Historical Events
1928 – Pitcairn Airlines (later Eastern) begins service
1947 – Lt General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA
1949 – Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune)
1963 – 1st American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest
1988 – After scoring 50 points in Game 1, NBA Eastern Conference playoff series, Michael Jordan has 55 in Chicago Bulls 106-101 win vs Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2; first to score 50+ points in consecutive playoff games
2012 – Guggenheim Partners make the largest ever purchase of a sports franchise after buying the Los Angeles Dodgers for $2.1 billion
Famous Birthdays
1692 – James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (Formula of Stirling), born in this month in Stirlingshire, Scotland (d. 1770)
1939 – Frank Beard, American golfer (11 PGA Tour titles; US Open 1965, 75 3rd), born in Dallas, Texas
1954 – Taslim Arif, Pakistan cricket wicket-keeper (6 Tests; top score 210no v Aust 1980), born in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan (d. 2008)
1979 – Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby union flanker (Italy 106 caps; Benetton Treviso, Stade Français), born in Padova, Italy
1980 – Zaz [Isabelle Geffroy], French singer-songwriter (Je veux), born in Tours, France
1992 – Matĕj Vydra, Czech Republic soccer striker (26 caps; Watford, Derby County, Burnley), born in Chotĕboř, Czech Republic
Famous Deaths
1308 – Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered
1903 – Luigi Arditi, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 80
1976 – T.R.M. Howard, civil rights leader, entrepreneur, surgeon (b. 1908)
1988 – Paolo Stoppa, actor (Garibaldi, Visit, Freedom Fighters), dies
1996 – Asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at 67
2008 – Deborah Jeane Palfrey, American escort owner, commits suicide at 52