Historical Events
1955 – Sammy Fain and Dan Shapiro’s musical comedy “Ankles Aweigh” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC. after 176 performances
1963 – Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32
1965 – CBS premiere of WWII sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes”
1977 – Ryder Cup Golf, Royal Lytham and St Annes: US wins 12½-7½; last time a Great Britain and Ireland team competes for Ryder Cup
1983 – 8th Toronto International Film Festival: “The Big Chill” directed by Lawrence Kasdan wins the People’s Choice Award
2010 – The 54 year run of the soap opera As the World Turns ends as its final episode is broadcast.
Famous Birthdays
1688 – Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen consort of Spain to Philip V (1701-14), born in Royal Palace of Turin, Savoy (d. 1714)
1819 – Leon Foucault, French physicist whose pendulum proved that the Earth rotates, born in Paris (d. 1868)
1857 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian pioneer in rocket and space research, born in Izhevskoye, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1935)
1909 – Kenneth Darling, British Army Commander-in-chief Allied Forces, born in Bengal Presidency, British India (d. 1998)
1953 – Altaf Hussain, Pakistani politician and founder of MQM
1989 – Jonathan McReynolds, American gospel musician (Make Room), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Deaths
1823 – Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76
1863 – Albartus Telting, Frisian poet (Frisianch Jierboeckjen), dies at 59
1892 – Ignaz Vincenz Zingerle, Austrian poet, dies at 67
1895 – Auguste Toulet, Belgian balloonist, dies
1958 – Friedrich Adolf Paneth, Austrian-British chemist, dies at 71
1996 – Spiro Agnew, American politician (Vice President, 1969 until resignation over corruption allegations in 1973), dies of leukemia at 77