On this day in History - Oct. 14
0530 - Dioscurus, anti-Pope (530), died.
1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the forces of William the Conqueror defeat the Saxon army and kill King Harold II of England.
1066 - Harold Godwinson dies. King of England
1257 - King Przemysl II of Poland was born (d. 1296)
1493 - Shimazu Tadayoshi was born (d. 1568). Japanese warlord
1499 - Claude of France was born (d. 1524). Queen of Louis XII of France
1066 - Harold Godwinson dies. King of England
1257 - King Przemysl II of Poland was born (d. 1296)
1493 - Shimazu Tadayoshi was born (d. 1568). Japanese warlord
1499 - Claude of France was born (d. 1524). Queen of Louis XII of France
1536 - Garcilaso de la Vega dies. Spanish poet.
1552 - Oswald Myconius dies (b. 1488). Swiss protestant reformer.
1565 - Thomas Chaloner dies (b. 1521). English statesman and poet.
1568 - Jacques Arcadelt dies. Flemish composer
1574 - Anne of Denmark was born (d. 1619). Queen of James I of England
1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1610 - Amago Yoshihisa dies (b. 1540). Japanese samurai and warlord.
1619 - Samuel Daniel dies (d. 1562). English poet.
1630 - Sophia of Hanover was born (d. 1714)
1633 - James II of England and VII of Scotland, was born (d. 1701)
1637 - Gabriello Chiabrera dies (b. 1552). Italian poet.
1643 - Bahadur Shah I was born (d. 1712). Mughal Emperor of India.
1644 - William Penn was born (d. 1718). English founder of Pennsylvania
1651 - Laws are passed in Massachusetts forbidding poor people from adopting excessive styles of dress.
1656 - Massachusetts enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The marriage of church-and-state in Puritanism makes them regard the ritual-free Quakers as spiritually apostate and politically subversive.
1660 - Thomas Harrison dies (d. 1606). English Puritan soldier.
1669 - Antonio Cesti dies (b. 1623). Italian composer.
1660 - Thomas Harrison dies (b. 1606). English soldier.
1687 - Robert Simson was born (d. 1768). Scottish mathematician.
1711 - Tewoflos dies (b. 1708). Emperor of Ethiopia
1733 - François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt was born (d. 1798). Austrian field marshal.
1758 - Francis Edward James Keith dies (b. 1696). Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal.
1773- The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in Poland.
1773 - Revolutionary War: Britain's East India Company tea ships' cargo are burned at Annapolis, Maryland.
1785 - Morre António Ribeiro Sanches, pensador e médico português.
1806 - Battle of Jena-Auerstädt
1806 - Preston King was born (d. 1865). U.S. Senator from New York
1808 - Simon Saint-Jean was born. French painter
1812 - A digest of Pennsylvania laws could not bring itself to print the word "buggery," instead printing it as "B_GG__Y."
1812 - Work on London's Regent's Canal starts.
1552 - Oswald Myconius dies (b. 1488). Swiss protestant reformer.
1565 - Thomas Chaloner dies (b. 1521). English statesman and poet.
1568 - Jacques Arcadelt dies. Flemish composer
1574 - Anne of Denmark was born (d. 1619). Queen of James I of England
1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1610 - Amago Yoshihisa dies (b. 1540). Japanese samurai and warlord.
1619 - Samuel Daniel dies (d. 1562). English poet.
1630 - Sophia of Hanover was born (d. 1714)
1633 - James II of England and VII of Scotland, was born (d. 1701)
1637 - Gabriello Chiabrera dies (b. 1552). Italian poet.
1643 - Bahadur Shah I was born (d. 1712). Mughal Emperor of India.
1644 - William Penn was born (d. 1718). English founder of Pennsylvania
1651 - Laws are passed in Massachusetts forbidding poor people from adopting excessive styles of dress.
1656 - Massachusetts enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The marriage of church-and-state in Puritanism makes them regard the ritual-free Quakers as spiritually apostate and politically subversive.
1660 - Thomas Harrison dies (d. 1606). English Puritan soldier.
1669 - Antonio Cesti dies (b. 1623). Italian composer.
1660 - Thomas Harrison dies (b. 1606). English soldier.
1687 - Robert Simson was born (d. 1768). Scottish mathematician.
