Welcome to Today In History for Sunday, July 20, 2008.

On this day in history ..

• 0514 - St Hormisdas elected as Pope succeeding Pope Sympowerus
• 1031 - Henry I succeeds father Robert II as King of France
• 1495 - French viceroy of Naples Montpensier surrenders
• 1498 - Emperor Maximilian names Albrecht governor of Netherlands
• 1553 - PM John Dudley captured in Cambridge
• 1608 - Reynier van Oldenbarnevelt marries Anna Weytzen in Delft
• 1609 - Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion
• 1619 - Gerardus Vossius resigns as Dutch regent States college leader
• 1627 - English fleet under George Villiers reaches La Rochelle [OS=June 10]
• 1654 - Anglo-Portuguese treaty, Portugal comes under English control
• 1749 - Earl of Chesterfield says "Idleness is only refuge of weak minds"
• 1773 - Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada)
• 1801 - Elisha Brown Jr pressed a 1,235 pound cheese ball at his farm
• 1808 - Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names
• 1810 - Colombia declares independence from Spain
• 1836 - Charles Darwin climbs Green Hill on Ascension
• 1847 - German astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf
• 1849 - Start of 1st Lancashire-Yorkshire clash at Hyde Park, Sheffield
• 1855 - 1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands
• 1858 - Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50›) (NY beats Bkln 22-18)
• 1858 - Gathering of PlombiŠres - Napoleon III meets Cavour
• 1861 - Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Va
• 1862 - Guerrilla campaign in GA (Porter's & Poindexter's) [->SEP 20] US580 CS2866
• 1864 - Battle at Stephenson's Depot Virginia: 200 killed or injured
• 1864 - Battle of Peachtree Creek-Atlanta Campaign
• 1866 - Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy
• 1868 - 1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes
• 1871 - British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province
• 1872 - Mahlon Loomis patents wireless radio
• 1876 - 1st US intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins
• 1877 - Military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9
• 1878 - 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii
• 1881 - Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops
• 1890 - "Gibbons Stamp Monthly" begins publishing
• 1890 - Snow & hail in Calais, ME
• 1894 - 2000 fed troops recalled from Chicago, having ended Pullman strike
• 1903 - Giuseppe Sarto elected Pope Pius X
• 1906 - Bkln Dodger Mal Eason no-hits St Louis Cards, 2-0
• 1910 - Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper acquitted of corruption
• 1911 - Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0
• 1911 - Generals Henry Wilson/Auguste Dubail sign plan for British Expeditionary army in case of war with Germany
• 1912 - Phillies Sherry Magee steals home twice in 1 game
• 1913 - Turkish troop take Adrianopel & Erdine from Bulgaria
• 1914 - Armed resistance against British rule begins in Ulster
• 1916 - Giants trade Christy Mathewson to Cin Reds
• 1917 - Pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats & Slovenes form Yugoslavia
• 1917 - WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st drawn
• 1920 - Heerenveen soccer team forms
• 1922 - Togo made a mandate of League of Nations
• 1923 - Yanks hit into a triple-play but beat A's 9-2
• 1924 - F‚deration Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) forms in Paris
• 1925 - Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against France
• 1925 - Italian-Serbian/Croatian/Slav treaty about Dalmati‰
• 1927 - Lindbergh begins NY flight (Spirit of St Louis)
• 1930 - 106øF (41øC), Washington, DC (district record)
• 1933 - Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Hitler
• 1934 - 118øF (48øC), Keokuk, Iowa (state record)
• 1935 - 1st broadcast of "Gang Busters" on NBC-radio
• 1938 - Finland awarded 1940 Olympic games after Japan withdraws
• 1940 - Germany occupiers forbid Dutch Communist Party (CPN) in Netherlands
• 1940 - Nazi collaborator Rost of Tonningen appointed director of Marxist
• 1940 - Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart (#1 is "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey)
• 1941 - Yanks beat Tigers 12-6 in 17
• 1942 - 1st detachment of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, begin basic training
• 1942 - Barbados dismiss Trinidad for 16 in 69 minutes, Derek Sealy 8-8
• 1942 - Legion of Merit Medal authorized by congress
• 1942 - Time puts Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovitch on its cover
• 1942 - Women's Army Auxiliary Corps began basic training at Fort Des Moines
• 1943 - Joint Chiefs of Staff question adm Nimitz (landing Gilbert Island)
• 1944 - Brit/Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy
• 1944 - British premier Winston Churchill flies to France to meet Montgomery
• 1944 - Browns Nelson Potter is 1st pitcher suspended for throwing spitballs
• 1944 - Canadian Cameroon Highlanders conquer St-Andr‚
• 1944 - Death March of 1,200 Jews from Lipcani Moldavia begins
• 1944 - Fieldmarshal von Kluge consults with German commandant at Caen
• 1944 - Flying Fortresses of US 8th Air Force attack Leipzig/Dessau
• 1944 - Gen Eisenhower visits Montgomery's headquarter in Normandy
• 1944 - Heavy storm hampers British offensive at Caen
• 1944 - Japanese aircraft carrier Hijo sinks by US air attack
• 1944 - July 20th Plot-Failed assassination attempt on Hitler
• 1944 - Liberators of US 8th Air Force attack Gotha Russelsheim/Eisenach
• 1944 - Pres FDR nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention
• 1944 - US 15th Air Force attacks Friedrichshaven Memmingen
• 1944 - US 9th AF bombs railroad at Chaulnes Sabl‚-sur-Sarthe/Dreux
• 1944 - US invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II
• 1944 - Violent battles in VerriŠres-hill (Normandy)
• 1947 - 1st political action of Neth Army on Java & Sumatra
• 1948 - Lou Thesz beats Bill Longson, to become NWA wrestling champ
• 1948 - Syngman Rhee elected president of South-Korea
• 1948 - US Communist Party chairman William Forster arrested
• 1949 - Israel's 19 month war of independence ends
• 1949 - Vasil Kolarov elected premier of Bulgaria
• 1950 - "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)
• 1952 - Emile Zatopek runs Olympic Record 10K (29:17.0)
• 1952 - Fausto Coppi wins Tour de France
• 1953 - USSR/Israel recover diplomatic relations
• 1954 - Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North & South
• 1954 - Tennis champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident
• 1954 - West German secret service head Otto John defects to German DR
• 1956 - France recognizes Tunisia's independence
• 1956 - Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam
• 1956 - US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island
• 1956 - Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs
• 1958 - 40th PGA Championship: Dow Finsterwald shoots a 276 at Llanerch CC PA
• 1958 - Betty Jameson/Mary Lena Faulk wins Homestead 4-Ball Golf Tournament
• 1958 - King Hussein of Jordan breaks off diplomatic relations with UAR
• 1960 - 1st submerged submarine to fire Polaris missile (George Washington)
• 1960 - Sirima Bandaranaike becomes 1st female premier of Ceylon
• 1960 - USSR recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space
• 1962 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 13th Symphony
• 1962 - France & Tunisia recover diplomatic relations
• 1963 - 17 African states & Madagascar sign peace treaty with EC
• 1963 - 18th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mary Mills
• 1963 - Verne Gagne beats Crusher Lisowski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
• 1964 - 1st surfin' record to go #1-Jan & Dean's "Surf City"
• 1964 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 10th String quartet
• 1965 - 18.18" (46.18 cm) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hr record)
• 1965 - NY Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam
• 1967 - Pablo Neruda receives 1st Viareggio-Versile prizes
• 1967 - Race riots in Memphis Tenn
• 1968 - Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Paul McCartney on live TV
• 1968 - Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117
• 1969 - 1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11
• 1969 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Danbury Lady Carling Golf Open
• 1969 - Eddy Merckx wins Tour de France
• 1970 - Dodgers Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies 5-0, giving up no walks
• 1972 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
• 1973 - Jack Brisco beats Harley Race in Houston, to become NWA champ
• 1973 - Chic's Wilbur Wood starts & loses both games of a doubleheader with NY Yankees, 12-2, & 7-0
• 1974 - Heng Yo & Heng Ju, completes 1,000 mile (SF-Seattle) pilgrimage
• 1974 - Turkey invades Cyprus
• 1975 - 30th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Palmer
• 1976 - Hank Aaron hits 755th & last home run off Angels Jerry Augustine
• 1976 - Last US troops leave Thailand
• 1976 - US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing
• 1977 - Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pa, kills 80 & causing $350 mil damage
• 1979 - 44-kg Newfoundland dog pulls 2293-kg load, Bothell, Wash
• 1980 - 109th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 271 at Muirfield Gullane
• 1980 - Joop Zoetemelk wins Tour de France
• 1980 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
• 1981 - England set for innings loss v Aust, Botham hits 100 in 87 balls
• 1981 - Irene Saez, of Venezuela, crowned 30th Miss Universe
• 1982 - Bombs planted by Irish Republican Army explode in 2 London parks
• 1982 - IRA bomb attacks in London
• 1982 - T Macauly & D Vosburghs musical "Windy City," premieres in London
• 1983 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
• 1984 - Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m
• 1984 - Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America
• 1985 - Divers find wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha
• 1986 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
• 1987 - Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs
• 1988 - Michael Dukakis selected Democratic presidential nominee
• 1989 - 93øF, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix Arizona
• 1989 - Burma govt puts author Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest
• 1990 - Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years
• 1991 - Kirk Cameron marries Growing Pains co-star Chelsea Noble in upstate NY
• 1991 - Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant
• 1992 - 121st British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots a 272 at Muirfield Gullane
• 1992 - Round World Air Race begins in Paris
• 1993 - Fire in the press box at Altanta Fulton County Stadium
• 1993 - Joe Petruzzi files for divorce from Annabella Sciorra (Jungle Fever)
• 1994 - Major parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (July 16th-22nd)
• 1994 - OJ Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife's klller
• 1996 - 26th Olympic games open at Atlanta, Georgia (sched)
• 1997 - 126th British Golf Open: Billy Ray Brown shoots a 271 at Royal Troon
• 1997 - American Justin Leonard wins the British Open shooting at 272
• 1997 - Burnet Senior Golf Classic
• 1997 - Michele Redman wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Classic

Famous birthdays for this day ..

• 1304 - Francesco Petrarch, Italy, poet (Italia Mia)
• 1513 - Gaspar Schetz, Dutch treasurer-general
• 1519 - Innocent IX, [Giovanni A Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591)
• 1600 - Simon Ives, composer
• 1663 - Pierre Drevet, French engraver
• 1709 - James Harris, philosopher
• 1720 - Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer
• 1726 - William Jones, composer
• 1744 - Henri Hamal, composer
• 1761 - Joseph Lefebvre, composer
