Historical Events
1790 – Congress declares the city of Washington in the District of Columbia, the permanent capital of the United States
1924 – NY Giants George Kelly is 1st to hit HRs in 6 cons games
1942 – French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris
1995 – Red Buttons’ one-man show “Buttons on Broadway” closes at Ambassador Theater, NYC, after 33 performances
2017 – Kawhi Leonard re-signs with the San Antonio Spurs to a five-year, $90 million contract
Famous Birthdays
1925 – Cal Tjader, American Latin jazz vibraphonist, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1982)
1948 – Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer and actor, born in Panama City, Panama
1949 – Ray Majors, British rock guitarist (Mott the Hoople, 1975-76; British Lions, 1977-78), born in the UK (d. 2022)
1966 – Mike Horn, South African explorer, 1st to reach North Pole without dog or motorized transport, born in Johannesburg, South Africa
1980 – Adam Scott, Australian golfer (US Masters 2013), born in Adelaide, South Australia
Famous Deaths
1736 – Thomas Yalden, poet/fable writer, dies
1879 – Edward Deas Thomson, British-Australian politician, chancellor of the University of Sydney, and member of the Legislative Council of NSW, dies at 79
1979 – James F Mcintyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, dies at 93
1991 – Dwight Weist, Radio actor and film narrator (Radio Days), dies at 81
2019 – John Paul Stevens, American lawyer and 103rd Supreme Court Justice (1975-2010), dies from complications of a stroke at 99