On this day in History - Aug 16
1513 - King Henry VIII of England and his troops defeated the French in the Battle of the Spurs, at Guinigatte, NW France.
1519 - Después de fundar la Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz, (hoy puerto de Veracruz), Hernán Cortés parte hacia Cempoala que él llamó Sevilla .
1570 - Cédula española establece la Inquisición en las colonias de América
1596 - Frederick V, Elector Palatine was born (d. 1632)
1645 - Jean de La Bruyère was born (d. 1696). French writer.
1650 - Vincenzo Coronelli was born (d. 9 Dec 1718). Italian cartographer and encylopedist.
1661 - Thomas Fuller dies. Churchman and historian
1678 - Andrew Marvel dies (b. 31 Mar 1621). English poet.
1681 - Nascimento de Bernardo Filipe Neri de Távora (m. 27 Abr 1744). 2º conde de Alvor - Portugal.
1682 - Louis, Duke of Burgundy was born (d. 18 Feb 1712). Heir to the throne of France.
1705 - Jakob Bernoulli dies (b. 1654). Swiss mathematician and scientist.
1711 - A cidade do México é atingida por por um grande terramoto que causa consideráveis danos.
1716 - Toma posesión como el 36º virrey de la Nueva España, don Baltazar de Zúñiga y Guzmán, marqués de Valero, duque de Arión. Su mandato ha de prolongarse hasta octubre de 1722.
1519 - Después de fundar la Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz, (hoy puerto de Veracruz), Hernán Cortés parte hacia Cempoala que él llamó Sevilla .
1570 - Cédula española establece la Inquisición en las colonias de América
1596 - Frederick V, Elector Palatine was born (d. 1632)
1645 - Jean de La Bruyère was born (d. 1696). French writer.
1650 - Vincenzo Coronelli was born (d. 9 Dec 1718). Italian cartographer and encylopedist.
1661 - Thomas Fuller dies. Churchman and historian
1678 - Andrew Marvel dies (b. 31 Mar 1621). English poet.
1681 - Nascimento de Bernardo Filipe Neri de Távora (m. 27 Abr 1744). 2º conde de Alvor - Portugal.
1682 - Louis, Duke of Burgundy was born (d. 18 Feb 1712). Heir to the throne of France.
1705 - Jakob Bernoulli dies (b. 1654). Swiss mathematician and scientist.
1711 - A cidade do México é atingida por por um grande terramoto que causa consideráveis danos.
1716 - Toma posesión como el 36º virrey de la Nueva España, don Baltazar de Zúñiga y Guzmán, marqués de Valero, duque de Arión. Su mandato ha de prolongarse hasta octubre de 1722.
1732 - Portugal : Tem início a construção do Aqueduto das Águas Livres.
1733 - Matthew Tindal dies (b. 1657). English deist
1746 - Nascimento de Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (O Tiradentes) (m. 21 Abr 1792)
1733 - Matthew Tindal dies (b. 1657). English deist
1746 - Nascimento de Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (O Tiradentes) (m. 21 Abr 1792)
1773 - Publicação do Breve de Clemente XIV que dissolve a Companhia de Jesus em todo o mundo.
1777 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Bennington - British forces are defeated by American troops.
1780 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden - The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
1781 - O marquês de Pombal, afastado da corte desde 1777, é declarado culpado e merecedor de um castigo exemplar, no processo que Francisco José Caldeira Soares Galhardo Mendanha intentou contra ele, por motivo da Apologia, obra manuscrita que circulou pelo país a partir de 1779, e que defendia a política do marquês.
1788 - Morte de Francisco Xavier Alegre . Historiador e humanista mexicano. Jesuíta
1812 - War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
1812 - España: en la Plaza Mayor de Madrid se proclama la Constitución promulgada por las Cortes de Cádiz.
1815 - Nascimento de São João Bosco em Becchi, Itália (m. 1888). Fundou os Salesianos em 1859.
1819 - Eleven people die and 400 are injured by cavalry charges at the Peterloo Massacre at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England.
1821 - Arthur Cayley was born (d. 26 Jan 1895). British mathematicien.
1777 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Bennington - British forces are defeated by American troops.
1780 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden - The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
1781 - O marquês de Pombal, afastado da corte desde 1777, é declarado culpado e merecedor de um castigo exemplar, no processo que Francisco José Caldeira Soares Galhardo Mendanha intentou contra ele, por motivo da Apologia, obra manuscrita que circulou pelo país a partir de 1779, e que defendia a política do marquês.
