Historical Events
1791 – France’s King Louis XVI accepts constitution
1961 – Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit
1983 – US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
1993 – Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres and PLO official Mahmoud Abbas sign the Oslo I peace accord
2001 – Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the U.S. after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
2015 – Evian Championship Women’s Golf, Evian Resort GC: Lydia Ko of New Zealand wins by 6 from Lexi Thompson to become youngest major winner, 18yrs, 142 days
Famous Birthdays
1813 – John Sedgwick, American Major General (Union Army), who is best remembered for his famous last words “they couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” before being shot in battle, born in Cornwall, Connecticut (d. 1864)
1938 – Judith Martin, American author, journalist and columnist (Miss Manners), born in Washington, D.C.
1966 – Maria Furtwängler, German physician and TV actress, born in Munich, Germany
1970 – Yuki Matsuoka, Japanese voice actress, born in Hirano-ku, Osaka, Japan
1970 – Louise Lombard, British actress (The House of Eliott), born in Redbridge, London, England
1975 – Sean McClain, fencer-foil (Olympics 1996), born in Dayton, Ohio
Famous Deaths
81 – Titus Flavius Vespasianus, emperor of Rome (69-81), dies of a fever at about 42
1506 – Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter
1948 – Paul Wegener, German actor and director (The Golem, The Student of Prague), dies at 73
1976 – Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
1991 – Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-American film producer (Spinout, Big City), dies of Parkinson’s at 73
1996 – Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl, American historian, dies at 68