Historical Events
1914 – Battle of Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1,100 killed
1941 – 8th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago Bears 37, All-Stars 13 (98,203)
1963 – Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle and Bellevue opens
1977 – NY Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats Texas Rangers 1-0
1993 – Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed
2017 – North Korea launches missile that flies over Japan, the country’s J-Alert warning system warns people to take cover
Famous Birthdays
865 – Rhazes [Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyāʾ al-Rāzī], Persian physician, born in Ray, Persia (d. 925)
1901 – Cees Kelk, Dutch writer (Dance of Young Feet), born in Amsterdam (d. 1981)
1924 – Margaret O’Rene “Peggy” Ryan, American dancer and actress (Hawaii Five-0), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2004)
1940 – Nik Turner, English musician (Hawkwind), born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
1973 – Matthew John Armstrong, American actor (American Dreams), born in Chicago, Illinois
1982 – Thiago Motta, Brazilian footballer, born in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Famous Deaths
1947 – Manolete [Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez], Spanish bullfighter, dies at 30
1967 – Bruce Smith, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1941, U of Minnesota; NFL: Green Bay Packers), dies of cancer at 47
1996 – Lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50
2005 – Esther Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1910)
2013 – Rob du Bois, Dutch composer, dies at 79
2017 – Bobby Boyd, American NFL cornerback (5 × All-Pro 1964–1968; NFL interceptions leader 1965; Baltimore Colts), dies of bladder cancer at 79