This Day in History
January 14

What happened in history on this day: January 14? On January 14 in ... 973 - Ekkehard I monk of Saint Gallen (Vita Waltharii manu fortis), dies. 1163 - Ladislaus I Arpad king of Hungary (1162-63), dies. 1236 - English king Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence. 1236 - Sava [Rastko] son of Serbia's king/saint, dies at age 64. 1237 - Saint Sava son of Serbia's king, dies. 1301 - Andreas III Arpad king of Hungary (1290-1301), dies at age 50. 1451 - Birth of Franchinus Gaffurius composer. 1467 - Birth of Henry van Stolberg and Wernigerode German Governor/Viceroy of Frisia. 1526 - Charles V and Francis I sign Treaty of Madrid; Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy and Flanders. 1566 - Birth of Angelo Notari composer. 1592 - Birth of Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan leader of India. 1595 - Ferdinand archduke of Austria/mayor of Bohemenia, dies. 1601 - Church authorities burn Hebrew books in Rome. 1615 - Birth of John Biddle English minister (Unitarian). 1618 - Birth of Jan Six Dutch mayor of Amsterdam. 1623 - Paolo Sarpi Italian church historian/politician, dies at age 70. 1639 - First Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford. 1639 - Rodger Ludlow publishes"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut". 1641 - United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed. 1648 - Casparus Barleaus Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring), dies at age 63. 1655 - Birth of Angelo Predieri composer. 1659 - Battle at Elvas Portuguese beat Spanish. 1664 - Birth of Simon van Slingelandt Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36). 1676 - Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian (opera)composer, dies at age 73. 1683 - Birth of Gottfried Silbermann in Kleinbobritzsch, Germany; builder of spinets, clavichords, harpsichords and organs in the age of Bach. 1684 - Birth of Jean-Baptiste Vanloo French painter. 1690 - Clarinet is invented, in Nüremberg, Germany. 1699 - Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches". 1700 - Birth of Picander [Christian F Henrici], German writer (Der Säuffer). 1705 - Birth of Jean-Baptiste C Bouvet de Lozier/Lozier-Bouvet Governor (Reunion Is). 1717 - German mob leader "Sjako" sentenced to death in Amsterdam. 1722 - Birth of Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer composer. 1724 - Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne. 1730 - Birth of William Whipple merchant/judge/patriot (Declaration of Independence signer). 1739 - England and Spain signs second Convention of Pardo. 1741 - Birth of Benedict Arnold US General turned traitor (Revolutionary War). 1742 - Edmund Halley genius eclipsed by Newton, dies at age 86. 1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie's army leaves Glasgow. 1751 - Birth of Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter composer. 1766 - Frederik V king of Denmark/Norway (1746-66), dies at age 42. 1780 - Birth of Francois-Joseph Dizi composer. 1783 - US Congress ratifies peace treaty between US and England. 1784 - Revolutionary War ends;US Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris. 1785 - Mozart completes "Dissonantenkwartet" (opus 10). 1791 - Birth of Calvin Phillips became shortest known adult male (67cm; 2'2"). 1794 - Dr Jessee Bennet of Edom Virginia, performs first successful Cesarean section operation on his wife. 1798 - Birth of Isaac da Costa Dutch writer/lawyer. 1798 - Birth of Johan R Thorbecke Premier of Netherlands (Liberal-1849-72). 1799 - Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets. 1799 - King of Naples flees before the advancing French armies. 1800 - Birth of Ludwig Ritter von Köchel in Stein, Austria; devoted his life and studies to music. 1802 - Marie Allard French ballerina, dies at age 59. 1804 - Birth of Johann Strauß (the elder) in Vienna, Austria; composer of waltzes, polkas, and marches. 1804 - Birth of John Park composer. 1806 - Birth of Matthew Fontaine Maury Naval Commander (Confederacy). 1812 - Birth of Carl Gradener composer. 1813 - Gideon Hawley becomes first state school superintendent in US (New York). 1814 - Birth of Johannes Josephus Viotta composer. 