1711 - Tewoflos dies (b. 1708). Emperor of Ethiopia
1733 - François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt was born (d. 1798). Austrian field marshal.
1758 - Francis Edward James Keith dies (b. 1696). Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal.
1773- The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in Poland.
1773 - Revolutionary War: Britain's East India Company tea ships' cargo are burned at Annapolis, Maryland.
1785 - Morre António Ribeiro Sanches, pensador e médico português.
1806 - Battle of Jena-Auerstädt
1806 - Preston King was born (d. 1865). U.S. Senator from New York
1808 - Simon Saint-Jean was born. French painter
1812 - A digest of Pennsylvania laws could not bring itself to print the word "buggery," instead printing it as "B_GG__Y."
1812 - Work on London's Regent's Canal starts.
1814 - Thomas Osborne Davis was born. Irish writer and politician
1834 - In Philadelphia, Whigs and Democrats stage a gun, stone and brick battle for control of a Moyamensing Township election, resulting in one death, several injuries, and the burning down of a block of buildings.
1835 - John Templeton, John Moore, Stanley Cuthbart and Ellen Ritchie were charged in Wheeling, Virginia with illegally teaching blacks to read.
1840 - Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta.
1842 - Joe Start was born (d. 1927). Baseball player.
1834 - In Philadelphia, Whigs and Democrats stage a gun, stone and brick battle for control of a Moyamensing Township election, resulting in one death, several injuries, and the burning down of a block of buildings.
1835 - John Templeton, John Moore, Stanley Cuthbart and Ellen Ritchie were charged in Wheeling, Virginia with illegally teaching blacks to read.
1840 - Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta.
1842 - Joe Start was born (d. 1927). Baseball player.
1847 - António Soares dos Reis was born. Portuguese sculptor.
1856 - Francisco Robles toma posse na Presidência do Equador.
1857 - Elwood Haynes was born. American automobile pioneer
1861 - Artur Gavazzi was born (d. 1944). Croatian geographer.
1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Bristol Station - Confederate General Robert E. Lee forces fail to drive the Union Army out of Virginia.
1865 - The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes signed a treaty with the U.S. at a camp on the Little Arkansas River in Kansas. However, none of the parties to the treaty abided by it.
1857 - Elwood Haynes was born. American automobile pioneer
1861 - Artur Gavazzi was born (d. 1944). Croatian geographer.
1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Bristol Station - Confederate General Robert E. Lee forces fail to drive the Union Army out of Virginia.
1865 - The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes signed a treaty with the U.S. at a camp on the Little Arkansas River in Kansas. However, none of the parties to the treaty abided by it.
1873 - Ray Ewry was born (d. 1937). American athlete.
1882 - Eamon de Valera was born (d. 1975). Irish politician and patriot.
1882 - Charlie Parker was born (d. 1959). English cricketer.
1888 - Katherine Mansfield was born (d. 1923). New Zealand writer.
1890 - Dwight D. Eisenhower was born(d. 1969). U.S. general and 34th President of the United States
1893 - Lillian Gish was born (d. 1993). American actress.
1894 - E. E. Cummings was born (d. 1962). American poet.
1882 - Eamon de Valera was born (d. 1975). Irish politician and patriot.
1882 - Charlie Parker was born (d. 1959). English cricketer.
1888 - Katherine Mansfield was born (d. 1923). New Zealand writer.
1890 - Dwight D. Eisenhower was born(d. 1969). U.S. general and 34th President of the United States
1893 - Lillian Gish was born (d. 1993). American actress.
1894 - E. E. Cummings was born (d. 1962). American poet.
1901 - Renato da Costa Bonfim was born. Brasilian physician.
1904 - Christian Pineau was born (d. 1995). French World War II resistance fighter.
1904 - Christian Pineau was born (d. 1995). French World War II resistance fighter.
1905 - Eugene Fodor was born. Hungarian-born American travel writer.
1906 - Hannah Arendt was born (d. 1975). German political theorist and writer.
1906 - Imam Hassan al Banna was born (d. 1949). Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood
1906 - Imam Hassan al Banna was born (d. 1949). Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood
1906 - Paul Cezanne dies (b.1839). French painter.
1908 - Allan Jones was born (d. 1992). American actor and singer.
