Historical Events
1912 – 1st Mack Sennett “Keystone Comedy” movie released “Cohen Collects a Debt”
1958 – Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 – Stravinsky’s “Thieni” premieres in Venice
1958 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 – IBM announces System/370 Model 145, their 1st computer to employ semiconductors for its main memory
1983 – Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa KOs American Michael Dokes in 10 rounds in Richfield. Ohio for WBA heavyweight boxing title
Famous Birthdays
1895 – Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1910 – Elliot Roosevelt, American general, writer and son of FDR (Murder in the Oval Office), born in New York City (d. 1990)
1925 – Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft)
1929 – Wally Whyton, English musician and broadcaster (BBC 2), born in London, England (d. 1997)
1976 – Faune A. Chambers, American actress
1985 – Brian Brohm, American football player
Famous Deaths
1873 – Jean Chacornac, French astronomer, dies at 50
1943 – Elinor Glyn, British novelist (3 Weeks) and screenwriter, dies at 78
1991 – Ernestine McClendon, director/actress (Homer and Eddie), dies
1994 – Robert Bloch, American sci-fi author (Hugo, Psycho), dies of cancer at 77
2004 – Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, dies at 86
2010 – Teresa Lewis, American murderer (b. 1969)