Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
Registered to Omicron Theta

By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Births:

08/03/1645 August Kuhnel, composer
08/03/1748 Carl Ludwig Junker, composer
08/03/1753 Charles, Earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist 08/03/1770 Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840) 08/03/1811 Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)
08/03/1816 John Eugene Smith, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897 08/03/1817 Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza)
08/03/1818 HM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect (New Stock exchange Antwerp) 08/03/1820 Luther Orlando Emerson, composer
08/03/1820 William Miller, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909 08/03/1823 Thomas Francis Meagher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 186
08/03/1824 William Burnham Woods, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 08/03/1832 Ivan Zajc, composer
08/03/1833 Auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist
08/03/1847 John de Mere, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina
08/03/1850 Paul A Daum, writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper)
08/03/1851 Isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader
08/03/1854 Fernand de La Tombelle, composer
08/03/1867 Stanley Baldwin, (C) British PM (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37) 08/03/1871 Vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928)
08/03/1872 Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57) 08/03/1878 Constantino Gaito, composer
08/03/1882 Charles O'Neill, composer
08/03/1882 Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer
08/03/1884 Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz) 08/03/1885 Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer
08/03/1887 Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914)
08/03/1892 Oscar van Hemel, composer
08/03/1894 Harry Heilmann, SF Cal, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Detroit) 08/03/1894 John H Van Maarseveen, minister of Justice/Internal minister 08/03/1900 Arnoldus J Struycken, lawyer
08/03/1900 Ernie Pyle, England, correspondant during WW II
08/03/1900 John T Scopes, Tennessee teacher convicted for teaching evolution 08/03/1901 Bernard Reichel, composer
08/03/1901 John Stennis, (Sen-D-Miss)
08/03/1901 Stefan Wyszynski, Polish cardinal
08/03/1902 Habib Bourguiba, 1st president of Tunisia (1957-87)
08/03/1902 Judson Laire, NYC, actor/singer (Papa-Mama, Adm Broadway Revue) 08/03/1902 Ray Block, France, orch leader (Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason) 08/03/1904 Clifford D[onald] Simak, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Empire, Way Statio
08/03/1905 Dolores Del Rio, Mexico, actress (What Price Glory?)
08/03/1906 Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (H�tel du Nord) 08/03/1906 Leonard Huizinga, journalist/writer (Adrian & Olivier)
08/03/1907 Irene Tedrow, Denver Colo, actress (Lucy-Dennis the Menace, Mr Novak
08/03/1911 Karel G Bakker, actor (Lady Windermere's waaier)
08/03/1914 Rick Slabbinck, Flemish painter
08/03/1915 Sal Santen, writer
08/03/1918 James MacGregor Burns, political writer (The Lion & the Fox) 08/03/1920 Maria Karnilova, Hartford Ct, actress (Olga-Ivan the Terrible) 08/03/1920 P D James, mystery writer (Cover Her Face)
08/03/1921 Alec Wyton, composer
08/03/1921 Hayden Carruth, Waterbury Ct, novelist (Crow & Heart)
08/03/1921 Marilyn Maxwell, actress (East of Sumatra)
08/03/1921 Richard Adler, composer
08/03/1923 Anne Klein, fashion designer (Anne Klein II)
08/03/1923 Roger Foulon, French/Belgian songwriter
08/03/1924 Leon Uris, US, novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry)
08/03/1924 Max van der Stoel, Dutch Foreign minister (PvdA)
08/03/1926 Tony Bennett, Queens NY, singer (Left a body part in SF)
08/03/1927 Enrique Pinella, composer
08/03/1927 Gordon Scott, Portland Oregon, actor (Tarzan & the Trappers) 08/03/1929 Bethel Leslie, NYC, entertainer (Capt Newman MD, Rabbit Trap) 08/03/1930 James Komack, NYC, writer/director/actor (Courtship of Eddie's Fathe
08/03/1931 Alex Cord, actor (Brotherhood, Fire, Street Asylum)
08/03/1932 Mario Montes de Oca, Mexican poet
08/03/1933 Tjong King, illustrator of children books (Miep Diekman)
08/03/1935 Georgi S Shonin, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 6)
08/03/1935 Richard D Lamm, (Gov-D-Colo)
08/03/1938 George Memmoli, NYC, actor (Earl-Hello Larry)
08/03/1938 Terry '5 Wigs' Wogan, British talk show host (Irish Days) 08/03/1940 John W Carlin, (Gov-D-KS)
08/03/1940 Joseph Dorfman, composer
08/03/1940 Lance Alworth, Houston Tx, NFL hall of famer (Charger, Cowboys) 08/03/1940 Martin Sheen [Ramon Estevez], NY, actor (Subject Was Roses, Wall St)
08/03/1941 Beverly Lee, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
08/03/1941 Martha Stewart, cookbook author/actress (Those Two)
08/03/1945 Ron Hendren, Pinehurst NC, TV host (Entertainment Tonight) 08/03/1949 B B Dickerson, rocker (War-World is a Ghetto)
08/03/1949 Morris 'BB' Dickerson, US bassist (War, Low Rider, Outlaw) 08/03/1950 JoMarie Payton, actress (Hariette-Family Matters/Perfect Strangers) 08/03/1950 John Landis, director (Twilight Zone, Blues Brothers)
08/03/1950 Waldemar Cierpinski, German DR, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 08/03/1951 Hans William Schlegel, German FR, cosmonaut
08/03/1951 Jon Graham, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Celebrate)
08/03/1951 Marcel Dionne, Qu�bec, NHL center (LA Kings, NY Rangers)
08/03/1952 Jay North, North Hollywood Calif, actor (Dennis the Menace, Maya) 08/03/1954 Denise Craig, WBL forward (Dayton Rockettes, NY Stars)
08/03/1956 Kirk Brandon, rocker (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny-Outland) 08/03/1958 Cindy Nixon, Nashville Tenn, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel)
08/03/1959 Victoria Jackson, Miami Fla, actress (Casual Sex, SNL, UHF) 08/03/1960 Tim Mayotte, Springfield Mass, tennis player (Olympic-silver-1988) 08/03/1961 Lee Rocker, rocker (Stray Cats-Gonna Ball)
08/03/1962 Tina Lehtola, Finland, women's ski jumper (world's record holder) 08/03/1963 Carlo Imperato, Bronx, actor (Fame)
08/03/1963 James Hetfield, heavy metal rocker (Metallica-Helpless)
08/03/1966 Christine Richters, Fullerton Ca, playmate (May, 1986)
08/03/1967 John Femia, Bkln NY, actor (Square Pegs, Hello Larry)
08/03/1972 John Lilley, Wakefield Mass, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994) 08/03/1974 Jenny Beck, actress (Claire Carroll-Guns & Paradise)


Deaths:

08/03/ 808 P'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China
08/03/1387 Olaf V Hakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies 08/03/1530 Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange, dies
08/03/1531 Fern�n P�rez de Oliva, Spanish poet (Dignity of Man), dies at 37 08/03/1716 Sebastian Duron, composer, dies at 56
08/03/1779 Henry Kobell, painter/cartoonist, dies at 27
08/03/1780 Etienne B de Condillac, French philospher (sensualism), dies at 64 08/03/1784 Giovanni Battista Martini, composer, dies at 78
08/03/1797 Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80
08/03/1800 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63
08/03/1802 Henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general strategist/diplomat, dies 08/03/1811 Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, director-gen of East Indie Co, dies at 49 08/03/1823 Jacob A Lacks, politician/colonial director, dies at 74
08/03/1825 Ambrogio Minoja, composer, dies at 72
08/03/1833 Stoffel Muller, sect leader, dies
08/03/1835 Wenzel Muller, composer, dies at 67
08/03/1877 Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75
08/03/1884 Paul Abadie, French master builder (Sacr�-Coeur, Montmartre), dies 08/03/1886 Per August Olander, composer, dies at 62
08/03/1890 Louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author (Journal), dies at 76 08/03/1902 August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer, dies at 54
08/03/1910 Nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies
08/03/1916 Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), dies 08/03/1918 Albert P Hahn, political cartoonist, dies
08/03/1924 Joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies 08/03/1934 Carl F baron von Langen-Parow, German (Olympic-gold-1928) 08/03/1938 Bartholome�s de Lies, anti-militaristic vicar, dies at 55 08/03/1939 Eugust Enna, composer, dies at 80
08/03/1948 Albert F Pollard, British historian (Evolution of parliament), dies 08/03/1954 Colette, France, novelist (Claudine), dies at 81
08/03/1964 Flannery O'Connor, writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), dies at 39 08/03/1966 Lenny Bruce, [Leonard Schneider] comedian, dies of a morphine overdo
08/03/1968 Constantine Rokossovski, vice-premier of Poland (1952-56), dies at 7
08/03/1977 Makarios III, [Michail Moeskos], archbishop/president Cyprus, dies 08/03/1978 Ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered 08/03/1979 Renato Fasano, composer, dies at 76
08/03/1981 Robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered 08/03/1983 Carolyn Jones, actress (Morticia-Addams Family), dies at 54 of cance
08/03/1986 Paul [Saul] de Groot, chairman Dutch Communist party, dies 08/03/1986 Willem Ruis, Dutch TV host, dies at 41
08/03/1992 Wang Hongwen, vice-President Chinese Comm Party, dies
08/03/1993 James Donald, actor (In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), dies at 76


Significant Events:

08/03/ 881 Battle at Saucourt: French King Louis III beats the Vikings 08/03/1108 Louis VI, King of France, crowned
08/03/1312 Power of Luik Patriarch murders over 200
08/03/1492 All Jews are expelled from Spain
08/03/1492 Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for 'Indies'
08/03/1529 Women's peace (treaty of Cambrai)-emperor Charles V & King French I 08/03/1596 David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira (1st variable star
08/03/1640 2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka
08/03/1645 Battle of Allersheim
08/03/1678 Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America, Griffon
08/03/1692 Battle at Steenkerke: French beats English/Dutch army
08/03/1704 English/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar 08/03/1778 Teatro alla Scale opens in Milan
08/03/1833 HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro
08/03/1852 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths 08/03/1855 Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens
08/03/1860 American Canoe Association founded at Lake George NY
08/03/1861 Federal fleet bombs Galveston Texas
08/03/1863 Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY
08/03/1863 Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens
08/03/1864 Battle of Mobile AL
08/03/1881 US Nation Lawn Tennis Association removes 'Nation' from name 08/03/1882 Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration
08/03/1889 A Charlois discovers asteroid #285 Regina
08/03/1889 J Palisa discovers asteroid #286 Iclea
08/03/1904 British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa 08/03/1904 M Wolf discovers asteroid #540 Rosamunde
08/03/1914 1st ship through Panama Canal
08/03/1914 Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army 08/03/1914 French fleet sails to North-Africa
08/03/1914 German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina
08/03/1914 Germany invades Belgium & declares war on France in WW I
08/03/1914 Great Britain declares war on Germany
08/03/1914 Turkey signs military pact with Germany
08/03/1914 World Alliance for Promoting Intl Friendship through Churches forms 08/03/1914 Yankee catcher Nunamaker throws out 3 would be stealers in 1 inning 08/03/1918 Wolf discovers asteroid #897 Lysistrata, #898 Hildegard & #899 Jokas
08/03/1921 1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars)
08/03/1921 Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox 08/03/1921 scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball 08/03/1923 VP Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th president
08/03/1924 Cyclist Piet Moeskops regains world sprint championist
08/03/1925 Last US troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912)
08/03/1930 2nd time in 1930, Chuck Klein of Phillies hits in 26 straight games 08/03/1930 E Skvortsov discovers asteroid #1167 Dubiago
08/03/1933 Yanks are shut out for 1st time after 308 games
08/03/1937 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1437 Diomedes & #1457 Ankara 08/03/1940 German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters & English & French movies 08/03/1940 Italian troops attack British-Somalia
08/03/1940 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1881 Shao
08/03/1940 Lithuanian SSR is accepted into USSR
08/03/1941 Benzine sales limited in US
08/03/1941 German troops conquer Roslavl USSR
08/03/1943 Nazi occupiers attack city Orel, leave it in fire
08/03/1944 Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma
08/03/1944 Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp gases 4,000 gypsies 08/03/1946 Belgiangovt-Huysmans, forms
08/03/1948 FDR advisor Alger Hiss accused to be a 'communist'
08/03/1948 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1569 Evita
08/03/1949 Republic Indonesia ends ceasefire
08/03/1952 15th Olympic games close in Helsinki Finland
08/03/1953 Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show
08/03/1954 1st VTOL (Vertical Take-off & Land) flown
08/03/1955 Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing 08/03/1955 Hurricane Connie begins pounding US for 11 days
08/03/1955 Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7)
08/03/1956 Willie Williams of US sets 100 meter record at 10.1
08/03/1957 British offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman
08/03/1958 USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap 08/03/1959 50 killed in uprising in Guinea-Bissau
08/03/1959 AL beats NL 5-3 in 27th All Star Game (Dodger Stadium)
08/03/1960 Niger gains independence from France
08/03/1962 NY Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games
08/03/1963 Allan Sherman releases 'Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda'
08/03/1963 Beatles final performance at Cavern Club in Liverpool
08/03/1963 Great Train Robbery-�2.5 M ($3.25 M) robbed
08/03/1967 45,000 US soldiers sent to Vietnam
08/03/1967 James Law rides entire NYC subway in 22 hrs 12 minutes
08/03/1969 Reds beats Phillies 19-17
08/03/1970 4 day NFL strike ends
08/03/1970 Hurricane 'Celia' becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history 08/03/1970 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2140 Kemerovo
08/03/1970 Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try 08/03/1971 Paul McCartney announces formation of his group Wings
08/03/1972 British premier Heath proclaims emergency crisis due to harbor strik
08/03/1972 Chozen-ji/Intl Zen Dojo founded by Omori Sogen Roshi, in Hawaii 08/03/1973 Flash fire kills 51 at amusement park (Isle of Man, UK)
08/03/1973 National People's party wins Dutch Antilles National elections 08/03/1974 Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan & joins Doobie Brothers 08/03/1975 500 drown when 2 river boats collide & sink in China's West River 08/03/1975 Louisiana Superdome is dedicated
08/03/1975 Poland & West germany reach accord about returning ethnic Germans 08/03/1977 Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 08/03/1979 Fastest jai-alai shot (188 mph), Jose Arieto at Newport Jai Alai, RI
08/03/1980 22nd Olympic games close at Moscow, USSR
08/03/1980 Duke Snider & Al Kaline enter baseball's Hall of Fame
08/03/1981 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike 08/03/1981 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3115 Baily & #3690
08/03/1982 Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as Yankee manager
08/03/1983 John Sain of South Bend, Ind builds 3.91 m house of cards 08/03/1984 365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
08/03/1984 Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed
08/03/1985 'Nihilator' set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, NJ 08/03/1985 Train crash at Flaujac, France: 35 killed
08/03/1987 Chicago Bears beat Dallas Cowboys 17-6 in London, England (NFL expo)
08/03/1987 Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26 08/03/1988 Skip Storch swims 246 km of Hudson River from Albany to NYC 08/03/1989 5th jockey to win 6,000 races (Jorge Valesquez)
08/03/1989 Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river
08/03/1989 Rickey Henderson sets AL mark of 50 steals in 9 seasons
08/03/1990 98.8�F (37.1�C) in Cheltenham, Glos. (UK record)
08/03/1990 NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th HR in 1st 72 at bats 08/03/1990 Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion
08/03/1990 US announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions
08/03/1991 Pan Am games open in Havana
08/03/1992 Dodgers win 3,000th game since moving to Los Angeles (3,000-2,531) 08/03/1992 Paramount inaugurates New York Street on TV/movie lot
08/03/1993 NBA Michael Jordan's father James found dead near McColl SC

