2004 – Bobby Avila, Major League Baseball player (b. 1901) 1945 – 1st edition of Elseviers Weekly newspaper (Elseviers Magazine) 1623 – William Wade, English statesman and diplomat (b. 1907 – Albert Rice Leventhal, publisher (Little Golden Books) 1964 – Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia) gains independence from Britain (National Day) These fluffy, soft and oh-so-lovable breeds make for ideal best 1954 – Walt Disney’s 1st television program, “Disneyland”, premieres on ABC 1980 – “Tintypes” opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 93 performances 1669 – William Prynne, English Puritan leader (b. 1976 – Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic 2009 – The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213. Wong, American actor 1956 – Israeli paratroopers drop into Sinai to open Straits of Tiran 1970 – Patrice Tardif, Thetford Mines, NHL center (LA Kings) 1950 – Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist 1951 – Richard Lloyd, American guitarist (Television) 1929) 1988 – Robert Bork’s supreme court nomination rejected by US Senate of Good Shelters & Rescues. 1966 – Jonas B, Svensson Sweden, tennis star 1980 – Marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal, dies at 74 1922 – Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the NY Giants pay $65,000 & 3 players for Jack Bentley (hits .349 & is 13-1 as pitcher in 1922) 1596) 1965 – Nick Thorpe, rocker (Curiosity Killed the Cat-Keep Your Distance) Secrecy and rear-guard actions confused the Nationalists, and it was several weeks before they realized that the main body of the Red Army had fled. 1315 – Adam Banastre, Henry de Lea and William Bradshaw, led an attack on Liverpool Castle. 1944 – Coluche, [Michel Colucci] France, comedian (My Best Friend’s Girl) 2013 – The Parliament of Canada confers Honorary Canadian citizenship on women’s rights and education activist Malala Yousafzai 1865 – Charles Spencelayh, English painter (d. 1958) 1922 – Neil Blaney, politician 1964 – Nicole, German singer 2003 – Soong May-ling, wife of the President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek (b. 1956 – Carrie Fisher, Beverly Hills, actress (Princess Lelia-Star Wars) Heavyweight Boxing Champion Rocky Marciano, 1951 – Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden 1946 – Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican actress 1967 – Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne 1922 – Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot 1974 – R A Dickey, Nashville Tenn, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96) 1980 – Mike Weaver KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 13 for heavyweight boxing title 1697 – Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Dutch/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending Nine Year War 1954 – Britain, France & USSR agree to end occupation of Germany 1774 – First display of the word “Liberty” on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America. 1975 – NY Daily News runs headline “Ford to City: Drop Dead” 1958 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1992 – Joan Mitchell, American painter and printmaker dies of cancer aged 67 1903 – Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73 2011 – 7th Rugby World Cup: New Zealand beats France 8-7 in Auckland 1940 – José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Catholic bishop 1973 – Mike Matthews, American baseball player 1985 – Billy Martin is fired by Yankees for 4th time 1958 – USSR lends money to UAR to build Aswan High Dam 1973 – Shawn Wooden, free safety (Miami Dolphins) 1721) 1897) 1938 – Japanese troops occupies Hankou & Wuhan 1996 – Eric Halsall, sheepdog trial commentator, dies at 76 We connect you with 1908 – Ilya Mikhaylovich Frank, Saint Petersburg, Russian Physicist and Nobel Laureate (Cherenkov radiation) 1927 – Eaton Faning, composer, dies at 77 1581 – Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641) 1888 – Ndebele-king Lobengula grants Cecil Rhodes, Mashonaland £100 per month 1981 – Guy Sebastian, Australian singer Microsoft Founder Bill Gates(1955), 1955 – Bill Gates [William Henry], billionaire founder/CEO (Microsoft), born in Seattle, Washington 1946 – John S Curry, US painter (Baptism in Kansas), dies 1892 – Leo G. Carroll, English actor (d. 1972) 1555 – Emperor Karel puts son Philip II in charge of Netherlands/Naples/Milan 1492 – Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba and claims it for Spain 1906 – Fredric [William] Brown, US, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home) 1863 – Dutch railway to Harlingen opens 1944 – Mike Piano, rocker (Sandpipers) 1996 – Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67 2012 – Syrian ceasefire collapses and 128 people are killed in ongoing civil war violence 1889 – Abel Gance, French film director (d. 1981) 1930 – Harry Gilbert Trythall, composer 1934 – Gustavo Emilio Campa, composer, dies at 71 1321 – Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies 1229 – Otto II becomes earl of Gelre 1942 – Anita Roddick, English cosmetic manufacturer (Body Shop) 1275) 1800 – Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian general-fieldmarshal 1986 – Andrzej Markowski, composer, dies at 62 2012 – George McGovern, US Politician, dies at 90 1937 – Dmitri Shostakovitch’s 5th Symphony premieres Playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon, 1964 – Time Magazine uses term “op art” for 1st time 1976 – “Going Up” closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 49 performances 1971 – Ma Huateng [Pony Ma], Chinese entrepreneur (Tencent), born in Chaoyang District, Shantou 1637 – Foppe van Aitzema, diplomat, dies at about 57 1970 – Nia Long, American actress 1964 – Belle Montrose, actress (Mrs Harrison-Hathaways), dies at 78 1939 – Grace Slick, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit), born in Chicago, Illinois 1979 – Ignasi Giménez Renom, Catalan politician 1972 – Henry Kissinger declares “Peace is at hand” in Vietnam 1981 – Ariel Durant, US author (Story of Civilization), dies at 83 2005 – Shamsher Singh Sheri, Indian communist leader (b. 1390 – First trial for witchcraft in Paris. 1503 - Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against indians 1534 - English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Church in England - a role formerly held by the Pope 1611 - Gustaaf II Adolf (17) becomes king of . 1929 – Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (d. 2004) MLB Outfielder Joe Carter, 1993 – Joe Carter (Toronto Blue Jays) hits a World Series winning walk-off home run against the Philadelphia Phillies 1963 – Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award 1995 – Mike Dutfield, documentary Prodcuer, dies at 48 1929 – The Stuttgart Cable Car is constructed in Stuttgart, Germany. 2006 – Brad Will, American anarchist and independent journalist (b. 1602 – Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet (b. 1877) I recently died for the 25th time and I will will be getting back on track soon. 1894 – Daniel Cooper patents time clock 1886 – Delmira Augustini, Uruguayan poet (El Libro Blanco) 1984 – Sue Randall, actress (Miss Landers-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 49 1747 – British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the second battle of Cape Finisterre. 1155) 1919 – Bernhard Wicki, St Polten Austria, director/actor (Crime & Passion) 1961 – Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies 1912 – Woolwich Foot Tunnel under Thames opens 1902 – Frank Norris, writer, dies at 32 1948) 1959 – Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens (NYC) 1970 – Tory Belleci, American TV Mythbuster 1843 – A G Henri Regnault, French water colors painter 1932 – “Fred Allen Show” premieres on radio 1949 – Paul Orndorff, wrestler (WCW/SMW/NWA/WWF, Mr Wonderful) 1938 – Japanese troops occupies Canton 1970 – Dan Ratushny, Nepean, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers) 1981 – Tila Tequila, American model 1987 – Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads 1945 – Kathy Young, rocker (Thousand Stars in the Sky) 1924 – Ruby Dee, American actress (A Raisin in the Sun, American Gangster), born in Cleveland, OH, (d. 2014) 1925 – Joyce Randolph, actress (Trixie-Honeymooners), born in Detroit, Michigan 1928) 1983 – Zack Greinke, American baseball player 1979 – Israeli minister of Foreign affairs Moshe Dayan resigns 1947 – Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1971 – Two female members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) are shot dead by the British Army in the Lower Falls area of Belfast 1904 – Teresa Milanollo, composer, dies at 77 1666 – Edmund Calamy the Elder, English Presbyterian leader (b. 1983 – Brian Vickers, American race car driver 1966 – Lauren Holly, actress (All My Children, Maxine-Picket Febces) Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. 