1858 First overland mail to California 1863 Robert College of Istanbul, Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist 1864 US Civil War: Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid) 1885 5th America's Cup: Puritan (NY Yacht Club) beats Genesta (Royal Yacht Squadron, Isle of Wight, UK) by 1:38 for 2-0 series win 1893 Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma, opens white settlement homesteaders 1896 Stephen Crane is threatened with arrest after intervening when a woman he was interviewing, Dora Clark, is arrested on suspicion of prostitution 1901 Alturas, California, is incorporated as the only city in Modoc County 1908 Carriage maker William C. Durant founds General Motors in Flint, Michigan 1919 American Legion incorporated by an act of US Congress 1920 The "Wall Street bombing" occurs at 12:01 when a horse-drawn wagon explodes on Wall Street, New York, killing 38 and injuring 143 1922 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Germantown CC, Philadelphia: Bill Tilden wins third straight US singles title; beats fellow American Bill Johnston 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 1924 St. Cardinals future Baseball HOF first baseman Jim Bottomley sets MLB all-time single game RBI record of 12 in a 17-3 rout of Brooklyn Robins at Ebbets Field 1926 Hurricane in Florida and Alabama kills 372 1932 30.8 cm of rainfall in Westerly, Rhode Island (state record) 1933 Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II 's musical "Music in the Air" closes at the 44th Street Theatre, NYC, after 342 performances 1937 The Redskins NFL franchise plays its first game in Washington at Griffith Stadium and defeats the New York Giants 13-3 in the season opener 1940 Leo Durocher is suspended from Ebbets Field for "inciting a riot" 1940 Samuel Rayburn of Texas is elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives 1940 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Selective Training and Service Act, the first US peacetime draft 1951 US Open Women's Golf, Druid Hills GC: Betsy Rawls wins first of her 8 major titles, 5 strokes ahead of runner-up Louise Suggs 1955 Yankee Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring muscle while running out a bunt 1960 Milwaukee Braves' future Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn no-hits the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0 at County Stadium 1961 WLKY TV channel 32 in Louisville, Kentucky (ABC) begins broadcasting 1964 US Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina confirms he is leaving the Democratic Party to support Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater 1966 Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center, New York City, with Leontyne Price as Cleopatra in "Antony and Cleopatra" by Samuel Barber 1968 Richard Nixon appears on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" 1972 The sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show" (the Chicago one) debuts on CBS-TV; the first episode "Fly Unfriendly Skies" stars Penny Marshall as the stewardess 1973 Buffalo running back O.J. Simpson rushes for a then-NFL-record 250 yards in the Bills' 31-13 win at New England 1973 Limited-run revival of Sigmund Romberg, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II , and Frank Mandel's musical "The Desert Song" closes at Uris Theater, NYC, after 15 performances 1974 Bob Dylan begins recording his 15th album "Blood on the Tracks" in New York City 1974 US General Alexander Haig Jr. becomes NATO's supreme commander in Europe 1974 US President Gerald Ford announces a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War draft evaders and military deserters 1976 American Episcopal Church approves the ordination of women as priests and bishops 1983 Austrian weightlifter and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen 1984 First broadcast of " Miami Vice " on NBC-TV 1989 14th Toronto International Film Festival: "Roger & Me" directed by Michael Moore wins the People's Choice Award 1989 Debbye Turner (Mont), 23, crowned 63rd Miss America 1990 1990 42nd Emmy Awards: L.A. Law, Murphy Brown, Peter Falk , and Patricia Wettig win 1990 Iraq televises an eight-minute uncensored speech from George H. W. Bush 1993 "Frasier," starring Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce, premieres