Historical Events
1881 – The USS Jeannette, under the command of George Washington De Long, sinks in the Arctic circle following 21 months of drifting after becoming trapped in the ice
1890 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Ellen Roosevelt beats defending champion Bertha Townsend 6-2, 6-2
1953 – Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:18:40.2)
1987 – Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel and Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina
1990 – Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term
2001 – 35th TNN and CMT Country Weekly Music Awards: George Strait, Faith Hill and Alan Jackson wins
Famous Birthdays
1854 – Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine), born in London (d. 1931)
1875 – Max d’Ollone, French composer and writer (Le Ménestrel), born in Besançon, France (d. 1959)
1954 – Jorge Santana, Mexican rock guitarist (Malo), born in Autlán de Navarro
1964 – Kathy Burke, English actress and playwright (Absolutely Fabulous, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), born in London, England
1970 – Shaun Young, Australian cricketer (Tasmanian all-rounder, Young Aust 1995), born in Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
1972 – Natalie MacMaster, Canadian musician, born in Troy, Nova Scotia, Canada
Famous Deaths
1550 – Veronica Gambara, Italian poet, dies at 64
1898 – Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, dies at 57
1958 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, English writer (Built in Jerusalem’s Wall: A Book in praise of Jerusalem), dies at 70
1972 – Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German princess by her marriage to the diplomat Prince Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst and spy, dies at 80
1973 – Alvin Derold Etler, composer, dies at 60
2004 – Ralph Wiley, American sports journalist and writer (Sports Illustrated and ESPN’s Page 2), dies from a heart attack at 52