On This Day

[J()e]

Birthdates which occurred on August 23:

1754 Louis XVI Versailles, king of France (1774-92); guillotined
1785 Oliver Hazard Perry naval hero
1869 James (Sunny Jim) Rolph SF mayor (1912-31), MUNI backer
19-- Cathy St George Norfolk Va, playmate (Aug, 1982)
19-- Jennifer Holmes Fall River Mass, actress (Leslie-Newhart)
19-- Jimmy Ward Ct, rocker (Steelheart-She's Gone)
19-- Michael Davis SF Calif, comedian/juggler (The News is the News)
1900 Ernst Krenek Vienna Austria, composer (Johnny Spielt Auf)
1901 John Sherman Cooper (Sen-Ky)
1903 William Primrose Glasgow Scot, violist (Method for Violin & Viola)
1905 Constant Lambert London England, composer (King Pest)
1908 Arthur Adamov Kislovodsk Russia, dramatist (Paolo Paoli)
1911 Birger Ruud Norway, 90m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1932, 36)
1911 Elizabeth Robinson US, 100m dash (Olympic-gold-1928)
1912 Gene Kelly Pitts, dancer/actor (An American in Paris, Going My Way)
1913 Bob Crosby Spokane Wa, Bing's brother, orch leader (Bob Crosby Show)
1923 Wolfgang Sawallisch Munich Ger, conductor (Vienna Symph 1960-70)
1930 Michel Rocard Courbevoie France, Prime Minister of France
1930 Vera Miles actress (Psycho)
1932 Mark Russell Buffalo NY, political satirist/pianist (Real People)
1933 Pete Wilson (Sen-R-Calif)
1934 Barbara Eden Tucson Az, actress (Dream of Jeannie, Amazing Dobermans)
1934 Christian "Sonny" Jurgensen NFL QB (Eagles, Redskins)
1940 Richard Sanders Harrisburg Pa, actpr (Les-WKRP, Spencer, Berrengers)
1940 Tony Bill SD Cal, (Sam-What Really Happened to the Class of '65)
1942 Nancy Richey Gunther San Ant Tx, tennis player (US Doubles 1965, 66)
1942 Patricia McBride ballerina (NYC Ballet Co)
1943 Bobby Diamond LA Calif, actor (Duncan Gillis-Dobie Gillis)
1944 Antonia Novello US Surgeon General
1947 Keith Moon rocker (True Story of 200 Motels)
1947 Rex Allen Jr Chicago, country singer (Nashville on the Road)
1948 Ron Blomberg NY Yank, 1st designated hitter
1949 Rick Springfield Australia, (General Hospital, Jessie's Girl)
1949 Shelley Long Fort Wayne Indiana, actress (Diane-Cheers, Money Pit)
1951 Mark Hudson Portland Ore, comedians (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show)
1951 Queen Noor of Jordan
1953 Bobby Gubby rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies)
1956 Gerry Cooney heavyweight boxer
1966 Laura Richmond Fort Dix NJ, playmate (Sep, 1988)
1967 Nancy Jane Cox Campbellsville Kentucky, Miss Kentucky-America-1991
1970 River Phoenix Madras Ore, actor (Little Nikta, Stand By Me)

Deaths which occurred on August 23:

1819 Oliver Hazard Perry naval hero, dies on 34th birthday
1926 Rodolpho Alfonzo Rafaello Pietro Filiberto Guglieimi Di Valentina
D'Antonguolla (Rudolph Valentino), silent movie idol, dies in NY at 31
1927 Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti executed in Mass
1960 Oscar Hammerstein II Broadway librettist, dies at 65
1962 Hoot Gibson silent screen cowboy actor, dies at 70
1975 Hank Patterson actor (Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 87
1989 Yusef Hawkins shot by 30 whites in Bensonhurst because he's black

[Josee]

