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1802 Wilhelm Hauff, German poet, novelist, and fairytale writer (Der kleine Muck), born in Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1827)

Austrian physicist (Doppler effect), born in Salzburg, Austria

1803 Gottfried Semper, German architect (Semper Opera house), born in Altona, Duchy of Holstein, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1879)
1811 Wendell Phillips, American abolitionist, women’s suffrage advocate and prison reformer, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1884)
1813 Franz von Miklosich, Slovenian philologist, born in Radomerščak, Austrian Empire (d. 1891)
1815 Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, American politician, commander of US Army of the Gulf, Major General (Union Army), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1882)
1816 Carl Binder, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1860)
1816 Morrison Waite, American attorney, politician, and jurist (Seventh Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, 1874-88), born in Lyme, Connecticut (d. 1888)
1818 George Brown, Birtish-Canadian journalist, publisher (Toronto Globe), Premier of Canada West (Liberal: 1858) and one of the Fathers of Confederation, born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland (d. 1880)
1825 Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist, born in Paris, France (d. 1893)

American author (Little Women), born in Germantown, Pennsylvania

1833 Louis Douglass Watkins, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Tallahassee, Florida, (d. 1868)
1834 Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom, American civil engineer, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Norwich, Vermont (d. 1864)

Empress Dowager of the Qing dynasty (1861-1908), born in Peking, China

1838 Aeneas Mackay, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1888-91), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1909)
1839 Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright (Der Schandfleck), born in Vienna (d. 1889)
1849 John Ambrose Fleming, English electrical engineer, physicist and inventor (vaccum diode- 1st electronic rectifier of radio waves), born in Lancaster, England (d. 1945)
1852 Paul Hillemacher, French composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1933)

Chancellor of the German Empire (1909-17), born in Hohenfinow, Kingdom of Prussia

1857 Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician, discovered bacteria E. coli, born in Ansbach, Bavaria (d. 1911)
1860 Hans Haym, German conductor, born in Halle, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1921)
1862 Friedrich Klose, German-Swiss composer (König Elf), born in Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden (d. 1942)
1863 Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer (Olympic Hymn), born in Corfu, Greece (d. 1917)
1866 Waldemar von Baussnern, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1931)
1870 Andre Lichtenberger, French sociologist and writer (Le petit roi), born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1940)
1870 Harry Graham, Australian cricket batsman (6 Tests; 2 x 100; 107 on debut v England 1893; Victoria, Otago), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1911)
1872 Anna von Mildenburg, Austrian Wagnerian soprano, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1947)
1874 Antonio Egas Moniz, Portuguese neurosurgeon (Nobel Prize 1949 for developing lobotomy procedure), born in Avanca, Portugal (d. 1955)
1874 Francis Dodd, British artist (official military portraitist WWI), born in Holyhead, Wales (d. 1949)
1879 Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer (Jalousie ; Cinema Music), born in Vejle, Denmark (d. 1963)
1891 Julius Raab, Austrian politician (Chancellor 1953-61), born in Sankt Pölten, Austria (d. 1964)
1891 Richard Frank Donovan, American composer, born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1970)
1894 Lucille Hegamin, American blues singer (“Jazz Me Blues”, “Arkansas Blues”), and entertainer, born in Macon. Georgia (d. 1970)
1895 Busby Berkeley [Enos], American film choreographer (42nd Street) and director (Strike Up The Band; They Made Me A Criminal), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1976)
1895 Lodovico Rocca, Italian composer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1986)
1895 William V. S. Tubman, Liberian politician (President of Liberia, 1943-70), born in Harper, Liberia (d. 1971)
1895 Yakima Canutt [Enos Edward], American rodeo cowboy, actor and director (Texas Terror), born in Colfax, Washington (d. 1986)
1896 Philip L. Carret, American investor and founder of Pioneer Fund, born in Lynn, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
1897 Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Mary, My Child), born in Zwijndrecht, Belgium (d. 1981)

British author (The Chronicles of Narnia), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland

1898 Rod La Rocque, American actor (The Ten Commandments), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1969)
1899 Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal and Nazi ally during WWII who operated concentration camps, born in Klobuk, Austria-Hungary (d. 1988)
1899 Arvid Kleven, Norwegian flautist and composer, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 1929)
1899 Genevieve Tobin, American actress (Zaza, Great Gambini, Uncertain Lady), born in New York City (d. 1995)
1899 Gustave Reese, American musicologist and composer, born in New York City (d. 1977)
1900 Håkan Malmrot, Swedish swimmer (Olympic gold 200m & 400m breaststroke 1920), born in Örebro, Sweden (d. 1987)
1901 Mildred Harris, American actress (The Magic Cloak, No, No Nannette), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming (d. 1944)
1902 Carlo Levi, Italian anti-fascist activist, writer (Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (Christ Stopped at Eboli)), painter, and politician (Senator, 1963-72), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1975)
1902 Georges Poulet, French-Belgian critic (Temps Humain), born in Chênée, Belgium (d. 1991)
1904 Egon Eiermann, German architect known for Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial New Church, born in Neuendorf, Germany (d. 1970)
1904 Kay Johnson, American actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), born in Mt Vernon, New York (d. 1975)
1904 Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist, conductor and composer (Glorify Kokila), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1984)
1905 Marcel Lefebvre, French Roman Catholic bishop who opposed Second Vatican Council reforms and was excommunicated, born in Tourcoing, France (d. 1991)
1905 Mowbray Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham, English peer associated with organized crime figures the Kray Twins, born in the UK (d. 1996)
1906 Luis Van Rooten, Mexican-born American actor, author and translator (One Man’s Family), born in Mexico City (d. 1973)

American politician (Rep-D-NY), born in New Haven, Connecticut

1908 N. S. Krishnan, the “Charlie Chaplin of India”, Tamil film comedian actor and screenwriter, born in Nagercoil, British India (d. 1957)
1909 Rupert Davies, British Methodist scholar, born in London (d. 1994)
1912 Viola Smith, American drummer and bandleader (one of the first professional female drummers), born in Mount Calvary, Wisconsin (d. 2020) [1]
1913 Benjamin Markarian, Armenian astrophysicist (Markarian galaxies), born in Shaumiani, Russian Empire (d. 1985)
1914 Coleridge Goode, Jamaican-British jazz double bassist (Joe Harriot Quintet), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2015)
1914 Edith Tilton Penrose, American-British economist (The Theory of the Growth of the Firm), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1996)
1914 Taisen Deshimaru, Japanese founder of several Zen centers in France, born in Saga City, Japan (d. 1982)
1915 Billy Strayhorn, American pianist, arranger, and composer (Duke Ellington Orchestra – “Take The ‘A’ Train”), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1967)
1915 Earl W. Sutherland, American pharmacologist (Nobel Prize Medicine or Physiology 1971 – cyclic AMP), born in Burlingame, Kansas (d. 1974)
1916 Fran Ryan, American actress (Stripes; The Long Riders), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2000)
1916 Valentino Bucchi, Italian composer (Banditi a Orgosolo), born in Florence, Italy (d. 1976)
1917 Merle Travis, American country singer, finger-picking guitarist, and songwriter (“Dark as a Dungeon”, “Sixteen Tons”), born in Rosewood, Kentucky (d. 1983)
1918 Madeleine L’Engle, American writer of young adult fiction, novelist, and poet (Wrinkle in Time and sequels; Ilsa; Lines Scribbled on an Envelope), born in New York City (d. 2007)
1919 Joe Weider, Canadian bodybuilder and entrepreneur, co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilders and creator of Mr. Olympia, Ms. Olympia, and Masters Olympia competitions, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2013)
1919 Pearl Primus, Trinidad-born American dancer (popularized African dance), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1994)
1920 Joseph Shivers, American chemist and inventor of Spandex, born in Marlton, New Jersey (d. 2014) [1]
1920 Yegor Ligachev, Soviet politician (ally then challenger to Gorbachev), born in Dubinkino, Tomsk, Soviet Union (d. 2021)
1921 Dagmar [Virginia Ruth Egnor], American actress, model, and television personality (Broadway’s Open House), born in Yawkey, West Virginia (d. 2001)
1922 Benjamin Smit, Curacaos architect (St Elizabeth Hospital), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2020)
1923 Frank Reynolds, American news anchor (ABC Evening News, 1968-70; World New Tonight, 1977-83), born in East Chicago, Indiana (d. 1983)
1924 Jack Kane, British-Canadian arranger, composer, and orchestra leader (Steve & Eydie; The Andy Williams Show), born in London, England (d. 1961)
1924 Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American Baseball HOF left-fielder (9 x MLB All Star; Gold Glove Award 1957, 1959, 1960; Chicago White Sox), born in Perico, Cuba (d. 2015)
1925 Chet Leaming, American stage and screen actor, born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 1992)
1925 Ernst Happel, Austrian soccer defender (51 caps; Rapid Wien 240 games) and coach (Netherlands, Feyenoord, Club Brugge, Hamburger SV, Sevilla), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1992)

