Historical Events
1637 – WIC-colonel Hans Koin conquers Fort Elmina, West Africa
1884 – MLB pitcher Mickey Welsh makes record for most consecutive batters struck out to begin a game, striking out the 1st 9 men he faces
1967 – Boston signs 1st free-agent outfielder Ken Harrelson for $75,000 bonus
1982 – “Sugar Babies” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 1208 performances
1986 – Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege
2004 – British athlete Kelly Holmes wraps up the 800/1,500m double at the Athens Olympics taking out the 1.5k in 3:57.90
Famous Birthdays
1795 – Joannes Paredis, Belgian Bishop of Roermond, born in Bree, Belgium (d. 1886)
1833 – Edward Burne-Jones, English Pre-Raphaelite painter and designer, born in Birmingham, England (d. 1898)
1878 – George Whipple, American physician and biomedical researcher (Nobel-1934), born in Ashland, New Hampshire (d. 1976)
1903 – Rudolph Wagner-Régeny, composer, born in Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1969)
1903 – Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psycho-analyst (Uses of Enchantment), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1990)
1981 – Agata Wróbel, Polish weightlifter, born in Żywiec, Poland
Famous Deaths
1528 – Pedro Navarro, Navarrese general and engineer (invented the land mine), dies (b. c. 1460)
1803 – Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer and painter, dies
1955 – Emmett Till, African American kidnapped and lynched at 14, in Money, Mississippi
1981 – Béla Guttmann, Hungarian soccer midfielder (4 caps; MTK Hungária, Hakoah Wien) and coach (Benfica, AC Milan, FC Porto; Hungary, Austria, Netherlands, Italy, Brazil, Uruguay, Portugal), dies at 82
1995 – Michael VerMeulen, American journalist and magazine editor (British GQ), dies at 38
2015 – Al Arbour, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman, coach and executive (coach NY Islanders Stanley Cup 1980-83), dies of Parkinson’s disease and dementia at 82