Historical Events
1568 – Abdij Church in Middelburg destroyed by fire
1857 – University of Calcutta founded as the first full-fledged university in South Asia
1930 – J E Mills scores 117 on Test Cricket debut, NZ v England, Wellington
1954 – BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter
1961 – Lazard Brothers Ltd draw a check for $334,867,807.68
1962 – 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany
Famous Birthdays
1674 – Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)
1758 – Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, German composer, born in Epfenhausen, Bavaria (d. 1801)
1832 – John Pegram, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1865)
1947 – Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian soccer striker (14 caps; Lazio, NY Cosmos), born in Carrara, Italy (d. 2012)
1956 – Lounès Matoub, Berber Kabyle singer, born in Béni-Aïssi, Algeria (d. 1998)
1968 – Mark Burmester, Zimbabwean cricketer (Zimbabwe Test all-rounder in 3 Tests 1992), born in Durban, South Africa
Famous Deaths
1595 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Governor of Bohemia, dies at 65
1877 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)
1911 – David Graham Phillips, American journalist and novelist (b. 1867)
1994 – Yves Navarre, French writer (Le Jardin d’acclimatation), dies at 53
1998 – Jay Monahan, husband of Katie Couric, dies of cancer at 42
2020 – Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch soccer left winger or forward (46 caps; Anderlecht), dies of progressive muscular atrophy at 72