Historical Events
1926 – J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal
1956 – Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1991 – General Motors announces 9 month loss of $US2.2 billion
1992 – Atlanta Braves become 1st American team to win a Baseball World Series game outside of United States; beat Toronto Blue Jays, 7-2 in Game 5 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario
1996 – NY Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
2019 – Chilean president Sebastián Piñera agrees to meet opposition leaders after 15 people killed in growing nationwide protests over living costs and inequality
Famous Birthdays
1870 – Ivan Bunin, Russian poet and novelist (Gentleman from San Francisco-Nobel 1933), born in Voronezh, Russian Empire (d. 1953)
1873 – Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat, born in Ekenäs, Finland (d. 1950)
1947 – Haley Barbour, American politician, governor of Mississippi
1961 – Sanath Kaluperuma, cricketer (four Tests for Sri Lanka 1984-88)
1975 – Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer
1978 – Dion Glover, American basketball player, born in Marietta, Georgia
Famous Deaths
1613 – Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer
1881 – Janis Cimze, Latvian composer, Father of Latvian choir music, dies at 67
1928 – Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (1908-09, 1910-13, 1914-15), dies at 66
1942 – Gustave “Staff” de Clercq, leader Flemish Nationally Covenant, dies
1979 – Nadia Boulanger, French composer and conductor (1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony), dies at 92
1994 – Fabio Grobart, founder (Cuban Communist Party), dies