October 1st: On this Day | |
1956, After test audiences gave a negative reaction to Elvis Presley dying at the end of the film Love Me Tender, The King was called back to re-shoot the scene. In the new ending, the hero lived. | |
1965, Bob Dylan appeared at Carnegie Hall in New York City. He introduced his new touring band on this tour, made up of guitarist Robbie Robertson, organist Garth Hudson, bassist Rick Danko, pianist Richard Manual and drummer Levon Helm. They will become known simply as The Band. | |
1966, Jimi Hendrix appeared live for the first time in the UK when he jammed with Cream at their gig at London Polytechnic. Hendrix made his official UK live debut a month later on Friday 25 Nov 1966, when the Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared at the Bag O'Nails Club, London. | |
1967, The first edition of UK BBC Radio 1's 'Top Gear' was aired. Presented by John Peel and Pete Drummond they featured The Move, Traffic, Pink Floyd, Tim Rose and Tomorrow featuring Keith West. | |
1967, Thieves broke into Mick Jagger's London flat and stole jewellery and furs belonging to his then girlfriend Marianne Faithfull. | |
1970, Jimi Hendrix was buried at The Greenwood Cemetery at the Dunlop Baptist Church Seattle. Among the mourners; Miles Davis, Eric Burdon, Johnny Winter and members of Derek and the Dominoes. | |
1973, The Simon Park Orchestra were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Eye Level,' taken from the ITV series 'Van Der Valk.' It was the first TV theme to become a No.1 in the UK. | |
1975, 39 year old Al Jackson, drummer for Booker T. And The MGs, was shot and killed by a burglar at his home. His wife was questioned about the killing because she was arrested in July for shooting her husband in the chest during a domestic dispute. He wasn't badly hurt and the charges were dismissed when his wife claimed self-defense. Jackson had returned home to what police described as a botched robbery attempt. According to Jackson's wife, an intruder made her answer the door and then threw her husband to the floor demanding money. Jackson was forced to lie face down and then was shot in the back five times. The identity of the culprit remains a mystery. Booker T had backed such artists as Otis Redding, Al Green and Sam and Dave. | |
1977, Elton John became the first musician to be honoured in New York City's Madison Square Hall Of Fame. | |
1977, Meco started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with a disco version of 'Star Wars Theme'. Had other hits with versions of 'Close Encounters', 'Wizard Of Oz' and 'Empire Strikes Back'. | |
1981, The Pretenders were forced to cancel the last leg of a US tour after drummer Martin Chambers put his hand through a windowpane, cutting tendons and arteries. | |
1982, John Cougar went to No.1 on both the US album and singles chart with the album 'American Fool' and the single 'Jack And Diane'. | |
1983, A David Bowie world convention was held at The Cunard Hotel in London. The event had the largest collection of Bowie merchandise ever assembled. | |
1986, Andy McVann drummer with Liverpool band The Farm was killed in a car crash during a police chase. | |
1988, Bon Jovi scored their first UK No.1 album with 'New Jersey', their fourth release. The follow-up to Slippery When Wet produced five Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles, the most top ten hits to date for a hard rock album. 'Bad Medicine' and 'I'll Be There for You' both hit No.1 on Billboard Hot 100. | |
1990, Forbes Magazine listed New Kids On The Block as the fifth richest entertainers in the US with an income of $78 million. | |
1994, The Daily Mirror in the UK printed a photo of Michael Jackson in a scoutmaster's uniform along with five young Boy Scouts. A Boy Scouts leader later made a statement saying that Jackson had no association with the organization. | |
1999, Singer Lena Zavaroni died aged 35 after a long battle against anorexia. Zavoroni was discovered on TV talent show Opportunity Knocks, in 1974 she became the youngest British singer to earn a silver disc with 'Ma He's Making Eyes At Me' and the youngest person to appear on TV's Top Of The Pops. | |
2002, James Blunt left the British army having served six years, (in the cavalry regiment). Blunt rose to prominence in 2004 with the release of his debut studio album Back to Bedlam, before achieving worldwide fame with the singles 'You're Beautiful' and 'Goodbye My Lover'. | |
2004, Canadian bassist Bruce Palmer died of a heart attack. Member of The Mynah Birds and The Buffalo Springfield. Also worked with Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young and Neil Young. | |
2004, Ms Dynamite was arrested over allegations of assault after an incident at a restaurant in Central London. Ms Dynamite (real name Niomi McLean-Daley), was arrested in connection with the allegation after voluntarily attending a police station, she was later released on bail. | |
2004, The Lord Mayor of Melbourne officially opened 'AC/DC' Lane after the veteran rockers. The Lord Mayor erected the sign to cheers and bagpipes playing the bands song 'Long Way To The Top'. The City of Melbourne had extra copies of the sign made, in anticipation of fans stealing them. | |
2005, Pete Doherty was arrested during a police drugs operation in Shrewsbury where his band Babyshambles had been playing and held overnight. Police said a man and a woman were arrested for possession of class A drugs and 17 others searched during an operation in Telford. A gig in Norwich planned for the following night was cancelled. | |
2007, Radiohead's official website crashed after the band announced that their new album 'In Rainbows' would only be available to order via www.radiohead.com. Fans could pre-order the download at any price they choose or pay £40 for a "discbox", which included two CDs, two records, plus artwork and booklets. | |
2007, The Spice Girls London reunion concert sold out in 38 seconds after fans were notified tickets had gone on sale. More than one million people in the UK registered for the concert, on 15 December 2007 at the O2 arena, tickets cost £55-75. Three more London dates were added to the world tour which was kicking off in Vancouver on 2nd Dec. | |
2015, An original tape of The Beatles performing at The Cavern Club in Liverpool in 1962 was found after 50 years languishing in a desk drawer. It featured the Fab Four playing 'Some Other Guy' in September 1962, four weeks before their debut single came out. It was recorded after the group were filmed for Granada TV's Know The North, but was never broadcast. | |
October 1st: Born on this day | |
1930, Born on this day, Actor, singer, Richard Harris, (1968 US & UK No.4 single 'MacArthur Park'). Died of cancer on 25th Oct 2002. | |
1935, Born on this day singer, actress, Julie Andrews, (1965 UK & US No.1 album 'The Sound Of Music', spent 382 weeks on the UK chart). | |
1940, Born on this day, Barbara Parritt, The Toys, (1965 US No. 2 & UK No.5 single 'A Lover's Concerto'). | |
1942, Born on this day, Herb Fame, Peaches and Herb, (1979 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'Reunited'). | |
1943, Born on this day, Jerry Martini, saxes, Sly and The Family Stone (1971 US No.1 & UK No.15 single 'Family Affair'). | |
1945, Born on this day, Donny Hathaway, US soul singer (1972 UK No.29 single with Roberta Flack 'Where Is The Love', 1978 US No.2 single 'The Closer I Get'). Committed suicide falling from a 15th floor hotel window on 13th January 1979. | |
1947, Born on this day, Rob Davis, guitar, Mud, (1974 UK No.1 single 'Tiger Feet' plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles). Co- wrote the 2001 UK No.1 hit for Kylie Minogue, 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head'. | |
1948, Born on this day, Mariska Veres, singer, Shocking Blue, (1970 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Venus'). Died on Dec 2nd 2006 aged 59. | |
1948, Born on this day, Cub Koda, guitarist, songwriter, Brownsville Station, (1973 US No.3 UK No.27 single 'Smokin' In The Boys Room'). He died on 5th July 2000. | |
1955, Born on this day, Howard Hewett, Shalamar, (1980 US No. 8 single 'The Second Time Around', 1982 UK No.5 single 'A Night To Remember'). | |
1957, Born on this day, Andy Walton, Kenny, (1975 UK No.3 single 'The Bump'). | |
1958, Born on this day, Martin Cooper, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, (1984 UK No.5 single 'Locomotion'). | |
1959, Born on this day, Youssou N'dour, Senegalese singer, percussionist, (1994 UK No.3 single '7 Seconds'), worked with Peter Gabriel, Wyclef Jean, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen and Sting. | |
1974, Born on this day, Keith Duffy, vocals, Boyzone, who have had 21 UK hit singles, including 6 UK No.1 singles. Their breakthrough hit was their second single and cover version of the classic Osmonds hit, 'Love Me for a Reason', which peaked at No.2 on the UK Singles Chart. Duffy joined the UK soap Coronation Street in 2002 playing the role of Peter Barlow's old Navy mate Ciaran McCarthy. | |
1976, Born on this day, Richard Oakes, guitar, Suede, (1996 UK No.3 single 'Trash'). | |
1985, Born on this day, Dizzee Rascal (Dylan Kwabena Mills), British rapper, songwriter and record producer. 2009 UK No.1 single ‘Holiday’. |
THIS DAY IN MUSIC
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EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST 1/10
- 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
- 366 – Pope Damasus I is elected.
- 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England.
- 965 – Pope John XIII is elected.
- 1553 – Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.
- 1588 – Coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia.
- 1730 – Ahmed III was forced to give up the throne.
- 1787 – Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
- 1791 – First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
- 1795 – The Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) annexed by Revolutionary France
- 1800 – Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso.
- 1814 – Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring.
- 1827 – Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
- 1829 – South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
- 1832 – Texian political delegates convened at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas
- 1843 – The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
- 1854 – The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing.
- 1861 – Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day
- 1880 – First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
- 1887 – Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
- 1890 – Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
- 1891 – Stanford University opens its doors in California.
- 1898 – The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
- 1903 – Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
- 1908 – Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
- 1910 – Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, killing 21.
- 1918 – World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia", capture Damascus.
- 1918 – Sayid Abdullah became last Khan of Khiva.
- 1920 – Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as High Commissioner in Iraq.
- 1928 – The Soviet Union introduces its First five-year plan.
- 1931 – The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
- 1931 – Spain adopted women's suffrage.
- 1936 – Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
- 1937 – The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture.
- 1938 – Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
- 1939 – After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile Nazi forces enter the city.
- 1940 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
- 1942 – World War II: USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong
- 1943 – World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.
- 1946 – Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg trials.
- 1946 – Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied occupied Korea.
- 1947 – The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
- 1949 – The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.
- 1955 – Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region was established.
- 1957 – First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
- 1958 – NASA is created to replace NACA.
- 1960 – Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1961 – The United States Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military espionage organization.
- 1961 – East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
- 1962 – First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
- 1964 – The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
- 1964 – Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
- 1965 – General Suharto puts down an apparent coup attempt by the 30 September Movement in Indonesia.
- 1966 – West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatalities and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
- 1968 – The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
- 1969 – Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
- 1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- 1971 – The first brain-scan using x-ray computed tomography (CT or CAT scan) is performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London.
- 1975 – The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.
- 1975 – Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
- 1975 – Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T. & the M.G.'s), was shot fatally five times in the back in his own home.
- 1978 – Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1978 – The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
- 1979 – Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
- 1979 – The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.
- 1979 – The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama Canal to Panama.
- 1982 – Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
- 1982 – Epcot opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- 1982 – Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
- 1983 – One man is killed and 26 people injured when multiple bombs destroyed the American, Soviet and Algerian pavilions at an international trade fair in Marseilles. ASALA took responsibility for the attack.
- 1985 – The Israeli Air Force bombs Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) headquarters in Tunis.
- 1987 – The 5.9 Mw Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
- 1989 – Denmark introduces the world's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership".
- 1991 – The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
- 1992 – Cartoon Network launched.
- 1994 – Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
- 2001 – Militants attack the state legislature building in Srinagar, Kashmir, killing 38.
- 2009 – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
- 2009 – Thorbjørn Jagland became Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
- 2012 – A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
- 2014 – A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in the village of Gorni Lom in Northwestern Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
- 2015 – Umpqua Community College shooting: a gunman killed nine people at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon.
- 2015 – Heavy rains triggered a major landslide in the village of El Cambray Dos within Santa Catarina Pinula, killing 280 people.
- 2016 – The Western Bulldogs win their first Australian Football League grand final in 62 years.
Births[edit]
- 86 BC – Sallust, Roman historian (d. 34 BC)
- 208 – Alexander Severus, Roman emperor (d. 235)
- 1207 – Henry III of England (d. 1272)
- 1476 – Guy XVI, Count of Laval (d. 1531)
- 1480 – Saint Cajetan, Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer (d. 1547)
- 1507 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, designed the Church of the Gesù (d. 1573)
- 1526 – Dorothy Stafford, English noble (d. 1604)
- 1540 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss pastor and theologian (d. 1617)
- 1542 – Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Spanish explorer (d. 1595)
- 1550 – Anne of Saint Bartholomew, Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun (d. 1626)
- 1554 – Leonardus Lessius, Jesuit theologian (d. 1623)
- 1620 – Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683)
- 1671 – Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1742)
- 1685 – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
- 1691 – Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (d. 1768)
- 1712 – William Shippen, American physician and politician (d. 1801)
- 1724 – Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1808)
- 1729 – Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, German organist and composer (d. 1777)
- 1730 – Richard Stockton, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1781)
- 1760 – William Thomas Beckford, English author and politician (d. 1844)
- 1762 – Anton Bernolák, Slovak priest and linguist (d. 1813)
- 1771 – Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842)
- 1791 – Sergey Aksakov, Russian soldier and author (d. 1859)
- 1808 – Mary Anna Custis Lee, American wife of Robert E. Lee (d. 1873)
- 1832 – Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States (d. 1892)
- 1832 – Henry Clay Work, American composer and songwriter (d. 1884)
- 1835 – Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and anatomist (d. 1920)
- 1842 – S. Subramania Iyer, Indian lawyer and jurist (d. 1924)
- 1842 – Charles Cros, French poet and author (d. 1888)
- 1846 – Nectarios of Aegina, Greek metropolitan and saint (d. 1920)
- 1847 – Annie Besant, English-Indian activist and author (d. 1933)
- 1865 – Paul Dukas, French composer, scholar, and critic (d. 1935)
- 1878 – Othmar Spann, Austrian economist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1950)
- 1881 – William Boeing, American engineer and businessman, founded the Boeing Company (d. 1956)
- 1885 – Louis Untermeyer, American poet, anthologist, critic (d. 1977)
- 1887 – Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general (d. 1945)
- 1890 – Stanley Holloway, English actor (d. 1982)
- 1893 – Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter (d. 1974)
- 1893 – Yip Man, Chinese martial artist (d. 1972)
- 1894 – Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician and academic (d. 1961)
- 1895 – Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1951)
- 1896 – Ted Healy, American actor and singer-screenwriter (d. 1937)
- 1899 – Ernest Haycox, American author (d. 1950)
- 1900 – Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
- 1903 – Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
- 1903 – Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (d. 1970)
- 1904 – Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English physicist and academic (d. 1979)
- 1904 – A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (d. 1977)
- 1906 – S. D. Burman, Indian composer and singer (d. 1975)
- 1907 – Maurice Bardèche, French journalist, author, and critic (d. 1998)
- 1907 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (d. 1977)
- 1908 – Herman David Koppel, Danish pianist and composer (d. 1998)
- 1909 – Sam Yorty, American captain and politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
- 1910 – Bonnie Parker, American criminal (d. 1934)
- 1910 – Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician and pathologist (d. 1983)
- 1910 – José Enrique Moyal, Australian physicist and engineer (d. 1998)
- 1910 – Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2012)
- 1911 – Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher (d. 1994)
- 1911 – Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 2004)
- 1912 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (d. 2014)
- 1913 – Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (d. 2009)
- 1913 – Harry Lookofsky, American violinist and producer (d. 1998)
- 1914 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, lawyer, and author, 12th Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
- 1915 – Jerome Bruner, American psychologist and author (d. 2016)
- 1917 – Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and theologian (d. 2009)
- 1919 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1919 – Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2000)
- 1920 – David Herbert Donald, American historian and author (d. 2009)
- 1920 – Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1921 – James Whitmore, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1922 – Chen-Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1924 – Jimmy Carter, American lieutenant and politician, 39th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1924 – Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2014)
- 1924 – Leonie Kramer, Australian academic (d. 2016)
- 1924 – William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
- 1924 – Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011)
- 1927 – Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1927 – Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American lawyer and judge (d. 2006)
- 1927 – Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author
- 1928 – Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-English actor, director, and producer (d. 1973)
- 1928 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)
- 1928 – George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1928 – Zhu Rongji, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the People's Republic of China
- 1929 – Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby player and coach
- 1929 – Grady Chapman, American singer (d. 2011)
- 1929 – Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
- 1930 – Frank Gardner, Australian race car driver and manager (d. 2009)
- 1930 – Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002)
- 1930 – Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani lawyer and politician, Mayor of Karachi
- 1930 – Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
- 1931 – Sylvano Bussotti, Italian violinist and composer
- 1931 – Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (d. 2013)
- 1931 – Alan Wagner, American radio host and critic (d. 2007)
- 1932 – Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
- 1934 – Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (d. 2014)
- 1935 – Julie Andrews, English actress and singer
- 1935 – Walter De Maria, American sculptor and drummer (d. 2013)