1929 – Arno Holz, writer, dies at 66 1817 – Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (b. 1909 – Claude Bourdet, human rights activist/journalist 1942 – Lee Greenwood, American country singer (God Bless the USA), born in Los Angeles, California 1996 – Jack Tinker, drama critic, dies at 58 2004 – 16th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 24-23 in South Bend 1865 – Neltje Blanchan, American writer (d. 1918) 1969 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1972 – Patrice Denis, CFL linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) 1986 – “Into the Light” closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 6 performances 1960 – AL admits LA & Washington to the league 1891 – Rafael L Trujillo Molina, president/dictator of Dom Rep (1930-61) 942 – Alberic nominates Pope Marinus II (Martinus III) 1952 – Andrew Motion, English poet and Poet Laureate 1884 – Rudolf Forster, Grobming Austria, actor (Threepenny Opera) 1963 – Veronica Gamba, Buenos Aires Arg, playmate (November, 1983) 1883 – Austria-Hungary, Germany and Romania sign military treaty Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1875 – The first performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1946 – Peter Green, [Peter Greenbaum], rocker (Fleetwood Mac), born in London, England 1993 – “Twilight of the Golds” opens at Booth Theater NYC for 29 performances 1902 – Vladislav Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 69 1957 – Ron Gardenhire, German-born American baseball manager them directly. 1864 – Siege of Petersburg, VA 1603) 1915 – Marghanita Laski, British Journalist and Novelist(d. 1988) 2007 – Paul Fox, English musician and singer (The Ruts) (b. 1907) 1859 – Charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn) 1982 – Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52 1972 – Takafumi Horie, Japanese entrepreneur 1972 – Maria Mutola, Maputo Mozambique, 800m runner (Olympics-bronze-96) 1740 – James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson’s biographer 1897) 1998 – Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space. 1932 – Kathy Cornelius, LPGA golfer British Admiral Horatio Nelson (1805), 1805 – Admiral Horatio Nelson, dies in Battle of Trafalgar 1852 – Jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer 1940 – Mario Orosco, 1st victim of NYC’s Zodiac killer (survives) 1924) 1947 – Trevor Joyce, Irish poet 2015 – World Heath Organization ranks Tuberculosis alongside HIV as world’s deadliest infectious diseases, killing 1.2 million (2014) 1946 – Ivan Reitman, director/producer (Private Parts, Ghostbusters, Dave) 1977 – Birgit Prinz, German footballer 1970 – Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Women’s Golf Charities Open 1973 – Wings release “Helen Wheels” 1967 – Greg Gohr, Santa Clara California, pitcher (Detroit Tigers) 1716 – Petronio Maria Pio Sgabazzi, composer 1923 – Ned Rorem, Richmond Indiana, composer/author (Sky Music) 1922 – Neal Hefti, Hastings Neb, orchestra leader (Kate Smith Show) 1881 – Pablo Picasso, Malaga Spain, artist (3 Dancers, Guernica), (d. 1973) 1973 – Chris Wills wins 1st National hang-gliding championship 1929 – James Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (two Tests for England 1877), dies 1942 – Allan Grice, Australian racing driver 1875 – H[arry] B[yron] Warner, actor (King of Kings), born in London, England 1907 – John Harold Hewitt, Northern Irish poet (d. 1987) 1981 – Ivanka Trump, American model 2006 – Mohammadu Maccido, 18th Sultan of Sokoto (b. 1979 – Milena Roucka, Canadian former model current professional wrestler of Czech and Costa Rican descent. 1983 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1957 – USSR fires defense minister Marshal Georgi Zhukov 1991 – Leon Clements, journalist (Interlijnen), dies at 43 1918 – Robert Feller, Van Meter Iowa, MLB pitcher (Cleveland Indians, led AL in strikeouts 7 times) 1888 – Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for British South Africa Company 1943 – Frans LAJ Wolters, economist/Dutch MP (PvdA) 1980 – Iraqi troops occupies Khorramshar 1961 – “Kwamina” opens at 54th St Theater NYC for 32 performances 1919 – Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 1970 – Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways 1957 – Giants purchase Class-A Phoenix team 1966 – David Miley, Milwaukee WI, Nike golfer (1992 Cleveland Open) 1972 – Access