Historical Events
1537 – Asunción, Paraguay, is founded.
1944 – US 12 Army corps enters Le Mans through Orleans
1950 – Rotterdam dock strike begins
1966 – Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission
1969 – Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in New York State on Max Yasgur’s Dairy Farm
1990 – At least 150 people die in clashes between the African National Congress and Inkatha Freedom Party, South Africa
Famous Birthdays
1875 – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, African-British composer (Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast), born in London, England (d. 1912)
1890 – Elvin M. Jellinek, American Physiologist and pioneer in the study of alcoholism, born in NYC, New York
1900 – Estelle Brody, American actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything), born in NYC, New York (d. 1995)
1914 – Peter Nicholson Gunn, Australian writer (The Churches of Rome), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1995)
1926 – Lewis T Preston, American banker (President of the World Bank 1991-95), born in NYC, New York
1927 – Wesley Mouzon, American boxer / trainer (Roy Jones Jr), born in Kingstree, South Carolina (d. 2003)
Famous Deaths
1728 – Marin Marais, French composer, dies at 72
1807 – Johann Nikolaus Tetens, German-Danish philosopher and mathematician, dies at 70
1991 – Marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74
1994 – Shepherd Mead, London England, dies of stroke at 80
2001 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan athlete (b. 1972)
2003 – Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish songwriter and singer (heart attack) (b. 1957)