- 1936 – Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1937 – Saeed Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
- 1938 – Tunç Başaran, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1938 – Mary McFadden, American fashion designer
- 1938 – Stella Stevens, American actress and director
- 1939 – George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
- 1939 – Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
- 1940 – Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (d. 2003)
- 1940 – Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the Cajun accordion
- 1942 – Herb Fame, American R&B singer
- 1942 – Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver and engineer
- 1942 – Robert Lelièvre, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973)
- 1942 – David Stancliffe, English bishop and scholar
- 1942 – Günter Wallraff, German journalist and author
- 1943 – Jean-Jacques Annaud, French director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1943 – Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
- 1943 – Jerry Martini, American saxophonist
- 1945 – Rod Carew, Panamanian-American baseball player and coach
- 1945 – Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1979)
- 1946 – Dave Holland, English bassist, composer, and bandleader
- 1946 – Tim O'Brien, American novelist and short story writer
- 1947 – Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2009)
- 1947 – Dalveer Bhandari, Indian lawyer and judge
- 1947 – Buzz Capra, American baseball player and coach
- 1947 – Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1947 – Stephen Collins, American actor and director
- 1947 – Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher (d. 2013)
- 1947 – Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
- 1947 – Martin Turner, English singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1947 – Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (d. 2006)
- 1948 – Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
- 1949 – Isaac Bonewits, American singer-songwriter, liturgist, and author (d. 2010)
- 1949 – Sheila Gilmore, Scottish lawyer and politician
- 1949 – André Rieu, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor
- 1950 – Elpida, Greek singer-songwriter
- 1950 – Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, English neuroscientist, academic, and politician
- 1950 – Mark Helias, American bassist and composer
- 1950 – Sigbjørn Johnsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
- 1950 – Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (d. 2015)
- 1950 – Randy Quaid, American actor
- 1951 – Brian Greenway, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1952 – Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
- 1952 – Bob Myrick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
- 1952 – Ivan Sekyra, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
- 1952 – Earl Slick, American rock guitarist and songwriter
- 1953 – Pete Falcone, American baseball player
- 1953 – Viljar Loor, Estonian volleyball player (d. 2011)
- 1953 – Miguel Lopez, Salvadorian-American soccer player
- 1953 – Grete Waitz, Norwegian runner and coach (d. 2011)
- 1953 – Klaus Wowereit, German civil servant and politician, Governing Mayor of Berlin
- 1955 – Howard Hewett, American R&B singer-songwriter
- 1955 – Morten Gunnar Larsen, Norwegian pianist and composer
- 1955 – Jeff Reardon, American baseball player
- 1956 – Andrus Ansip, Estonian engineer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Estonia
- 1956 – Theresa May, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1957 – Kang Seok-woo, South Korean actor
- 1957 – Éva Tardos, Hungarian mathematician and educator
- 1958 – Martin Cooper, English saxophonist, composer, and painter
- 1958 – Masato Nakamura, Japanese bass player and producer
- 1959 – Mark Aizlewood, Welsh footballer and manager
- 1959 – Brian P. Cleary, American author and poet
- 1959 – Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer-songwriter, musician, and politician
- 1961 – Gary Ablett, Sr., Australian footballer
- 1961 – Rico Constantino, American wrestler and manager
- 1961 – Corrie van Zyl, South African cricketer and coach
- 1962 – Attaphol Buspakom, Thai footballer and manager (d. 2015)
- 1962 – Nico Claesen, Belgian footballer and coach
- 1962 – Esai Morales, American actor
- 1962 – Paul Walsh, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1963 – Jean-Denis Délétraz, Swiss race car driver
- 1963 – Mark McGwire, American baseball player and coach
- 1964 – Max Matsuura, Japanese songwriter, producer, and manager
- 1964 – Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-New Zealand chess player and author
- 1964 – Christopher Titus, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1965 – Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- 1965 – Chris Reason, Australian journalist
- 1965 – Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1966 – George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician
- 1966 – José Ángel Ziganda, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1967 – Mike Pringle, American-Canadian football player
- 1967 – Scott Young, American ice hockey player and coach
- 1968 – Sacha Dean Biyan, Canadian photographer and journalist
- 1968 – Rob Collard, English race car driver
- 1968 – Mark Durden-Smith, British television presenter
- 1968 – Phil de Glanville, English rugby player
- 1968 – Kevin Griffin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1968 – Jon Guenther, American author and engineer
- 1968 – Jay Underwood, American actor and pastor
- 1969 – Zach Galifianakis, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969 – Joseph Patrick Moore, American musician, composer and producer
- 1969 – Ori Kaplan, Israeli-American saxophonist and producer
- 1969 – Marcus Stephen, Nauruan weightlifter and politician, 27th President of Nauru
- 1969 – Igor Ulanov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1970 – Simon Davey, Welsh footballer and manager
- 1970 – Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player and manager
- 1971 – Yvette Hermundstad, Swedish journalist
- 1971 – Andrew O'Keefe, Australian lawyer and television host
- 1971 – Jim Serdaris, Australian rugby league player
- 1972 – Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli author and poet
- 1972 – Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
- 1972 – Esa Holopainen, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1972 – Nicky Morgan, British politician
- 1973 – Christian Borle, American actor and singer
- 1973 – Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
- 1973 – Jana Henke, German swimmer
- 1973 – John Mackey, American composer
- 1973 – John Thomson, American baseball player and coach
- 1974 – Keith Duffy, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
- 1974 – Nick Graham, Australian rugby player
- 1974 – Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
- 1975 – Justin Leppitsch, Australian rules footballer
- 1975 – Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer and coach
- 1976 – Denis Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 – Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer
- 1976 – Richard Oakes, English guitarist and songwriter
- 1976 – Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
- 1976 – Mark Švets, Estonian footballer
- 1977 – Christel Takigawa, French-Japanese journalist
- 1977 – Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
- 1978 – Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter
- 1978 – Leticia Cline, American model and journalist
- 1978 – Joe Keith, English footballer
- 1978 – Dominic Thornely, Australian cricketer
- 1979 – Curtis Axel, American wrestler
- 1979 – Rudi Johnson, American football player
- 1979 – Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
- 1979 – Ryan Pontbriand, American football player
- 1979 – Marko Stanojevic, English-Italian rugby player
- 1980 – Sarah Drew, American actress
- 1980 – Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer
- 1981 – Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
- 1981 – Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player
- 1981 – Rupert Friend, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1981 – Gaby Mudingayi, Belgian footballer
- 1981 – Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1981 – Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
- 1981 – David Yelldell, German-American soccer player
- 1982 – Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
- 1982 – Aleksandar Đuričić, Serbian author and playwright
- 1983 – Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (d. 2006)
- 1983 – Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
- 1984 – Beck Bennett, American actor and screenwriter
- 1984 – Matt Cain, American baseball player
- 1984 – Daniel Guillén Ruiz, Spanish footballer
- 1985 – Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1985 – Tim Deasy, English footballer
- 1986 – Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
- 1986 – Justin Westhoff, Australian footballer
- 1987 – Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
- 1987 – Lionel Ainsworth, English footballer
- 1987 – Mitchell Aubusson, Australian rugby league player
- 1988 – Cariba Heine, South African-Australian actress and dancer
- 1989 – Brie Larson, American actress
- 1990 – Jan Kirchhoff, German footballer
- 1990 – Pedro Filipe Mendes, Portuguese footballer
- 1990 – Albert Prosa, Estonian footballer
- 1991 – Conor Clifford, Irish footballer
- 1991 – Rain Veideman, Estonian basketball player
- 1992 – Xander Bogaerts, Aruban baseball player
- 1995 – Lauren Hill, American basketball player (d. 2015)
- 1996 – Melanie Stokke, Norwegian tennis player
Deaths[edit]
- 630 – Tajoom Uk'ab K'ahk', Mayan king
- 686 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan (b. 631)
- 804 – Richbod, archbishop of Trier
- 895 – Kong Wei, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- 918 – Zhou, empress of Former Shu
- 959 – Eadwig, English king (b. 941)
- 1040 – Alan III, Duke of Brittany (b. 997)
- 1126 – Morphia of Melitene, Queen of Jerusalem
- 1310 – Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)
- 1404 – Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)
- 1416 – Yaqub Spata, Albanian ruler
- 1450 – Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, Italian noble (b. 1407)
- 1499 – Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (b. 1433)
- 1500 – John Alcock, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1430)
- 1532 – Jan Mabuse, Flemish painter
- 1567 – Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
- 1570 – Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
- 1574 – Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (b. 1498)
- 1578 – John of Austria (b. 1547)
- 1588 – Edward James, English priest and martyr (b. 1557)
- 1602 – Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (b. 1541)
- 1609 – Giammateo Asola, Italian priest and composer (b. 1532)
- 1652 – Jan Asselijn, Dutch painter (d. 1610)
- 1684 – Pierre Corneille, French playwright (b. 1606)
- 1693 – Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian and academic (b. 1619)
- 1708 – John Blow, English organist and composer (b. 1649)
- 1768 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1687)
- 1788 – William Brodie, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1741)
- 1837 – Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
- 1838 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (b. 1768)
- 1864 – Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
- 1878 – Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
- 1885 – John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
- 1901 – Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan emir (b. 1844)
- 1913 – Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
- 1929 – Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
- 1942 – Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
- 1950 – Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (b. 1876)
- 1951 – Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
- 1953 – John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
- 1955 – Charles Christie, American film producer, founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
- 1957 – Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence (b. 1881)
- 1958 – Robert Falk, Russian painter and educator (b. 1886)
- 1959 – Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Italy (b. 1877)
- 1961 – Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1898)
- 1970 – Raúl Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)
- 1972 – Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (b. 1903)
- 1974 – Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1901)
- 1975 – Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
- 1984 – Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
- 1985 – Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (b. 1925)
- 1985 – E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (b. 1899)
- 1986 – Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)
- 1988 – Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1897)
- 1990 – Curtis LeMay, American general (b. 1906)
- 1992 – Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (b. 1947)
- 1994 – Paul Lorenzen, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1915)
- 1997 – Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1923)
- 2002 – Walter Annenberg, American publisher and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1908)
- 2004 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
- 2004 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian bass player (b. 1946)
- 2004 – Robert Vaidlo, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1921)
- 2006 – Fawaz al-Rabeiee, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1979)
- 2006 – Jerald Tanner, American author and activist (b. 1938)
- 2007 – Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and composer (b. 1928)
- 2007 – Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer and journalist (b. 1965)
- 2007 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (b. 1936)
- 2008 – John Biddle, American cinematographer (b. 1925)
- 2009 – Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet and author (b. 1921)
- 2010 – Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1938)
- 2011 – Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey player and golfer (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
- 2012 – Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Mark R. Kravitz, American lawyer and judge (b. 1950)
- 2012 – Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli economist and banker (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian Holocaust survivor and author (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Arnold Burns, American lawyer and politician, 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Tom Clancy, American author (b. 1947)
- 2013 – Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Israel Gutman, Polish-Israeli historian and author (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Norwegian physician, academic, and politician (b. 1939)
- 2013 – Jim Rountree, American football player and coach (b. 1936)
- 2014 – Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (b. 1948)
- 2014 – Shlomo Lahat, Israeli general and politician (b. 1927)
- 2014 – José Martínez, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (b. 1942)
- 2014 – Robert Serra, Venezuelan criminologist and politician (b. 1987)
- 2015 – Božo Bakota, Croatian footballer (b. 1950)
- 2015 – Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1915)
- 2015 – Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer (b. 1985)
- 2015 – Jacob Pressman, American rabbi and academic, co-founded American Jewish University (b. 1919)
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My Greek Table: στις ΗΠΑ η ελληνική κουζίνα
Από αυτό τον Οκτώβριο όλοι οι Αμερικανοί θα μάθουν τα πάντα για την ελληνική κουζίνα, απλά βλέποντας τηλεόραση.Συγκεκριμένα, η διακεκριμένη Ελληνίδα σεφ Νταϊάνα Κόχυλα θα ξεκινήσει τον Οκτώβριο μία νέα σειρά στην δημόσια τηλεόραση των ΗΠΑ, η οποία θα ονομάζεται My Greek Table και θα εκθειάζει την μεσογειακή διατροφή και συγκεκριμένα την ελληνική κουζίνα.
Στόχος της σειράς, που γυρίστηκε υπό την αιγίδα του Υπουργείου Τουρισμού και έχει την οικονομική υποστήριξη του ΕΟΤ, είναι να παρουσιάσει την Ελλάδα ως γαστρονομικό προορισμό στην Αμερική και κυρίως να αναδείξει τη μεγάλη ποικιλία των ελληνικών προϊόντων (κατ’ επέκταση να τονώσει και τις εξαγωγές τους), μέσα από νόστιμες συνταγές.
Έμφαση δόθηκε στο να αναδειχθούν τα φημισμένα υλικά της Ελλάδας, όπως οι πίτες, το λάδι, τα ελληνικά τυριά, το ούζο, το τσίπουρο και τα λοιπά, ενώ τα γυρίσματα κράτησαν 3 μήνες και έγιναν στην Κρήτη, στην Σαντορίνη, στην Ικαρία, στην Λέσβο, στην Πελοπόννησο, στην Αθήνα, στον Βόλο, στο Πήλιο, στη Ήπειρο και τη Νάουσα. Μέσα από το My Greek Table, οι Αμερικάνοι δεν θα γνωρίσουν μόνο την τέλεια κουζίνα μας, αλλά και τον πολιτισμό μας, καθώς και έννοιες όπως το φιλότιμο, η μεγαλοψυχία και άλλα.
«Η Ελληνική Κουζίνα είναι υγιεινή, πεντανόστιμη και προσφέρει ασύγκριτη ποικιλία προϊόντων και γεύσεων. Η εκπομπή αυτή είναι η πραγματοποίηση ενός μεγάλου ονείρου μου. Ήθελα να δείξω τον πολιτιστικό, τουριστικό και γαστρονομικό πλούτο της Ελλάδας στο κοινό της Αμερικής, ένα κοινό που στην πραγματικότητα γνωρίζει πολύ λίγα για τη χώρα, τα προϊόντα και το τραπέζι της» λέει η Νταϊάνα Κόχυλα. «Με αυτή την εκπομπή φιλοδοξώ όχι μόνο να δείξω μια άλλη Ελλάδα, αλλά και έναν εντελώς διαφορετικό γαστριμαργικό πολιτισμό που τρέφει το σώμα και την ψυχή και στον οποίο οφείλω αυτό που είμαι σήμερα ως άνθρωπος και ως μαγείρισσα».
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ΣΗΜΕΡΑ-2 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ
322: πεθαίνει ο μεγάλος Έλληνας φιλόσοφος Αριστοτέλης.
1178: ο Σαλαντίν καταλαμβάνει την Ιερουσαλήμ, μετά από 88 χρόνια κατοχής των Σταυροφόρων.
1535: ο Ζακ Καρτιέ ανακαλύπτει το Κεμπέκ του Καναδά.
1836: ο Δαρβίνος επιστρέφει στο Φολμάουθ της Βρετανίας, μετά από ένα 5ετές ταξίδι για την αναζήτηση στοιχείων, που τον βοήθησαν στη διατύπωση της θεωρίας της φυσικής επιλογής.
1852: γεννιέται ο Σκοτσέζος χημικός, Γουίλιαμ Ράμσι, ο οποίος ανακάλυψε το αργό, το ήλιο, το νέο, το κρυπτό και το ξένο. Το 1904 τιμήθηκε με το βραβείο Νόμπελ Χημείας
1853: πεθαίνει ο Γάλλος μαθηματικός, φυσικός, αστρονόμος και πολιτικός, Φρανσουά Αραγκό.
1869: γεννιέται ο Μαχάτμα Γκάντι, ένας από τους κυριότερους ιδρυτές του σύγχρονου κράτους της Ινδίας και ο άνθρωπος, που έπαιξε καταλυτικό ρόλο στην ανεξαρτησία της χώρας από τη βρετανική κυριαρχία.
1895: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός κωμικός Μπαντ ’Αμποτ, το έτερον ήμισυ του διάσημο κωμικού διδύμου, ’Αμποτ και Κοστέλο
1895: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός κωμικός, Γκράουτσο Μαρξ.
1904: γεννιέται ο Βρετανός συγγραφέας Γκράχαμ Γκριν.
1909: ο αεροπόρος Ορβιλ Ράιτ φτάνει στο άνευ προηγουμένου ύψος των 1.600 ποδιών.
1910: καταγράφεται στο Μιλάνο η πρώτη σύγκρουση αεροσκαφών.
1910: στη Μεγάλη Βρετανία, απολύονται 150.000 εργάτες αλευρόμυλων.
1911: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός συγγραφέας, Τζακ Φίνι.
1911: ο Φρανσίσκο Μαντέρα εκλέγεται πρόεδρος του Μεξικού.
1912: γίνονται δεκτοί από την ελληνική Βουλή οι Κρήτες βουλευτές, μετά από πολύμηνη προσπάθεια να μετάσχουν κι αυτοί στις εργασίες της, ώστε να επισπευσθεί η Ένωση της Μεγαλονήσου με την Ελλάδα.
1914: ο Σπύρος Σπυρομίλιος κηρύσσει την αυτονομία της Βορείου Ηπείρου.
1919: "βαρύ εγκεφαλικό επεισόδιο ""χτυπά""τον Πρόεδρο των ΗΠΑ, Γούντροου Ουίλσον."
1919: η γαλλική Βουλή επικυρώνει τη Συνθήκη των Βερσαλλιών.
1920: πεθαίνει στο Βερολίνο, σε ηλικία 82 ετών, ο μουσουργός Μαξ Μπρουχ.
1922: μεγάλος αριθμός προσφύγων έχει συγκεντρωθεί στα λιμάνια της Θράκης, έτοιμοι για αναχώρηση.
1924: υιοθετείται το Πρωτόκολλο της Γενεύης, που ενδυνάμωνε την Κοινωνία των Εθνών.
1925: ο Σκωτσέζος John Logie Baird, ένας φτωχός μηχανικός, εφευρίσκει στο Λονδίνο την τηλεόραση μεταδίδοντας εικόνα από ένα δωμάτιο του εργαστηρίου του σε άλλο, με ανάλυση 28 γραμμές. Το 1929 και με την υποστήριξη του BBC μεταφέρεται εικόνα μέσω τηλεφωνικού καλωδίου στα στούντιο του BBC και αναμεταδίδεται υπερατλαντικά μέσω ραδιοπομπού σε 30 γραμμές, οπότε και αρχίζουν οι πρώτες τακτικές εκπομπές. Ο Baird ιδρύει την Television Ltd και πεθαίνει φτωχός το 1946. Το BBC θα εκπέμψει επίσημα για πρώτη φορά στις 2/11/1936 από το Alexandra Pallace με 204 (Baird) και αργότερα με 405 γραμμές (Marconi).
1932: η Κοινωνία των Εθνών κρίνει ότι η Ιαπωνία παραβίασε τη συμφωνία του Παρισιού σχετικά με τη Μαντζουρία και προτείνει την εγκαθίδρυση ανεξάρτητης κυβέρνησης στο Μαντσουκούο.
1935: η Ιταλία εισβάλλει στην Αιθιοπία.
1939: οι ΗΠΑ ανακοινώνουν ότι, θα διατηρήσουν τις σχέσεις τους με τη νέα πολωνική κυβέρνηση και ότι δεν θα αναγνωρίσουν το διαχωρισμό.
1940: γεννιέται ο σκηνοθέτης του κινηματογράφου Παντελής Βούλγαρης.
1941: στο Βερολίνο, οι Ναζί εκτελούν τον Τσέχο αρχηγό Αλόις Ελίας.
1944: τερματίζεται η κατάληψη της Βαρσοβίας από τους Γερμανούς.
1947: η FIA (Διεθνής Ομοσπονδία Αυτοκινήτου) καθιερώνει αγώνες Grand Prix στην κατηγορία της Formula 1.
1948: γεννιέται η διάσημη Αμερικανίδα σχεδιάστρια μόδας Ντόνα Κάραν.
1949: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός μουσικός της πανκ μουσικής, Ρίτσαρντ Χελ
1949: η ΕΣΣΔ ισχυρίζεται ότι το καθεστώς της Δυτικής Γερμανίας παραβιάζει τη συμφωνία του Πότσνταμ.
1951: γεννιέται ο Βρετανός τραγουδιστής, μουσικός και πρώην μέλος του συγκροτήματος Police, Στινγκ, καλλιτεχνικό ψευδώνυμο του Γκόρντον Μάθιου Σάμνερ
1954: η Δύση κάνει δεκτό το αίτημα της Δυτικής Γερμανίας για ένταξη στο ΝΑΤΟ, παρά τις αντιρρήσεις της Γαλλίας για τον επανεξοπλισμό της.
1955: δημιουργείται ο ENIAC, ο πρώτος ηλεκτρονικός υπολογιστής.
1955: "πρεμιέρα για το ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"", μια ανθολογία μελοδραμάτων και μυστηρίου με παρουσιαστή το γνωστό σκηνοθέτη."
1958: η Γουινέα κηρύσσει την ανεξαρτησία της από τη Γαλλία.
1961: σπείρα αρχαιοκαπήλων με συνενόχους μοναχούς, που αφαιρούσε πολύτιμα κειμήλια από τα μοναστήρια του Αγίου Όρους, εξαρθρώνεται στη Θεσσαλονίκη.
1962: γεννιέται ο τραγουδιστής Γεράσιμος Ανδρεάτος.
1962: πεθαίνει ο Ρώσος μαθηματικός, Μπόρις Μπουκρίβ.
1962: "πρεμιέρα για την εκπομπή του Τζόνι Κάρσον στο δίκτυο NBC, με τίτλο ""The Tonight Show""."
1967: γεννιέται ο σπρίντερ από τη Ναμίμπια, Φράνκι Φρέντερικς, ο μόνος Ολυμπιονίκης της χώρας του.
1967: ορκίζεται ο Θέργκουντ Μάρσαλ, ο πρώτος μαύρος δικαστής στο Ανώτατο Δικαστήριο των ΗΠΑ.
1968: με τουλάχιστον 200 νεκρούς καταλήγει μια ειρηνική διαδήλωση φοιτητών στο Μεξικό.
1968: πεθαίνει ο Γάλλος, γλύπτης και ζωγράφος Μαρσέλ Ντουσάμπ.
1972: οι Δανοί εγκρίνουν με δημοψήφισμα την ένταξη της χώρας τοτς στην ΕΟΚ.
