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July 4th In History: It Happened Today

June 30, 2011 By
Signature of the Declaration Of Independence

Signature of the Declaration Of Independence

The following is your daily snapshot of what happened on this day in history, July 4th. On this day in history, July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence, prepared by U.S. statesman Thomas Jefferson, is signed and approved by John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress of America. Delegates from the 12 colonies sign on August 2, making the U.S. the world’s oldest existing republic, although a treaty with Britain is not signed for a further five years.


BORN JULY 4TH:
July 4, 68 – Salonina Matidia, niece of Emperor Trajan (d. 119)
July 4, 1330 – Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367)
July 4, 1546 – Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595)
July 4, 1694 – Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (d. 1772)
July 4, 1715 – Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet (d. 1769)
July 4, 1719 – Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (d. 1797)
July 4, 1790 – George Everest, Welsh surveyor (d. 1866)
July 4, 1799 – King Oscar I of Sweden, French general (d. 1859)
July 4, 1804 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (d. 1864)
July 4, 1807 – Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian military and political figure (d. 1882)
July 4, 1816 – Hiram Walker, American grocer and distiller (d. 1899)
July 4, 1826 – Stephen Foster, American songwriter (d. 1864)
July 4, 1845 – Thomas Barnardo, Irish humanitarian (d. 1905)
July 4, 1847 – James Anthony Bailey, American circus impresario (d. 1906)
July 4, 1854 – Victor Babeş, Romanian bacteriologist (d. 1926)
July 4, 1854 – Bill Tilghman, American gunslinger and peace officer (d. 1924)
July 4, 1867 – Stephen Mather, American entrepreneur and conservationist (d. 1930)
July 4, 1868 – Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer (d. 1921)
July 4, 1872 – Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)
July 4, 1881 – Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier (d. 1968)
July 4, 1882 – Louis B. Mayer, American film producer (d. 1957)
July 4, 1883 – Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (d. 1970)
July 4, 1895 – Irving Caesar, American lyricist and composer (d. 1996)
July 4, 1896 – Mao Dun, Chinese writer (d. 1981)
July 4, 1897 – Alluri Sita Rama Raju, Indian Freedom Fighter (d. 1924)
July 4, 1898 – Dr. Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican historian (d. 1997)
July 4, 1898 – Gertrude Lawrence, English-born actress (d. 1952)
July 4, 1902 – Meyer Lansky, Russian-born American gangster (d. 1983)
July 4, 1902 – George Murphy, American entertainer (d. 1992)
July 4, 1903 – Flor Peeters, Belgian composer, organist and teacher (d. 1986)
July 4, 1904 – Angela Baddeley, English actress (d. 1976)
July 4, 1905 – Irving Johnson, American adventurer (d. 1991)
July 4, 1907 – Gordon Griffith, American director (d. 1958)
July 4, 1907 – Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (d. 1996)
July 4, 1910 – Gloria Stuart, American actress (d. 2010)
July 4, 1911 – Mitch Miller, American entertainer (d. 2010)
July 4, 1912 – Viviane Romance, French actress (d. 1991)
July 4, 1916 – Iva Toguri D’Aquino, American World War II figure (d. 2006)
July 4, 1917 – Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947)
July 4, 1918 – Ann Landers, American advice columnist (d. 2002)
July 4, 1918 – Abigail Van Buren, American advice columnist
July 4, 1918 – King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV of Tonga (d. 2006)
July 4, 1918 – Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (d. 1984)
July 4, 1920 – Norm Drucker, American basketball referee
July 4, 1920 – Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor (d. 2007)
July 4, 1920 – Fritz Wilde, German footballer (d. 1977)
July 4, 1921 – Gerard Debreu, French economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
July 4, 1921 – Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist (d. 2003)
July 4, 1923 – Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss Federal Councilor
July 4, 1924 – Eva Marie Saint, American actress
July 4, 1926 – Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish footballer
July 4, 1927 – Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress
July 4, 1927 – Neil Simon, American playwright
July 4, 1928 – Giampiero Boniperti, Italian footballer
July 4, 1928 – Chuck Tanner, American baseball player (d. 2011)
July 4, 1929 – Al Davis, American businessman
July 4, 1929 – Bill Tuttle, American baseball player (d. 1998)
July 4, 1930 – Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor (d. 1993)
July 4, 1930 – George Steinbrenner, American businessman (d. 2010)
July 4, 1930 – Yuri Tyukalov, Soviet Olympic rower
July 4, 1931 – Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish actor (d. 1977)
July 4, 1931 – Sébastien Japrisot, French author, film director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
July 4, 1932 – Aurèle Vandendriessche, Belgian athlete
July 4, 1934 – Colin Welland, English actor
July 4, 1935 – Paul Scoon, Governor General of Grenada
July 4, 1936 – Zdzisława Donat, Polish coloratura soprano
July 4, 1937 – Sonja Haraldsen, Queen of Norway (spouse of King Harald V of Norway)
July 4, 1937 – Thomas Nagel, American philosopher
July 4, 1938 – Bill Withers, American singer and songwriter
July 4, 1938 – Sergio Oliva, Cuban born American bodybuilder
July 4, 1940 – Karolyn Grimes, American actress
July 4, 1941 – Brian Willson, American peace activist
July 4, 1941 – Sam Farr, American politician
July 4, 1942 – Hal Lanier, American baseball player
July 4, 1942 – Floyd Little, American football player
July 4, 1942 – Stefan Meller, Polish foreign minister (d. 2008)
July 4, 1943 – Konrad “Conny” Bauer, German musician
July 4, 1943 – Geraldo Rivera, American reporter
July 4, 1943 – Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson, American musician (d. 1970)
July 4, 1943 – Emerson Boozer, American football player
July 4, 1943 – Milan Máčala, Czech football coach
July 4, 1944 – Joe Berardo, Portuguese millionaire
July 4, 1944 – Ray Meagher, Australian actor
July 4, 1945 – Bruce French, American actor
July 4, 1946 – Tish Howard, American model
July 4, 1946 – Ron Kovic, American peace activist
July 4, 1946 – Michael Milken, American financier
July 4, 1946 – Ed O’Ross, American actor
July 4, 1948 – Ed Armbrister, baseball player
July 4, 1948 – René Arnoux, French race car driver
July 4, 1948 – Tommy Körberg, Swedish singer and actor
July 4, 1948 – Jeremy Spencer, English musician
July 4, 1948 – Phil Wheatley, Director-General of the National Offender Management Service
July 4, 1950 – Philip Craven, British International Paralympic Committee president


July 4, 1950 – David Jensen, Canadian-born British radio DJ
July 4, 1951 – Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American politician
July 4, 1952 – Álvaro Uribe, President of Colombia
July 4, 1954 – Jim Beattie, American baseball player
July 4, 1954 – Morganna Roberts, American entertainer
July 4, 1955 – John Waite, English singer
July 4, 1956 – Mark Belling, American radio talkshow host
July 4, 1957 – Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand
July 4, 1957 – Rein Lang, Estonian politician and diplomat
July 4, 1958 – Kirk Pengilly, Australian musician
July 4, 1958 – Carl Valentine, English-born Canadian former footballer
July 4, 1958 – Steve Hartman, American sports radio host
July 4, 1959 – Victoria Abril, Spanish actress
July 4, 1960 – Sid Eudy, American professional wrestler
July 4, 1960 – Barry Windham, American professional wrestler
July 4, 1960 – Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1994)
July 4, 1961 – Richard Garriott, English video game designer
July 4, 1962 – Neil Morrissey, English actor
July 4, 1962 – Pam Shriver, American former tennis player
July 4, 1963 – Henri Leconte, French former tennis player
July 4, 1963 – José Oquendo, Puerto Rican baseball player
July 4, 1963 – William Ramallo, former Bolivian footballer
July 4, 1964 – Cle Kooiman, American soccer player
July 4, 1964 – Mark Slaughter, American singer
July 4, 1964 – Mark Whiting, American filmmaker and actor
July 4, 1965 – Horace Grant, American basketball player
July 4, 1965 – Harvey Grant, American basketball player
July 4, 1965 – Jo Whiley, English radio DJ
July 4, 1966 – Minas Hantzidis, Greek footballer
July 4, 1966 – Lee Reherman, American actor
July 4, 1967 – Vinny Castilla, Mexican baseball player
July 4, 1967 – Andy Walker (journalist), Canadian television personality
July 4, 1967 – Rick Wilkins, American baseball player
July 4, 1968 – Jack Frost, American musician
July 4, 1969 – Todd Marinovich, American football player
July 4, 1969 – Wilfred Mugeyi, Zimbabwean soccer player
July 4, 1970 – Christian Giesler, American bassist (Kreator)
July 4, 1970 – Tony Vidmar, Australian former footballer
July 4, 1971 – Andy Creeggan, Canadian musician
July 4, 1971 – Brendan Donnelly, American baseball player
July 4, 1971 – Koko, sign-language gorilla
July 4, 1971 – Ned Zelic, Australian soccer player
July 4, 1972 – Nina Badrić, Croatian singer
July 4, 1972 – Stephen Giles, Canadian canoer
July 4, 1972 – William Goldsmith, American drummer (Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters)
July 4, 1972 – Mike Knuble, Canadian hockey player
July 4, 1972 – Oleg Prudius, Ukrainian professional wrestler
July 4, 1973 – Gackt, Japanese musician
July 4, 1973 – Keiko Ihara, Japanese racing driver
July 4, 1973 – Michael Johnson, English-born Jamaican footballer
July 4, 1973 – Jan Magnussen, Danish racing driver
July 4, 1973 – Tony Popovic, Australian soccer player
July 4, 1973 – Elton Williams, Montserratian footballer
July 4, 1974 – La’Roi Glover, American football player
July 4, 1974 – Adrian Griffin, American basketball player
July 4, 1974 – Vince Spadea, American tennis player
July 4, 1975 – Tania Davis, Australian violist
July 4, 1976 – Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
July 4, 1976 – Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova, Russian cross-country skier
July 4, 1977 – Jonas Kjellgren, Swedish musician (Scar Symmetry)
July 4, 1978 – Vicky Kaya, Greek model and actress
July 4, 1978 – Stephen McNally, British singer and songwriter (BBMak)
July 4, 1978 – Emile Mpenza, Belgian footballer
July 4, 1978 – Becki Newton, American actress
July 4, 1978 – Katia Zygouli, Greek model
July 4, 1980 – Max Elliott Slade, American film actor
July 4, 1981 – Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player
July 4, 1981 – Dédé, Angolan soccer player
July 4, 1982 – Hannah Harper, English porn star
July 4, 1983 – Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model
July 4, 1983 – Ben Jorgensen, American musician
July 4, 1983 – Andy Mrotek, American musician
July 4, 1983 – Miguel Ángel Muñoz, Spanish actor and singer
July 4, 1983 – Miguel Pinto, Chilean footballer
July 4, 1983 – Mattia Serafini, Italian footballer
July 4, 1984 – Gina Glocksen, American singer
July 4, 1984 – Akanishi Jin, Japanese singer
July 4, 1985 – Kane Tenace, Australian rules footballer
July 4, 1986 – Takahisa Masuda, Japanese singer
July 4, 1990 – Backer Aloenouvo, Togolese football player
July 4, 1990 – David Kross, German actor

DIED JULY 4TH:
July 4, 907 – Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria
July 4, 943 – Taejo of Goryeo, of Korea (b. 877)
July 4, 965 – Pope Benedict V (b. unknown)
July 4, 973 – Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop (b. 890)
July 4, 1187 – Raynald of Chatillon, French Second Crusade figure (b.c. 1125)
July 4, 1541 – Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish explorer (b. 1495)
July 4, 1546 – Hayreddin Barbarossa, Greek-born Turkish naval officer (b. 1478)
July 4, 1551 – Gregory Cromwell, English nobleman (b. 1514)
July 4, 1603 – Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer (b. 1521)
July 4, 1623 – William Byrd, English composer
July 4, 1648 – Antoine Daniel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1601)
July 4, 1742 – Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (b. 1671)
July 4, 1754 – Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist and author (b. 1680)
July 4, 1761 – Samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689)
July 4, 1780 – Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Austrian military leader (b. 1712)
July 4, 1787 – Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise, Marshal of France (b. 1715)
July 4, 1821 – Richard Cosway, English artist (b. 1742)
July 4, 1826 – John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
July 4, 1826 – Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)
July 4, 1831 – James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)
July 4, 1848 – François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer (b. 1768)
July 4, 1850 – William Kirby, English entomologist (b. 1759)
July 4, 1854 – Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German jurist (b. 1781)
July 4, 1857 – William L. Marcy, American statesman (b. 1786)
July 4, 1881 – Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806)
July 4, 1882 – Joseph Brackett, American composer (b. 1797)
July 4, 1891 – Hannibal Hamlin, U.S. Vice President (b. 1809)
July 4, 1901 – Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (b. 1843)
July 4, 1902 – Swami Vivekananda, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1863)
July 4, 1905 – Élisée Reclus, French anarchist (b. 1830)
July 4, 1910 – Melville Weston Fuller, American jurist (b. 1833)
July 4, 1910 – Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (b. 1835)
July 4, 1916 – Alan Seeger, American war poet (b. 1888)
July 4, 1922 – Lothar von Richthofen, German pilot (b. 1894)
July 4, 1926 – Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Saint (b. 1901)
July 4, 1931 – Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (b. 1869)
July 4, 1931 – Buddie Petit, American jazz musician (b. 1895)
July 4, 1934 – Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Physics (b. 1867)
July 4, 1938 – Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democratic politician (b. 1881)
July 4, 1938 – Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (b. 1899)
July 4, 1941 – Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician (b. 1881)
July 4, 1946 – Gerda Steinhoff, Polish-born German concentration camp overseer (b. 1922)
July 4, 1948 – Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian writer (b. 1882)
July 4, 1963 – Bernard Freyberg, New Zealander statesman (b. 1889)
July 4, 1964 – Henry (Hank) Sylvern, American radio personality (b. 1908)
July 4, 1970 – Barnett Newman, American artist (b. 1905)
July 4, 1970 – Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American industrialist (b. 1884)
July 4, 1971 – August Derleth, American writer and editor (b. 1909)
July 4, 1975 – Georgette Heyer, English author (b. 1902)
July 4, 1974 – Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, Palestinian Muslim nationalist (b. 1895 or 1897)
July 4, 1976 – Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli soldier and Entebbe rescue commander (b. 1946)
July 4, 1976 – Antoni Słonimski, Polish poet (b. 1895)
July 4, 1977 – Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (b. 1918)
July 4, 1979 – Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer (b. 1905)
July 4, 1980 – Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (b. 1895)
July 4, 1982 – Terry Higgins, British AIDS victim (b. 1945)
July 4, 1984 – Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
July 4, 1986 – Flor Peeters, Belgian composer and organist (b. 1903)
July 4, 1986 – Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician (b. 1899)
July 4, 1988 – Adrian Adonis, American professional wrestler (b. 1954)
July 4, 1989 – Jack Haig, British actor (b. 1913)
July 4, 1991 – Victor Chang, Australian physician (b. 1936)
July 4, 1992 – Ástor Piazzolla, Argentinian composer (b. 1921)
July 4, 1993 – Bona Arsenault, French Canadian politician and historian (b. 1903)
July 4, 1994 – Joey Marella, American professional wrestling referee (b. 1964)
July 4, 1995 – Eva Gabor, Hungarian actress (b. 1919)
July 4, 1995 – Bob Ross, American artist and television host (b. 1942)
July 4, 1997 – Charles Kuralt, American television presenter (b. 1934)
July 4, 1997 – John Zachary Young, English zoologist (b. 1907)
July 4, 1999 – Leo Garel, American artist and cartoonist (b. 1917)
July 4, 2000 – Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Polish writer (b. 1919)
July 4, 2001 – Keenan Milton, American skateboarder (b. 1974)
July 4, 2002 – Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American Air Force general (b. 1912)
July 4, 2002 – Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian politician (b. 1951)
July 4, 2002 – Winnifred Quick, American Titanic survivor (b. 1904)
July 4, 2003 – André Claveau, French singer (b. 1915)
July 4, 2003 – Barry White, American singer (b. 1944)
July 4, 2004 – Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (b. 1920)
July 4, 2004 – Frank Robinson (Xylophone Man), British street entertainer (b. 1932)
July 4, 2005 – Hank Stram, American football coach (b. 1923)
July 4, 2007 – Barış Akarsu, Turkish rock musician (b. 1979)
July 4, 2007 – Bill Pinkney, American singer and performer (b. 1925)
July 4, 2008 – Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921)
July 4, 2008 – Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916)
July 4, 2008 – Terrence Kiel, American football player (b. 1980)
July 4, 2008 – Charles Wheeler, British journalist (b. 1923)
July 4, 2009 – Brenda Joyce, American actress (b. 1917)
July 4, 2009 – Allen Klein, American music executive (b. 1931)
July 4, 2009 – Drake Levin, American rock musician (b. 1946)
July 4, 2009 – Steve McNair, American football player (b. 1973)
July 4, 2009 – Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish writer (b. 1935)
July 4, 2009 – Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, Congolese politician (b. 1938)
July 4, 2009 – Jim Chapin, American drummer (b. 1919)
July 4, 2010 – Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Iraqi-born Lebanese Shiite Muslim cleric and Hezbollah mentor (b. 1935)

