TODAY’S HISTORY
1667
Resistance of Androsovo in Russia-Poland
1746
Bonnie Prince Charlies army leaves Glasgow, [NS=1/14]
1749
Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire
Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
1750
Tax revolt in Haarlem Neth
1752
East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at
Malacca: 92 killed
1848
Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first President of
the independent African Republic of Liberia.
1885
The beginning of the Battle of Nui Bop in the Sino-French
War
1888
1st wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in
Washington, D.C.
1889
Admissions convention meets in Ellensburg, WA, asks for
statehood
1890
1st US college-level dairy school opens at University of
Wisconsin
1896
Emperor Wilhelm congratulates Pres Kruger on the Jameson
Raid
1899
The first known use of the word automobile, was seen in an
editorial in The New York Times.
1911
The Government of India announces that emigration to Natal,
Southern Africa, is prohibited with effect from 1 July
1922
1st living person identified on a US coin (Thomas E Kirby)
on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar
1932
Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop revolt by banana
workers fired by United Fruit.
1933
Minnie D. Craig becomes the first female elected as Speaker
of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first female to hold a
Speaker position anywhere in the United States.
1944
World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington
is shot down in his Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Zero
1976
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1977
Apple Computer, Inc incorporates
1977
Lindy McDaniel retires with 2nd most pitching appearances
(987 games)
1977
Former Home Secretary Roy Jenkins announces his intention to
be Britain's first President of the European Commission
1977
"The Police Tapes" premiere on New York City TV
station WNET, based somewhat on 1960s NYPD officers who worked in its South
Bronx
1999
The Mars Polar Lander was launched.
2013
27 Shiite pilgrims are killed and 60 are injured by a
suicide bombing in Musayyib, Iraq
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
1710
Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)
1793
Lucretia Coffin Mott, US,
teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist
1840
Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in
Hawaii
1853
Iwan Knorr, German composer, born in Mewe (d. 1916)
1855 Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)
1861
William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)
1862
Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other
places (d. 1939)
1865
Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936)
1886
Arthur Mailey, cricketer (great Aussie leg-spinner &
cartoonist)
1886
John G Fletcher, US, poet (Epic of Arkansas)
1886
Josephine Hull, Newtonville MA, Academy award actress
(Harvey)
1917
Vernon A. Walters, American diplomat and US permanent rep to
the UN (1989-91), born in NYC, New York (d. 2002)
1917
Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)
1918
Maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie
Bugle Boy)
1930
Eddie Egan, American actor (Joe Forrester), born in NYC, New
York
1930
Robert Loggia, actor (Officer & a Gentleman, Scarface),
born in Staten Island, New York (d. 2015)
1930
Marcel Dubé, Quebec playwright
1932
Anatoli Petrovich Kuklin, Russia, cosmonaut
1932
Jaswick Taylor, cricketer (WI pace bowler 50s, 10 wkts in 3
Tests)
1951
Gary Nairn, Australian politician
1952
Jim Ross, American wrestling announcer
1953
Angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight judo (Olympic-gold-1980)
1954
Ross The Boss [Ross Friedman], American guitarist (The
Dictators), born in the Bronx, New York
1970
Trudi Jeffrey, Brisbane QLD, golfer (1990 Australian Jr
Champion)
1970
Yogi Johl, 130 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympics-96), born
in Vancouver, British Columbia
1970
Mahaya Petrosian, Iranian actress
1978
Dominic Wood, English children's television presenter and
magician
1988
Rodrigo de la Cadena, Mexican artist and performer
1989
Anya Kop, Russian model and America's Next Top Model
contestant
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