Historical Events
1912 – Francis Carter-Cotton is chosen as the first chancellor of the University of British Columbia
1929 – Chicago Cardinals become the first professional football team to train out of town
1963 – Jerry Lynch’s record 15th pinch-hit home run gives Pirates a 7-6 victory
1985 – American Mary Decker Slaney runs a mile in a world record time of 4:16.71 in Zurich, Switzerland; it is the third time she holds the record
1991 – Latvia declares its independence from USSR
Famous Birthdays
1789 – Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and physicist, born in Paris (d. 1857)
1932 – Melvin Van Peebles, American stage and screen actor, director (Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song; Sophisticated Gent), composer, and novelist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2021)
1941 – Tom Coster, American rock and jazz keyboard player and accordionist (Santana; Billy Cobham), born in Detroit Michigan
1956 – Kim Cattrall, British Canadian actress (Mannequin, Sex and the City), born in Liverpool, England
1978 – Jason Marquis, American baseball pitcher, born in Manhasset, NY
Famous Deaths
1245 – Alexander of Hales, English Scholastic philosopher at Paris, founder of the Franciscan theological school, dies
1888 – Simon Vissering, Dutch economist (Minister of Finance 1879-81), dies at 70
1994 – Anita Lizana, Chilean tennis player (US Nat C’ships 1937; first Latin American major winner), dies at 78
2004 – Arthur Hockaday, British civil servant (Defence Ministry; Director-General of Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 1982-89), dies after a fall at 78
2020 – Mohamed Ben Rehaiem, Tunisian soccer midfielder (35 caps; CS Sfaxien), dies at 69