Historical Events
1863 – Battle of Battle Mountain, Virginia
1927 – The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres
1966 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Firestone CC: American Al Geiberger wins his only major title by 4 shots from Dudley Wysong
1973 – 44th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 7-1 at Royals Stadium, Kansas City; MVP: Bobby Bonds (SF Giants)
2018 – First bison born in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, in 140 years after being reintroduced
Famous Birthdays
1903 – Robert Mills Delaney, American composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1956)
1919 – Peter Zinner, Austrian-American film editor (The Godfather; The Deer Hunter), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2007)
1961 – Paul Geary, American heavy metal drummer (Extreme – “Nore Than Words”), born in Medford, Massachusetts
1965 – Kadeem Hardison, American actor (A Different World, The Sixth Man), born in Brooklyn, New York
1981 – Nayib Bukele, Salvadoran politician (President of El Salvador 2019-), born in San Salvador, El Salvador
Famous Deaths
1819 – Sophie Gail, French singer and composer, dies at 43
1846 – Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, French King of the Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 67
1936 – Georg Michaelis, German lawyer and politician (Chancellor of German Empire and Prime Minister of Prussia, July-November 1917), dies at 78
2007 – Albert Ellis, American psychologist, dies at 93
2011 – Dan Peek, American rock vocalist and guitarist (America), dies at 60