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O Idílio Suave - Guilherme de Almeida (na data em que se completa 40 anos sobre a sua morte)

2009-07-11T06:57:00.004+01:00

Chegas. Vens tão ligeira
e és tão ansiosamente esperada, que enfim,
nem te sentindo o passo e já te tendo inteira,
completamente em mim,
quando, toda Watteau, silenciosa, apareces,
é como se não viesses.

Vens... E ficas tão perto
de mim, e tão diluída em minha solidão,
que eu me sinto sozinho e acho imenso e deserto
e vazio o salão...
E, sem te ouvir nem ver, arde-me em febre a face,
como se eu te esperasse!

Partes. Mas é tão pouco
o que de ti se vai que ainda te vejo o arfar
do seio, e o teu cabelo, e o teu vestido louco,
e a carícia do olhar,
e a tua boca em flor a dizer-me doidices,
como se não partisses!

in Poesia Brasileira do Século XX Dos Modernistas à Actualidade; Edições Antígona

Guilherme de Andrade e Almeida (n. em Campinas, São Paulo a 24 de Jul de 1890; m. em São Paulo a 11 de Jul 1969)

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On this day in History - Jul 11

2009-07-11T01:06:00.008+01:00

0472 - Anthemius dies. Emperor of the Western Empire (legal murder).
0911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.
0937 - King Rudolph II of Burgundy dies.
0969 - Olga of Kiev dies.
1156 - Siege of Shirakawa-den in Japan.
1174 - King Amalric I of Jerusalem dies (b. 1136).
1183 - Otto I Wittelsbach dies. Duke of Bavaria.
1216 - Hendrik of Constantinople dies. Emperor of Constantinople (1206-16).
1274 - Robert the Bruce was born in Turnberry, Scotland (d. 1329). King of Scotland (1306-1329).
1276 - Início do pontificado do Papa Adriano V.
1302 - Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch) - the Flemish cities beat the king of France.
1302 - Robert II of Artois dies (b. 1250). French soldier.
1346 - Charles IV of Luxembourg elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1366 - Anne of Bohemia was born (d. 1394). Consort of Richard II of England.
1405 - Chinese fleet commander Zheng He set sail to explore the world for the first time.
1476 - Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances.
1533 - King Henry VIII of England who divorced his wife and became head of the church of England, was excommunicated from the Catholic Church by Pope Clement VII.
1535 - Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg dies (b. 1484).
1581 - Peder Skram dies. Danish senator and naval hero.
1561 - Luis de Góngora was born (d. 1627). Spanish poet.
1576 - Martin Frobisher sights Greenland.
1603 - Kenelm Digby was born (d. 1665). English privateer.
1616 - Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
1628 - Tokugawa Mitsukuni was born (d. 1701). Japanese warlord.
1657 - King Frederick I of Prussia was born (d. 1713).
1662 - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria was born (d. 1726).
1688 - King Narai of Siam dies (b. 1629).
1679 - William Chamberlayne dies (b. 1619). English poet.
1709 - Johan Gottschalk Wallerius was born (d. 1785). Swedish chemist.
1723 - Jean-François Marmontel was born (d. 1799). French historian and writer.
1735 - Mathematical calculations suggest it was on this day that Pluto moved from the ninth to the eighth most distant planet from the Sun for the last time before 1979.
1740 - Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia.
1750 - Halifax, Nova Scotia almost completely destroyed by fire.
1751 - Caroline Matilda of Wales was born(d. 1775). Queen consort of Denmark and Norway.

1754 - Thomas Bowdler was born (d. 1825). English physican and censor.

1766 - Elizabeth Farnese dies (b. 1692). Wife of Philip V of Spain.

1767 - John Quincy Adams was born (d. 1848). President of the United States.

1774 - Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet dies. Irish-born New York pioneer.

1775 - Simon Boerum dies (b. 1724). American Continental Congressman.

1776 - Captain James Cook begins third voyage.

1789 - Jacques Necker dismissed as Finance Minister for France sparking the Storming of the Bastille / O rei de França, Luís XVI, demite o seu ministro das finanças, Necker. O afastamento de Necker vai fomentar os distúrbios em Paris.

1796 - The U.S. takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.

1797 - Ienăchiţă Văcărescu dies (b. 1740). Wallachian writer.

1798 - The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.1804 - Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel.

1804 - Alexander Hamilton dies in an duel (b. 1757). United States Secretary of the Treasury.

1806 - James Smith dies. American signer of the Declaration of Independence.

1811 - Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoir about molecular content of gases.

1822 - As Cortes Constituintes votam a Constituição. Foi a primeira Constituição portuguesa.

1825 - Thomas P. Grosvenor dies (b. 1744). American Revolutionary War soldier.

1826 - Alexander Afanasyev was born (d. 1871). Russian folklorist.

1832 - Charilaos Trikoupis was born (d. 1896). Greek politician.

1832 - Carlos Holguín Mallarino was born. President of Colombia (1888-1892).

1836 - Carlos Gomes (António Carlos Gomes) was born in Campinas, S. Paulo. Brazilian composer.

1839 - Anatacio Bustamante assume (pela 3º vez) a presidência do México.

1844 - King Peter of Serbia was born (d. 1921).

1844 - Evgeny Baratynsky dies (b. 1800). Russian poet.

1846 - Leon Bloy was born (d. 1917). French writer.

1848 - The Waterloo railway station in London opens.

1850 - Annie Armstrong was born. American missionary leader.

1851 - Millie and Christine McCoy were born (d. 1912). Conjoined twins.

1857 - Alfred Binet was born (d. 1911). French psychologist.

1859 - A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is published.

1864 - Confederate forces attempt an invasion of Washington DC.

1864 - Petar Danov was born (d. 1944). Bulgarian spiritual teacher.

1866 - Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine was born (d. 1953).

1882 - The British Mediterranean fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War.

1886 - Boris Grigoriev was borrn (d. 1939). Russian painter.

1889 - Tijuana, Mexico was founded.

1892 - Thomas Mitchell was born in Elisabeth, New Jersey (17 Dez 1962). American actor.
1893 - The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.

1895 - The brothers Lumière show film for scientists.

1895 - Dolly Wilde was born (d. 1941). English socialite.

1897 - Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to try to reach the North pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.

1897 - Eugene "Bull" Connor was born (d. 1973). American law enforcement official who was Sheriff of Birmingham, Alabama.

1899 - E. B. White was born (d. 1985). American writer.

1902 - Sérgio Buarque de Holanda was born in São Paulo. Brazilian historian, journalist and writer.

1903 - O. E. Hasse was born (d. 1978). Actor.

1903 - Sidney Franklin was born (d. 1976). American bullfighter.

1903 - Rudolf Abel was born (d. 1971). Soviet intelligence officer.

1906 - Gillette-Brown murder inspires Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.

1906 - Herbert Wehner was born (d. 1990). German politician.

1909 - Simon Newcomb dies (b. 1835). American astronomer and mathematician.

1910 - Irene Hervey was born (d. 1998). American actress.

1913 - Cordwainer Smith was born (d. 1966). American writer.

1914 - Babe Ruth debuts in major league baseball.

1916 - Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov was born (d. 2002). Russian physicist, Nobel Prize for Physics laureate in 1964 (with Nikolay G. Basov, USSR and Charles H. Townes, USA), "for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle".

1916 - Bertrand Russell is suspended from Cambridge University for his protests against the First World War and had previously been fined for pacifist activities.

1916 - Gough Whitlam was born. Twenty-first Prime Minister of Australia.

1916 - Reg Varney was born. English actor.

1919 - Eight-hour working day and free Sunday made into law in the Netherlands.

1920 - Yul Brynner was born. Russian-born actor (The King and I, The Ten Commandments).

1920 - Empress Eugénie de Montijo of France dies (b. 1826).

1921 - Truce called in the Irish War of Independence; see Irish calendar.

1921 - Former US President William Howard Taft sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, becoming the only person to ever be both President and Chief Justice.

1921 - Outer Mongolia becomes independent (from China).

1921 - Ilse Werner was born. Dutch-born actress.

1922 - Hollywood Bowl opens.

1922 - Gene Evans was born (d. 1998). American actor.

1923 - José de Abreu Albano dies in Montauban (France) (b. 12 Apr 1882). Brazilian poet and diplomat.

1924 - César Lattes was born (d. 2005). Brazilian physicist.

1924 - Charlie Tully was born (d. 1971). Northern Irish footballer.

1924 - Brett Somers was born. Canadian actor.

1925 - Nicolai Gedda was born. Swedish tenor.

1926 - Frederick Buechner was born. American author.

1927 - Theodore H. Maiman was born. Physicist.

1929 - Hermann Prey was born (d. 1998). German baritone.

1929 - David Kelly (actor) was born. Irish actor.

1929 - William Mosforth dies (b. 1857). English footballer,

1929 - Luís Norton Barreto Murat dies in Rio de Janeiro (b. 4 May 1861). Brazilian poet, revolutionary and abolicionist.

1930 - Harold Bloom was born. American literary critic.

1931 - Tab Hunter was born. American actor.

1931 - Tullio Regge was born. Italian physicist.

1931 - Thurston Harris was born (d. 1990). American singer.

1932 - Jean-Guy Talbot was born. French Canadian ice hockey player.

1933 - Bob McGrath was born. American actor.

1934 - Giorgio Armani was born. Italian fashion designer.

1935 - Oliver Napier was born. Northern Irish politician.

1936 - Triborough Bridge in New York City linking Manhattan, Bronx & Queens opened to traffic.

1936 - James Murray dies (b. 1901). American actor.

1937 - Pai Hsien-yung was born. Taiwanese writer.

1937 - George Gershwin dies (b. 26 Sep 1898). American composer.

1938 - Afonso Celso dies in Rio de Janeiro (b. 31 Mar 1860). Brazilian poet and politician.

1939 - Seth Gaaikema was born. Dutch comedian.

1940 - World War II: Vichy France regime formally established. Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France.

1940 - Yvon Charbonneau was born. French Canadian union leader and politician.

1941 - Clive Puzey was born. Zimbabwean racing driver.

1943 - Massacres of Poles in Volhynia.

1943 - World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily - German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily.

1943 - Rolf Stommelen was born (d. 1983). German race car driver.

1944 - Franklin D. Roosevelt says he will run for a fourth term as president of the United States.

1944 - Myra Gale Brown was born. Former wife of Jerry Lee Lewis.

1945 - Patrick Joseph McGrath was born. Catholic bishop.

1946 - Cuthbert Johnson was born. Benedictine abbot.

1947 - The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.

1947 - Bo Lundgren was born. Swedish politician.

1949 - Liona Boyd was born. English-born musician.

1950 - Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank.

1950 - Bruce McGill was born. American actor.

1950 - Pervez Hoodbhoy was born. Pakistani nuclear physicist.

1950 - J.R. Morgan was born. British classical scholar.

1950 - Bonnie Pointer was born. American singer (Pointer Sisters).

1952 - Bill Barber was born. Canadian ice hockey player.

1952 - John Kettley was born. English weather forecaster.

n Spinks was born. American former boxer.

1953 - Mindy Sterling was born. American actress.

1953 - Peter Brown was born. American singer, songwriter and producer.

1953 - Margarida Martins was born. Portuguese founder of the solidarity institution «Abraço».

1954 - Butch Reed was born. American professional wrestler.

1955 - The phrase In God We Trust is added to all US currency.

1956 - Sela Ward was born. American actress.

1957 - Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.

1957 - Michael Rose was born. Jamaican musician (Black Uhuru).

1957 - Peter Murphy was born. British musician - (Bauhaus).

1958 - Andrew Gilbert-Scott was born. British racing driver.

1958 - Hugo Sánchez was born. Mexican footballer.

1958 - Lúcia Veríssimo was born in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian actress.

1959 - Suzanne Vega was born in Santa Monica, California. American singer.

1959 - Richie Sambora was born. Guitarist (Bon Jovi).

1959 - Charlie Parker dies (b. 1882). English cricketer.

1960 - Dahomey (now Benin), Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), and Niger all gain independence.

1960 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published.

1962 - First transatlantic satellite television transmission.

1962 - Soviet cosmonaut Nikolayev is four days in space, a record.

1962 - Gaetan Duchesne was born (d. 2007). French Canadian ice hockey player.

1962 - Pauline McLynn was born. Irish actress.

1963 - Al MacInnis was born. Canadian ice hockey player.

1963 - Lisa Rinna was born. American actress.

1963 - Sandra Schmirler was born (d. 2000). Canadian curler.

1964 - Craig Charles was born. English actor.

1964 - Kyrill, Prince of Preslav was born. Titular Bulgarian royal family.

1965 - Ernesto Hoost was born. Dutch kickboxer.

1965 - Tony Cottee was born. English footballer.

1965 - Scott Shriner was born. American musician (Weezer).

1966 - Fifa World Cup begins in England.

1966 - Greg Grunberg was born. American actor.

1966 - Mick Molloy was born. Australian comedian.

1966 - Delmore Schwartz dies (b. 1913). American poet.

1967 - Jeff Corwin was born. American naturalist and TV personality.

1967 - Guy Favreau dies (b. 1917). French Canadian lawyer, politician and judge.

1968 - Michael Geist was born. Canadian academic.

1968 - Esera Tuaolo was born. American football player.

1968 - “Once Upon a Time in the West” premiered at German cinemas. It immediately became an international blockbuster due to its star cast (Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale and Henry Fonda), as well as its music.

1969 - David Tao was born. Taiwanese singer-songwriter.

1969 - Guilherme de Andrade e Almeida dies in São Paulo (b. 124 Jul 1890). Brazilian writer and poet.

1970 - Justin Chambers was born. American actor.

1971 - Copper mines in Chile nationalized.

1971 - Brett Hauer was born. American ice hockey player.

1971 - Leisha Hailey was born. American actress and musician Uh Huh Her (band).

1971 - John W. Campbell dies (b. 1910). American writer and editor.

1971 - Pedro Rodríguez dies (b. 1940). Mexican racing driver.

1972 - Michael Rosenbaum was born in Oceanside, New York. American actor.

