Historical Events
1923 – 10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cards
1924 – Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)
1924 – Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and Benz and Cie begin their first joint venture (later merge into Mercedes-Benz)
1967 – “Sing, Israel Sing” opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 performances
1985 – Madonna’s “Crazy For You” single goes #1
2013 – 43 people are killed in two car bombings in Reyhanlı, Turkey
Famous Birthdays
1827 – Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
1882 – Joseph Marx, Austrian composer/critic
1894 – Martha Graham, American choreographer (Appalachian Spring), Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
1920 – Denver Pyle, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, The Andy Griffith Show), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1997)
1928 – Yaacov Agam, Israeli sculptor
1977 – Matthew Newton, Australian actor
Famous Deaths
1881 – Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Swiss writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59
1927 – Juan Gris, Spanish cubist painter, dies at 40
2003 – Noel Redding, English bassist (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (b. 1945)
2011 – Klaus Schlesinger, German writer, dies at 64
2014 – Reg Gasnier, Australian Hall of Fame rugby league player, dies at 74
2014 – Ed Gagliardi, American bass guitarist, dies from cancer at 62