Historical Events
1864 – American Civil War Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650 casualties
1977 – US President Jimmy Carter presents engineer Peter Goldmark with the National Medal of Science for his work communication and entertainment technology
1980 – Georgia tanker at Pilottown Louisiana, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain causes a ship to leak
1996 – O.J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is “absolutely not true”
2002 – In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest
2023 – Right-wing Dutch populist Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party unexpectedly wins more seats than any other party in the country’s general election
Famous Birthdays
1897 – Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer, born in Chemnitz, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1989)
1908 – Michael Balfour, English historian, born in Oxford (d. 1995)
1938 – John Gregory, American football coach (CFL Grey Cup 1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders; South Dakota State Uni), born in Webster City, Iowa (d. 2022)
1955 – James Edwards, American basketball center (NBA C’ship 1989, 90 Detroit Pistons, 1996 Chicago Bulls), born in Seattle, Washington
1964 – Stephen Geoffreys, actor (Faternity Vacation), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1969 – Dave Sims, English rugby union lock (3 Tests; Gloucester RFC; Barbarians RFC 1995, 96, 99), born in Gloucester, England (d. 2022)
Famous Deaths
1896 – Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexican Liberal politician, military leader and writer (Governor of the State of Mexico), dies at 64
1994 – John Michael Grimes, British set designer (Philby, Burgess and MacLean), dies at 70
1995 – Norman Potter, English cabinetmaker, designer and writer, dies at 72
1997 – Harry Kissin, Baron Kissin, British businessman and President (GPG), dies at 85
1998 – Stu Unger, American poker player (b. 1953)
2007 – Verity Lambert, English film and TV producer, 1st producer of Doctor Who, dies at 71