounds.1954 - Trieste return to Italy .1955 - After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty , Austria declares permanent neutrality .1955 - Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam .
1958 - Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris .1964 - Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.1965 - The Beatles are appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBEs).1977 - The last natural case of smallpox was discovered in Merca district, Somalia . The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination .1978 - Independent Counsel Act is signed into law.1979 - Park Chung-hee , President of South Korea is assassinated by KCIA head Kim Jae-kyu . Choi Kyu-ha becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May .1984 - "Baby Fae " receives a heart transplant from a baboon .1992 - The command and control system of the London Ambulance Service fails catastrophically.1992 - The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum .
1994 - Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.1994 - Announcement that Andrew Wiles correctly proved Fermat's last theorem .
1995 - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict : Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta .1999 - Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament .2000 - Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte d'Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï .2001 - The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.2002 - Moscow Theatre Siege : Approximately 50 Chechen rebels and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow , which had been occupied by the rebels during a musical performance three days before.2003 - The Cedar Fire , the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km²), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego .Births [ ] 1427 - Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496 )1473 - Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510 )1491 - Zhengde , Emperor of China (d. 1521 )1609 - William Sprague , English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675 )1673 - Dimitrie Cantemir , Moldavian prince, linguist, and scholar (d. 1723 )1684 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin , Prussian field marshal (d. 1757 )1685 - Domenico Scarlatti , Italian composer (d. 1757 )1694 - Johan Helmich Roman , Swedish composer (d. 1758 )1757 - Karl Leonhard Reinhold , Austrian philosopher (d. 1823 )1759 - Georges Jacques Danton , French Revolutionary leader (d. 1794 )1768 - Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko , Polish general and politician (d. 1844 )1794 - Konstantin Thon , Russian architect (d. 1881 )1795 - Nikolaos Mantzaros , Greek composer (d. 1872 )1797 - Giuditta Pasta , Italian soprano (d. 1865 )1800 - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder , Prussian field marshal (d. 1891 )1802 - King Miguel of Portugal (d. 1866 )1842 - Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin , Russian painter (d. 1904 )1849 - Ferdinand Georg Frobenius , German mathematician (d. 1917 )1854 - C. W. Post , American entrepreneur (d. 1914 )1865 - Benjamin Guggenheim , American businessman (d. 1912 )1869 - Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa , President of Brazil (d. 1957 )1871 - Guillermo Kahlo , father of Frida Kahlo (d. 1941 )1873 - Thorvald Stauning , Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942 )1874 - Abby Aldrich Rockefeller , socialite and philanthropist (d. 1948 )1874 - Martin Lowry , British chemist (d. 1936 )
1880 - Andrei Bely , Russian writer (d. 1934 )1883 - Paul Pilgrim , American athlete (d. 1958 )1888 - Nestor Ivanovich Makhno , Ukrainian anarchist Insurrectionary leader (d. 1934 )1899 - Judy Johnson Hall of Fame baseball player in the Negro Leagues (d. 1989 )1902 - Jack Sharkey , American boxer (d. 1994 )1905 - George Flahiff , Canadian Cardinal (d. 1989 )1906 - Primo Carnera , Italian boxer (d. 1967 )1911 - Sid Gilman , American football player (d. 2003 )1911 - Mahalia Jackson , American singer (d. 1972 )
1911 - Sorley MacLean , Scottish poet (d. 1996 )
1912 - Don Siegel , American director (d. 1991 )1913 - Charlie Barnet , American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1991 )1914 - Jackie Coogan , American actor (d. 1984 )1915 - Joe Fry , British racing driver (d. 1950 )1916 - François Mitterrand , President of France (d. 1996 )1919 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran , Shah of Iran (d. 1980 )1921 - George Forrest , Northern Irish MP (d. 1968 )1925 - Jan Wolkers , Dutch author (d. 2007 )1928 - Francisco Solano López , Argentine comics artists1929 - Neal Matthews , American singer (The Jordanaires ) (d. 2000 )1934 - Hans-Joachim Rödelius , German composer and musician (Cluster , Harmonia )1936 - Shelley Morrison , American actress1941 - Charlie Landsborough , Singer/Songwriter1942 - Bob Hoskins , British actor1945 - Pat Conroy , American writer1945 - Jaclyn Smith , American actress
1945 - Demetris Th. Gotsis , Greek poet and author
1946 - Pat Sajak , American game show host1946 - Holly Woodlawn , Puerto Rican actress
1946 - Keith Hopwood , British musician (Herman's Hermits )
1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton , First Lady of the United States and United States Senator 1947 - Trevor Joyce , Irish poet
1947 - Ian Ashley , British racing driver
1948 - Toby Harrah , American Major League Baseball player1949 - Steve Rogers , Major League Baseball pitcher1951 - Bootsy Collins , American musician (P Funk )1952 - Andrew Motion , English poet and Poet Laureate 1954 - Vassilis Hatzipanagis , Greek footballer1956 - Stephen Gumley , Australian businessman1956 - Rita Wilson , American actress
1957 - Bob Golic , American football player1959 - Evo Morales , President of Bolivia 1959 - François Chau , Cambodian actor
1959 - Brian Bovell , British actor
1961 - Dylan McDermott , American actor1962 - Cary Elwes , British actor1963 - Natalie Merchant , American singer1963 - Ted Demme , American film and television director (d. 2002 )
1964 - Thomas Cavanagh , Canadian actor1965 - Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing , Hong Kong singer1965 - Kelly Rowan , Canadian actress and producer.1966 - Jane Hajduk , American actress1966 - Steve Valentine , British actor
1966 - Jeanne Zelasko , American sportcaster
1966 - Masaharu Iwata , Japanese composer
1967 - Keith Urban , New Zealand singer1970 - Lisa Ryder , American actress1970 - Raveena Tandon , Indian actress
1971 - Herbie Hide , British boxer1971 - Anthony Rapp , American singer and actor
1973 - Seth MacFarlane , American animator1973 - Taka Michinoku , Japanese professional wrestle1974 - LISA , Japanese musician1976 - Miikka Kiprusoff , Finnish hockey player1977 - Jon Heder , American actor1978 - Jimmy Aggrey , English footballer1978 - CM Punk , American professional wrestler1978 - Mark Barry , English musician (BBMak )1979 - Movsar Barayev , Chechen militant (d. 2002 )1980 - Cristian Chivu , Romanian footballer1981 - Guy Sebastian , Australian singer1981 - Sam Brown , American comedian
1982 - Adam Carroll , British racing driver1983 - Dmitri Sychev , Russian football player1983 - Francisco Liriano , Major League Baseball pitcher
1983 - Luke Watson , South African rugby player
1984 - Sasha Cohen , American figure skater1984 - Jefferson Farfán , Peruvian footballer
1984 - Adriano Correia Claro , Brazilian footballer
1985 - Andrea Bargnani , Italian basketball player1985 - Monta Ellis , American basketball player
1985 - Asin Thottumkal , Indian actress
1987 - Elise Estrada , Canadian singerDeaths [ ] 899 - Alfred the Great , king of Wessex (b. 849 )1235 - King Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1175 )1440 - Gilles de Rais , French serial killer (b. 1404 )1633 - Horio Tadaharu , Japanese warlord (b. 1596 )1671 - Sir John Gell , English politician (b. 1593 )1675 - William Sprague , English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609 )1679 - Roger Boyle , British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (b. 1621 )1686 - John Egerton , English politician (b. 1623 )1717 - Catherine Sedley , English mistress of James II of England (b. 1657 )1751 - Philip Doddridge , English religious leader (b. 1702 )1764 - William Hogarth , British painter (b. 1697 )1773 - Amédée-François Frézier , French military engineer and explorer (b. 1682 )1803 - Granville Leveson-Gower , English politician (b. 1721 )1806 - John Graves Simcoe , first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752 )1817 - Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin , Austrian scientist (b. 1727 )1866 - John Kinder Labatt , Irish-Canadian brewer (Labatt Brewing Company ) (b. 1803 )1890 - Carlo Collodi , Italian writer (b. 1826 )1896 - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour , French statesman (b. 1827 )1902 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton , American feminist and suffragette (b. 1815 )1909 - Hirobumi Ito , Japanese Prime Minister, de facto Resident-General of Korea (b. 1841 )1930 - Harry Payne Whitney , American businessman (b. 1872 )1931 - Charles Comiskey , baseball team owner (b. 1859 )1937 - Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki , Polish general (b. 1867 )1941 - Arkady Gaidar , Russian children's writer (b. 1904 )1943 - Marc Aurel Stein , Hungarian-born archaeologist (b. 1862 )1944 - Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom , daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857 )1944 - William Temple , Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1881 )
1945 - Paul Pelliot , French explorer (b. 1878 )1945 - Alexei Krylov , Russian engineer and mathematician (b. 1863 )
1947 - Canon Edwin Sidney Savage , English rector (b. 1862 )1952 - Hattie McDaniel , American singer and actress (b. 1893 )1956 - Walter Gieseking , French pianist (b. 1895 )1957 - Gerty Cori , Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1896 )1957 - Nikos Kazantzakis , Greek writer (b. 1883 )
1962 - Louise Beavers , American actress (b. 1902 )1965 - Sylvia Likens , American torture victim (b. 1949 )1966 - Alma Cogan , English singer (b. 1932 )1971 - Vincent Coleman , American actor (b. 1901 )1972 - Igor Sikorsky , Kiev, Russian Empire (currently Ukraine) born inventor (b. 1889 )1978 - Alexander Gerschenkron , Russian-born economic historian (b. 1904 )1979 - Park Chung-hee , President of South Korea (b. 1917 )1984 - Gus Mancuso , baseball player (b. 1905 )1986 - Jackson Scholz , American runner (b. 1897 )1989 - Charles J. Pedersen , American Nobel laureate (b. 1904 )1994 - Wilbert Harrison , American singer (b. 1929 )1995 - Gorni Kramer , Italian bandleader and songwriter (b. 1913 )1999 - Hoyt Axton , American musician (b. 1938 )2002 - Jacques Massu , French general (b. 1908 )2002 - Movsar Barayev , Chechen militant (b. 1979 )
2004 - Bobby Avila , Major League Baseball player (b. 1924 )2005 - Keith Parkinson , fantasy artist (b. 1958 )2006 - Pontus Hultén , Swedish art collector and museum director (b. 1924 )2007 - Nicolae Dobrin , Romanian footballer (b. 1947 )2007 - Friedman Paul Erhardt (Chef Tell) , German-born American TV chef (b. 1943 )
2007 - Dr. Arthur Kornberg , American Nobel Prize laureate in 1959 for the discovery of DNA polymerase (b. 1918 )
2007 - Khun Sa , Burmese warlord (b. 1934 ) Holidays and observances [ ] External links [ ]
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