1972 - Steven Richards was born. Australian racing driver.

1972 - Jussi 69 was born. Finnish musician (The 69 Eyes).

1973 - A Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes near Paris on approach to Orly Airport, resulting in he death of 122 people.

1973 - Konstantinos Kenteris was born. Greek athlete.

1973 - Andrew Bird was born. American musician.

1974 - André Ooijer was born. Dutch footballer.

1974 - Hermann Hreidarsson was born. Icelandic footballer.

1974 -Pär Lagerkvist dies (b. 1891). Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate.

1975 - Chinese archaeologists discover a large burial site with 6,000 clay statutes of warriors from 221 BC.

1975 - Lil' Kim was born. American rapper.

1975 - Willie Anderson was born. American football player.

1975 - Rubén Baraja was born. Spanish footballer.

1975 - Riona Hazuki was born. Japanese actress.

1975 - Samer el Nahhal was born. Finnish musician (Lordi).

1976 - Eduardo Najera was born. Mexican-born basketball player.

1977 - Martin Luther King is posthumously rewarded the Medal of Freedom.

1977 - Brandon Short was born. American football player.

1977 - Javier López was born. Puerto Rican baseball player.

1978 - Los Alfaques Disaster: a truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.

1979 - The space station Skylab returns to Earth.

1979 - Claude Wagner dies (b. 1925). French Canadian judge and politician.

1979 - Lucília Fraga dies (b. 1895). Brazilian painter.

1980 – Im Su-jeong was born. South Korean model and actress.

1980 - T.J. Wilson was born. Canadian professional wrestler.

1981 - Andre Johnson was born. American football player.

1981 - Carla Campbell was born. Jamaican model.

1981 - Aaron Proctor was born. American professional wrestling promoter & politician.

1981 - Diana Chaves was born. Portuguese actress.

1982 - Defeating West Germany 3–1 at Santiago Bernabéu stadium, Italy wins 1982 edition of the Football World Cup.

1982 - Chris Cooley was born. American football player.

1982 - Lil' Zane was born. American rapper.

1983 - A Boeing 727 crashes into hilly terrain after a tail strike in Cuenca, Ecuador, claiming 119 lives.

1983 - Kelly Poon was born. Singaporean singer.

1983 - Marie Eleonor Serneholt was born. Swedish musician (A*Teens).

1983 - Peter Cincotti was born. American singer songwriter.

1983 - Evan Roberts was born. American radio broadcaster.

1983 - Ross Macdonald dies (b. 1915). American-Canadian writer.

1984 - Yorman Bazardo was born. Venezuelan baseball player.

1984 - Rachael Taylor was born. Australian actress.

1984 - Tanith Belbin was born. Canadian ice dancer.

1984 - Hitomi Hyuga was born. Japanese actress.

1985 - Aki Maeda was born. Japanese actress.

1986 - Yoann Gourcuff was born. French footballer.

1986 - Ryan Jarvis was born. English footballer.

1987 - According to the United Nations, the world population crosses the 5,000,000,000 mark.

1987 - Shigeaki Kato was born. Japanese Idol (member of NEWS (band)).

1987 - Avi Ran dies (b. 1963). Israeli footballer.

1989 - David Henrie was born. American actor.

1989 - Sir Laurence Olivier dies (b. 1907). English stage and screen actor.

1990 - Oka Crisis in Quebec.

1990 - Caroline Wozniacki was born. Danish tennis player.

1990 - Connor Paolo was born. American actor.

1991 - A Nationair DC-8 crashed during an emergency landing at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing 261. The Canadian charter was ferrying Hajj pilgrims on behalf of Nigeria Airways.

1991 - Total solar eclipse in Hawaii and Mexico.

1991 - Hitoshi Igarashi dies (b. 1947). English-Japanese translator of the Satanic Verses.

1994 - Gary Kildall dies (b. 1942). American computer programmer.

1994 - Savannah dies (b. 1970). American actress.

1994 - Gary Kildall dies. American computer programmer.

1994 - Shannon Wilsey dies (b. 1970). Best known as Savannah. American porno actress.

1995 - Full diplomatic relations are established between the United States and Vietnam.

1995 - A Cubana de Aviacion Antonov An-24 crashes into the Caribbean off southeast Cuba killing 44 people.

1995 - Bosnian Serbs capture the Muslim city of Srebrenica. Many inhabitants are murdered, beginning the so-called Srebrenica Massacre.

1997 - A Cubana de Aviacion Antonov AN-24 crashes into the Caribbean off southeast Cuba 44.

1998 - Some 600,000 people gathered in Berlin for the annual Love Parade, billed as the largest celebration of techno music.

1999 - Helen Forrest dies (b. 1917). American jazz singer.

2000 - Pedro Mir dies (b. 1921). Dominican poet.

2000 - Robert Runcie dies (b. 1921). Archbishop of Canterbury.

2001 - Herman Brood dies ( suicide) (b. 1946). Dutch singer and artist.
2001 - Cândida Branca Flor dies (b. 12 Nov. 1949). Portuguese singer.

2002 - Former Argentina junta leader Leopoldo Galtieri was arrested for the torture and execution of leftists during the military dictatorship (1976-1983).

2002 - In Venezuela an estimated 600,000 people marched demanding that Pres. Chavez abandon the presidency.

2003 - Lahore-Delhi bus service resumed after suspension of 18 months.

2003 - Augusto Abelaira dies (b. 18 Mar 1926). Portuguese writer.

2004 - CIA Director George Tenet leaves his position at the agency.

2004 - Pedro Santana Lopes é indicado para primeiro-ministro de Portugal.

2004 - The 15th International AIDS conference began in Bangkok, Thailand.

2004 - Laurance Rockefeller dies (b. 1910). American conservationist and philanthropist.

2005 - Gretchen Franklin dies (b. 1911). English actress.

2005 - Frances Langford dies (b. 1914). American actress and singer.

2005 - Jesús Iglesias dies (b. 1922). Argentine racing driver.

2006 - 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.

2006 - Microsoft's official support of Windows 98 and Windows Me ends.

2006 - Barnard Hughes dies (b. 1915). American actor.

2006 - John Spencer dies (b. 1935). English snooker player.

2007 - Alfonso López Michelsen dies (b. 1913). 32nd Colombian President.

2007 - Lady Bird Johnson dies (b. 1912). First Lady of the United States.

2007 - Ed Mirvish dies (b. 1916). Canadian businessman and philanthropist.

2007 - Glenda Adams dies (b. 1939). Australian author.

2008 - Michael DeBakey dies (b. 1908). American surgeon and inventor.

United Nations - World Population Day.

Ireland - National Day of Commemoration held on nearest Sunday to this date (see Irish calendar).

Mongolia - First day of Naadam.

Belgium (partially) - Flemish Day (1302).

China - China National Maritime Day.

Benin - Independence Day (1960).

Burkina Faso - Independence Day (1960).

Niger - Independence Day (1960).

Feast Day of Saint Olga (first Russian Saint).

Feast Day of Saint Benedict (founder of the Benedictine Order).

Portugal: Municipal holiday in Santo Tirso and Arcos de Valdevez.

Responde Tu - Nicolás Guillén

2009-07-10T01:54:00.003+01:00

Tú, que partiste de Cuba,
responde tú,
¿dónde hallarás verde y verde,
azul y azul,
palma y palma bajo el cielo?
Responde tú.

Tú, que tu lengua olvidaste,
responde tú,
y en lengua extraña masticas
el güel y el yu,
¿cómo vivir puedes mudo?
Responde tú.

Tú, que dejaste la tierra,
responde tú,
dónde tu padre reposa
bajo una cruz,
¿dónde dejarás tus huesos?
Responde tú.

Ah desdichado, responde,
responde tú,
¿dónde hallarás verde y verde,
azul y azul,
palma y palma bajo el cielo?
Responde tú.

Ouçamos agora este poema na voz de Ana Belen

Tú, que partiste de Cuba,
responde tu,
- onde acharás verde e verde,
azul e azul,
palmeiras e palmeiras sob o céu ?
Responde tu.

Tu, que tua língua esqueceste,
responde tu,
e em língua estrangeira mastigas o
well e o you,
como podes viver mudo?
Responde tu.

Tu, que deixaste a terra,
responde tu,
onde teu pai repousa
sob uma cruz,
- onde deixarás teus ossos ?
Responde tu.

Ah infeliz, responde,
responde tu,
-onde acharás verde e verde,
azul e azul,
palmeiras e palmeiras sob o céu ?
Responde tu.

Trad. de José Bento

in Rosa do Mundo, 2001 Poemas para o Futuro

Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista (nasceu em Camaguey, Cuba a 10 de Julho de 1902 ; m. em Havana a 16 Jul 1989)

Happy birthday - Jessica Simpson

2009-07-10T01:11:00.000+01:00

On this day in History - Jul 10

2009-07-10T01:03:00.004+01:00

48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.
0138 - Hadrian dies (b. 0076). Roman Emperor.
0649 - Li Shimin dies (b. 0599). Emperor of China.
0988 - The City of Dublin is founded on the banks of the river Liffey.
1086 - Kanute IV (Saint) dies (b. c. 1043). King of Denmark (1080-1086).
1099 - Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (El Cid) dies (b. 1043). Spanish heroe.
1103 - King Eric I of Denmark dies.
1212 - The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
1217 - 200 navios de cruzados alemães e húngaros entram nos rios Douro e Tejo (Portugal).
1290 - King Ladislaus IV of Hungary dies (b. 1262).
1372 - Treaty of Tagilde - John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster, England) makes a claim to the throne of Castile being married to Dona Constanza (daughter of Dom Pedro I of Castile and León), and makes an accord with Dom Fernando I of Portugal against Spain and France / Assinatura do Tratado de Tagilde entre o rei D. Fernando de Portugal e John Gaunt, duque de Lencastre, filho do rei Eduardo III.
1419 - Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan was born (d. 1471).
1452 - King James III of Scotland was born (d. 1488).
1460 - Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton.
1460 – Guerra das Rosas – Batalha de Northampton: O Conde de Warwick vence novamente e Henrique VI é feito prisioneiro.
1460 - Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham dies (b. 1402). English military leader.
1480 - King René I of Naples dies (b. 1410).
1509 - John Calvin was born (d. 1564). French religious reformer.
1517 - Odet de Coligny was born (d.1571). French cardinal and Protestant.
1553 - Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
1559 - Henry II of France dies (b. 1519).
1584 - William I of Orange dies assassinated (b. 1533) in Delft by Balthasar Gérard. Dutch leader.
1590 - Archduke Charles II of Austria dies (b. 1540). Regent of Inner Austria.
1592 - Pierre d'Hozier was born (d. 1660). French historian.
1594 - Paolo Bellasio dies (b. 1554). Italian composer.
1614 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey was born (d. 1686). English royalist statesman.
1621 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy dies (b. 1571). French soldier.
1625 - Jean Herauld Gourville was born (d. 1703). French adventurer.
1638 - David Teniers III was born (d. 1685). Flemish painter.
1645 - English Civil War: Battle of Langport.
1653 - Gabriel Naudé dies (b. 1600). French librarian and scholar.
1666 - John Ernest Grabe was born (d. 1711). German-born Anglican theologian.
1680 - Louis Moréri dies (b. 1643). French encyclopedist.
1682 - Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg was born (d. 1719). German Lutheran missionary to India.
1682 - Roger Cotes was born (d. 1719). English mathematician.
1683 - François-Eudes de Mézeray dies (b. 1610). French historian.
1686 - John Fell dies (b. 1625). English churchman.

1711 - Princess Amelia Sophia of Great Britain was born (d. 1783).

1723 - William Blackstone was born (d. 1780). English jurist.

1736 - Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh was born (d. 1807).

1776 - Richard Peters dies (b. 1704). English-born clergyman.

1778 - American Revolution : Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.

1789 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches Mackenzie River Delta.

1792 - George Mifflin Dallas was born (d. 1864). U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the 11th Vice President of the United States.

1796 - Carl Friedrich Gauss discovered that every positive integer is representable as a sum of at most three triangular numbers.

1800 - British Indian Government established Fort William College to promote Urdu, Hindi and other vernaculars of sub continent.

1802 – Robert Chambers was born (d. 1871). Scottish author and naturalist.

1804 - Emma Smith was born (d. 1879). Inaugural President of the Women's Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

1806 - The Vellore Mutiny was the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.

1806 - George Stubbs dies (b. 1724). British painter.

1809 - Friedrich August von Quenstedt was born (d. 1889). German geologist.

1821 - The United States takes possession of its newly-bought territory of Florida from Spain.

1830 - Camille Pissarro was born (d. 1903). French painter.

1832 - U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.

1832 - Alvan Graham Clark was born (d. 1897). American telescope maker and astronomer.

1834 - James McNeil Whistler was born (d. 1903). American painter.

1835 - Henryk Wieniawski was born (d. 1880). Polish composer.

1839 - Adolphus Busch was born (d. 1913). German-born brewer.

1850 - Millard Fillmore is inaugurated as the 13th President of the United States.

1851 - Louis-Jacques Daguerre dies (b. 1787). French inventor and photographer.

1856 - Nikola Tesla was born (d. 1943). Croatian physicist.

1867 - Prince Maximilian of Baden was born (d. 1929). Chancellor of Germany.

1871 - Marcel Proust was born (d. 18 Nov 1922). French writer.

1874 - Sergey Konenkov was born (d. 1971). Russian painter.

1875 - Mary McLeod Bethune was born (d. 1955). American educator.

1877 - The then villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.

1881 - Georg Hermann Nicolai dies (b. 1812). German architect.

1883 - Johannes Blaskowitz was born (d. 1948). German general.

1884 - Paul Morphy dies (b. 1837). American chess player.

1888 - Giorgio Chirico was born (d. 1978). Italian painter.

1890 - Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.

1895 - Carl Orff was born (d. 1982). German composer.

1896 - Thérèse Casgrain was born (d. 1981). French Canadian politician and senator.

1897 - Jack "Legs" Diamond" was born (d. 1931). American bootlegger.