on NBC 1993 Minnesota Twins' Dave Winfield becomes the 19th player to achieve 3,000 hits 1995 Greg Maddux of the Braves sets a record with 17 consecutive road victories 1995 Shawntel Smith (24) of Okla is crowned the 69th Miss America 1996 1996 Courtroom reality show "Judge Judy" with Judge Judith Sheindlin premieres in the US 1996 MLB Minnesota Twins' Paul Molitor becomes the 21st player to reach 3,000 hits 1997 Apple Computer Inc. names co-founder Steve Jobs as interim CEO 1997 Mark McGwire signs with the St. Louis Cardinals for $26 million 2000 25th Toronto International Film Festival: " Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon " directed by Ang Lee wins the People's Choice Award 2000 Sammy Sosa becomes the second player to hit 50 or more home runs in three consecutive years, joining Mark McGwire 2002 Talk show " Dr. Phil " with Phil McGraw and co-created by Oprah Winfrey debuts on syndicated US TV 2007 59th Emmy Awards: The Sopranos, 30 Rock, James Spader, and Sally Field win 2014 Barbra Streisand releases the album "Partners," featuring duets with other artists, and when it reaches No. 1, Streisand becomes the only recording artist with a top album in six decades 2015 Second Republican presidential candidates debate, hosted by CNN, features Carly Fiorina and Donald Trump facing off at the Reagan Presidential Library 2016 Chris Sharma free solos Alasha in Mallorca, Spain, the world's first 9a+ (5.15a) deep-water solo route 2017 Farm Aid held in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania; performers include Willie Nelson , John Mellencamp , Neil Young , Dave Matthews , Jack Johnson, The Avett Brothers, Sheryl Crow , and Jamey Johnson [1] 2018 " Green Book " wins People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival 2018 Cycling land speed record is broken for men and women by Denise Mueller-Korenek, who rides at 183.932 mph (296.010 km/h) at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, making her the first and only woman to hold the overall title 2018 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: At age 40, American Angela Stanford wins her first major title by 1 stroke from Amy Olson, Austin Ernst, Mo Martin & Kim Sei-young 2018 Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes sets an NFL record of 10 touchdowns in first 2 weeks of a season, torching Pittsburgh’s secondary with 6 TD passes; leads Chiefs to 42-37 victory on the road 2018 US Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh accused of sexual assault in the 1980s in "The Washington Post" 2019 Guantánamo Bay is the world's most expensive prison at US$13 million per prisoner, according to investigation by "The New York Times" 2019 Marvel actor Mark Ruffalo rebuffs UK PM Boris Johnson , who compared himself to Hulk, "Boris Johnson forgets that the Hulk only fights for the good of the whole" 2020 Hurricane Sally makes landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, causing serious flooding 2021 Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says the whole state is now in a hospital resource crisis and will ration healthcare due to the COVID-19 surge [1] 2024 American music mogul Sean Combs is arrested and charged the next day with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution [1] American business tycoon and railroad executive ( Central Pacific Railroad , Southern Pacific Railroad), born in Troy, New York 1823 Francis Parkman, American historian and author (Oregon Trail), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1893) 1832 George Washington Custis Lee, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Fort Monroe, Virginia (d. 1913) 1847 Albert Ross Parsons, American composer, born in Sandusky, Ohio (d. 1933) American department store founder ( J C Penney ), born in Hamilton, Missouri 1888 Almira Sessions, American actress (Oklahoma Annie), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1974) 1889 Claude Albert Barnett, American journalist and founder (Associated Negro Press), born in Sanford, Florida (d. 1967) 1894 Clarence Hennecke, American actor (The Strong Man, Murder by Television, Keystone Kops), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1969) 1898 (Charles) "Chick" Bullock, American jazz and dance band vocalist (Chick Bullock and His Levee Loungers), born in Butte, Montana (d. 1981) 1898 H. A. Rey, American children's author and creator of "Curious George", born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1977) 1908 Beecher Moore, British sailor, born in Rochester, New York (d. 1996) 1914 Allen Funt, American TV host and creator (Candid Camera), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1999) 1915 Cy Walter, American jazz pianist (Three's Company), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1968) 1919 Andy Russell, American singer (Andy & Della Russell Show), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1992) 1921 John Hendricks, American lyricist and singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross), born in Newark, Ohio (d. 2017) 1921 Korla Pandit [John Roland Redd], American pianist and Hammond B-3 organist, exotica and television pioneer (Adventures in Music), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1998) [1] 1922 Janis Paige [Donna Mae Tjaden], American stage and screen actress (The Pajama Game; Silk Stockings; Trapper John, M.D.), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 2024) American actress and singer named the 20th greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema (Dark Passage, Key Largo), born in Staten Island, New York 1925 Charlie Byrd, American jazz and bossa nova guitarist (Desfinado), born in Suffolk, Virginia (d. 1999) American blues guitarist and singer ("The Thrill is Gone"), born in Itta Bena, Mississippi 1926 John Knowles, American writer (Morning in Antibes), born in Fairmont, West Virginia (d. 2001) 1926 Robert Schuller, American Christian televangelist (Glass Cathedral; Hour of Power), born in Alton, Iowa (d. 2015) 1926 Thomas "Tommy" Bond, American actor (Butch-Our Gang, Superman), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2005) 1927 Jack Kelly, American actor (Bart-Maverick, Get Christie Love), born in Astoria, Queens, New York (d. 1992) American actor (Colombo, Scared Straight), born in Ossining, New York 1929 Dale Kildee, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan, 1977-2013), born in Flint, Michigan (d. 2021) 1930 Anne Francis, American actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet, Pancho Villa), born in Ossining, New York (d. 2011) 1932 Joan Tabor, American actress (Teenage Millionaire), born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (d. 1968) American Basketball Hall of Fame small forward (11 x NBA All Star; NBA All-Star Game MVP 1959; Minneapolis/LA Lakers), born in Washington, D.C. 1934 Eva Clayton, American politician (Rep-D-North Carolina), born in Savannah, Georgia 1934 George Chakiris, American actor (West Side Story), born in Norwood, Ohio 1935 Bob Kiley, American public transit specialist, born in Minneapolis (d. 2016) 1935 Carl Andre, American sculptor (minimal/conceptual art), born in Quincy, Massachusetts (d. 2024) 1937 Vince Naimoli, American businessman and sports executive (owner Tampa Bay Devil Rays), born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 2019) 1941 Joe Butler, American rock vocalist and drummer (Lovin' Spoonful), born in Glen Cove, New York 1941 Richard Perle, American political advisor, born in New York City 1942 Dennis Conner, American yachtsman (America's Cup winning skipper 1974, 80, 87, 88; Olympic bronze Tempest class 1976; World C'ship gold Star class 1971, 77), born in San Diego, California 1942 Linda G Miller, American actress (Night of the Juggler, Mississippi), born in New York City 1942 Tom Wargo, American golfer (PGA Senior C'ship 1993, British Senior Open 1994), born in Marlette, Michigan 1943 James Alan McPherson, American essayist and the first black writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction (Elbow Room, 1978), born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 2016) 1944 Betty Kelly, American rocker (Martha Reeves & Vandellas), born in Attalla, Alabama 1946 Cathee Dahmen, American fashion model, born in Minnesota (d. 1997) 1947 Michael R. McNulty, American politician (Rep-D-NY), born in Troy, New York 1948 Ron Blair, American rock bassist (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, 1976-82 & 2002-17), born in San Diego, California 1948 American tennis player (12 Grand Slam doubles titles), born in San Francisco, California 1949 Ed Begley Jr, American actor (Eating Raoul, St Elsewhere, Parenthood), born in Los Angeles, California 1949 Susan Ruttan, American actress (Roxanne Melman-LA Law), born in Oregon City 1950 David Bellamy, American singer (The Bellamy Brothers - "Let Your Love Flow"), born in Darby, Florida 1950 Loyd Grossman, American-British television presenter (MasterChef 1990-2000), born in Marblehead, Massachusetts 1952 Mickey Rourke, American actor (Wild Orchid, Barfly), born in Schenectady, New York 1953 Earl Klugh, American jazz pianist and guitarist, born in Detroit, Michigan

1953 Gene Taylor, American politician (Rep-D-Mississippi), born in New Orleans, Louisiana 1953 Jerry Pate, American golfer (US Open 1976; 8 PGA Tour titles), born in Macon, Georgia 1953 Lenny Clarke, American actor (Officer Hampton-John Larroquette Show), born in Boston, Massachusetts 1953 Michael Rhodes, American country, rock, and jazz session and touring bass player, born in Monroe, Louisiana (d. 2023) 1954 Frank Reed, American singer (Chi-Lites), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2014) 1955 Robin Yount, American Baseball HOF shortstop/center fielder (AL MVP 1982, 89; 3 x MLB All Star; Milwaukee Brewers; 3,142 hits), born in Danville, Illinois 1955 Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer, born in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico 1956 American magician and illusionist known for vanishing the Statue of Liberty, born in Metuchen, New Jersey 1956 Kevin R. Kregel, American pilot and astronaut (STS 70, 78, 87), born in Amityville, New York 1956 Mark Daniel Gearan, American campaign manager (Al Gore), born in Gardner, Massachusetts 1956 Peter Zaremba, American rock vocalist and keyboard player (Fleshtones), born in Queens, New York City 1958 Jennifer Tilly, American actress (Let it Ride, Off Beat, Psycho II), born in Los Angeles, California 1958 American baseball pitcher (3 X All-Star, World Series Champion and MVP, 1988 -Los Angeles Dodgers; Cleveland Indians), born in Buffalo, New York 1958 Terry McBride, American singer (McBride & Ride - "Can I Count on You"), born in Austin, Texas 1959 American Baseball HOF left fielder (7 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1996, 98, 2005; NL batting champion 1986; Montreal Expos, NY Yankees, Chicago WS), born in Sanford, Florida 1960 Kurt Busiek, American comic book writer (Astro City), born in Boston, Massachusetts 1961 Mark Parent, American baseball catcher (Detroit Tigers), born in Ashland, Oregon 1962 Julie Larsen Piers, American golfer (Women's PGA C'ship runner-up 1996), born in Westchester, New York 1963 Garth Jax, American NFL middle linebacker (Arizona Cardinals), born in Houston, Texas 1964 David Michael Sabo, American rocker (Skid Row - "Psycho Love"), born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey 1964 Molly Shannon, American actress (Other People), born in Shaker Heights, Ohio 1966 John Bel Edwards, American politician, Governor of Louisiana (2016-), born in Amite City, Louisiana 1966 Kevin Curtis Young, American 400m hurdler, born in Los Angeles, California 1967 Bernie Parmalee, American football running back and coach (Miami Dolphins, NY Jets), born in Jersey City, New Jersey 1968 American salsa and pop singer - songwriter , born in New York City 1968 Tara Cross-Battle, American volleyball hitter (Olympic bronze 1992, 96), born in Houston, Texas 1968 Walt Becker, American writer and film director (Van Wilder), born in Hollywood, California 1969 Chester McGlockton, American NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders), born in Whiteville, North Carolina 1969 Kathi Wolfgram, American rocker (Jets - "You Got It All"), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota 1970 Anthony Marshall, American NFL safety (Chicago Bears), born in Mobile, Alabama 1970 Mark Schultz, American Christian musician, born in Kansas City, Kansas 1971 American comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation), born in Newton, Massachusetts 1971 Charlie Fields, American actor (Shannon), born in Brooklyn, New York 1971 Shawntel Smith, American beauty pageant (Miss America 1996), born in Muldrow, Oklahoma 1972 Don Sasa, American NFL defensive tackle (San Diego Chargers), born in American Samoa 1972 Shalane McCall, American