1479 BC -
Thutmose III ascends to the throne of
Egypt, although power effectively shifts to
Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty).
0709 -
Wilfrid dies. English archbishop and saint
- 1620 - John Graunt was born (d. 18 Apr 1674). English statistician, generally considered to be the founder of the science of demography, the statistical study of human populations.
1817 - Jean-Charles-Galinard de Marignac as born (d. 15 Apr 1894). Swiss chemist whose life work consisted of making many precise determinations of atomic weights suggested the possibility of isotopes and the packing fraction of nuclei.
1821 - Johann Peter Frank dies (b. 19 Mar 1745). German physician who was a pioneer in public health. His fame rests on his System einer vollständigen medicimschen Policey (1779; "System of a Complete Medical Policy"), which covers the hygiene of all stages of a man's life.
1833 - Jacob Ebert of Cadiz, Ohio, with George Dulty of Wheeling, West Virgina, patented the soda fountain.
1845 -
Carl Spitteler was born (d. 1924). Swiss poet. Nobel Prize in Literature 1919
1861 - D. Beatriz de Passos Manuel recebe o título de viscondessa de Passos - Portugal
- 1873 - Theodor Körner was born (d. 1957). General and politician
1875 - Jeno Huszka born in Szeged (d. 2 Feb 1960). Hungarian composer
1876 -
Erich Raeder was born. Commander in chief of the German navy
1882 -
Hugh Dowding was born (d. 1970). Scottish fighter pilot.
1886 -Petroleum was discovered in the Middle East. The first well to come in was on the Egyptian shore of the Red Sea.
1888 - The Eastman Kodak company was formed.
- 1897 - Manuel Ávila Camacho was born. President of Mexico
1898 -
Spanish-American War:
Spain declares war on the
United States / Começa a Guerra Hispano-Americana. A Espanha declara guerra contra os Estados Unidos após rejeitar um ultimato destes para retirar-se de Cuba.
1899 -
Oscar Zariski was born (d. 1986). Russian-born mathematician.
- 1901 - Nascimento de Barreto Poeira. Actor português (Um homem às direitas ; Amor de Perdição; "Frei de Luís de Sousa"-1950...)
1903 - Siegrfried Frederick. Nadel was born (d. 14 Jan 1956). Austrian-born British
anthropologist whose investigations of African ethnology led him to explore theoretical questions. ("The Foundations of Social Anthropology"; "A Theory of Social Structure")
1905 - Robert Porter Allen was born (d. 28 Jun 1963). American author and
conservationist recognized for saving the
whooping crane from extinction by discovering (1955) the nesting ground of the sole remaining flock near the Arctic Circle
1914 -
William Castle was born (d. 1977). American film director and producer
- 1915 - The Armenian Genocide began with a massacre of hundreds of prominent Armenians in Constantinople (now Istanbul).
- 1916 - Easter Uprising begins: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalist Patrick Pearse start a rebellion in Ireland.
- 1916 - Lou Thesz was born (d. 2002). American professional wrestler.
1917 - Abel Botelho dies. Portuguese soldier and writer.
1924 - Sir
Clement Freud was born. British writer, radio personality and politician.
1924 -
G. Stanley Hall dies (b. 1 Feb 1844). American psychologist who gave early impetus and direction to the development of psychology in the United States.
1928 - The fathometer was patented by Herbert Grove Dorsey (No. 1,667,540).
1930 - José Sarney was born. President of Brazil.
1930 - Canto e Castro was born (d. 01 Feb 2005). Portuguese actor.
- 1933 - Claire Davenport was born (d. 2002). British actress.
- 1933 - Helmuth Lohner was born. Austrian actor.
- 1933 - Freddie Scott was born. American singer.
- 1933 - Alan Eagleson was born. Canadian hockey agent and promoter
- 1934 - Shirley MacLaine was born. American actress and author.
1934 - the first pipeless organ was patented by Laurens Hammond (No. 1,956,350).
1935 - Ivone Silva was born. Portuguese actress.
1937 -
Joe Henderson was born (d. 2001). American jazz saxophonist.
- 1941 - John Williams was born. Australian guitarist.
- 1942 - Richard M. Daley was born. American politician.
- 1942 - Barbra Streisand was born. American singer/actress [Funny Girl (1968), Hello Dolly (1969)].
1942 - Leonid Kulik dies (b. 1883). Russian minerologist who conducted the first scientific expedition (for which records survive) to study the
Tungusta meteor impact site.
- 1942 - Lucy Maude Montgomery dies (b. 1874). Canadian author.
- 1942 - Karin Boye dies (b. 1900). Swedish author.
- 1944 - William Stephens dies (b. 1859). American political figure.
- 1945 - Doug Clifford was born. American drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
- 1945 - Dick Rivers was born. French singer and actor
- 1945 - Robert Knight was born. American singer
- 1947 - Roger D. Kornberg was born. American chemist, Nobel-prized
- 1947 - Claude Dubois was born. Quebec singer and songwriter
1947 -
Hans Biebow dies (b. 1902). German war criminal.
1948 - Jorge Gaitán dies assassinated. Colombian politic leader.
1950 - O Estado da Jordânia é formado. Ele é composto de partes da Palestina ocupada por jordanianos e pelo Reino da Transjordânia.
