Historical Events
1710 – British troops occupy Port Royal, Nova Scotia
1964 – New York Yankees fire manager Yogi Berra, one day after losing the World Series
1973 – The Gulf Six (Iran, Iraq, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar) unilaterally raise the posted price of Saudi Light marker crude oil by 17 percent
1994 – “Addams Family” actor Raul Julia suffers a stroke
2017 – Storm formed from Hurricane Ophelia lashes Ireland, killing three people
Famous Birthdays
1714 – Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist who established 1st system of stratigraphic chronology, born in Caprino Veronese, Republic of Venice (d. 1795)
1906 – Dino Buzzati, Italian writer (The Tartar Steppe), born in San Pellegrino, Belluno, (d. 1972)
1944 – Paul Durcan, Irish poet (The Beckett at the Gate, Six Nuns Die in Convent Inferno), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2025)
1945 – Paul Monette, American writer and LBT activist, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts (d. 1995)
1980 – Sue Bird, American basketball guard (record 508 WNBA games, Seattle Storm; Olympic gold 2004, 08, 12, 16, 20), born in Syosset, New York
Famous Deaths
1883 – Samuel Jameson Gholson, American jurist and Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, dies at 75
1946 – Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister and war criminal, hanged at 53
1958 – Michalis Souyioul [Michail Sougioultzoglou], Greek composer and songwriter, chiefly for theater and film, dies of a stroke at 52
1981 – Moshe Dayan, Israeli military leader and politician (Minister of Defense 1967-74), dies of a heart attack at 66
1990 – Jorge Bolet, Cuban-born American pianist known for his performances of the work of Franz Liszt, dies at 75