This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
07/05/1546 Johann Steuerlein, composer 
07/05/1654 Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer 
07/05/1729 Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian poet 
07/05/1755 Sarah Kemble Siddons, Brecon England, tragic actress (Fatal Marriage

07/05/1764 Janos Lavotta, composer 
07/05/1775 William Crotch, composer 
07/05/1781 Stamford Raffles, founded Singapore 
07/05/1793 Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer 
07/05/1794 Sylvester Graham, developed graham cracker 
07/05/1801 David G Farragut, Knoxville Tenn, naval hero 
07/05/1801 David Glasgow Farragut, Vice Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1870 
07/05/1810 Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel Conn, circus promoter (Barnum & Bailey

07/05/1812 Robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book)/wed Elizabeth Barrett 
07/05/1828 Paul J C Gabriel, painter/water colors painter/etcher 
07/05/1847 Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer 
07/05/1852 Stefano Gobatti, composer 
07/05/1853 Cecil John Rhodes, South Africa, politician/diamond merchant 
07/05/1857 Clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist 
07/05/1858 Maria J 'Marie' Bakker, actress 
07/05/1867 Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Dendrochronologer (study of tree rings) 
07/05/1868 William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum, Laren) 
07/05/1874 Gerhard von Keussler, composer 
07/05/1877 Wanda A Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne) 
07/05/1878 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer 
07/05/1879 Dwight Filley Davis, donated tennis' Davis Cup 
07/05/1879 Jacob Weinberg, composer 
07/05/1879 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Tonhalle Orchestra) 
07/05/1880 Jan Kubelik, composer 
07/05/1881 Augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal 
07/05/1885 Andr‚ Lhote, French painter/art historian (Trait‚ du paysage) 
07/05/1886 Felix Timmermans, Flemish writer/painter/cartoonist (Pallieter) 
07/05/1886 Willem Drees, PM of Netherland (PvdA, 1948-58)/Indoneisa (AOW) 
07/05/1889 Jean Cocteau, France, writer/artist/director (Le Potamak, Orph‚e) 
07/05/1891 John Northrop, US, biochemist, crystallized enzymes (Nobel 1946) 
07/05/1895 Gordon Jacob, composer 
07/05/1897 Paul Ben-Haim (Frankenburger), Mnchen Germany, Israeli composer 
07/05/1899 Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson, composer 
07/05/1899 Marcel Achard, French screen/playwright (Jean de la Lune) 
07/05/1900 Bernardus J Cardinal Alfrink, cardinal of Utrecht Netherlands 
07/05/1902 Henry Cabot Lodge, (Sen-R)/ambassador (VP candidate 1960) 
07/05/1903 Irwin Fischer, composer 
07/05/1904 Don Goddard, Binghamton NY, news ancher (ABC Evening News 1958-59) 
07/05/1904 Franz Adolf Syberg, composer 
07/05/1904 Milburn Stone, Bruton Ks, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke) 
07/05/1905 Isa Miranda, [Ines Sampietro], Italian model/actress (La ronde) 
07/05/1909 Andrei Gromyko, USSR, diplomat/USSR President (1985-89) [7/18 NS] 
07/05/1910 Robert K Meston, US sociologist (functionalism) 
07/05/1911 Georges Pompidou, banker/premier/president France 
07/05/1913 Smiley Lewis, Louisiana, vocalist (I Hear You Knockin') 
07/05/1914 Jacob Soetendorp, rabbi 
07/05/1918 George Rochberg, Paterson NJ, composer (Concord Quartet) 
07/05/1920 Issachar Miron, composer 
07/05/1923 John McKay, WV, football coach (USC, Tampa Bay) 
07/05/1924 Beverly Tyler, Scranton Pa, actress (Fireball, Lorelei-Big Town) 
07/05/1924 Jan¢s Starker, Budapest Hungary, cellist (Chic Symph 1953-58) 
07/05/1926 Haya van Someren-Downer, 2nd Member of parliament (Dutch Lib Party) 
07/05/1926 Kenneth Gaburo, composer 
07/05/1928 Warren Oates, Depoy Ky, actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke) 
07/05/1929 Katherine Helmond, Galveston Tx, actress (Soap, Mona-Who's the Boss)

