Historical Events
1724 – Russia and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople
1940 – RAF bombs Schiphol, Netherlands
1962 – Larry Doby retires from Cleveland Indians to play in Japan
1967 – Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.1, Bakersfield CA)
1972 – US President Nixon and his Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate
1993 – Lorena Gallo Bobbitt amputates husband’s John Wayne Bobbitt’s penis
Famous Birthdays
1887 – John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), born in Canton, Ohio
1907 – Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedienne (d. 2008)
1916 – Len Hutton, cricketer (England opener, 364 v Australia The Oval 1938)
1923 – George Russell, American jazz pianist (The Jazz Workshop) born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2009)
1978 – Memphis Bleek, American rapper
1980 – Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player (French Open 2010), born in Milan, Italy
Famous Deaths
1075 – Theoduinus, Beiers prince-bishop of Liege, dies
1801 – Bendix Friedrich Zinck, German composer, dies at 58
1988 – M Gregor-Dellin, writer, dies
1996 – George Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (1981-89, 1993-96), dies at 76
2001 – Yvonne Dionne, one of the Canadian Dionne quintuplets (b. 1934)
2015 – Richard “Dick” Van Patten, American actor, businessman, and animal welfare advocate (Tom Bradford in 8 is Enough), dies at 86