Historical Events
1868 – Major General E. R. S. Canby removes mayor of Columbia, South Carolina
1914 – British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins a record 6th Open Championship, 3 strokes ahead of defending champion J.H. Taylor
1976 – US Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth
1977 – Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st US male saint
2017 – Record 65.6 million people displaced around the world in 2016 reported by UN refugee agency
Famous Birthdays
1919 – Pauline Kael, American film critic (NY Times, For Keeps), born in Petaluma, California (d. 2001)
1925 – Alfred Nzo, South African General Secretary of the ANC (1969-91), born in Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 2000)
1964 – Bill Barretta, American puppeteer, producer, writer, and actor (Sesame Street; Pepe the King Prawn, The Swedish Chef, and Rowlf the Dog in “The Muppet Show”), born in Yardley, Pennsylvania
1967 – Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian cross-country skier and 8x Olympic gold medalist, born in Elverum, Norway
1978 – Garfield, American fictional cat created by Jim Davis (Garfield comic strip), born in Mamma Leoni’s Italian Restaurant
Famous Deaths
1650 – Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (b. 1593)
1820 – Joseph Banks, British botanist and naturalist who accompanied James Cook on board the Endeavour, dies at 77
1984 – Lee Krasner [Lena Krassner], American abstract expressionist painter, dies at 75
1994 – Jocelyn Hambro, British financier (Hambros Bank), dies at 75
1996 – Vivian Ellis, English composer, dies at 91