2015 Event Scientists using geophysical methods to map underground archaeological sites have discovered a set of stone monoliths buried 3 feet deep near Stonehenge; the stones are estimated to be 4,500 years old 2015 Event Golfer Zach Johnson wins the British Open, becoming one of only six golfers in history to win at both the St. Andrews Old Course and the Augusta National course 2015 Event Golfer Jordan Spieth, 21 years old, wins the U.S. Open, making him the youngest to win since Bobby Jones over 90 years ago 2014 Event The world's oldest man, Alexander Imich, passes away at age 111 in New York; the oldest living woman is currently 116 years old and lives in Japan 2014 Event Scientists from Australian National University observe the oldest star in the universe for the first time. The star, located 6,000 light years from Earth, serves as a fingerprint of the first stars in the universe; it is believed to be 13.7 billion years old 2013 Event American comedian Don Rickles receives treatment for a flesh-eating disease, necrotizing fasciitis, he contracted in his leg; the 87-year old is expected to make a full recovery 2013 Event Paleontologist Philip Currie reveals the fully-intact baby Chasmosaurus dinosaur fossil he excavated at Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park; the 72 million-year-old dinosaur is about 1.5 meters long and estimated to have been three years old when it died 2013 Event Palestinian investigators claim their former leader, Yasser Arafat, did not die of old age or ill health; they believe Israel killed him because his exhumed body contained high levels of the radioactive element polonium-210 2013 Event Upon completion of the nuclear genome of a 24,000 year old Siberian boy, the data reveals that two-thirds of today's Native Americans come from Eastern Asia and only one-third originated in Western Eurasia 2013 Event A 1,400 year old treasure, called 'the Ophel Treasure' is discovered near the foot of Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem 2013 Event El Paraiso, Peru: property developers destroy a 4,000-year old pyramid 2013 Event Suspects in the Boston Marathon Bombings are identified as Kyrgyzstan-born Muslims Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, age 19, and his 28-year old brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev 2013 Event In Beijing, China, a seven-year old girl is confirmed as the first person in the country to catch the Influenza A virus subtype H7N9 bird flu 2013 Event A 2-year old Mississippi girl born with HIV/AIDS is pronounced HIV negative after receiving treatment for the virus within 30 hours after her birth 2013 Event The 1950's American pop singer Patti Page, known for the songs, '(How Much Is That) Doggie In The Window' and "Tennessee Waltz', dies in Encinitas, California at 85 years old 2012 Event At 115 years old and 266 days, Jiroemon Kimura of Japan becomes the world's oldest living person 2012 Event Lydia Ko, a 15-year old amateur golfer, wins the Canadian Women's Open; she is the youngest winner ever on the LPGA Tour and first amateur to win since JoAnne Carner in 1969 2012 Event Jamaican runner Usain Bolt wins his third gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, anchors the sprint relay team to a world record; Bolt is 25 years old and now holds six Olympic gold medals 2012 Event Japan mourns the loss of a 6-day old rare giant panda, born naturally in captivity at a Tokyo zoo 2012 Event Swedish doctors perform the world's first stem cell assisted vein transplant on a 10-year old girl 2012 Event Dioncounda Traore, Acting President of Mali, requires hospitalization after encountering angry demonstrators who object to the 70-year old to hold the office for a year 2012 Event Twenty-five year old Alaskan, Dallas Seavey becomes the youngest winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 2012 Event Scientists regenerated specimens from Silene stenophylla, a 31,800 year old piece of fruit, substantially surpassing previous records for the oldest plant regenerated 2011 Event In Punakha, Bhutan, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck marries Jetsun Pema, a 21 year old college student 2011 Event A 26-year old American citizen is arrested by the FBI for a plot to fly remote-controlled planes filled with explosives into the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. 