During the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, the football match between the Nazis and a group of Ukrainian players from the famous soccer club FC Dynamo Kyiv took place. The Ukrainians were clearly superior to the occupiers, because they beat them easily over several matches – the last result being at 8-0. Unfortunately, the Nazis didn’t like being humiliated, so the Gestapo got involved. The Gestapo just did what they did best: they arrested and tortured most of the Ukrainian players. At least one of them died at their hands. Those who survived were shipped off to a work camp – and most were ultimately executed.
Three hunters in Oregon were discovered dead around their campsite with no marks or signs of a struggle. The only unusual thing was the discovery of a dead newt in the coffee pot that was later found to produce Tetradotoxin – a poison 10,000x more potent than cyanide.
In 1959 the USPS attempted to deliver mail via cruise missile and successfully shipped 3,000 pieces of mail from Virginia to Florida in 22 minutes.
Walt Disney planned his own city where everybody would be employed and working for Disney in some way. They would all pay rent for the privilege of living there and would always be ensured the latest technology in their homes.
The genome of modern humans contains the DNA from four different hominid ancestors: homo sapiens, Neanderthals, Denisovans, and a fourth species that has yet to be discovered. “What it begins to suggest is that we’re looking at a Lord of the Rings-type world — that there were many hominid populations,” says Mark Thomas, an evolutionary geneticist at University College London.
1907 - Bolsheviks overthrows transport in Tiflis
1945 - England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs
1954 - Jim Peters runs marathon in 2:17:39.4
1955 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1991 - ANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses congress
1994 - PLO leader Yasser Arafat returns to Gaza after 27 years
1582 - Johannes Schultz, composer
1837 - Victor Jean Baptiste Girardey, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1921 - Abe Jan Koldijk, SS-physician (Limburg's family doctor)
1956 - Chris Isaak, Stockton Ca, rock singer/songwriter (Wicked Game)
1970 - Nicole Richardson, Australian softball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1979 - Wálter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player
363 - Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor (361-63)
1937 - Georg A Erman, Ger egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies at 82
1939 - Ford M Ford, [Hueffer], British writer, (Tietjens Saga) dies at 65
1945 - Erno Rapee, composer, dies at 54
1990 - Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (b. 1909)
2004 - Yash Johar, Indian film producer (b. 1929)