1897 - Karl Plagge was born (d. 1957). German officer.

1899 - Heiri Suter was born (d. 1978). Swiss cyclist.

1899 - John Gilbert was born (d. 1936). American actor.

1900 – Mitchell Parish was born (d. 1993). American lyricist.

1900 - Sampson Sievers was born (d. 1979). Russian Orthodox Christian monk, priest and wonder-worker.

1902 - Kurt Alder was born (d. 1958). German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.

1902 - Nicolás Guillén was born (d. 16 Jul 1989). Cuban poet.

1903 - John Wyndham was born (d. 1969). British author.

1903 - Werner Best was born (d. 1989). German jurist and nazi leader.

1904 - Porfirio Díaz is reelected President of Mexico for more six years.

1905 - Thomas Gomez was born (d. 1971). American actor.

1905 - Wolfram Sievers was born (d. 1948). Nazi physician.

1908 - Phoebe Knapp dies (b. 1839). American hymn writer.

1909 – Donald Sinclair was born (d. 1981). British hotel manager, inspiration for Fawlty Towers.

1913 - Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C) which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States (as of 2003).

1913 - Salvador Espriu was born (d. 1985). Spanish poet.

1914 - Joseph 'Joe' Schuster was born. Canadian-born cartoonist.

1915 - Saul Bellow was born. (d. 2005). Canadian writer.

1915 - Milt Buckner was born (d. 1977). American jazz pianist.

1917 - Don Herbert aka "Mr. Wizard" was born (d. 2007). American television host.

1917 – Hugh Alexander was born (d. 2000). American baseball player.

1920 - David Brinkley was born (d. 2003). American television reporter.

1920 - Owen Chamberlain was born. American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.

1920 - Jackie Fisher dies (b. 1841). British admiral.

1921 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver was born. American activist.

1921 - Harvey Ball was born (d. 2001). American inventor.

1921 - Jake LaMotta was born. American boxer.

1923 – Earl Hamner Jr. was born. American author and television producer.

1923 - G. A. Kulkarni was born (d. 1987). Indian (Marathi) writer.

1923 – Jean Kerr was born. American author.

1923 - John Bradley was born (d. 1994). United States Navy corpsman, one of six who raised flag on top of Mt. Suribachi (see Iwo Jima).

1924 - Bobo Brazil was born (d. 1998). American professional wrestler.

1924 – Johnny Bach was born. American basketball coach.

1925 - The Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS), the official news agency of the Soviet Union, is established.

1925 - Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers still observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration.

1925 - Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law.

1925 - Mahathir bin Mohamad was born. Fourth Malaysian Prime Minister.

1925 - Vasco Granja was born (d. 2009). Portuguese TV presenter.

1926 - Fred Gwynne was born (d. 1993). American actor.

1927 - Grigory Barenblatt was born. Russian mathematician.

1927 - Suzanne Cloutier was born (d. 2003). Canadian film actor.

1928 - Alejandro de Tomaso was born (d. 2003). Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer.

1928 - Bernard Buffet was born (d. 1999). French painter.

1928 - Moshe Greenberg was born. American-Israeli Bible scholar.

1929 - Winnie Ewing was born. Scottish politician.

1930 – Bruce Boa was born (d. 2004). Canadian actor.

1931 – Alice Munro was born. Canadian writer.

1931 - Nick Adams was born (d. 1968). American actor.

1932 - Carlo Mario Abate was born. Italian racing driver.

1934 - Jerry Nelson was born. American puppeteer.

1935 - Tura Satana was born. American actress.

1938 – Lee Morgan was born. American hard-bop trumpeter.

1938 - Paul Andreu was born. French architect.

1938 - Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world.

1939 - Ahmet Taner Kışlalı was born (d. 1999). Turkish politician, journalist, and educator

1940 - World War II: Vichy France government established.

1940 - World War II: Battle of Britain - The German Luftwaffe begin to hit British convoys in the English Channel thus starting the battle (this start date is contested, though).

1940 - O marechal Petain assina uma nova constituição, o que equivale ao nascimento da III República francesa.

1940 - Helen Donath was born. American soprano.

1940 - Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai was born. British economist.

1940 – Tom Farmer was born. Scottish entrepreneur.

1941 - Jedwabne Pogrom was a massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne in Poland.

1941 - Alain_Krivine was born. French politician, leader of the Trotskyist movement in France.

1941 - David G. Hartwell was born. American editor and anthologist.

1941 - Ian Whitcomb was born. English songwriter, entertainer and producer.

1941 - Jelly Roll Morton dies (b. 1890). American jazz musician.

1942 - The diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the Soviet Union were established.

1942 - Pyotr Klimuk was born. Belarussian cosmonaut.

1942 - Ronnie James Dio was born. American musician.

1943 - World War II: The launching of Operation Husky begins the Italian Campaign.

1943 - A Sicília é invadida pelos exércitos aliados.

1943 - Arthur Ashe was born (d. 1993). American tennis player.

1945 – Jean-Marie Poiré was born. French film director.

1945 - John Motson was born. British sports (football) commentator.

1945 - Peter Michalica was born. Slovak violinist.

1945 – Ron Glass was born. American actor.

1945 - Virginia Wade was born. British tennis player.

1946 - Sue Lyon was born. American actress.

1947 - Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor General of Pakistan by then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Clement Attlee.

1947 - Arlo Guthrie was born. American musician.

1949 - No Festival Cinematográfico de Knokke (Bélgica), o filme Ladrões de Bicicleta, de Vittorio de Sicca é premiado. O filme é um dos expoentes do neorealismo italiano.

1949 - Sunil Gavaskar was born. Indian cricketer.

1949 - John Whitehead was born. American singer, songwriter, and record producer

1949 – Sunil Gavaskar was born. Indian cricketer.

1950 - Greg Kihn was born. American pop musician and radio personality.

1950 - Prokopis Pavlopoulos was born. Greek politician.

1951 - Korean War: At Kaesong, armistice negotiations begin.

1951 - Randy Turpin becomes the middleweight boxing champion after defeating Sugar Ray Robinson.

1951 - Cheryl Wheeler was born. American singer and songwriter.

1951 - Phyllis Smith was born. American actress (The Office).

1952 - Ludmilla Tourischeva was born. Russian gymnast.

1952 - Kim Mitchell was born. Canadian guitarist/singer.

1952 - Peter van Heemst was born. Dutch politician.

1953 - Rik Emmett was born. Canadian musician (Triumph).

1953 - Zoogz Rift was born. American singer/songwriter and wrestling booker.

1954 - Andre Dawson was born. American baseball player.

1954 - Neil Tennant was born. British musician.

1954 - Calogero Vizzini dies (b. 1877). Sicilian mafioso.

1956 - Joe Giard dies (b. 1898). American baseball player.

1956 - Tom McClintock was born. American politician.

1957 - Cindy Sheehan was born. American anti-war/political activist.

1958 – Highest tsunami wave ever recorded at Lituya Bay, Alaska, at 524m high.

1958 - Alaska was born. Highest tsunami wave ever recorded at Lituya Bay, at 524 m high.

1958 - Béla Fleck was born. American musician.

1958 – Fiona Shaw was born. Irish actress.

1959 - Ellen Kuras was born. American cinematographer.

1959 - Janet Julian was born. American actress.

1961 - Jacky Cheung was born. Hong Kong singer and actor.

1962 - Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.

1963 - Teddy Wakelam dies (b. 1893). English sports broadcaster and rugby union player.

1964 - Urban Meyer was born. American football coach.

1964 - Wilfried Peeters was born. Belgian cyclist.

1965 - Alec Mapa was born. Filipino-American actor and comedian.

1965 - Ken Mellons was born. American singer.

1965 - Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark was born.

1966 – The Chicago Freedom Movement, lead by Martin Luther King, held a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. As many as 60,000 people came to hear Dr. King as well as Mahalia Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Peter Paul and Mary.

1966 - Johnny Grunge was born (d. 2006). American wrestler.

1967 - Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

1967 - New Zealand adopts decimal currency.

1967 - Tom Meents was born. American Professional monster truck driver.

1968 - Maurice Couve de Murville becomes Prime Minister of France.

1968 - Hassiba Boulmerka was born. Algerian athlete.

1968 – Jonathan Gilbert was born. American actor.

1969 - Alexandra Hedison was born. American actress.

1969 - Gale Harold was born. American actor.

1969 – Jamie Glover was born. British actor.

1970 – Adam Hills was born. Australian comedian.

1970 - Gary LeVox was born. American singer (Rascal Flatts).

1970 - Helen Sjöholm was born. Swedish singer and actress.

1970 - Jason Orange was born. UK pop singer and dancer (Take That).

1970 - John Simm was born. British actor.

1970 - Augusto Meyer dies (b. 24 Jan 1902). Brazilian journalist, poet and essayst.

1970 - Bjarni Benediktsson dies (b. 1908). Icelandic foreign and later prime minister.

1971 - Adam Foote was born. Canadian ice hockey player.

1971 - Gregory Goodridge was born. Barbadian footballer.

1972 - Peter Serafinowicz was born. British comedian and actor.

1972 - Sofia Vergara was born in Barranquilla. Colombian model and actress: Acapulco, cuerpo y alma, Big Trouble

1972 - Tilo Wolff was born. German musician (Lacrimosa).

1972 - Lovie Austin dies (b. 1887). American jazz pianist.

1973 - The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.

1973 - National Assembly of Pakistan passes a resolution on Bangladesh recognition.

1974 - O poema "Hino dos Bandeirantes" é instituído como letra oficial do Hino do estado de São Paulo (Brasil).

1974 - Chiwetel Ejiofor was born. English actor.

1975 - Alain Nasreddine was born. Canadian ice hockey player.

1975 - Stefán Karl Stefánsson was born. Icelandic actor.

1976 - The Seveso Disaster occurs in Italy. Forty-one containers in Italy carried a highly toxic cargo. The containers came from Seveso in northern Italy, where dioxin had escaped in a tragic accident at a chemicals factory.

1976 - One US and three UK mercenaries are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.

1976 - Adrian Grenier was born. American actor.

1976 - Brendon Lade was born. Australian rules footballer.

1976 - Edmílson Gomes was born. Brazilian footballer.

1976 - Elijah Blue Allman was born. American musician (Deadsy).

1976 - Ludovic Giuly was born. French footballer.

1977 – Gwendoline Yeo was born. American actress.

1977 – Schapelle Corby was born. Australian convicted drug smuggler.

1978 - World News Tonight premieres on ABC.

1978 – President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.

1978 - Jesse Lacey was born. American musician (Brand New).

1978 - John D Rockefeller III dies (b. 1906). American businessman.

1978 - Joe Davis dies (b. 1901). English snooker player.

1979 - Tyrell Godwin was born. American baseball player.

1979 - Mvondo Atangana was born. Cameroon footballer.

1979 - Arthur Fiedler dies (b. 1894). American conductor.

1980 - Adam Petty was born (d. 2000). American race car driver.

1980 - Alejandro Millán was born. Mexican singer and songwriter.

1980 – Han Eun-jeong was born. South Korean actress.

1980 - Jessica Simpson was born. American singer .

1980 - Cláudia Leitte was born. Brazilian singer «Babado Novo».

1980 - Orlando Jordan was born. American wrestler.

1980 - Thomas Ian Nicholas was born. American actor.

1980 - Francisco Rebolo dies (b. 1902). Brazilian painter.

1981 - Portugal: Criação da Fundação Salvador Caetano.

1981 – Aleksandar Tunchev was born. Bulgarian footballer.

1981 - Ken Rex McElroy dies (b. 1936). American hog rustler.

1982 - Alex Arrowsmith was born. American musician..

1982 - Sebastian Mila was born. Polish footballer.

1983 - Kim Hee Chul was born. Korean musician (Super Junior).

1983 – Matthew Egan was born. Australian rules footballer.

1983 - Estrellita Castro dies (b. 1908). Spanish singer and actress.

1984 – Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia was born. Miss World 2004.

1984 - Mark González was born. Chilean football player.

1985 - The Greenpeace vessel, the Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland Harbor by French DGSE agents.

1985 - After a storm of controversy surrounding a change in its cola's formula (see New Coke), Coca-Cola re-introduces the old formula as "Coca-Cola Classic".

1985 – B.J. Crombeen was born. American ice hockey player.

1985 – Mario Gómez was born. German footballer.

1987 - John Hammond dies (b. 1910). American record producer.

1989 - Mel Blanc dies in Los Angeles (b. 1908). American voice actor : the "man of a thousand voices", including such cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig.

1991 - Boris Yeltsin begins his 5-year term as the first elected president of Russia.

1991 - South African cricket team readmitted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) following the end of Apartheid.

1992 - In Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.

1993 - Sam Rolfe dies (b. 1924). American screenwriter.

1994 - Leonid Kuchma won the second round of Ukrainian_presidential_election and Alexander Lukashenko won with around 80 per cent of the vote the first Bielorussian Presidential elections.

1995 - Myanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi was released after six years of house arrest.

1997 - London, scientists report their DNA analysis findings from a Neandertal skeleton which support the out of Africa theory of human evolution placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.

1997 - Spain: Partido Popular member Miguel Ángel Blanco is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.

1998 - The DNA-identified remains of United States Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Joseph Blassie arrive home to his family in St. Louis, Missouri after being in the Tomb of the Unknowns since 1984.

1998 - Roman Catholic priests' sex abuse scandal: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by former priest Rudolph Kos.

1999 - United States women's national soccer team team wins the FIFA Women's World Cup in Pasadena,California at The Rose Bowl.

2000 – A leaking southern Nigerian petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers scavenging gasoline.

2000 - EADS, the world's second largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.

2000 - Jacques Chaban-Delmas dies (b. 1915). French politician.

2000 - Justin Pierce dies (b. 1975). English-American actor and skateboarder.

2000 - Vakkom Majeed dies (b. 1909). Indian Freedom fighter, Travancore-Cochin Legislative member.

2001 - Um júri norte-americano condena à prisão perpétua o terrorista islâmico Jalfan Jamis Mohamed, autor do atentado contra a Embaixada dos Estados Unidos na Tanzânia, no qual morreram 11 pessoas.

