Historical Events
1905 – 1st match ever played in the Australian National Tennis Championships
1976 – 26th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Cale Yarborough wins
1977 – First flight of Concorde (London to New York)
2002 – NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
2006 – Daughtry release their debut album “Daughtry” (2007 Billboard Album of the Year, American Music Awards Favorite Pop-Rock Album 2007)
2017 – Robert Mugabe’s resignation after 37 years in power is read out in Zimbabwe’s parliaments during impeachment proceedings
Famous Birthdays
1924 – Christopher Tolkien, British author and son of J. R. R. Tolkien, born in Leeds, England (d. 2020)
1943 – Jacques Laffite, French former racing driver
1948 – George Zimmer, American entrepreneur
1954 – Thomas Rothman, American film executive
1956 – Mariana Simionescu, Romanian tennis player (1st wife of Björn Borg), born in Tirgu Neamt, Romania
1985 – Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian singer (“Call Me Maybe”), born in Mission, British Columbia
Famous Deaths
1566 – Annibale Caro, Italian writer and poet (Lettere familiare), dies at 59
1900 – J. J. Ferris, Australian cricketer (48 wickets for Aust in 8 Tests in 1880’s), dies at 33
1932 – Pietro Bonfante, Italian lawyer (Roman law) and historian, dies at 68
1967 – C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer (b. 1896)
2009 – Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1926)
2017 – David Cassidy, American singer and actor (Keith-Partridge Family), dies at 67