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Template:Linked-title is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (135th in leap years ). There are 231 days remaining.
Events
1264 - Battle of Lewes : Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the de facto England .1483 - Coronation of Charles VIII of France ("Charles l'Affable ").1509 - Battle of Agnadello : In northern Italy , French forces defeat the Venetians .1607 - Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.1608 - Protestant Union founded in Auhausen .1610 - Assassination of Henri IV of France , bringing Louis XIII to the throne.1643 - Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII .1747 - A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at first battle of Cape Finisterre .1787 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , delegates begin to meet to write a new Constitution for the United States .1796 - Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination .1804 - The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begin their historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River .1811 - Paraguay gains independence from Spain .1861 - The Canellas meteorite , an 859-gram chondrite -type meteorite strikes the earth near Barcelona , Spain .1863 - American Civil War : Battle of Jackson (MS) .1868 - Japanese Boshin War : End of the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle , former Shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō .1870 - The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club .1889 - The children's charity the NSPCC is launched in London .1900 - The 1900 Summer Olympics open in Paris .1913 - New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation , which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller .1927 - Cap Arcona is launched at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg .1927 - University of Chicago's local collegiate organization, Phi Sigma, becomes incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois as Eta Sigma Phi , the National Honorary Classical Fraternity.
1929 - Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th first-class wicket during a performance of 9 for 39 at Leyton .1931 - Ådalen shootings , five people are killed in Ådalen , Sweden , as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.1935 - The Filipinos ratify an independence agreement.1935 - Northamptonshire County Cricket Club gains (over Somerset at Taunton by 48 runs) what proved to be their last victory for 99 matches, easily a record in the County Championship . Their next Championship win was not until 29 May , 1939
1939 - Lina Medina becomes the world's youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.1940 - World War II : Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe .1940 - World War II : The Netherlands surrender to Germany .
1943 - Sinking of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur off the coast of Queensland , by a Japanese submarine.1948 - Israel declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel was attacked by the neighboring Arab states.1955 - Cold War : Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union , sign a mutual defence treaty called the Warsaw Pact .1961 - American civil rights movement : Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama , and the civil rights protestors are beaten by an angry mob .1970 - The Red Army Faction is established in Germany .1970 - Mississippi state police kill two black students at Jackson State University .
1973 - Human Space Flight: Skylab United States ' first space station , is launched. It is the last launch of the Saturn V rocket.Launch of the Saturn INT-21 , carrying the Skylab space station. 1977 - In Milan , Italy , during a demonstration of the far-left, a hooded extremist shoots at police, killing a policeman, Antonino Custrà . The scene is photographed and the picture [1] of the hooded man shooting in the middle of the street will appear in many magazines around the world.1978 - First round of the presidential elections in Upper Volta .1986 - Formula One Italian driver Elio De Angelis has a terrible crash with his Brabham at the Paul Ricard circuit in France during a test session. He will die the next day at the Marseille hospital.1988 - Carrollton bus disaster : A drunk driver going the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky , USA hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. The crash and ensuing fire kill 27.1995 - Tenzin Gyatso , the 14th Dalai Lama , proclaims six-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the eleventh reincarnation of the Panchen Lama .1998 - The finale of Seinfeld airs on NBC , with 76 million viewers tuning in.2002 - Ten members of the Darwin -based Network Against Prohibition invade the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory of Australia .2004 - The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun .2004 - The marriage of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and Mary Donaldson takes place in Copenhagen .
2005 - Pope Benedict XVI observes his first beatification, elevating Blessed Marianne of Molokai on the road to canonization into sainthood .2005 - Ex-America (CV-66)supercarrier of the United States Navy , is deliberately sunk in the Atlantic Ocean after four weeks of live-fire exercises. She is the largest ship ever to be disposed of as a target in a military exercise.
