Historical Events
1942 – Philip Barry’s play “Without Love” premieres in NYC
1964 – Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium
1971 – US table tennis team arrived in China
1979 – Train detrailment in Mississauga, Ontario; a 106 car train derails causing the evacuation of 200,000 people
2019 – Death toll in demonstrations in Iraq reaches 319, with 15,000 injured since Oct 1 according to Iraqi human rights organization
Famous Birthdays
1945 – Donna Fargo [Yvonne Vaughn], American country singer (“The Happiest Girl in Whole USA”), born in Mount Airy, North Carolina
1947 – Glen Buxton, American guitarist (Alice Cooper) and composer, born in Akron, Ohio (d. 1997)
1961 – Rudolf Grimm, Austrian physics professor (Bose–Einstein condensation of molecules), born in Mannheim, West Germany
1968 – Steve Brookstein, English singer who won the first series of The X Factor, born in Mitcham, England
1973 – Patrik Berger, Czech footballer, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Famous Deaths
2000 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician, Prime Minister of France (1969-72), and 3-time President of the National Assembly, dies at 85
2006 – Fokko du Cloux, mathematician (b. 1954)
2009 – Gheorghe Dinica, Romanian actor (b. 1934)
2015 – Pat Eddery, Irish jockey (11 x British flat racing Champion Jockey; 3 x Epsom Derby), dies from a heart attack at 63
2020 – Tony Waiters, British soccer goalkeeper (5 caps; Blackpool) and manager (Canada, Plymouth Argyle, Vancouver Whitecaps), dies at 83