Historical Events
1914 – British Grand Fleet reaches Scapa Flow
1958 – US 1st class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years)
1985 – Emmy 12th Daytime Award presentation – Susan Lucci loses for 6th time
1988 – Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon
2010 – British Open Women’s Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: 21-year-old Yani Tseng of Taiwan becomes youngest-ever winner of 3 major championships, 1 stroke ahead of Katherine Hull of Australia
2021 – Australian swimmer Emma McKeon claims gold in 50m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay for total 7 medals at Tokyo Olympics; equals record set by Russian gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya in 1952
Famous Birthdays
1847 – Guido Papini, Italian violinist and composer, born in Camaiore, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1912)
1906 – Nathan Perelman, Soviet Russian pianist and pedagogue, born in Zhitomir, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 2002)
1940 – Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire, born in Nailsea, Somerset
1957 – Glen Gorbous, Canadian MLB outfielder (record for longest throw of a regulation baseball [445′ 10″]), born in Drumheller, Alberta (d. 1990)
1962 – Joetta Clark, American 800m runner (Olympic-1992), born in East Orange, New Jersey
2001 – Scottie Barnes, American basketball forward (NBA Rookie of the Year 2022; Toronto Raptors), born in West Palm Beach, Florida
Famous Deaths
1630 – Federico Cesi, Italian naturalist and founder of the first modern scientific society, the Accademia dei Lincei, dies at 45
1743 – Richard Savage, English poet and playwright, dies at about 46
1996 – Mohamed Farrah Aidid, President (ANS-CUS)/Somalia, dies
2001 – Korey Stringer, American NFL football tackle, 1995-2000 (Minnesota Vikings), dies of complications from heat stroke at 27
2010 – Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director, dies at 100
2020 – Vitold Kreyer, Russian athlete (Olympic bronze, triple jump 1956, 60) and coach (Soviet athletics team 1967–80; head Russian team 2000 Olympics), dies at 87