This Day In History

+ User FidoNet address: 1:116/18
  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
                             Registered to Omicron Theta 
 
                               By Scott Labrecque 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 
Births:  
 
05/08/1492 Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer 
05/08/1521 Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint 
05/08/1527 Johann Walter, composer 
05/08/1592 Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) 
05/08/1629 Niels Juel, Danish admiral (Oland, Moen, Kj”gebocht) 
05/08/1641 Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam) 
05/08/1668 Alain R Lesage, French author (Turcaret ou le Financier) 
05/08/1673 Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer 
05/08/1703 Gottlob Harrer, composer 
05/08/1737 Edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire) 
05/08/1745 Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer 
05/08/1750 Elias Mann, composer 
05/08/1753 Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of M‚xican independence 
05/08/1763 John Goldberg, patriot/statesman 
05/08/1778 Johann Gansbacher, composer 
05/08/1786 Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry 
05/08/1803 Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer 
05/08/1806 Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer 
05/08/1810 James Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 
05/08/1814 Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist 
05/08/1824 William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57) 
05/08/1828 Jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 190

05/08/1829 Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist 
05/08/1833 Frank Wheaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903 
05/08/1836 Bryan Morel Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905 
05/08/1839 Francis W Warre-Cornish, English vice-provost of Eton/writer 
05/08/1842 Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist 
05/08/1844 Hermann Gradener, composer 
05/08/1846 Oscar Hammerstein, Germany, opera/playwright (Kohinoor) 
05/08/1853 Charles Lee Williams, composer 
05/08/1857 Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud, actor/wife of Alida Little 
05/08/1858 John Meade Falkner, novelist (Moonfleet) 
05/08/1871 [Emile M] Louis Madelin, French historian (French revolutionary) 
05/08/1882 Philips C Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat 
05/08/1884 Harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1949) 
05/08/1886 Jef van Hoof, composer 
05/08/1891 Chet 'Red' Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+ 
05/08/1892 Ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show)

05/08/1893 Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913) 
05/08/1895 Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore) 
05/08/1895 Fulton J Sheen, El Paso Ill, bishop (Life is Worth Living) 
05/08/1895 Jos‚ G¢mez, [Joselito el Gallo], bullfighter 
05/08/1899 August von Hayek, economist 
05/08/1899 Friedrich A von Hayek, Aust/British economist (Road to Serfdom) 
05/08/1899 Jan F van Hall, sculptor/resistance fighter 
05/08/1903 Fernandel, [Fernand JD Contandin], French actor (Paris Holiday) 
05/08/1904 John Snagge, BBC commentator 
05/08/1905 Inglis Gundry, composer 
05/08/1906 David Van Vactor, Plymouth Indiana, composer (Chaconne) 
05/08/1906 Roberto Rossellini, Italy, director (Open City) 
05/08/1910 Mary Lou Williams, US jazz pianist/composer (Zodiac Suite) 
05/08/1911 Robert Johnson, blues singer (King of Delta Blues Singer) 
05/08/1911 Wilhelm F de Gay Fortman, lawyer/foreign minister 
05/08/1912 Gertrud Fussenegger, [Dorn], Austrian writer (Mohrenlegende) 
05/08/1914 Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman of Comm House of Lords

