Historical Events
1176 – Murder attempt by “Assassins” on Saladin near Aleppo
1746 – Russia and Austria sign treaty of cooperation
1766 – Istanbul earthquake with estimated magnitude of 7.1, causes widespread extensive damage, followed by a significant tsunami
1947 – 1st US ballistic missile fired
1960 – Tsunami generated by a magnitude 9.4-9.6 earthquake in Chile strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM, severely damaging virtually all coastal towns between the 37th and 44th parallels
1961 – 1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Needle in Seattle) opens
Famous Birthdays
1897 – Marcelle Meyer, French contemporary classical (Les Six) and Baroque revivalist (Bach; Rameau) concert pianist, born in Lille, France (d. 1958)
1941 – Martha Langbein, German athlete (Olympic silver 1960), born in Heidelberg, Germany
1955 – Iva Davies, Australian rock guitarist and vocalist (Icehouse), born in Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia
1959 – [Steven] Morrissey, British rock vocalist (The Smiths), born in Davyhulme, Lancashire
1976 – Christian Vande Velde, cyclist (Olympics 1996), born in Chicago, Illinois
1978 – Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
Famous Deaths
1939 – Ernst Toller, German playwright, commits suicide at 45
1965 – Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (b. 1882)
2005 – Julia Randall, American poet (b. 1924)
2011 – Ze’ev Wolfgang Steinberg, Israeli violist and composer, dies at 92
2013 – Henri Dutilleux, French composer (Tout un monde lointain, L’arbre des songes), dies at 97
2017 – (Granville) “Mickey” Roker, American jazz drummer (Art Farmer; Milt Jackson; Dizzy Gillespie), dies suffering from diabetes and lung cancer at 84