2013 Event AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, merges with US Airways Group; American Airlines Group is formed and the public company begins trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol AAL 2013 Event An antitrust lawsuit brought on by the U.S. Department of Justice and six states is filed to block the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways 2013 Event A rare 19th century torpedo is discovered off the coast of California by the US Navy dolphins 2012 Event Facing fuel shortages after a fall storm, preparations are made for the US Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC Healy to accompany Russian tanker Renda to deliver fuel 2010 Event Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calls for the US to be expelled from the international nuclear system because religion prohibits the use of nuclear weapons 2001 Event U.S. launches strikes against the Taleban in Afghanistan, in retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US. 1997 Event "Bean" opens in US 1997 Event Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US 1995 Death Eleanore M "May" Sarton, Belg/US writer (Land of Silence), dies at 83 1995 Death Bernard Cornfeld, Romanian/US financier (Fund of Funds), dies at 67 1995 Death Patricia Highsmith, Mary Patricia Plangman, US/Swiss, dies at 74 1995 Death John Halas, Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), dies at 81 1994 Death Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor (Story of Ruth), dies at 83 1994 Death Lilia Skala, Austrian/US actress (Ship of Fools, Caprice), dies at 98 1994 Death Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, dies at 88 1994 Death Nancy Keene Lancaster, US/British architect (Binnen House), dies at 96 1994 Death Earnest Pawel, Polish/US author (Nightmare of Reason), dies at 74 1994 Death Hans J. Salter, Australia/US composer (Deanna-Durbin musicals), dies at 98 1994 Death Nathan Susskind, Slovak/US linguist (Yiddish), dies at 87 1994 Death Gottfried Reinhardt, Goldmann, German/US director, dies at 83 1994 Death Robert Jungk, German/French/Us/Austrian philosopher/historian, dies 1994 Death Andres Escobar, Colombia world cup soccer star, shot for losing to US 1994 Death John Henry Weidner, Dutch/US resistance fighter, dies at 81 1994 Death Gilbert Roland, Mexican/US actor (Armand in Camille), dies at 88 1994 Death Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81 1994 Death Angelus Gottfried "Golo" Mann, German/US historian, dies at 85 1994 Death Charles Bukowski, German/US writer (Barfly, Hollywood), dies at 73 1994 Death Ignace Strasfogel, Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84 1994 Death Martin Kosleck, German/US actor (Hitler Gang), dies at 86 1994 Death Samuel Bronston, Romanian/US producer (El Cid), dies at 85 1994 Death Dixy Lee Ray, chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Commission), dies at 79 1993 Death Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers), dies at 81 1993 Death Kenneth Nelson, US/English actor (Boys in the Band), dies at 63 1993 Death Erich Leinsdorf, Austria/US conductor/author (Cadenza), dies at 81 1993 Death Rita Karin, Polish-Latvia/US actress (Sophie's Choice), dies at 73 1993 Death Leon Liebgold, Pol/US actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83 1993 Death Eric Berry, English/US actor (Pippin, 49th Parallel), dies at 80 1993 Death Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64 1993 Death Jay Scott, Jeffrey Scott Beaven, US/Canada movie critic, dies at 43 1993 Death Mario Bauza, Cubans/US jazz musician, dies at 82 1993 Death Art Hodes, Russian/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies 1993 Death Paul Brickhill, Dutch/US WW II pilot/physician, dies 1993 Death George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies at 85 1992 Death Monica Dickens, English/US journalist/author, dies at 77 1992 Death Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian/US violist (Beethoven, Bach), dies at 87 1992 Event "Malcolm X" with Denzel Washington premieres in US 1992 Death Keith "Red" Mitchell, US/Swedish jazz bassist, dies 1992 Death Jerome Andrews, US/French dancer/choreographer, dies 1992 Event Atlanta, becomes 1st U.S. team to win a World Series game out of US 1992 Death Ephraim Katz, Israeli/US encyclopedist (film encyclopedia), dies 1992 Death Julio C Fernandez, Cuban/US journalist (founder Alma Mater), dies 1992 Death Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster, dies at 80 1992 Death Nestor Almendros, Spanish/US cameraman (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 61 1991 Death Ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus and Eurydike), dies at 91 1991 Death Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77 1991 Death Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies 1990 Event US, England, France, U.S.S.R., East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing 2 Germanys to merge 1990 Death Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86 1989 Event U.S. beats Trinidad, 1-0 qualifing for 1990 world soccer cup finals it was US' 1st qualification since 1950 1989 Event Appeals court restores America's Cup to U.S. after New York Supreme Court gave it to New Zealand (New Zealand protested US's use of a catamaran) 1988 Event Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US 1988 Death Antal Dorati, Hungarian/US conductor/composer, dies at 82 1988 Event Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US 1988 Death Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75 1987 Death John Huston, US/Irish actor and director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81 1987 Event Dennis Conner and Stars and Stripes bring America's Cup back to US 1986 Event Federated States of Micronesia signs Compact of Free Association with US 1986 Event Northern Mariana Islands becomes a Commonwealth associated with US 1986 Event Republic of Marshall Islands signs Compact of Free Association with US 1985 Event Paul McCartney releases "Spies Like Us" 1985 Event Israel ships 96 TOWs to Iran on behalf of US 1985 Event "View to a Kill" premieres in US 1985 Death Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85 1985 Death Efrem A Zimbalist, Russian/US composer/violinist, dies at 95 1984 Death Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84 1983 Event "Octopussy" premieres in US 1983 Death George Balanchine, Russian/US composer, dies at 79 1982 Death Maria Jeritza, Jedlicka, Australia/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies 1982 Death Gerard[us PM] Knuvelder, literature historian (Anthology), dies 1982 Death Gerard[us M] Rutten, director (Sterren stralen overal), dies 1981 Event 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US 1980 Event Mexico terminated fishing agreements with US 1980 Event US's copyright law amended to include computer programs 1980 Birthday Martina Hingis, born in Kosice, Slovakia, tennis star, 1997 Australia/US/Wimb 1980 Birthday Lori Fredrickson, born in Aurora, Illinois, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96 1980 Death Jose Iturbi, Spanish/US pianist (Pequena danza Espanola), dies at 84 1980 Death Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79 1979 Event Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster 1979 Event Pope John Paul II begins visit of US 1979 Death Cyrus S Eaton, Canada/US multi-millionaire, dies at 95 1979 Birthday Heidi Zeigler, actress, Sherry-Just the 10 of Us 1979 Event Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US 1978 Event Taiwan's final day of diplomatic relations with US 1978 Birthday Mandy James, born in Jacksonville, Florida, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96 1978 Birthday Aliane Baquerot, New York City, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96 1978 Event "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US 1978 Birthday Caroline Hunt, born in Chicago, Illinois, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96 1977 Death Vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita), dies at 78 1977 Death Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist, dies at 75 1977 Death Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80 1976 Event 18th Grammy Awards: 'Love Will Keep Us Together' Record of the Year, Natalie Cole wins as best New Artist 1975 Event Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 make 1st US/U.S.S.R. linkup in space 1975 Death Michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80 1975 Death Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68 1975 Death Pelham G Wodehouse, English/US writer (Piccadilly Jim), dies at 93 1975 Event U.S.S.R. breaks trade agreement with US 1974 Event "Man With Golden Gun" premieres in US 1974 Death Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83 1974 Event Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US 1974 Death Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73 1974 Death Fritz Zwicky, Swiss/US astronomer (supernova), dies at 75 1974 Death Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91 1974 Birthday Guillermo Mercedes, Dominican/US baseball infielder for the Texas Rangers 1973 Birthday Trick Daddy, born in Miami, Florida, rapper, popular hits 'Let's Go', 'Shut Up', 'Thugs are Us' 1973 Death Otto Klemperer, German/US conductor, dies at 88 1973 Death Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/musicologist, dies at 67 1973 Death Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian/US violinist, dies at 80 1973 Event US, North and South Vietnam and Vietcong sign boundary accord 1972 Death Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64 1972 Death Igor Sikorsky, Russian/US helicopter builder, dies at 83 1972 Event "Don't Play Us Cheap" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 164 