Historical Events
1956 – 46 die in a collision between the SS Andrea Doria and the MS Stockholm off the coast of Nantucket
1990 – Roseanne Barr sings the National Anthem at Cincinnati Reds-San Diego Padres MLB game
1992 – 25th Olympic Games open in Barcelona, Spain
1994 – Jordan and Israel end 46-year state of war (Washington, D.C.)
2016 – England fast bowler Jimmy Anderson becomes the first quick to take 50 wickets against all other seven major Test cricket-playing nations during the second Test against Pakistan in Manchester
Famous Birthdays
1639 – Thomas Tompion, English clockmaker (cylinder tunnel), born in Northill, Bedfordshire, England (d. 1713)
1945 – Jim Price, America session and touring horn player, and arranger (Rolling Stones; Bonnie and Delaney; Joe Cocker), born in Fort Worth, Texas
1948 – Brian Stableford, British sci-fi author (Day of Wrath), born in Shipley, Yorkshire, England
1949 – Denman Maroney, American jazz pianist and composer (Hyperpiano), born in New Jersey
1955 – Bantubonke Holomisa, South African Minister of Defense of Transkei, born in Mqanduli, Eastern Cape
Famous Deaths
1987 – Alex Sadkin, American audio engineer, and record producer (Grace Jones; Thompson Twins), dies in a car crash in The Bahamas at 38
1998 – Tiny Rowland [Roland Fuhrop], German-British businessman and corporate raider (owned The Observer, tried to take over Harrods), dies of cancer at 80
2008 – Tracy Hall, American inventor (b. 1919)
2017 – Barbara Sinatra, American model and philanthropist, dies at 90
2024 – Pascal Danel [Jean-Jacques Pascal], French pop singer-songwriter (“Kilimandjaro”), dies at 80