Today in History

1936

July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona Featured

The July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona, also known as the Battle of Barcelona, was a mutiny that occurred in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, from 19 to 20 July 1936. The uprising was carried out by the Nationalist faction of the Spanish Army, which was defeated by a popular resistance led by anarchist militias and Republican loyalists.

2001

Death of Carlo Giuliani Featured

Death during an anti-globalization demonstration outside the 2001 G8 summit in Italy

1982

Provisional Irish Republican Army Featured

Paramilitary force active from 1969 to 2005

1968

Special Olympics Featured

Olympics for intellectually disabled athletes

1950

Korean War Featured

1950–1953 conflict on the Korean Peninsula

1914

George V Featured

King of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936

1867

United States Congress Featured

Bicameral legislature of the United States

1793

Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) Featured

Scottish explorer and fur trader (1764–1820)

1333

Berwick-upon-Tweed Featured

Town and civil parish in Northumberland, England

1910

Vilém Tauský

Vilém Tauský CBE was a Czech conductor and composer. From the advent of the Second World War, he lived and worked in the United Kingdom, and was one of a significant group of émigré composers and musicians who settled there.

1996

Ben Simmons

Australian basketball player (born 1996)

1995

Moses Leota

New Zealand and Samoa international rugby league footballer

1993

Steven Adams

New Zealand basketball player (born 1993)

1991

Kira Dixon

American beauty pageant contestant (born 1991)

1988

Sami Whitcomb

American-Australian basketball player (born 1988)

1987

Niall McGinn

Northern Irish professional footballer (born 1987)

1985

John Francis Daley

American filmmaker and actor (born 1985)

1985

Harley Morenstein

Canadian Internet personality (born 1985)

2013

Pierre Fabre (businessman)

French pharmaceutical and cosmetics executive and pharmacist

2012

José Hermano Saraiva

Portuguese historian, jurist and television presenter (1919–2012)

2011

Lucian Freud

British painter and engraver (1922–2011)

2007

Tammy Faye Messner

American evangelical and singer (1942–2007)

2006

Ted Grant

Founder-leader of Militant then Socialist Appeal

2006

Gérard Oury

French film director, actor and writer (1919–2006)

1998

June Byers

American professional wrestler (1922–1998)

1983

Frank Reynolds

American television journalist (1923–1983)

1980

Maria Martinez

Native American potter (ca. 1887–1980)

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Flag flying days in Norway

Dates when the Norwegian state flag is flown by all branches of government and state agencies are listed in Article 4 of the regulations concerning the use of the state flag and the merchant flag, as modified by Royal Resolution of 3 December 2004. Civilians are also encouraged to display the national flag on these flag-flying days. The flag is flown on the birthday of a member of the Norwegian Royal House, on some Christian holidays and on the dates of significant events of Norwegian history.

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Ansegisus

Saint Ansegisus was a monastic reformer of the Franks.

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Apollinaris of Ravenna

Syrian bishop and saint

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Aurelius of Carthage

Bishop of Carthage, c. 391-429

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Elijah

Biblical prophet

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

American suffragist (1815–1902)

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Frumentius

Phoenician Christian missionary; the first bishop of Axumite Empire

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Giuseppe Beotti

Martyred Italian priest

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Korean Martyrs

Christian victims of persecution in 19th-century Korea; some canonized in 1984