Historical Events
1905 – Great General Strike in Russia begins and lasts 11 days
1935 – Communist forces end their Long March at Yan’an in Shaanxi, China, bringing Mao Zedong to prominence
1973 – Mariette Hartley appears on “The Bob Newhart Show” in the episode “Have You Met Miss Dietz?”
2018 – President Trump threatens to pull the US out of an arms control agreement with Russia because Russia violated its terms
2018 – All-England Lawn Tennis Club announces tie break to be used when scores reach 12-12 in deciding set at Wimbledon
Famous Birthdays
1882 – Bela Lugosi [Blaskó], Austrian actor (Dracula, Plan 9 From Outer Space), born in Lugos, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1956)
1927 – Joyce Brothers, American pop psychologist ($64,000 Question, Naked Gun), born in New York City (d. 2013)
1931 – Jules Eskin, American cellist (Boston Symphony, 1964-2016), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
1969 – Herman Moore, American NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions), born in Danville, Virginia
1977 – Sam Witwer, American actor (Battlestar Galactica, Riverdale), born in Glenview, Illinois
Famous Deaths
1676 – Christopher Gibbons, British composer, dies at 61
1955 – Eino Roiha, Finnish pianist, composer, and musicologist dies at 51
2003 – Jack Elam, American actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo), dies at 82
2007 – Max McGee, American football wide receiver, punter (NFL C’ship 1961, 62, 65, 66, 67; Super Bowl I, II; Pro Bowl 1961; Green Bay Packers), dies at 75
2013 – Lawrence Klein, American economist who created computer models to forecast economic trends (1980 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences), dies at 93