Historical Events
1673 – Edmund Halley enters The Queen’s College, Oxford, as an undergraduate
1915 – Excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, killing 852 people
1964 – Race riot in Rochester, New York, kills 4
1966 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Firestone CC: American Al Geiberger wins his only major title by 4 shots from Dudley Wysong
2022 – Pope Francis arrives in Edmonton, Canada, to begin a penitential trip to meet with and apologize to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities for their treatment at church-run residential schools
Famous Birthdays
1929 – Alfred Binns, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests, 17 dismissals; Jamaica), born in KIngston, Jamaica (d. 2017)
1944 – Jim Armstrong, Irish rock guitarist (Them – “Here Comes The Night”), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1961 – Kerry Dixon, English footballer, 1979-97, and manager, born in Luton, England
1965 – Joe Oliver, American MLB catcher (Cincinnati Reds), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1982 – Anna Paquin, Canadian-born New Zealand Oscar-winning actress (The Piano, True Blood), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Famous Deaths
1240 – Konrad von Thüringen, German fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
1908 – Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet, dies at 41 (b. the same day 1867)
1936 – Georg Michaelis, German lawyer and politician (Chancellor of German Empire and Prime Minister of Prussia, July-November 1917), dies at 78
1980 – Uttam Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1926)
2023 – Leny Andrade, Brazilian samba, bossa nova and jazz singer, dies of Lewy body dementia at 80