Historical Events
1988 – Jordanian King Hussein renounces sovereignty over West Bank to the PLO hours after dissolving Jordan’s House of Representatives
1991 – Red Sox player Carlos Quintana becomes the 11th player to achieve six RBIs in an inning (3rd)
1992 – Yael Arad becomes Israel’s first Olympic medalist when she wins silver in the women’s 61 kg judo in Barcelona; 20th anniversary of the Munich massacre and 500th anniversary of the Alhambra Decree
2000 – British Senior Open Men’s Golf, Royal County Down: Irishman Christy O’Connor Jr. successfully defends his title by 2 shots from John Bland of South Africa
2017 – Russian President Vladimir Putin announces American diplomats in Russia cut by 755 in response to American sanctions
Famous Birthdays
1859 – Henry Louis Smith, American physicist who made the first X-ray photograph, born in Greensboro, North Carolina (d. 1951)
1916 – Robert van Spaendonck, Dutch resistance fighter, born in Tilburg, Netherlands (d. 1944)
1927 – Victor Wong [Yee Keung Victor Wong], American actor (Big Trouble in Little China), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2001)
1936 – (George) “Buddy” Guy, American blues guitarist (Stone Crazy), born in Lettsworth, Louisiana
1947 – William Atherton, American actor (Real Genius, Ghostbusters, Class of 44), born in Orange, Connecticut
Famous Deaths
578 – Jacob Baradaeus, Bishop of Edessa and saint, established Syriac Orthodox Church, dies of an illness at 77 or 78
1985 – Peter Knight, English musical arranger, conductor, and composer, dies at 68
2005 – John Garang, Sudanese vice-president and revolutionary, led the Sudan People’s Liberation Army, dies in a helicopter crash at 60
2008 – Anne Armstrong U.S. ambassador to Britain and first female counsel to the President, dies at 80
2022 – [Grace] Nichelle Nichols, American actress (Star Trek – “Lt. Uhura”) and singer (Down To Earth; “Fly Me To The Moon”), dies at 89