Historical Events
1190 – Crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England
1924 – Netherlands and USSR begin talks over USSR recognition
1932 – Montreal Canadiens center Howie Morenz registers his 334th career point with an assist in a 10-4 win v NY Americans; passes Cy Denneny as NHL leader for career points
1993 – 19th People’s Choice Awards: Kevin Costner and Demi Moore win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen and Candice Bergen win (TV)
2013 – Stacy Lewis wins the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup and becomes the number one ranked woman golfer in the world
2019 – PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins biggest cheque in golf ($2.25m) by 1 stroke from Jim Furyk
Famous Birthdays
1789 – Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean tragic actor (Shylock), born in London, England (d. 1833)
1888 – Paul Ramadier, French politician (d. 1961)
1901 – Eisaku Satō, Prime Minister of Japan (1963-72) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1974), born in Tabuse, Yamaguchi, Japan (d. 1975)
1918 – Józef Franczak, Polish soldier and anti-communist resistance fighter who was the last cursed soldiers, born in Kozice Górne, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1963)
1953 – Filemon Lagman, Filipino communist revolutionary (d. 2001)
1967 – Chris Luongo, American NHL defenseman (NY Islanders), born in Detroit, Michigan
Famous Deaths
1989 – Merritt Butrick, American actor (Shy People, Square Pegs), dies of AIDS at 29
1993 – Skip Young, American actor (Smokey and Hotwire Gang, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies at 62
1996 – Terry Stafford, American singer (b. 1941)
2002 – Paul Runyan, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1934, 38; Ryder Cup 1933, 35), dies at 93
2012 – Pope Shenouda III, Egyptian Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, dies from prostate cancer at 88
2015 – Bob Appleyard, English cricketer (superb England off-spinner, brief career), dies at 90