Historical Events
1671 – Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, satellite of Saturn
1885 – Johannes Brahms’ 4th Symphony in E premieres
1929 – Former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe in the Teapot scandal – 1st US Cabinet member to go to jail
1930 – 1st scheduled transcontinental air service began
2013 – 74 Boko Harem members killed in a coordinated assault in Borno State, Nigeria
2020 – Chile overwhelmingly votes to scrap their constitution, drafted during dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet
Famous Birthdays
1906 – Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (World Heavyweight Champion 1933-34), born in Sequals, Italy (d. 1967)
1926 – Ismail Gulgee, Pakistani painter, born in Peshawar, Pakistan (d. 2007)
1936 – Sir Martin Gilbert, British historian (Winston Churchill biography), born in London, England
1971 – Laura Chapot, equestrian show jumper (Olympics 1996)
1973 – Steve White, American football defensive end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1979 – Rob Hulse, English footballer (Sheffield United), born in Crewe, England
Famous Deaths
79 – Gaius Plinius Secundus [Pliny the Elder], Roman admiral and writer, dies during eruption of Mount Vesuvius [approx date, month of eruption disputed]
1942 – Ted Arnold, English cricketer (England all-rounder in 10 Tests 1903-05), dies at 65
1991 – Bill Graham, rock concert promoter (Filmore, Dylan), dies at 60
1992 – Roger Miller, American country singer (King of the Road, Dang Me), dies at 56
2013 – Marcia Wallace, American actress (Carol-Bob Newhart Show), dies from pneumonia at 70
2019 – Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer (Mode of Shang), dies at 96