2006 - Much of New England is hit with a massive flood, forcing people out of their homes and causing millions of dollars worth of damage.2007 - Filipinos head to the polls to elect 17,889 public officials in the Philippine mid-term elections
Births
1316 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378 )1553 - Margaret of Valois , wife of Henry IV (d. 1615 )1666 - Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732 )1679 - Peder Horrebow , Danish astronomer (d. 1764 )1699 - Hans Joachim von Zieten , Prussian field marshal (d. 1786 )1701 - William Emerson , English mathematician (d. 1782 )1710 - King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (d. 1771 )1725 - Ludovico Manin , last Doge of Venice (d. 1802 )1727 - Thomas Gainsborough , English artist (d. 1788 )1737 - George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney , British statesman (d. 1806 )1752 - Timothy Dwight , American theologian (d. 1817 )1752 - Albrecht Thaer , German agronomist d. 1828 )
1771 - Robert Owen , Welsh social reformer (d. 1858 )1781 - Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer , German historian (d. 1873 )1814 - Charles Beyer , German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876 )1817 - Alexander Kaufmann , German poet (d. 1893 )1832 - Rudolf Lipschitz , German mathematician (d. 1903 )1867 - Kurt Eisner , German politician (d. 1919 )1872 - Elia Dalla Costa , Italian cardinals (d. 1961 )1878 - James L. Wilkinson , American baseball executive (d. 1964 )1880 - Wilhelm List , German field marshal (d. 1971 )1881 - G. Murray Hulbert , American politician (d. 1950 )1881 - Ed Walsh , American baseball player (d. 1959 )
1885 - Otto Klemperer , German-born conductor (d. 1973 )1890 - Alex Pompez , American baseball executive (d. 1974 )1897 - Sidney Bechet , American musician (d. 1959 )1897 - Ed Ricketts , American marine biologist (d. 1948 )
1899 - Pierre Victor Auger , French physicist (d. 1993 )1899 - Earle Combs , American baseball player (d. 1976 )
1900 - Leo Smit , Dutch composer (d. 1943 )1900 - Edgar Wind , German art historian (d. 1971 )
1901 - Robert Ritter , German psychologist (d. 1951 )1903 - Billie Dove , American actress (d. 1997 )1904 - Hans Albert Einstein , American professor (d. 1973 )1904 - Marcel Junod , Swiss physician (d. 1961 )
1905 - Jean Daniélou , French cardinal (d. 1974 )1907 - Hans von der Groeben , German diplomat, member of the European Commission (d. 2005 )1907 - Ayub Khan , President of Pakistan (d. 1974 )
1907 - Johnny Moss , American poker player (d. 1995 )
1916 - Del Moore , American comedian (d. 1970 )1916 - Lance Dossor , British-born concert pianist (d. 2005 )
1916 - Marco Zanuso , Italian architect
1917 - Lou Harrison , American composer (d. 2003 )1919 - John Hope , American meteorologist (d. 2002 )1919 - Solange Chaput-Rolland , French Canadian journalist, author and politician (d. 2001 )
1921 - Richard Deacon , American actor (d. 1984 )1921 - Arve Opsahl , Norwegian actor (d. 2007 )
1922 - Franjo Tuđman , President of Croatia (d. 1999 )1923 - Adnan Pachachi , Iraqi politician1923 - Mrinal Sen , Indian film director
1925 - Patrice Munsel , American opera soprano1926 - Eric Morecambe , British comedian (d. 1984 )1927 - Herbert W. Franke ,Austrian writer1929 - Henry McGee , British actor (d. 2006 )1929 - Gump Worsley , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007 )
1931 - Alvin Lucier , American composer1933 - Michael Chevalier , German voice actor1934 - Siân Phillips , Welsh actress1936 - Bobby Darin , American singer (d. 1973 )1936 - Charlie Gracie , American singer
1936 - Waheeda Rehman , Indian actress
1940 - Troy Shondell , American singer1942 - Valeriy Brumel , Soviet athlete (d. 2003 )1942 - Byron Dorgan , U.S. Senator
1942 - Prentis Hancock , British actor
1942 - Tony Pérez , Cuban baseball player
