Historical Events
1914 – Pope Benedictus Xv’s encyclical Ad beatissimi, against integrity
1914 – German-British naval battle at Coronel, Chile
1937 – Stalinists execute by shooting Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan’s Lutheran community (including three women).
1959 – WOV-AM in NYC changes call letters to WADO
2012 – Scientists detect evidence of light from the universe’s first stars, estimated to have formed 500 million years after the Big Bang
Famous Birthdays
1871 – Stephen Crane, American novelist (Red Badge of Courage), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1900)
1945 – Rick Grech, British rock musician (Blind Faith; Traffic), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1990)
1967 – Tina Arena, Australian pop singer and songwriter (“Don’t Ask”), born in Melbourne, Australia
1971 – Harutyun Arzumanyan, Armenian orchestral and opera conductor, born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR
1975 – Scott “Skippy” Chapman, American musician (Code of Ethics), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Famous Deaths
1817 – Giovanni Zanotti, Italian composer, dies at 79
1835 – William Motherwell, Scottish poet and civil servant, dies at 38
1978 – Giuseppe Berto, Italian writer (Heaven Sees Red), dies at 63
2001 – Warren Amling, American College Football Hall of Fame guard (Ohio State), dies at 76
2003 – Joji “George” Kawaguchi Japanese jazz drummer and bandleader, dies at 76