10-24-2013, 03:28 PM
Imma just gonna post everything on that date. And add that it was also the date Jim Morrison was found dead in Paris.
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Events
- 324 – Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
- 987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792.
- 1035 – William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy, reigns until 1087.
- 1608 – Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
- 1754 – French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
- 1767 – Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
- 1767 – Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British forces kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
- 1819 – The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
- 1839 – The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State College, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with 3 students.
- 1844 – The last pair of Great Auks is killed.
- 1848 – Slaves are freed in the Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands) by Peter von Scholten in the culmination of a year-long plot by enslaved Africans.
- 1849 – The French enter Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power. This would prove a major obstacle to Italian unification.
- 1852 – Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco, California.
- 1863 – American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
- 1866 – Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgratz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
- 1884 – Dow Jones and Company publishes its first stock average.
- 1886 – Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen – the first purpose-built automobile.
- 1886 – The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
- 1890 – Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
- 1898 – Spanish-American War: The Spanish fleet, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is destroyed by the U.S. Navy in Santiago, Cuba.
- 1913 – Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
- 1938 – World speed record for a steam railway locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 126 miles per hour (203 km/h).
- 1938 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
- 1940 – World War II: In order to stop the ships from falling into German hands the French fleet of the Atlantic based at Mers el Kébir, is bombarded by the British fleet, coming from Gibraltar, causing the loss of three battleships: Dunkerque, Provence and Bretagne. One thousand two hundred sailors perish.
- 1944 – World War II: Minsk is liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration.
- 1952 – The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the Congress of the United States.
- 1952 – The SS United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMS Queen Mary.
- 1962 – The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends.
- 1969 – The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
- 1970 – The Troubles: the "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- 1979 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
- 1988 – United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
- 1988 – The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus.
- 1996 – Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland.
- 2005 – Same-sex marriage in Spain becomes legal.
- 2013 – 2013 Egyptian coup d'etat: President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is overthrown by the military after 3 days of protests. President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt Adly Mansour is declared acting president.
- 1423 – Louis XI of France (d. 1483)
- 1442 – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)
- 1518 – Li Shizhen, Chinese physician (d. 1593)
- 1530 – Claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601)
- 1590 – Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana, Italian singer, organist, and composer (d. 1662)
- 1676 – Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1747)
- 1685 – Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal (d. 1768)
- 1728 – Robert Adam, Scottish architect, designed Culzean Castle (d. 1792)
- 1738 – John Singleton Copley, American-English painter (d. 1815)
- 1743 – Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (d. 1813)
- 1789 – Johann Friedrich Overbeck, German painter (d. 1869)
- 1851 – Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer (d. 1930)
- 1854 – Leoš Janáček, Czech composer (d. 1928)
- 1860 – Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (d. 1935)
- 1866 – Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (d. 1907)
- 1869 – Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (d. 1933)
- 1870 – Richard Bedford Bennett, Canadian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1947)
- 1874 – Jean Collas, French rugby player (d. 1928)
- 1875 – Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (d. 1951)
- 1876 – Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher (d. 1957)
- 1878 – George M. Cohan, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1942)
- 1879 – Alfred Korzybski, Polish linguist (d. 1950)
- 1880 – Carl Schuricht, Polish-German conductor (d. 1967)
- 1883 – Franz Kafka, Czech-German author (d. 1924)
- 1886 – Raymond A. Spruance, American admiral (d. 1969)
- 1888 – Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Spanish playwright (d. 1963)
- 1893 – Sándor Bortnyik, Hungarian painter and graphic designer (d. 1976)
