Nothingandall: On this day in History

0238 - Pupienus and Balbinus die (assassinated). Roman emperors
1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, but his subsequent savage treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of shock.
1030 - Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad - King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.

1030 - Olaf II of Norway dies (b. 995)
1099 - Pope Urban II dies (b. 1042)
1108 - King Philip I of France dies.

1166 - Henry II of Champagne was born (d. 1197)
1507 - Martin Behaim dies (b. 1459). Navigator and geographer.

1565 - Mary Queen of Scots, widowed, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1567 - James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
1588 - Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines - English naval forces under command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeats the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.

1605 - Simon Dach was born (d. 1659). German poet.

1612 - Jacques Bongars dies (b. 1554). French scholar and diplomat

1644 - Pope Urban VIII dies (b. 1568).
1693 - War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen - France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.

1752 - Peter Warren dies. British admiral

1763 - Philip Charles Durham was born (d. 1845). Royal Navy Admiral.

1781 - Johann Kies dies (b. 1713). German astronomer and mathematician.
1792 - René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou dies (b. 1714). Chancellor of France.
1793 - John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.
1801 - George Bradshaw was born (d. 1853). English publisher.
1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville was born (d. 1859). French historian and political scientist.

1813 - Jean-Andoche Junot dies (b. 1771). French general
1830 - Abdication of Charles X of France.
1833 - William Wilberforce dies. English abolicionist.
1836 - Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

1839 - Gaspard de Prony dies (b. 1755). French mathematician.
1843 - Johannes Schmidt was born (d. 1901). German linguist.
1844 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart dies. Austriam composer.

1846 - Princess Isabel was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 14 Nov 1921).
1847 - Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States.
1848 - Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - In Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
1849 - Max Nordau was born (d. 1923). Austrian author, philosopher and Zionist leader.
1851 - Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
1856 - Robert Schumann dies (b. 1810). German composer.

1856 - Manuel Patrício de Bastos dies (b. c. 1800). Portuguese composer.

1857 - Thomas Dick dies (b. 1774). Scottish scientific teacher and writer.
1858 - United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
1864 - American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC.
1869 - Booth Tarkington was born (d. 1946). American author.
1872 - Eric Alfred Knudsen was born (d. 1957). American folklorist.
1874 - James Shaver Woodsworth was born (d. 1942). Canadian methodist minister, social worker and politician.
1876 - Maria Ouspenskaya was born (d. 1949). Russian-born actress
1878 - Don Marquis was born (d. 1937). American author.
1883 - Benito Mussolini was born (d. 1945). Italian dictator.
1883 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob was born (d. 1942). Colombian poet and writer.
1884 - Ralph A. Bard was born (d. 1975). U.S. Navy Under Secretary.

1885 - Theda Bara was born (d. 1955). American film actress.
1887 - Sigmund Romberg was born (d. 1951). Hungarian-born composer.
1887 - Agostino Depretis dies (b. 1813). Italian statesman.
1890 - Vincent van Gogh dies (b. 1853). Dutch painter.
1892 - William Powell was born (d. 1984). American actor.
1897 - Sir Neil Ritchie was born (d. 1983) . British general.
1898 - Isidor Isaac Rabi was born (d. 1988). American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
1899 - The First Hague Convention was signed.
1900 - In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
1900 - Eyvind Johnson was born (d. 1976). Swedish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate
1900 - Don Redman was born (d. 1964). American musician.
1904 - J. R. D. Tata was born (d.1993). Indian industrialist.
1905 - Dag Hammarskjöld was born (d. 1961). Swedish 2nd UN Secretary-General, Nobel Prize Laureate
1905 - Clara Bow was born (d. 1965). American actress.
1905 - Dag Hammarskjöld was born (d. 1961). UN Secretary-General,.
1905 - Thelma Todd was born (d. 1935). American actress.
1905 - Stanley Kunitz was born (d. 2006). American poet
1906 - Diana Vreeland was born (d. 1989). French-born fashion editor.
1907 - Melvin Belli was born (d. 1996).American lawyer and actor.
1907 - Sir Robert Baden-Powell founds the Boy Scouts with the first scout camp at Brownsea Island.