performances 1972 Birthday Brooke Bushnell, born in Los Angeles, California, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96 1972 Death David Lichine, Lichtenstein, Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61 1972 Event "Don't Play Us Cheap" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 164 performances 1972 Death Richard Courant, German/US mathematician, dies at 84 1972 Death Al Goodman, Russian/US orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81 1971 Event "Diamonds are Forever" premieres in US 1971 Event John and Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US 1971 Birthday Jamie Luner, Palo Alto California, actress, Cindy-Just the 10 of Us 1971 Birthday Carlos Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher for the Montreal Expos 1970 Death Johannes Urzidil, Austria/US writer (Goethe in Bohmen), dies at 74 1970 Event US/U.S.S.R. sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts 1970 Event Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be," is released in US 1970 Death Richard J. Neutra, Australia/US architect (Who Bought America?), dies at 78 1970 Event "Cry for Us All" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 8 performances 1970 Event "Cry for Us All" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 8 performances 1970 Birthday Nigel Wilson, Canadian/US baseball outfielder for the Florida Marlins 1969 Event 2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US 1969 Birthday Brooke Theiss, California, actress, Wendy-Just the 10 of Us, Good and Evil 1969 Death Erika Mann, German/US author/daughter of Thomas Mann, dies 1969 Event Beatles release Ballad Of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe, in US 1969 Event Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US 1969 Birthday Domingo Jean, Dominican/US baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros 1968 Event Iwo Jima and Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US 1968 Death Helen Keller, blind and deaf/author (Let us Have Faith), dies at 87 1968 Death Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies 1968 Death Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79 1968 Birthday Ben Rivera, Dominican/US baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies 1967 Death Jaromir Weinberger, Czechoslovakian/US composer (Czechoslovakian Rhapsody), dies 1967 Death Jaromir Weinberger, Czechoslovakian/US composer (Czechoslovakian Rhapsody), dies at 71 1967 Death Mischa Elman, Ukraine/US violinist, dies at 76 1967 Event Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US 1966 Event Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US 1966 Death Jan Kiepura, actor (Give Us this Night), dies of heart attack at 64 1966 Death Enrique E Ecker, Curaeaos/US bacteriologist, dies at 79 1966 Birthday Rene Arocha, Cubans/US baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals 1966 Death Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real), dies at 85 1966 Birthday Melido Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher, New York Yankees 1966 Death Sophie Tucker, Russian/US singer and actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at 79 1966 Event Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US 1965 Event "Thunderball" premieres in US 1965 Event Hurricane hits north east US/Canada 1965 Death Paul Tillich, German/US Theologist (Courage To Be), dies 1965 Birthday Kevin Dillon, New York, actor, Heaven Help Us, Remote Control, Platoon 1965 Death Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76 1965 Birthday Jim Bowie, Japanese/US baseball infielder, Oakland Athletics 1964 Event "Goldfinger" premieres in US 1964 Birthday Jo Ann Willette, actress, Constance-Just 10 of Us, Real Genius 1964 Birthday Heather Langenkamp, actress, Marie-Just the 10 of Us 1964 Death Leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66 1964 Birthday Dana Hill [Goetz], Van Nuys California, actress, 2 of Us, Shoot the Moon 1964 Death Peter Lorre, Hungarian/US actor (Maltese Falcon, Raven), dies at 59 1964 Death Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at 73 1964 Event "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US 1964 Event "Meet The Beatles" album released in US 1964 Death Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67 1963 Birthday Lars Ulrich, Danish/US heavy metal drummer, Metallica-Kill 'em All 1963 Death Ernst Kantorowicz, German/US historian, dies at 68 1963 Birthday Craig Shipley, Australian/US baseball infielder for the San Diego Padres 1962 Event US/U.S.S.R. sign joint space effort in telecommunications and meteorology 1962 Death Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist and composer, dies at 86 1961 Death Max Weber, Polish/Russian/US painter, dies 1961 Death Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51 1961 Death Percy Aldridge Grainger, Australian/US composer/pianist, dies at 78 1960 