Historical Events
1930 – Occasional leg-spin bowler Don Bradman takes his 1st of only 2 Test cricket wickets when he traps West Indian batsman Ivan Barrow lbw for 27 in the 1st Test in Adelaide
1984 – USSR launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley’s Comet
2011 – ESPN and the NCAA extend their TV rights deal through 2023-24, giving the network worldwide multi-media rights to 24 NCAA championships for various sports; deal worth $500m
2015 – 1,000 schools closed in Los Angeles after a email threat, supposedly from jihadists
2019 – Raiders play their final NFL game in Oakland conceding 17 unanswered 2nd half points to go down 20-16 to the Jacksonville Jaguars; team to play out of Las Vegas in 2020
Famous Birthdays
130 – Lucius Verus, Roman emperor, born in Rome, Italy (d. 169)
1925 – Jack Rothstein, British concert violinist (London Czech Trio), conductor (Viennese Orchestra of London), and session player (The Beatles – “I Am the Walrus”; “Within You Without You”; Paul McCartney – “Here Today”), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2001)
1938 – Bob Foster, American boxer (world light-heavyweight champion 1968-74), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 2015)
1939 – Dave Clark, British rock drummer, singer-songwriter, and producer (Dave Clark Five – “Glad All Over”), born in Tottenham, Middlesex, England
1948 – David Gwillim, English actor (Island at Top of the World), born in Plymouth, Devon, England
Famous Deaths
1924 – T. Frank Appleby, American politician (U.S. House of Representatives – (R) New Jersey, 1921-23), dies at 60
1947 – George L. Funke, Dutch botanist (Flower Physiology), dies after an operation at 50
1994 – Hans de Jong, Dutch conductor (De Damrakkertjes; Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86
2001 – Russ Haas, American professional wrestler, dies of a heart attack at 27
2003 – Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey defenseman (NHL All Star 1971, 72; Chicago Black Hawks), dies in a motor vehicle accident at 56