Historical Events
1396 – Crusaders under Earl of Nevers reach Vienna
1472 – Byzantine princess Sophia Palaiologina departs Rome with a large entourage for Moscow to marry Ivan III
1619 – Tsar Michail’s father Filaret becomes patriarch of Moscow
1947 – Flying saucers sighted over Mount Rainier by pilot Ken Arnold
1963 – First demonstration of a home video recorder at BBC Studios in London
Famous Birthdays
1788 – Thomas Blanchard, American machinist and inventor, born in Sutton, Massachusetts (d. 1864)
1916 – Saloua Raouda Choucair, Lebanese abstract artist (Movement of the Angle; Infinite Module), born in Beirut, Lebanon (d. 2017)
1939 – Brigitte Fontaine, French pop and avant-garde singer-songwriter, playwright, and novelist, born in Morlaix, France
1960 – Juli Inkster, American golfer (7 LPGA major titles; US Open 1999, 2002), born in Santa Cruz, California
1985 – Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese gravure idol, born in Shizuoka, Japan
Famous Deaths
1572 – Cornelis van Diest, Dutch lay brother of Enkhuizen, hanged
1913 – Frank Lynes, American composer, dies at 55
1962 – Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist, folklorist, and music critic, dies at 54
2005 – Paul Winchell (Wilchinsky), American ventriloquist (Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smiff), inventor (mechanical artificial human heart,1963), voice actor (Winnie the Pooh – “Tigger”; Dick Dastardly; The Banana Splits -“Fleegle”), and acupuncturist, dies at 82
2009 – Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (1995-99), dies at 81