JULY 4TH MEMORABLE EVENTS:
July 4, 836 – Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples
July 4, 993 – Saint Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized.
July 4, 1054 – A supernova is observed by the Chinese, the Arabs and possibly Amerindians near the star Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula.
July 4, 1120 – Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew’s death.
July 4, 1187 – The Crusades: Battle of Hattin – Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.
July 4, 1253 – Battle of West-Capelle: John I of Avesnes defeats Guy of Dampierre.
July 4, 1359 – Francesco II Ordelaffi of Forlì surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz.
July 4, 1456 – The Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade) begins. (Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe)
July 4, 1534 – Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye.
July 4, 1569 – The King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Sigismund II Augustus finally sign the document of union between Poland and Lithuania, creating new country known as Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
July 4, 1610 – The Battle of Klushino between forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish-Muscovite War.
July 4, 1634 – The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (Quebec, Canada)
July 4, 1636 – City of Providence, Rhode Island forms.
July 4, 1744 – The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iriquois ceded lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, is signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
July 4, 1754 – French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French Capt. Louis Coulon de Villiers.
July 4, 1774 – Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament’s Coercive Acts
July 4, 1776 – American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
July 4, 1778 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
July 4, 1802 – At West Point, New York the United States Military Academy opens.
July 4, 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.
July 4, 1810 – The French occupy Amsterdam.
July 4, 1817 – At Rome, New York, United States, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
July 4, 1826 – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, dies the same day as John Adams, second president of the United States, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence.
July 4, 1827 – Slavery is abolished in New York State.
July 4, 1831 – Samuel Francis Smith wrote “America” (“My country ’tis of thee”) for the Boston, MA July 4th festivities.
July 4, 1837 – Grand Junction Railway, the world’s first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
July 4, 1838 – The Iowa Territory is organized.
July 4, 1855 – In Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman’s book of poems, titled Leaves of Grass, is published.
July 4, 1862 – Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
July 4, 1863 – American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg – Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. 150 miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate Army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
July 4, 1863 – The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after its loss at the Battle of Gettysburg, signaling an end to the Southern invasion of the North.
July 4, 1865 – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is published.
July 4, 1878 – Thoroughbred horses Ten Broeck and Mollie McCarty run a match race, immortalized in the song Molly and Tenbrooks.
July 4, 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: the Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burnt to the ground, thus, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
July 4, 1881 – In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
July 4, 1886 – The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States.
July 4, 1886 – The first scheduled Canadian transcontinental train arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia.
July 4, 1887 – The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
July 4, 1892 – Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, so that year there were 367 days in this country, with two occurrences of Monday, July 4.
July 4, 1894 – The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
July 4, 1903 – Dorothy Levitt is reported as the first woman in the world to compete in a ‘motor race’.
July 4, 1910 – African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match sparking race riots across the United States.
July 4, 1913 – President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
July 4, 1918 – Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
July 4, 1918 – Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
July 4, 1927 – First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
July 4, 1934 – Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb.
July 4, 1939 – Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tells a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself “The luckiest man on the face of the earth” as he announces his retirement from major league baseball.
July 4, 1941 – Nazi Germans massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian city of Lviv.
July 4, 1946 – After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
July 4, 1947 – The “Indian Independence Bill” is presented before British House of Commons, suggesting bifurcation of British India into two sovereign countries – India and Pakistan.
July 4, 1950 – The first broadcast by Radio Free Europe.
July 4, 1959 – With the admission of Alaska as the 49th U.S. state earlier in the year, the 49-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
July 4, 1960 – Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Act).
July 4, 1961 – Walt Disney is one of the two main speakers on the Independence Day in The Rebuild Hills at Skørping in Denmark.
July 4, 1965 – Homophile activists picket at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the first in a series of Annual Reminders of the second-class status of LGBT people in the United States.
July 4, 1966 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act goes into effect the next year.
July 4, 1969 – Two teens (one male, one female) are attacked at Blue Rock Springs in California. They are the second (known) victims of the Zodiac Killer. The male survives.
July 4, 1969 – The Ohio Fireworks Derecho kills 18 Ohioans and destroys over 100 boats on Lake Erie.
July 4, 1976 – Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
July 4, 1982 – Iranian diplomats kidnapping (1982): four Iranian diplomats are kidnapped by Lebanese militia in Lebanon.
July 4, 1987 – In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (aka the “Butcher of Lyon”) is convicted of crimes against humanity and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
July 4, 1993 – Sumitomo Chemical’s resin plant in Nihama explodes killing one worker and injuring three others.
July 4, 1997 – NASA’s Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
July 4, 2004 – The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.
July 4, 2005 – The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
July 4, 2006 – Space Shuttle program: STS-121 Mission – Space Shuttle Discovery launches at 18:37:55 UTC.
July 4, 2006 – North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile, and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.
July 4, 2009 – The Statue of Liberty’s crown reopens to the public after 8 years, due to security reasons following the World Trade Center attacks.

MEMORABLE QUOTE:
“I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos – especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road to freedom.” (Jim Morrison)

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July 3rd In History: It Happened Today

June 30, 2011 By
German Inventor Karl Benz

German Inventor Karl Benz

The following is your daily snapshot of what happened on this day in history, July 3rd. On this day in history, July 3, 1886, German inventor Karl Benz demonstrates his automobile in public. It travels at 10 miles per hour (16 km/h). Other German contemporaries, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach working as partners, also worked on similar types of inventions, without knowledge of the work of the other, but Benz patented his work first and, after that, patented all of the processes that made the internal combustion engine feasible for use in cars. In 1886 Benz was granted a patent for his first car.


BORN JULY 3RD:
July 3, 1423 – King Louis XI of France (d. 1483)
July 3, 1442 – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)
July 3, 1530 – Claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601)
July 3, 1676 – Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747)
July 3, 1683 – Edward Young, English poet (d. 1765)
July 3, 1685 – Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768)
July 3, 1728 – Robert Adam, Scottish architect (d. 1792)
July 3, 1738 – John Singleton Copley, American painter (d. 1815)
July 3, 1743 – Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1813)
July 3, 1851 – Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer (d. 1930)
July 3, 1854 – Leoš Janáček, Czech composer (d. 1928)
July 3, 1866 – Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (d. 1907)
July 3, 1870 – Richard Bedford Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1947)
July 3, 1875 – Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (d. 1951)
July 3, 1878 – George M. Cohan, American actor, director, singer and dancer (d. 1942)
July 3, 1879 – Alfred Korzybski, Polish linguist (d. 1950)
July 3, 1880 – Carl Schuricht, Polish-born German conductor (d. 1967)
July 3, 1883 – Franz Kafka, Czech-German writer (d. 1924)
July 3, 1886 – Raymond A. Spruance, American Navy admiral (d. 1969)
July 3, 1888 – Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Spanish writer (d. 1963)
July 3, 1900 – Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (d. 1987)
July 3, 1903 – Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992)
July 3, 1906 – George Sanders, British actor (d. 1972)
July 3, 1906 – Jack Earle, American actor and sideshow performer (d. 1952)
July 3, 1908 – M. F. K. Fisher, American writer (d. 1992)
July 3, 1908 – Robert B. Meyner, American politician (d. 1990)
July 3, 1910 – Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1954)
July 3, 1913 – Dorothy Kilgallen, American columnist (d. 1965)
July 3, 1916 – John Kundla, American college and professional basketball coach
July 3, 1917 – João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (d. 1990)
July 3, 1918 – S. V. Ranga Rao, South Indian actor (Telugu Cinema Actor) (d. 1974)
July 3, 1920 – Paul O’Dea, American baseball player (d. 1978)
July 3, 1921 – Susan Peters, American actress (d. 1952)
July 3, 1922 – Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian painter, called Corneille (d. 2010)
July 3, 1924 – S. R. Nathan, 6th president of Singapore
July 3, 1927 – Ken Russell, British director
July 3, 1930 – Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 2004)
July 3, 1930 – Tommy Tedesco, American musician (d. 1997)
July 3, 1930 – Pete Fountain, American clarinetist
July 3, 1931 – Frits Helmuth, Danish actor (d. 2004)
July 3, 1932 – Richard Mellon Scaife, American newspaper publisher
July 3, 1933 – Edward Brandt, American doctor and public health official (d. 2007)
July 3, 1935 – Harrison Schmitt, American astronaut and politician
July 3, 1936 – Baard Owe, Norwegian-born Danish actor
July 3, 1937 – Tom Stoppard, Czech-born, British playwright
July 3, 1938 – Bolo Yeung, Hong Kong actor
July 3, 1939 – László Kovács, Hungarian politician and diplomat
July 3, 1939 – Brigitte Fassbaender, German mezzo-soprano
July 3, 1940 – César Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1994)
July 3, 1940 – Lamar Alexander, American politician
July 3, 1940 – Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of Poland
July 3, 1940 – Fontella Bass, American soul singer
July 3, 1941 – Gloria Allred, American Attorney
July 3, 1942 – Eddy Mitchell, French singer and actor
July 3, 1942 – Paco Stanley, Mexican TV personality (d. 1999)
July 3, 1943 – Kurtwood Smith, American actor
July 3, 1943 – Judith Durham, Australian singer and songwriter
July 3, 1944 – Michel Polnareff, French singer and songwriter
July 3, 1945 – Michael Cole, American TV actor
July 3, 1946 – Johnny Lee, American country-and-western singer
July 3, 1946 – Leszek Miller, Prime Minister of Poland
July 3, 1947 – Dave Barry, American humorist and author
July 3, 1947 – Betty Buckley, American actress
July 3, 1947 – Anthony “Top” Topham, English musician
July 3, 1948 – Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish comics artist
July 3, 1949 – Jan Smithers, American actress
July 3, 1949 – Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave) (d. 2006)
July 3, 1950 – James Hahn, American politician


