Historical Events
1981 – Bill C Davis’ “Mass Appeal” premieres in NYC
1986 – Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously
1998 – Vice President of the United States, Al Gore, symbolically signs the Kyoto Protocol, but the US never ratifies it
2022 – US Mid-term elections: Democrats retain control of the Senate with Catherine Cortez Masto’s victory in Nevada 50-49, with run-off in Georgia still to be decided
2025 – Final US penny is minted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; manufacturing cost of the1-cent coin, produced for 232 years, had risen to nearly 3.7 cents, an estimated 1.4 billion remain in circulation
Famous Birthdays
1881 – Maximilian von Weichs, German aristocrat and army officer (WWII Field Marshal; WWI Cavalryman), born in Dessau, German Empire (d. 1954)
1937 – Richard H. Truly, American US Navy Rear Admiral, NASA astronaut (STS T-2, T-4, 2, 8), and administrator (Head of NASA, 1989-92), born in Fayette, Mississippi (d. 2024)
1944 – Al Michaels, American sportscaster (Miracle on Ice, American Football), born in Brooklyn, New York
1945 – Michael Bishop, American sci-fi author (Nebula, Stolen Faces), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
1961 – Greg Gagne, American MLB infielder (LA Dodgers), born in Fall River, Massachusetts
Famous Deaths
1754 – Jacob de Wit, Dutch Rococo painter, dies at 58
1955 – Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (Olympic gold 100/200m 1896), soccer forward (1 cap) and manager (Hungary 1906), dies at 77
2017 – Michel Chapuis, French classical organist and pedagogue, dies at 87
2021 – Bob Bondurant, American auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans GT +3.0 1964; Shelby American, Ferrari, Eagle teams), dies at 88
2025 – Fern Michaels [Mary Kuczkir], American novelist (Weekend Warriors, Texas Rich), dies at 92