1910 - John Wooden was born. American basketball coach
1910 - Após a proclamação da República em Portugal, D. Manuel II e a família real chegam à Inglaterra na qualidade de exilados.
1911 - Le Duc Tho was born (d. 1990). Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1911 - John Marshall Harlan dies (b. 1833). U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
1912 - While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot by saloonkeeper William Schrank. With a fresh flesh wound and the bullet still in him, Roosevelt still delivers his scheduled speech.
1913 - The New Mexico Supreme Court upholds a sodomy conviction. Ex Parte DeVore, 136 P. 47.
1914- Raymond Davis Jr. was born. American physicist who shared one half of the Nobel Prize in Physics with Masatoshi Koshiba (Japan) [19 Sep 1926~] “for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos”. The other half went to Riccardo Giacconi (USA) [06 Oct 1931~].
1914 - Dick Durrance was born (d. 2004). American skier.
1916 - C. Everett Koop was born. United States Surgeon General
1916 - Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee Universities refuse to play against a black person.
1916 - Manoel de Mello Cardoso Barata dies (b. 1841). Brazilian politician.
1926 - The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne, is first published.
1927 - The California Court of Appeals, in upholding a sodomy conviction, rules that corroborative evidence could be circumstantial in nature.
1927 - Roger Moore was born. English actor
1930 - Joseph Mobutu was born (d. 1997). President of Zaire
1931- Nikhil Banerjee was born (d. 1986).Indian classical musician
1935 - La Monte Young was born. American composer
1938 - John W. Dean III was born. American White House counsel and Watergate figure
1938 - Empress Farah Dib was born. Empress of Iran
1939 - Ralph Lauren was born. American fashion designer
1940 - Perrie Mans was born. South Africa snooker player
1940 - Cliff Richard was born. British singer
1942 - José Viegas was born. Brazilian diplomat
1943 - Revolta de Sobibór. Cerca de 50 prisioneiros escapam ao Holocausto.
1944 - World War II: Given the choice between a public treason trial and a certain death by firing squad or suicide with honor, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel chooses the latter.
1944 - Udo Kier was born. German actor
1944 - Erwin Rommel dies (b. 1891). German field marshall.
1946 - Justin Hayward was born. English musician (Moody Blues)
1946 - Craig Venter was born. American biologist
1947 - Lukas Resetarits was born. Austrian cabaret artist and actor
1947 - Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, the first man to do so in level flight.
1949 - Eleven leaders of the U.S. Communist Party are convicted, after a nine-month trial, of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. Ten defendants are sentenced to 5 years in prison each, and the eleventh to 3 years. The Supreme Court upheld the convictions on June 4, 1951.
1949 - Katy Manning was born. British actress
1952 - Harry Anderson was born. American actor
1953 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower promised to fire as a Communist any federal worker invoking the Fifth Amendment.
1953 - The Qibya massacre was carried out by Israeli troops in a West Bank village.
1958 - The Anshai Emath Reform Jewish Temple in Peoria, Illinois was damaged by a crude bomb.
1958 - The U.S. conducts an underground nuclear weapon test at the Nevada Test Site.
1958 - The District of Columbia Bar Association votes to accept black Americans as members.
1958 - Thomas Dolby was born. British musician
1910 - John Wooden was born. American basketball coach
1910 - Após a proclamação da República em Portugal, D. Manuel II e a família real chegam à Inglaterra na qualidade de exilados.
1911 - Le Duc Tho was born (d. 1990). Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1911 - John Marshall Harlan dies (b. 1833). U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
1912 - While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot by saloonkeeper William Schrank. With a fresh flesh wound and the bullet still in him, Roosevelt still delivers his scheduled speech.
1913 - The New Mexico Supreme Court upholds a sodomy conviction. Ex Parte DeVore, 136 P. 47.
1914- Raymond Davis Jr. was born. American physicist who shared one half of the Nobel Prize in Physics with Masatoshi Koshiba (Japan) [19 Sep 1926~] “for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos”. The other half went to Riccardo Giacconi (USA) [06 Oct 1931~].
1914 - Dick Durrance was born (d. 2004). American skier.
1916 - C. Everett Koop was born. United States Surgeon General
1916 - Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee Universities refuse to play against a black person.
