Historical Events
1724 – Jonathan Swift publishes last of Drapier’s letters
1899 – 7,000 laid-off black mine workers of South Africa reach Natal
1964 – US sweeps medals in the men’s 200m backstroke at the Tokyo Olympics; Jed Graef swims world record 2:10.3 to win gold ahead of teammates Gary Dilley and Bob Bennett
1994 – Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland v Tasmania)
1997 – Andy Green’s Jet-powered car reaches record 749.69 MPH
2018 – Oldest known human remains from Poland at 115,000 years from revealed to be Neanderthal child from Ciemna Cave eaten by a large bird
Famous Birthdays
1878 – Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian Roman Catholic priest, born in O’Connell Town, Yass, New South Wales (d. 1952)
1912 – Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolor painter, stained glass, tile, and monument artist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1992)
1923 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch soccer star (Xerxes, Fortuna, Inter Milan), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2006)
1958 – Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabian progressive journalist, author, and editor in chief (Al-Arab News Channel), born in Medina, Saudi Arabia (d. 2018)
1968 – Tisha Campbell, American actress (Gina-Martin, House Party), born in Newark, New Jersey
1971 – Irv Smith, American NFL tight end (New Orleans Saints), born in Trenton, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
1415 – Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1381)
1805 – Johann Christoph Kuhnau, German composer (Thomaskantor in Leipzig), dies at 70
1918 – Gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies fighting in WWI at 27
1947 – Sydney Webb, English socialist and economist (founded London School of Economics) and husband of Beatrice Webb, dies at 88
1970 – Julia Culp, Dutch mezzo-soprano, dies at 90
2004 – Enrique Fernando, Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court, dies at 89