Historical Events
1040 – King Duncan I of Scotland killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth (not murdered in his sleep as in Shakespeare’s play). The latter does succeed him as King.
1551 – Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli
1917 – Leeuwen soccer team forms
1945 – Japanese government notifies the Allies that it had accepted the Potsdam Declaration
1974 – Turkish army attacks Nicosia Cyprus
2019 – American rapper ASAP Rocky found guilty of assault in Stockholm and given a suspended sentence
Famous Birthdays
1769 – Friedrich Dülon, German flautist and composer, born in Oranienburg (d. 1826)
1863 – Ernest Thayer, American poet who wrote the famous baseball poem “Casey”, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts (d. 1940)
1909 – Len Darling, Australian cricketer (South Australian and Test batsman of 30’s), born in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia (d. 1992)
1927 – Lord Whaddon, CEO (Daltrade and Skorimpex-Rind), born in Sale, Cheshire (d. 2005)
1962 – Mark Robert Isfeld, Canadian soldier and United Nations peacekeeper, born in Zweibrücken, Germany
1971 – Adam Timmerman, American NFL guard (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31), born in Cherokee, Iowa
Famous Deaths
1887 – Richard Jefferies, English naturalist and essayist, dies of tuberculosis at 38
1922 – Alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies
1958 – Big Bill Broonzy, American blues singer and guitarist (Blues by Broonzy), dies of cancer at 65
1963 – Clifford Odets, American playwright (1961 Award of Merit-Golden Boy), dies at 57
1982 – Thruston B. Morton, American republican politician (Sen-Ky, 1957-69), dies at 74
1984 – Bobo Jenkins [John Pickens Jenkins], American blues singer-songwriter (Democrat Blues), dies at 68