Historical Events
1708 – Great Alliance occupies Gent
1934 – Federico Garcia Lorca’s “Yerma” premieres in Madrid
1977 – Ronald Ribman’s “Cold Storage” premieres in NYC
1978 – Spain constitution goes into effect
1994 – Shane Warne takes a hat-trick v England at cricket MCG
1997 – Cricket Women’s World Cup: Australia defeats New Zealand by 5 wickets
Famous Birthdays
1880 – Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, French composer (Ophellia), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1952)
1919 – Roman Vlad, Romanian-born Italian composer, born in Cernauti, Romania (d. 2013)
1921 – Robert C. Baker, American inventor and professor (invented the chicken nugget), born in Newark, New York (d. 2006)
1958 – Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, U.S. Army officer and astronaut (STS 57, 70, sk: 88), born in Wilmington, Delaware
1979 – Diego Luna, Mexican actor, born in Toluca, Mexico
1994 – Princess Kako of Akishino of Japan, born in Tokyo, Japan
Famous Deaths
1822 – Albert Christoph Dies, German painter, engraver and biographer, dies at 67
1910 – Reginald “R.F.” Doherty, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1897-1900), dies of neurasthenia at 38
1915 – Tom Shevlin, American College Football Hall of Fame end (Yale – Consensus All-American 1902, 04, 05; National C’ship 1902, 05), dies of pneumonia at 32
1929 – Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846)
1984 – Sidney Garfield, American physician and pioneer of health maintenance organizations (Kaiser Permanente), dies at 78
1994 – Frank Thring, Australian actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur), dies at 68