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Approximately 140,653 people died worldwide on October 26, 1982.

Unusual Deaths in 1982

* Vic morrow, actor, was decapitated by a helicopter blade during filming of twilight zone
* Vladimir smirnov, an olympic champion fencer, died of brain damage nine days after his opponent's foil snapped during a match, penetrated his mask, pierced his eyeball and entered his brain.

People who died on October 26 (various years)

* 2006 - Rogério Duprat, Brazilian composer
* 2006 - Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and museum director
* 2005 - Keith Parkinson, fantasy artist
* 2004 - Bobby Avila, Major League Baseball player
* 2002 - Movsar Barayev, Chechen militant
* 2002 - Jacques Massu, French general
* 1999 - Hoyt Axton, American musician
* 1995 - Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader and songwriter
* 1994 - Wilbert Harrison, American singer
* 1989 - Charles J. Pedersen, American Nobel Prize laureate
* 1986 - Jackson Scholz, American runner
* 1984 - Gus Mancuso, baseball player
* 1979 - Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea
* 1978 - Alexander Gerschenkron, Russian-born economic historian
* 1972 - Igor Sikorsky, Kiev, Russian Empire (currently Ukraine) born inventor
* 1971 - Vincent Coleman, American actor
* 1966 - Alma Cogan, English singer
* 1965 - Sylvia Likens, American torture victim
* 1962 - Louise Beavers, American actress
* 1957 - Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer
* 1957 - Gerty Cori, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
* 1956 - Walter Gieseking, French pianist
* 1952 - Hattie McDaniel, American singer and actress
* 1947 - Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector
* 1945 - Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician
* 1945 - Paul Pelliot, French explorer
* 1944 - William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury
* 1944 - Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria
* 1943 - Marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist
* 1941 - Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer
* 1937 - Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general
* 1931 - Charles Comiskey, baseball team owner
* 1930 - Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman
* 1909 - Hirobumi Ito, Japanese Prime Minister, de facto Resident-General of Korea
* 1902 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist and suffragette
* 1896 - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman
* 1890 - Carlo Collodi, Italian writer
* 1866 - John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (Labatt Brewing Company)
* 1817 - Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist
* 1806 - John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada
* 1803 - Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician
* 1773 - Amédée-François Frézier, French military engineer and explorer
* 1764 - William Hogarth, British painter
* 1751 - Philip Doddridge, English religious leader
* 1717 - Catherine Sedley, English mistress of James II of England
* 1686 - John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician
* 1679 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist
* 1671 - Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician
* 1633 - Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord
* 1440 - Gilles de Rais, French serial killer
* 1235 - King Andrew II of Hungary
* 899 - Alfred the Great, king of Wessex (b. 849)

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I have more :3 Approximately 144,844 people died worldwide on January 21, 1988.

Natural disasters in 1988

* 1988 Spitak earthquake
* Hurricane Gilbert

People who died on January 21 (various years)

* 2007 - Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete
* 2006 - Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo
* 2005 - Theun de Vries, Dutch writer
* 2005 - John L. Hess, American journalist
* 2005 - Parveen Babi, Indian actress
* 2004 - Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer
* 2002 - Peggy Lee, American singer
* 2001 - Byron De La Beckwith, American white supremacist
* 1999 - Charles Brown, American blues singer and pianist
* 1999 - Susan Strasberg, American actress
* 1998 - Jack Lord, American actor
* 1997 - Colonel Tom Parker, American manager of Elvis Presley
* 1996 - René Marc Jalbert, sergeant-at-Arms at the National Assembly of Quebec
* 1993 - Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player
* 1989 - Carl Furillo, American Baseball player
* 1989 - Billy Tipton, American musician
* 1987 - Charles Goodell, American politician
* 1985 - Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter
* 1985 - James Beard, American chef and author
* 1984 - Giannis Skaribas, Greek writer, dramatist, and poet
* 1984 - Jackie Wilson, American musician
* 1978 - Freda Utley, British scholar and author.
* 1977 - Sandro Penna, Italian poet
* 1968 - Will Lang Jr., American magazine executive
* 1967 - Ann Sheridan, American actress
* 1961 - Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer
* 1959 - Carl Switzer, American actor
* 1959 - Cecil B. DeMille, American director
* 1956 - Sam Langford, Canadian boxer
* 1955 - Archie Hahn, American athlete
* 1950 - George Orwell, British writer
* 1948 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer
* 1933 - George A. Moore, Irish novelist
* 1932 - Giles Lytton Strachey, British writer
* 1931 - Felix Blumenfeld, Russian composer
* 1928 - George Goethals, American army engineer
* 1926 - Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, recipient of the Nobel laureate
* 1924 - Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary
* 1919 - Gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea
* 1914 - Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist
* 1901 - Elisha Gray, American inventor
* 1891 - Calixa Lavallée, Canadian composer
* 1881 - Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor
* 1872 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer
* 1870 - Alexander Herzen, Russian writer
* 1851 - Albert Lortzing, German composer
* 1831 - Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet
* 1823 - Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentine cleric, journalist and poet
* 1814 - Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist
* 1809 - Josiah Hornblower, American statesman
* 1795 - Samuel Wallis, English navigator
* 1793 - King Louis XVI of France (executed)
* 1774 - Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan
* 1773 - Alexis Piron, French writer
* 1766 - James Quin, English actor
* 1731 - Thomas Woolston, English theologian
* 1722 - Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England
* 1710 - Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic
* 1706 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic
* 1699 - Obadiah Walker, English writer
* 1683 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, British politician
* 1638 - Ignazio Donati, Italian composer
* 1609 - Joseph Justus Scaliger, French Protestant scholar
* 1546 - Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord
* 1527 - Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador
* 1519 - Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer
* 1118 - Pope Paschal II
* 917 - Erchanger, Duke of Swabia
* 304 - Saint Agnes (martyred)

I feel kinda proud that I got a pope and a saint, along with several kings and what have you, especially King Louis XVI, GUILLOTINE MOFO!

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Approximately 133,817 people died worldwide on April 10, 1974.

Unusual Deaths in 1974

* Christine chubbuck, an american television news reporter, committed suicide during a live broadcast on july 15. at 9:38 am, 8 minutes into her talk show, on wxlt-tv in sarasota, florida, she drew out a revolver and shot herself in the head.
* Austrian formula one driver helmut koinigg died in a crash in the 1974 united states grand prix at the watkins glen grand prix race course in watkins glen, new york. on approaching a corner, a suspension failure sent koinigg's car crashing head-on into the outer armco barrier. the bottom rail gave way but the top rail did not. helmut koinigg was decapitated and died instantly, in what was only his second formula one race.

