Historical Events
1864 – Federal assault on 4th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia
1944 – 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise, Normandy, during Operation Intractable
1948 – Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem
1955 – Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor
1987 – Northwest Airlines 255 plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives)
2012 – 113 people are killed and over 200 wounded in a series of attacks across Iraq
Famous Birthdays
1915 – Al Hibbler, American singer (Unchained Melody), born in Tyro, Mississippi (d. 2001)
1933 – Reiner Kunze, German writer (The Lovely Years), born in Oelsnitz, Saxony
1937 – David Anderson, Canadian politician
1948 – Pierre Reid, Canadian politician and teacher
1969 – Andy Milder, American voice actor
1974 – Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer, born in Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Famous Deaths
1864 – Victor Girardey, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at 27
1920 – Sir Norman Lockyer, English physicist, co-founder of helium gas, founder and editor of “Nature” magazinem dies at 84
1969 – Russ Bender, American actor and writer (Amazing Colossal Man; Space Monster, It Conquered the World), dies at 59
1973 – Veda Ann Borg, American model and actress (Kid Galahad, Avalanche, Accomplice), dies of cancer at 58
2006 – Herschel Green, American pilot (b. 1920)
2020 – Georg Volkert, German soccer striker (12 caps, FRG; 1. FC Nürnberg, Hamburger SV, VfB Stuttgart), dies from heart attack complications at 74