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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Births:  
 
08/08/1571 John Ward, composer 
08/08/1586 Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen 
08/08/1617 Adrian W 'Joris' van Yellow, Flemish missionary (Bantoe Dictionary) 
08/08/1653 Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar 
08/08/1693 Laurent Belissen, composer 
08/08/1705 Gustaaf Imhoff, gov of Ceylon (1736-40)/gov of Neth-Indies (1743-50)

08/08/1732 Johann C Adelung, German translator/librarian 
08/08/1746 Hieronymus van Alphen, attorney/poet (church songs) 
08/08/1755 Luigi Marchesi, composer 
08/08/1763 Charles Bulfinch, Boston Mass, 1st US pro architect (Mass State Hous

08/08/1805 Antoon Jurgens, margarine manufacturer 
08/08/1812 John Rodgers II, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882 
08/08/1819 Charles Anderson Dana, Asst Secy War, (Union) died in 1897 
08/08/1820 Winfield Scott 'Old Swet' Featherston, Army Brig General (Confederat

08/08/1823 Theodule Augustin Ribot, painter 
08/08/1835 James William Forsyth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1906

08/08/1839 Nelson Appleton Miles, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 192

08/08/1857 Cecile Chaminade, composer 
08/08/1857 Henry Osborn, Conn, paleontologist/author (52 Years of Research) 
08/08/1864 Henri de Vries, [Van Walterop], actor (CLeopatra, White Cargo) 
08/08/1866 Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole 
08/08/1871 William Henry Squire, composer 
08/08/1879 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader 
08/08/1884 Sara Teasdale, US, poet (1st Pulitzer Prize-1918-'Love Songs') 
08/08/1886 Daniel Ruyneman, composer 
08/08/1886 Pietro Alessandro Yon, composer 
08/08/1887 JC Heldring, businessman 
08/08/1887 Malcolm Keen, Bristol England, actor (Uncle Chris-Mama) 
08/08/1895 Law Pendleton, US, wrestler/actor (Laughing Lady) 
08/08/1896 Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist/theory 
08/08/1896 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Wash DC, writer (The Yearling) 
08/08/1898 Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (De baadster, Orl‚ans) 
08/08/1900 Victor Young, Chic Ill, orch leader (Milton Berle Show, In Old Calif

08/08/1901 Ernest O Lawrence, Canton SC, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939) 
08/08/1902 Paul A M Dirac, England, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1933) 
08/08/1903 August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state 
08/08/1904 Istvan Szelenyi, composer 
08/08/1905 Andr‚ Jolivet, Paris France, composer (L'Eunuque) 
08/08/1906 Andr‚ Demedts, Flemish writer (Rainfall of the Days) 
08/08/1907 Benny Carter, NYC, musician/composer (Easy Money, King Carter) 
08/08/1908 Arthur J Goldberg, Ill, UN ambassador/Supreme Court justice (1962-65

08/08/1910 Francisco Brochado Da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962) 
08/08/1910 Sylvia Sidney, Bronx NY, actress (WKRP, Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon

08/08/1913 Axel Stordahl, Staten Island NY, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show) 
08/08/1913 Robert T Stafford, (Sen-R-VT, 1971-88) 
08/08/1918 Rory Calhoun, LA Calif, actor (Capitol, Motel Hell, Bill-Texan) 
08/08/1919 Dino DeLaurentis, producer (King Kong) 
08/08/1921 Roger Nixon, composer 
08/08/1922 Rudi Gernreich, designer (1st women's topless swimsuit, miniskirt) 
08/08/1923 Esther Williams, Inglewood Cal, actress/swimmer (Dangerous when Wet)

08/08/1924 Thomas Beversdorf, composer 
08/08/1926 Richard Anderson, Long Beach NJ, actor (Oscar Goldman-6 Million $ Ma