2011 Event In South Africa, scientists find Australopithecus sediba skeletons are 2 million years old, suggesting the hominid species could be a transitional fossil between apes and humans 2011 Event The world's potentially oldest fossils, thought to be 3.4 billion years old, are found in the Strelley Pool rock formation in Western Australia's outback 2011 Event A skull believed to be 20-million years old is discovered in a Uganda; the skull is believed to be from a tree-climbing ape 2011 Event A bill banning the abortion of a fetus more than 20 weeks old passes in the Idaho House of Representatives 2011 Event Researchers in Fairbanks, Alaska, discover remains of a 3-year old child from the Ice Age and named it Xaasaa Cheege Ts'eniin, 'Upper Sun River Mouth Child' 2011 Event In Canada, Kathryn Gray becomes the youngest person to ever discover a supernova; she is ten years old 2010 Event The 46-year old son of convicted fraud king Bernard Madoff kills himself in a Manhattan apartment 2010 Event The oldest type of stone axe in the world is dated at 35,500 years old; it was found in Australia's Northern Territory in the lands of the Jawoyn people 2010 Event Scientists working near Kokoda, Papua New Guinea uncover world's oldest known high altitude human settlement, estimated to be 49,000 years old 2010 Event Archaeologists at a site on the Egypt-Gaza border unearth parts of a possible hidden city believed to be over 2,000 years old 2010 Event A 28-year old Somali male is shot for breaking into Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoonist Jurt Westergaard's home and threatening his family with an axe 2003 Death Kamato Hongo, old man, world's oldest well-documented man for almost four years, dies at 116 2003 Death "Elizabeth ""Ma Pampo"" Israel", old woman, ", may have been world's oldest but ""undocumented"" person, ", dies at 128, disputed 2002 Death William Warfield, singer/teacher, Old Man River, dies at 82 2001 Death Carrie Donovan, editor/Old Navy icon, Vogue, dies at 73 2000 Death Eva Morris, really old woman, Oldest person in 2000, dies at 114 1998 Event Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years 1998 Death Ricky Sanderson, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38 1997 Event "Old Neighborhood," opens at Booth Theater New York City 1997 Event Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12 year old grandson 1997 Event Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil 1997 Event 69 year old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch 1997 Event "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV 1997 Event 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Old Dominion 68-59 1997 Event 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch 1996 Birthday Cheyenne Pyle, California, youngest heart transplant patient, 90 minutes old 1996 Event 15 day old siamese twins separated - Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies 1995 Event Lara completes 5th Test Cricket century, 145 at Old Trafford 1995 Event DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives 1994 Event Gas explosion at old age home in Milan, 27 killed 1993 Death Harry Bellaver, actor (Blue Collar, Old Man and the Sea), dies at 88 1993 Event Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball vs. Australia, Old Trafford 1993 Event Farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull 1993 Event 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman and takes New York City subway train and 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride 1993 Event South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl 1993 Event IRA-bomb kills 3 year old in Warrington England 1993 Death James Bulger, English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys 1992 Event General Suwa finds tooth of 4.4 million year old Australopithecus ramidus 1992 Event Atlanta Braves win franchise record 98th game (old record 95 in 1957) 1992 Event Army refused to overturn 127 year old conviction against Dr. Mudd 1992 Event USPO announces young Elvis beats old Elvis stamp 1992 Event Minnesota Twin Bert Blyleven is 2nd to win as teenager and 40 year old 1992 Event Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12) 1991 Event Florida Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez 1991 Event Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney versus England at Old Trafford 1990 Death Curtis Lemay, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations, dies at age 83 1990 Event 101 year old Sam Ackerman weds 95 year old Eva in New Rochelle, New York 1990 Event 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win U.S. Open 1990 Event Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant 1990 Event 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds 1989 Event 14 year old actress Drew Barrymore, attempts suicide 1989 Event Congressman Lukins found guilty of having sex with a 16 year old girl 1989 Event 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires 1989 Event 14 year old Scott Isaacs spells spoliator to win 1989 Spelling Bee 1989 Event 29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris 1988 Event New York City 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9 year old Bronx boy) 1988 Event Malcolm Marshall takes 7-22 at Old Trafford, England all out 93 1988 Death Parker Fennelly, actor (Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm), dies at 96 1987 Event Detroit Tiger Darrell