Historical Events
1858 – 1st overland mail for California
1951 – US National League umpire Frank Dascoli clears the Dodgers bench, ejecting 15 players
1960 – Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at 98
1996 – Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), launches into space
2007 – 59th Emmy Awards: The Sopranos, 30 Rock, James Spader and Sally Field win
2019 – Guantánamo Bay is the world’s most expensive prison at US$13 million per prisoner according to investigation by “The New York Times”
Famous Birthdays
1666 – Antoine Parent, French mathematician, born in Paris (d. 1716)
1887 – Jean Arp [Hans Arp], French-Swiss sculptor, artist and poet, born in Strassburg, Germany (d. 1966)
1911 – Wilfred Burchett, Australian communist and writer (Catapult to Freedom), born in Clifton Hill, Melbourne (d. 1983)
1916 – Julius B. Richmond, 12th US Surgeon General (1977-81) created Head Start program, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2008)
1925 – Charles Haughey, Irish Taoiseach (1979-81, 82, 87-92), born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland (d. 2006)
1930 – Anne Francis, American actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet, Pancho Villa), born in Ossining, New York (d. 2011)
Famous Deaths
1933 – George Gore, American baseball player, dies at 79
1945 – Johannes “Pa” van der Steur, Dutch missionary and philanthropist (Java), dies at 80
1945 – John McCormack, Irish-American tenor (Irish folksongs), dies at 61
1957 – Qi Baishi, Chinese artist, dies at 93
1993 – Willie Mosconi, American world billiards champ, dies of heart attack at 80
2005 – Harry Freedman (Henryk Frydmann), Canadian composer, dies at 83