This Day in History
January 10

What happened in history on this day: January 10? On January 10 in ... 69 - Roman emperor Galba adopts Marcus Piso Licinianus as Cæsar. 236 - Saint Fabian begins his reign as Catholic Pope. 681 - Saint Agatho dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. 866 - Lin-chi I-hsuan [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies. 976 - John I Tzimisces co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at age 51. 1072 - Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo. 1271 - Otto II the Lame, Earl of Gelre, dies. 1276 - Gregorius X [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies. 1356 - German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree. 1429 - Order of the Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary and Spain. 1430 - Duke Philip the Good marries Isabella of Portugal. 1430 - Order of the Guilder forms. 1502 - Birth of Hendrik Niclaes German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God). 1514 - Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin finished. 1542 - Gerardus Noviomagus [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at age 59. 1550 - First sitting of "Vurige Chamber" in Paris. 1573 - Birth of Simon Marius in Gunzenhausen, Germany; astronomer, named the four largest moons of Jupiter, first to report the spiral nebula in Andromeda, one of the first to note sunspots. 1628 - Birth of Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff [Jan Maet], seascape painter). 1635 - Birth of Willem à Brakel Frisian theologist (Reasonable religion). 1638 - Birth of Niels Stensen Danish astronomer. 1642 - King Charles I and family flee London for Oxford. 1644 - Birth of Louis Boufflers marshall of France. 1645 - William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury is beheaded for treason at age 71. 1663 - King Charles II affirms charter of Royal African Company. 1674 - Jacob de Witt Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/Member of Parliament, dies at age 84. 1683 - Birth of Gasparo Visconti composer. 1701 - Birth of Johann Caspar Simon composer. 1731 - Charles Farnese becomes duke of Parma/Piacenza. 1738 - Birth of Ethan Allen Revolutionary War fighter (led the Green Mountain Boys). 1747 - Birth of Abraham L Breguet French clock maker. 1754 - Daniel Raap Dutch porcelain salesman/politician, dies at about age 51. 1760 - Birth of Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg composer. 1766 - Birth of Louis Massonneau composer. 1768 - Birth of James Varicick first AME Zion Bishop. 1768 - Charles Cressent French court furniture maker, dies at age 82. 1769 - Birth of Michel Ney French marshal (Waterloo). 1775 - Jemeljan Pugatshov Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies. 1776 - "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, published. 1778 - Carolus Linnæus "Carl von Linné" Swedish botanist/explorer/"Father of Taxonomy", dies at age 70. 1780 - Birth of M Heinrich C Lichtenstein German zoologist. 1780 - Francesco Antonio Vallotti Italian organist/composer, dies at age 82. 1785 - Death of Heinrich Wilhelm Stiegel in Charming Forge, Pennsylvania, USA; built two ironworks, manufactured of window glass and bottles, founded American Flint Glassworks. 1789 - Pierre Lyonet Dutch zoologist/cryptologist, dies at age 82. 1792 - Jean-Louis Laruette composer, dies at age 60. 1797 - Annnette von Droste-Hülshoff is born in Hülshoff, Germany; writer, poet. 1799 - Friedrich von Schiller's "Die Piccolomini" premieres in Weimar. 1800 - Johan Wikmanson composer, dies at age 46. 1806 - Dutch in Cape Town, South African surrender to the British. 1808 - Herman Daendels succeeds A Wiese as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies. 1810 - Sweden signs peace with France, regaining Pomerania, at a cost of breaking all trade with England except for salt imports. 1810 - French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Joséphine. 1811 - Louisiana slaves rebel in two parishes. 1811 - Marie-Joseph de Chénier French poet (Chant du Départ), dies at age 46. 1814 - Birth of Aubrey de Vere Irish writer (Victorian Observer). 1815 - Birth of Alexander Brydie Dyer Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1874. 1815 - Birth of Thomas Williams Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862. 1824 - Victor Emanuel I king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at age 64. 1825 - Birth of Alexander Travis Hawthorn Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1899. 