Events in History
Events 101 - 200 of 231
- Jun 14 General strike in Tunisia
- Jun 14 Keel laid for 1st nuclear powered sub USS Nautilus (4th to be named Nautilus)
- Jun 16 Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down
- Jun 17 2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium
- Jun 21 Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce; later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines
- Jun 23 US airplanes bomb energy centers at Yalu Korea
- Jun 25 "Wish You Were Here" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 597 performances
- Jun 25 Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election
- Jun 26 Dutch social democratic party wins elections (29%)
Event of Interest
Jun 26 Nelson Mandela & 51 others infringe South Africa curfew

Nelson Mandela
- Jun 29 USS Oriskany becomes 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn
- Jun 30 Hussein Sirri Pasha forms Egyptian government
- Jul 2 Princess Beatrice opens miniature city of Madurodam
- Jul 3 Puerto Rico's constitution approved by US Congress
- Jul 4 Canadian Currency, Mint and Exchange Fund Act allows gold coins of $5, $10, and $20 to be minted
- Jul 5 "Of Thee I Sing" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances
- Jul 6 Last tram ride in London
- Jul 7 SS United States cross Atlantic in record 82:40
Presidential Convention
Jul 11 General Eisenhower nominated as Republican US presidential candidate

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Appointment of Interest
Jul 17 Shah of Persia Mohammad Reza Pahlavi names Ghavam Sultaneh premier

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- Jul 19 Freddie Trueman takes 8-31, India all out 58 at Old Trafford
- Jul 19 India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 earlier in the day
- Jul 21 7.8 earthquake shakes Kern County California, 14 killed
- Jul 21 Premier Ghavam es-Sultaneh of Persia, resigns
- Jul 22 Poland adopts Communist-imposed Constitution
- Jul 23 General Neguib seizes power, Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (National Day)
- Jul 24 112°F (44°C), Louisville, Georgia (state record)
- Jul 24 US President Harry Truman settles 53-day steel strike
- Jul 25 Puerto Rico becomes a self-governing US commonwealth (Constitution Day)
- Jul 26 King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday]
- Jul 29 1st nonstop transpacific flight by a jet
- Jul 30 Ford Frick sets waiver rule to bar inter-league deals until all clubs in same league get right to bid
Murder of Interest
Aug 4 Gambling boss Theodore Roe is murdered by the crew of Sam Giancana

Sam Giancana
- Aug 8 Syngman Ree re-elected president of South Korea
- Aug 9 General strike against overtime conscription in Belgium
- Aug 11 Hussein Ibn Talal I, proclaimed King of Jordan
- Aug 12 Hussein ibn Talal proclaimed King of Jordan
- Aug 14 Mátyás Rákosi appointed premier of Hungary
- Aug 15 9 inches of rain fall creates a 20 ft wave in Lynmouth, England, killing 34
- Aug 17 "Fallout" 1st used (NY Times)
Meeting of Interest
Aug 20 Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meets Chinese premier Zhou Enlai

Joseph Stalin

Zhou Enlai
- Aug 22 The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
- Aug 23 Arab League security pact goes into effect
- Aug 23 Giants Bob Elliott is ejected for arguing a strike, Bobby Hoffman completes his bat, he strikes out & is also ejected for arguing
- Aug 25 Puerto Rico becomes a US commonwealth
- Aug 26 Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins
- Aug 28 German & Israeli reach accord about recovery payments
- Aug 28 Yakov Malik succeeds Valerian Zorin as Soviet Foreign minister
- Sep 1 Sutro Baths, San Francisco purchased by George Whitney
- Sep 1 Willem Drees forms new Dutch government
- Sep 2 Dr Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery
- Sep 5 General Carlos Ibáñez elected president of Chile
- Sep 6 Canadian TV begins in Montreal
- Sep 7 General Naguib forms Egyptian government and becomes Premier
Historic Publication
Sep 8 Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Old Man & the Sea" published