child actress (Charlie Wade-Dallas), born in North Hollywood, California 1972 Steve Russ, American NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32), born in Stetsonville, Wisconsin 1973 Clint Peay, American soccer defender (Olympic gold 1996), born in Columbia, Maryland 1973 Justin Haythe, American novelist (The Honeymoon), born in London 1974 Julián Castro, American lawyer and politician (US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 2014-117; Mayor of San Antonio, 2009-14), born in San Antonio, Texas 1977 Greg Ball, American politician (Member of the New York Senate 2011-14), born in Pawling, New York 1978 Dan Dickau, American basketball player, born in Portland, Oregon 1978 Matthew Rogers, American singer and television host (Home & Family, Really Big Things), born in Arcadia, California 1979 Bobby Korecky, American MLB baseball player, born in Hillside, New Jersey 1981 Alexis Bledel, American actress (Gilmore Girls, The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, The Handmaid's Tale), born in Houston, Texas 1984 Sabrina Bryan, American singer and actress (Dorinda in "The Cheetah Girls"), born in Yorba Linda, California 1985 Madeline Zima, American actress (The Nanny, Californication), born in New Haven, Connecticut 1986 Kyla Pratt, American actress and musician (The Proud Family), born in Los Angeles, California 1987 Daren Kagasoff, American actor (The Secret Life of the American Teenager), born in Encino, California 1936 American actor Henry Fonda (31) weds Canadian-American socialite Frances Ford Seymour (28) at Christ Church, New York City, until her death in1950 1967 American "Gilligan's Island" actor Bob Denver (32) weds second wife Jean Webber; divorce in 1970 1967 American student and future actress Susan Tomalin (21) weds Geek-American student and actor Chris Sarandon (25), becoming Susan Sarandon ; separate in 1975, divorce in 1979, she keeps the name 1968 American "The Flying Nun" actress Sally Field (21) weds Steven Craig; separate in 1973, divorce in 1975 1989 American pop singer Natalie Cole (39) weds second husband American "Rufus" drummer and record producer André Fisher; divorce in 1995 1989 Czech tennis player Ivan Lendl (29) weds Samantha Frankel (21) in Greenwich, Connecticut 1991 American country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson (58) weds fourth wife American make-up artist Annie D'Angelo (35) in Nashville, Tennessee 2000 American software engineer and future "Jeopardy" game show champion Ken Jennings (26) weds American pre-school teacher Mindy Boam (24) in Utah 1819 John Jeffries, American physician and meteorologist (1st balloon flight across English Channel), dies at 75 1914 James Edward Sullivan, American sports official and founder (Amateur Athletic Union), dies at 51 1916 Basil W. Duke, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 78 1933 George Gore, American baseball player, dies at 79 1945 John McCormack, Irish-American tenor (Irish folksongs), dies at 61 1946 Mamie Smith, American vaudeville singer, dancer and actress (Crazy Blues), dies at 63 1950 Pedro De Cordoba, American actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur), dies at 68 1951 Bill Klem, American Baseball HOF umpire (record 18 x World Series), dies at of a heart attack at 77 1953 Colin G. Fink, American chemist (electro chemistry), dies at 71 [1] 1956 Shorty Ray, American football player and supervisor of NFL officials, dies at 71 1964 Ernest Hill, American jazz double-bassist, dies at 64 1965 Fred Quimby, American Academy Award-winning animated film producer (Tom and Jerry cartoons), dies of a heart attack at 79 1973 Leonard Carmichael, American Psychologist and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1953-64), dies at 74 American-Greek soprano (Carmen), dies in Paris of a heart attack at 53 1978 Bill Foster, American Baseball HOF pitcher (NgL All-Star 1933, 34; NgL World Series 1926, 27; Chicago American Giants), dies at 74 1980 Everard Endt, American sailor (Olympic gold 6 metre class 1952), dies at 87 1982 Rolfe Sedan, American actor (Young Frankenstein, Ninotchka, George Burns Show), dies at 86 1983 Roy Andries de Groot, Dutch-British-American culinary writer and wine critic, takes his own life at 73 1984 Richard Brautigan, American novelist and poet (Trout