Historical Events
1868 – Wagner’s opera “Meistersinger von Nuernberg” premieres in Munich
1974 – 24th Berlin International Film Festival: “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz” wins the Golden Bear
1978 – Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical “Evita”, starring Elaine Page, premieres at the Prince Edward Theatre, London
1982 – John Hinckley, Jr is found not guilty by reason of insanity of 1981 attempted assassination of US President Ronald Reagan
1988 – 42nd NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Detroit Pistons, 4 games to 3
Famous Birthdays
1528 – Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1564-76), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1603)
1817 – James Brewerton Ricketts, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in New York City (d. 1887)
1862 – Henry Holden Huss, American classical pianist, composer, and educator, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1953)
1865 – Herbert Brewer, English composer, organist (Gloucester Cathedral, 1896-1928), and choral director, born in Gloucester, England (d. 1928)
1950 – Anne Carson, Canadian poet (Autobiography of Red), born in Toronto, Ontario
Famous Deaths
1865 – Frances Adeline Seward, American First Lady of New York (1839-42) and wife of US Secretary of State William H. Seward, dies of a heart attack at 59
1874 – Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (Spectroscopy), dies at 59
2015 – Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and proponent of jazz-classical “third stream” (Visitation; Of Reminiscences and Reflections – Pulitzer Prize, 1994), dies at 89
2015 – Veijo Meri, Finnish writer, dies at 86
2018 – Charles Krauthammer, American conservative political commentator and psychiatrist (The Washington Post), dies small intestine cancer of at 68