Today in History

Births On This Day, June 29th 🎂

1978 Nicole Scherzinger
American singer, dancer, actress

1968 Theoren Fleury
Canadian ice hockey player

1936 Harmon Killebrew
American baseball player

1900 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer

1798 Giacomo Leopardi
Italian poet

Deaths On This Day, June 29th 🪦

2003 Katharine Hepburn
American actress, singer

1967 Jayne Mansfield
American model, actress, singer

1940 Paul Klee
Swiss/German painter

1933 Roscoe Arbuckle
American actor, director, screenwriter

1895 Thomas Henry Huxley
English biologist
 

1767
British Parliament passes Townsend Act which taxed imported goods to American colonies. The colonists saw this as an abuse of power
1936
Pres Franklin Roosevelt awards the 1st U.S. Congressional Gold Medal to actor/producer/singer, George M Cohen for raising war morale
1986
Major Baseball manager, Sparky Anderson becomes the 1st manager to win 600 games in both leagues. The teams he managed were Detroit Tigers,{AL}Cincinatti Reds{NL}
2009
financier/scam artist Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 150 yrs in federal prison for his massive Ponzi scheme
 
June 29th Birthdays:
1861
William James Mayo- U.S. surgeon/co founder of Mayo Clinic in Minnesota
1901
Nelson Eddy- singer famous doing duets with Jeannette McDonald
1908
Le Roy Anderson-composer best known works ''Sleigh Ride', The Syncopated Clock'
1930
Robert Evans- film producer, 'Love Story, Chinatown,The Godfather
1948
Fred Grandy-actor/politican his best known TV role' Gopher' on ABC show' The Love Boat,he quit acting became a politican as a member of U. S. House of Representatives from Iowa
1953
Colin Hay- guitarist with group Men At Work "Who Can It Be Now'
Deaths:
1861
Elizabeth Browning- British poet/writer' How Do I Love Thee' 55
1940
Paul Klee- Swiss/ German painter 60
1978
Bob Crane- actor, best known TV role' Col Robert Hogan' in CBS show'Hogan's Heroes' 49{murdered}
1995
Lana Turner- actress, Peyton Place, The Postman Always Rings Twice 74
2002
Rosemary Clooney-singer/ actress 'Come On a My House' movie 'White Christmas 74{lung cancer} one of her nephews is George Clooney
 

On This Day In History, June 30th

1972 The first leap second is added to UTC
Leap seconds are added to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) from time to time to account for the Earth's slowing rotation. UTC is the basis for the calculation of local times worldwide.

1971 The crew of Soviet spacecraft “Soyuz 11” dies after the loss of air supply
The cause of the tragedy was a faulty valve. The three cosmonauts had previously achieved the first docking of a spacecraft to a space station in history.

1936 The novel “Gone with the Wind” is published
Margaret Mitchell's story set in the American South during the American Civil War became one of the United States' biggest best-sellers. The 1939 movie version starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable was similarly successful.

1908 The Tunguska event leaves 2000 square km of Siberian forest flattened and scorched
The devastation is believed to have been caused by the explosion of an asteroid or comet. It is the largest impact event in recorded history.

1905 Albert Einstein submits a paper outlining his theory of special relativity
The text “Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper” comprises the currently accepted theory about the relationship between space and time. The theory of special relativity is the basis for his theory of general relativity, which he published in 1916.
 

Births On This Day, June 30th 🎂

1985 Michael Phelps
American swimmer

1985 Cody Rhodes
American wrestler, actor

1983 Cheryl Cole
English singer-songwriter, dancer, model

1975 Ralf Schumacher
German race car driver

1966 Mike Tyson
American boxer, actor

Deaths On This Day, June 30th 🪦

2012 Yitzhak Shamir
Israeli politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel

2001 Chet Atkins
American musician, songwriter, producer

1984 Lillian Hellman
American playwright

1974 Vannevar Bush
American engineer

1934 Kurt von Schleicher
German general, politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany
 
1859
French acrobat, Charles Blondin became the 1st person to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope
1893
Excelsior diamond with blue/white 995 carats,the world's largest at the time is found in a South African mine
1908
future Hall of Fame catcher, Cy Young becomes the oldest pitcher,age 41 to record his 3rd career no hitter.His team Boston Red Sox defeated NY Highlanders 8-0
1937
world's 1st emergency call telephone service is started in London,England using # 999
1971
11 Russian astronauts aboard spacecraft, Soyuz were found dead when they landed back on earth. The cause of their deaths was sudden decompression. They are the only people to die in space
1994
U. S Ice Skating Federation bans figure skater, Tonya Harding for life
 
