Historical Events
1836 – The ship the “Duke of York” arrives with the first colonists at Nepean Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
1909 – Orville Wright tests 1st US Army airplane, flying 1h12m40s
1924 – VIII Summer Olympic Games close in Paris, France
1931 – Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota destroyed thousands of acres of crops
1946 – 45th Women’s French Championships: Margaret Osborne beats Pauline Betz (1-6, 8-6, 7-5)
1953 – Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory
Famous Birthdays
1768 – Charlotte Corday, French revolutionary who murdered Jean-Paul Marat in a bath, born in Saint-Saturnin, France (d. 1793)
1886 – Ernst May, German architect and city planner (New Frankfurt), born in Frankfurt am Main (d. 1970)
1931 – Khieu Samphan, Cambodian communist politician, born in Rumduol, Svay Rieng, French Protectorate of Cambodia
1944 – Barbara Thompson, British jazz saxophonist and composer, born in Oxford, England
1949 – David Muse, American rocker (Firefall – “You Are The Woman”), born in Rome, Georgia
1974 – Pete Yorn, American musician (Musicforthemorningafter), born in Pompton Plains, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
1841 – Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet and writer (Demon and other poems), dies at 26
1944 – Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls, composer, dies at 68
1974 – Lightnin’ Slim [Otis Hicks], American Louisiana blues electric guitarist, singer, and songwriter (“Bad Luck And Trouble”), dies of stomach cancer at 64
1976 – Ray Brennan, retired US Air Force captain, American Legion bookkeeper and the 1st American to die of “Legionnaire’s Disease”, dies of an apparent heart attack at 61
1986 – Leroy Holmes, American orchestra leader (The Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72
1993 – Reggie Lewis, NBA star (Boston Celtics), dies of heart failure at 27