Historical Events
1958 – Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Montreal Canadiens’ 3-peat; beat Boston Bruins, 5-3 for a 4-2 for series win
1965 – People’s Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid
1981 – 85th Boston Marathon: Toshihiko Seko of Japan wins men’s race in 2:09:26; Allison Roe of New Zealand takes women’s title in 2:26:46
1986 – Vladimir Horowitz performs in Moscow, Russia, his first appearance in his Russian homeland since 1925
1988 – Baltimore Orioles set worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21)
2007 – Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
Famous Birthdays
702 – Jafar al-Sadiq, Muslim scholar and scientist, born in Medina, Umayyad Empire (d. 765)
1650 – William Bedloe, English fraudster and Popish Plot informer, born in Chepstow, Monmouthshire (d. 1680)
1884 – Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, born in Eastwell Park, Kent, England (d. 1966)
1908 – Lionel Hampton, American jazz vibraphone player, pianist, drummer, and actor, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2002)
1970 – Shemar Moore, American actor (Malcolm-Young and Restless), born in Oakland, California
1984 – Tyson Griffin, American professional mixed martial artist, born in Sacramento, California
Famous Deaths
1769 – Pontiac, Ottawa Indian leader, murdered by a Peoria warrior at 48 or 49
1906 – Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 (London, England)
1977 – Len Johnson, cricketer (one Test for Australia, 3-66 and 3-8), dies
1991 – Steve Marriott, British rock guitarist, singer and songwriter (Small Faces, 1965-68, 75-78); Humble Pie, 1969-75, 79-83 – Eat It), dies in a house fire at 44
1992 – Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 69
2018 – Avicii [Tim Bergling], Swedish musician, DJ, remixer and record producer (“Levels”; “Wake Me Up”; “Sunshine”), commits suicide at 28