Historical Events
1953 – Cleveland Browns’ QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles
1962 – American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
1968 – American swimmer Claudia Kolb wraps up the women’s individual medley double in Mexico City, winning the 400m I/M in Olympic record 5:08.5; she also won the 200m I/M in OR 2:24.7
1984 – King Boudouin opens Museum for Modern Art in Brussels
1985 – Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract
1987 – Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins beat St Louis Cardinals, 4-2 at HHH Metrodome for 4-3 series win and franchise first in Minneapolis; MVP: Twins pitcher Frank Viola
Famous Birthdays
1877 – Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram), born in Oyster Bay, New York (d. 1957)
1881 – Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter (The Three Dancers, Guernica) and sculptor who co-founded the Cubist movement, born in Malaga, Andalusia, Spain (d. 1973)
1898 – Sidney James van den Bergh, Dutch businessman and politician, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1977)
1951 – Richard Lloyd, American guitarist (Television), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1960 – Hong Sang-soo, South Korean filmmaker (Right Now, Wrong Then), born in Seoul
1979 – Milena Roucka, Canadian model and professional wrestler, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Famous Deaths
1907 – Edmund Hart Turpin, English composer, dies at 72
1921 – Bat Masterson, American gunfighter in the Wild West, dies of a heart attack at 67
1939 – Cornelis JK van Aalst, president Dutch Business Society, dies at 73
1954 – Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella), dies at 79
1984 – Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of a heart attack at 24
1988 – Johnnie Richardson, American RandB musician (Johnnie and Joe), dies at 53