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Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
Registered to Omicron Theta

By Scott Labrecque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Births:

08/04/1502 Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer
08/04/1664 Louis Lully, composer
08/04/1687 Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz 08/04/1705 Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer
08/04/1731 Giuseppe Colla, composer
08/04/1748 Maximilian Stadler, composer
08/04/1755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)
08/04/1776 Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Prol�gom�nes) 08/04/1776 Wenzel Sedlak, composer
08/04/1792 Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais)
08/04/1799 Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer
08/04/1816 Israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 08/04/1818 Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers) 08/04/1823 Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877 08/04/1832 Gaspar N��ez de Arce, Spain, poet 'Spanish Tennyson'
08/04/1839 Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism)
08/04/1843 Flor van Duyse, composer
08/04/1846 Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer
08/04/1859 Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)
08/04/1870 Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roman in the Gloamin) 08/04/1873 Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War 08/04/1881 Guy de Pourtal�s, Swiss/French writer (Nietzsche & Italy) 08/04/1883 Ren� 'Sascha' Schickele, German writer/founder (St�rmer)
08/04/1888 Philip Greeley Clapp, composer
08/04/1892 Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer
08/04/1897 Joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil) 08/04/1900 Arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66)
08/04/1900 Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch)
08/04/1900 Elizabeth, Britain's Queen Mother
08/04/1903 Helen Kane, [Schroeder], US singer/actress (Good Boy)
08/04/1904 Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Pornography) 08/04/1906 Marie-Jos� von Saksen-Coburg, Belgian Princess
08/04/1909 Glenn Cunningham, US middle distance runner in the 1930's 08/04/1910 William H Schuman, NYC, composer (Amer Festival Overture, Julliard) 08/04/1912 David Raksin, Phila Penns, composer (Modern Times)
08/04/1912 Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved 10,000s of Jews) 08/04/1913 Wesley Addy, Omaha Neb, actor (Bostonian, Loving)
08/04/1914 Rik Slabbinck, Flemish painter
08/04/1915 Irving Fields, NYC, pianist (Ilona Massey Show)
08/04/1920 Helen Thomas, UPI journalist (starts press conferences)
08/04/1921 Maurice 'Rocket' Richard, Montreal Canadien (MVP-1947)
08/04/1923 Arthur Butterworth, composer
08/04/1928 Udham Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64) 08/04/1930 David MG Curry, South african Labour Party parliament leader 08/04/1933 Nathan Eugene Brooks, Cleve Oh, flyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1952) 08/04/1933 Rudi van Dantzig, choreographer/ballet dancer (Painted Birds) 08/04/1934 Dallas Green, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)
08/04/1934 Jonas Savimbi, Angolian leader of Unita
08/04/1934 Rutger Kopland, [R of the Hoofdakker], poet
08/04/1935 Micha�l Slory, Suriname poet (Bitter Combat)
08/04/1937 David Vickerman Bedford, composer
08/04/1937 Jacobus H 'Chose' van de Merwe, S Afr attorney/CP parliament leader 08/04/1939 Frankie Ford, Gretna La, rock vocalist (Sea Cruise)
08/04/1940 Rosemarie 'Timi' Yuro, US singer (Hurt)
08/04/1941 Quincey Daniels, Biloxi Miss, boxer (Olympic-bronze-1960) 08/04/1941 Ted Strickland, (Rep-D-Ohio)
08/04/1942 David Russell Lange, PM (L) New Zealand (1984- )
08/04/1943 Michael J McCulley, San Diego Calif, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS-34) 08/04/1943 Rodney Stuart Pattison, British yachtsman (Olympics)
08/04/1943 Tina Cole, Hollywood, singer (King Cousins)/actress (Katie-My 3 Sons
08/04/1944 Richard Belzer, KOed by Hulk Hogan/comedian (How to be a Stand Up) 08/04/1945 Fred Hansen, US, pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-1964)
08/04/1946 Maureen Cox Starkey, 1st wife of Beatle Ringo Starr
08/04/1948 James C Slattery, (Rep-D-Kansas, 1983- )
08/04/1949 John Riggins, NFL running back (NY Jets, Wash Redskins)
08/04/1951 Lane Evans, (Rep-D-IL, 1983- )
08/04/1952 Bobby Buntrock, Denver Colo, actor (Harold Baxter-Hazel)
08/04/1952 Daniel Bautista, Mexico, 20k walker (Olympic-gold-1976)
08/04/1952 Kristoffer Tabori, LA Calif, actor (Rappaccini's Daughter) 08/04/1955 Andrew M Allen, Phila Pa, Captain USMC/astronaut (STS 46, 62) 08/04/1955 Charles D 'Sam' Gemar, Yankton SD, army/astronaut (STS 38, 48, 62) 08/04/1957 Robert E Andrews, (Rep-D-New Jersey)
08/04/1958 Greg Foster, Maywood Ill, 110m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1984 08/04/1958 Mary Decker Tabb Slaney, NJ, olympic track star (mile record 4:16.71
08/04/1960 Robbin Crosby, heavy metal rocker (Ratt-Round & Round)
08/04/1962 Paul Williams, rocker (Flock of Seagulls)
08/04/1962 Roger Clemens, Dayton Ohio, Boston Red Sox pitcher (Cy Young, MVP) 08/04/1965 Crystal Chappell, Silver Spring Md, actress (Carly-Days of our Lives
08/04/1966 Kensuke Sasaki, wrestler (WCW/NJPW/Calgary, Power Warrior) 08/04/1967 Mike Marsh, US, 200m runner (Olympic-Gold-1992)
08/04/1969 Max Cavalera, Brazilian rock vocalist/guitarist (Sepultura) 08/04/1972 Wesley Snipes, actor (Passenger 57)


Deaths:

08/04/1060 Henry I, King of France (1060), dies at 27
08/04/1204 Boniface of Montferrat, markgraaf of M, dies
08/04/1265 Simon de Montfort, English baron, dies in battle
08/04/1306 V�clav III, last Premysliden-king of Bohemia (1305-06), murdered 08/04/1430 Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant, dies at 26
08/04/1526 Juan Sebasti�n Cano, Spanish explorer, dies
08/04/1566 Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies 08/04/1584 John vanf Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71 08/04/1633 George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at
08/04/1639 Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58 08/04/1666 Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle 08/04/1708 Vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77
08/04/1712 Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27
08/04/1821 William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 8
08/04/1850 Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68
08/04/1856 Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59
08/04/1875 Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 08/04/1889 Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75
08/04/1891 George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41
08/04/1892 Abby Plates & Spouse, killed by Lizzie Borden(?)
08/04/1904 Arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54
08/04/1915 Richard Kiepert, German cartographer (Africa), dies at 68 08/04/1920 Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer, dies at 54
08/04/1922 Enver Pasja, Turkish general/politician, dies at 41
08/04/1925 Alfons Van de Perre, Flemish physician, dies
08/04/1930 Siegfried Wagner, composer, dies at 61
08/04/1931 Daniel H Williams, doctor (pioneer in surgery), dies
08/04/1936 Henry Schoenfeld, composer, dies at 78
08/04/1938 LH Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73
08/04/1938 Pearl White, US actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline), dies 08/04/1938 Rudolf G Binding, German poet/writer, dies at 70
08/04/1942 Alberto Franchetti, composer, dies at 81
08/04/1973 Eddie Condon, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68
08/04/1977 Emil Bloch, German philosopher, dies at 92
08/04/1981 Melvyn Douglas, [Hesselberg], actor (Woman's Face, Hud), dies at 80 08/04/1984 Edmon Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack 08/04/1984 Mary Miles Minter, silent screen star, dies at 82 of heart failure 08/04/1984 Walter Burke, actor (Jack the Giant Killer), dies at 75 of emphysema
08/04/1985 Zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65
08/04/1991 Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet (Hodyne), dies at 80
08/04/1992 Frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93 08/04/1992 Ralph Cooper, creator of Amateur Night at the Apollo, dies of cancer
08/04/1993 Bernard Barrow, actor (Louie-Loving, Johnny-Ryan's Hope), dies 08/04/1993 Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64


Significant Events:

08/04/1181 Supernova seen in Cassiopia
08/04/1265 Battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon van Montfort 08/04/1347 English troops conquer Ft Calais
08/04/1351 Sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen & English 08/04/1558 1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah)
08/04/1578 Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese
08/04/1666 Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique & St Christopher; thousands di
08/04/1666 Sea battle between Netherlands & England
08/04/1693 Dom Perignon invents champagne
08/04/1695 French garrison of surrenders to Willem III
08/04/1735 Jury acquits John Zenger (NY Weekly Journal) charged with seditious 08/04/1735 libel by royal governor of NY (victory for Freedom of press) 08/04/1753 George Washington becomes a master mason
08/04/1777 Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus
08/04/1789 French National Meeting ending feudal system
08/04/1790 US Coast Guard founded as Revenue Cutter Service
08/04/1821 1st edition of Saturday Evening Post (publishes until 1969) 08/04/1830 Plans for city of Chicago laid out
08/04/1864 Land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas
08/04/1881 122�F (50�C), Seville, Spain (European record)
08/04/1886 Colombia adopts constitution
08/04/1892 Queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine 08/04/1892 Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden arrested in Fall River, Mass 08/04/1897 Henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia 08/04/1903 Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X
08/04/1904 M Wolf discovers asteroid #541 Deborah
08/04/1910 A's Jack Coombs & White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 16 inn scoreless tie 08/04/1914 German army executes, a Belgium priest, by firing squad
08/04/1914 German fleet under admiral Souchon fire on Algerian coast 08/04/1914 Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany 08/04/1914 King Albert I becomes supreme commander of Belgian army
08/04/1914 Lord Kitchener becomes British minister of War
08/04/1916 US agrees to buy Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million 08/04/1917 Pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests & officers 08/04/1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #954 Li
08/04/1925 Col�n Dutch govt, forms
08/04/1925 US marines leave Nicaragua after 13-year occupation
08/04/1926 H E Wood discovers asteroid #1663 van den Bos
08/04/1926 S Belyavsk� discovers asteroid #1065 Amundsenia
08/04/1927 Peace Bridge between US & Canada opened
08/04/1929 60,000 SA'ers/SS'ers march by Munich
08/04/1929 M Wolf discovers asteroids #2373 & #3626
08/04/1930 Child labor laws estralished in Belgium
08/04/1934 NY Giants Mel Ott sets record of 6 runs in game & beats Phillies 21-
08/04/1936 Ioannis Metaxas names himself dictator of Greece
08/04/1941 Winston Churchill departs on Prince of Wales to US
08/04/1942 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Cairo
08/04/1942 German occupier orders all Dutch homing pigeons destroyed 08/04/1943 British premier Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada 08/04/1943 Russian units reach suburbs of Orel
08/04/1944 British 8th army reaches suburbs of Florence Italy
08/04/1945 Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season 08/04/1945 Red Sox Tom McBride is 3rd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th) 08/04/1948 5 day southern filibuster succeeds in maintaining poll tax 08/04/1949 NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association
08/04/1953 Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago 08/04/1953 Vic Raschi sets pitcher record by driving in 7 runs & wins 15-0 08/04/1956 1st motorcycle rode over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph/338 kph) 08/04/1956 Indonesia says it will not pay debts to the Netherlands
08/04/1958 Dumont TV Network crumbles
08/04/1960 Rocket propelled USAAF research aircraft sets record at 2,150 MPH 08/04/1961 108�F, Spokane, WA
08/04/1965 Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand 08/04/1967 British pirate radio station Radio 355 resigns air
08/04/1967 Shortwave group ANARC's 1st convention (Chicago)
08/04/1968 100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, Calif
08/04/1968 WXTV TV channel 41 in New York-Paterson, NY (UNI) begins broadcastin
08/04/1969 Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a HR outside of Dodger Stadium 08/04/1970 Asteroid #2993 discovered
08/04/1970 Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness
08/04/1970 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2575 Bulgaria
08/04/1971 US launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft 08/04/1974 Crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect own governor 08/04/1977 Pres Carter establishes Dept of Energy
08/04/1979 Italian govt of Cossiga begins
08/04/1981 Columbia mated with SRBs & external tank for STS-2 mission 08/04/1981 Oliver North is assigned to white house duty
08/04/1983 Bettino Craxi sworn in as premier of Italy
08/04/1983 L G Karachkina discovers asteroid #3063 Makhaon
08/04/1983 Revolution in Burkina
08/04/1984 Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics 08/04/1984 Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit HR
08/04/1984 Prince's 'Purple Rain,' album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks 08/04/1984 Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day) 08/04/1985 Calif Angel Rod Carew gets his 3,000th hit
08/04/1985 Phil Rizzuto Day, Yanks retire #10
08/04/1985 White Sox Tom Seaver is 17th to win #300, beating Yankees 08/04/1986 OPEC lowers oil production 20%
08/04/1987 FCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters 08/04/1988 Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II 08/04/1988 Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case 08/04/1990 95.5�F (35.3�C) in De Bilt Neth (highest Aug temp in Neth) 08/04/1990 European community proposes a boycott of Iraq
08/04/1993 Angolese air force bombs Huambo
08/04/1993 Rwandian Hutu's & Tutsi's sign peace treaty in Arusha
08/04/1996 26th Olympic games close at Atlanta, Georgia (sched)

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Births:

08/05/1540 Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating
08/05/1604 John Eliot, 'Apostle to Indians,' Bible translator
08/05/1607 Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer
08/05/1623 Antonio Cesti, composer
08/05/1624 William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America 08/05/1694 Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer
08/05/1711 Johan Lulofs, physicist/philosopher/astronomer
08/05/1749 Thomas Lynch, signer (Declaration of Independence)
08/05/1797 Friedrich August Kummer, composer
08/05/1802 Niels H Able, Norse mathematician (Abelse comparisons)
08/05/1811 C L Ambroise Thomas, French composer (El Cid, Fran�oise the Rimini) 08/05/1813 Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general
08/05/1813 Ivar A Aasen, Norse linguistic/poet
08/05/1815 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica)
08/05/1822 Johann Georg Herzog, composer
08/05/1823 Joseph E Labb�, French lawyer
08/05/1828 Giovanni Rossi, composer
08/05/1828 WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands 08/05/1829 Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer
08/05/1829 Milo Smith Hascall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904 08/05/1830 James A Healy, 1st black bishop in America
08/05/1843 James Scott Skinner, composer
08/05/1850 Anton Simon, composer
08/05/1850 Guy de Maupassant, France, author (Boule de Suif)
08/05/1856 Achad Ha'am, [Asj�r Ginsberg], Hebrew philosopher/writer
08/05/1860 Joseph Carey Merrick, 'Elephant Man'
08/05/1864 Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer
08/05/1866 Alfred Holy, composer
08/05/1868 Oskar Merikanto, composer
08/05/1876 Mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History) 08/05/1882 Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I)
08/05/1886 Oscar Espla, composer
08/05/1887 Reginald Owen, English/US actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes) 08/05/1889 Conrad P Aiken, US, poet/writer (Ushant/Conversation)
08/05/1890 Erich Kleiber, Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46) 08/05/1890 Hans Gal, composer
08/05/1890 Naum Gabo, Russian/US sculptor
08/05/1890 Naum Gabo, [Pevsner], Russian/US sculptor (Stillife Flower) 08/05/1899 Conrad Aiken, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Selected Poems) 08/05/1900 Bodi Rapp, [Johanna PAC Goetmakers], mezzo-soprano/song theorist 08/05/1901 Juan Carlos Paz, composer
08/05/1906 John Huston, Nevada Mo, director/writer (African Queen, Chinatown) 08/05/1906 Wassely Leontief, Russ/US economist (Nobel 1973)
08/05/1908 Harold Holt, PM of Australia (1966-67); supported US in Vietnam 08/05/1910 Nan Gindele, US javelin thrower (World Record 1932-38)
08/05/1911 Robert Taylor, Filley Neb, actor (Death Valley Days)
08/05/1912 Abb� Pierre, [Henri Pierre Grou�s], French priest who helps poor 08/05/1913 Nelly Aenders, [Petronella Meyer], actress (Spanish Fly)
08/05/1914 Anita Colby, Wash DC, model/actress (Pepsi Cola Playhouse) 08/05/1914 David Brian, NYC, actor (Accussed of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco) 08/05/1914 Stjepan Sulek, Croatian violinist/composer (Coriolan)
08/05/1920 G V [Sonny] Montgomery, (Rep-D-Mississippi, 1967- )
08/05/1920 Selma Diamond, London Ontario, comedienne (Selma-Night Court) 08/05/1923 Richard Kleindienst, attorney general (1972)
08/05/1925 Cor Witschge, actor (Pipo the Clown)
08/05/1926 Betsy Jolas, composer
08/05/1927 Gunnar Bucht, composer
08/05/1930 Neil Armstrong, Ohio, X-15 pilot, 1st Moonwalker (Gemini 8, Apollo 1
08/05/1932 Tera de Marez Oyens, composer
08/05/1933 Joan Weldon, SF, actress (So This is Love, Them)
08/05/1934 Vern Gosdin, Woodland Al, country singer (Set 'em Up Joe) 08/05/1935 John Saxon, Bkln, actor (Bees, Nightmare on Elm St, Electric Horsema
08/05/1936 John Dancy, Jackson Tx, newscaster (Prime Time Sunday)
08/05/1938 Hayes Wendell Jones, Sturksville Mich, 110m hurdler (Oly-gold-1964) 08/05/1938 Ja'net Dubois, Phila, actress (Willona-Good Times)
08/05/1939 Irene, Princess of Netherlands
08/05/194- Jo Collins, Ore, Playboy playmate (Dec, 1964)
08/05/1941 Leonid D Kizim, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15)
08/05/1942 Rick Huxley, guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)
08/05/1943 Rodney Pattisson, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968)
08/05/1943 Sammi Smith, singer
08/05/1944 Loni Anderson, St Paul Minn, actress (Jennifer-WKRP in Cincinnati) 08/05/1945 Jacob Reitsma, economist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
08/05/1946 Erika Slezak, Hollywood, Calif, actress (Viki-One Life to Live) 08/05/1946 Rick van der Linden, rocker (Ekseption)
08/05/1947 Rick Derringer, rocker (I am the Real American (Hulk Hogan's theme) 08/05/1950 Holly Palance, LA Calif, actress (Thorn Birds, Ripley's Believe It) 08/05/1950 Rose Mittermaier, German FR, slalom/downhill (Olympic-gold-1976) 08/05/1953 Samantha Sang, singer (Emotion)
08/05/1954 Eddie 'Fingers' Ojeda, Bx, (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It) 08/05/1956 Ferdi Bolland, Dutch singer/guitarist (Bolland & Bolland) 08/05/1956 Maureen McCormick, actress (Marcia-Brady Bunch)
08/05/1957 Andrei Yevgeniyevich Zaitsev, cosmonaut
08/05/1957 Pavel Vinogradov, Russia, cosmonaut
08/05/1959 Pete Burns, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round)
08/05/1960 Heidi S�renson, playmate (Jul, 1981)
08/05/1960 Mike Nocito, rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock) 08/05/1961 Tawny Kitaen, (Coverdale), actress (Bachelor Party, Witchboard) 08/05/1962 Patrick Ewing, Jamaica, basketball center (NY Knicks/Olympic-gold-92
08/05/1966 Jonathan Silverman, LA Calif, actor (Brighton Beach Memoirs) 08/05/1975 Ami Foster, actress (Margaux-Punky Brewster)
08/05/2184 Christine Lauren Chapel, Davenport Heights, Vermont (Star Trek) 08/05/2186 Kevin Thomas Riley, Tasvennir, Tarsus IV (Star Trek)


Deaths:

08/05/1157 Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies
08/05/1644 J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61
08/05/1778 Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22
08/05/1830 Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68
08/05/1834 Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71 08/05/1852 Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53
08/05/1856 Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61
08/05/1862 Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 08/05/1863 Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53
08/05/1889 Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80
08/05/1891 Henry Charles Litolff, composer, dies at 72
08/05/1895 Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies 08/05/1900 James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 08/05/1901 Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60 08/05/1910 Wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42
08/05/1916 George Butterworth, composer, dies at 31
08/05/1916 Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer, dies at 46
08/05/1932 Isra�l Querido, writer (Jordan), dies
08/05/1940 Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75
08/05/1947 Joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies 08/05/1950 Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73 08/05/1955 Carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42 08/05/1957 Heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80 08/05/1958 Joseph Holbrooke, composer, dies at 80
08/05/1959 Edgar Guest, US poet/newspaperman, dies at 77
08/05/1961 Sidney Holland, PM of New Zealand (1949-57), dies at 67
08/05/1962 Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug overdose 08/05/1971 Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74
08/05/1972 Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71
08/05/1976 Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88
08/05/1978 Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79
08/05/1983 Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies at 66 of cancer 08/05/1984 Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66
08/05/1984 Richard Burton, actor (Cleopatra), dies at 58 of cerebral hemorrhage
08/05/1985 Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 08/05/1987 Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79
08/05/1990 Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies
08/05/1991 Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cin Bengals), dies at 82 08/05/1991 Soichiro Hondo, CEO & founder (Honda), dies of liver cancer at 84 08/05/1992 Jeff Porcaro, drummer (Toto-Africa), dies at 38 of cardiac arrest 08/05/1992 Robert Muldoon, premier NZ (1975-84)/President IMF, dies


Significant Events:

08/05/ 135 Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome
08/05/1264 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany
08/05/1391 Jews are massacred in Toledo & Barcelona Spain
08/05/1399 Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians & Litouwers
08/05/1420 Duke John VI of Bavaria visits 'Christ's bride'/virgin Liduina 08/05/1435 Battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Arag�n captured by Genuezen 08/05/1583 Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) 08/05/1587 Spanish troops conquer Lock
08/05/1654 French troops occupy Stenay
08/05/1666 English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter
08/05/1667 State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict
08/05/1772 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia 08/05/1775 1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters SF Bay
08/05/1781 Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet
08/05/1837 1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY 08/05/1846 Oregon country divided between US & Britain at 49th parallel 08/05/1858 Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable 08/05/1861 Enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years
08/05/1861 Naval Engagement at Fernandina, FL-USS Vincennes ends rebel blockade
08/05/1861 US Army abolishes flogging
08/05/1861 US levies its 1st Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800)
08/05/1862 Battle of Baton Rouge, LA
08/05/1864 Battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of vice-admiral 08/05/1864 Spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati 08/05/1884 Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC) 08/05/1891 1st travelers checks issued (American Express)
08/05/1901 Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4'
08/05/1914 1st traffic light installed (Euclid Ave. & E. 105th St, Cleveland) 08/05/1914 Dutch Cort Van de Linden govt issues silver bonds as money 08/05/1914 Massive German assault on forts around Luik
08/05/1914 US beats Australia, 3-2, to win Davis Cup
08/05/1914 US, Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US
08/05/1914 Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium
08/05/1915 German troops over run Warsaw
08/05/1917 British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium 08/05/1921 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts) 08/05/1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #955 Alstede
08/05/1921 Treaty of Berlin: US & Germany sign separate peace treaty 08/05/1923 1st American to swim English Channel (Henry Sullivan)
08/05/1924 Comic strip 'Little Orphan Annie,' by Harold Gray, debuts 08/05/1926 1st talkie movie 'Don Juan' at Warner Theatre, NY
08/05/1926 French & German trade agreement signed
08/05/1926 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1� hrs
08/05/1927 Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats
08/05/1931 Det Tiger Tommy Bridges perfect game is broken up with 2 outs in 9th
08/05/1936 At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal 08/05/1937 Ranger (US) beats Endeavour II (England) in 17th America's Cup 08/05/1940 'Acquaintance' blows-up Zandvoortse synagouge
08/05/1940 St Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innin
08/05/1942 German troops cross Kuban River
08/05/1943 Soviet forces reconquer Orel & Bjelgorod
08/05/1944 US 79th/90th division occupy Laval/Mayenne
08/05/1944 US troops occupy Vannes Bretagne
08/05/1945 Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan)
08/05/1947 Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to UN pressure
08/05/1948 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins US Golf Open
08/05/1949 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die
08/05/1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title 08/05/1951 Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg
08/05/1953 Operation 'Big Switch' Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom 08/05/1954 Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern & 15 pioneers 08/05/1956 KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS/ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 08/05/1956 WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
08/05/1957 'American Bandstand,' begins network TV (ABC)
08/05/1957 WJZ-TV in Baltimore MD begins radio transmissions
08/05/1958 Atomic sub USS Nautilus completes 1st trip under North Pole 08/05/1958 Philip Kapleau, Zen teacher, 1st awakening under Yasutani Roshi 08/05/1959 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record)
08/05/1959 Chic Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 55-26 in Toronto 08/05/1960 Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France 08/05/1960 Detroit trades mgr Jimmy Dykes for Cleve's mgr Joe Gordon 08/05/1961 118�F (48�C), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record)
08/05/1961 Chic Bears (NFL) beat Mont Alouettes (CFL) 34-16 in Montreal 08/05/1962 1st quasar located by radio
08/05/1962 Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illeagally leaving S Afr 08/05/1962 UN command forbids flights to Katangese airports
08/05/1963 Britain, US & USSR sign nuclear test ban treaty
08/05/1963 Craig Breedlove sets world auto speed record at 407.45 MPH 08/05/1963 US, USSR & Great Britain agree to discuss banning nuclear testing 08/05/1964 Actress Anne Bancroft & comedian Mel Brooks wed
08/05/1964 Beatles record 'Leave My Kitten Alone'
08/05/1964 Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye/Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyvil
08/05/1964 US begins bombing North Vietnam
08/05/1965 Dave Marr wins PGA title
08/05/1966 Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton to retain light-HW boxing title 08/05/1966 Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march
08/05/1966 Beatles release 'Revolver' album in US
08/05/1966 Beatles release 'Yellow Submarine' & 'Eleanor Rigby' in UK 08/05/1967 1st time an AFL team beats an NFL team, Broncos beats Detroit 13-7 08/05/1967 Bobby Gentry releases her only hit 'Ode to Billy Joe'
08/05/1967 Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) & Radio London close down 08/05/1968 WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) 1st broadcast 08/05/1968 WZTV TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) begins broadcasting 08/05/1969 Mariner 7 flies past Mars
08/05/1969 Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium 08/05/1970 US Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail
08/05/1971 WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting 08/05/1972 Moody Blues release 'Nights in White Satin'
08/05/1972 Uganda president Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians
08/05/1973 Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits SD Padres, 9-0
08/05/1973 USSR launches Mars 6
08/05/1974 Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways
08/05/1975 Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a major league record, win 13-5 08/05/1978 H L Giclas discovers asteroid #2118 Flagstaff
08/05/1978 New Orlean Saints beat Phil Eagles 14-7 in Mexico City (NFL expo) 08/05/1979 Government of Mauretania signs peace treaty with Polisario 08/05/1980 NY Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game
08/05/1981 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3402 Wisdom
08/05/1981 Federal govt began firing striking air traffic controllers 08/05/1981 Pres Regan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers who struck 2 days ag
08/05/1984 Joan Benoit (US) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2h24m52s) 08/05/1984 Lou Pinella day at Yankee Stadium
08/05/1984 Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson sets record with 19 pinch hit HRs 08/05/1985 Baseball players go on strike for 2 days
08/05/1985 Chic White Sox Tom Seaver wins #300 over Yanks at Yankee Stadium 08/05/1985 Flexible-wing glider altitude record (214,250') set by Larry Tudor 08/05/1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 5k woman's record (14:37.33) 08/05/1986 US Senate votes for SDI-project (Star Wars)
08/05/1988 Mario Biaggi (Rep-D-NY) convicted of racketeering resigns seat 08/05/1991 Sergei Bubka of USSR sets pole vault record (20'�') in Malm� Sweden

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Births:

08/06/ 966 Berengarius II, king of Italy
08/06/1504 Matthew 'Nosey' Parker, archbishop of Canterbury
08/06/1619 Barbara Strozzi, composer
08/06/1638 Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher
08/06/1651 Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)
08/06/1651 Johann Michael Zacher, composer
08/06/1664 Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer
08/06/1665 Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer
08/06/1697 Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45)
08/06/1748 Bernhard Haltenberger, composer
08/06/1775 Louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angoul�me/General of Franc
08/06/1804 Justinus van de Brugghen, Dutch lawyer/minister of Justice (1856-58)
08/06/1809 Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England
08/06/1811 Judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy), died in 18
08/06/1819 Samuel Powhatan Carter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 08/06/1845 Anthonie A Vorsterman of Oyen, genealogist/heraldicus
08/06/1856 Nestor de Ti�re, Flemish poet (Roze Kate)
08/06/1858 Albert Fuchs, composer
08/06/1859 J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon) 08/06/1861 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt 08/06/1868 Paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909)
08/06/1873 John Wesley Work, composer
08/06/1873 Mary Carr Moore, composer
08/06/1875 Marcel Labey, composer
08/06/1875 Thomas Mann, German writer (Die Buddenbrooks, Nobel)
08/06/1879 Joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize)
08/06/1881 Alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954) 08/06/1882 Gerrit H Kersten, vicar/founder (Calvinist party)
08/06/1883 Francesco Santoliquido, composer
08/06/1883 Scott Nearing, US sociologist/pacifist/author (The Good Life) 08/06/1885 Jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union
08/06/1886 Edward Ballantine, composer
08/06/1892 Hoot Gibson, US western actor (Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw) 08/06/1893 Guthrie McClintic, Seattle Wash, Broadway producer/dir (Winterset) 08/06/1896 Cyril Mockridge, composer
08/06/1902 Michal Vilec, composer
08/06/1902 Vladimir M Kirsjon, Russian dramatist/playwright [OS]
08/06/1904 Henry Payne Iba, Easton Mo, US basketball coach (Olympic-gold-64, 68
08/06/1906 Ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback (Staten Island, NY Yanks, NY Giants) 08/06/1908 George Singer, composer
08/06/1908 Helen Hull Jacobs, Berkley Calif, US tennis champ (1932-35) 08/06/1908 Svend Erik Tarp, composer
08/06/1910 Charles Crichton, director (Battle of Sexes)
08/06/1910 Friedrich Schroder, composer
08/06/1911 Lucille Ball, Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame) 08/06/1916 Dom[inic] Mintoff, premier Malta
08/06/1916 Michael Burke, sports executive (NY Yankees, NY Knicks)
08/06/1917 Robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South) 08/06/1919 Pauline Betz Addie, Dayton Ohio, tennis champ (Wimbeldon 1946) 08/06/1921 Ella Raines, Sinoqualmie Falls Wash, actress (Janice Dean RN) 08/06/1922 Freddie Laker, CEO (Laker airlines)
08/06/1923 Jack Parnell, London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show
08/06/1923 Jackie Kelk, Brooklyn NY, actor (Homer-Aldrich Family)
08/06/1923 William B Williams, Babylon NY, DJ (WNEW, Sammy & Company) 08/06/1925 Barbara Bates, Denver Colo, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life) 08/06/1925 Leland Smith, composer
08/06/1926 J[anet] O[pal] Jeppson, [nee Janet Asimov], author (2nd Experiment) 08/06/1927 Andy Warhol, artist/movie producer (Frankenstein, Bad)
08/06/1927 William David Ford, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1965- )
08/06/1928 Janice-Lee York Romary, Calif, fencer (Olympics-1952-68)
08/06/1929 Anneliese Kuppers, German FR, equestrian dressage (Oly-silver-1956) 08/06/1930 Abbey Lincoln, actress/singer (Nothing But a Man)
08/06/1934 John Storey Bonington, UK, mountain climber (Annapurna I in 1970) 08/06/1934 Leopold M de Beer, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD)
08/06/1934 Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob, UK, sci-fi author (Chthon, Phthor) 08/06/1937 Barbara Windsor, actress (Study in Terror)
08/06/1938 Carry Tefsen, actress (Say Some time A)
08/06/1938 Peter Bonerz, Portsmouth NH, actor (Jerry-Bob Newhart Show, 9 to 5) 08/06/1939 William 'Sonny' Sanders, US singer (Rayber Voices)
08/06/1940 Louise Sorel, LA Calif, actress (BS I Love You, Crimes of Passion) 08/06/1941 Doris Ernestine Hays, composer
08/06/1941 Hubertus AGM 'Bert' Andr�, actor (Turkish Fruit-Come Back) 08/06/1943 Muchael Anderson Jr, London, actor (Clayt-The Monroes)
08/06/1943 Ray Buktenica, Greenwich Village NYC, actor (Rhoda, House Calls) 08/06/1944 Swoosie Kurtz, actress (Vice Versa, World According to Garp) 08/06/1947 Sally Eaton, Ill, actress
08/06/1948 Michael Peters, choreographer
08/06/1949 Joyce McKinney, Avery County NC, Miss Wyoming (1972)
08/06/1950 Dorian Harewood, Dayton Ohio, actor (Earl-Glitter, Trauma Center) 08/06/1950 Nathan Purdee, actor (Nathan-Young & Restless, Hank-1 Life to Live) 08/06/1950 Winston E Scott, Miami Fla, USN Commander/astronaut
08/06/1951 Catherine Hicks, Scottsdale Az, actress (Star Trek IV, Child's Play)
08/06/1951 Dorian Harewood, US actor (Glitter, Trauma Center)
08/06/1952 Barrel Scherpenzeel, rocker (Earth & Fire)
08/06/1952 Wojiech Fortuna, Poland, ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1972)
08/06/1954 Carl C Perkins, (Rep-D-KY, 1984- )
08/06/1956 Stepfanie Kramer, LA Calif, actress (Claudia-We Got it Made, Hunter)
08/06/1956 Vinnie Vincent, heavy metal rocker (Solo-Ashes to Ashes)
08/06/1957 Faith Prince, Augusta Ga, broadway actress (Guys & Dolls, Carousel) 08/06/1958 Randy DeBarge, rocker (Debarge)
08/06/1958 Simon Francken, bassist (Ivy Green)
08/06/1959 Joyce Sims, rocker (All & All)
08/06/1961 Carol Norman, Ardmore Okla, bowler (LPBT Rookie of Year 1982) 08/06/1962 Thomas Jefferson, Cleve Ohio, 200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1984) 08/06/1963 Kimberley Conrad Hefner, Moulton Al, playmate of year (Jan, 1988) 08/06/1963 Thomas Bohrer, US West Islip NY, rower (Olympic-92)
08/06/1964 Moosie Drier, Chic Ill, actor (Laugh-in)
08/06/1965 David Robinson, Fla, NBA center (San Antonio Spurs/Olympic-gold-92) 08/06/1968 Chris Boardman, English cyclist (world record time)
08/06/1976 Soleil Moon Frye, Glendora Calif, actress (Punky Brewster)


Deaths:

08/06/ 258 Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded
08/06/ 523 Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies
08/06/1195 Henry the Lion, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies
08/06/1221 Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)
08/06/1272 Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies 08/06/1458 Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79 08/06/1548 Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies 08/06/1623 Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies
08/06/1661 Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies 08/06/1666 Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43
08/06/1686 Paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60
08/06/1718 Jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28
08/06/1727 Fran�ois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61
08/06/1746 Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies
08/06/1775 Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72
08/06/1783 Willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70 08/06/1784 Karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57
08/06/1799 Joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74
08/06/1816 Karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80
08/06/1820 Anton Wranitzky, composer, dies at 59
08/06/1820 M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca, dies at 43, dies 08/06/1821 Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64
08/06/1848 Nicola Vaccai, composer, dies at 58
08/06/1853 Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57
08/06/1862 Francisco Acu�a de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71 08/06/1867 Faustin-�lie Soulouque, emperor of Haiti, dies (birth date unknown) 08/06/1886 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45
08/06/1890 William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair
08/06/1895 George Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74
08/06/1900 Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74 08/06/1914 Ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54
08/06/1924 John Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76
08/06/1928 William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68
08/06/1935 Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70 08/06/1937 Annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at
08/06/1937 Ferdinand CS Schiller, British philosopher (Mind!), dies at 72 08/06/1954 Theo[by] Van Re�n, sculptor/drawer/lithograph, dies at 70 [or 8/10] 08/06/1959 Preston Sturges [Edmund P Biden], US director/screenwriter, dies at
08/06/1961 Jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 8
08/06/1964 Cedric Hardwicke, actor (Capt Hook-Peter Pan), dies at 71 08/06/1965 Nancy Carroll, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 60 08/06/1965 Peter Ronnefeld, composer, dies at 30
08/06/1966 Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at
08/06/1968 Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies
08/06/1969 Theodor Adorno, German philosopher/sociologist, dies
08/06/1970 Ingolf Dahl, composer, dies at 58
08/06/1973 Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar, dictator Cuba, dies
08/06/1976 Gregor Piatigorsky, composer, dies at 73
08/06/1978 Edward Durrell Stone, US architect, dies at 76
08/06/1978 Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], Italian Pope (1963-78), dies at 80 08/06/1979 Kurt Kasznar, actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65 08/06/1980 Charles Urbanus, baseball player, dies at 66
08/06/1986 William J Schroeder, (longest-survivor with permanent artificial 08/06/1986 heart, dies at 54, after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump) 08/06/1987 Ira C Eaker, commandant USAF in Europe (WW II), dies at 91 08/06/1988 J Skelly Wright, US judge (anti-segregatinist), dies at 77 08/06/1989 Hubert Beuve-M�ry, French newspaper founder (Le Voice), dies 08/06/1990 Jacques Soustelle, French ethnology/minister of Information, dies 08/06/1991 Harry Reasoner, newscaster (60 Minutes), dies at 68
08/06/1991 Shapour Bakhtiar, premier Iran (1979), dies in Paris
08/06/1993 Milton 'Milt' Thompson, US NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer, dies at 6