Birthdates Which Occur on August 24:
1113 Geoffrey Plantagenet France, conquered Normandy
1210 Floris IV Count of Holland
1420 Albrecht van Eyb German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichst„tt)
1531 Ercole Bottrigari composer
1579 John Amner composer
1591 Robert Herrick England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)
1683 Meinrad Spiess composer
1694 Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff German adventurer/king [or 8/25]
1712 Cornelis Douwes Dutch mathematician/astronomer
1725 Johann Balthasar Kehl composer
1733 David Traugott Nicolai composer
1750 M Laetitia Bonaparte-Ramolino [Madame MŠre], mother of Napoleon I
1759 Wilbur Wilberforce England, crusaded against slavery
1772 Willem I Frederik grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40)
1787 James Weddell Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)
1808 Benjamin Grubb Humphreys Brig General (Confederate Army)
and Thomas Fenwick Drayton Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1816 Daniel Gooch laid 1st successful transatlantic cables
1817 Aleksei K Tolstoi [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]
1820 Jacopo Tomadini composer
1821 Emmanuele Muzio composer
1827 Walter Husted Stevens Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867
1828 George Hume "Maryland" Steuart Brig General (Confederate Army)
1837 Theodore Dubois composer
1839 Eduard Napravnik composer
1842 Edouard J A Agneessens Flemish painter (Slave Market)
1854 Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov composer
1856 Felix Mottl composer
1865 Ferdinand I VAM king of Romania
1872 Max Beerbohm England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)
1879 Rentaro Taki composer
1880 Joshua L Cowen inventor (electric train)
and Miles W L Killearn of Killearn Scotish baron/diplomat
1886 William Francis Gibbs naval architect, designed Liberty ships
1889 Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu Congo prophet
1890 Duke Kahanamoku Hawaii, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1912, 20)
and Franz Philipp composer
1891 Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok composer
and Germaine Loosveldt Flemish actress (Kniertje in On hope)
1894 Jean Rhys [Ella Williams], Dominica, writer (Voyage in the Dark)
1896 Phil Baker Phila, comedian (Who's Whose)
1898 Albert Claude Belgium, biologist/physician (Nobel 1974)
and Malcolm Cowley Belsano Penn, author
and Marie J Hugenholtz [Doctor Grandi], surgeon on Cura‡ao
1899 Johan J Fabricius Dutch novelist (Island of Demons)
and Jorge Luis Borges Argentina, writer of fiction, essays (Labyrinths)
and Ruth Schaumann German painter/writer (Rose, Black King)
19-- Ashley Nicole XXX actress (Lascivious Ladies of Dr Lipo, Body Slam)
and Carole Ita White NYC, actress (Rosie-Laverne & Shirley)
and Frank Runyeon actor (As the World Turns)
and Stephen Keep Camden SC, actor (Les Kincaid-Flo)
and Steve Hanks Wadsworth Ohio, actor (B.A.D. Cats)
1900 Preston Foster Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger)
and V sa Pr¡hoda Czech violinist
1902 Fernand Braudel French historian (Civililization & Capitalism)
1904 Rod Redwing NY, actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory)
1905 Donald Douglas Scotland, actor (I Love You Again)
and Sven Johan Stolpe Swedish author (L„tt, snabb och ”m)
1910 Bernhard Heiden composer
1911 Karl AF Schiller West German economist/SPD-minister
and L‚o Ferr‚ French chansonnier/composer (Le silly-aim‚, L'amour)
1912 Durward Kirby Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Garry Moore Show)
1913 Dorothy Comingore [Linda Winters], LA CA, actress (Citizen Kane)
1915 Alice B[radley] Sheldon US, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful)
and Wynonie Harris rocker
1917 Dennis James Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ)
1919 "Drs P" [Heinz H Polzer] Swiss/Dutch songwriter/singer
and Nils Viggo Bentzon composer
1922 R‚ne L‚vesque Quebec premier (1976-85)
1923 Helena Carter [Helen Rickerts], US model/actress (River Lady)
1924 Louis Teicher pianist (Ferante & Teicher-Exodus)
1927 Roger Danneels Flemish accordionist
and William V Shannon journalist/ambassador to Ireland (1977-81)
1929 William Winfield rocker (Harptones)
1932 Richard Graham Meale composer
1934 Roger Donald Dickerson composer
1936 William J Coyne (Rep-D-Pennsylvania, 1981- )
1938 David Freiberg Boston MA, rock bassist (Quicksilver Messenger)
and Mason Williams Abilene Tx, writer (Smother Brothers Hour)
1940 Don Cormier Sr horse trainer
1941 Ernest Wright Jr US rock vocalist (Imperials-So Much)
1942 Joe Chambers LA Calif, rock guitarist/vocalist (Chambers Brothers)
1943 John Cipollina SF Cal, rock guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
1944 Gregory B Jarvis Detroit Mich, astronaut (STS 25)
and Jim Capaldi English singer/songwriter (Traffic-Something So Strong)
1945 Ken Hensley rock keyboardist (Blackfoot, Uriah Heep)
and Malcolm "Mollie" Duncan Scotland, saxophonist (Average White Band)
1946 Richard "Dick" N Richards Key West, USN/astr (STS 28, 41, 50, 64)
1949 Anna L Fisher St Albans NY, MD/astronaut (STS 51-A)
and Joe Regalbuto Bkln NY, actor (Knots Landing, Frank-Murphy Brown)
and Stephen Harrison Paulus composer
1951 Jimmy Farrar Jacksonville Fl, rock vocalist (Molly Hatchet)
and Orson Scott Card US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Nebula, Ender's War)
1955 Jeffrey Daniel LA CA, rock vocalist (Shalamar)
1956 Gerry Cooney heavyweight boxer (US Olympics team 1980)
1958 Steve Guttenberg Bkln NY, actor (Police Academy, Short Circuit)
1959 Michel Valke soccer player (Sparta, Dordrecht '90)
1960 David Guillory jockey
and Franz Vienboeck Austria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13)
1961 Cal Ripkin Jr all-star shortstop (Balt Orioles)
and Colin Angus Scottish pop musician (Shamen, Ebeneezer Goode)
and Mark "Bedders" Bedfored London, rock bassist (Madness)
1962 Mary Ellen Weber Cleveland Ohio, PhD/astronaut (STS 70)
1963 John Bush US heavy metal singer (Anthrax-Armed & Dangerous)
1964 Pebbles rock vocalist (Girlfriend)
and Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov Russia, major/cosmonaut
1965 Casey Lambert jockey
and Marlee Matlin Ill, deaf actress (Children of Lesser God-Acad Award)
1968 Andreas Kisser Brazilian heavy metal guitarist (Sepultura)
1972 Christian Ruud Oslo Norway, tennis star (1989 Norwegian)
and Ian Moran Cleveland Ohio, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)
1973 Barret Oliver actor (Never Ending Story, Secret Garden)
1976 Bjorn van der de Targets soccer player (PSV)
and Nordin Wooter soccer player (Ajax)

