Historical Events
1931 – Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion
1944 – US aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines
1963 – Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award
1971 – Harry Drake sets longest arrow flight by a footbow (1 mile 268 yds)
1980 – Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
2004 – 10 people including NASCAR driver Ricky Hendrick and 4 family members are killed in a plane crash near Martinsville Speedway in Virginia; plane owned by NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports
Famous Birthdays
1863 – Manuel Manrique de Lara, Spanish composer (The Oresteia), born in Cartagena, Murcia (d. 1929)
1886 – Delmira Agustini, Uruguayan poet (El Libro Blanco), born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 1914)
1887 – Octave Lapize, French cyclist (Tour de France 1910), born in Paris, France (d. 1917)
1904 – Moss Hart, American playwright (You Can’t Take it With You, Act 1), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1961)
1954 – Malcolm Turnbull, Australian politician, Prime Minister (2015-18), born in Sydney, Australia
1988 – Joshua Shalikar, American actor (Honey I Blew Up the Kid), born in East Brunswick, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
1949 – Joaquín Nin, Cuban composer and pianist, father of Anaïs Nin, dies at 70
1966 – Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1896)
1993 – Tonino Nardi, Italian cinematographer (Porte Manifest), dies at 54
1998 – Mary Calderone, American physician and founder (planned parenthood), dies at 94
2003 – Ross Taylor [Robert Murray Taylor], Scottish transplant surgeon who pioneered kidney transplantations in the U.K., dies from cancer of the stomach at 70
2016 – Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, President of Uruguay (2000-2005), dies at 88