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Events
1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem , in Tyre , two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin .1253 - Nichiren , a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo Nichiren Buddhism .1611 - Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas , The Catholic University of the Philippines, the oldest existing university in Asia and the largest Catholic university in the world.1788 - Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the Constitution of the United States .1789 - Mutiny on the Bounty , Captain William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island .1792 - France invades Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium ), beginning the French Revolutionary War .1796 - The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III , the King of Sardinia , expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.1862 - American Civil War : Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans, Louisiana .1902 - Using the ISO 8601 standard Year Zero definition for the Gregorian calendar preceded by the Julian calendar , the one billionth minute since the start of January 1, Year Zero occurs at 10:40 AM on this date.1920 - Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union .1930 - The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas .1932 - A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans .1945 - Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement .1947 - Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki Polynesia .1949 - Former Philippine First Lady Aurora Quezon , 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband ; her daughter and 10 others are also killed.1950 - Bhumibol Adulyadej marries Queen Sirikit after their quiet engagement in Lausanne , Switzerland on July 19 , 1949 .1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO .1952 - Occupied Japan : The United States occupation of Japan ends.
1965 - United States troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops.1967 - Expo 67 opens to the public in Montreal , Quebec , Canada .1969 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France .1969 - Terence O'Neill announces his resignation as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland .
1970 - Vietnam War : U.S. President Richard M. Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia .1977 - The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader , Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder .1977 - The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed.
1978 - President of Afghanistan , Mohammed Daoud Khan , is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.1981 - Galician current Statute of Autonomy .1986 - The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal , navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea , on station across the "Line of Death" in the Gulf of Sidra off the coast of Libya . The transit began at 0300 and lasted 12 hours.1987 - American engineer Ben Linder is killed in an ambush by U.S.-funded Contras in northern Nicaragua .1988 - Near Maui, Hawaii , flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Flight 243 , a Boeing 737 , and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.1994 - Former C.I.A. official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia .1996 - Whitewater controversy : Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense.1996 - In Tasmania , Australia , Martin Bryant goes on a shooting spree , killing 35 people and seriously injuring 37 more.
1996 - The NHL's Winnipeg Jets play their last game, a 4-1 playoff loss to the Detroit Red Wings .
1997 - The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention goes into effect, with Russia, Iraq and North Korea notable nations who have not ratified the treaty.2001 - Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist .2005 - The Patent Law Treaty goes into effect.
Births
1442 - King Edward IV of England (d. 1483 )1545 - Yi Sun-sin , Korean admiral (d. 1598 )1630 - Charles Cotton , English poet (d. 1687 )1686 - Michael Brokoff , Czech sculptor (d. 1721 )1715 - Franz Sparry , composer (d. 1767 )1758 - James Monroe , 5th President of the United States (d. 1831 )1765 - Sylvestre François Lacroix , French mathematician (b. 1834 )1819 - Ezra Abbot , American Bible scholar (d. 1884 )1838 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser , Dutch jurist, Nobel laureate (d. 1913 )1868 - Lucy Booth , the fifth daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1953 )1868 - Georgy Voronoy , Russian mathematician (d. 1908 )
1874 - Karl Kraus , Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936 )1878 - Lionel Barrymore , American actor (d. 1954 )1889 - António de Oliveira Salazar , dictator of Portugal (d. 1970 )1897 - Ye Jianying , Chinese general and politician (d. 1986 )1900 - Heinrich Müller , head of the Gestapo (disappeared in 1945 )1900 - Jan Oort , Dutch astronomer (d. 1992 )
1902 - Johan Borgen , Norwegian author (d. 1979 )1906 - Kurt Gödel , Austrian mathematician (d. 1978 )1906 - Paul Sacher , Swiss conductor (d. 1999 )
1908 - Oskar Schindler , Austrian businessman (d. 1974 )1910 - Sam Merwin, Jr. , American mystery fiction writer (d. 1996 )1911 - Lee Falk , American comic strip writer (d. 1999 )1912 - Odette Sansom , French resistance worker (d. 1995 )1914 - Philip E. High , Science fiction author (d. 2006 )1916 - Ferruccio Lamborghini , Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993 )1921 - Rowland Evans , American journalist (d. 2001 )1922 - William Guarnere , WWII Veteran1922 - Alistair MacLean , Scottish novelist (d. 1987 )
1924 - Donatas Banionis , Lithuanian actor1924 - Kenneth Kaunda , President of Zambia
1925 - T. John Lesinski , Lieutenant Governor of Michigan 1926 - Blossom Dearie , American jazz singer1926 - Harper Lee , American author
1928 - Yves Klein , French painter (d. 1962 )1928 - Eugene M. Shoemaker , American planetary scientist (d. 1997 )
1930 - James Baker , American politician1930 - Carolyn Jones , American actress (d. 1983 )
1934 - Lois Duncan , American novelist1937 - Saddam Hussein , President of Iraq (d. 2006 )1938 - Madge Sinclair , Jamaican actress (d. 1995 )1941 - Ann-Margret , Swedish-born actress1941 - K. Barry Sharpless , American chemist, Nobel laureate
