Historical Events
1943 – Bulgarian Tsar Boris III visits Adolf Hitler
1975 – Singer Peter Gabriel announces his departure from the rock group Genesis
1981 – American swimmer Mary T. Meagher breaks her own world women’s 100 m butterfly record (57.93) in Brown Deer, Wisconsin; holds 100/200m double WR
1990 – China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
2017 – Over 100 Maasai houses destroyed in Tanzania by game park authorities as part of a border dispute near Serengeti National Park
2020 – Japan’s economy, the world’s third largest, posts its worst-ever decline, falling 7.8% (April-June quarter)
Famous Birthdays
1557 – Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (Communion of St. Jerome), born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1602)
1864 – Ferdinand C. S. Schiller, German-British philosopher (Riddles of the Sphinx), born in Altona, Holstein, German Confederation (d. 1937)
1892 – Otto Messmer, American cartoonist (Felix the Cat), born in Union City, New Jersey (d. 1983)
1939 – Sir Trevor Mcdonald, Trinidadian-born British television newsreader
1975 – Didier Agathe, French footballer, born in Saint-Pierre, Réunion
1980 – Robert “Bob” Hardy, English musician (Franz Ferdinand), born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Famous Deaths
1518 – Loyset Compère, French composer
1894 – Herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70
1938 – Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and Catholic priest, dies at 1938
1994 – Earnest Pawel, Polish/American author (Nightmare of Reason), dies at 74
2000 – Alan Caddy, English musician (The Tornados), dies at 60
2005 – Joe Ranft, American screenwriter and animator (Toy Story, Cars), dies at 45