1916 - Manoel de Mello Cardoso Barata dies (b. 1841). Brazilian politician.
1926 - The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne, is first published.
1927 - The California Court of Appeals, in upholding a sodomy conviction, rules that corroborative evidence could be circumstantial in nature.
1927 - Roger Moore was born. English actor
1930 - Joseph Mobutu was born (d. 1997). President of Zaire
1931- Nikhil Banerjee was born (d. 1986).Indian classical musician
1935 - La Monte Young was born. American composer
1938 - John W. Dean III was born. American White House counsel and Watergate figure
1938 - Empress Farah Dib was born. Empress of Iran
1939 - Ralph Lauren was born. American fashion designer
1940 - Perrie Mans was born. South Africa snooker player
1940 - Cliff Richard was born. British singer
1942 - José Viegas was born. Brazilian diplomat
1943 - Revolta de Sobibór. Cerca de 50 prisioneiros escapam ao Holocausto.
1944 - World War II: Given the choice between a public treason trial and a certain death by firing squad or suicide with honor, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel chooses the latter.
1944 - Udo Kier was born. German actor
1944 - Erwin Rommel dies (b. 1891). German field marshall.
1946 - Justin Hayward was born. English musician (Moody Blues)
1946 - Craig Venter was born. American biologist
1947 - Lukas Resetarits was born. Austrian cabaret artist and actor
1947 - Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, the first man to do so in level flight.
1949 - Eleven leaders of the U.S. Communist Party are convicted, after a nine-month trial, of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. Ten defendants are sentenced to 5 years in prison each, and the eleventh to 3 years. The Supreme Court upheld the convictions on June 4, 1951.
1949 - Katy Manning was born. British actress
1952 - Harry Anderson was born. American actor
1953 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower promised to fire as a Communist any federal worker invoking the Fifth Amendment.
1953 - The Qibya massacre was carried out by Israeli troops in a West Bank village.
1958 - The Anshai Emath Reform Jewish Temple in Peoria, Illinois was damaged by a crude bomb.
1958 - The U.S. conducts an underground nuclear weapon test at the Nevada Test Site.
1958 - The District of Columbia Bar Association votes to accept black Americans as members.
1958 - Thomas Dolby was born. British musician
1959 - Errol Flynn dies at 50. US actor (Captain Blood).
1960 - Carla Camurati was born. Brazilian actress and director
1960 - Carla Camurati was born. Brazilian actress and director
1960 - Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy first suggests the idea for the Peace Corps.
1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis begins: A U-2 flight over Cuba takes photos of Soviet nuclear weapons being installed.
1962 - Jaan Ehlvest was born. Estonian chess player
1963 - The term "Beatlemania" is coined by the British press to describe the scene at the previous night's performance by The Beatles on the TV show "Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium," a top-rated program that was the British equivalent to "The Ed Sullivan Show."
1964- Leonid Brezhnev becomes general secretary of the CPSU and leader of the Soviet Union, ousting Nikita Khrushchev.
1964 - American civil rights movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr becomes the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
1964 - Alexandre Frota, actor e modelo brasileiro.
1964 - Olu Oguibe was born. American artist
1966 - The city of Montreal inaugurates its metro system (see Montreal Metro).
1967 - Vietnam War: Folk singer Joan Baez is arrested in a blockade of the military induction center in Oakland, California.
1968 - Vietnam War: 27 soldiers are arrested at the Presidio in San Francisco for their peaceful protest of stockade conditions and the Vietnam War. Charged with mutiny, their long prison sentences are later reduced to two years.
1968 - Vietnam War: The United States Department of Defense announces that the United States Army and United States Marines will be sending about 24,000 troops back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours.
1968 - Matthew Le Tissier was born. English footballer
1969 - David Strickland was born (d. 1999). American actor (d. 1999)
1969 - Golpe Militar de 1964: são editados o AI-16 e AI-17
1969 - A race riot occurs in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1970 - The U.S. conducts an underground nuclear weapon test at the Nevada Test Site.
1971 - Two people are killed in a Memphis, Tennessee race riot.
1971 - The U.S. conducts an underground nuclear weapon test at the Nevada Test Site.