Tunisia’s 1st freely elected President (2014-2019), born in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia

1927 Rupert Crosse, American actor, 1st African-American to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award (The Reivers), born in New York City (d. 1973)

American sportscaster (Brooklyn/ Los Angeles Dodgers, 1950-2016; Ford Frick Award, 1982; Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award, 1995), born in The Bronx, New York

1928 Paul Simon, American politician (U. S. House of Representatives, 1975-85; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1985-97), born in Eugene, Oregon (d. 2003)
1928 Tahir Salahov, Soviet-Azerbaijani painter (The Shift is Over; Aidan), born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2021)
1928 Toby Talbot, American writer and movie theatre owner (Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, 1981-2018), born in the Bronx, New York City (d. 2025) [1]
1928 Yolande Betbeze Fox, Miss America 1951, first to refuse to parade in a swimsuit, born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 2016)
1929 Jackie Stallone (née Labofish), American astrologer, television personality, and mother of Sylvester Stallone and Frank Stallone, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2020)
1931 André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (Olympic gold Road race individual, team 1952), born in Ypres, Belgium (d. 2003)
1931 Frank Mdlalose, South African politician (Premier of KwaZulu, 1994-97), born in Nquthu, South Africa (d. 2021)
1931 Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, producer, and director (Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman), born in Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan (d. 1997)
1932 Antoine Tisné, French composer (Trio pour Ondes Martenot Piano Percussion avec récitante), born in Lourdes, France (d. 1998)

President of France (1995-2007) and Prime Minister of France (1974-76, 1986-88), born in Paris, France

