Historical Events
1914 – Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat
1915 – William Jennings Bryan’s successor as US Secretary of State, Robert Lansing, sends a note to Britain protesting interference with US shipping
1925 – Sidney Howards “Lucky Sam McGarver” premieres in NYC
1947 – Dutch Dakota explodes near Coopenhagen, 16 die
1975 – Coast Guard Academy 1st allows women to enroll
2019 – Thailand’s King Vajiralongkorn strips his royal consort Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi of her titles for “misbehaviour and disloyalty against the monarch” two months after she was appointed to them
Famous Birthdays
1847 – Guiseppe Giacosa, Italian songwriter (libretti opera Puccini)
1952 – Brent Mydland, American rock keyboardist and vocalist (Grateful Dead), born in Munich, Germany
1955 – Eric Faulkner, rock guitarist (Bay City Rollers), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1959 – George Bell, Dom Rep, outfielder (Blue Jays, 1987 AL MVP)
1972 – Masakazu Morita, seiyu and actor
1982 – Matt Dallas, American Actor
Famous Deaths
1204 – Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English nobleman
1891 – Alpheus Baker, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 63
1919 – Sven August Körling, Swedish composer, dies at 77
1943 – Dudley Pound, British admiral of the fleet and 1st Sea Lord (Jutland, WW II), dies at 66
1969 – Jack Kerouac, American writer (Doctor Sax, On the Road), dies at 47
2003 – Fred Berry, African-American actor (Rerun-What’s Happening), dies at 52