Historical Events
1870 – Bathe becomes member of Noordduitse Union
1976 – Syrian army conquers Beirut
1978 – Pirates outfielder Dave Parker wins NL MVP
1982 – Funeral service held in Moscow’s Red Square for Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev
1994 – Nepal Communist party Dutch Communist Party-UML wins election
2015 – Federation Cup Women’s Tennis, Prague, Czech Republic: Czech pair Karolína Plíšková and Barbora Strýcová beats Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elena Vesnina of Russia 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 for a 3-2 win and 9th title for the home country
Famous Birthdays
1604 – Davis Mell, English composer, born in Wilton (d. 1662)
1661 – Christoph von Graffenried, British peer from Switzerland who founded New Bern, Carolina, born in Worb Castle, Bern, Switzerland (d. 1743)
1930 – Whitman Mayo, American actor (Grady Wilson-“Sanford and Son”), born in NYC, New York (d. 2001)
1930 – Robert Cohen, French boxer (NYSAC, NBA, The Ring bantamweight titles 1954-56), born in Bône, Algeria (d. 2022)
1941 – Adnan Al Sharqi, Lebanese soccer manager (Lebanon 1974–76, 1987–93, 2006–08; Ansar 11 x league titles), born in Beirut, Lebanon (d. 2021)
1993 – Saaya [Irie], Japanese actress and singer (Sweet Kiss), born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Famous Deaths
655 – Penda, King of Mercia, Anglo Saxon King
1629 – Bethlen Gabor, King of Hungary (1620-29), dies at 49
1934 – Anton Dreesmann, German-Dutch manufacturer (Vroom and Dreesman), dies at 80
1993 – Theo Huizenaar, Dutch boxing trainer (Bep van Klaveren), dies at 93
1993 – Luciano Liggio, Italian mafia leader/painter, dies
2010 – Imre Polyák, Hungarian featherweight (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 78