Historical Events
1890 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Irishman Willoughby Hamilton wins his only Wimbledon title beating 7-time champion William Renshaw 6-8, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
1908 – The Democratic Party meets in Denver at the start of their convention; William Jennings Bryan is nominated as presidential nominee
1912 – American athlete Jim Thorpe wins 4 of 5 events to win the Pentathlon gold medal at the Stockholm Olympics, medal stripped 1913 (played pro baseball), reinstated 1982
1949 – “Dragnet” premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 and 1967
1980 – Shawn Weatherly, of USA, crowned 29th Miss Universe
1983 – 11 year old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for USSR
Famous Birthdays
1778 – Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer
1931 – Stanley Brock, American actor (UHF, Hard to Kill, Ivan-He’s the Mayor), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1991)
1959 – Jessica Hahn, American model (playboy) and actress, accused evangelist Jim Bakker of rape, born in Massapequa, New York
1967 – Erik van der More, football player (FC Utrecht)
1968 – Jeff VanderMeer, American writer, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
1975 – Michael Voss, Australian rules footballer, born in Traralgon, Australia
Famous Deaths
1865 – Mary Surratt, American boarding house owner who was part of the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, executed by hanging at 42 or 45. She becomes the first woman executed by the US government.
1956 – Gottfried Benn, German poet and essayist, dies at 70
1979 – D P Conyngham, cricketer (one Test for South Africa), dies
1981 – Peace Pilgrim [Mildred Lisette Norman], American peace activist, dies at 72
1994 – Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (b. 1924)
1995 – Gabor Ormai, viola Player, dies at 40