1932 John Anthony Kaiser, American Roman Catholic priest, born in Perham, Minnesota (d. 2000)
1932 John Gary [Strader], American pop and easy-listening singer (“Cold”), born in Watertown, New York (d. 1998)
1932 Stephen A. DiMauro, American thoroughbred racing jockey, trainer, breeder and owner (Eclipse Award 1975; Lady Pitt, Dearly Precious, Nassipour, Wajima), born in Camden, New Jersey (d. 2020)
1933 David Reuben, American psychiatrist and author (Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)), born in Chicago, Illinois
1933 James Rosenquist, American pop artist, born in Grand Forks, North Dakota (d. 2017)
1933 John Lamb, American jazz double bassist (Duke Ellington Orchestra), born in Vero Beach, Florida
1933 John Mayall, British blues musician (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers), born in Macclesfield, England (d. 2024) [1]
1935 Diane Ladd [Ladner], American actress (Chinatown; Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore; Wild at Heart), born in Meridian, Mississippi (d. 2025) [1]
1936 Davide Anzaghi, Italian contemporary classical composer (Aurore; Ritografia), accordionist, educator, and arts promoter, born in Milan, Italy
1936 Gerti Tetzner, East German writer (Karen W.), born in Wiegleben, Germany
1937 Johan Jørgen Holst, Norwegian minister of Foreign affairs (worked on the Oslo Peace Accords), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1994)
1939 Gennadi Volnov, Russian basketball player (Olympic gold 1972), born in Moscow, Soviet Union (d. 1998)
1939 Meco [Domenico Monardo], American musician and record producer (Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk), born in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania (d. 2023)
1939 Peter Bergman, American comedian, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2012)
1940 Chuck Mangione, American Grammy Award-winning jazz flugelhorn and trumpet player (“Feels So Good”), born in Rochester, New York (d. 2025) [1]
1940 Mark James [Francis Zambon], American Grammy Award-winning songwriter (“Hooked on a Feeling”, “Suspicious Minds”, “Always on My Mind”), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2024)
1940 Thelma Mothershed Wair, American civil rights activist (one of the Little Rock Nine, 1957), school teacher, and guidance counselor, born in Bloomburg, Texas (d. 2024) [1]
1941 (Myrna Joy) “Jody” Miller, American Grammy Award-winning pop and country music singer (“He Walks Like A Man”: “Queen of the House”), born in Phoenix, Arizona (d. 2022)
1941 Bill Freehan, American baseball catcher (11 x All Star; World Series 1968; 5 x Gold Glove; Detroit Tigers), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2021)
1941 Denny Doherty, Canadian musician, singer, songwriter (The Mamas & The Papas – “I Saw Her Again”; “California Dreamin'”), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (d. 2007)
1941 Ronald D. Coleman, American politician (Rep-D-TX, 1983-97), born in El Paso, Texas
1942 Felix Cavaliere, American rock singer, songwriter, and keyboardist (Rascals – “Lonely Too Long”, “People Got to Be Free”), born in Pelham. New York
1942 Maggie Thompson (née Margaret Curtis), American librarian, magazine editor (Comics Buyer’s Guide), and sci-fi enthusiast, born in the USA
1942 Philippe Huttenlocher, Swiss baritone opera singer, born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland
1943 Sue Miller, American author (While I Was Gone), born in Chicago, Illinois
1946 Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban singer-songwriter and musician (Nueva Trova movement), born in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba
1946 Suzy Chaffee, American alpine skier (world freestyle champion 1971–73) and model (“Suzy Chapstick” – spokesperson for ChapStick lip balm), born in Rutland, Vermont
1947 Clare H. Torry, British session singer (Pink Floyd – “The Great Gig in the Sky”), born in Marylebone, London
1947 Petra Kelly, German politician (co-founder of German Green Party), activist, and writer (Nonviolence Speaks to Power), born in Gunzburg, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1992)
1947 Ronnie Montrose, American rock guitarist (Montrose; Gamma), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2012)
1949 Dutch Mantel [Wayne Keown], American wrestler also known as “Zeb Colter” (WWE Raw, Dark Side of the Ring), born in South Carolina
1949 Garry Shandling, American comedian (It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, Larry Sanders Show), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
1949 Jerry Lawler, American professional wrestler (WWE), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1949 Kenneth D. Cameron, American Lt Colonel and astronaut (STS 37, 56, 74), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1949 Stan Rogers, Canadian folk musician and songwriter, born in Hamilton, Ontario (d. 1983)
1950 Joshua Brand, American television writer and producer (St. Elsewhere, Northern Exposure), born in New York City
1951 Barry Goudreau, American rock guitarist (Boston – “More Than A Feeling”), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1951 Roger Troutman, American funk musician (Zapp), born in Hamilton, Ohio (d. 1999)
1952 Christine Pascal, French actress and director (Smile, Nothing But Lies, Elsa), born in Lyon, France (d. 1996)
1952 Dusty Hare, English rugby union fullback (25 Tests; Nottingham RFC, Leicester Tigers), born in Newark-on-Trent, England
1953 Alex Grey, American artist, born in Columbus, Ohio
1953 Rosemary West, English serial killer (killed nine with husband Fred West), born in Northam, England
1954 Joel Coen, American filmmaker (Fargo, No Country for Old Men), born in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
1955 Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian (Dr Wayne Fiscus-St Elsewhere), born in Toronto, Ontario
1956 Hinton Battle, American Tony Award-winning singer, dancer, choreographer, and actor (The Wiz; Sophisticated Ladies), born in Neubrücke, Hoppstädten, West Germany (d. 2024)
1956 Leo Laporte, American television personality (The Tech Guy), born in New York City
1957 Charles Grant, American actor (Another World, The Bold and the Beautiful), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1957 Jennifer Batten, American session and touring rock and jazz guitarist (Michael Jackson; Jeff Beck), born in New York City
1958 John Mahama, Ghanaian politician, President of Ghana (2012-17), born in Damongo, Ghana
1958 Mario Petrucci, Anglo-Italian poet and ecologist (Tales from the Bridge), born in London, England
1958 Pamela Prati, Italian actress and television personality (Scherzi a parte, La sai l’ultima?), born in Ozieri, Italy
1959 Neal Broten, American ice hockey center (Olympic gold 1980; Stanley Cup 1995 NJ Devils; NHL All Star 1983, 86 Minnesota North Stars), born in Roseau, Minnesota
1959 Rahm Emanuel, American politician (Mayor of Chicago 2011-19; White House Chief of Staff 2009-10; U.S Representative from Illinois, 2003-09), born in Chicago, Illinois
1959 Rich Camarillo, American football punter (5 x Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1992 Phoenix Cardinals; NFL punting yards leader 1985, 94), born in Whittier, California

1960 American actress (Raging Bull, Bless This House), born in The Bronx, New York

1960 American baseball third baseman (MLB x All-Star 1989, 91; NL HR & RBI leader 1991 New York Mets; World Series 1984, 86), born in Clearwater, Florida

