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Historical Events

1925 – 57th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard American Flag wins in 2:16.8
1995 – MLB Cleveland Indians’ Dennis Martínez no-hits Baltimore Orioles 11-0,
1995 – New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4-2 for a 4-2 series win; qualify for their first Stanley Cup Finals Series (beat Detroit Red Wings, 4-0)
1997 – American fugitive Ira Einhorn is arrested in France for the murder of Holly Maddux after 16 years on the run, though he would not return for another four years
2015 – Floods in Tbilisi, Georgia, kill 12 people and free animals from the city’s zoo, including bears and hippos, to roam the city

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Famous Birthdays

1752 – Fanny Burney, English novelist (Camille, Evelina), born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England (d. 1840)
1795 – Thomas Arnold, English educator and historian (History of Rome), born in West Cowes, Isle of Wight, England (d. 1842)
1937 – Eleanor Holmes Norton, American lawyer and politician (Rep-D-DC), born in Washington, D.C.
1953 – Zdeněk Prokeš, Czech soccer defender (17 caps Czechoslovakia; Bohemians Praha 294 games), born in České Budějovice, Czech Republic (d. 2024)
1963 – Randy Gilhen, Canadian-German ice hockey forward (Stanley Cup 1991, Pittsburgh Penguins; first German-born player to win SC), born in Zweibrücken, West Germany

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Famous Deaths

1036 – Ali az-Zahir, 7th Caliph of the Fātimids (1021-36), dies at 30
1231 – Antony of Padua [Fernando Martins de Bulhões], Portuguese Catholic friar and saint(patron saint of Portugal), dies at 35
1994 – Igor Youskevitch, Russian-Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies at 82
2020 – Mike McCormick, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1960–1961²; NL Cy Young Award 1967; NL wins leader 1967; NL ERA leader 1960; SF Giants), dies of Parkinson’s disease at 81
2023 – Cormac McCarthy, American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (The Road; All the Pretty Horses; No Country for Old Men), dies at 89

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Historical Events

1864 – Confederate forces of Jubal Early attack Fort Stevens, barely 4 miles from the White House, with Abraham Lincoln observing the battle
1864 – Skirmish at Mcafee’s Cross Road, Georgia, about 57 die in battle
1931 – Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury
2005 – LPGA Championship Women’s Golf, Bulle Rock GC: 3-peat for Annika Sörenstam of Sweden; wins by 3 strokes ahead of 15-year-old amateur Michelle Wie
2018 – Singapore Summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump – first time a North Korean leader and an incumbent US President have ever met

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Famous Birthdays

1916 – Irwin Allen, American film and television producer (Land of the Giants; The Poseidon Adventure), born in New York City (d. 1991)
1927 – Henry Slesar, American writer and playwright (The Edge of Night), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
1949 – Yann Piat [née Marie], French politician (National Assembly, 1986-94 – FN/PR), born in Saigon, French Cochinchina (now Vietnam) (d. 1994)
1971 – Ryan Klesko, American MLB outfielder (Atlanta Braves), born in Westminster, California
1971 – Iwan Tomasz, Polish soccer midfielder (40 caps; Roda JC, Feyenoord, PSV), born in Słupsk, Poland

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Famous Deaths

1928 – Salvador Díaz Mirón, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas), dies at 74
1968 – Fidelio Friedrich Finke, Bohemian German composer, dies at 76
1989 – Lou Monte [Scaglione], Italian-American novelty song singer-songwriter (Peppino the Italian Mouse; Dominick the Donkey), dies at 72
2010 – Egon Ronay, Hungarian food critic, dies at 94
2022 – Fred Cuming, British painter, chiefly of contemporary landscapes, dies at 92

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Historical Events

1942 – US and USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II
1976 – Anti-apartheid advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza arrested in South Africa
1977 – Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland
2009 – The World Health Organization declares H1N1 swine flu to be a global pandemic, the first such incident in over forty years
2012 – Two earthquakes in Afghanistan trigger landslides that kill more than 80 people

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Famous Birthdays

1904 – Alan Roth, American orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1972)
1921 – Beatrice “Fiet” van Ommeren-Samson, Suriname writer, born in Paramaribo, Suriname (d. 2012)
1922 – Erving Goffman, American sociologist (presentation of self in everyday life), born in Mannville, Alberta, Canada (d. 1982)
1933 – Gene Wilder [Jerome Silberman], American actor, (Blazing Saddles; Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; Silver Streak; Young Frankenstein), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2016)
1955 – Tony Allcock, English bowls player (World Singles Champion (1986-87, 2002), born in Leicestershire

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Famous Deaths

1249 – Aleydis of Schaarbeek, Flemish prioress, mystic and saint, dies
1882 – Louis Désiré Maigret, French Catholic prelate, dies at 77
1936 – Robert E. Howard, American pulp fiction author (Conan the Barbarian), commits suicide aged 30
1997 – Thalassa Cruso, English-American gardening expert (The Mike Douglas Show; The Tonight Show), dies of Alzheimer’s at 88
2005 – VVasco Gonçalves, Portuguese army officer and 103rd Prime Minister of Portugal (1974-75), dies at 84

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Historical Events

1768 – Riot breaks out in Boston after customs officials seize sloop owned by John Hancock for alleged customs violation
1942 – Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Czech Republic) which had been implicated in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi controller of Bohemia and Moravia, to “teach the Czechs a final lesson of subservience and humility”; over 170 adult men were executed by firing squad on site, women and children were sent to concentration camp gas chambers, and the village was burned down and plowed under
1950 – Germany doesn’t annex Oder-Neissegrens
1990 – Senior Tournament Players Championship Men’s Golf, Dearborn CC: Jack Nicklaus wins his second of 8 Champions Tour majors by 6 strokes from Lee Trevino
2007 – Novelty dance song “I’m a Gummy Bear” by German band Gummibär released

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Famous Birthdays

1803 – Henry Darcy, French hydraulic engineer (Darcy’s Law), born in Dijon, France (d. 1858)
1920 – Zbyněk Vostřák, Czech composer (While We Are Falling Asleep), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1985)
1926 – Willem Oltmans, Dutch investigative journalist and author (Outlawed; Free as a Bird), born in Huizen, Netherlands (d. 2004)
1936 – Graham Carleton Greene, British publisher (Jonathon Cape), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2016)
1942 – Janet Vogel, American doo-wop soprano (Skyliners – “Since I Don’t Have You”), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1980)

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Famous Deaths

1906 – Richard Seddon, New Zealand politician (longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1893-1906), dies at 61
1971 – Virginia True Boardman, American actress of the silent era (A Blind Bargain; The Lady Lies), dies of a heart attack at 82
2001 – Princess Leila Pahlavi of Iran, youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, dies at 31
2011 – Jeanne Bice, American entrepreneur (Quacker Factory clothes), dies of cancer at 71
2020 – Harry Glickman, American journalist, promoter and sports executive (co-founder NBA Portland Trail Blazers, President 1987-94), dies at 96

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