08/08/1926 Webb Pierce, West Monroe La, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) 
08/08/1927 Elis Juliana, Antillian writer/songwriter (Dama di anochi) 
08/08/1927 Jim Weaver, (Rep-D-OR, 1975-  ) 
08/08/1929 Josef Suk, Prague Czechoslovakia, violinist (Artist of Merit-1977) 
08/08/1930 Jerry Tarkanian, US politician(?) 
08/08/1930 Joan Mondale, wife of US vice-president Walter Mondale (1977-81) 
08/08/1930 Nita Talbot, NYC NY, actress (Supertrain, Here We Go Again) 
08/08/1931 Jonathan Elkus, composer 
08/08/1932 Mel Tillis, Pahokee Fl, country singer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel) 
08/08/1933 Joe Tex, singer/songwriter (Hold What You've Got) 
08/08/1934 Julian C Dixon, (Rep-D-California, 1979-  ) 
08/08/1935 Ron Marlenee, (Rep-R-MT, 1977-  ) 
08/08/1936 Don Bowden, US, 1st American to run a sub 4 min mile 
08/08/1936 Frank Howard, baseball player (NL Rookie of the Year 1960) 
08/08/1936 Keith Barron, Mexborough England, actor (At Earth's Core, Baby Love)

08/08/1937 Dustin Hoffman, LA, actor (Graduate, Tootsie, Kramer vs Kramer) 
08/08/1937 Louis Neefs, Belgian singer 
08/08/1938 Connie Stevens, Bkln, singer/actress (Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach) 
08/08/1938 Jacques Hetu, composer 
08/08/1939 Phil Balsley, Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall) 
08/08/1939 Philip E Baisley, Augusta Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of '57) 
08/08/1939 Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romania, long jumper (Oly-gold-68) 
08/08/1939 William Alden Hibbard, composer 
08/08/1942 Jay David, Dr Hook & Medicine Show, rocker 
08/08/1944 Hans van E˜k, guitarist (Jumping Jewels) 
08/08/1944 Peter Weir, Australian director (Witness, Picnic at Hanging Rock) 
08/08/1946 French W Weisglas, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD) 
08/08/1946 Robin M Tallon, (Rep-D-SC, 1983-  ) 
08/08/1947 Jose Cruz, leftfielder (St Louis Cards, Houston Astros) 
08/08/1947 Larry Wilcox, SD Calif, actor (Lassie, CHiPs) 
08/08/1948 Svetlana Yevgeniyevna Savitskaya, 2nd woman in space (Soyuz T-7, T-1

08/08/1949 Airrion Love, US singer (Stylistics-16 Bars) 
08/08/1949 Keith Carradine, San Mateo Calif, actor (Young Guns, Pretty Baby) 
08/08/1952 Robin Quivers, radio/TV personality (Howard Stern's sidekick) 
08/08/1953 'Sweet' Lou Dunbar, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters) 
08/08/1953 Donny Most, Bkln NY, actor (Ralph Malph-Happy Days) 
08/08/1954 Nigel Mansell, formula-1 racer (Portugal Grand Prix-1990) 
08/08/1955 Ali Score, Flock of Seagulls, rocker 
08/08/1956 Chris Foreman, guitar (Madness-1 Step Beyond) 
08/08/1956 David Grant, Jamaica, singer/songwriter (Stop & Go, Heaven Knows) 
08/08/1957 Dieuwertje Blok, Dutch TV hostess 
08/08/1958 Chris Foreman, rocker (Madness-Burning Down the House) 
08/08/1958 Deborah Norville, TV host (Today) 
08/08/1958 Harry Crosby, LA Calif, actor (Friday the 13th) 
08/08/1959 Rikki Rockett, rocker (Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn) 
08/08/1961 Charmaine Crooks, Jamaica, Canadian 4X400m relayer (Oly-silver-1984)

