Historical Events
1871 – Henry Morton Stanley encounters David Livingstone at Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, with the immortal words ‘Dr Livingstone, I presume?’
1959 – Corinne Rottschaeffer of the Netherlands elected Miss World
1968 – Portuguese socialist Mário Soares released from banishment in Sao Tomé under new regieme of Marcello Caetano
1988 – Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award
1989 – Germans begin demolishing the Berlin Wall
2014 – “The Hunger Games” Mockingjay – Part 1″ directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson premieres in London
Famous Birthdays
1895 – John Knudsen Northrop, American aircraft designer (Northrop Air), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1981)
1918 – Oda Blinder [Yolanda Corsen], Antillean poetess (Doorstep)
1958 – Massimo Morsello, Italian fascist political singer and songwriter, born in Rome, Italy (d. 2001)
1965 – Eddie Irvine, Irish auto racer (runner-up World F1 Championship 1999), born in Newtownards, Northern Ireland
1971 – Jennifer McFalls, American softball infielder (Olympic gold 1996), born in Arlington, Texas
1985 – Giovonnie Samuels, American television actress (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody), born in San Diego, California
Famous Deaths
1670 – Geory Horn [Hornius], theologist/historian, dies at about 50
1937 – Nikolai Batalov, Russian actor (Tretya meshchanskaya, Mother), dies from tuberculosis at 37
1992 – Chuck Connors, American author, actor (The Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa), professional basketball and baseball player, dies at 71
2001 – Ken Kesey, American author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), dies at 66
2006 – Gerald Levert, American singer (In My Songs) (b. 1966), dies at 40
2015 – Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of West Germany (SPD, 1974- 82), dies at 96