Historical Events
860 – Rus Vikings attack Constantinople
1847 – American photographer Thomas Martin Easterly takes the earliest known photograph of lightning using the daguerreotype process in St. Louis, Missouri
1863 – After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg
1943 – SS Police in Amsterdam sentence for 12 resistance fighter to death (Jewish, communists, homosexuality) at the census bureau
1963 – 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school
1975 – Gary Gilmour takes 6-14 in Cricket World Cup semi v England
Famous Birthdays
1466 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer, born in Fossombrone, Italy (d. 1539)
1813 – Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian (Zametsjatelnoje desjatileti), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1887)
1910 – Ray McKinley, American orchestra leader and jazz drummer (Glenn Miller Time), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1995)
1933 – [Charles] Tommy Hunt, American soul singer (Flamingos – “I Only Have Eyes For You”; “Lovers Never Say Goodbye”), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1954 – William Beard, American session and touring rock drummer (Face To Face; Sessions Americana), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1971 – Nigel Owens, Welsh rugby union referee (record holder for most Test matches refereed), born in Mynyddcerrig, Carmarthenshire
Famous Deaths
741 – Leo III de Isaurier, Byzantine Emperor (717-41), dies
1799 – Johann Andre, German composer, dies at 58
1815 – Thomas Picton, British general (killed in battle) (b. 1758)
1942 – Arthur Pryor, American band composer and trombone player, dies at 71
1967 – William Tracy, American actor (To the Shores of Tripoli, The Shop Around the Corner), dies at 49
2020 – Tibor Benedek, Hungarian water polo player (Olympic gold 2000, 04, 08; World C’ship gold 2003) and coach (Hungary 2013-16), dies from pancreatic cancer at 47