Historical Events
1884 – 1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters
1960 – A magnitude 9.4-9.6 earthquake strikes near the city of Valdivia in Chile, the strongest ever recorded, causing multiple tsunamis and killing 1,000-7,000 people
1976 – St Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 HR
2004 – NHL Eastern Conference Final: Tampa Bay Lightning beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 3
2016 – The Tradition Senior Men’s Golf, Greystone GandCC: Germany’s Berhard Langer wins sixth of 13 Champions Tour majors by 6 strokes from Olin Browne
2017 – South Africa’s Western Cape province declares a drought disaster – worst for 113 years
Famous Birthdays
1898 – René de Vos, Dutch actor and composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), born in Denmark (d. 1977)
1928 – T. Boone Pickens, American business person and oil tycoon (Shamrock, Mesa Petroleum Co) known as the ‘Oracle of Oil’, born in Holdenville, Oklahoma (d. 2019)
1933 – Don Estelle [Ronald Edwards], British actor and singer (It Ain’t Half Hot Mum), born in Crumpsall, Lancashire (d. 2003)
1936 – George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (helped invent LCD displays), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
1936 – M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and writer (The Road Less Traveled), born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
1950 – Bernie Taupin, British singer and lyricist (writes with Elton John), born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Famous Deaths
1760 – Israel ben Eliezer, Polish-born mystical rabbi (b. 1700)
1948 – Claude McKaye, Jamaican-American author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57
1988 – Giorgio Almirante, Italian fascist (member of parliament (1948-87)), dies at 73
1995 – Robert Flemyng, British actor (The Deadly Affair, Funny Face), dies at 83
2005 – Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and bass singer (Tony the Tiger, You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch), dies from prostate cancer at 91
2019 – Sultan Ahmad Shah, 7th King of Malaysia (1979-84), dies at 88