Historical Events
1889 – “World Championship” Baseball Series, Polo Grounds, NYC: defending champion NY Giants (NL) beat Brooklyn Bridegrooms (AA), 3-2 in Game 9 to claim series, 6-3
1923 – Mustafa Kemal officially confirms Turkey as a republic (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), now commemorated annually as the Republic Day of Turkey
1923 – Gibbs, Grey and Wood’s revue “Runnin’ Wild” (introducing “The Charleston”) opens on Broadway, New York City
1949 – White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A’s for Nellie Fox
1985 – Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multiparty election in Liberia
1987 – “Don’t Get God Started” opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 86 performances
Famous Birthdays
1908 – Stewart Myles MacPherson, Canadian-born British broadcaster (WWII), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 1995)
1934 – Ramon Sender, Spanish composer, born in Madrid, Spain
1952 – Arnell Carmichael, rock keyboardist (Raydio)
1977 – Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor (CSI: Miami), born in New Westminister, British Columbia
1978 – Kelly Smith, English football player (Arsenal Ladies), born in Watford, England
1981 – Reema Sen, Indian actress, born in Kolkata, India
Famous Deaths
1802 – Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, French composer, dies at 95
1957 – Rosemarie Nitribitt, German call girl, strangled in her apartment in an unsolved murder at 24
1994 – Andrew Miller-Jones, British TV pioneer (Picture Page, Dressing Up), dies at 84
1996 – Patricia Ticia Anne Ingrams, broadcaster, dies at 50
2002 – Glenn McQueen, American animator (b. 1960)
2015 – Murphy Anderson, American comic artist (DC Comics), dies at 89