Evans is 1st 40 year old to hit 30 home runs 1987 Event 15 yr old Michael Chang is youngest man to win U.S. Tennis Open match 1987 Event 15-years old boy hijacks KLM B737, demands $1 billion 1987 Death Walter W. Heller, U.S. economist (Old Myths and New Realities), dies at 71 1985 Event Mary Joe Fernandez, 14 years and 8 days old is youngest to win a U.S. Tennis Open match (beats Sara Gomer in 1st round) 1985 Event Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke 1985 Event 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia 70-65 1984 Event Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years old 1984 Event 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery 1984 Event 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart and liver transplant 1983 Event 11 year old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for U.S.S.R. 1983 Event Ringo releases "Old Wave" album in West Germany 1982 Event 1st Old Timer's All star classic - AL wins 7-2 in Washington D.C. 1982 Event Old Dominion ends La Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak 1981 Event Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired and working again 1981 Event Botham scores a century in 86 balls vs. Australia at Old Trafford 1981 Event 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends 1981 Event Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta 1981 Event 1st homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death 1981 Event Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide 1980 Event Gabriella Brum, 18, of W Germany crowned 30th Miss World, she resigns the next day, because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend 1980 Event John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg stage one of the greatest U.S. Open finals as 21 year old McEnroe fends off Borg to win his 2nd straight title 1979 Event 16 yr old Tracy Austin defeats 14 yr old Andrea Jaeger at U.S. Open 1979 Event NFL fans (60,916) choose old Patriots logo over new 1979 Event Wings release "Old Siam, Sir" 1979 Event -52 degrees F (-47 degrees C), Old Forge, New York (state record) 1978 Event On Old Timer's Day, New York Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as New York Yankee manager in 1980 and Bob Lemon will become General Manager 1978 Event At Old Timer's Game it's announced Martin will again manage Yankees 1977 Death Don Blackman, actor (Old Man and Sea, Desert Legion), dies at 65 1977 Event Chris Old completes a century in 37 minutes, Yorks vs. Warwicks 1976 Event England all out for 71 vs. WI at Old Trafford, Holding 14 5-7-17-5 1976 Death Johnny Mercer, U.S. songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66 1974 Event During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled 1974 Event Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old 1973 Event Houston Astro Caesar Cedino jailed in death of 19 year old woman 1973 Death Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85 1972 Event Test Cricket debut of Tony Greig, vs. Australia at Old Trafford (57/62) 1971 Death Gerhard von Rad, German old testament expert, dies at 70 1971 Event 19th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 18 -13 at Old Warson CC Mo 1971 Birthday Amy Peistrup-Matthews, born in Arlington Heights, Illinois, WPVA, Old Orchard-17-1995 1970 Event Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary) plead guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl 1969 Death Stanley Andrews, actor (Old Ranger-Death Valley Days), dies at 78 1969 Event Beatles release Ballad Of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe, in US 1969 Event Marriage of 12 year old Marcella Rosciglione in Palermo 1969 Event Lonnie Elder's "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men," premieres in New York City 1968 Event San Francisco's Old Hall of Justice demolished 1968 Event 6 year old Tommy Moore scores hole-in-one in golf (Hagerstown, Maryland) 1966 Event 50 year old Frank Sinatra marries 21 year old Mia Farrow in Las Vegas 1966 Event Last game at old Busch stadium, St. Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF 1966 Event AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner 1965 Death Alberto Vaccari, Italian jesuit/old testament scholar, dies at 90 1965 Birthday Neill Barry, New York City, actor, Old Enough, Heat 1965 Event 60 year old Satchel Paige of Kansas City A's pitches 3 scoreless innings 1964 Event Bob Simpson out for 311 at Old Trafford 1964 Event Jan and Dean release "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" 1963 Event 6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on Andy Williams Show 1963 Death Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (Stijl), dies at 73 1963 Death Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 1962 Birthday Beatie Edney, born in London, England, actress, Diary of a Mad Old Man 1962 Event Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game 1961 Event Benaud rips through England team for Aussie win at Old Trafford 1961 Event Old type, black and white notes cease to be legal tender 1960 Event Old handwriting found in at Qumran, near the Dead Sea 1960 Event 1st redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax) 1959 Event Dr. Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old) 1959 Birthday Cathryn Harrison, born in London, England, actress, Old Woman in Black Moon 1959 Death Irving Cummings Sr, actor and director (In Old Ariz), dies at 70 1959 Death Mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies 1958 Birthday Kevin Pollak, SF, comedian, Usual Suspects, Grumpy Old Men 1958 Birthday Dorothy Straight, 4 year old author, How World Begun 1956 Birthday Mark Collie, Waynesboro, Tennessee, country singer, Another Old Soldier 1953 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to E Hemingway (Old Man and The Sea) 1953 Birthday Derek Conway, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Derek Leslie Conway, politician, Conservative Party, awarded Territorial Decoration, Member of Parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup 1952 Event Ernest Hemmingway's "Old Man and Sea" published 1952 Event Freddie Trueman takes 8-31, India all out 58 at Old Trafford 1952 Event Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever 1951 Event Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari 1950 Event Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus and high school rule 1949 Birthday John Savage, Old Bethpage, New York, actor, Deer Hunter, Maria's Lovers 1948 Birthday Chris Old, cricketer, England medium-pacer of 70's 1948 Event 28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends 1947 Death Ben Webster, actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82 1946 Event Minister Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities 1945 Birthday Tandy Cronyn, actress, Twisted, Guardian, Age Old Friends 1945 Event All old Dutch banknotes declared invalid 1945 Event Bob Cristofani scores 110 for Australia Services at Old Trafford 1944 Birthday Peter Cetera, born in Chicago, lead singer, Chicago-25 or 6 to 4, Old Days 1944 Event Tommy Brown, just 16 years and 8 months old, plays shortstop for Dodgers 1944 Event Youngest baseball player, Cincinnati Reds sign 15 year old Joe Nuxhall 1943 Birthday David Munden, born in England, played for the Tremeloes, a 50 year old band, Europe's longest playing rock and roll band 1943 Event Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston Texas) 1943 Event Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided 1943 Death Frieda Reiss, French 11 month old baby, murdered in Auschwitz 1942 Event Compulsory work for women, children and old males in Batavia 1941 Birthday Tommy Kirk, actor, Old Yeller 1941 Event 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run 1941 Birthday Paul Peter Plishka, Old Forge Penn, bass, Bronx Botanical Gardens 1941 Event Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic and Old Lace," premieres in New York City 1940 Event John Van Druten's "Old Acquaintance," premieres in New York City 1940 Birthday Clem Curtis, born in Trinidad, singer, lead vocalist for The Foundations, a British soul group, including hits, 'Baby Now That I've Found You', 'Back On My Feet Again', 'Any Old Time' 1940 Birthday Gloria Hunniford, British broadcaster and actress, Old Curiosity Shop 1940 Birthday Dean Torrence, born in Los Angeles, California, surf music singer, Jan and Dean-Little Old Lady 1939 Event Yankees retire 1st uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), 1st Old Timers Day 1938 Birthday Richard Jordan, born in New York City, actor, Dune, Old Boyfriends, Interiors 1938 Event Would be start of Eng/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout 1936 Event 17 year old Bob Feller's 1st game, he strikes out 15 St. Louis Browns 1936 Birthday Levi Stubbs, rocker, 4 Tops-Same Old Song 1935 Event Zoe Akins' "Old Maid," premieres in New York City 1931 Event Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184 1930 Event SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland 1930 Event USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine 1929 Event New York to San Francisco foot race ends (2 months) winner is 60 year old Monteverde 1929 Event 1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona" 1929 Event 27 year old William S. Paley becomes CBS president 1928 Event 44-yr old New York Ranger General Manager Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game, and beats Montreal Maroons 2-1 1925 Birthday Fess Parker, Fort Worth Texas, actor, Davy Crockett, Old Yeller 1925 Event Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp, Iacocca is 8 months old 1923 Event Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane) 1923 Event 1st old age pension plans in U.S. established by Montana and Nevada 1922 