Historical Events
1922 – Longest recorded attack of hiccups begins when Charles Osborne gets the hiccups and continues for 68 years; he dies 11 months after they stop
1947 – First night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3)
1979 – Sioux nation receives $100 million in compensation for Black Hills, South Dakota
2001 – TNN/CMT Country Weekly Music Awards: George Strait, Faith Hill, and Alan Jackson win
2018 – FIFA Congress votes to award 2026 World Cup to joint bid by US, Canada and Mexico
Famous Birthdays
1827 – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1882)
1966 – Thyme Lewis, American actor (Jonah Carver in “Days of Our Lives”), born in San Francisco, California
1973 – Kasia Kowalska, Polish pop rock singer (“A to co mam”; “Nobody”), born in Sulejówek, Poland
1987 – Charlotte Wells, Scottish director (Aftersun), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1992 – Violet Chachki [Paul Jason Dardo], American drag queen, dancer, model and TV personality (RuPaul’s Drag Race season 7 winner), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Famous Deaths
1036 – Ali az-Zahir, 7th Caliph of the Fātimids (1021-36), dies at 30
1881 – Joseph Škoda, Bohemian physician, dies at 75
1920 – Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at the Versailles Peace Conference
1952 – Max Pulver, writer, dies
1973 – Alvin Derold Etler, American oboist, and composer, dies at 60