Historical Events
1673 – Second Battle of Khotyn in the Ukraine, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski. defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets of Kazimierz Siemienowicz were successfully used.
1862 – Opera “La Forza Del Destino” is produced (St Petersburg Russia)
1918 – Dutch SDAP leader Troelstra announces revolution
1930 – Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention of the Einstein refrigerator
1979 – Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center
2001 – Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they were traveling on top off.
Famous Birthdays
1891 – Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player (Boston Braves), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1954)
1903 – Charles Bruce Perry, Professor of Medicine (Bristol University) (d. 1996)
1912 – Thomas C. Mann, American diplomat (U.S. Ambassador to Mexico), born in Laredo, Texas (d. 1999)
1918 – Stubby Kaye [Bernard Solomon Kotzin], American actor (Guys and Dolls, Lil’ Abner, Cat Ballou), born in NYC, New York (d. 1997)
1970 – Lee Battersby, Australian author
1974 – Phillip Ward, linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
Famous Deaths
1831 – Nat Turner, slave rebel who led a violent insurrection in Virginia, hanged at 31
1942 – Anton Hendrik Blaauw, Dutch botanist (Perception of the Lichtes), dies at 60
1962 – Joseph Allen Jr, American actor (The Night Before the Divorce, Motor Madness), dies at 44
1993 – Erskine Hawkins, American trumpeter and composer (After Hours), dies at 79
1995 – Kenneth Goldstein, folklorist/enthomusicologist, dies at 68
2010 – Baby Marie Osborne, American actress (b. 1911)