June 30th BIrthdays:
1917
Susan Hayward- actress 'The Story of a Woman, I Want To Live, My Foolish Heart,Tulsa, she won Best Actress Oscar for 'Live'
1951
Stanley Clarke- jazz fusion bassist
1985
Michael Phelps- retired U.S. swimmer won a record 23 Olympic gold medals
Deaths:
1984
Lillian Helman- playwright "Toys in the Attic, Little Foxes 79
1995
Gale Gordon- comedic actor in TV shows' Our Miss Brooks, Dennis the Menace,Here's Lucy 89
2003
Buddy Hackett- comedian/actor -"God's Little Acre, The Music Man 78
2009
Harve Presnell- singer/actor 'Unsinkable Molly Brown,Fargo,Saving Pvt Ryan 75
 
On This Day In History, July 1st

2002 The International Criminal Court (ICC) is established
It is the first international judicial body that has the power to try individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. It was created by the Rome Statute, an international treaty that was signed in the Italian city of Rome in 1998.

1991 The Warsaw Pact, a defense treaty between 8 communist countries, is formally disbanded in Prague
The pact was founded in 1955, during the height of the Cold War, as a way to counterbalance the power of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Western Europe.

1979 The Walkman makes its appearance in stores for the first time
The portable audio cassette player was made by Sony and went on sale in Japan.

1908 SOS is adopted as the International Distress Signal
The 2nd International Radiotelegraphic Convention, which was signed in December 1906, made the Morse code distress signal (· · · – – – · · ·), the standard international maritime distress signal. Even though it was replaced by the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System in 1999, SOS is universally seen as a distress call and is often mistakenly thought to be an abbreviation of Save Our Souls or Save Our Ship.

1903 The Tour de France Bicycle Race is flagged off for the first time
The now annual multi-leg bike race lasted for 20 days with a course that stretched about 1,500 miles. The race was first created by the sports daily, L'Auto, as a way to boost its circulation. The first Tour de France was won by Italian-French racer, Maurice Garin.
 

Births On This Day, July 1st 🎂

1971 Missy Elliott
American rapper, songwriter, producer, dancer, actress

1967 Pamela Anderson
Canadian/American model, actress, producer, author, activist

1961 Diana, Princess of Wales
1949 John Farnham
English/Australian singer-songwriter, musician

1934 Sydney Pollack
American director

Deaths On This Day, July 1st 🪦

2006 Fred Trueman
English cricketer

2004 Marlon Brando
American actor

1974 Juan Perón
Argentine military officer, politician, 29th President of Argentina

1964 Pierre Monteux
French conductor

1925 Erik Satie
French pianist, composer
 
1841
Mammoth Cave National Park which is the world's largest cave system opens in Kentucky,has 45,310 acres
1867
The Dominon of Canada is formed with provinces of Ontario,Quebec, Nova Scotia,New Brunswick. The 1st Prime Minister was John A. Mac Donald
1904
The III Modern Summer Olympics was held in the U.S. for 1st time in St. Louis Missouri
1963
ZIP{Zone Improvement Plan} Codes were introduced for U.S. mail delivery
1979
Sony's Walkman's portable tape cassette recorder goes on sale, price $150
1980
O Canada offically becomes Canada's national anthem. It was written by Calexia Lavelle{music} Adolphe Routier wrote French lyrics, Robert Stanley Weir wrote English lyrics
2002
The International Criminal Court is established at The Hague in the Netherlands. The court prosecutes people for genocide,crimes against humanity,war crimes
 
July 1st Birthdays:
1899
Charles Laughton -English actor Mutiny on The Bounty, Spartacus, Private Life of Henry VIII won Best actor Oscar for Henry
1902
William Wyler-film director Ben Hur, Mrs Miniver
1934
Sydney Pollack- film director/producer 'Tootsie, Out Of Africa,The Way We Were, The Firm,he won 2 Oscars for Out of Africa directing/producing
1952
Dan Aykroyd- Canadian actor/comedian original cast member on SNL '75-'80, movies' Driving Miss Daisy,The Blues Brothers, original Ghostbusters
1958
Louise Perry Canadian mystery writer 'Still Life' her recent book 'State of Terror, co wrote with Hillary Clinton
Deaths:
1983
R. Buckminster Fuller- architech 97
1991
Michael Landon -actor best known TV roles' Little Joe' on Bonanza,'Charles Ingalls 'Little House on the Praire', Jonathan Smith ;Highway to Heaven 54{cancer}
2000
Walter Matthau -actor' The Fortune Cookie, The Odd Couple, Charade, Grumpy Old Men 79
2009
Karl Malden- actor 'Street Car Named Desire, best known TV role' "Det Mike Stone TV show' Streets of San Francisco' was spokesman for American Express 97
 
On This Day In History, July 2nd

2002 American businessman, Steve Fossett completes the first solo around-the-world Balloon Flight
This was Fossett's 6th attempt to circumnavigate the world. It took him 13 days in a balloon called Spirit of Freedom to cover 20,000 miles.