1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis begins: A U-2 flight over Cuba takes photos of Soviet nuclear weapons being installed.
1962 - Jaan Ehlvest was born. Estonian chess player
1963 - The term "Beatlemania" is coined by the British press to describe the scene at the previous night's performance by The Beatles on the TV show "Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium," a top-rated program that was the British equivalent to "The Ed Sullivan Show."
1964- Leonid Brezhnev becomes general secretary of the CPSU and leader of the Soviet Union, ousting Nikita Khrushchev.
1964 - American civil rights movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr becomes the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
1964 - Alexandre Frota, actor e modelo brasileiro.
1964 - Olu Oguibe was born. American artist
1966 - The city of Montreal inaugurates its metro system (see Montreal Metro).
1967 - Vietnam War: Folk singer Joan Baez is arrested in a blockade of the military induction center in Oakland, California.
1968 - Vietnam War: 27 soldiers are arrested at the Presidio in San Francisco for their peaceful protest of stockade conditions and the Vietnam War. Charged with mutiny, their long prison sentences are later reduced to two years.
1968 - Vietnam War: The United States Department of Defense announces that the United States Army and United States Marines will be sending about 24,000 troops back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours.
1968 - Matthew Le Tissier was born. English footballer
1969 - David Strickland was born (d. 1999). American actor (d. 1999)
1969 - Golpe Militar de 1964: são editados o AI-16 e AI-17
1969 - A race riot occurs in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1970 - The U.S. conducts an underground nuclear weapon test at the Nevada Test Site.
1971 - Two people are killed in a Memphis, Tennessee race riot.
1971 - The U.S. conducts an underground nuclear weapon test at the Nevada Test Site.
1971 - Antonio Nikopolidis was born. Greek footbll player (goal-keeper of Olympiakos and National team)
1971 - Morre Armando Cortes-Rodrigues, escritor açoriano.
1959 - Errol Flynn dies (b. 1909). Australian actor
1973 - Thailand's University Students protest for a democratic government; 77 are killed and 857 Injured
1976 - Nataša Kejžar was born. Slovenian swimmer
1976 - Dame Edith Evans dies (b. 1888). English actress.
1977 - Bing Crosby dies (b. 1903). American singer and actor.
1977 - Keenan Wynn dies (b. 1913). American actor.
1977 - Kelly Schumacher was born. Canadian basketball player
1978 - Paul Hunter was born. English snooker player
1978 - Usher Raymond was born. American singer and actor
1959 - Errol Flynn dies (b. 1909). Australian actor
1973 - Thailand's University Students protest for a democratic government; 77 are killed and 857 Injured
1976 - Nataša Kejžar was born. Slovenian swimmer
1976 - Dame Edith Evans dies (b. 1888). English actress.
1977 - Bing Crosby dies (b. 1903). American singer and actor.
1977 - Keenan Wynn dies (b. 1913). American actor.
1977 - Kelly Schumacher was born. Canadian basketball player
1978 - Paul Hunter was born. English snooker player
1978 - Usher Raymond was born. American singer and actor
1979 - Rodrigo Tello was born in Santiago. Chilean football player (Sporting CP)
1979 - Stacy Keibler was born. American professional wrestler
1979 - The first Gay Rights March on Washington, D.C. demands "an end to all social, economic, judicial, and legal oppression of lesbian and gay people," drawing 200,000 people.
1980 - Terrence McGee wass born. American football player.
1981 - Citing official misconduct in the investigation and trial, Amnesty International charges the U.S. government with holding Richard Marshall of the American Indian Movement as a political prisoner.
1981 - Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected President of Egypt one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated.
1982 - 5837 Unification church couples wed in South Korea
1984 - Martin Ryle dies (b. 1918). English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics
1985 - U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese says in U.S. News & World Report, "If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect."
1986 - Elie Wiesel (b. 1928), concentration camp survivor, wins Nobel Peace Prize.
1987 - 18-month-old Jessica McClure ("Baby Jessica") falls down an abandoned well in Midland, Texas (her nationally televised rescue takes 58 hours).
1990 - Leonard Bernstein dies (b. 1918). American composer and conductor.
1991 - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1991 to Aung San Suu Kyi [19 Jun 1945~] of Myanmar (former Burma) for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights.
