Historical Events
259 – Saint Dionysius elected as Pope, succeeding Sixtus II
1950 – Frank Worrell completes 261 v England at Trent Bridge
1950 – King Leopold returns to Belgium after 6 years in exile
1960 – Cuba nationalizes all US-owned sugar factories
1991 – Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to killing 17 men in 1978
Famous Birthdays
1844 – William Archibald Spooner, English Oxford Don and reverend and inventor (spoonerisms), born in London, England (d. 1930)
1878 – Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un destin: Martin Luther), born in Nancy, France (d. 1956)
1882 – Edward Hopper, American painter (Nighthawks, House by the Railroad), born in Upper Nyack, New York (d. 1967)
1967 – Rhys Ifans [Evans], Welsh actor (Notting Hill; The Replacements; Enduring Love), and rock singer (The Peth), born in Haverfordwest, Wales
1972 – Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor known for “Eureka”, born in Montreal, Quebec
Famous Deaths
1794 – Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, French composer, dies at 59
1826 – Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (found 1st asteroid-Ceres), dies at 80
1864 – William H. T. Walker, American Major General (Confederate Army), killed in action at 47 during the Atlanta Campaign
2005 – Eugene Record American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940)
2008 – Joe Beck, American session and jazz guitarist (Don Sebesky; Gil Evans; Gato Barbieri; Esther Phillips), and bandleader, dies of lung cancer at 62