2001 World's First Self-Contained Artificial Heart Transplant
59-year-old American Robert L. Tools became the first person to receive a self-contained artificial heart transplant called the AbioCor at the Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. The AbioCor is an artificial heart that is not connected to wires or an external pump.

1937 American aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan are heard for the last time before disappearing
They were attempting to make the first around-the-world flight in a Lockheed Model 10 Electra. Neither they nor the plane has ever been found and that has led to speculation about what happened to them. An accomplished pilot, Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

1900 The Zeppelin Takes Off for the First Time
The rigid aircraft named after Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the inventor of the dirigible and founder of the Zeppelin Airship Construction Company, made its first flight over Lake Constance in Germany. Unlike blimps or balloons, Zeppelins are built by stretching the material over a rigid framework, usually made of metal. Zeppelins can be steered and they were used by the German Air Force to conduct aerial attacks during the First World War.

1843 Alligator Falls Out of the Sky in Charleston, South Carolina during a thunderstorm.
It is believed that the strange incident happened when a waterspout carried an alligator from a body of water and dropped it on the city.
 

Births On This Day, July 2nd 🎂

1986 Lindsay Lohan
American actress, singer

1925 Patrice Lumumba
Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

1925 Medgar Evers
American civil rights activist

1877 Hermann Hesse
German writer, Nobel Prize laureate

1489 Thomas Cranmer
English Archbishop of Canterbury

Deaths On This Day, July 2nd 🪦

1977 Vladimir Nabokov
Russian/American author

1961 Ernest Hemingway
American writer, Nobel Prize laureate

1914 Joseph Chamberlain
British politician

1778 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Swiss philosopher, polymath

1566 Nostradamus
French astrologer
 
1850
Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with breathing apparatus
1865
minister, William Booth,his wife Catherine founded East London Christian Mission later known as Salvation Army
1962
businessman, Sam Walton founder of Walmart,open 1st store in Rogers, Arkansas
1979
Susan B. Anthony dollar coin is issued in the U.S.,the 1st time a coin honoring a woman
1989
horse jockey Steve Cauthen becomes the 1st rider to win 4 major Derbys{Kentucky, French Irish,Epsom}
2005
political activist/singer Bob Geldolf organizes 10 Live 8 Concerts held around the world to raise awareness of poverty
 
July 2nd Birthdays:
1904
Rene Lacoste- French tennis player, winner of 7 Grand Slam titles,/ founder of Lacoste clothing
1908
Thurgood Marshall- 1st African American Supreme Court Judge 1967-1991
1932
Dave Thomas- businessman/founder of Wendy''s Restaurants
1968
Mark Tewsbury- Canadian swimmer, won gold medal in backstroke at '92 Olympics
1990
Margot Robbie- Austrailan actress 'The Legend of Tarzan, I Tonya,Birds of Prey
Deaths:
1566
Nostradamus- French astrologist/prophet 62
1961
Ernest Hemmingway- novelist, 'The Old Man &The Sea, The Sun Also Rises, For Whom The Bell Tolls,A Farewell to Arms 61{suicide}
1973
Betty Grable- actress/pin up girl 'How to Marry a Millionaire,Gay Divorcee 56{lung cancer}
1993
Fred Gwynne- actor 2 best known TV roles' Frances Muldoon' in show'Car 54 Where Are You?, 'Herman Munster' "The Munsters' His last movie role played the judge in 'My Cousin Vinny' 66{cancer}
1997
Jimmy Stewart- actor Harvey, Its a Wonderful Life,The Philadelphia Story, Mr Smith Goes to Washington. He won best actor Oscar for Story 89
2007
Beverly Sills- U. S.opera soprano 78{lung cancer}
2014
Louis Zamperini- WWII veteran who was captured by Japanese in prisoner war camp.His story was the basis of movie' Unbroken' 97
 
On This Day In History, July 3rd

2013 Coup in Egypt
Egyptian defense minister Abdul Fatah al-Sisi staged a coup and forced out President Mohamed Morsi, just over a year after he was elected.