1814 - By the Treaty of Kiel, peace between Sweden and Denmark is concluded. Danish King Frederik cedes to the king of Sweden and his successors the kingdom of Norway. Denmark is to receive one million riksdaler and the province of Pomerania. Sweden is to pay Norway's per-capita share of Denmark's national debt. Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe islands are retained by Denmark. 1817 - Birth of Harmen S Sytstra Dutch poet/editor (Iduna). 1817 - Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny composer, dies at age 87. 1818 - Birth of Zacharias Topelius Finnish historical novelist (Surgeon's Stories). 1819 - Birth of Fabio Campana composer. 1819 - Birth of Frederick Steele Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1868. 1822 - Birth of Nicholas Mori composer. 1822 - Franz Innocenz Joseph Kobell German landscape painter, dies at age 72. 1830 - Johann G Repsold German instrument maker, dies at age 59. 1831 - Birth of John Bullock Clark Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1903. 1834 - Birth of William Cleaver Francis Robinson composer. 1836 - Birth of [Hugh] Judson Kilpatrick Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881. 1839 - Birth of Emil Bohn composer. 1841 - Birth of Berthe M P Morisot French painter/aquarellist. 1844 - Birth of Clara Kathleen Rogers composer. 1845 - Birth of Henry C K Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th marquess of Landsdowne/Governor-General Canada. 1847 - Conspiracy in New Mexico against US. 1847 - Governor Bent five others in US occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico. 1850 - Anthony van Hoboken Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at age 93. 1850 - Birth of Jean de Reszke [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor. 1850 - Birth of Pierre Loti [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer (Pêcheur). 1851 - Birth of Théophile de Bock Dutch painter/etcher/drawer. 1858 - French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed. 1861 - Birth of Mehmed VI last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22). 1861 - Birth of Wilhelm von Polenz German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf). 1861 - Fort Pikens, Florida, falls into state hands. 1863 - Birth of Pieter Oosterlee Dutch educator. 1863 - Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teched, Louisiana. 1864 - Battle of Cosby Creek, Tennessee. 1864 - General Sherman begins his march to the South. 1868 - Birth of Catharina A M de Savornin Lohman Dutch author (Belief). 1868 - Heinrich Schenker Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at age 66. 1868 - North Carolina constitutional convention meets in Raleigh. 1868 - South Carolina constitutional convention, meets with a black majority. 1871 - Birth of Pauline Beersmans [van Cuyck], Flemish actress (Hofslachter). 1873 - "Celluloid" registered as a trademark. 1873 - P B S Pinchback elected to Senate. 1874 - Birth of Thornton Waldo Burgess author (Peter Rabbit). 1874 - I D Shadd elected Speaker of the lower house of the Mississippi legislature. 1875 - Albert Schweitzer is born in Kayersberg, Elsaß, Germany; philosopher, theologian, and musician, humanitarian, Nobel Prize for Peace in 1952. 1878 - Birth of Victor A D Ségalen [Max Anély], French writer. 1878 - US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional. 1882 - Birth of Hendrik W van Loon Netherlands, commentator/writer (Story of America). 1886 - Birth of Hugh Lofting English/American writer and illustrator (Dr Dolittle). 1887 - Friedrich von Amerling Austrian painter, dies at age 83. 1887 - Peter "Peerke" Donders missionary (Father of Melaatsen), dies at age 77. 1888 - Stephen Heller composer, dies at age 74. 1889 - Birth of Vincenzo Davico composer. 1890 - Francesco D'Arcais composer, dies at age 59. 1892 - Birth of Hal Roach early film director/producer (One Million BC). 1892 - Martin Niemöller born in Lippstadt, Germany; commander of a submarine in World War I, pastor in Berlin, a leader in the resistance against Hitler, arrested in 1937 and sent to the camp in Dachau, pacivist during the Cold War, recipient of Lenin Peace Prize in 1967 and the German "Grand Cross of Merit" in 1971. 1895 - Birth of George Richard Samways children's writer. 