2001 - Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja dies. President of San Salvador (1982-1984).

2002 - At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting "The Massacre of the Innocents" is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson.

2002 - Jean-Pierre Côté dies (b. 1926). French Canadian politician and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.

2003 - A Neoplan bus, owned by Kowloon Motor Bus, crashed by a container truck and fell from the flyover of Tuen Mun Road, into the valley under it. 21 people (including the driver) were killed in this accident. This is the largest number of deaths by bus crashes in Hong Kong.

2003 - Spain opened its first mosque (in Granada) since the Moors were expelled in 1492.

2003 - Winston Graham dies (b.1908). English writer.

2003 - Hartley Shawcross dies (b. 1902). British prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials.

2003 - Bishnu Maden dies. Nepalese politician.

2004 - Maria de Lourdes Pintassilgo dies (b. 1930). Portuguese politician, first woman in to be Prime-Minister in Portugal/ Morre Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, política portuguesa, primeira mulher a ocupar o lugar de primeiro-ministro no país (n. 1930).

2005 - UK Police Defend Birmingham Evacuation- Only days after deadly bomb attacks in London, some 20,000 people were evacuated from Birmingham overnight Saturday as police reacted to a "credible threat" to the central English city.

2005 - Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle causing billions of dollars in damage.

2005 - A.J. Quinnell dies (b. 1940). English writer.~

2005 - Freda Wright-Sorce dies (b. 1955). American radio performer.

2005 - Freddy Soto dies (b. 1970). American comedian and actor.

2005 - Jimmy Franklin (b. 1948) and Bobby Younkin dies during an airshow performance. American aerobatics and air show pilots.

2006 - Pakistan International Flight PK-688 crashes in Multan, Pakistan shortly after takeoff, killing all 45 people on board.

2006 - Shamil Basayev dies (b. 1965). Chechen rebel.

2007 - Abdul Rashid Ghazi dies (b. 1951). Radical Pakistani cleric.

2007 - Doug Marlette dies (b. 1949). American cartoonist.

2007 – Zheng Xiaoyu dies (b. 1944). Director of the State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China.

2008 – Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all charges by a UN Tribunal accusing him of war crimes.

2008 - Hiroaki Aoki dies (b. 1938). Founder of Benihana.

2008 - Mike Souchak dies (b. 1927). Professional golfer.

Followers of Meher Baba: Silence Day.

Bahamas: Independence Day.

Mauritania: Armed Forces Day.

Wyoming: Statehood Day.

Ancient Latvia - Septinu Bralu Diena observed.

Municipal Holyday in Miranda do Douro, Portugal.

Soneto da Véspera - Vinicius de Moraes (dezanove anos passados sobre o seu desaparecimento)

2009-07-09T02:07:00.005+01:00

Quando chegares e eu te vir chorando
De tanto te esperar, que te direi?
E da angústia de amar-te, te esperando
Reencontrada, como te amarei?

Que beijo teu de lágrimas terei
Para esquecer o que vivi lembrando
E que farei da antiga mágoa quando
Não puder te dizer por que chorei?

Como ocultar a sombra em mim suspensa
Pelo martírio da memória imensa
Que a distância criou – fria de vida

Imagem tua que eu compus serena
Atenta ao meu apelo e à minha pena
E que quisera nunca mais perdida...

Extraído de Vinicius de Moraes, Antologia Poética, Publicações Dom Quixote

Vinicius de Moraes (n. Rio de Janeiro a 19 Out 1913; m. Rio de Janeiro, 9 Jul 1980)

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2009-07-09T01:05:00.000+01:00

On this day in History - Jul 9

2009-07-09T01:01:00.005+01:00

0455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
0518 - Anastasius I dies (b. 0430). Byzantine emperor.
1228 - Stephen Langton dies (b. c. 1150). Archbishop of Canterbury.
1249 - Emperor Kameyama of Japan was born (d. 1305).
1357 - 5:31 AM - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor assisted laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
1386 - Duke Leopold III of Austria dies (killed in battle) (b. 1351).
1511 - Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg was born (d. 1571). Queen of Denmark and Norway.
1540 - Henry VIII of England annulled his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
1541 - Estevão da Gama departs Massawa, leaving behind 400 matchlock men and 150 slaves under his brother Christovão da Gama, with orders to assist the Emperor of Ethiopia defeat Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi who has invaded his Empire.
1553 - Maurice, Elector of Saxony dies (b. 1521).
1577 - Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr was born (d. 1618). English Jamestown colonist.
1578 - Ferdinand II was born (d. 1637). Holy Roman Emperor.
1654 - Emperor Reigen of Japan was born (d. 1732).
1654 - Ferdinand IV of Germany dies (b. 1633).
1686 - Philip Livingston was born (d. 1749). American politician.
1689 - Alexis Piron was born (d. 1773). French writer.

1706 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville dies (b. 1661). French Canadian sailor and explorer.

1721 - Johann Nikolaus Götz was born (d. 1781). German poet.

1737 - Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany dies (b. 1671).

1742 - John Oldmixon dies (b. 1673). English historian.

1746 - Philip V of Spain dies (b. 1683).

1747 - Giovanni Bononcini dies (b. 1670). Italian composer.

1749 - Naval settlement of Halifax, Nova Scotia founded as British answer to Louisbourg.

1753 - William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock was born (d. 1825). Governor of Newfoundland.

1755 - French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition - British troops and colonial militiamen are suffer a devastating defeat to French and Native American forces. During the battle, British General Edward Braddock is mortally wounded. Colonel George Washington survives.

1763 - Francisco_Joaquim_Bingre was born in Canelas, Estarreja (d. 26 Mar 1856 in Mira). Portuguese poet who was one of the founders of Nova Arcádia.

1764 - Ann Radcliffe was born (d. 1823). English writer.

1766 - Jonathan Mayhew dies (b. 1720). American minister.

1775 - Matthew Lewis was born (d. 1818). English novelist.

1786 - Sophie Hélène Béatrix was born (d. 1787). Princess of France.

1789 - In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.

1790 - Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund - In the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.

1793 - Act Against Slavery passed in Upper Canada and importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.

1795 - Henry Seymour Conway dies (b. 1721). British general and statesman.

1797 - Edmund Burke dies (b. 1729). British philosopher and statesman.

1800 - Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle was born (d. 1885). German physician.

1807 - Treaties of Tilsit signed by Napoleon I and Alexander I.

1808 - Alexander William Doniphan was born (d. 1887). American lawyer and soldier.

1810 - Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.

1815 - Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevente becomes Prime Minister of France.

1816 - Argentina declares independence from Spain.

1819 - Elias Howe was born (d. 1867). American inventor (sewing machine).

1828 - Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano was born (d. 1913). Italian Catholic churchman.

1832 - Portugal: O exército liberal ocupa o Porto.

1833 - Joaquim de Sousa Andrade was born (d. 21 Apr. 1902). Brazilian poet.

1836 - Camille de Renesse was born (d. 1904). Belgian count.

1836 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman was born (d. 1908). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1841 - Mariano Enrique Calvo Cuellar assume a presidência da Bolívia.

1841 - Joaquim António de Aguiar assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal.

1846 - The territory of the District of Columbia south of the Potomac River (39 mi² or about 100 km²) is returned to Virginia through an Act of Congress.

1848 - Robert I, Duke of Parma was born (d. 1907). Last ruling Duke of Parma.

1850 - President Zachary Taylor dies (b. 1819) and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States.

1850 - Báb dies (b. 1819). Persian founder of the Bábi Faith.

1850 - Jean-Pierre Boyer dies. President of Haiti (1818-1843).

1852 - Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan dies (b. 1794). American politician.

1855 - Lord Raglan dies (b. 1788). Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War.

1856 - Nikola Tesla was born. Croatian physicist.

1856 - James Strang dies assassinated (b. 1813). Mormon splinter group leader.

1856 - Amedeo Avogadro dies (b. 1776). Italian chemist.

1858 - Franz Boas was born (d. 1942). German anthropologist.

1863 - American Civil War: Siege of Port Hudson ends.

1867 - An unsuccessful expedition led by E.D Young set out to search for Dr David Livingstone (Scottish Missionary and explorer).

1868 - The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.

1870 - Portugal: A abolição da pena de morte é alargada às colónias portuguesas.

1879 - Carlos Chagas was born (d. 1934). Brazilian physician.

1879 - Ottorino Respighi was born (d. 1936). Italian composer.

1880 - Paul Broca dies (b. 1824). French physician and anatomist.

1882 - Ignacio Carrera Pinto dies (b. 1848). Chilean war hero.

1887 - Reportedly paper napkins were used for the first time by John Dickinson (stationery manufacturers) at the company's annual dinner.

1889 - Leo Dandurand was born (d. 1964). American-born Canadian hockey executive.

1893 - Dr Daniel Hale Williams performs the first successful open heart surgery at Provident Hospital in Chicago.

1893 - George Geary was born (d. 1981). English cricketer.

1894 - Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa was born (d. 1984). Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.

1896 - William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of gold speech.

1900 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives royal assent to an act creating the Commonwealth of Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.

1900 - Ida Ehre was born in Prerau. Moravia (d. 1989). Austrian-German actress and theatre director and manager.

1901 - Dame Barbara Cartland was born (d. 2000). English novelist.

1903 - Alphonse François Renard dies (b. 1842). Belgian geologist.

1905 - Clarence Campbell was born (d. 1984). Canadian hockey executive.

1908 - Allama Rasheed Turabi was born (d. 1973). Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher.

1908 - Paul Brown was born (d. 1991). American football coach.

1911 - John A. Wheeler was born. American physicist.

1911 - Mervyn Peake was born (d. 1968). British writer and illustrator.

1915 - David Diamond was born (d. 2005). American composer.

1916 - Sir Dean Goffin was born (d. 1984). New Zealand composer.

1916 - Edward Heath was born (d. 2005). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom [1970-1974].

1918 - Great train wreck of 1918: In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.

1918 - Restabelecimento das relações diplomáticas entre Portugal e o Vaticano.

1918 - Jarl Wahlström was born (d. 1999). 12th General of The Salvation Army.

1921 - Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar delivered his famous speech at Khilafat Conference, Karachi.

1922 - Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking a world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.

1925 - Golpe de Estado no Equador, quando o general Francisco González de la Torre derruba o presidente Gonzalo S. Córdova.

1925 – Charles E. Wicks, Professor, co-author of Fundamentals of Momentum, Heat, and Mass Transfer.

1925 - Guru Dutt was born. Legendary Bollywood director, producer and actor.

1925 - Peter Ludwig was born (d. 1996). German entrepreneur and art collector.

1926 - António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal.

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

1927 - Ed Ames was born. American singer and actor.

1927 - Red Kelly was born. Canadian ice hockey player.

1927 - Susan Cabot was born (d. 1986). American actress.

1927 - John Drew Jr. dies (b. 1853). American actor.

1928 - Federico Bahamontes was born. Spanish cyclist.

1928 - Vince Edwards was born (d. 1996). American actor, director and singer.

1929 - Jesse McReynolds was born. American singer and mandolinist.

1929 - Lee Hazlewood was born. American country singer, songwriter and producer.

1929 - King Hassan II of Morocco was born (d. 1999).

1930 - Buddy Bregman was born. American musical arranger and conductor.

1930 - Roy McLean was born (d. 2007). South African cricketer.

1932 - Brazil: Starting of the Constitutionalist Revolution: Dissastified with the actions of the federal government, the oligarchies of São Paulo initiate an insurrection to retake power from Getúlio Vargas /Brasil: Tem inicío a chamada Revolução Constitucionalista, no estado de São Paulo, que apoiado pelo Mato Grosso ergue-se contra o governo central de Getúlio Vargas.

1932 - Donald Rumsfeld was born. 13th & 21st United States Secretary of Defense.

1932 - King C. Gillette dies (b. 1885). American inventor.

1933 - Oliver Sacks was born. British neurologist and author.

1934 - Michael Graves was born. American architect.

1935 - Mercedes Sosa was born. Argentine singer.

1935 - Michael Williams was born (d. 2001). English actor.

1935 - Wim Duisenberg was born (d. 2005). Dutch economist and politician.

1936 - Andre Pronovost was born. French Canadian ice hockey player.

1936 - Floyd Abrams was born. First Amendment attorney and advocate.

1936 - June Jordan was born (d. 2002). American writer and teacher.

1936 – Richard Wilson was born. Scottish actor and director.

1937 - David Hockney was born. English artist.

1937 - Oliver Law dies killed in battle (b. 1899). First African-American commander of U.S. troops.

1938 - Brian Dennehy was born. American actor.

1938 - Benjamin Cardozo dies (b. 1870). American jurist.

1942 - Holocaust: Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in an attic above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.

1942 – Edy Williams was born. American actress.

1942 - Richard Roundtree was born. American actor.

1943 - World War II: Operation Husky - Allied forces perform an amphibious invasion of Sicily.

1943 - John Casper was born. American astronaut.

1944 - World War II: Battle of Normandy - British and Canadian forces capture Caen, France.

1944 - World War II: Battle of Saipan - Americans take Saipan.

1945 - A forest fire breaks out in the Tillamook Burn, the third fire in that area since 1933.

1945 - Dean R. Koontz was born. American author.

1945 - Root Boy Slim was born (d. 1993). American entertainer.

1946 - Bon Scott was born (d. 1980). Australian singer (AC/DC).

1946 - Natasha Pyne was born. English actress.

1947 - Haruomi Hosono was born. Japanese musician.

1947 - Mitch Mitchell was born. English drummer.

1947 - O. J. Simpson was born. American football player and actor.

1947 - Lucjan Żeligowski dies (b. 1865). Polish general.

1948 - Pakistan issued first set of Postage stamp, having image of Constituent Assembly, Jinnah International Airport (Quaid-e-Azam International Airport), Shahi Fort.

1948 - Hassan Wirajuda was born. Indonesian current foreign minister.

1949 - Em Portugal é fundada a Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia.

1949 - Jesse Duplantis was born. American evangelist, author, and inspirational speaker.

