Historical Events
1582 – Prince William I of Orange injured in attack at Antwerp
1933 – US Ladies’ Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1961 – 6th Eurovision Song Contest: Jean-Claude Pascal for Luxembourg wins “Nous les amoureux” in Cannes
1963 – “Tovarich” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 264 performances
1989 – Dino Ciccarelli sets Washington Capital record of 7 pts in a game
Famous Birthdays
1877 – Clem Hill, Australian cricket batsman and captain (49 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 191; South Australia CA), born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 1945)
1886 – Marianne Philips, Dutch author (Between Heaven and Earth), born in Amsterdam (d. 1951)
1946 – Michael Reagan, American conservative talk show host and adopted son of Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2026)
1950 – Frank O’Keefe, American southern rock bassist (The Outlaws, 1968-76), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1995)
1986 – Abdennour Cherif El Ouazzani, Algerian footballer
Famous Deaths
1907 – Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist (Thomsen–Berthelot principle of thermochemistry), dies at 79
1918 – Willem Coenen, Dutch pianist and composer, dies at 81
1982 – George Lampe, Dutch painter and director (Free Academy), dies at 60
1983 – Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist (b. 1910)
1999 – Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator, dies at 93