Historical Events
1920 – Italy annexes South Tirol (Alto Adige)
1928 – Chiang Kai-shek becomes Director of the State Council of China
1941 – RAF bombs Piraeus to prevent German heavy armor advancing
1949 – 3rd NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: All-Stars beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1
1956 – Baseball World Series: Behind Yogi Berra’s 2 HRs, NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 9-0 in Game 7 at Ebbets Field; MVP: Yankees pitcher Don Larsen
1965 – “Drat! – The Cat!” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 8 performances
Famous Birthdays
1486 – Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1504-53), born in Chazey-sur-Ain, France (d. 1553)
1898 – Conrad Leonard, British composer and pianist, born in South Norwood, England (d. 2003)
1927 – John Eric Tieman, production manager (The Guardian) (d. 1995)
1935 – Khalil al-Wazir [Abu Jihad], Founder of Palestinian group Fatah and PLO leader, born in Ramla, Mandatory Palestine (d. 1988)
1959 – Victoria Clark, American actress (Kimberly Akimbo – Tony for Best Musical Actress 2023), born in Dallas, Texas
1976 – Pat Burrell, American baseball player, born in Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Famous Deaths
1630 – John Heminges, English actor and member of The Kings Men, editor of Shakespeare’s First Folio, dies at 63
1659 – Abel Tasman, Dutch seafarer and explorer (1st European to sight Tasmania, New Zealand and Fiji), dies around the age of 55
1871 – Octavius Catto, American educator (Institute for Colored Youth, 1859-71), civil rights activist, and baseball player (Philadelphia Pythians, 1865-71), killed in election day race riot in Philadelphia at 32
1913 – Adolphus Busch, German-born American brewer (Anheuser-Busch), dies at 74
1940 – Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor (I’m Nobody’s Sweetheart Now), dies at 63
2007 – Mehmed Uzun, Contemporary Kurdish writer and novelist. (b. 1953)