07/05/1930 Yutaka Makino, composer 
07/05/1933 Terence Cooper, Northern Ireland, actor (Casino Royale) 
07/05/1936 Shirley Knight, Goessei Kansas, actress (Endless Love, Secrets) 
07/05/1937 Brooke Hayward, LA Calif, author (Haywire) 
07/05/1937 Frouwke J Laning-Boersema, Dutch politician (CDA) 2nd Chamber 
07/05/1937 Nita M Lowey, (Rep-D-New York) 
07/05/1938 Stanley Joel Silverman, composer 
07/05/1940 Karen Shepherd, (Rep-D-Utah) 
07/05/1942 Ada J Bas-Jansen, Dutch politician (CDA) 2nd Chamber 
07/05/1944 Jamie Robertson, guitarist (Band) 
07/05/1944 Robbie Robertson, singer/= 
07/05/1945 Curtis Blefary, baseball player (1965 AL rookie of year) 
07/05/1945 Jeffrey Kramer, NYC, actor (Ted Stein-Struck by Lightning) 
07/05/1948 Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Wash DC, daughter of Richard Milhaus 
07/05/1949 Benny Stolovitz, fictional character on LA Law 
07/05/1950 Gary Matthews, baseball player (1973 NL rookie of year) 
07/05/1951 Geert John Hessing, drummer (Catapult) 
07/05/1951 Huey Lewis [Hugh Cregg], rocker (& the News-Need a New Drug) 
07/05/1951 Richard 'Goose' Gossage, relief pitcher (Yankees, Padres, A's) 
07/05/1952 David Dreier, (Rep-R-California, 1981-  ) 
07/05/1952 Michael Don McNabb, composer 
07/05/1952 Terence T 'Tom' Henricks, Bryan Oh, USAF/astronaut (STS 44, 55) 
07/05/1955 Michael Gismondi, rocker (Michael Stanley Band) 
07/05/1956 James Lofton, NFL wide reciever (Bills, Packers, Raiders) 
07/05/1958 Meredith Ann Pierce, US, sci-fi author (Darkangel) 
07/05/1958 Patsy Pease, Winston-Salem NC, actress (Kimberly-Days of Our Lives) 
07/05/1959 Marc Cohn, singer (Walking in Memphis) 
07/05/1959 Patricia Pease Jeffers, NC, actress (Kimberly-Days of our Life) 
07/05/1964 Mark H lascells, grandson of English princess Mary 
07/05/1972 Leetha Weapons, XXX actress (Savage Fury) 
07/05/1972 Michael Bays, Enrico Calif, actor (Bronx Zoo, Days of Our Live) 
07/05/1972 Tatsuhito Takaiwa, wrestler (NJPW) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
07/05/1539 Antonio M Zaccaria, Italian physician/saint, dies 
07/05/1803 William Jackson, composer, dies at 73 
07/05/1851 Juanita, Mexican, lynched in Calif 
07/05/1852 Johann Baptist Weigl, composer, dies at 69 
07/05/1871 Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess, dies 
07/05/1883 Frederick Scotson Clark, composer, dies at 42 
07/05/1884 Victor Masse, composer, dies at 62 
07/05/1886 Henry Gerhard, founder (Social-Democratic Union), dies at 57 
07/05/1887 August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies 
07/05/1905 Carel V Gerritsen, free thinker, dies 
07/05/1907 Maria Anna Mahler, Gustav Mahlers eldest daughter, dies at 5 
07/05/1908 Jonas LI Lie, Norse writer (Kommandírens díttre), dies at 74 
07/05/1909 Emil Bohn, composer, dies at 70 
07/05/1911 George J Stoney, Irish physicist, dies 
07/05/1925 Hjalmar Borgstrom, composer, dies at 61 
07/05/1935 Dani‰l Plooy, new testament expert, dies 
07/05/1941 Oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69 
07/05/1944 William Gillies Whittaker, composer, dies at 67 
07/05/1948 Carole Landis, US actress (1 Million BC, Topper Returns), dies at 29

