Historical Events
1875 – 9th Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard Calvin wins in 2:42.25
1916 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Molla Bjurstedt outclasses Louise Hammond Raymond 6-0, 6-1
1950 – The first of two Air France DC-4 aircraft flying the same route from Saigon to Paris crashes near Bahrain, killing 46 passengers and crew, while 6 survive; a second DC-4 on the same route crashes two days later a few miles away under similar circumstances
1990 – Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list
2007 – Russian novelist and historian Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn receives the State Prize of the Russian Federation from President Putin for his humanitarian work
Famous Birthdays
1861 – William Attewell, English cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), born in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1927)
1911 – Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavian politician and writer (The New Class), born in Podbišće, Montenegro (d. 1995)
1941 – Roy Harper, British folk-rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Folkjokeopus; Work of Heart), born in Rusholme, Manchester, England
1947 – Ron Freeman, American athlete (Olympic gold 4x400m, bronze 400m 1968), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey
1979 – Robyn [Robin Carlsson], Swedish pop and dance music singer-songwriter, and record producer (“Show Me Love”; “Dancing On My Own”), born in Stockholm, Sweden
Famous Deaths
1020 – Lyfing, Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells and Archbishop of Canterbury during the Viking raids on England (1013-20), dies and is buried in Canterbury Cathedral
1878 – William Cullen Bryant, American poet (Thanatopsis), dies at 83
1883 – John Randolph Tucker, American naval officer (Confederate Navy), dies at 71
2015 – Ernest Tomlinson, English light classical music composer, dies at 90
2024 – Tony Lo Bianco, American stage and screen actor (The French Connection; A View From the Bridge; Hizzoner!), dies of prostate cancer at 87