Historical Events
1948 – Piet Roozenburg becomes world champion checker player
1956 – US men’s 4 x 100m relay team of Thane Baker, Leamon King, Bobby Morrow and Ira Murchison sets world record 39.60s to win the gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics; Morrow’s 3rd gold medal of the Games
1973 – 38th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 35-0 in Birmingham
1982 – Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as President of Mexico
2007 – T. C. Williams High School’s newly constructed basketball court is named after Earl Lloyd
2018 – British boxer Tyson Fury dominates much of the fight but survives 2 knockdowns to force a split decision draw with defending WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder at the Staples Center, Los Angeles
Famous Birthdays
1566 – Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen
1891 – Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer (wreck laws)
1922 – Geraldine McCulloug, Maywood Ill, painter/sculptor (Phoenix)
1933 – Violetta Verdy, French ballerina and teacher, born in Pont-l’Abbé, Brittany (d. 2016)
1962 – Sylvie Daigle, Canadian speed skater (Olympic gold 3k relay 1992; World C’ship gold overall x 5), born in Sherbrooke, Quebec
1968 – Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer (4 x Olympic silver 200m, 1 x bronze 400m 1988-96), born in Motala, Sweden
Famous Deaths
1377 – King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)
1729 – Christian Ludwig Boxberg, German composer, dies at 59
1736 – Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72
1947 – Aleister Crowley, British occultist, founded the religion of Thelema, dies at 72
1984 – Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911)
2004 – Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (b. 1911)