1896 - Birth of John dos Passos novelist (1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel). 1897 - 6,960-m (22,834 feet) Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) first climbed. 1897 - Birth of Hasso Freiherr von Manteuffel in Potsdam, Germany; tank commander in World War II; tried for war crimes and sentenced to 18 months in prison. 1898 - Birth of Helen Flint Chicago, actress (Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast). 1898 - Joe Darling hits the first six in Tests (out of the ground). 1898 - Reverend Charles L Dodgson better known as Lewis Carroll, dies at age 66. 1899 - Birth of Fritz Bayerlein German Lieutenant-General (WWI, Poland, Libya, Saint Louis). 1900 - Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca" premieres in Rome. 1901 - Birth of Bebe Daniels Scotland, actress (42nd Street, Lonesome Luke). 1901 - Birth of Carlos P Romulo Philippine General/Diplomat/Jurist. 1901 - Charles Hermite French mathematician (e is transcendent), dies at age 78. 1901 - Mandell Creighton English bishop/historian, dies at age 57. 1901 - Victor Balaguer Catalaans historian/politician/author, dies at age 76. 1902 - Birth of Alfred Tarski Warsaw, mathematician/logician. 1902 - Birth of F C Terborgh [Reijnier Flaes], Dutch writer (De Turkenoorlog). 1902 - Cato M Guldberg Norwegian mathematician, dies at age 65. 1903 - Birth of Veronica Turleigh County Donegal Ireland, actress (Promoter). 1904 - Birth of Sir Cecil Beaton England, royal family photographer. 1905 - Death of Ernst Abbe in Jena, Germany, at age 64; physicist in optical theory and microscope design. 1905 - Hubbell, Shubert and Smith's musical "Fontana" premieres in New York City, New York. 1906 - Birth of Walter Knape composer. 1906 - Birth of William Bendix New York City, New York; actor (Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley). 1907 - Birth of Derek Richter British neuro chemist (Aspects of learning and memory). 1907 - Birth of Sophie Redmond Suriname's first female physician. 1907 - Karl von Perfall composer, dies at age 82. 1908 - Birth of Carl Esmond Vienna Austria; actor (Address Unknown, Hitler). 1908 - Birth of Ruggiero de Rudolpho Columbo US singer/actor (Miracle of Women). 1908 - Holger Drachmann writer, dies. 1908 - Roger Hartigan scores century on Test debut vs England Adelaide (116). 1909 - Birth of Joseph Walton Losey Wisconsin, director (Damned, Accident). 1909 - Coöp Far Central Management forms. 1909 - Sinovi P Rozhestvensky Russian admiral, dies at age 60. 1910 - Birth of Renier van der Velden composer. 1911 - Birth of George Amadee Tremblay composer. 1911 - Birth of Helmut Degen composer. 1912 - Birth of Rudolf Hagelstange German author/poet (Spielball der Götter). 1912 - Otto Liebmann German philosopher (Kant and Epigones), dies at age 71. 1912 - Raymond Poincaré becomes premier of France. 1913 - Birth of Tillie Olsen American writer (Tell Me a Riddle). 1914 - Birth of Harold Russell actor (Best Years of Our Life). 1914 - Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords. 1915 - Birth of Andre Frossard Catholic columnist. 1916 - Birth of John Oliver Killens novelist. 1916 - Dutch South Sea dike cracks. 1916 - Otto Ammon German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at age 73. 1918 - Finland and USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar. 1919 - Birth of Andy Rooney Albany New York, CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes). 1919 - Birth of Giulio Andreotti 7 x premier (Italy). 1919 - John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, and Judge McQuade buy New York Giants. 1920 - Birth of Bertus de Harder Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux). 1920 - Birth of Donald Beard cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler in the 1950s). 1920 - Birth of George Herman newsman (CBS-TV). 1921 - Birth of Charles Gaupp German/Dutch painter. 1921 - Birth of Mark Lawrence Washington DC, pianist (Alice Pearce). 1924 - Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy. 1924 - Arne Garborg Norwegian playwright (Mannfolk), dies at age 72. 1924 - Birth of Guy Williams New York City, New York; actor (Zorro, Lost in Space). 1925 - Alban Berg's atonale opera "Wozzeck" premieres in Berlin. 