[Josee]

Deaths Which Occured August 24:
1103 Magnus III Berbein [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies
1217 Eustace "the Monk" French buccaneer, dies in battle
1313 Henry VII Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies
1371 Eduard duke of Gelre (1361-71), dies
1572 Charles de F‚ligny French officer/huguenot, murdered
Gaspard de Chƒtillon Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded
1595 Thomas Digges English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies
1647 Nicholas Stone "Elder" English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61
1666 Francisco M the Melo Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57
1680 Ferdinand Bulb Dutch painter/etcher, buried
1712 Thomas Bullis composer, dies at 54
1724 Andreas Kneller composer, dies at 75
1759 Ewald C von Kleist German poet, dies at 44
1770 Thomas Chatterton English poet (Revenge), dies
1801 Jacques-Denis Antoine French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68
1806 Paul-Louis Cyffl‚ Flemish sculptor/goldsmith (Terre Lorraine), dies
1833 Adrian H Haworth English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65
1840 Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot composer, dies at 89
1841 Karl Friedrich Curschmann composer, dies at 36
1888 Rudolph J E Clausius German physicist (thermodynamics), dies
1889 Jan E Matzeliger Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies
1895 John F Loudon entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74
1906 Alfred Stevens Belgian painter, dies
1907 Pieter Louis Tak writer (Chronicle), dies at 58
1940 Paul G Nipkow German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80
1943 Simone Weil French philosopher (Le pesanteur et la grƒce), dies
1954 Get£lio D Vargas pres/dictator Brazil (1930-45, 51-54), suicide
1957 Albert Edward Sammons composer, dies at 71
1958 John G Str˜dom premier of South Africa (1954-58), dies at 65
Kenneth Leighton composer, dies at 28
Leo Blech composer, dies at 87
1962 Henry George Ley composer, dies at 74
1964 Maurice Schoemaker composer, dies at 73
1967 Amanda Randolph actress (Danny Thomas, Amos n Andy), dies at 65
Henry J Kaiser industrialist (Boulder Dam, Liberty ship), dies at 85
1972 Carlos Don Byas US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59
1973 Billy Greene actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76
Slava Vorlova composer, dies at 79
1975 Charles H Revson US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69
1976 Michael Dewar Head composer, dies at 76
1983 Jack Somack actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64
1985 Paul Creston composer, dies at 78
1987 Bayard Rustin US civil rights activist, dies at 77
1988 Leonard Frey actor, dies of AIDS in NY at 49
Max Shulman author (Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap), dies at 69
1991 Abel Kivlat US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99
Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk Neth/Indon writer (Day Camp book), dies
Bernard Castro patented convertible couch, dies at 87
Mike Sokoll cowboy actor, dies at 97
1992 Andreas M Donner Dutch state leader, dies at 74
Larrie Londin jazz drummer, dies at 48
1994 W˜nanda MC "Nan" Aberson friend of Gerard Van de Reve Sr, dies at 82

