Historical Events
1667 – Abraham Crijnssen conquers Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname
1901 – National League Rules Committee for baseball decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes
1965 – France performs Underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1984 – Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8.675 m)
2015 – 70’s glam rocker Gary Glitter (real name Paul Gadd) sentenced to 16 years in prison for various child sex convictions
2018 – Barbra Streisand reveals she has cloned her dog twice
Famous Birthdays
1858 – Adelaide Hoodless, Canadian educational reformer (founder of the Women’s Institute), born in St George, Canada West (d. 1910)
1904 – André Leducq, French cyclist (Tour de France 1930, 32; Olympic gold road race 1924), born in Saint-Ouen, France (d. 1980)
1910 – Peter De Vries, American author (Reuben, Reuben; The Prick of Noon) and editor (New Yorker), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1993)
1920 – Bob Talley, American jazz and blues pianist and composer (Blues Alley All-Star Band), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1995)
1947 – Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize, 1970), born in Riga, Latvia
1963 – Pär Nuder, Swedish politician, born in Täby, Sweden
Famous Deaths
1699 – Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625)
1977 – Allison Hayes, American model and actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), dies of leukemia or lead poisoning at 47
1996 – Sylvia Williams, American museum director and curator (National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution), dies from the effects of a brain aneurysm at 60
1998 – George H. Hitchings, American medical doctor (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1988), dies at 92
2008 – William F. Buckley Jr, American conservative author and commentator (National Review, Firing Line), dies of a heart attack at 82
2019 – Nathaniel Taylor, American actor (Rollo-Sanford and Sons), dies at 80