Historical Events
1827 – Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada)
1906 – Pope Pius X bans Associations cults
1943 – Dutch submarine attacks Hertenbeest Island, NW Bali
1954 – At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway is held.
1972 – Paul and Linda McCartney are arrested in Sweden on drug possession
2019 – Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang province, China, killing at least 32 with one million evacuated
Famous Birthdays
1878 – Alfred Döblin, German writer (d. 1957)
1918 – Arnett Cobb, American jazz tenor saxophonist (Lionel Hampton), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1989)
1926 – Benjamin Ward, 1st African American NYC Police Commissioner (1984-89), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
1946 – James Reynolds, American actor (Days of our Lives), born in Oskaloosa, Kansas
1952 – Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
1979 – Yannick Schroeder, French racing driver
Famous Deaths
1928 – Rex Cherryman, American actor (Camille, The Sunshine Trail, In for Thirty Days), dies from septic poisoning at 31
1979 – John Nicholas “Dick” Foran, American actor (OK Crackerby, Fort Apache, Winners of the West), dies at 69
1994 – Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Curacao, murdered at 58
1996 – Adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest, dies at 78
1997 – Conlon Nancarrow, American composer (Soundings 4), dies at 84
2010 – Antonio Pettigrew, American athlete (World C’ship gold 400m 1991), dies by overdose medication containing diphenhydramine at 42