July 3, 1950 – Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer
July 3, 1951 – Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
July 3, 1951 – Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician
July 3, 1952 – Amit Kumar, Indian singer
July 3, 1955 – Sanma Akashiya, Japanese television performer
July 3, 1956 – Montel Williams, American talk show host
July 3, 1956 – Don Vito, American Viva La Bam castmember
July 3, 1957 – Laura Branigan, American singer (d. 2004)
July 3, 1957 – Ken Ober, American game show host (d. 2009)
July 3, 1958 – Matthew Fraser, Canadian-British journalist
July 3, 1958 – Siân Lloyd, Welsh weather presenter
July 3, 1958 – Didier Mouron, Swiss artist
July 3, 1958 – Aaron Tippin, American singer
July 3, 1958 – Charlie Higson, English author and actor
July 3, 1959 – Julie Burchill, British journalist and author
July 3, 1959 – David Shore, Canadian-born writer
July 3, 1959 – Stephen Pearcy, American singer (Ratt)
July 3, 1960 – Vince Clarke, British songwriter (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure)
July 3, 1961 – Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer
July 3, 1961 – Tim Smith, English musician (Cardiacs)
July 3, 1962 – Tom Cruise, American actor
July 3, 1962 – Hunter Tylo, American actress
July 3, 1962 – Thomas Gibson, American actor
July 3, 1962 – Hugh Page, former South African cricketer
July 3, 1964 – Joanne Harris, British author
July 3, 1964 – Yeardley Smith, French-born American actress
July 3, 1965 – Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese wrestler (d. 2005)
July 3, 1965 – Connie Nielsen, Danish actress
July 3, 1966 – Moisés Alou, Dominican baseball player
July 3, 1966 – Robin Burgener, Canadian programmer, inventor of 20Q
July 3, 1967 – Brian Cashman, American major league baseball executive
July 3, 1967 – Spiros Marangos, Greek footballer
July 3, 1968 – Aku Louhimies, Finnish film director and screenwriter
July 3, 1969 – Kevin Hearn, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies)
July 3, 1970 – Teemu Selänne, Finnish ice hockey player
July 3, 1970 – Shawnee Smith, American actress
July 3, 1970 – Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist
July 3, 1971 – Julian Assange, Australian journalist, publisher and Internet activist
July 3, 1972 – Warren Furman, British television personality
July 3, 1973 – Johnny Terris, Canadian actor and director
July 3, 1973 – Patrick Wilson, American actor
July 3, 1973 – Emma Cunniffe, British actress
July 3, 1973 – Ólafur Stefánsson, Icelandic handball player
July 3, 1976 – Andrea Barber, American actress
July 3, 1976 – Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player
July 3, 1976 – Henry Olonga, Zimbabwean cricketer
July 3, 1976 – Shane Lynch, Boyzone singer
July 3, 1976 – Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
July 3, 1976 – Bobby Skinstad, Springbok rugby player
July 3, 1977 – David Bowens, American football player
July 3, 1978 – Mizuki Noguchi, Japanese long-distance runner
July 3, 1979 – Ludivine Sagnier, French actress
July 3, 1980 – Roland Mark Schoeman, South African swimmer
July 3, 1980 – Trae, American rapper
July 3, 1980 – Bostjan Nachbar, Slovenian basketball player
July 3, 1980 – Harbhajan Singh, Indian cricketer
July 3, 1980 – Olivia Munn, American television hostess
July 3, 1980 – Georgios Theodoridis, Greek footballer
July 3, 1980 – Melisa Young, American Rapper (“Kid Sister”)
July 3, 1981 – Justin Torkildsen, American actor
July 3, 1982 – Kanika, Indian actress
July 3, 1983 – Steph Jones, American singer and model
July 3, 1983 – Edinson Volquez, Dominican baseball player
July 3, 1984 – Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricketer
July 3, 1984 – Corey Sevier, Canadian actor
July 3, 1984 – Manny Lawson, American football player
July 3, 1984 – Nicolas Roche, Irish cyclist
July 3, 1985 – Minami Keisuke, Japanese singer and actor
July 3, 1986 – Greg Paulus, American basketball and football player
July 3, 1987 – Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver
July 3, 1988 – Winston Reid, New Zealand-Danish footballer
July 3, 1992 – Nathalia Ramos, Spanish actress and singer

DIED JULY 3RD:
July 3, 1570 – Aonio Paleario, Italian humanist
July 3, 1642 – Maria de’ Medici, wife of Henry IV of France (b. 1573)
July 3, 1672 – Francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635)
July 3, 1704 – Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (b. 1657)
July 3, 1749 – William Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675)
July 3, 1778 – Anna Maria Pertl Mozart, mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1720)
July 3, 1790 – Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l’Isle, French chemist (b. 1736)
July 3, 1795 – Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (b. 1714)
July 3, 1795 – Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general and governor of Louisiana (b. 1716)
July 3, 1809 – Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian composer and playwright (b. 1746)
July 3, 1858 – Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)
July 3, 1863 – George Hull Ward, American general (b. 1826)
July 3, 1904 – Theodor Herzl, Austrian Zionist (b. 1860)
July 3, 1904 – Edouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (b. 1881)
July 3, 1908 – Joel Chandler Harris, American writer (b. 1845)
July 3, 1916 – Hetty Green, American businesswoman (b. 1834)
July 3, 1918 – Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1844)
July 3, 1933 – Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (b. 1852)
July 3, 1935 – André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (b. 1878)
July 3, 1942 – Louis Franchet d’Espèrey, French general (b. 1856)
July 3, 1954 – Siegfried Handloser, German physician (b. 1895)
July 3, 1957 – Dolf Luque, baseball player (b. 1890)
July 3, 1965 – Trigger, Roy Rogers’ horse (b. 1932)
July 3, 1969 – Brian Jones, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (b. 1942)
July 3, 1971 – Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (b. 1943)
July 3, 1977 – Alexander M. Volkov, Russian novelist and mathematician (b. 1891)
July 3, 1978 – James Daly, American actor (b. 1918)
July 3, 1979 – Louis Durey, French composer (b. 1888)
July 3, 1981 – Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (b. 1920)
July 3, 1985 – Frank Selke, Canadian ice hockey manager (b. 1893)
July 3, 1986 – Rudy Vallee, American singer (b. 1901)
July 3, 1989 – Jim Backus, American actor (b. 1913)
July 3, 1991 – Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician (b. 1918)
July 3, 1993 – Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (b. 1909)
July 3, 1993 – Don Drysdale, American baseball player (b. 1936)
July 3, 1994 – Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (b. 1934)
July 3, 1995 – Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (b. 1928)
July 3, 1995 – Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
July 3, 1998 – Danielle Bunten Berry, American software developer (b. 1949)
July 3, 1999 – Mark Sandman, American musician (b. 1952)
July 3, 2000 – Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor (b. 1944)
July 3, 2001 – Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (b. 1931)
July 3, 2001 – Johnny Russell, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1940)
July 3, 2003 – Gaetano Alibrandi, Papal diplomat (b. 1914)
July 3, 2004 – Andrian Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1929)
July 3, 2005 – Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director (b. 1914)
July 3, 2005 – Gaylord Nelson, American politician (b. 1916)
July 3, 2006 – Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (b. 1941)
July 3, 2006 – Benjamin Hendrickson, American actor (b. 1950)
July 3, 2007 – Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (b. 1915)
July 3, 2007 – Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (b. 1927)
July 3, 2008 – Ernie Cooksey, English footballer (b. 1980)
July 3, 2008 – Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (b. 1925)
July 3, 2008 – Clive Hornby, English soap actor (“Emmerdale”) (b. 1944)
July 3, 2008 – Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler and composer (b. 1956)
July 3, 2009 – John A. Keel, American fortean, television scriptwriter, author of The Mothman Prophecies (b. 1930)

JULY 3RD MEMORABLE EVENTS:
July 3, 324 – Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
July 3, 987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France till the French Revolution in 1792.
July 3, 1608 – Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
July 3, 1754 – French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
July 3, 1767 – Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
July 3, 1767 – Norway’s oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
July 3, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
July 3, 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British forces kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
July 3, 1819 – The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
July 3, 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.
July 3, 1844 – The last pair of Great Auks is killed.
July 3, 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.
July 3, 1849 – The French enter Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power. This would prove a major obstacle to Italian unification.
July 3, 1852 – Congress establishes the United States’ 2nd mint in San Francisco, California.
July 3, 1863 – American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett’s Charge.
July 3, 1866 – Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgratz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
July 3, 1884 – Dow Jones and Company publishes its first stock average.
July 3, 1886 – Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen – the first purpose-built automobile.
July 3, 1886 – The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
July 3, 1890 – Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
July 3, 1898 – Spanish-American War: The Spanish fleet, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is destroyed by the U.S. Navy in Santiago, Cuba.
July 3, 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.
July 3, 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).
July 3, 1938 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
July 3, 1940 – World War II: 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.
July 3, 1944 – World War II: Minsk is liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration.
July 3, 1952 – The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the Congress of the United States.
July 3, 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.
July 3, 1962 – The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends.
July 3, 1969 – The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
July 3, 1970 – The Troubles: the “Falls Curfew” begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
July 3, 1970 – A British Dan-Air De Havilland Comet chartered jetliner crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 113 people.
July 3, 1977 – The Senegalese Republican Movement is founded.
July 3, 1979 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
July 3, 1981 – First mention in the New York Times of a disease that would later be called AIDS
July 3, 1986 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan presides over the relighting of the renovated Statue of Liberty.
July 3, 1988 – United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
July 3, 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.
July 3, 1994 – The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty-six people are killed in crashes.
July 3, 1996 – Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland.
July 3, 2001 – A Vladivostok Avia Tupolev Tu-154 jetliner crashes on approach to landing at Irkutsk, Russia killing 145 people.
July 3, 2006 – Valencia metro accident leaves 43 dead in Valencia, Spain.
July 3, 2006 – Asteroid 2004 XP14 flies within 432,308 kilometres (268,624 mi) of Earth.

MEMORABLE QUOTE:
“I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as in the physical.” (Thomas Jefferson)

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July 2nd In History: It Happened Today

June 30, 2011 By
Civil Rights Act of 1964

Civil Rights Act of 1964

The following is your daily snapshot of what happened on this day in history, July 2nd. On this day in history, July 2nd, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the U.S. Civil Rights Bill, making discrimination on the basis of race, country of origin, or religion illegal. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub.L. 88-352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women, including racial segregation. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public (“public accommodations”).


BORN JULY 2ND:
July 2, 419 – Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (d. 455)
July 2, 1262 – Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)
July 2, 1363 – Maria, Queen of Sicily and Duchess of Athens (d. 1401)
July 2, 1489 – Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1556)
July 2, 1492 – Elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495)
July 2, 1647 – Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English privy councilor (d. 1730)
July 2, 1665 – Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (d. 1726)
July 2, 1667 – Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (d. 1740)
July 2, 1698 – Francesco III d’Este, Duke of Modena (d. 1780)
July 2, 1714 – Christoph Willibald von Gluck, German composer (d. 1787)
July 2, 1724 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803)
July 2, 1819 – Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (d. 1900)
July 2, 1820 – George Law Curry, American newspaper publisher and 5th and 7th Governor of the Oregon Territory (d. 1878)
July 2, 1821 – Charles Tupper, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1915)
July 2, 1849 – Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Czech-born Queen consort of Bavaria (d. 1919)
July 2, 1862 – William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1942)
July 2, 1865 – Lily Braun, German writer (d. 1916)
July 2, 1876 – Wilhelm Cuno, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1933)
July 2, 1877 – Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1962)
July 2, 1881 – Royal H. Weller, American politician (d. 1929)
July 2, 1884 – Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (d. 1931)
July 2, 1893 – Ralph Hancock, Welsh garden designer (Rockefeller Center) (d. 1950)
July 2, 1896 – Lydia Mei, Estonian painter (d. 1965)
July 2, 1900 – Tyrone Guthrie, English actor (d. 1971)
July 2, 1903 – Alec Douglas-Home, 66th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
July 2, 1903 – King Olav V of Norway (d. 1991)
July 2, 1904 – René Lacoste, French tennis player and businessman (d. 1996)
July 2, 1906 – Hans Bethe, German-born nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
July 2, 1906 – Christos Tsaganeas, Greek actor (d. 1982)
July 2, 1908 – Thurgood Marshall, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1993)
July 2, 1914 – Frederick Fennell, American conductor (d. 2004)
July 2, 1914 – Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (d. 1990)
July 2, 1915 – Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, Italy-born British peer
July 2, 1916 – Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991)
July 2, 1916 – Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German combat pilot, the highest-decorated German soldier of WWII (d. 1982)
July 2, 1917 – Murry Wilson, American songwriter and record producer (The Beach Boys) (d. 1973)
July 2, 1918 – Wibo, Dutch cartoonist (d. 2005)
July 2, 1919 – Jean Craighead George, American writer
July 2, 1923 – Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet, Nobel laureate
July 2, 1925 – Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (d. 1963)
July 2, 1925 – Patrice Lumumba, 1st democratically elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1961)
July 2, 1926 – Octavian Paler, Romanian writer and journalist (d. 2007)
July 2, 1927 – Brock Peters, American actor (d. 2005)
July 2, 1929 – Imelda Marcos, Filipino First Lady, wife of Ferdinand Marcos
July 2, 1929 – John A. Cade, American politician
July 2, 1930 – Carlos Menem, Argentine politician, 50th President of Argentina
July 2, 1932 – Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (Wendy’s) (d. 2002)
July 2, 1933 – Kenny Wharram, Canadian ice hockey player
July 2, 1934 – Tom Springfield, British singer and songwriter (The Springfields)
July 2, 1937 – Polly Holliday, American actress
July 2, 1937 – Richard Petty, American race car driver
July 2, 1939 – John H. Sununu, White House Chief of Staff under George HW Bush
July 2, 1939 – Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek politician and poet
July 2, 1939 – Paul Williams, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1973)
July 2, 1940 – Kenneth Clarke, British politician
July 2, 1941 – Stéphane Venne, French-Canadian songwriter
July 2, 1942 – Vicente Fox, Mexican politician, 35th President of Mexico
July 2, 1943 – Walter Godefroot, Belgian cyclist
July 2, 1946 – Richard Axel, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate
July 2, 1946 – Ron Silver, American actor (d. 2009)
July 2, 1947 – Larry David, American television producer
July 2, 1948 – Saul Rubinek, Canadian actor
July 2, 1948 – Gene McFadden, American songwriter (d. 2006)
July 2, 1949 – Roy Bittan, American keyboardist (E Street Band)
July 2, 1949 – Greg Brown, American folk singer
July 2, 1949 – Robert Paquette, French-Canadian singer and songwriter
July 2, 1949 – Hanno Pöschl, Austrian actor
July 2, 1951 – Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian actress (d. 1997)


July 2, 1951 – Michele Santoro, Italian TV journalist
July 2, 1952 – Johnny Colla, American guitarist and saxophonist (Huey Lewis and the News)
July 2, 1953 – Tony Armas, Venezuelan baseball player
July 2, 1953 – Mark Hart, American multi-instrumentalist (Crowded House, Supertramp)
July 2, 1954 – Pete Briquette, Irish bassist (The Boomtown Rats)
July 2, 1955 – Andrew Divoff, Venezuelan actor
July 2, 1955 – Kevin Michael Grace, Canadian journalist
July 2, 1956 – Jerry Hall, American actress
July 2, 1957 – Bret “The Hitman” Hart, Canadian pro wrestler
July 2, 1958 – Thomas Bickerton, American Methodist bishop
July 2, 1959 – Mike Hallett, English snooker player
July 2, 1960 – Terry Rossio, American screenwriter
July 2, 1961 – Michael Lindsay, American voice actor
July 2, 1961 – Samy Naceri, French actor
July 2, 1963 – Mark Kermode, British film critic
July 2, 1964 – José Canseco, Cuban-born American baseball player
July 2, 1964 – Ozzie Canseco, Cuban-born American baseball player
July 2, 1964 – Joe Magrane, American baseball player
July 2, 1964 – Hisakatsu Oya, Japanese professional wrestler
July 2, 1964 – Charles Robinson, American wrestling referee
July 2, 1964 – Alan Tait, Scotland rugby player
July 2, 1964 – Andrea Yates, American murderer
July 2, 1969 – Matthew Cox, American convicted felon
July 2, 1969 – Tim Rodber, England rugby player
July 2, 1970 – Yancy Butler, American actress
July 2, 1970 – Colin Edwin, Australian bassist (Porcupine Tree)
July 2, 1970 – Scotty 2 Hotty, American professional wrestler
July 2, 1970 – Monie Love, English rapper
July 2, 1970 – Steve Morrow, Irish footballer
July 2, 1971 – Troy Brown, American football player
July 2, 1971 – Evelyn Lau, Canadian poet and novelist
July 2, 1971 – Bryan Redpath, Scottish rugby player
July 2, 1972 – Darren Shan, Irish children’s author
July 2, 1973 – Peter Kay, British comedian
July 2, 1974 – Sean Casey, American baseball player
July 2, 1974 – Tim Christensen, Danish singer and multi-instrumentalist (Dizzy Mizz Lizzy)
July 2, 1974 – Rocky Gray, American drummer and guitarist (Evanescence, Living Sacrifice)
July 2, 1974 – Matthew Reilly, Australian author
July 2, 1974 – Moon So-ri, South Korean actress
July 2, 1975 – Éric Dazé, Canadian ice hockey player
July 2, 1975 – Erik Ohlsson, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin)
July 2, 1975 – Stefan Terblanche, South African rugby player
July 2, 1976 – Krisztián Lisztes, Hungarian footballer
July 2, 1976 – Tomáš Vokoun, Czech ice hockey player
July 2, 1978 – Julie Night, American pornographic actress
July 2, 1978 – Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician
July 2, 1979 – Diana Gurtskaya, Georgian singer
July 2, 1979 – Sam Hornish, Jr., American race car driver
July 2, 1979 – Joe Thornton, Canadian hockey player
July 2, 1980 – Nicole Briscoe, American beauty queen and sports commentator
July 2, 1980 – Nyjer Morgan, American baseball player
July 2, 1981 – Nathan Ellington, English soccer player
July 2, 1981 – Alex Koroknay-Palicz, American youth rights activist
July 2, 1981 – Angel Pagán, Puerto Rican baseball player
July 2, 1981 – Carlos Rogers, American football player
July 2, 1981 – Aaron Voros, Canadian hockey player
July 2, 1983 – Michelle Branch, American singer (The Wreckers)
July 2, 1983 – Sammy J, Australian comedian
July 2, 1984 – Vanessa Lee Chester, American actress
July 2, 1984 – Thomas Kortegaard, Danish footballer
July 2, 1984 – Johnny Weir, American figure skater
July 2, 1985 – Rhett Bomar, American football player
July 2, 1985 – Corey Bringas, American actor
July 2, 1985 – Chad Henne, American football player
July 2, 1985 – Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer
July 2, 1985 – Jurgen Roelandts, Belgian cyclist
July 2, 1986 – Brett Cecil, American baseball player
July 2, 1986 – Lindsay Lohan, American actress
July 2, 1987 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakh model (d. 2008)
July 2, 1988 – Lee Chung-Yong, South Korean footballer
July 2, 1989 – Dev, American singer and recording artist
July 2, 1992 – Madison Chock, American ice dancer

DIED JULY 2ND:
July 2, 862 – Swithun, Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester (b. 789)
July 2, 1298 – King Adolf of Germany (b. 1220)
July 2, 1504 – Prince Stephen III of Moldavia (“Ştefan cel Mare”) (b. 1434)
July 2, 1566 – Nostradamus, French astrologer (b. 1503)
July 2, 1582 – Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)
July 2, 1591 – Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
July 2, 1621 – Thomas Harriot, English astronomer
July 2, 1656 – François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (b. 1611)
July 2, 1674 – Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
July 2, 1743 – Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, 2nd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1673)
July 2, 1746 – Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656)
July 2, 1778 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (b. 1712)
July 2, 1778 – Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer (b. 1746)
July 2, 1822 – Denmark Vesey, St. Thomas-born American freed slave who planned a revolt, hanged (b. c. 1767)
July 2, 1833 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757)
July 2, 1843 – Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (b. 1755)
July 2, 1850 – Robert Peel, British politician, 28th and 30th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
July 2, 1857 – Carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot (b. 1818)
July 2, 1903 – Ed Delahanty, American Hall of Fame baseball player (b. 1867)
July 2, 1912 – Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
July 2, 1914 – Joseph Chamberlain, British politician and businessman, father of Neville Chamberlain (b. 1836)
July 2, 1915 – Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 19th, 21st and 23rd President of Mexico (b. 1830)
July 2, 1920 – William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
July 2, 1926 – Émile Coué, French psychologist (b. 1857)
July 2, 1929 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1893)
July 2, 1932 – King Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
July 2, 1934 – Ernst Röhm, German Nazi official (b. 1887)
July 2, 1955 – Edward Lawson, Scottish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
July 2, 1961 – Ernest Hemingway, American writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1899)
July 2, 1964 – Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
July 2, 1966 – Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (b. 1900)
July 2, 1969 – Michael DiBiase, American pro wrestler (b. 1923)
July 2, 1972 – Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious figure, 10th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
July 2, 1973 – Betty Grable, American actress (b. 1916)
July 2, 1973 – Chick Hafey, American baseball player (b. 1903)
July 2, 1973 – George McBride, American baseball player (b. 1880)
July 2, 1973 – Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
July 2, 1975 – James Robertson Justice, British actor (b. 1907)
July 2, 1977 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born writer (b. 1899)
July 2, 1978 – Aris Alexandrou, Greek novelist, poet and translator (b. 1922)
July 2, 1984 – Paul Dozois, Quebec politician (b. 1908)
July 2, 1985 – David Purley, British Formula 1 driver (b. 1945)
July 2, 1986 – Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player (b. 1917)
July 2, 1989 – Franklin Schaffner, American film director (b. 1920)
July 2, 1989 – Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician (b. 1909)
July 2, 1990 – Snooky Lanson, American singer (b. 1914)
July 2, 1991 – Lee Remick, American actress (b. 1935)
July 2, 1992 – Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer (b. 1950)
July 2, 1993 – Fred Gwynne, American actor (b. 1926)
July 2, 1994 – Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (b. 1967)
July 2, 1995 – Krissy Taylor, American model (b. 1978)
July 2, 1997 – James Stewart, American actor (b. 1908)
July 2, 1999 – Mario Puzo, American writer (b. 1920)
July 2, 2000 – Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
July 2, 2002 – Ray Brown, American jazz bassist (b. 1926)
July 2, 2004 – Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese writer (b. 1919)
July 2, 2004 – John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (b. 1919)
July 2, 2005 – Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (b. 1915)
July 2, 2005 – Norm Prescott, American animation producer (b. 1927)
July 2, 2006 – Jan Murray, American comedian (b. 1916)
July 2, 2007 – Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano (b. 1929)
July 2, 2008 – Natasha Shneider, Russian keyboardist and bassist (Eleven) (b. 1956)
July 2, 2008 – Elizabeth Spriggs, English actress (b. 1929)
July 2, 2010 – Beryl Bainbridge, Author (b. 1932)

JULY 2ND MEMORABLE EVENTS:
July 2, 626 – Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Incident at Xuanwu Gate.
July 2, 706 – In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang inters the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang’an.
July 2, 963 – The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea.
July 2, 1298 – The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
July 2, 1494 – The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.
July 2, 1555 – The Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.
July 2, 1561 – Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
July 2, 1582 – Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
July 2, 1613 – The first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall takes place.
July 2, 1644 – English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
July 2, 1679 – Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.
July 2, 1698 – Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
July 2, 1776 – The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4.
July 2, 1777 – Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.
July 2, 1823 – Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
July 2, 1839 – Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinqué take over the slave ship Amistad.
July 2, 1853 – The Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that set off the Crimean War.
July 2, 1871 – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
July 2, 1881 – Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19.
July 2, 1890 – The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
July 2, 1897 – Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
July 2, 1900 – The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
July 2, 1917 – The East St. Louis Riots end.
July 2, 1934 – The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
July 2, 1937 – Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
July 2, 1940 – Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
July 2, 1950 – The Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down.
July 2, 1962 – The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
July 2, 1964 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
July 2, 1966 – The French military explodes a nuclear test bomb codenamed Aldébaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific.
July 2, 1976 – Fall of the Republic of Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam declares their union to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
July 2, 1993 – 37 participants in an Alevi cultural and literary festival are killed when a mob of demonstrators set fire to their hotel in Sivas during a violent protest.
July 2, 2000 – Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
July 2, 2001 – The AbioCor self contained artificial heart is first implanted.
July 2, 2002 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
July 2, 2004 – ASEAN Regional Forum accepts Pakistan as its 24th member.
July 2, 2010 – The South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 230 people.

MEMORABLE QUOTE:
“I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.” (Imelda Marcos)

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July 1st In History: It Happened Today

June 29, 2011 By
July 1st, 1997: Hong Kong Returns to China

July 1st, 1997: Hong Kong Returns to China

The following is your daily snapshot of what happened on this day in history, July 1st. On this day in history, July 1st, 1997, Hong Kong is officially handed back from Britain to the People’s Republic of China. Britain had won control over Hong Kong in the 1800s during the Opium Wars. On January 21, 1841, the British flag was raised on Possession Point.


BORN JULY 1ST:
July 1, 1481 – King Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (d. 1559)
July 1, 1506 – King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1526)
July 1, 1534 – King Frederick II of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig (d. 1588)
July 1, 1574 – Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (d. 1656)
July 1, 1586 – Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (d. 1630)
July 1, 1633 – Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (d. 1698)
July 1, 1646 – Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician (d. 1716)
July 1, 1676 – Anthony Collins, English philosopher (d. 1729)
July 1, 1723 – Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes, Spanish statesman (d. 1802)
July 1, 1725 – Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French nobleman and soldier (d. 1807)
July 1, 1731 – Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan Royal Navy Admiral (d.1804)
July 1, 1742 – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (d. 1799)
July 1, 1788 – Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (d. 1867)
July 1, 1804 – George Sand, French writer (d. 1876)
July 1, 1804 – Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist (d. 1886)
July 1, 1807 – Thomas Green Clemson, American educator (d. 1888)
July 1, 1818 – Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician (d. 1865)
July 1, 1834 – Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Polish poet (d. 1908)
July 1, 1863 – William Grant Stairs, Canadian explorer (d. 1892)
July 1, 1869 – William Strunk, Jr., American grammarian (d. 1946)
July 1, 1872 – Louis Blériot, French aviator (d. 1936)
July 1, 1873 – Alice Guy-Blaché, American film director (d. 1968)
July 1, 1879 – Léon Jouhaux, French labor figure, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1954)
July 1, 1883 – Arthur Borton, English soldier (d. 1933)
July 1, 1899 – Thomas A. Dorsey, American composer (d. 1993)
July 1, 1899 – Charles Laughton, English actor (d. 1962)
July 1, 1899 – Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek politician (d. 1987)
July 1, 1902 – William Wyler, French-born American film director (d. 1981)
July 1, 1903 – Amy Johnson, English pilot (d. 1941)
July 1, 1906 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (d. 1992)
July 1, 1906 – Estée Lauder, American entrepreneur (d. 2004)
July 1, 1907 – Bill Stern, American sportscaster (d. 1971)
July 1, 1911 – Sergei Sokolov, Soviet marshal
July 1, 1912 – David R. Brower, American environmentalist (d. 2000)
July 1, 1912 – Sally Kirkland, American fashion editor (d. 1989)
July 1, 1913 – Frank Barrett, American baseball player (d. 1998)
July 1, 1913 – Vasantrao Naik, Indian politician (d. 1979)
July 1, 1915 – Willie Dixon, American blues vocalist and record producer (d. 1992)
July 1, 1915 – Joseph Ransohoff, American neurosurgeon (d. 2001)
July 1, 1916 – Olivia de Havilland, British-born actress
July 1, 1917 – Humphry Osmond, British psychiatrist (d. 2004)
July 1, 1920 – Harold Sakata, American actor (d. 1982)
July 1, 1921 – Seretse Khama, Botswanan politician (d. 1980)
July 1, 1925 – Farley Granger, American actor (d. 2011)
July 1, 1926 – Robert Fogel, American economist, Nobel laureate
July 1, 1926 – Carl Hahn, German automotive executive
July 1, 1926 – Hans Werner Henze, German composer
July 1, 1927 – Alan J. Charig, British palaeontologist (d. 1997)
July 1, 1929 – Gerald Edelman, American biologist, Nobel laureate
July 1, 1930 – Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American filmmaker (d. 2005)
July 1, 1930 – Carol Chomsky, American linguist, wife of Noam Chomsky (d. 2008)
July 1, 1930 – Bobby Day, American singer (d. 1990)
July 1, 1931 – Leslie Caron, French actress
July 1, 1932 – Ze’ev Schiff, Israeli journalist (d. 2007)
July 1, 1933 – C. Scott Littleton, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2010)
July 1, 1934 – Claude Berri, French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
July 1, 1934 – Jamie Farr, American actor
July 1, 1934 – Jean Marsh, English actress
July 1, 1934 – Sydney Pollack, American film director (d. 2008)
July 1, 1935 – James Cotton, American blues harmonica player
July 1, 1938 – Craig Anderson, American baseball player
July 1, 1939 – Karen Black, American actress
July 1, 1941 – Rod Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player
July 1, 1941 – Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist, Nobel laureate
July 1, 1941 – Myron Scholes, American economist, Nobel laureate
July 1, 1941 – Twyla Tharp, American choreographer
July 1, 1942 – Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress
July 1, 1942 – Andraé Crouch, American singer
July 1, 1942 – Mike Malloy, American talk radio host
July 1, 1943 – Jeff Wayne, American pianist, keyboardist and composer
July 1, 1943 – Marian Glinka, Polish actor (d. 2008)
July 1, 1945 – Mike Burstyn, Israeli-born American actor
July 1, 1945 – Debbie Harry, American singer (Blondie)
July 1, 1947 – Shirley Hemphill, American actress (d. 1999)
July 1, 1947 – Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Japanese racing driver
July 1, 1948 – John Ford, English songwriter and guitarist (Strawbs)
July 1, 1949 – John Farnham, English-born Australian singer
July 1, 1950 – David Duke, American politician and white supremacist