Birthday Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haiti/US graffiti artist/painter, Gray, SAMO 1960 Death Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek/US conductor/composer, dies at 64 1960 Event Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in Caribbean and US 1960 Death WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67 1960 Event Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as U.S.S.R. levels spy charges against US 1960 Death Cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies 1959 Event Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to US 1959 Event 600 Indian Dutch emigrate to US 1959 Death Jacob Epstein, US/English sculptor/painter, dies at 78 1959 Death Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78 1959 Death Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78 1959 Death Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60 1959 Event Soviet Union wins 62-37 for 1st international basketball loss by US 1958 Death Lion Feuchtwanger, Germ/US philosopher (Judische Krieg), dies at 74 1958 Event "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US 1958 Event World's 1st Moon probe, US's Thor-Able, explodes at T +77 sec 1958 Death Florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76 1957 Death Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austria/US composer (Kathrin), dies at 60 1957 Death Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71 1956 Death George A L Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at 71 1956 Death Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91 1955 Death Earnest Rabel, Austrian/US civil rights activist, dies at 81 1955 Event Hurricane Diane, kills 400 in US 1955 Event "Ballad of Davy Crockett," becomes the #1 record in US 1955 Death Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist, dies at 52 1954 Birthday Joel Coen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, actor/dir, Spies Like Us, Barton Fink 1954 Death Enrico Fermi, Italian/US nuclear physicist, dies 1954 Event Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US 1954 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US 1953 Death Elisabeth "Ilse" Kuyper, Dutch/US (opera)composer, dies 1953 Birthday Bill Kirchenbauer, actor/comedian, Coach-Just the 10 of Us 1952 Event Tuskegee Inst reports 1952 as 1st yr in 71 with no lynchings in US 1952 Death Karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67 1952 Death W de Basil, US Voskresenski, Russia, ballet dancer, dies 1952 Death Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at 71 1951 Death Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian/US composer (Blossom Time), dies at 64 1951 Death Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69 1951 Death Arnold Schonberg, Austria/US composer (Verklarte Nacht), dies at 76 1951 Birthday Deborah Harmon, actress, Ted Knight Show, M*A*S*H, Just the 10 of Us 1950 Death Eliel Saarinen, Fins/US architect (Chicago Trib building), dies at 76 1950 Death L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at 78 1950 Death Joseph A Schumpeter, Aus/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies at 66 1949 Event Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman ambassador nominated in US 1949 Event Czechoslovakian tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik, defect to US 1949 Birthday Jamaica Kincaid, Elaine P Richardson, Antigua/US journalist, NYer 1949 Death Klaus H T Mann, German/US writer (Turning Point), dies 1948 Death Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57 1948 Event 1st Polaroid camera was sold in US 1948 Event Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US 1947 Death Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61 1946 Event Churchill argues for a "US of Europe" 1946 Death Morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies 1946 Birthday Sally Priesand, 1st us woman rabbi 1945 Event Rationg of auto tires ends in US 1945 Event Declaration of Potsdam: US/Brit/China demands Japanese surrender 1945 Death Ernest T Pyle, British/US newscaster, killed in WW II at 44 1945 Birthday Herman[us J] van Veen, Netherlands, cabaretier, singer, composer and writer 1944 Death Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80 1943 Event Cairo: president Roosevelt travels back to the US 1943 Death Ismar Elbogen, German/US learned/rabbi (Jewish Lexicon), dies at 68 1943 Death Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr. Calgary), dies at 50 1942 Event Gasoline rationed in US 1942 Event Vichy-France drops diplomatic relations with US 1942 Event 1st US/8th Air Force bombs Europe 1942 Birthday Kim Fowley, Philippines/US rock vocalist/producer/songwriter 1942 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' 7th Symphony, premieres in US 1942 Death Alexander van Zemlinsky, Australia/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70 1941 Event Germany and Italy