Historical Events
1890 – In an effort to solve the “Uitlander” grievances regarding voting rights, President of Transvaal Paul Kruger institutes a Second Volksraad, responsible for controlling local matters
1900 – 14th U.S. Women’s National Championship: Myrtle McAteer beats Edith Parker (6-2, 6-2, 6-0)
1933 – Don McNeill’s Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35½ year run on NBC
1950 – Yanks and Tigers hit record 11 HRs, Tigers win 10-9
1956 – “Jimmy Durante Show” last airs on NBC-TV
1977 – Violence erupts in Soweto, South Africa, again and the police make at least 146 arrests
Famous Birthdays
1799 – John Milton Bernhisel, American physician (d. 1881)
1859 – Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdams social alderman (building of houses)
1943 – James Levine, American conductor, (director of the Metropolitan Opera), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1948 – Clarence Thomas, 108th US Supreme Court Justice (1991- ), born in Savannah, Georgia
1968 – Kent Steffes, beach volleyballer (Olympic gold 1996), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
1977 – Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer
Famous Deaths
1945 – Lt Gen Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa
1986 – Nigel Stock, British actor (Lost Continent, Young Sherlock Holmes), dies at 66
1991 – Antonio Jacinto, Angolan poet, dies at 66
2006 – Luke Graham, American wrestler, dies at 66
2015 – Magali Noël [Guiffray], French actress and singer, dies at 83
2018 – Donald Hall, American writer, literary critic and Poet Laureate of the United States, dies at 89