Historical Events
1286 – Rabbenu Mir of Rothenbur imprisoned in fortress of Ensisheim
1940 – German 7th Armoured division under command of Rommel occupies Cherbourg
1944 – French troops free Elba
1963 – Greek government of Pipinolis forms
1990 – Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V., founded by Carlos Slim is listed on the Mexico Stock Exchange
2006 – Stanley Cup Final, PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC: Carolina Hurricanes beat Edmonton Oilers, 3-1 for a 4-3 series victory; Hurricane’s first Championship
Famous Birthdays
1301 – Prince Morikuni, 9th shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan, born in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan (d. 1333)
1898 – James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1968)
1905 – George Voskovec [Jirí Wachsmann], Czech actor (12 Angry Men, Somewhere in Time), born in Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1981)
1906 – Ernst Chain, German-British chemist and bacteriologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1945 – for his work on penicillin), born in Berlin, German Empire (d. 1979)
1914 – Morgan Morgan-Giles, British Naval officer and politician (d. 2013)
1977 – Peter Warrick, American NFL running back (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Famous Deaths
1542 – Leo Jud[ae], Swiss pastor/church reformer
1857 – Alexander Twilight, American politician and minister, first African American to graduate and hold political office, dies at 61
1867 – Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire is executed by firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro at 34
1984 – Sunny Johnson, American actress (Flashdance), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 30
2007 – Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (b. 1947)
2013 – Bojidar Dimov, Bulgarian pianist and composer (Die Hochzeit von Susa), dies at 61