wcw43921 Posted July 10 Report Share Posted July 10 Joe Shuster was born 110 years ago today. He provided illustrations for the 1942 novel by George Lowther. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 Giorgio Armani is 90 today. Suzanne Vega and Richie Sambora are 65 today. Craig Charles (Red Dwarf) is 60. Ned Boulting (who does the Tour de France commentary) is 55 today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 Gregory(The Hurricane) Helms (wrestler) is 50 today. Sami Zayn (wrestler) is 40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 Wole Soyinka (Nobel prize laureate) is 90 today as is Aleksei Yeliseyev (Cosmonaut). Erno Rubik is 80. Louise Mandrell (singer) is 70. Jarno Trulli (Formula 1 driver) is 50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 (edited) It's Bastille Day ! July 14th 2017 Last time a French rider won on the Tour de France on Bastille Day. Warren Barguil July 14th 2005 David Moncoutie wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 2004 Richard Virenque wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 2001 Laurent Jalabert wins the stage on the Tour de France for France for the first time in the 21st Century July 14th 1997 Laurent Brochard wins the stage on the Tour de France for France for the last time in the 20th Century July 14th 1995 Laurent Jalabert wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1989 Vincent Barteau wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1980 Mario Martinez wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1975 Bernard Thevenet wins the stage on the Tour de France for France and goes on to win the Tour July 14th 1971 Bernard Labourdette wins one of the two stages on the Tour de France for France on this date July 14th 1970 Bernard Thevenet wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1969 Raymond Delisle wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1968 Roger Pingeon wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1964 Jacques Anquetil wins the last stage of the Tour de France and the Tour itself. July 14th 1961 Jacques Anquetil wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1957 Jean Bourles wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1954 Jacques Vivier wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1953 Jean Robic wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1949 Emile Idee wins the stage for the first time since the Tour resumed after World War II July 14th 1939 Amedee Fournier wins the stage in the last Tour contested before World War II July 14th 1931 Charles Pelissier wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1930 Charles Pelissier wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1928 Antonin Magne wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1923 Henri Pelissier wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1911 Charles Crupelandt wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1907 Marcel Cadolle wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1906 Georges Passerieu wins the stage on the Tour de France for France July 14th 1905 Louis Trousselier wins the stage on the Tour de France for France Edited July 14 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 15 Report Share Posted July 15 Trevor Horn (The Buggles) is 75 today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 Miguel Indurain who won the Tour de France five times in a row is 60 today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 17 Report Share Posted July 17 Catherine Schell is 80 today. An actress she has appeared in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Dr Who (City of Death) and Space 1999. She was also in the Return of the Pink Panther playing Lady Litton. Geezer Butler (of Black Sabbeth) is 75 today. Angela Merkel (former Chancellor of Germany) is 70 today. As is J Michael Straczynski. Heather Langenkamp is 60 today. (Actress known for Nightmare of Elm Street as a Final Girl). The actor Jason Clarke is 55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 18 Report Share Posted July 18 This is the 200th day of the year as it is a leap year July 18th 477 BC Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army in the Battle of Cremera July 18th 397 BC Battle of the Allia. The Gauls defeat the Romans and this leads to the sack of Rome July 18th 1925 Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf July 18th 1976 Nadia Comaneci scores a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the Montreal Olympic Games Brian Auger (of Bryan Auger and Trinity who did This Wheel’s On Fire) is 85 today as is Dion Dimucci (better known as Dion), Dennis Lillie (Australian cricketer) is 75, Ricky Skaggs is 70 David Hemery is 80 (British athlete and Olympic champion), Wendy Williams (talk show host) is 60, The Great Sasuke (Japanese wrestler) is 55, Joey Mercury (wrestler) is 45 Born this day William Makepeace Thackeray, Virgil Earp (U.S. Marshal), W.G. Grace (cricketer), Margaret Brown (the unsinkable Molly Brown), Vidkun Quisling (Norwegian traitor), Machine Gun Kelly (gangster), Andrei Gromyko (Soviet politician), Hume Cronyn (actor), Red Skelton (actor), Gino Bartali (Italian cyclist), Nelson Mandela (Nobel prize laureate, President of South Africa), John Glenn (astronaut), Michael Medwin (British actor), Screaming Jay Hawkins (R+B singer and musician), Roald Hoffman (Nobel prize laureate), Hunter S Thompson, Paul Verhoeven (director), James Brolin, Frank Farian (German producer and the man behind Milli Vanilli), Martha Reeves (of Martha Reeves and the Vandellas), Carlos Colon Snr (wrestler), Hartmut Michel (Nobel prize laureate), Richard Branson, Nick Faldo, Elizabeth McGovern (actress), Vin Diesel, M.I.A. (English rapper), Kelly Reilly (Yellowstone actress), Kristen Bell (actress), Priyanka Chopra (Miss world 2000), James Norton (actor), Chace Crawford (actor in The Boys), Mandy Rose (wrestler) Died this day Godfrey of Bouillon (one of the leaders of the First Crusade), Caravaggio (artist), John Paul Jones (admiral), Jane Austin (author), Thomas Cook, Machine Gun Kelly (gangster), Corneille Heymans (Nobel prize laureate), Jack Hawkins (actor), Nico (actress and singer), William Westmoreland (American general), Henry Allingham (World War 1 soldier and one of the oldest people who lived), Alex Rocco (actor played Moe Greene in the Godfather), Adrian Cronauer (inspired Good Morning Vietnam), Tom O’Connor (British comedian and game show host) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 19 Report Share Posted July 19 July 19th 711 AD Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad beat the Visgoths under Roderic at the battle of Guadalete https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Guadalete July 19th 939 AD King Ramiro II of Leon defeats the Moorish army under Caliph Abd al Rahman III near the city of Simancas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Simancas July 19th 998 The Fatamids defeat the Byzantines at the battle of Apamea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Apamea July 19th 1333 The English defeat the Scots at the battle of Halidon Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Halidon_Hill July 19th 1702 The Swedish army under King Charles XII defeats a Polish Saxon army twice its size under King Augustus II the Strong at the battle of Kliszow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kliszów July 19th 1903 Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France July 19th 1916 The battle of Fromelles begins as part of the Somme offensive. Described as the worst 24 hours of in Australia's entire history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_at_Fromelles July 19th 1940 Battle of Cape Spada, the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash in the Mediterranean with the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinking with the loss of 121 lives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Spada July 19th 1952 Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland July 19th 1980 Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia Born this day Samuel Colt, Edgar Degas (painter), Lizzie Borden, Charles Horace Mayo (founder of the Mayo clinic), Florence Foster Jenkins (singer). A. J. Cronin, Pat Hingle (actor), Ilie Nastase (tennis player), Brian May, Robert Gibson (wrestler), Campbell Scott (actor), Anthony Edwards (actor), Evelyn Glennie (Scottish musician who is deaf), Nicola Sturgeon (Scottish politician), Vitali Klitschko (boxer), Benedict Cumberbatch, Jinder Mahal (wrestler), Jared Padalecki (actor Supernatural) Died this day Jack Warden (actor), Mel Smith (British comedian), James Garner (actor), Rutger Hauer (Dutch actor) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 21 Report Share Posted July 21 July 20: Humans landed on the Moon for the first time (1969), Viking 1 landed successfully on Mars (1976; this was the first successful unmanned landing on Mars). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 21 Report Share Posted July 21 Ross Kemp is 60 today. British actor known for hardman roles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 Bonnie Langford is 60 today as is David Spade. Franke Potente is 50 (she was Bourne's girlfriend in the first two Damon films) Greg LeMond won his third Tour de France on this day in 1990, the last American to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 D B Woodside is 55 today (actor in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lucifer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 Roger Taylor of Queen is 75 today, Kevin Spacey is 65, Sandra Bullock is 60, Paralympian athlete Dame Tanni Grey Thompson is 55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 The author Robert Rankin is 75 today, Triple H (wrestler) is 55 today, Shannon Moore (wrestler) is 45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 28 Report Share Posted July 28 July 28th 1364 AD The Republic of Florence defeats the Republic of Pisa in the battle of Cascina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cascina July 28th 1794 Robespierre and St Just are executed by guillotine in Paris July 28th 1809 Sir Arthur Wellesey's army of British, Portuguese and Spanish defeats a French