1952 - Hendrik Anthony Kramers dies (b. 17 Dec 1894). Dutch
physicist who, with Ralph de Laer Kronig, derived important equations relating the absorption to the dispersion of light. He also predicted (1924) the existence of the Raman effect, an inelastic scattering of light.
1954 -
Mumia Abu-Jamal was born. American death-row inmate, journalist and political activist.
- 1955 - Bandung Conference ends: 29 "non-aligned" nations finish a meeting that condemned colonialism, racism, and the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
1957 -
David J was born. British musician
1958 - Richard Benedict Goldschmidt dies (b. 12 Apr 1878). German-born U.S. zoologist and geneticist, formulator of the theory that chromosome molecules are the more decisive factors in inheritance (rather than the qualities of the individual genes).
1960 -
Paula Yates was born (d. 2000). British television presenter.
1962 -
Jeff Minter was born. Computer games programmer.
1964 -
Gerhard Domagk dies (b. 30 Oct 1895). German
bacteriologist and pathologist who was awarded the 1939 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his
discovery (announced in 1932) of the antibacterial effects of Prontosil, the first of the sulfonamide drugs.
1965 - Em Villanueva, Espanha, foram descobertos os cadáveres do General Humberto Delgado e da sua secretária Arajaryr Campos.
1967 -
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov dies in
Soyuz 1 (b. 1927). Soviet cosmonaut, the first man known to have died during a space mission. He flew on two space missions.He was Command Pilot of Voskhod I, on a day-long
mission, 12-13 Oct 1964. During the landing after his second space
mission, when he was Commander of Soyuz-I, 23-24 Apr 1967, on a nearly 27 hour flight. On its return, his spacecraft became entangled in its main parachute and fell several miles to Earth.
1967 -
Omar Vizquel was born. Major League Baseball shortstop.
- 1968 - Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations.
- 1968 - Hashim Thaci was born. Kosovan politician
- 1968 - Yuji Nagata was born. Japanese professional wrestler.
- 1969 - Melinda Clarke dies. American actress
- 1969 - Elias Atmatsidis dies. Greek footballer
- 1970 - The first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, is launched.
- 1970 - The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as the first President.
- 1970 - Cassiano Branco was born. Portuguese architect.
- 1971 - Mauro Pawlowski was born. Belgian guitarist and singer (Evil Superstars and dEUS)
- 1971 - Aaron Austin was born. American pornographic actor
- 1972 - Chipper Jones was born. Baseball player
- 1972 - Jure Košir dies. Slovenian skier
- 1972 - Rab Douglas dies. Scottish footballer
- 1972 - Nicolas Gill dies. French Canadian judoka
- 1974 - Dave Vitty, aka Comedy Dave, was born. British television host
1974 -
Bud Abbott dies (b. 1895). American actor and comedian.
- 1979 - "Georgia on My Mind" is adopted as the official state song of the U.S. state of Georgia, a month after it is performed before a joint session of the Georgia General Assembly by Ray Charles.
1980 - An
American attempt to rescue the American
hostages held in
Tehran ends with eight American servicemen dead and no hostages freed.
1981 - Introduction of the first
IBM PC.
1983 - Iman was born. Princess of Jordania
1984 - O governo militar brasileiro impôs o encerramento de duas universidades e a censura à rádio e à televisão.
1984 - Salim Ahmed Salim assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro da Tanzânia
1984 -
Tyson Ritter was born. American singer and bassist [All-American Rejects]
1985 - Kebby Musokotwane assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro da Zâmbia
- 1991 - Freddie Stowers is awarded the posthumous Medal of Honor for which he had been recommended in 1918.
1992 -David Bowie /Ima marriage
1993 - The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act came into force establishing
Panchayati Raj system in
India.
- 1993 - Oliver Tambo dies (b. 1917). South African activist and politician.
- 1994 - The world's largest lollipop weighing 3,011 pounds (1,366 kg) is made in Denmark
1995 - The last Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 rolls off the
assembly line.
1997 - 88 countries ratified the worldwide Chemical Weapons Convention treaty between 88 countries that would take effect on 29 Apr 1997. USA signed it, however Russia and a number of other states known to possess such weapons failed to do so.
1997 - A group of paleontologists announced the discovery of a trove containing a large number of fossilized dinosaurs in northeastern China.
1997 - Pepetela is awarded with Camões Prize.
1997 -
Pat Paulsen dies (b. 1927). American comedian and politician.
1997 -
Eugene Stoner dies (b. 1922). American engineer and weapons designer.
2001 -
Al Hibbler dies (b. 1915). American singer.
2001 -
Leon Sullivan dies (b. 1922). African-American civil rights leader and pastor.
2003 - Officials of North Korea informed U.S. diplomats that it had
nuclear weapons and was making bomb-grade
plutonium.
- 2004 - US lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years ago as a 'reward' for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
2004 -
Estée Lauder dies (b. 1906). American cosmetics entrepreneur
- 2005 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
- 2006 - King Gyanendra of Nepal gives into the demands of protesters and restores the parliament that he dissolved in 2002.
2006 -
Steve Stavro dies (b. 1927). Canadian businessman and sports team owner.
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