Historical Events
1570 – Pope Pius V introduces a standardised Roman Missal (text of the Latin mass), a reform of the Council of Trent. Will remain unchanged for 400 years.
1977 – US House establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
1981 – Kevin Wade’s “Key Exchange,” premieres in London
1988 – WYHY radio offers $1M to anyone who can prove Elvis is still alive
1988 – Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place
1992 – Actress Nell Carter undergoes brain surgery
Famous Birthdays
1913 – Fritz Erler, German socialist politician (SDP), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1967)
1926 – Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, (Lucky:Alien; Cool Hand Luke; The Godfather Part II), musician, and singer, born in West Irvine, Kentucky (d. 2017)
1952 – Bob Casale, AKA Bob 2, American Musician (Devo), (d. 2014)
1971 – Marie-Chantal Toupin, French Canadian pop singer, born in Montreal, Quebec
1971 – Joey Styles, American wrestling commentator (WWE), born in The Bronx, New York
1971 – Bubba Ray Dudley [Mark LoMonaco], American professional wrestler (WWF, WWE), born in New York City
Famous Deaths
664 – Deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (655-664), 1st Anglo Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury
1790 – Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal, dies at 73
1930 – William Hare Ashley, South African cricketer (Test South Africa, 7 wkts), dies at 68
1984 – Ernest Tidyman, American writer (b. 1928)
2003 – Éva Janikovszky, Hungarian novelist (b. 1926)
2021 – Jeff Labar, American glam rock guitarist (Cinderella, 1985-2014 – “Nobody’s Fool”; “Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)”), dies at 58