Historical Events
1861 – North Carolina becomes 11th and last state to secede from the Union
1895 – 1st commercial movie performance (153 Broadway, NYC)
1926 – Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies
1972 – 5th ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat NY Nets, 4 games to 2
1985 – 38th Cannes Film Festival: “When Father Was Away on Business” directed by Emir Kusturica wins the Palme d’Or
2018 – K-pop boy band BTS are the first Koreans to perform at the Billboard Music Awards
Famous Birthdays
1772 – William Congreve, English officer (design fire rocket)
1883 – Paul Arntzenius, Dutch painter, graphic artist and etcher, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1965)
1921 – John Harrison, British vice admiral/surgeon
1967 – Ramzi Yousef, Kuwaiti-born Pakistani terrorist
1971 – Tony Stewart, American race car driver
1981 – Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer
Famous Deaths
1503 – Lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463)
1751 – Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, Spanish composer, dies at 38
1834 – Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert de Motier, nobleman, dies
1917 – Philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850)
1940 – Amar Singh, Indian cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies at 29
1956 – Andre Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies