Historical Events
1609 – Children’s rhyme “Three Blind Mice” published in London
1730 – Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark
1862 – JEB Stuart completes his “second ride around McClellan”
1920 – Cleveland Indians beat Bkln Dodgers, 5 games to 2 in 17th World Series
1976 – Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Zedong as chairman of Communist Party
1979 – Typhoon Tip becomes the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded with peak sustained winds of 305km/h (190mph) and a wind diameter of 2,220km (1,380mi)
Famous Birthdays
1855 – August Sauer, Austrian literature historian (Euphorion), born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria (d. 1926)
1891 – Edith Stein, German philosopher and Discalced Carmelite nun (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), born in Breslau (Silesia), Germany (d. 1942)
1903 – Josephine Hutchinson, American actress (Story of Louis Pasteur), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1998)
1935 – Luciano Pavarotti, Italian operatic tenor (Oh Giorgio, The Three Tenors), born in Modena, Italy (d. 2007)
1942 – Daliah Lavi [Levinbuck], Israeli actress (Casino Royale, Lord Jim), born in Haifa, British Palestine (d. 2017)
1968 – Charles Anthony, American CFL defensive back (Toronto Argonauts), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
Famous Deaths
638 – Honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies
1941 – Harry Micajah Daugherty, American politician, lawyer and political manager accused of corruption, dies at 81
1983 – Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61
1989 – Franco, [Francis Luambo/”Makiadi”], Zaire composer/music, dies at 51
1998 – Mario Beaulieu, French Canadian politician (b. 1930)
2007 – Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (b. 1934)