Historical Events
1231 – Harderwijk (Netherlands) becomes a city
1909 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Cinque Ports GC: Englishman J.H. Taylor wins Championship for a 4th time, 6 strokes ahead of runners-up Tom Ball and James Braid
1963 – US President JFK says segregation is morally wrong and that it is “time to act”
1966 – French and German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry
1975 – One-day international cricket debut of Javed Miandad aged 17 yrs 364 days
1981 – Cannibal Issei Sagawa kills Dutch student
Famous Birthdays
1823 – James Lawson Kemper, Major General (Confederate Army), born in Madison County, Virginia (d. 1895)
1943 – Buster Mathis, American heavyweight boxer, born in Sledge, Mississippi (d. 1995)
1948 – Stephen Schnetzer, American actor (Cass Winthrop-Another World), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1967 – Clare Carey, American actress (Coach), born in Rhodesia
1970 – Brock Marion, American NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys), born in Wheeling, West Virginia
1980 – Jeong Jang, South Korean golfer (Women’s British Open 2005), born in Daejeon, South Korea
Famous Deaths
1712 – Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme, Marshal of France (b. 1654)
1956 – Ralph Morgan [Wupperman], American actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), dies at 73
1956 – Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi), dies at 61
1981 – Eppo Doeve, Dutch cartoonist and painter, dies at 73
1995 – Lovelace Watkins, American singer known as “The Black Sinatra” (The Big, Big Voice of Lovelace Watkins), dies at 58
1996 – Ulysses Dove, dancer/choreographer, dies at 49