Historical Events
1571 – Spanish troops occupy Manila
1864 – Opera “Mireille” premieres in Paris
1883 – Jan Matzeliger invents first machine to manufacture entire shoes
1987 – Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85)
1989 – Boeing V-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight
1997 – Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi
Famous Birthdays
1817 – Lewis Henry Little, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1862)
1928 – Patrick McGoohan, American-born Irish actor, writer, and director (The Prisoner, Secret Agent/ Danger Man), born in Queens, New York (d. 2009)
1970 – Rick Mirer, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears)
1971 – Marty Moore, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1972 – Maria Maunder, St John’s New Foundland, rower (Olympics 1996)
1979 – Hedo Türkoğlu, Turkish basketball player
Famous Deaths
1687 – René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, French explorer (Louisiana), killed by his men at 43
1816 – Philip Mazzei, Italian physician (b. 1730)
1918 – Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/liberal politician, dies at 73
1924 – Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/author, dies at 71
1976 – Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (Backbiters, Napoleon), dies at 86
2008 – Arthur C. Clarke, English sci-fi author (2001: A Space Odyssey, Childhood’s End), dies of post-polio syndrome at 90