1603 - English explorer Walter Raleigh is arrested by forces of King James I of England 1864 - CSA President Davis replaces General Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood 1867 - 1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established 1922 - Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto 1925 - Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits 1959 - Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey discovers partial skull of a new species of early human ancestor, Zinjanthropus boisei or 'Zinj' (now called Paranthropus boisei) lived in Africa almost 2 million years ago 1974 - The Moody Blues open 1st quadrophonic recording studio in UK 1981 - Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B William 23-year-old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta 1996 - Paris-bound flight TWA 800, explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York, killing all 230 on board the Boeing 747 2018 - 89th MLB All Star Game, Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.: AL beats NL 8-6, the teams combining for a record 10 home runs accounting for 13 of the 14 total runs More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1858 - Recovery of the bell of HMS Lutine from ship's wreck, hung from rostrum in Lloyd's of London's Underwriting Room 1862 - United army officially divides corps 1878 - Nqwiliso, tribal chief of Western Pondoland and eldest son of Ndamase, signs a treaty with H.G. Elliott ceding sovereign rights and shipping in the Umzimvubu River mouth to the Cape government, Southern Africa 1924 - St Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0 2012 - 17 people are wounded in a bar shooting in Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2015 - Marvel's "Ant-Man", starring Paul Rudd as the titular character, is released More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1929 - Roy McMillan, American baseball infielder, coach and manager (MLB All Star 1956-57; Gold Glove 1957-59; Cincinnati Reds), born in Bonham, Texas (d. 1997) 1960 - Jan Wouters, Dutch football player (Ajax, Bayern Munich, PSV), born in Utrecht, Netherlands 1975 - Cécile de France, Belgian actress, born in Namur, Belgium 1978 - Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist, born in Niterói, Brazil 1986 - Dana, Korean [Hong Sung-mi] South Korean singer and actress (TSZX), born in Seoul, South Korea 1998 - Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón, Spanish royal, born in Madrid, Spain More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1588 - Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect and civil engineer for Sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III, dies at 99 1826 - Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and music educator, dies at 65 1922 - Heinrich Rubens, German physicist (back body radiation), dies at 57 2020 - Derek Ho, American surfer (World C'ship 1993; Hawaiian Triple Crown 1984, 86, 88, 90), dies from a heart attack at 55 2022 - Francesco Rizzo, Italian soccer midfielder (2 caps; Cagliari, ACF Fiorentina, Bologna FC, Genoa CFC), dies at 79 2023 - Robert Budzynski, French soccer defender (11 caps; RC Lens, FC Nantes), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

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