Historical Events
1962 – “Bravo, Giovanni” closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 performances
1973 – Carl XVI Gustaf ascends the throne, becoming King of Sweden (1973-present)
1975 – 1st College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 17-3 in Foxborough
1996 – Bangladesh beat UAE by 104 runs to win the ACC Trophy Final
2013 – 27 people are killed after a coal mine collapses in Afghanistan
Famous Birthdays
1685 – Gottfried Kirchhoff, German organist and composer, chiefly of sacred music, born in Mühlbeck, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1746)
1816 – Edward Wolff, Polish pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1880)
1889 – Robert Benchley, American humorist (My 10 Years in a Quandary), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1945)
1907 – Jack Bailey, American TV host (Queen for a Day), born in Hampton, Iowa (d. 1980)
1914 – Creighton Abrams, American general (commander of American forces in the Vietnam War, 1968-72), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
Famous Deaths
1932 – Charles H. Gabriel, American gospel composer, dies at 76
1972 – Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish pianist, composer – one of “The Turkish Five” (Köçekçe – Dance Rhapsody for Orchestra), and pedagogue, dies from a stroke at 66
2006 – Raymond Baxter, British television presenter (b. 1922)
2023 – Burhan Sargun, Turkish soccer forward (8 caps, 7 goals; Fenerbahçe SK), dies at 94
2024 – Gheorghe Mulțescu, Romanian soccer midfielder (16 caps; Jiul Petroșani 239 games) and manager (Dinamo București, Samsunspor), dies at 72