Historical Events
1524 – Charles III, Duke of Bourbon occupies Provence during his dispute with French King Francis I
1859 – First dog show is held, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
1983 – Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Connecticut collapses, killing 3
1985 – Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx
2016 – Suicide bombings and gun attacks at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport kill 42 and wound more than 200
Famous Birthdays
1938 – John Byner, American actor (Transylvania 6-5000) and comedian, born in New York City
1938 – Moy Yat, Chinese martial artist (student of Yip Man), born in You Kum Chuen, China (d. 2001)
1940 – Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi banker (Grameen – microlending), economist (Nobel Peace Prize 2006), born in Chittagong, British India
1946 – Robert Xavier Rodriguez, American classical composer (Frida), born in San Antonio, Texas
1961 – Jeff Malone, American basketball guard (NBA All-Star 1986, 87; Utah Jazz, Washington Bullets), born in Mobile, Alabama
Famous Deaths
1802 – Johann Jakob Engel, German author (Herr Lorenz Stark), dies at 60
1921 – Charles Joseph Bonaparte, American Lawyer and political activist (US Attorney General (1906-9), dies at 70
1975 – Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, Greek architect (b. 1913)
1994 – William A. Henry III, American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (Boston Globe), arts critic (Time Magazine), and author, dies of a heart attack at 44
2013 – David Atkinson, British air marshal, and honorary physician to the Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 90