08/08/1961 The Edge (Dave Evans), London, rocker (U2-I Will Follow) 
08/08/1962 Suzee Pai, Toledo Ohio, actress (Big Trouble in Little China) 
08/08/1963 Carol Lewis, Willingboro NJ, high jumper (Olympic-9th-1984) 
08/08/1965 Akitoshi Saito, wrestler (NJPW) 
08/08/1967 Cherry Lawson, XXX actress (Glitz Tits) 
08/08/1967 Lorraine Pearson, rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel) 
08/08/1988 Beatrice E M, Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
08/08/ 869 Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies 
08/08/1471 Thomas … Kempis, [Thomas Hammerken von Kempen], monk, dies at 91 
08/08/1506 Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 
08/08/1616 Cornelis Ketel, portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 
08/08/1685 Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75

08/08/1694 Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies 
08/08/1700 Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40 
08/08/1705 Willem Roukens, mayor of Nijmegen, beheaded 
08/08/1759 Carl Henrich Graun, composer, dies at 55 
08/08/1788 Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies 
08/08/1816 Blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65 
08/08/1834 Silvestro Palma, composer, dies at 80 
08/08/1888 Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer, dies at 79 
08/08/1921 Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59 
08/08/1928 Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies 
08/08/1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal, hanged 
08/08/1950 Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, founder National-India Party, dies 
08/08/1950 Nikolay Yakovlevich Myaskovsky, composer, dies at 68 
08/08/1954 Gino Tagliapietra, composer, dies at 67 
08/08/1960 Danton Walker, columnist (Broadway Spotlight), dies at 61 
08/08/1961 Charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58 
08/08/1961 Franc ND Buchman, US theology (Moral Rearms), dies at 83 
08/08/1963 Sandor Jemnitz, composer, dies at 72 
08/08/1965 Shirley Jackson, US author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45 
08/08/1966 Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63 
08/08/1967 Jaromir Weinberger, composer, dies at 71 
08/08/1974 Baldur von Schirach, German author/nazi politician, dies at 67 
08/08/1975 Julian 'Cannonball' Alderly, sax player, dies at 46 of a stroke 
08/08/1976 John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered 
08/08/1980 Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63 
08/08/1980 Jacqueline Cochrane, US pilot/1st female faster than sound, dies at 

08/08/1982 Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies 
08/08/1982 Hermine Heijermans, actress/author, dies at 80 
08/08/1982 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62 
08/08/1982 Valeer van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer (De Weerlozen), dies 
08/08/1984 Richard Deacon, actor (Mel-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 62 
08/08/1985 Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78

08/08/1991 James B Irwin, US astronaut, dies 
08/08/1991 John Brasser, Zaans resistance fighter 'White Ko', dies 
08/08/1991 Magdalena G Schenk, historical (Vorstenhuizen of our time), dies 
08/08/1992 Abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah/leader of the sjiieten, die

08/08/1992 Alison L Gertz, US, aids-activist/Esquire women of year, dies of aid

08/08/1992 Arthur Lang, US boxer/businessman, dies at 115 
08/08/1992 Eitan Berglas, Israeli banker/advisor, dies 
08/08/1992 Thomas J McIntyre, US, senator/writer (Fear Brokers), dies 
08/08/1993 Lou van Raised, impresario, dies at 77 
08/08/1993 Roy London, US actor/director (Tiger Warsaw), dies at 50 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
08/08/  70 Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans 
08/08/ 870 Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans 
08/08/ 936 German king Otto I the Great, crowned 
08/08/1322 Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sec

08/08/1579 Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory 
08/08/1588 Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada 
08/08/1609 Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope 
08/08/1673 Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC 
08/08/1709 1st known ascent in hot-air balloon, Bartolomeu de Gusmao (indoors) 
08/08/1786 Jacques Balmat & Michel Paccard are 1st to climb to top of Mont Blan

