Historical Events
1774 – Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)
1883 – Baseball game between one-armed and one-legged players at Recreation Park, Philadelphia, Snorkeys defeat the Hoppers 33-17
1967 – Government bans submarines near South Africa
1970 – San Diego Padres beat SF Giants 17-16 in 15 innings
2019 – Prototype of new high-speed train that will float above the track, capable of travelling 600km an hour (370 mph), unveiled by Chinese Railway Rolling Stock Corporation in Qingdao
2019 – More than 170 tornadoes reported in a week in US states of Missouri, Oklahoma and Iowa, killing seven and causing widespread damage
Famous Birthdays
1929 – Joe Modise, South African commandant of Umkhonto we Sizwe (1965- )
1929 – Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu, One Summer of Happiness), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 1982)
1944 – Ramon “Tiki” Fulwood, US drummer (Funkadelic, Knee Deep)
1965 – Manuel SanchÃs Hontiyuelo, Real Madrid footballer
1971 – Issac Booth, NFL cornerback/safety (Cleveland Browns)
1971 – Joseph Rogers, CFL receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
Famous Deaths
1691 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)
1891 – Ignace Leybach, French pianist and composer, dies at 73
1941 – Slavko Osterc, Slovenian composer, dies at 45
1988 – Andreas Liebenberg, South African military commander, dies at 60
2010 – Leonida Georgievna, Grand Duchess Of Russia (b. 1914)
2015 – John Nash, American mathematician (subject of movie “A Beautiful Mind”) and Nobel laureate, dies in a car crash at 86