History Home
Events     Birthdays     Deaths     Years

Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy!

Several


2009 Eight people are killed, several injured, after gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketeers in Lahore, Pakistan

2004 Train fire and explosion in Ryongchon, North Korea kills at least 160 and levels several buildings

2003 Joan Kroc, philanthropist/former baseball team owner, started Peace Institutes at several universities, dies at 75

1999 Wilt Chamberlain, "Wilt ""The Stilt"" Chamberlain", basketball great/sometime actor, Record-smashing basketball player who scored over 70 points in several pro games, dies at 63

1996 NFL/Heisman Trophy Winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times

1984 Richard Basehart, actor (Rage), dies following several strokes at 70

1982 46 kids and 7 adults die as 2 buses and several cars collide in France

1982 Taisen Deshimaru, founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at 67

1965 Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel

1963 U.S.S.R. informs John F. Kennedy it's withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba

1952 Trevor Chappell, cricketer, bro of several Aussie underarm bowler

1939 Leo Brouwer, born in Havana, Cuba, Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida, composer, conductor, guitarist, studied under Vincent Persichetti, Stefan Wolpe, composed solo guitar pieces, over 40 film scores, and several guitar concertos

1919 John Michael Hayes, born in Massachusetts, screenwriter, scripted several famous Alfred Hitchcock films

1914 Taisen Deshimaru, Saga City Japan, found several Zen centers in France

1912 Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer

1903 Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (New Zealand)

1885 John Ward and several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Players, 1st baseball union

1875 White Democrats kill several blacks in terrorist attacks in Vicksburg

1865 Several Confederate veterans form Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tn

1839 1st opium war - 2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks

1623 Fire at Plymouth, Massachusetts destroys several buildings


History Home    Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com