1973: η Νούλη Γιαννιτσοπούλου κατακτά το χάλκινο μετάλλιο στο άλμα στους Βαλκανικούς Αγώνες στο Σφίντου Γκεόργκιε της Ρουμανίας. Είναι το πρώτο μετάλλιο, που κερδίζει η Ελλάδα στη ενόργανη γυμναστική.
1973: ο αρχαιολόγος Σπυρίδων Μαρινάτος σκοτώνεται στο χώρο των ανασκαφών στη Σαντορίνη, όπου και θάβεται.
1973: πεθαίνει ο Paavo Nurmi σε ηλικία 76 ετών. Ο μεγάλος Φινλανδός δρομέας κατέκτησε, από το 1920 έως το 1928, 9 χρυσά (σε 6 ατομικά αγωνίσματα) και 3 αργυρά ολυμπιακά μετάλλια.
1980: ο Muhammad Ali χάνει στον 25ο και τελευταίο του αγώνα για τον παγκόσμιο τίτλο βαρέων βαρών από τον Larry Holmes στον 10ο γύρο στο Λας Βέγκας.
1981: στη Νέα Υόρκη, νέα διαρροή γίνεται αιτία να κλείσει το ατομικό εργοστάσιο Κον Εντ στο Ίντιαν Πόιντ.
1983: στις Φιλιππίνες, επαναστάτες σκοτώνουν 46 στρατιώτες σε ενέδρα.
1984: ο πρόεδρος της Εταιρείας Ελλήνων Λογοτεχνών Αθανάσιος Νάσιουτζικ κατηγορήθηκε για τη δολοφονία του συναδέλφου του Θανάση Διαμαντόπουλου.
1985: "το AIDS ""τραβά""τα βλέμματα της παγκόσμιας κοινής γνώμης, όταν ο ηθοποιός Ροκ Χάντσον, γίνεται ο πρώτος σταρ, που ανακοινώνει ότι πάσχει από τη νόσο."
1986: η Γερουσία των ΗΠΑ επικυρώνει την προεδρική απόφαση για επιβολή οικονομικών περιορισμών στη Νότια Αφρική.
1990: 132 άνθρωποι χάνουν τη ζωή τους σε αεροπειρατεία κινεζικού αεροσκάφους:μετά την προσγείωσή του στη Γκουανγκτσού, πέφτει πάνω σε ένα άδειο Μπόινγκ 707 και στη συνέχεια σε ένα άλλο Μπόινγκ 757.
1990: μετά από δεκαετίες, επιτρέπεται η θρησκευτική λατρεία στην ΕΣΣΔ.
1991: η Στέφι Γκραφ γίνεται η πρώτη επαγγελματίας γυναίκα τενίστρια που κερδίζει 500 αγώνες, με τη νίκη της επί της Τσέχας Πέτρα Λάνγκροβα στο Διεθνές Τουρνουά της Λειψίας.
1992: στη Ρουμανία, πάνω από 65.000 άτομα παρακολουθούν τη συναυλία του τραγουδιστή Μάικλ Τζάκσον.
1993: ο Lennox Lewis κερδίζει με νοκ άουτ τον Frank Bruno στον πρώτο αγώνα μεταξύ Βρετανών για τον παγκόσμιο τίτλο βαρέων βαρών.
1993: στη Γεωργία, στρατιώτες υποστηρικτές του έκπτωτου προέδρου Ζβίαντ Γκαμσαχουρντία καταλαμβάνουν το μεγάλο λιμάνι Πότι στη Μαύρη Θάλασσα, που αποτελεί τον κύριο σταθμό ανεφοδιασμού της χώρας. Την ίδια ώρα, μάχες μαίνονται στις ορεινές περιοχές της Αμπχαζίας μεταξύ αυτονομιστών και γεωργιανών δυνάμεων.
1993: "στην Τουρκία, επιτρέπεται η προβολή της ταινίας του Γιλμάζ Γκιουνέι ""Ο Δρόμος"", μετά από 12 χρόνια απαγόρευσής της."
1994: πρώτη μετάδοση αθλητικού γεγονότος από την συνδρομητική τηλεόραση του Filmnet στην Ελλάδα: ο αγώνας Ηρακλής- ΠΑΟΚ από το Καυτανζόγλειο Στάδιο.
1994: στην Αυστραλία, η Ελληνίδα Μαίρη Μάινα, 101 ετών, με τεχνητή βαλβίδα στην καρδιά, κάνει παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ στην κολύμβηση, στους Παγκόσμιους Αθλητικούς Αγώνες Ηλικιωμένων Ατόμων.
1994: το Κίνημα για μια Δημοκρατική Σλοβακία του πρώην πρωθυπουργού Βλαντιμίρ Μέτσιαρ κερδίζει τις εκλογές.
1995: τη δεύτερη πυρηνική της δοκιμή στο νότιο Ειρηνικό πραγματοποιεί η Γαλλία, η οποία έχει ισχύ έξι φορές μεγαλύτερη από εκείνη της ατομικής βόμβας στη Χιροσίμα.
1996: 70 άνθρωποι χάνουν τη ζωή τους, όταν ένα Μπόινγκ 757, που είχε απογειωθεί από τη Λίμα του Περού, συντρίβεται στον Ειρηνικό Ωκεανό.
1996: ο Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ, Μπιλ Κλίντον, υπογράφει το νόμο για την ελευθερία της πληροφόρησης.
1996: το αίτημα της Ελλάδας για την επιστροφή των Μαρμάρων του Παρθενώνα στηρίζουν 252 ευρωβουλευτές από όλα τα κράτη - μέλη και από όλες της πολιτικές ομάδες της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης.
1997: στο ’Αμστερνταμ υπογράφεται η νέα συνθήκη-διάδοχος του Μάαστριχ για την ευρωπαϊκή ενοποίηση.
2002: ελεύθερος σκοπευτής, σκορπά τον πανικό για είκοσι μέρες στην ευρύτερη περιοχή της Ουάσινγκτον. Εννέα άνθρωποι χάνουν τη ζωή τους. Η αστυνομία εξαπολύει ανθρωποκυνηγητό για τη σύλληψη του δράστη. Στις 24 Οκτωβρίου, οι αρχές του Μέριλαντ συλλαμβάνουν δυο ύποπτους. Πρόκειται για τον 40χρονο Αλεν Μοχάμαντ και τον 17χρονο υιοθετημένο γιο του Τζον Λι Μάλβο.
2002: Ο Ντέμης Νικολαϊδης γίνεται πρώτος σκόρερ για ελληνική ομάδα στα Κύπελλα Ευρώπης ξεπερνώντας τον Δημήτρη Σαραβάκο (24 τέρματα) με το γκολ που πετυχαίνει στο συγκλονιστικό ΑΕΚ- Ρεάλ Μαδρίτης (3-3) για τους ομίλους του Champions League
1178: ο Σαλαντίν καταλαμβάνει την Ιερουσαλήμ, μετά από 88 χρόνια κατοχής των Σταυροφόρων.
1535: ο Ζακ Καρτιέ ανακαλύπτει το Κεμπέκ του Καναδά.
1836: ο Δαρβίνος επιστρέφει στο Φολμάουθ της Βρετανίας, μετά από ένα 5ετές ταξίδι για την αναζήτηση στοιχείων, που τον βοήθησαν στη διατύπωση της θεωρίας της φυσικής επιλογής.
1852: γεννιέται ο Σκοτσέζος χημικός, Γουίλιαμ Ράμσι, ο οποίος ανακάλυψε το αργό, το ήλιο, το νέο, το κρυπτό και το ξένο. Το 1904 τιμήθηκε με το βραβείο Νόμπελ Χημείας
1853: πεθαίνει ο Γάλλος μαθηματικός, φυσικός, αστρονόμος και πολιτικός, Φρανσουά Αραγκό.
1869: γεννιέται ο Μαχάτμα Γκάντι, ένας από τους κυριότερους ιδρυτές του σύγχρονου κράτους της Ινδίας και ο άνθρωπος, που έπαιξε καταλυτικό ρόλο στην ανεξαρτησία της χώρας από τη βρετανική κυριαρχία.
1895: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός κωμικός Μπαντ ’Αμποτ, το έτερον ήμισυ του διάσημο κωμικού διδύμου, ’Αμποτ και Κοστέλο
1895: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός κωμικός, Γκράουτσο Μαρξ.
1904: γεννιέται ο Βρετανός συγγραφέας Γκράχαμ Γκριν.
1909: ο αεροπόρος Ορβιλ Ράιτ φτάνει στο άνευ προηγουμένου ύψος των 1.600 ποδιών.
1910: καταγράφεται στο Μιλάνο η πρώτη σύγκρουση αεροσκαφών.
1910: στη Μεγάλη Βρετανία, απολύονται 150.000 εργάτες αλευρόμυλων.
1911: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός συγγραφέας, Τζακ Φίνι.
1911: ο Φρανσίσκο Μαντέρα εκλέγεται πρόεδρος του Μεξικού.
1912: γίνονται δεκτοί από την ελληνική Βουλή οι Κρήτες βουλευτές, μετά από πολύμηνη προσπάθεια να μετάσχουν κι αυτοί στις εργασίες της, ώστε να επισπευσθεί η Ένωση της Μεγαλονήσου με την Ελλάδα.
1914: ο Σπύρος Σπυρομίλιος κηρύσσει την αυτονομία της Βορείου Ηπείρου.
1919: "βαρύ εγκεφαλικό επεισόδιο ""χτυπά""τον Πρόεδρο των ΗΠΑ, Γούντροου Ουίλσον."
1919: η γαλλική Βουλή επικυρώνει τη Συνθήκη των Βερσαλλιών.
1920: πεθαίνει στο Βερολίνο, σε ηλικία 82 ετών, ο μουσουργός Μαξ Μπρουχ.
1922: μεγάλος αριθμός προσφύγων έχει συγκεντρωθεί στα λιμάνια της Θράκης, έτοιμοι για αναχώρηση.
1924: υιοθετείται το Πρωτόκολλο της Γενεύης, που ενδυνάμωνε την Κοινωνία των Εθνών.
1925: ο Σκωτσέζος John Logie Baird, ένας φτωχός μηχανικός, εφευρίσκει στο Λονδίνο την τηλεόραση μεταδίδοντας εικόνα από ένα δωμάτιο του εργαστηρίου του σε άλλο, με ανάλυση 28 γραμμές. Το 1929 και με την υποστήριξη του BBC μεταφέρεται εικόνα μέσω τηλεφωνικού καλωδίου στα στούντιο του BBC και αναμεταδίδεται υπερατλαντικά μέσω ραδιοπομπού σε 30 γραμμές, οπότε και αρχίζουν οι πρώτες τακτικές εκπομπές. Ο Baird ιδρύει την Television Ltd και πεθαίνει φτωχός το 1946. Το BBC θα εκπέμψει επίσημα για πρώτη φορά στις 2/11/1936 από το Alexandra Pallace με 204 (Baird) και αργότερα με 405 γραμμές (Marconi).
1932: η Κοινωνία των Εθνών κρίνει ότι η Ιαπωνία παραβίασε τη συμφωνία του Παρισιού σχετικά με τη Μαντζουρία και προτείνει την εγκαθίδρυση ανεξάρτητης κυβέρνησης στο Μαντσουκούο.
1935: η Ιταλία εισβάλλει στην Αιθιοπία.
1939: οι ΗΠΑ ανακοινώνουν ότι, θα διατηρήσουν τις σχέσεις τους με τη νέα πολωνική κυβέρνηση και ότι δεν θα αναγνωρίσουν το διαχωρισμό.
1940: γεννιέται ο σκηνοθέτης του κινηματογράφου Παντελής Βούλγαρης.
1941: στο Βερολίνο, οι Ναζί εκτελούν τον Τσέχο αρχηγό Αλόις Ελίας.
1944: τερματίζεται η κατάληψη της Βαρσοβίας από τους Γερμανούς.
1947: η FIA (Διεθνής Ομοσπονδία Αυτοκινήτου) καθιερώνει αγώνες Grand Prix στην κατηγορία της Formula 1.
1948: γεννιέται η διάσημη Αμερικανίδα σχεδιάστρια μόδας Ντόνα Κάραν.
1949: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός μουσικός της πανκ μουσικής, Ρίτσαρντ Χελ
1949: η ΕΣΣΔ ισχυρίζεται ότι το καθεστώς της Δυτικής Γερμανίας παραβιάζει τη συμφωνία του Πότσνταμ.
1951: γεννιέται ο Βρετανός τραγουδιστής, μουσικός και πρώην μέλος του συγκροτήματος Police, Στινγκ, καλλιτεχνικό ψευδώνυμο του Γκόρντον Μάθιου Σάμνερ
1954: η Δύση κάνει δεκτό το αίτημα της Δυτικής Γερμανίας για ένταξη στο ΝΑΤΟ, παρά τις αντιρρήσεις της Γαλλίας για τον επανεξοπλισμό της.
1955: δημιουργείται ο ENIAC, ο πρώτος ηλεκτρονικός υπολογιστής.
1955: "πρεμιέρα για το ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"", μια ανθολογία μελοδραμάτων και μυστηρίου με παρουσιαστή το γνωστό σκηνοθέτη."
1958: η Γουινέα κηρύσσει την ανεξαρτησία της από τη Γαλλία.
1961: σπείρα αρχαιοκαπήλων με συνενόχους μοναχούς, που αφαιρούσε πολύτιμα κειμήλια από τα μοναστήρια του Αγίου Όρους, εξαρθρώνεται στη Θεσσαλονίκη.
1962: γεννιέται ο τραγουδιστής Γεράσιμος Ανδρεάτος.
1962: πεθαίνει ο Ρώσος μαθηματικός, Μπόρις Μπουκρίβ.
1962: "πρεμιέρα για την εκπομπή του Τζόνι Κάρσον στο δίκτυο NBC, με τίτλο ""The Tonight Show""."
1967: γεννιέται ο σπρίντερ από τη Ναμίμπια, Φράνκι Φρέντερικς, ο μόνος Ολυμπιονίκης της χώρας του.
1967: ορκίζεται ο Θέργκουντ Μάρσαλ, ο πρώτος μαύρος δικαστής στο Ανώτατο Δικαστήριο των ΗΠΑ.
1968: με τουλάχιστον 200 νεκρούς καταλήγει μια ειρηνική διαδήλωση φοιτητών στο Μεξικό.
1968: πεθαίνει ο Γάλλος, γλύπτης και ζωγράφος Μαρσέλ Ντουσάμπ.
1972: οι Δανοί εγκρίνουν με δημοψήφισμα την ένταξη της χώρας τοτς στην ΕΟΚ.
1973: η Νούλη Γιαννιτσοπούλου κατακτά το χάλκινο μετάλλιο στο άλμα στους Βαλκανικούς Αγώνες στο Σφίντου Γκεόργκιε της Ρουμανίας. Είναι το πρώτο μετάλλιο, που κερδίζει η Ελλάδα στη ενόργανη γυμναστική.
1973: ο αρχαιολόγος Σπυρίδων Μαρινάτος σκοτώνεται στο χώρο των ανασκαφών στη Σαντορίνη, όπου και θάβεται.
1973: πεθαίνει ο Paavo Nurmi σε ηλικία 76 ετών. Ο μεγάλος Φινλανδός δρομέας κατέκτησε, από το 1920 έως το 1928, 9 χρυσά (σε 6 ατομικά αγωνίσματα) και 3 αργυρά ολυμπιακά μετάλλια.
1980: ο Muhammad Ali χάνει στον 25ο και τελευταίο του αγώνα για τον παγκόσμιο τίτλο βαρέων βαρών από τον Larry Holmes στον 10ο γύρο στο Λας Βέγκας.
1981: στη Νέα Υόρκη, νέα διαρροή γίνεται αιτία να κλείσει το ατομικό εργοστάσιο Κον Εντ στο Ίντιαν Πόιντ.
1983: στις Φιλιππίνες, επαναστάτες σκοτώνουν 46 στρατιώτες σε ενέδρα.
1984: ο πρόεδρος της Εταιρείας Ελλήνων Λογοτεχνών Αθανάσιος Νάσιουτζικ κατηγορήθηκε για τη δολοφονία του συναδέλφου του Θανάση Διαμαντόπουλου.
1985: "το AIDS ""τραβά""τα βλέμματα της παγκόσμιας κοινής γνώμης, όταν ο ηθοποιός Ροκ Χάντσον, γίνεται ο πρώτος σταρ, που ανακοινώνει ότι πάσχει από τη νόσο."
1986: η Γερουσία των ΗΠΑ επικυρώνει την προεδρική απόφαση για επιβολή οικονομικών περιορισμών στη Νότια Αφρική.
1990: 132 άνθρωποι χάνουν τη ζωή τους σε αεροπειρατεία κινεζικού αεροσκάφους:μετά την προσγείωσή του στη Γκουανγκτσού, πέφτει πάνω σε ένα άδειο Μπόινγκ 707 και στη συνέχεια σε ένα άλλο Μπόινγκ 757.
1990: μετά από δεκαετίες, επιτρέπεται η θρησκευτική λατρεία στην ΕΣΣΔ.
1991: η Στέφι Γκραφ γίνεται η πρώτη επαγγελματίας γυναίκα τενίστρια που κερδίζει 500 αγώνες, με τη νίκη της επί της Τσέχας Πέτρα Λάνγκροβα στο Διεθνές Τουρνουά της Λειψίας.
1992: στη Ρουμανία, πάνω από 65.000 άτομα παρακολουθούν τη συναυλία του τραγουδιστή Μάικλ Τζάκσον.
1993: ο Lennox Lewis κερδίζει με νοκ άουτ τον Frank Bruno στον πρώτο αγώνα μεταξύ Βρετανών για τον παγκόσμιο τίτλο βαρέων βαρών.
1993: στη Γεωργία, στρατιώτες υποστηρικτές του έκπτωτου προέδρου Ζβίαντ Γκαμσαχουρντία καταλαμβάνουν το μεγάλο λιμάνι Πότι στη Μαύρη Θάλασσα, που αποτελεί τον κύριο σταθμό ανεφοδιασμού της χώρας. Την ίδια ώρα, μάχες μαίνονται στις ορεινές περιοχές της Αμπχαζίας μεταξύ αυτονομιστών και γεωργιανών δυνάμεων.
1993: "στην Τουρκία, επιτρέπεται η προβολή της ταινίας του Γιλμάζ Γκιουνέι ""Ο Δρόμος"", μετά από 12 χρόνια απαγόρευσής της."
1994: πρώτη μετάδοση αθλητικού γεγονότος από την συνδρομητική τηλεόραση του Filmnet στην Ελλάδα: ο αγώνας Ηρακλής- ΠΑΟΚ από το Καυτανζόγλειο Στάδιο.
1994: στην Αυστραλία, η Ελληνίδα Μαίρη Μάινα, 101 ετών, με τεχνητή βαλβίδα στην καρδιά, κάνει παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ στην κολύμβηση, στους Παγκόσμιους Αθλητικούς Αγώνες Ηλικιωμένων Ατόμων.
1994: το Κίνημα για μια Δημοκρατική Σλοβακία του πρώην πρωθυπουργού Βλαντιμίρ Μέτσιαρ κερδίζει τις εκλογές.
1995: τη δεύτερη πυρηνική της δοκιμή στο νότιο Ειρηνικό πραγματοποιεί η Γαλλία, η οποία έχει ισχύ έξι φορές μεγαλύτερη από εκείνη της ατομικής βόμβας στη Χιροσίμα.