July 1, 1951 – Trevor Eve, British actor
July 1, 1951 – Anne Feeney, American protest singer
July 1, 1951 – Terrence Mann, American actor and dancer
July 1, 1951 – Fred Schneider, American singer (The B-52′s)
July 1, 1952 – Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor
July 1, 1952 – Steve Shutt, Canadian ice hockey player
July 1, 1952 – Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician (d. 2006)
July 1, 1953 – Lawrence Gonzi, Maltese politician
July 1, 1953 – Jadranka Kosor, Croatian journalist and politician
July 1, 1955 – Keith Whitley, American country musicsinger (d. 1989)
July 1, 1956 – Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor (d. 2009)
July 1, 1956 – Alan Ruck, American actor
July 1, 1957 – Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey player
July 1, 1957 – Lisa Blount, American actress and producer (d. 2010)
July 1, 1959 – Dale Midkiff, American actor
July 1, 1960 – Evelyn King, American singer
July 1, 1960 – Kevin Swords, American rugby player
July 1, 1961 – Kalpana Chawla, Indian-born American astronaut (d. 2003)
July 1, 1961 – Malcolm Elliott, British cyclist
July 1, 1961 – Carl Lewis, American athlete
July 1, 1961 – Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Charles’s ex wife (d. 1997)
July 1, 1961 – Michelle Wright, Canadian country music singer and guitarist
July 1, 1962 – Andre Braugher, American actor
July 1, 1963 – Roddy Bottum, American musician (Faith No More, Imperial Teen)
July 1, 1963 – David Wood, American environmentalist
July 1, 1964 – Bernard Laporte, French rugby player and coach
July 1, 1965 – Harald Zwart, Norwegian film director
July 1, 1966 – Enrico Annoni, Italian footballer
July 1, 1967 – Pamela Anderson, Canadian model
July 1, 1968 – Tim Abell, American actor
July 1, 1968 – Jordi Mollà, Spanish actor
July 1, 1970 – Melissa Peterman, American actress
July 1, 1970 – Henry Simmons, American actor
July 1, 1971 – Steven W. Bailey, American actor
July 1, 1971 – Amira Casar, French actress
July 1, 1971 – Missy Elliott, American rapper and singer
July 1, 1971 – Julianne Nicholson, American actress
July 1, 1971 – Jamie Walker, American baseball player
July 1, 1972 – Claire Forlani, English actress
July 1, 1972 – Alex Machacek, Austrian musician
July 1, 1974 – Jefferson Pérez, Ecuadorian race walker
July 1, 1975 – Sufjan Stevens, American singer and musician
July 1, 1976 – Patrick Kluivert, Dutch footballer
July 1, 1976 – Plies, American rapper
July 1, 1976 – Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer
July 1, 1976 – Justin Lo, Hong Kong singer and songwriter
July 1, 1976 – Hannu Tihinen, Finnish footballer
July 1, 1977 – Tom Frager, French-born singer and surfer
July 1, 1977 – Jarome Iginla, Canadian ice hockey player
July 1, 1977 – Greg Pattillo, American beatboxing flautist
July 1, 1977 – Birgit Schuurman, Dutch singer and actress
July 1, 1977 – Pamela Rogers Turner, former elementary school physical education teacher/coach and convicted sex offender
July 1, 1977 – Liv Tyler, American actress
July 1, 1979 – Forrest Griffin, American mixed martial artist
July 1, 1980 – Patrick Aufiero, American ice hockey player
July 1, 1981 – Carlo del Fava, South African-born Italian rugby player
July 1, 1981 – Amanda Diva, American actress and rapper
July 1, 1981 – Tadhg Kennelly, Irish Australian rules footballer
July 1, 1982 – Hilarie Burton, American actress
July 1, 1982 – Carmella DeCesare, American glamor model
July 1, 1982 – Justin Huber, Australian baseball player
July 1, 1982 – Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player
July 1, 1982 – Adrian Ward, American football player
July 1, 1983 – Lynsey Bartilson, American actress
July 1, 1983 – Marit Larsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter (M2M)
July 1, 1983 – Leeteuk (Park Jung Su), Korean singer
July 1, 1986 – Andrew Lee, Australian rules footballer
July 1, 1986 – Agnes Monica, Indonesian singer
July 1, 1988 – Evan Ellingson, American actor
July 1, 1989 – Mitch Hewer, English actor
July 1, 1989 – Hannah Murray, English actress
July 1, 1989 – Daniel Ricciardo, Australian racing driver
July 1, 1998 – Hollie Steel, English singer

DIED JULY 1ST:
July 1, 552 – Totila, King of the Ostrogoths (birth year unknown)
July 1, 868 – Ali al-Hadi, Shi’a Imam (b. 828)
July 1, 1109 – King Alfonso VI of Castile (b. 1040)
July 1, 1277 – Baibars, Mameluk Sultan of Egypt (b. 1223)
July 1, 1592 – Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer (b. c. 1547)
July 1, 1614 – Isaac Casaubon, French-born classical scholar (b. 1559)
July 1, 1622 – William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, British politician (b. 1575)
July 1, 1681 – Oliver Plunkett, Irish Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and saint (b. 1629)
July 1, 1708 – Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706)
July 1, 1774 – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (b. 1705)
July 1, 1782 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, British statesman and noble (b. 1730)
July 1, 1784 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (b. 1710)
July 1, 1819 – Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher (b. 1752)
July 1, 1839 – Mahmud II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1785)
July 1, 1860 – Charles Goodyear, American inventor (b. 1800)
July 1, 1863 – John Fulton Reynolds, American Civil War general (b. 1820)
July 1, 1894 – Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (b. 1819)
July 1, 1896 – Harriet Beecher Stowe, American abolitionist and writer (b. 1811)
July 1, 1905 – John Hay, American statesman (b. 1838)
July 1, 1925 – Erik Satie, French composer (b. 1866)
July 1, 1942 – Peadar Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish language writer (b. 1857)
July 1, 1944 – Carl Mayer, Austrian screenplay writer (b. 1894)
July 1, 1944 – Tanya Savicheva, Russian diarist (b. 1930)
July 1, 1948 – Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (b. 1904)
July 1, 1950 – Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and music educator (b. 1865)
July 1, 1950 – Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect (b. 1873)
July 1, 1961 – Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (b. 1894)
July 1, 1964 – Pierre Monteux, French conductor (b. 1875)
July 1, 1965 – Wally Hammond, English cricketer (b. 1903)
July 1, 1967 – Gerhard Ritter, German historian (b. 1888)
July 1, 1968 – Fritz Bauer, German judge and prosecutor (b. 1903)
July 1, 1971 – William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1890)
July 1, 1974 – Juan Perón, 29th and 41st President of Argentina (b. 1895)
July 1, 1976 – Anneliese Michel, German woman said to be possessed by demons (b. 1952)
July 1, 1978 – Kurt Student, German Luftwaffe general (b. 1890)
July 1, 1981 – Carlos de Oliveira, Portuguese writer (b. 1921)
July 1, 1981 – Rushton Moreve, American bass player (Steppenwolf) (b. 1948)
July 1, 1983 – R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and philosopher (b. 1903)
July 1, 1984 – Moshe Feldenkrais, Ukrainian educator (b. 1904)
July 1, 1987 – Snakefinger, British guitarist, violinist and composer (The Residents) (b. 1949)
July 1, 1991 – Michael Landon, American actor (b. 1936)
July 1, 1992 – Franco Cristaldi, Italian film producer (b. 1924)
July 1, 1992 – Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissau politician (b. 1933)
July 1, 1994 – Merriam Modell, American novelist (b. 1908)
July 1, 1995 – Wolfman Jack, American radio personality (b. 1938)
July 1, 1996 – William T. Cahill, American politician (b. 1904)
July 1, 1996 – Steve Tesich, Serbian screenwriter (b. 1942)
July 1, 1996 – Margaux Hemingway, American actress and model (b. 1954)
July 1, 1997 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (b. 1917)
July 1, 1999 – Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-born film director (b. 1908)
July 1, 1999 – Guy Mitchell, American popular singer (b. 1927)
July 1, 1999 – Forrest Mars Sr., American candy magnate (b. 1904)
July 1, 1999 – Sylvia Sidney, American actress (b. 1910)
July 1, 2000 – Sarah Payne, British murder victim (b. 1992)
July 1, 2000 – Walter Matthau, American actor (b. 1920)
July 1, 2001 – Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1922)
July 1, 2003 – Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (b. 1930)
July 1, 2003 – Wesley Mouzon, American boxer (b. 1927)
July 1, 2003 – Nǃxau, Namibian actor (b. 1944)
July 1, 2004 – Peter Barnes, English writer (b. 1931)
July 1, 2004 – Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (b. 1909)
July 1, 2004 – Marlon Brando, American actor (b. 1924)
July 1, 2005 – Luther Vandross, American singer (b. 1951)
July 1, 2005 – Renaldo “Obie” Benson, American soul singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
July 1, 2006 – Fred Trueman, English cricketer (b. 1931)
July 1, 2008 – Mel Galley, English guitarist (Whitesnake) (b. 1948)
July 1, 2008 – Mark Dean Schwab, American rapist and murderer (b. 1968)
July 1, 2009 – Karl Malden, American actor (b. 1912)
July 1, 2009 – Onni Palaste, Finnish writer (b. 1917)
July 1, 2009 – Mollie Sugden, English actress (b. 1922)
July 1, 2009 – Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer and politician (b. 1952)
July 1, 2010 – Ilene Woods, American actress (b. 1929)
July 1, 2010 – Geoffrey Hutchings, British actor (b. 1939)
July 1, 2010 – Arnold Friberg, American illustrator (b. 1913)
July 1, 2010 – Don Coryell, American football head coach (b. 1924)

JULY 1ST MEMORABLE EVENTS:
July 1, 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor.
July 1, 251 – Battle of Abrittus: The Goths defeat emperor Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus on swampy ground in the Dobrudja (Moesia).
July 1, 1097 – Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders led by Prince Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army led by Sultan Kilij Arslan I.
July 1, 1520 – La Noche Triste: a joint Mexican Indian force led by the Aztec ruler Cuitláhuac defeat Spanish Conquistadores led by Hernán Cortés.
July 1, 1569 – Union of Lublin: the Kingdom of Poland and the Great Duchy of Lithuania confirm a real union; the united country is called the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth or the Republic of Both Nations.
July 1, 1690 – Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).
July 1, 1770 – Lexell’s Comet passed closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 a.u.
July 1, 1782 – American privateers attack Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
July 1, 1837 – A system of the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.
July 1, 1855 – Signing of the Quinault Treaty: the Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.
July 1, 1858 – Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace’s papers on evolution to the Linnean Society.
July 1, 1862 – The Russian State Library is founded.
July 1, 1862 – American Civil War: the Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the final battle in the Seven Days Campaign, part of the George B. McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign.
July 1, 1863 – Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
July 1, 1863 – American Civil War: the Battle of Gettysburg begins.
July 1, 1867 – The British North America Act of 1867 takes effect as the Constitution of Canada, creating the Canadian Confederation and the federal dominion of Canada; Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada.
July 1, 1870 – The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
July 1, 1873 – Prince Edward Island joins the Canadian Confederation.
July 1, 1874 – The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
July 1, 1878 – Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
July 1, 1879 – Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
July 1, 1881 – The world’s first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
July 1, 1881 – General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
July 1, 1885 – The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
July 1, 1890 – Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
July 1, 1892 – The Homestead Strike, a strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers against the Carnegie Steel Company, begins.
July 1, 1898 – Spanish-American War: the Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba.
July 1, 1908 – SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
July 1, 1915 – Lieutenant Kurt Wintgens achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized gun-equipped fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.
July 1, 1916 – World War I: First day on the Somme – On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
July 1, 1921 – The Communist Party of China is founded.
July 1, 1923 – The Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration.
July 1, 1931 – United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
July 1, 1935 – Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in On-to-Ottawa-Trek.
July 1, 1935 – Grant Park Music Festival begins its tradition of free summer symphonic music concert series in Chicago’s Grant Park, which continues as the United States’ only annual free outdoor classical music concert series.
July 1, 1942 – World War II: first Battle of El Alamein.
July 1, 1942 – The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of Income Tax in Australia as the State Income Tax is abolished.
July 1, 1943 – Tokyo City merges with Tokyo Prefecture and is dissolved. Since then, no city in Japan has had the name “Tokyo” (present-day Tokyo is not officially a city).
July 1, 1947 – The Philippine Air Force is established.
July 1, 1948 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan’s central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
July 1, 1949 – The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin Royal Family.
July 1, 1957 – The International Geophysical Year begins.
July 1, 1958 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
July 1, 1958 – Flooding of Canada’s St. Lawrence Seaway begins.
July 1, 1959 – The Party of the African Federation holds its constitutive conference.
July 1, 1959 – Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the U.S.A., the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
July 1, 1960 – Independence of Somalia.
July 1, 1960 – Ghana becomes a Republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom ceases to be its Head of state.
July 1, 1962 – Independence of Rwanda.
July 1, 1962 – Independence of Burundi.
July 1, 1963 – ZIP Codes are introduced for United States mail.
July 1, 1963 – The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
July 1, 1966 – The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
July 1, 1967 – The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.
July 1, 1967 – Canada celebrates the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867, which officially made Canada its own federal dominion.
July 1, 1968 – The CIA’s Phoenix Program is officially established.
July 1, 1968 – The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
July 1, 1968 – Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL-CIO.
July 1, 1970 – President General Yahya Khan abolishes One-Unit of West Pakistan restoring the provinces.
July 1, 1972 – The first Gay Pride march in England takes place.
July 1, 1976 – Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
July 1, 1978 – The Northern Territory in Australia is granted Self-Government.
July 1, 1979 – Sony introduces the Walkman.
July 1, 1980 – O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
July 1, 1981 – The Wonderland Murders occurred in the early morning hours, allegedly masterminded by businessman and drug dealer Eddie Nash.
July 1, 1983 – A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.
July 1, 1984 – The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.
July 1, 1987 – The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world’s first all-sports radio station.
July 1, 1990 – German re-unification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.
July 1, 1991 – The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
July 1, 1997 – The People’s Republic of China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule.
July 1, 1999 – The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.
July 1, 2000 – The Oresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, opens for traffic.
July 1, 2002 – The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
July 1, 2002 – A Bashkirian Airlines (flight 2937) Tupolev TU-154 and a DHL (German cargo) Boeing 757 collide in mid-air over Ueberlingen, southern Germany, killing 71.
July 1, 2003 – Over 500,000 people protested against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.
July 1, 2004 – Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.
July 1, 2006 – The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway in the People’s Republic of China.
July 1, 2007 – Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces.
July 1, 2008 – Rioting erupted in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.