declare war on US 1940 Event 1st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 1939 Birthday Katie Webster, Swamp-Boogie Queen]/US R&B pianist/singer 1939 Death Grace Abbott, social worker (US Children Bureau), dies at 60 1938 Birthday Paul Seiko Chihara, born in Seattle Washington, US and Japanese composer 1938 Death Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66 1938 Birthday Mary Frances Berry, educator/head, US Commission on Civil Rights 1937 Birthday Mort Zuckerman, CEO, US News and World Report, New York Daily News 1936 Event 1st giant panda imported into US 1936 Birthday John Shalikashvili, Polish/US general, NATO 1935 Death J Wouter[us] van Dieren, biologist (Terschelling), dies 1935 Event Griffith Planetarium opens in Los Angeles, 3rd in US 1934 Death John Kane, Scotish/US miner/painter, dies at 73 1932 Birthday Ronald B Kitaj, US/British painter/graphic artist, pop art 1932 Birthday J. P. Getty, US/British oil magnate/billionaire, Getty Oil 1931 Birthday Leslie Bricuse, English/US composer, Stop the world I want to get off 1930 Death Leopold von Auer, Hungarian/US violinist, dies 1930 Death Jules Pascin, Julius Pincas, Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist, dies 1930 Death Edward W. Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66 1929 Death John Metzelaar, Dutch/US writer (Report on the Fishes), dies at 37 1928 Event 1st autogiro (predecessor of helicopter) flight in US 1928 Birthday Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg, South Carolina, golfer, US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60 1928 Event 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands and US 1927 Death James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies 1927 Death August(us) Alleb, Dutch painter/lithograph, dies at 88 1924 Birthday Victor Herbert, Irish/US composer, Kiss in Dark 1924 Death Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/ composer and conductor, dies at 65 1924 Birthday Theodore Bikel, Austrian/US folk singer and actor, Russians Are Coming 1924 Event Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US 1923 Death Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66 1923 Birthday Louis Simpson, Jamaican and US poet, Good News of Death 1922 Death Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies 1921 Birthday James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author, Hugo, Star Trek Reader 1921 Birthday Patricia Highsmith, Plangman, US/Swiss writer, Strangers on a Train 1920 Event 1st U.S. postage stamps printed without the words United States or US 1918 Birthday LeRoy Walker, born in Atlanta, Georgia, CEO, US Olympic Committee 1917 Birthday Eddie Constantine, US/French actor, Lucky Jo, It Lives Again 1916 Birthday Cecilia P J "Cilly" Bach, Dutch/US/Spanish actress, In Pyama 1916 Death Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72 1915 Birthday Monica Dickens, author/founder, US Samaritians 1915 Birthday C. W. Ceram, Kurt W Marek, German/US writer, March of Archaeology 1913 Birthday Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer 1913 Death John Pierpont Morgan, U.S. banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75 1911 Event Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US 1911 Birthday Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster/prodigy 1911 Birthday Anatol Rapoport, Russian/US mathem/biologist, game theory 1911 Birthday Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor, Galitzianer Cowboy 1910 Birthday David Lichine, Lichtenstein, Russian/US dancer, Make Mine Music 1909 Birthday Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist and conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra 1909 Event 1st credit union forms in US 1908 Birthday Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer, I, Odysseus 1907 Death August Saint-Gaudens, Irish/US sculptor (Mrs Henry Adams), dies at 59 1907 Birthday Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer, Enter the Saint 1906 Birthday Klaus Mann, German/US author, Mephisto, son of Thomas Mann 1906 Birthday Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/music historian 1906 Birthday Fred Fehl, Austrian/US Broadway photographer 1905 Birthday Erika Mann, German/US author, Other Germany, daughter of Thomas Mann 1905 Birthday James Robertson Justice, born in Scotland, actor, Above Us the Waves 1905 Event Dominican Rep signs treaty turning over customs collection to US 1904 Birthday Christopher W. Bradshaw-Isherwood, British/US writer, Goodbye to Berlin 1904 Event Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US 1903 Birthday John Piper, British writer, US Churches in WW I, official war painter 1903 Birthday Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian/US psycho-analyst, Uses of Enchantment 1903 Birthday Marguerite Yourcenar, France/US writer, Memoires d'Hadrien 1903 Event George Wyman makes 1st motorcycle trip across