Ernest Hemingway
Treaty of Interest
Sep 11 West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer signs a reparation pact for the Jewish people

Konrad Adenauer
Event of Interest
Sep 23 Richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech

Richard Nixon
Event of Interest
Sep 24 American fast food restaurant chain "KFC" [Kentucky Fried Chicken] opens its first franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah

Colonel Sanders
- Sep 25 Hal Newhouser of Tigers wins his 200th game
- Oct 1 Liberal Party wins Japanese elections
- Oct 1 Monte Bello-Island (Great Britain 1st atom bomb explosion)
- Oct 3 1st British nuclear test during Operation Hurricane at Monte Bello Island, Australia, UK becomes the world's third nuclear nation
- Oct 5 19th congress of Communist Party meets in Moscow
Theater Premiere
Oct 6 Agatha Christie's play "The Mousetrap" opens in London (still running)

Agatha Christie
Historic Publication
Oct 15 "Charlotte's Web" by E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams is published by Harper & Brothers

E. B. White
Photography
Oct 15 Henri Cartier-Bresson's influential photography book "The Decisive Moment" is first published in the US and France

Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Oct 16 Pakistan's 1st Test starts, v India at Delhi
- Oct 16 Woolworth's at Powell & Market (San Francisco) opens
- Oct 18 Date of the first Mad Magazine issue
- Oct 18 Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wkts to win 1st India-Pak clash
- Oct 19 Alain Bombard departs from the Canary Islands on his solitary journey across the Atlantic ocean with almost no provisions and only a sextant for navigation to test his theory that a shipwrecked person could survive
- Oct 20 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Kenya
- Oct 21 Dutch government refuses New Guinea (West-Irian)
- Oct 24 Arab Liberation Movement becomes only political party in Syria
- Oct 25 First Dutch edition of children's magazine "Donald Duck"
- Oct 25 French president inaugurates Donzère-Mondragonstuw Dam
- Oct 25 Nazar Mohammad scores Pakistan's 1st Test century 124* v India
Event of Interest
Oct 30 Clarence Birdseye sells first frozen peas

Clarence Birdseye
- Oct 31 1st thermonuclear bomb detonated at Marshall Islands
Event of Interest
Nov 1 "Ivy Mike", the first thermonuclear weapon to utilize the H-bomb design of Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam, is detonated in the Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean

Edward Teller
- Nov 3 Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas
- Nov 3 Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel
- Nov 4 Earthquake & flood strike Kamshatka-South America
- Nov 4 Republican candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Adlai Stevenson
- Nov 10 Trygve Lie resigns as 1st Secretary General of the United Nations
- Nov 13 False fingernails 1st sold
- Nov 14 Greek General Alexander Papagos wins elections
Birthdays in History
Birthdays 101 - 200 of 220
- Jun 16 George Papandreou, Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece (2009-11), born in St Paul, Minnesota
- Jun 18 Idriss Deby, Chadian politician & military officer (President of Chad, 1990–), born in Berdoba, Chad
- Jun 19 Robert Ainsworth, British MP
- Jun 20 Vikram Seth, Indian poet and novelist (A Suitable Boy), born in Calcutta, India
- Jun 21 Kôichi Mashimo, Japanese anime director (Bee Train Production), born in Tokyo
- Jun 24 Stephen Pusey, British-born artist
- Jun 27 Madan Kumar Bhandari, Nepalese politician (Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)), born in Taplejung, Nepal (d. 1993)
- Jun 30 Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician, born in Cefalonia, Greece
- Jul 2 Linda M Godwin, Cape Girardeau Mo, PhD/astronaut (STS 37, 59, 76)
- Jul 4 Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Colombian politician (31st President of Colombia), born in Medellín, Colombia
- Jul 5 David Dreier, American entrepreneur and politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Kansas City, Missouri
- Jul 5 Terence T. Henricks, USAF colonel and astronaut (STS 44, 55, 70, 78), born in Bryan, Ohio
- Jul 6 Hilary Mantel, English novelist (Wolf Hall), born in Glossop, Derbyshire
- Jul 8 Anna Quindlen, American columnist
- Jul 10 Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician (Labour Party), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Jul 11 John Kettley, English weather forecaster
- Jul 12 Voja Antonić, Serbian inventor and writer, born in Šabac, Serbia
- Jul 14 Joel Silver, producer (Warriors, Xanadu, Die Hard), born in South Orange, New Jersey
- Jul 14 Franklin Graham, American evangelist
- Jul 15 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, (Rep-R-Florida)
- Jul 15 Jill Long, (Rep-D-Indiana)
- Jul 15 Judy McGrath, American television executive
- Jul 16 Robert David Steele, American activist and former CIA officer, born in NYC, New York
- Jul 17 Robert R. McCammon, American sci-fi author (Baal, Mystery Walk), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Jul 19 Howard Donald Saunders, Danbury Ct, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
- Jul 19 Robert A. Ficano, American politician and Sheriff of Wayne County, Michigan, born in Detroit, Michigan
- Jul 19 John Griesheimer, American Republican politician, born in Saint Clair, Missouri
- Jul 21 John Barrasso [John Anthony Barrasso III], American politician, junior senator from Wyoming, born in Reading, Pennsylvania
- Jul 24 Vin Weber, (Rep-R-MN, 1981- )
- Jul 26 Scott David Cook, CEO (Intuit-Quicken), born in Glendale, California
- Jul 28 Maha Vajiralongkorn [Bodindradebayavarangkun], King of Thailand (2016 - Present), born in Bangkok, Thailand
- Jul 28 Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist (Final Fantasy), born in Shizuoka city, Japan
- Jul 31 Pritawi Sudarmo, Indonesia, astronaut
- Jul 31 João Barreiros, Portuguese writer (Um Dia com Júlia na Necrosfera), born in Portugal
- Aug 1 Zoran Đinđić, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (2001-03), born in Bosanski Šamac, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina (d. 2003)
- Aug 2 Paul David Crews, American murderer (FBI Most Wanted List), born in South Carolina
- Aug 3 Aleksandr A Volkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
- Aug 3 Frank Schaeffer, American author (Crazy for God), born in Champéry, Switzerland
- Aug 4 Gábor Demszky, Hungarian politician (Mayor of Budapest, 1990-2010), born in Budapest, Hungary
- Aug 5 Hun Sen, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister of Cambodia 1985-), born in Kampong Cham, Cambodia
- Aug 8 Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
- Aug 9 Vicki Morgan, mistress (Beautiful Bad Girl), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Aug 9 Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai politician
- Aug 10 Nikolai Alekseyevich Pushenko, Russian lt-colonel/cosmonaut
- Aug 10 Pepsi Nunes, marine biologist
- Aug 13 Herb Ritts, American fashion photographer, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2002)
- Aug 13 Tom Marino, American politician (Rep-R-Pennsylvania 2011-), born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Aug 14 Mark C. Lee, American NASA astronaut (STS 30, 47, 64, 82, sk: 98), born in Viroqua, Wisconsin
- Aug 17 Kathryn C. Thornton, American astronaut (STS 33, 49, 61, 73), born in Montgomery, Alabama
- Aug 17 Thomas J Hennen, American astronaut (STS 44), born in Albany, Georgia
- Aug 17 Dr. Mario Theissen, German F1 team principal (BMW Sauber)
- Aug 18 Elayne Boosler, American comedienne (Broadway Baby, Party of One), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Aug 21 Jiří Paroubek, former Czech prime minister, born in Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Aug 24 Bob Corker, American politician (Senator from Tennessee), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina
- Aug 26 Will Shortz, American crossword editor
- Aug 27 Roger Stone, American political lobbyist, born in Norwalk, Connecticut
- Aug 28 Rita Dove, African-American poet (Thomas and Beulah), born in Akron, Ohio
- Aug 28 Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman (CEO - Porsche AG), born in Ahlen, Germany
- Aug 28 Jacques Chagnon, Canadian politician (45th President of the National Assembly), born in Montréal, Québec
- Aug 29 Karen Hesse, American children's book writer (Out of the Dust), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Aug 31 Herbert Reul, German politician
- Sep 2 Earl Pomeroy, (Rep-D-North Dakota)
- Sep 9 Angela Cartwright, England (Make Room for Daddy, Lost in Space)
- Sep 9 Lee M Morin, cmdr USN/astronaut, born in Manchester, New Hampshire
- Sep 10 Gerry Conway, Marvel comics writer (Punisher), born in New York City
- Sep 10 Vic Toews, Canadian politician, born in Filadelfia, Paraguay
- Sep 19 Gunnar Hökmark, Swedish politician (Member of the European Parliament), born in Ystad, Skåne County, Sweden
- Sep 21 Anneliese Michel, German exorcism victim (d. 1976)
- Sep 22 Robert W Goodlatte, (Rep-R-Virginia)
- Sep 24 Joseph P. Kennedy II, American politician (Rep-D-Massachusetts 1987-99), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Sep 25 Bell Hooks [Gloria Jean Watkins], American author, feminist, scholar and social activist, born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky
- Sep 27 Doemitri Dorin Prunariu, Romania, cosmonaut (Soyuz 40)
- Sep 27 Didier Dubois, French mathematician
- Sep 29 R A Hodges, archaeologist
- Sep 29 Max Sandlin, American politician
- Oct 2 George Meegan, British adventurer who walked 19,019 miles from Argentina to Alaska, born in London
- Oct 4 Nina Carter, vocalist (Blonde on Blonde), born in London, England
- Oct 6 Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and writer
Vladimir Putin
Oct 7 Vladimir Putin, Russian politician (President and Prime Minister), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union