MEMORABLE QUOTE:
“There is only one happiness in love, to love and be loved.” (George Sand)

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June 30th In History: It Happened Today

June 29, 2011 By
Tunguska Siberia

Tunguska Siberia

The following is your daily snapshot of what happened on this day in history, June 30th. On this day in history, June 30, 1908, a massive explosion occurs at Tunguska in Siberia. Some 60 million trees are felled across about 800 square miles (2,000 sq km). The cause if thought to be the atmospheric explosion of a meteoroid with a force of 10 to 15 megatons.

The explosion is believed to have been caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet fragment at an altitude of 5–10 kilometers (3–6 mi) above the Earth’s surface. Different studies have yielded varying estimates of the object’s size, with general agreement that it was a few tens of meters across.


BORN JUNE 30TH:
June 30, 1286 – John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English nobleman (d. 1347)
June 30, 1470 – King Charles VIII of France (d. 1498)
June 30, 1503 – John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554)
June 30, 1641 – Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (d. 1719)
June 30, 1685 – John Gay, British writer (d. 1732)
June 30, 1755 – Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (d. 1829)
June 30, 1789 – Horace Vernet, French painter and graphic artist (d. 1863)
June 30, 1803 – Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (d. 1849)
June 30, 1807 – Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, German narrator, lyricist and philosopher (d.1887)
June 30, 1817 – Joseph Dalton Hooker, British botanist (d. 1911)
June 30, 1823 – Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Indian industrialist (d. 1901)
June 30, 1843 – Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat (d. 1929)
June 30, 1864 – Frederick Bligh Bond, English architect, illustrator, archaeologist and psychical researcher (d. 1945)
June 30, 1884 – Georges Duhamel, French author (d. 1966)
June 30, 1891 – Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (d. 1953)
June 30, 1891 – Ed “Strangler” Lewis, American professional wrestler (d. 1966)
June 30, 1892 – Oswald Pohl, German Nazi leader (d. 1951)
June 30, 1893 – Walter Ulbricht, German Communist leader (d. 1973)
June 30, 1899 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (d. 1990)
June 30, 1899 – Harry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1971)
June 30, 1906 – Ralph Allen, English footballer (d. 1981)
June 30, 1906 – Anthony Mann, American film actor and director (d. 1967)
June 30, 1907 – Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian politician (d. 1950)
June 30, 1908 – Winston Graham, British writer (d. 2003)
June 30, 1911 – Czesław Miłosz, Polish poet and writer, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
June 30, 1912 – Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer (d. 2003)
June 30, 1912 – Dan Reeves, American sports team owner (d. 1971)
June 30, 1913 – Harry Wismer, American sports team owner (d. 1967)
June 30, 1913 – Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian politician (d. 2007)
June 30, 1914 – Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese politician (d. 2001)
June 30, 1917 – Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975)
June 30, 1917 – Lena Horne, American singer and actress (d. 2010)
June 30, 1919 – Ed Yost, American inventor (d. 2007)
June 30, 1925 – Fred Schaus, American basketball coach and executive (d. 2010)
June 30, 1926 – Paul Berg, American biochemist, Nobel laureate
June 30, 1929 – James Goldman, American screenwriter (d. 1998)
June 30, 1929 – Hans Krondahl, Swedish painter and textile designer
June 30, 1930 – Thomas Sowell, American economist
June 30, 1931 – Bert Eriksson, Flemish neo-Nazi (d. 2005)
June 30, 1931 – Andrew Hill, American jazz pianist (d. 2007)
June 30, 1933 – Lea Massari, Italian actress
June 30, 1933 – M. J. K. Smith, English cricketer
June 30, 1933 – Orval Tessier, Canadian ice hockey player
June 30, 1934 – Harry Blackstone Jr., American stage magician (d. 1997)
June 30, 1935 – John Harlin, American mountaineer (d. 1966)
June 30, 1936 – Assia Djebar, Algerian writer and filmmaker
June 30, 1936 – Nancy Dussault, American actress
June 30, 1936 – Tony Musante, American actor
June 30, 1936 – Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
June 30, 1938 – Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (d. 1999)
June 30, 1939 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet
June 30, 1940 – Mark Spoelstra, American folk singer (d. 2007)
June 30, 1941 – Peter Pollock, South African cricket player
June 30, 1942 – Robert Ballard, American oceanographer
June 30, 1942 – Ron Harris, Canadian ice hockey player
June 30, 1943 – Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (d. 1976)
June 30, 1944 – Terry Funk, American professional wrestler
June 30, 1944 – Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist
June 30, 1944 – Glenn Shorrock, Australian singer-songwriter (Little River Band)
June 30, 1944 – Ron Swoboda, American baseball player
June 30, 1949 – Uwe Kliemann, German footballer
June 30, 1949 – Andy Scott, British guitarist and singer (Sweet)
June 30, 1950 – Leonard Whiting, British actor


June 30, 1951 – Stanley Clarke, American jazz bass and double bass player (Return to Forever)
June 30, 1952 – David Garrison, American Broadway and TV actor
June 30, 1952 – Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician
June 30, 1953 – Hal Lindes, American-born British guitarist (Dire Straits)
June 30, 1953 – Lin Feng-Jiao, Taiwanese actress
June 30, 1954 – Pierre Charles, Dominican politician (d. 2004)
June 30, 1954 – Serzh Sargsyan, President of Armenia
June 30, 1955 – David Alan Grier, American actor and comedian
June 30, 1957 – Sterling Marlin, American NASCAR driver
June 30, 1957 – Rich Vos, stand-up comedian
June 30, 1958 – Lina Nikolakopoulou, Greek lyricist
June 30, 1958 – Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer
June 30, 1959 – Vincent D’Onofrio, American actor
June 30, 1959 – Brendan Perry, British multi-instrumentalist (Dead Can Dance)
June 30, 1959 – Sakis Tsiolis, Greek footballer and manager
June 30, 1960 – Murray Cook, Australian singer (The Wiggles)
June 30, 1962 – Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player
June 30, 1962 – Deirdre Lovejoy, American actress (The Wire)
June 30, 1962 – Julianne Regan, British singer and guitarist (All About Eve)
June 30, 1963 – Yngwie Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist
June 30, 1964 – Alexandra Christina Manley, Hong Kong-born ex-wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark
June 30, 1964 – Mark Waters, American film director
June 30, 1965 – Mitch Richmond, American basketball player
June 30, 1965 – Steve Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player
June 30, 1965 – Anna Levandi, Russian figure skater
June 30, 1965 – Gary Pallister, English footballer
June 30, 1966 – Mike Tyson, American boxer
June 30, 1966 – Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor
June 30, 1966 – Cheryl Bernard, Canadian curler
June 30, 1967 – David Busst, English former footballer
June 30, 1968 – Phil Anselmo, American singer (Pantera)
June 30, 1969 – Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer
June 30, 1970 – Brian Bloom, American actor
June 30, 1970 – Antonio Chimenti, Italian footballer
June 30, 1970 – Mark Grudzielanek, American baseball player
June 30, 1971 – Anette Michel, Mexican actress
June 30, 1971 – Monica Potter, American actress
June 30, 1972 – Sandra Cam, Belgian swimmer
June 30, 1972 – James Martin, English celebrity chef
June 30, 1973 – Chan-ho Park, South Korean baseball player
June 30, 1973 – Frank Rost, German footballer
June 30, 1973 – Noam Zylberman, Israeli-born Canadian actor
June 30, 1974 – Tony Rock, American actor and stand-up comedian
June 30, 1975 – Ralf Schumacher, German Formula One driver
June 30, 1975 – Rami Shaaban, Swedish footballer
June 30, 1975 – James Bannatyne, New Zealand footballer
June 30, 1977 – Justo Villar, Paraguayan footballer
June 30, 1977 – Mark Van Gisbergen, New Zealand-born English rugby union player
June 30, 1978 – Ben Cousins, Australian football player
June 30, 1978 – Claudio Rivalta, Italian footballer
June 30, 1979 – Matisyahu, American reggae singer
June 30, 1979 – Sylvain Chavanel, French cyclist
June 30, 1979 – Rick Gonzalez, American actor
June 30, 1979 – Faisal Shahzad, Pakistani-American attempted bomber
June 30, 1980 – Rade Prica, Swedish footballer
June 30, 1980 – Seyi Olofinjana, Nigerian footballer
June 30, 1981 – Can Artam, Turkish racing driver
June 30, 1981 – Matt Kirk, Canadian football player
June 30, 1981 – Karolina Sadalska, Polish kayaker
June 30, 1981 – Ben Utecht, American football player
June 30, 1982 – Andy Knowles, British drummer (Franz Ferdinand)
June 30, 1982 – Mitch Maier, American baseball player
June 30, 1982 – Delwyn Young, American baseball player
June 30, 1982 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress
June 30, 1983 – Brendon James, British drummer (Thirteen Senses)
June 30, 1983 – Marlin Jackson, American football player
June 30, 1983 – Patrick Wolf, English singer-songwriter
June 30, 1983 – Cheryl Cole, British singer (Girls Aloud) and talent show judge (The X Factor)
June 30, 1983 – Marcus Burghardt, German cyclist
June 30, 1984 – Miles Austin, American football player
June 30, 1984 – Fantasia Barrino, American singer
June 30, 1984 – Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer
June 30, 1985 – Trevor Ariza, American basketball player
June 30, 1985 – Rafal Blechacz, Polish classical pianist
June 30, 1985 – Michael Phelps, American swimmer
June 30, 1985 – Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine footballer
June 30, 1985 – Cody Rhodes, American wrestler
June 30, 1986 – Victoria Crawford, American wrestler and model
June 30, 1986 – Allegra Versace, Italian heiress
June 30, 1986 – Nicola Pozzi, Italian footballer
June 30, 1986 – Freddy Guarín, Colombian footballer
June 30, 1989 – Steffen Liebig, German rugby player
June 30, 1989 – Miguel Vítor, Portuguese footballer
June 30, 1989 – David Myers, Australian football player
June 30, 1991 – Kaho, Japanese actress
June 30, 1992 – Lamb and Lynx Gaede, American white nationalist teen pop duo

DIED JUNE 30TH:
June 30, 350 – Nepotianus, Roman usurper
June 30, 1181 – Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, English politician (b. 1147)
June 30, 1224 – Adolf of Osnabrück, German monk and bishop (b. 1185)
June 30, 1364 – Arnošt of Pardubice, Polish-born Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)
June 30, 1538 – Charles, Duke of Guelders, Dutch nobleman (b. 1467)
June 30, 1579 – Mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary (b. 1506)
June 30, 1607 – Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1538)
June 30, 1660 – William Oughtred, English mathematician (b. 1575)
June 30, 1666 – Alexander Brome, English poet (b. 1620)
June 30, 1670 – Henrietta Anne of England, daughter of King Charles I of England (b. 1644)
June 30, 1704 – John Quelch, English pirate (b. 1665)
June 30, 1709 – Edward Lhuyd, Welsh scientist (b. 1660)
June 30, 1785 – James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the U.S. state of Georgia (b. 1696)
June 30, 1796 – Abraham Yates, American Congressman (b. 1724)
June 30, 1857 – Alcide d’Orbigny, French naturalist (b. 1802)
June 30, 1882 – Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of President James A. Garfield (b. 1841)
June 30, 1882 – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (b. 1827)
June 30, 1890 – Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (b. 1819)
June 30, 1917 – Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (b. 1861)
June 30, 1919 – John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1842)
June 30, 1934 – Night of the Long Knives murders
o Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1882)
o Gregor Strasser, former German Nazi politician (b. 1892)
o Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Prime Minister of Bavaria (b. 1862)
o Karl Ernst, German Sturmabteilung-gruppenführer (b. 1904)
o Erich Klausener, German politician (b. 1885)
June 30, 1953 – Charles William Miller, Brazilian sportsman, the “father of football in Brazil” (b. 1874)
June 30, 1956 – Thorleif Lund, Norwegian actor (b. 1880)
June 30, 1959 – José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer and politician (b. 1882)
June 30, 1961 – Lee DeForest, American inventor (b. 1873)
June 30, 1966 – Giuseppe Farina, Italian Formula One driver, the winner of the first Formula One championship (b. 1906)
June 30, 1971 – Herbert Biberman, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1900)
June 30, 1971 – Soviet crew of Soyuz 11
o Viktor Patsayev (b. 1933)
o Georgi Dobrovolski (b. 1928)
o Vladislav Volkov (b. 1935)
June 30, 1973 – Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R, Ukrainian-born Canadian Greek-Catholic bishop and martyr (b. 1903)
June 30, 1974 – Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (b. 1890)
June 30, 1976 – Firpo Marberry, American baseball player (b. 1898)
June 30, 1984 – Lillian Hellman, American playwright (b. 1905)
June 30, 1985 – Haruo Remeliik, 1st President of Palau (b. 1933)
June 30, 1993 – George “Spanky” McFarland, American actor (b. 1928)
June 30, 1993 – Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong singer (b. 1962)
June 30, 1995 – Gale Gordon, American actor (b. 1906)
June 30, 1995 – Georgi Beregovoi, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1921)
June 30, 1995 – Phyllis Hyman, American jazz vocalist (b. 1949)
June 30, 1996 – Lakis Petropoulos, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1932)
June 30, 1997 – Larry O’Dea, Australian professional wrestler (b. 1944)
June 30, 2001 – Chet Atkins, American country guitar player and producer (b. 1924)
June 30, 2001 – Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1937)
June 30, 2002 – Chico Xavier, Brazilian spiritist medium (b. 1910)
June 30, 2003 – Buddy Hackett, American comedian (b. 1924)
June 30, 2003 – Robert McCloskey, American children’s book writer and illustrator (b. 1915)
June 30, 2004 – Jamal Abro, Pakistani writer (b. 1924)
June 30, 2005 – Clancy Eccles, Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
June 30, 2006 – Robert Gernhardt, German satirist (b. 1937)
June 30, 2007 – Sahib Singh Verma, Indian politician and Chief Minister of Delhi (b. 1943)
June 30, 2009 – Pina Bausch, German choreographer (b. 1940)
June 30, 2009 – Robert DePugh, American anti-Communist activist (b. 1923)
June 30, 2010 – Park Yong-ha, Korean actor and singer (b. 1977)

