Historical Events
1543 – Emperor Charles V’s army occupies Duren
1654 – Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam (modern day Manhattan) aboard the Peartree, one of the first Jewish colonists
1902 – US President Theodore Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car
1934 – Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 HRs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12
2004 – American sprinter Justin Gatlin wins the coveted Olympic 100m gold medal in Athens in 9.85 ahead of Francis Obikwelu of Portugal and American Maurice Greene
2021 – Tropical storm Henri makes landfall near Westerly, Rhode Island
Famous Birthdays
1822 – George Stoneman, US Union general-major and Governor of California (1883-87), born in Busti, NY (d. 1894)
1916 – John Slater, British actor (Deadlock, Cartel, Devil’s Pass), born in London, England (d. 1975)
1947 – Cindy Williams, American actress (Shirley- Laverne and Shirley), born in Van Nuys, California
1955 – Will Shetterly, American writer (Dogland), born in Columbia, South Carolina
1975 – Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor (Love Actually), born in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1995 – Dua Lipa, British-Kosovo Albanian pop singer-songwriter (“New Rules”, “One Kiss”), born in London
Famous Deaths
1607 – Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (b. 1572)
1944 – Raymond Aimos, actor (Golem, Mayerling, La Bandera), dies at 55
2004 – Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (b. 1960)
2008 – Gladys Powers, Canadian World War I veteran (b. 1899)
2011 – Vicco von Bülow [Loriot], German comedian, cartoonist and film director (Unsere Besten), dies at 87
2021 – Brian Travers, British rock saxophonist (UB40 – “Red, Red Wine”), dies of cancer at 62