What is Today at History . This Day in History for 24th November ◀ Oct November Dec ▶ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 All Events Birthdays Weddings Deaths Historical Events Events 1 - 100 of 162 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople. 496 - Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I as Catholic Pope 642 - Theodore I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1105 - Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary 1434 - River Thames freezes 1542 - Battle of Solway Moss: English beat Scottish King James V 1587 - Battle at Auneau: Henri de Guise wins 1601 - Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy 1628 - John Fords Lovers Melancholy premieres in London 1639 - 1st observation of transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree - helped establish size of the Solar System 1642 - Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) 1643 - Battle of Tuttlingen: Beiers army under Gen Mercy beats France English Military and Political Leader Oliver CromwellEnglish Military and Political Leader Oliver Cromwell 1655 - English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell bans Anglicans 1688 - General strategist John Churchill meets William III 1703 - 1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Phila 1715 - River Thames freezes 1759 - Destructive eruption of Vesuvius 1800 - Webers opera Das Waldmadchen premieres in Freiburg 1800 - Naturalists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland depart Caracas for Cuba where they met fellow botanist John Fraser 1832 - South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification 1835 - Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Provisional Government 1859 - Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species Naturalist Charles DarwinNaturalist Charles Darwin 1861 - Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens 1862 - M Levy publishes Gustave Flauberts Salammbo 1863 - Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia & Lookout Mt begins in Tennessee 1869 - American Womans Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland) 1871 - National Rifle Association organized (NYC) 1874 - Joseph F Glidden patents barbed wire 1880 - Southern University forms 1887 - Victorien Sardous La Tosca premieres in Paris 1896 - 1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont 1897 - Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston 1898 - The International Conference of Rome for the Social Defense Against Anarchists opens. 1903 - Clyde Coleman of NYC patents automobile electric starter 1903 - George Ades County Chairman premieres in NYC 1905 - Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel 1912 - Conflict in the Balkans grows into an acute international crisis with major powers supporting either Austria or Serbia Italian Dictator Benito MussoliniItalian Dictator Benito Mussolini 1914 - Benito Mussolini leaves Italys socialist party 1914 - Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms 1915 - Serbian leader flees to Albania 1916 - Mexican and US representatives sign a protocol at Atlantic City, under which Pershings troops will withdraw and each nations army will guard the border. President Carranza of Mexico will refuse to accept it 1917 - Nine police officers and one civilian are killed when a bomb explodes at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin police headquarters building. 1918 - Béla Can forms Hungarian Communist Party 1922 - Italian parliament gives Benito Mussolini dictatorial powers for 1 year 1923 - Radio Belgiums 1st transmission 1924 - 1st Dutch airplane (Fokkers F-7) reaches Batavia (Java) 1925 - 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast) 1925 - Eugene ONeill Theater (Coronet, Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St NYC 1926 - KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions 1930 - Ruth Nichols sets womens transcontinental air flight record (Mineola, NY to California), in a Lockheed-Vega 1932 - In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens. 1934 - CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia beats Regina, 20-12 at Toronto 1934 - SN Behrmans Rain from Heaven premieres in NYC 1935 - King George II returns to Greece after 12 years 1935 - The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress. 1936 - Noel Cowards Tonight at 8:30 premieres in NYC 1936 - Pacifist/anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award Nobel Peace Prize 1938 - Clifford Odets Rocket to the Moon premieres in NYC 1938 - National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball 1941 - Life Certificates issued to some Jews of Vilna, the rest are exterminated 1941 - Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar 1941 - US troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine 1942 - Fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk 1942 - French collaborator Marquis de Brinon establishes African Falanx 1944 - US bombers based on Saipan begin 1st attack on Tokyo Author John SteinbeckAuthor John Steinbeck 1947 - John Steinbecks novel Pearl published 1947 - The US House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities finds Hollywood 10 in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists 1948 - WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 - British steel & iron industry nationalised 1949 - Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs 1950 - Guys & Dolls opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1200 performances 1950 - UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas 1950 - US infantry division conquerors Chonju Korea 1951 - 17 closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances 1951 - Music in the Air closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 56 perfs 1951 - 39th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 21-14 1951 - British auto manufacturers Austin and Morris Motors merge 1953 - Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954 1954 - Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened 1954 - France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria 1955 - 1st test flight of Fokkers F-27 Friendship 1956 - Pajama Game closes at St James Theater NYC after 1063 performances 1956 - 44th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 50-27 NFL Legend Jim BrownNFL Legend Jim Brown 1957 - Cleveland Browns fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yds rushing 1958 - Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community 1960 - Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record) 1962 - Last of Dutch military leave New Guinea 1964 - 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (QB) 1964 - Cards 3rd baseman Ken Boyer is voted NL MVP 1964 - For 1st time since 1800, residents of Washngton DC permitted to vote 1964 - Rebellion ends in Zaire 1965 - Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu becomes President of Zaire President of Zaire Mobutu Sese SekoPresident of Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko 1966 - 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire) 1966 - 400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog 1966 - The Beatles began recording sessions for Sergeant Pepper 1966 - A Bulgarian plane with 82 people on board crashes near Bratislava, Slovakia. 1966 - New York City experiences the smoggiest day in the citys history. 1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational 1969 - Apollo 12 returns to Earth 1969 - West German president Heinemann visits Netherlands 1 2 ▶ Famous Birthdays Birthdays 1 - 100 of 244 1273 - Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (d. 1284) 1394 - Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (d. 1465) 1420 - John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (d. 1473) 1583 - Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (d. 1641) 1615 - Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1690) 1630 - Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718) 1632 - Baruch Benedict de Spinoza, Amsterdam, rationalist philosopher 1642 - Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, earl of Tourville/knight/admiral/marshal 1655 - Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97) 1690 - Charles Theodore Pachelbel, composer 1712 - Willem Bachiene, theologist/geographer/astronomer (Ecclesiastical) 1713 - Junipero Serra, priest had a mission in California 1713 - Laurence Sterne, Ireland, novelist/satirist (Tristram Shandy) 1724 - Maria Amalia of Saxony, queen of Spain (d. 1760) 1729 - Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d. 1800) 1740 - John Bacon, English sculptor 1745 - Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1792) 1747 - Felice Alessandri, composer 1766 - J J Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist 1768 - Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer 1774 - Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857) 12th US President Zachary Taylor12th US President Zachary Taylor (1784) 1784 - Zachary Taylor, Barboursville Virginia, 12th President (Mar 5, 1849-July 9, 1850) 1795 - Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer 1801 - Ludwig Bechstein, German poet (d. 1860) 1806 - Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor/viceroy of Bosnia/Iraq 1806 - William Webb Ellis, credited with the invention of Rugby (d. 1872) 1811 - Ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier (1863- ) 1811 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1890) 1815 - James Trapier, N Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1865 1815 - Grace Darling, English heroine (d. 1842) 1817 - Juan de la Cruz Moreno Maisonave, Guatemala 1824 - Karel M M Verlat, Flemish painter/graphic artist 1826 - Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian author (Pinocchio) 1829 - William Passmore Carlin, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903 1833 - Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (d. 1891) 1848 - Lilli Lehmann, opera singer 1849 - Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of childrens book (My Secret Garden) 1853 - Bat Masterson, American gunfighter (d. 1921) 1859 - Cass Gilbert, American architect (d. 1934) 1864 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, France, painter (At the Moulin Rouge) Ragtime Composer Scott JoplinRagtime Composer Scott Joplin (1868) 1868 - Scott Joplin, Texas, US ragtime entertainer and composer (The Entertainer) 1869 - António Óscar Carmona, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (d. 1951) 1873 - L Martov, [Yuly O Tsederbaum], Russian revolutionary 1874 - Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer (d. 1953) 1876 - Walter Griffin, US architect, city planner; designed Canberra, Aust 1877 - Alben W Barkley, Graves County Ky, (35th Vice Pres-D-1949-53) 1877 - Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian CID Commissioner of Police (d. 1941) 1878 - Mark N Tod, English classicist/historian 1881 - Al Christie, Canadian-born film director and producer (d. 1951) 1884 - Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School) 1884 - Itzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (d. 1963) 1886 - Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish artist (Lart et Son Avenir) 1886 - Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher (d. 1973) 1887 - Erich von Manstein, German military commander (d. 1973) 1888 - Cathleen Nesbitt, Belfast Ireland, actress (Agatha-Farmers Daughter) 1888 - Dale Carnegie, author (How to Win Friends & Influence People) 1888 - Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Cologne Germany, actor (Metropolis, Spies) 1888 - Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist (d. 1972) 1889 - Albert J Sylvester, England, ballroom dancer (Alex Moor Award-1977) 1889 - Cissy van Marxfield, [Setske Beek-de Haan], Dutch author 1892 - Isidor Achron, composer 1893 - Fern Andra, Watseka IL, actress (Eyes of the World) 1893 - Charles F. Hurley, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946) 1894 - Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer (all-time great opening batsman for Engl) NYC Gangster Charles NYC Gangster Charles Lucky Luciano (1896) 1896 - Charles Lucky Luciano, Sicily, NYC Mafia gangster, (d. 1962) 1899 - Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer 1899 - Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (d. 1966) 1900 - Cornelius Kee, composer 1900 - Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, film maker/teacher 1901 - Andre Victor Tchelistcheff, winemaker 1902 - Fernand Braudel, French historian 1905 - Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady) 1906 - Andreina Pagnani, Rome Italy, actress (Il Commandante) 1906 - Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Air Bridge monument Berlin) 1908 - Harry Kemelman, US detective author (rabbi-omnibus) 1908 - Libertad Lamaraque, Agentina, actress (Madreselva, Puerta Cerrada) 1908 - Ray Carter, Chicago Ill, orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party) 1909 - Hans Melchior Brugk, composer 1909 - Hotze de Roos, Dutch youth book author (Chameleon) 1910 - Lennox Brown, cricketer (S Afr leg-spinner on 1931-32 Aust/NZ tour) 1911 - Kirby Grant, Butte Mont, actor (Sky King) 1911 - Walter Goetz, illustrator cartoonist/painter 1911 - Joe Medwick, baseball player (d. 1975) 1912 - Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (Johnson murderer!) 1912 - Garson Kanin, Rochester NY, playwright/producer (Double Life) 1912 - Geraldine Fitzgerald, Dublin Ireland, actress (Pawnbroker, Easy Money) 1912 - Theodore Teddy Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger 1913 - Gisela Mauermeyer, Germany, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1936) 1913 - Howard Duff, Bremerton Washington, actor (Flamingo Road, Knots Landing) 1914 - Elise Hoomans, Dutch director/actress (Jane Eyre) 1916 - Forrest J Ackerman, invented the term sci-fi 1917 - Richard Bilderback Hervig, composer 1917 - Rita Corita, [Hendrika Sturm], Dutch singer 1918 - Roley Jenkins, cricketer (English leg-spinner 1948-52) 1918 - Tom Stubby Fouts, Carroll County Ind, actor (Polka-go-round) 1918 - William Strethan Wild Bill Davis, musician 1919 - John Silverlight, journalist 1919 - David Kossoff, British actor (d. 2005) 1920 - Anthony Griffin, sailor 1920 - Joseph Olutola Olu Odutola Oguntala, soho club owner 1 2 3 ▶ Famous Weddings Weddings 1 - 7 of 7 1190 - Isabella of Jerusalem marries Conrad