Historical Events
1911 – American explorer Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas
1959 – US Vice President Richard Nixon argues with Nikita Khrushchev, known as “Kitchen Debate”
1983 – 70th Tour de France won by Laurent Fignon of France
1988 – US and Jamaica play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1991 – Ottawa Rough Riders Board of Directors resign
2012 – Danielle Steel’s novel “Friends Forever: A Novel” is published
Famous Birthdays
1815 – Arnaud-Michel d’Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1893)
1841 – Raimundo Madrazo y Garreta, Spanish Realistic painter, born in Rome (d. 1920)
1925 – Ignacio Aldecoa, Spanish writer (Gran Sol, Caballo the Pica), born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (d. 1969)
1958 – Mick Karn [Andonis Michaelides], English musician (Japan), born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 2011)
1977 – Arnold Bruggink, Dutch soccer player (FC Twente)
1979 – José Valverde, American baseball player
Famous Deaths
1971 – Alan Rawsthorne, composer, dies at 66
1973 – Mary Frasca, singer/actress, dies in NYC
1979 – Archie Duncan, Scottish actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes), dies at 65
1997 – William J. Brennan, Jr. American Supreme Court judge (1956-90), dies at 91
2004 – Claude André François Ballif, French composer, dies at 80
2009 – E. Lynn Harris, American Author (b. 1955)