1833 - Adrien Marie Legendre dies. 1833 - Antoinio da Silva Leite composer, dies at age 73. 1833 - Felix Mendelssohn's "Die erste Walpurgisnacht" premieres in Berlin. 1834 - Birth of John Acton English historian/Member of Parliament. 1839 - Tea from India first arrives in United Kingdom. 1840 - Penny Post mail system started. 1845 - Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning begin corresponding. 1846 - Etienne P de Senancour French writer (De l'Amour), dies at age 75. 1847 - Birth of Jacob Schiff in Frankfurt am Main, Germany; American railroad banker, philanthropist. 1853 - Charles Reade's "Gold" premieres in London. 1854 - Birth of Peter Gast composer. 1855 - Birth of Peter J Blok Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People). 1855 - Mary Russell Mitford English playwright/poet (Julian), dies at age 67. 1858 - Birth of Heinrich Zille German cartoonist (Cheerful Blätter, Simplicissimus). 1861 - Florida becomes third state to secede from US. 1861 - Fort Jackson and Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops. 1861 - US forts and property seized by Mississippi. 1862 - Samuel Colt inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at age 47. 1862 - Battle of Big Sandy River, Kentucky (Middle Creek). 1862 - Battle of Romney, West Virginia. 1863 - First underground railway opens in London. 1863 - January-uprising begins in Poland. 1863 - General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman, Arkansas. 1866 - Birth of Karl Aschoff in Berlin; pathologist, discovered phagocytes (cells which ingest foreign substances) and Aschoff's bodies (nodules in the heart related to the rheumatic process). 1867 - Birth of Gerhard Anschütz German Member of Parliament. 1870 - Georgia legislature reconvenes. 1870 - John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. 1871 - Birth of Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti Austrian author (Jesse and Maria). 1871 - Pierre A du Terrail French writer, dies at age 41. 1876 - Birth of Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel Dutch goldsmith. 1876 - Charles EH de Coussemaker Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at age 70. 1877 - Birth of Frederick Gardner Cottrell inventor (electrostatic precipitator). 1878 - US Senate proposes female suffrage. 1880 - Birth of Eduard M Meijers Dutch lawyer (Short Cause). 1880 - Birth of French van Cauwelaert Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp. 1880 - Birth of Grock (stage name of Charles Wettach) in Reconvilier, Switzerland; circus clown, stage comedian. 1880 - Birth of Manuel Azaña y Díaz Prime Minister/President of second Spanish republic (1936-39). 1882 - Birth of Charles Trowbridge Vera Cruz Mexico; actor (Fatal Hour). 1883 - Birth of Aleksei Tolstoi Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj). 1883 - Birth of Florence Reed Philadelphia Pennsylvania, silent film actress (Dancing Girl). 1883 - Birth of Francis X Bushman Norfolk Virginia, silent film actor (Ben Hur, Spy's Defeat). 1883 - Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee WI kills 71; General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt. 1884 - Birth of James Philip Dunn composer. 1886 - Birth of Jose Antonio de Donostia composer. 1887 - Birth of Robinson Jeffers US, poet/playwright (Tamar and Other Poems, Medea). 1888 - Birth of Emile van Bosch Dutch revue/operetta-artist (Fair Folks). 1889 - Ivory Coast declared a protectorate of France. 1889 - Martin Andreas Udbye composer, dies at age 68. 1890 - Birth of Douglas MacLean Philadelphia Pennsylvania, silent film comedian/producer (Going Up). 1890 - Birth of Ernest Milton San Francisco California; actor (Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three). 1890 - Edward Macdowell's "Lancelot and Elaine" premieres. 1890 - Death of Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger in Munich, Germany; Roman Catholic priest, professor of canon law, church historian. 1890 - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Sapientiae Christianae. 1891 - Birth of Jos Speybrouck Flemish painter. 1892 - Birth of Dumas Malone Mississippi, historian (Jefferson and His Time). 1892 - Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn composer, dies at age 91. 1893 - Richard Drigo's ballet "The Magic Flute" premieres, Saint Petersburg. 1894 - Birth of Reginald Denham London England, Broadway director (Obsession, The Bad Seed). 