Historical Events
1800 – Curacao in British hands (until Jan 1803)
1918 – Train accident at Weesp Netherlands, kills 42
1969 – San Francisco Giant Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player
1973 – ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics
1999 – Bomb explodes in Moscow, Russia, killing at least 119 people
Famous Birthdays
1893 – Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1953)
1903 – Claudette Colbert, French-born American actress (It Happened One Night, Texas Lady), born in Paris (d. 1996)
1980 – Evangelos Nastos, Greek footballer, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
1982 – Nenê, Brazilian basketball player (Houston Rockets), born in São Carlos, Brazil
1996 – Playboi Carti [Jordan Carter], American rapper (Whole Lotta Red), born in Riverdale, Georgia
Famous Deaths
1759 – James Wolfe, British Army officer who defeated the French in Canada and captured Quebec, dies in battle at 32
1902 – John Horace Forney, American engineer and Major General in Confederate Army, dies at 73
1906 – Georges Jacobi, German violinist, composer (The Black Crook), and conductor (Alhambra Theatre, London, 1872-98), dies at 66
1971 – Paul Blackburn, American poet, and editor (Black Mountain Review), dies of esophageal cancer at 44
2001 – Jaroslav Drobný, Czech ice hockey player (Olympic silver 1948) and tennis player (Wimbledon 1954, French Open 1951-52), dies of a stroke at 79