TODAY’S HISTORY
1535
Francisco Pizarro founds the city of Lima, Peru
1671
British pirate Henry Morgan captures Panama City from its Spanish defenders
1776
James Wright, Royal Governor of Georgia, is placed under house arrest by Major Joseph Habersham
1779
John Dickinson is appointed to be a delegate for Delaware to the Continental Congress
1817
José de San Martín leads a revolutionary army over the Andes to attack Spanish royalists in Chile
1854
Filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW Mexico
1871
Second German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I and Otto von Bismarck
1884
Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Iesu Grist (Welsh for Jesus Christ) Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom
1896
1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in US (NYC)
1905
French government of Combes falls
1915
Train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die
1919
Bentley Motors Limited is founded
1938
Bradman scores 104* for South Australia v NSW at the SCG
1941
World War II: A counter-offensive is launched by the British against the Italians in East Africa
1943
US rations bread & metal - banning presliced bread reduce bakery demand for metal parts
1945
Soviet troops capture Krakow, Poland
1949
1st US Congressional standing committee headed by Negro (W Dawson)
1950
Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion
1955
Battle of Yijiangshan Islands between Chinese National Revolutionary Army and the People's Liberation Army
1959
Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1960
US & Japan sign joint defense treaty
1963
Al Davis becomes the head coach and general manager of the Oakland Raiders
1968
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972
Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Brian Faulkner bans all parades and marches in Northern Ireland until the end of the year
1974
Israel & Egypt sign weapons accord
1977
Imran Khan takes 12 wickets in match for Pakistan win at the SCG
1977
Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
1981
Iran accepts US offer of $7.9 billion in frozen assets
1986
24th
Space Shuttle (61-C) Mission-Columbia 7-returns to Earth
1988
Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board
1991
Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel
1993
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observed in all 50 states of the USA for 1st time
1997
In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other.
2003
A bushfire kills 4 people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
2005
The world's largest commercial jet, the Airbus A380, is unveiled in France
2007
Hurricane Kyrill: kills at least 44 in Western Europe: strongest British storm in 17 years kills 14 people, worst German storm since 1999 with 13 deaths and causes container Ship MSC Napoli to be destroyed off coast of Devon
2008
The United Nations announce George Clooney as a UN messenger of peace
2015
AB de Villiers makes the fastest century in ODI cricket history from 31 balls against the West Indies
2017
NASA and NOAA announce that 2016 was the hottest year on record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 which itself topped a record set in 2014
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
1689
Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher/writer (Letters Persanes)
1813
Joseph Glidden, American inventor of 1st commercial usable barbed wire, born in Charlestown, New Hampshire (d. 1906)
1835
Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet
1858
Daniel Williams, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, surgeon (1st open heart operation), (d. 1931)
1877
Samuel Zemurray, U.S. businessman (d. 1961)
1881
Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Librairie Gallimard) [or 1908]
1886
Peter Alma, Dutch painter/graphic artist
1892
Oliver Hardy, Harlem Ga, comedy team member (Laurel & Hardy)
1901
Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1973)
1908
Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born British mathematician and science writer best known as the presenter of the BBC television series, The Ascent of Man, born in Łódź, Poland (d. 1974)
1914
Arno Schmidt, German writer, born in Hamburg (d. 1979)
1917
Oscar Lewenstein, impressario
1918
Ton Brandsteder, CEO/founder (Sony Nederland)
1921
Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-born American Physicist (Nobel Prize 2008), born in Tokyo (d. 2015)
1924
Donald Baverstock, TV producer
1940
Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican racing driver (d. 1971)
1944
Alexander Van der Bellen, Austrian politician, President of Austria (2017-), born in Vienna
1955
Kevin Costner, American actor (Fandango, Silverado, Bull Durham), born in Los Angeles, California
1958
Jeffrey N Williams, Superior Wisc, Major Army/astronaut
1962
David O'Connor, equestrian 3-day (Olympics-silver-96)
1964
Jenny Holliday, Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1970
DJ Quik, American rapper
1977
Alina Jidkova, Russian tennis player
1980
Jason Segel, American actor
1983
Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress
1985
Dale Begg-Smith, Australian freestyle skier
1985
Minnisha Lamba, Indian Actress and Model
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