Historical Events
1899 – Battle of Rietfontein, South Africa: Boers vs. British army
1913 – Joe Tinker fired as Cincinnati Reds manager
1956 – Margaret Towner becomes the first woman to be ordained into the Presbyterian Church in the US (PCUSA)
1976 – First Toronto International Film Festival opens
2021 – COVID-19 cases in Eastern Europe surpass 20 million, with Russia, Ukraine, and Romania among the top five countries reporting deaths globally
Famous Birthdays
1939 – Uri Sharvit, Israeli composer, born in Jerusalem
1954 – Perry Lee “Tiny” Tavares, American rocker, born in Providence, Rhode Island
1960 – Wolfgang Güllich, German rock climber, born in Ludwigshafen, West Germany (d. 1992)
1962 – Jay Novacek, American NFL tight end (Dallas Cowboys), born in Martin, South Dakota
1984 – Kaela Kimura, Japanese model and singer (Rirura Riruha), born in Adachi, Tokyo
Famous Deaths
1869 – Joseph Jackson Lister, British optician who perfected the optical microscope by designing the achromatic objective lens, dies at 83
1952 – Frederick Jacobi, American composer, dies at 61
1994 – Alexandr Nikolaievich Shelepin, dir of KGB (1958-61), dies
2008 – Ankie Peypers, Dutch author and poet, dies at 80
2020 – Kevin McCarra, Scottish sports journalist (The Guardian, Scotland on Sunday, The Times), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 62