[Josee]

Holidays Which Occur August 24:
Liberia Flag Day (1847)
Sierra Leone President's Birthday

Religious Observances on August 24: RC Silvanus, martyr to Traci‰1583 RC, Ang, Luth Feast of St Bartholomew, apostle

Things to Remember for August 24: FLOWERS-gladiolus & poppy GEMS-sardonyx & peridot Sandwich-National Catfish-Month1 ?? [Hawaii] Aukake 7 Days Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco 29 Days Astrological sign: Virgo

Your Special Reminders for August 24: 1890 52øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC and 1972 94øF highest temperature for this date in NYC and 236th day of year with 129 days left (Numerology = 5)

[Josee]

Highlights in History Which Occur August 24:
79 Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum
410 Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire
1215 Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid
1217 Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France
1349 6,000 Jews are blamed for the plagued are killed in Mainz
and Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism
1391 Jews of Palma Majorca massacred
1511 Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka
1516 Battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria
1542 Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain
1561 Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon
1572 King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants
1608 1st English convoy lands at Surat India
1654 Louis II Cond‚ disbands ends of Atrecht
1658 Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish
1662 Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer
1682 Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn
1690 Job Charnock founds Calcutta India
1704 Sea battle at Malaga
1751 Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch
1787 Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526
1814 British sack Washington, DC, White House burned
1826 Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens
1828 Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea
1831 John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle
1833 HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina
1847 Charlotte Bront‰ finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre"
1853 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY)
1854 National emigration convention meets in Cleveland
1858 Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning
1867 J C Watson discovers asteroid #93 Minerva
1869 Waffle iron invented
1876 Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed
1891 Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera
1893 Tornado destroys coast of Savannah & Charleston; about 1000 die
1903 M Wolf discovers asteroid #513 Centesima & #514 Armida
1904 Field battle at Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian
and Holcombe Ward wins the US Tennis Open
1905 Chicago Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings
1906 Cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game
1908 Heavyweight Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in Sydney NSW
1909 Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal
1911 Manuel d'Arriaga elected 1st president of Portugal
1912 NYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe & victorious US olympians
and Territory of Alaska organized
and US passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition govt
1914 Battle at Bergen: Belgium vs Britain
and German troops occupy Names Belgium
and Jerome Kern & Michael E Rourles musical premieres in NYC
1918 Chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2)
1921 Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey & Greece
and British airship R-38 crashes in Humber; 44 die
1922 1st Phillie to hit for cycle (Cy Williams)
1923 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3 mile (14:11.2)
1929 Palestinians attack orthodox Jews in Jerusalem
and Turkey & Persia signs peace treaty
1931 France & USSR sign neutrality/no attack treaty
1932 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart
1933 S Arend discovers asteroid #1313 Berna
1936 Australian Antarctic Territory created
and FDR gives FBI authority to pursuit fascists & communists
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2137 Priscilla
1937 Republican offensive at Belchite Spain
1939 Germany & USSR sign 10-year non-aggression pact
1940 Luftwaffe bombs London
1942 Sea battle at Eastern Solomon Island
and Transport nr 23 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1944 Gen LeClercs troops open assault on Paris
1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forms
1950 1st US Negro delegate to UN appointed-ES Sampson
and Edith Sampson named 1st black US delegate to UN
and Operation Magic Carpet-45,000 Yemenite Jews move to Israel
1954 Communist Control Act passed, at height of McCarthyism
and International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China
and William Heatherton's "Reluctant Debutante," premieres in London
1956 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Wash DC
1957 British soccer player Jimmy Greaves' (17) 1st game for Chelsea
1958 Sergei Popov wins Stockholm marathon (2:15:17.0)
1959 Hiram L Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel
K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii)
1960 -127øF (-88øC), Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
and 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil
1961 Windward Islands' Airways International (Winair) forms
Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister
and of justice (if the shoe fits...)
1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 1st 200 meter freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58)
and John Pennel is 1st to pole-vault 17'
1964 2nd Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 6-4
1966 USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon
1967 Liberian flag designed
1968 France became world's 5th thermonuclear power, explodes on Mururoa
and France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
1969 Peru nationalizes US oil interests
1970 Bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison
1972 8th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 2-1
and Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame
1973 John Adams & his drum - become a right-field fixture in Cleve Stadium
1974 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #3770
1975 Papadopoulos/Pattakos/Makarezos sentenced to death in Athens
and SF Giant Ed Halick no-hits NY Giants, 6-0
and Tampa Bay Rowdies beat Portland 2-0 for NASL cup
1976 Soyuz 21 returns to Earth
1978 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1979 NFL fans (60,916) choose old Patriots logo over new
and UN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps
1980 Jozef Pinkovski replaces Poland premier Babiuch
1981 American Charles Chapman is 1st black to swim English Channel
and Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder
1984 Pat Bradley set LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver
and T Seki discovers asteroid #3431 Nakano
1985 STS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather
1987 Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes
1989 British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain
and Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling
and Voyager 2 flies past Neptune
1990 3,500 peacekeepers arrive in Liberia
and Iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City
1991 Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party
and Ukraine declares independence from USSR
1992 1st structural steel beams are erected at Gateway (Jacobs Field)
and Cleveland Browns suffer their worst preseason loss, 56-3, to Vikings
and Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die
1993 Mars Observer comes closest to Mars
1994 Kieren Perkins swims world record 800m free style (7:46.00)
and Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m free style (14:41.66)
1995 Fire that wipes 6,000 acres begins in Hamptons on Long Island
and Windows 95 debuts
-79 Mount Vesuvius erupts burying Pompeii & Herculaneum.
1960 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil.

