Historical Events
1892 – US Patent Office says Joseph Swan rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp
1939 – 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York NY Yankee/AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees
1943 – 7th day of battle at Kursk
1974 – World Football League plays 1st games
1991 – Nigeria Airways DC-8 crashes at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board
1995 – Shaggy releases his third studio album “Bombastic” (Grammy Award Best Reggae Album)
Famous Birthdays
1274 – Robert the Bruce, King of Scots (1306-1329) and national hero, born in Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire (d. 1329)
1916 – Reg Varney, English actor
1932 – Billy Davis, American music producer and songwriter (“I’d Like To Buy The World A Coke”), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2004)
1932 – Alex Hassilev, American actor and folk musician (The Limeliters), born in Paris, France
1948 – Martin Rushent, British sound engineer (Gentle Giant; Shirley Bassey), and record producer (Buzzcocks; The Human League), born in Enfield, England (d. 2011)
1956 – Sela Ward, Meridian Miss, actress (Hilary-Emerald Point NAS, Sisters)
Famous Deaths
472 – Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
1914 – Julius Rodenberg [Levy], German writer (Die Deutsche Rundschau), dies at 83
1962 – Owen D. Young, American industrialist (RCA) and diplomat (Young Plan), dies at 87
1980 – Bolesław Woytowicz, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 80
1987 – Thomas F Waddell, founder (Gay Olympics), dies of AIDS at 50
2007 – Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)