1470 - D. Isabel was born. Queen of Portugal
1608 - First refracting telescope demonstrated to the Netherlands States General by Hans Lippershey.
1737 -
Francis Hopkinson was born (d. 1791). American author and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
1775 -
Chiyo-ni dies (b. 1703). Japanese poet.
1782 -
Charles Lee dies (b. 1732). British and U.S. general.
1789 -
George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (the so-called "Bill of Rights") to the States for ratification.
1800 -
Nat Turner was born (d. 1831). American leader of slave uprising.
1804 -
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot dies (b. 1725). French inventor who built the first vehicule auto-propulsed of the world.
- 1814 - Chile: finaliza el desastre de Rancagua y comienza la reconquista del país de manos de los españoles.
- 1832 - Edward Burnett Tylor was born (d. 1917). English anthropologist regarded as the founder of cultural anthropology.
1832 -
Julius von Sachs was born in Breslau (d. 29 May 1897). German botanist whose work on nutrition, tropism (response to environmental stimuli), and transpiration of water greatly advanced the knowledge of plant physiology during the second half of the 19th century. He discovered chlorophyll, and its location in plant cells.
1846 -
Eliza Maria Mosher was born (d. 16 Oct 1928). American physician and educator whose wide-ranging medical career included an educational focus on physical fitness and health maintenance.
1846 -
Benjamin Waterhouse dies (b. 4 Mar 1754). American physician and scientist, a pioneer in smallpox vaccination.
1852 -
William Ramsay was born (d. 23 Jul 1916). Scottish chemist who discovered the "inert gases" neon, kripton and xenon, and co-discovered argon, radon, calcium and barium.
1904 Nobel Prize in Chemist laureate "in recognition of his services in the
discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system".
1853 -
François Jean Dominique Arago dies (b. 26 Feb 1786). French mathematician and physicist who discovered the principle of the production of magnetism by rotation of a non magnetic conductor
1854 - Sir
Patrick Geddes was born (d. 17 Apr 1932). Scottish biologist and sociologist who was one of the modern pioneers of the concept of town and regional plan.
1858 -
Baron Gerard de Geer was born in Stocholm (d. 1943). Swedish geologist, originator of the varve-counting method used in geochronology
1865 -
Sir Berkeley Moynihan was born (d. 1936). 1st Baron Moynihan (of Leeds), he was a British surgeon and teacher of medicine who was a noted authority on abdominal surgery.
1866 - The first tin can with a key opener was patented by J. Osterhoudt in New York City
1869 -
Mahatma Gandhi was born in Porbandar (d. 30 Jan. 1948). Spiritual and political leader of Indian independence movement whose philosophy of nonviolence influenced movements around the world.
1872 - Morgan State University founded
1873 -
Plum Warner was born (d. 1963). English cricketer.
1876 - was born in Dragør (d. 1965). Danish shipping magnate, businessman and founder of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group in 1904
1878 -
Conrad Schlumberger was born (d. 1936). German geophysicist and petroleum engineer noted for the invention, in 1927, of a method of continuous electric logging of boreholes.
1883 -
Karl Terzaghi was born in Prague. Civil engineer who founded the branch of civil engineering science known as soil mechanics, a term he coined for the study of the properties of soil under stresses and under the action of flowing water.
1886 - Robert Julius Trumpler was born (d. 10 Sep 1956). Swiss-born U.S. astronomer who moved to the US in 1915 and worked at the Lick Observatory.
1889 - In
Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American
old west.
1889 - In
Washington, DC, the first international Conference of American States begins.
1890 -
Groucho Marx was born († 1977). American comedian and actor.
1892 -
Ernest Renan dies (b. 27 Feb 1823). French writer, philosopher and historian.
1895 -
Bud Abbott was born (d. 1974). American comedian and actor.
1895 -
Eugen Langen dies (b. 9 Oct 1833). German engineer who pioneered in building internal-combustion engines.
- 1901 - Charles Stark Draper was born (d. 25 Jul 1987). American aeronautical engineer, educator, and science administrator who , in 1939, became head of MIT's Instrumentation Laboratory, which was a centre for the design of navigational and guidance systems for ships, airplanes, and missiles from World War II through the Cold War
1901 -
Alice Prin was born (d. 1953). French singer and artist.
1902 -
Leopold Figl was born (d. 1965). Austrian politician.
1906 - Willy Ley was born ( d. 24 Jun 1969). German-American engineer who was a founder of the German Rocket Society.
1907 -
Alexander R. Todd was born († 10 Jan 1997). British biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the 1957 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
1911 -
Jack Finney was born (d. 1995). American author.
1913 -
Karl Miller was born (d. 1967). German footballer.
1914 -
Jack Parsons was born (d. 1952). American rocket scientist.
1914 -
Bernarr Rainbow was born (d. 1998). Historian of music education, organist, and choir master.
1916 - San Diego Zoo is founded
1917 -
Óscar Lopes was born in Leça da Palmeira. Portuguese professor and essayst.
1917 -
Christian de Duve was born. Belgian cytologist biochemist who discovered lysosomes (the digestive organelles of the cell) and peroxisomes (organelles that are the site of metabolic processes involving hydrogen peroxide). He shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1974 with Albert Claude and George Palade.
1920 - Max Bruch dies. German composer.
1925 - Nasce, em S. João do Peso, Vila de Rei,
José Cardoso Pires (m. 26 Out 1998). Escritor português, unanimemente considerado um dos maiores escritores portugueses do século XX, numa galeria onde podemos encontrar nomes como
José Saramago ou
António Lobo Antunes.
