Historical Events
1671 – Welsh pirate Henry Morgan lands at the gates of Panama City
1864 – Civil War skirmish at Kelly’s Ford, Virginia
1917 – Coen de Koning wins 2nd official 11 cities race (9:53) (record)
1961 – Australian Championships Men’s Tennis: Roy Emerson beats fellow Australian Rod Laver 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 for his first Grand Slam title
1996 – Australian Open Women’s Tennis: Monica Seles beats Anke Huber of Germany 6-4, 6-1 for her first and only Grand Slam victory after her stabbing
Famous Birthdays
1918 – William Seawell, American Army Brigadier General and CEO of Pan Am, born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas (d. 2005)
1936 – Barry C. Barish, American Physicist (Nobel Prize 2017, gravitational waves), born in Omaha, Nebraska
1955 – Eugene Jarvis, American video game designer (Cruis’n USA, Cruis’n World), born in Palo Alto, California
1962 – Roberto Paci Dalò, Italian writer, theater director, visual artist, and composer, born in Rimini, Italy
1965 – Alan Cumming, Scottish stage and screen actor (X2, The Good Wife), born in Aberfeldy, Scotland
Famous Deaths
847 – Sergius II, Pope (844-47), dies
1773 – Philippe Buache, French geographer and cartographer (pioneered use of contour lines), dies at 72
1921 – Maurice Buckley, Australian soldier and winner of the Victoria Cross, dies at 29
1970 – Lawren Harris, Canadian landscape painter (South Shore, Baffin Island; The Old Stump), and co-founder of the Group of Seven, dies at 84
1995 – Willem R “Wim” van der Zee, General Secretary of the Council of Churches of the Netherlands, dies at 64