Historical Events
1870 – Vaudeville Theatre Strand opens in London
1935 – Babe Ruth’s 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a HR
1953 – British royal yacht Britannia launched by Queen Elizabeth II
1970 – Protestant Unionist Ian Paisley wins seat formerly held by Terence O’Neill in the Stormont (North Ireland Parliament)
1985 – “Grind” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 79 performances
2018 – Kendrick Lamar is the first rapper and non classical or jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for music with his album “Damn”
Famous Birthdays
1909 – Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian, born in Denderbelle (d. 1967)
1951 – Mordechai Ben David, American Jewish singer, born in Brooklyn, New York
1953 – Jay O. Sanders, American actor (Meeting Venus, V I Warshawski), born in Austin, Texas
1968 – Grace Kim, South Korean-American tennis star, born in South Korea
1971 – Natasha Zvereva, Belarusian tennis ace (18 Grand Slam double titles), born in Minsk, Belarus
1982 – Boris Diaw, French basketball player, born in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France
Famous Deaths
1113 – Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Russian prince (b. 1050)
1860 – Carolina, duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples, dies
1947 – Rudolf Höss, German commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, dies at 45
1989 – Tawfieq Yusuf Awwaad, Lebanese writer, dies
2002 – Robert Urich, American actor (b. 1946)
2011 – Gerry Alexander, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (25 Tests, top score 108, 90 dismissals), dies at 82