Page 5: Historical Events In July - 09

1916  The inaugural cargo submarine to cross the Atlantic arrives in US from Germany   

1916  1st cargo submarine to cross Atlantic arrives in US from Germany.   

1916  Edward Heath, (C) British PM (1970-74)   

1917  British warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 800.   

1917  British warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 804   

1917  Ted Steele, Hartford Ct, orch leader (Cavalcade of Stars).   

1918  101 killed and 171 injured in worst US train wreck, Nashville, Tenn   

1918  US Army's Distinguished Service Cross authorized.   

1918  Herbert Brun, composer   

1919  Peggy Braithwaite, lighthouse-keeper   

1921  Jacob J Hage, Dutch farmer/WW II resistance fighter   

1922  Johnny Weissmuller swims 1st 100 m free style under 1 minute.   

1922  Rey Hassan, Morroco, King of Morocco (1961- ).   

1923  Calgary Alberta, Guy Weadick holds inaugural Chuckwagon Race at the Stampede, persuading 6 local ranchers to risk their wagons and horses in what will be billed as 'the half mile of hell'.   

1924  Leonard Pennario, Buffalo NY, pianist (LA Philharmonic)   

1925  Alan Dale, Bkln NY, singer (Alan Dale Show)   

1926  Chiang Kai-shek appointed to national-revolutionary supreme commander.   

1926  Ben Roy Mottelson, American-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate   

1927  Atty William T Francis named minister to Liberia   

1927  Ed Ames, Malden Mass, actor (Mingo-Daniel Boone).   

1928  Vince Edwards, Bkln NY, actor (Ben Casey, Matt Lincoln, Firehouse)   

1929  Lee Hazelwood, Ok, country singer/songwriter (Summer Wine, Jackson)   

1930  Buddy Bregman, Chicago, orch leader (Eddie Fisher Show)   

1932  Washington Redskins (then Boston Braves) forms.   

1932  Donald Rumsfeld, politician (involved in Watergate).   

1932  Henry Howell, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies.   

1933  Frankford Yellowjackets sold, rechristened Philadelphia Eagles   

1933  Nodar Kalistratovich Gabuniya, composer.   

1934  SS-Reichs Fuhrer Himmler takes command of German Concentration Camps   

1934  Michael Graves, American architect   

1934  Otakar Zich, composer, dies at 55   

1935  Mercedes Sosa, [La Negra], Argentina, singer   

1936  David Joel Zinman, NYC, composer/conductor (Balt Symphony-1983)   

1937  David Hockney, English painter is born.   

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1511  On this day in history birth of dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1571)   

1513  On July - 09 birth of john van Hembyze, Flemish calvinist   

1535  Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian was born on July - 09.   

1577  Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Jamestown colonist (d. 1618) was born on July - 09.   

1578  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37)   

1589  On July - 09 birth of johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist   

1654  On July - 09 birth of emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732)   

1686  On this day in history birth of philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)   

1228  Death of Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1386  On July - 09 death of leopold III of Austria (b. 1351)   

1441  On this day in history jan/Johannes van Eyck, Flemish painter (Lamb Gods), dies   

1553  Death of Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521) on July - 09.   

1639  On July - 09 entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65   

1654  Ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies on this day in history.   

1677  Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies on July - 09.   

1696  Waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies on this day in history.