Historical Events
1906 – Dr Lee DeForest demonstrates his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube)
1940 – Cheese rationed in the Netherlands
1968 – Margitta Gummel of East Germany throws world record 19.61m to beat teammate Marita Lange by 0.83m and win the women’s shot put gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
2013 – 37 people are killed in a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq
2013 – 78 people are killed by cattle raiders in Jonglei, Sudan
2018 – 12,000 year old fossil called “Luzia”, oldest known fossil in South America announced found mostly intact after devastating fire at Brazil’s National Museum
Famous Birthdays
1616 – Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)
1884 – Thomas Chalmers, American opera singer, actor, and filmmaker (Blind Alleys, Outrage), born in NYC, New York (d. 1966)
1923 – Herschel Bernardi, American actor (Arnie, Voice of Charlie the Tuna, Front), born in NYC, New York (d. 1986)
1961 – Ian Rush, Welsh footballer (Liverpool), born in St Asaph, Wales
1966 – Fred Coury, American glam rock drummer (Cinderella -“Heartbreak Station”; “Nobody’s Fool”), born in Johnston, New York
1967 – Harvey Pulliam, American MLB outfielder (Colorado Rockies), born in San Francisco, California
Famous Deaths
1906 – William “Buck” Ewing, American Baseball HOF catcher (NL home run leader 1883 NY Giants; Cincinnati Reds) and manager (NY Giants, Cincinnati Reds), dies of diabetes at 67
1994 – Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet director and actor (Destiny of a Man, War and Peace), dies of a heart attack at 74
1997 – Henry Vestine, American guitarist (Canned Heat), dies of heart and respiratory failure at 52
2003 – Jack Elam, American actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo), dies at 82
2006 – Frank Vicari, American jazz, session, and touring saxophonist (Maynard Ferguson; Woody Herman; Tom Waits; Saturday Night Live), dies at 75
2010 – Bob Guccione, American publisher (Penthouse, Omni), dies of lung cancer at 79