1927 -
Svante Arrhenius dies (b. 19 Feb 1859). Swedish chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate in 1903 "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered to the advancement of chemistry by his electrolytic theory of dissociation."
- 1928 - The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, was founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
- 1929 - Moses Gunn was born (d. 1993). African-American actor.
1933 - Philipp Forchheimer dies (b. 7 Aug 1852). Austrian engineer who was a top contributor to the study of groundwater hydrology during the late 19th and early 20th centuries
1934 -
Earl Wilson was born (d. 2005). American baseball player.
1935 -
Omar Sivori was born (d. 2005). Argentine football player.
1936 - Alcohol plant : the first alcohol power plant is established in Atchison, Kansas.
- 1937 - Samuel R. Caldwell becomes the first person is the United States to be arrested on a marijuana charge.
1938 -
Rex Reed was born. American movie critic and actor.
1938 -
Waheed Murad was born (d. 1983). Pakistani film actor and director.
1940 - Freelan O. Stanley dies (b. 1 Jun 1849). American inventor, who with his twin brother Francis, were the most famous manufacturers of steam-driven automobiles. Francis previously had invented a photographic dry-plate process (1883), and as the Stanley Dry Plate Company the brothers had engaged in the manufacturing of the plates
1942 - Nuclear fission : the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated in Chicago.
1945 -
Don McLean was born. American singer and songwriter
1947 - Inauguração do
MASP : Museu de Arte de S. Paulo (Brasil)
1948 -
Chris LeDoux was born (d. 2005). American musicician and rodeo performer.
1951 -
Sting was born. British singer and actor.
1954 - Greg Jennings was born. Country musician (Restless Heart)
1955 - The
ENIAC computer is deactivated at 11:45 PM.
1956 - Atomic clock : the Atomicron, the first atomic clock, was unveiled at the Overseas Press Club in New York City.
1956 - Freddie Jackson was born. R&B singer
1958 - Robbie Nevil was born. Singer and producer
1958 - Marie Stopes dies (b. 15 Oct 1880). Scottish scientist, educator and birth control advocate was born in Edinburgh.
1960 -
Joe Sacco was born. Maltese cartoonist
1960 -
Robbie Nevil was born. American singer and songwriter.
1966 - Richard Edwin Shope dies (b. 25 Dec 1901). American animal pathologist and
virologist who was first to isolate an influenza virus, first to vaccinate animals against influenza, and first to identify (1928) the causative agent as a virus in the 1918-19 Spanish influenza pandemic.
- 1967 - Thomas Muster was born in Leibnitz. Austrian tennis star, 1995 French Open winner.
- 1968 - A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City ends in the Tlatelolco massacre. More than 25 people have been killed during a vicious gun battle in Mexico City just days before the Olympic Games are due to begin.
1968 - Birth of sextuplets stuns Britain: A woman has given birth to six babies in what is being hailed as the first recorded case of live sextuplets in Britain (BBC).
1968 -
Glen Wesley was born. Canadian ice hockey players
1968 -
Jeff Martin was born. Canadian singer/songwriter
- 1968 - Kelly Willis was born. Country singer
- 1968 - Marcel Duchamp dies (b. 1887). French painter and sculptor.
1970 -
Kelly Ripa was born. American actress and television host
- 1970 - Colin Rivas was born. Galician artist
- 1970 - Dion Allen was born. R&B singer (Az Yet)
- 1970 - Maribel Verdú was born. Spanish actress
1971 -
Tiffany was born. American singer
1971 -
Bola de Nieve dies (b. 1911). Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter.
- 1973 - Dalida Chammai was born. Miss Lebanon Universe 1997
- 1973 - Lene was born. Norwegian singer (ex-Aqua)
1973 -
Proof was born (d. 2006). American rapper (
D12).
1974 -
Mark Porter was born (d. 2006). New Zealand racing driver.
1974 -
Sam Roberts was born. Canadian singer and songwriter.
1974 -
Vasily Shukshin dies (b. 1929) Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and director
1975 -
Kumaraswami Kamaraj dies (b. 1903). Indian Political leader, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
1976 -
Mandisa was born. American singer
1977 - Em Genebra, Anabela Chaves, violinista portuguesa, conquista o 1.o Prémio Internacional de Execução Musical.
- 1978 - Baseball: Bucky Dent hits a home run for the New York Yankees to defeat the Boston Red Sox in a one-game play off at Fenway Park. The home run was Dent's 5th of the season.
1981 -
Toro was born. Taiwanese singer
- 1981 - Hazel Scott dies (b. 1920). West Indian-born singer.
1985 -
Rock Hudson dies of AIDS (b. 1925). American actor.
- 1985 - Em Portugal, eleições gerais dão ao PDS 30% dos votos, ao PS 20,5%, ao PRD 18%, à APU 15,5% e ao CDS 10,5%.
- 1986 - Camilla Belle was born. American actress
- 1987 - Dia Frampton was born. American singer (Meg & Dia)
- 1987 - Phil Kessel was born. American ice hockey player Boston Bruins.
- 1987 - Peter Medawar dies (b. 1915). Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1990 - A Chinese airline
Boeing 737-247 is hijacked; after landing at
Guangzhou it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132
1990 -
Dave Ross was born. All Around Boss and Half-Decent Runner
1993 - President Yeltsin declares a State of Emergency in Moscow
1994 - Portugal : Ao largo de Leixões, mil toneladas de crude são derramadas pelo petroleiro Cercal.
1998 -
Gene Autry dies (b. 1907). American singer, actor, and entrepreneur.
2001 - First
palindromic MM-DD-YYYY date since August 31, 1380.
Roman festivals - First day of the Ludi Augustales to celebrate the recovery by emperor August of Roman standards from the Parthians
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