0526 - St. John I, Catholic Pope (523-526), dies.
1048 -
Omar Khayyam was born (d. 1131). Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer .
1712 -
D. Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde torna-se Cardeal de Lisboa.
1727 - Chegada a Pequim da embaixada de Alexandre Mettelo de Sousa e Menezes, que tinha partido de Lisboa em 12 de Abril de 1724.
1781 - Es ejecutado por los realistas el Inca José Gabriel Condorcanqui, conocido como "Tupac Amaru".
1785 -
John Wilson was born (d. 1854). Scottish writer.
1798 - Em Portugal, foi autorizada a pesca livre da baleia.
1808 -
Elijah Craig dies (b. 1738). Important to the invention of bourbon.
1827
- Antoine-Pierre Mongin dies (b. 1761). French artist.
1828 - The Battle of Las Piedras, ended the conflict between Uruguay and Brazil.
1836 - Wilhelm Steinitz was born. The Czech-born world chess champion (1866-94) later became a naturalized American.
- 1848 - Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
1860 - Abraham Lincoln of Springfield, IL was nominated for the U.S. Presidency by Republican party leaders at a meeting in Chicago.
1868 - Nasceu Nicolau II, o último Czar da Rússia.
1872 - Lord
Bertrand Russell was born (d. 2 Feb 1970). English Mathematician and philosopher, best known for his work in mathematical logic and for his social and political campaigns in gfavour of pacifism and nuclear disarmament. He was awarded with the
Nobel Prize for literature in 1950.
1889 -
Thomas Midgley was born (d. 2 Nov 1944). American
engineer and
chemist who discovered the effectiveness of tetraethyl lead (C2H5)4Pb in 1921 as an antiknock
additive for gasoline.
1892 -
Ezio Pinza was born (d. 1957). Italian-born bass.
1897 -
Frank Capra was born (d. 3 Sep 1991). American Academy Award winning Director: It Happened One Night [1934], Mr. Deeds Goes to Town [1936], You Can’t Take It with You [1938]; It’s a Wonderful Life, Lost Horizon, Pocketful of Miracles.
1901 - Vincent du Vigneaud was born (d. 11 Dec 1978). American
biochemist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1955 for his
work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone.
1904 -
Inauguração da sinagoga Shaaré Tikvá (Lisboa) .
1911 - President / Dictator Jose Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends .
1911 -
Gustav Mahler dies in Vienna (b. 1860). Austrian composer. His wife Alma Schindler married Walter Gropius in 1915. Mahler left his 10th symphony unfinished. A 1996 recording was made based on work by Remo Mazzetti Jr. who in turn based his work on the late Deryck Cooke.
1912 -
Walter Sisulu was born (d. 2003). South African anti-apartheid activist.
1912 -
Perry Como was born (d. 2001). American singer.
1912 - Georg von Opel was born. German auto manufacturer.
1912 -
Richard Brooks was born (d. 1992). American film director, writer and producer
1913 -
Charles Trenet was born in Narbonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Singer, actor (La Mer; Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?) .
1915 - Elman Rogers Service was born (d. 14 Nov 1996). American
anthropological theorist and
formulator of the nomenclature now in standard use to categorize primitive societies as bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states.
1920 -
Pope John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtiła) was born at Wadowice, a small town 50 Km far Cracovia, Poland (d. 2005). He became the 264th Roman Catholic Pope in 1978 being the first non Italian Pope since the Renaissance (after 456 years).
1924 - At the Olympics in Paris the American rugby team beat the French 17-3. Only France Rumania and America fielded rugby teams. Rugby was dismissed from the Olympics after rival fans rioted following the American upset victory.
1927 - The Ritz Hotel opened in Boston.
1928 -
Pernell Roberts was born in Waycross, Georgia, USA . Actor (Bonanza).
1929 - A FIFA escolhe o Uruguai para a Copa do Mundo em Futebol de 1930.
