Historical Events
1624 – Netherlands and France sign anti-Spanish Treaty of Compiègne
1902 – Patent for window envelope granted to H. F. Callahan
1945 – US destroyer William D Porter (“Willie Dee”) sunk by kamikaze
1962 – Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27′ 3½”
1972 – Sammy Davis Jr.’s cover of “The Candy Man” by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse (from the film “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”) goes to #1 on the charts – his biggest single
1979 – French Open Women’s Tennis: Chris Evert dominates Wendy Turnbull of Australia 6-2, 6-0 for her 3rd French singles crown
Famous Birthdays
1637 – Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary explorer (Chicago), born in Laon, France (d. 1675)
1844 – Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter of peasant families (Laren School), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1914)
1859 – Jacques Perk, Dutch poet (Iris, Wood Song), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1881)
1909 – Erwin Dressel, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1972)
1941 – Shirley Owens Alston, American singer (Shirelles – “Soldier Boy”; “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”), born in Henderson, North Carolina
1968 – The D.O.C. [Tracy Curry], American rapper and producer (N.W.A.), born in Dallas, Texas
Famous Deaths
1190 – Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, dies at 67
1839 – Nathaniel Pryor, American soldier and sergeant of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies
1902 – Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (b. 1845)
1906 – Richard Seddon, New Zealand politician (longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1893-1906), dies at 61
1949 – John T. McCutcheon, American cartoonist (Pulitzer Prize-1931), dies at 79
2010 – Metropolitan Basil Schott, Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh (b. 1939)