Historical Events
1835 – New York Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel
1960 – XVII Summer Olympic Games open at Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy
1971 – Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party Gerry Fitt presents a number of allegations of brutality by the security forces in Northern Ireland to representatives of the United Nations
1986 – A’s Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league home run
2001 – Singer Aaliyah and 8 others killed in an air crash in the Bahamas
2022 – California votes to ban the sale of all new gasoline-powered cars by 2035
Famous Birthdays
1919 – George Wallace, American politician (Gov-D-Ala) and presidential candidate, born in Clio, Alabama (d. 1998)
1936 – Hugh Hudson, English film director (Chariots of Fire), born in London, England (d. 2023)
1946 – Charlie Sanders, American football player (Detroit Lions), born in Richlands, North Carolina (d. 2015)
1955 – Vijayakanth, Tamil actor and politician, born in Thirumangalam, India
1962 – Mazzi Rawd, [Clifford Lewis], American heavy metal guitarist (Femme Fatale), and physicist, born in the USA
1966 – Michael Cohen, American lawyer to Donald Trump, born on Long Island, New York
Famous Deaths
1282 – Thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218)
1868 – Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60
1957 – Leo Perutz, Austrian writer and mathematician, dies at 74
1967 – Paul Muni, American actor (Angel on My Shoulder, Juarez), dies after a lengthy illness of heart disease at 71
1972 – Juan Carlos Paz, composer, dies at 71
2016 – Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer (Miles Davis, John Coltrane), dies at 91