Historical Events
1912 – Spanish Prime Minister José Canalejas y Méndez is assassinated by an anarchist book shopping in Madrid
1933 – Hugh Gray takes the first known photo of the so-called Loch Ness monster
1946 – A branch of the Exchange National Bank in Chicago, Illinois opens the first ten drive-up teller windows
1960 – Mercury-Redstone 1 test launch fails at 10 cm altitude
2019 – Israeli forces kill senior commander of Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip with Palestinian militants setting off retaliatory rockets at Israel
Famous Birthdays
1929 – Michael Ende, German fantasy and children’s writer (The Neverending Story), born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria (d. 1995)
1936 – Ruth Jessen, American golfer (11 LPGA Tour wins, 3-time major runner-up), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2007)
1949 – Arthur “Pooch” Tavares, American RandB musician (Taveres – “Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel”), born in New Bedford, Massachusetts
1964 – Erik Howard, American NFL defensive tackle/end (NY Jets), born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
1975 – Tevin Jermod Campbell, American rapper, born in Dallas, Texas
Famous Deaths
1202 – Canute VI, King of Denmark (1182-1202), assassinated at about 39
1720 – Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero, dies at 30
1722 – Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter, engraver and architect, dies at 63
1994 – Katherine Elliott, British physician (oral rehydration therapy), dies at 75
1997 – William Matthews, American poet, dies at 55