1925 - Birth of Yukio Mishima Japan, novelist (Temple of Golden Pavilion). 1925 - Willem Devout self employed (V and Dreesmann), dies. 1926 - Birth of Frank Aletter Long Island New York; actor (Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy). 1926 - Birth of Harold Wolpe sociologist lawyer/South African activist. 1926 - Birth of Thomas Tryon Hartford Connecticut; actor/novelist (I Married a Monster from Outer Space, Cardinal, All That Glitters). 1927 - Birth of Ivan Kalita USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympics-silver-1968). 1927 - Toronto Maple Leafs first hat trick (Hap Day) vs New York Rangers. 1928 - Birth of Gerald Arpino Staten Island New York, choreographer. 1929 - Afghan King Amanullah forced to resign. 1929 - Birth of Aleksander Petrovic film director. 1929 - Birth of Billy Walker Ralls Texas, country singer (Ozark Jubilee). 1929 - Cornelis W Lely Dutch Governor of Suriname (1902-05), dies at age 74. 1930 - Birth of Edgar Sergeyi Hovhanesyan composer. 1930 - Birth of Ernest Just Black biologist, served as Vice President of American Zoologists. 1931 - Birth of Juraj Pospisil composer. 1931 - William Ernst Johnson British mathematician, dies. 1932 - First totalisator (to record racetrack bets) in US installed, Hialeah. 1932 - Birth of Catarina Valente Paris France, singer (The Entertainers). 1932 - Birth of Harriet Andersson Stockholm Sweden, actress (Cries and Whispers). 1932 - Horse racing legend Eddie Arcaro won his first race. 1935 - The British Cabinet decides the Rhineland is not a vital British interest. 1935 - Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use. 1936 - Birth of Clarence Carter US singer (Thread the Needle). 1936 - Birth of John Paul Cain Sweetwater Texas, PGA golfer (1989 Greater Grand Rapids). 1936 - Birth of Ludmila Pinayeva USSR, 500m kayak (Olympics-gold-1964, 1968, 1972). 1936 - Birth of Reiner Klimke Germany, equestrian dressage (Olympics-gold-1984). 1936 - L M (Mario) Giannini elected president of Bank of America. 1937 - Birth of Billie Jo Spears country singer. 1937 - Birth of Ken Higgs cricketer (effective England pace-bowler in 15 Tests 1965-68). 1938 - Birth of Allen Toussaint [Naomi Neville], pianist/songwriter (Ride Your Pony, Wild Sign of New Orleans). 1938 - Birth of Jack Jones Los Angeles California, singer (The Love Boat Theme). 1938 - National Society for the Legalization of Euthanasia formed (New York). 1939 - All commercial ferry service to East Bay ends. 1939 - Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. 1940 - Birth of Julian Bond Nashville Tennessee, (Democrat-Georgia) civil rights leader. 1940 - Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers. 1940 - NFL Pro Bowl: Green Bay beats NFL All-Stars 16-7. 1941 - Birth of C L "Gibby" Gilbert Jr Chattanooga Tennessee, PGA golfer (1976 Danny Thomas). 1941 - Birth of Marjoe Gortner Long Beach California; actor (Speak Up America, Falcon Crest). 1941 - Birth of [Dorothy] Faye Dunaway Bascom Florida, actress (Chinatown, Bonnie and Clyde). 1942 - Birth of Amichand Rajbansi South African politician. 1942 - Birth of Carol Bellamy Planfield New Jersey, (City Council President-Democrat-New York City, 1978-85). 1942 - Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo. 1943 - Adolf Sandberger composer, dies at age 78. 1943 - Alex Smart (Montréal) is first NHL player to score hat trick in his first game. 1943 - Birth of Holland Taylor Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actress (The Practice, Bossom Buddies, Camilla-Naked Truth). 1943 - Birth of José Luis Rodriguez Caracas Venezuela, singer (Dueno De Nada). 1943 - Birth of Ronald Hunter Boston Massachusetts; actor (Lazarus Syndrome). 1943 - Birth of Shannon W Lucid Shanghai China, astronaut (STS 51G, STS 34, STS 43, STS 58, STS 76/79). 1943 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President Franklin Roosevelt meet at Casablanca, Morocco, over eleven days. The decision is made to attack the island of Sicily. British Bomber Command is directed to focus on submarine bases on the Biscay coast in the short term, and submarine construction yards as long term targets. 1943 - Heinrich Himmler views Warsaw. 1944 - Birth of Graham Vivian Marsh Kalgoorlie Australia, PGA golfer (1977 Heritage). 