1949 - Fritz Bennicke Hart dies (b. 1874). English-born Australian composer.

1950 - Viktor Yanukovych was born. Prime Minister of Ukraine.

1951 - Chris Cooper was born. American actor.

1951 - Harry Heilmann dies (b. 1894). American baseball player.

1952 - John Tesh was born. American composer.

1953 - Margie Gillis was born. Canadian dancer and choreographer.

1953 - Thomas Ligotti was born. American author.

1953 - Álvaro de Castelões dies in Porto (b. 1 Apr 1859). Portuguese noble (3rd Viscount of Castelões) and poet.

1955 - The Russell-Einstein Manifesto was released by Bertrand Russell in London.

1955 - Fred Norris was born. American radio personality.

1955 - Jimmy Smits was born. Puerto Rican Emmy Award-winning actor: L.A. Law [1989-90]; N.Y.P.D. Blue, Birdland, Glitz, Mi Familia, Gross Misconduct, The Cisco Kid, Price of Glory.

1955 - Steve Coppell was born. English football player and manager.

1955 - Willie Wilson was born. American baseball player.

1955 - Don Beauman dies (b. 1928). British racing driver.

1956 - António Fonseca was born in Ambriz. Angolan poet, writer and essayst.

1956 - Marc Almond was born. British singer.

1956 - Tom Hanks was born. American Academy Award-winning actor: Forrest Gump [1994], Philadelphia [1993]; Apollo 13, Sleepless in Seattle, Big, Joe Versus the Volcano, Splash, The Money Pit, You’ve Got Mail, The Green Mile, Cast Awayactor.

1957 - Kelly McGillis was born. American actress.

1957 - Paul Merton was born. British comedian.

1957 - Tim Kring was born. American writer and producer.

1958 - Lituya Bay is hit by a mega-tsunami. The wave is recorded at 524 meters high, making it the largest wave in history.

1959 - Clive Stafford Smith was born. British human rights lawyer.

1959 - Jim Kerr was born. Scottish singer (Simple Minds).

1959 - Kevin Nash was born. American professional wrestler.

1960 - Marc Mero was born. American professional wrestler.

1964 - Courtney Love was born. American musician.

1964 - Gianluca Vialli was born. Italian football player.

1965 - David O'Hara was born. Irish-Scottish actor.

1965 - Frank Bello was born. American musician (Anthrax).

1965 - Jason Rhoades was born (d. 2006). American installation artist.

1966 - Pamela Adlon was born. American voice actress.

1967 - A team of mountaineers successfully climb the Old Man of Hoy, the expedition is televised by BBC television in a unique live outside broadcast.

1967 - Gunnar Axén was born. Swedish politician.

1967 - Eugen Fischer dies (b. 1874). Nazi physician.

1968 - Official opening of Hayward Gallery on London's South Bank.

1968 - Lars Gyllenhaal was born. Swedish author.

1968 - Paolo Di Canio was born. Italian football player.

1969 - Jason Kearton was born. Australian former footballer.

1969 - Mark Lui was born. Hong Kong composer and producer.

1970 - Masami Tsuda was born. Manga author.

1970 - Trent Green was born. American football player.

1971 - Dani Behr was born. English model and TV presenter.

1971 - Marc Andreessen was born. American software developer.

1972 - Robert Weede dies (b. 1903). American baritone.

1973 – Enrique Murciano was born. American actor.

1973 - Kelly Holcomb was born. American football player.

1974 – Gary Kelly was born. Irish football player.

1974 - Nikola Sarcevic was born. Swedish bassist and singer (Millencolin).

1974 - Sian Berry was born. British politician.

1974 - Earl Warren dies (b. 1891). Governor of California, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

1975 - The National Assembly of Senegal passes a law that will pave way for a (albeit highly restricted) multi-party system.

1975 – Craig Quinnell was born. Welsh rugby player.

1975 - Isaac Brock was born. American musician.

1975 - Jack White was born. American musician (The White Stripes).

1975 - Shelton Benjamin was born. American professional wrestler.

1976 - Fred Savage was born. American actor (The Wonder Years, The Princess Bride, Little Monsters, The Boy Who Could Fly).

1976 - Jochem Uytdehaage was born. Dutch speed skater.

1976 - Shelton Benjamin was born. American professional wrestler.

1978 – Kara Goucher was born. American athlete.

1978 - Linda Park was born. Korean-born actress.

1978 - Mark Medlock was born. German singer.

1979 - A car bomb destroys a Renault owned by famed "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility.

1979 - Ella Koon was born. Hong Kong singer and actress.

1979 - Suzanne Stokes was born. American model (Playmate of the Month February 2000).

1979 - Cornelia Otis Skinner dies (b. 1899). American actress and author.

1980 - Vinicius de Moraes dies (b. 1913). Brazilian poet and lyricist./Morre Vinícius de Moraes (n. 1913). Escritor e diplomata brasileiro. Vinícius de Moraes - o poeta do amor- foi um dos mais populares poetas brasileiros.

1981 - Senegalese political parties Party of Independence and Work (PIT) and Democratic League - Movement for the Labour Party (LD-MPT) legally recognized.

1981 - Kimveer Gill was born (d. 2006). Canadian spree shooter (Dawson College shooting).

1982 - A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 146 people on board and eight others on the ground.

1982 - Alecko Eskandarian was born. Armenian-American footballer.

1982 - Ashly DelGrosso was born. American ballroom dancer.

1982 - Maggie Ma was born. Canadian actress.

1982 - Sakon Yamamoto was born. Japanese race car driver.

1983 - Lucia Micarelli was born. American musician.

1984 - York Minster was struck by a lightning bolt, the resulting fire rampaged through most of the building. However the cathedral valuables were rescued by clergymen and the "Rose Window" was not affected.

1984 - Proceedings against the Purity Law.

1984 - Jacob Hoggard was born. Canadian singer of Canadian band Hedley (band).

1984 - Jessica_Van_Der_Steen was born. Belgian fashion model.

1985 - Ashley Young was born. English football player.

1985 - Paweł Korzeniowski was born. Polish swimmer.

1985 - Jimmy Kinnon dies (b. 1911). Scottish founder of Narcotics Anonymous.

1985 - Rafael Campos dies of cancer (b. 1936). Dominicam actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V).

1985 - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg dies (b. 1896).

1985 - Jimmy Kinnon dies (b. 1911). Scottish founder of Narcotics Anonymous.

1986 - The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.

1986 - Dominic Cervi was born. American footballer.

1986 - Kiely Williams was born. American singer and actress.

1986 – Simon Dumont was born. American freestyle skier.

1989 - Two bombs explode in Mecca, killing one pilgrim and wounding 16 others.

1989 - First time Wimbeldon has both men & women's final on same day, Boris Becker beats Stefan Edberg and Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratilova.

1990 – Fábio Pereira da Silva was born. Brazilian footballer.

1990 - Rafael Pereira da Silva was born. Brazilian footballer.

1991 - International Human Rights Federation cites human rights violations committed by police and military personnel during Oka crisis in Quebec, Canada.

1991 - South Africa is reintroduced into the Olympic movement after 30 years of exclusion.

1991 - Mitchel Musso was born. American actor.

1991 - Spencer Elden was born. American actor Baby/Model on Nirvana (band)'s Nevermind album.

1992 - Eric Sevareid dies (b. 1912). American reporter.

1992 - Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton announces that Tennessee Senator Al Gore will be his running mate.

1994 - Akiane Kramarik was born. American painter and poet.

1994 - Bill Mosienko dies (b. 1921). Professional ice hockey player.

1995 - Musical group The Grateful Dead perform the last concert of their 30-year career at Soldier Field, Chicago.

1995 - Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lankan Air Force and it killed 125 Tamil civilian refugees.

1995 - Georgie Henley was born. English actress.

1996 - Melvin Belli dies (b. 1907). American attorney.

1997 - Mike Tyson's boxing license is suspended for at least a year and he is fined $3 million for biting Evander Holyfield's ear in a televised match.

1998 - Bolívia assina o Protocolo de Kyoto.

1998 - In the Azores Islands (Portugal) a 6.2 quake resulted in ten people killed, about 100 injured and 1,000 left homeless on Faial.

1999 - Days of student protests begins after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory of University of Tehran.

1999 - Robert de Cotret dies (b. 1944). Canadian politician.

2000 - Doug Fisher dies (b. 1941). English actor.

2001 - WCW and ECW join forces on Monday Night Raw creating The Alliance and tarting the Invasion storyline.

2002 - The African Union was established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The first chairman was Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.

2002 - Major League Baseball All-Star Game ends in a controversial tie at Miller Park, home of the Milwaukee Brewers, when both teams have exhausted all their pitchers.

2002 - Laurence Janifer dies (b. 1933). American science fiction writer.

2002 - Rod Steiger dies (b. 1925) American actor.

2003 - Winston Graham dies (b. 1908). American author.

2003 - Switzerland ratifies Kyoto's Protocol.

2004 - After José Manuel Barroso's appointment to the European Commission, Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio announces that he will invite the second-in-line leader of PSD, Pedro Santana Lopes to form government.

2004 - Chuck Cadman dies (b. 1948). Canadian politician.

2004 - Paula Danziger dies (b. 1944) American author.

2004 - Paul Klebnikov dies (b. 1963) American journalist.

2004 - Isabel Sanford dies (b. 1917). American actress.

2004 - Jean Lefèbvre dies. French actor.

2005 - Yevgenij Grishin dies (b. 1931). Russian speed skater.

2005 - Huang Kun dies (b. 1919). Chinese physicist.

2005 - Alex Shibicky dies (b. 1914). Canadian ice hockey player.

2006 - At least 122 people are dead after a Sibir Airlines passenger jet Airbus A-310 with 200 people on board veered off the runway while landing at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia in wet conditions.

2006 - Italy wins the 2006 FIFA World Cup, defeating France 5-3 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw. This is Italy's 4th World Cup win.

2006 - Roger Federer wins his fourth consecutive Wimbledon tennis championship, beating Rafael Nadal in the final match of the tournament.

2006 - Zinedine Zidane in his final match, headbutts Marco Materazzi and gets sent off in the final of the FIFA World Cup.

2006 - Camané4ever (blog) is founded.

2006 - Milan Williams dies (b. 1948). American musician (The Commodores).

2007 - Charles Lane dies (b. 1905). American actor.

2008 - Séamus Brennan dies (b. 1948). Irish politician.

Roman festival - Caprotinia, or feasts of Juno Caprotina.

Argentina - Independence Day.

Palau - Constitution Day.

Bahá'í Faith - Holy Day: Martyrdom of the Báb.

São Paulo (Brazil) - Constitutional Revolution of 1932.

Portugal: Municipal Holiday in Maia.

Roman Catholic Church - Feast of Our Lady of Peace.

Amor e Providência - Manuel de Arriaga

2009-07-08T02:28:00.002+01:00

Em quanto eu, alta noite, velo e lido,
Por vós mantendo innumeros cuidados,
Dormis, caros filhinhos, socegados
Em torno a mim o sonho appetecido!
Dormis?! sonhaes de certo... e eu pae envido
Meus esforços por vêr realisados
Vossos sonhos gentis e perfumados:
Ampara-vos um peito estremecido.
Outro Alguem faz por nós o que eu vos faço:
Com suprema bondade e sapiencia,
Rege os mundos que rolam pelo espaço!
Esse Alguem é o Amor por excellencia,
O formidavel e invisivel braço,
E o olhar que nunca dorme - a Providencia!

in Cantos Sagrados

Manuel José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira e Peyrelongue (nasceu na cidade da Horta, Açores a 8 de Julho de 1840 — m. em Lisboa, 5 de Março de 1917)

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Happy birthday - Kate Groombridge

2009-07-08T01:18:00.001+01:00

On this day in History - Jul 8

2009-07-08T01:01:00.007+01:00

0810 - Pepin, King of Italy dies (b. 0773).
0901 - Saint Grimbald dies (b. 0827).
0975 - King Edgar of England dies.
1099 - First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders mocked them.
1153 - Pope Eugene III dies.
1283 - War of the Sicilian Vespers: Battle of Malta.
1497 - Vasco da Gama sets sail on first direct European voyage to India. A frota comandada por Vasco da Gama parte de Lisboa em direcção à Índia. A Marinha Portuguesa comemora o seu dia nesta data.
1528 - Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy was born (d. 1580).
1538 - Diego de Almagro dies (b. 1475). Spanish explorer.
1545 - Don Carlos of Spain was born (d. 1568). Son of Philip II of Spain.
1577 - Morte de D. Maria - filha de D. Duarte (duque de Guimarães) e D. Isabel.
1579 - Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
1583 - Fernão Mendes Pinto dies (b. 1509). Portuguese explorer.
1593 - Artemisia Gentileschi was born (d. 1651). Italian painter.
1621 - Jean de la Fontaine was born (d. 1695). French writer.
1623 - Pope Gregory XV dies (b. 1554).
1663 - Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal Charter to Rhode Island.
1680 - The first confirmed tornado in America killed a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1689 - Edward Wooster dies (b. 1622). English Connecticut pioneer.
1695 - Christiaan Huygens dies (b. 1629). Dutch scientist.
1709 - Great Northern War: Battle of Poltava: Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava thus effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe.
1716 - Great Northern War: Battle of Dynekilen Battle of Poltava: Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava thus effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe.
1716 - Robert South dies (b. 1634). English churchman.
1721 - Elihu Yale dies (b. 1649). American benefactor of Yale University.

1726 - John Ker dies (b. 1673). Scottish spy.

1758 - French and Indian War: French forces hold Fort Carillon against British at Ticonderoga, New York.

1760 - French and Indian War: Battle of the Ristigouche - British defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France.

1760 - Christian Kramp was born (d. 1826). French mathematician.

1766 - Dominique Jean Larrey was born (d. 1842). French surgeon.

1770 - Pela primeira vez a declaração de Independência dos Estados Unidos é lida em Nova York na presença de George Washington.

1775 - The Olive Branch Petition is adopted by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies.

1776 - The Declaration of Independence is read aloud in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Liberty Bell is famously rung.

