Events in History

1521 Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortés capture Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc in Tenochtitlan marking the end of the Aztec Empire

1536 Buddhist monks from Kyōto’s Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).

1642 Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovers Mars’ southern polar cap

1788 Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90

1937 Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese forces begin the Battle of Shanghai, a conflict that will last 3 months and involve 1 million troops

1942 The ‘Manhattan Project‘ commences, under the direction of US General Leslie Groves: its aim – to deliver an atomic bomb

Events in Flim and TV

1944 Jackie Gleason Les Tremayne show premieres on NBC radio

1956 WBIR TV channel 10 in Knoxville, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting

1967 “Bonnie and Clyde” crime film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, is released

1967 WQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting

1972 Dutch KRO-TV transmits 440th & last episode of American western series “Bonanza”

1981 Last broadcast of “The Waltons” on CBS-TV

1992 25th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at DoubleTree Hotel

1992 Revival of Tom Stoppard‘s play “The Real Inspector Hound” opens at Criterion Center Stage Right, New York, NYC; runs for 61 performances

1997 Animated TV sitcom “South Park” debuts on Comedy Central

1998 31st San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center

1999 32nd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center

2019 Entertainment companies CBS and Viacom announce they will merge with a combined 28 billion revenue

Events in Music

1876 The Bayreuth Festspielhaus opens with the first complete performance of Richard Wagner‘s Ring Cycle

1952 Blues singer Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton records “Hound Dog” song, written a day earlier especially for her by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, at Radio Recorders Studio in Los Angeles, California

1956 Elvis Presley releases music single “Don’t Be Cruel”

1966 Longview, Texas radio station KLUE is struck by lightning the day after holding a “Beatles Bonfire”, knocking an engineer unconscious and causing extensive damage to equipment

1971 Paul & Linda McCartney release single “Back Seat of My Car”

1990 American soul singer Curtis Mayfield becomes paralyzed from neck down after stage lighting equipment falls on him at an outdoor concert at Wingate Field in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York; although unable to perform live, he continued to compose, sing, and record

1992 Revival of Tom Stoppard‘s play “The Real Inspector Hound” opens at Criterion Center Stage Right, New York, NYC; runs for 61 performances

2011 Farm Aid (25th Anniversary) held in Kansas City, Kansas; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Jason Mraz, Jamey Johnson, Jakob Dylan, and Billy Joe Shaver [1]

2013 “Crash My Party” 4th studio album by Luke Bryan is released (Billboard Album of the Year 2014)

2018 Ugandan politician and pop singer Bobi Wine arrested by the Ugandan army at a campaign rally in Arua and later allegedly tortured

Events in Sports

1902 English cricket team beats Australia by one wicket in a famous victory at The Oval, in London

1906 Chicago Cub’s pitcher Jack Taylor ends a string of completing 202 MLB games (187 complete, 15 relief) against Brooklyn Superbas in 3rd inning of an 11-3 win at Washington Park, NYC

1908 Future Baseball HOF pitcher Cy Young‘s career is celebrated with special day in his name in Boston; he pitches briefly for Red Sox against an All-Star team

1910 Brooklyn Superbas and Pittsburgh Pirates play “the game of perfect symmetry” in baseball to 8-8 tie, both have 8 runs, 13 hits, 2 errors, 12 assists, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 hit baseman, and 1 passed ball

1917 Milt Stock (2), Fred Luderus (2) and Possum Whitted of the Philadelphia Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning in 3-0 win against Boston at Braves Field

1919 American thoroughbred racehorse Man o’ War’s only defeat in 21 start career; Upset wins Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga Race Course

1920 US Open Men’s Golf, Inverness GC: Isle of Jersey native Ted Ray pars the 18th, giving him a 1-stroke win over runners-up Harry Vardon, Jock Hutchison, Leo Diegel & Jack Burke Sr

1931 Cincinnati Reds second baseman Tony Cuccinello goes 6 for 6 in 17-3 rout of Boston at Braves Field

1932 Yankees hurler Red Ruffing becomes first MLB pitcher since 1906 to hit an extra-inning, game-winning home run in NY’s 1-0 win over the Senators in Washington

1933 Jacques van Egmond becomes world champion amateur cyclist

1933 PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Blue Mound CC: Gene Sarazen defeats Willie Goggin, 5 & 4 for 3rd of his 3 PGA C’ship titles; 6th of his 7 majors

1936 Americans Dorothy Poynton-Hil and Velma Dunn take the gold and silver medals in the 10m platform diving at the Berlin Olympics

1936 Nida Senff and Rie Mastenbroek make it a Dutch 1-2 in the women’s 100m backstroke final at the Berlin Olympics

1936 Rie Mastenbroek of the Netherlands swims an Olympic record 1:05.9 to win the women’s 100m freestyle at the Berlin Olympics, beating Jeannette Campbell of Argentina by 0:05

1939 Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over A’s

1948 3 Finnish gymnasts dead heat for the gold medal in the pommel horse section at London Olympics; Paavo Aaltonen, Veikko Huhtanen & Heikki Savolainen all awarded gold

Source: www.onthisday.com