1944 - Mohammed Emin Yurdakul Turkish poet, dies at about age 74. 1944 - Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum/Wolchow. 1945 - Sandor Vandor composer, dies at age 43. 1946 - The United States announces its total expenditure during the war: US$200 billion. 1946 - Two jetties collapse in Ganges-160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed. 1946 - The Soviet-Polish border treaty of August 1945 is ratified by the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union. 1947 - Birth of Bill Weberniuk Canadian snooker player. 1948 - Anna "Ans" van Dike Dutch Jewish Nazi-collaborator, executed at age 42. 1948 - Birth of Carl Weathers New Orleans Louisiana; actor (Apollo Creed-Rocky). 1948 - Birth of T-Bone Burnett musician/producer. 1948 - Birth of Tim Harris rocker (Foundations). 1949 - Birth of Christine Belford Amityville New York, actress (Banacek, Empire, 90210). 1949 - Birth of Lawrence Kasdan Miami Florida, director/writer (Accidental Tourist). 1949 - Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die. 1949 - Joaquín Turina Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at age 66. 1950 - "As the Girls Go" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City, New York after 420 performances. 1950 - US recalls all consular officials from China. 1951 - Birth of Gil Pak Jong Korea, judo (Olympics-1976). 1951 - Birth of William Risrook rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express). 1951 - NFL Pro Bowl: first since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27. 1952 - Today Show premieres with Dave Garroway and Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV. 1952 - Birth of Sydney Biddle Barrow madam/author (Mayflower Madam). 1952 - Rationing of coffee in Netherlands ends. 1952 - Snow storm in Sierra Nevada kills 26. 1953 - Vaughan William's "Sinfonia Antartica" premieres in Manchester. 1953 - Yugoslavia elects its first president (Marshal Tito). 1954 - Marilyn Monroe marries baseball star, New York Yankee, Joe DiMaggio. 1954 - Sandy Wilson's musical "Boyfriend" premieres in London. 1955 - Heitor Villa-Lobos' 8th Symphony, premieres in Philadelphia. 1956 - Jordan government refuses to join Pact of Baghdad. 1956 - Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti". 1956 - Siegfried F Nadel Australian/British anthropologist (Nuba), dies at age 52. 1957 - Humphrey Bogart actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), dies at age 57. 1959 - Birth of Carl Chas Smash Smyth; rock bassist (Madness - "Our House"). 1959 - Birth of Geoff Tate; vocalist (Queensryche - "Breaking the Silence"). 1959 - Birth of Paul Terry; cricketer (in Germany Two Tests England vs West Indies 1984). 1960 - Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded. 1960 - US Army promoted Elvis Presley to Sergeant. 1961 - Birth of Robert Edwin Hall; mountaineer/businessman. 1961 - Chicago Bears' Willard Dewveall becomes first NFL player to join the AFL. 1961 - Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at age 81. 1961 - Henry Geehl, composer, dies at age 79. 1962 - Birth of Patrica Morrison; rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet). 1962 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-30. 1963 - George C Wallace sworn in as Governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!". 1963 - Gustav Regler, writer, dies at age 64. 1963 - French President General Charles de Gaulle vetos Great Britain joining the European Economic Communnity. 1964 - 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston, Massachusetts. 1964 - Bapu Nadkarni 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row. 1964 - Birth of Sergei Nemchinov in Moscow, Russia; NHL center (New York Islanders, Olympics-Silver-1998). 1964 - Birth of Steven Soderbergh; writer (Mimi, Schizoplis). 1965 - Birth of Dave Lowry in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; NHL left wing (Florida Panthers). 1965 - Birth of Désirée Nosbusch in Luxembourg; actress (The Fan). 1965 - Birth of Jemma Redgrave in London, England; actress (Buddha of Suburbia). 1965 - Birth of Vanity [Dee Dee Williams]; singer/actress (Action Jackson). 1965 - Jeanette MacDonald, soprano (When I'm Calling You), dies at age 63. 