Historical Events
1629 – Sweden and Poland signs Peace of Altmark
1783 – Fayette County, Pennsylvania created
1917 – British assault on Menin-street, France
1948 – Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914
1953 – KERO TV channel 23 in Bakersfield, CA (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1997 – Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 56th HR of 1997
Famous Birthdays
1774 – Johnny Appleseed [John Chapman], American pioneer nurseryman (introduced apple trees to Pennsylvania, Ontario, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois), born in Leominster, Massachusetts (d. 1845)
1821 – Alvin Peterson Hovey, American judge, 21st Governor of Indiana (1889-1891), andBrevet Major General (Union Army), born in Mount Vernon, Indiana (d. 1891)
1907 – Anthony Blunt, British art historian and spy for USSR, born in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England (d. 1983)
1934 – Dick Heckstall-Smith, English jazz-blues saxophonist, born in Ludlow, Shropshire (d. 2004)
1940 – Frank Maloney, American football coach (Syracuse University 1974-1980), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020)
1972 – Beto O’Rourke, American politician (Rep (D) Texas 2013-19), born in El Paso, Texas
Famous Deaths
1871 – Cipriani Potter, English pianist and composer, dies at 78
1951 – Hans Cloos, German geologist and pioneer in the study of granite tectonics (the deformation of crystalline rocks), dies at 65
1966 – Helen Kane, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), dies of cancer at 62
1976 – Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist (Nobel 1939), dies at 89
1979 – Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (El Dorado, Big Sky, Apache Uprising), dies from mouth cancer at 69
1983 – Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76