1979 - Stacy Keibler was born. American professional wrestler
1979 - The first Gay Rights March on Washington, D.C. demands "an end to all social, economic, judicial, and legal oppression of lesbian and gay people," drawing 200,000 people.
1980 - Terrence McGee wass born. American football player.
1981 - Citing official misconduct in the investigation and trial, Amnesty International charges the U.S. government with holding Richard Marshall of the American Indian Movement as a political prisoner.
1981 - Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected President of Egypt one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated.
1982 - 5837 Unification church couples wed in South Korea
1984 - Martin Ryle dies (b. 1918). English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics
1985 - U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese says in U.S. News & World Report, "If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect."
1986 - Elie Wiesel (b. 1928), concentration camp survivor, wins Nobel Peace Prize.
1987 - 18-month-old Jessica McClure ("Baby Jessica") falls down an abandoned well in Midland, Texas (her nationally televised rescue takes 58 hours).
1990 - Leonard Bernstein dies (b. 1918). American composer and conductor.
1991 - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1991 to Aung San Suu Kyi [19 Jun 1945~] of Myanmar (former Burma) for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights.
1992 - The Nobel Prize for chemistry went to American Rudolph A. Marcus; the prize for physics went to George Charpak of France.
1994 - Emil Gilels dies (b. 1916). Ukrainian pianist.
1994 - Emil Gilels dies (b. 1916). Ukrainian pianist.
1994 - Israelis and Arafat share peace prize : Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, and two Israelis - the Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres - are the winners of The 1994 Nobel Peace Prize.
1996 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 40.62 to 6,010.00, closing above 6,000 for the first time ever.
1997 - Harold Robbins dies (b. 1915). American novelist.
1998 - Frankie Yankovic dies (b. 1916). American musician.
1998 - Cleveland Amory dies (b. 1917). Writer and animal rights activist
1998 - Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with 6 bombings including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
1998 Amartya Sen (b. 03 Nov 1933) is named the winner of the 1998 Nobel Economics Prize “for his contributions to welfare economics”.
1999 - Julius Nyerere dies (b. 1922). President of Tanzania.
1999 - The South Carolina Supreme Court rules that the video poker machines in the state must be unplugged by June 30, 2000.
2000 - Two hijackers seize a London-bound Saudi Arabian Airlines jetliner carrying more than 100 people, taking it first to Syria and then to Baghdad, Iraq, where the hijackers surrender peacefully.
2001 - Delta Flight 458 from Atlanta to Newark, New Jersey, is diverted to Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, and passengers are taken off the flight while officials investigate a report of two "Middle Eastern men" making threats in a foreign tongue. It turned out to be two Orthodox Jews who were praying peacefully.
2003 - Patrick Dalzel-Job dies (b. 1913). English soldier and inspiration for James Bond
World Standards Day
Peo's Dem Rep of Yemen (South Yemen) : Independence Day (1962)
1996 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 40.62 to 6,010.00, closing above 6,000 for the first time ever.
1997 - Harold Robbins dies (b. 1915). American novelist.
1998 - Frankie Yankovic dies (b. 1916). American musician.
1998 - Cleveland Amory dies (b. 1917). Writer and animal rights activist
1998 - Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with 6 bombings including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
1998 Amartya Sen (b. 03 Nov 1933) is named the winner of the 1998 Nobel Economics Prize “for his contributions to welfare economics”.
1999 - Julius Nyerere dies (b. 1922). President of Tanzania.
1999 - The South Carolina Supreme Court rules that the video poker machines in the state must be unplugged by June 30, 2000.
2000 - Two hijackers seize a London-bound Saudi Arabian Airlines jetliner carrying more than 100 people, taking it first to Syria and then to Baghdad, Iraq, where the hijackers surrender peacefully.
2001 - Delta Flight 458 from Atlanta to Newark, New Jersey, is diverted to Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, and passengers are taken off the flight while officials investigate a report of two "Middle Eastern men" making threats in a foreign tongue. It turned out to be two Orthodox Jews who were praying peacefully.
2003 - Patrick Dalzel-Job dies (b. 1913). English soldier and inspiration for James Bond
World Standards Day
Peo's Dem Rep of Yemen (South Yemen) : Independence Day (1962)
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