Historical Events
1635 – Sweden and Poland sign ceasefire Treaty of Stuhmsdorf
1908 – Canada appoints a Civil Service Commission, initiating a more equitable system for selecting civil servants
1953 – “Carnival in Flanders” closes at New Century Theater NYC after 6 performances
1961 – NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m
1966 – WCES TV channel 20 in Wrens, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1979 – Carl Yastrzemski gets his 3,000th hit off NY Yankee Jim Beattie
Famous Birthdays
1897 – Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935), born in Paris, France (d. 1956), daughter of Marie Curie
1901 – Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1975)
1924 – Howard Curtis Nielson, American politician (Rep-R-UT, 1983-91), born in Richfield, Utah
1957 – Rachel Ward, English-Australian actress (Thorn Birds), born in Cornwell, Oxfordshire, England
1962 – Amy Yasbeck, American actress (Casey Davenport-Wings, Mask), born in Blue Ash, Ohio
1978 – Elisabetta Canalis, Italian model and actress, born in Sassari, Italy
Famous Deaths
1012 – Guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies
1369 – Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt, dies possibly of the plague at 24 (age disputed)
1674 – Nicolaas Tulp, Mayor of Amsterdam (1654-71), dies at 80
1923 – Jules Violle, French physicist and inventor, dies at 81
1988 – Lauris Morstad, NATO commander/CEO Corning Fiberglass, dies at 71
1995 – Jeremy Brett [Peter Huggins], English actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 61