Natural disasters in 1974

* 1974 Brisbane flood
* 1974 Hunza earthquake
* Cyclone Tracy

April 10 deaths
April 10, 2000 Larry Linville, actor, M*A*S*H TV show, dies at 60
April 10, 1999 Jean Vander Pyl, cartoon voice, The Flintstones, dies at 78
April 10, 1996 Jessica Dubroff, attempting to be youngest pilot, dies in crash at 7
April 10, 1995 Gunter Guillaume, German politican, dies
April 10, 1995 Joseph Anthony "Joe" Richards, singer and actor (Colo Ranger), dies at 44
April 10, 1995 Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India (1977-79), dies
April 10, 1994 James L Lyons, jazz promoter, dies at 77
April 10, 1993 Chris Hani, sec-gen South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at 50
April 10, 1992 Sam Kinison, loud mouth comedian, dies in a car crash at 38
April 10, 1992 Peter D. Mitchell, British Scientist
April 10, 1991 Kevin Peter Hall, actor (Harry and Hendersons), dies of AIDS at 35
April 10, 1991 Natalie Schafer, actress (Gilligan's Island), dies at 90 from cancer
April 10, 1986 Joseph P Addabbo, U.S. defence specialist/(Sen-D), dies at 61
April 10, 1984 Nate Nelson, R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies on 52 birthday
April 10, 1984 Ray Middleton, dies at 75
April 10, 1983 Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered
April 10, 1983 Ulf S von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist, dies at 78
April 10, 1980 Kay Medford, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies at 65
April 10, 1979 Henriette P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Dodendans), dies at 91
April 10, 1979 Nino Rota, Italian composer (Torquemada), dies at 67
April 10, 1975 Marjorie Main, actress (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at 85
April 10, 1975 Sophia JW "Sophie" Hermse, actress (But a Dream), dies at 86
April 10, 1975 Walker Evans, U.S. photographer (Fortune Magazine), dies at 71
April 10, 1974 Roger Bastide, French sociologist, dies at 76
April 10, 1966 Christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71
April 10, 1966 Evelyn Waugh, British writer (Black Mischief), dies at 62
April 10, 1962 Stuart Sutcliffe, bassist (Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage at 21
April 10, 1962 Michael Curtiz, Hungarian Director
April 10, 1961 Irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65
April 10, 1960 Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66
April 10, 1958 Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30
April 10, 1958 W C Handy, composer/musician, dies at 84 in NY
April 10, 1956 Bozidar Sirola, composer, dies at 66
April 10, 1956 Clarence Beaumont, 1st batter in 1st World Series, dies at 75
April 10, 1956 Jozef Szulc, composer, dies at 81
April 10, 1955 Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer, dies at 68
April 10, 1955 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher
April 10, 1955 Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher
April 10, 1954 Auguste Lumiere, French photograph/movie pioneer, dies at 81
April 10, 1954 Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst), dies at 79
April 10, 1945 Hendrik N Werkman, resistance/painter (Blue Boat), executed at 63
April 10, 1939 Alfredo Panzini, Ital author (Il Bacio de Lesba), dies at 75
April 10, 1938 Nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W Nzima Ghana
April 10, 1937 Algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77
April 10, 1932 Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56
April 10, 1931 Kahlil Gibran, Poet
April 10, 1929 Edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies at 36
April 10, 1920 Moritz B Cantor, German mathematician, dies at 90
April 10, 1920 Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer (Mod Kvaeld), dies at 53
April 10, 1919 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39
April 10, 1911 Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, composer, dies at 35
April 10, 1909 Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, dies at 72
April 10, 1900 Frank Hamilton Cushing, American Writer
April 10, 1894 Charles Bowen, English Judge
April 10, 1885 John H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73
April 10, 1863 Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77
April 10, 1825 Paul-Louis Courier, (Mere), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53
April 10, 1817 Francis Cabot Lowell, American Businessman
April 10, 1810 Konrad Back, composer, dies at 60
April 10, 1807 Anna Amalia van Brumswijk-Wolfenbuttel, duchess of Saxon-Weimar, dies
April 10, 1756 Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, dies at 94
April 10, 1731 Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, composer, dies at 58
April 10, 1640 Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61
April 10, 1640 Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I, dies at 60
April 10, 1585 Gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies
April 10, 1533 Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61
April 10, 1362 Machteld, countess of Holland, dies
April 10, 1008 Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies
April 10, 947 Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies
April 10, 879 Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies
seems composers dont stand a cat in hells chance on April 10, gets rid of plenty Germans and French tho

