Historical Events
1881 – Henry Morton Stanley signs the first of many contracts with the Congolian monarch
1907 – Boston’s Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 6-0
1926 – Fire breaks out in Fenway Park, home of Boston Red Sox baseball team
1979 – The Cure release their debut album “Three Imaginary Boys” (Boys Don’t Cry in US, Australia)
1994 – President Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people
2018 – Ebola outbreak declared in north-west Democratic Republic of Congo with 2 confirmed cases and 17 deaths
Famous Birthdays
1828 – Sharbel Makhluf, Lebanese Maronite monk, born in Bekaa Kafra, North Governorate, Lebanon (d. 1898)
1895 – Jose Gomez [Joselito el Gallo], bullfighter
1948 – Don “Red” Young, American session, touring keyboard and piano player, band leader, and jazz Hammond B3 organist, born in Fort Worth, Texas
1952 – Beth Henley, actress/playwright (Miss Firecracker), born in Jackson, Mississippi
1976 – Martha Wainwright, Canadian-American musician and songwriter, born in Montréal, Quebec
1983 – Matt Willis, British singer
Famous Deaths
1864 – James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56
1947 – Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-born department store founder (b. 1858)
1975 – Avery Brundage, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87
1984 – Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1916)
1999 – Dana Plato, American actress (Kimberly-Diff’rent Strokes), dies at 34
2008 – Eddy Arnold, American country music singer (“Make The World Go Away”; “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye”), dies at 89