1961 Kim Delaney, American actress (All My Children, NYPD Blue), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1961 Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese heavy metal bass guitarist (Loudness), born in Osaka, Japan
1961 Tom Sizemore, American actor (Saving Private Ryan; Wyatt Earp), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2023)
1962 Andrew McCarthy, American actor (St Elmo’s Fire; Class), born in New York City
1962 Andy LaRocque [Anders Allhage], Swedish musician and songwriter (King Diamond), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
1962 Sadanand Viswanath, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests, 11 dismissals; 22 ODIs, 24 dismissals; Karnataka), born in Bangalore, India
1964 Cork Graham [Frederick Graham], American journalist, actor and author, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
1964 Don Cheadle, American actor (Boogie Nights, Ocean’s Trilogy), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1964 Kris Kamm, American actor (Stuart Rosebrock-Coach), born in Evanston, Illinois
1965 Ellen Cleghorne, American comedienne (Saturday Night Live), born in Brooklyn, New York
1965 Neill Barry, American actor (Old Enough, Heat), born in New York City
1965 Wallis Buchanan, British rock didgeridoo player (Jamiroquai – “When You Gonna Learn”), born in London, England
1965 Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese pop musician, born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan (d. 1992)
1967 JBL [John Layfield], American professional wrestler and color commentator (WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown!), born in Sweetwater, Texas
1967 Sean Carlin, Australian hammer thrower (Olympics-8-1992, 96), born in Adelaide, Australia
1968 Dany Garcia, American producer (works with The Rock), born in Belleville, New Jersey
1968 Dee Brown, American NBA guard (Boston Celtics), born in Jacksonville, Florida
1968 Jonathan Knight, American pop singer (New Kids on the Block), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
1969 Ben Iroha, Nigerian football player (Vitesse), born in Aba, Nigeria
1969 Kasey Keller, American soccer player, born in Olympia, Washington
1969 Mariano Rivera, Panamanian Baseball HOF pitcher (13 × MLB All-Star; 5 × World Series; World Series MVP 1999; NY Yankees), born in Panama City, Panama
1969 Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch soccer player (NAC, Celtic), born in Steenbergen, Netherlands
1970 Lamar Smith, American NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks), born in San Antonio, Texas
1970 Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer, born in Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom
1971 Brad May, Canadian NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres), born in Toronto, Ontario
1971 Gena Lee Nolin, American actress and model (Baywatch), born in Duluth, Minnesota
1971 Keith Carlock, American session and touring jazz and rock drummer (Steely Dan; Toto; Chris Botti), born in Clinton, Mississippi
1972 Brian Baumgartner, American actor (Kevin in The Office), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1972 Jamal Mashburn, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 2003 NO Hornets; Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat), born in The Bronx, New York
1972 Larry Joe Campbell, American actor (According to Jim, The Orville), born in Cadillac, Michigan
1972 Minoru Tanaka, Japanese professional wrestler (Wrestle-1 Events, All Japan Pro Wrestling), born in Komaki, Japan
1973 Craig Glassock, Australian cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper 1994-95), born in Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia
1973 Dick van Burik, Dutch soccer player (Ajax/NAC), born in Utrecht, Netherlands
1973 Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer, born in St David’s Hospital, Cardiff, Wales
1973 Sarah Jones, American playwright, born in Winter Springs, Florida

1729 The Dutch Republic joins the Treaty of Seville, restoring France and England’s trading privileges with Spain
1760 French Commandant François-Marie Picoté de Belestre surrenders Fort Detroit to Major R. Rogers
1775 American physician James Jay invents invisible ink
1777 Spanish expeditionary soldier José Joaquín Moraga establishes El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe (The Town of Saint Joseph of Guadalupe) in California
1781 Zong massacre: Crew of the slave ship Zong murders more than 130 African slaves by throwing them into the sea to claim insurance
1791 The Chatham Islands are sighted by HMS Chatham, commanded by William Broughton

Napoleon in Retreat

1812 Battle of Berezina: Napoleon‘s Grand Army crosses the Berezina River in retreat from the Imperial Russian Army

The Barber of Seville

1825 Gioachino Rossini‘s comic opera “Il barbiere di Siviglia” (The Barber of Seville) is the first opera performed in Italian in the US, staged at New York City’s Park Theater