05/08/1915 John Archer, Nebraska, actor (Destination: Moon) 
05/08/1919 Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov, composer 
05/08/1920 Maurice Cranston, political scientist 
05/08/1920 Sloan Wilson, US, novelist (Man in the Gray Flannal Suit) 
05/08/1921 Graham Leonard, bishop of London 
05/08/1922 Brian Kellett, CEO (Port of London Authority) 
05/08/1925 Ali Hassan Mwinyi, president of Tanzania (1985-  ) 
05/08/1925 Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, lord of appeal in ordinary 
05/08/1926 Don Rickles, Queens NY, comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey) 
05/08/1926 Richard F Attenborough, environmentalist/zoologist (BBC) 
05/08/1926 Ronald Waterhouse, high court judge 
05/08/1927 Ian Denholm, CEO (Murray Investment Trust) 
05/08/1927 Philip Wilkinson, deputy chairman (National Westminster Bank) 
05/08/1928 Theodore Sorenson, pesidential advisor (JFK)/author (1000 Days) 
05/08/1928 William Jay Sydeman, composer 
05/08/1929 V N M Korte-van Hemel, Dutch Secretary of Justice (CDA) 
05/08/1930 Doug Atkins, Humbolt Tn, NFL hall of famer (Browns, Bears, Saints) 
05/08/1930 Gary Snyder, [Japhy Ryder], beat poet (Rip Rap & Cold Mountain Poems

05/08/1930 Heather Harper, soprano 
05/08/1931 Charles M Wilson, composer 
05/08/1933 Alistair Service, writer/publisher 
05/08/1934 Leonard Hoffmann, high court judge 
05/08/1934 Roger Kendrick, governor (Dartmoor Prison) 
05/08/1934 Sonny Liston, US heavyweight boxing chmap (1962-64) 
05/08/1935 Jack Charlton, soccer manager (Rep of Ireland) 
05/08/1935 Salome Jens, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (From Here to Eternity) 
05/08/1935 Viscount Falkland, British Lib-Dem peer 
05/08/1936 Neville Purvis, British vice admiral/Chief of Fleet Support 
05/08/1937 Dani‰l Robberechts, Belgian writer (Labia Majora) 
05/08/1937 Dennis DeConcini, (Sen-D-AZ, 1977-  ) 
05/08/1937 Michael Simmons, Air Marshal (British Ministry of Defense) 
05/08/1937 Thomas Pynchon, novelist (V) 
05/08/1939 Otis Paul Drayton, Glen Cove NY, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1964) 
05/08/1940 James Blyth, CEO (Boots) 
05/08/1940 Peter Benchley, author (Jaws, Deep) 
05/08/1940 Ricky Nelson, NJ, rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party

05/08/1941 James A Traficant Jr, (Rep-D-OH, 1985-  ) 
05/08/1942 Angel Cordero Jr, Santurce PR, jockey (Seattle Slew-1978 Ky Derby) 
05/08/1942 Norman Lamont, MP/Chancellor of Exchequer 
05/08/1943 Paul Samwell-Smith, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love) 
05/08/1943 Rick Samwell-Smith, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love) 
05/08/1943 Toni Tennille, Montgomery Ala, female Beachboy (Capt & Tennille) 
05/08/1944 Gary Glitter, [Paul Gadd], England, rocker (Rock & Roll Part II) 
05/08/1945 Keith Jarrett, jazz musician 
05/08/1947 Felicity Lott, English soprano (We come to the river) 
05/08/1948 John Reid, MP 
05/08/1951 Chris Frantz, rocker (Talking Heads-& She Was) 
05/08/1951 Deborah Harmon, actress (Ted Knight Show, M*A*S*H, Just the 10 of Us

05/08/1951 Philip Bailey, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover) 
05/08/1954 David Keith, Knoxville Tenn, actor (Back Roads, Firestarter) 
05/08/1955 Alex Van Halen, rock drummer (Van Halen-1984, Jump) 
05/08/1957 Deana Deardruff, US, 4 X 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972) 
05/08/1959 Ronnie Lott, Albuquerque, NM, NFL defensive back (SF 49er) 
05/08/1964 Cheryl Richardson, Palo Alto Calif, actress (Jennie-General Hospital