1966 - Birth of Daniel J Schneider in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; actor (Dennis - Head of the Class). 1966 - Birth of Matt Brock; NFL defensive end/tackle (New York Jets). 1966 - Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies. 1967 - 20,000 attend the Human Be-In, San Francisco, California, USA. 1967 - Birth of Emily Watson; actress (Breaking the Waves, Boxer). 1967 - Birth of Terry Wooden; NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs). 1967 - Birth of Tom Rhodes; actor (Tom Rhodes - Mr Rhodes). 1967 - Earthquake in Sicily kills 231. 1967 - New York Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments. 1967 - Renato Lunelli, composer, dies at age 71. 1968 - Birth of Fred[ric] Honebein in San Francisco, California, USA; rower (Olympics-5th-1996). 1968 - Birth of L L Cool J [James Todd Smith] in Saint Albans, New York, USA; rapper (Bigger and Deffer). 1968 - Super Bowl II: Green Bay Packers beat Oakland Raiders, 33-14 in Miami, Florida; Most Valuable Player: Bart Starr, quarterback. 1969 - 25 members of US aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers. 1969 - Birth of Dave Grohl; drummer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters). 1969 - Birth of David Webb; WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy). 1969 - Birth of Jason Kent Bateman in Rye, New York; actor (David-Valerie, Hogan Family). 1969 - Birth of Martin Bicknell; cricketer (England pace bowler 1993). 1969 - Birth of Rico Smith; NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns). 1969 - Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later. 1970 - Birth of Eric Charron in Verdun, Quebec, Canada; NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals). 1970 - Birth of Steve Cooke in Kanai, Hawaii; pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates). 1970 - Birth of Tyrone Hughes; NFL cornerback (New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears). 1970 - John J "Johnny" Murphy, US baseball pitcher (New York Yankees), dies at age 61. 1971 - Ethel Glenn Hier, composer, dies at age 82. 1971 - John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs. 1972 - Sanford and Son starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV. 1972 - Birth of Kyle Brady; NFL tight end (New York Jets). 1972 - Birth of Michael Davis; NFL cornerback (Cleveland Browns). 1972 - Frederik IX [Christiaan FFMKW], king of Denmark (1947-72), dies at age 72. 1973 - Birth of Ed Howard; NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons). 1973 - Birth of Lethon Flowers; NFL defensive back (Pittsburgh Steelers). 1973 - Birth of Rod Myers in Conroe, Texas, USA; outfielder (Kansas City Royals). 1973 - Super Bowl VII: Miami Dolphins beat Washington Redskins, 14-7 in Los Angeles, California; Most Valuable Player: Jake Scott, Safety. 1973 - Tap dancer Ray Castle measured at 1440 taps/minutes on BBC TV. 1974 - Birth of Hugues Legault in Montréal, Québec, Canada; 50m swimmer (Olympics-1996). 1974 - Birth of Kevin Jefferson; NFL linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals). 1974 - Birth of Michael Dritlein; WLAF wide receiver (Rhein Fire). 1974 - Birth of Nancy Napolski in Hinsdale, Idaho, USA; air rifle (Olympics-1996). 1974 - Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia parliament chairman, dies at age 62. 1974 - World Football League founded. 1975 - Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 metres. 1975 - Birth of Marcel Koning; soccer player (FC The Hague/NEC). 1975 - USSR breaks trade agreement with US. 1976 - The Bionic Woman with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC). 1976 - Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves. 1977 - Abdul Razak bin Hussain, premier of Malaysia (1970-77), dies at age 53. 1977 - Anaïs Nin, Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies at age 73. 1977 - Anthony Eden, British premier (1955-57), dies at age 79. 1977 - Birth of Terry Ryan in Saint Johns; NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens). 1977 - Peter Finch, actor (Network, Nun's Story, Judith), dies at age 60. 1978 - Blossom Rock, actress (Grandmamma - Addams Family), dies at age 81. 1978 - Robert Heger, composer, dies at age 91. 1978 - Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, San Francisco). 1978 - Death of Kurt Gödel in Princeton, New Jersey (born in Brünn, Austria); mathematician who developed "Gödel's proof" which shows that mathematics can have internal contradictions. 1979 - US President Jimmy Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday. 1980 - Birth of Sosuke Sumitani; Japanese announcer. 1980 - Birth of Ossama Haidar; Lebanese soccer player. 1980 - Birth of Cory Gibbs; American soccer player. 1981 - US Federal Communications Commission frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish. 1982 - Birth of Víctor Valdés; Spanish football player. 1984 - Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus, Dutch sexuologist (Dutch Society for Sexual Reformation-NVSH), dies at age 55. 1984 - Paul Ben Haim, composer, dies at age 86. 1984 - Ray Kroc, founder of MacDonalds/owner San Diego Padres, dies at age 82 (born 1902). 1984 - In Canada, Lotto 6/49 lottery draw has a grand prize of CDN$13.9 million won by a single player in Ontario. Winning numbers are 2, 12, 29, 31, 44, 46. This is a Canadian record for a single winner, and a record for a single draw. 1985 - Sixteen indicted by US for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees. 1985 - British pound sterling sinks to record low: US$1.11. 1985 - Jetta Goudal, French actress (White Gold), dies at age 86. 1985 - Martina Navratilova is third to win 100 tennis tournaments (Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert). 1986 - Constitution of Guatemala takes effect. 1986 - Donna Reed, American actress (Donna Reed Show, Dallas), dies of cancer at age 64 (born 1921). 1986 - Vinicio Cerezo becomes the second freely elected President of Guatemala since the US Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored coup in 1954. 1986 - Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter, dies at age 53. 1987 - Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. 1987 - Death of Douglas Sirk (original name, Claus Detlef Sierck) in Lugano, Switzerland (born in Hamburg, Germany), at age 86; film director with Universal Studios. His credits include Magnificent Obsession (1954), There's Always Tomorrow (1955), Written on the Wind (1956), The Tarnished Angels (1957), and Imitation of Life (1959). 1988 - Birth of Jamie Altman son of Lynda Carter and Robert Altman. 1988 - Birth of Jordy French singer. 1988 - Death of Georgi Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party at age 86 (born 1902). 1989 - Romance/Romance closes at Helen Hayes Theater in New York City, New York after 297 performances. 1989 - 1,000 Muslims burn Salman Rushdies' Satanic Verses in Bradford, England. 1989 - 29-year-old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris. 1989 - Former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped. 1989 - Birth of Frankie Sandford, British singer. 1990 - American TV show The Simpsons premieres on Fox-TV. 1990 - David Arkin, actor (I Love You Alice B Toklas), dies. 1990 - Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in the Persian Gulf. 1991 - Barbara DeAngelis Show premieres on CBS-TV. 1991 - Jorge Serrano Elías sworn in as President of Guatemala. 1991 - Three Palestinian Liberation Organization guerilla chiefs are assassinated in Tunis, including Sallah Kharaf [Abu Iyad], co-founder of Al-Fatah. 1991 - Valentin Pavlov become new premier of USSR. 1992 - Hari Rhodes, actor (Earth II, Detroit 9000), dies at age 59. 1993 - "Anna Christie" opens at Criterion Theater New York City, New York for 54 performances. 1993 - David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS. 1993 - Elisabeth A de Vreugd, chambermaid for Dutch Queen, dies at age 98. 1993 - Manfred Lachs, Polish lawyer (International Court of Justice), dies. 1993 - The Polish ferry Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of Rügen in the Baltic Sea, killing 54 people. 1994 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Iron Will to theaters in the USA. 1994 - Esther Ralston, US actress (Tin Pan Alley, San Francisco Docks), dies at age 91. 1994 - Federica Montseny, anarchist/Spanish minister of Health (1936), dies at age 80. 1994 - Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61 metres). 1994 - Kathleen Kinmont files for divorce from Lorenzo Lamas. 