1895 - Benjamin Louis Paul Godard composer, dies at age 45. 1897 - Birth of Albert Moeschinger composer. 1897 - Henrik Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman" premieres in Helsingfors. 1897 - Vincent d'Indy's "Istar" premieres in Amsterdam and Brussels. 1898 - Birth of Sergei M Eisenstein Russian director (Alexandr Nevski). 1899 - Gerard Keller Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at age 69. 1900 - Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener reach Capetown. 1901 - Birth of Pauline Starke Joplin Missouri, actress (Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic). 1901 - A drilling derrick at Spindletop Hill near Beaumont, Texas, produces a gusher of crude oil from at a depth of over 1,000 feet. 1902 - Alphons Diepenbrock's "Te Deum" premieres (Amsterdam). 1903 - Birth of Barbara Hepworth English abstract sculptor/actress (Rescued by Rover). 1903 - Birth of Jean Morel Abbeville France, conductor. 1903 - Birth of Jens A Schade Danish writer (Schadebogen, Losses Højsang). 1904 - Birth of Jesus Garcia Leoz composer. 1904 - Birth of Ray Bolger Dorchester Massachusetts; actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz). 1908 - Anna S Barbiers Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at age 65. 1908 - Birth of Bernard Lee London England; actor (M in James Bond movies). 1908 - Birth of Paul Henreid Trieste; actor (Casablanca, Four Horsemen of Apocalypse). 1909 - Birth of Grace Mitchell educator. 1909 - Birth of Rudolf Kubin composer. 1910 - First international air meet in US held, in Los Angeles. 1910 - Birth of Dorothy Stroud garden historian. 1910 - Birth of Galina Ulanova Saint Petersburg Russia, ballerina (Bolshoi). 1910 - Birth of Jean Martinon Lyons France, conductor/composer. 1910 - Lunt-Fontanne Theater (Globe) opens at 205 W 46th Steet New York City, New York. 1911 - First photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego. 1911 - Birth of Jan Boon [Tjalie Robinson], Dutch East Indies publicist (Tong Tong). 1911 - Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified). 1911 - Trumper scored double cricket ton versus South Africa, goes on to get 214. 1912 - Caillaux government in France resigns. 1912 - World's first flying boat's maiden flight, (Glenn Curtiss in New York). 1913 - Birth of Gustav Husak President of Czechoslovakia (1975-89). 1913 - Birth of Haywood Frank Henry sax player. 1914 - First edition of Hague's Post under San Francisco van Oss, published. 1914 - Birth of Claude Gallimard France, publisher. 1914 - Birth of Polly Rowles Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actress (Aunt Laurie-Jamie). 1914 - Oscar Mathisen skates world record 500 minutes in 43.7 seconds in Oslo. 1915 - Birth of Dean Dixon Zug Switzerland, conductor. 1916 - Russian offensive in Kaukasus. 1917 - Birth of Jerry Wexler music producer (Aretha Franklin/Bob Dylan). 1917 - Buffalo Bill Cody army scout and Indian fighter, dies. 1920 - Birth of Georges Marchal Nancy France; actor (Evil Eden, Gina, Milky Way). 1920 - League of Nations' first meeting, Treaty of Versailles in effect. 1920 - Montreal Canadiens (14) and Toronto Saint Patricks (7) score NHL record 21 goals. 1920 - Silver reaches record $1.37 an ounce. 1923 - Birth of Ingeborg Drewitz writer. 1923 - Last US troops leave Rhineland (Germany). 1923 - Lithuania seizes and annexes country of Memel. 1924 - Birth of Ludmilla Chiraeff ballet dancer. 1925 - Birth of Maxwell Roach composer. 1925 - France-Saarland forms. 1925 - Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as Texas Governor, nation's second woman governor. 1926 - Birth of June Haver Mrs Fred MacMurray/actress (Dolly Sisters). 1927 - August(us) Allebé Dutch painter/lithograph, dies at age 88. 1927 - Birth of Gisele MacKenzie Winnipeg Manitoba, singer/actress (Your Hit Parade). 1927 - Birth of Johnnie Ray Dallas Oregon, pop singer (Cry). 1927 - Birth of Lee Philips Brooklyn New York; actor (Ellery Queen). 1927 - Fritz Lang's Metropolis premieres. 1928 - Birth of Donald Brooks fashion designer (Emmy 1983). 1928 - Birth of Wallace Berry composer. 1928 - G/I Gershwin/Romberg/Wodehouse's musical "Rosalie" premieres in New York City, New York. 1928 - Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky. 1929 - Elmer Rice's "Street Scene" premieres in New York City, New York. 1930 - Birth of Byron "Wild Child" Gipson blues singer. 1930 - Birth of Roy E Disney CEO (Disney). 1930 - Commencement of New Zealand's first Test, versus England Christchurch. 1930 - Maurice Allom takes Test hat-trick England versus New Zealand Christchurch. 1930 - Mordovian Autonomous Region in RSFSR constituted. 1931 - Birth of Alexander L "Alex" Boraine South Africa vicar/Member of Parliament. 1931 - Birth of Ron Galella celebrity photographer (sued by Jackie O). 1931 - Philadelphia Quakers defeat Montréal, ends NHL-record 15-game losing streak. 1932 - The first "Mickey Mouse" color comic page is published in Sunday editions of newspapers. 1932 - The first "Silly Symphonies" color comic page is published in Sunday editions of newspapers. The edition is titled "Bucky Bug". 1932 - "Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts. 1933 - Birth of Akira Miyoshi composer. 1933 - Birth of Leonard John Coldwell cricket bowler (England medium-fast in 7 Tests 1962-64). 1934 - Marinus van der Lubbe Dutch communist, beheaded in Berlin at age 24. 1935 - Actress Mary Pickford marries actor Douglas Fairbanks. 1935 - Birth of Georg Katzer composer. 1935 - Birth of Ronnie Hawkins Ark, rocker (The Band-Who Do You Love?). 1935 - Birth of Sherrill Milnes Hinsdale Illinois, baritone. 1935 - Charlie McGahey cricket (MCC tour of Australia 1901-02 cured his tuberculosis), dies. 1935 - Edwin H Flack English 800/1500m runner (Olympics-gold-1896), dies at age 60. 1936 - Charles Wright cricketer (3 Tests England versus South Africa 1895-96), dies. 1938 - Birth of Francis W "Frank" Mahovlich NHL Hall of Famer (Montreal Canadiens). 1938 - Birth of Ivan Twigden English contractor/multi-millionaire (Twigden PLC). 1938 - Birth of Willie "Stretch" McCovey first baseman (San Francisco Giants #44). 1938 - Eduard van Beinum becomes world's first conductor at Concert Hall. 1938 - Jean Anouilh's "La Sauvage" premieres in Paris. 1938 - Paul Vincent Carroll's "White Seed" premieres in New York City, New York. 1938 - Willem de Vreese Flemish linguist, dies at age 68. 1939 - Birth of Bill Toomey Philadelphia Pennsylvania, decathlon champion (Olympics-gold-1968). 1939 - Birth of Sal Mineo New York City, New York; actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause). 1939 - Bradman hits 186 South Africa versus Queensland before Christ catches him at short-leg. 1939 - Jameson Thomas actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), dies at age 50. 1939 - Julius Bittner Austria composer (Missa Austriaca, Little Violet), dies at age 64. 1940 - Birth of Harry Gant NASCAR driver. 1941 - Frank Bridge English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at age 61. 1941 - Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic and Old Lace" premieres in New York City, New York. 1941 - Joseph Schmidlin German church historian, murdered at age 67. 1941 - Seyss-Inquart begins registration of Jews. 1941 - Graf von Schulenburg of the German Government and V. Molotov of the USSR sign a secret protocol transferring a small piece of Lithuanian territory to the USSR for 31.5 million reichmarks (US$7.5 million). 1942 - Birth of Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko Russia, cosmonaut. 1942 - Birth of Jack Regan broadcaster. 1942 - Birth of Walter Hill director (48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice). 1942 - Japan invades North-Celebes, Dutch East Indies. 1943 - First US President to visit a foreign country in wartime-Franklin Roosevelt leaves for Casablanca, Morocco. 1943 - Agustin P Justo y Rolon President of Argentina (1931-38), dies at age 66. 1943 - Birth of Jim Croce Philadelphia Pennsylvania, singer/songwriter (Time in a Bottle, Bad Bad Leroy Brown). 1943 - J Arthur S Berson Austrian meteorologist, dies at age 83. 1943 - The Soviet Red Army breaks into Stalingrad. 1944 - First mobile electric power plant delivered, Philadelphia. 1944 - British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma. 1945 - Baseball writers again fail to elect a new Hall of Famer. 1945 - Birth of Frank Sinatra Jr in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; singer/bandleader (Golddiggers). 1945 - Birth of Rod Stewart in London, England; singer ("Maggie Mae", "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy"). 1945 - Los Angeles Railway (with five streetcar lines) forced to close. 1945 - Rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at age 67. 1946 - Birth of Alexis Nihon Jr in the Bahamas; wrestler (Olympics-1968). 1946 - Birth of Aynsley Dunbar; rocker (Journey, Jefferson Starship). 1946 - Birth of Bob Lang; rock bassist (Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders). 