What Happened Years Ago Today - On This Day

• 150 years ago Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY)

100 years ago Robert H. Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, goes 184' (56 meters)

• 60 years ago "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London

60 years ago Gemini 8 launched with Neil Armstrong and David R. Scott aboard, conducts the 1st docking of two spacecraft in orbit, flight aborted after critical system failure with the crew returned safely to Earth

50 years ago British Prime Minister Harold Wilson announces his resignation

• 35 years ago Members of Irish Gay & Lesbian Organization march in NYC parade
• 35 years ago NJ Net coach Bill Fitch is 4th coach to win 800 NBA games
• 35 years ago NY Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner (#s are 18-21-32-33-35-38)

35 years ago Seven members of Reba McEntire's band, and the road manager, are killed in a plane crash; one of two private jets being used by the group clipped a mountain near San Diego, California shortly after take-off, pilot and co-pilot also

35 years ago Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi

30 years ago Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain heavyweight title

• 30 years ago Montreal Canadien's 1st game in their new arena (Bell Center)
• 20 years ago The United Nations General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to establish the UN Human Rights Council.

15 years ago U.S. Postal Service issues a set of five "Latin Music Legends" stamps, including one of Carlos Gardel

• 10 years ago US college student Otto Warmbier is sentenced to 15 years hard labour for trying to steal a political poster, in Pyongyang, North Korea

10 years ago US President Barack Obama nominates Merrick Garland as Supreme Court Justice, Senate fails to consider him

5 years ago Declassified US intelligence report says Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized efforts to aid re-election of Donald Trump [1]

• 5 years ago French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal win the Pritzker Prize for architecture
• 5 years ago Gunman shots and kills eight people at three different spas in Atlanta, Georgia
• 5 years ago Israeli researchers reveal the rediscovery of 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls, the first found in 60 years, left by Jews fleeing Romans in "Horror Cave," Israel
• 4 years ago After 20 seasons as Fox's NFL lead broadcast team, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman join ESPN as new lead commentators of Monday Night Football
• 4 years ago British-Iranians Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori return to the UK after being detained for five and six years on spying charges [1]

4 years ago Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses US Congress remotely pleading for further aid against the Russian invasion [1]

• 4 years ago US Federal Reserve raises interest rates for the first time since 2018 by a quarter of a point to help ease rising price inflation [1]
• 3 years ago Banking jitters continues as US Wall Street banks agree to deposit US$30 billion in First Republic Bank as its stock plummets in the wake of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank

3 years ago Emmanuel Macron’s government uses special powers to force through pension reform, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, amid widespread protests [1]

• 3 years ago Houston Zoo announces their oldest resident Mr Pickles (90) is finally a father, with Mrs Pickles (53), the parents of three rare baby radiated tortoises, named Dill, Gherkin and Jalapeño [1]

3 years ago South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hold their first talks since 2011 in Tokyo, marking a milestone in relations between the two countries [1]

• Last year A fire caused by pyrotechnic devices at a nightclub hosting a concert in Kocani, North Macedonia, kills at least 59 people and injures 155 others [1]
• Last year Asian Film Awards: Payal Kapadia’s "All We Imagine as Light" wins Best Film, Best Director Yoshida Daihachi, acting awards to Sean Lau and Shahana Goswami [1]

Today's Historical Events

• 100 years ago Sergeant Stubby, decorated World War I dog
• 90 years ago Marguerite Durand, French journalist, feminist, and publisher (La Fronde), dies at 72
• 80 years ago Max Blokzijl, Dutch radio presenter, executed for broadcasting Nazi propagandist during WWII, at 61
• 70 years ago Joseph John Richards, American composer, dies at 77
• 35 years ago 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash
• 35 years ago Jan H. van Roijen, Dutch ambassador to the U.S. and Netherlands Foreign Minister, dies at 85
• 30 years ago Charlie Barnett, American comedian and actor (Miami Vice; D.C. Cab), dies of AIDS at 41
• 30 years ago Joseph Lee Pope, singer, dies at 62
• 30 years ago Joseph Pope, American soul singer (The Tams - "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me"; "What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)"), dies at 62
• 30 years ago Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder (Collet's bookshop), dies at 104
• 30 years ago Peter Clemoes, Anglo-Saxon scholar, dies at 76
• 25 years ago Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943)
• 25 years ago Norma MacMillan, Canadian voice actress (Casper the Ghost), dies at 79
• 20 years ago David Feintuch, American sci-fi author (b. 1944)
• 15 years ago Richard Wirthlin, American political strategist for Ronald Reagan, dies at 80
• 10 years ago Cliff Michelmore, English television presenter and producer (Tonight; Day By Day), dies at 96

• 10 years ago Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and bandleader, dies at 72
• 5 years ago Erhan Önal, Turkish soccer central defender (12 caps; FC Bayern Munich, Standard Liège, Galatasaray), dies at 63
• 5 years ago Sabine Schmitz, German professional motor racing driver, and television personality (Top Gear), dies of cancer at 51
• 4 years ago Bobby Weinstein, American songwriter (with Teddy Randazzo - "I'm on the Outside Looking In", "Goin' Out of My Head", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle"), and music executive, dies at 82
• 4 years ago Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer (1st Japanese rider to win GP race 1961) and auto racer (4 x All-Japan Sports Prototype C'ship), dies at 82
• 4 years ago Ralph Terry, American MLB baseball pitcher (All-Star 1962; World Series 1961, 1962 [MVP]; NY Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians, NY Mets), dies at 86
• 4 years ago Slobodan Škrbić, Serbian soccer defender (4 caps Yugoslavia; Red Star Belgrade, Lille), dies at 77
• 3 years ago Sharon Acker, Canadian character actress (The New Perry Mason - "Della Street"), dies at 87
• Last year Doug Laughton, English rugby league lock (15 Tests GB; St. Helens, Wigan, Widnes) and coach (Widnes 504 games), dies at 80
• Last year Émilie Dequenne, Belgian actress (Rosetta, The Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies of cancer at 43
• Last year Jesse Colin Young [Perry Miller], American folk-rock singer-songwriter (Youngbloods - "Get Together", "Sunlight", "Darkness Darkness"), die at 83 [1]

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