Nothingandall: On this day in History

0039 - Lucan was born (d. 0065). Roman poet.
0361 - Constantius II dies (b. 0317). Roman Emperor.
0644 - Umar ibn al-Chattab, the second Muslim caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina.
0753 - Pirminius dies (b. 0753). German saint.
1148 - St. Malachy dies.
1220 - D. Urraca dies. Queen of Portugal.
1254 - John III Ducas Vatatzes dies (b. 1193). Byzantine Emperor.
1324 - Petronilla de Meath burned as a witch, the first such burning in Ireland.
1394 - Charles VI expels the Jews from Paris & the Royal Domain of France.
1428 - Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury dies, mortally wounded in battle (b. 1388). English military leader.
1462 - Henry IV of Castile is proclaimed prince of Catalunya.
1468 - Liege is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.
1481 - Francis I of Navarre is proclaimed king.
1483 - Giuliano della Rovere is appointed as Bishop of Bologna.
1487 - Melin de Saint-Gelais was born (d. 1558). French poet.
1492 - Treaty of Etaples.
1493 - Christopher Columbus first sighted the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
1500 - Benvenuto Cellini was born (d. 1571). Italian artist.
1517 - The Emperor Maximillian bans "self-igniting" handguns. The ban is cheerfully ignored.
1529 - Parliament opens in England.
1558 - Thomas Kyd was born (d. 1594). Author of The Spanish Tragedy.
1560 - Annibale Carracci was born (d. 1609). Italian painter.
1580 - Jeronimo Zurita y Castro dies (b. 1512). Spanish historian.
1584 - Charles Borromeo dies (b. 1538). Italian Roman catholic cardinal.
1587 - Samuel Scheidt was born (d. 1654). German composer.
1591 - É eleito o Papa Inocêncio IX.
1591 - Founding of city of Guanare, Venezuela.
1600 - Richard Hooker dies (b. 1554). English theologian.
1604 - Osman II was born (d. 1622). Ottoman Sultan.
1618 - Aurangzeb was born (d. 1707). Mughal emperor.
1633 - Bernardino Ramazzini was born (d. 1714). Italian physician.
1639 - Death of St. Martin de Torres.
1643 - John Bainbridge dies (b. 1582). English astronomer.
1643 - Paul Guldin dies (b. 1577). Swiss astronomer and mathematician.
1711 - John Ernest Grabe dies (b. 1666). German-born Anglican theologian.
1718 - John Montague was born (d. 1792). Earl of Sandwich.
1749 - Daniel Rutherford was born (d. 1819). Scottish chemist and physician.
1755 - The colony of Massachusetts offers a bounty of 20 pounds for the scalps of Native American boys and girls under the age of 12.

1762 - Tratado de Fontainebleau entre España y Francia, por el que Luisiana pasa a poder español.

1783 - John Austin, a highwayman, is the last to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows.

1783 - The American Continental Army is disbanded.

1787 - Robert Lowth dies (b. 1710). British bishop and grammarian.

1792 - The University of Guadalajara, Mexico, is opened.

1793 - Stephen F. Austin was born (d. 1836). American pioneer.

1793 - Olympe de Gouges dies guillotined (b. 1748). French feminist and revolutionary.

1794 - William Cullen Bryant was born (d. 1878). American poet and journalist.

1794 - François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis dies (b. 1715). French cardinal and statesman.

1799 - William Sprague III was born (d. 1856). American politician from Rhode Island.

1801 - Karl Baedeker was born (d. 1859). German author and publisher.

1801 - Vincenzo Bellini was born (d. 1835). Italian composer.

1810 - Giacchino Rossini's La cambiale di matrimonio is premiered.

1812 - Napoleonic armies defeated at Vyazma.

1815 - John Mitchel was born (d. 1875). Irish nationalist.

1816 - Jubal Early was born (d. 1894). American Confederate general.

1816 - Calvin Fairbank was born (d. 1898). American abolitionist minister.

1817 - The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal, Quebec.

1820 - Independencia de Ecuador.

1821 - Independência da Nicarágua.

1836 - Em Portugal, Belenzada — golpe de estado contra-revolucionário em Lisboa.

1838 - The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.

1839 - Começo da Primeira Guerra do Ópio, entre a China e a Grã-Bretanha, após o afundamento de alguns juncos chineses por fragatas britânicas.

1844 - Debut of Giuseppe Verdi's I due Foscari, at Teatro Argentina, Rome.

1845 - Edward Douglass White was born (d. 1921). 9th Chief Justice of the United States.

