Historical Events
1516 – Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza
1939 – Anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia
1953 – Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
1976 – Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (NY Yankees)
1984 – 14th NYC Women’s Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:29:30
2012 – 15 people are killed and 33 injured by a series of Baghdad car bombings
Famous Birthdays
1798 – Henri Bertini, French classical composer and pianist, born in London (d. 1876)
1842 – Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, American orator (Joan of Arc of the Civil War), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1932)
1897 – Edith Head, Hollywood costume designer (8 Oscars), born in San Bernardino, California (d. 1981)
1916 – Jessie Kesson, Scottish writer and radio producer, born in Inverness (d. 1994)
1962 – Bobby Tate, fictional character on Soap
1974 – Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer
Famous Deaths
1138 – Boleslaw III Wrymouth [scheefmond], Duke of Poland, dies at 52
1412 – Margaret I of Denmark, wife of Haakon VI of Norway (b. 1353)
1916 – Oswald Boelcke, German pilot (b. 1891)
1918 – Edward Bouchet, American Physicist, 1st African American to receive US Ph.D, dies at 66
1996 – Jack Tinker, British drama critic, dies at 58
2001 – Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch composer (b. 1910)