JUNE 30TH MEMORABLE EVENTS:
June 30, 350 – Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the usurper Magnentius, in Rome.
June 30, 1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons.
June 30, 1520 – The Spaniards are expelled from Tenochtitlan.
June 30, 1559 – King Henry II of France is seriously injured in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery.
June 30, 1651 – The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising – the Battle of Beresteczko ends with a Polish victory.
June 30, 1688 – The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William (continuing the English rebellion from Rome), which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
June 30, 1758 – Seven Years’ War: The Battle of Domstadtl takes place.
June 30, 1794 – Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery.
June 30, 1805 – The U.S. Congress organizes the Michigan Territory.
June 30, 1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
June 30, 1860 – The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
June 30, 1864 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for “public use, resort and recreation”.
June 30, 1882 – Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
June 30, 1886 – The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
June 30, 1905 – Albert Einstein publishes the article “On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies”, in which he introduces special relativity.
June 30, 1906 – The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
June 30, 1908 – The Tunguska event occurs in remote Siberia.
June 30, 1912 – The Regina Cyclone hits Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada’s deadliest tornado event.
June 30, 1921 – U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft Chief Justice of the United States.
June 30, 1934 – The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler‘s violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
June 30, 1935 – The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress.
June 30, 1936 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy’s invasion of his country.
June 30, 1941 – World War II: Operation Barbarossa – Germany captures Lviv, Ukraine.
June 30, 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
June 30, 1953 – The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
June 30, 1956 – A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 (Flight 718) collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States, killing all 128 on board the two planes.
June 30, 1959 – A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
June 30, 1960 – Congo gains independence from Belgium.
June 30, 1963 – Ciaculli massacre: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven between police officers and military personnel near Palermo.
June 30, 1968 – Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God.
June 30, 1969 – Nigeria bans Red Cross aid to Biafra.
June 30, 1971 – The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
June 30, 1971 – Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect.
June 30, 1972 – The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
June 30, 1977 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
June 30, 1985 – Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
June 30, 1986 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
June 30, 1987 – The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the Loonie.
June 30, 1990 – East Germany and West Germany merge their economies.
June 30, 1991 – 32 miners are killed when a coal mine catches fire in the Donbass region of Ukraine releases toxic gas.
June 30, 1992 – Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joins the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher.
June 30, 1997 – The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China.
June 30, 2009 – Yemenia Flight 626 crashes off the coast of Moroni, Comoros killing 152 people and leaving 1 survivor

MEMORABLE QUOTE:
“The usual disillusionment is discovering that a woman has a brain.” (Margaret Mitchell)

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June 29th In History: It Happened Today

June 29, 2011 By
NASA space shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir space station

NASA space shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir space station

The following is your daily snapshot of what happened on this day in history, June 29th. On this day in history, June 29, 1995, the NASA space shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Mir space station for the first time. Relief crew, supplies, and scientific experiments were delivered in the first hook-up between U.S. and Russian spacecraft in 20 years.


BORN JUNE 29TH:
June 29, 1397 – King John II of Aragon (d. 1479)
June 29, 1482 – Maria of Aragon, Spanish-born wife of King Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1517)
June 29, 1517 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician (d. 1585)
June 29, 1596 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)
June 29, 1798 – Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837)
June 29, 1803 – John Newton Brown, American publisher (d. 1868)
June 29, 1849 – John Hunn, American businessman (d. 1926)
June 29, 1858 – George Washington Goethals, American army engineer (d. 1928)
June 29, 1858 – Julia Lathrop, American social reformer and children’s rights activist (d. 1932)
June 29, 1861 – William James Mayo, American physician (d. 1939)
June 29, 1863 – Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player and hall-of-famer (d. 1934)
June 29, 1866 – Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1934)
June 29, 1868 – George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (d. 1938)
June 29, 1879 – Zsigmond Móricz, Hungarian writer (d. 1942)
June 29, 1880 – Ludwig Beck, German general (d. 1944)
June 29, 1881 – Harry Frazee, American baseball team owner (d. 1929)
June 29, 1881 – Curt Sachs, German musicologist (d. 1959)
June 29, 1886 – Robert Schuman, French politician (d. 1963)
June 29, 1886 – James Van Der Zee, African American Harlem Renaissance photographer (d. 1983)
June 29, 1888 – Joseph ‘Squizzy’ Taylor, Australian underworld figure (d. 1927)
June 29, 1889 – Willie MacFarlane, Scottish golfer (d. 1961)
June 29, 1893 – Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer (d. 1958)
June 29, 1893 – Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Indian scientist and statistician (d. 1972)
June 29, 1897 – Fulgence Charpentier, French-Canadian journalist (d. 2001)
June 29, 1900 – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer (d. 1944)
June 29, 1901 – Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (d. 1967)
June 29, 1903 – Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (d. 1942)
June 29, 1906 – Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (d. 1945)
June 29, 1908 – Leroy Anderson, American composer (d. 1975)
June 29, 1910 – Frank Loesser, American composer (d. 1969)
June 29, 1910 – Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (d. 1993)
June 29, 1911 – Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
June 29, 1911 – Bernard Herrmann, American film composer (d. 1975)
June 29, 1912 – John Toland, American historian (d. 2004)
June 29, 1912 – Émile Peynaud, French oenologist (d. 2004)
June 29, 1914 – Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor (d. 1996)
June 29, 1914 – Allan Houser, Native American artist (d. 1994)
June 29, 1914 – Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek mathematician (d. 1976)
June 29, 1915 – Ruth Warrick, American actress (d. 2005)
June 29, 1919 – Slim Pickens, American actor (d. 1983)
June 29, 1919 – Lloyd Richards, American theatre director (d. 2006)
June 29, 1920 – Ray Harryhausen, American filmmaker
June 29, 1921 – Frédéric Dard, French writer (d. 2000)
June 29, 1922 – Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (d. 1991)
June 29, 1923 – Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-born American composer
June 29, 1924 – Flo Sandon’s, Italian singer (d. 2006)
June 29, 1924 – Ezra Laderman, American composer
June 29, 1925 – Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician, 11th President of the Republic
June 29, 1925 – Hale Smith, American composer and editor (d. 2009)
June 29, 1925 – Cara Williams, American actress
June 29, 1925 – Chan Parker, American memoir writer, wife of Charlie Parker and of Phil Woods (d. 1999)
June 29, 1926 – Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)
June 29, 1928 – Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (d. 1999)
June 29, 1928 – Radius Prawiro, Indonesian politician (d. 2005)
June 29, 1929 – Pat Crawford Brown, American actress
June 29, 1929 – Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer (d. 2006)
June 29, 1930 – Viola Léger, Acadian-Canadian actress
June 29, 1931 – Ed Gilbert, American actor (d. 1999)
June 29, 1930 – Robert Evans, American film producer
June 29, 1932 – Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British politician
June 29, 1933 – Bob Shaw, baseball player
June 29, 1933 – John Bradshaw, American theologian
June 29, 1934 – Corey Allen, American filmmaker and actor (d. 2010)
June 29, 1934 – Chuck Schaden, Chicago radio personality and historian
June 29, 1935 – Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball player and manager
June 29, 1936 – Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player (d. 2011)
June 29, 1939 – Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer
June 29, 1939 – Lo Lieh, Hong Kong martial artist and actor (d. 2002)
June 29, 1940 – Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer
June 29, 1941 – John Boccabella, American baseball player
June 29, 1941 – Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (d. 1998)
June 29, 1942 – Mike Willesee, Australian television presenter
June 29, 1943 – Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003)
June 29, 1944 – Gary Busey, American actor
June 29, 1944 – Sean O’Malley, American Roman Catholic bishop
June 29, 1945 – Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka
June 29, 1946 – Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)
June 29, 1946 – Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Panamanian politician
June 29, 1947 – Michael Carter, British actor
June 29, 1947 – Richard Lewis, American comedian
June 29, 1948 – Ian Paice, English drummer (Deep Purple)
June 29, 1949 – Joan Clos i Matheu, Spanish politician
June 29, 1949 – Ann Veneman, American politician
June 29, 1951 – Don Rosa, American illustrator


June 29, 1953 – Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian guitarist and singer (Men at Work)
June 29, 1954 – Rick Honeycutt, American baseball player
June 29, 1955 – Terence M. O’Sullivan, American activist
June 29, 1955 – Charles J. Precourt, American astronaut
June 29, 1956 – Nick Fry, CEO of Mercedes GP Formula One team
June 29, 1956 – Pedro Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
June 29, 1956 – Pedro Santana Lopes, Portuguese politician, former Prime Minister
June 29, 1957 – María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress
June 29, 1957 – Michael Nutter, American politician
June 29, 1957 – Robert Forster, Australian singer-songwriter (The Go-Betweens)
June 29, 1958 – Rosa Mota, Portuguese marathon runner
June 29, 1958 – Jeff Coopwood, American actor, broadcaster and singer
June 29, 1961 – Kimberlin Brown, American actress
June 29, 1961 – Greg Hetson, American guitarist (Bad Religion, Circle Jerks)
June 29, 1961 – Sharon Lawrence, American actress
June 29, 1962 – Amanda Donohoe, British actress
June 29, 1962 – George Zamka, American astronaut
June 29, 1963 – Khalid El-Masri, German-born suspected terrorist
June 29, 1963 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
June 29, 1964 – Stedman Pearson, British singer (Five Star)
June 29, 1965 – Tripp Eisen, American guitarist (Static-X)
June 29, 1965 – Panagiotis Karatzas, Greek basketball player
June 29, 1966 – John Part, Canadian darts player
June 29, 1966 – Yoko Kamio, Japanese manga artist
June 29, 1967 – Seamus McGarvey, Irish cinematographer
June 29, 1967 – Jeff Burton, American racing driver
June 29, 1967 – Murray Foster, Canadian bassist and double-bassist (Moxy Früvous, Great Big Sea)
June 29, 1967 – Melora Hardin, American actress and singer
June 29, 1968 – Theoren Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
June 29, 1968 – Judith Hoag, American actress and acting teacher
June 29, 1969 – Claude Béchard, Canadian politician
June 29, 1969 – Pavlos Dermitzakis, Greek footballer and football manager
June 29, 1969 – Ilan Mitchell-Smith, American actor
June 29, 1969 – Toru Hashimoto, Japanese politician
June 29, 1970 – Mike Vallely, American skateboarder
June 29, 1970 – Emily Skinner, American actress and singer
June 29, 1971 – Kaitlyn Ashley, American pornographic actress
June 29, 1971 – Matthew Good, Canadian singer (Matthew Good Band)
June 29, 1971 – Anthony Hamilton, English snooker player
June 29, 1972 – Samantha Smith, American activist (d. 1985)
June 29, 1972 – Nawal Al Zoghbi, Lebanese singer
June 29, 1973 – George Hincapie, American cyclist
June 29, 1976 – Bret McKenzie, New Zealand comedian, actor and multi-instrumentalist (Flight of the Conchords)
June 29, 1976 – Daniel Carlsson, Swedish rally driver
June 29, 1977 – Sotiris Liberopoulos, Greek footballer
June 29, 1977 – Zuleikha Robinson, English actress
June 29, 1978 – Sam Farrar, American bassist (Phantom Planet)
June 29, 1978 – Nicole Scherzinger, American singer (Pussycat Dolls) and actress
June 29, 1979 – Abz Love (formerly known as Abs Breen), English DJ and singer (Five)
June 29, 1979 – Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer
June 29, 1979 – Andy O’Brien, English footballer
June 29, 1979 – Matthew Bode, Australian Rules football player
June 29, 1979 – Barış Akarsu, Turkish singer and actor (d. 2007)
June 29, 1980 – Katherine Jenkins, Welsh mezzo soprano
June 29, 1980 – Mel Peachey, British television personality
June 29, 1980 – Martin Truex Jr, American race car driver
June 29, 1981 – Joe Johnson, American basketball player
June 29, 1981 – Nino, Greek singer
June 29, 1981 – Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (d. 2005)
June 29, 1983 – Aundrea Fimbres, American singer (Danity Kane)
June 29, 1983 – Jeremy Powers, American cyclist
June 29, 1984 – Han Ji-hye, South Korean actress and model
June 29, 1984 – Christopher Egan, Australian actor
June 29, 1984 – Derek Lee Rock, American drummer (Mêlée, Suburban Legends)
June 29, 1985 – Quintin Demps, American football player
June 29, 1986 – Iya Villania, Filipino actress
June 29, 1987 – Ana Free, Portuguese singer-songwriter
June 29, 1987 – Luke McLean, Australian-born Italian rugby player
June 29, 1987 – Yasuka Saitou, Japanese actor
June 29, 1988 – Éver Banega, Argentine footballer
June 29, 1988 – Becky Jane Taylor, English singer
June 29, 1990 – Yann M’Vila, French footballer
June 29, 1992 – Adam Sevani, American actor and dancer
June 29, 1993 – George Sampson, English dancer and actor

