Historical Events
1905 – Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play
1967 – San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial Launch)
1980 – Iran begins scattering US hostages from US Embassy
1992 – Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base
2005 – Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country.
2018 – Comedian Bill Cosby is found guilty of sexual assault in Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays
1774 – Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist, born in Stolpe an der Oder, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Prussia (d. 1853)
1903 – Niven Busch, American screenwriter (The Postman Always Rings Twice), born in NYC, New York (d. 1991)
1904 – Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop (Montreal), born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada (d. 1991)
1905 – Charles K. Feldman, American producer (Casino Royale), born in NYC, New York (d. 1968)
1916 – Werner Bischof, Swiss photographer (Magnum), born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1954)
1962 – Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian (Mad TV), born in South Ozone Park, Queens, New York
Famous Deaths
1784 – Nano Nagle, Irish convent founder, dies at 66
1936 – Tammany Young, American actor, dies at 49
1950 – G. Murray Hulbert, American politician, dies at 68
1960 – Wander Johannes de Haas, Dutch physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82
1981 – Jim Davis, American actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65
1990 – Carlos Pizarro Leongomez, Colombian presidential candidate, assassinated at 38