- 1893 – Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1966)
- 1900 – Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
- 1901 – Ruth Crawford Seeger, American composer (d. 1953)
- 1903 – Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1992)
- 1906 – Jack Earle, American actor (d. 1952)
- 1906 – George Sanders, Russian-English actor and singer (d. 1972)
- 1908 – M. F. K. Fisher, American author (d. 1992)
- 1908 – Robert B. Meyner, American politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1990)
- 1910 – Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1954)
- 1913 – Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist (d. 1965)
- 1916 – John Kundla, American basketball player and coach
- 1917 – João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, coach, manager, and journalist (d. 1990)
- 1918 – S. V. Ranga Rao, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 1974)
- 1919 – Gerald W. Thomas, American academic (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Paul O'Dea, American baseball player and manager (d. 1978)
- 1921 – Susan Peters, American actress (d. 1952)
- 1921 – François Reichenbach, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
- 1922 – Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian painter (d. 2010)
- 1924 – S. R. Nathan, Singaporean politician, 6th president of Singapore
- 1926 – Johnny Coles, American trumpet player (d. 1997)
- 1927 – Ken Russell, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2011)
- 1928 – Roger Horchow, American producer and publisher
- 1929 – Clément Perron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
- 1929 – Béatrice Picard, Canadian actress
- 1930 – Pete Fountain, American clarinet player
- 1930 – Carlos Kleiber, German-Austrian conductor (d. 2004)
- 1930 – Tommy Tedesco, American guitarist (d. 1997)
- 1931 – Frits Helmuth, Danish actor (d. 2004)
- 1932 – Richard Mellon Scaife, American businessman
- 1933 – Edward Brandt, Jr., American physician and mathematician (d. 2007)
- 1935 – Harrison Schmitt, American geologist, astronaut, and politician
- 1936 – Baard Owe, Norwegian-Danish actor
- 1937 – Tom Stoppard, Czech-English playwright and screenwriter
- 1939 – Brigitte Fassbaender, German soprano and director
- 1939 – László Kovács, Hungarian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Hungary
- 1939 – Coco Laboy, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1940 – Lamar Alexander, American politician, 5th United States Secretary of Education
- 1940 – Fontella Bass, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
- 1940 – Jerzy Buzek, Polish engineer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Poland
- 1940 – César Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1994)
- 1941 – Gloria Allred, American lawyer
- 1942 – Eddy Mitchell, French singer-songwriter and actor (Les Chaussettes Noires)
- 1942 – Paco Stanley, Mexican actor (d. 1999)
- 1943 – Judith Durham, Australian singer-songwriter (The Seekers)
- 1943 – Kurtwood Smith, American actor
- 1944 – Michel Polnareff, French singer-songwriter
- 1945 – Michael Cole, American actor
- 1945 – Saharon Shelah, Israeli mathematician
- 1946 – Bolo Yeung, Hong Kong actor
- 1946 – Johnny Lee, American singer and guitarist
- 1946 – Leszek Miller, Polish politician, 10th Prime Minister of Poland
- 1947 – Dave Barry, American journalist and author
- 1947 – Betty Buckley, American actress and singer
- 1947 – Top Topham, English guitarist (The Yardbirds)
- 1948 – Paul Barrere, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Little Feat)
- 1948 – Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish author and illustrator
- 1949 – Jan Smithers, American actress
- 1949 – Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave) (d. 2006)
- 1949 – Bo Xilai, Chinese politician
- 1949 – John Verity, English guitarist with Argent
- 1950 – Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer
- 1950 – James Hahn, American politician and judge, 40th Mayor of Los Angeles
- 1951 – Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti
- 1951 – Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
- 1952 – Andy Fraser, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Free, Sharks, and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
- 1952 – Amit Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and director
- 1952 – Rohinton Mistry, Indian-Canadian author
- 1954 – Franny Billingsley, American author
- 1955 – Barry Purves, English director, animator, and screenwriter
- 1955 – Claude Rajotte, Canadian radio and television host
- 1955 – Amy Wallace, American author (d. 2013)
- 1956 – Vincent Margera, American television personality
- 1956 – Montel Williams, American actor and talk show host
- 1957 – Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2004)
- 1957 – Ken Ober, American comedian, actor, and game show host (d. 2009)
- 1958 – Lisa De Leeuw, American porn actress (d. 1993)
- 1958 – Matthew Fraser, Canadian-English journalist and academic
- 1958 – Charlie Higson, English actor, singer, and author (The Higsons)
- 1958 – Siân Lloyd, Welsh journalist
- 1958 – Didier Mouron, Swiss-Canadian painter
- 1958 – Aaron Tippin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1959 – Julie Burchill, English journalist and author
- 1959 – Ian Maxtone-Graham, American screenwriter and producer
- 1959 – Stephen Pearcy, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Ratt, Arcade, Vertex, and Vicious Delite)