1776 - The Liberty Bell was rung to summon citizens of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the reading of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress.

1784 - Torbern Olof Bergman dies (b. 1735). Swedish chemist.

1792 - Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen was born (d. 1854). Queen of Bavaria.

1819 - Francis Leopold McClintock was born (d. 1907). British naval officer and explorer.

1822 - Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.

1822 - Percy Bysshe Shelley dies (b. 1792). English poet.

1826 - Luther Martin dies (b. 1748). One of the founding fathers of the United States.

1830 - Frederick William Seward was born (d. 1915). United States Assistant Secretary of State.

1830 - Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Altenburg was born (d. 1911).

1832 - Portugal: O exército liberal sob o comando do regente D. Pedro, desembarca na praia de Arnosa do Pampelido, perto do Mindelo.

1833 - Tratado Russo-Turco de Unkiar-Skellessi. A passagem dos Dardanelos é proibida aos barcos de todas os países, com excepção dos russos.

1836 - Joseph Chamberlain was born (d. 1914). British politician.

1838 - Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin was born (d. 1917). German inventor.

1839 - John D. Rockefeller was born (d. 1937). American businessman and philanthropist.

1840 - Manuel de Arriaga was born. First President of Portuguese Republic.

1850 - Prince Adolphus dies (b. 1774). 1st Duke of Cambridge.

1851 - Arthur Evans was born (d. 1941). English archaeologist.

1853 - Commodore Perry sails into Tokyo Bay.

1855 - Sir William Edward Parry dies (b. 1790). English Arctic explorer.

1857 - Alfred Binet was born (d. 1911). French psychologist.

1859 - King Charles XV / Carl IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.

1859 - King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway dies (b. 1799).

1864 - The Shinsengumi sabotage the Choshu-han shishi's planned attack on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya, this event is known as Ikedaya Jiken.

1867 - Käthe Kollwitz was born (d. 1945). German painter and graphic artist.

1874 - The Mounties begin their March West.

1876 - White supremacists kill five Black Republicans in Hamburg, SC.

1878 - Jimmy Quinn was born (d. 1945). Scottish footballer.

1882 - Percy Grainger was born (d. 1961). Australian composer.

1885 - Ernst Bloch was born (d. 1977). German philosopher.

1887 - Ben Holladay dies (b. 1819). American Businessman and founder of the Overland Stagecoach Company.

1889 - The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.

1889 - During the last championship bare-knuckle boxing match, John L. Sullivan defeats Jake Kilrain after 75 rounds.

1889 - Damião Peres was born. Portuguese historian.

1892 - St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.

1892 - Richard Aldington was born (d. 1962). English poet.

1892 - Pavel Korin was born (d. 1967). Russian painter.

1895 - Igor Tamm was born (d. 1971). Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.

1895 - Johann Josef Loschmidt dies (b. 1821). Austrian scientist.

1896 - William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetalism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

1898 - The shooting death of crime boss Soapy Smith releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.

1898 - Melville Ruick was born (d. 1972). American actor.

1898 - Soapy Smith dies (b. 1860). American con artist.

1904 - Henri Cartan was born. French mathematician.

1905 - Leonid Amalrik was born (d. 1997). Russian animator.

1905 - Walter Kittredge dies (b. 1834). American musician and composer.

1906 - Philip Johnson was born (d. 2005). American architect.

1907 - George W. Romney was boirn (d. 1995). Chairman of the American Motors Corporation (1954-62).

1908 - Louis Jordan was born (d. 1975). American singer and saxophonist.

1908 - Nelson A. Rockefeller was born (d. 1979). Vice President of the United States.

1913 - Louis Hémon dies (b. 1880). French-born writer.

1914 - Billy Eckstine was born (d. 1993). American jazz singer.

1914 - Jyoti Basu was born. Indian politician.

1917 - Faye Emerson was born (d. 1983). American actress.

1917 - Tom Thomson dies (b. 1877). Canadian painter.

1918 - Craig Stevens was born (d. 2000). American actor.

1919 - Walter Scheel was born. German politician.

1920 - Godtfred Kirk Christiansen was born (d. 1995). Danish industrialist (Lego Group).

1921 - Edgar Morin was born. French sociologist and essayst.

1923 - Harrison Dillard was born. American athlete .

1924 - Johnnie Johnson was born (d. 2005). American blues musician.

1925 - Nasce em Santarém Joaquim Veríssimo Serrão. Historiador e professor universitário português. Veríssimo Serrão é membro da Academia de Ciencias de Lisboa, da Academia Portuguesa de Historia, da Academia Brasileira de Letras e de muitas outras organizações de prestígio internacional como a Real Academia de História de Espanha.

1926 - Em Portugal, golpe de estado depõe o general Gomes da Costa do seu cargo de Presidente da República.

1926 - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was born (d. 2004). Swiss-born psychiatrist.

1927 - Maurice Hayes was born. Irish politician.

1929 - Artur Ivens Ferraz becomes Prime Minister of Portugal.

1930 - Sir Joseph Ward dies (b. 1856). 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand.

1932 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, bottoming out at 41.22.

1932 - Barbara Loden was born. Actress.

1932 - Jerry Vale was born. American singer.

1933 - NFL team Pittsburgh Steelers was established.

1933 - Antonio Lamer was born. French Canadian lawyer and chief justice.

1933 - Marty Feldman was born (d. 1982). English comedian and actor.

1933 - Anthony Hope dies (b. 1863). British author.

1934 - Ed Lumley was born. Canadian corporate executive and former politician.

1934 - Benjamin Baillaud dies (b. 1848). French astronomer.

1935 - Steve Lawrence was born. American entertainer and singer : Go Away Little Girl, Party Doll, Pretty Blue Eyes, Footsteps, Portrait of My Love; songwriter: Two on the Aisle.

1935 - Vitali Sevastyanov was born. Russian cosmonaut.

1939 - Havelock Ellis dies (b. 1859). British physician and psychologist.

1941 - Dario Gradi was born. Italian-born football manager.

1941 - Moses Schorr dies (b. 1874). Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist.

1942 - Phil Gramm was born. American politician.

1943 - Jean Moulin dies (b. 1899). French Resistance leader in World War II.

1944 - Jai Johanny Johanson was born. American musician (The Allman Brothers Band).

1944 - Jeffrey Tambor was born. American actor.

1945 - Micheline Calmy-Rey was born. Swiss female politician, president in 2007.

1946 - Actress Ava Gardner divorced bandleader Artie Shaw on this day; not quite a year after they were married.

1946 -Toquinho was born. Brazilian singer and composer.

1947 - Reports are broadcast that a UFO has crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico.

1947 - Luis Fernando Figari was born. Peruvian founder of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae.

1947 - Kim Darby was born. American actress.

1948 - The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).

1948 - Raffi was born. Canadian children's entertainer.

1949 - Dale Hoganson wa born. Canadian ice hockey player.

1949 - Frank Delima was born. American comedian.

1949 - Wolfgang Puck was born. Austrian-born celebrity chef.

1950 - Othmar Spann dies (b. 1878). Austrian philosopher and economist.

1951 - Anjelica Huston was born. American Academy Award-winning actress: Prizzi’s Honor [1985]; The Witches, The Grifters, The Addams Family.

1952 - Anna Quindlen was born. American columnist.

1952 - Jack Lambert was born. American NFL player.

1955 - Mihaela Mitrache was born. Romanian actress.

1956 - Terry Puhl was born. Canadian baseball player.

1956 - Giovanni Papini dies (b. 1881). Italian essayist.

1957 - Aleksandr Gurnov was born. Russian television personality.

1957 - Carlos Cavazo was born. American musician (Quiet Riot).

1957 - Grace Coolidge dies (b. 1879). First Lady of the United States.

1958 - Andreas Carlgren was born. Swedish politician.

1958 - Kevin Bacon was born. American actor.

1958 - Neetu Singh was born. Indian actress.

1958 - Pauline Quirke was born. British actress.

1958 - Tzipi Livni was born. Israeli politician.

1959 - Robert Knepper was born. American actor.

1959 - Major Dale R. Buis dies. First U.S. soldier to die in Vietnam.

1960 - Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.

1960 - Mal Meninga was born. Australian rugby league footballer.

1961 - Andrew Fletcher was born. Musician (Depeche Mode).

1961 - Toby Keith was born. American country music singer.

1962 - Ne Win sieged and dynamited the Ragoon University Student Union building to crash the Student Movement.

1962 - Joan Osborne was born. American singer and songwriter.

1962 - Georges Bataille dies (b. 1897). French writer and philosopher.

1964 - Portugal: Madeira Island - Funchal Aeroport is inaugurated.

1964 - Alexei Gusarov was born. Russian ice hockey player.

1964 - Linda de Mol was born. Dutch actress and host.

1965 - Lee Tergesen was born. American actor.

1966 - King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi was deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.

1966 - Shadlog Bernicke was born. Nauruan politician.

1967 - Jordan Chan was born. Hong Kong actor and singer.

1967 - Fatima Jinnah dies (b. 1893). Pakistani Mother of the Nation.

1967 - Vivien Leigh dies (b. 1913). English actress.

1968 - Akio Suyama was born. Japanese seiyu.

1968 - Billy Crudup was born. American actor.

1968 – Michael Weatherly was born. American actor.

1968 – Shane Howarth was born. New Zealand/Wales rugby player.

1968 - Owen Meany dies. Fictional character.

1969 - IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer.

1969 - Sugizo was born. Japanese guitarist and singer.

1970 - Richard Nixon delivers special congressional message enunciating Native American Self-Determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination Act.

1970 - Beck was born. American singer.

1971 - Amanda Peterson was born. American actress.

1971 - John Juanda was born. Indonesian poker player.

1971 – Karl Dykhuis was born, Canadian ice hockey player.

1971 - Neil Jenkins was born. Welsh rugby player.

1971 - Charlie Shavers dies (b. 1920). American jazz trumpet player.

1972 - Karl Dykhuis was born. Canadian ice hockey player.

1972 - Saurav Ganguly was born. Indian cricketer.

1972 - Shōsuke Tanihara was born. Japanese actor.

1973 - Kathleen Robertson was born. Canadian actress.

1973 - Wilfred Rhodes dies (b. 1877). English cricketer.

1974 - Tami Erin was born. American actress and model.

1974 - Zhanna Friske was born. Russian actress and singer.

1975 - Elias Viljanen was born. Finnish guitarist.

1976 – David Kennedy was born. American guitarist (Angels & Airwaves).

1976 - Talal El Karkouri was born. Moroccan footballer.

1977 - The ashes of Ahn Eak-tai, a Korean composer and conductor, were transferred from the island of Majorca to the Korean National Cemetery.

1977 - Milo Ventimiglia was born. American actor.

1977 - Wang Zhizhi was born. Chinese basketball player.

1978 - Socialist Sandro Pertini is elected President of Italy.

1978 - Rachel Lillis was born. American actress.

1979 - Sin-Itiro Tomonaga dies (b. 1906). Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate.

1979 - Robert B. Woodward dies (b. 1917). American chemist, Nobel laureate.

1979 - Michael Wilding dies (b. 1912). English actor.

1980 - First Rugby League State of Origin match between the Queensland Maroons and New South Wales Blues played at Lang Park, Brisbane.

1980 - State of Origin, Rugby League is born.

1980 - Kate Groombridge was born in Kent. English fashion model.

1980 - Robbie Keane was born. Irish footballer.

1981 - Anastasia Myskina was born. Russian tennis player.

1981 - Wild Bill Hallahan dies (b. 1902). American baseball player.

1982 - Assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Dujail.

1982 - Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized.

1982 - Jorge Blanco is proclaimed President of Dominicana Republic.

1982 - Hakim Warrick was born. American basketball player.

1982 - Joshua Alba was born. American actor.

1982 - Sophia Bush was born. American actress.

1983 - Elizabeth Del Mar was born. American pornographic actress.

1983 - Jaroslav Janiš was born. Czech racing car driver.

1983 - John Bowker was born. American baseball player.

1984 - John McEnroe beats Jimmy Connors at Wimbledon and wins the event in just 1 hour and 20 minutes.

1984 - Alexis Dziena was born. American actress.

1984 - Claudio Sánchez Albornoz dies. Historian.

1985 - Jamie Cook was born. British musician (Arctic Monkeys).

1986 - Renata Costa was born. Brazilian footballer.

1986 - Skeeter Webb dies (b. 1909). Baseball player.

1986 - Kurt Waldheim is officialy declared President of Austria.

1986 - Skeeter Webb dies (b. 1909). American baseball player.

1986 - Hyman Rickover dies (b. 1900). The "Father of the Nuclear Navy".

1987 - Vlada Roslyakova was born. Russian supermodel.

1987 - Gerardo Diego dies (b. 1896). Spanish poet.

1987 - Lionel Chevrier dies (b. 1903). Canadian politician.

1989 - Argentina: Carlos Saúl Menem é eleito Presidente da República.

1988 - Ray Barbuti dies (b. 1905). American athlete.

1990 - Germany national football team wins the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy against Argentina.

1990 - At 12:34:56 (both AM and PM) the time and date by US reckoning was 12:34:56.

1990 - Morre Amélia Rey Colaço (n. 2 Mar 1898). Dedicou toda a vida ao teatro. Actriz, encenadora e empresária fundou, com o actor Robles Monteiro, a sua própria companhia de teatro (a companhia Rey Colaço-Robles Monteiro), que duraria cerca de 53 anos. A (ex) Escola Secundária de Belém/Algés, Lisboa, passou a partir de 1-9-1999 a ter o seu nome ( Escola Secundária Amélia Rey Colaço, Alto de Santa Catarina, Oeiras).

1990 - Howard Duff dies (b. 1913). American actor.

1991 - James Franciscus dies (b. 1934). American actor.

1992 - Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe creates the office of High Commissioner on National Minorities.

1992 - Benjamin Grosvenor was born. British pianist.

1994 - Dick Sargent dies (b. 1930). American actor.

1994 - Kim Il Sung dies (b. 1912). North Korean leader.