1996: 70 άνθρωποι χάνουν τη ζωή τους, όταν ένα Μπόινγκ 757, που είχε απογειωθεί από τη Λίμα του Περού, συντρίβεται στον Ειρηνικό Ωκεανό.
1996: ο Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ, Μπιλ Κλίντον, υπογράφει το νόμο για την ελευθερία της πληροφόρησης.
1996: το αίτημα της Ελλάδας για την επιστροφή των Μαρμάρων του Παρθενώνα στηρίζουν 252 ευρωβουλευτές από όλα τα κράτη - μέλη και από όλες της πολιτικές ομάδες της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης.
1997: στο ’Αμστερνταμ υπογράφεται η νέα συνθήκη-διάδοχος του Μάαστριχ για την ευρωπαϊκή ενοποίηση.
2002: ελεύθερος σκοπευτής, σκορπά τον πανικό για είκοσι μέρες στην ευρύτερη περιοχή της Ουάσινγκτον. Εννέα άνθρωποι χάνουν τη ζωή τους. Η αστυνομία εξαπολύει ανθρωποκυνηγητό για τη σύλληψη του δράστη. Στις 24 Οκτωβρίου, οι αρχές του Μέριλαντ συλλαμβάνουν δυο ύποπτους. Πρόκειται για τον 40χρονο Αλεν Μοχάμαντ και τον 17χρονο υιοθετημένο γιο του Τζον Λι Μάλβο.
2002: Ο Ντέμης Νικολαϊδης γίνεται πρώτος σκόρερ για ελληνική ομάδα στα Κύπελλα Ευρώπης ξεπερνώντας τον Δημήτρη Σαραβάκο (24 τέρματα) με το γκολ που πετυχαίνει στο συγκλονιστικό ΑΕΚ- Ρεάλ Μαδρίτης (3-3) για τους ομίλους του Champions League
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ΕVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST 2/10
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- 829 – Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor.
- 939 – Battle of Andernach: King Otto I crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and other Frankish dukes.
- 1187 – Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
- 1263 – The Battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.
- 1470 – Richard Neville's rebellion forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne.
- 1528 – William Tyndale, the renowned English Reformer and Bible translator published his famous work The Obedience of a Christian Man.
- 1535 – Jacques Cartier discovers the area where Montreal is now located.
- 1552 – Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.
- 1780 – John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces.
- 1789 – George Washington sends proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
- 1814 – Battle of Rancagua: Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeats rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and José Miguel Carrera.
- 1835 – The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Gonzales: Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
- 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Saltville: Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.
- 1919 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
- 1925 – John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
- 1928 – The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Josemaría Escrivá.
- 1937 – Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days.
- 1941 – World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
- 1942 – World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks her own escort ship, HMS Curacoa, off the coast of Ireland, killing 239 crewmen aboard the Curacoa.
- 1944 – World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
- 1949 – The Soviet Union recognises the People's Republic of China, proclaimed the previous day by Mao Zedong.
- 1950 – Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published.
- 1958 – Guinea declares its independence from France.
- 1959 – The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
- 1967 – Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
- 1968 – Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympics will start.
- 1970 – A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
- 1980 – Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
- 1990 – Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 128.
- 1996 – The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
- 2002 – The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
- 2006 – Five Amish girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide.
- 2007 – President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
- 2016 – 2016 Ethiopian protests: Violence breaks out during an Irreechaa festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people.
Births[edit]
- 1452 – Richard III of England (d. 1485)
- 1470 – Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)
- 1470 – Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1498)
- 1527 – William Drury, English politician (d. 1579)
- 1538 – Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal and saint (d. 1584)
- 1589 – Muhammad Parviz, Mughal Empire emperor (d. 1626)
- 1644 – François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (d. 1724)
- 1704 – František Tůma, Czech organist and composer (d. 1774)
- 1718 – Elizabeth Montagu, English author and critic (d. 1800)
- 1727 – Ignaz Schiffermüller, Austrian entomologist and academic (d. 1806)
- 1768 – William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English general and politician (d. 1854)
- 1798 – Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831-49) (d. 1849)
- 1800 – Nat Turner, American slave and uprising leader (d. 1831)
- 1815 – James Agnew, Northern Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1901)
- 1821 – Alexander P. Stewart, American general (d. 1908)
- 1824 – Henry C. Lord, American businessman (d. 1884)
- 1828 – Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (d. 1896)
- 1832 – Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist and academic (d. 1917)
- 1847 – Paul von Hindenburg, Polish-German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (d. 1934)
- 1851 – Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal and theorist (d. 1929)
- 1852 – William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
- 1854 – Patrick Geddes, Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, and philanthropist (d. 1932)
- 1869 – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher (d. 1948)
- 1871 – Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
- 1871 – Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author (d. 1959)
- 1873 – Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
- 1873 – Pelham Warner, English cricketer and manager (d. 1963)
- 1879 – Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (d. 1955)
- 1882 – Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian colonel (d. 1945)
- 1883 – Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (d. 1950)
- 1883 – Karl von Terzaghi, Czech-American geologist and engineer (d. 1963)
- 1890 – Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
- 1893 – Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor (d. 1962)
- 1895 – Ruth Cheney Streeter, American colonel (d. 1990)
- 1897 – Bud Abbott, American comedian (d. 1974)
- 1902 – John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician (d. 1996)
- 1902 – Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (d. 1965)
- 1904 – Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (d. 1991)
- 1904 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (d. 1966)
- 1905 – Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal (d. 1981)
- 1906 – August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (d. 1992)
- 1907 – Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia (d. 2001)
- 1907 – Alexander R. Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
- 1909 – Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon (d. 1956)
- 1911 – Jack Finney, American author and playwright (d. 1995)
- 1912 – Frank Malina, American engineer and painter (d. 1981)
- 1914 – Jack Parsons, American chemist, occultist, and engineer (d. 1952)
- 1914 – Bernarr Rainbow, English organist, conductor, and historian (d. 1998)
- 1915 – Chuck Williams, American author and businessman, founded Williams-Sonoma (d. 2015)
- 1917 – Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
- 1917 – Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1919 – John W. Duarte, English guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
- 1919 – Jan Flinterman, Dutch race car driver and pilot (d. 1992)
- 1921 – Albert Scott Crossfield, American pilot and engineer (d. 2006)
- 1921 – Robert Runcie, English archbishop (d. 2000)
- 1925 – Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Jan Morris, English-Welsh historian and author
- 1928 – George McFarland, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1928 – Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (d. 2014)
- 1929 – Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (d. 1996)
- 1929 – Moses Gunn, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1930 – Dave Barrett, Canadian social worker and politician, 26th Premier of British Columbia
- 1932 – Maury Wills, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
- 1933 – John Gurdon, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1933 – Phill Niblock, American composer and director
- 1933 – Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (The Diamonds) (d. 2015)
- 1934 – Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote, South African-English lawyer and judge
- 1934 – Earl Wilson, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005)
- 1936 – Dick Barnett, American basketball player and educator
- 1936 – Feliciano Belmonte Jr., Filipino lawyer and politician, 20th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
- 1936 – Connie Dierking, American basketball player (d. 2013)
- 1937 – Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (d. 2005)
- 1938 – Nick Gravenites, American singer–songwriter and guitarist
- 1938 – Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1983)
- 1938 – Rex Reed, American film critic
- 1939 – Budhi Kunderan, Indian cricketer (d. 2006)
- 1941 – Diana Hendry, English poet and author
- 1941 – Ron Meagher, American rock bass player (The Beau Brummels)
- 1942 – Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (d. 2012)
- 1943 – Anna Ford, English journalist and academic
- 1943 – Franklin Rosemont, American poet, painter, and historian (d. 2009)
- 1944 – Vernor Vinge, American computer scientist and author
- 1945 – Martin Hellman, American cryptographer and academic
- 1945 – Don McLean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1946 – Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Thai general and politician
- 1946 – Peter Kellner, English journalist and author
- 1947 – Ward Churchill, American author and activist
- 1947 – Paul Jackson, English director and producer
- 1948 – Trevor Brooking, English footballer and manager
- 1948 – Donna Karan, American fashion designer, founded DKNY
- 1948 – Siim Kallas, Estonian soldier and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Estonia
- 1948 – Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 (d. 1998)
- 1948 – Chris LeDoux, American singer-songwriter and sculptor (d. 2005)
- 1949 – Richard Hell, American singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1949 – Annie Leibovitz, American photographer
- 1950 – Mike Rutherford, English musician and songwriter (Genesis; Mike + the Mechanics)
- 1951 – Sting, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor
- 1952 – Jan Švejnar, Czech-American economist and politician
- 1953 – Vanessa Bell Armstrong, American singer
- 1953 – Muhammad Abdul Bari, Bangladeshi-English physicist and academic
- 1954 – Lorraine Bracco, American actress and producer
- 1955 – Philip Oakey, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
- 1955 – Nancy Rothwell, English physiologist and academic
- 1956 – Peter Bruce, Scottish chemist and academic
- 1956 – Freddie Jackson, American soul singer
- 1956 – Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Russian-German cosmologist and physicist
- 1957 – John Cook, American golfer
- 1957 – Wade Dooley, English rugby player and police officer
- 1957 – Dave Faulkner, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1957 – Kate St John, English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1958 – Robbie Nevil, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1960 – Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1960 – Django Bates, English pianist and composer
- 1960 – Johan Lammerts, Dutch cyclist
- 1960 – Joe Sacco, American journalist and cartoonist
- 1960 – Tom Schweich, American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri (d. 2015)
- 1960 – Dereck Whittenburg, American basketball player and coach
- 1961 – Jaan Toomik, Estonian director and producer
- 1962 – James Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1962 – Mark Rypien, Canadian-American football player
- 1963 – Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricketer and accountant
- 1964 – Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
- 1965 – Darren Cahill, Australian tennis player and coach
- 1965 – Tom Moody, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1967 – Frankie Fredericks, Namibian sprinter
- 1967 – Gary L. Gregg, American political scientist, author, and academic
- 1967 – Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player
- 1967 – Gillian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1968 – Victoria Derbyshire, English journalist and radio host
- 1968 – Benjie Paras, Filipino basketball player and actor
- 1968 – Jeff Martin, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1968 – Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player and sportscaster
- 1968 – Glen Wesley, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
- 1968 – Kelly Willis, American country music singer-songwriter
- 1969 – Badly Drawn Boy, English indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
- 1970 – Eddie Guardado, American baseball player and coach
- 1970 – Patricia O'Callaghan, Canadian soprano and producer
- 1970 – Kelly Ripa, American actress, producer, and talk show host
- 1970 – Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress
- 1971 – Tiffany Darwish, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1971 – Jim Root, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1972 – Aaron McKie, American basketball player and coach
- 1973 – Melissa Harris-Perry, American journalist, author, and educator
- 1973 – Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian singer-songwriter
- 1973 – Proof, American rapper and actor (d. 2006)
- 1973 – Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player
- 1973 – Maria Wetterstrand, Swedish politician
- 1974 – Adel Ferdosipour, Iranian journalist and sportscaster
- 1974 – Bjarke Ingels, Danish architect
- 1974 – Brian Knight, American baseball player and umpire
- 1974 – Michelle Krusiec, Taiwanese-American actress and producer
- 1974 – Matthew Nicholson, Australian cricketer
- 1974 – Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (d. 2006)
- 1974 – Sam Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1974 – Paul Teutul Jr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers
- 1974 – Kevin Van De Wege, American firefighter and politician
- 1975 – Baiba Broka, Latvian politician
- 1976 – John Thornton, American football player
- 1978 – Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1978 – Matthew Hancock, English economist and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
- 1979 – Primož Brezec, Slovenian basketball player
- 1979 – Francisco Fonseca, Mexican footballer
- 1979 – Maja Ivarsson, Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1980 – Shane Andrus, American football player
- 1981 – Ridzuan Fatah Hasan, Singaporean footballer
- 1981 – Santi Kolk, Dutch footballer
- 1981 – Luke Wilkshire, Australian footballer
- 1982 – Tyson Chandler, American basketball player
- 1982 – Esra Gümüş, Turkish volleyball player
- 1982 – George Pettit, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1982 – Gary Wilkinson, American basketball player
- 1984 – Marion Bartoli, French tennis player
- 1985 – Çağlar Birinci, Turkish footballer
- 1985 – Buster Davis, American football player
- 1985 – Brandon Jackson, American football player
- 1986 – Camilla Belle, American actress
- 1987 – Bojana Bobusic, Australian tennis player
- 1987 – Joe Ingles, Australian basketball player
- 1987 – Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player
- 1987 – Joel Reinders, American football player
- 1987 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr., American race car driver
- 1988 – Brittany Howard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1989 – Aaron Hicks, American baseball player
- 1989 – George Nash, English rower
- 1990 – Dean Bouzanis, Australian footballer
- 1991 – Roberto Firmino, Brazilian footballer
- 1992 – Sirje Roops, Estonian footballer
- 1993 – Michy Batshuayi, Belgian footballer
- 1993 – Aaro Vainio, Finnish race car driver
- 1994 – Joana Eidukonytė, Lithuanian tennis player
- 1995 – Te Maire Martin, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1995 – Tepai Moeroa, Cook Islands rugby league player
- 1996 – Tom Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
- 1997 – Hana Sugisaki, Japanese actress
- 2002 – Jacob Sartorius, American singer
Deaths[edit]
- 534 – Athalaric, Italian king (b. 516)
- 829 – Michael II, Byzantine emperor (b. 770)
- 939 – Eberhard III, duke of Franconia
- 939 – Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine (b. 890)
- 1264 – Pope Urban IV
- 1348 – Alice de Lacy, 4th Countess of Lincoln (b. 1281)
- 1559 – Jacquet of Mantua, French-Italian composer (b. 1483)
- 1588 – Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1509)
- 1626 – Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish academic and diplomat (b. 1567)
- 1629 – Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)
- 1629 – Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and theologian (b. 1575)
- 1685 – David Teniers III, Flemish painter (b. 1638)
- 1708 – Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (b. 1650)
- 1709 – Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1639)
- 1724 – François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (b. 1644)
- 1746 – Josiah Burchett, English admiral and politician (b. 1666)
- 1764 – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1720)
- 1775 – Fukuda Chiyo-ni, Japanese nun and poet (b. 1703)
- 1780 – John André, English soldier (b. 1750)
- 1782 – Charles Lee, English-born American general (b. 1732)
- 1786 – Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (b. 1725)
- 1803 – Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722)
- 1804 – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725)
- 1850 – Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
- 1853 – François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
- 1920 – Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
- 1927 – Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
- 1938 – Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
- 1938 – André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
- 1943 – John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
- 1947 – P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
- 1953 – John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
- 1955 – Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
- 1955 – William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
- 1962 – Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
- 1968 – Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
- 1971 – Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (b. 1883)
- 1973 – Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (b. 1904)
- 1973 – Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
- 1974 – Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- 1975 – K. Kamaraj, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
- 1981 – Harry Golden, American journalist and author (b. 1902)
- 1981 – Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American activist, actress, and musician (b. 1920)
- 1985 – Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
- 1987 – Madeleine Carroll, English actress (b. 1906)
- 1987 – Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
- 1988 – Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer, designed the Mini (b. 1906)
- 1988 – Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1912)
- 1991 – Hazen Argue, Canadian politician (b. 1921)
- 1991 – Demetrios I of Constantinople (b. 1914)
- 1994 – Harriet Nelson, American actress and singer (b. 1909)
- 1996 – Robert Bourassa, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1933)
- 1996 – Andrey Lukanov, Bulgarian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1938)
- 1998 – Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and guitarist (b. 1907)
- 1998 – Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (b. 1924)
- 1999 – Heinz G. Konsalik, German journalist and author (b. 1921)
- 2000 – David Tonkin, Australian politician, 38th Premier of South Australia (b. 1929)
- 2001 – Franz Biebl, German composer and academic (b. 1906)
