Historical Events
1961 – Gene Kiniski beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
1969 – David Bowie releases the single “Space Oddity” 9 days before Apollo 11 lands on the moon
1990 – Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins between Mohawk people and town of Oka
1995 – All star MVP: Jeff Conine (Florida Marlins)
2001 – Iraq resumes oil exports, ending a 5-week halt in protest of a US and British-sponsored UN Security Council resolution
2018 – Oldest stone tools outside Africa discovered in Lantian country, western China, estimated 2.12 million years old made by hominins
Famous Birthdays
1778 – Juan Lovera, Venezuelan artist, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1841)
1841 – Daniël de Lange, Dutch composer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1918)
1931 – Hans Klein, German politician (Vice President Bundestag 1990-96), born in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia (d. 1996)
1931 – Tullio Regge, Italian physicist (Regge theory), born in Borgo d’Ale, Italy (d. 2014)
1959 – Richie Sambora, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Bon Jovi, 1983-2018 – “Livin’ on a Prayer”), boyfriend of Cher (1989-90), and husband of Heather Locklear (1994-2007), born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
1984 – Rachael Taylor, Australian actress (Jessica Jones), born in Launceston, Tasmania
Famous Deaths
1302 – Pierre Flote, French legist and Chancellor of France under King Philip IV, dies in the Battle of the Golden Spurs
1581 – Peder Skram, Danish senator and naval hero
1768 – Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, Spanish composer, dies at 66
1959 – (Rossiere) “Shadow” Wilson, American jazz drummer (Thelonious Monk), dies of meningitis at 39
2009 – Ji Xianlin, Chinese linguist and paleographer (b.1911)
2018 – Lindy Remigino, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m 1952), dies of prostate cancer at 87