Historical Events
1919 – J. Edgar Hoover persuades US to deport 250 alien radicals, including anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman and her husband to Russia
1936 – Master batsman Don Bradman has a rare embarrassment – a 2nd consecutive Test duck (0), as England dismisses Australia for 80 in the 2nd Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground
1939 – Adolf Hitler names Adolf Eichmann leader of “Referat IV B”, responsible for evictions and Jewish immigration
1976 – Patricia R Harris named secretary of HUD
1988 – Lockerbie disaster: A terrorist bomb destroys Pan Am Flight 103 mid-air, over Scotland; killing all 259 passengers and crew on board, and 11 people on the ground
1989 – New Zealand is the first country to set a formal inflation target (0-2%) for how much prices should rise each year. Similar targets are subsequently adopted by most developed countries.
Famous Birthdays
1923 – Wataru Misaka, American basketball point guard (first non-white player, first player of Asian descent in BAA [later known NBA]; NY Knicks), born in Ogden, Utah (d. 2019)
1943 – André Arthur, Canadian radio host and politician, born in Quebec City, Canada
1957 – John Geddert, American gymnastics coach (US head coach London Olympic Team 2012), born in Mt. Clemens, Michigan (d. 2021)
1964 – Joey Kocur, NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks), born in Calgary, Alberta
1971 – Matthieu Chedid, French musician, born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France
1989 – Mark Ingram Jr., American football running back (Heisman Trophy 2009, U of Alabama; NFL Pro Bowl 2014, 17, 19; New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens), born in Hackensack, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
1900 – Roger Wolcott, American political figure, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1847)
1998 – Ernst Gunther Schenck, German doctor who joined the Sturmabteilung in 1933 {b. 1904)
2010 – David Hennessy [Lord Windlesham], British politician (C) (Leader of the House of Lords 1973-4) and TV executive, dies at 78
2010 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian football player and manager (b. 1927)
2016 – Weston Noble, American music educator and conductor (Luther College, 1948-2005), dies at 94
2021 – (Wilbert) Billy Davis, American tennis player (11 x American Tennis Association Titles), dies of congestive heart failure at 91