Historical Events
1972 – “Different Times” closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 24 performances
1978 – 3 PFLP members kill a police officer near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris
1980 – Drummer Peter Criss quits rock band Kiss
1989 – 114th Preakness: Pat Valenzuela aboard Sunday Silence wins in 1:53.8
1990 – Hubble Space Telescope sends its 1st photographs from space
1995 – CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung
Famous Birthdays
1547 – Melchior Bischoff, German composer, born in Pößneck, Germany (d. 1614)
1883 – Paul Arntzenius, Dutch painter, graphic artist and etcher, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1965)
1905 – Harry Campion, statistician/founder (British Central Statistical Office)
1911 – Annie M G Schmidt, writer (Fam Doorsnee, Jip and Janneke)
1930 – Robert Bunyard, Commandant (British Police Staff College)
1990 – Josh O’Connor, English actor (The Crown), born in Southampton, England
Famous Deaths
1648 – Władysław IV Vasa, King of Poland (1632-48), dies of kidney stones at 52
1713 – Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635)
1782 – William Emerson, British mathematician (b. 1701)
1961 – Josef “Pips” Priller, German fighter ace (b. 1915)
1988 – Harry Babasin, American jazz bassist and cellist (Dodo Marmarosa Trio), and archivist (Los Angeles Theaseum), dies of emphysema at 67
1999 – Robert Rhodes James, British politician historian (Gallipoli), dies at 66