• 1762 - Jakob Haibel, composer
• 1766 - Thomas Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat
• 1779 - Ignaz Schuster, composer
• 1785 - Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39)/Westernizer/reformer
• 1793 - Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski)
• 1796 - Edward Hodges, composer
• 1803 - Jakob Zeugheer, composer
• 1803 - Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet
• 1804 - Richard Owen, British zoologist
• 1806 - John Sterling, writer (Representative Victorian)
• 1811 - James Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, governor (Jamaica)
• 1814 - Ivan S Gagarin, Russian theologist
• 1816 - William Bowman, English anatomist
• 1819 - Paul Henrion, composer
• 1824 - Alexander Schimmelfennig, Prussia, Brig General (Union volunteers)
• 1836 - Thomas C Allbutt, English physiologist (Diseases of the Heart)
• 1837 - Hans Sommer, composer
• 1847 - Max Liebermann, German impressionist painter
• 1852 - Theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, lawyer/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-13) [or 1/20]=
• 1853 - Geo[rge] Poggenbeek, Dutch water colors painter
• 1860 - Johannes Walter, German geologist (Denudation of the Wilderness)
• 1864 - Erik Karlfeldt, Sweden, poet (Nobel 1918-refused; 1931-posthumous)
• 1870 - Vladimir D Nabokov, Russian jurist/minister of Justice (1918-19)
• 1872 - Alick Maclean, composer
• 1872 - Deodat de Severac, composer
• 1873 - Witold Maliszewski, composer
• 1880 - Hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher/writer
• 1881 - Leon de Smet, Flemish painter
• 1885 - Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian/critic
• 1887 - Willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer
• 1889 - John Charles Reith, 1st Baron Reith, 1st dir-gen BBC (1927-38)
• 1890 - Theda Bara, [Theodosia Goodman], Cincinnati, actress (Love Goddeses)
• 1890 - Verna Felton, Salinas Calif, actress (Hilda-December Bride)
• 1893 - Alexander, king of Greece (1917-20)
• 1893 - Richard Billinger, Austria poet/writer (From Where I Came)
• 1897 - Tadeusz Reichstein, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1950)
• 1900 - Gottfried von Haberler, Austrian economist
• 1900 - Maurice Gilliams, Flemish writer/poet/essayist (Maria's Life)
• 1900 - Maurice Leyland, prolific cricket left-handed batsman (England)
• 1901 - Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist
• 1902 - Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter (Bicycle Thiefs)
• 1902 - Dilys Powell, English writer (Descent from Parnassus)
• 1903 - Jef van de Wiele, Belgian politician
• 1905 - Molly Mary Nesta Keane, writer
• 1908 - Gunnar de Frumerie, composer
• 1909 - Eric Rowan, S African cricketer (prolific batsman pre- & post-WWII)
• 1910 - Cicely Veronica Wedgwood, British historian (William the Silent)
• 1911 - Baqa Jilani, Indian cricket fast bowler (Test 1936)
• 1911 - William Dillard, trumpeter/singer
• 1912 - Andrew Long, Scottish author (Blue Book of Fairy Tales)
• 1912 - Frederick Ferrari, crazy Gang Member
• 1912 - John Dacie, hematologist
• 1912 - Thijmen Kuijt, resistance fighter/co-found newspaper (The Typhoon)
• 1913 - Lucien Goldmann, Romania/Fren sociologist/philosopher (Le dieu cach‚)
• 1914 - William John Phillips, actor (Nothing but a Man)
• 1919 - Edmund Hillary, NZ, one of 1st 2 men to scale Mt Everest
• 1920 - Elliot L Richardson, Attorney General (1973)/Sec of Defense (1973)
• 1920 - Jack Harman, British general
• 1920 - Jeffrey Petersen, British diplomat
• 1920 - Lev Aronin, USSR, International Chess Grandmaster (1950)
• 1921 - Frederick Schroeder Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1942)
• 1922 - Miroslav "Standa" Bares, Czech/Dutch actor/director (Billy Budd)
• 1924 - Hans Lodeizen, [Johannes A Frederik], Dutch poet (Inner Self)
• 1924 - Lola Albright, Akron Ohio, actress (Delta Country, Kid Galahad)
• 1924 - Thomas Berger, US, novelist (Vital Parts, Little Big Man)
• 1925 - Jacques Delors, French economist/chairman European Committee (1985-95)
• 1927 - Anthony Cavendish, British MI 6 agent/banker
• 1927 - Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor/composer
• 1928 - Jan Meyers, (Rep-R-Kansas, 1985- )
• 1928 - Pavel Kohout, writer
• 1928 - Peter Ind, jazz musician
• 1930 - Arthur U Spronken, sculptor
• 1930 - Sally Ann Howes, London England, actress (Dead of Night)
• 1930 - Yuri Petrovich Artyukin, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 14)
• 1932 - Nam June Paik, Seoul Korea, video artist (Medium is the Medium)
• 1933 - Aliki Vouyouklaki, actress (Madalena)
• 1933 - Jose Vicente Asuar, composer
• 1933 - Nelson Doubleday, publisher (Doubleday)/owner (NY Mets)
• 1934 - Doug Padgett, cricketer (England batsman twice in 1960)
• 1934 - Ralph C RInzler, folklorist (Greenbriar Boys)
• 1934 - Uwe Johnson, writer
• 1935 - Lord Peter Palumbo, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
• 1935 - Ted Rogers, Kennington London, comedian (Aladdin, Cinderella)
• 1936 - Barbara A Mikulski, (Rep-D-MD, 1977-86/Sen-D-MD, 1986- )
• 1936 - Butch Baird, Chicago IL, PGA golfer (1961 Waco Turner Open)
• 1936 - Kaleria Fadicheva, ballerina
• 1938 - Diana Rigg, Doncaster England, actress (Emma Peel-Avengers, Hospital)
• 1938 - Jo Ann Campbell, Jacksonville Fla, Lawrence Welk's champagne lady
• 1938 - Lord McGowan
• 1938 - Natalie Wood, [Natasha Gurdin], SF, (Gypsy, Rebel Without a Cause)
• 1939 - Judy Chicago, [Cohen], Chicago, artist (Dinner Party)
• 1940 - Tony Oliva, ball player, batting champ (AL Rookie of Year 1964)
• 1941 - Vladimir Afanasiyevich Lyakhov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 32/34, T-9, TM-6)
• 1942 - T G Sheppard, [William Browder], Humbolt Tn, singer (Devil in Bottle)
• 1943 - Chris Amon, Grand Prix racer
• 1943 - John Lodge, Birmingham, bassist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)
• 1944 - Wim Van Drimmelen, Dutch sect Science Council of Government policy
• 1945 - Betty Burfeindt, LPGA golfer
• 1945 - John Lodge, rocker
• 1945 - Larry E Craig, (Rep-R-Idaho, 1981- )
• 1945 - Viscount Petersham, English large landowner
• 1946 - Kim Carnes, Pasadena Ca, rock vocalist (Bette Davis Eyes)
• 1947 - Carlos Santana, Mexico, rock guitarist (Santana-Black Magic Woman)
• 1947 - Gerd Binnig, Frankfurt, physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986)
• 1947 - James Harris, Monroe La, NFL quarterback (Buffalo, LA, San Diego)
• 1948 - Mary Dwyer, LPGA golfer
• 1948 - Richard H Lehman, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
• 1951 - Larry Black, Miami Fla, 4x100 runner (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1954 - Jay Jay French, NYC, guitarist (Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It)
• 1955 - Michael Anthony, rocker (Van Halen)
• 1956 - Charlie Magri, world champ flyweight boxer (1983)
• 1956 - Mima Jausovec, Yugoslavia, tennis player (French Open-1977)
• 1956 - Paul Cook, London, rock drummer (Sex Pistols)
• 1957 - Donna Dixon, Va, Mrs Dan Ackwoyd/actress (Couch Trip, Bossom Buddies)
• 1957 - Larry Rinker, Stuart FL, Nike golfer (1985 Bing Crosby Pro-Am-2nd)
• 1957 - Merlina Defranco, rocker (Defranco Family)
• 1958 - Michael McNeill, synthesizer (Simple Minds-Don't You Forget About Me)
• 1958 - Mike McNeil, rocker
• 1959 - Radney Foster, Del Rio Tx, singer (Foster & Lloyd-Crazy Over You)
• 1960 - Katie Rabbet, London England, Prince Andrew's former girlfriend
• 1960 - Lauren Gregg, Rochester Minn, US women's soccer coach (Olympics-96)
• 1963 - Jenny Spangler, Monroe Wisc, marathoner (Olympics-96)
• 1963 - Paula Ivan, Romanian runner (world record mile)
• 1964 - Murray Craven, Medicine Hat, NHL left wing (Chicago Blackhawks)
• 1965 - Stone Gossard, musician with Pearl Jam
• 1966 - Beth Coats, Albuquerque NM, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
• 1966 - Carlo L'Ami, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
• 1966 - Mike Pero, Picton Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 CPGA Winter)
• 1966 - Tracey Mcfarlane, US breaststroke swimmer (US record 100m)
• 1967 - Akihito Sugisawa, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
• 1967 - Ian Beckles, NFL guard (Tampa Bay Bucs)
• 1967 - Jon Normile, Cleve Oh, fencer (Olympics-96)
• 1968 - Chris Kennedy, actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure)
• 1968 - Chris Tsangaris, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
• 1968 - Robert Rodriguez, director (El Mariachi, Desperado)
• 1970 - ?, 1st baby born on Alcatraz Island
• 1970 - Dean Wells, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1970 - Shannon Baker, CFL receiver (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
• 1970 - Tom Sherrer, Syracuse NY, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Cleveland Open-2nd)
• 1971 - Bernard Whittington, NFL defensive end (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1971 - Charles Johnson, Fort Pierce Fla, catcher (US Olympics 1992, Marlins)
• 1971 - Ed Giddins, cricketer (promising Sussex pace bowler, England A 1995)
• 1971 - Ron Stone, NFLer (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1971 - Tom Tovo, WLAF defensive tackle (London Monarchs)
• 1971 - William Deering Jr, South Bend Indiana, pole vaulter
• 1972 - Jay Barker, NFL quarterback (NE Patriots)
• 1972 - Jozef Stumpel, NHL forward (Team Kazakhstan 1998, LA Kings)
• 1973 - Peter Forsberg, Ornskoldsvik Swe, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
• 1974 - Kevin Meadows, gay rights activist
• 1975 - Ray Allen, NBA guard (Milwaukee Bucks)
• 1977 - Julia Syriani, Miss Universe-Lebanon (1996)
• 1977 - Shany Kedmy, Israel, Women's 470 yachter (Oly-14th-1996)
• 1978 - Charlie Korsmo, actor (Dick Tracy, What About Bob)
• 1978 - Denny Mendez, Miss Italy Universe (1997)
• 1978 - Jen Grubb, Elk Hart Indiana, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
• 1991 - Scout Larue Willis, daughter of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0833 - Ansegis/Ansegius, French abbot of Fontenelle/author, dies at about 63
• 1031 - Robert II de Vrome, King of France (996-1031), dies
• 1201 - Agnes of France, queen of France, dies [or 7/18]
• 1322 - Frederik II van Sierck, bishop of Utrecht (1317-22), dies
• 1454 - Johan II, King of Castili‰, dies at 49
• 1573 - Lancelot of Brederode, water beggar, beheaded
• 1597 - Franciscus Raphelengius [French of Ravelingen], Neth publisher, dies
• 1607 - Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian (Historia Belgica), dies at 48
• 1609 - Federico Zuccari, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at about 69
• 1613 - Heinrich Julius, [von Braunschweig-Wolfenbttel], duke, dies
• 1636 - John Oldham, trader in Mass, murdered by indians
• 1732 - Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer, dies at 51
• 1752 - John C Pepusch, English composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at about 85
• 1762 - Christoph Nichelsmann, German klavecinist/composer, dies
• 1766 - Isabelle Farnese, queen of Spain, dies
• 1808 - Fran‡ois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66
• 1819 - John Playfair, Scottish geologist/mathematician, dies
• 1824 - Joan M Kemper, lawyer (layed-out Civil Code), dies
• 1825 - Joseph-Denis Doche, composer, dies at 58
• 1859 - Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Fantasy), dies
• 1866 - Faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide
• 1866 - G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function), dies
• 1868 - Antoine Prumier, composer, dies at 75
• 1868 - Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer, dies at 62
• 1881 - Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies
• 1888 - Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter, dies
• 1893 - Tom Kelly, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1977-79, 64 runs), dies
• 1898 - Yuri Arnold, composer, dies at 86
• 1903 - Leo XIII, [Vincenzo G Pecci], Pope (1878-1903), dies at 93
