Post by thomasallencummins on Jul 27, 2007 6:43:27 GMT -5
Events
1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
1549 - Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reached Japan.
1663 - The British Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports.
1689 - Glorious Revolution: Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
1694 - A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
1720 - The second important victory of the Russian Navy - the Battle of Grengam.
1778 - American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant - British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
1789 - The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (later renamed Department of State).
1794 - French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution." (See 9 Thermidor.)
1819 - Duitama is named municipality
1865 - Welsh settlers arrive in Argentina at Chubut Valley.
1866 - The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.
1880 - Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand - In a pyrrhic victory, Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
1914 - Felix Manalo establishes the modern-day Iglesia ni Cristo religion by registering it with the Filipino government.
1921 - Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.
1928 - Tich Freeman becomes only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before end of July.
1940 - A Wild Hare is released, introducing Bugs Bunny
1941 - Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China.
1941 - Day of Anti-Fascist uprising of people of Bosnia and Herzegowina.
1949 - Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
1953 - Korean War ends: The United States, People's Republic of China, and North Korea, sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
1955 - The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends (started on May 9, 1945).
1964 - Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
1974 - Watergate Scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon: obstruction of justice.
1976 - Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed scandal.
1977 - Ipatiev House at Ekaterinburg, Russia is destroyed.
1981 - British television: On Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event, with massive viewer numbers earned for the show.
1990 - The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day was celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus. After a referendum held that year the celebration of Independence day was transferred to June 3.
1990 - The Jamaat al Muslimeen stage a coup d'état attempt in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying Parliament and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television, holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet, as well as the staff at the television station hostage for 6 days.
1990 - The last Citroën 2CV rolled off the production line at Mangualde, Portugal.
1995 - In Washington, DC, the Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated.
1996 - Centennial Olympic Park bombing: In Atlanta, Georgia, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics, killing one and injuring 111.
1996 - In Atlanta, Georgia, Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey set the 100m world record of 9.84s +0.7 m/s wind during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
1997 - Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria; about 50 people killed.
1997 - The Toronto Transit Commission opens its Spadina light rail transit line.
1999 - Twenty-one die in a canyoning disaster near Interlaken, Switzerland.
2002 - Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 85 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.
2005 - STS-114: NASA grounds the Space shuttle, pending an investigation of the external tank's continued foam-shedding problem. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the spacecraft.
2006 - The Federal Republic of Germany is deemed guilty in the loss of Bashkirian 2937 and DHL Flight 611, because it is illegal to outsource flight surveillance.
[edit] Births
1452 - Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1508)
1667 - Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1748)
1733 - Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)
1740 - Jeanne Baré, French explorer (d. 1803)
1752 - Samuel Smith, U.S. Senator, 1803-1815.
1768 - Charlotte Corday, French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
1773 - Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (d. 1844)
1781 - Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
1784 - Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (d. 1839)
1812 - Thomas Clingman, American Confederate general (d. 1897)
1824 - Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author (d. 1895)
1833 - Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)
1835 - Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1907)
1848 - Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (d. 1919)
1853 - Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer (d. 1921)
1857 - José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican politician (d. 1921)
1867 - Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (d. 1916)
1870 - Hilaire Belloc, English writer (d. 1953)
1877 - Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960)
1879 - Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1960)
1881 - Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
1882 - Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (d. 1965)
1886 - Ernst May, German architect (d. 1970)
1889 - Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1972)
1903 - Nikolai Cherkasov, Russian actor (d. 1966)
1903 - Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician (d. 2002)
1905 - Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
1906 - Herbert Jasper, Canadian physiologist and neurologist (d. 1999)
1908 - Joseph Mitchell, American writer (d. 1996)
1911 - Rayner Heppenstall, British novelist (d. 1981)
1913 - George L. Street III American Navy Submariner (d. 2000)
1915 - Mario Del Monaco, Italian singer (d. 1982)
1916 - Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986)
1917 - Bourvil, French actor (d. 1970)
1918 - Leonard Rose, American cellist (d. 1984)
1922 - Norman Lear, American television writer and producer
1922 - Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (d. 1986)
1923 - Masutatsu Oyama, Japanese Kyokushin founder (d. 1994)
1924 - Vincent Canby, American film critic (d. 2000)
1927 - Sat Mahajan, Indian poltician
1929 - Jack Higgins, British novelist
1930 - Shirley Williams, British politician
1931 - Jerry Van Dyke, American actor
1931 - Khieu Samphan, Cambodian politician
1933 - Ted Whitten, Australian rules footballer (d. 1995)
1933 - Nick Reynolds, American folk singer
1935 - Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer
1936 - J. Robert Hooper, American politician
1937 - Don Galloway, American actor
1938 - Isabelle Aubret, French singer
1938 - Gary Gygax, American role-playing game creator
1939 - Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet
1940 - Pina Bausch, German dancer
