Historical Events
1862 – Ellen Price Wood’s “East Lynne” premieres in Boston
1924 – 28th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar for the third consecutive year in 2:29:40.2; 4th race victory
1952 – BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
1954 – Georgi Malenkov becomes premier of USSR
1970 – The Principality of Hutt River (previously Hutt River Province) secedes from Australia – it remains unrecognised by Australia or other nations
1976 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Famous Birthdays
1838 – John Muir, Scottish naturalist and discoverer (glaciers in High Seirras), born in Dunbar (d. 1914)
1917 – Emanuel Vardi, Jerusalem Israel, violist, SD Symph 1978-82)
1935 – Charles Grodin, Pitt, actor, Woman in Red, Lonely Guy, Heartbreak Kid)
1970 – Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (Falling Slowly), born in Ballymum
1972 – Gwendal Peizerat, French ice dancer
1980 – Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian hockey player
Famous Deaths
1652 – Pietro Della Valle, Italian composer, dies at 66
1971 – Edmund Lowe, American actor (Black Sheep, Good Sam, Dillinger, Hot Pepper), dies at 81
1986 – Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist, dies at 55
1987 – Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77
1993 – Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82
2007 – Parry O’Brien, American shot putter (Olympic golds 1952, 1956, silver 1960), dies at 75