Vladimir Putin
- Oct 8 Jan Marijnissen, Dutch politician (Leader of the Socialist Party), born in Oss, Netherlands
- Oct 13 Michael R. Clifford, American astronaut (STS 53, 59, 76), born in Norton AFB, California
- Oct 16 Christopher Cox, (Rep-R-California)
- Oct 18 Bảo Ninh, Vietnamese novelist
- Oct 20 Mikhail Georgiyevich Potapov, Russian cosmonaut
- Oct 21 Allen Hoey, American poet and novelist
- Oct 26 Andrew Motion, English poet (British Poet Laureate 1999-2009), born in London
- Oct 26 Abbas al-Musawi, influential Lebanese Shia cleric, and founder and leader of Hezbollah, born in Al-Nabi Shayth, Lebanon (d. 1992)
- Oct 29 Valeri I Tokarev, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
Larry Fink
Nov 2 Larry Fink [Laurence Douglas Fink], American chairman and CEO of BlackRock, born in Los Angeles, California

Larry Fink
- Nov 3 Felix R de Rooy, Curacaos poet/sculptor
- Nov 5 Vandana Shiva, Indian scholar and environmental activist, born in Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Nov 7 David Petraeus, Commanding General of Multinational Force Iraq (2007-08), born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York
- Nov 8 Christie Ann Hefner, American businesswoman, CEO of Playboy Enterprises (1988-2009) and daughter of Hugh Hefner, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nov 9 Sherrod Brown, American politician (Rep-D-Ohio 1993-2007, Senate 2007-), born in Mansfield, Ohio
- Nov 12 Ronald Burkle, American entrepreneur
- Nov 13 Merrick Garland, American attorney and judge (US Attorney General 2021-), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nov 16 Robin McKinley, American writer (The Hero and the Crown), born in Warren, Ohio
- Nov 16 Piero Falchetta, Italian archivist (Biblioteca Marciana), born in Venice, Italy
- Nov 16 Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer (Nintendo), born in Sonobe, Kyoto, Japan