1942 - Rüdiger Vogler , German actor
1943 - Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson , President of Iceland 1943 - Jack Bruce , Scottish bassist (Cream )
1943 - Derek Leckenby , British musician (Herman's Hermits ) (d. 1994 )
1943 - Elizabeth Ray , American sex scandal figure
1944 - George Lucas , American film director1944 - Francesca Annis , British actress
1945 - Yochanan Vollach , former Israeli football player and current president of the Maccabi Haifa association1946 - Eric Peterson , Canadian actor1947 - Tamara Dobson , American actress (d. 2006 )1948 - Bob Woolmer , English cricket coach (d. 2007 )1949 - Klaus-Peter Thaler , German cyclist1950 - Adolfo Dominguez , Spanish fashion designer1952 - David Byrne , Scottish-American musician (Talking Heads )1952 - Scott Irwin , American professional wrestler (d. 1987 )
1952 - Donald R. McMonagle , American astronaut
1952 - Robert Zemeckis , American film director
1953 - Tom Cochrane , Canadian musician (Red Rider )1953 - Norodom Sihamoni , King of Cambodia
1954 - Jens Sparschuh , German writer1955 - Dennis Martinez , Nicaraguan baseball player1957 - Leon White , American professional wrestler1959 - Patrick Bruel , French singer1959 - Steve Hogarth , British singer (Marillion )
1959 - Rick Vaive , Canadian ice hockey player
1960 - Anne Clark , English female singer1960 - Steve Williams , American wrestler
1961 - Ulrike Folkerts , German actress1961 - Jean Leclerc , Quebec singer and songwriter
1961 - Tim Roth , English actor1961 - Alain Vigneault , French Canadian ice hockey head coach
1962 - C.C. DeVille , American musician (Poison )1962 - Ian Astbury , English singer (The Cult )
1963 - Pat Borders , American baseball player1964 - James M. Kelly , American astronaut1964 - Eric Peterson , American guitarist (Testament )
1965 - Eoin Colfer , Irish writer1966 - Marianne Denicourt , French actress1966 - Mike Inez , American bassist
1966 - Fabrice Morvan , French music artist
1966 - Raphael Saadiq , American music artist
1967 - Tony Siragusa , American football player1969 - Cate Blanchett , Australian actress1969 - Danny Wood , American singer (New Kids on the Block )
1971 - Sofia Coppola , American director1972 - Mark Ruskell , England-born Scottish politician1973 - Natalie Appleton , Canadian-born singer1973 - Anais Granofsky , Canadian actress and director
1973 - Julian White , English rugby union footballer
1975 - Salim Iles , Algerian swimmer1975 - Nicki Sørensen , Danish road bicycle racer
1974 - Jennifer Allan , American model1976 - Martine McCutcheon , British actress1976 - Hunter Burgan , American musician (AFI )
1976 - Brian Lawrence , American baseball player
1977 - Ada Nicodemou , Australian actress1977 - Roy Halladay , American baseball player
1978 - Henry Garza , American singer and guitarist (Los Lonely Boys)1978 - André Macanga , Angolan footballer
1978 - Gustavo Varela , Uruguayan footballer
1979 - Clinton Morrison , England-born Irish footballer1979 - Carlos Tenorio , Ecuadorian footballer
1980 - Zdeněk Grygera , Czech footballer1980 - Eugene Martineau , Dutch decathlete
1980 - Júlia Sebestyén , Hungarian figure skater
1980 - Hugo Southwell , Scottish rugby union footballer
1981 - Sarbel , Greek-born singer1982 - Anahí , Mexican actress and singer1983 - Amber Tamblyn , American actress1983 - Uroš Slokar , Slovenian basketball player
1983 - Tom Welham , British musician (Thirteen Senses )
1984 - Mark Zuckerberg , founder & CEO of Facebook1986 - Camila Sodi , Mexican actress1990 - Emily Samuelson , American ice dancer1992 - Robert Hale , Well-known student1993 - Miranda Cosgrove , American actress
Deaths