Event 6 old minsters in Greece, executed 1922 Event 1st "old time" musicians broadcasted on radio (Jenkins-WSB Atlanta) 1922 Birthday Carl Reiner, born in Bronx, comedian, 2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show 1920 Event Belgium starts paying old age pensions 1919 Event 3 year old German Communist Party (Spartacus) crushed 1918 Birthday Dorothy McGuire, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actress, Old Yeller, Summer Magic 1917 Birthday Priscilla Lane, U.S., actress, Arsenic and Old Lace 1917 Event James Barries' "Old Lady Shows Her," premieres in London 1916 Death Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73 1916 Birthday Beatrice Straight, Old Westbury, New York, actress, Poltergeist, Nun's Story 1915 Birthday Frank Sinatra, born in Hoboken, vocalist/actor, old blue eyes 1915 Birthday Walter W. Heller, economist, Old Myths and New Realities 1915 Event Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road 1914 Birthday Edwin Mirvish, owner, Old Vic 1914 Event 40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4 1912 Birthday Louis Prima, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, That Old Black Magic 1912 Birthday Minnie Pearl, Tennessee, Grand Old Opry, Hee-Haw 1911 Birthday Alfred Scott Witherbee, Jr., U.S., 3 year old who drowned on Lusitania 1911 Birthday John Sturges, U.S., director, Old Man and Sea, Magnificent 7 1909 Birthday Johnny Mercer, Savannah, Georgia, lyricist, Moon River, Old Black Magic 1908 Death Cixi [the old Buddha], empress-widow of China, dies 1908 Birthday Stuart Hamblen, Texas, singer/composer, This Old House 1906 Birthday Curtis Lemay, born in Columbus, Ohio, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations 1904 Birthday Russell Hardie, Buffalo, New York, actor, Sequoia, In Old Kentucky 1904 Birthday Cary Grant, born in England, actor, 'Arsenic and Old Lace', 'North by Northwest' 1903 Event In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleveland, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park and forfeits game 1902 Birthday Esther Ralston, Bar Harbor ME, American Venus/actress, Old Ironsides 1902 Event Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford 1902 Event Test Cricket debut of K S Ranjitsinhji vs. Australia, at Old Trafford 1902 Event 27th Preakness: L Jackson aboard Old England wins in 1:45.8 1902 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" 1901 Birthday Gerhard von Rad, German old testament scholar, Deuteronomium 1900 Birthday Victor Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Milton Berle Show, In Old California 1900 Event Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus 1898 Birthday Paul Robeson, born in Philadelphia, singer, Old Man River 1897 Birthday Frank Capra, Italy, director, Its a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old Lace 1897 Event 1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente, Netherlands 1896 Event Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut vs. Australia, Old Trafford 1894 Event Indian chiefs from the Sioux and Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity and return to their old Indian faith 1893 Event C Dazey's "In Old Kentucky" premieres in New York City (27 seasons) 1892 Birthday A "Shon Nene" Morales, Antillean/Netherlands very old lady 1892 Death William M Harnett, U.S. painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies 1891 Birthday William F Albright, U.S. old testament scholar/archaeologist 1891 Event 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews 1890 Event Would be start of England/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout 1890 Birthday Edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy, U.S. actor and director, My Old Dutch 1889 Birthday Warner Baxter, born in Columbus, Ohio, actor, In Old Arizona, Cisco Kid 1888 Event 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins 1888 Event Old Kavallison, Congo: Stanley meet Emin Pasha 1887 Birthday Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar 1887 Birthday Esme Percy, born in London, England, actor, Old Spanish Custom 1887 Event Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller 1886 Birthday Pieter J Old, lawyer/minister of Finance/mayor of Rotterdam, 1945-52 1885 Birthday George S Patton, U.S. general, Sicily/Italy/Normandy, "Old Blood and Guts" 1885 Birthday George "Gabby" Hayes, Wellesvile, New York, actor, In Old Santa Fe, El Paso 1884 Event 1st Test Cricket to be played at Old Trafford 1st day washed out 1878 Birthday A. W. "Dave" Nourse, cricketer, "Grand Old Man" of South African cricket 1876 Birthday Irvin S Cobb, Kentucky, writer/humorist, Old Judge Priest 1876 Death Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old 1875 Birthday Grazia Deledda, Italy, novelist, Old Man of the Mtn-Nobel 1926 1875 Birthday Alberto Vaccari, Italian jesuit and old testament scholar 1873 Birthday Lilian Mary