Historical Events
1863 – Chickamauga campaign of the US Civil War begins in Georgia
1880 – The French state commissions sculptor Auguste Rodin for a large sculpted doorway ‘The Gates of Hell’ for the proposed Musée des Arts Décoratifs
1936 – XI Summer Olympic Games close in Berlin
1987 – Astrological Harmonic Convergence-Dawn of New Age
1990 – China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
2004 – Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe wins the men’s 200m freestyle in Olympic record 1:44.71, giving him the 200/400m freestyle double at the Athens Olympics
Famous Birthdays
1925 – Willie Jones, American baseball third baseman (MLB All Star 1950, 51; Philadelphia Phillies), born in Dillon, South Carolina (d. 1983)
1932 – Jon Lindbergh, 2nd son of aviator Charles Lindbergh
1946 – Massoud Barzani, Iraqi Kurdish politician
1947 – Carol Moseley-Braun, (Sen-D Illinois)
1953 – Catlin O’Heaney, American actress (Snow White-Charmings), born in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
1967 – Bret Barberie, infielder (Chicago Cubs), born in Long Beach, California
Famous Deaths
1508 – Henry van Stolberg and Wernigerode, German viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41
1705 – Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician known for his contributions to calculus, dies at 50
1880 – Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American politician (41st Governor of Georgia), dies at 67
1994 – Frits de Knight, photographer, dies of AIDS at 40
1995 – Robert “Robby” Debarge, RandB Musician, dies at 36
2019 – Felice Gimondi, Italian road cyclist (Tour de France 1965; Giro d’Italia 1967, 69, 76; Vuelta a España 1968), dies of heart attack at 76