Historical Events
1552 – France signs secret treaty with German Protestants
1927 – Tennessee Supreme Court overturns (on a technicality) John T. Scopes’ guilty verdict for teaching evolution in the “Scopes monkey trial”, but the law itself remains in force
1937 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends after both forces withdraw
1964 – Teamsters negotiate 1st national labor contract
1975 – Space Mountain opens at Disney World in Orlando, Florida
1997 – Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station
Famous Birthdays
1885 – Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player, born in Sandborn, Illinois (d. 1968)
1888 – Joseph Henabery, American director (Cobra), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1976)
1893 – Dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian politician (Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1939-41), born in Niš, Kingdom of Serbia (d. 1969)
1905 – Torin Thatcher, British actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), born in Bombay Presidency, British India (d. 1981)
1964 – Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer, born in Suomussalmi, Finland
1974 – Mike Minter, American football safety (Carolina Panthers) and college coach (Campbell University 2013-23), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Famous Deaths
69 – Galba [Servius Sulpicius Galba], 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched by his successor Otho at 70
1953 – Patrick Vretblad, Swedish composer, dies at 76
1969 – Theodor Werner, German painter, dies at 82
1981 – Emanuel Celler, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 92
1989 – Wilf Slack, English cricketer, dies while playing cricket in Gambia at 34
2001 – Bob Braun, American TV and radio personality (Dotty Mack Show), dies at 71