08/08/1796 Boston African Society establishes with 44 members 
08/08/1809 70 disciples of Gaon of Vilnus, arrive in Israel (Palestine) 
08/08/1814 Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium 
08/08/1815 Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for exile on St Helena 
08/08/1829 French govt of De Polignac forms 
08/08/1831 Battle of Hasselt - Dutch army drives out Belgian Army 
08/08/1843 Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony 
08/08/1844 Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death

08/08/1860 Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in NYC 
08/08/1861 William Bateson, originator of term 'genetics' 
08/08/1864 Red Cross forms in Geneva 
08/08/1864 Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Gaines, Alabama 
08/08/1868 Quake destroyes Arica Chile 
08/08/1870 Magic (US) defeats Cambria (Engld) in 2nd running of America's Cup 
08/08/1876 Dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m 
08/08/1876 Thomas Edison patents mimeograph 
08/08/1882 Snow falls on Lake Michigan 
08/08/1890 Daughters of American Revolution organizes 
08/08/1900 1st Davis Cup tennis matches, held in Boston 
08/08/1903 Great Britain wins Davis Cup tennis tournament 
08/08/1907 A Kopff discovers asteroid #3105 
08/08/1909 A Kopff discovers asteroid #684 Hildburg 
08/08/1913 Richard Corfields 'Camel Corps' opens 'Mad Mullah' in Burao Somalia 
08/08/1914 3rd pole expedition Ernest Shackleton 'Endurance' 
08/08/1914 French troops under Gen Bonneau occupy Mulhouse at Elzas 
08/08/1918 6 US soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is 
08/08/1919 Treaty of Rawalpindi, British recognize Afghanistan's independence 
08/08/1920 Tigers beat Yanks 1-0 in shortest AL game, 73 minutes 
08/08/1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #956 Elisa 
08/08/1922 Italian general strike broken by fascist terrorist 
08/08/1922 Pirates set record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Phillies) 
08/08/1923 S Belyavsk˜ discovers asteroid #1001 Gaussia 
08/08/1924 British-Russian trade agreement drawn 
08/08/1925 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (200,000) in Washington, DC 
08/08/1929 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward begins 
08/08/1929 German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight 
08/08/1929 P Parchomenko discovers asteroid #1129 Neujmina 
08/08/1929 Salem Oregon airport dedicated 
08/08/1930 St Louis Cards are 12 games back in NL, & go on to win pennant 
08/08/1931 H Van Gent discovers asteroid #1946 
08/08/1931 Wash Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0 
08/08/1937 Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power 
08/08/1940 Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks 
08/08/1942 6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in US executed in Wash DC 
08/08/1942 Russ anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko 
08/08/1943 Vegetables & fruit rationed in Holland 
08/08/1944 Canada/Polish troops occupy Cramesnil/Secqueville/Cintheaux/St-Aigna

08/08/1944 Germans raid Achterhuis, home of Anne Frank & family 
08/08/1944 US 15th Army corp occupies Le Mans 
08/08/1945 Pres Harry S Truman signs UN Charter 
08/08/1945 USSR declares war against Japan in WW II 
08/08/1945 USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea 
08/08/1946 India agrees to give Bhutan 32ý miles 
08/08/1949 Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy 
08/08/1952 Syngman Ree re-elected president of South-Korea 
08/08/1953 Russia's Georgi Malenkov reports possession of hydrogen bomb 
08/08/1953 US & South Korea initial a mutual security pact 
08/08/1955 Fidel Castro forms 'July 26th Movement' 
08/08/1955 Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy 
08/08/1956 Fire & explosion kill 263 miners at Marcinelle, Belgium 
08/08/1956 WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins 
08/08/1957 USSR offers Syria economic/military aid 
08/08/1960 Ivory Coast declares independence 
08/08/1961 Ham Tigercats (CFL) beat Buff Bills (NFL) 38-21 in Hamilton, Ontario