Significant Events:

08/06/ 258 St Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
08/06/ 523 St Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope
08/06/ 768 [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
08/06/ 939 Battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors
08/06/1181 Supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers
08/06/1588 Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors
08/06/1601 Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius
08/06/1623 Maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII
08/06/1625 Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen
08/06/1661 Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders
08/06/1675 Russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut
08/06/1774 Mother Ann (Lee) comes to NY (Shaker movement)
08/06/1787 Constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate
08/06/1806 Holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire 08/06/1815 US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli
08/06/1821 1st edition of 'Courrier of Pays-Bas' newspaper published in Brussel
08/06/1824 Battle at Jun�n - Sim�n Bol�vars army beats Spanish
08/06/1825 Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day)
08/06/1854 Congress passes Confiscation Act
08/06/1861 Lexington KY-Union milt camp established in neutral state 08/06/1862 Confederate Army ironclad 'Arkansas' is badly damaged in Union attac
08/06/1864 Rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd
08/06/1866 E Stephan discovers asteroid #89 Julia
08/06/1870 Battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France
08/06/1870 White conservatives suppresed black vote & captured Tenn legislature
08/06/1871 J C Watson discovers asteroid #115 Thyra
08/06/1890 1st use of electric chair in US, John Hart, in NY for murder 08/06/1890 Cy Young pitches & wins 1st game
08/06/1905 26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record)
08/06/1908 St Louis Card John Lush's 2nd no-hitter, beats Dodgers, 2-0 in 6 inn
08/06/1910 NYC Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt
08/06/1914 Austria-Hungary declares war against Russia
08/06/1914 French cavalry enter Belgium
08/06/1914 German Zeppelin bombs Luik City, 9 killed
08/06/1914 Serbia declares war against Germany
08/06/1918 Ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France
08/06/1919 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler
08/06/1919 Romanian forces destroys Bela Kun Republic in Budapest
08/06/1921 Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begin
08/06/1923 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #998 Bodea
08/06/1926 NY's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel 08/06/1930 Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in NYC 08/06/1934 US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915 08/06/1937 Franco-artillery fire on Madrid
08/06/1937 Indians overturn Yankees' 7-6 win by a protest
08/06/1937 US & USSR sign trade treaty
08/06/1944 All 1,200 Jewish death marchers from Lipcani Moldavia have died 08/06/1944 Anti-German attack at Avranches fails
08/06/1944 Deportation of 70,000 Jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins 08/06/1944 US 20th Army corp under general Walker occupies Nantes
08/06/1945 Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by 'Enola Gay' 08/06/1946 US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court
08/06/1948 Bob Mathias, US, wins decathlon at London Olympics
08/06/1948 Dreesgovt (KVP/Social Democratics/CHU/Liberal) forms
08/06/1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen (Neth) is 1st women to win 3 golds at Olympics 08/06/1951 Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria
08/06/1952 Satchel Paige, 47, becomes oldest pitcher to win a complete shutout 08/06/1954 WLAC (now WTVF) TV channel 5 in Nashville (CBS) begins broadcasting 08/06/1958 Glenn Davis sets record of 49.2 in 400-meter hurdles
08/06/1960 Pitt Steelers (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 43-16 in Toronto 08/06/1961 Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits) 08/06/1962 Jamaica gains independence from Britain
08/06/1965 Beatles release 'Help' album in UK
08/06/1965 Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights
08/06/1965 Indian troops ocuppy Pakistan
08/06/1965 US president Johnson signs voting law
08/06/1966 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Brian London
08/06/1966 Salazarbrug over Tag opens (longest suspension bridge of Europe) 08/06/1966 US citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam
08/06/1967 Minn Twin Dean Chance perfect games Boston Red Sox, 2-0 in 5 innings
08/06/1969 Balt Orioles pull their 3rd triple play (5-4-3 vs KC Royals) 08/06/1972 Garry Player wins PGA golf tournament
08/06/1972 Hank Aaron hits 660th & 661st HR for record HRs with one club 08/06/1974 6th time Phils get just 1 assist in game; no other team did it twice
08/06/1974 Explosion & fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Wash 08/06/1977 C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2191 Uppsala
08/06/1978 John Mahaffey wins PGA golf tournament
08/06/1979 David Graham wins PGA golf tournament
08/06/1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2570 Porphyro
08/06/1980 Z Vavrova discovers asteroids #2522, #2523 & #2544 Gubarev 08/06/1981 Argentina ex-president Isabel Per�n freed
08/06/1981 Due to strike, Yanks, A's, Philles & Dodgers declared 1st � champs 08/06/1981 NASA launches Fltsatcom-5, it failed
08/06/1982 WQXI (Atlanta) is 1st to use Harris Corp AM stereo system 08/06/1983 Minn Vikings beat St Louis Cards 28-10 in London, England (NFL expo)
08/06/1983 Supertanker Castillo de Bellvar crashes at South Africa
08/06/1984 203.05 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
08/06/1984 Carl Lewis wins 2nd (long jump) of 4 gold medals in Summer Olympics 08/06/1985 19th space shuttle mission (51-F), Challenger 8, lands at Edwards AF
08/06/1985 Major League Baseball Players Assn go on strike
08/06/1985 STS 51-I vehicle moves to launch pad
08/06/1986 Orioles (Dwyer & Sheets) & Rangers (Harrah) hit record 3 grand slams
08/06/1986 Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for IBM
08/06/1986 Record 3 grand slams hit in game Tx vs Balt (Harrah, Sheets & Dwyer)
08/06/1988 Oakland A's Jose Canseco becomes 11th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases
08/06/1988 Rich Gossage 300th career save (beats Phillies)
08/06/1989 Boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrezemski's #8
08/06/1989 Jaime Paz Zamora inaugurated as president of Bolivia
08/06/1989 Pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern picket lines 08/06/1990 NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 11th HR in 1st 86 at bats 08/06/1990 Pres Ghulam Ishaq Kahn dismisses premier Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan 08/06/1992 Harold Wilson's academy award is auctioned for $60,500
08/06/1993 Japan Hosokawa govt begins
08/06/1993 Pope John Paul II publishes Veritatis splendor encyclical

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