1911 - Iakovos, Archbishop of America was born (d. 2005)
1913 - Erich Priebke was born. Nazi war criminal
1913 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser dies (b. 1838). Dutch jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate

1914 - Irwin Corey was born. American stand-up comedian
1916 - Charlie Christian was born (d. 1942). American jazz guitarist

1916 - Budd Boetticher was born (d. 2001). American film director

1918 - Edwin O'Connor was born (d. 1968). American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner.
1920 - Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
1920 - Rodolfo Acosta was born (d. 1974). Mexican character actor.

1921 - Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.

1921 - Richard Egan was born (d. 1987). American actor.

1923 - Jim Marshall was born. Founder of Marshall Amplification.
1924 - Lloyd Bochner was born (d. 2005). Canadian actor

1924 - Elizabeth Short was born (d. 1947). Victim in the Black Dahlia case

1925 - Mikis Theodorakis was born. Greek composer
1925 - Ted Lindsay was born. Canadian hockey player
1926 - Don Carter was born in Miami. American bowler, 6-time Bowler of Year, 1953-54, 57-58, 60-61.
1927 - Harry Mulisch was born. Dutch author
1929 - Jean Baudrillard was born. French philosopher

1930 - Paul Taylor was born. American dancer and choreographer
1932 - Great Depression: In Washington, DC, US troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
1932 - Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker was born. U.S. Senator from Kansas
1933 - Lou Albano was born. American pro wrestling manager
1933 - Colin Davis was born. British racing driver
1934 - Didier Pitre dies (b. 1883). French Canadian ice hockey player.
1935 - Peter Schreier was born. German tenor

1936 - Elizabeth Dole was born. U.S. Senator from North Carolina

1936 - Henrique Viana was born. Portuguese actor
1936 - Roberto DaMatta was born. Brazilian anthropologist and sociologist
1937 - Daniel McFadden was born. American economist, Nobel Prize Laureate
1938 - Jean Rochon was born. Quebec politician
1938 - Peter Jennings was born. Canadian-born television news anchor.
1938 - Nikolai Krylenko dies (b. 1885). Russian/Soviet jurist and politician.
1941 - David Warner was born. English actor
1942 - Tony Sirico was born. American actor
1943 - David Taylor was born. English snooker player
1945 - The BBC Light Programme radio station was launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.

1946 - Neal Doughty was born. American keyboardist (REO Speedwagon)
1947 - After being shut off on November 9, 1946 for a memory upgrade, ENIAC, the world's first all-electronic digital computer, is reactivated. It will remain in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.
1947 - Dick Harmon was born (d. 2006). American golf instructor.
1948 - After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics opened in London, United Kingdom.
1950 - Joe Fry dies (b. 1915). British racing driver.
1951 - Dan Driessen was born. American baseball player
1951 - Hozumi Shigeto dies (b. 1883). Japanese author.
1953 - Ken Burns was born. American television producer and director
1953 - Geddy Lee was born. Canadian musician (Rush)

1953 - Patti Scialfa was born. American singer, guitarist and songwriter
1954 - Coen de Koning dies. Dutch speed skater
1954 - The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of The Lord of the Rings, is published in the UK.

1954 - Coen de Koning dies (b. 1879). Dutch speed skater.

1955 - Dave Stevens was born. American illustrator

1955 - Jean-Hugues Anglade was born. French actor

1956 - Teddy Atlas was born. American boxing trainer and commentator

1956 - Ronnie Musgrove was born. Former Governor of Mississippi

1957 - The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
1957 - Nellie Kim was born. Russian gymnast

1957 - Alessandra Marc was born. American operatic soprano
1958 - The U.S. Congress formally creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

1959 - First Congressional elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
1959 - Ruud Janssen was born. Teacher, writer, and artist
1959 - Sanjay Dutt was born. Indian actor
1959 - Ruud Janssen was born. Dutch writer and artist
1959 - Dave LaPoint was born. American baseball player
1959 - John Sykes was born. British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang)
1962 - Scott Steiner was born. American professional wrestler
1963 - Graham Poll was born. English football referee
1963 - Jim Beglin was born. Irish football commentator
1963 - Alexandra Paul was born. American actress
1964 - Vean Gregg dies (b. 1885). American baseball player.
1965 - Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
1965 - Chang-Rae Lee was born. Korean-born author
1965 - Luis Alicea was born. Baseball coach
1965 - Gail Simone was born. Comic book writer
1965 - Dean Haglund was born. Canadian actor

