Historical Events
1898 – 1st amusement pier opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey
1938 – Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season
1947 – Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
1959 – New York City premiere of the film version of Kathryn Hulme’s “The Nun’s Story”
1961 – KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1999 – Hindi film “Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam” premieres directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, starring Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn and Aishwarya Rai
Famous Birthdays
1517 – Emperor Ōgimachi, 106th Emperor of Japan (d. 1593)
1868 – Miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian admiral/regent (1910-44)
1927 – Simeon Pironkov, Bulgarian composer, born in Lom, Bulgaria (d. 2000)
1948 – Éva Marton, Hungarian operatic soprano
1952 – Carol Kane, actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Simka-Taxi), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1991 – Willa Holland, American actress (Arrow), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1821 – Charles Hague, English composer, dies at 52
1973 – Roger Delgado, English actor (Doctor Who, Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enough for June), dies in a road accident at 55
1981 – Richard Goolden, British actor (Two Days to Live, School for Husbands), dies at 86
1989 – I. F. Stone, American journalist (b. 1907)
2010 – José Saramago, Portuguese writer and Nobel laureate, dies of leukemia at 87
2011 – Frederick Chiluba, 2nd President of Zambia (1991-2001), dies at 68