1848 - A greatly revised constitution, drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy, and strengthening the powers of the parliament and the ministers, is proclaimed. This constitution is still in effect today.

1852 - Meiji Emperor was born (d. 1912). Japanese emperor.

1856 - A British fleet bombs Canton.

1856 - Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo dies. Spanish poet, historian and literary critic.

1856 - Jim McCormick was born (d. 1918). Baseball player.

1857 - Mikhail Alekseev was born (d. 1918). Russian general.

1862 - Henry George, Jr. was born (d. 1916). American politician.

1863 - José Estêvão dies. Portuguese politician and orator.

1864 - Gonçalves Dias dies (b. 1823). Brazilian poet.

1867 - Marquesa de Santos dies (b. 1797). Mistress of Pedro I of Brazil.

1868 - U.S. presidential election: Republican Ulysses S. Grant is elected to the first of his two terms in a victory over Democrat Horatio Seymour.

1869 - Andreas Kalvos dies (b. 1792). Greek poet.

1871 - Albert Goldthorpe was born. English rugby league footballer.

1876 - Stephen Peter Alencastre was born (d. 1940). Roman Catholic prelate.

1877 - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo was born (d. 1960). President of Chile.

1874 - Lucy Maud Montgomery was born (d. 1942). Canadian novelist.

1876 - Stephen Peter was born (d. 1940). Roman Catholic prelate.

1883 - American Old West: Self-described "Black Bart the Po-8" gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves an incriminating clue that eventually leads to his capture.

1887 - É fundada a Associação Académica de Coimbra, a mais antiga associação de estudantes de Portugal.

1887 - Samuil Marshak was born (d. 1964). Russian writer, translator and children's poet.

1890 - Eustaquio van Lieshout was born (d. 1943). Dutch priest.

1890 - Ulrich Ochsenbein dies (b. 1811). Swiss Federal Councillor.

1891 - Louis Lucien Bonaparte dies (b. 1813). French politician and linguist.

1893 - Edward Adelbert Doisy was born (d. 1986). American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

1895 - Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaievna Romanova was born (d. 1918).

1896 - U.S. presidential election: Republican William McKinley is elected over Democrat William Jennings Bryan.

1896 - Gustaf Tenggren was born (d. 1970). Swedish illustrator.

1898 - Colombia: Asume la presidencia Manuel Antonio San Clemente.

1899 - Gleb Wataghin was born (d. 1986). Ukrainian-Italian physicist.

1900 - Adolf Dassler was born (d. 1978). Founder of Adidas.

1901 - André Malraux was born (d. 1976). French writer.

1901 - King Léopold III of Belgium was born (d. 1983).

1903 - With the encouragement of the United States, Panama proclaims itself independent from Colombia. US President Theodore Roosevelt had wanted the United States to build the Panama Canal, but was not willing to pay what Colombia asked.

1903 - Walker Evans was born (d. 10 Apr 1975). American photographer.

1905 - Csar Nicholas II of Russia signs a document of amnesty for the political prisoners.

1906 - Alzheimer's Disease After 100 Years: In Tübingen, Germany, on this day, Alois Alzheimer described the first documented case of Alzheimer's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that impairs memory, cognition, and behavior.

1908 - Bronko Nagurski was born (d. 1990). American football player.

1908 - U.S. presidential election: Republican William Howard Taft defeats William Jennings Bryan, Democratic candidate in his third and final nomination.

1909 - James Reston was born (d. 1995). American journalist

1910 - Richard Hurndall was born (d. 1984). British actor.

1911 - Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.

1911 - Rosa Alarco Larrabure was born in Lima (d. 1980). Peruvian musician, composer and musicologist. Human right activist.

1912 - México: Empieza la revolución contra Madero en Chihuahua.

1912 - Alfredo Stroessner was born. President of Uruguay.

1913 - The USA introduces an income tax.

1914 - António Dacosta was born. Portuguese painter.

1917 - Léon Bloy dies (b. 1846). French novelist and essayist.

1918 - Austria-Hungary enters into an armistice with the World War I Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.

1918 - Poland declares its independence from Russia.

1918 - Manuel Antunes was born (d. 1985). Portuguese teacher and essayst.

1918 - Bob Feller was born. Baseball player.

1918 - Elizabeth P. Hoisington was born (d. 2007). American Brigadier General.

1918 - Russell B. Long was born (d. 2003). U.S. Senator from Louisiana.

1918 - Dean Riesner was born (d. 2002). American film and television screenwriter.

1918 - Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov dies (b. 1857). Russian scientist.

1919 - Jesús Blasco was born (d. 1995). Spanish comic book author.

1920 - Oodgeroo Noonuccal was born (d. 1993). Australian writer.

1921 - Charles Bronson was born (d. 2003). American actor.

1923 - Lady Louise Mountbatten marries Gustav, Crown Prince of Sweden.

1923 - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich was born (d. 1990). Northern Irish clergyman.

1924 - The Trigon Engineering Society is founded on The Lawn at The University of Virginia in room 17.

1924 - Samuel Ruiz García was born. Mexican Roman Catholic bishop.

1926 - Osamu Tezuka was born (d. 1989). Japanese manga writer and illustrator.

1926 - Maurice Couture was born. French Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop.

1926 - Valdas Adamkus was born. President of the Republic of Lithuania.

1926 - Annie Oakley dies (b. 1860). American sharp-shooter.

1927 - A Turquia adopta o alfabeto romano, abolindo o uso do árabe.

1927 - Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod dies (b. 1860). Czech journalist.

1928 - Osamu Tezuka was born (d. 1989). Japanese manga artist.

1929 - Olav Aukrust dies (b. 1883). Norwegian poet.

1930 - The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel was opened to traffic.

1930 - Getúlio Dornelles Vargas became Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil. after a bloodless coup on October 24.

1930 - D. James Kennedy was born (d. 2007). American theologian.

1930 - Brian Robinson was born. British cyclist.

1930 - Lois Smith was born. American actress.

1930 - Frits Staal was born. Dutch-American scholar.

1931 - Monica Vitti was born. Italian actress.

1931 - Michael Fu Tieshan was born (d. 2007). Chinese bishop.

1931 - Yon Hyong-muk was born (d. 2005). North Korean politician.

1932 - Albert Reynolds was born. Irish politician and prime minister.

1932 - Dia do Direito de Voto para Mulheres no Brasil, conquistado no ano de 1932.

1933 - Jeremy Brett was born (d. 1995). English actor.

1933 - Amartya Sen was born. Indian economist, Nobel Prize laureate.

1933 - Aneta Corsaut was born (d. 1995). American actress.

1933 - Michael Dukakis was born. American politician.

1933 - Ken Berry was born. American comedy television actor.

1934 - Ruma Guha Thakurta was born. Singer, Actress, Dancer, Founder of Calcutta Youth Choir.

1933 - Emile Roux dies (b. 1853). French scientist.

1934 - John Barry was born. English composer.

1936 - George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular plebiscite.

1935 - Betinho was born (d. 1997). Brazilian sociologist and human right activist.

1936 - U.S. presidential election, 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected to a second term in a landslide victory over Alf Landon.

1936 - Roy Emerson was born. Australian tennis champion.

1938 - Martin Dunwoody was born. British mathematician.

1938 - Jean Rollin was born. French director and screenwriter.

1939 - Adi Da was born. Controversial modern spiritual teacher.

1939 - Charles Tournemire dies (b. 1870). French composer and organist.

1940 - Manuel Azaña Díaz dies. President of Spain.

1941 - Brian Poole was born. English musician (The Tremeloes).

1942 - World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein ends - German forces under Erwin Rommel are forced to retreat during the night.

1942 - World War II: North Africa - Montgomery's forces break through Rommel's front line at El Alamein.

1942 - The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.

1942 - The city of Kisarazu in founded in Chiba, Japan.

1943 - World War II: 500 aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshafen harbor in Germany.

1943 - Bert Jansch was born. Scottish folk musician.

1944 - World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.

1945 - J. D. Souther was born. American country-rock singer/songwriter & actor.

1945 - Gerd Müller was born. German football player.

1945 - Ken Holtzman was born. American baseball player and manager.

1946 - Tom Savini was born. American actor, film maker, and makeup artist.

1947 - Mazie Hirono was born. American politician.

1948 - Lulu was born. British actress and singer.

1948 - Helmut Koinigg was born (d. 1974). Austrian racing driver.

1949 - Anna Wintour was born. English-American editor.

1949 - Larry Holmes was born. American boxer.

1949 - Mike Evans was born (d. 2006). American actor.

1949 - Solomon R. Guggenheim dies (b. 1861). American art collector and philanthropist.

1950 - Joe Queenan was born. American writer.

1950 - Massimo Mongai was born. Italian writer.

1951 - Ed Murawinski was born. American cartoonist, New York Daily News.

1951 - Robert Prosser was born. American musician, songwriter.

1952 - Roseanne Barr was born. American actress and comedienne.

1952 - Jim Cummings was born. American voice actor.

