Happy birthday and many happy returns Linda Harris, Eric Lam, Gina Sleiman and Brenton Wakeford. Born on the same day, across the years. In 1846, on your day, Belgian clarinetist Adolphe Sax received a patent for the saxophone. In 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip during a motorcade in Sarajevo, sparking the outbreak of World War I. In 1950, Korean War: South Korean military and police summarily executed at least 100,000 suspected North Korean sympathizers. In 1967, Israel annexed East Jerusalem, having captured it from Jordan in the Six-Day War. In 1981, Seventy-three leading officials of Irans Islamic Republic Party were killed when a bomb exploded at the partys headquarters in Tehran. You have better parties than 81. Safer. You are creative and covetous of good things .. probably best not to start any wars over them. Hold your ground and be wary of Kim. Have a great day! Matches 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosull. 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II. 1776 – The Battle of Sullivans Island ends with the first decisive American victory in the American Revolutionary War leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day. 1776 – Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition. 1838 – Coronation of Victoria of the United Kingdom. 1841 – The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier 1880 – The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan. 1895 – Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis claim to Barony of Arizona is wholly fictitious and fraudulent. 1902 – The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal. 1914 – Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by Bosnia Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli of World War I. 1919 – The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, bringing fighting to an end in between Germany and the Allies of World War I. 1922 – The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces. 1926 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies. 1942 – World War II: Nazi Germany started its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue 1948 – The Cominform circulates the Resolution on the situation in the Communist Party of Yugoslavia; Yugoslavia is expelled from the Communist bloc. 1948 – Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era. 1950 – Korean War: North Korean Army conducted Seoul National University Hospital Massacre. 1956 – in Poznań, workers from HCP factory went to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe. 1967 – Israel annexes East Jerusalem. 1969 – Stonewall Riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement. 1973 – Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time. 1976 – The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial. 1981 – A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of Islamic Republic Party. 1987 – For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht. 1994 – Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan; Seven people are killed, 660 injured. 1997 – Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfields ear. 2001 – Slobodan Milošević is deported to ICTY to stand trial. Hatches 1476 – Pope Paul IV (d. 1559) 1491 – Henry VIII of England (d. 1547) 1503 – Giovanni della Casa, Italian author and poet (d. 1556) 1547 – Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer (d. 1599) 1577 – Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (d. 1640) 1703 – John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (d. 1791) 1712 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and polymath (d. 1778) 1734 – Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier, French organist and composer (d. 1794) 1852 – Charles Cruft, English showman, founded Crufts Dog Show (d. 1938) 1875 – Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (d. 1941) 1902 – Richard Rodgers, American composer (d. 1979) 1915 – David Honeyboy Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011) 1926 – Mel Brooks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1932 – Pat Morita, American actor (d. 2005) 1941 – Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist, developed the OBJ language (d. 2006) 1945 – David Knights, English bass player and producer (Procol Harum) 1948 – Kathy Bates, American actress, singer, and director 1951 – Lalla Ward, English actress and author 1966 – John Cusack, American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1977 – Mark Stoermer, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (The Killers) 1986 – Shadia Simmons, Canadian actress 1989 – Lucy Rose, English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1991 – Seohyun, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Girls Generation and Girls Generation-TTS) 1996 – Donna Vekić, Croatian tennis player Despatches 548 – Theodora I, Byzantine wife of Justinian I (b. 500) 1194 – Emperor Xiaozong of Song (b. 1127) 1836 – James Madison, American politician, 4th President of the United States (b. 1751) 1914 – Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (b. 1868) 1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1863) 1915 – Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (b. 1877) 1960 – Jake Swirbul, American businessman, co-founded the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation (b. 1898) 1975 – Rod Serling, American actor, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1924)
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