Historical Events
1890 – Lord Salisbury offers Helgoland to Germany in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda and Equatoria
1943 – German and Italian forces in Africa surrender
1943 – German occupiers attempt to confiscate all radios in the Netherlands
1960 – Phillies lose 3rd consecutive 1-0 game
2001 – 47th British Academy Television Awards: “Da Ali G Show” Best Comedy, “Clocking Off” Best Drama
2019 – The Tradition Senior Men’s Golf, Greystone G andCC: Steve Stricker wins his first career major title by 6 strokes ahead of Billy Andrade, Paul Goydos and David Toms
Famous Birthdays
1933 – Alden Ashforth, composer
1935 – Nigel Butterley, Australian pianist and composer (The True Samaritan), born in Sydney, Australia
1937 – Teddy Randazzo, American pop singer-songwriter (I’m on the Outside Looking In), born in NYC, New York (d. 2003)
1957 – Claudie Andre-Deshays, French cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-24)
1969 – André Schmechta, German musician (X Marks the Pedwalk, Scarecrow), born in Germany
1981 – Sunny Leone, Canadian born Indian American model and actress, born in Sarnia, Ontario
Famous Deaths
1742 – Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)
1835 – John Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent’s Park), dies
1963 – Alois Hudal, Austrian bishop who helped Nazi war criminals escape trial, dies at 77
1984 – Stanislaw Ulam, Polish mathematician, dies at 75
2011 – Bruce Ricker, American jazz and blues documentarian (b. 1942)
2013 – Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, dies from respiratory failure at 85