Historical Events
1917 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Robert Lindley Murray beats Nathaniel W. Niles 5-7, 8-6, 6-3, 6-3 for first of 2 straight US singles titles
1920 – Ethelda Bleibtrey leads an American medal sweep of the Antwerp Olympics women’s 100m freestyle with a world record swim of 1:13.6
1932 – Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight
1991 – Norway and Denmark recognize independence of former USSR Baltic republics
1997 – Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill Berlin Wall policy.
2012 – 330 people are killed as a result of conflict in the Syrian civil war
Famous Birthdays
1868 – Nikolaos Levidis, Greek shooter, born in Corfu Island, Greece (d. 1942)
1893 – Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher, born in East St. Louis, Illinois (d. 1962)
1944 – Pat Martino, American jazz guitarist (2004 Guitar Player of the Year, Down Beat), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1949 – John Savage, American actor (The Deer Hunter, Maria’s Lovers), born in Old Bethpage, New York
1965 – Nate Odomes, NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
1983 – James Rossiter, British racing driver
Famous Deaths
471 – Gennadius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 458)
882 – Louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19
1792 – Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719)
1984 – Andy Varipapa, American ten-pin bowler (BPAA All-Star champion 1947-48), dies at 93
1995 – R B Hudmon, RandB/Soul Singer, dies at 41
2008 – Kevin Duckworth, American basketball center (NBA All Star 1989, 91; Portland Trail Blazers), dies of heart failure at 44