1946 - United Nations General Assembly convenes for first time (London, England). 1946 - US Army establishes first radar contact with Moon, from Belmar, New Jersey. 1947 - Finian's Rainbow opens at 46th Steet Theater in New York City, New York for 725 performances. 1947 - Birth of George Alec Effinger; American sci-fi author (Nick of Time). 1947 - British stop ships Independence and In-Gathering from landing in Israel. 1948 - Call Me Mister play closes at National Theater in New York City, New York after 734 performances. 1948 - Birth of Cyril Neville; American singer/percussionist (Neville Bros - "Yellow Moon"). 1948 - Birth of Donald Fagen in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan - "Peg"). 1948 - Birth of William Sanderson in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; actor (Larry - Newhart, Deuce - Babylon 5, Blade Runner). 1949 - First Jewish family show The Goldbergs premieres on CBS. 1949 - Birth of George Foreman in Marshall, Texas, USA; world heavyweight boxing champion (1973-74, 1995). 1949 - Birth of Teresa Graves in Houston, Texas, USA; actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love). 1949 - Birth of Walter S Browne; US chess champion (1974-78, 1980-84). 1949 - RCA introduces 45 RPM record. 1949 - Death of Erich Dagobert von Drygalski in Königsberg, Germany; geographer, glaciologist, professor. 1951 - First jet passenger trip made. 1951 - Athos Palma, composer, dies at age 59. 1951 - Birth of Kathleen Bradley in Youngstown, Ohio, USA; model (The Price is Right). 1951 - Harry Sinclair Lewis, US writer (Nobel Prize 1930), dies at age 65. 1951 - United Nations headquarters opens in Manhattan, New York, USA. 1952 - Birth of Scott Thurston; keyboardist/guitarist (Motels - "Only the Lonely"). 1953 - Birth of Bobby Rahal; Indy-car racer (over 15 wins). 1953 - Birth of Pat Benatar [Andrezejewski] in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer ("Hit Me With Your Best Shot", "Hell Is for Children"). 1953 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Archibald MacLeish. 1953 - NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 27-7. 1953 - Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at age 56. 1954 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to W H Auden. 1954 - Fred Raymond, composer, dies at age 53. 1955 - Birth of Luci Martin; rocker vocalist (Chic). 1955 - Birth of Michael Schenker; heavy metal rocker (McAuley Schenker Groups - "Coming on Strong", "Scorpions"). 1956 - Elvis Presley records song "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA in Nashville, Tennessee. 1956 - Henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at age 84. 1956 - Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum), dies at age 64. 1957 - Anthony Eden resigns and Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain. 1957 - Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates. 1957 - Birth of Robert Thompson in Houston, Texas, USA; Nike golfer (1990 Boise Open-second). 1957 - Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (Nobel Prize 1945), dies at age 67. 1958 - Birth of Shawn Colvin; singer/guitarist. 1958 - Charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at age 52. 1958 - Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 on the country and R&B charts, #2 on the pop chart. 1959 - Birth of Chandra Cheesborough in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; 4X100 runner (Olympics-gold-1984). 1959 - Birth of Don Letts; rocker (Big Audio Dynamite). 1960 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Delmore Schwartz. 1961 - Birth of Evan Handler in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Dear Mr Wonderful). 1961 - Birth of Janet Jones in Bridgeton, Missouri, USA; actress (American Anthem, Flamingo Kid). 1961 - Birth of Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg in Rome, Italy; concert violinist. 1961 - Dashiell Hammett, author (Maltese Falcon, Thin Man), dies from throat cancer at age 66. 1962 - Birth of Jim Lindeman; US baseball outfielder (New York Mets). 1962 - Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy seven villages and kill 3,500. 1963 - Birth of Frank Wijnhoven; Dutch soccer player (NEC, Treffers). 1963 - Tadeusz Szeligowski, composer, dies at age 66. 1964 - A Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day and Night), dies at age 46. 1964 - Battles between Muslims and hindus in Calcutta, India. 