1942 - Dennis Ralston, American tennis player
1942 - John Pleshette, American actor
1942 - Édith Butler, Canadian singer and songwriter
1944 - Tony Capstick, English comedian (d. 2003)
1944 - Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist
1944 - Bobby Gentry, American singer and songwriter
1946 - Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian-born Serbian actor
1948 - Betty Thomas, American actor and film director
1948 - Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
1949 - Maureen McGovern, American singer
1952 - Hannu-Pekka Hänninen, Finnish sports commentator
1953 - Yahoo Serious, Australian comedian
1954 - G.S. Bali, Indian politician
1954 - Philippe Alliot, French racecar driver
1955 - Allan Border, Australian cricketer
1957 - Bill Engvall, American comedian
1957 - Matt Osborne, American professional wrestler
1958 - Christopher Dean, English figure skater
1959 - Hugh Green, American football player
1959 - Joe DeSa, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1960 - Tron Guy, American internet celebrity
1962 - Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005)
1964 - Rex Brown, American bassist (Pantera)
1965 - José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan footballer
1967 - Juliana Hatfield, American musician
1967 - Kellie Waymire, American actress (d. 2003)
1968 - Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor
1968 - Michael Campbell, American artist
1968 - Tom Goodwin, American baseball player
1968 - Julian McMahon, Australian actor
1968 - Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian Formula One driver
1969 - Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress
1969 - Triple H, American professional wrestler
1969 - Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer
1970 - Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Danish actor
1972 - Jill Arrington, American sports reporter
1972 - Takako Fuji, Japanese actress
1973 - Abe Cunningham, American musician (Deftones)
1973 - Natsuki Takaya, Japanese manga artist [disputed]
1974 - Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer
1974 - Pete Yorn, American musician
1975 - Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player
1975 - Fred Mascherino, American musician (Taking Back Sunday)
1975 - Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
1975 - Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer
1976 - Scott Mason, Australian cricketer (d. 2005)
1977 - Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Irish actor
1979 - Shannon Moore, American wrestler
1979 - Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer
1980 - Julia Haworth, English actress
1980 - Nick Nemeth, American professional wrestler
1980 - Allan Davis, Australian cyclist
1981 - Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player
1985 - Lou Taylor Pucci, American actor
1986 - Courtney Kupets, American gymnast
1986 - Nick Hogan, American television personality
1989 - Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
1990 - Cheyenne Kimball, American musician
1990 - Indiana Evans, Australian actress
Happy Birthday buddy. ;D
1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
1549 - Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reached Japan.
1663 - The British Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports.
1689 - Glorious Revolution: Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
1694 - A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
1720 - The second important victory of the Russian Navy - the Battle of Grengam.
1778 - American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant - British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
1789 - The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (later renamed Department of State).
1794 - French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution." (See 9 Thermidor.)
1819 - Duitama is named municipality
1865 - Welsh settlers arrive in Argentina at Chubut Valley.
1866 - The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.
1880 - Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand - In a pyrrhic victory, Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
1914 - Felix Manalo establishes the modern-day Iglesia ni Cristo religion by registering it with the Filipino government.
1921 - Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.
1928 - Tich Freeman becomes only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before end of July.
1940 - A Wild Hare is released, introducing Bugs Bunny
1941 - Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China.
1941 - Day of Anti-Fascist uprising of people of Bosnia and Herzegowina.
1949 - Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
1953 - Korean War ends: The United States, People's Republic of China, and North Korea, sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
1955 - The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends (started on May 9, 1945).
1964 - Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
1974 - Watergate Scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon: obstruction of justice.
1976 - Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed scandal.
1977 - Ipatiev House at Ekaterinburg, Russia is destroyed.
1981 - British television: On Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event, with massive viewer numbers earned for the show.
1990 - The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day was celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus. After a referendum held that year the celebration of Independence day was transferred to June 3.
1990 - The Jamaat al Muslimeen stage a coup d'état attempt in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying Parliament and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television, holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet, as well as the staff at the television station hostage for 6 days.
1990 - The last Citroën 2CV rolled off the production line at Mangualde, Portugal.
1995 - In Washington, DC, the Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated.
1996 - Centennial Olympic Park bombing: In Atlanta, Georgia, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics, killing one and injuring 111.
1996 - In Atlanta, Georgia, Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey set the 100m world record of 9.84s +0.7 m/s wind during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
1997 - Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria; about 50 people killed.
1997 - The Toronto Transit Commission opens its Spadina light rail transit line.
1999 - Twenty-one die in a canyoning disaster near Interlaken, Switzerland.
2002 - Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 85 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.
2005 - STS-114: NASA grounds the Space shuttle, pending an investigation of the external tank's continued foam-shedding problem. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the spacecraft.
2006 - The Federal Republic of Germany is deemed guilty in the loss of Bashkirian 2937 and DHL Flight 611, because it is illegal to outsource flight surveillance.