1830 November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia’s rule begins in Warsaw, Poland
1847 Cayuse Native Americans kill missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and 12 others at Waiilatpu Mission in Oregon Country due to suspicion that they poisoned 200 Cayuse people
1847 The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour
1850 The Punctation of Olmütz treaty is signed between Prussia and Austria; Prussia abandons the Erfurt Union and accepts the revival of the German Confederation
1863 Battle of Fort Sanders: Confederate troops under James Longstreet fail to break through Union defenses under Ambrose Burnside in Knoxville, Tennessee, resulting in 813 casualties
1864 Battle of Spring Hill: Confederate troops under John Bell Hood fail to attack Union forces under John M. Schofield
1864 Sand Creek Massacre: Third Colorado Cavalry kills and injures 150 to 600 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Native Americans, including Cheyenne Chief One Eye
1872 Battle of Lost River: First battle in the Modoc War begins

1877 US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time

1887 The US receives the sole rights to use Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for refurbishing and coaling naval ships
1890 First US Army-Navy football game played at West Point: Navy 24, Army 0
1893 Ziqiang Institute (Wuhan University) is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan provinces in China’s Qing Dynasty
1897 First motorcycle race in Surrey, England, is won by Charles Jarrot

Kitchener Assumes Command

1900 General Horatio Kitchener assumes command of the British forces in South Africa from General Lord Roberts

1902 Gerhart Hauptmann‘s play “Der arme Heinrich” (Poor Heinrich) premieres in Vienna
1910 The first US patent for a traffic light system is issued to Chicago engineer Ernest Sirrine [1]
1915 Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California
1916 The US declares martial law in the Dominican Republic due to its violation of the 1907 treaty
1917 The Supreme Allied War Council meets at Quai d’Orsay, Paris, and at Versailles to draft war aims and resolutions
1921 Coldest day in November in Netherlands -14.0°C
1923 The Dawes Commission, chaired by American banker Charles G. Dawes, is set up to look into the German economic situation and make recommendations that the US can accept
1924 NHL’s Montreal Forum opens in Montreal, Quebec

Speaker Resigns Amid Allegations

1926 Tris Speaker resigns as manager of the Cleveland Indians while facing game-fixing allegations

1927 Russian-French player Alexander Alekhine becomes the fourth world chess champion, defeating reigning champion Cuban José Raúl Capablanca in Buenos Aires

First Flight Over the South Pole

1929 American aviator Richard E. Byrd sends, “My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of the South Pole” during his first flight over the South Pole

1932 France and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact
1933 Liquor stores are authorized to operate in the US for the first time, with the first location to authorize sales in Pennsylvania
1934 The Chicago Bears defeat Detroit (19-16) in the first NFL game broadcast nationally

Schrödinger’s cat

1935 Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his famous thought experiment “Schrödinger’s cat”, a paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics

1937 Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands is injured in an auto accident in Diemen, Netherlands
1938 Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids a soccer match between Netherlands and Germany
1939 The USSR breaks off diplomatic relations with Finland
1941 SS Lurline passenger ship sends a radio signal reporting the sighting of a Japanese war fleet
1942 The US Office of Price Administration rations coffee for everyone at 1 pound (454 g) every five weeks
1943 German submarine U-86 sinks in the Atlantic Ocean

Committee of National Liberation

1943 Partisan leader Josip Broz Tito forms a temporary government in Jajce, Bosnia, called the National Committee for the Liberation of Yugoslavia

1944 Albania is liberated from Nazi Germany control (National Day)
1944 Alfred Blalock, Helen Taussig, and Vivien Thomas of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore perform the first open-heart surgery, known as the “blue baby operation”

The Lost Weekend

1945 “The Lost Weekend,” based on Charles R. Jackson’s novel, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman, premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Best Picture 1946)

1945 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed
1946 Dutch Minister of Social Affairs Willem Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities
1947 The UN General Assembly votes to allow the partition of Palestine between Arabs and Jews
1948 KOB TV Channel 4 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (NBC) begins broadcasting
1948 Puppet TV show “Kukla, Fran and Ollie,” starring Fran Allison, debuts on NBC’s WNBQ in Chicago, Illinois
1948 The first opera to be televised, Giuseppe Verdi’s “Otello,” is broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City
1949 Uranium mine explosions in Johanngeorgenstadt, East Germany, kill 3,700
1951 A military coup led by Adib Shishakli forces the existing Syrian government to resign
1951 Operation Buster-Jangle: First underground atomic explosion at Frenchman Flat, Nevada, codenamed “Uncle”