1964 - Birth of Krista Tesreau in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Mindy - Guiding Light, Tina - One Life To Live, Silk Stalkings). 1964 - US version of That Was The Week That Was TV show premieres. 1965 - Birth of James Washington; NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins). 1965 - Birth of Nathan; rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret). 1965 - Bollingen prize for poetry awarded to Horace Gregory. 1965 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 34-14. 1966 - George Cresswell, cricketer (took 13 wickets in 3 Tests for New Zealand), suicide. 1966 - Hermann Kasack, writer, dies at age 69. 1966 - India and Pakistan sign peace accord. 1966 - Julian Bond denied seat in Georgia legislature for opposing Vietnam War. 1967 - Birth of Mick Hankers; Dutch dancer (Josephine, Sound of Motown). 1967 - Birth of Micky Michelle [Ingrid Hankers]; Dutch dancer (Josephine). 1967 - Birth of Trini Alvarado; actor (Frighteners). 1967 - Dutch Princess Margret marries Pieter van Vollenhoven. 1967 - Edward Brooke (Senator-Republican-Massachusetts) takes seat as first popularly-elected black. 1967 - Emerson Treacy, actor (Prowler), dies after surgery at age 66. 1967 - Lester Maddox inaugurated as Governor of Georgia, USA. 1967 - PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70-station network. 1967 - Vilem Petrzelka, composer, dies at age 77. 1968 - Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at age 73. 1968 - Birth of Lyle Menendez in New York; accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers). 1968 - Birth of Malcolm Showell; WLAF defensive end (Amsterdam Admirals). 1968 - Howard Smith, actor (Harvey Griffin - Hazel), dies at age 74. 1968 - Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer, dies at age 85. 1968 - Louis-François-Marie Aubert, French composer (La Momie), dies at age 90. 1968 - Theophilus E Dönges, South African Internal minister, dies at age 69. 1968 - US Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho. 1969 - Birth of Doug E Doug; rapper/comedian (Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever). 1969 - Birth of Juanita Clayton in Manitou, Manitoba, USA; softball catcher (Olympics-1996). 1969 - Sweden (first Western country) recognizes North Vietnam. 1969 - USSR's Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus. 1970 - Birth of Cameron MacKenzie; Australian 100m/200m/400m (Olympics-1996). 1970 - Birth of Deon Figures; NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers). 1970 - Birth of James Wilson; WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire). 1970 - Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at age 44. 1971 - Birth of Guylaine Cloutier in Levis, Québec, Canada; 100m breast stroke swimmer (Olympics-4-1992, 1996). 1971 - Birth of Sergi Bruguera in Italy; tennis star. 1971 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Richard Wilbur. 1971 - Gabrielle "Coco", Chanel French fashion designer, dies at age 87. 1972 - Al Goodman, Russian/US orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at age 81. 1972 - Birth of Thomas Lewis; NFL wide receiver (New York Giants). 1972 - Georg Rendl, Austrian miner/bee-keeper (Satan on Earth), dies at age 68. 1972 - Los Angeles Lakers' 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Milwaukee Bucks 120-104. 1972 - Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman arrives in Dacca, East-Pakistan. 1972 - Sverre Jordan, composer, dies at age 82. 1973 - Birth of Berry Radstraat; Dutch soccer player (NEC, SCH). 1973 - Birth of Glenn Robinson in Gary, Indiana, USA; NBA forward (Milwaukee, Olympics-gold-1996). 1973 - Birth of Travis Davis; NFL strong safety (New Orleans Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars). 1973 - Gas tank on Staten Island, New York, explodes, 40 die. 1974 - Birth of Andre Kirwan; Canadian Football League receiver (Toronto Argonauts). 1974 - Birth of Hollis Thomas; defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles). 1975 - Birth of Shannon Kavanaugh in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; rocker (Ivory Soul). 1976 - Chester Arthur Burnett, American blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at age 65. 1976 - Howlin' Wolf, singer/guitarist, dies following brain surgery at age 65. 1977 - 20th hat trick in New York Islanders' history - Bobby Nystrom. 1978 - Don Gillis, US composer (Symphony #5 1/2), dies at age 65. 1978 - John D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at age 71. 