Historical Events
1696 – De Croissy succeeds Le Plectia as French minister of Finance
1862 – Confederate forces defeated at More’s Hill, Missouri
1940 – Radio Orange begins broadcasting from London
1952 – Rogers Hornsby replaces Luke Sewell as Cincinnati Reds manager
2017 – General John Kelly appointed new Chief of Staff by US President Donald Trump
2019 – Evian Championship Women’s Golf, Evian Resort GC: South Korean Ko Jin-young wins her second major title of the season by 2 strokes from Shanshan Feng, Jennifer Kupcho and Kim Hyo-joo
Famous Birthdays
1910 – Clive Caldwell, Australian fighter pilot who shot down 28.5 aircraft during WWII, born in Lewisham, Australia (d. 1994)
1915 – Charles Hard Townes, American Physicist and inventor (Nobel Prize 1964 for mazer-lazer principle), born in Greenville, South Carolina (d. 2015)
1930 – Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (Boule et Bill), born in Schaerbeek, Belgium (d. 2006)
1931 – Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm chinaman bowler (60’s)
1949 – Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and film producer (Braveheart), born in Jackson, Tennessee
1983 – Juan Guaidó, Venezuelan politician recognized by 54 countries as the President of Venezuela but disputed with Nicolás Maduro, born in La Guaira, Vargas
Famous Deaths
1794 – Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary (President of the National Convention, Member of Committee of Public Safety), executed by guillotine at 36
1940 – Richard Ohlsson, Swedish composer, dies at 66
1967 – Karl W. Richter, American Air Force pilot during Vietnam War (youngest to shoot down a MiG), shot down at 24
1976 – Lucie Mannheim, German singer and actress (39 Steps), dies at 77
1991 – Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled to Netherlands, dies at 45
2013 – Rita Reys, [Maria Reijs], Dutch jazz singer, dies from a intracranial hemorrhage at 88