Historical Events
1903 – NY Wall Street vendor Italo Marchiony [Marcioni] granted patent for a mound for making ice cream cones
1969 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band, play their only European gig – appearing in UNICEF charity concert at London’s Lyceum Ballroom, band is augmented by Bonnie and Delaney and guitarist George Harrison
1973 – Pirates of Caribbean ride opens at Disneyland
2011 – Barry Bonds is sentenced to 30 days of house arrest, two years of probation and 250 hours of community service, for an obstruction of justice conviction stemming from a grand jury appearance in 2003
2018 – Egyptian Archaeologists announce discovery of 4,400 year old tomb of Fifth Dynasty priest in Saqqara pyramid complex near Cairo
2020 – MacKenzie Scott announces she has given away more than $4 billion to 384 nonprofit organizations across the US
Famous Birthdays
1887 – Pieter Geyl, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch Tribe), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1966)
1907 – Gordon Douglas [Brickner], American film director (Our Gang; Laurel and Hardy; Young At Heart; Way…Way Out; Tony Rome; They Call Me Mister Tibbs!), born in NYC (d. 1993)
1922 – (Albert) “Alan” Freed, American disc jockey and concert promoter who popularized the term “rock-n-roll”, and payola scandal figure, born in Windber, Pennsylvania (d. 1965)
1930 – Edna O’Brien, Irish novelist and short story writer (Girl with Green Eyes, Casualties of Peace), born in Tuamgraney, County Clare, Ireland
1939 – Nicolaus A. Huber, German composer, born in Passau, Germany
1986 – Snejana Onopka, Ukrainian supermodel, born in Sievierodonetsk, Soviet Union
Famous Deaths
1715 – George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73
1990 – Betty Warren, British actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies at 83
1990 – Jean Paige, American silent film actress (Capt Blood; Black Beauty), dies at 95
1999 – George Elrick, Scottish-British singer (“I Like Bananas Because They Have No Bones”), and broadcaster known as ‘The Smiling Voice of Radio’ (BBC’s “Housewives’ Choice”), dies at 95
2010 – Bob Feller, American Baseball HOF pitcher (8 x MLB All Star; AL Triple Crown 1940; 3 x no-hit games; Cleveland Indians), dies from leukemia at 92
2021 – Bridget Hanley, American actress (Here Come the Brides – “Candy Pruitt”), dies of Alzheimer’s disease complications at 80