Historical Events
1610 – Polish King Wladyslaw crowned king of Russia
1901 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Newport, RI: William Larned beats Beals Wright 6-2, 6-8, 6-4, 6-4 for the first of 7 US singles titles
1909 – Jack Chesbro’s final Highlander game
1958 – USSR launches Sputnik 3 with two dogs aboard
1984 – US President Ronald Reagan announces ‘Teacher in Space’ project
1997 – 54th Venice Film Festival: “Hana-bi” directed by Takeshi Kitano wins Golden Lion
Famous Birthdays
1865 – James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist and anthropologist, born in Rockford, Illinois (d. 1935)
1932 – Francois Glorieux, composer
1964 – Frankie Thorn, American actress
1968 – Emanual Davis, NBA guard (Houston Rockets)
1970 – Jeff Kenna, Irish footballer
1977 – Sarah Chalke, Canadian American actress (Roseanne, Scrubs), born in Ottawa, Ontario
Famous Deaths
1521 – Josquin Des Prez, composer, dies
1651 – Jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43
1971 – Jim Turnesa, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1952; Ryder Cup 1953), dies of lung cancer at 58
1999 – Hélder Câmara, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1909)
2003 – Jinx Falkenburg [Eugenia], American actress and well-known US cover-girl model throughout 1930s-40s, dies at 84
2007 – Driss Basri, Moroccan politician (Interior Minister 1979-99), dies at 68