[edit] Births
1452 - Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1508)
1667 - Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1748)
1733 - Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)
1740 - Jeanne Baré, French explorer (d. 1803)
1752 - Samuel Smith, U.S. Senator, 1803-1815.
1768 - Charlotte Corday, French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
1773 - Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (d. 1844)
1781 - Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
1784 - Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (d. 1839)
1812 - Thomas Clingman, American Confederate general (d. 1897)
1824 - Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author (d. 1895)
1833 - Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)
1835 - Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1907)
1848 - Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (d. 1919)
1853 - Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer (d. 1921)
1857 - José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican politician (d. 1921)
1867 - Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (d. 1916)
1870 - Hilaire Belloc, English writer (d. 1953)
1877 - Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960)
1879 - Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1960)
1881 - Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
1882 - Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (d. 1965)
1886 - Ernst May, German architect (d. 1970)
1889 - Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1972)
1903 - Nikolai Cherkasov, Russian actor (d. 1966)
1903 - Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician (d. 2002)
1905 - Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
1906 - Herbert Jasper, Canadian physiologist and neurologist (d. 1999)
1908 - Joseph Mitchell, American writer (d. 1996)
1911 - Rayner Heppenstall, British novelist (d. 1981)
1913 - George L. Street III American Navy Submariner (d. 2000)
1915 - Mario Del Monaco, Italian singer (d. 1982)
1916 - Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986)
1917 - Bourvil, French actor (d. 1970)
1918 - Leonard Rose, American cellist (d. 1984)
1922 - Norman Lear, American television writer and producer
1922 - Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (d. 1986)
1923 - Masutatsu Oyama, Japanese Kyokushin founder (d. 1994)
1924 - Vincent Canby, American film critic (d. 2000)
1927 - Sat Mahajan, Indian poltician
1929 - Jack Higgins, British novelist
1930 - Shirley Williams, British politician
1931 - Jerry Van Dyke, American actor
1931 - Khieu Samphan, Cambodian politician
1933 - Ted Whitten, Australian rules footballer (d. 1995)
1933 - Nick Reynolds, American folk singer
1935 - Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer
1936 - J. Robert Hooper, American politician
1937 - Don Galloway, American actor
1938 - Isabelle Aubret, French singer
1938 - Gary Gygax, American role-playing game creator
1939 - Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet
1940 - Pina Bausch, German dancer
1942 - Dennis Ralston, American tennis player
1942 - John Pleshette, American actor
1942 - Édith Butler, Canadian singer and songwriter
1944 - Tony Capstick, English comedian (d. 2003)
1944 - Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist
1944 - Bobby Gentry, American singer and songwriter
1946 - Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian-born Serbian actor
1948 - Betty Thomas, American actor and film director
1948 - Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
1949 - Maureen McGovern, American singer
1952 - Hannu-Pekka Hänninen, Finnish sports commentator
1953 - Yahoo Serious, Australian comedian
1954 - G.S. Bali, Indian politician
1954 - Philippe Alliot, French racecar driver
1955 - Allan Border, Australian cricketer
1957 - Bill Engvall, American comedian
1957 - Matt Osborne, American professional wrestler
1958 - Christopher Dean, English figure skater
1959 - Hugh Green, American football player
1959 - Joe DeSa, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1960 - Tron Guy, American internet celebrity
1962 - Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005)
1964 - Rex Brown, American bassist (Pantera)
1965 - José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan footballer
1967 - Juliana Hatfield, American musician
1967 - Kellie Waymire, American actress (d. 2003)
1968 - Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor
1968 - Michael Campbell, American artist
1968 - Tom Goodwin, American baseball player
1968 - Julian McMahon, Australian actor
1968 - Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian Formula One driver
1969 - Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress
1969 - Triple H, American professional wrestler
1969 - Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer
1970 - Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Danish actor
1972 - Jill Arrington, American sports reporter
1972 - Takako Fuji, Japanese actress
1973 - Abe Cunningham, American musician (Deftones)
1973 - Natsuki Takaya, Japanese manga artist [disputed]
1974 - Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer
1974 - Pete Yorn, American musician
1975 - Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player
1975 - Fred Mascherino, American musician (Taking Back Sunday)
1975 - Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
1975 - Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer
1976 - Scott Mason, Australian cricketer (d. 2005)
1977 - Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Irish actor
1979 - Shannon Moore, American wrestler
1979 - Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer
1980 - Julia Haworth, English actress
1980 - Nick Nemeth, American professional wrestler
1980 - Allan Davis, Australian cyclist
1981 - Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player
1985 - Lou Taylor Pucci, American actor
1986 - Courtney Kupets, American gymnast
1986 - Nick Hogan, American television personality
1989 - Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
1990 - Cheyenne Kimball, American musician
1990 - Indiana Evans, Australian actress
Happy Birthday buddy. ;D
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