- 2002 – Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
- 2003 – John Thomas Dunlop, American scholar and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
- 2005 – Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (b. 1918)
- 2005 – August Wilson, American author and playwright (b. 1945)
- 2006 – Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)
- 2006 – Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (b. 1916)
- 2007 – Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924)
- 2007 – Christopher Derrick, English author and critic (b. 1921)
- 2007 – George Grizzard, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2007 – Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (b. 1902)
- 2007 – Tawn Mastrey, American radio host and producer (b. 1954)
- 2010 – Kwa Geok Choo, Singaporean lawyer and scholar (b. 1920)
- 2011 – Peter L. Benson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1946)
- 2012 – Nguyễn Chí Thiện, Vietnamese-American poet and activist (b. 1939)
- 2012 – Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (b. 1933)
- 2012 – J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist, theorist, academic (b. 1943)
- 2013 – Gottfried Fischer, German psychologist, therapist, and academic (b. 1944)
- 2013 – Herman Hugg, American painter and sculptor (b. 1921)
- 2013 – Jonathan Kaufer, American director and screenwriter (b. 1955)
- 2013 – Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
- 2013 – Kaare Ørnung, Norwegian pianist and educator (b. 1931)
- 2014 – Robert Flower, Australian footballer (b. 1955)
- 2014 – Vaughn O. Lang, American general (b. 1927)
- 2014 – Frederic Tamler Sommers, American philosopher and academic (b. 1923)
- 2015 – Eric Arturo Delvalle, Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama (b. 1937)
- 2015 – Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (b. 1929)
- 2015 – Rodolfo Frigeri, Argentinian economist and politician, Argentinian Minister of Finance (b. 1942)
- 2015 – Coleridge Goode, Jamaican-English bassist and composer (b. 1914)
- 2015 – James Mutende, Ugandan veterinarian, economist, and politician (b. 1962)
- 2015 – Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1923)
- 2016 – Neville Marriner, British conductor (b. 1924)
- 2016 – Gary Reed, American comic book writer (b. 1956)
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC
October 2nd: On this Day | |
1959, Fifteen Elvis Presley fans were arrested in Germany after marching through the streets of Leipzig shouting "Long live Elvis Presley" and making unkind remarks about German music. | |
1960, 'Stay' by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs entered the US chart on its way to No.1. At just 1:37, it becomes the shortest US chart topper in Rock and Roll history. | |
1961, Phil Spector and partner Lester Sill released the first single on their new label Philles, The Crystals’, ‘Oh Yeah Maybe Baby.’ A little over a year later, they had a No.1 hit with ‘He’s a Rebel,’ and soon after, ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’ and ‘Then He Kissed Me.’ | |
1965, The McCoys were at No. 1 on the US singles chart with ‘Hang On Sloopy’ (No.5 in the UK when released on Andrew Oldham’s new Immediate label). The song was first released by The Vibrations and called ‘My Girl Sloopy’. | |
1967, All six members of The Grateful Dead were busted by California narcotics agents for possession of marijuana at the groups' 710 Ashbury Street House in San Francisco, California. | |
1970, Pink Floyd released their fifth, and first UK No.1 album Atom Heart Mother in the UK. The original album cover shows a cow standing in a pasture with no text, nor any other clue as to what might be on the record. Storm Thorgerson, inspired by Andy Warhol's famous ‘cow wallpaper,’ has said that he simply drove out into a rural area near Potters Bar, England and photographed the first cow he saw. The cow's owner identified her name as ‘Lulubelle III’. | |
1971, Rod Stewart started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Maggie May / Reason To Believe', his first solo No.1. Stewarts album 'Every Picture Tells A Story' also started a four-week run on this day at No.1 on the UK and US chart. | |
1977, The body of Elvis Presley and his mother Gladys were moved from the cemetery where they were buried to Graceland's after an unsuccessful attempt was made to body snatch the coffin. | |
1980, Leaveil Degree from the soul group The Whispers started a two-year prison sentence in Boron California for his part in diamond robbery. | |
1982, Dire Straits started a four-week run at No.1 on UK the album charts with 'Love Over Gold'. | |
1982, John Cougar started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Jack and Diane', his first US No.1a No.25 hit in the UK. | |
1982, Musical Youth were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Pass The Dutchie'. The group were made up of Birmingham school boys, aged 11-16. The song was a cover of The Mighty Diamonds song called 'Pass The Kutchie', a slang term for a cannabis smoking pipe, but the word was changed to avoid the song being banned for it's drug reference. | |
1982, Peter Gabriel and Steve Hacket joined their former band mates in Genesis for a one-time benefit performance at The Milton Keynes Bowl in Buckinghamshire, England to help raise money for Gabriel's WOMAD project (World of Music, Arts and Dance). | |
1983, Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler was at No.1 on the US singles chart with the Jim Steinman written and produced track 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'. It made her the only Welsh artist to score a US No.1. | |
1995, Oasis released their second album '(What's The Story), Morning Glory', which entered the UK chart at No.1. The album has gone on to sell over 18 million copies worldwide, and it won the award for the best British Album of the last 30 Years at the 2010 Brit Awards. | |
1995, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue released the duet 'Where the Wild Roses Grow'. The song later won 1996 ARIA Awards: 'Single of the Year', 'Song of the Year' and 'Best Pop Release'. | |
1996, A Pearl Jam show in Hartford Connecticut ended in a riot when mass fighting broke out among the 30,000 strong crowds. | |
1998, America's singing cowboy Gene Autry died aged 91. During his career he scored 25 successive Top 10 Country hits. In 1995 it was estimated he was worth $320 million. | |
1999, Matchbox 20 singer Rob Thomas married model Marisol Maldonado. Marisol appeared in the Santana video 'Smooth' with Thomas. | |
2001, Actor Kevin Spacey hosted Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Performers include, Alanis Morissette,Moby, Stone Temple Pilots and the Dave Mathews Band. The evening was closed with those present singing 'Give Peace A Chance'. | |
2002, Adam Ant escaped a prison sentence after a judge ruled that an incident in which he threatened drinkers with a replica pistol in a London pub was a result of mental illness. The 1980's pop star had been voluntarily having psychiatric treatment since the incident. | |
2002, Robbie Williams signed the most lucrative British record deal in history when he signed with EMI records for £80m. Asked what he was going to do with money Robbie said, "I'm going to count it all." | |
2003, Police were called to a suspected burglary at the Los Angeles house of Courtney Love's former boyfriend and ex-manager Jim Barber in the early hours. Ms Love was picked up in the street outside and detained - with officers noting "Miss Love's behaviour was consistent with being under the influence of a controlled substance". Shortly after her arrest, Ms Love was taken to hospital with a suspected drug overdose. | |
2003, A pair of trousers worn in 1984 by the late Queen star Freddie Mercury were sold to the Hard Rock Cafe for £4,230 at a Christie's auction of pop memorabilia held in London, England. A wooden sculpture of a cupboard, designed by John Lennon, claimed the highest price of the day, £28,200. Hundreds of items related to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Jimi Hendrix also went under the hammer at the sale. | |
2004, Billy Joel married 23-year-old Kate Lee at his Centre Island, New York mansion. It was the third marriage for Joel. | |
2006, British singer, songwriter Katie Melua entered the Guinness Book of Records for playing the deepest underwater concert. This took palce 303 metres below sea level on the Norwegian Statoil's Troll A platform in the North Sea. Melua and her band underwent extensive medical tests and survival training in Norway before the concert. Melua later described achieving the record as "the most surreal gig I have ever done". | |
2007, Britney Spears was ordered to hand over her two young children to her former husband Kevin Federline by a judge in Los Angeles. The court ruled that Federline would be given custody of Sean Preston, two, and one-year-old Jayden James, until further notice. Last month Judge Scott Gordon had said Ms Spears showed "a habitual, frequent and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol." The singer was ordered to undergo random drug and alcohol tests twice a week as part of her child custody dispute with Mr Federline. | |
2009, Mumford & Sons released their debut album 'Sigh No More' in the UK. It peaked at No. 2 on 20 February 2011, in its 72nd week on the chart following its Album of the Year win at the 2011 BRIT Awards. In early 2011, the album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in the US. In the United States, it was the 3rd most digitally-downloaded album of 2011, selling 761,000 copies | |
2012, British session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan (born James George Tomkins) died at the age of 71. Sullivan started his career in 1959 as a member of Marty Wilde’s band and when Wilde bought Sullivan a Gibson Les Paul guitar, it was allegedly the first in Britain. Sullivan taught future Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore to play guitar, as well as helping Yes and Asia guitarist Steve Howe on his road to success. He featured on 55 No.1 hits, and worked with George Harrison, Frank Zappa, Thunderclap Newman, Love Affair, Long John Baldry, Marmalade and The Tremeloes. During Jimmy Page's session career, he was known as ‘Little Jim’, to differentiate him from Big Jim. | |
October 2nd: Born on this day | |
1939, Born on this day, Lolly Vegas, Redbone, (1971 UK No.2 & US No.21 single 'The Witch Queen Of New Orleans'). He died of cancer on 4 March 2010. | |
1941, Born on this day, Ron Meagher, The Beau Brummels, (1965 US No.8 single 'Just A Little.') | |
1945, Born on this day, Don McLean, US singer, songwriter, 1971 US & 1972 UK No.1 single 'American Pie', a song inspired by the death of Buddy Holly. | |
1949, Born on this day, Richard Hell, vocals, The Voidoids, (1977 album 'Blank Generation' features the track 'Love Comes In Spurts'). | |
1950, Born on this day, Mike Rutherford, guitar, Genesis, (1986 US No.1 single 'Invisible Touch', 1992 UK No.7 single 'I Can't Dance'& 6 UK No.1 albums). & Mike And The Mechanics, (1989 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'The Living Years'). | |
1951, Born on this day, Sting, (Gordon Sumner), singer, songwriter, The Police,(1983 UK & US No.1 single 'Every Breath You Take', plus 4 other UK No.1 singles). Solo, (1990 UK No.15 single 'Englishman In New York' plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles). As a solo musician and a member of the Police, he received 16 Grammy Awards and has sold over 100 million records. | |
1952, Born on this day, John Otway, UK singer, songwriter, guitarist, (1977 UK No.27 single 'Really Free', with Wild Willy Barrett). 2002 UK No.7 single 'Bunsen Burner'. | |
1955, Born on this day, Phil Oakey vocals, Human League, (1981 UK No.1 & 1982 US No.1 single 'Don't You Want Me' plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles). | |
1956, Born on this day, Freddie Jackson, US soul singer, scored US 10 R&B No. 1's. | |
1961, Born on this day, Robbie Nevil, singer, (1987 UK No.3 single 'C'est La Vie'). | |
1962, Born on this day, Sigtryggur Baldursson, drums, The Sugarcubes, (1992 UK No.17 single 'Hit'). | |
1969, Born on this day, Badly Drawn Boy, (Damon Gough), singer, songwriter, 2002 UK No.9 single 'You Were Right', 2002 UK No. 10 album, 'Have You Fed The Fish'. | |
1971, Born on this day, Tiffany, US singer (1987 US No.1 & 1988 UK No.1 single 'I Think We're Alone Now'). | |
1973, Born on this day, Lene G Nystrom, Aqua, (1997 UK No.1 single 'Barbie Girl'). | |
1988, Born on this day, American musician Brittany Howard, best known as lead vocalist and guitarist of Alabama Shakes and Thunderbitch. Their second record, Sound & Color, released in 2015 debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200, and won four Grammy Awards. |
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Article 5
Το πολυτελές σπίτι του Παύλου και της Μαρί Σαντάλ
Πώς είναι το πριγκιπικό σπίτι του Παύλου και της Μαρί Σαντάλ στο Λονδίνο; Μετά τη στάση τους στη Νέα Υόρκη, ο Παύλος και η Μαρί Σαντάλ εγκαταστάθηκαν μόνιμα στο Λονδίνο.
Αυτό συνέβη ώστε να δώσουν μια ευρωπαϊκή παιδεία στα 5 παιδιά τους αλλά και να είναι κοντά στους γονείς του Παύλου, τον πρώην βασιλιά Κωνσταντίνο και την Άννα Μαρία. Όπως ήταν φυσικό το σπίτι τους δεν θα μπορούσε να είναι κατώτερο της βασιλικής καταγωγής τους!
Ο designer Francois Catroux επιμελήθηκε τους χώρους της έπαυλης με χαρακτηριστική την επιρροή ελληνικών μοτίβων στα έπιπλα, όπως αυτή η πολυθρόνα στο σαλόνι της οικίας.
Ένας εντυπωσιακός καθρέφτης από χρυσό υποδέχεται τους ένοικους και τους καλεσμένους στο χολ της οικίας του πριγκηπικού ζεύγους.
Το family room του σπιτιού ξεφεύγει από το αυστηρό πρωτόκολλο με τόνους μοντέρνου. Το καφέ «σπάει» από τον κίτρινο πίνακα με αφηρημένη τέχνη.
Το περίτεχνο φωτιστικό δεσπόζει και είναι η μοναδική «παραφωνία» στη γεωμετρικά λιτή, κυκλική τραπεζαρία.
Δύο από τα παιδιά της οικογένειας παίζουν στον κήπο της οικίας. Η πρόσοψη εντυπωσιάζει με το μέγεθός της και τα χαρακτηριστικά υλικά των παλιών λονδρέζικων κατοικιών.
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ΘΕΑΤΡΙΚΟ ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙ ΣΤΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ
Καλή σας ημέρα,
Ο Μικρός Βορράς δραστηριοποιείται στο παιδικό θέατρο από το 2011 και από το 2015 στο θέατρο για νέους, πάντα με την καλλιτεχνική διεύθυνση και σκηνοθεσία του δοκιμασμένου στο παιδικό και εφηβικό θέατρο, Τάσου Ράτζου.
Φέτος, εγκαινιάζουμε ένα Θεατρικό Εργαστήρι κυρίως για εκπαιδευτικούς όλων των βαθμίδων αλλά και για όσους αγαπούν το θέατρο και θέλουν να οξύνουν το δημιουργικό τους πνεύμα.
Παρακαλούμε προς αναδημοσίευση του υλικού μας.
Σε περίπτωση αναδημοσίευσης, παρακαλώ γνωστοποιείστε το σε εμάς, ώστε κι εμείς με τη σειρά μας να το προωθήσουμε στη σελίδα μας στο FB και στο επίσημο blog της Εταιρείας Θεάτρου, "Μικρός Βορράς".
Είμαστε στη διάθεσή σας για οποιαδήποτε διευκρίνιση χρειαστείτε.
Σας ευχαριστούμε πολύ.
Για τον Μικρό Βορρά,
Τατιάνα Νικολαΐδου,
Υπεύθυνη προώθησης κι επικοινωνίας για το Θεατρικό Εργαστήρι.
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Απολαύστε τον καφέ ή το ποτό σας εν πλω
Το καινούργιο τουριστικό σκάφος «Θεσσαλονίκη», ξεκίνησε τις
περιηγήσεις του στον Θερμαϊκό .
Το επιβατικό - τουριστικό σκάφος «Θεσσαλονίκη» (Passenger Professional Pleasure Ship) είναι ελληνικής κατασκευής, έχει μήκος 30 μ., έχει ναυπηγηθεί με υψηλές προδιαγραφές ασφαλείας. Διαθέτει δύο (2) καταστρώματα φιλοξενίας επιβατών (ένα κλειστό και ένα ανοιχτό), συνολικής χωρητικότητας 250 επιβατών.
Το επιβατικό - τουριστικό σκάφος «Θεσσαλονίκη» διαθέτει ένα κλειστό σαλόνι και ένα roof sun deck.
Το κλειστό σαλόνι του σκάφους είναι πλήρως κλιματιζόμενο (χειμώνα- καλοκαίρι). Εντυπωσιάζει τον επισκέπτη για την άνεσή του, την πανοραμική θέα και τον πρωτοποριακό φωτισμό του.
Τα ίδια χαρακτηριστικά άνεσης βρίσκει ο επισκέπτης και στο roof sun deck.
Στο επιβατικό - τουριστικό σκάφος «Θεσσαλονίκη» ο επισκέπτης μπορεί να απολαύσει τον καφέ ή το ποτό του, να ακούσει υπέροχη μουσική, απολαμβάνοντας την πανοραμική θέα της πόλης, είτε το σκάφος βρίσκεται δεμένο ακριβώς πίσω από το Βασιλικό Θέατρο, είτε με τις βόλτες στον Θερμαϊκό .
Το τουριστικό σκάφος «Θεσσαλονίκη» μπορεί να διατεθεί για μια ευρεία γκάμα εκδηλώσεων όπως city sightseeing tours, incetives / gala/ events, θεματικό τουρισμό, δεξιώσεις – parties γάμων, γενεθλίων.
Το καινούργιο τουριστικό σκάφος «Θεσσαλονίκη», ξεκίνησε τις
περιηγήσεις του στον Θερμαϊκό .
Το επιβατικό - τουριστικό σκάφος «Θεσσαλονίκη» (Passenger Professional Pleasure Ship) είναι ελληνικής κατασκευής, έχει μήκος 30 μ., έχει ναυπηγηθεί με υψηλές προδιαγραφές ασφαλείας. Διαθέτει δύο (2) καταστρώματα φιλοξενίας επιβατών (ένα κλειστό και ένα ανοιχτό), συνολικής χωρητικότητας 250 επιβατών.
Το επιβατικό - τουριστικό σκάφος «Θεσσαλονίκη» διαθέτει ένα κλειστό σαλόνι και ένα roof sun deck.
Το κλειστό σαλόνι του σκάφους είναι πλήρως κλιματιζόμενο (χειμώνα- καλοκαίρι). Εντυπωσιάζει τον επισκέπτη για την άνεσή του, την πανοραμική θέα και τον πρωτοποριακό φωτισμό του.
Τα ίδια χαρακτηριστικά άνεσης βρίσκει ο επισκέπτης και στο roof sun deck.
Στο επιβατικό - τουριστικό σκάφος «Θεσσαλονίκη» ο επισκέπτης μπορεί να απολαύσει τον καφέ ή το ποτό του, να ακούσει υπέροχη μουσική, απολαμβάνοντας την πανοραμική θέα της πόλης, είτε το σκάφος βρίσκεται δεμένο ακριβώς πίσω από το Βασιλικό Θέατρο, είτε με τις βόλτες στον Θερμαϊκό .
Το τουριστικό σκάφος «Θεσσαλονίκη» μπορεί να διατεθεί για μια ευρεία γκάμα εκδηλώσεων όπως city sightseeing tours, incetives / gala/ events, θεματικό τουρισμό, δεξιώσεις – parties γάμων, γενεθλίων.
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Τα 10 ακριβότερα κρασιά του κόσμου
Αυτή είναι η λίστα με τα 10 ακριβότερα κρασιά του κόσμου σύμφωνα με το wine searcher. Είναι σημαντικό να σημειωθεί, ωστόσο, ότι αυτά δεν είναι τα πιο ακριβά μεμονωμένα κρασιά στον κόσμο. Ο κατάλογος αυτός βασίζεται στις μέσες τιμές για τους οίνους που είναι εισηγμένοι στον Wine-Searcher, οι οποίοι διαθέτουν τουλάχιστον τέσσερις διαθέσιμες ετικέτες και διατίθενται από περισσότερους του ενός εμπόρους, αποκλειομένων των πλειστηριασμών και των one-off φιαλών.↧
ΣΗΜΕΡΑ-3 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ
1226: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 44 ετών ο ’Αγιος Φραγκίσκος της Ασίζης, προστάτης των ζώων και του περιβάλλοντος και ιδρυτής του τάγματος των Φραγκισκανών.
1789: ο Αμερικανός Πρόεδρος Τζόρτζ Ουάσιγκτον κηρύσσει την πρώτη Ημέρα των Ευχαριστιών.
1800: "γεννιέται ο ιστορικός Τζορτζ Μπάνκροφτ, ο ""πατέρας""της αμερικανικής ιστορίας."
1863: ο Αβραάμ Λίνκολν αποφασίζει τον εορτασμό της Ημέρας των Ευχαριστιών την τελευταία Πέμπτη του Νοέμβρη.
1866: θεμελιώνεται το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Αθηνών.
1898: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός σκηνοθέτης Λίο ΜακΚάρι, που ανέδειξε το ντουέτο του Χοντρού - Λιγνού.
1900: γεννιέται ο διάσημος Αμερικανός συγγραφέας Τόμας Γουλφ.
1901: η Τουρκία αγοράζει από τη Γερμανία έξι νέα τορπιλοβόλα.
1903: η όγδοη εβδομάδα απεργίας των ανθρακωρύχων στο Κολοράντο των ΗΠΑ στοιχίζει 2,5 εκ. δολάρια στην ολική παραγωγή.
1904: στη Νοτιοδυτική Αφρική, ο επικεφαλής της φυλής των Οτεντότων, για να αποφύγει τον αφοπλισμό του, κηρύττει πόλεμο εναντίον των Γερμανών αποίκων.
1910: η ελληνική κυβέρνηση διαπραγματεύεται την αγορά δύο νέων θωρηκτών.
1910: οι Βρετανοί κωμικοί Τσάρλι Τσάπλιν και Σταν Λόρελ φτάνουν στις ΗΠΑ για περιοδεία με βρετανικό θίασο. Στη συνέχεια, και οι δύο θα γίνουν σταρ του βωβού κινηματογράφου.
1911: ανησυχίες από τις τουρκικές κινητοποιήσεις στα ελληνοτουρκικά σύνορα. Η ελληνική κυβέρνηση εφιστά την προσοχή των Μεγάλων Δυνάμεων.
1912: η Ελλάδα, η Σερβία, η Βουλγαρία και το Μαυροβούνιο ζητούν επίμονα την εντός τριών ημερών παραχώρηση αυτονομίας στη Μακεδονία, την Αλβανία και τη Σερβία.
1915: η κυβέρνηση του Αλέξανδρου Ζαΐμη απορρίπτει πρόταση της Αγγλίας για ενσωμάτωση της Κύπρου στην Ελλάδα.
1919: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός οικονομολόγος Τζέιμς Μπιουκάναν, βραβευμένος με Νόμπελ Οικονομίας.
1919: ο ελληνικός στρατός εισέρχεται στην Ξάνθη, όπου τον υποδέχονται με φρενίτιδα ενθουσιασμού οι κάτοικοι, ενώ οι Βούλγαροι αρχίζουν να αποχωρούν χωρίς επεισόδια.
1920: δεν υπάρχει πια ελπίδα σωτηρίας για τον βασιλιά της Ελλάδας Αλέξανδρο, που μολύνθηκε από δάγκωμα πιθήκου. Το υπουργικό συμβούλιο συζητά το θέμα της διαδοχής του.
1920: δημιουργείται το NFL (μετέπειτα American Pro Football Association) και παίζονται τα πρώτα παιχνίδια.
1922: η Ρεμπέκα Φέλτον γίνεται η πρώτη γυναίκα γερουσιαστής στην ιστορία των ΗΠΑ.
1924: ο σχηματισμός νέας κυβέρνησης ανατίθεται στον Ανδρέα Μιχαλακόπουλο. Κατά τη διάρκεια της πρωθυπουργίας του, λύθηκε το πρόβλημα της ύδρευσης της Αθήνας, κατόπιν συμφωνίας με την ΟΥΛΕΝ και την κατασκευή του φράγματος του Μαραθώνα. Επίσης συνήφθη το πρώτο προσφυγικό δάνειο.
