Historical Events
1915 – Pittsburgh Rebels’ Frank Allen no-hits St Louis Terriers (Federal League), 2-0
1963 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 – Marshall Lin Biao named Mao’s designated successor as the sole Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China
1975 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1996 – 31st Academy of Country Music Awards: Brooks and Dunn, Alan Jackson, and Patty Loveless win
2023 – Tucker Carlson, Fox News most popular prime-time host, is fired from the cable network
Famous Birthdays
1822 – Erastus Barnard Tyler, American businessman, merchant, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in West Bloomfield, New York (d. 1891)
1828 – Robert Brank Vance, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (1873-85), born in Buncombe, North Carolina (d. 1899)
1889 – Lyubov Popova, Russian avant-garde artist and painter, born in Ivanovskoe, Moscow (d. 1924)
1889 – Stafford Cripps, British Labour politician, born in London (d. 1952)
1954 – Thomas Jennefelt, Swedish composer, chiefly of choral works (A Warning To The Rich; Villarosa Sequences), born in Stuvsta, Sweden
1992 – Sean Rademaker, American actor (Kirkland Harrison-Another World), born in Washington, D.C.
Famous Deaths
1961 – (Joseph) Rosario Bourdon, French Canadian-American cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and musical director (Victor Talking Machine Company, 1905-31; Symphonique de Montréal, 1935-44), dies at 76
1967 – Frank Overton, American actor (Fail Safe; 12 O’Clock High (TV series, not film)), dies of a heart attack at 49
1983 – Rolf Stommelen, German auto racer (24 Hours of Daytona 1968, 78, 80, 82; 61 x F1 GP), dies in a racing accident at 39
1986 – Wallis Simpson [Duchess of Windsor], American divorcee whom British King Edward VIII abdicated his throne to marry, dies at 89
2011 – Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru, spiritual figure, dies at 84
2011 – Colin Snedden, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (1 Test; Auckland), dies at 93