1953 American Airlines begins the first regular commercial New York to Los Angeles air service
1953 WSIX-TV Channel 8 in Nashville, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 English athlete Chris Brasher is disqualified for interference after finishing first in the 3,000m steeplechase at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics; decision reversed on appeal
1957 NYC Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace baseball teams Dodgers and Giants after they relocate to the west coast
1958 George “Punch” Imlach becomes coach of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs
1959 2nd Grammy Awards: Bobby Darin for “Mack The Knife” wins Record of the Year, Frank Sinatra for “Come Dance with Me!” wins Album of the Year, Jimmy Driftwood for “The Battle of New Orleans” wins Song of the Year
1960 26th Heisman Trophy Award: Joe Bellino, Navy halfback
1961 John A. McCone replaces Allen W. Dulles as the 6th director of the CIA

Dulles Replaced by McCone

1961 The Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) mission is launched with a chimpanzee named Enos aboard, becoming the first chimp to orbit the Earth

1961 The Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) mission is launched, with a chimpanzee named Enos aboard, becoming the first chimp to orbit the Earth
1962 Great Britain and France decide to build the Concorde supersonic airliner jointly
1962 Major League Baseball decides to revert to one All-Star Game per year after four seasons in which two All-Star Games are played
1963 “I Want to Hold Your Hand” single is released by The Beatles in the United Kingdom
1963 Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831: A Douglas DC-8 crashes after taking off from Dorval Airport near Montreal, Canada, killing all 118 people

1964 The Roman Catholic Church in the US replaces Latin with English in Mass
1965 17-year-old Dale Cummings does 14,118 consecutive sit-ups
1966 First NBA game at Oakland Coliseum Arena; San Francisco Warriors defeat Chicago Bulls 108-101
1966 SS Daniel J. Morrell sinks in a storm on Lake Huron, killing 28 and leaving one survivor

President of the World Bank

1967 US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces that Robert McNamara will become president of the World Bank

1969 The Beatles’ single “Something” / “Come Together” reaches #1
1970 England cricket batsman Colin Cowdrey reaches 22 on Day 3 of the drawn 1st Test against Australia in Brisbane to become Test Cricket’s leading run scorer; passes countryman Wally Hammond’s world Test-record aggregate of 7,249 runs

Yale-Princeton Football Game

1970 Modernist composer Charles Ives‘ orchestral two-minute piece “Two Halves in Two Minutes,” also known as the “Yale-Princeton Football Game,” written in 1897, premieres at Carnegie Hall in New York

1971 First $150,000 open golf championship at Walt Disney World

1972 Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari, releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game, at Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale, California

1975 7.7 magnitude earthquake triggers the Kilauea Volcano to erupt in Hawaii

Robert Muldoon Wins Election

1975 Robert Muldoon of the National Party wins the New Zealand general election

Education for All Handicapped Children Act

1975 US President Gerald Ford signs the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, requiring states to provide free education for children with disabilities

1976 The New York Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to a five-year, $3.5 million contract
1978 UN observes “International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People,” boycotted by the US and other nations, such as Israel
1978 USSR conducts a nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
1981 Operation Tariq al-Quds: Iranian military operation to liberate Bostan in Khuzestan province
1983 USSR conducts a nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
1987 A Korean Air Boeing 707 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 115
1987 France conducts an underground nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
1987 Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49ers completes an NFL record of 22 consecutive passes
1987 Ranger’s Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs NY Islanders). It is later ruled that he should not be credited with goal.
1987 The New Orleans Saints win their first season in their 21-year history

Rajiv Gandhi Resigns

1989 Rajiv Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India after losing national elections

1990 MLB Montreal Expos president Claude Brochu agrees to buy club from Charles Bronfman
1990 UN Security Council approves US-sponsored resolution authorizing the use of force in the Persian Gulf if Iraq does not withdrawal from Kuwait by Jan. 15, 1991
1991 Dust storm in California’s San Joaquin Valley, results in massive vehicle accident on Interstate I-5 involving 93 cars and 11 truck. near Coalinga; 17 die and 150 injured
1991 Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, v Australia at the Gabba
1991 TV show “Roc” has a gay wedding episode – Can’t Help Loving that Man

My Life

1994 Mary J. Blige releases “My Life,” her second studio album (Billboard Music Award Top R&B Album 1995)

1994 Seoul, Korea, celebrated the 600th anniversary of its founding
1995 “Garden District” closes at Circle in the Square Theater, NYC
1995 CNNfn, a financial network by Turner Enterprises is launched

