Historical Events
1933 – Newfoundland reverts to being a crown colony of Great Britain
1976 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 – Harold Carmichael ends NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions
1983 – NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men’s basketball free throw rule
1988 – Lockerbie disaster: A terrorist bomb destroys Pan Am Flight 103 mid-air, over Scotland; kills all 259 passengers and crew on board, and 11 people on the ground
1997 – Detroit Lions linebacker Reggie Brown, knocked unconscious in game
Famous Birthdays
1928 – Thomas Rajna, British-Hungarian pianist, and composer (Amarantha; Stop All The Clocks), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2021)
1935 – Edward Schreyer, Canadian politician (Premier of Manitoba), born in Beausejour, Canada
1937 – Jane Fonda, American stage and screen Academy and Emmy Award-winning actress (Barbarella; Klute, 9 to 5), exercist (Jane Fonda’s Workout), and political activist, born in NYC, New York
1940 – Paul [Ray Hildebrand], American singer (Paul and Paula), born in Joshua, Texas
1944 – Hwang Jang Lee, Korean martial artist and film actor, born in Aomori, Japan
1969 – Mihails Zemļinskis, Latvian footballer, born in Riga, Latvia
Famous Deaths
1824 – James Parkinson, English physician (First description of Parkinson’s disease) and political activist, dies at 69
1979 – Mac Anderson, New Zealand cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five and one), dies at 60
1997 – Juzo Itami, film director/actor (Lord Jim, Yuuguremade), dies at 64
2006 – Sydney Wooderson, English athlete dubbed “The Mighty Atom” (world record 1937), dies at 92
2017 – Roswell Rudd ,American free-jazz trombonist (Archie Shepp), and avant-garde composer (New York Art Quartet), dies of prostate cancer at 82
2020 – K. T. Oslin, American country singer (80’s Ladies), dies at 78