April 10 Births
April 10, 1989 Haley Joel Osment, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Matt-Jeff Foxworthy Show
April 10, 1984 Zoe, Melbourne Australia, 1st frozen-embryo child
April 10, 1984 Mandy Moore, American Musician
April 10, 1981 Michael Pitt, American Actor
April 10, 1979 Sophie Ellis Bextor, English Musician
April 10, 1979 Rachel Corrie, American Activist
April 10, 1978 Jessica Davis, born in Greenbrae, California, rhythmic gymnast, 1996 Olympics
April 10, 1977 Claudia Delpin, Miss Chile Universe 1997
April 10, 1975 Eric Den Besten, Bettendorf Iowa, rower 1996 Olympics
April 10, 1975 Floris, Prince of Netherlands
April 10, 1975 Steve Washburn, born in Ottawa, NHL center for the Florida Panthers
April 10, 1974 Sherry Johnson, born in Owatonna, Minnesota, Miss America-Minnesota 1996
April 10, 1972 Maurice Harrell, NFL tight end for the San Diego Chargers
April 10, 1972 Richard Wearne, Australian rower 1996 Olympics
April 10, 1972 Sue Merz, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1998 Olympics
April 10, 1971 Karl Williams, wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
April 10, 1971 Mihai Bagiu, born in Timisoara, Romania, U.S. gymnast 1996 Olympics
April 10, 1971 Nana Miyagi, born in Seattle, Washington tennis star, 1995 final Surabaya doubles
April 10, 1970 Enrico Ciccone, born in Montreal, NHL defenseman, Chicago Blackhawks
April 10, 1970 J. J. McCleskey, NFL safety, New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals
April 10, 1970 Sean Gilbert, defensive tackle for the Washington Redskins
April 10, 1970 Wesley Barnett, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, Olympic weightlifter, Pan Am-silver-1987
April 10, 1969 Billy Jacoby, born in Flushing, New York, actor, Brad-Silver Spoons, Maggie
April 10, 1969 Dennis Vial, born in Sault Ste-Marie, California, NHL defenseman, Ottawa Senators
April 10, 1969 Wayne Lammle, WLAF kicker and punter for the Scotland Claymores
April 10, 1969 William Jayne, actor, Mikey Randall-Parker Lewis Can't Lose
April 10, 1968 Orlando Jones, American Comedian
April 10, 1967 Donald Dufresne, born in Rimouski, NHL defenseman for the Edmonton Oilers
April 10, 1967 Kay Whitmore, born in Sudbury, NHL goalie for the New York Rangers
April 10, 1966 Neil Smith, NFL defensive end, Kansas City Chiefs, Den Broncos-Superbowl 32
April 10, 1965 Karen Booker, WNBA center for the Utah Starzz
April 10, 1965 Tim "Herb" Alexander, U.S. funk metal drummer, Primus-Prok soda
April 10, 1964 Alan "Reni" Wren, English pop drummer, Stone Roses-Fools Gold
April 10, 1964 Manon Bollegraf, born in den Bosch, Netherlands, tennis star, semi 1996 Aust doubles
April 10, 1963 Claire Smith, born in Ottawa, Ontario, equestrian 3 day event 1996 Olympics
April 10, 1963 Kirk Lowdermilk, NFL center for the Indianapolis Colts
April 10, 1963 Marvin Freeman, born in Chicago, Illinois, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies
April 10, 1963 Mike Devereaux, born in Casper, Wyoming, outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles
April 10, 1963 Warren DeMartini, heavy metal rocker, Dokken-Alone Again, Ratt
April 10, 1962 Cathy Turner, born in Rochester, New York, short track skater 1994 Olympics gold
April 10, 1962 Jukka Tammi, hockey goaltender, Team Finland 1998 Olympics Bronze
April 10, 1962 Steve Tasker, wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills
April 10, 1961 Jeb Adams, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Lt Jeb Pruitt-Baa Baa Black Sheep
April 10, 1961 Olivia Brown, born in Frankfurt GFR, actress, Det Trudy Joplin-Miami Vice
April 10, 1960 Julie Fulton, born in Evanston, Illinois, actress, Lime Steel
April 10, 1960 Afrika Bambaataa, American Musician
April 10, 1959 Brian Setzer, born in Massapequa Park, New York, rock guitarist and vocalist, Stray Cats
April 10, 1958 Ken Griffy, baseball player, Cin Reds, New York Yanks
April 10, 1957 John M. Ford, American Writer
April 10, 1955 Cary Middlecoff, golfer, Masters
April 10, 1955 Lesley Garrett, English Musician
April 10, 1954 Jouko Tormanen, born in Finland, 90m ski jumper, 1980 Olympics gold
April 10, 1954 Peter MacNicol, born in Dallas, Texas, actor, Chicago Hope, Sophie's Choice
April 10, 1953 David Moorcroft, British athlete
April 10, 1953 Terre Roche, rocker, Roches
April 10, 1951 Mark Roth, bowler, 4-time PBA Player of Year
April 10, 1951 Steven Seagal, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Above the Law, Hard to Kill
April 10, 1950 Dave Peverett, rocker, Foghat
April 10, 1950 Eddie Hazel, U.S. pop guitarist, Funkadelic-Uncle Jam Wants You
April 10, 1949 Frank de Leeuw, Dutch rock guitarist, Bob Color
April 10, 1948 Thomas Spencer, MEP, Conservative
April 10, 1947 Bunny Waller, vocalist and percussionist, Bob Marley and Wailers
April 10, 1947 Karl Russell, rocker
April 10, 1946 Armand, [Herman van Loenhout], singer, Blommenkinders
April 10, 1945 Vera Misevich, born in U.S.S.R., equestrian dressage, 1980 Olympics gold
April 10, 1944 Danny Woods, U.S. musician, CEO of the Board
April 10, 1941 Paul Theroux, American travel book writer, Mosquito Coast
April 10, 1940 Gloria Hunniford, British broadcaster and actress, Old Curiosity Shop
April 10, 1940 Chuck Norris, American Actor
April 10, 1939 Alan Rothenberg, U.S. Soccer President, 1990-
April 10, 1939 Daniel Oliver, born in New York City, CEO, Federal Trade Commission
April 10, 1938 Don Meredith, born in Mount Vernon, Texas, NFL QB, Cowboys, and Monday Night Football
April 10, 1937 Stan Mellor, British racehorse trainer and jockey
April 10, 1936 John Madden, NFL coach for the Oakland Raiders/sports commentator, CBS, FOX
April 10, 1936 Michael Naylor, insurance broker
April 10, 1936 Robert "Bobby" Smith, U.S. singer, Spinners
April 10, 1935 Jorge Mester, born in Mexico City, Mexico, conductor, Louisville Orch 1967-79
April 10, 1935 Patrick Garland, director, Doll House
April 10, 1934 David Halberstam, International correspondent, New York Times/Pulitzer 1964
April 10, 1934 Zsolt Durko, composer
April 10, 1933 Philip Corner, composer
April 10, 1933 Poncie Ponce, actor, Kazuo Kim-Hawaiian Eye
April 10, 1933 Robert Rhodes James, historian, Gallipoli
April 10, 1932 Adrian Henri, poet and president, Liverpool Academy of Arts
April 10, 1932 Delphine Seyrig, born in Beirut, Lebanon, actress, Freak Orlando, Reperages
April 10, 1932 Hari Rhodes, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Mike-Daktari, Roots
April 10, 1932 Mae Heriwentha Faggs Starr, born in New Jersey, 4x100m runner 1952 Olympics gold
April 10, 1932 Nathaniel Nelson, rocker, Flamingos
April 10, 1932 Omar Sharif, born in Egypt, actor, Dr. Zhivago, Top Secret
April 10, 1931 Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet
April 10, 1930 Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator, College of Justice, Scotland
April 10, 1930 Shuja-ud-Din, cricketer, batted in 19 Tests for Pakistan 1954-62
April 10, 1930 Ray Blanton, American Politician
April 10, 1929 Dusan Radic, composer
April 10, 1929 Max Von Sydow, born in Lund, Sweden, actor, Hawaii, Exorcist, Dune, Dreamscape
April 10, 1926 "Alvin" Junior Samples, born in Cummings, Georgia, country singer, Hee Haw
April 10, 1926 Jacques Casterede, composer
April 10, 1926 Johnnie Tillmon, civil rights activist, Natl Welfare Rights Assn
April 10, 1924 Johanna M van de Berg, actress, What See I?
April 10, 1924 Kenneth Noland, American Artist
April 10, 1923 Floyd M. Simmons, actor and decathlete Olympics bronze 1948, 1952
April 10, 1923 John Watkins, cricketer, South African all-rounder in 15 Tests 49-57
April 10, 1921 Chuck Connors, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa
April 10, 1921 Peter Herbert Penwarden, priest
April 10, 1921 Sheb Wooley, born in Erick, Oklahoma, vocalist, Purple People Eater, Hee Haw
April 10, 1917 Robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist, Nobel 1965
April 10, 1915 Harry Morgan, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, December Bride, M*A*S*H, Dragnet
April 10, 1915 Leo Vroman, Dutch/U.S. poet and biologist
April 10, 1914 E. A. V. "Foffie" Williams, cricketer, WI all-rounder 1939-48
April 10, 1914 Jack Badcock, cricketer, Tasmania Australian batsman of 30's
April 10, 1913 Stefan Heym, German/U.S. author, Crusaders, Family Benda
April 10, 1912 Clarke Hinkle, NFL fullback for the Green Bay Packers
April 10, 1912 Martin Denny, rocker and actor, Forbidden Island
April 10, 1912 Roy Hofheinz, engineer, Houston Astrodome
April 10, 1911 Maurice Schumann, French statesman/writer, La Voix du couvre-feu
April 10, 1910 Abu-Bakr Khairat, composer
April 10, 1910 David Gilroy Bevan, politician
April 10, 1909 Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish Businessman
April 10, 1908 Aidan Crawley, CEO, London Weekend TV
April 10, 1907 Pete Desjardins, U.S., platform and springboard diver 1928 Olympics gold
April 10, 1906 Fud Livingston, composer
April 10, 1906 Kathleen Major, principal, St. Hilda's College, England
April 10, 1906 Lili Darvas, born in Budapest, Hungary, actress, Szerelem, Cimmaron
April 10, 1905 Jan H van Roijen, diplomat and Netherland foreign minister
April 10, 1903 Clare Boothe Luce, U.S. ambassador, to Vatican
April 10, 1903 Nick Stuart, Romania, bandleader
April 10, 1900 Jean Duvieusart, premier, Belgium 1950
April 10, 1898 Hans Ehrke, German writer and poet, Narrenspiegel, Fuer
April 10, 1896 Edith Day, Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 10, 1894 Ben Nicholson, English painter and sculptor, Circle
April 10, 1892 Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, German anthropologist, Rassenkunde
April 10, 1892 Victor de Sabata, born in Trieste, Italy, conductor and composer, Il Macigno
April 10, 1891 Tim McCoy, Saginaw, Michigan
April 10, 1887 Bernardo A. Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel 1947
April 10, 1887 Heinz Tiessen, composer
April 10, 1886 Val Paul
April 10, 1882 Simon F H J Berkelbach Van der Sprenkel, theologist, Fear and Religion
April 10, 1880 Frances Perkins, 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position, Labor
April 10, 1877 Alfred Kubin, writer
April 10, 1873 George Black, Canadian Public Servant
April 10, 1868 George Arliss, born in London, England, actor, Devil, Green Goddess
April 10, 1864 Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist and composer, Golem
April 10, 1864 Tully Marshall, born in Nevada City, California
April 10, 1857 Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician and puzzle maker
April 10, 1854 Jozef M T Orelio, baritone
April 10, 1847 Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer
April 10, 1847 Joseph Pulitzer, born in Hungary, publisher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, New York World
April 10, 1835 Henry Villard, American Journalist
April 10, 1833 David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General Union volunteers
April 10, 1833 James Edward Rains, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1862
April 10, 1829 William Booth, founder, Salvation Army
April 10, 1827 Lewis Wallace, Major General Union volunteers and author, Ben Hur
April 10, 1827 Lew Wallace, American Soldier
April 10, 1823 Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General Confederate Army
April 10, 1808 Auguste Franchomme, composer
April 10, 1806 Leonidas Polk, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1864
April 10, 1797 Claude Ambroise Seurat, born in Troyes, France, World's skinniest man
April 10, 1794 Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan
April 10, 1783 Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands, 1806-10
April 10, 1778 William Hazlitt, essayist and critic
April 10, 1755 Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and originator of homeopathy
April 10, 1737 Francois Giroust, composer
April 10, 1695 Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator and historian
April 10, 1633 Werner Fabricius, composer
April 10, 1583 Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law
April 10, 1569 Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange and Anna of Saxon
April 10, 1512 James I, king of Scotland, 1513-42
April 10, 401 Theodosius II, the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor

April 10 events
April 10, 1998 Negotiators from various factions sign the Good Friday Agreement, a plan for peace in Northern Ireland.
April 10, 1995 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 24 performances
April 10, 1995 New York City bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more
April 10, 1994 "Les Miserables," opens at Hiten Theatre, Osaka
April 10, 1994 58th Golf Masters Championship: Jose M Olazabal wins, shooting a 279
April 10, 1993 BPAA U.S. Open by Del Ballard Jr
April 10, 1993 Ottawa Senators win 1st road game (Islanders) after 38 straight loses
April 10, 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak
April 10, 1992 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka
April 10, 1992 Floriade (Flower Show) opens at Hague, Netherlands
April 10, 1992 NHL strike ends after 10 days
April 10, 1991 Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138
April 10, 1991 Los Angeles King Wayne Gretzky scores NHL record 93rd playoff goal
April 10, 1991 Last automat (coin operated cafeteria) closes (3rd and 42nd St, New York City)
April 10, 1991 Martin Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:52.51)
April 10, 1990 CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma Japan
April 10, 1990 Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown
April 10, 1989 10th Emmy Sports Award presentation
April 10, 1989 24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams Jr, Alabama
April 10, 1989 Intel corp announces shipment of 80-486 chip
April 10, 1989 H. J. Heinz, Van Camp Seafood and Bumble Bee Seafood say they would not buy tuna caught in nets that also trap dolphins
April 10, 1988 52nd Golf Masters Championship: Sandy Lyle wins, shooting a 281
April 10, 1988 8th Golden Raspberry Awards: Leonard Part 6 wins
April 10, 1988 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA San Diego Inamori Golf Classic
April 10, 1988 Herschel Walker performs Fort Worth Ballet
April 10, 1988 Islanders beat Devils 5-4 (OT) 1st round tied at 2-2
April 10, 1986 "Big Deal" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 70 performances
April 10, 1986 Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan
April 10, 1986 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 10, 1985 At 80 Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game
April 10, 1985 Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals-Caps hold 1-0 lead
April 10, 1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission
April 10, 1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
April 10, 1984 John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games
April 10, 1984 U.S. Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors
April 10, 1983 Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit
April 10, 1983 Caps 3-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isles win series 3-2
April 10, 1983 Hennie Kuiper (Neth) wins Paris-Roubaix cycle race
April 10, 1983 Jordan king Hussein ceases negotiations with PLO
April 10, 1983 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
April 10, 1982 Los Angeles Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton in 3rd period, win in OT 6-5
April 10, 1982 Penguins 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Preliminary- Isles hold 2-1 lead
April 10, 1981 "Caveman" with Ringo premieres
April 10, 1981 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded
April 10, 1981 France performs nuclear test
April 10, 1981 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament
April 10, 1979 J. R. Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome
April 10, 1979 Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian and a Bulgarian
April 10, 1978 Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced
April 10, 1977 41st Golf Masters Championship: Tom Watson wins, shooting a 276
April 10, 1977 Beverly Klass wins LPGA Women's International Golf Satellite
April 10, 1977 Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inn game (3:17)
April 10, 1976 Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-Yanks win 9-7
April 10, 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title
April 10, 1975 Rangers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
April 10, 1974 American Boccaccio Association forms
April 10, 1974 Magicians Penn and Teller 1st meet
April 10, 1974 Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir
April 10, 1973 BEA flight to Basel Switz, crashes on landing, killing 104 of 143
April 10, 1973 Kansas City opens its new park, Royals Stadium, with 12-1 rout of Rangers
April 10, 1973 Pakistan suspends constitution
April 10, 1972 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars
April 10, 1972 U.S., U.S.S.R. and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
April 10, 1971 1st baseball game at Phila's Veterans Stadium, Phils beat Expos 4-1
April 10, 1971 U.S. table tennis team arrives in China PR
April 10, 1968 "George M!" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 435 performances
April 10, 1968 40th Academy Awards - "Heat of the Night," Rod Steiger and K Hepburn win
April 10, 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 10, 1967 39th Academy Awards - "Man For All Seasons," E Taylor and P Scofield win
April 10, 1964 Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project
April 10, 1964 Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf)
April 10, 1963 Thresher, U.S. atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston
April 10, 1963 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 10, 1962 1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Reds
April 10, 1962 1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2
April 10, 1962 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th HR
April 10, 1961 25th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 280
April 10, 1961 Adolf Eichmann tried as a war criminal in Israel
April 10, 1961 Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to John F. Kennedy about New Guinea
April 10, 1961 New Washington Senators loses 1st regular-season game 4-3 to White Sox
April 10, 1960 24th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 282
April 10, 1960 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
April 10, 1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
April 10, 1959 Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda
April 10, 1958 Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco
April 10, 1957 John Osborne's "Entertainer," premieres in London
April 10, 1957 Jordanian government of Naboelsi resigns
April 10, 1957 Suez canal reopens for all traffic
April 10, 1957 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test
April 10, 1956 Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs
April 10, 1956 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1
April 10, 1955 19th Golf Masters Championship: Cary Middlecoff wins, shooting a 279
April 10, 1955 9th NBA Championship: Syrac Nats beat Ft. Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 3
April 10, 1955 Dr. Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine
April 10, 1955 Ruth Ellis shoots jilting lover David Blakely
April 10, 1954 KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
April 10, 1953 "House of Wax," 1st 3-D movie, released (New York City)
April 10, 1953 7th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 1
April 10, 1949 13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282
April 10, 1948 Jewish Hagana repels an Arab attack on Mishmar HaEmek
April 10, 1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers)
April 10, 1947 King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned
April 10, 1946 1st election for Japanese Diet
April 10, 1945 Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech)
April 10, 1945 Canadian troops conquer Deventer
April 10, 1945 General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of "Fort Holland"
April 10, 1945 German troops attack Ijsselbrug
April 10, 1945 NFL's Boston Yanks and Brooklyn Tigers merge
April 10, 1945 U.S. troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa
April 10, 1945 U.S. troops liberate Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald, Germany
April 10, 1945 William Schuman and Antony Tudors ballet premieres in New York City
April 10, 1944 "Patrolling the Ether" is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously
April 10, 1944 Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazis
April 10, 1943 12 Jewish patients of Herren Loo-Lozenoord escape nazis
April 10, 1943 General Montgomery occupies Sfax Tunisia
April 10, 1942 Cigarettes and candy rationed in Holland
April 10, 1941 German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica
April 10, 1940 Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government"
April 10, 1939 Colijn's Dutch government opens camp Westerbork for German Jews
April 10, 1939 Grens mobilization due to Italian invasion in Albania
April 10, 1938 2nd government of Blum replaced by Daladier government in France
April 10, 1938 Austria becomes a state of Germany
April 10, 1938 New York makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license
April 10, 1936 200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena
April 10, 1935 Vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London
April 10, 1934 Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1
April 10, 1932 Paul von Hindenburg elected 1st German president (Hitler is 2nd)
April 10, 1930 George Headley scores 223 vs. England at Kingston
April 10, 1930 Synthetic rubber 1st produced
April 10, 1925 Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd)
April 10, 1925 Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F Scott Fitzgerald
April 10, 1924 Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play
April 10, 1923 Hitler demands "hatred and more hatred" in Berlin
April 10, 1917 Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers
April 10, 1916 1st professional golf tournament held
April 10, 1913 President Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball, Senators beat Yankees 2-1
April 10, 1913 Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings
April 10, 1912 RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st and last voyage
April 10, 1896 Spiridon Louis wins 1st Olympic marathon (2:58:50)
April 10, 1887 President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield, Illinois
April 10, 1887 Soccer team Be Quick forms in Hairs Groningen
April 10, 1884 U.S. Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo
April 10, 1882 Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco and Hawaii)
April 10, 1878 California St. Cable Car RR Co starts service
April 10, 1877 1st human cannonball act performed in London
April 10, 1877 Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia, South Carolina
April 10, 1872 1st National black convention meets in New Orleans
April 10, 1872 Arbor day 1st celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to Apr 22
April 10, 1871 William Hammond Hall's maps and surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted
April 10, 1869 Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9
April 10, 1868 1st performance of John Brahms' "Ein german Requiem"
April 10, 1868 Brits defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala
April 10, 1866 American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms
April 10, 1865 At Appomattox, Gen Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last
April 10, 1864 Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of Mexico
April 10, 1863 Rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tennessee
April 10, 1849 Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York City); sold rights for $100
April 10, 1845 More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa
April 10, 1841 New York "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley
April 10, 1835 Charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile
April 10, 1825 1st hotel in Hawaii opens
April 10, 1825 Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Leon
April 10, 1816 2nd Bank of U.S. chartered
April 10, 1815 Austria declares war on realm of Naples
April 10, 1790 Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth
April 10, 1790 U.S. Patent system forms
April 10, 1741 Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz
April 10, 1739 Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing
April 10, 1694 Duke Victor Amadeus of Savoye attacks Casale
April 10, 1656 Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo Ceylon
April 10, 1589 Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg
April 10, 1552 Henri II of France occupies Metz
April 10, 1516 1st ghetto, Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice
April 10, 1512 Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen
April 10, 1500 France captures duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan
April 10, 879 Louis III, crowned King of France
April 10, 847 St. Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
April 10, 837 Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AUs of Earth

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Approximately 140,307 people died worldwide on May 21, 1982.

People who died on May 21 (various years)
2006 - Billy Walker, American singer
2006 - Spencer Clark, American racecar driver
2006 - Katherine Dunham, American dancer
2006 - Cherd Songsri, Thai film director
2005 - Howard Morris, American comic actor and director
2003 - Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer
2003 - Frank D. White, American politician
2002 - Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist
2000 - Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur
2000 - Sir John Gielgud, British actor
2000 - Barbara Cartland, English author
1999 - Karnail "Bugz" Pitts, American rapper (D12)
1996 - Lash LaRue, American actor
1996 - Paul Delph, American musician and producer
1991 - Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
1988 - Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer
1984 - Ann Little, American actress
1981 - Patsy O'Hara, Irish hunger striker
1973 - Vaughn Monroe, American musician
1970 - E. L. Grant Watson, Australian biologist
1965 - Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer
1964 - James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate
1957 - Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer
1952 - John Garfield, American actor
1949 - Klaus Mann, German writer
1935 - Jane Addams, American social worker, Nobel laureate
1929 - Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1920 - Venustiano Carranza, 54th President of Mexico
1919 - Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician
1915 - Leonid Gobyato, Russian general
1911 - Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer
1895 - Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer
1894 - August Kundt, German physicist
1894 - Emile Henry, French anarchist
1879 - Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer
1862 - John Drew, Irish-born American actor
1844 - Giuseppe Baini, Italian composer
1790 - Thomas Warton, English poet
1786 - Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish chemist
1771 - Christopher Smart, English poet
1742 - Lars Roberg, Swedish physician
1724 - Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman
1719 - Pierre Poiret, French mystic
1690 - John Eliot, English Puritan missionary
1686 - (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist
1670 - Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer
1664 - Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman
1650 - James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish royalist
1647 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet
1639 - Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian
1607 - John Rainolds, English scholar
1542 - Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer
1524 - Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier
1512 - Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena
1481 - King Christian I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
1254 - Conrad IV of Germany
987 - King Louis V of France

I must be a God send... The day I was birthed was the day many notable Frenchmen kicked it. Would be more notable if they were also Canadian.

VIVA LA FRAN..... RETREAT!

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osnap I live by watkins glen, what a death trap that course is...

and autocross starts there on may 3rd

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Hey I'm in the lead~

Approximately 146,052 people died worldwide on July 26, 1989.

It gives me 0 notable deaths lol

and

Natural disasters in 1989

* Hurricane Hugo
* Loma Prieta earthquake
* 1989 Newcastle earthquake

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here you go Kny
Deaths
July 26, 2004 William Mitchell, food scientist, invented Pop Rocks, dies at 92
July 26, 2000 John Tukey, American Scientist
July 26, 1996 Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot, dies at 93
July 26, 1996 Evelyn Levine, composer, dies at 94
July 26, 1995 Eleanore Griffin, screenwriter, dies
July 26, 1995 George Romney, politician, dead Heart attack, dies at 88
July 26, 1995 Jaime de Mora y Aragon, actor/publicist (Last Judgement), dies at 70
July 26, 1995 Laurindo Almeida, composer/guitarist, dies at 76
July 26, 1994 Marino Iandioro, canned tomato pioneer, dies at 64
July 26, 1994 Thomas Davis, U.S. movie editor/son of MGM-chief Frank D, dies at 26
July 26, 1993 Daniel Fuchs, U.S., screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84
July 26, 1993 Matthew B Ridgway, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1953-55), dies at 98
July 26, 1992 Mary Wells, U.S. soul singer (My Guy), dies at 49
July 26, 1992 Ron Webber, dies of cancer at 60
July 26, 1990 Brent Mydland, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Grass Roots), dies at 38
July 26, 1987 Joe Liggins, U.S. composer (I've a Right to Cry), dies at 71
July 26, 1986 Averell Harriman, statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, New York at 94
July 26, 1984 Ed "Psycho" Gein, mass murderer (Psycho based on him), dies at 78
July 26, 1984 George Gallup, pioneer of public opinion polls, dies
July 26, 1982 Betty Walker, actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at 54
July 26, 1981 Donald Lybbert, composer, dies at 58
July 26, 1980 Alan Hoskins, dies
July 26, 1980 Kenneth Tynan, English Critic
July 26, 1977 Gena Branscombe, composer, dies at 95
July 26, 1977 Hans-Otto Borgmann, composer, dies at 75
July 26, 1977 Karac Plant, son of Robert Plant, dies of respratory failure at 6
July 26, 1975 Leigh Whipper, actor (Hidden Eye, Jungle Queen), dies at 98
July 26, 1974 Arthur K Watson, U.S. businessman (IBM), dies at 55
July 26, 1974 Charlotte MT "Lotte" Bartschart, actress (Dolle Lola), dies at 82
July 26, 1973 Mike Burke, President (New York Yankees)/dir (Madison Square Garden), dies
July 26, 1970 Claud Allister, actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet), dies at 81
July 26, 1969 Raymond Walburn, actor (Spoilers, Dixie), dies after illness at 81
July 26, 1968 Lilian Harvey, British actress (Congress Dances), dies
July 26, 1967 Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 79
July 26, 1959 Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (Amor), dies at 54
July 26, 1957 Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered
July 26, 1956 Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46
July 26, 1954 Hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26
July 26, 1953 Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies
July 26, 1952 Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33
July 26, 1952 Evita Peron, Argentinian Statesman
July 26, 1946 Morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies
July 26, 1944 Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies
July 26, 1942 Titus, [Anno S] Brandsma, philosopher (Dachau), dies
July 26, 1941 Benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies
July 26, 1941 Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb
July 26, 1925 William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65
July 26, 1920 Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83
July 26, 1918 Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies
July 26, 1916 Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52
July 26, 1915 James Murray, philologist, dies
July 26, 1910 Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71
July 26, 1881 George Borrow, writer, dies
July 26, 1872 Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84
July 26, 1863 Samuel Houston, 1st President of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70
July 26, 1836 Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45
July 26, 1826 Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82
July 26, 1819 George Leonard, American Lawyer
July 26, 1806 K vs. Gunderode, writer, dies at 26
July 26, 1801 Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86
July 26, 1770 Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65
July 26, 1728 John Friend, physician/politician, dies
July 26, 1719 Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43
July 26, 1712 Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80
July 26, 1680 John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies
July 26, 1677 Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68
July 26, 1630 Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies
July 26, 1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima
July 26, 1533 Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies
July 26, 1471 Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54
July 26, 1342 Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies
July 26, 811 Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle
July 26, 796 Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)


births
July 26, 1975 Joe Smith, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors
July 26, 1974 Bubba Wells, NBA forward, Dallas Mavericks
July 26, 1973 Jean Francois Bergeron, born in St. Jerome, Quebec, boxer 1996 Olympics
July 26, 1973 Peter Heijsteek, soccer player, DFC/Dordrecht '90
July 26, 1973 Kate Beckinsale, English Actress
July 26, 1972 Ryan Christopherson, NFL running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars
July 26, 1972 Sean Graham, CFL slot back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
July 26, 1972 Tydus Winans, NFL/CFL wide receiver, Washington Redskins, Roughriders
July 26, 1971 Neus Avila, born in Lerida, Spain, tennis star, Futures-Valencia-ESP 1995
July 26, 1971 Reggie Carthon, CFL defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
July 26, 1970 Kenny Wilhite, CFL defensive back for the Hamilton Tiger Cats
July 26, 1970 Phil Alley, cricketer, NSW left-arm pace bowler
July 26, 1969 Greg Colbrunn, born in Fontana, California, infielder for the Florida Marlins
July 26, 1969 Jonty Rhodes, South African cricket batsman, brilliant fielder
July 26, 1969 Marc Boutte, NFL defensive tackle for the Washington Redskins
July 26, 1969 Patrick Alfred Bates, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1994 NIKE Dakota Open
July 26, 1968 Laura Leighton, born in Iowa City, Iowa, actress, Sydney-Melrose Place
July 26, 1968 Mike Mohler, born in Dayton, Ohio, pitcher for the Oakland A's
July 26, 1967 David McKenzie, Footscray VIC, Australasia golfer
July 26, 1965 Jennifer Ashe, actress, As the World Turns
July 26, 1964 Jeremy Piven, born in New York City, actor, Spence-Ellen, Grosse Pointe Blank
July 26, 1964 Sandra Bullock, born in Washington D.C., actress, Speed, Net, Love and War
July 26, 1963 Andrew C Timmons, born in Scottsdale, Arizona, guitarist, Danger Danger-Screw It
July 26, 1963 Marianne Berglund, born in Sweden, cyclist, 1983 Ruffles Tour of Texas
July 26, 1962 Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper, world record 1988
July 26, 1962 Jody Reed, born in Tampa, Florida, infielder for the San Diego Padres
July 26, 1961 Andy Connel, rocker, Swingout Sister-Swingout
July 26, 1961 Gary Cherone, born in Boston, heavy metal vocalist, Extreme-More Than Words
July 26, 1961 Terri Nunn, rock vocalist, Berlin-Takes My Breath Away
July 26, 1961 Yolanda Chen, born in Moscow, Russia, triple jumper, indoor record
July 26, 1960 LaTaunya Pollard, born in Indiana, Olympics-1980, 84
July 26, 1960 Mitch Kahn, born in San Clemente, California, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics
July 26, 1959 Kevin Spacey, born in South Orange, New Jersey, actor, Dad, Henry and June, Darrow
July 26, 1958 Ramona Neubert, German DR, long jumper/pentathlete, Oly-4th-80
July 26, 1957 Jeff Blatnick, born in Schenectady, New York, wrestling, Oly-gold-1984
July 26, 1957 Nana Visitor, [Tucker], actress, Deep Space 9
July 26, 1957 Wayne Desmond Grady, born in Brisbane, Australia, PGA golfer, 1990 PGA
July 26, 1957 Wayne Grady, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
July 26, 1956 Dorothy Hamill, born in Riverside, Connecticut, figure skater 1976 Olympics gold
July 26, 1955 Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor, Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital
July 26, 1954 Lawrence Watt-Evans, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Sword of Bheleu
July 26, 1954 Vitas Gerulaitis, born in Brooklyn, New York, tennis star, Australia 1987
July 26, 1952 Ludmila Maslakova, U.S.S.R., relay runner 1980 Olympics silver
July 26, 1952 Scott David Cook, born in Glendale California, CEO, Intuit-Quicken
July 26, 1951 Robert Edwin Wadkins, Richmond, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1994 Kemper Open-2nd
July 26, 1951 William Surles "Bill" McArthur, Jr., North Carolina, astro, STS 58, 74, sk: 92
July 26, 1950 Paul McHale, Rep-D-Pennsylvania
July 26, 1950 Susan George, born in London, England, actress, Straw Dogs, Mandingo
July 26, 1949 Roger Taylor, British rock drummer, Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody
July 26, 1949 William M Shepherd, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Capt USN/astronaut, STS 27, 41, 52
July 26, 1949 Thaksin Shinawatra, Thai Politician
July 26, 1948 Norair Nurikian, Bulgari, bantam weight, Olympics gold 1972, 76
July 26, 1947 Pauline Clare, Chief Constable, Lancashire
July 26, 1946 Anne Wright, Vice-Chancellor, Sunderland U
July 26, 1945 Linda Harrison, born in Berlin, Maryland, actress, Bracken's World, Planet of Apes
July 26, 1945 Helen Mirren, born in England, actress, Cook Thief Wife
July 26, 1944 Kiel Martin, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues
July 26, 1944 Micki J King, springboard diver, Olympics gold 1972
July 26, 1944 Rimantas Antanas-Antonovich Stankiavichus, Russian cosmonaut
July 26, 1943 Mick Jagger, Eng, rock vocalist, Rolling Stone
July 26, 1943 Peter Hyams, director, 2010, Capricorn 1, Relic, Timecop
July 26, 1943 Roger Smalley, composer
July 26, 1942 Dobie Gray, Brookshire, Texas, singer, In Crowd
July 26, 1941 Bobby Hebb, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer and songwriter, Sunny
July 26, 1941 Brenton Wood, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, rocker, Gimme Little Sign
July 26, 1941 Darlene Love, singer and actress, Lethal Weapon
July 26, 1941 Hans Gualtherie van Weezel, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA
July 26, 1940 Brian Mawhinney, chairman, British Conservative Party
July 26, 1940 Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedy's driving buddy
July 26, 1939 John Howard, Australian Statesman
July 26, 1938 Keith Peters, physician
July 26, 1938 Peter Hall, diplomat
July 26, 1936 Antonio Mastrogiovanni, composer
July 26, 1936 Kathryn Hays, New York City, actress, Kim Hughes-As the World Turns
July 26, 1934 Anthony Gilbert, composer
July 26, 1933 Lance Percival, actor/singer, Darling Lili, Our Miss Fred
July 26, 1931 A M F, Sandy, Ross, managing-director, Mary Quant
July 26, 1931 Takashi Ono, Japan, gymnist, Olympics gold 1956, 60
July 26, 1930 Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes
July 26, 1929 Alexis Weissenberg, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, pianist, Levintritt-1948
July 26, 1929 Jean Shepherd, humorist, Playboy satire Award 1966, 1967, 1969
July 26, 1929 Joseph Jackson, American Businessman
July 26, 1928 Hans Haselbock, composer
July 26, 1928 Stanley Kubrick, born in Bronx, New York, director, 2001, Dr. Strangelove, Lolita
July 26, 1928 Tadeusz Baird, Polish composer, Giocosa
July 26, 1927 G S Ramchand, cricketer, valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India
July 26, 1927 M H W Wells, CEO, Charterhouse Japhet
July 26, 1926 Barbara Jefford, actress, Saint, Reunion, Ulysses
July 26, 1926 Don Carter, bowling great, 1st PBA president
July 26, 1926 James Best, born in Corydon, Indiana, actor, Savages, Sounder, Rolling Thunder
July 26, 1924 Elias Motsoaledi, South African Umkhonto we Sizwe-commandant
July 26, 1924 John Kilgour, director of prison medical services, Home Office
July 26, 1924 Louis Bellson, Rock Falls, Illinois, orch leader, Pearl Bailey Show
July 26, 1923 Peter Carey, permanent secretary, DTI
July 26, 1923 [James] Hoyt Wilhelm, knuckleball pitcher, Orioles
July 26, 1922 Andrzej Koszewski, composer
July 26, 1922 Blake Edwards, born in Oklahoma, writer and director, 10, SOB, Breakfast at Tiffany's
July 26, 1922 Frank Price, CEO, British Waterways Board
July 26, 1922 Jason Robards, Jr., Chicago, actor, A Thousand Clowns, Any Wednesday
July 26, 1922 Marjorie Lord, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Kathy-Danny Thomas Show
July 26, 1920 Bob Waterfield, NFL QB, Rams
July 26, 1919 James Lovelock, scientist
July 26, 1919 Kenneth Snowman, antiquarian
July 26, 1917 Bertil Nordahl, born in Sweden, soccer player 1948 Olympics gold
July 26, 1917 Richard Desborough Burnell, born in England, double sculls 1948 Olympics gold
July 26, 1914 Ralph Hunsecker Blane, songwriter
July 26, 1913 Lou Salica, U.S., flyweight boxer, Olympic-bronze-1932
July 26, 1913 Vivian Vance, comic sidekick
July 26, 1912 Derek Riches, diplomat
July 26, 1909 Gerardina I "Diny" van Amstel, Dutch actress, Dijntje and Trijntje
July 26, 1908 Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president, 1970-73
July 26, 1907 Gioconda de Vito, violinist
July 26, 1907 Istvan Pelle, Hungary, gymnist 1932 Olympics gold
July 26, 1906 Armando Jose Fernandes, composer
July 26, 1904 Jack Allan Westrup, composer
July 26, 1903 Donald Voorhees, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, conductor, Bell Telephone Hour
July 26, 1902 Gracie Allen, born in San Francisco, California, Mrs. George Burns/comedian, Burns and Allen
July 26, 1901 John Bleifer, born in Zawiercie, Poland, actor, Highway to Heaven
July 26, 1899 Carel C van Essen, Dutch archaeologist, Italian and Roman art
July 26, 1899 Danton Walker, Mariette, Georgia, columnist, Broadway Spotlight
July 26, 1897 Paul Gallico, New York, novelist
July 26, 1896 Charles Butterworth, U.S., lawyer/actor, Mad Genius
July 26, 1896 Evelyn Preer, U.S. actress, Homesteader, Spider's Webs
July 26, 1895 Jerry Verno, born in London, England, actor, River of Unrest, Sweeney Todd
July 26, 1895 Robert Graves, Irish Novelist
July 26, 1894 Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian, Henric van Veldeken
July 26, 1894 Aldous Huxley, born in Surrey, England, author, Brave New World
July 26, 1893 George Grosz, German painter, Gott mit uns
July 26, 1892 Pearl Buck, prize winning novelist
July 26, 1892 Philipp Jarnach, composer
July 26, 1891 Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian
July 26, 1888 M Jouhandeau, writer
July 26, 1885 Andre Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer
July 26, 1881 Alexander J Kropholler, architect
July 26, 1877 Hubert Ahaus, missionary, Harvest Fields
July 26, 1877 Jesse Livermore, American Businessman
July 26, 1876 Ernest Schelling, Belvidere, New Jersey, composer and conductor, Victory Ball
July 26, 1875 Carl G. Jung, Swiss Psychologist
July 26, 1875 Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist
July 26, 1875 Antonio Machado, Spanish Poet
July 26, 1874 Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor, Boston Symp
July 26, 1872 George Louis Beer, historian, authority on British colonies
July 26, 1866 Francesco Cilea, composer
July 26, 1865 Philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament, SPD, /mayor of Kassel
July 26, 1863 Jazeps Witols, composer
July 26, 1860 Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer, Colombia-Panama
July 26, 1858 Tommy Garrett, cricketer, original Australian Test player
July 26, 1856 George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist, Pygmalion-Nobel 1925
July 26, 1842 Alfred Marshall, London, economist
July 26, 1829 August Beernaert, Belgian premier, 1884-94, Nobel-1909
July 26, 1820 John Marshall Jones, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1864
July 26, 1805 Constantine Brumidi, artist, Myrtle Murdock
July 26, 1802 Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician
July 26, 1801 John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Commander Union Navy, died in 1867
July 26, 1799 Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings
July 26, 1796 George Catlin, U.S., author/painter, American Indian scenes
July 26, 1791 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM
July 26, 1782 John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer, Nocturnes
July 26, 1739 George Clinton, New York, D-R, 4th VP, 1805-12
July 26, 1694 Johann Samuel Endler, composer
July 26, 1678 Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor, 1705-11
July 26, 1467 Ferdinand II, King of Naples

events
July 26, 2005 Shuttle Discovery STS-114 launches, first flight since Columbia disaster
July 26, 1998 19th U.S. Senior Golf Open ends at Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, California
July 26, 1998 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic
July 26, 1994 Cambodia's Red Khmer surprise attack on train, kills 13
July 26, 1994 Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed
July 26, 1993 Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed
July 26, 1993 Mars Observer takes 1st photo of Mars, from 5 billion km
July 26, 1992 "Man of La Mancha" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 108 performances
July 26, 1992 47th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan
July 26, 1992 England honors her dead soldiers in the Falkland Is war
July 26, 1992 Kiss Guitarist Paul Stanley weds Pamela Bowen
July 26, 1992 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for 23rd consecutive seasons
July 26, 1992 Rocker Paul Stanley (Kiss) weds model Pamela Bowen
July 26, 1991 CFL assumes ownership of Ottawa Rough Riders
July 26, 1991 Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th
July 26, 1990 General Hospital tapes its 7,000th episode
July 26, 1990 President Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act
July 26, 1990 Roseanne Barr sings National Anthem at Reds-Padres game
July 26, 1990 U.S. beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games
July 26, 1988 Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies and New York Mets end that game at 2:13 AM
July 26, 1987 Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball HOF
July 26, 1987 Stephen Roche wins Tour de France
July 26, 1986 Lebanese kidnappers released Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco
July 26, 1984 Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single
July 26, 1984 Kuhn announces Vida Blue is suspended due to cocaine conviction
July 26, 1984 Pitcher Vida Blue suspended for rest of 1984 due to drug use
July 26, 1983 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-8
July 26, 1983 Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czech sets 800m woman's record (1:53.28)
July 26, 1983 Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io
July 26, 1982 Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by U.S. Delta rocket
July 26, 1982 Karen Dianne Baldwin, 18, of Canada, crowned 31st Miss Universe
July 26, 1981 2 climbers fall 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela
July 26, 1981 36th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley
July 26, 1981 New York Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant
July 26, 1979 Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, Texas (national record)
July 26, 1978 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
July 26, 1978 Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run
July 26, 1977 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test
July 26, 1975 Soyuz 18B returns to Earth
July 26, 1974 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
July 26, 1974 U.S.S.R.'s Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3
July 26, 1973 Peter Shaffers "Equus," premieres in London
July 26, 1971 Apollo 15 launched (Scott and Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon
July 26, 1970 Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive home runs of Phillies Steve Carlton
July 26, 1969 Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific
July 26, 1967 Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18
July 26, 1966 WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, NH (NBC) begins broadcasting
July 26, 1965 Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
July 26, 1964 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open
July 26, 1964 Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud and conspiracy
July 26, 1964 Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die
July 26, 1963 Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000+
July 26, 1963 U.S. Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched
July 26, 1962 Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba
July 26, 1962 Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher
July 26, 1960 Italian government of Fanfani forms
July 26, 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Western Golf Open
July 26, 1958 Army launches 4th U.S. successful satellite, Explorer IV
July 26, 1957 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200
July 26, 1957 U.S.S.R. launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile
July 26, 1956 Egypt seizes Suez Canal
July 26, 1955 37th PGA Championship: Doug Ford at Meadowbrook CC Detroit
July 26, 1955 Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester
July 26, 1955 Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers
July 26, 1954 WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
July 26, 1953 Fidel Castro begins rebellion, the "26th of July Movement," against Fulgenico Batista's regime
July 26, 1952 King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday]
July 26, 1952 Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer
July 26, 1951 Netherlands ends state of war with Germany
July 26, 1950 Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits home runs twice in a game
July 26, 1950 KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites
July 26, 1949 WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
July 26, 1948 "Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance
July 26, 1948 1st black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show
July 26, 1948 Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a New York Giant
July 26, 1948 President Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment and opportunity" in armed forces
July 26, 1947 Department of Defense forms
July 26, 1947 National Security Act establishes CIA
July 26, 1946 President Truman orders desegregation of all U.S. forces
July 26, 1945 After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM
July 26, 1945 Declaration of Potsdam: US/Brit/China demands Japanese surrender
July 26, 1945 Japanese government disregards U.S. ultimatum
July 26, 1945 U.S. cruiser Indianapolis reaches Tinian with atom bomb
July 26, 1945 Winston Churchill resigns as Britain's PM
July 26, 1944 Japanese suicide attack on U.S. lines in Guam
July 26, 1944 Russian troops arrive in Weichsel
July 26, 1944 U.S. offensive at St-Lo/2nd Armour div occupies St. Gilles
July 26, 1943 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record)
July 26, 1943 Otto Skorzeny's commando group arrives in Rome
July 26, 1942 RAF bombs Hamburg
July 26, 1942 RC churches protest, Dutch bishops stand against spread of Judaism
July 26, 1941 "Camp Amersfoort" opened by Germany occupiers
July 26, 1941 1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague
July 26, 1941 U.S. embargo on oil-export to Japan
July 26, 1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs
July 26, 1938 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC
July 26, 1933 Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League
July 26, 1928 Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
July 26, 1928 Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1
July 26, 1926 National Bar Association incorporates
July 26, 1926 Philippines government asks U.S. to plebiscite for independence
July 26, 1918 Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites and 1 black killed)
July 26, 1917 J. Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice
July 26, 1915 International School for Wijsbegeerte forms
July 26, 1914 Austrian-Hungary condemns Serbian ultimatum
July 26, 1914 British Min of Navy Winston Churchill orders British fleet to remain
July 26, 1914 German chief of staff/gen von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium
July 26, 1908 Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice
July 26, 1902 Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford
July 26, 1897 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record)
July 26, 1891 Henry James' "American," premieres in London
July 26, 1887 1st Esperanto book published
July 26, 1882 Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut
July 26, 1881 French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax
July 26, 1866 Canoe Club opens in England
July 26, 1865 Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)
July 26, 1864 Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS---
July 26, 1864 Riot at Stoneman's to Macon GA, US1000 CS---
July 26, 1864 Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie]
July 26, 1863 Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan and 364 troops surrender
July 26, 1858 Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament
July 26, 1848 1st Woman's Rights Convention, Senecca Falls, New York
July 26, 1847 Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society
July 26, 1847 Moses Garrish Farmer builds 1st miniature train for children to ride
July 26, 1835 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii
July 26, 1832 HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo
July 26, 1826 Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews
July 26, 1822 Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin
July 26, 1805 Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die
July 26, 1790 U.S. passes Assumption bill making U.S. responsible for state debts
July 26, 1788 New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution
July 26, 1788 Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists
July 26, 1775 1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office
July 26, 1760 Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie
July 26, 1759 French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY
July 26, 1758 British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg
July 26, 1757 Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland
July 26, 1678 England and Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France
July 26, 1663 France annexes Venaissin
July 26, 1656 Rembrandt declares he is insolvent
July 26, 1588 John Hawkins becomes a knight
July 26, 1579 Francis Drake leaves San Francisco to cross Pacific Ocean
July 26, 1576 Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst
July 26, 1529 Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru
July 26, 1524 James I (12) becomes king of Scotland
July 26, 1519 Pizarro receives royal charter for South American west coast
July 26, 1499 Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island
July 26, 1497 "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork
July 26, 1267 Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV
July 26, 811 Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine

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Hmm... I wonder why it doesn't show me the list of dead folks etc.

Anyway... it appears as though this site is also a fortune-teller...

Approximately 160,929 people died worldwide on February 29, 2008. (That's tomorrow <.<)

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got that info from brainyhistory

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Approximately 147,079 people died worldwide on November 07, 1990.

I be winning fgts

unusual Deaths in 1990

* Joseph w. burrus, aged 32, an aspiring magician, decided to perform the "buried alive" illusion in a plastic box covered with cement. the cement crushed the box and he died of asphyxia.
* George allen, an american football coach, died a month after some of his players gave him a gatorade shower following a victory (as it is tradition in american football). some argue this resulted in pneumonia.

Natural disasters in 1990

* 1990 Iran earthquake
* 1990 Luzon earthquake

People who died on November 07 (various years)

* 2006 - Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist
* 2006 - Johnny Sain, American baseball pitcher
* 2006 - Bryan Pata, American football defensive tackle (University of Miami) (murdered)
* 2005 - Harry Thompson, English-born comedian and novelist
* 2005 - Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian-born Nazi war criminal
* 2004 - Howard Keel, American actor
* 2002 - Rudolf Augstein, German publisher
* 2001 - Nida Blanca, Filipino actress
* 2000 - Queen Ingrid, Queen Dowager of Denmark
* 2000 - C Subramaniam, Indian politician
* 1996 - Jaja Wachuku, Nigerian Lawyer and First Foreign Affairs Minister
* 1994 - Shorty Rogers, American jazz musician
* 1992 - Jack Kelly, American actor
* 1992 - Alexander Dubček, Slovakian politician
* 1991 - Tom of Finland, Finnish fetish artist
* 1991 - Carter Cornelius, American R&B musician (Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose)
* 1983 - Germaine Tailleferre, French composer
* 1980 - Steve McQueen, American actor
* 1978 - Gene Tunney, heavyweight boxing champion
* 1974 - Eric Linklater, British author
* 1968 - Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician
* 1967 - John Nance Garner, U.S. Congressman and Vice President
* 1966 - Rube Bressler, Baseball player
* 1962 - Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States
* 1959 - Victor McLaglen, British-born actor (b. 1883
* 1944 - Hannah Szenes, Jew woman who parachute into Yugoslavia during the Second World War in order to help save the Jews of Hungary
* 1944 - Richard Sorge, Soviet spy
* 1943 - Dwight Frye, American actor
* 1922 - Sam Thompson, baseball player
* 1919 - Hugo Haase, German politician and jurist
* 1913 - Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist
* 1910 (O.S.) - Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist
* 1906 - Heinrich Seidel, German engineer, poet and writer
* 1872 - Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician
* 1837 - Elijah P. Lovejoy, American abolitionist
* 1713 - Elizabeth Barry, English actress
* 1642 - Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, English politician
* 1639 - Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, English politician
* 1633 - Cornelius Jacobszoon Drebbel, Dutch inventor
* 1620 - Hetman Stanisław Żólkiewski polish commander in the Battle of Ţuţora (1620)
* 1599 - Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon
* 1581 - Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar
* 1574 - Solomon Luria, Maharshal
* 1225 - Engelbert II of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne

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Sefsig pwns

Approximately 136,964 people died worldwide on March 17, 1978.

Unusual Deaths in 1978

* Georgi markov, a bulgarian dissident, was assassinated by poisoning in london by an unknown assailant who jabbed him in the calf with a specially modified umbrella that fired a metal pellet with a small cavity full of ricin poison.
* Janet parker, a british medical photographer, died of smallpox in 1978, ten months after the disease was eradicated in the wild, when a researcher at the laboratory parker worked at accidentally released some virus into the air of the building. she is believed to be the last smallpox fatality in history.

Natural disasters in 1978

* Bossier City, LA Tornado
* Cold wave of 1978
* Great Blizzard of 1978
* Northeastern United States Blizzard of 1978
* 1978 Singapore flood
* 1978 Whippoorwill Tornado

People who died on March 17 (various years)

* 2007 - Roger Bennett, American Southern Gospel performer
* 2007 - John Backus, American computer scientist
* 2006 - Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor
* 2006 - Ray Meyer, American basketball coach
* 2006 - Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer
...yadayada...
# 1516 - Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence
# 1425 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun
# 1272 - Emperor Go-Saga of Japan
# 1199 - Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow
# 1058 - King Lulach I of Scotland
# 1040 - Harold Harefoot, King of England
# 659 - Gertrude of Nivelles, Belgian abbess
# 493 - Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland
# 180 - Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (b. 121)
# 45 BC - Gnaeus Pompeius, the Younger, Roman general
# 45 BC - Titus Labienus, Roman leader

I Fkn Win.

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that site is the biggest bullshit ever

Approximately 109,944 people died worldwide on June 06, 1944

I thought like a few more thousand people died that day -.-

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Thank you for the Signature Kny
u tah King

[92 Merit Points]

Jeez, way to take something for fun and make it so literal.


GAWD BUZZKILL!

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