08/08/1961 Verne Gagne beats Gene Kiniski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ 
08/08/1962 Jamaica declares independence from UK 
08/08/1963 Great Train Robbery in England, œ2.6 million ($7.3 million) 
08/08/1963 Kingsmen release 'Louie, Louie,' radio stations label it obscene 
08/08/1963 Verne Gagne beats Fritz Von Erich in Amarillo, to become NWA champ 
08/08/1964 Dutch Opera forms in Amsterdam 
08/08/1965 Singapore leaves Malaysian Federation 
08/08/1966 Beatles' release 'Revolver' 
08/08/1966 South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark) 
08/08/1968 Race riot in Miami Florida 
08/08/1968 Republican convention in Miami Beach nominates Nixon for pres 
08/08/1970 NY Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 
08/08/1972 NY Yankees sign 30 year lease with NYC 
08/08/1973 VP Spiro T Agnew branded as 'damned lies' reports he took kickbacks 
08/08/1973 from govt contracts in Maryland. He vowed not to resign (Right!) 
08/08/1974 Pres Richard M Nixon announced he'd resign his office 12PM 08/09 
08/08/1977 Maurine Stuart, ordained as Zen priest by Eido Tai Shimano Roshi 
08/08/1977 Texas Rangers turn their 1st triple play (vs A's) 
08/08/1978 Pioneer-Venus 2 with 5 atmospheric probes launched toward Venus 
08/08/1979 Iraqi president Saddam Hussein executes 22 political opponents 
08/08/1980 LBV Conference Center & Club Lake Villas open 
08/08/1980  E Bowell discovers asteroids #2597 Arthur, #3350 Scobee, 
08/08/1980 #3488 Brahic & #3559 Violamayer 
08/08/1982 Raymon Floyd wins PGA golf tournament 
08/08/1983 Brig Gen Efrain Rios Montt was deposed as president of Guatemela 
08/08/1983 E F Helin discovers asteroid #3737 
08/08/1983 Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in 
08/08/1983 Military coup in Guatemala, Pres Rios Montt flees 
08/08/1984 Carl Lewis wins 3rd (200m) of 4 gold medals in Summer 
08/08/1985 Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993 
08/08/1985 Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet 
08/08/1986 Record 3 grandslams in a game-(Harrah-Tex, Sheets & Dwyer-Orioles) 
08/08/1987 Brewers' Rob Deer struck-out 5 times in a game 
08/08/1987 Lynne Cox became 1st to swim from US to Russia across Bering Strait 
08/08/1988 Angola, Cuba & South Africa sign cease fire treaty 
08/08/1988 Chicago Cubs starts 1st home game under lights (rained-out) 
08/08/1988 Discovery of most distant galaxy (15 * 10 ^ 12 light yrs) announced 
08/08/1988 Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl 
08/08/1988 Goose Gossage registers career save #300 
08/08/1988 Jennifer Levin's parents file $25M suit against Dorrian Red Hand Bar

08/08/1988 Jose Canseco becomes 11th to get 30 HRs & 30 steals in a season 
08/08/1988 Minn Twins pull 2nd triple-play of year & beat Cleve 6-2 
08/08/1988 Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years 
08/08/1988 Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war 
08/08/1988 Sec of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia 
08/08/1988 South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola 
08/08/1988 Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in NYC 
08/08/1989 US space shuttle STS-28 launched 
08/08/1990 Balt Orioles pull their 10th triple play (1-6-3 vs Oakland) 
08/08/1990 Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 HRs as a catcher 
08/08/1990 Iraq annexes Kuwait 
08/08/1991 Billy Preston charged with exhibiting porno to a minor 
08/08/1991 Carlos Santana pleads no contest to mar˜uana possession charge 
08/08/1991 Gary Oldman, actor (State of Grace), arrested for drunk driving 
08/08/1991 Shite Muslims release British hostage John McCarthy 
08/08/1992 Actress Barbara Hershey weds artist Stephen Douglas 
08/08/1993 Tropical storm Bret ravages Venezuela, about 100 killed 
  
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