Historical Events
1722 – Frenchman C Hopffer patents the fire extinguisher
1818 – US Government and Chickasaw Indians sign a treaty
1950 – UN forces enter Pyongyang, capital of North Korea
1967 – Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27′ 4 3/4″
1999 – “Believe” single released by Cher (Billboard Song of the Year 1999, Grammy Award Best Dance Recording 2000)
1999 – MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat New York Mets, 4 games to 2
Famous Birthdays
1824 – Frantisek Pivoda, composer
1889 – Uncle Art Satherley, British-American record producer (1968 Academy of Country Music Award), born in Bristol, England (d. 1986)
1956 – Bruce Weber, American Basketball Coach, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1958 – John Bloom [Joe Bob Briggs], drive-in movie critic
1967 – Yoko Shimomura, Japanese composer
1984 – Thundercat [Stephen Bruner], American bass guitarist (Flying Lotus), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1745 – Jonathan Swift, Irish author and satirist (Gulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal), dies at 77
1793 – Francesc Morera i Cots, Valencian composer, dies at 62
1921 – Antonio Granjo, premier (Portugal), murdered
1961 – Benjamin Merkelbach, Dutch architect and city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60
2003 – Alija Izetbegović, President of Bosnia-Herzegovina (b. 1925)
2007 – LaLa Brown, American singer (b. 1986)