[J()e]

حدث في مثل هذا اليوم 27 اب

عام 1916- الحرب العالمية الاولى: رومانيا تعلن الحرب على النمسا-المجر بدون تهديد مسبق والقوات الالمانية تدحرها بسرعة
عام 1928- 64 دولة توقع اتفاقية بريان كيلوغ التي تنص على التخلي عن الحرب
عام 1939- فرض الرقابة على المنشورات في فرنسا في اطار استعدادات لحرب قد تشنها المانيا
عام 1959- ديغول يزور الجزائر
عام 1961- حرب الجزائر: يوسف بن خدة يصبح رئيسا للحكومة الموقتة للجمهورية الجزائرية خلفا لفرحات عباس
عام 1965- وفاة المهندس المعماري الفرنسي شارل لوكوربوزييه (ولد في 1887
عام 1969- الجراح كريستيان بارنار الجنوب افريقي ينجح للمرة الاولى في زرع شرايين اصطناعية لطفل
عام 1975- وفاة اول امبراطور لاثيوبيا هايلا سيلاسي الاول
عام 1979- الجيش الجمهوري الايرلندي يغتال اللورد ماونتباتن عم الملك اليزابيت وآخر نائب للملك في الهند, مع 18 عسكريا بريطانيا
عام 1992- فرض منطقة للحظر الجوي جنوب خط العرض 32 في العراق لحماية الشيعة من قصف الطيران العراقي
عام 2001- مقتل زعيم الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين ابو علي مصطفى في غارة اسرائيلية على غزة

[J()e]

