Historical Events
1851 – Saint Joseph’s University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1957 – SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game
1963 – Ben Bella elected 1st president of Algeria
1987 – Italy sends a naval contingent to the Persian Gulf
1988 – Test Cricket debut of Ian Healy, vs Pakistan at Karachi
2019 – Hong Kong police use water cannons and tear gas attempting to disperse thousands of protesters outside the British embassy, as protests continue in the city
Famous Birthdays
1760 – Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars, born in Potsdam, Brandenburg (d. 1824)
1890 – Frank Martin, Swiss composer (In Terra Fax), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1974)
1899 – Milton S. Eisenhower, American University President (Pennsylvania State) and brother of Dwight, born in Abilene, Kansas (d. 1985)
1907 – Jack Bailey, American TV host (Queen for a Day), born in Hampton, Iowa (d. 1980)
1929 – Eva Burrows, Austrian Salvation Army officer, 13th General of The Salvation Army, born in Newcastle, Australia (d. 2015)
1962 – Dina Lohan, American television personality, mother and manager of actress Lindsay Lohan, born in NYC, New York
Famous Deaths
1525 – Jan de Bakker [Johannes Pistorius], Roman Catholic priest who was the first preacher in Northern Netherlands to be put to death as a direct result of his Protestant beliefs, burned at the stake at 26
1750 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German-American composer (son of Johann Pachelbel, one of the first European composers to emigrate to America), dies at 59
1794 – Abraham Clark, American patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 68
1859 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (SS Great Britain, Great Western Railway), dies of a stroke at 53
1942 – Jack Singer, American war reporter, dies aboard USS Wasp
2020 – Moussa Traoré, Mali soldier, politician and dictator, President of Mali (1968-91), dies at 83