Historical Events
1619 – Japanese Keichō Embassy headed by Hasekura Tsunenaga leaves Sendai aboard the Japanese-built Date Maru galleon for Acapulco
1886 – Statue of Liberty dedicated by US President Grover Cleveland, celebrated by first confetti (ticker tape) parade in New York City
1915 – Richard Strauss’ Alpensymfonie, premieres in Berlin
1916 – Australian government holds a national referendum seeking support for the proposal of compulsory conscription; it is rejected
1959 – Jean Genet’s play “Les Negres” premieres in Paris
1995 – Breeders’ Cup Horse Racing, Belmont Park; winners: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled’s Song
Famous Birthdays
1703 – Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician, born in Portes, Gard, France (d. 1768)
1930 – John Mayer, Indian violinist and composer (Indo-Jazz Fusions), born in Calcutta, Bengal, British India (d. 2004)
1948 – Telma Hopkins, American singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn – “Tie A Yellow Ribbon”), and actress (Family Matters), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1958 – Manzoor Hussain, Pakistani field hockey striker (Olympic gold 1986; World Cup gold 1978, 82; 175 caps, 86 goals), born in Sialkot, Pakistan (d. 2022)
1966 – Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician
1985 – Richard Smith, American entrepreneur
Famous Deaths
1639 – Stefano Landi, Italian composer (b. 1587)
1897 – Hercules Robinson, British colonial administrator (Ceylon, Fiji, New Zealand, South Africa), dies at 72
1929 – Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of the German Empire (1900-09), dies at 80
1994 – Sjlomo Goren, Polish/Israeli supreme rabbi, dies
2005 – Raymond Hains, French artist (b. 1926)
2010 – Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlander statesman (b. 1938)