Historical Events
1883 – Cubs’ Billy Sunday’s 1st at bat, begins 14 consecutive strikes out
1902 – 36th Belmont: John Bullman aboard Mastermam wins in 2:22.6
1936 – Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland
1945 – NSB-Fuhrer Rost van Tonningen makes failed suicide attempt
1945 – 6th US Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa
1946 – First US rocket (WAC Corporal) to reach edge of space fired from White Sands Missile Range New Mexico
Famous Birthdays
1865 – Enric Morera i Viura, Spanish musician and composer, born in Barcelona (d. 1942)
1927 – Michael Constantine, American actor (Room 222, Don’t Drink the Water), born in Reading, Pennsylvania
1936 – George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (helped invent LCD displays), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
1941 – Sebastian Forbes, British conductor, composer and music professor (The Aeolian Singers), born in Buckinghamshire, England
1942 – Malika Sabirova, Soviet Tajik ballet dancer, born in Dushanbe, Tajikistan (d. 1982)
1974 – Sean Gunn, American actor
Famous Deaths
1802 – Martha Washington, 1st US First Lady (1789-97), dies at 70
1868 – Julius Plucker, German mathematician/physicist (formula of P), dies
1965 – Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher (Das Sein in der Zeit), dies
1972 – Cecil Day-Lewis, Irish poet (British Poet Laureate 1968-72) and detective writer (Nicholas Blake), dies of cancer at 68
2012 – Wesley Brown, 1st African American US Naval Academy graduate, dies at 85
2013 – Henri Dutilleux, French composer (Tout un monde lointain, L’arbre des songes), dies at 97