1988 Iran Air flight 655 is shot down by a US Navy ship
The USS Vincennes mistakenly shot down the airplane en route to Dubai, killing all 290 people aboard. The Vincennes, a guided-missile cruiser, incorrectly identified the plane as a military aircraft. In 1996, the United States government made a cash settlement with Iran in order to close the case Iran had brought against the US in the International Court of Justice.

1962 Algeria gains its independence from France
Algeria's independence from France, after 132 years of French rule, was finalized after the signing of the Évian Accords in the spa town of Évian-Les-Bains. The accords ended a 7-year-long violent war of independence. Independence was finally achieved on July 1, 1962, referendum favored complete Algerian independence. Ahmed Ben Bella became the first President of the country.

1863 Battle of Gettysburg ends
The 3-day long battle during the American Civil War was fought between the Union and Confederacy in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Thought to be one of the bloodiest battles of the war – around 50,000 soldiers were lost on both sides – the Battle of Gettysburg marked a key turning point in the conflict. The decisive Union victory led to the retreat of Confederate soldiers from the north.

1844 The Great Auks go extinct :cry:
The last known pair of Great Auks, members of a species of flightless birds, were killed off the coast of Iceland at the request of a collector. It is believed that the extinction of these birds was caused by human activities and hunting due to the high demand for their feathers.
 
Births On This Day, July 3rd 🎂

1980 Harbhajan Singh
Indian cricketer

1971 Julian Assange
Australian journalist, publisher, activist, and founder of WikiLeaks

1962 Tom Cruise
American actor, writer, director, producer

1949 Bo Xilai
Chinese politician

1883 Franz Kafka
Czech/German writer

Deaths On This Day, July 3rd 🪦

2012 Andy Griffith
American actor, singer, producer, screenwriter

1995 Pancho Gonzales
American tennis player

1971 Jim Morrison
American singer-songwriter, poet

1935 André Citroën
French engineer, and businessman, founded Citroën

1904 Theodor Herzl
Austrian journalist, author
 
1767
Norway's oldest newspaper, Adresseavisen was published still in print
1845
magican,Jean Eugene-Robert Houdin opens his magic theatre in Paris
1930
U.S. Veteran's Adminstration is created
1969
Newsport Jazz Festival in Newport,Rhode Island opens,with over 78,000 people attend 4 day event seeing performers, Jeff Beck, Miles Davis, James Brown, Blood,Sweat&Tears,George Benson
1985
movie' Back To The Future' directed by Robert Zemeckis is released. This sci -fi comedy set in 1985, teenager' Marty McFly' travels back to the future with scientist 'Doc Brown' in a time travel Delorean car. Marty gets his mismatched parents to meet. A terrific cast Michael J. Fox"Marty', Christopher Lloyd' Doc, Lea Thompson,Crispin Glover play his parents Thomas F. Wilson' Biff{town bully}.Huey Lewis sings hit song' Power of Love' has a cameo as high school teacher. The movie's opening weekend was $11.3 mil became highest grossing movie of 1985 total of 388 mil worldwide, 2 sequels came out in 1989,1990
 
July 3rd Birthdays:
1878
George Cohan- singer/actor 'Give My Regards to Broadway,Phantom President
1929
David Lynch- singer with group'The Platters' 'Twlight Time, Only You,The Great Pretender'
1945
Michael Cole-actor best known TV role' Pete Cochran' in ABC police drama' The Mod Squad' '68-'73,only cast member still alive
1970
Audra MacDonald- Broadway singer/actress, has won 6 Tony Awards the most by any performer. She appeared in 'Moon For the Misforgetten,110 in the Shade, Porgy&Bess, Ragtime
Deaths:
1969
Brian Jones- British blues/rock guitarist with Rolling Stones'62-'69 27{accidental drowning in swimming pool}
1971
Jim Morrison -singer/ songwriter. lead singer with 'The Doors' 27 {heart failure}
1989
Jim Backus- actor best known TV roles' voice of animated character' Mr Magoo,'Thurston Howell on CBS comedy' Gilligan's Island' 76
1993
Don Drysdale- MLB Hall of Fame Pitcher with Brooklyn/ LA Dodgers 56{heart attack}
2012
Andy Griffith- actor best known TV roles' Andy Taylor' on 'Andy Griffith Show, "Ben Matlock' NBC legal drama "Matlock' 86{heart attack}
 
On This Day In History, July 4th

2012 Discovery of the Higgs boson particle is announced by scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
The existence of the elusive elementary particle in physics was suggested in the 1960s. The Higgs boson, which is named after Nobel laureate, Peter Higgs, was finally detected by scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider.

