Historical Events
351 – Battle at Mursa: emperor Constantine II beats emperor Magnentius
1867 – Toronto becomes capital of Ontario
1928 – NY Yanks clinch pennant #6
1942 – Luftwaffe bombs Stalingrad
1962 – “Brighter Day” last airs on CBS-TV daytime
1964 – 53rd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (3-2)
Famous Birthdays
1871 – Pietro Badoglio, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (1943-44) and Italian General (1922-43), born in Grazzano Monferrato, Italy (d. 1956)
1895 – Charles Petrie, historian, born in Liverpool, England
1917 – Michael [George] Somes, England, dancer (Royal Ballet)
1969 – Mark Everett, American fugitive
1975 – Mandy Barnett, country singer (Maybe, Rainy Days)
1982 – Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
Famous Deaths
1618 – Joshua Sylvester, English poet (b. 1563)
1884 – Fred Morley, cricket lefty quick (16 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng), dies
1899 – Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (Become his fare), dies
1918 – Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
1966 – Eric Fleming, American actor (Gil-Rawhide), drowns at 41
1973 – Wystan H Auden, British/American writer (Spain/Platonic Blow), dies at 66