Historical Events
1911 – Great Britain and Japan renew their alliance of 1902 for another four years; the reason Japan joins WWI on the Allies side
1967 – Race riots break out in Newark, New Jersey; 27 die
2012 – Financially troubled Scottish football club, Rangers, is voted into the third division
2018 – Outline of 5,000-year-old henge is discovered at Newgrange, Ireland, through drought and drone footage
2022 – Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees to the Maldives just before leaving office amid nationwide protests and economic unrest
Famous Birthdays
1895 – Sidney Blackmer, American actor (played Ted Roosevelt in 7 movies, Rosemary’s Baby), born in Salisbury, North Carolina (d. 1973)
1913 – Dave Garroway, American TV host (Today Show, 1951-61), born in Schnectady, New York (d. 1982)
1924 – Carlo Bergonzi, Italian operatic tenor, born in Vidalenzo, Italy (d. 2014)
1941 – Lut Tomsin, Belgian actress and director (Knock on the Door), born in Tongeren, Belgium
1974 – Jarno Trulli, Italian auto racer (Monaco F1 GP 2004; German Formula 3 Series 1996), born in Pescara, Italy
Famous Deaths
1762 – James Bradley, English astronomer, 3rd Royal, discovered Earth’s nutation motion, dies at 69
1965 – Photis Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer, dies at 69
1997 – Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina (The Turning Point), dies at 92
2012 – Richard Darryl Zanuck, American Academy Award-winning film producer, dies from a heart attack at 77
2020 – Chuck Hulse, American auto racer (USAC Champ Car Series, 26 x top 10 finishes), dies at 92