Historical Events
1924 – Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim
1938 – “Yankee Clipper” completes first passenger flight over Atlantic
1965 – Beatles’ “VI” album goes to number 1 and stays at number 1 for 6 weeks
2019 – Taylor Swift named the world’s highest paid entertainer by Forbes earning $185 million in 2018
2023 – Torrential rains across New England and New York cause historic flooding, especially in Vermont’s capital Montpellier, affecting two million people and causing one death
Famous Birthdays
1902 – Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), born in Königshütte, Upper Silesia (d. 1958)
1921 – Jean “Jeff” Donnell, American actress (Gidget Goes to Rome, Hoedown, 9 Girls), born in Windham, Maine (d. 1988)
1922 – Herb McKenley, Jamaican athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 400m relay 1952; 3 x silver 1948, 52), born in Pleasant Valley, Clarendon, Jamaica (d. 2007)
1931 – Nick Adams [Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock], American actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel), born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania (d. 1968)
1934 – Munir Malik, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (3 Tests, 9 wickets; Karachi, Punjab, Rawalpindi), born in Leiah, Pakistan (d. 2012)
Famous Deaths
1839 – Fernando Sor, Spanish classical guitarist, and composer (Twelve Studies), dies at 61
1940 – Donald Francis Tovey, British musicologist and composer, dies at 64
1985 – Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered
2003 – Hartley Shawcross, British lawyer and politician, prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, dies at 101
2023 – Marga Minco [Sara Menco], Dutch journalist and writer (Bitter Herb), dies at 103