Historical Events
1773 – A skirmish at Grass Cove in Queen Charlotte Sound results in the deaths of two Māori and nine members of James Cook’s expedition, New Zealand
1858 – Passy, at Paris: 1st “Samedi soir” i/d villa of lovers Rossini
1962 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1971 – US dollar devalued 7.9% in Holland ($1=Ÿ3,245)
1980 – IRA’s Sean McKenna becomes critically ill, ends hunger strike
1990 – NL announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St Petersburg, and Washington, D.C. as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion (Miami and Denver win)
Famous Birthdays
1811 – Alexander Sandor Asboth, Hungarian-American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Keszthely, Hungary (d. 1868)
1816 – Alfred Elzey Jones, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1871)
1867 – Antoon van Welie, Dutch painter
1916 – Betty Grable, American singer, dancer, pin-up girl and actress (I Wake Up Screaming, How to Marry a Millionaire, Gay Divorcee), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1973)
1931 – Alison Plowden, English historian (d. 2007)
1974 – Kari Byron, artist and television personality
Famous Deaths
1577 – Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32
1879 – Charley Parkhurst, American stagecoach driver who disguised herself as a women for 30 years, dies at 67
1932 – Eduard “Ede” Bernstein, German marxist/revisionist, dies at 82
1973 – Julio César Brero [or Giulio Cesare], Italian-born Argentine composer and lawyer (Novella), dies at 64
2004 – John W. Downey, American composer, dies at 77
2010 – Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian banker and economist (b. 1940)