of Montferrat at Acre, making him de jure King. Writer Kurt Vonnegut JrWriter Kurt Vonnegut Jr (1979) 1979 - Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (57) weds photographer Jill Krementz (39) 1980 - Ronald Reagan Jr marries Doria Palmieri 1984 - MLB pitcher Roger Clemens (22) weds Debra Lynn Godfrey 2000 - Actor, screenwriter and director Jon Favreau (34) weds physician Joya Tillem (30) in Sonoma, California 2001 - Angel actor David Boreanaz (32) weds actress Jaime Bergman (26) at Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs, California 2007 - Superman Returns actor Brandon Routh (28) weds actress Courtney Ford (29) at the beautiful El Capitan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California Famous Divorces Divorces 1 - 1 of 1 Singer Donna SummerSinger Donna Summer (1976)1976 - Singer-songwriter Donna Summer (27) divorces actor Helmuth Sommer after 5 years of marriage Famous Deaths Deaths 1 - 100 of 115 654 - Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (b. 596) 1115 - Mathilde, markgravin of Toscane, dies 1192 - Albert I van Leuven/Luik, Belgian bishop of Luik/saint, dies at 27 1468 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402) 1531 - Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482) 1541 - Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (b. 1489) 1555 - French Vervoort, Flemish mystic (Bruylocht Cleedt), dies at about 65 1571 - Jan Blahoslav, Czech bishop, dies at 48 1572 - John Knox, Scottish preacher, dies at about 67 1583 - René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (b. 1506) 1615 - Sethus Calvisius, composer, dies at 59 1650 - Manuel Cardoso, composer, dies at 83 1674 - Franciscus van Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker, executed at 72 1722 - Johann Adam Reincken, German organist/composer, dies at 99 1741 - Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (b. 1688) 1770 - Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b. 1685) 1775 - Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (b. 1703) 1781 - James Caldwell, American revolutionary (b. 1734) 1793 - Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French statesman (b. 1723) 1801 - Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725) Mohawk Military Leader Joseph BrantMohawk Military Leader Joseph Brant (1807) 1807 - Joseph Brant [Thayendanegea], Mohawk leader, dies at 64 1822 - Karl Jacob Wagner, composer, dies at 50 1827 - Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/colonial director, dies at 54 1838 - Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer, dies at 65 1840 - Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82 1842 - Pehr Frigel, composer, dies at 92 1848 - William Lamb 2nd viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834..41), dies at 69 1863 - Claudius Charles Wilson, Confederate brig-gen during American Civil War, dies of fever at camp in Ringgold, Georgia 1870 - Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (b. 1846) 1880 - Hanri Reber, composer, dies at 73 1885 - Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1875-85), dies at 27 1890 - August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b. 1816) 1899 - Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Taaishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies 1903 - Charles Dupee Blake, composer, dies at 56 1914 - Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies 1916 - John Francis Barnett, composer, dies at 79 1916 - Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born gunsmith (b. 1840) 1923 - Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School), dies at 39 1929 - Georges Clemenceau, French journalist/premier (1917-20), dies at 88 1943 - Martin Raschke, German author/war correspondent, dies at 38 1943 - Reina Prince Geerligs, [Leentjes Vandendriesch], anti-fascist, dies 1943 - Doris Miller, American navy cook (b. 1919) 1944 - EMHCH Houtappel, resistance fighter: in Neuengamme, dies 1944 - Vaclav Stepan, composer, dies at 54 1946 - Alfonso Broqua, composer, dies at 70 1948 - Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, composer, dies at 64 1953 - George Alexander Russell, composer, dies at 73 1953 - Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist, dies at 70 1956 - Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920) Painter Diego RiveraPainter Diego Rivera (1957) 1957 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter, dies at 70 1958 - Edgar A Robert Cecil viscount of Chelwood, (Nobel 1937), dies at 94 1959 - Lyman Bryson, educator (UN Casebook), dies at 71 1959 - Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainen writer (Commissioners), dies at 60 1959 - Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player (b. 1883) 1960 - Salomon Sam de Wolff, zionist/socialist theorist, dies at 82 1960 - Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882) 1961 - Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67 1962 - James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60 Ex-soldier, drifter Lee Harvey OswaldEx-soldier, drifter Lee Harvey Oswald (1963) 1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald, JFKs assassinator 2 days earlier, shot dead by nightclub owner Jack Ruby live on TV 1964 - John Fabricius, playwright, dies at 55 1965 - Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1895) 1967 - Arnold J dailly, mayor of Amsterdam (1946-56), dies at 65 1967 - Louis Fratto, American gangster (b. 1908) 1970 - Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer, dies at 76 1972 - Hall Overton, US composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies at 52 1973 - John Neihardt, American writer (b. 1881) 1977 - Richard Carlson, actor/director (Little Foxes, Hunted), dies at 65 1980 - George Raft, actor (Scarface, Johnny Angel, Mr Ace), dies at 85 1980 - Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897) 1985 - Cees Buddingh, Dutch poet/writer/interpreter/translator, dies at 67 1985 - Big Joe Turner, American singer (b. 1911) 1987 - Jehane Benoît, French Canadian culinary author (b. 1904) 1989 - Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio host, dies at 85 1990 - Bulent Arel, composer, dies at 72 1990 - Nistani Keiji, philosopher, dies in Kyoto Japan 1990 - Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (b. 1896) 1990 - Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934) 1990 - Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer of the depression, dies aged 80 1991 - Anton Furst, production designer (Batman), dies at 47 1991 - Eric Carr, drummer (Kiss-Beth), dies of cancer at 41 1991 - Freddie Mercury, British singer (Queen), dies of AIDS at 45 1992 - Henri J de Koster, Dutch Min of Defense (1971-73), dies at 78 1992 - Mary Smithuysen, Dutch dancer/actress (Bridge Too Far), dies 1992 - Theo Edison, son of Thomas Edison, dies at 94 1993 - Albert Collins, blues guitarist (Dont Lose Your Cool), dies at 61 1993 - Germaine Emilie Madame Gres Krebs, haute Couturist, dies at 89 1993 - Imad Aqal, Palestinian Hamas leader, dies at 24 1993 - Jan Schrauwen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 36 1993 - Wu Yi Shen, mayor of Shen Yang China, dies in helicopter 1994 - Ivo Perilli, Italian screenplay/director (Ragazzo), dies at 92 1994 - Jo Vis, Dutch resistance fighter (Yad Vashem), dies at 88 1994 - Tommy Boyce, songwriter (Boyce & Hart), dies at 55 1995 - Jeffrey Lynn, American actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front), dies from natural causes at 86 1995 - Stuart Henry, disc jockey, dies at 53 1995 - Woiciech Woytek Wiesidlowski Lowski, dancer, dies at 56 1996 - Edison Vasalievich Denisov, composer, dies at 67 1996 - Michael James OHehir, commentator/journalist, dies at 76 1996 - Sorley MacLean Somhairle MacChaluim, poet, dies at 85 2001 - Melanie Thornton, American dance/pop singer (b. 1967) 2002 - John Rawls, political philosopher (b. 1921)1969 - Lt William L Calley charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial 1970 - 36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB) 1971 - Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year 1971 - Dan DB Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000 1971 - Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison, New Jersey 1971 - A woman is killed after members of the Irish Republican Army carry out an attack on British soldiers in Strabane, County Tyrone 1971 - A British Army bomb-disposal specialist is killed by a bomb in Lurgan, County Armagh 1972 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1972 - Taoiseach Jack Lynch met with British Prime Minister Edward Heath in London to give Irish approval to Attlees paper that said new arrangements should be acceptable to and accepted by the Republic of Ireland 1973 - Miss Teenage America Pageant 1974 - 2 truck hijackers freed (3/3/1974) 1974 - 62nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 20-7 38th US President Gerald Ford38th US President Gerald Ford 1974 - Gerald Ford & Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty 1974 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic 1975 - Boccaccio opens at Edison Theater NYC for 7 performances 1976 - NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak 1976 - Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award 1977 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 - Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St Louis (55-14) 1979 - Kings Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders 1979 - US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange 1981 - 1st air-launched cruise missile tested MLB Legend Cal Ripken JrMLB Legend Cal Ripken Jr 1982 - Orioles Cal