1994 - Christian-Jaque dies (b. 1904). French film director and screenwriter.

1994 - Lars-Eric Lindblad dies (b. 1927). Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer.

1994 - Dick Sargent dies (b.1930). American actor.

1997 - Mayo Clinic researchers warn that the dieting-drug "fen-phen" can cause severe heart and lung damage.

1997 - NATO invites the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to join the alliance in 1999.

1998 - Jaden Smith was born. American actor.

1999 - Allen Lee Davis executed by electrocution by the state of Florida. Last use of the Electric Chair for capital punishment in Florida.

1999 - Jayme Caetano Braun dies (b. 1924). Brazilian poet.

1999 - Pete Conrad dies (b. 1930). American astronaut.

2000 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth book in J.K. Rowling's hugely popular Harry Potter series, is published.

2001 - John O'Shea dies (b. 1920). New Zealand director.

2002 - Patativa do Assaré dies (b. 5 Mar 1909). Brazilian popular poet and composer.

2002 - Ward Kimball dies (b. 1914). American animator.

2003 - Sudan Airways Flight 39, with 117 people on board, crashes in Sudan; the only survivor is a two-year-old child.

2003 - Ladan and Laleh Bijani dies (b. 1974). Iranian twins.

2004 - Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident. United States Marine Corps officer Michael Brown is convicted on Okinawa for "attempting an indecent act" and "destruction of property" and is sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for three years.

2004 - A Venezuela é anunciada como o mais novo parceiro do Mercosul.

2004 - Henrique Mendes dies (b. 1931). Portuguese TV presenter.

2004 - Paula Danziger dies (b. 1944). American author.

2004 - Jean Lefebvre dies (b. 1922). French actor.

2006 - 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany get the 3rd place beating Portugal 3-1 in Stuttgart.

2006 - José Ramos Horta is appointed Prime Minister of East Timor by President Xanana Gusmao.

2006 - June Allyson dies (b. 1917). American actress.

2006 - Peter Hawkins dies (b. 1924). British actor/voice actor.

2006 - Sabine Dünser dies (b. 1977). Lead singer for band Elis.

2007 - Boeing 787 rolled out.

2008 - John Templeton dies (b. 1912). British businessman and philanthropist.

Portugal: Municipal holyday in Chaves / Feriado Municipal de Chaves.

Portugal: Municipal holyday in Amarante / Feriado Municipal de Amarante.

Annual Soapy Smith wake, held each year in Skagway, Alaska in the Gold Rush Cemetery and in Hollywood, California at the Magic Castle.

O Falcão voou e não vem para o clube da águia

2009-07-07T19:23:00.005+01:00

foto daqui

Ao que parece não terá gostado muito da semelhança com águia. Preferiu mais constraste e esperem para ver se não vai voar para o clube do Dragão!

Adoração - Guerra Junqueiro (nos 86 anos da sua morte)

2009-07-07T01:01:00.000+01:00

imagem daqui

Eu não te tenho amor simplesmente. A paixão
Em mim não é amor; filha, é adoração!
Nem se fala em voz baixa à imagem que se adora.
Quando da minha noite eu te contemplo, aurora,
E, estrela da manhã, um beijo teu perpassa
Em meus lábios, oh! quando essa infinita graça
do teu piedoso olhar me inunda, nesse instante
Eu sinto ? virgem linda, inefável, radiante,
Envolta num clarão balsâmico da lua,
A minh'alma ajoelha, trémula, aos pés da tua!
Adoro-te!... Não és só graciosa, és bondosa:
Além de bela és santa; além de estrela és rosa.
Bendito seja o deus, bendita a Providência
Que deu o lírio ao monte e à tua alma a inocência,
O deus que te criou, anjo, para eu te amar,
E fez do mesmo azul o céu e o teu olhar!...

extraído de Os dias do Amor, Um poema para cada dia do ano, Recolha, selecção e organização de Inês Ramos, Orefácio de Henrique Manuel Bento Fialho, Ministério dos Livros Editores.

Guerra Junqueiro (n. Freixo de Espada à Cinta 17 de Setembro de 1850 ; m. Lisboa a 7 de Julho de 1923).

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On this day in History - Jul 7

2009-07-07T01:00:00.002+01:00

0175 - Commodus is proclaimed emperor in Rome.
1053 - Emperor Shirakawa of Japan was born (d. 1129).
1119 - Emperor Sutoku of Japan was born (d. 1164).
1304 - Pope Benedict XI dies (possibly poisoned) (b. 1240).
1307 - Edward I dies (b. 1239). King of England (1272-1307).
1415 - John Huss dies burned at Constance.
1438 - King Charles VII of France issued the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, restricting the rights of the pope and in many cases making his jurisdiction subject to the will of the king.
1456 - Joan of Arc is acquitted of heresy even though she had already been burnt at the stake on May 30, 1431.
1497 - Sai de Lisboa a frota comandada por Vasco da Gama, que chegará a Índia depois de dois anos de navegação.
1528 - Anna of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria was born (d. 1590). Daughter of Ferdinand I.
1534 - European colonization of the Americas: First known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in New Brunswick.
1537 - Madeleine de Valois dies (b. 1520). Queen of James V of Scotland.
1543 - French troops invade Luxembourg.
1572 - Sigismund II Augustus dies (b. 1520). King of Poland.
1573 - Giacomo Vignola dies (b. 1507). Italian architect.
1575 - Raid of the Redeswire, Last major battle between England and Scotland.
1585 - Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
1586 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel was born (d. 1646). English statesman.
1592 - Thomas, Earl of Arundel was born. Collector of ancient sculptures.
1647 - Thomas Hooker dies (b. 1586). Connecticut colonist.
1656 - Guru Har Krishan was born (d. 1664). 8th Guru of Sikhism.
1663 - Thomas Baltzar was born. German violinist.
1668 - Isaac Newton received an MA from Trinity College, Cambridge.
1697 - Dr. John Eachard dies in Cambridge.
1701 - William Stoughton dies (b. 1631). American judge at the Salem witch trials.
1713 - Henry Compton dies (b. 1632). Bishop of Oxford and privy councillor.
1740 - Claudius Amyand dies. English surgeon whose name is remembered in the term "Amyand's hernia" for an inguinal hernia with an appendix involved.

1746 - Giuseppe Piazzi was born (d. 1826). Italian astronomer.

1752 - Joseph-Marie Jacquard was born (d. 7 Aug 1834). French inventor.

1764 - William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath dies (b. 1683). English politician.

1766 - Guillaume Philibert Duhesme was born (d. 1815). French general.

1770 - A Russian fleet destroyed an Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Çesme on the Aegean Sea.

1776 - Jeremiah Markland dies (b. 1693). English classical scholar.

1777 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Hubbardton.

1790 - François Hemsterhuis dies (b. 1721). Dutch philosopher.

1791 - Dr. Thomas Blacklock, 'the blind poet,' dies in Edinburgh.

1798 - Quasi-War: The U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the 'war.'

1799 - Ranjit Singh's men had taken their positions outside Lahore.

1807 - Napoleonic Wars: Peace of Tilsit between France, Kingdom of Prussia and Russia ends the Fourth Coalition.

1816 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan dies in London (b. 1751). Irish playwright and politician.

1816 - Rudolf Wolf was born (d. 6 Dec 1893). Swiss astronomer and astronomical historian

1843 - Camillo Golgi was born (d. 21 Jan 1926). Italian physician and cytologist who, in 1873, published his key discovery, the use of silver salts to stain samples for microscope slides. Investigations into the fine structure of the nervous system earned him (with the Spanish histologist Santiago Ramón y Cajal) the 1906 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.

1846 - Mexican War: Acting on instructions from Washington, DC, Commodore John Drake Sloat orders his troops to occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the United States annexation of California.

1848 - Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves was born (d. 1919). Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (1902-1906).

1851 - Charles Tindley was born (. 1933). American gospel music composer.

1854 - Georg Simon Ohm dies (b. 16 Mar 1789). German physicist.

1855 - Ludwig Ganghofer was born (d. 1920). German writer.

1855 - Artur Nabantino Belo Gonçalves de Azevedo was born in São Luís (MA) (d. 22 Oct 1908). Brazilian writer.

1855 - Konstantin Batyushkov dies (b. 1787). Russian poet.

1858 - José Leite de Vasconcelos was born. Portuguese writer and philologist.

1860 - Gustav Mahler was born in Kalishat, Bohemia (†18 May 1911). Austrian composer and conductor of the Vienna State Opera House. The Adagietto from Gustav Mahler's Fifth Symphony was used In Luchino Visconti's film version of Thomas Mann's "Death in Venice".

1863 - United States begins first military draft; exemptions cost $100.

1865 - American Civil War: Four conspirators in the assassination of President Lincoln are hanged; Mary E. Surratt, Lewis T. Powell, David E. Herold, and George A. Atzerodt.

1865 - Mary Surratt dies (b. 1823). Lincoln conspirator.

1865 - Lewis Paine dies (b. 1844). Lincoln conspirator.

1865 - David Herold dies (b. 1842). Lincoln conspirator.

1865 - George Atzerodt dies (b. 1833). Lincoln conspirator.

1874 - Erwin Bumke was born (d. 1945). German jurist.

1877 - Brito Capelo e Serpa Pinto iniciam expedição à África Central.

1878 - Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev dies (b. 1847). Russian mathematician.

1880 - Lydia Child dies (b. 1802). American novelist and abolitionist.

1883 - Toivo Kuula was born. Finish composer.

1884 - Lion Feuchtwanger was born (d. 1958). German dramatist and narrator.

1887 - Marc Chagall was born in Vitebsk, Belarus (d. 28 Mar 1985). Belorussian-born French painter. Chagall was distinguished for his surrealistic inventiveness. He is recognized as one of the most significant painters and graphic artists of the 20th century. His work included "Les Amoureux" (The Lovers - 1916), a portrait of himself and his wife, sold in 1996 for $4.2 mil; Red Nude Sitting Up, Moi et le Village, Bride with a Fan, The Cattle Dealer, Jew at Prayer, Bella with a White Collar, The Spoonful of Milk. In 1997 Mikhail Guerman published "Marc Chagall: The Land of My Heart - Russia."

1890 - Henri Nestlé dies (b. 1814). Founder of Nestlé S.A.

1891 - Virginia Rappe was born (d. 1921). Silent film actress.

1892 - Katipunan: The Revolutionary Philippine Brotherhood is established leading to the fall of the Spanish Empire in Asia.

1893 - Miroslav Krleža was born (d. 1981). Croatian writer.

1893 - Guy De Maupassant dies. French writer.

1894 - Don Vicente Jiménez dies in Tixtla, Guerrero (b. 1818). Mexican general.

1898 - History of United States imperialism: President of the United States William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.

1899 - George Cukor was born (d. 24 Jan 1983). American director (My Fair Lady, A Star is Born, Born Yesterday, Love Among the Ruins, The Philadelphia Story). Was voted the 18th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly.

1900 - Earle E. Partridge was born (d. 1990). United States Air Force general.

1901 - Vittorio De Sica was born (d. 13 Nov 1974). Italian director (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, Marriage Italian Style, Two Women, The Bicycle Thief); actor: The Shoes of the Fisherman, It Started in Naples).

1901 - Gustav Knuth was born (d. 1978). Actor.

1901 - Sam Katzman was born (d. 1973). American film producer.

1901 - Eiji Tsuburaya was born (d. 1970). Japanese film producer.

1901 - Johanna Spyri dies (b. 1827). Swiss author.

1902 - Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe was born (d. 2005). American baseball player.

1904 - Simone Beck was born (d. 1991). French chef.

1906 - Anton Karas was born (d. 1985). Viennese musician.

1906 - Satchel Paige ws born (d. 1982). American baseball player.

1906 - William Feller was born (d. 1970). Croatian mathematician.

1907 - Robert Heinlein was born (d. 1988). American science fiction writer.

1908 - Revilo P. Oliver was born (d. 1994). American professor.

1910 - Luiz Barbosa was born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 8 Oct 1938). Brazilian singer and sambist.

1911 - Gian Carlo Menotti was born. Italian-born Pulitzer prize wining-opera composer: The Consul [1950], The Saint of Bleeker Street [1955].

1913 - Pinetop Perkins was born. American blues musician.

1913 - Edward Burd Grubb dies (b. 1841). American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General.

1915 - World War I: End of First Battle of the Isonzo.

1915 - A Great Gorge and International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashed near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15.

1915 - Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander was born (d. 1998). African American Novelist and poet.

1915 - Ruth Ford was born. Actress (The Woman Who Came Back, The Lady is Willing, The Eyes of the Amaryllis).

1915 - Yul Brynner was born (d. 1985). Russian-born actor.

1917 - Russian Revolution: Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov forms Provisional Government in Russia after the deposing of the tsar.

1917 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández was born (d. 2003). Salvadorian politician.

1919 - Jon Pertwee was born (d. 1996). British actor.

1919 - William Moses Kunstler was born (d. 14 Sep 1995). Defense attorney (Tom Hayden, Chicago Seven, Jack Ruby, Martin Luther King Jr., Adam Clayton Powell, Abbie Hoffman, Angela Davis, John Gotti, Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman).

1920 - Radio compass - a device known as the radio compass was used for the first time on a U.S. Navy airplane near Norfolk, Virginia on this day.

1920 - Mário Sacramento was born. Portuguese essayst.

1921 - Adolf von Thadden was born (d. 1996). German politician.

1921 - Ezzard Charles was born (d. 27 May 1975). International Boxing Hall of Famer: world heavyweight champion [1949-51]; bouts: 122: won 96, lost 25, drew 1, 59 KOs;

1922 - Pierre Cardin was born. French fashion designer.

1922 - Cathal Brugha dies (b. 1874). Chief of Staff of Irish Republican Army.

1923 - Guerra Junqueiro dies (b. 1850). Portuguese poet / Morte em Lisboa do poeta português. (Abílio Manuel de) Guerra Junqueiro (n. 1850 em Freixo de Espada à Cinta).

1924 - Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal.

1924 - Mary Ford was born (d. 1977). American singer.