1788 - Morte de Francisco Xavier Alegre . Historiador e humanista mexicano. Jesuíta
1812 - War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
1812 - España: en la Plaza Mayor de Madrid se proclama la Constitución promulgada por las Cortes de Cádiz.
1815 - Nascimento de São João Bosco em Becchi, Itália (m. 1888). Fundou os Salesianos em 1859.
1819 - Eleven people die and 400 are injured by cavalry charges at the Peterloo Massacre at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England.
1821 - Arthur Cayley was born (d. 26 Jan 1895). British mathematicien.
1827 - Johan Siegwald Dahl, was born. Norwegian painter
1832 - Wilhelm Wundt was born (d. 31 Ago 1920). German philosopher and psycologist.
1840 - Jose Jacinto Milanés was born in Matanzas (d. 14 Nov 1863). Cuban poet.
1841 - U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
1842 - Perú - O General Juan Crisóstomo Torrico se proclama-se Chefe da Nação
1845 - Gabriel Lippmann was born (d. 1921). French physicist. 1908 Physic Nobel Prize laureate
1858 - U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal will force a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
1859 - Costa Rica: Escoltado por el Coronel Blanco, a la cabeza de 100 soldados y 10 oficiales, sale de San José (Costa Rica), con destino a Puntarenas, el depuesto Presidente Juan Rafel Mora Porras, para ser embarcado posteriormente camino al exilio.
1860 - Jules Laforgue was born (d. 29 Aug 1887). French poet.
1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg was born (d. 17 Mar 1965). American coach.
1864 - John Chambliss dies. American Confederate general.
1867 - Nasce no Porto, António Pereira Nobre (m. 18 Mar 1900 de tuberculose). Poeta português. Formado em Direito na Sorbonne, fez uma "peregrinação" desesperada pelo mundo devido à sua doença. ("Só" - Paris 1892)
1868 - Bernarr McFadden was born (d. 12 Oct 1955). Publisher.
1869 - Batalha de Barreiro Grande, durante a guerra da Argentina, Uruguai e Brasil contra o Paraguai.
1869 - Morte do poeta português Faustino Xavier de Novais (irmão da futura esposa de Machado de Assis). É considerado o maior poeta satírico português depois de Nicolau Tolentino. Poeta portuense fixou-se no Brasil.
1884 - Hugo Gernsback was born (d. 19 Aug 1967). Luxembourg-born editor and publisher.
1886 - Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa dies (b. 18 Feb 1836). Indian guru.
1887 - John Stith Pemberton dies. Inventor of Coca-Cola.
1888 - T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) was born (d. 19 May 1935). English writer and soldier.
1888 - Armand J. Piron was born (d. 1943). American musician.
1888 - Venezuela: El Presidente Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl ordena la fundación del Hospital Vargas de Caracas
1892 - Otto Messmer was born (d. 28 Oct 1983). American cartoonist.
1894 - George Meany was born (d. 10 Jan 1980). American labor union leader.
1895 - Albert Cohen was born in Corfu, Greece (d. 7 Oct 1981). Swiss novelist and diplomat. (Belle du Seigneur -1968).
1895 - Liane Haid was born (d. 28 Nov 2000). Austrian actress.
1896 - Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in the Klondike in Canada.
1899 - Robert Wilhelm Bunsen dies (b. 31 Mar 1811). German chemist.
1900 - Eça de Queirós morre em Neuilly, França (n. 25 Nov 1845 na Póvoa do Varzim). Escritor português. É por muitos considerado o maior escritor realista português do século XIX. Ver biografia completa em Vidas Lusófonas
1902 - Georgette Heyer was born (d. 4 Jul 1974). English novelist.
1906 - Nasce em Málaga, Espanha, Oscarito (Oscar Lorenzo Jacinto de la Imaculada Concepción Teresa Diaz) (m. 4 Ago 1970). Actor e comediante brasileiro. Formou uma dupla histórica com Grande Otelo.
1832 - Wilhelm Wundt was born (d. 31 Ago 1920). German philosopher and psycologist.
1840 - Jose Jacinto Milanés was born in Matanzas (d. 14 Nov 1863). Cuban poet.