1929: η επίσημη ονομασία των βασιλείων Σερβίας, Κροατίας και Σλοβενίας μετατρέπεται σε Γιουγκοσλαβία.
1931: φθάνει στην Αθήνα ο Τούρκος πρωθυπουργός Ισμέτ Ινονού με την ακολουθία του.
1932: το Ιράκ, μετά την απόκτηση της αυτονομίας του, γίνεται μέλος της Κοινωνίας των Εθνών.
1935: η Ιταλία εισβάλει στην Αιθιοπία.
1938: γεννιέται ο Έντι Κόχραν, Αμερικανός μουσικός του ροκ ΄ν΄ρολ.
1939: παναμερικανική σύσκεψη ορίζει 300 μίλια ζώνη ασφαλείας γύρω από την ήπειρο.
1940: στο Παρίσι, εμφανίζονται για πρώτη φορά αφίσες της Ελεύθερης Γαλλίας του Ντε Γκολ.
1941: ανατινάσσονται στο Παρίσι έξι εβραϊκές συναγωγές.
1941: "γεννιέται ο διάσημος Αμερικανός τραγουδιστής Τσάμπι Τσέκερ, ο δημιουργός του ""The Twist""."
1941: κάνει πρεμιέρα η ταινία το Γεράκι της Μάλτας, με πρωταγωνιστή τον Χάμφρεϊ Μπόγκαρτ.
1942: η Γερμανία δοκιμάζει τον πρώτο πύραυλο V-2.
1942: "με τη νίκη του στο Jockey Club Gold Cup, ο ""Whirlaway""γίνεται το πρώτο άλογο που κερδίζει 500.000 δολάρια."
1944: οι Ναζί με την αποχώρησή τους από την Πελοπόννησο ανατινάζουν τη Διώρυγα της Κορίνθου.
1945: ο Έλβις Πρίσλεϊ παίρνει μέρος σε διαγωνισμό ταλέντων, σε ηλικία 10 ετών, κάνοντας την πρώτη δημόσια εμφάνισή του. Καταλαμβάνει τη δεύτερη θέση και λαμβάνει ως έπαθλό 5 δολάρια.
1951: πληροφορίες από το Λευκό Οίκο αναφέρουν ότι η ΕΣΣΔ έχει προχωρήσει στην κατασκευή της δεύτερης ατομικής της βόμβας.
1952: η Βρετανία δοκιμάζει την πρώτη ατομική βόμβα στα παράλια της Αυστραλίας.
1954: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός Στίβι Ρέι Βον, ένας από τους κορυφαίους κιθαρίστες της ροκ. Σκοτώθηκε τον Αύγουστο του 1990 όταν έπεσε το ελικόπτερο στο οποίο επέβαινε.
1966: "ξεκινάει η μετέπειτα ""Αθλητική Κυριακή""ημέρα Δευτέρα με τίτλο ""Ματιές στα Σπορ""με τον Γιάννη Διακογιάννη""στο πειραματικό κανάλι της ΕΙΡ (Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ραδιοφωνίας). Η εκπομπή θα μεταφερθεί αργότερα στη φυσική της θέση την Κυριακή και στην πορεία ο Γιάννης Μαμουζέλος θα αναλάβει την αρχισυνταξία και ο Νίκος Φέξης την σκηνοθεσία. Το σήμα της εκπομπής έχει επιλέξει και επιμεληθεί η Αιμιλία Ρόδη. Το 1983 ο Διακογιάννης αποχωρεί και τον διαδέχονται οι Βαγγέλης Φουντουκίδης, Γιάννης Μαμουζέλος και Δημήτρης Κωνσταντάρας."
1968: "δέκα ημέρες πριν τους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες του Μεξικού, 10.000 άτομα διαδηλώνουν στην ""Πλατεία των 3 Πολιτισμών""ενάντια στους αγώνες. Τα επεισόδια που ξεκίνησαν την προηγούμενη μέρα κορυφώνονται με την επέμβαση του στρατού που καταλήγει σε 260 νεκρούς και 1.200 τραυματίες. Δύο μήνες πριν, στις 30/7/68, έχουν σκοτωθεί 10 άτομα σε συγκρούσεις όταν και τότε είχε επέμβει ο στρατός."
1969: γεννιέται η Αμερικανίδα τραγουδίστρια του συγκροτήματος No Doubt, η Γκουέν Στέφανι.
1971: η Billie Jean King γίνεται η πρώτη επαγγελματίας τενίστρια που κερδίζει 100.000 δολάρια σε έναν χρόνο, κερδίζοντας τον αξίας 4.000 δολαρίων τίτλο του Virginia Slims-Thunderbird Tournament στο Phoenix.
1972: ο Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ Ρίτσαρντ Νίξον και ο σοβιετικός υπουργός Εξωτερικών Αντρέι Γκρομίκο υπογράφουν δυο συμφωνίες για τον περιορισμό των εξοπλισμών.
1981: τερματίζεται η απεργία πείνας Ιρλανδών εθνικιστών στις φυλακές Μέιζ του Μπέλφαστ, μετά από εφτά μήνες και δέκα θανάτους.
1987: ο Γάλλος Michel Pruffer γίνεται ο πιο γρήγορος σκιέρ με 135.26 μίλια την ώρα στο Portillo της Χιλής.
1987: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 77 ετών ο σπουδαίος Γάλλος θεατρικός συγγραφέας Ζαν Ανούιγ.
1990: η Δυτική και η Ανατολική Γερμανία ενοποιούνται και επίσημα, μετά από 45 χρόνια Ψυχρού Πολέμου και χωρισμού.
1991: το Νόμπελ Λογοτεχνίας απονέμεται στη συγγραφέα της Νότιας Αφρικής Ναντίν Γκορντιμέρ, την πρώτη γυναίκα που κερδίζει το Νόμπελ Λογοτεχνίας μετά από 25 χρόνια.
1993: αναζωπυρώνεται η κρίση στη ρωσική πρωτεύουσα όταν 10.000 υποστηρικτές των σκληροπυρηνικών, έγκλειστων στο Κοινοβούλιο, βουλευτών συγκρούονται με δυνάμεις ασφαλείας, με αποτέλεσμα να σκοτωθούν οκτώ άνθρωποι.
1993: σε μια προσπάθεια να συλληφθούν αξιωματικοί του πολέμαρχου Φαράχ Αϊντίντ στο Μογκαντίσου της Σομαλίας, 18 Αμερικανοί στρατιώτες και 2.000 Σομαλοί σκοτώνονται, με αποτέλεσμα την απόσυρση των αμερικανικών δυνάμεων.
1994: στο Βιετνάμ, οι καταστροφικές πλημμύρες προκαλούν το θάνατο 94 ανθρώπων και καταστροφές αξίας 53 εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων.
1994: "το βιβλίο της Ζυράννας Ζατέλη ""Και με το φως του λύκου επανέρχονται""συμπεριλαμβάνεται στα έξι που έφτασαν στην τελική επιλογή για το Ευρωπαϊκό Βραβείο Λογοτεχνίας ""Αριστείον""."
1995: μετά από δίκη 252 ημερών αφήνεται ελεύθερος ο Ο. Τζ. Σίμπσον, ο οποίος κατηγορούνταν για το διπλό φόνο της εν διαστάσει συζύγου του και του φίλου της.
1995: στα Σκόπια, γίνεται απόπειρα δολοφονίας κατά του Προέδρου της ΠΓΔΜ Κίρο Γκλιγκόροφ, ο οποίος τραυματίζεται σοβαρά και υποβάλλεται σε δύο αλλεπάλληλες εγχειρήσεις, ενώ χάνει το δεξί του μάτι.
1996: ο Γάλλος ποδοσφαιριστής Manuel Amoros αναγκάζεται να εγκαταλείψει την ενεργό δράση σε ηλικία 34 ετών λόγω αρθρίτιδας. Στην 10χρονη καριέρα του ως διεθνής συμμετείχε σε δυο τελικούς Παγκοσμίου Κυπέλλου (1982, 1986) και κατέκτησε το Ευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα (1984) όταν η Γαλλία νίκησε την Ισπανία 2-0 στο Παρίσι.
1996: το Νόμπελ Λογοτεχνίας απονέμεται στην Πολωνέζα ποιήτρια Βισλάβα Ζιμπόρσκα, 73 ετών.
1997: η Κυβέρνηση απορρίπτει επισήμως τους τουρκικούς ισχυρισμούς περί διασύνδεσης των ελληνικών μυστικών υπηρεσιών, της 17Ν και των Κούρδων του PKK.
1999: στο 23ο Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα Ρυθμικής Γυμναστικής που ολοκληρώνεται στην Οσάκα της Ιαπωνίας η εθνική ομάδα του ανσάμπλ με τις Ειρήνη Αϊνδηλή, Χαρά Καρυάμη, Εύα Χριστοδούλου, Μαρία Γεωργάτου και ’Αννα Πολλάτου κατακτά το πρώτο χρυσό μετάλλιο στις 10 κορίνες με 19.816 βαθμούς αφήνοντας δεύτερη την Λευκορωσία με 19.766 και τρίτη την Ρωσία με 19.700, το δεύτερο χρυσό στις 3 κορίνες και 2 στεφάνια με 19.833 βαθμούς με δεύτερη την Ρωσία με 19.783 και τρίτη την Λευκορωσία με 19.716 και ένα αργυρό μετάλλιο με 39.466 βαθμούς με πρώτη την ομάδα της Ρωσίας με 39.500. Η 15χρονη Μορφούλα Ντώνα κατατάσσεται 7η στο στεφάνι με 9.800 βαθμούς και 13η στο σύνθετο ατομικό.
2001: πεθαίνει, σε ηλικία 80 ετών, ο δημοφιλής κωμικός Κώστας Χατζηχρήστος.
1789: ο Αμερικανός Πρόεδρος Τζόρτζ Ουάσιγκτον κηρύσσει την πρώτη Ημέρα των Ευχαριστιών.
1800: "γεννιέται ο ιστορικός Τζορτζ Μπάνκροφτ, ο ""πατέρας""της αμερικανικής ιστορίας."
1863: ο Αβραάμ Λίνκολν αποφασίζει τον εορτασμό της Ημέρας των Ευχαριστιών την τελευταία Πέμπτη του Νοέμβρη.
1866: θεμελιώνεται το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Αθηνών.
1898: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός σκηνοθέτης Λίο ΜακΚάρι, που ανέδειξε το ντουέτο του Χοντρού - Λιγνού.
1900: γεννιέται ο διάσημος Αμερικανός συγγραφέας Τόμας Γουλφ.
1901: η Τουρκία αγοράζει από τη Γερμανία έξι νέα τορπιλοβόλα.
1903: η όγδοη εβδομάδα απεργίας των ανθρακωρύχων στο Κολοράντο των ΗΠΑ στοιχίζει 2,5 εκ. δολάρια στην ολική παραγωγή.
1904: στη Νοτιοδυτική Αφρική, ο επικεφαλής της φυλής των Οτεντότων, για να αποφύγει τον αφοπλισμό του, κηρύττει πόλεμο εναντίον των Γερμανών αποίκων.
1910: η ελληνική κυβέρνηση διαπραγματεύεται την αγορά δύο νέων θωρηκτών.
1910: οι Βρετανοί κωμικοί Τσάρλι Τσάπλιν και Σταν Λόρελ φτάνουν στις ΗΠΑ για περιοδεία με βρετανικό θίασο. Στη συνέχεια, και οι δύο θα γίνουν σταρ του βωβού κινηματογράφου.
1911: ανησυχίες από τις τουρκικές κινητοποιήσεις στα ελληνοτουρκικά σύνορα. Η ελληνική κυβέρνηση εφιστά την προσοχή των Μεγάλων Δυνάμεων.
1912: η Ελλάδα, η Σερβία, η Βουλγαρία και το Μαυροβούνιο ζητούν επίμονα την εντός τριών ημερών παραχώρηση αυτονομίας στη Μακεδονία, την Αλβανία και τη Σερβία.
1915: η κυβέρνηση του Αλέξανδρου Ζαΐμη απορρίπτει πρόταση της Αγγλίας για ενσωμάτωση της Κύπρου στην Ελλάδα.
1919: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός οικονομολόγος Τζέιμς Μπιουκάναν, βραβευμένος με Νόμπελ Οικονομίας.
1919: ο ελληνικός στρατός εισέρχεται στην Ξάνθη, όπου τον υποδέχονται με φρενίτιδα ενθουσιασμού οι κάτοικοι, ενώ οι Βούλγαροι αρχίζουν να αποχωρούν χωρίς επεισόδια.
1920: δεν υπάρχει πια ελπίδα σωτηρίας για τον βασιλιά της Ελλάδας Αλέξανδρο, που μολύνθηκε από δάγκωμα πιθήκου. Το υπουργικό συμβούλιο συζητά το θέμα της διαδοχής του.
1920: δημιουργείται το NFL (μετέπειτα American Pro Football Association) και παίζονται τα πρώτα παιχνίδια.
1922: η Ρεμπέκα Φέλτον γίνεται η πρώτη γυναίκα γερουσιαστής στην ιστορία των ΗΠΑ.
1924: ο σχηματισμός νέας κυβέρνησης ανατίθεται στον Ανδρέα Μιχαλακόπουλο. Κατά τη διάρκεια της πρωθυπουργίας του, λύθηκε το πρόβλημα της ύδρευσης της Αθήνας, κατόπιν συμφωνίας με την ΟΥΛΕΝ και την κατασκευή του φράγματος του Μαραθώνα. Επίσης συνήφθη το πρώτο προσφυγικό δάνειο.
1929: η επίσημη ονομασία των βασιλείων Σερβίας, Κροατίας και Σλοβενίας μετατρέπεται σε Γιουγκοσλαβία.
1931: φθάνει στην Αθήνα ο Τούρκος πρωθυπουργός Ισμέτ Ινονού με την ακολουθία του.
1932: το Ιράκ, μετά την απόκτηση της αυτονομίας του, γίνεται μέλος της Κοινωνίας των Εθνών.
1935: η Ιταλία εισβάλει στην Αιθιοπία.
1938: γεννιέται ο Έντι Κόχραν, Αμερικανός μουσικός του ροκ ΄ν΄ρολ.
1939: παναμερικανική σύσκεψη ορίζει 300 μίλια ζώνη ασφαλείας γύρω από την ήπειρο.
1940: στο Παρίσι, εμφανίζονται για πρώτη φορά αφίσες της Ελεύθερης Γαλλίας του Ντε Γκολ.
1941: ανατινάσσονται στο Παρίσι έξι εβραϊκές συναγωγές.
1941: "γεννιέται ο διάσημος Αμερικανός τραγουδιστής Τσάμπι Τσέκερ, ο δημιουργός του ""The Twist""."
1941: κάνει πρεμιέρα η ταινία το Γεράκι της Μάλτας, με πρωταγωνιστή τον Χάμφρεϊ Μπόγκαρτ.
1942: η Γερμανία δοκιμάζει τον πρώτο πύραυλο V-2.
1942: "με τη νίκη του στο Jockey Club Gold Cup, ο ""Whirlaway""γίνεται το πρώτο άλογο που κερδίζει 500.000 δολάρια."
1944: οι Ναζί με την αποχώρησή τους από την Πελοπόννησο ανατινάζουν τη Διώρυγα της Κορίνθου.
1945: ο Έλβις Πρίσλεϊ παίρνει μέρος σε διαγωνισμό ταλέντων, σε ηλικία 10 ετών, κάνοντας την πρώτη δημόσια εμφάνισή του. Καταλαμβάνει τη δεύτερη θέση και λαμβάνει ως έπαθλό 5 δολάρια.
1951: πληροφορίες από το Λευκό Οίκο αναφέρουν ότι η ΕΣΣΔ έχει προχωρήσει στην κατασκευή της δεύτερης ατομικής της βόμβας.
1952: η Βρετανία δοκιμάζει την πρώτη ατομική βόμβα στα παράλια της Αυστραλίας.
1954: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός Στίβι Ρέι Βον, ένας από τους κορυφαίους κιθαρίστες της ροκ. Σκοτώθηκε τον Αύγουστο του 1990 όταν έπεσε το ελικόπτερο στο οποίο επέβαινε.
1966: "ξεκινάει η μετέπειτα ""Αθλητική Κυριακή""ημέρα Δευτέρα με τίτλο ""Ματιές στα Σπορ""με τον Γιάννη Διακογιάννη""στο πειραματικό κανάλι της ΕΙΡ (Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ραδιοφωνίας). Η εκπομπή θα μεταφερθεί αργότερα στη φυσική της θέση την Κυριακή και στην πορεία ο Γιάννης Μαμουζέλος θα αναλάβει την αρχισυνταξία και ο Νίκος Φέξης την σκηνοθεσία. Το σήμα της εκπομπής έχει επιλέξει και επιμεληθεί η Αιμιλία Ρόδη. Το 1983 ο Διακογιάννης αποχωρεί και τον διαδέχονται οι Βαγγέλης Φουντουκίδης, Γιάννης Μαμουζέλος και Δημήτρης Κωνσταντάρας."
1968: "δέκα ημέρες πριν τους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες του Μεξικού, 10.000 άτομα διαδηλώνουν στην ""Πλατεία των 3 Πολιτισμών""ενάντια στους αγώνες. Τα επεισόδια που ξεκίνησαν την προηγούμενη μέρα κορυφώνονται με την επέμβαση του στρατού που καταλήγει σε 260 νεκρούς και 1.200 τραυματίες. Δύο μήνες πριν, στις 30/7/68, έχουν σκοτωθεί 10 άτομα σε συγκρούσεις όταν και τότε είχε επέμβει ο στρατός."
1969: γεννιέται η Αμερικανίδα τραγουδίστρια του συγκροτήματος No Doubt, η Γκουέν Στέφανι.
1971: η Billie Jean King γίνεται η πρώτη επαγγελματίας τενίστρια που κερδίζει 100.000 δολάρια σε έναν χρόνο, κερδίζοντας τον αξίας 4.000 δολαρίων τίτλο του Virginia Slims-Thunderbird Tournament στο Phoenix.
1972: ο Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ Ρίτσαρντ Νίξον και ο σοβιετικός υπουργός Εξωτερικών Αντρέι Γκρομίκο υπογράφουν δυο συμφωνίες για τον περιορισμό των εξοπλισμών.
1981: τερματίζεται η απεργία πείνας Ιρλανδών εθνικιστών στις φυλακές Μέιζ του Μπέλφαστ, μετά από εφτά μήνες και δέκα θανάτους.
1987: ο Γάλλος Michel Pruffer γίνεται ο πιο γρήγορος σκιέρ με 135.26 μίλια την ώρα στο Portillo της Χιλής.
1987: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 77 ετών ο σπουδαίος Γάλλος θεατρικός συγγραφέας Ζαν Ανούιγ.
1990: η Δυτική και η Ανατολική Γερμανία ενοποιούνται και επίσημα, μετά από 45 χρόνια Ψυχρού Πολέμου και χωρισμού.
1991: το Νόμπελ Λογοτεχνίας απονέμεται στη συγγραφέα της Νότιας Αφρικής Ναντίν Γκορντιμέρ, την πρώτη γυναίκα που κερδίζει το Νόμπελ Λογοτεχνίας μετά από 25 χρόνια.
1993: αναζωπυρώνεται η κρίση στη ρωσική πρωτεύουσα όταν 10.000 υποστηρικτές των σκληροπυρηνικών, έγκλειστων στο Κοινοβούλιο, βουλευτών συγκρούονται με δυνάμεις ασφαλείας, με αποτέλεσμα να σκοτωθούν οκτώ άνθρωποι.
1993: σε μια προσπάθεια να συλληφθούν αξιωματικοί του πολέμαρχου Φαράχ Αϊντίντ στο Μογκαντίσου της Σομαλίας, 18 Αμερικανοί στρατιώτες και 2.000 Σομαλοί σκοτώνονται, με αποτέλεσμα την απόσυρση των αμερικανικών δυνάμεων.
1994: στο Βιετνάμ, οι καταστροφικές πλημμύρες προκαλούν το θάνατο 94 ανθρώπων και καταστροφές αξίας 53 εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων.
1994: "το βιβλίο της Ζυράννας Ζατέλη ""Και με το φως του λύκου επανέρχονται""συμπεριλαμβάνεται στα έξι που έφτασαν στην τελική επιλογή για το Ευρωπαϊκό Βραβείο Λογοτεχνίας ""Αριστείον""."
1995: μετά από δίκη 252 ημερών αφήνεται ελεύθερος ο Ο. Τζ. Σίμπσον, ο οποίος κατηγορούνταν για το διπλό φόνο της εν διαστάσει συζύγου του και του φίλου της.
1995: στα Σκόπια, γίνεται απόπειρα δολοφονίας κατά του Προέδρου της ΠΓΔΜ Κίρο Γκλιγκόροφ, ο οποίος τραυματίζεται σοβαρά και υποβάλλεται σε δύο αλλεπάλληλες εγχειρήσεις, ενώ χάνει το δεξί του μάτι.
1996: ο Γάλλος ποδοσφαιριστής Manuel Amoros αναγκάζεται να εγκαταλείψει την ενεργό δράση σε ηλικία 34 ετών λόγω αρθρίτιδας. Στην 10χρονη καριέρα του ως διεθνής συμμετείχε σε δυο τελικούς Παγκοσμίου Κυπέλλου (1982, 1986) και κατέκτησε το Ευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα (1984) όταν η Γαλλία νίκησε την Ισπανία 2-0 στο Παρίσι.
1996: το Νόμπελ Λογοτεχνίας απονέμεται στην Πολωνέζα ποιήτρια Βισλάβα Ζιμπόρσκα, 73 ετών.
1997: η Κυβέρνηση απορρίπτει επισήμως τους τουρκικούς ισχυρισμούς περί διασύνδεσης των ελληνικών μυστικών υπηρεσιών, της 17Ν και των Κούρδων του PKK.
1999: στο 23ο Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα Ρυθμικής Γυμναστικής που ολοκληρώνεται στην Οσάκα της Ιαπωνίας η εθνική ομάδα του ανσάμπλ με τις Ειρήνη Αϊνδηλή, Χαρά Καρυάμη, Εύα Χριστοδούλου, Μαρία Γεωργάτου και ’Αννα Πολλάτου κατακτά το πρώτο χρυσό μετάλλιο στις 10 κορίνες με 19.816 βαθμούς αφήνοντας δεύτερη την Λευκορωσία με 19.766 και τρίτη την Ρωσία με 19.700, το δεύτερο χρυσό στις 3 κορίνες και 2 στεφάνια με 19.833 βαθμούς με δεύτερη την Ρωσία με 19.783 και τρίτη την Λευκορωσία με 19.716 και ένα αργυρό μετάλλιο με 39.466 βαθμούς με πρώτη την ομάδα της Ρωσίας με 39.500. Η 15χρονη Μορφούλα Ντώνα κατατάσσεται 7η στο στεφάνι με 9.800 βαθμούς και 13η στο σύνθετο ατομικό.
2001: πεθαίνει, σε ηλικία 80 ετών, ο δημοφιλής κωμικός Κώστας Χατζηχρήστος.
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC
October 3rd: On this Day | |
1945, Elvis Presley made his first ever-public appearance in a talent contest at the Mississippi Alabama Dairy Show singing 'Old Shep', Elvis was 10 years old at the time and came second. | |
1958, The Biggest Show Of Stars 1958 Tour kicked off at the Worcester Auditorium in Worcester, Massachusetts. This Autumn Edition featured; Buddy Holly, Frankie Avalon, Bobby Darin, The Olympics, Dion & The Belmonts, Bobby Freeman, The Elegants, Jimmy Clanton, The Danleers, Duane Eddy, Clyde McPhatter and The Coasters. | |
1967, American singer, songwriter Woody Guthrie died after suffering from Huntington's Chorea disease. Guthrie was a major influence on Bob Dylan and American folk music. The 70's film 'Bound For Glory' is based on his life. His best-known song is 'This Land Is Your Land', which is regularly sung in American schools. | |
1968, Working at Trident Studios in London, The Beatles recorded the new George Harrison song ‘Savoy Truffle’. George, Paul, and Ringo recorded just one take of the basic track (drums, bass, and lead guitar). The song was inspired by Eric Clapton'slove of chocolates, particularly Mackintosh's Good News. | |
1978, The members of Aerosmith bailed thirty fans out of jail after they were arrested for smoking pot during an Aerosmith concert at Fort Wayne Coliseum. | |
1987, M/A/R/S were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Pump Up The Volume.' The first British-made house hit heavily sampled other recordings which resulted in litigation. | |
1991, M.C. Hammer offered a $50000 reward for the return of Michael Jackson'swhite glove, which had been stolen from the Motown Museum. This was part of an on-going battle between Hammer and Michael Jackson. | |
1991, Texas governor Ann Richards proclaimed October 3, Stevie Ray Vaughan, (Stevie Ray Vaughan's birthday), to be "Stevie Ray Vaughan Day". An annual motorcycle ride and concert in Central Texas benefits the Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial Scholarship Fund. | |
1992, Sinead O'Connor ripped up a photograph of Pope John Paul II, on the US TV show 'Saturday Night Live', as a protest over sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church. The incident happened as Sinead ended her live performance and out of nowhere, produced a photograph of Pope John Paul II, which she ripped into pieces. There was stunned silence in the studio and the station went to a commercial. NBC was fined $2.5 million dollars by the Federal Communications Commission. | |
1999, Akio Morita the founder of Sony electronics died aged 78. The 1979 Sony Walkman transformed both Sony and consumers across the world. | |
1999, Tom Jones went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Reload', making the singer the oldest artist to score a UK No.1 album with new material. The album featured the collaboration with Mousse T, 'Sexbomb', which reached No.3 on the UK Singles Chart, and was later used in an episode of The Simpsons. | |
2000, The Cars singer and bass player Benjamin Orr died of cancer at home in Atlanta at the age of 53. Sang lead vocals on the bands hits ‘Just What I Needed’, ‘Let's Go’ and ‘Drive’. | |
2000, John Lennon's assassin Mark Chapman was denied parole after serving 20 years in prison. Chapman was interviewed for 50 minutes by parole board members who concluded that releasing Chapman would 'deprecate the seriousness of the crime.' | |
2002, Original guitarist, vocalist from American psychedelic rock band Iron ButterflyDarryl DeLoach died of liver cancer at the age of 56. | |
2004, UK singer Joss Stone scored her first UK No.1 album with her second release Mind Body & Soul. Stone became the youngest female singer to top the UK Albums Chart, a record previously held by Avril Lavigne. | |
2008, Singer, producer and songwriter Johnny J (Johnny Jackson) died after jumping from a tier in a Los Angeles jail while serving a sentence for driving under the influence. He produced Tupac Shakur's albums All Eyez on Me and Me Against the World, as well as many of Shakur's subsequent posthumous albums and Candyman. | |
2011, According to new scientific research, Queen's 'We Are The Champions' was found to be the catchiest song ever written. Musicologist Dr Alisun Pawley from the University of London, England, conducted research into what makes a song memorable and compiled a list of the ten "catchiest" songs of all time. During the research, they discovered that sing-along songs contained four key elements: long and detailed musical phrases, multiple pitch changes in a song's 'hook', male vocalists, and higher male voices making a noticeable vocal effort. Y.M.C.A. by the Village People, Sum 41's Fat Lip, and Europe's The Final Countdown were also in the list. | |
2013, The family of Michael Jackson lost a negligence case against concert promoters AEG Live over the death of the 50-year-old pop star. A jury concluded the doctor looking after Jackson ahead of his concert tour was not unfit for his job - and so AEG had not been negligent in hiring him. Jackson died in 2009 after taking an overdose of a surgical anaesthetic. | |
2014, A mint-condition copy of The Beatles' Please Please Me album, signed by George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Ringo Starr sold for $36,655 at an auction held in the US. | |
October 3rd: Born on this day | |
1938, Born on this day, Eddie Cochran, singer, (1958 US No. 8 single 'Summertime Blues', 1960 UK No.1 single 'Three Steps To Heaven'). Cochran was killed in a car crash on 17th April 1960 aged 21 while on tour in the United Kingdom. Songwriter Sharon Sheeley and singer Gene Vincent who were also in the car both survived the crash. | |
1941, Born on this day, Chubby Checker, US singer, (Ernest Evans), 1960 US No.1 & UK No.14 single 'The Twist', 1962 UK No.2 single 'Let's Twist Again'). 'The Twist' is the only song to go to number 1 on the US singles charts twice. Once in 1960 and again in 1962. | |
1945, Born on this day, Antonio Martinez, Los Bravos, (1966 UK No.2 & US No.4 single 'Black Is Black'). First Spanish rock band to have a UK & US hit single. | |
1946, Born on this day, American soul singer, PP Arnold who was a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. She scored several hits including the original version of the Cat Stevens song 'The First Cut Is the Deepest' and later released singles produced by Barry Gibb. As a session singer Arnold has worked with Eric Clapton and Roger Waters. | |
1947, Born on this day, American trumpet player, Ben Cauley, vocalist, songwriter, and founding member of the Stax recording group, The Bar-Kays. He was the only survivor of the 1967 plane crash that claimed the lives of soul singer Otis Reddingand four members of the Bar-Kays. Cauley died on 21st Sept 2015. | |
1949, Born on this day, Lindsey Buckingham guitar, vocals, Fleetwood Mac, (1987 UK No.5 single 'Little Lies' and 1977 US No.1 single 'Dreams' from world wide No.1 album 'Rumours'). Buckingham was one half of the duo, Buckingham Nicks and aside from his tenure with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham has also released six solo albums and three live albums. | |
1950, Born on this day, Ronnie Laws, sax, Earth Wind and Fire, (1975 US No.1 single 'Shining Star', 1979 UK No.4 single 'After The Love Has Gone'). | |
1954, Born on this day, Stevie Ray Vaughan, guitarist. He was killed in a helicopter crash on August 27th 1990. His family successfully sued the operators of the company for allowing an unqualified pilot to fly in fog and were awarded $2 million (£1.2 million). Vaughan played guitar on David Bowie's Let's Dance album. | |
1960, Born on this day, Gail Greenwood bass, Belly, (1993 UK No. 23 single 'Feed The Tree'). | |
1961, Born on this day, Robbie Jaymes, Modern, Romance, (1982 UK No.4 single 'Best Years Of Our Lives'). | |
1962, Born on this day, Tommy Lee, drummer and founding member of Motley Crue, (1988 UK No.23 single 'You're All I Need'& 1989 US No.1 & UK No.4 album 'Dr Feelgood'). Lee also founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects. He has been married to model Elaine Starchuk and actresses Heather Locklear and Pamela Anderson. | |
1969, Born on this day, Gwen Stefani, vocalist with No Doubt, (1997 UK No.1 single with ‘Don’t Speak’ and a 1997 No.1 US album 'Tragic Kingdom'). As a solo artist (2005 US No.1 single 'Hollaback Girl’ from the 2004 worldwide 2004 Top 5 album 'Love, Angel, Music, Baby'). | |
1971, Born on this day, Kevin Richardson, singer, Backstreet Boys, (1997 US No.2 single 'Quit playing Games With My Heart', 1999 UK No.1 single 'I Want It That Way'). | |
1975, Born on this day, India Arie Simpson, American soul, R&B singer, songwriter, (2006 US No.1 album Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship'). | |
1978, Born on this day, Jake Shears, (Jason Sellards), vocals, Scissor Sisters, (2004 UK No.1 self-titled album, 2004 UK No. 12 single ‘Laura’). | |
1983, Born on this day, Danny O'Donoghue, singer-songwriter, The Script. 2008 UK No.1 self-titled album. Was a coach on the television singing talent show The Voice UK. | |
1984, Born on this day, Ashlee Simpson, US singer, (2004 US No.1 album ‘Autobiography’). |
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EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST 3/10
- 2457 BC – Gaecheonjeol, the date when Hwanung (환웅) descended from heaven to live with mankind, celebrated as South Korea's National Foundation Day.
- 52 BC – Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and Battle of Alesia.
- 42 BC – First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight a decisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius.
- 382 – Roman Emperor Theodosius I concludes a peace treaty with the Goths and settles them in the Balkans in exchange for military service.
- 1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, is the first nobleman to be executed by hanging, drawing and quartering.
- 1392 – Muhammed VII becomes the twelfth sultan of the Emirate of Granada.
- 1574 – The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen.
- 1683 – The Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan (under the Kingdom of Tungning) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu.
- 1712 – The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
- 1739 – The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War, 1736–39.
- 1789 – George Washington makes the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the US
- 1795 – Slave rebel leader Tula executed in Curaçao
- 1835 – The Staedtler company is founded in Nuremberg, Germany.
- 1849 – American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.
- 1863 – The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by United States President Abraham Lincoln as are Thursdays, November 30, 1865 and November 29, 1866.
- 1872 – The Bloomingdale brothers open their first store at 938 Third Avenue, New York City.
- 1873 – Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War.
- 1912 – U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels under the command of Benjamín Zeledón at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
- 1918 – King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
- 1919 – Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series.
- 1929 – The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".
- 1930 – The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded following a split in DSAP in Łódź.
- 1932 – Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1935 – Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia under General de Bono.
- 1942 – Spaceflight: The first successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. It is the first man-made object to reach space.
- 1949 – WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
- 1950 – Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San, primarily pitting Australian and British forces against communist China, begins.
- 1952 – The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
- 1957 – The California State Superior Court rules that Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
- 1962 – Project Mercury: Sigma 7 is launched from Cape Canaveral, with astronaut Wally Schirra aboard, for a six-orbit, nine-hour flight.
- 1963 – A violent coup in Honduras pre-empts the October 13 election, ends a period of reform, and begins two decades of military rule.
- 1981 – The hunger strike by Provisional Irish Republican Army and Irish National Liberation Army prisoners at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
- 1985 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight. (Mission STS-51-J).
- 1986 – TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories, is officially opened.
- 1990 – German reunification: The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist and its territory becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany. East German citizens became part of the European Community, which later became the European Union. Now celebrated as German Unity Day.
- 1993 – Battle of Mogadishu: A firefight occurs during a failed attempt to capture key officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organisation in Mogadishu, Somalia, costing the lives of 18 American soldiers, and over 350 Somalis.
- 1995 – O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
- 2008 – The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
- 2009 – The presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey sign the Nakhchivan Agreement on the Establishment of Turkic Council.
- 2013 – At least 134 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa.
- 2015 – Forty-two killed and 33 missing in Kunduz hospital airstrike operated by Médecins Sans Frontières.
Births[edit]
- 85 BC – Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (d. 42 BC)
- 1292 – Eleanor de Clare, English noblewoman (d. 1337)
- 1390 – Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1447)
- 1458 – Saint Casimir, Prince of Poland and Duke of Lithuania (d. 1484)
- 1554 – Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet (d. 1628)
- 1610 – Gabriel Lalemant, French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)
- 1631 – Sebastian Anton Scherer, German organist and composer (d. 1712)
- 1713 – Antoine Dauvergne, French violinist and composer (d. 1797)
- 1716 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1781)
- 1720 – Johann Uz, German poet and judge (d. 1796)
- 1790 – John Ross, American tribal chief (d. 1866)
- 1797 – Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870)
- 1800 – George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1891)
- 1804 – Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (d. 1878)
- 1804 – Allan Kardec, French author, translator, and educator (d. 1869)
- 1828 – Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (d. 1897)
- 1837 – Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (d. 1885)
- 1846 – James Jackson Putnam, American neurologist and academic (d. 1918)
- 1848 – Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (d. 1929)
- 1858 – Eleonora Duse, Italian-American actress (d. 1924)
- 1862 – Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1902)
- 1863 – Pyotr Kozlov, Russian archaeologist and explorer (d. 1935)
- 1865 – Gustave Loiseau, French painter (d. 1935)
- 1867 – Pierre Bonnard, French painter (d. 1947)
- 1869 – Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1942)
- 1879 – Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor and singer (d. 1938)
- 1882 – A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter and academic (d. 1974)
- 1885 – Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970)
- 1886 – Alain-Fournier, French soldier, author, and critic (d. 1914)
- 1888 – Wade Boteler, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1943)
- 1889 – Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)
- 1894 – Elmer Robinson, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1982)
- 1894 – Walter Warlimont, German general (d. 1976)
- 1895 – Giovanni Comisso, Italian author and poet (d. 1969)
- 1895 – Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925)
- 1896 – Auvergne Doherty, Australian businesswoman (d. 1961)
- 1896 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and critic (d. 1987)
- 1897 – Louis Aragon, French author and poet (d. 1982)
- 1898 – Leo McCarey, American director and screenwriter (d. 1969)
- 1898 – Adolf Reichwein, German economist and educator (d. 1944)
- 1899 – Gertrude Berg, American actress, screenwriter and producer (d. 1966)
- 1900 – Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (d. 1938)
- 1901 – Jean Grémillon, French director, composer, and screenwriter (d. 1959)
- 1904 – Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (d. 1998)
- 1905 – Tekin Arıburun, Turkish soldier and politician, President of Turkey (d. 1993)
- 1906 – Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (d. 1997)
- 1908 – Johnny Burke, American songwriter (d. 1964)
- 1911 – Michael Hordern, English actor (d. 1995)
- 1915 – Ray Stark, American film producer (d. 2004)
- 1916 – James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
- 1919 – James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
- 1921 – Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1996)
- 1923 – Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Dominica (d. 2004)
- 1924 – Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist (d. 1993)
- 1924 – Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter and coach (d. 2012)
- 1925 – Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2012)
- 1925 – George Wein, American pianist and producer, co-founded the Newport Folk Festival
- 1928 – Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1986)
- 1928 – Edward L. Moyers, American businessman (d. 2006)
- 1928 – Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese academic and politician, 2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General
- 1931 – Glenn Hall, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1932 – Terence English, South African-English surgeon and academic
- 1933 – Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player
- 1934 – Benjamin Boretz, American composer and theorist
- 1934 – Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, Colombian-Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 2015)
- 1934 – Harold Henning, South African golfer (d. 2004)
- 1934 – Simon Nicholson, English sculptor and painter (d. 1990)
- 1935 – Charles Duke, American general, pilot, and astronaut
- 1936 – Steve Reich, American composer
- 1938 – Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1960)
- 1938 – David Hart Dyke, English captain
- 1938 – Jack Hodgins, Canadian author and academic
- 1938 – Dave Obey, American lawyer and politician
- 1939 – Bob Armstrong, American wrestler and trainer
- 1940 – Alan O'Day, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
- 1940 – Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1940 – Mike Troy, American swimmer
- 1941 – Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter
- 1941 – Andrea de Adamich, Italian race car driver and sportscaster
- 1941 – John Elliott, Australian businessman
- 1943 – Jeff Bingaman, American soldier and politician, 25th Attorney General of New Mexico
- 1943 – Baki İlkin, Turkish civil servant and diplomat
- 1944 – Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician and academic
- 1944 – Roy Horn, German-American magician and actor
- 1945 – Tony Brown, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1945 – Christopher Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
- 1945 – Jo Ritzen, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Education
- 1946 – P. P. Arnold, American soul singer
- 1947 – John Perry Barlow, American poet, songwriter, blogger, and activist
- 1947 – Ben Cauley, American trumpet player and songwriter (d. 2015)
- 1947 – Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (d. 2015)
- 1947 – Anne Dorte of Rosenborg (d. 2014)
- 1947 – Takis Michalos, Greek water polo player and coach (d. 2010)
- 1949 – Lindsey Buckingham, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1949 – J. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1949 – Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Russian director and screenwriter
- 1949 – Laurie Simmons, American photographer and director
- 1950 – Ronnie Laws, American jazz, R&B, and funk saxophone player
- 1951 – Keb' Mo', American blues musician and songwriter
- 1951 – Kathryn D. Sullivan, American geologist and astronaut
- 1951 – Dave Winfield, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1952 – Bruce Arians, American football coach
- 1952 – Gary Troup, New Zealand cricketer
- 1954 – Eddie DeGarmo, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
- 1954 – Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1954 – Al Sharpton, American minister, talk show host, and political activist
- 1954 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1990)
- 1955 – John S. Lesmeister, American educator and politician, 30th North Dakota State Treasurer (d. 2006)
- 1955 – Allen Woody, American bass player and songwriter (d. 2000)
- 1955 – Buket Uzuner, Turkish author
- 1956 – Hart Bochner, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1957 – Roberto Azevêdo, Brazilian engineer and diplomat, 6th Director-General of the World Trade Organization
- 1957 – Tim Westwood, English radio and television host
- 1958 – Chen Yanyin, Chinese sculptor
- 1958 – Louise Lecavalier, Canadian dancer and choreographer
- 1959 – Craig Bellamy, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1959 – Fred Couples, American golfer
- 1959 – Greg Proops, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1959 – Jack Wagner, American actor and singer
- 1961 – Rebecca Stephens, English journalist and mountaineer
- 1961 – Ludger Stühlmeyer, German cantor, composer, and musicologist
- 1962 – Tommy Lee, Greek-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
- 1962 – Simon Scarrow, Nigerian-English novelist
- 1963 – Benny Anders, American basketball player
- 1963 – Dan Goldie, American tennis player
- 1964 – Clive Owen, English actor
- 1965 – Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch swimmer
- 1965 – Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- 1966 – Darrin Fletcher, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1967 – Rob Liefeld, American author and illustrator
- 1967 – Chris Collingwood, English-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1968 – Paul Crichton, English footballer and manager
- 1968 – Greg Foster, American basketball player and coach
- 1968 – Marko Rajamäki, Finnish footballer and manager
- 1968 – Donald Sild, Estonian javelin thrower
- 1969 – Garry Herbert, English rower and sportscaster
- 1969 – Gwen Stefani, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
- 1969 – Tetsuya, Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
- 1970 – Elmar Liitmaa, Estonian guitarist and songwriter
- 1970 – Jimmy Ray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1971 – Wil Cordero, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
- 1971 – Kevin Richardson, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1972 – Komla Dumor, Ghanaian-English journalist (d. 2014)
- 1972 – G. Love, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player
- 1972 – Guy Oseary, Israeli–American talent manager and businessman
- 1973 – Neve Campbell, Canadian actress and producer
- 1973 – Angélica Gavaldón, American-Mexican tennis player and coach
- 1973 – Lena Headey, British actress
- 1973 – Eirik Hegdal, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
- 1974 – Mike Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1974 – Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
- 1975 – India Arie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1975 – Phil Greening, English rugby player and coach
- 1975 – Satoko Ishimine, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1976 – Herman Li, Hong Kong-English guitarist and producer
- 1976 – Seann William Scott, American actor and producer
- 1977 – Daniel Hollie, American wrestler
- 1977 – Eric Munson, American baseball player and coach
- 1977 – Luca Tognozzi, Italian footballer
- 1978 – Gerald Asamoah, Ghanaian-German footballer
- 1978 – Neil Clement, English footballer
- 1978 – Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
- 1978 – Jake Shears, American singer-songwriter
- 1979 – Josh Klinghoffer, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1979 – John Morrison, American wrestler and actor
- 1979 – Danny O'Donoghue, Irish singer-songwriter and producer
- 1980 – Anquan Boldin, American football player
- 1980 – Sheldon Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 – Lindsey Kelk, English journalist and author
- 1980 – Héctor Reynoso, Mexican footballer
- 1980 – Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer (d. 2013)
- 1981 – Danny Coid, English footballer
- 1981 – Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer
- 1981 – Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer
- 1981 – Matt Sparrow, English footballer
- 1983 – Fred, Brazilian footballer
- 1983 – Thiago Alves, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- 1983 – Andreas Papathanasiou, Cypriot footballer
- 1984 – Yoon Eun-hye, South Korean singer and actress
- 1984 – Bruno Gervais, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 – Jessica Parker Kennedy, Canadian actress
- 1984 – Anthony Le Tallec, French footballer
- 1984 – Ashlee Simpson, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1985 – Courtney Lee, American basketball player
- 1986 – Lewis Brown, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1986 – Jackson Martínez, Colombian footballer
- 1987 – Robert Grabarz, English high jumper
- 1987 – Martin Plowman, English race car driver
- 1988 – Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress
- 1989 – Nate Montana, American football player
- 1989 – Alex Trimble, Irish singer (Two Door Cinema Club )
- 1990 – Johan Le Bon, French cyclist
- 1991 – Jenny McLoughlin, English sprinter
- 1991 – Aki Takajo, Japanese singer
- 1993 – Raffaele Di Gennaro, Italian footballer
- 1994 – Victoria Bosio, Argentinian tennis player
- 1997 – Jin Boyang, Chinese figure skater
- 1999 – Starley, Australian pop singer
Deaths[edit]
- 42 BC – Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (b. 85 BC)
- 818 – Ermengarde, queen of the Franks
- 900 – Muhammad ibn Zayd, Tabaristan emir
- 1078 – Iziaslav I of Kiev (b. 1024)
- 1226 – Francis of Assisi, Italian friar and saint (b. 1181)
- 1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince (b. 1238)
- 1369 – Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
- 1399 – Eleanor de Bohun, English noble (b. 1360)
- 1568 – Elisabeth of Valois (b. 1545)
- 1596 – Florent Chrestien, French poet (b. 1541)
- 1611 – Charles, Duke of Mayenne (b. 1554)
- 1629 – Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian commander and politician (b. 1570)
- 1649 – Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian clergyman and theologian (b. 1576)
- 1653 – Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch linguist and academic (b. 1612)
- 1656 – Myles Standish, English captain (b. 1584)
- 1690 – Robert Barclay, Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd Governor of East Jersey (b. 1648)
- 1701 – Joseph Williamson, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1633)
- 1801 – Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1724)
- 1833 – François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (b. 1754)
- 1838 – Black Hawk, American tribal leader (b. 1767)
- 1860 – Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (b. 1778)
- 1867 – Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
- 1873 – Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
- 1877 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
- 1881 – Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
- 1890 – Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
- 1891 – Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
- 1896 – William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
- 1907 – Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
- 1929 – Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
- 1929 – Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
- 1931 – Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
- 1936 – John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
- 1953 – Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
- 1959 – Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
- 1963 – Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
- 1965 – Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1966 – Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
- 1967 – Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
- 1967 – Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
- 1969 – Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)
- 1979 – Nicos Poulantzas, Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936)
- 1980 – Friedrich Karm, Estonian footballer (b. 1907)
- 1981 – Anna Hedvig Büll, Estonian-German missionary (b. 1887)
- 1986 – Vince DiMaggio, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
- 1987 – Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)
- 1987 – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish painter (b. 1947)
- 1988 – Franz Josef Strauss, Bavarian lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (b. 1915)
- 1990 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian-Monegasque businessman (b. 1960)
- 1990 – Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator (b. 1914)
- 1993 – Katerina Gogou, Greek actress, poet, and author (b. 1940)
- 1993 – Gary Gordon, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)
- 1993 – Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958)
- 1994 – John C. Champion, American producer and screenwriter (b. 1923)
- 1995 – Ma. Po. Si., Indian author and politician (b. 1906)
- 1997 – Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (b. 1908)
- 1998 – Roddy McDowall, English-American actor (b. 1928)
- 1999 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1921)
- 2000 – Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1947)
- 2001 – Costas Hajihristos, Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 2002 – Bruce Paltrow, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
- 2003 – Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)
- 2003 – William Steig, American sculptor, author, and illustrator (b. 1907)
- 2004 – John Cerutti, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
- 2004 – Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927)
- 2005 – Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- 2005 – Nurettin Ersin, Turkish general (b. 1918)
- 2006 – Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (b. 1919)
- 2006 – John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1916)
- 2006 – Peter Norman, Australian runner (b. 1942)
- 2006 – Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (b. 1937)
- 2007 – M. N. Vijayan, Indian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1930)
- 2009 – Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1929)
- 2010 – Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1925)
- 2010 – Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1921)
- 2012 – Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Robert F. Christy, American physicist and astrophysicist (b. 1916)
- 2012 – Billy Hullin, Welsh rugby player (b. 1942)
- 2012 – Albie Roles, English footballer (b. 1921)
- 2013 – Sari Abacha, Nigerian footballer (b. 1978)
- 2013 – Sergei Belov, Russian basketball player and coach (b. 1944)
- 2013 – Bob Chance, American baseball player (b. 1940)
- 2013 – Frank D'Rone, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Chuck Smith, American pastor, founded the Calvary Chapel movement (b. 1927)
- 2013 – Joan Thirsk, English cryptologist, historian, and academic (b. 1922)
- 2014 – Ewen Gilmour, New Zealand comedian and television host (b. 1963)
- 2014 – Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (b. 1933)
- 2014 – Jean-Jacques Marcel, French footballer (b. 1931)
- 2014 – Kevin Metheny, American businessman (b. 1954)
- 2014 – Ward Ruyslinck, Belgian author (b. 1929)
- 2015 – Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1917)
- 2015 – Muhammad Nawaz Khan, Pakistani historian and author (b. 1943)
- 2015 – Javed Iqbal, Pakistani philosopher and judge (b. 1925)
- 2015 – Gerald Squires, Canadian painter and illustrator (b. 1937)
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US musician Tom Petty dies aged 66
US musician Tom Petty has died in California aged 66, says a statement issued on behalf of his family.
Petty was found unconscious, not breathing and in full cardiac arrest at his Malibu home early on Monday.
He was taken to hospital, but could not be revived and died later that evening.
Petty was best known as the lead singer of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers rock band, producing such hits as American Girl, Breakdown, Free Fallin', Learning to Fly and Refugee.
"He died peacefully at 20:40 Pacific time (03:40 GMT Tuesday) surrounded by family, his bandmates and friends," said his long-time manager Tony Dimitriades.
Petty and the band were on the forefront of the heartland rock movement, alongside artists such as Bruce Springsteen and Bob Seger. The genre eschews the synthesizer-based music and fashion elements.
Petty was also a co-founder of the Traveling Wilburys group in the late 1980s, touring with Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne and George Harrison.
The debut album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, proved to be an instant hit.
In 2002, Petty was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Petty was born in Gainesville, Florida, in 1950.
According to legend, he decided to become a musician after shaking Elvis Presley's hand in the 1950s. He traded his slingshot for a box of records and never looked back.
Aged 17, Petty dropped out of school to join Mudcrutch with future Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench.
The band learned their craft by listening to pop radio, he once told NPR.
In the early 1970s, they moved to Los Angeles in the hope of scoring a record contract. Petty succeeded, but the band fell apart soon after.
It was not until 1975 that the musicians reunited and The Heartbreakers were formed. The quintet released their self-titled debut a year later.
This summer, the musicians performed in London's Hyde Park.
That show was intended to be a celebration of The Heartbreakers' 40th anniversary, but now serves as the band's UK swan song.
The band wrapped up their tour just a week ago.
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2007The Rolling Stones'"A Bigger Bang" tour, named after their latest album, sets a new world record for grosses when the two-year jaunt rakes in over $558 million.
2004Teenage English soul star Joss Stonebecomes the youngest female solo artist to top the British album survey as Mind Body & Soul debuts at #1. The 17-year-old's second release, and first full-length album, bows ahead of Top 10 entries by Marilyn Manson, Tom Jonesand Brian Wilson.
2003School of Rock opens in theaters, starring Jack Black as a musician who poses as a substitute teacher and forms a band with the students. Classic rock abounds in the film, with teachable moments soundtracked to "Highway to Hell,""Smoke on the Water" and even "Immigrant Song" - a track secured after Black made a video literally begging Led Zeppelin to let them use it.
2000Benjamin Orr (bassist/singer for The Cars) dies of pancreatic cancer in Atlanta, Georgia, at age 53.
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2016Nickelodeon premieres the animated series Kuu Kuu Harajuku, produced by Gwen Stefani, about a group of girls who make music and fight evil. Stefani introduced her "Harajuku Girls," inspired by the neighborhood in Tokyo, on her solo debut, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. and has integrated her love of the culture in her clothing and perfume lines.
2014Seventeen years after its release, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album is certified Double Diamond by the RIAA for sales of over 20 million in the US. It is the ninth album to achieve the certification.
2006"Listen to Your Heart," the power-ballad written by Per Gessle and Mats Persson, scoops a raft of prestigious honors at the 2006 BMI London Awards, presented at the Dorchester Hotel. Among other honors, the track receives the organization's highest accolade, the Robert S. Musel Award, for the most-performed song of the year.
2004VH1 holds its first Hip-Hop Honors, giving awards to DJ Hollywood, DJ Kool Herc, KRS-One, Public Enemy (who also perform), Rock Steady Crew, Run-D.M.C., Tupacand The Sugarhill Gang.
2003The film of the benefit concert The Concert For George, an all-star tribute to the recently deceased ex-Beatle George Harrison, opens in US theaters.
2001Rock band Powderfinger dominates the 15th annual Australian Record Industry Association awards with six victories at Sydney's Capitol Theatre.
2001Keith Urban goes home to Australia to accept a special Aria Award - roughly the equivalent to a Grammy in the US. Urban receives the Outstanding Achievement Award in recognition of sales and chart success in the US.
200045-year-old Mark David Chapman, the man who twenty years earlier fired five shots into John Lennon's back, faces the parole board. Parole for John Lennon's murderer is denied, with the board stating that letting him free would "deprecate the seriousness of the crime."
1999Tom Jones charts a UK #1 album for the first time in 25 years when his set Reload hits the top spot. Joining the 59-year-old Jones on the album are Robbie Williams, Stereophonics, Barenaked Ladies and the Pretenders.
1997Sugar Ray are grounded when lead singer Mark McGrath hurts his leg in Bologna, Italy on the first date of their European tour, which is postponed.
1990Charles Freeman, who owns the E-C Records store in Fort Lauderdale, is convicted of selling obscene material after selling a copy of the 2 Live Crew album As Nasty As They Wanna Be two days after it was ruled obscene in a federal court. His punishment: a $1000 fine.
1988Lisa Marie Presley marries her first husband, musician Danny Keough (the union lasts five years).
1988Hollywood premieres the acclaimed documentary Imagine: John Lennon.
1987"Brenda Lee Day" is declared in her home town of Lithonia, Georgia. A new street is named Brenda Lee Lane in her honor.
1987Smokey Robinson holds the #10 spot on the Hot 100 with "One Heartbeat," while a song about him, "When Smokey Sings" by ABC, is at #8.
Sinead O'Connor Tears Up Pope Photo On SNL
1992Sinéad O'Connor, famous for her hit song "Nothing Compares 2 U," goes way off script during her Saturday Night Liveappearance, declaring "Fight the real enemy" and tearing up a picture of the Pope.
After doing an a capella rendition of the Bob Marley song "War" with some lyrics changed to be about child abuse, Sinéad O'Connor pulls out the photo of Pope John Paul II that once hung in her mother's bedroom and tears it to bits. The audience sits in stunned silence, but the backlash is vociferous. O'Connor becomes the most controversial figure in music, with Catholic groups denouncing her and staging events like an album smashing in New York City. Celebrities speak out against her: Joe Pesci says he would have slapped her if he was on the show; Frank Sinatra says he would "kick her ass if she were a guy." Even Madonna, who recently released a book of nude photos called Sex, chimes in, saying, "I think there is a better way to present her ideas rather than ripping up an image that means a lot to other people."
O'Connor also has plenty of supporters who think it's about time someone stood up to the Catholic Church. A few weeks later, the "Sinead Brigade" tears up pictures of the Pope outside of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York in support of "her efforts to expose the Catholic hierarchy as agents of oppression."
The SNL theatrics were inspired by Bob Geldof, who tore up a picture of John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John when he appeared on the British TV show Top of the Pops. Asked why she did it, O'Connor explains in a Time magazine interview, "It's the office and the symbol of the organization that he represents. I consider them to be responsible for the destruction of entire races of people and the subsequent existence of domestic and child abuse in every country they went into." She goes on to say that in Ireland, "priests have been beating the s--t out of the children for years and sexually abusing them."
She reveals that she was a victim of domestic abuse, and was frustrated because her Catholic school did nothing despite her obvious bruises. As for why she chose to lash out by tearing up the photo, she states, "I did it as a symbol of my rejection of what they are teaching people and of my belief that their influence in the world must be torn apart. I accept that tearing the picture can be viewed as a negative attitude, but one has to do what one can do. If I hadn't torn the picture, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Now people will listen to what I'm saying and let me explain what I'm talking about."
O'Connor is banned from SNL ("We were sort of shocked, the way you would be at a house guest pissing on a flower arrangement in the dining room," producer Lorne Michaels says), and two weeks later is met with loud mixture of boos and cheers when she takes the stage at a Bob Dylantribute concert. Instead of singing the Dylan song she was supposed to, she once again belts out "War."
A decade later, the Boston Globe reports on widespread sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests and how the church covered it up. This investigation becomes the subject of the 2015 movie Spotlight, which wins the Oscar for Best Picture.
O'Connor also has plenty of supporters who think it's about time someone stood up to the Catholic Church. A few weeks later, the "Sinead Brigade" tears up pictures of the Pope outside of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York in support of "her efforts to expose the Catholic hierarchy as agents of oppression."
The SNL theatrics were inspired by Bob Geldof, who tore up a picture of John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John when he appeared on the British TV show Top of the Pops. Asked why she did it, O'Connor explains in a Time magazine interview, "It's the office and the symbol of the organization that he represents. I consider them to be responsible for the destruction of entire races of people and the subsequent existence of domestic and child abuse in every country they went into." She goes on to say that in Ireland, "priests have been beating the s--t out of the children for years and sexually abusing them."
She reveals that she was a victim of domestic abuse, and was frustrated because her Catholic school did nothing despite her obvious bruises. As for why she chose to lash out by tearing up the photo, she states, "I did it as a symbol of my rejection of what they are teaching people and of my belief that their influence in the world must be torn apart. I accept that tearing the picture can be viewed as a negative attitude, but one has to do what one can do. If I hadn't torn the picture, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Now people will listen to what I'm saying and let me explain what I'm talking about."
O'Connor is banned from SNL ("We were sort of shocked, the way you would be at a house guest pissing on a flower arrangement in the dining room," producer Lorne Michaels says), and two weeks later is met with loud mixture of boos and cheers when she takes the stage at a Bob Dylantribute concert. Instead of singing the Dylan song she was supposed to, she once again belts out "War."
A decade later, the Boston Globe reports on widespread sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests and how the church covered it up. This investigation becomes the subject of the 2015 movie Spotlight, which wins the Oscar for Best Picture.
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