1978 - Pedro Joaquín Chamorro of La Prensa, assassinated in Managua. 1978 - Soyuz 27 carries two cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station. 1978 - Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag), dies at age 62. 1979 - Birth of Chris H E Smith [Daddy Mack] in Atlanta; rapper (Kris Kross - "Warm it Up"). 1980 - Jim Stewart, Boston Bruins' rookie goalie allows three goals in his first four minutes and a total of five in first period; he never again plays in the NHL. 1980 - Last broadcast of Rockford Files TV show on NBC. 1980 - Birth of Janelle Pierzina; American reality star. 1980 - George Meany, American labor leader, dies at age 85 (born 1894). 1981 - John Severin sets 100-mile unicycle speed record, 9 hours 21 minutes. 1981 - Richard Boone, actor (Paladin - Have Gun Will Travel), dies at age 63. 1981 - Death of Katherine Alexander, American actress (born 1898). 1981 - El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive". 1982 - Lazar Weiner, composer, dies at age 84. 1982 - Paul Lynde, American comedian/actor (Uncle Arthur - Bewitched, Bye Bye Birdie), dies at age 55 (born 1926). 1982 - Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 metre freestyle (15:43.31). 1982 - The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27.2 degrees C (-17 F) is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire, equaling the record set in the same place in 1895. 1982 - Cincinnati Bengals beat San Diego Chargers in -59 degrees F (-51 degrees C) to win AFC championship. 1983 - New York Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring New York Yankees from playing season-opening series against Detroit Tigers in Denver, Colorado. 1983 - Birth of Li Nina; Chinese aerial free-style skier. 1983 - Death of Roy DeMeo, Mafia hitman (born 1942). 1984 - Bulgarian Tupolev 134 plane crashes at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die. 1984 - Clara Peller first asks, "Where's the Beef?". 1984 - Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, and D Drysdale elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. 1984 - Suvanna Phuma, premier of Laos, dies at age 82. 1984 - US establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years. 1984 - Birth of Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan football player. 1984 - Argentine ex-president General Bignone arrested. 1985 - The Sinclair C5 is launched at Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, North London. It is believed by Sir Clive Sinclair to be the best mode of personal transport. 1985 - Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as President of Nicaragua. 1986 - Joseph Kraft, US columnist, dies at age 61. 1986 - Death of Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901). 1986 - Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US. 1986 - Space shuttle STS 61-C mission scrubbed T -9 minutes because of bad weather at Kennedy. 1987 - Birth of César Cielo; Brazilian swimmer. 1988 - Don't Get God Started closes at Longacre Theater in New York City, New York after 86 performances. 1988 - Birth of Michael Mcilorum, English rugby union player. 1988 - The Disney Channel debuts the animated TV show The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. 1989 - In Australia, Assistant AFP Police Commissioner Colin Winchester gunned down in driveway of Canberra home. 1989 - Cuban troops begin withdrawing from Angola. 1989 - Death of Hai Teng, abbott of Shaolin Temple (born 1902?). 1989 - Death of Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (born 1905). 1990 - "Les Miserables" opens at Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore Maryland. 1990 - China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre). 1990 - Juliet Berto, screenwriter/actress (Bastienne Bastien), dies at age 42. 1990 - NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players. 1990 - Yvonne Peattie Marquard, actress (Donovan's Reef), dies. 1990 - Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. 1991 - Dimitris Myrat dies of cancer at age 62. 1991 - Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans. 1991 - US Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis. 1992 - 8th Soap Opera Digest Awards. 1992 - Barbara Couper, British actress (Last Days of Dolwyn), dies at age 89. 1992 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film The Hand That Rocks the Cradle to theatres. 1992 - Birth of Eric and Brandon Billings, twin American actors. 1993 - "My Favorite Year" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City, New York after 37 performances. 1993 - "Sea Gull" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City, New York after 48 performances. 1993 - Diana Adams, ballerina, dies. 1993 - Maiden flight of Ultrair (Houston to Los Angeles). 1993 - Noorjahan Begum, "adulterous" wife in Bangladesh, stoned to death. 1994 - Catharina I "Ien" Dales, minister of Internal affairs (1989-94), dies at age 62. 1994 - Charles "Chub" Feeney, baseball president (National League), dies at age 72. 1994 - Michael Aldridge, actor (Murder in the Cathedral), dies at age 73. 1994 - Ukraine says it will give up world's third largest nuclear arsenal. 1994 - Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan agree to abolish trade tariffs. 1995 - Late Late Show with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS in the USA at 12:30 AM. 1995 - Elaine Greene, literary agent, dies at age 74. 1995 - Halton Kathleen Tynan, writer, dies at age 57. 1996 - Alexander Robertus, organic chemist, dies at age 88. 1996 - Arthur Sydney Martin, spycatcher, dies at age 81. 1996 - Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. 1996 - Jimmy Johnson announced as new coach of Miami Dolphins. 1997 - Rehearsal closes at Criterion Theater in New York City, New York. 1997 - First comet of 1997 discovered: Comet 1997 A1. 1997 - 4,000th episode of TV's Entertainment Tonight. 1997 - Alvinio Misciano, Italian tenor, killed in a fall from a window. 1997 - Dow Corning provides US$2.95 billion to settle breast implant suits. 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures generally releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Evita to theaters in the US. 1997 - Elspeth Josceline Huxley writer, dies at age 96. 1997 - George Young, footballer, dies at age 74. 1997 - Hilary Grover Barratt Brown, conservationist, dies at age 71. 1997 - Italy's new 1,000 lire coin shows divided Germany on map. 1997 - Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as President of Nicaragua. 1997 - Bulgarian Student strike versus government of Jan Videnov. 1997 - Death of Sheldon Leonard, American TV producer actor, director at age 89 (born 1907). 1997 - Death of Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907). 1998 - In Northeastern China, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurs. Seventy people killed, about 11,500 injured, 44,000 families left homeless. Over 70,000 houses were damaged or destroyed. Damage to portions of the Great Wall of China in northwestern Hebei Province. 1998 - In Guatemala, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurs. At least 27 people injured. Felt throughout southern and western Guatemala, in El Salvador and parts of southern Mexico. 1999 - A large piece of the chalk cliff at Beachy Head collapses into the sea. 2000 - America Online announces it is buying Time Warner, in a stock-trade deal valued at $160 billion, the largest in corporate history. The new firm, AOL Time Warner, will have a combined value of $350 billion. 2002 - Enrique Bolaños begins his five-year term as President of the Republic of Nicaragua. 2004 - At the Detroit Opera House in Michigan, General Motors unveils the next-generation "C6" 2005 Corvette. It features 400-hp engine, fixed headlights, and targa top. 2005 - Death of Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born 1927). 2005 - Death of Gene Baylos, comedian (born 1906). 2006 - Apple Computer releases its first Macintosh (iMac) computer with an Intel processor. 2006 - Bruce Sutter becomes just the fourth relief pitcher to get into the Baseball Hall of Fame. 2007 - U.S. President George W. Bush announces a plan to station 21,500 additional troops in Iraq. 2007 - Death of Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (born 1912). 2008 - In Colombia, FARC releases two former Colombian politician women hostages held captive in the country for six years: Clara Rojas and Consuela González de Perdomo. 2008 - Death of Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress and television personality (born 1921). You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history. Bookmark this URL:   http://thisdayinhistoryinfo.info/   and revisit each day. (this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events) Or, visit my Timelines of History page. Other web pages of interest: Chronology of World History Chronology of World War II Chronology of Personal Coins