Historical Events
1905 – US Open Men’s Golf, Myopia Hunt GC: Willie Anderson wins his third consecutive Open title, and his record fourth overall, two strokes ahead of runner-up Alex Smith
1968 – KMTC (now KDEB) TV channel 27 in Springfield, MO (IND) begins broadcasting
1987 – US TV series “Full House,” starring Bob Saget and John Stamos, premieres
1993 – A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia
2013 – Angela Merkel and the Christian Democrats win a third term with their best result since 1990 in the German federal elections
Famous Birthdays
1601 – Anna of Austria, Spanish princess, Austrian archduchess, Queen of France as wife of Louis XIII and regent of France (1643-51) for her son Louis XIV, born in Benavente Palace, Valladolid, Spain (d. 1666)
1822 – Eppa Hunton, American representative and Brigadier-General who fought in most ANV campaigns, born in Warrenton, Virginia (d. 1908)
1931 – Fay Weldon [Franklin Birkinshaw], British feminist, novelist (Praxis; The Lives and Loves of a She-Devil), playwright, and screenwriter, born in Birmingham, England (d. 2023)
1958 – Neil Cavuto, American television commentator (Fox), born in Westbury, New York
1961 – Kofi Burbridge, American blues-rock keyboardist and flute player (Derek Trucks Band, 1999-2019; Tedeschi Trucks Band, 2010-2019), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2019)
Famous Deaths
1345 – Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester (b. 1281)
1978 – Lina Carstens, German actress (Homeland, Broken Jug), dies at 85
1993 – Margaret MacDonald ‘Bobo’, Scot-born maid to Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 89
1994 – (John Edward) “Teddy” Buckner, American Dixieland jazz trumpeter, dies at 85
2025 – Henry Jaglom, American actor, screenwriter and director (Last Summer in the Hamptons, Always), dies at 87