Today in History for 7th July 2016

Historical Events

1863 – Orders barring Jews from serving under US General Ulysses S. Grant are revoked
1878 – Social-Democratic United forms in Amsterdam
1943 – German Submarine U-951 sunk by depth charges, off Cape St. Vincent in the North Atlantic
1953 – Che Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
1973 – Balt Orioles pull their 4th triple play (5-4-3 vs Oakland)
1980 – Institution of sharia in Iran.

 

Famous Birthdays

1906 – Harry Von Zell, sidekick (George Burns Show)
1931 – Stanley Brock, Bkln, actor (Ivan-He’s the Mayor)
1943 – Joel Siegel, American film critic (d. 2007)
1969 – Joe Sakic, Canadian NHL center (Colorado Avalanche, Canada 1998-2002), born in Burnaby, British Columbia
1970 – Erik Zabel, German cyclist
1980 – Michele Kwan, Torrance California, figure skater (Oly-94, Oly-silver-98)

Famous Deaths

1713 – Henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford and privy councillor (b. 1632)
1794 – Pascal Boyer, composer, dies at 51
1966 – Carmelita Geraghty, dies of heart attack at 65
1983 – Herman Kahn, US futurist/nuclear strategist, dies at 71
1996 – Albrecht Luitpold Michael Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 91
2002 – Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian business tycoon (b. 1933)

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