1952 - David Ho was born. Taiwanese-American AIDS researcher.

1953 - Helios Creed was born. American musician (Chrome).

1953 - Kate Capshaw was born. American actress.

1953 - Dennis Miller was born. American comedian.

1953 - Larry Herndon was born. American baseball player.

1954 - Adam Ant was born. English singer.

1954 - Brigitte Lin was born. Taiwanese actress.

1954 - Henri Matisse dies (b. 1869). French artist.

1954 - The first in the Godzilla series of films is released in Japan.

1955 - The musical film Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts.

1955 - Phil Simms was born. American football player.

1956 - The Wizard of Oz is shown on television for the first time, with a viewing audience estimated at 45 million people.

1956 - Israeli troops are said to be in control of the Sinai.

1956 - Kevin Murphy was born. American actor and puppeteer.

1956 - Gary Ross was born. American film director.

1956 - Manuel Patarroyo was born. Colombian physician and immunologist.

1957 - The assassination of King Hussein of Jordan is called for on government controlled Egyptian radio.

1957 - Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter space: a dog named Laika.

1957 - Dolph Lundgren was born. Swedish actor.

1957 - Wilhelm Reich dies (b. 1897). Austrian psychotherapist.

1958 - Cuba: Andres Rivero Agüero is elected President.

1958 - The UNESCO Palace is inaugurated.

1959 - Ben Gurion's Israeli Labourist Party wins the elections.

1959 - Hal Hartley was born. American film director.

1960 - Felix Mounie, the Cameroon opposition leader is assassinated in Geneva.

1960 - Karch Kiraly was born. American volleyball player.

1961 - David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (son of Britain's late Princess Margaret).

1962 - Marilyn was born. British musician.

1962 - Jacqui Smith was born. UK Home Secretary (28th June 2007 - ).

1963 - Shigeaki Hattori was born. Japanese racing driver.

1963 - Ian Wright was born. English footballer.

1963 - Shigeaki Hattori was born. Japanese racing driver.

1964 - Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time.

1964 - U.S. presidential election, 1964: Incumbent US President Lyndon B. Johnson defeats Republican challenger Barry Goldwater, Sr with over 60 percent of the popular vote.

1964 - Bolivia: René Barrientos Ortuño asume el poder tras ser derrocado por un golpe militar Víctor Paz Estenssoro.

1964 - Han Suk-kyu was born. South Korean actor.

1964 - John Henry Barbee dies (b. 1905). American guitarist and singer.

1966 - Guatemala: Se implanta el estado de sitio en todo el territorio.

1966 - Joe Hachem was born. Lebanese-born Australian poker player.

1967 - Vietnam War: Battle of Dak To begins - Around Dak To (located about 280 miles (450 km) north of Saigon near the Cambodian border), heavy casualties are suffered on both sides, with the Americans narrowly winning the battle on November 22.

1967 - John Tomac was born. American MTB Hall of Fame cyclist.

1967 - Steven Wilson was born. English musician and producer (Porcupine Tree).

1968 - Debbie Rochon was born. American actress.

1968 - Adolf Abel dies. German architect.

1969 - Luciana Gimenez was born. Brazilian model and hostess.

1969 - Vietnam War: US President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.

1969 - Robert Miles was born. Swiss record producer, composer and musician in trance and ambient music.

1970 - Salvador Allende is inaugurated as president of Chile.

1970 - Dawn Marie Psaltis was born. American professional wrestler.

1970 - Peter II of Yugoslavia dies (b. 1923).

1971 - The UNIX Programmer's Manual is published.

1971 - Diego Alessi was born. Italian race car driver.

1971 - Dwight Yorke was born. Trinidadian football player.

1971 - Dylan Moran was born. Irish comedian.

1972 - Salvador Allende forms a civil-military government in Chile.

1972 - A ONU reconheceu, por 99 votos a favor, 23 abstenções e 5 votos contra, dos E.U.A., Grã-Bretanha, França, República da África do Sul e Portugal, a legitimidade da luta armada contra Portugal em África.

1972 - Armando Benitez was born. MLB closing pitcher.

1972 - Ugo Ehiogu was born. English footballer.

1973 - Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury, on March 29, 1974 becoming the first space probe to reach that planet.

1973 - Kirk Jones (Sticky Fingaz) was born. American musician.

1973 - Nemone was born. Athlete and broadcaster.

1973 - Mick Thomson was born. American guitarist (Slipknot).

1973 - Marc Allégret dies (b. 1900). French director and screenwriter.

1974 - Tariq Abdul-Wahad was born. French basketball player.

