Today in History for 2nd July 2016

Historical Events

1858 – Partial emancipation of Russian serfs
1944 – Field Marshal von Kluge replaces General von Rundstedt
1951 – “Bob and Ray show” premieres on NBC radio
1951 – Leidse astronomers discover radio signal out of Milky Way system
1955 – 10th US Women’s Open Golf Championship won by Fay Crocker
1957 – 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback

 

Famous Birthdays

1652 – Guillielmus “Willem” Kerricx, Flemish sculptor (Rozenkrans)
1893 – Ralph Hancock, Welsh garden designer (Rockefeller Center) (d. 1950)
1907 – Leo O’Brien, cricketer (Australian batsman in 5 Tests 1932-36)
1932 – Ken McMillan, American actor (Malone, Concrete Beat), born in Brooklyn, New York
1962 – Brandel Eugene Chamblee, PGA golfer (1994 Honda-3rd), born in St Louis, Missouri
1967 – Debee Ashby, Coventry England, topless model (There’s Girl in My Soup)

 

Famous Deaths

1591 – Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
1743 – Spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies
1918 – Mohammed V Resjad, sultan of Turkey (1909-18), dies
1973 – Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
1984 – Paul Dozois, Quebec politician (b. 1908)
1994 – Ralph C Rinzler, folklorist (Greenbriar Boys), dies at 59

 

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