Historical Events
1929 – Russian-Chinese border fights
1950 – 17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885 attendees)
1978 – Funeral of Pope Paul VI is held in Vatican
1980 – Mohammed Ali Radjai is appointed premier of Iran
1982 – The South African Defence Force (SADF) raids Southern Angola
Famous Birthdays
1833 – Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician, samurai and leader of the Meiji Restoration, born in Chōshū, Nagato province, Japan (d. 1877)
1837 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887-94), born in Limoges, France (d. 1894)
1900 – Philip Phillips, American archaeologist focusing on the Lower Mississippi Valley, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1994)
1913 – Paul Dupuis, French Canadian actor (The Fortress; Passport to Pimlico), born in Montréal, Québec (d. 1976)
1950 – Glenn Jarrett, American auto racer (67 x NASCAR starts) and broadcaster (TNN, Speed Channel. MRN), born in Conover, North Carolina
Famous Deaths
1589 – Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen, military commander for the Dutch Republic, dies in an assault on Nijmegen at about 49
1844 – Jernej Kopitar, Slovene philologist and linguist (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63
1951 – Ebbe Hamerik, Danish opera composer (Stepan; Marie Grubbe), drowns in a sailing accident at 52
1995 – Alonzo Church, American mathematician whose work provided foundation for computer science, dies at 92
2003 – Diana Mitford, British biographer, famous beauty, wife of Oswald Mosley and one of the Mitford sisters, dies at 93