1941 - Lucien Aimar , French cyclist
1941 - Iryna Zhylenko , Ukrainian poet
1942 - Mike Brearley , English cricketer1943 - Jacques Dutronc , French singer and actor1944 - Elizabeth LeCompte , American theater director1944 - Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe , Belgian politician
1944 - Alice Waters , American chef
1946 - Ginette Reno , French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress1948 - Terry Pratchett , English author1948 - Marcia Strassman , American actress
1948 - Dorothée Berryman , French Canadian actress and singer
1949 - Indian Larry , American stuntsman (d. 2004 )1949 - Bruno Kirby , American actor (d. 2006 )
1950 - Jay Leno , American comedian and television host1950 - Willie Colón , Puerto Rican salsa legend
1952 - Mary McDonnell , American actress1953 - Kim Gordon , American musician (Sonic Youth )1953 - Roberto Bolano , Latin American author and poet
1955 - Paul Guilfoyle , American actor1955 - Nicky Gumbel , British author and priest
1956 - Jimmy Barnes , Scottish-born singer1957 - Wilma Landkroon , Dutch singer1958 - Hal Sutton , American golfer1960 - John Cerutti , baseball player and announcer (d. 2004 )1960 - Ian Rankin , Scottish novelist
1960 - Joel H. Rosenthal American political scientist
1960 - Jón Páll Sigmarsson , Icelandic strength athlete (d. 1993 )
1960 - Walter Zenga , Italian footballer
1961 - Futoshi Matsunaga , Japanese serial killer1963 - Lloyd Eisler , Canadian figure skater1964 - Barry Larkin , American baseball player1964 - Mark Steven Robinson , American director
1964 - Noriyuki Iwadare , Japanese composer
1965 - Steven Blum , American voice actor1966 - John Daly , American golfer1966 - Too Short , American rapper
1967 - Kari Wührer , American actress1968 - Daisy Berkowitz , American musician (Marilyn Manson )1968 - Howard Donald , British musician1968 - Andy Flower , Zimbabwean cricketer
1970 - Nicklas Lidström , Swedish ice hockey player1970 - Diego Simeone , Argentine footballer
1971 - Bridget Moynahan , American actress1972 - Joseph Bruce , American musician1973 - Elisabeth Röhm , American actress1973 - Jorge Garcia , American actor
1973 - Francisco Palencia , Mexican footballer
1974 - Penélope Cruz , Spanish actress1974 - Richel Hersisia , Dutch boxer
1974 - Vernon Kay , British TV/radio presenter
1978 - Lauren Laverne , Disc jockey, television presenter and former singer1979 - Bahram Radan , Iranian actor1980 - Josh Howard , American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks )1981 - Jessica Alba , American actress1982 - Nikki Grahame , Big Brother 7 Star1983 - Lauren VanHeiningen , Princess of Orlando1983 - Roger Johnson , English footballer1986 - George Nozuka , Canadian Singer/Songwriter
Deaths
1192 - Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s )1498 - Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland , English politician1533 - Nicholas West , English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461 )1695 - Henry Vaughan , Welsh poet (b. 1621 )1710 - Thomas Betterton , English actor1716 - Louis de Montfort , French catholic priest (b. 1673 )1726 - Thomas Pitt , British Governor of Madras (b. 1653 )1741 - Magnus Julius De la Gardie , Swedish General and statesman (b. 1668 )1772 - Johann Friedrich Struensee , physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737 )1781 - Cornelius Harnett , American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723 )1813 - Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov , Russian field marshal (b. 1745 )1816 - Johann Heinrich Abicht , German philosopher (b. 1862 )1841 - Peter Chanel , French saint (b. 1803 )1853 - Ludwig Tieck , German writer (b. 1773 )1858 - Johannes Peter Müller , German physiologist (b. 1801 )1865 - Samuel Cunard , Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787 )1905 - Fitzhugh Lee , American Confederate general (b. 1835 )1926 - Zip the Pinhead , American freak show performer (b. 1857 )1936 - King Fuad I of Egypt (b. 1868 )1944 - Frank Knox , U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874 )1945 - Benito Mussolini , Italian fascist dictator (b. 1882 )1945 - Clara Petacci , Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini (shot) (b. 1912 )
1945 - Roberto Farinacci , Italian fascist (b. 1892 )
1946 - Louis Bachelier , French mathematician (b. 1870 )1949 - Aurora Quezon , First Lady of the Philippines (shot) (b. 1888 )1954 - Léon Jouhaux , French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1879 )1957 - Heinz "Pritzl" Bär , German fighter pilot (b. 1913 )1964 - Rolf de Maré , Swedish art collector (b. 1888 )1970 - Ed Begley , American actor (b. 1901 )1973 - Clas Thunberg , Finnish speed skater (b. 1893 )1975 - Tom Donahue , American FM radio DJ (pioneer, freeform radio) (b. 1928 )1978 - Sardar Mohammed Daoud , President of Afghanistan (b. 1909 )1988 - B. W. Stevenson , American country singer (b. 1949 )1991 - Steve Broidy , American motion picture executive (b. 1905 )1992 - Francis Bacon , Anglo-Irish painter (b. 1909 )1992 - Iceberg Slim , American writer (b. 1918 )
1993 - Jim Valvano , American basketball coach (b. 1946 )1998 - Ramakant Desai , Indian cricketer (b. 1939 )1999 - Rory Calhoun , American actor (b. 1922 )1999 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow , American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1921 )
1999 - Alf Ramsey , English football manager (b. 1920 )
2000 - Penelope Fitzgerald , English writer (b. 1916 )2000 - Jerzy Einhorn , Polish-Swedish doctor, researcher and politician (b. 1925 )
2002 - Alexander Lebed , Russian general (b. 1950 )2002 - Lou Thesz , American wrestler (b. 1916 )
2005 - Chris Candido , American wrestler (b. 1972 )2005 - Percy Heath , American jazz bassist (Modern Jazz Quartet ) (b. 1923 )
2005 - Taraki Sivaram , Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka (b. 1959 )
2007 - Dabbs Greer , American actor (b. 1917 )2007 - Tommy Newsom , American bandleader (b. 1929 )
2007 - Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker , German physicist and philosopher (b. 1912 )
Holidays and observances
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