Historical Events
1918 – “Tarzan of the Apes”, 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater
1927 – Australian Championships Men’s Tennis: Gerald Patterson wins his only home title; beats countryman John Hawkes 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 18-16, 6-3
1958 – Australian Championships Men’s Tennis: Ashley Cooper wins 2nd straight Australian title; beats fellow Australian Malcolm Anderson 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
1971 – Montgomery St Station, last link in Bay Area Rapid Transit in San Francisco, ‘holed thru’
1971 – The body of a man who had been shot dead is found in Belfast
1992 – Presidential candidate Bill Clinton (D) and Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair
Famous Birthdays
1720 – Samuel Foote, British actor, dramatist and theatre manager (Mirror), born in Truro, Cornwall (d. 1777)
1775 – Friedrich von Schelling, German philosopher (Views on Christianity), born in Leonberg, Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1854)
1869 – Will Marion Cook, composer
1935 – Gillian Beer, professor/president (Clare Hall-Cambridge)
1951 – Scott Lane, American actor (Gary-McKeever and the Colonel), born in NYC, New York
1964 – Migi [Miguel Drummond], English pop musician (Curiosity Killed Cat)
Famous Deaths
1625 – Adriaen Valerius, notary/Neth Gedenck-clanck, dies at about 49
1919 – Endre Ady, Hungarian lyric poet (Még egyzer, Uj versek), dies from complications related to alcoholism at 41
1922 – Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I Mala Voglia), dies at 81
1941 – Iver Holter, Norwegian composer, dies at 90
1984 – Lou Crosby, TV announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 72
2015 – Charles Hard Townes, American Physicist and inventor (Nobel Prize 1964 for mazer-lazer principle), dies at 99