Historical Events
1703 – England and Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement
1918 – The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
1937 – Mae West performs Adam and Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio
1941 – Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an “open city”
1995 – Australian cricketer David Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 v SL, MCG)
2012 – NASA unveils plans to capture a 500 ton asteroid in 2025
Famous Birthdays
1910 – Jack Massey, groundsman
1915 – William Masters, American gynecologist who studied sexual dysfunction, born in Cleveland, Ohio (2001)
1931 – Scotty Moore, guitarist (for Elvis), born in Gadsden, Tennessee (d. 2016)
1933 – Dave Marr, golfer, broadcaster, (PGA Championship 1965), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1997)
1966 – Wendy Coakley-Thompson, American writer
1969 – Suzanne Paxton, fencer-foil (Olympics 1996), born in Baltimore Maryland
Famous Deaths
1065 – Ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies
1919 – Achilles Alferaki, Russian composer, dies at 73
1966 – Frankie Genaro, American boxer (World flyweight champion 1928-31; Olympic gold flyweight 1920), dies at 65
1972 – Lester B. Pearson, 14th Canadian Prime Minister (Nobel Peace Prize 1957), dies at 75
1983 – Walter Scott, American singer (Bob Kuban), murdered at 40
2015 – Stein Eriksen, Norwegian alpine skier (first Olympic giant slalom gold 1952), dies at 88