Historical Events
1941 – Adm Nomura and Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
1961 – WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher fails to defeat Michael Heseltine’s bid for leadership of the Conservative Party
1993 – 5th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 41-39 in South Bend (Boston College’s first win in the series)
1995 – Diana, Princess of Wales, admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview
Famous Birthdays
1916 – John Elwyn, British painter, born in Adpar, Wales (d. 1997)
1934 – Valentine J. Peter, American priest (Boy’s Town), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2020)
1948 – Kenjiro Shinozuka, Japanese rally driver who won the Dakar Rally 1997, born in Tokyo (d. 2024)
1978 – Nadine Velazquez, American model and actress (My Name is Earl, Flight), born in Chicago, Illinois
1983 – Future [Nayvadius Wilburn], American rapper and singer-songwriter (High Off Life), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Famous Deaths
1927 – (Carl) Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish composer considered the finest Swedish pianist of his time, dies of a stroke at 56
1992 – John Foreman, producer (Prizzi’s Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack
1996 – Bert Geoffrey Achong, Trinidadian pathologist and inventor (electron microscopist), dies at 67
2003 – Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (b. 1945)
2006 – Andre Waters, American football player (b. 1962)