- 1959 – David Shore, Canadian screenwriter and producer
- 1960 – Vince Clarke, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly, Erasure, and VCMG)
- 1961 – Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer
- 1961 – Tim Smith, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer (Cardiacs, The Sea Nymphs, Spratleys Japs, and Panixphere)
- 1962 – Tom Cruise, American actor and producer
- 1962 – Thomas Gibson, American actor
- 1962 – Hugh Page, South African cricketer
- 1962 – Hunter Tylo, American actress
- 1963 – Tracey Emin, English painter and photographer
- 1964 – Joanne Harris, English author
- 1964 – Yeardley Smith, French-American actress
- 1965 – Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese wrestler (d. 2005)
- 1965 – Connie Nielsen, Danish-American actress
- 1966 – Moisés Alou, Dominican-American baseball player
- 1967 – Brian Cashman, American businessman
- 1967 – Spiros Marangos, Greek footballer
- 1968 – Ramush Haradinaj, Kosovo-Albanian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Kosovo
- 1968 – Aku Louhimies, Finnish director and screenwriter
- 1969 – Kevin Hearn, Canadian singer and keyboard player (Barenaked Ladies, Rheostatics, and Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle)
- 1970 – Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist
- 1970 – Audra McDonald, American actress and singer
- 1970 – Teemu Selänne, Finnish-American ice hockey player
- 1970 – Shawnee Smith, American actress and singer (Smith & Pyle)
- 1971 – Julian Assange, Australian journalist, publisher, and activist, founded WikiLeaks
- 1972 – Warren Furman, English-American actor
- 1973 – Emma Cunniffe, English actress
- 1973 – Ólafur Stefánsson, Icelandic handball player
- 1973 – Johnny Terris, Canadian actor
- 1973 – Fyodor Tuvin, Russian footballer (d. 2013)
- 1973 – Patrick Wilson, American actor and singer
- 1976 – Andrea Barber, American actress
- 1976 – Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1976 – Shane Lynch, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (Boyzone)
- 1976 – Henry Olonga, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1976 – Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- 1976 – Bobby Skinstad, Zimbabwean-South African rugby player
- 1977 – David Bowens, American football player
- 1978 – Mizuki Noguchi, Japanese runner
- 1979 – Ludivine Sagnier, French actress
- 1980 – Mazharul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer (d. 2013)
- 1980 – Olivia Munn, American actress
- 1980 – Bostjan Nachbar, Slovenian basketball player
- 1980 – Roland Mark Schoeman, South African swimmer
- 1980 – Harbhajan Singh, Indian cricketer
- 1980 – Kid Sister, American rapper
- 1980 – Giorgos Theodoridis, Greek footballer
- 1981 – Aoi Tada, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
- 1981 – Justin Torkildsen, American actor
- 1982 – Kanika, Indian actress and singer
- 1983 – Steph Jones, American singer-songwriter
- 1983 – Matt Papa, American singer-songwriter
- 1983 – Edinson Volquez, Dominican baseball player
- 1984 – Satomi Hanamura, Japanese actress
- 1984 – Manny Lawson, American football player
- 1984 – Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1984 – Nicolas Roche, Irish cyclist
- 1984 – Corey Sevier, Canadian actor
- 1985 – Dean Cook, English actor
- 1985 – Keisuke Minami, Japanese actor and singer (PureBoys)
- 1986 – Marco Antônio de Mattos Filho, Brazilian footballer
- 1986 – Greg Paulus, American basketball and football player
- 1987 – Chad Broskey, American actor
- 1987 – Chris Hunter, American actor
- 1987 – Sebastian Vettel, German race car driver
- 1988 – Winston Reid, New Zealand-Danish footballer
- 1988 – James Troisi, Australian footballer
- 1989 – Godfrey Walusimbi, Ugandan footballer
- 1990 – Nathan Gardner, Australian rugby player
- 1990 – Bobby Hopkinson, English footballer
- 1990 – Lucas Mendes, Brazilian footballer
- 1991 – Tomomi Itano, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48)
- 1991 – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russian tennis player
- 1991 – Grant Rosenmeyer, American actor
- 1992 – Nathalia Ramos, Spanish actress and singer
- 1992 – Molly Sandén, Swedish singer and voice actress
- 1992 – Maasa Sudo, Japanese singer (Berryz Kobo)
- 458 – Patriarch Anatolius of Constantinople (b. 449)
- 1570 – Aonio Paleario, Italian reformer (b. 1500)
- 1642 – Marie de' Medici, Italian-French wife of Henri IV of France (b. 1575)
- 1672 – Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist (b. 1635)
- 1749 – William Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675)
- 1778 – Anna Maria Mozart, Austrian mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1720)
- 1790 – Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist (b. 1736)
- 1795 – Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French scholar (b. 1714)
- 1795 – Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general, explorer, author, and astronomer, 1st Colonial Governor of Louisiana (b. 1716)
- 1809 – Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian composer and playwright (b. 1746)
- 1863 – George Hull Ward, American general (b. 1826)
- 1863 – Little Crow, American tribal leader (b. 1810)
- 1888 – Nguyen Dinh Chieu, Vietnamese poet (b. 1822)
- 1904 – Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist (b. 1860)
- 1904 – Edouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (b. 1881)
- 1908 – Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (b. 1845)
- 1916 – Hetty Green, American financier (b. 1834)
- 1918 – Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1844)
- 1921 – James Mitchel, Irish-American weight thrower (b. 1864)
- 1933 – Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian educator and politician, 19th President of Argentina (b. 1852)
- 1935 – André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded the Citroën Company (b. 1878)
- 1937 – Jacob Schick, American-Canadian captain and businessman, invented the electric razor (b. 1877)
- 1940 – Nicolae Bivol, Moldovan politician, Mayor of Chișinău (b. 1882)
- 1941 – Friedrich Akel, Estonian politician, Head of State of Estonia (b. 1871)
- 1943 – Walter Thijssen, Dutch rower (b. 1877)
- 1954 – Siegfried Handloser, German physician (b. 1895)
- 1957 – Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
- 1960 – Noël Bas, French gymnast (b. 1877)
- 1965 – Trigger, American horse (b. 1932)
- 1966 – Leonie Taylor, American acting archer (b. 1870)
- 1969 – Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Rolling Stones) (b. 1942)
- 1971 – Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter (The Doors and Rick & the Ravens) (b. 1943)
- 1974 – John Crowe Ransom, American poet (b. 1888)
- 1977 – Alexander Melentyevich Volkov, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1891)
- 1978 – James Daly, Polish-American actor (b. 1918)
- 1979 – Louis Durey, French composer (b. 1888)
- 1981 – Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (b. 1920)
- 1985 – Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1893)
- 1986 – Rudy Vallée, American singer, saxophonist, and actor (b. 1901)
- 1989 – Jim Backus, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1991 – Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician (b. 1918)
- 1993 – Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (b. 1909)
- 1993 – Don Drysdale, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1936)
- 1994 – Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (b. 1934)
- 1995 – Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (b. 1928)
- 1995 – Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
- 1997 – Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Mexican drug lord (b. 1956)
- 1998 – Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer (b. 1949)
- 1999 – Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Morphine and Treat Her Right) (b. 1952)
- 2000 – Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor (b. 1944)
- 2001 – Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (b. 1931)
- 2001 – Johnny Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
- 2003 – Gaetano Alibrandi, Italian archbishop (b. 1914)
- 2004 – Andriyan Nikolayev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1929)
- 2005 – Alberto Lattuada, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
- 2005 – Pierre Michelot, French bassist (b. 1928)
- 2005 – Gaylord Nelson, American politician, 35th Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1916)
- 2006 – Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist, developed the OBJ programming language (b. 1941)
- 2006 – Benjamin Hendrickson, American actor (b. 1950)
- 2007 – Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (b. 1927)
- 2007 – Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (b. 1915)
- 2008 – Ernie Cooksey, English footballer (b. 1980)
- 2008 – Larry Harmon, American clown (b. 1925)
- 2008 – Clive Hornby, English actor (b. 1944)
- 2008 – Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler, composer, and producer (b. 1956)
- 2009 – John Keel, American journalist and author (b. 1930)
- 2010 – Abu Daoud, Palestinian terrorist, planned the Munich massacre (b. 1937)
- 2011 – Ali Bahar, Bahraini singer and guitarist (Al Ekhwa) (b. 1960)
- 2012 – Nguyen Huu Co, Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Hugó Gruber, Hungarian actor (b. 1938)
- 2012 – Yvonne B. Miller, American politician (b. 1934)
- 2012 – Sergio Pininfarina, Italian automobile designer and politician (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Hollie Stevens, American porn actress (b. 1982)
- 2012 – Richard Alvin Tonry, American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
- 2013 – Roman Bengez, Slovenian footballer and manager (b. 1964)
- 2013 – Ryan Davis, American journalist (b. 1979)
- 2013 – Azelio Manzetti, Italian chaplain (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Maria Pasquinelli, Italian murderer (b. 1913)
- 2013 – Francis Ray, American author (b. 1944)
- 2013 – PJ Torokvei, Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1951)
- 2013 – Radu Vasile, Romanian politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1942)
- 2013 – Bernard Vitet, French trumpet player (b. 1934)
- 2013 – Snoo Wilson, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1948)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Germanus of Man
- Heliodorus of Altino
- Mucian
- Patriarch Anatolius of Constantinople
- Pope Leo II
- Thomas (Apostle) (Catholic and others), one of four days in the year on which Quarter Sessions sat, although the Anglican Communion and others celebrate Thomas on December 21.
- July 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Emancipation Day (United States Virgin Islands)
- Independence Day, celebrates the liberation of Minsk from Nazi occupation by Soviet troops in 1944. (Belarus)
- The start of the Dog Days according to The Old Farmer's Almanac but not according to established meaning in most European cultures.
- Women's Day (Myanmar)