Historical Events
1879 – British troops under Lord Chelmsford make camp at Isandlwana
1921 – British submarine HMS K5 (which was unusually equipped with steam turbines) sinks with 57 crew during exercises in the Bay of Biscay
1929 – 1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, “In Old Arizona”
1972 – Six oil exporting countries conclude meetings with Western oil companies; an agreement is reached to raise the price of crude
1983 – American gangster Roy DeMeo is found murdered in his car trunk after disappearing a few days earlier
1988 – Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Gov Evan Mecham
Famous Birthdays
1681 – Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, Italian composer and mandolin player, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1732)
1878 – Finlay Currie, Scottish actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers), born in Edinburgh (d. 1968)
1932 – Frank Arok, Yugoslavian-Australian soccer coach (Australia 1983-89), born in Kanjiža, Serbia (d. 2021)
1944 – Isao Okano, Japanese judoka (Olympic gold 1964), born in Ryugasaki, Japan
1956 – Adrian Vernon Fish, British classical composer, born in Bristol, England
1969 – Andre Cason, American sprinter, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia
Famous Deaths
1713 – Pavao Vitezovic, Croatian historian, dies
1841 – Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer and adventurer (attempted to rule Iceland), dies at 60
1971 – Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor and the 1st cowboy in a movie (The Great Train, The Lucky Dog), dies at 88
1983 – Garrincha, Brazilian footballer, dies at 49
1996 – Ellis Hillman, British Labour party politician, lecturer, and writer (London Under London), dies during heart surgery at 68
1998 – Zevulun Hammer, Israeli politician, minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (1996-98), dies at 61