964 - Pope John XII 1470 - Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409 )1574 - Guru Amar Das , third Sikh Guru (b. 1479 )1608 - Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543 )1610 - Henry IV of France (b. 1553 )1643 - Louis XIII of France (b. 1601 )1649 - Friedrich Spanheim , Dutch theologian (b. 1600 )1669 - Georges de Scudéry , French writer (b. 1601 )1688 - Antoine Furetière , French writer (b. 1619 )1754 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée , French writer (b. 1692 )1761 - Thomas Simpson , British mathematician (b. 1710 )1818 - Matthew Gregory Lewis , English novelist (b. 1775 )1847 - Fanny Mendelssohn , German composer and pianist (b. 1805 )1860 - Ludwig Bechstein , German writer (b. 1801 )1873 - Gideon Brecher , Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797 )1878 - Ookubo Toshimichi , Japanese statesman , samurai , and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830 )1887 - Lysander Spooner , American philosopher (b. 1808 )1889 - Volney E. Howard , American politician (b. 1809 )1893 - Ernst Kummer , German mathematician (b. 1810 )1906 - Carl Schurz , German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829 )1912 - Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843 )1912 - August Strindberg , Swedish author (b. 1849 )
1918 - James Gordon Bennett, Jr. , American newspaper publisher (b. 1841 )1919 - Henry John Heinz , founder of the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844 )1923 - Charles de Freycinet , French prime minister (b. 1828 )1925 - H. Rider Haggard , English author (b. 1856 )1931 - David Belasco , American theatrical producer (b. 1853 )1931 - Denys Finch Hatton , English big-game hunter (b. 1887 )
1934 - Lou Criger , American baseball player (b. 1872 )1936 - Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby , British general (b. 1861 )1940 - Emma Goldman , Lithuanian-born anarchist (b. 1869 )1943 - Henri La Fontaine , Belgian Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1854 )1945 - Heber J. Grant , seventh president of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856 )1954 - Heinz Guderian , German General (b. 1888 )1957 - Marie Vassilieff , Russian artist (b. 1884 )1959 - Sidney Bechet , American musician (b. 1897 )1968 - Husband E. Kimmel , American admiral (b. 1882 )1969 - Frederick Lane , Australian swimmer (b. 1888 )1970 - Billie Burke , American actress (b. 1884 )1973 - Jean Gebser , German-born author, linguist, and poet (b. 1905 )1976 - Keith Relf , British singer and musician (The Yardbirds ) (b. 1943 )1978 - Robert Menzies , twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894 )1982 - Hugh Beaumont , American actor (b. 1909 )1983 - Roger J. Traynor , American judge (b. 1900 )1983 - Miguel Alemán Valdés , President of Mexico (b. 1900 )
1987 - Rita Hayworth , American actress (b. 1918 )1988 - Willem Drees , Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1886 )1991 - Jiang Qing , wife of Mao Zedong (b. 1914 )1992 - Lyle Alzado , American football player (b. 1949 )1992 - Nie Rongzhen , Chinese Communist military leader (b. 1899 )
1993 - Patrick Haemers , Belgian criminal (b. 1953 )1993 - William Randolph Hearst Jr. , American newspaper magnate (b. 1908 )
1995 - Christian B. Anfinsen , American Nobel laureate (b. 1916 )1997 - Harry Blackstone Jr. , American magician (b. 1934 )1998 - Frank Sinatra , American singer and actor (b. 1915 )1998 - Marjory Stoneman Douglas , American conservationist (b. 1890 )
2000 - Obuchi Keizo , Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937 )2003 - Dave DeBusschere , American basketball player (b. 1940 )2003 - Wendy Hiller , British actress (b. 1912 )
2003 - Robert Stack , American actor (b. 1919 )
2004 - Anna Lee , British actress (b. 1913 )2006 - Lew Anderson , American actor and bandleader (b. 1922 )2006 - Eva Norvind , Mexican actress (b. 1944 )
2006 - Stanley Kunitz , American poet (b. 1905 )
Holidays and observances
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