1841 - U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
1842 - Perú - O General Juan Crisóstomo Torrico se proclama-se Chefe da Nação
1845 - Gabriel Lippmann was born (d. 1921). French physicist. 1908 Physic Nobel Prize laureate
1858 - U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal will force a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
1859 - Costa Rica: Escoltado por el Coronel Blanco, a la cabeza de 100 soldados y 10 oficiales, sale de San José (Costa Rica), con destino a Puntarenas, el depuesto Presidente Juan Rafel Mora Porras, para ser embarcado posteriormente camino al exilio.
1860 - Jules Laforgue was born (d. 29 Aug 1887). French poet.
1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg was born (d. 17 Mar 1965). American coach.
1864 - John Chambliss dies. American Confederate general.
1867 - Nasce no Porto, António Pereira Nobre (m. 18 Mar 1900 de tuberculose). Poeta português. Formado em Direito na Sorbonne, fez uma "peregrinação" desesperada pelo mundo devido à sua doença. ("Só" - Paris 1892)
1868 - Bernarr McFadden was born (d. 12 Oct 1955). Publisher.
1869 - Batalha de Barreiro Grande, durante a guerra da Argentina, Uruguai e Brasil contra o Paraguai.
1869 - Morte do poeta português Faustino Xavier de Novais (irmão da futura esposa de Machado de Assis). É considerado o maior poeta satírico português depois de Nicolau Tolentino. Poeta portuense fixou-se no Brasil.
1884 - Hugo Gernsback was born (d. 19 Aug 1967). Luxembourg-born editor and publisher.
1886 - Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa dies (b. 18 Feb 1836). Indian guru.
1887 - John Stith Pemberton dies. Inventor of Coca-Cola.
1888 - T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) was born (d. 19 May 1935). English writer and soldier.
1888 - Armand J. Piron was born (d. 1943). American musician.
1888 - Venezuela: El Presidente Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl ordena la fundación del Hospital Vargas de Caracas
1892 - Otto Messmer was born (d. 28 Oct 1983). American cartoonist.
1894 - George Meany was born (d. 10 Jan 1980). American labor union leader.
1895 - Albert Cohen was born in Corfu, Greece (d. 7 Oct 1981). Swiss novelist and diplomat. (Belle du Seigneur -1968).
1895 - Liane Haid was born (d. 28 Nov 2000). Austrian actress.
1896 - Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in the Klondike in Canada.
1899 - Robert Wilhelm Bunsen dies (b. 31 Mar 1811). German chemist.
1900 - Eça de Queirós morre em Neuilly, França (n. 25 Nov 1845 na Póvoa do Varzim). Escritor português. É por muitos considerado o maior escritor realista português do século XIX. Ver biografia completa em Vidas Lusófonas
1902 - Georgette Heyer was born (d. 4 Jul 1974). English novelist.
1906 - Nasce em Málaga, Espanha, Oscarito (Oscar Lorenzo Jacinto de la Imaculada Concepción Teresa Diaz) (m. 4 Ago 1970). Actor e comediante brasileiro. Formou uma dupla histórica com Grande Otelo.
1906 - A cidade de Valparaíso, no Chile, é atingida por um forte terramoto. Cerca de 1,5 mil pessoas morrem e a costa sobe 1,5 metro de altura.
1907 - James Hector dies. Geologist
1911 - Nace en Paraná, Entre Ríos, Luz Vieira Méndez (m. 1971). Educadora argentina.
1911 - E. F. Schumacher was born (d. 1977). German economist and statistician.
1913 - Menachem Begin was born (d. 1992). Prime Minister of Israel.
1913 - Tōhoku Imperial University (modern day Tōhoku University) admits its first female students.
1915 - World War I: Should victory be achieved over the Central Powers, the Triple Entente promises the Kingdom of Serbia: the Austro-Hungarian territories of Baranja, Srem, Slavonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina; and the eastern 2/3 of Dalmatia (from the river of Krka to the city of Bar).
1918 - España: se crean los dos primeros Parques Nacionales españoles: el de Peña Santa (en Covadonga (Asturias)) y el de Ordesa (en el Pirineo oscense).
1920 - Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit in the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. To date, Chapman is the only player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game.
1921 - King Peter I of Serbia dies.
1923 - Shimon Peres was born. Israel's eighth Prime Minister, co-laureate in 1994 with The Nobel Peace Prize.
1924 - Fess Parker was born. American actor
1923 - Millôr Fernandes was born in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian writer and cartoonist.
1925 - Estréia em Nova York de "A quimera do ouro", primeiro longa-metragem de Charles Chaplin.