Clinton Lifts Oil Ban

1995 US President Bill Clinton lifts ban on exports of oil from the Alaskan North Slope; the ban was imposed after the oil embargo by Arab oil producers in 1973

1997 OPEC agrees to an increase in its production ceiling. OPEC has raised the ceiling to 27.5 million barrels per day for the first half of 1998
1997 USAir Arena closes, hosting Wash Wizards
2001 UN Security Council unanimously approves a resolution extending the Oil-for-Food program in Iraq for another six-month period

Mandela’s AIDS Concerts

2003 The first of Nelson Mandela‘s 46664 AIDS benefit concerts held at Green Point Stadium, Capetown

2005 The new Croatian Communist Party (KPH) is founded in Vukovar.
2007 A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast of Martinique, affecting the Eastern Caribbean as far north as Puerto Rico and as far south as Trinidad
2007 Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila hotel after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny

Rolling in the Deep

2010 “Rolling in the Deep” single is released by Adele (Billboard Song of the Year 2011, Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Song of the Year 2012)

2012 30 people are killed and 100 are wounded by bombs in Hillah and Karbala, Iraq
2012 Luiz Felipe Scolari takes over as Brazilian Football coach
2012 The UN votes to approve Palestine’s status change from an observer to an observer state

2015 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes 2nd in season-ending Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix to win his 3rd overall, and 2nd consecutive World Drivers Championship by 59 points from teammate Nico Rosberg

2016 Former NFL player Darren Sharper sentenced to 20 years in prison for a series of rapes
2017 American TV host Matt Lauer is fired from NBC’s “Today” show after an allegation of sexual misconduct
2017 Bosnian war criminal Slobodan Praljak commits suicide by poison in court at The Hague after 20 year prison term read out
2018 Opera “Prism” composed by Ellen Reid with lyrics by Roxie Perkin premieres at REDCAT in Los Angeles (2019 Pulitzer Prize for Music)
2018 Tens of thousands of Indian farmers protest the agrarian crisis at Parliament in Delhi
2019 K-pop stars Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon are sentenced to prison for gang-raping unconscious fans and distributing footage of it [1]
2019 Terrorist knife attack at Fishmongers’ Hall by London Bridge kills two and injures three; the attacker, previously imprisoned for a 2012 terror offense, is shot dead

Jesus Manger Fragment

2019 Wood fragment believed to be from Jesus’ manger is returned to Bethlehem by Pope Francis after 1400 years

First Female Communications Team

2020 Joe Biden and Kamala Harris announce the first all-female Communications team for the White House

2021 British socialite and former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, is found guilty of sex trafficking in a federal court in Manhattan [1]

2021 FIFA Ballon d’Or: Argentina and PSG forward Lionel Messi wins his record 7th award from Robert Lewandowski; FC Barcelona attacking midfielder Alexia Putellas is Women’s World Player of the Year

2021 Honduras presidential elections: Xiomara Castro is elected as the country’s first female president (declared 2 Dec)

Dorsey Steps Down as CEO of Twitter

2021 Jack Dorsey announces he is stepping down as CEO of Twitter, to be replaced by Parag Agrawal

2022 For the first time, fewer than half of people in England and Wales call themselves Christian according to the 2021 Census [1]
2022 Malawi begins historic campaign against malaria by vaccinating children under five using the RTS,S vaccine (thought to provide 30% protection) [1]
2022 Singapore’s parliament repeals British-era Section 377A, decriminalizing gay sex, but introduces amendments to protect the current definition of marriage [1]
2022 Three stowaways are rescued by the Spanish coastguard after 11 days at sea, balancing on a ship’s rudder from Nigeria to the Canary Islands [1]

Thalidomide Tragedy Apology

2023 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issues a national apology to people affected by the thalidomide morning sickness drug over 60 years ago [1]

2023 Footage of the Vangunu rat, a rare giant rat about half a meter (1.5 feet) long, is captured for the first time on the island of Vangunu, Solomon Islands [1]
2023 Nepal registers its first same-sex marriage in its western Lumjung district, after becoming the second Asian country to legalize it five months earlier [1]

Spotify’s Most-Streamed

2023 Taylor Swift is Spotify’s most-streamed global artist of the year with 26.1 billion streams, and “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus is the most-streamed song [1]