07/05/1948 Peter JM Aalberse, Dutch minister of Labor, dies at 77 
07/05/1950 Kenneth Shadrick, Pvt from WV becomes 1st US fatality in Korean War 
07/05/1950 Salvatore Giuliano, Sicilian bandit, shot by police 
07/05/1963 Daniel Ruyneman, composer, dies at 76 
07/05/1969 Tom Mboya, Kenyian economics minister, assassinated in Narobi Kenya 
07/05/1969 Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), dies at 

07/05/1969 Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85 
07/05/1979 Judson Laire, actor/singer (Papa-Mama), dies at 76 
07/05/1980 Archibald James Potter, composer, dies at 61 
07/05/1981 Jorge Urrutia Blondel, composer, dies at 75 
07/05/1983 Arie Querido, psychiatrist (social psychiatry), dies 
07/05/1983 Harry James, swing-era bandleader/trumpet player, dies in Las Vegas 
07/05/1983 Vaclav Trojan, composer, dies at 76 
07/05/1985 Gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies at 86 
07/05/1985 Marion Byron, actress (Steamboat Bill Jr), dies at 73 
07/05/1989 Ernesto Halffter, composer, dies at 84 
07/05/1990 Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide at 46 by hanging 
07/05/1991 Howard Nemerow, poet/Us poet laureate (Pulitzer), dies 
07/05/1993 Harrison E Salisbury, US journalist (NY Times), dies at 84 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
07/05/ 649 St Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 
07/05/ 767 Duke of Nepi names his brother (leek) Pope Constantine II 
07/05/1294 Pietro del Murrone elected as Pope Coelestinus V 
07/05/1295 Scotland & France sign anti-English covenant 
07/05/1450 Pope Nicolas V names Walraven van Meurs bishop of Mnster 
07/05/1643 1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts) 
07/05/1687 Isaac Newton's PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England 
07/05/1750 Slave revolt on Cura‡ao 
07/05/1791 Jos‚ Mar¡a Narv ez discovers Point Grey, now in Vancouver, BC 
07/05/1808 Battle of Buenos Aires 
07/05/1809 -6) Battle of Wagram - Napoleon beats archduke Charles 
07/05/1811 Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spai

07/05/1814 Americans defeat British & Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario 
07/05/1830 France invades Algeria, begins a 40 year conquest 
07/05/1832 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de Janeiro 
07/05/1834 Provisional government established in Oregon Country 
07/05/1841 Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency 
07/05/1843 Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil govt in Oregon Country 
07/05/1859 Capt NC Brooks discovers Midway Islands 
07/05/1863 Battle of Jackson, MS & Battle of Birdsong Ferry, MS 
07/05/1864 Battle of Smith's Expedition, MS (Tupelo, Harrisburg) 
07/05/1865 Secret Service begins as part of US Treasury Dept 
07/05/1865 William Booth founded Salvation Army in London 
07/05/1871 Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) & Big Tree, begins 
07/05/1891 Hail kills 6 horses in Rapid City, SD 
07/05/1900 Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber 
07/05/1905 NY Giants 18 game win streak ends as Phillies win in 10th 
07/05/1913 Queen Wilhelmina meets SDAP-leader Troelstra 
07/05/1914 Boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, & win World Series 
07/05/1914 Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia 
07/05/1919 Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs in a game for his 1st of 72 times 
07/05/1922 1st general election in Netherlands 
07/05/1922 Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro 
07/05/1924 Military revolt in Sao Paulo Brazil 
07/05/1929 A Deutsch discovers asteroid #1148 Rarahu 
07/05/1929 WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down 
07/05/1932 Antonio de Oliveira Salazar becomes premier/dictator of Portugal 
07/05/1933 German party Catholic Center disbands 
07/05/1935 1st Hawaii Calls radio program is broadcast 
07/05/1935 Chicago Cubs are 10« games back in NL, & go on to win the pennant 
07/05/1935 FDR signs National Labor Relations Act 
07/05/1936 120øF (49øC), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record) 
07/05/1937 117øF (47øC), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record) 
07/05/1937 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1428 Mombasa & #1430 Somalia 
07/05/1937 Joe DiMaggio's 1st grand slammer 
07/05/1937 Republican offensive by Brunete in Spain 
07/05/1938 Herb Caen's 1st column in SF Chronicle 
07/05/1940 Diplomatic relations broken between Britain & Vichy govt in France 
07/05/1941 German occupiers disband political parties 
07/05/1943 Battle of Gulf of Kula 
07/05/1943 Battle of Koersk, USSR begins (6,000 tanks) 
07/05/1944 Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight 
07/05/1945 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 
07/05/1946 Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show 
07/05/1947 Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL 
07/05/1947 Margaret Osborne wins Wimbledon 
07/05/1948 Britain's National Health Service Act begins 
07/05/1948 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1618 Dawn 
07/05/1949 NY Giants purchase Monty Irvin & Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks 
07/05/1950 Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel 
07/05/1951 Junction transistor invention announced, Murray Hill, NJ 
07/05/1953 Maureen Connolly wins  Wimbledon 
07/05/1953 WANC TV channel 21 in Asheville, NC (IND) begins broadcasting 
07/05/1956 France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria 
07/05/1958 Althea Gibson wins Wimbledon 
07/05/1958 J Pengel forms cabinet/Emanuels premier of Suriname 
07/05/1959 Ben-Gurion's Israeli cabinet resigns 
07/05/1959 Indonesia restores constitution 
07/05/1960 Mongolia adopts constitution 
07/05/1961 80 die in collisions in Algiers 
07/05/1961 KUSD TV channel 2 in Vermillion, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 
07/05/1962 96 murder at massacre in Oran, Algeria 
07/05/1962 Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule 
07/05/1962 Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers 
07/05/1963 1st Beatle tune to hit US charts, Del Shannon 'From Me to You' at #8