the US 1903 Death Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies 1902 Event Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US 1902 Birthday Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist 1902 Birthday Gerard[us M] Rutten, director, Miraculous Life of Willem Parel 1902 Birthday Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Dutch/US phycist 1902 Event Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Church in US" 1902 Death John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54 1902 Birthday Karl Menger, Austria/US mathematician, theory of dimension 1902 Birthday Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist 1901 Event Marconi receives 1st transatlantic radio signal, England to US 1901 Birthday Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist 1900 Birthday Julien Green, US/French writer, Frere Francois 1900 Birthday Ferenc Kormendy, Hungarian/US author, Budapest Kaland 1900 Event Freeland Colony founded in US 1899 Birthday Otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian 1899 Birthday Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher 1899 Event Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US 1898 Birthday Joachim Wach, German/US philosopher/sociologist, Understanding 1897 Birthday Jacob A B "Jack" Bjerknes, Norwegian/US meteorologist, USAF in London 1897 Event William McKinley inaugurated as 25th president of US 1897 Birthday Mae Busch, Australian/US actress, Cowboy Socialist 1897 Birthday Pola Negri, Barbara A Chalupec, Polish/US actress, Madame Bovary 1896 Event 25th auto built in US 1895 Birthday Earnest Kantorowicz, German/US historian, Laudes regiae 1894 Death Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68 1894 Birthday Dirk J Bush, Dutch/US mathematician, Concise History of Mathematics 1893 Birthday W H Walter Baade, German/US astronomer, Andromeda 1892 Birthday Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist 1891 Birthday John Metzelaar, Dutch/US, About Tropical Atl Visschen 1891 Birthday Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author, Ararat/Sud a nap 1891 Birthday Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analytical 1890 Death Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US 1890 Death Dion Boucicault, Irish/US actor and playwright (Octoroon), dies at 67 1890 Birthday Claude McKaye, Jamaica/US author, Songs of Jamaica, Banjo 1890 Birthday Naum Gabo, Pevsner, Russian/US sculptor, Stillife Flower 1890 Birthday Sandor Rado, Hungarian/US psycho analyst 1889 Birthday Vaslav F Nijinski, Ukraine/US ballet dancer, l'apres-midi d'une faune 1889 Death Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 1889 Birthday Pitirim A. Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, Social mobility 1888 Birthday Eric Blore, English/US actor, Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad 1888 Birthday Hedwig "Vicki" Baum, Austrian/US author, Men Never Know 1887 Death Emma Lazarus, U.S. poet ("Give us your tired and poor"), dies in New York at 38 1887 Birthday Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstangl, German/US pianist/politician, NSDAP 1886 Birthday Joseph Achron, Latvia/US violinist and composer, Golem suite 1886 Birthday Moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/US poet, In New-York 1885 Event Special delivery mail service begins in US 1885 Birthday Karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst 1885 Birthday Jules Pascin, Julius Pincas, Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist 1885 Birthday Veit Valentin, German/US historian, Deutsche Revolution 1884 Birthday Godfrey Tearle, English/US actor, 39 Steps 1884 Birthday John McCormack, Irish/US singer, Irish folksongs 1884 Event Anti-Monopoly party and Greenback Party forms People's Party in US 1884 Death Tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23 1884 Death Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss/US geologist/meteorologist, dies at 76 1882 Birthday Richard Hageman, Dutch/US pianist/ composer and conductor, Caponsacchi 1882 Birthday Florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist, Polish Peasant in Europe 1881 Birthday Nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer, Kirov is With Us 1881 Birthday Max Weber, Polish/Russian/US painter 1880 Death [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60 1879 Birthday Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor 1878 Birthday Grace Abbott, Grand Island, Nebraska, social worker, US Children Bureau 1878 Birthday Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright, A Pal Utrai Fiuk 1877 Birthday Bela Schick, Hungarian/US children artist, Serum Krankheit 1876 Death Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US 1876 Death Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (Michigan), dies at 65 1875 Event James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US 1874 Birthday Ismar Elbogen, German/US rabbi, Encyclopedia Judaica 1874 Birthday Ernst Rabel, Austrian/US law historian, Grundzuge 1873 Event 1st international football game in US: Yale 2, Eton (England) 1 1873 Birthday Harold Bauer, English/US pianist, Beethoven-Association 1873 Birthday Rudolf Rocker, German/US anarchist 1871 Birthday Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher, Intelligence of Children 1871 Birthday Wilfred Lucas, actor, Pardon Us, Chump at Oxford 1870 Birthday Rudolf W. Canne, Fries playwright, Der de Wier Us 1870 Death Felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1870 Event Memoria of Jackson Kemper, 1st Missionary Bishop in US 1870 Event Virginia rejoins US 1869 Birthday Ales Hrdlicka, U.S., anthropologist and curator, US National Museum 1868 Death Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar (Iowa), dies at 62 1868 Event FL, AL, LA, GA, North Carolina and South Carolina readmitted to US 1867 Event Maimonides College in Penns is 1st Jewish college in the US 1866 Death Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77 1865 Event "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll published in US 1865 Death Rene E de Russy, West Indian/US Brigadier-General, dies at about 75 1865 Death Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32 1864 Birthday Alexander Tikhonovich Gretsjaninow, Russian/US composer, Snow White 1863 Death Louis Ludwig Blenker, German/US Brigadier-General (Union), dies at 51 1863 Death Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65 1862 Death Henry Bohlen, German/US Brigadier-General (Union), dies in battle at 51 1861 Event US, banks stops payments in gold 1861 Event Tennessee becomes 11th (& last) state to secede from US 1861 Event Arkansas and Tennessee becomes 9th and 10th state to secede from US 1861 Event Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US 1859 Event Great auroral display in US 1849 Event Mrs Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman physician in US 1848 Event General Zachary Taylor elected as president of US 1847 Event Conspiracy in New Mexico against US 1846 Event Beginning of Mormon march to west US 1845 Event 1st nationally observed uniform election day in US 1845 Birthday Leopold von Auer, Hungarians/US violinist 1845 Event Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US 1844 Event James K Polk elected 11th president of US 1843 Birthday Henry James, US/British writer/critic, Turn of the Screw, Bostonians 1843 Event Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US 1840 Event William H Harrison elected president of US 1838 Birthday John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St. Paul 1837 Birthday J. P. Morgan, U.S. banker/CEO, US Steel 1835 Birthday Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/US industrialist/philanthropist 1835 Event P. T. Barnum and his circus begin 1st tour of US 1834 Birthday James A. McNeill Whistler, US/British painter, Whistler's Mother 1832 Event Andrew Jackson re-elected president of US 1832 Event President Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US 1830 Birthday Albert Bierstadt, Germany, painter, US landscapes 1828 Event Andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US 1827 Event Creek-indians lose all their property in US 1826 Birthday Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist 1823 Birthday Mother Joseph, Esther Pariseau, religious leader, US capitol 1822 Birthday Dion Boucicault, Irish/Us actor and playwright, Rip van Winkle 1822 Event Mexico officially recognized as an independent nation by US 1822 Birthday John Eberhard, built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US 1822 Event In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US 1800 Event Washington D.C. established as capital of US 1788 Event New York City becomes 1st capital of US 1785 Event Prussia signs trade agreement with US 1783 Event Britain evacuates New York City, their last military position in US 1781 Event Thomas Hutchins designated Geographer of US 1777 Event Marquis de Lafayette lands in US 1776 Event Continental Congress renames "United Colonies," "US" 1753 Birthday Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard, 1st balloon flights in England, US 1748 Event English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US 1693 Event William and Mary college is 2nd college chartered in US 1652 Event New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US 1578 Event England grants Sir Humphrey Gilbert a patent to explore and colonize US 1562 Event 1st French colonists in US: Jean Ribaut and Hugenots at Parris Is NC 1554 Death Sixt[us] Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Judith), dies at 53 1501 Birthday Sixt, us, Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer, Suzanna 1153 Death Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies 1054 Death Bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies
