Historical Events
1712 – Maximilian Emanuel of Bavaria honored as “sovereign of Netherlands”
1872 – Bohemian Club incorporated in San Francisco
1963 – US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
2004 – Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage
2015 – The Tradition Senior Men’s Golf, Shoal Creek GandCC: Jeff Maggert wins first of 2 consecutive Champions Tour majors with par on 1st playoff hole against Kevin Sutherland
2015 – “Blurryface,” 4th studio album by Twenty One Pilots is released (1st album ever to have every track gold-certified)
Famous Birthdays
1768 – Caroline of Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV (1820-21), born in Brunswick, Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1821)
1866 – Erik Satie, French composer (Gymnopédies), born in Honfleur, Normandy (d. 1925)
1901 – Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), born in Donauwörth, Germany (d. 1983)
1928 – Vivian Moses, biotechnologist
1959 – Paul Di’anno, rocker (Iron Maiden Chingford, London V Early Vocalist
1970 – Matt Lindland, American mixed martial arts fighter
Famous Deaths
1955 – Alan Fairfax, cricketer (10 Tests for Australia 1928-31), dies
1955 – Leslie Hylton, Jamaican cricketer and West Indies fast bowler, executed and hanged for murder at 50
1972 – Sir Gordon Lowe, British tennis player, Member of Parliament (Australasian C’ship 1915), dies at 87
1996 – Johnny “Guitar” Watson, musician, dies at 61
2010 – Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer (Mélopées africaines), and teacher, dies at 86
2013 – Ken Venturi, American golfer, broadcaster (US Open 1964), dies from multiple infections at 82