Historical Events
1916 – US President Woodrow Wilson nominates Louis Brandeis for the Supreme Court of the United States
1957 – “Tonight! America After Dark” premieres, with Jack Lescoulie and Al (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC (between Steve Allen and Jack Paar)
2001 – Australian Open Men’s Tennis: Andre Agassi retains title; beats Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 for his 3rd Australian trophy
2007 – Australian Open Men’s Tennis: Swiss ace Roger Federer successfully defends his title beating Fernando González of Chile 7-6, 6-4, 6-4
2024 – 100 Ballads names “The Wandering Prince of Troy” the most popular ballad of the 17th century in a project documenting “the earliest form of commercial pop music in England”
Famous Birthdays
1784 – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Peelite: 1852-55) and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1841-46), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1860)
1865 – Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author, politician, and freedom fighter, born in Dhudike, British India (d. 1928)
1886 – Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French writer, socialite, and political hostess, born in Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (d. 1973)
1928 – Martin Sinnatt, British army Major-General (Korean War), and administrator (Secretary and CEO of the Kennel Club, 1984-93), born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England (d. 2022)
1986 – Shruti Haasan, Indian actress and one of the highest paid South Indian cinema actresses, born in Madras, India
Famous Deaths
1932 – Franz Xavier Arens, German-American conductor and composer (Cleveland Philharmonic), dies at 75
1939 – W. B. Yeats, Irish poet (Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923), dies at 73
1947 – Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French singer, composer, conductor, and music critic, dies at 72
2005 – Jim Capaldi, British drummer, singer, and songwriter (Traffic – “The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys”), dies of stomach cancer at 60
2014 – Fernand Leduc, Canadian abstract expressionist painter (Les Automatistes), and teacher, dies of cancer at 97