Today in History for 26th July 2016

#KevinSpacey Birthday Today  – what else happened?

Historical Events

1309 – Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V
1891 – Henry James’ “American” premieres in London
1903 – 1st automobile trip across the United States (SF-NY) completed by Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker
1946 – Aloha Airlines began service from Honolulu International Airport
1964 – US union leader James Hoffa sentenced for fraud
1994 – Cambodia’s Red Khmer surprise attack on train, kills 13

 

Famous Birthdays

1829 – August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909)
1927 – M H W Wells, CEO (Charterhouse Japhet)
1957 – Hart Hanson, American television writer and producer
1959 – Kevin Spacey, actor (Dad, Henry and June, Darrow), born in South Orange, New Jersey
1965 – Jim Lindberg, American musician (Pennywise)
1974 – Dan Konopka, American musician (OK Go)

 

Famous Deaths

1677 – Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68
1826 – Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82
1867 – King Otto of Greece (b. 1815)
1995 – Laurindo Almeida, composer/guitarist, dies at 76
2005 – Jack Hirshleifer, American economist (b. 1925)
2015 – Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, dies in a coma at 22

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