Historical Events
1746 – Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France
1837 – “Racer’s” Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico)
1948 – California Supreme Court voids state statute banning interracial marriages
1950 – South Korean troops cross the 38th parallel into North Korea
1950 – US Open Women’s Golf, Rolling Hills CC: Babe Zaharias ties Open scoring record, -9 291 to beat amateur Betsy Rawls by 9 strokes
1979 – Pope John Paul II begins his first papal visit to the USA in Boston
Famous Birthdays
1685 – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711-40), born in Hofburg Palace, Vienna (d. 1740)
1924 – Jimmy Carter, American politician, 39th US President (D) (1977-81), born in Plains, Georgia
1927 – Sandy Gall, Malaysian-born British journalist and newscaster
1928 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian auto racer (13 F1 GP; Nürburgring 1000km 1963; GT Spa GP 1965; Targa Florio 1966), born in Momignies, Wallonia (d. 1969)
1931 – Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer
1949 – Isaac Bonewits, American author
Famous Deaths
1310 – Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)
1633 – Filaret, [Fjodor N Romanov], patriarch of Moscow, dies
1943 – Antoon Pleyte, resistance fighter, executed at 26
1994 – Scott Dunbar, American blues vocalist and guitarist, dies at 90
1996 – Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish composer, dies at 74
2017 – Samuel I Newhouse Jr., American magazine publisher (Parade, Vogue, Vanity Fair), dies at 89