DIED JUNE 29TH:
June 29, 226 – Cao Pi, Emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 187)
June 29, 1059 – Bernard II, Duke of Saxony (b. c. 995)
June 29, 1252 – King Abel of Denmark (b. 1218)
June 29, 1315 – Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235)
June 29, 1509 – Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (b. 1443)
June 29, 1725 – Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (b. 1657)
June 29, 1744 – André Campra, French composer (b. 1660)
June 29, 1764 – Ralph Allen, English businessman and politician (b. 1693)
June 29, 1852 – Henry Clay, U.S. Senator (b. 1777)
June 29, 1855 – John Gorrie, American physician, scientist, inventor and humanitarian (b. 1802)
June 29, 1861 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (b. 1806)
June 29, 1873 – Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Bengali poet (b. 1824)
June 29, 1875 – Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria (b. 1793)
June 29, 1895 – Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (b. 1825)
June 29, 1900 – Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (b. 1827)
June 29, 1907 – Konstantinos Volanakis, Greek painter (b. 1837)
June 29, 1919 – José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician (b. 1864)
June 29, 1921 – Otto Seeck German classical historian (b. 1850)
June 29, 1931 – Nérée Beauchemin, Quebec poet (b. 1850)
June 29, 1933 – “Fatty” Arbuckle, American actor (b. 1887)
June 29, 1935 – Jack O’Neill, American baseball player (b. 1873)
June 29, 1940 – Paul Klee, Swiss painter (b. 1879)
June 29, 1941 – Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
June 29, 1942 – Paul Troje, German politician (b. 1864)
June 29, 1949 – Themistoklis Sophoulis, Greek politician (b. 1860)
June 29, 1951 – Aimilios Veakis, Greek actor (b. 1884)
June 29, 1958 – Charles Spencelayh, English painter (b. 1865)
June 29, 1960 – Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1885)
June 29, 1964 – Eric Dolphy, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (b. 1928)
June 29, 1967 – Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933)
June 29, 1967 – Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (b. 1906)
June 29, 1969 – Shorty Long, American singer (b. 1940)
June 29, 1969 – Moise Tshombe, Congolese politician (b. 1919)
June 29, 1973 – Germán Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1915)
June 29, 1975 – Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
June 29, 1977 – Magda Lupescu, wife of King Carol II of Romania (b. 1895)
June 29, 1978 – Bob Crane, American actor (b. 1928)
June 29, 1979 – Lowell George, American country-rock singer (b. 1945)
June 29, 1982 – Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (b. 1914)
June 29, 1982 – Henry King, American film director (b. 1886)
June 29, 1990 – Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
June 29, 1992 – Mohammed Boudiaf, President of Algeria (b. 1919)
June 29, 1993 – Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1946)
June 29, 1994 – Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (b. 1908)
June 29, 1995 – Lana Turner, American actress (b. 1921)
June 29, 1997 – William Hickey, American actor (b. 1927)
June 29, 1998 – Horst Jankowski, German pianist (b. 1936)
June 29, 1999 – Allan Carr, American film producer (b. 1937)
June 29, 2000 – Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (b. 1922)
June 29, 2002 – Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928)
June 29, 2002 – Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1931)
June 29, 2002 – François Périer, French actor (b. 1919)
June 29, 2003 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)
June 29, 2004 – Bernard Babior, American biochemist (b. 1935)
June 29, 2006 – Randy Walker, American football coach (b. 1954)
June 29, 2006 – Fabián Bielinsky, Argentine film director (b. 1959)
June 29, 2006 – Lloyd Richards, American actor and director (b. 1919)
June 29, 2007 – Joel Siegel, American film critic (b. 1943)
June 29, 2007 – Edward Yang, Taiwanese film director (b. 1947)
June 29, 2008 – Don S. Davis, American actor and artist (b. 1942)
June 29, 2009 – Joe Bowman, American sharpshooter, Hollywood consultant, bootmaker and showman (b. 1925)

JUNE 29TH MEMORABLE EVENTS:
June 29, 226 – Cao Pi dies after an illness; his son Cao Rui succeeds him as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.
June 29, 1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
June 29, 1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway.
June 29, 1444 – Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.
June 29, 1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.
June 29, 1613 – The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground.
June 29, 1644 – Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, the last battle won by an English King on English soil.
June 29, 1659 – At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.
June 29, 1786 – Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
June 29, 1807 – Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
June 29, 1850 – Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
June 29, 1864 – Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada’s worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
June 29, 1874 – Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled “Who’s to Blame?” in which he lays out his complaints against King George. He is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
June 29, 1880 – France annexes Tahiti.
June 29, 1889 – Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population.
June 29, 1895 – Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government.
June 29, 1914 – Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.
June 29, 1916 – The Irish Nationalist and British diplomat Sir Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
June 29, 1922 – France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge “freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes”.
June 29, 1926 – Arthur Meighen returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada.
June 29, 1927 – First test of Wallace Turnbull’s controllable pitch propeller.
June 29, 1928 – The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York are both opened.
June 29, 1945 – Carpathian Ruthenia is annexed by the Soviet Union.
June 29, 1950 – In one of the greatest upsets in sports history, the United States defeats England during the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
June 29, 1956 – The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
June 29, 1972 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
June 29, 1974 – Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina. Her husband, President Juan Peron, had delegated responsibility due to weak health and died two days later.
June 29, 1974 – Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with Bolshoi Ballet.
June 29, 1976 – The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
June 29, 1995 – Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
June 29, 1995 – The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
June 29, 2002 – Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
June 29, 2006 – Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush’s plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
June 29, 2007 – Two car bombs are found at Piccadilly Circus, in the heart of London.

MEMORABLE QUOTE:
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.” (Psalms 122:6)

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10 Questions About Niagara Falls No One Ever Answered for You

June 28, 2011 By

Facts About Niagara Falls

If you love wonderful places, then it is obvious that you have the gigantic Niagara Falls on your wish list. How much do you really know about the Niagara Falls? Find out by reading these 10 facts about this fascinating wonder of nature.


10 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT NIAGARA FALLS

1. The Niagara Falls is not the highest but nevertheless, the most powerful waterfall in North America. Enormous volumes of water flows over the crest line every minute. 6 million cubic feet (168,000 m3) of water flows during high flow while almost 4 million cubic feet (110,000 m3) on average.

2. Situated on the Niagara River, the falls form the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. The falls lie between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York and are 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of Toronto, Ontario.

3. The Niagara Falls was formed by the receding glaciers at the end of the last ice age. A path was carved through the Niagara Escarpment water by the water from the newly formed Great Lakes.

4. These falls are a very valuable source of hydroelectric power.

5. The Maid of the Mist boat cruise is the oldest and most popular tourist attraction at the falls. The cruise boats operate from boat docks on both sides of the falls.

6. The “Cave of the Winds” is another popular tourist attraction. An elevator takes the tourists from the area between the American and Canadian Falls down to the level of the Niagara River at the base of the American Falls.

7. Almost 30 million tourists visit the falls every year. Summer days are considered the best to visit Niagara Falls. The evenings at the falls are extremely beautiful from the Canadian side as numerous floodlights illuminate both sides of the falls for several hours after dark (until midnight).

8. Many daredevils try to cross the falls or leap into the gorge. Survivors of such stunts face charges and heavy penalties, as it is illegal, on both sides of the border, to attempt to go over the falls.

9. Erosion contents such as the dissolved salts and “rock flour” generated by the erosive force of the Niagara River give a verdant green color to the waters of the Niagara Falls. The current rate of erosion is approximately 1 foot (0.30 m) per year down from a historical average of 3 feet (0.91 m) per year.

10. There are two international bridges connecting the cities surrounding the Niagara Falls. The Rainbow Bridge provides the closest view of the falls and is open to non-commercial vehicle traffic and pedestrians. The Whirlpool Rapids Bridge is the oldest bridge over the Niagara River.





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10 Things Your Geography Teacher Never Told You About Kruger National Park

June 28, 2011 By
About Kruger National Park

About Kruger National Park

One of the most famous and adventurous destinations for natural habitat and wildlife lovers is the Kruger National Park. Its geographical features make it the richest national park in the world. Have you ever wondered what makes this national park so special?

Below are ten things that you thought you knew about the Kruger national Park and its dream-like location.


10 THINGS YOUR GEOGRAPHY TEACHER NEVER TOLD YOU ABOUT KRUGER NATIONAL PARK

1. With an area of 18,989 square kilometers (7,332 sq mi) and dimensions ranging from 360 kilometers (220 mi) from north to south, and 65 kilometers (40 mi) from east to west, it is one of the largest national parks in the world.

2. The park is located in the north-east of South Africa in the eastern parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces. The only town in South Africa that borders the Kruger National Park is Phalaborwa, Limpopo.

3. It is a part of the peace project named the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park formed to link Kruger National Park with the Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe to its north, and with the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique to its the east. The park has 9 main gates that allow entrance to the different camps.

4. The park comes under the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere. It is an area designated by the United Nations Education and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) as an International Man and Biosphere Reserve (the “Biosphere”).

5. This fantastic park is surrounded by natural boundaries. The river Limpopo runs to its north while the river Crocodile runs to its south. The Lebombo Mountains to its east separate the park from Mozambique. A parallel boundary runs in the west at a distance of 65 km.

6. The hill Khandzalive is the highest point in the park. The altitude in the park varies from 200 m in the east to 840 m in the south-west near Berg-en-Dal.

7. The popular eyewitness viral video Battle at Kruger has been shot in this park.

8. The best season to visit the park is the winter as there is less chance of contracting diseases like malaria and the animals can easily be spotted near the rivers. The overall climate of the park is mainly subtropical. The temperature shoots beyond 100 °F with a lot of humidity.

9. The park has the highest number of species of mammals (almost 147) than any other African Game Reserve. The park is loaded with webcams to ensure well-being of the flora and fauna and to keep an eye on harmful elements such as poachers.

10. Several rivers run through the park from west to east, including the Sabie, Olifants, Crocodile, Letaba, Luvuvhu and Limpopo rivers. There are nine different trails in the Kruger National Park that can be used by the visitors. These trails are temporary and are created by animals.

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10 Things Your History Teacher Never Told You About London’s Big Ben

June 28, 2011 By
About Big Ben

About Big Ben

Officially known as the Great Bell, the main bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London is nicknamed as the Big Ben. It is the largest bell in the tower and part of the Great Clock of Westminster. You must have read the basic facts about the Big Ben but there are 10 things that your history teacher skipped.


10 THINGS YOUR HISTORY TEACHER NEVER TOLD YOU ABOUT BIG BEN

1. There are different theories regarding the nomenclature of the bell. It is an accepted fact that the bell was named in honor of Sir Benjamin Hall. Some believe that the name Benjamin inscribed on the bell is that of a contemporary heavyweight boxer Benjamin Caunt.

2. The Clock Tower housing the Big Ben has dials so large that it was once the largest four-faced clock in the world, until Great Paul was cast in the St. Paul’s Cathedral in 1881.

3. It is considered to be the most popular structures of England. Most of the people relate the clock tower with London and England. It is almost a global symbol for these places.

4. It was built to replace the burnt up ruins of the Palace of Westminster.

5. The design for the Clock Tower was Augustus Pugin’s last design before he lost his sanity and died. While handing over the last drawings to the chief architect of the Palace, Charles Barry, Pugin stated: “I never worked so hard in my life for Mr Barry for tomorrow I render all the designs for finishing his bell tower & it is beautiful.”

6. Despite being one of the world’s most famous tourist attractions, foreign tourists are not allowed to enter the tower.

7. The tower has 334 limestone stairs to the top and no elevator system.

8. Every year, the tower oscillates in the east-west direction by a few millimeters and leans by 220 mm slightly to the north-west, at the clock dials, giving an inclination of approximately 1/250.

9. There is a small stack of old penny coins on top of the pendulum in order to adjust the time of the clock. Adding or removing a penny will change the effective length of the pendulum rod and hence increase or decrease the rate at which the pendulum swings. This in turn would modify the clock’s speed by 0.4 seconds per day. Despite the age of the clock tower, the clock is highly reliable.

10. According to a survey of 2,000 people, the Big Ben was voted as the most popular landmark in U.K. and the Most Iconic London Film Location.

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11 Reasons Why the Louvre Museum is the Greatest Museum in the World

June 27, 2011 By



The Amazing Louvre Museum - Paris, France

The Amazing Louvre Museum - Paris, France

Anyone who has a passion for history and culture, dreams of visiting the Louvre in the heart of Paris. The Musée du Louvre is also known by the names Grand Louvre or the Louvre Museum. It is one of the most popular museums in the world. It is located in the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre), which was originally a fortress built in the late 12th century under Philip II on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement district. During the French Revolution the Louvre was transformed into a public museum. On 10 August 1792, the Louvre became a national property after the imprisonment of Louis XVI.


Below are the top eleven reasons why Louvre is the known as the “museum of museums”.

11 REASONS WHY THE LOUVRE MUSEUM IS THE GREATEST MUSEUM IN THE WORLD

  1. The Grand Louvre is the largest and the most visited museum in the world.
  2. The Musée du Louvre has a gigantic collection of more than 380,000 objects and displays 35,000 works of art in eight curatorial departments with more than 60,600 square meters (652,000 sq ft) used up by the permanent collection.
  3. Almost 15,000 people visit the Louvre per day, 65 percent of whom are tourists. This is natural as it houses one of the most famous pieces of art in the whole world. The Louvre exhibits sculptures, objets d’art, paintings, drawings, and archaeological finds.
  4. The Louvre generates greater curiosity in current times because of its significance depicted in the book The Da Vinci Code and the 2006 film based on the book. The motion picture was shot in the museum that generated museum earning of $2.5.
  5. It has a extremely rich historic background. It has been renovated and expanded under various eminent empires such as those of Napoleon, Louis XVIII and Charles X, the Second French Empire. Holdings have grown steadily through donations and gifts since the French Third Republic,
  6. Despite the French Government ownership, the Louvre works in a fairly independent manner. The administration is par excellence.
  7. The Louvre indulges in the lending and borrowing of thousands of works with other museums across the globe. This policy has been an important factor in boosting the economy.
  8. The collection at the Louvre is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.
  9. The world’s largest collection is displayed by the Egyptian department at the Louvre. It consists of 50,000 pieces, including artifacts from the Nile civilizations which date from 4,000 BC to the 4th century.
  10. The Louvre consists of world-renowned attractions namely the Venus de Milo, the Victory of Samothrace, The Seated Scribe (Egyptian Sculpture); Venus de Milo, Winged Victory of Samothrace, Apollo of Piombino, Diana of Versailles (Greek Sculpture); Dying Slave by Michelangelo; and Bacchus, Mona Lisa, St. John the Baptist, Virgin of the Rocks, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne by Leonardo da Vinci.
  11. It has a global outreach in the form of associations and various tie-ups with museums all over the world. It has strong cultural bonds with countries not only in Europe, but also with United States, Japan, Saudi Arabia, China, Korea, Australia, Singapore, Oman, and Canada. In 2008–09 alone the Louvre organized exhibitions in 16 countries, attracting an estimated 6.5 million visitors.
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