Historical Events
1540 – Holy Roman Emperor Charles V deprives the city Ghent of its definitive rights and privileges
1822 – Domitila de Castro meets her long-term lover Dom Pedro I, then Prince of Portugal and later Emperor of Brazil, for the first time in São Paulo
1906 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Newport, RI: William Clothier beats defending champion Beals Wright 6-3, 6-0, 6-4
1992 – Largest wrestling crowd outside the US: 75,000 at Wembley Stadium, London
2007 – 64th Venice Film Festival: “Lust, Caution” directed by Ang Lee wins Golden Lion
Famous Birthdays
1899 – George Macready, American actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1973)
1917 – Isabel Sanford, American actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family), born in New York City (d. 2004)
1920 – Joseph Lesniewski, American Easy Company, soldier in 101st Airborne, born in Erie, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
1968 – Darren Joseph, Canadian football fullback (Saskatchewan Roughriders), born in Ottawa, Canada
1989 – Charlotte Richie, English actress (Call the Midwives; Ghosts; You) and singer, born in Clapham, London
Famous Deaths
1940 – Arthur De Greef, Belgian composer, dies at 77
1973 – Stringer Davis, English actress (Mouse on the Moon; Miranda), dies at about 77
1980 – Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, French politician and Nazi collaborator (anti-Semite minister in WWII Vichy government), dies at 92
1983 – William Goyen, American writer, dies at 68
2021 – Ed Asner, American Emmy Award-winning actor (The Mary Tyler Moore Show – “Mr. Grant”; Lou Grant, Roots; Up), and activist, dies at 91