1925 - Constituição do Primeiro Partido Comunista de Cuba
1907 - James Hector dies. Geologist
1911 - Nace en Paraná, Entre Ríos, Luz Vieira Méndez (m. 1971). Educadora argentina.
1911 - E. F. Schumacher was born (d. 1977). German economist and statistician.
1913 - Menachem Begin was born (d. 1992). Prime Minister of Israel.
1913 - Tōhoku Imperial University (modern day Tōhoku University) admits its first female students.
1915 - World War I: Should victory be achieved over the Central Powers, the Triple Entente promises the Kingdom of Serbia: the Austro-Hungarian territories of Baranja, Srem, Slavonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina; and the eastern 2/3 of Dalmatia (from the river of Krka to the city of Bar).
1918 - España: se crean los dos primeros Parques Nacionales españoles: el de Peña Santa (en Covadonga (Asturias)) y el de Ordesa (en el Pirineo oscense).
1920 - Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit in the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. To date, Chapman is the only player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game.
1921 - King Peter I of Serbia dies.
1923 - Shimon Peres was born. Israel's eighth Prime Minister, co-laureate in 1994 with The Nobel Peace Prize.
1924 - Fess Parker was born. American actor
1923 - Millôr Fernandes was born in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian writer and cartoonist.
1925 - Estréia em Nova York de "A quimera do ouro", primeiro longa-metragem de Charles Chaplin.
1925 - Constituição do Primeiro Partido Comunista de Cuba
1926 - Nasce o pintor português Artur Bual
1927 - Nasce, em Havana, Ramón Veloz (m. 16 Ago 1986). Cantor e músico cubano.
1927 - Nasce Osvaldo Rossler. Cantor, autor e poeta cubano.
1928 - Ann Blyth was born. American actress (The Merry Monahans, The Helen Morgan Story, Rose Marie, Kismet, The Student Prince, The Great Caruso, The Buster Keaton Story).
1928 - Murderer Carl Panzram is arrested in Washington, DC after killing about 20 people.
1929 - Helmut Rahn was born (d. 2003). German footballer.
1930 - Robert Culp was born. American actor.
1930 - Nasce Glauce Rocha, em Campo Grande, Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil (m. 12 Out 1971 em S. Paulo). Actriz brasileira
1930 - Frank Gifford was born. American football player and announcer
1930 - O general Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina assume a presidência da República Dominicana.
1927 - Nasce, em Havana, Ramón Veloz (m. 16 Ago 1986). Cantor e músico cubano.
1927 - Nasce Osvaldo Rossler. Cantor, autor e poeta cubano.
1928 - Ann Blyth was born. American actress (The Merry Monahans, The Helen Morgan Story, Rose Marie, Kismet, The Student Prince, The Great Caruso, The Buster Keaton Story).
1928 - Murderer Carl Panzram is arrested in Washington, DC after killing about 20 people.
1929 - Helmut Rahn was born (d. 2003). German footballer.
1930 - Robert Culp was born. American actor.
1930 - Nasce Glauce Rocha, em Campo Grande, Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil (m. 12 Out 1971 em S. Paulo). Actriz brasileira
1930 - Frank Gifford was born. American football player and announcer
1930 - O general Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina assume a presidência da República Dominicana.
1930 - Se inaugura en los Estados Unidos el primer supermercado del mundo (King Kullen Grocery Company in New York).
1930 - The first colour sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks
1930 - The first colour sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks
1930 - Ted Hughes was born. English poet
1931 - Eydie Gorme was born. American singer
1933 - Julie Newmar was born. Actress
1936 - Encerram os Jogos Olímpicos de Berlim iniciados em 1 de Agosto. Portugal obteve uma medalha de bronze na modalidade de Hipismo, no concurso de obstáculos por equipas, através de Luís Mena e Silva, Domingos de Sousa Coutinho e José Beltrão.
1937 - Félix Paiva assume a presidência do Paraguai.
1937 - Morte de Rodolfo Chiari (n. 15 Nov 1869). Presidente do Panamá (1924-1928).
1938 - Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado assume a presidência da República Dominicana que exerceu até à sua morte (7 Mar 1940).
1938 - Robert Johnson dies (b. 8 May 1911). Blues singer and guitarist
1938 - Andrej Hlinka dies (b. 27 Sep 1864). Slovak politician and priest.
