Historical Events
1061 – Emperor disposes of bishop Cadalus and Pope Honorius II
1538 – The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established on Hispaniola
1612 – Robert Dowland appointed court luitist of King James I
1848 – The first railroad in Spain – between Barcelona and Mataró – is opened.
1970 – NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99
1984 – 14th NYC Women’s Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:29:30
Famous Birthdays
1879 – Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, Spanish composer, born in Madrid (d. 1953)
1909 – Ādolfs Skulte, Latvian composer, born in Kiev, Ukraine (d. 2000)
1924 – Alfonso Montecino, Chilean-American composer, born in Osorno, Chile (d. 2015)
1930 – John Mayer, Indian composer (Indo-Jazz Fusion), born in Calcutta, Bengal, British India (d. 2004)
1938 – David Dimbleby, English TV presenter and political commentator, born in Surrey, England
1960 – Landon Curt Noll, Astronomer, Cryptographer and Mathematician: youngest to hold the world record for the largest known prime 3 times
Famous Deaths
1857 – Louis Eugène Cavaignac, French soldier and politician (b. 1802)
1973 – Taha Hussein, Egyptian writer (b. 1889)
1980 – Leon Janney (Ramon), American actor (Charly, Stolen Paradise, Hawk), dies of cancer at 63
1992 – Joan Maloney Rio, dancer, dies of cancer at 57
2006 – Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (WBC heavyweight champion 1986), dies from blows to the head by his nephew at 52
2010 – Liang Congjie, Chinese environmentalist (b. 1932)