Historical Events
1903 – George Sutton becomes billards champion
1943 – Anti-nazi Clandestine Radio Soldatsender Calais begins transmitting
1963 – “110 in the Shade” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 330 performances
1968 – Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on £50 bail
1984 – Intelsat 5 re-enters Earth’s atmosphere 5 months after it failed
2018 – Scientists confirm East Island in Hawaii, half a mile long, has been wiped out after contact with Hurricane Walaka
Famous Birthdays
1863 – Manuel Manrique de Lara, Spanish composer (The Oresteia), born in Cartagena, Murcia (d. 1929)
1895 – Jack Warner [Waters], British actor (Dixon of Dock Green, Christmas Carol), born in London, England (d. 1981)
1926 – Y. A. Tittle, American NFL quarterback (Baltimore, San Francisco, NY Giants, MVP 1963), born in Marshall, Texas (d. 2017)
1968 – Robert Wilonsky, American journalist, born in Dallas, Texas
1972 – Pat Williams, American football defensive tackle (Buffalo Bills), born in Monroe, Louisiana
1972 – Tom Fletcher, NFL defensive safety (Seattle Seahawks)
Famous Deaths
1821 – Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and patriot, President of the Continental Congress, dies at 81
1953 – Ernest Irving, English composer, dies at 74
1971 – Carl Ruggles, American composer (Evocations), dies at 95
1996 – Eugene Polyakov, Russian balletmaster (Paris Opera Ballet), dies at 53
2016 – Bobby Vee, American pop singer (Night has a Thousand Eyes), dies at 73
2017 – Robert Guillaume [Williams], American actor (Rafiki- The Lion King, Sports Night, Benson, Soap), dies at 89