1940 - Bruce Beresford was born. Australian film director
1946 - Lesley Ann Warren was born. American actress
1946 - Massoud Barzani was born. Iraqi Kurdish politician
1946 - The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, is established, and Ichirō Ishikawa is appointed its representative.
1946 - Dumarsais Estimé assume a presidência do Haiti
1948 - Moria Casán (Ana María Casanova) was born in Buenos Aires. Argentinian actress
1948 - Babe Ruth dies. Baseball player
1949 - Margaret Mitchell dies. Novelist
1950 - Hasely Crawford was born. Trinidad and Tobago athlete
1950 - Federico Chaves assume a presidência do Paraguai
1951 - Arnaldo Barsanti dies (b. 1889). Composer and musician ( "Anastasio el pollo", "Echale aceite a la manija", "Los invisibles").
1951 - Muere Eduardo Chibás, líder del Partido del Pueblo Cubano, Ortodoxo
1952 - Reginald VelJohnson was born. American actor
1953 - Kathie Lee Gifford was born. French-born singer and actress
1953 - Federico Chávez toma posse como Presidente do Paraguai.
1954 - Sports Illustrated magazine is first published.
1954 - James Cameron was born. Canadian film director (Titanic, The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Aliens, The Abyss, True Lies, True Lies 2)
1931 - Eydie Gorme was born. American singer
1933 - Julie Newmar was born. Actress
1936 - Encerram os Jogos Olímpicos de Berlim iniciados em 1 de Agosto. Portugal obteve uma medalha de bronze na modalidade de Hipismo, no concurso de obstáculos por equipas, através de Luís Mena e Silva, Domingos de Sousa Coutinho e José Beltrão.
1937 - Félix Paiva assume a presidência do Paraguai.
1937 - Morte de Rodolfo Chiari (n. 15 Nov 1869). Presidente do Panamá (1924-1928).
1938 - Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado assume a presidência da República Dominicana que exerceu até à sua morte (7 Mar 1940).
1938 - Robert Johnson dies (b. 8 May 1911). Blues singer and guitarist
1938 - Andrej Hlinka dies (b. 27 Sep 1864). Slovak politician and priest.
1940 - Bruce Beresford was born. Australian film director
1946 - Lesley Ann Warren was born. American actress
1946 - Massoud Barzani was born. Iraqi Kurdish politician
1946 - The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, is established, and Ichirō Ishikawa is appointed its representative.
1946 - Dumarsais Estimé assume a presidência do Haiti
1948 - Moria Casán (Ana María Casanova) was born in Buenos Aires. Argentinian actress
1948 - Babe Ruth dies. Baseball player
1949 - Margaret Mitchell dies. Novelist
1950 - Hasely Crawford was born. Trinidad and Tobago athlete
1950 - Federico Chaves assume a presidência do Paraguai
1951 - Arnaldo Barsanti dies (b. 1889). Composer and musician ( "Anastasio el pollo", "Echale aceite a la manija", "Los invisibles").
1951 - Muere Eduardo Chibás, líder del Partido del Pueblo Cubano, Ortodoxo
1952 - Reginald VelJohnson was born. American actor
1953 - Kathie Lee Gifford was born. French-born singer and actress
1953 - Federico Chávez toma posse como Presidente do Paraguai.
1954 - Sports Illustrated magazine is first published.
1954 - James Cameron was born. Canadian film director (Titanic, The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Aliens, The Abyss, True Lies, True Lies 2)
1955 - Morre Nascimento Fernandes (n. 1881). Actor português.
1956 - Bela Lugosi dies. Actor
1957 - Irving Langmuir dies (b. 1881). American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
1958 - Angela Bassett was born. American actress Waiting to Exhale, FX, What’s Love Got to Do with It?, Malcolm X, Boyz N the Hood
1958 - Madonna was born. American singer (Material Girl, Like a Virgin) and actress (Dick Tracy, Desperately Seeking Susan, Shanghai Surprise, A League of Their Own).
1959 - Wanda Landowska dies (b. 1879), Polish harpsichordist.
1960 - Francisco Lauro dies. Musician ("Los Mendocinos") Author tango "Perfidia"
1956 - Bela Lugosi dies. Actor
1957 - Irving Langmuir dies (b. 1881). American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
1958 - Angela Bassett was born. American actress Waiting to Exhale, FX, What’s Love Got to Do with It?, Malcolm X, Boyz N the Hood
1958 - Madonna was born. American singer (Material Girl, Like a Virgin) and actress (Dick Tracy, Desperately Seeking Susan, Shanghai Surprise, A League of Their Own).