Ripken is named AL Rookie of Year 1982 - Yasuhiro Nakasone succeeds Zenko Suzuki as premier of Japan 1983 - PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians & Lebanese 1983 - Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI v India Bombay 1985 - 73rd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 37-24 1985 - Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed 1986 - Smile opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 48 performances 1986 - Cards reliever Todd Worrell wins NL Rookie of Year 1986 - Wrestler John Tatum charged with possession of marijuana 1987 - Li Peng succeeds premier Zhao Ziyang in China PR 1989 - Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia 1989 - Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon 1989 - Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record 1991 - 1st intl flight from Long Islands MacArthur Airport (to Mexico) 1991 - 79th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 36-21 1991 - After going 12-0, Washington Redskins lose to Dallas 24-21 Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major Champion Monica SelesTennis Player and Nine-Time Major Champion Monica Seles 1991 - Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year 1991 - Rachmon Nabijev elected president of Tadzjikistan 1991 - US 75th manned space mission STS 44 Atlantis 10 launched 1992 - Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141 1993 - Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for US handgun sales 1993 - End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood 1993 - In Liverpool, 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the murder of 2-year-old James Bulger. 1995 - Ireland votes to end 70-year-old ban on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%) 1996 - Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC 1996 - 84th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Edmonton, 43-37 at Hamilton 1996 - Karrie Webb wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship 1996 - Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup 1996 - Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan v NZ Lahore 1996 - Rookie Karrie Webb wins LPGA Tour Championship 1997 - Street Corner Symphony opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 79 perfs 2002 - 90th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 25-16 Prime Minister of Canada Stephen HarperPrime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper 2005 - Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Parliament Stephen Harper, introduces a motion of no confidence. The motion is passed on November 28 leading to the dissolution of the 38th Canadian Parliament. 2006 - Israeli rapist Benny Sela escapes from police custody while being transferred to a court hearing. 2007 - Australians elect the Kevin Rudd-led centre-left Australian Labor Party at the federal election, ending the eleven-year tenure of the John Howard-led centre-right Liberal/National coalition government. 2012 - Gangnam Style becomes the most viewed youtube video surpassing 808 million views 2012 - Ernest Bai Koroma is re-elected President of Sierra Leone 2012 - The continued NHL lockout results in all games to December 14 being cancelled Singer-songwriter Taylor SwiftSinger-songwriter Taylor Swift 2013 - 40th American Music Award: Taylor Swift & Justin Timberlake win 2013 - 101st CFL Grey Cup: Saskatchewan Roughriders defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 45-23 ◀ 1 2 Famous Birthdays Birthdays 101 - 200 of 244 1921 - Joe Ducky Medwick, baseball player 1921 - John V Lindsay, (Mayor-R/D-NY, 1965-73) 1924 - Victor Grinich, Croatian-American businessman (d. 2000) 1925 - Alun Owen, North Wales, writer (Hard Days Night)/actor (Servant) 1925 - William F. Buckley Jr, New York, American conservative author and commentator (National Review, Firing Line) 1925 - Simon van der Meer, Nobel Prize laureate 1926 - Alan Owen, English author (Maggie May, Ronnie Barker Show) 1926 - Alfred Fred Benavente, director/actor (Farce Majeur) 1926 - Tsung-Dao Lee, Nobel Prize laureate 1927 - Alfred Kraus, Las Palmas Canary Islands, tenor (La Scala) 1927 - Emma Lou Diemer, composer 1927 - Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (d. 2003) 1929 - Eileen Barton, Bkln, singer (Broadway Open House) 1930 - C T Patankar, cricketer (kept wicket in one Test India v NZ 1955-56) 1930 - Ken Barrington, cricketer (tough England batsman) 1930 - Bob Friend, baseball player 1932 - Fred Titmus, cricketer (long-running England off-spinner) 1934 - Alfred Schnittke, Russia, composer (St Florian) 1934 - Claudio Prieto, composer 1934 - Martin Charnin, Broadway lyricist (Annie, West Side Story) 1935 - Ronald V Dellums, Oakland California, (Rep-D-California, 1971- ) NBA Player Oscar RobertsonNBA Player Oscar Robertson (1938) 1938 - Oscar Robertson [The Big O], NBA guard (Cin, Milwaukee, Olympic-gold-1960) 1938 - Wynne Bradburn, cricketer (father of Grant NZ batsman v South Africa 1964) 1938 - Charles Starkweather, American Spree Killer (d. 1959) 1938 - Willy Claes, Belgian politician 1939 - Jim Northrup, baseball player 1939 - Jim Yester, Birmingham Alabama, rock vocalist/guitarist (Association) 1939 - Yoshinobu Miyake, Japan, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964, 68) 1940 - Paul Tagliabue, commissioner (NFL) 1940 - Wendell Morris Logan, composer 1940 - Don Metz, American architect 1940 - Eric Wilson, Canadian childrens author. 