Historical Events
440 – St Sixtus III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1840 – American Society of Dental Surgeons founded (NY)
1891 – Hurricane hits Martinique, about 700 die
1965 – Dutch soccer team FC Den Bosch (successor to BVV 1906 and Wilhelmina 1890) is established at ‘s-Hertogenbosch
1983 – Hurricane Alicia battered Houston and Galveston, Texas
1989 – Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as NY Yankee manager
Famous Birthdays
1900 – Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist, born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1964)
1902 – Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter, born in Tartu, Estonia (d. 1968)
1958 – Madeleine Stowe, American actress (Tropical Snow, Bad Girls), born in Los Angeles, California
1964 – Craig Bierko, American actor, born in Rye Brook, New York
1966 – Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress (The Surrogate Woman, Come Come Come Upward), born in Seoul, South Korea (d. 2022)
1969 – Masta Killa [Elgin Turner], American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan), born in Brooklyn, New York
Famous Deaths
1815 – Chauncey Goodrich, American politician (b. 1759)
1940 – Walter Chrysler, American automotive pioneer (Chrysler Corporation) and thoroughbred breeder, dies at 65
1945 – Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian revolutionary and nationalist, dies of injuries from a plane crash at 48
1989 – Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian presidential candidate, murdered
2010 – Benjamin Kaplan, American copyright scholar, dies at 99
2014 – Jim Jeffords, American politician (Senator-R+I-Vermont 1989-2007, Rep-R-VT, 1975-89), dies at 80