credit cards introduced in Great Britain 1969 – Otto Jochum, composer, dies at 71 1901 – U Benson, British lt-col (Magers’ fountain), killed in battle 1932 – Harry Gregg, Irish footballer and football manager 1969 – Masanori Hikichi, Japanese composer Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler, 1944 – US aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines 1938) 1936 – Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2005) 1904 – Interborough Rapid Transit subway opens in New York City 1962 – Rudolph Anderson, U-2 pilot, shot down over Cuba 1815 – John Edwards, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1894) 1965 – Ken Rutherford, cricketer (NZ Test batsman & latterly capt) 1964 – Sammee Tong, actor (Bachelor Father, Mickey), dies at 63 1953 – Mark Will McNulty, Bindwa Zimbabwe, PGA golfer (1982 Danny Thomas-4th) 1901 – Georg von Siemens, founder (Deutsche Bank), dies 1919 – Romberg & Atteridge’s musical “Passing Show” premieres in NYC 3️⃣ WEEKS TO GO until our sessions in Sale and Altrincham begin! 1389 – French King Charles VI visits pope Clemens VII 1978 – Sergei Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player 1963 – George B Cressey, US geographer (Crossroads), dies at 66 1973 – John Lennon sues US government to admit FBI is tapping his phone 1996 – Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress, 1533 – Prince Henry of France (later Henry II) (14) marries Florentine noblewoman Catherine de’ Medici (14) 1969) 1925 – Dominick Dunne, American author 1538 – The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established on Hispaniola 1984 – Intelsat 5 re-enters Earth’s atmosphere 5 months after it failed 1897 – Rex Cherryman, American actor (d. 1928) 1974 – Michael Vaughan, English cricketer 1875 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (d. 1958) 1971 – Raymond Hatton, actor (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 84 1960) 1929 – Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966) 1611 – Karl IX, King of Sweden (1604-11), dies 1969 – Mo Lewis, American football player 1864 – Second Battle of Newtonia (American Civil War), Newton County, Missouri 1987 – South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution 1904 – Erno Schwarz, Hungarian American soccer player (d. 1974) Covers in a progressive fashion a number of analysis tools and design techniques directly applicable to nonlinear control problems in high performance systems (in aerospace, robotics and automotive areas). 1378 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (d. 1402) 1897 – Lazar Weiner, composer 1911 – Phila A’s beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 8th World Series 1949 – James Williamson, American guitarist 1966 – 6 youths sentenced in “Johnson murderer!” in Amsterdam 1844 – Karl Lueger, anti semitic mayor of Vienna 1991 – “Thompson Twins” singer Tom Bailey weds Alannah Currie at Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas 2011 – Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1976 – 1st Toronto International Film Festival opens 1963 – Adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73 1966 – Steve Valentine, British actor 1857) 2005 – Plame affair: Lewis Libby, Vice-president Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, is indicted in the Valerie Plame case. 1946 – Mel Martinez, American politician 1951 – 2nd Formula One WDC: Juan Manuel Fangio wins by six points 1931 – Lefty Grove, A’s pitcher who won 31 games, is named the AL’s MVP 1923 – Gibbs/Grey/Wood’s revue “Runnin’ Wild” (introducing Charleston) opens on Broadway, New York City 1955 – Clark Griffith, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees), dies at 85 1947 – Timothy B Schmidt, rocker (Eagles), born in Oakland, California 1991 – Maria Monica, silent film actress, dies 1970 – Charles Swann, WLAF cornerback (Scotland Claymores) 1967 – Beth Chapman, Star of Dog the Bounty Hunter 1896 – André Lévêque, French engineer (d. 1930) 1939 – Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure) 1899 – W Penn Symons, British gen-maj, dies in battle 1964 – Khalid “Billy” Ibadulla scores 166 on Cricket debut v Australia 1961 – Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Stalin’s body from Lenin’s tomb in Red Square 1958 – Mark Miller, Dayton Ohio, actor (Search for Grace, Love Field) The jet was was on a test flight prior to delivery to the JASDF. 