Historical Events
1888 – Moshav Gederah is attacked by Arabs
1912 – Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control
1944 – Canadian troops liberate Aardensburg
1964 – American sprinter Edith McGuire runs an Olympic record 23.0 to win the women’s 200m gold medal in Tokyo; minor place medallists Irena Szewińska of Poland and Australian Marilyn Black both record 23.1
2001 – SIEV-X, an Indonesian fishing boat en-route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sinks killing 353
2005 – Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity
Famous Birthdays
1866 – Clarence Lucas, Canadian composer, librettist, conductor, and music professor, born in Six Nations Reserve, Ontario (d. 1947)
1932 – Robert Reed, American actor (Mike-Brady Bunch, Nurse), born in Highland Park, Illinois (d. 1992)
1958 – Tiriel Mora, Australian actor
1965 – Brad Daugherty, American basketball center (NBA All-Star 1988, 89, 91–93; Cleveland Cavaliers) and broadcaster (ESPN College Basketball and NASCAR), born in Black Mountain, North Carolina
1983 – Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress (Elizabeth Woodville-The White Queen, Mission Impossible– Rogue Nation, Dune), born in Stockholm, Sweden
1992 – Lil Durk [Durk Derrick Banks], American rapper (The Voice of the Heroes, 7220), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Deaths
1547 – Pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46
1950 – Edna St Vincent Millay, American poet/dramatist/feminist (Harp Weaver-Pulitzer Prize), dies at 58
2007 – Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor and novelist (Brief American), dies at 81
2008 – Mr. Blackwell, American fashion critic, dies at 86
2009 – Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor (Dr No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables), dies at 91
2014 – Lynda Bellingham, Canadian-born English actress, dies from colon cancer at 66