Historical Events
1924 – VIII Summer Olympic Games close at the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Paris, France
1929 – Construction of the Dike of Wieringermeerpolder, Netherlands, is finished
1997 – Revival of Leonard Bernstein’s operetta “Candide” closes at the Gershwin Theatre in NYC after 103 performances
1997 – British Senior Open Men’s Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Gary Player of South Africa wins with birdie on second playoff hole against countryman John Bland
2003 – 90th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)
Famous Birthdays
1849 – John Hopkinson, British physicist and electrical engineer (Hopkinson’s Law), born in Manchester (d. 1898)
1886 – Ernst May, German architect and city planner (New Frankfurt), born in Frankfurt am Main (d. 1970)
1936 – J. Robert Hooper, American politician, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2008)
1971 – Lehlo Ledwaba, South African boxer (IBF super bantamweight title 1999-2001), born in Soweto, South Africa (d. 2021)
1977 – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor (Mission: Impossible III; The Tudors: Elvis), born in Cork, Ireland
Famous Deaths
1863 – William Lowndes Yancey, American politician who defended slavery, diplomat for the Confederacy, dies at 48
1883 – Albert Franz Doppler, Austrian flautist and composer, dies at 61
1963 – George “Hooks” Dauss, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1912-26 (Detroit Tigers), dies at 73
1965 – Henri Daniel-Rops, French writer and historian (b. 1901)
2025 – Don Elbaum, American boxing promoter (matchmaker for over 10,000 fights, promoted over 1,000 cards), dies at 94