Historical Events
1676 – Bacon’s Rebellion begins, frontiersmen vs Virginia government
1905 – 31st Kentucky Derby: Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75
1915 – Canadian physician Cluny Macpherson first presents his gas mask invention to the British War Office
1993 – Bill Walton is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
1994 – Barbra Streisand’s begins 1st concert tour in 30 years, at the Capitol Centre in Landover, Maryland (after “warm-up” shows in Las Vegas and London)
2003 – The May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence takes place.
Famous Birthdays
1705 – Gallus Zeiler, German composer, born in Kempten (d. 1755)
1760 – Johann Peter Hebel, German writer (Allemannische Gedichte), born in Basel (d. 1826)
1951 – Steve Gunderson, American politician (Rep-R-WI, 1981-97), born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
1969 – Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch football player (Ajax; Netherlands), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1970 – Perry Blake, Irish singer-songwriter (The Hunchback of San Francisco), born in Sligo, Ireland
1981 – Katori Hall, American playwright and actress (The Hot Wing King), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Famous Deaths
1691 – Colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615)
1891 – Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss botanist (famous for his work on plant cells), dies at 74
1995 – Jimmy Raney, American jazz guitarist, dies at 67
2010 – Frank Frazetta [Frazzetta], American fantasy illustrator of comic book, paperback, album cover art, dies of a stroke at 82
2020 – John Teerlinck, American NFL defensive end (SD Chargers) and coach (annual award for NFL best defensive line coach named after him), dies at 69
2021 – Néstor Montelongo, Uruguayan soccer utility (36 caps; Montevideo Wanderers, Peñarol, Nacional, Racing), dies at 66