Historical Events
1966 – 1st US lunar orbiter begins orbiting Moon
1971 – France performs nuclear test
1974 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
2003 – Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada.
2012 – 46 people are killed and 80 injured after a series of suicide bombings in Afghanistan
2017 – Parliamentary citizenship scandal deepens in Australia after Barnaby Joyce, Deputy PM revealed to be a New Zealand citizen
Famous Birthdays
1599 – Méric Casaubon, French-English classical scholar, born in Geneva (d. 1671)
1899 – Jaroslav Jeremiáš, Czech pianist and composer, born in Pisek, Bohemia Austria-Hungary (d. 1919)
1913 – Fred Davis, English snooker player (World C’ship 1948-49, 51), born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire (d. 1998)
1924 – Georges Prêtre, French classical and opera conductor known for interpretation of Poulenc, born in Waziers, France (d. 2017)
1974 – Christopher Gorham, American actor, born in Fresno, California
1986 – Terin Humphrey, American gymnast, born in Saint Joseph, Missouri
Famous Deaths
1433 – John I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76
1955 – Herbert Putnam, American Librarian of Congress, dies at 93
1977 – Alexander Luria, Russian neuropsychologist (Higher Cortical Functions in Man), dies at 75
1982 – Patrick Magee [McGee], Northern Irish actor and director (A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon), dies from a heart attack at 60
1999 – Harold “Pee Wee” Reese, American MLB baseball shortstop, 10x All-Star (Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, 1940-58), dies at of cancer 81
2013 – Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress, dies at 43