Historical Events
1948 – Bradman scores 133* Aust v Lancashire, 216 mins, 17 fours
1954 – Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins
1986 – Marquis Theater opens at 1535 Broadway NYC
1995 – Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans become unruly
1997 – Anaheim Angels Tony Phillips arrested for purchasing cocaine
2014 – Unrest breaks out in Ferguson, Missouri after the death of African American Michael Brown by a policeman.
Famous Birthdays
1793 – Heinrich August Neithardt, composer
1893 – Viscount Dunrossil, Scotland, Gov Gen of Australia (1959-61)
1921 – Leonard Lickorish, dir-gen (British Tourist Authority)
1949 – Gene Johnson, American country singer (Diamond Rio – “Meet in the Middle”), born in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania
1971 – Paul Newlove, rugby league player
1997 – Kylie Jenner, American model, TV and social media personality (Keeping Up with the Kardashians), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1784 – Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter, dies at 70
1896 – Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies
1932 – Rin Tin Tin, American Hollywood shepherd dog (Clash of the Wolves), dies at 13
1963 – Ernst Wetter, Member of the Swiss Federal Council, dies at 85
1987 – Calvin Culver, actor (Score), dies
1995 – Fay Honey Knopp, American activist (founded a Quaker ministry for men and women in prisons), dies of complications from ovarian cancer at 76