1975 - An independent audit of Mattel, one of the United States's largest toy manufacturers, reveals that company officials fabricated press releases and financial information to "maintain the appearance of continued corporate growth."

1975 - O Major General Khaled Mosharraf conduz um golpe militar em Bangladesh.

1975 - The television breakfast show Good Morning America premieres with co-anchors David Hartman and Nancy Dussault.

1975 - Darren Sharper was born. American football player.

1976 - Guillermo Franco was born. Argentine-Mexican footballer.

1977 - Aria Giovanni was born. American model and adult film actress.

1978 - Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

1978 - The sitcom Diff'rent Strokes premieres on NBC.

1979 - In Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally.

1979 - Joseph Daniel Lewis was born. American writer/director.

1979 - Pablo Aimar was born. Argentine football player.

1979 - Beau McDonald was born. Australian Rules Footballer.

1979 - Tim McIlrath was born. American musician (Rise Against).

1981 - Diego López Rodríguez was born. Spanish footballer.

1981 - Jackie Gayda was born. American professional wrestler.

1981 - Sten Pentus was born. Estonian racing car driver.

1982 - The Salang tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills up to 2,000+ people.

1982 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average surges 43.41 points, or 4.25%, to close at 1,065.49, its first all-time high in more than nine years. The points gain was the biggest ever up to that point.

1982 - Travis Richter was born. American guitarist From First To Last.

1982 - Evgeny Plushenko was born. Russian figure skater.

1983 - Suzane von Richthofen was born. Brazilian murderess.

1983 - Alfredo Antonini dies (b. 1901). American conductor and composer.

1984 - Indira Gandhi was cremated at Shakti Sthal.

1984 - Christian Bakkerud was born. Danish racing driver.

1985 - Christopher Kinsella was born. Irish Military Hero.

1986 - Jasmine Trias was born. American singer.

1986 - Iran-Contra Affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been selling weapons to Iran in secret in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.

1986 - The Federated States of Micronesia become independent from the United States of America.

1986 - Joaquim Chissano is chosen to succeed Samora Machel (who was killed in a plane crash in South Africa, Oct 19) as President of Mozambique.

1987 - Gemma Ward was born. Australian model.

1987 - Elizabeth Smart was born. American kidnapping victim.

1988 - Alpha Nu Omega a national Greek letter Christian organization comprised of both a fraternity and sorority under one Constitution is founded at Morgan State University.

1988 - Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries try to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the coup attempt within 24 hours.

1990 - Mary Martin dies (b. 1913). American actress.

1990 - People's Republic of Mozambique becomes the Republic of Mozambique after a unanimous vote by the People's Assembly.

1991 - Fifteen people are killed in the Barrios Altos massacre in Lima, Peru.

1991 - Mort Shuman dies (b. 1936). American singer and songwriter.

1992 - U.S. presidential election: Democratic challenger Bill Clinton defeats incumbent Republican George H.W. Bush and independent candidate Ross Perot.

1993 - Léon Theremin dies (b. 1895). Russian inventor.

1994 - Red Hat Linux 1.0 is released.

1995 - At Arlington National Cemetery, U.S. President Bill Clinton dedicates a memorial to the victims of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing.

1995 - Fernando Nogueira é eleito líder parlamentar do PSD.

1995 - Gordon S. Fahrni dies (b. 1887). Physician and president of the Canadian Medical Association.

1995 - John Orchard dies (b. 1928). British actor.

1996 - Death of Abdullah Çatlı (b. 1915), leader of the Turkish ultra-nationalist organisation Grey Wolves in the Susurluk car-crash, which leads to the resignation of the Turkish Interior Minister, Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party, DYP).

1996 - Aria Wallace was born. American actress.

1996 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa dies (b. 1921).President of the Central African Republic.

1998 - Bob Kane dies (b. 1915). Comic artist and Batman co creator.

1998 - Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is elected Governor of the U.S. state of Minnesota.

1998 - É lançado o álbum The Masterplan, da banda britânica Oasis.

1999 - El juez español Baltasar Garzón procesa a 98 militares argentinos por las desapariciones ocurridas durante la dictadura de Pinochet.

1999 - Ian Bannen dies (b. 1928). Scottish actor.

2001 - Ernst Gombrich dies (b. 1909). Austrian art historian.

2002 - Lonnie Donegan dies (b. 1931). Scottish musician.

2002 - Jonathan Harris dies (b. 1914). American actor.

2003 - NYC Subway's Redbird Trains Make Final Run.

2003 - Rasul Gamzatov dies (b. 1923). Russian poet.