1966 - Musician Bob Dylan crashes his Triumph motorcycle in upstate New York. He goes into seclusion for over a year before reemerging and reinventing himself artistically.
1966 - American magazine Datebook releases issue with the Beatles article from the London Evening Standard four months ago which includes John Lennon's "bigger than Jesus" statement, setting off a furor resulting the trashing and burning of Beatles records and merchandise and the banning of Beatles songs on radio
1966 - Patrick Hogan was born. Marathon runner
1966 - Martina McBride was born. American country singer

1966 - Richard Steven Horvitz was born. American comic voiceactor
1967 - Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
1967 - At the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela was shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.

1969 - Adele Stevens was born. English model and erotic actress

1970 - John Barbirolli dies (b. 1899). English conductor
1970 - George Szell dies. Hungarian conductor
1972 - Wil Wheaton was born. American actor
1973 - Stephen Dorff was born. American actor
1973 - Wanya Morris was born. American singer (Boyz II Men)

1973 - Roger Williamson dies (b. 1948). English racing driver.
1974 - Steve-O was born. Musician and actor
1974 - Cass Elliot dies (b. 1941). American musician
1974 - Erich Kästner dies (b. 1899). German author

1975 - Corrado Grabbi was born. Italian footballer
1975 - James Blish dies (b. 1921). American writer
1976 - In New York City, the "Son of Sam" pulls a gun from a paper bag, killing one person and seriously wounding another in the first of a series of attacks that terrorized the city for the next year.

1976 - Josh Radnor was born. American actor

1976 - Mickey Cohen dies (b. 1913). American gangster.
1979 - Abs Breen was born. English singer
1979 - Karim Essediri was born. Tunisian footballer
1979 - Ronald Murray was born. American basketball player
1979 - Bill Todman dies (b. 1916). American game show producer
1979 - Herbert Marcuse dies (b. 1898). German philosopher.
1979 - Bill Todman, American television producer (b. 1916)

1980 - Fer nando González was born. Chilean tennis player

1980 - Rachel Miner was born. American actress

1981 - Fernando Alonso was born. Spanish race car driver

1981 - Andrés Madrid was born. Argentine footballer
1981 - Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles, Prince of Wales.
1981 - Robert Moses dies (b. 1888). American urban planner.
1982 - Jônatas Domingos was born. Brazilian footballer
1982 - Janez Aljančič was born. Slovenian footballer
1982 - Allison Mack was born. American actress

1982 - Harold Sakata dies (b. 1920). Japanese-American actor.
1982 - Vladimir Zworykin dies (b. 1889). Russian physicist and inventor
1983 - Alexei Kaigorodov was born. Russian hockey player
1983 - David Niven dies (b. 1910). English actor
1983 - Raymond Massey dies (b. 1896). Canadiian actor
1983 - Luis Buñuel dies (b. 1900). Spanish film director
1984 - Fred Waring dies (b. 1900). American band leader and inventor.

1986 - Criação da Associação Portuguesa de Jovens Empresários - ANJE

1987 - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build the tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
1987 - Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Lankan Pact on ethnic issue.
1990 - Bruno Kreisky dies (b. 1911). Chancellor of Austria
1991 - Miki Ishikawa was born. American actress and singer

1992 - Michel Larocque dies (b. 1952). French Canadian ice hockey goaltender.

1993 - The Israeli Supreme Court acquits accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
1994 - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin dies (b. 1910). British chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate
1994 - Megan Kanka dies (b. 1986). Rape victim, basis of Megan's Law

1994 - Mussum dies (b. 1941). Brazilian musician and humourist.

1996 - The controversial child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act (1996) is struck down as too broad by a US federal court.

1996 - Ric Nordman dies (b. 1919). Canadian politician.
1996 - Jason Thirsk dies (b. 1967). American bassist (Pennywise)
1996 - Marcel-Paul Schützenberger dies (b. 1920). French mathematician

1998 -Jorge Pacheco Areco dies. President of Uruguay (1967-1972)

1998 -Uruguay signs the Kyoto Protocol (V. Status of Kyoto Protocol)