05/08/1964 Melissa Gilbert Brinkman, LA, actress (Little House on the Prairie) 
05/08/1964 Peter Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) 
05/08/1971 Chris Wolf, actor/musician (Guys Next Door) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
05/08/ 535 John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies 
05/08/ 685 Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies 
05/08/1319 Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies 
05/08/1577 Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies 
05/08/1725 John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle 
05/08/1773 Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies 
05/08/1785 Pietro Longhi, painter, dies 
05/08/1794 Antoine-Laurent Lavosier, chemist, gullotined 
05/08/1809 Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78 
05/08/1818 Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78 
05/08/1829 Mauro Giuliani, composer, dies at 47 
05/08/1844 Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies 
05/08/1846 Giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59 
05/08/1853 Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67 
05/08/1864 James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56 
05/08/1873 John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66 
05/08/1880 Gustave Flaubert, French writer (Salammb“), dies 
05/08/1885 Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65 
05/08/1887 Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar

05/08/1891 Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies 
05/08/1903 EugŠne-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti), dies 
05/08/1904 Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot), dies 
05/08/1909 Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, dies 
05/08/1915 Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82 
05/08/1930 Lvar Henning Mankell, composer, dies at 62 
05/08/1932 Albert Thomas, French socialist politician 
05/08/1936 Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), die

05/08/1941 Heinrich Zollner, composer, dies at 86 
05/08/1943 Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed 
05/08/1948 Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81 
05/08/1951 Margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40 
05/08/1957 John CB 'John' Sluyters, painter, dies at 75 
05/08/1958 Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered 
05/08/1960 Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88 
05/08/1961 James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63 
05/08/1973 Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies 
05/08/1975 Avery Brundage, US chairman Intl Oly Committee (1952-72), dies at 87

05/08/1976 Ulrike Meinhof, lead Germany Red Army Faction, dies 
05/08/1979 Talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76 
05/08/1981 Daniel GillŠs, Belgian writer, dies at 64 
05/08/1982 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident 
05/08/1985 Dolph Sweet, actor (Gimme a Break), dies of cancer at 64 
05/08/1985 Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict), dies at 69 of Alzheimer's 
05/08/1985 Karl Marx, composer, dies at 87 
05/08/1987 Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off 
05/08/1988 Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 

05/08/1991 Jean Langlais, composer, dies at 84 
05/08/1992 Addeke H Boerma, dir-gen (FAO), dies at 80 
05/08/1992 Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Fear on Java, dies 
05/08/1992 Richard Derr, actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at 74 of cancer 
05/08/1993 Kees Deenik, singer/conductor 
05/08/1994 Cobina W 'Coby' Molenaar, peace activist, dies at 88 
05/08/1994 George Peppard, actor (Breakfast at Tiffanys, A-Team), dies at 65 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
05/08/ 535 John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 
05/08/ 615 St Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope 
05/08/ 685 St Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 
05/08/1360 Treaty of Br‚tigny signed by English & French 
05/08/1450 Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI 
05/08/1541 Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River 
05/08/1660 English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns 
05/08/1721 Michelangiolo dei Conti replaces Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII 
05/08/1784 Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC) 
05/08/1792 British Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash 
05/08/1794 US Post Office established 
05/08/1823 'Home Sweet Home' 1st sung (London) 
05/08/1834 Charles Darwins expedition returns to the Beagle 
05/08/1834 Prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium 
05/08/1842 Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die 
05/08/1846 1st major battle of M‚xican War fought at Palo Alto Texas 
05/08/1858 John Brown holds antislavery convention 
05/08/1862 Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va 
05/08/1863 Confederaci¢n Granadina becomes Estados Unidos de Colombia 
05/08/1864 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff) 
05/08/1864 Atlanta Campaign: Sever fighting near Dalton 
05/08/1864 Battle of Antietam, VA (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill) 
05/08/1864 Initial fighting at Spotslyvania Court House 
05/08/1866 Australian Rules Football is created 
05/08/1871 English-US treaty ends Alabama dispute 
05/08/1878 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines 
05/08/1878 Paul Hines made baseball's unassisted 1st triple play 
05/08/1885 Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl 
05/08/1886 Atlanta pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invents Coca Cola 
05/08/1895 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki 
05/08/1900 250 grave robbers shot to death 
05/08/1900 Galveston Texas, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die 
05/08/1902 Mt Pel‚e erupts, wipes out St Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000 
05/08/1906 Phila A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs 
05/08/1907 Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cin Reds, 6-0 
05/08/1907 Heavyweight Tommy Burns KOs Jack O'Brien in LA 
05/08/1915 Regret becomes 1st of 3 fillys to win Kentucky Derby 
05/08/1919 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane 
05/08/1924 Memel territories given to Lithuania 
05/08/1924 Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut 
05/08/1925 French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco 
05/08/1926 1st flight over North Pole (Bennett & Byrd) 
05/08/1926 A Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 
05/08/1926 Fire breaks out in Fenway Park 
05/08/1929 Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway 
05/08/1929 NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pirates, 11-0 
05/08/1935 Cin Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th beat Phils 15-