Fishing in America), takes his own life at 49 [exact date estimated based on forensic investigation] 1987 Howard Moss, American poet and editor (New Yorker), dies at 65 1992 Millicent Fenwick, American politician (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82), dies at 82 1993 Willie Mosconi, American pool player (World C'ship pocket billiards 1941-57), dies of a heart attack at 80 1994 Jack Dodson, American character actor (he Andy Griffith Show - "Howard Sprague"), dies of heart failure at 63 1996 Gene Nelson [Leander Berg], American screenwriter, director and actor (Tea For 2, Oklahoma), dies at 76 1996 McGeorge Bundy, American national security adviser for JFK (1961-66), dies at 77 2001 Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer and co-founder of American International Pictures, dies at 83 2002 James Gregory, American actor (The Manchurian Candidate; My Favorite Martian; Beneath the Planet of the Apes; Barney Miller), dies at 90 2003 Sheb Wooley, American vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw), dies at 82 2004 Izora Rhodes Armstead, American disco singer (Two Tons O' Fun; The Weather Girls - "It's Raining Men"), dies of heart failure at 62 2005 Constance Moore, American singer and actress (Buck Rogers; Show Business; Atlantic City), dies at 85 American physicist (inventor of the laser), dies at 85 2007 Robert Jordan, American author of the Wheel of Time series, dies from complications from multiple myeloma at 58 2008 Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer for Motown ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine"), dies at 68 American folk singer (Peter Paul & Mary - "Puff" (The Magic Dragon)"; "Leaving On A Jet Plane"), dies of leukemia at 72 2009 Myles Brand, American sports administrator (4th NCAA President), dies of pancreatic cancer at 67 2011 Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American electric blues vocalist, harmonica player, and drummer, dies following a stoke at 75 2012 John Ingle, American actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital), dies from cancer at 84 American hockey HOF center (Olympic gold 1960; Harvard University), dies at 79 2016 Dorothy Cann Hamilton, American businesswoman and founder of the French Culinary Institute, dies in a car accident at 67 American playwright (Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf?), dies at 88 [1] 2018 Big Jay [Cecil James] McNeely, American R&B saxophonist, dies of prostate cancer at 91 2018 Frank Parker, American actor (Days of our Lives, Never Too Young), dies at 79 2018 Perry Miller Adato, American documentary director (Dylan Thomas: The World I Breathe; Eugene O’Neill: A Glory of Ghosts), dies at 97 2019 Sander Vanocur, American journalist (NBC Weekend News), dies at 91 [1] 2020 Jack Kelley, American collegiate, WHA, and NHL ice hockey coach, and executive (Colby College coach, 1955-62; Boston University coach, 1962-72; New England Whalers, coach and general manager, 1972-81; Pittsburgh Penquins president, 1993-2001), dies at 93 2020 Stanley Crouch, American social critic and writer (Notes of a Hanging Judge; The All-American Skin Game, or, The Decoy of Race), dies at 74 2021 Jane Powell [Suzanne Burce], American singer and actress (Royal Wedding; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), dies at 92 2023 Irish Grinstead, American R&B singer (702 - "Where My Girls At?"), dies at 43 2024 Billy Edd Wheeler, American folk and country music songwriter ("Jackson", "Coward of the County"), performer, and playwright, dies at 96 2024 Robert Lansdorp, American tennis coach (Tracy Austin, Pete Sampras, Lindsay Davenport, Maria Sharapova), dies at 85 2025 D. D. Lewis, American College Football HOF linebacker (Mississippi State University; Super Bowl VI, XII Dallas Cowboys), dies at 79 American actor (The Sting; The Candidate; The Natural; All The President's Men), and Academy Award-winning director (Ordinary People; Quiz Show; A River Runs Through It), dies at 89 [1] [2] 2025 Ron Friedman, American screenwriter (The Transformers: The Movie; Fantasy Island), dies at 93 Today in History by Country Abraham Lincoln Elizabeth Cady Stanton Frederick Douglass George Washington Martin Luther King Jr. Search the largest and most accurate independent site for today in history.