• 1908 - Federico Chueca, composer, dies at 62
• 1914 - Leo van Gheluwe, composer, dies at 76
• 1923 - Pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexican rebel, murdered at 55
• 1927 - Ferdinand I VAM, King of Romania, dies at 61
• 1936 - Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer, dies at 75
• 1936 - Jos‚ Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general/high director, dies
• 1937 - Guglielmo Marconi, Ital engineer/marquis (radio, Nobel 1909), dies
• 1939 - Joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies
• 1940 - Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide
• 1942 - Patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle
• 1944 - Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71
• 1944 - Brandt, col/German staff chief, dies in bombing
• 1944 - Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, count/German antifascist colonel, dies
• 1944 - Friedrich Olbricht, German general (July 20th plotter), executed
• 1944 - Heinz Burns, German (Olympic-gold-1936), dies in bombing
• 1944 - Korten, chef gen of Germany Luftwaffe, dies in bomb explosion
• 1944 - Ludwig Beck, gen/chief Germany general staff (July 20th plot), dies
• 1944 - Mertz, German colonel (July 20th plotter), executed
• 1944 - Pierre Vi‚not, French ambassador to London/writer, dies
• 1944 - Rudolf Schmundt, gen/Hitler's Army adjunct, dies from wounds
• 1944 - Werner von Haeffen, German lieutenant (July 20th plotter), executed
• 1945 - Arthur Seccull, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies
• 1945 - Paul Val‚ry, French poet (Le cimetiŠre Marin, Mon Faust), dies at 73
• 1951 - Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan's King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem
• 1951 - Mustafa Shuqri Ashu, tailor/murderer of king Abdullah, shot to death
• 1954 - Blair Moody, (Sen-Mich), dies at 52
• 1956 - Ken Burn, cricketer (Tasmanian rep on 1890 Ashes tour, 2 Tests), dies
• 1957 - Phil Hanna, singer (Once Upon a Tune), dies at 46
• 1958 - Franklin Pangborn, dies at 69
• 1959 - Harry Fox II, dies at 77
• 1962 - Andr‚ Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51
• 1962 - George MacAulay Trevelyan, English royal historian, dies at 86
• 1966 - Julien Carette, dies of burns at 68
• 1968 - Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies
• 1969 - Roy Hamilton, rocker, dies at 40
• 1973 - Bruce Lee, [Lee Yuen Kam], actor (Enter the Dragon), dies at 32
• 1974 - Allen Jenkins, actor (Fugitive from a Chain Gang), dies at 74
• 1976 - Tom Lowry, cricketer (early New Zealand Test captain), dies
• 1977 - Carter De Haven, actor (Courage, Great Dictator), dies at 90
• 1977 - F G Jnger, writer, dies
• 1983 - Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59
• 1984 - Gail Kubik, US composer (Gerald McBoing Boing), dies at 69
• 1984 - Jim [James] Fixx, jogger/writer (Jim Fixx on Running), dies at 52
• 1986 - Helen Craig, actress (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 74
• 1987 - Richard Egan, actor (Big Cube, Amsterdam Kill), dies at 63
• 1989 - Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, commander (French resistance), dies
• 1989 - Mary Treen, actress (Career, Rock-a-bye Baby), dies at 71
• 1990 - Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Obsessions, Pygmalion), dies
• 1991 - Henri Marius Rellys, dies at 86
• 1993 - Donald Alexander, System director/producer (East Valley), dies at 79
• 1994 - Kim II Sung, pres of North-Korea (1948-94), buried
• 1994 - Paul Delvaux, Belgian surrealistisch painter, dies at 96
• 1994 - Reginald Hall, endocrinologist, dies at 83
• 1995 - Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim, photographer/collector, dies at 82
• 1995 - Natalia Dmitrevna Shpiller, singer, dies at 85
• 1996 - Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier, dies at 70
• 1996 - Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh, journalist, dies at 77
• 1997 - Linda Stirling, college prof/B movie actress (Pretender), dies at 75