Historical Events
1941 – 200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine
1952 – “The Quiet Man” film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara is released in the UK
1964 – Race riots in Singapore between Chinese and Malay groups, 23 killed, 454 injured
1973 – France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll in the Pacific
1991 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian 1-2 with Ian Baker-Finch winning his only major championship, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood
Famous Birthdays
1810 – Henri V. Regnault, French physicist and chemist, born in Aachen (d. 1878)
1909 – Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, English Egyptologist, born in London (d. 1996)
1920 – Constant [Nieuwenhuys], Dutch painter (Uprising of Homo Ludens), and sculptor, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2005)
1926 – Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general and Governor of Balochistan (1978-84), born in Qaimganj, British India (d. 2022)
1989 – Rory Culkin, American actor (Signs), born in New York City
Famous Deaths
1910 – Johan Peter Selmer, Norwegian composer, dies at 66
1970 – Mikhail Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
1986 – Virginia Hewitt, American actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies of cancer at 60
2010 – Ralph Houk, American baseball catcher, coach, manager and executive (World Series champion 1947, 52-53, coach, 58; mgr 1961-62; NY Yankees), dies at 90
2022 – Uwe Seeler, German soccer striker (72 caps West Germany; Hamburger SV 476 games, 404 goals), dies at 85