Historical Events
1639 – Suzuki Shosan, Samurai monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening
1867 – Congress creates 1st all-black university, Howard U in Washington, D.C.
1934 – Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,500th consecutive game
1997 – Britain’s Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (714 mph)
2012 – Anouchka van Miltenburg is elected President of the House of Representatives in the Netherlands
2019 – Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva named as the new head of the IMF
Famous Birthdays
1830 – Karl Klindworth, German pianist and conductor, born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1916)
1835 – Harry Wright, English Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder and manager (established baseball’s first fully professional team, Cincinnati Red Stockings 1869), born in Sheffield, England (d. 1895)
1932 – Terry Medwin, Welsh footballer (Tottenham Hotspur), born in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
1935 – Harv Schmidt, American college basketball coach (University of Illinois 1967-74), born in Kankakee, Illinois (d. 2020)
1954 – Sylvester Croom, American college football coach, born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
1981 – Jason Bergmann, American baseball player, born in Neptune City, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
1914 – Jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter, dies at 76
1967 – Hezekiah “Stuff” Smith, American jazz violinist and composer (It’s Wonderful), dies at 58
1986 – Ben Sajet, physician/politician, dies at 99
1995 – Bessie [Annie Elizabeth] Delany, American dentist and civil rights pioneer, dies at 104
1999 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American writer, dies at 69
2010 – Art Gilmore, American actor (b. 1912)