TODAY’S HISTORY
1717
Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles
1828
1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen
Handelsblad)
1841
James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice
Shelf
1846
The United States House of Representatives votes to stop
sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
1850
California Exchange opens
1854
Steamship San Francisco wrecked-300 die
1859
1st steamboat sails, Red River
1861
250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft Sumter
1905
National Association of Audubon Society, a non-profit,
environmental organization dedicated to conservation, incorporates
1909
Colombia recognizes Panama's independence
1911
Portuguese expel Jesuits
1911
San Francisco has its first air meet
1912
1st National Hockey Association game (Victoria)
1912
The Prague Party Conference takes place
1927
Fox Studios exhibits Movietone
1941
British/Australian troops conquer Bardia, Libya
1943
Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II
1963
San Diego beats Boston 51-10 in AFL championship game
1964
Pope Paul VI visits Jordan & Israel
1964
San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship
1972
US President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research
on a manned space shuttle
1974
An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages
hundreds of houses
1990
J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL
1992
Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st
crick Test wicket
1993
Brian Lara completes 277 v Australia at cricket SCG
2001
A report reveals that former General Practioner Harold
Shipman has potentially killed hundreds of patients
2005
Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system, is
discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L.
Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar
Observatory
2016
First batsman to ever score 1000 runs in a single innings in
cricket - 15 year-old Mumbai schoolboy Pranav Dhanawade is 1009 not out
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
1769
Jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics)
1822
Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army),
(d. 1894)
1829
Sir Roger Tichborne, missing U.K. heir who was the subject
of the longest criminal trial in British history (d. c.1854)
1855
King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)
1882
Herbert Bayard Swope, U.S. journalist who coined the term
"Cold War" (d. 1958)
1902
Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author (Cold
Comfort Farm)
1904
Jeane Dixon, American astrologer "A Gift of
Prophecy" (d. 1997)
1906
Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of
Jericho
1917
Jane Wyman, St. Joseph, Missouri, American actress
(Magnificent Obsession) and 1st wife of Ronald Reagan (d. 2007)
1917
Francis L. Kellogg, U.S. diplomat and prominent socialite
(d. 2006)
1919
Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flautist (d. 1992)
1928
Imtiaz Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistan wicket-keeper in 41 Tests
1952-62)
1931
Robert Duvall, actor (Great Santini, Taxi Driver), born in
San Diego, California
1931
Walter Davis, US, running high jumper (Olympic-gold-1952)
1931
Joan Coxsedge, Australian politician
1941
Bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late
60's)
1944
Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]
1960
Steve Jones, British aviator (Red Bull Air Race World
Series)
1967
Ray Crockett, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl
32)
1967
Ricky Paull Goldin, SF, actor (Doug-Hail to the Chief,
Another World)
1967
Joe Flanigan, American actor
1968
Carl Evans, Actor (Guilding Light)
1968
Felton Spencer, NBA center (Utah Jazz)
1986
Deepika Padukone, Indian model and actress
1996
Max Baldry, English actor
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