force under Joseph Bonaparte at the battle of Talavera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Talavera July 28th 1868 The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution establishes African American citizenship and due process under the law July 28th 1883 A moderate earthquake on the Italian island of Ischia causes 2,300 deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_Casamicciola_earthquake July 28th 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia igniting World War I July 28th 1935 First flight of the Boeing B17 Flying Fortress July 28th 1939 The Sutton Hoo Helmet is discovered https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Hoo_helmet July 28th 1942 Stalin issues Order No 227 famous for its line 'Not One Step Back !'. Anyone absent from their post or retreating without orders will be tried by a military court with punishments ranging from service in a penal battalion, exile to a gulag or execution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_No._227 July 28th 1943 Operation Gomorrah. The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg in Germany creating a firestorm that leads to 42,000 civilian deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Hamburg_in_World_War_II July 28th 1945 An army B25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_Empire_State_Building_B-25_crash July 28th 1957 Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, Western Kyushu Japan kills 992 July 29th 1976 The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 on the Richter scale flattens Tangshan and kills 242,769 and injures 164,851 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Tangshan_earthquake July 28th 1984 the Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles July 28th 2001 Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win 6 gold meals in a single World Championship meeting July 28th 2002 Nine coal miners are rescued from a flooded mine after spending 77 hours underground in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quecreek_Mine_rescue July 28th 2010 Airblue flight 202 crashes into hills in Pakistan killing all 152 on board, the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan's history and the first to feature an Airbus A321 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airblue_Flight_202 July 28th 2018 Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race Lori Loughlin is 60 today, Dana White (U.F.C. president) is 55, Elizabeth Berkley (actress) is 50, John David Washington (actor, son of Denzel) is 40 Born this day Gerald Manley Hopkins (poet), Marcel Duchamp (artist and sculptor), Beatrix Potter (children's author and illustrator), Rudy Vallee (actor and singer), Earl Tupper (founded Tupperware Brands), Sir Karl Popper ( philosopher and academic), Charles Hard Townes (Nobel prize laureate), Andrew V McLaglen (director), Jacqueline Bouvier (later Kennedy Onassis), Sir Garfield Sobers (cricketer who once six sixes off one over and it was televised), Jim Davis (creator of Garfield), Sally Struthers (actress), Hugo Chavez (Venezualan President), Terry Fox (runner and activist), Cher Lloyd (singer) Died this day Robert Blackadder (bishop of Glasgow and yes that name is real), Thomas Cromwell (Chancellor of Britain, executed), Cyrano de Bergerac, Antonio Vivaldi (composer and violinist), Johann Sebastian Bach (composer), Joseph Bonaparte (not in the battle of Talavera above, diplomat, brother of Napoleon), Allvar Gullstrand (Nobel prize laureate), Sir Flinders Petrie (archaeologist and academic), Saint Alphonsa (first Indian woman canonized by the Catholic Church), Otto Hahn (Nobel prize laureate), Frank Loesser (composer), Rosalie Crutchley (actress), Lenny McLean (actor, boxer and author), Trygve Haavelmo (Nobel Prize laureate), Archer John Porter Martin (Nobel prize laureate), Francis Crick (Nobel prize laureate), Eileen Brennan (actress), Bernard Cribbins (actor) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 July 29th 587 BC The Neo-Babylonian empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(587_BC) July 29th 923 AD Lombard forces defeat the dethroned Emperor Berenger I of Italy at the battle of Firenzuola https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Firenzuola July 29th 1014 The Byzantine empire defeats the Bulgarians at the battle of Kleidon. 15,000 Bulgarian prisoners are then blinded https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kleidion July 29th 1018 Count Dirk III defeats the army of Holy Roman Emperor Henry II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vlaardingen July 29th 1030 King Olaf II dies trying to reclaim his throne from the Danes in the battle of Stiklestad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stiklestad July 29th 1148 The siege of Damascus ends with a decisive defeat for the Crusader army and leads to the disintegration of the Second Crusade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Damascus_(1148) July 29th 1693 Battle of Landen. France defeats an Allied force in what is now Belgium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Landen July 29th 1900 King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by an anarchist. Umberto's son Victor Emmanuel III succeeds him to the throne. July 29th 1910 The Slocum massacre begins in Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slocum_massacre July 29th 1948 The Summer Olympic Games in London begins July 29th 1950 The No Gun Ri massacre concludes as the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment are withdrawn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Gun_Ri_massacre July 29th 1967 Fire breaks out on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal leading to 134 deaths and 161 injuries, the worst disaster for the US Navy since World War II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_fire July 29th 1973 The Dutch Grand Prix is marred by the death of driver Roger Williamson July 29th 1976 The Son of Sam attacks begin July 29th 1981 Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's cathedral watched by an estimated TV audience of 750 million https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Prince_Charles_and_Lady_Diana_Spencer July 29th 1987 Britain and France sign an agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel Leslie Easterbrook (actress inn Police Academy) is 75 today, Patti Scialfa (musician, member of the E Street Band and Bruce Springsteen's wife) is 65, Josh Radnor (actor) is 50 Born this day Maria Ouspenskaya (Russian-American actress), Benito Mussolini, Theda Bara (actress), William Powell (actor), Eyvind Johnson (Nobel prize laureate), Clara Bow (actress), Dag Hammarskjold (2nd US secretary general and Nobel prize laureate), Thelma Todd (actress), Erich Priebke (Nazi war criminal responsible for the Ardeatine Massacre), Rochus Misch (German SS officer and last survivor of the FuhrerBunker), Richard Egan (actor), Lloyd Bochner (actor), Lou Albano (wrestler, manager and actor), Robert Fuller (actor), Daniel McFadden (Nobel prize laureate), David Warner (actor), Tony Sirico (actor Paulie in The Sopranos), Diane Keen (English actress), Joe Johnson (snooker player former World Champion), Ken Burns (director), Geddy Lee (RUSH), John Hugues Anglade (French actor and director), Faustino Ruperez (cyclist won the 1980 Vuelta Espana), Nellie Kim (Russian gymnast, Olympic medallist), Scott Steiner (wrestler), Alexandra Paul (model and actress), Dean Haglund (actor one of the Lone Gunmen in the X-Files), Sally Gunnell (hurdler, Olympic medallist), Wil Wheaton, Stephen Dorff (actor), Fernando Alonso (Formula 1 race driver), Allison Mack (actress) Died this day Popes Urban II and Urban VIII, William Wilberforce (English politician and philanthropist), Vincent Van Gogh, Tobias Asser (Nobel prize laureate), Cass Elliot (singer of the Mamas and the Pappas), Mickey Cohen (gangster), Harold Sakata (wrestler and played Oddjob in Goldfinger), Luis Bunuel (Spanish director and screenwriter), Raymond Massey (actor), David Niven (soldier and actor), Dorothy Hodgkin (Nobel prize laureate), Mike Reid (comedian and actor), Michael Serrault (French actor), Nikolai Volkoff (wrestler) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 30 Report Share Posted July 30 July 30th 1419 AD First Defenestration of Prague. Radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague council https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague#First_Defenestration_of_Prague July 30th 1627 An earthquake in Gargano Italy kills about 5,000 people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1627_Gargano_earthquake July 30th 1656 The battle of Warsaw ends in a Swedish-Brandenberger victory over a larger Polish-Lithuanian force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_(1656) July 30th 1859 First ascent of Grand Combin one of the highest peaks in the Alps July 30th 1864 the battle of the Crater takes place in the American Civil War. This results in a Confederate victory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Crater July 30th 1930 Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup in Montevideo July 30th 1945 Japanese submarine I58 sinks the USS Indianapolis resulting in the deaths of 883 sailors July 30th 1966 England beat Germany in extra time in the FIFA World Cup July 30th 1990 Conservative MP Ian Gow is murdered by the IRA July 30th 2006 Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time. It was the world's longest running music show and had aired for 42 years Frances de la Tour (actress) is 80 today. Jurgen Klinsman (German footballer) is 60 today as is Viveca A Fox (actress) Simon Baker (actor The Mentalist) is 55, Hilary Swank is 50 Born this day Emily Bronte (novelist), Henry Ford, Smedley Butler (Medal of Honor recipient), Henry Moore (sculptor), Richard Johnson (actor), Victor Wong (actor, for example Big Trouble in Little China), Dominique Lapierre (author for example Is Paris Burning ?), Buddy Guy, Peter Bogdanovich (director), Sir Clive Sinclair (inventor), Paul Anka (singer and composer), Patrick Modiano (Nobel prize laureate), Francoise Barre Sinoussi (Nobel prize laureate), Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean Reno (actor), Harriet Harman (MP), Frank Stallone (you guessed it), Rat Scabies (drummer with the Damned), Kate Bush, Daley Thompson (decathlete), Richard Linklater (director), Laurence Fishbourne (actor), Lisa Kudrow (actress), Kerry Fox (actress), Louise Wener (of the band Sleeper), Terry Crews (American football player, actor), Sean Moore (Manic Street Preachers), Christopher Nolan (director), Tom Green (comedian ?), Jamie Pressley, Justin Rose (golfer), Hope Solo (footballer and Olympic medallist), Hannah Cockroft (Paralympian) Died this day William Penn (founded Pennsylvania), Thomas Gray (poet), George Pickett (Confederate general), Otto Von Bismarck (German chancellor), Joyce Kilmer (poet and soldier), Albert Gustaf Dahlman (Swedish executioner), Joan Gamper (founded FC Barcelona), Joe Shuster (co-creator of Superman), Claudette Colbert (actress), Anton Schwarzkopf (engineer who made amusement rides esp roller coasters), Michelangelo Antonini (Italian director), Ingmar Bergman (Swedish director), Bill Walsh (San Francisco 49ers head coach), Nichelle Nichols (actress, Uhura in Star Trek), Paul Ruebens (Pee Wee Herman) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 31 Report Share Posted July 31 (edited) Geraldine Chaplin is 80, Jonathan Dimbleby (journalist and author) is also 80 as is Robert Merton (Nobel prize laureate). Andrew Marr and Kim Newman (British journalists and authors) are 65, Emilia Fox (actress) is 50, Victoria Azarenka (tennis player) is 35 All dates in July have now been completed. And there are now under 50 dates in the year without an entry Edited August 1 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 1 Report Share Posted August 1 Jason Momoa is 45 today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 Victoria Jackson (comedienne) is 65, Mary Louise Parker (actress) is 60 It is also the anniversary of the battle of Cannae in which Hannibal's Carthaginians defeated the larger Roman army Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 3 Report Share Posted August 3 American musician Connie Converse is 100 today John C McGinley (actor) is 65 as is Koichi Tanaka (Nobel prize laureate) Evangeline Lilly (actress) is 45, Ryan Lochte (Olympic swimmer) is 40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 4 Report Share Posted August 4 John Riggins who used to play for the Washington Redskins is 75 today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 5 Report Share Posted August 5 (edited) August 5th 642 AD Pena of Mercia kills Oswald of Northumbria at the battle of Maserfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maserfield August 5th 1506 The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Crimean khanate at the battle of Kletsk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kletsk August 5th 1716 The Austrians are victorious against the Ottomans at the battle of Petrovaradin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Petrovaradin August 5th 1796 The French under Napoleon defeat the Austrians in Italy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Castiglione August 5th 1916 Battle of Romani. An Ottoman army attacking the Suez canal is defeated and the Ottomans retreat across the Sinai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Romani August 5th 1944 Polish insurgents liberate a German labour camp freeing 348 prisoners At least 1,104 Japanese prisoners of war attempt to escape from Cowra, New South Wales, Australia; 545 temporarily succeed but are either killed commit suicide or are recaptured https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowra_breakout The Wola massacre of between 40,000-50,000 Polish civilians and prisoners of war by the Nazis begins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wola_massacre August 5th 1949 An earthquake in Ecuador destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000 people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_Ambato_earthquake August 5th 2010 The Copiapo mining accident occurs trapping 33 Chilean miners underground for 69 days https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Copiapó_mining_accident Pat Smear of the Foo Fighters is 65 today Born this day Gut du Maupassant (short story writer), Joan Hickson (actress), Robert Taylor (actor), Don Matheson (actor), Neil Armstrong (astronaut), Gay Bryne (Irish radio and television host), Roy Benavidez (medal of honor winner), John Saxon (actor), Loni Anderson (actress), Ray Clemence (goalkeeper), Barbara Flynn (actress), David Baldacci (lawyer and author), Pete Burns (Dead or Alive), Patrick Ewing (basketball player), Janet McTeer (actress), Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys), James Gunn (actor, director, producer), Yungblud (British musician) Died this day Frederick North (British PM), Richard Howe (admiral and politician), Heinrich Otto Wieland (Nobel prize laureate), Carmen Miranda (actress and singer), Richard Burton (actor), Otto Kretschmer (U Boat commander), Alec Guinness (actor) Edited August 10 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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