Historical Events
1943 – Montgomery discusses Operation Overlord (D-day landings) with Eisenhower and Bedell Smith
1979 – Sire Records releases “Pretenders”, the debut album of The Pretenders, in US
1981 – USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
1983 – Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo
1995 – Australian cricketer David Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 v SL, MCG)
Famous Birthdays
1911 – Anna Russell, English music satirist and composer, born in London, England (d. 2006)
1918 – Gale Cleven, American WWII pilot (100th Bomb Group), portrayed by Austin Butler in “Masters of the Air”, born in Lemmon, South Dakota (d. 2006)
1950 – Jack van Gelder, Dutch sport commentator and TV presenter (football commentator in “Aunt Rita’s Feast”), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1971 – Duncan Ferguson, Scottish soccer striker (7 caps; Everton 230 games, Newcastle Utd) and manager (Everton 2019, 22), born in Stirling, Scotland
1973 – Wilson Cruz [EchevarrÃa], American stage and screen actor (My So Called Life; Party of Five), born in Brooklyn, NYC
Famous Deaths
1737 – William Bowyer, English printer to the Royal Society, known as ‘the learned printer’, dies at 38
1923 – Gustave Eiffel, French engineer and architect who designed and built the Eiffel Tower, dies at 91
1955 – Alfred Carpenter, English Royal Navy soldier, dies at 74
1957 – Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66
1999 – Bernard Chacksfield, British Air Vice-Marshal, dies at 86