Historical Events
1564 – Cardinal Granvelle flees Brussels
1963 – Two Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska
1983 – 24th SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Georgia beats Alabama, 86-71
1986 – 12th People’s Choice Awards: Sylvester Stallone and Meryl Streep win (Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby, Linda Evans win (TV)
1995 – Istanbul police shoot dead 16 Alawitische demonstrators
2020 – African American Breonna Taylor shot and killed by police officers executing a no-knock warrant on her flat with a battering ram in Louisville, Kentucky
Famous Birthdays
1822 – Moritz von Strachwitz, German poet, born in Peterwitz, Silesia (d. 1847)
1855 – Percival “Percy” Lowell, American astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1916)
1897 – William Herald, Australian swimmer (Olympic-1920), born in Glebe, New South Wales (d. 1976)
1954 – Robin Duke, Canadian actress and comedienne (SNL, SCTV, Club Paradise), born in Toronto, Ontario
1956 – Dana Delany, American actress (Colleen McMurphy-China Beach, Exit to Eden), born in NYC, New York
1962 – Terence Blanchard, American jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers), film score composer (When The Levees Broke; Harriet), and educator, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Famous Deaths
624 – Abu Sufjan becomes Quraish chief and leader of Mecca after loss at Battle of Badr against Muslim forces
1778 – Charles le Beau, French historian (b. 1701)
1970 – Rick Besoyan, American singer, actor, playwright, composer and director (Little Mary Sunshine), dies of internal hemorrhages at 45
1973 – Stacy Harris, Canadian born actor (NOPD, Doorway to Danger), dies at 54
1996 – Brian Hulls, British TV news cameraman, dies at 48
2009 – James Purdy, American author (Malcolm), dies at 94