1959 - Wanda Landowska dies (b. 1879), Polish harpsichordist.
1960 - Francisco Lauro dies. Musician ("Los Mendocinos") Author tango "Perfidia"
1960 - Morre em Lisboa, Ausenda de Oliveira (n. 20 Abr 1888 em Cantanhede). Actriz portuguesa.
1960 - Timothy Hutton was born. American actor
1960 - Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom with Archbishop Makarios as president.
1960 - Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,330 m). He sets unbeaten (as of 2003) world records for: high-altitude jump; free-fall by falling 16 miles (25.7 km) before opening his parachute; and fastest speed by a human without an aircraft, 614 mi/h (982 km/h).
1962 - The Beatles fire drummer Pete Best and replace him with Ringo Starr.
1963 - Restauración de la independencia en la República Dominicana.
1963 - Fernando Ponassi-Boutureira was born. Argentine-Italian architect
1964 - Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Duong Van Minh with General Nguyen Khanh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
1966 - Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
1966 - Declaración de Bogotá firman presidentes y representantes de Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela y Perú.
1967 - Pamela Smart was born. American murderer
1967 - Ulrika Jonsson was born. Swedish-born television personality
1967 - René Magritte dies. Belgian painter.
1967 - Morre em Lima, Perú, Luis Antonio Eguiguren, político, jurisconsulto, historiador e jornalista peruano.
1968 - Mateja Svet was born. Slovenian alpine skier
1972 - The Royal Moroccan Air Force mistakenly fires upon, but fails to bring down, Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
1974 - Robin Hull was born. Finnish snooker player
1974 - Krisztina Egerszegi was born. Hungarian swimmer.
1975 - Vladimir Kuts, Soviet runner
1977 - Elvis Presley, American singer and actor
1979 - John Diefenbaker, thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada
1980 - Robert Hardy was born. English bassist (Franz Ferdinand)
1980 - Vanessa Carlton was born. American singer, songwriter, and pianist
1980 - Park Choong Hoon assume a presidência da Coréia do Sul
1981 - Taylor Rain was born. American actress
1983 - Earl Averill, baseball player (b. 1902)
1984 - Carmaker John De Lorean is acquitted of all eight counts of possessing and distributing cocaine.
1985 - Casamento de Madonna com o actor Sean Penn.
1986 - Joaquín Balaguer assume (pela 3ª ?quinta vez) a Presidencia da República Dominicana.
1987 - A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 carrying Northwest Airlines flight 255 crashes on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport killing all but one of the 156 people on-board (the sole survivor was four-year old Cecelia Cichan). The crew forgot to properly set the aircraft flaps.
1987 - Kyal Marsh was born. Australian actor.
1989 - Amanda Blake, actress
1990 - Paulino Vicente dies. Spanish painter.
1992 - El automovilista británico Nigel Mansell se consagra nuevo campeón del mundo de Fórmula 1.
1993 - The Debian GNU/Linux distribution is founded by Ian Murdo
1993 - Stewart Granger, dies in Santa Monica, California (b. 06 May 1913). English-born American actor.
1994 - Muere Manuel Jiménez de la Guardia, fundador del diario costarricense "La Nación". Fue Ministro de Industria y Comercio de su país.
1994 - Joaquín Balaguer toma posse (7º. mandato) do cargo de Presidente da República Dominicana.
1995 - Morre, em Madrid, António Vilar (n. 31 Out 1912, em Lisboa). Actor português, um dos poucos que teve uma verdadeira carreira internacional de prestígio no cinema.
1996 - Leonel Fernández assume a Presidencia da República Dominicana.
1997 - Hasta 220 personas son arrestadas en Alemania durante marchas para conmemorar al 10° aniversario de la muerte del líder nazi Rudolf Hess.
2000 - Hipólito Mejía assume a presidência da República Dominicana
2000 - Início do segundo mandato do presidente venezuelano Hugo Chávez
2002 - Martin Deutsch dies at 85. Physicist who discovered positronium
2002 - Abu Nidal dies (b. 1937). Palestinian terrorist, founder of Fatah - the Revolutionary Council (Fatah al-Qiyadah al-Thawriyyah) well known as Abu Nidal Organization.