1930 - Joao Marcelino Arroio morre em Colares (n. 4 Oct 1861, no Porto). Regenerador. Professor de Direito. No Governo de António Serpa foi Ministro da Marinha e Ultramar e Ministro da Instrução Pública e Belas Artes ( de 5 Abr 1890 a 13 Out 1890) e Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros de Hintze Ribeiro (de 26 Jun 1900 a 1 Jun 1901). Compositor , pertence ao número dos fundadores do Orfeão Académico de Coimbra; compôs a música para as óperas "Amor de Perdição", "Leonor Teles", e a cantata "Inês de Castro", assim como a marcha "Camões", e isso além do que produziu como poeta e autor dramático.
1934 -The Academy Award was 1st called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky).
1935 - Paul Dukas dies. French composer.
1938 - Muere en la ciudad de México, donde naciera el 13 de enero de 1876, Don Juan Sánchez Azcona, distinguido filósofo, literato, periodista, diplomático, escritor liberal y político revolucionario.
1941 -
Werner Sombart dies (b. 1863). German economist and sociologist.
1941 - Malcolm Sim Longair was born. Scottish astronomer, noted for his scholarship and
teaching, who in 1980 was appointed by Royal Warrant
Astronomer Royal for Scotland, a post he held until 31 Dec 1990.
1941 - World War II: East Africa - The 5th Indian Division, part of General William Platt's Northern Force, take Amba Alagi after 18 days of fighting. The Italian commander, Duke d'Aosta, is the last one to leave the fortress.
1944 - World War II:
SS troops burn down six villages in the
Brkini hills in south western
Slovenia.
1946 - Mila Moreira was born. Brazilian actress.
1954 - European Convention on Human Rights went into effect.
1954 -
Nascimento de Eric Gerets. Jogador belga de futebol.
1957 -
Ouezzin Coulibaly assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Burkina Fasso.
1958 -
Ahmad Mukhtar Baban assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro do Iraque.
1958 - An
F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).
1963 - Sukarno assume a presidência vitalícia da Indonésia.
1969 -
Martika, was born. Cuban-American singer .
1970 -
Tina Fey, was born. Writer, comedienne, actress.
1971 - Bulgarian constitution went into effect.
1974 - Completion of the
Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It later collapses on August 8, 1991.
1977 - A nightclub fire in Cincinnati killed 164.
1977 - Menachem Begin became Israel's Prime Minister.
1978 -
Ricardo Carvalho was born. Portuguese footballer. Former European Champion by FC Porto. Today he represents Chelsea.
1978 - Italy legalized abortion.
1980 - Former president Fernando Belaunde Terry was elected President of Peru. Democracy was restored and the media was free again.
1981 - Duarte António Borges Coutinho dies. Football dirigent who was President of Benfica (1969-1976).
1983 - Sri Lanka impose a State of Emergency after election violence .
1988 - Bayer Leverkusen wins 17th UEFA Cup at Leverkusen .
1988 -
Daws Butler dies (b. 1916). Voice actor (b. 1916) .
1990 - Jill Ireland, actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54
1990 - Both Germanys sign a monetary union treaty.
1993 - Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty.
1994 - AC Milan wins Champions Europe Cup 4-0 against Barcelona
1996 - Cruyff é destituído do cargo de treinador do F.C. Barcelona após 8 temporadas.
1997 - The 50th Cannes Film Festival awarded Golden Palms to Japanese director Shohei Imamura for "The Eel" and Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami for "The Taste of Cherry."
2000 - In the Dominican Republic Hipolito Mejia was declared the winner in the presidential race after his opponents withdrew.
2003 -
Barb Tarbox dies (b. 1961). Anti-smoking crusader.
2003 -
O tenista argentino Guillermo Coria vence o Masters Series de Hamburgo - Alemanha
2004 - Pres. Bush formally nominate Alan Greenspan for a 5th 4-year term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
2004 - Elvin Ray Jones (76), renowned jazz drummer and member of John Coltrane's quartet who also played alongside Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, died in new Jersey.
2005 - Uefa Cup - Final a disputar-se no Estádio Alvalade XXI em Lisboa entre o Sporting e o CSKA. "We are the Champions" - I wish , i hope...
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