1941 - Donald Duck Dunn, TN, bassist (Booker T-Mar-Keys, Walkin the Dog), (d, 2012) 1941 - Gary Boyle, rocker (Isotope) 1941 - John de Andrea, US sculptor 1941 - Pete Best, British drummer (Beatles) 1942 - Bayani Mendoza de Leon, composer 1942 - Billy Connolly, Scotland, comedian/actor (Blue Money) 1942 - Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary (George Bush) 1943 - Barry Milburn, cricketer (NZ wicket-keeper in three Tests 1969) 1943 - Lee Michaels, rocker 1943 - Richard Tee, US pianist (Stuff, Strokin) 1943 - Robin Williamson, rocker (Incredible String Band) 1944 - Claudia Dreifus, interviewer/author (7 Stories) 1944 - Dan Glickman, (Rep-D-KS, 1977- ) 1944 - Jules Deelder, Dutch poet (T of Vondel) 1944 - Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar 1945 - Bev[erley] Bevan, Birmingham England, rock drummer (ELO) Serial Killer Ted BundySerial Killer Ted Bundy (1946) 1946 - Ted Bundy, Burlington Vermont, serial murderer 1946 - Penelope Jones Halsall (aka: Caroline Courtney, Melinda Wright, Lydia Hitchcock, Penny Jordan, Annie Groves) 1947 - Dwight Schultz, Balt Md, actor (A-Team) 1947 - Dave Sinclair, English musician (Caravan, Hatfield and the North) 1948 - Ashok Gandotra, cricketer (in Rio de Janiero Two Tests for India 1969) 1948 - Spider Robinson, Canada, sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Callahans Secret) 1948 - Steve Yeager, catcher (LA Dodger) 1949 - Anita Louis, US singer (Soul Children, Ill Be the Other Woman) 1949 - Martin Duiser, pop producer (Vanessa, Lee Towers) 1949 - Shane Bourne, Australian comedian and actor 1950 - Damon Evans, Balt Md, actor (Lionel-The Jeffersons) 1950 - Stanley Livingston, actor (Chip-My 3 Sons) 1951 - Chet Edwards, (Rep-D-Texas) 1951 - Gaby Landhage, Goteborg Sweden, model (Model of the Rear) 1951 - Graham Price, British rugby player 1952 - Brijesh Patel, cricketer (Indian batsman 1974-77) 1952 - Norbert Haug, German motorsport executive (Mercedes Benz) 1952 - Thierry Lhermitte, French comedian and actor 1953 - Tod Machover, composer 1953 - Glenn Withrow, American actor 1954 - Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker 1955 - Clement Burke, rock drummer (Blondie) Cricketer Ian BothamCricketer Ian Botham (1955) 1955 - Ian Botham, Heswall Cheshire, English cricketer (all time great all-rounder Extrovert) 1955 - Scott Mabon Hoch, Raleigh NC, PGA golfer (1982 USF&G Classic) 1955 - Elvis Ramone, American drummer (The Ramones) 1955 - Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer 1955 - Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Swedish politician 1957 - Chris Hayes, California, rock guitarist (Huey Lewis & The News) 1957 - Denise Crosby, Hollywood California, actress (Tasha-Star Trek: Next Gen) 1958 - Alain Chabat, actor (French Twist, Six Days Six Night) 1958 - Carmel, [McCourt], England, rocker (Storm, More More More) 1958 - Roy Aitken, Scottish former footballer 1960 - Amanda Wyss, American actress 1960 - Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer 1961 - Carl Sundquist, Indianapolis Ind, cyclist (Olympics-96) 1961 - Carlos Carnero, Spanish member of parliament 1961 - Arundhati Roy, Indian writer 1962 - John Squire, English pop guitarist (Stone Roses, She Bangs the Drums) 1962 - Lesa Ann Pedriana, Milwaukee Wisc, playmate (April, 1984) 1962 - Randy Velarde, Midland TX, infielder (NY Yankees, California Angels) 1963 - Lisa Howard, actress (Days of Our Life, Rolling Vengeance) 1964 - Garret Dillahunt, American actor 1964 - Brad Sherwood, American comedian 1964 - Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack) 1965 - Nyla Jane Carroll, New Plymouth NZ, 5k/10k/marathoner (Olympics-96) 1965 - Kim Roe-ha, South Korean actor 1965 - Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress 1966 - Ledell Eackles, NBA guard (Wash Wizards/Bullets) 1966 - Paul Robinett, American internet personality 1966 - Russell Watson, British singer 1967 - Al Martin, Covina CA, outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates) 1967 - Ben McDonald, Baton Rouge LA, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers) ◀ 1 2 3 ▶ Famous Weddings Please go to a prior page. 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