07/05/1966 NYC transit fare rises from 15› to 20› 
07/05/1966 National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting 
07/05/1966 Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy 
07/05/1967 Congo uprising under Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme 
07/05/1968 'Manifest of 1000 words' published in Prague 
07/05/1968 John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce 
07/05/1969 Rod Laver wins his 4th Wimbledon championship 
07/05/1969 Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park 
07/05/1970 Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109 
07/05/1971 26th amendment certified (reduces voting age to 18) 
07/05/1972 Pierre Messmer appointed French premier 
07/05/1973 'Live & Let Die,' James Bond film premieres 
07/05/1973 Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps 
07/05/1973 Maj Gen Juvenal Habyarimana becomes president of Rwanda 
07/05/1973 Rwanda military coup under general-major Habyalimana 
07/05/1974 Chris Evert wins Wimbledon 
07/05/1975 Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon 
07/05/1975 Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule 
07/05/1977 Pakistan's army, led by Gen Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power 
07/05/1978 Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan 
07/05/1980 Bj”rn B”rg wins Wimbledon 
07/05/1981 Premier Begins, Likud party wins Israel's elections 
07/05/1981 Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ã from memory 
07/05/1982 Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas 
07/05/1983 Baby girl born in Roanoke, Va., to a mother brain dead for 84 days 
07/05/1983 France invades Algeria 
07/05/1983 NJ Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team 
07/05/1983 Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death (Roanoke, VA) 
07/05/1984 Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old 'exclusionary rule'-evidence seize

07/05/1984 with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials 
07/05/1985 117ø F (47ø C), St George, Utah (state rec) (103ø spread, UT 1985) 
07/05/1985 Premier Mugabe wins Zimbabwe elections 
07/05/1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 10K woman's record (30:13.74) 
07/05/1986 Nancy Reagan cuts red, white & blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Libert

07/05/1987 Australian Pat Cash wins Wimbledon, upsets #1 seed Ivan Lendl 
07/05/1989 Barry Bond's HR sets father-son (Bobby) HR record at 408 
07/05/1989 Mark McGwire's gets 100th HR, 2nd fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner) 
07/05/1989 Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage & knocks himself out 
07/05/1989 South-African Pres Pieter Botha visits ANC leader Nelson Mandela 
07/05/1989 Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, & go on to win AL East 
07/05/1990 Zina Garrison upsets Steffi Graf in Wimbledon semi-finals 
07/05/1991 Lillian Cucuzza wins name Florida baseball team contest (Marlins) 
07/05/1992 Andre Agassi defeats Goran Ivanisevic to win Wimbledon 
07/05/1992 Sixto Dur n Ball‚n elected president of Ecuador 
07/05/1993 Kurdisch guerrilla's murder 32 villager in East Turkey 
07/05/1993 Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km (27:07.91) 
  
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