Historical Events
1831 – “Spirit of the Times” begins publishing in New York City, the premier sports journal of the 19th century
1899 – Delta Sigma Phi fraternity founded at City College of New York, to spread “the principles of friendship and brotherhood among college men, without respect to race or creed.”
1960 – Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine awarded to Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet and Peter Medawar for work on tissue grafting
1986 – France performs nuclear test
1993 – Dow Jones hits record 3740.67
1995 – 1st meeting of NBA expansion teams, Raptors beat Grizzlies 93-81
Famous Birthdays
1794 – James Wolfe Ripley, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Windham County, Connecticut (d. 1870)
1891 – Leonie “Nelly” Sachs, German-Swedish poet and playwright (O the Chimneys – Nobel Prize for Literature 1966), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1970)
1952 – Susan Dey, American actress (1st Love, Partridge Family, LA Law), born in Pekin, Illinois
1961 – Mark McKoy, Canadian track star (world record 50m indoor, Olympic gold 1992), born in Georgetown, British Guiana
1964 – Bobby Flay, American celebrity chef, restaurateur and TV personality (Iron Chef America; Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction), born in NYC, New York
1977 – Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
Famous Deaths
1826 – Benedikt Schack, Bohemian-born composer and singer and friend of Mozart, dies at 68
1896 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist who invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63
2003 – Sean McClory, Irish actor (The Californians, My Chauffeur), dies at 79
2019 – Jim Smith, English soccer midfielder and manager (Birmingham City, QPR, Portsmouth, Derby County), dies at 79
2019 – Jean Pagé, Canadian sports journalist (host: ‘La Soirée du hockey’ and ‘110%’), dies from prostate cancer at 73
2021 – Michael Nesmith, American rock guitarist (The Monkees), and singer-songwriter (“Different Drum”), dies of heart failure at 78