حدث في مثل هذا اليوم الرابع من تشرين الاول

عام 1904- وفاة النحات الفرنسي فريديريك اوغست بارتولدي الذي صنع تمثال الحرية في نيويورك
عام 1915- الحرب العالمية الاولى: القوات الالمانية والنمساوية والبلغارية تجتاح صربيا
عام 1946- الرئيس الاميركي هاري ترومان يطلب من بريطانيا السماح من جديد بهجرة اليهود الى فلسطين
عام 1947- وفاة عالم الفيزياء الالماني ماكس بلانك واضع نظرية الكمية وحائز نوبل للفيزياء في 1918
عام 1957- الاتحاد السوفياتي يطلق "سبوتنيك 1" اول قمر اصطناعي في العالم
عام 1958- اعلان دستور الجمهورية الخامسة في فرنسا الذي وافق عليه اكثر من 79% من الفرنسيين في استفتاء
عام 1959- القمر الاصطناعي الروسي "لونيك 3" ينجح في تصوير الجزء المخفي من القمر
عام 1960- الولايات المتحدة تطلق اول قمر اصطناعي للاتصالات "كورير ون-بي
عام 1963- النظام العراقي بقيادة عبد السلام عارف يعترف رسميا باستقلال الكويت وسيادتها
عام 1965- البابا بولس السادس يقوم باول زيارة لحبر اعظم الى الولايات المتحدة
عام 1966- استقلال ليسوتو
عام 1981- الحكومة الاسرائيلية تقر "مشروع الحكم المدني" الذي ينص على الفصل بين الحكم المدني والحكم العسكري في الضفة الغربية وابقاء الحكم العسكري في قطاع غزة
عام 1988- بدء تظاهرات استمرت خمسة ايام احتجاجا على غلاء الاسعار ومواجهات مع قوات الامن في الجزائر: الحصيلة الرسمية 161 قتيلا ومصادر طبية تتحدث عن 500 قتيل
عام 1989- اكتشاف صخور في غريت سليف ليك في كندا عمرها 3,96 مليار سنة هي الاقدم حتى الآن.
عام 1990- البرلمان الالماني يعقد اول اجتماع له منذ توحيد المانيا
عام 2001- حلف شمال الاطلسي يمنح الولايات المتحدة حق استخدام المجالات الجوية ومرافىء الدول الاعضاء فيه ويوافق على نشر سفن للانذار المبكر في اطار الحرب على الارهاب
عام 2004- الجمعية الوطنية تصادق على قانون حول محاكمة قادة سابقين للخمير الحمر في كمبوديا بتهمة ارتكاب مجازر وجرائم في حق الانسانية

[Jess]

19 July

1525 - The Catholic princes of Germany formed the Dessau League to fight against the Reformation.

1553 - Fifteen-year-old Lady Jane Grey was deposed as Queen of England after claiming the crown for nine days. Mary, the daughter of King Henry VIII, was proclaimed Queen.

1788 - Prices plunged on the Paris stock market.

1799 - The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt.

1848 - The Women's Rights Convention took place in Seneca Fall, NY. Bloomers were introduced at the convention.

1870 - France declared war on Prussia.

1909 - The first unassisted triple play in major-league baseball was made by Cleveland Indians shortstop Neal Ball in a game against Boston.

1939 - Dr. Roy P. Scholz became the first surgeon to use fiberglass sutures.

1942 - German U-boats were withdrawn from positions off the U.S. Atlantic coast due to effective American anti-submarine countermeasures.

1943 - During World War II, more than 150 B-17 and 112 B-24 bombers attacked Rome for the first time.

1946 - Marilyn Monroe acted in her first screen test.

1960 - Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants became the first pitcher to get a one-hitter in his major league debut.

1974 - The House Judiciary Committee recommended that U.S. President Richard Nixon should stand trial in the Senate for any of the five impeachment charges against him.

1975 - The Apollo and Soyuz spacecrafts separated after being linked in orbit for two days.

1979 - In Nicaragua, the dictatorship of the Somozas was overthrown by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional or FSLN).

1984 - Geraldine Ferraro was nominated by the Democratic Party to become the first woman from a major political party to run for the office of U.S. Vice-President.

1985 - George Bell won first place in a biggest feet contest with a shoe size of 28-1/2. Bell, at age 26, stood 7 feet 10 inches tall.

1985 - Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire was chosen to be the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the space shuttle. She died with six others when the Challenger exploded the following year.

1989 - 112 people were killed when a United Airline DC-10 airplane crashed in Sioux City, Iowa. 184 people did survive the accident.

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