Baylis, manager, Old Vic and Sadler's Wells Theater 1871 Birthday Henry Stephenson, British WI, actor, Conquest, Little Old, New York, Mr. Lucky 1871 Death Alexander, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 1 day old 1867 Event Amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam 1864 Birthday Ben Webster, born in London, England, actor, Old Curiosity Shop 1864 Event Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) Virginia 1864 Event Battle of Yellow Bayou, Louisiana (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks) 1864 Death Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY 1862 Event Battle at Old Fort Wayne, Indian Territory 1862 Event Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, D.C. 1862 Birthday May Irwin, U.S. comedienne/singer, Hot Time in the Old Town 1860 Birthday Grandma "Anna Maria" Moses, New York, primitive painter, Old Oaken Bucket 1853 Birthday Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, born in Rochester, New York, pitcher, 60-12 in 1884 1853 Birthday George Godfrey, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxer, Old Chocolate 1851 Birthday George F Moore, U.S. theologist, Hebrews, Old Testament 1848 Birthday William M Harnett, U.S. painter, Old Violin 1842 Birthday Karl May, German writer, Old Shatterhand/Winnetou 1833 Birthday Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist, Sanskrit, Old Javan 1832 Death Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71 1831 Birthday John Bratton, Old Reliable, U.S. physician/Confederate Brigadier General 1830 Event Oliver Wendell Holmes publishes "Old Ironsides" 1830 Event Oliver Wendell Holmes writes "Old Ironsides" 1827 Birthday William Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1821 Birthday Alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1821 Death John Crome, Old Crome, English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52 1820 Birthday Winfield Scott "Old Swet" Featherston, Army Brigadier General, Confederate 1818 Birthday William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Major General Confederate Army 1816 Birthday Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson, Major General Confederate Army 1815 Birthday Henry Wagner "Old Brains" Halleck, Major-General Union Army 1814 Birthday Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1809 Birthday Sterline "Old Pap" Price, Major General Confederate Army 1809 Birthday Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Cambridge, Massachusetts, physician/author, Old Ironsides 1807 Death Clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies 1805 Birthday William H Ainsworth, English writer, Old St. Paul's, Rookwood 1799 Birthday Johann von Dollinger, German Old Catholic theologian/historian 1797 Event U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston 1797 Event U.S. frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston 1796 Birthday William McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist 1792 Event 1st Old Farmer's Almanac is published 1787 Event Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old 1784 Event 1st U.S. balloon flight, 13 year old Edward Warren 1782 Birthday Thomas Hart Benton, rep, "Old Bullion" 1781 Death John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 57 1775 Event 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol 1768 Birthday John Crome, Old Crome, English landscape painter/etcher 1766 Death James III Edward, Old Pretender, king of Great Britain and Ireland, dies at 77 1734 Death Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 1724 Birthday John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist 1715 Death George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73 1702 Death Walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies 1693 Death Willem Van de Velde, Dutch the Old, seascape painter, dies at about 82 1688 Birthday James III Edward, Old Pretender, recognized as King of Britain by Pope 1670 Birthday William Congreve, England, writer, Old Bachelor, Way of the World 1666 Death Cornelis Evertsen the Old, Swiss Vice-Admiral, dies in battle at 55 1642 Birthday George Hickes, English linguistic, Old German Philology 1609 Birthday Artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised 1535 Birthday John, the Old, earl of Nassau/tribal father Netherlands royal family 1529 Death Peter Vischer, the Old, German count of Sebaldus, dies 1524 Event Earl Henry III of Nassau weds Mencia de Medoza, 16-years old marquess 1488 Death Hermann Vischer, "the Old", buried 1467 Birthday Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland 1394 Event Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple and it's surroundings from an old badger 1320 Event Count Louis of Nevers marries 8-year old daughter of Philips V 1191 Event 85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III 918 Event Arnulf I the Old becomes landsheer of Flanders