1925 - Wally Phillips was born (d. 2008). American radio personality.

1925 - Yvonne Mitchell was born. English actress.

1925 - Clarence Hudson White dies (b. 1871). American photographer.

1927 - Gösta Mittag-Leffler dies (b. 16 Mar 1846). Swedish mathematician who founded the international mathematical journal Acta Mathematica and whose contributions to mathematical research helped advance the Scandinavian school of mathematics.

1927 - Charlie Louvin was born. American country musician.

1927 - Doc Severinsen was born. American composer and musician- trumpeter, bandleader: The Tonight Show Band, The Doc Severinsen Band; played with Charlie Barnet and Tommy Dorsey Orchestras.

1928 - Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. It is described as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped".

1928 - Vince Edwards (Vincent Edward Zoino) was born (d. 11 Mar 1996). Actor: Ben Casey, The Devil’s Brigade, The Dirty Dozen, The Three Faces of Eve, Motorama;

1929 - Hasan Abidi was born (d. 2005). Pakistani journalist and poet.

1930 - Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).

1930 - Arthur Conan Doyle dies (b. 22 May 1859). Scottish novelist and author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery novels. Doyle was an eye doctor. In 1999 Daniel Stashower published "Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle."

1930 - Dolores Duran was born (d. 1959). Brazilian singer.

1930 - Henry (Hank) Mobley was born (d. 1986). American Jazz composer and saxophonist.

1931 - David Eddings was born. American author.

1932 - Josef Zawinul was born (d. 2007). Austrian composer and musician.

1932 - Alexander Grin dies (b. 1880). Russian novelist.

1932 - Henry Eyster Jacobs dies (b. 1844). American Lutheran theologian.

1933 - David McCullough was born. American historian and author.

1933 - Murray Halberg was born. New Zealand runner.

1936 - Jo Siffert was born (d. 1971). Swiss race car driver.

1936 - Nikos Xilouris was born (d. 1980). Greek singer.

1937 - Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge - Japanese forces invade Beijing, China.

1937 - Tung Chee-Hwa was born. First chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.

1940 - Ringo Starr was born. English drummer and singer (The Beatles)

1941 - World War II: American forces land in Iceland to forestall an invasion by the Nazis.

1941 - World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops.

1941 - Bill Oddie was born. English comedian and ornithologist

1941 - Michael Howard was born. British politician.

1942 - Carmen Duncan was born. Australian actress.

1943 - Toto Cutugno was born. Italian singer.

1943 - Joel Siegel was born (d. 2007). American film critic.

1945 - Michael Ancram was born. British politician.

1946 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American saint to be canonized.

1946 - Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 spy plane prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.

1947 - Alleged and disputed Roswell UFO incident.

1947 - Felix Standaert was born. Belgian diplomat.

1947 - Howard Rheingold was born. American author.

1947 - Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was born. King of Nepal.

1947 - Rob Townsend was born. English drummer (Family).

1947 - Víctor Manuel was born. Spanish songwriter and singer.

1948 - Jean Leclerc was born. French Canadian actor.

1947 - Howard Rheingold was born. American author.

1949 - Shelley Duvall was born. American actress (Popeye, Nashville, Roxanne, Brewster McCloud, The Shining, Annie Hall, McCabe and Mrs. Miller).

1949 - Jack Webb’s Dragnet was first heard on NBC radio this day. The program was the first to dramatize cases from actual police files.

1949 - Bunk Johnson dies (b. 1879). American jazz musician.

1952 - Mando Guerrero was born. Mexican professional wrestler.

1953 - Che Guevara set out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.

1953 - Chile passa a ser membro da UNESCO.

1954 - In Memphis, Tennessee, WHBQ becomes the first radio station to air an Elvis Presley record.

1954 - Formation of the TANU in Tanzania.

1955 - Len Barker was born. American baseball player.

1956 - Fritz Moravec reaches the peak of Gasherbrum II (8,035 m).

1956 - Gottfried Benn dies (b. 1886). German poet.

1957 - Berry Sakharof, Turkish-born Israeli guitarist (Minimal Compact).

1957 - Jonathan Dayton was born. American film director.

1958 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into United States law.

1959 - 14:28 UT Venus occulted the star Regulus. The rare event which will next occur on October 1, 2044 was used for determining the Venus diametre and the structure of Venus' atmospherer.

1959 - Alessandro Nannini was born. Italian F1 car driver.

1959 - Ben Linder was born (d. 1987). American engineer .

1959 - Jessica Hahn was born. American model.

1960 - Fidel Castro anuncia a estatização de todas as empresas americanas em Cuba.

1960 - Kevin A. Ford was born. American astronaut.

1963 - Vonda Shepard was born. American singer.

1964 - Lillian Copeland dies (b. 1904). American athlete.

1965 - Paula Devicq was born. Canadian actress

1965 - Mo Collins was born. American actress

1965 - Jeremy Kyle was born. English television presenter

1965 - Moshe Sharett dies (b. 1894). Second Prime Minister of Israel.

1966 - Gundula Krause was born. German folk violinist.

1966 - Jim Gaffigan was born. American comedian.

1966 - Neil Tobin was born. American magician.

1967 - Beginning of the civil war in Biafra.

1967 - Beatles' "All You Need is Love" was released.

1967 - Jackie Neal was born (d. 2005). American singer.

1967 - Tom Kristensen was born. Danish race car driver.

1967 - Jo Schlesser dies (b. 1928). French Formula One racing driver.

1967 - Vivien Leigh dies (b. 1913). American actress (Scarlet-Gone with the Wind).

1968 - Jeff VanderMeer was born. American writer.

1968 - Jorja Fox was born. American actress.

1969 - In Canada, the Official Languages Act is adopted making the French language equal to the English language throughout the Federal government.

1969 - French is made equal to English throughout the Canadian national government.

1969 - Cree Summer was born. Canadian voice actress.

1969 - Joe Sakic was born. Canadian ice hockey player.

1969 - Nathalie Simard was born. French Canadian singer.

1969 - Robin Weigert was born. American actress.

1969 - Sylke Otto was born. German luger.

1970 - Erik Zabel was born. German cyclist.

1970 - Robia LaMorte was born. American actress and dancer.

1970 - Wayne McCullough was born. Irish boxer.

1971 - Alistair Potts was born. British rower.

1971 - Claude Gauvreau dies (b. 1925). Canadian writer.

1971 - Ub Iwerks dies (b. 1901). American artist, director, and cartoonist.

1972 - Lisa Leslie was born. American basketball player.

1972 - Manfred Stohl was born. Austrian rally driver.

1972 - King Talal dies (b. 1909). King of Jordan.

1972 - Athenagoras dies (b. 1886). Patriarch of Constantinople.

1973 - José Jiménez was born. Dominican baseball player.

1973 - Matt Mantei was born. American baseball player.

1973 - Natsuki Takaya was born. Japanese manga-ka.

1973 - Veronica Lake dies (b. 1919). American actress.

1973 - Max Horkheimer dies (b. 1895). German philosopher and sociologist.

1974 - West Germany wins 1974 FIFA World Cup.

1974 - Karlis Skrastins was born. Latvian-born hockey player

1974 - Patrick Lalime was born. Canadian ice hockey player

1975 - Michael Voss was born. Australian Rules footballer.

1975 - Tony Benshoof was born. American luger.

1975 - Ruffian dies (b. 1972). American thoroughbred racehorse.

1976 - First Women’s Shelter in Berlin.

1976 - Dominic Foley was born. Irish footballer.

1976 - Walter Giesler dies (b. 1910). American soccer coach.

1977 - Felix Vasquez was born. New York City Housing Authority employee.

1977 - Imogen_Bailey was born. Australian model, actress and singer.

1978 - The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom. Peter Kenilorea is the Prime-Minister.

1979 - Anastasios Gousis was born. Greek sprinter.

1979 - Carl Breeze was born. British racing driver.

1980 - Institution of sharia in Iran.

1980 - Last concert by rock band Led Zeppelin.

1980 - The Safra massacre in Lebanon.

1980 - Dan Whitesides was born. American drummer (The Used).

1980 - Deidre Downs was born. American beauty queen.

1980 - John Buck was born. American baseball player.

1980 - Kaisa Jouhki was born. Finnish vocalist (Battlelore).

1980 - Michelle Kwan was born. American figure skater.

1980 - Dore Schary dies (b. 1905). American film producer, writer.

1980 - Líbano: 500 muertos en el asalto de las sedes del Partido Nacional Liberal por las Falanges.

1981 - Synyster Gates was born. American musician (Avenged Sevenfold).

1981 - Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born. Indian cricketer.

1981 - Mildred Lisette Norman a.k.a. Peace Pilgrim dies. American pacifist and activist

1982 - Cassidy was born. American rapper.

1982 - Mike Glita was born. American bassist (Senses Fail).

1982 - George Owu was born. Ghanaian footballer.

1983 - Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the Invitation of Premier Yuri Andropov.

1983 - D. Woods was born. American singer (Danity Kane).

1983 - Justin Davies was born. Australian rules footballer.

1984 - Minas Alozidis was born. Greek hurdler.

1984 - Marie-Mai was born. Canadian singer.

1984 - Mohammad Ashraful was born. Bangladeshi cricketer.

1984 - Carl Boenish dies (b. 1941), American father of BASE jumping.

1985 - Boris Becker aged 17 won the Wimbledon tennis title by defeating Kevin Curren 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4. Becker became the youngest, the first German and the first unseeded player to win the title in the 108-year history of Wimbledon.

1987 - First videogame in Hideo Kojima's prolific Metal Gear series released in Japan.

1987 - Lena Ma was born. Miss World Canada 4th runner-up.

1988 - Kaci Brown was born. American singer.

1989 - Giannoulis Fakinos was born. Greek footballer.

1990 - Martina Navratilova captured a record-breaking ninth women’s title at Wimbledon, outplaying Zina Garrison, 6-4, 6-1.

1990 - Bill Cullen dies (b. 1920). American game show host.

1990 - Cazuza dies (b. 4 Apr 1958). Brazilian musician and pop singer.

1991 - Yugoslav Wars: Brioni Agreement ended ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

1991 - Michael Stich defeated Boris Becker, 6-4, 7-6, 6-4, to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon.

1992 - Nathalia Ramos was born. Spanish actress.

1992 - Sophie Simmons was born. American reality show star and daughter of Gene Simmons.

1993 - Mia Zapata dies (b. 1965). American singer with The Gits.

1994 - Aden is occupied by troops from North Yemen, completing the reunification of Yemen.

1994 - Carlo Chiti dies (b. 1924). Italian race car engineer.

1994 - Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte dies (b. 1907). German Luftwaffe Officer.

1996 - Dutch tennis player Richard Krajicek won the Wimbledon men's title, defeating American MaliVai Washington 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

1996 - In Ecuador lawyer Abdala Bucaram, aka El Loco, was elected president with 54% of the vote. He led the center-left Roldosista party

1998 - In Italy Silvio Berlusconi, media tycoon and former prime minister, was sentenced to 2 years and 9 months in prison for bribing tax officials.

2000 - Kenny Irwin, Jr. dies (b. 1969). American race car driver.

2001 - Actress Drew Barrymore and Tom Green wedding.

2001 - Fred Neil dies (b. 1936). American singer-songwriter.

2002 - Lleyton Hewitt crushed David Nalbandian in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2, in the Wimbledon final to win his second Grand Slam title.

2002 - A scandal broke out in the United Kingdom when news reports alleged MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, the supposed European Al Qaeda leader.

2002 - Bison Dele dies (b. 1969). American basketball player.

2003 - The United Communist Party of Armenia was formed.

2003 - Izhak Graziani dies (b. 1924). Bulgarian-born conductor.

2003 - Hilary Lunke won the U.S. Women's Open.

2004 - The last patent on the LZW compression algorithm (in Canada) expires.

2005 - G8 meeting begins in Scotland.

2005 - A series of four terrorist explosions occur on London's transport system killing 56 people including all four suicide bombers.

2005 - Influenced by Live 8, the G8 leaders pledged to double 2004 levels of aid to Africa from US$25 to US$50 billion by the year 2010.

2006 - The Western Black Rhinoceros is declared extinct due to poaching.

2006 - John Money dies (b. 1921). New Zealand sexologist.

2006 - Juan de Ávalos dies (b. 1911). Spanish sculptor.

2006 - Syd Barrett dies (b. 1946). English musician who was a founding member of Pink Floyd

2007 - The New 7 Wonders of the World are announced in Lisbon, Portugal

2007 - Pope Benedict XVI issues the Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum, removing restrictions on celebrating the old Latin Mass.

2007 - Worldwide performances by charity event Live Earth.

2008 - Bruce Conner dies (b. 1933). American artist.

2008 – Dorian Leigh dies (b. 1917). American supermodel.

Solomon Islands - Independence Day (1978).

Spain - San Fermín festival or running of the bulls, in Pamplona, Navarre.

Shinto and Japan: Tanabata

Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine: Ivan Kupala Day

Tanzania: Saba Saba Day

Yemen: Unity Factory Day

Saint Job of Maniava, St. Illidius

Æthelburg of Faremoutiers

Bungie Day, a holiday celebrated by Bungie Studios and their fans

Insónia - José Garcia Nieto

2009-07-06T01:18:00.006+01:00

E agora voltar-se um pouco do outro lado,
e nada.
A ver se vem o sono,
como a dizer: «A ver se tu vens, morte.»
E, acordado, como nunca, permanecer
com a água
até ao pescoço.
Ou «que mas dêem aqui todas»...
(E se mas dão todas?)
Há pancadas que se aproximam pelo quarto contíguo, e se esvanecem
[antes de entrar completamente e apresentar-se.
Mas o silêncio nunca se habitua
a ser sempre silêncio,
E os olhos fecham-se
para não ver como chegam
na completa escuridão
os medonhos
arautos

in Antologia da Poesia Espanhola Contemporânea, Selecção e Tradução de José Bento
Assírio & Alvim

José García Nieto (nasceu em Oviedo no dia 6 de Julho de 1914; m. em Madrid a 27 Fev. 2001).