1967 – Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Alamo Ladies’ Golf Open 1659 – Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged 1485 – Rudolph Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist, dies 1966 – Benoit Hogue, Repentigny, NHL center (Dallas Stars) 1956 – Darrell Pace, Cin Ohio, archer (Oly-2 gold/silver-1976, 84, 88) 1415 – Battle of Agincourt: Henry V’s forces defeat larger French army and the longbow defeats the armoured knight 1956 – Rita Wilson, American actress 1956 – Revolt against Stalinist policies begins in Hungary 1840) 1775 – Guiseppi Baini, composer 1989 – Browns’ Bernie Kosar sets club record with a 97-yard TD pass 1885 – Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish modernist painter (d. 1948) Choi Kyu-ha becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May. 1943 – U-220 sinks 1986 – NY Mets beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 83rd World Series 1906) 2006 – Enolia McMillan, American civil rights activist (b. 1935 – Agota Kristof, Hungarian writer Converted to GF-4C and assigned as ground trainer at Sheppard AFB, Texas in 1986. 1651 – English troops occupy Limerick, Ireland 1984 – Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player 1942 – John P “Jannie” Roux, South African sect to pres (Botha/De Klerk) 1980 – Cassia Riley, American model Secrecy and rear-guard actions confused the Nationalists, and it was several weeks before they realized that the main body of the Red Army had fled. 1957 – Rosemarie Nitribitt, German call girl (b. 1957 – The USAF starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. 1986 – Jake Robinson, English footballer 1965 US Marines repel attack near Da Nang. 1967 – Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astrophysicist, dies at 94 1913 – Peter Glenville, actor stage/screen director (Hotel Paradiso, Becket) 2000 – Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (b. 1948 – Kweisi Mfume, (Rep-D-Maryland)/CEO (NAACP) 1771 – Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (d. 1813) 1928 – Kyle Rote, NFL halfback (NY Giants 1951-61) 1965 – Leigh Ann Mills, Melbourne FL, LPGA golfer (1985 Mazda Champions) 1885 – George McClellan, Union army major general, dies of a heart attack at 58 1867 – Mail packets “Rhone” & “Wye” capsize off St Thomas, Virgin Islands 1949 – Kurt Weill & Maxwell Anderson’s musical premieres in NYC 1710 – Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773) 1975 – Rex Stout, US detective writer (Nero Wolfe), dies at 88 1656 – Treaty of Vilnius: Russia & Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant 1986 – DJ Webstar, American disc jockey 1954 – Chevrolet unveils V-8 engine 1985 – Miguel [Miguel Pimentel], American singer, born in Los Angeles 1920 – Louise H “Lous” Hensen, actress (Medea, Uncle Wanja) 2015 – China announces the end of their one-child policy after 35 years 1912 – Jan Karol Gali, composer, dies at 56 1987 – Bork’s supreme court nomination rejected by senate 1990 – Ugo Tognazzi actor/director (La Cage Aux Folles), dies at 68 1970 – Raveena Tandon, Indian actress 1874 – Albert Aftalion, Bulgaria/French economist 1725 – Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (d. 1801) 1941 – Glenn Moore, rocker 1965 – Kevin Edwards, NBA guard (NJ Nets) 1945 – Dusty Rhodes [Virgil Riley Runnels Jr.], American professional wrestler (WWE), born in Austin, Texas (d. 2015) 1981 – Amanda Beard, Newport Beach CA, 100m/200m breaststroke (Oly-2 silv-96) 2010 – Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican musician (b. 1923 – Dietrich Manicke, composer 1987 – Frank Ocean [Christopher Breaux], American singer-songwriter (Thinkin Bout You), born in Long Beach, California 1958 – WEDU TV channel 3 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1926 – Harry Houdini’s last performance, which was at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. 1965 – 16th Formula One WDC: Jim Clark wins by 14 points 1846 – Alexander Andreyevich Archangel’sky, composer 1962 – Christo van Rensburg, South Africa, tennis star 1977 – Lara Antunes, Miss Portugal Universe (1997) 1952 – Frederick Jacobi, composer, dies at 61 Women’s Rights Activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton(1902), 1902 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American women’s rights activist (b. 1967 – Kevin Macdonald, Scottish film director 1940 – Greece successfully resists Italy’s attack 1914 – Jackie Coogan, actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1984)