05/08/1937 War Admiral wins 63rd Kentucky Derby on his way to Triple Crown 
05/08/1941 German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean 
05/08/1942 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunks by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea

05/08/1942 German summer offensive opens in Crimea 
05/08/1943 Johnny Longden on Count Fleet wins 68th Preakness Stakes (1:57.4) 
05/08/1945 Canadian troops move into Amsterdam 
05/08/1945 Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet 
05/08/1945 Gen Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov 
05/08/1945 V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe

05/08/1946 Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game 
05/08/1949 West German constitution approved 
05/08/1950 Chang Kai Shek asks US for weapons 
05/08/1951 Dacron men's suits introduced 
05/08/1953 WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 
05/08/1954 1st shot-put over 60' (18.29 m)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, CA 
05/08/1958 Pres Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock

05/08/1958 VP Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru 
05/08/1960 USSR & Cuba regain diplomatic relations 
05/08/1961 1st practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport Texas 
05/08/1961 Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington 
05/08/1962 'Funny Thing Happened on Way to the Forum' opens on Broadway 
05/08/1963 'Dr No' premieres in US 
05/08/1963 JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression 
05/08/1965 1st shut put over 70' (Randy Matson 70' 7') 
05/08/1966 Last game at old Busch stadium, St Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF 
05/08/1966 Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson) 
05/08/1967 Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army 
05/08/1968 Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0) 
05/08/1968 Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner)

05/08/1969 Cambodia recognizes German DR 
05/08/1970 Beatles release 'Let it Be' album 
05/08/1970 Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99 for their 1st NBA championship 
05/08/1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Sq Garden 
05/08/1972 Sabena aircraft at Lod Intl, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians 
05/08/1973 Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender 
05/08/1974 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted 
05/08/1974 Canada govt of Trudeau falls 
05/08/1977 David Berkowitz pleads guilty in 'Son of Sam' 44-caliber shootings 
05/08/1978 ABC TV airs 'Stars Salute Israel at 30' 
05/08/1979 Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3 
05/08/1980 Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game 
05/08/1981 L Brozek discovers asteroid #3419 
05/08/1981 Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record 
05/08/1982 Canucks 5-Isles 6 (OT)-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead 
05/08/1984 Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9) 
05/08/1984 Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed 
05/08/1984 USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics 
05/08/1987 Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair) 
05/08/1988 Fran‡ois Mitterrand elected president of France 
05/08/1988 Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC 
05/08/1989 Paul McCartney releases 'My Brave Face' & 'Ferry Cross the Mersey' 
05/08/1989 US space shuttle STS-30 lands 
05/08/1991 CIA director William H Webster resigns 
05/08/1994 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes 
05/08/1994 Ernesto P‚rez Balladares elected president of Panama 
05/08/1994 Jos‚ Maria Figueres becomes president of Costa Rica 
  
--
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ The FidoNet News Gate (Huntsville, AL - USA)        +
+ The views of this user are strictly his or her own. +
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus