Historical Events
1853 – Protestant church questions king Willem III RC bishops
1895 – Josephine Blatt (US) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 lb (record)
1927 – Yankees slugger Babe Ruth hits #1 of MLB record season 60 HRs; tees off on A’s Howard Ehmke in 1st inning of New York’s 6-3 win over Philadelphia
1928 – Alioto’s on Fisherman’s Wharf (San Francisco) forms
1952 – Stanley Cup Final, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 3-0 for a 4-0 series sweep
1966 – KHET TV channel 11 in Honolulu, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
Famous Birthdays
1829 – Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon, born in Fort Ann, New York (d. 1895)
1889 – A. Philip Randolph, American labor leader (Railroad Porter’s Union), born in Crescent City, Florida (d. 1979)
1921 – Georgy Beregovoy, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 3), born in Fedorivka, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (d. 1995)
1928 – Richard Evans, British diplomat, ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (1984-88), born in England (d. 2012)
1955 – Enith Salle Brigitha, Dutch 100m/200m swimmer (Olympic bronze 1976), born in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
1971 – Rich McKenzie, NFL linebacker (Cleveland Browns)
Famous Deaths
1607 – Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator and poet, dies at ~78
1632 – George Calvert, English politician and coloniser, dies at 52
1942 – Joshua Pim, Irish tennis player (Wimbledon 1893-94), dies at 72
1990 – Henry Kendrick, American actor (Raising Arizona) dies at 56
2017 – Allan Holdsworth, British guitarist, dies at 70
2019 – Don Perry, Canadian NHL coach (LA Kings 1982-84), dies at 89