1801 -
Brigham Young, was born (d. 1877). Mormon church leader and American western settler.
1804 -
Mikhail Glinka, was born (d. 1857). Russian composer.
1812 -
War of 1812: U.S. President
James Madison asks the
U.S. Congress to declare war on the
United Kingdom.
1813 - The
United States Navy gained its motto as the mortally wounded commander of the frigate
Chesapeake, Capt.
James Lawrence, said, 'Don't give up the ship'.
1815 -
Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.
1815-
Philip Kearny, was born (d. 1862). American general.
1826 -
Carl Bechstein, was born (d. 1900). Piano manufacturer.
1831 -
John Bell Hood, was born (d. 1879). American Confederate general.
1831 -
James Clark Ross discovers the position of the
North Magnetic Pole on the
Boothia Peninsula.
1843 - Dr
Henry Faulds, was born (d. 1930). Scottish fingerprinting pioneer.
1846 -
Pope Gregory XVI dies (b. 1765)
1847 -
Zeta Psi Fraternity is founded.
1851 - Nasce Isaac Peral, inventor espanhol do submarino.
1855 - American adventurer
William Walker conquers
Nicaragua and reinstates
slavery.
1897 - General José Maria Reina Barrios assume a Presidencia da Guatemala e instala um regime ditatorial
1906 - Fundação do Club Atlético Talleres - Argentina
1907 -
Colin Blythe takes 17 wickets for 48 runs against Northamptonshire at Northampton in one day. It is the best analysis ever recorded either for a county cricket match or a single day's bowling, and not bettered in
first-class cricket until
1956.
1909 - The
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition world's fair opens in
Seattle, Washington.
1910 -
Robert Falcon Scott's
South Pole expedition leaves England
1917 -
William S. Knowles, was born. American chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate.
1918 -
World War I:
Battle for Belleau Wood begins -
1921 -
Tulsa Race Riot: A
race riot in
Tulsa, Oklahoma kills at least 85 people.
1921 -
Nelson Riddle, was born (d. 1985).
Grammy Award-winning orchestra leader, arranger.
1922 -
Joan Caulfield, was born. Actress.
1922 -
Povel Ramel, was born. Swedish musician
1922 - Official founding of the
Royal Ulster Constabulary.
1924 - Dr.
William Sloane Coffin Jr., was born. American clergyman
1925 -
Lou Gehrig of the
New York Yankees played the first game in his record streak of 2,130 consecutive games, an endurance record in
major league baseball that stood till
Cal Ripken, Jr. broke it in
1995.
1926 -
Andy Griffith, was born. American actor.
1926 - Ignacy Mocicki was elected president of Poland.
1926 -
Marilyn Monroe [Norma Jean Mortensen] was born in Los Angeles (d. 05 Aug 1962). American actress ( Gentleman Prefer Blondes, The Seven-Year Itch, Some Like It Hot, Bus Stop, The Asphalt Jungle, Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend, The Misfits, Scudda-Hoo!Scudda-Hay!; famous centerfold: Playboy [1952];
1935 -
Fernand Bouisson assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro da França
1936 -
Gerald Scarfe, was born.
British cartoonist and
illustrator1933 - Inauguração da Exposição Universal de Chicago.
1937 -
Morgan Freeman, was born. American
actor ( Driving Miss Daisy, Glory, Unforgiven, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Queen, Another World, Outbreak, Amistad, Deep Impact; director: Bopha)
1938 -
Action Comics issues the first
Superman comic.
1938 - Protective
baseball helmets were worn by batters for the very first time.
1939 -
Cleavon Little, American
actor (d.
1992)
1939 -
Jackie Stewart, was born.
British Formula One champion
1940 -
René Auberjonois, was born. American actor
1960 -
Morte de Teodoro Picado Michalski. Presidente da Costa Rica (1944-1948)
1961 -
Paul Coffey, was born. Canadian
hockey star
1965 -
Nigel Short, was born. English
chess player
1965 - Explosion at Fukuoka, Japan kills 237 coal miners
1966 -
Papa Jack Laine, dies (b. 1873). American
jazz musician.
1967 -
The Beatles album
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
1968 -
Jason Donovan, was born. Australian actor
1968 -
Helen Keller, dies (b. 1880). American humanitarian. She had been deaf and blind since the age of 18 months. During her life she learned to speak, ride horses, and the waltz. She also graduated from Radcliffe cum laude.
1970 -
Alexi Lalas, was born. American
football player.
1971 -
Vietnam War:
Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace, claiming to represent the majority of U.S. veterans who served in
Southeast Asia, speak against war protests.
1971 -
Reinhold Niebuhr, dies (b. 1892). American theologist.
1973 -
Adam Garcia, was born.
Australian actor
1973 -
Heidi Klum, was born.
German supermodel1973 -
Derek Lowe, was born. American
baseball pitcher .
1973 - É proclamada a República na Grécia, presidida pelo general Papadopoulos de forma provisória.
1974 -
Alanis Morissette, was born. Canadian singer
1974 -
Flixborough disaster: An explosion at a chemical plant in
Flixborough,
UK kills 28 people.
1977 -
Danielle Harris, was born. American
voice actress1978 - The first international applications under the
Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
1984 -
José Napoleón Duarte Fuentes assume (pela 2º vez) a presidência de El Salvador
1987 - Realizou-se, pela primeira vez em Portugal, um transplante terapêutico da medula.
1987 - Rashid Karami, 10 time Prime Minister of Lebanon, dies at 65
1987 - Errol W Barrow Prime Minister of Barbados (1961-76), dies at 67
1989 - Em Portugal, foi aprovada a Segunda Revisão Constitucional
1990 - U.S. President
George H. W. Bush and
Soviet Union leader
Mikhail Gorbachev sign a
treaty to end
chemical weapon production and start destroying each of their nation's stockpiles.
1993 - Guatemala president Jorge Serrano overthrown by army
1994 -
Frances Heflin, dies (b. 1923). American soap opera actress.
1996 - Morte de
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy .Presidente da Índia (1977 - 1982)
1997 - Morre Georgos Livanos, armador grego e um dos dez homens mais ricos do mundo.
1999 -
DeForest Kelley, dies (b. 1920). American actor.
2000 - The Expo 2000 opened in Hanover (Germany) and ran to Oct 31.
2000 - The
Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is signed.
2001 -
Hank Ketcham, dies. American cartoonist, creator of
Dennis the Menace2001 -
King Birendra (b. 1945),
Queen Aiswarya o and other ten members of Royal Family of
Nepal die shot by Prince Dipendra, during a dinner, before shooting himself . There was an apparent dispute over his upcoming marriage.
2002 -
A Selecção da Alemanhderrota a Arábia Saudita por 8-0 para o Campeomnato do Mundo de Futebol 2002.
2004 - Realiza-se em Bona - Alemanha a
Conferência Mundial sobre Energias Renováveis
2004 -
A australiana Jennifer Hawkins é eleita Miss Universo 2004 no Equador
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