1966 Freedom of Information Act in the US is signed into law
The 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the law, which allows for the disclosure of government information to the public. It came into effect a year later in 1967.

1946 Philippines gains independence from the United States
The southeast Asian country had been ruled for almost 381 years by various colonial powers, starting with the Spanish in the early 16th century.

1865 Alice in Wonderland is published for the first time
The classic fantasy novel was written by author Lewis Carroll, whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. The book recounted the adventures of a curious girl, Alice, who falls into a rabbit hole and meets human-like animals and creatures.

1776 United States Declaration of Independence is adopted in Philadelphia
The statement declared the independence of the 13 British colonies from the British crown. It also announced the creation of a new country called the United States of America. Then handwritten declaration was approved by the Second Continental Congress and was signed by 56 delegates on August 2, 1776.
 
Births On This Day, July 4th 🎂

1973 Gackt
Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, producer, actor

1960 Barry Windham
American wrestler

1952 Álvaro Uribe
Colombian politician, 39th President of Colombia

1930 George Steinbrenner
American businessman

1872 Calvin Coolidge
American politician, 30th President of the United States

Deaths On This Day, July 4th 🪦

2011 Otto von Habsburg
Austrian/German son of Charles I of Austria

2008 Jesse Helms
American politician

1934 Marie Curie
Polish chemist, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1826 Thomas Jefferson
American politician, 3rd President of the United States

1551 Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell
 
1776
U. S. Congress proclaims Declaration of Independence from Great Britain
1817
chief engineer, James Geddes begins construction of Erie Canal in Rome,NY one of the 1st great engineering works in NOrth America
1855
the 1st edition of poet, Walt Whitman's 'Leaves Of Grass' is published in Brooklyn,NY
1895
Katherine Lee Bates song' America,The Beautiful" is published for the 1st time. She wrote the lyrics, music by Samuel Ward,they never met
1934
physcist/inventor, Leo Szilard patents chain reaction design for atomic bomb
1996
Hot Mail, free internet email service begins
 
July 4th BIrthdays:
1804
Nathaniel Hawthorne- author' House of 7 Gables, The Scarlet Letter
1826
Stephen Foster- composer 'Oh,Susanna, Swanee River
1924
Eve Marie Saint- actress 'Hatful of Rain,The Sandpipers, On The Waterfront, North by Northwest,The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming. She won best supp actress Oscar for Waterfront,the is the oldest living Oscar winner
1938
Bill Withers- singer/songwriter' Ain't No Sunshine Lean On Me
1962
Pam Shriver-retired tennis player/ sports commentator
Deaths:
1826
John Adams, 2nd U.S. President 1797-1801 90
Thomas Jefferson, 3rd U.S. President 1801-'09 83
They died within 4 hrs of each other
1934
Marie Curie- French scientist who discovered radium,1st woman to win Nobel Prize 66
1995
Eva Gabor- actress best known TV role' Lisa Douglas' CBS sitcom 'Green Acres
 
On This Day In History, July 5th

1996 World's first live cloned mammal is born
Dolly the Sheep, a domestic ship was cloned using cells from an adult sheep by a team led by Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell at the Roslin Institute. While her birth was considered to be a success for cloning science, she did not live very long – scientists had predicted that she would live for about 12 years, but she died just a few months short of her 7th birthday.

1995 Armenian Constitution is adopted
A nationwide referendum led to the approval and adoption of Armenia's constitution. The country had gained its independence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

1975 Cape Verde gains independence from Portugal
The Island country had come under Portuguese colonial control in the late 15th century.

1973 Coup in Rwanda
Then Army Chief of Staff, Juvénal Habyarimana, staged a coup and overthrew the President, Grégoire Kayibanda. Habyarimana then held the post of president for 20 years.

In 1811 Venezuela declares independence from Spain
Under the leadership of Francisco de Miranda, Venezuela declared its independence from Spain. This started the Venezuelan War of Independence. The country gained independence 10 years later in 1821.
 
Births On This Day, July 5th 🎂

1983 Zheng Jie
Chinese tennis player

1975 Ai Sugiyama
Japanese tennis player

1911 Georges Pompidou
French politician, Prime Minister, President of France

1853 Cecil Rhodes
English/South African businessman, and politician, founded De Beers

1810 P. T. Barnum
American businessman founded Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus

Deaths On This Day, July 5th 🪦

2011 Cy Twombly
American/Italian painter, sculptor

2006 Kenneth Lay
American businessman

1945 John Curtin
Australian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia

1826 Stamford Raffles
British statesman

1819 William Cornwallis
English Admiral
 

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