2003 - Idi Amin dies (b. 1925). Ugandan dictator (1971-1979)
2003 - Morte do poeta e tradutor brasileiro Haroldo de Campos
2004 - Ivan Hlinka, Czech hockey coach
2004 - Robert Quiroga, boxer
Feast day of St Stephen the Great
Palio dell'Assunta in Siena
1960 - Timothy Hutton was born. American actor
1960 - Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom with Archbishop Makarios as president.
1960 - Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,330 m). He sets unbeaten (as of 2003) world records for: high-altitude jump; free-fall by falling 16 miles (25.7 km) before opening his parachute; and fastest speed by a human without an aircraft, 614 mi/h (982 km/h).
1962 - The Beatles fire drummer Pete Best and replace him with Ringo Starr.
1963 - Restauración de la independencia en la República Dominicana.
1963 - Fernando Ponassi-Boutureira was born. Argentine-Italian architect
1964 - Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Duong Van Minh with General Nguyen Khanh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
1966 - Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
1966 - Declaración de Bogotá firman presidentes y representantes de Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela y Perú.
1967 - Pamela Smart was born. American murderer
1967 - Ulrika Jonsson was born. Swedish-born television personality
1967 - René Magritte dies. Belgian painter.
1967 - Morre em Lima, Perú, Luis Antonio Eguiguren, político, jurisconsulto, historiador e jornalista peruano.
1968 - Mateja Svet was born. Slovenian alpine skier
1972 - The Royal Moroccan Air Force mistakenly fires upon, but fails to bring down, Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
1974 - Robin Hull was born. Finnish snooker player
1974 - Krisztina Egerszegi was born. Hungarian swimmer.
1975 - Vladimir Kuts, Soviet runner
1977 - Elvis Presley, American singer and actor
1979 - John Diefenbaker, thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada
1980 - Robert Hardy was born. English bassist (Franz Ferdinand)
1980 - Vanessa Carlton was born. American singer, songwriter, and pianist
1980 - Park Choong Hoon assume a presidência da Coréia do Sul
1981 - Taylor Rain was born. American actress
1983 - Earl Averill, baseball player (b. 1902)
1984 - Carmaker John De Lorean is acquitted of all eight counts of possessing and distributing cocaine.
1985 - Casamento de Madonna com o actor Sean Penn.
1986 - Joaquín Balaguer assume (pela 3ª ?quinta vez) a Presidencia da República Dominicana.
1987 - A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 carrying Northwest Airlines flight 255 crashes on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport killing all but one of the 156 people on-board (the sole survivor was four-year old Cecelia Cichan). The crew forgot to properly set the aircraft flaps.
1987 - Kyal Marsh was born. Australian actor.
1989 - Amanda Blake, actress
1990 - Paulino Vicente dies. Spanish painter.
1992 - El automovilista británico Nigel Mansell se consagra nuevo campeón del mundo de Fórmula 1.
1993 - The Debian GNU/Linux distribution is founded by Ian Murdo
1993 - Stewart Granger, dies in Santa Monica, California (b. 06 May 1913). English-born American actor.
1994 - Muere Manuel Jiménez de la Guardia, fundador del diario costarricense "La Nación". Fue Ministro de Industria y Comercio de su país.
1994 - Joaquín Balaguer toma posse (7º. mandato) do cargo de Presidente da República Dominicana.
1995 - Morre, em Madrid, António Vilar (n. 31 Out 1912, em Lisboa). Actor português, um dos poucos que teve uma verdadeira carreira internacional de prestígio no cinema.
1996 - Leonel Fernández assume a Presidencia da República Dominicana.
1997 - Hasta 220 personas son arrestadas en Alemania durante marchas para conmemorar al 10° aniversario de la muerte del líder nazi Rudolf Hess.
2000 - Hipólito Mejía assume a presidência da República Dominicana
2000 - Início do segundo mandato do presidente venezuelano Hugo Chávez
2002 - Martin Deutsch dies at 85. Physicist who discovered positronium
2002 - Abu Nidal dies (b. 1937). Palestinian terrorist, founder of Fatah - the Revolutionary Council (Fatah al-Qiyadah al-Thawriyyah) well known as Abu Nidal Organization.
2003 - Idi Amin dies (b. 1925). Ugandan dictator (1971-1979)
2003 - Morte do poeta e tradutor brasileiro Haroldo de Campos
2004 - Ivan Hlinka, Czech hockey coach
2004 - Robert Quiroga, boxer
Feast day of St Stephen the Great
Palio dell'Assunta in Siena
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