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Historical Events

1462 – Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia
1631 – Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, then spends more than 20 years building her tomb, the Taj Mahal
1906 – International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Laurence Doherty and Reginald Doherty beat Raymond Little and Holcombe Ward 3-6, 11-9, 9-7, 6-1 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-0 lead over US (ends 5-0)
1944 – Iceland dissolves its union with Denmark and declares itself a Republic
2017 – Collision at sea between U.S.S. Fitzgerald and ACX Crystal, a Philippine cargo ship kills 7 US sailors in Japanese waters
2018 – US Open Men’s Golf, Shinnecock Hills GC: Brooks Koepka wins by 1 stroke from Tommy Fleetwood for first back-to-back Open titles since 1988-89 (Curtis Strange)

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Famous Birthdays

1902 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (Australian off-spinner v WI 1930-31), born in Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia (d. 1982)
1908 – Enrique Peralta Azurdia, Colonel and military President of Guatemala (1963-66), born in Guatemala City (d. 1997)
1919 – Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer, born in Petrograd, Russia (d. 2006)
1948 – Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball all star shortstop (Cincinnati Reds), born in Ocumare de la Costa, Venezuela
1971 – Tripp Schwenk, American 100m/200m backstroke (Olympic silver 1996), born in Sarasota, Florida
1985 – Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot professional tennis player

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Famous Deaths

1813 – Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician, dies at 86
1957 – Dorothy M. Richardson, English novelist (Pilgrimage), dies at 84
1959 – Abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68
1981 – Richard O’Connor, British general (b. 1889)
2007 – Gianfranco Ferrè, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)
2015 – John David Crow, American College Football Hall of Fame back and tight end (Heisman Trophy 1957, Texas A and M; Pro Bowl 1959, 60, 62, 65; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 79

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Historical Events

1916 – Boston Brave’s Tom Hughes 2nd no-hitter beats Pitts, 2-0
1944 – George Stinney, a 14-year-old African-American boy, is wrongfully executed for the murder of two white girls, becoming the youngest person ever executed in 20th-century America
1975 – Bucks trade Kareem Abdul-Jabber and Walt Wesley to LA for 4 players
1991 – With 3 runs in 9th, Balt ends Twins 15 game winning streak 6-5
2008 – US Open Men’s Golf, Torrey Pines GC: Tiger Woods wins his 3rd US Open and 14th major title, beating Rocco Mediate on the 1st hole of sudden-death, following a Monday 18-hole playoff
2012 – A collapse of a stage at a Toronto Radiohead concert kills one person

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Famous Birthdays

1914 – Stewart Cathie “Billy” Griffith, cricketer (140 for England, 1948)
1917 – Irving Penn, American photographer
1921 – Lord Perry of Walton, SDP/vice chancellor (Open University England)
1969 – L B Stephens, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1970 – Cobi Jones, American soccer player
1971 – Chris Gomez, American baseball infielder (San Diego Padres), born in Los Angeles, California

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Famous Deaths

1397 – Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)
1831 – Josef Schnabel, German composer, dies at 64
1858 – John Snow, English English epidemiologist, ‘Father of modern epidemiology’ studied cholera, dies of a stroke at 45
1970 – Brian Piccolo, American football player (b. 1943)
1971 – Garfield Wood, American inventor, motorboat builder and racer (world water speed record x 5; first to travel over 100 mph on water), dies at 90
2005 – Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (La Llamarada), dies at 99

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Historical Events

1219 – Dannebrog is the flag of Denmark and the oldest national flag in the world. According to legend, it fell from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse (now Tallinn) in Estonia, and turned the Danes’ luck
1857 – San Francisco Water Works organized
1864 – US Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers
1864 – Capt Mendell begins building 640m long ponton bridge over James River, Virginia
1888 – Wilhelm II becomes Emperor of Germany
2001 – 55th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 1

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Famous Birthdays

1809 – François-Xavier Garneau, French-Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)
1894 – Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian mathematician (d. 1947)
1901 – Peter Shankland, English filmmaker and historian
1908 – Sam Giancana, American mafioso, born in Chicago, Illinois
1925 – Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (Tarumba, Maltiempes)
1926 – Basil Watts, English rugby league second rower (5 Tests Great Britain, 1 England; World Cup 1954; York RLFC), born in York, England (d. 2019)

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Famous Deaths

1768 – James Short, Scottish mathematician and manufacturer of telescopes, dies at 57
1965 – E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (b. 1902
1971 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1996 – Ella Fitzgerald, singer, dies at 78
2008 – Stan Winston, American special effects and makeup artist, and film director (b. 1946)
2015 – Mighty Sam McClain, American soul and blues singer-songwriter, dies at 72

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Historical Events

1898 – France signs Niger Convention
1967 – USSR launches Kosmos 166 for observation of Sun from Earth orbit
1975 – USSR launches Venera 10 for Venus landing
1998 – WLAF World Bowl 6, Waldstadion, Frankfurt: Rhein Fire beats Frankfurt Galaxy, 34-10
1998 – “Comic Relief” benefit comedy show
2018 – Malaysia’s national debt reassessed at $250 billion, up from previous estimate $170 billion, 80% of gross domestic product

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Famous Birthdays

1882 – Michael Zadora, American pianist and composer, born in New York City (d. 1946)
1919 – Sam Wanamaker, American-English actor (Holocaust, Competition, Raw Deal), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1993)
1936 – Renaldo “Obie” Benson, American singer (The Four Tops), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2005)
1958 – Eric Heiden, American speed skater (5 Olympic gold medals 1980), born in Madison, Wisconsin
1975 – Bob Nanna, American musician (Braid, Hey Mercedes, The City on Film)
1992 – Daryl Sabara, American actor

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Famous Deaths

1161 – Qinzong, last Emperor of Song Dynasty in China, dies at 61
1800 – Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general, dies at 47
1864 – Leonidas Polk, Lt. Gen. (Confederate Army), killed in action in Battle of Pine Mt at 58
1960 – Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romanian Foreign Minister (1945-52), dies at 67
2008 – Rafael del Pino, Spanish entrepreneur, dies at 87
2014 – Rodney Thomas, American NFL running back, dies at 41

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