1994 - Russian manned space craft TM-17 lands. 1994 - U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin Accords, which stop the preprogrammed aiming of nuclear missiles toward each country's targets, and also provide for the dismantling of the nuclear arsenal in Ukraine. 1994 - Birth of Samir Patel, American spelling prodigy. 1995 - Over 10,000 South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo. 1995 - 16th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 23 awards. 1995 - Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), dies at age 68. 1995 - Mark Finch, film festival organizer, dies at age 33. 1995 - Stafford William Somerfield, newspaper editor, dies at age 84. 1996 - Holiday closes at Circle in Square Theater in New York City, New York after 49 performances. 1996 - Swinging On a Star closes at Music Box Theater in New York City, New York after 97 performances. 1996 - Eric Briault, educationalist, dies at age 84. 1996 - Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions. 1996 - Pamelo Mounk'a, musician, dies at age 50. 1996 - Jorge Sampaio is elected president of Portugal. 1997 - Birth of Nastya and Masha Tolmachevy (The Tolmachevy Twins), Russian singers. 1997 - King Hu, film director, dies at age 64. 1998 - Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis). 1999 - Death of Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director (born 1933). 2000 - United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years, for the 1993 killing of over 100 Bosnian Muslims in a Bosnian village. 2000 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 11,722.98, a level never reached before (the peak of the Dot-com bubble). 2000 - In Yunnan, China, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurs. Seven people are killed, 2,528 injured, and 92,479 are left homeless. More than 41,000 houses are destroyed in central Yunnan Province. 2002 - Barry Bonds agrees to a five-year, $90 million deal with the San Francisco Giants. 2004 - Death of Terje "Valfar" Bakken, Norwegian musician (born 1978). 2004 - Death of Uta Hagen, German actress (born 1919). 2005 - The Huygens probe lands on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. 2006 - A natural gas explosion in a coal mine kills eight in Romania. 2006 - Death of Jim Gary, American sculptor (born 1939). 2006 - Death of Shelley Winters, American actress (born 1920). 2007 - The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement officially adopt the Red Crystal as a non-religious emblem for use in its overseas operations. 2007 - The Toronto Blue Jays and first baseman Lyle Overbay agree to a four-year contract worth $24 million to stay in Toronto. 2007 - Death of Darlene Conley, American actress (born 1934). 2007 - Death of Barbara Kelly, Canadian actress (born 1924). 2008 - Israel and the Palestinians open peace negotiations, the first final-status talks since 2001. 2008 - A group of Taliban suicide bombers attack Serena Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing eight staff and guests. 2008 - In London, England, price of gold reaches a record US$910 per troy ounce, Platinum also rises to a record high $1,590.50 per ounce. Silver reaches US$16.80 per ounce, highest in 27 years. 2008 - In Scotland, the University of Edinburgh unveils the fastest computer in the United Kingdom, the HECToR (High-End Computing Terascale Resource). It can make 63 million calculations per second. The computer was made by American manufacturer Cray, at a cost of 113 million pounds. 2008 - The Board of Control for Cricket in India sells broadcasting rights to the Indian Premier league for US$1 billion. 2008 - U.S. researchers in Chicago, Illinois, report that new genetic evidence supports the theory that Christopher Columbus brought syphilis to Europe from the New World, in 1495. 2008 - The U.S. space agency's MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) probe passes about 126 miles over Mercury. This is the first spacecraft since 1975 to fly past the planet. You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history. Bookmark this URL:   http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/thisday/   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