Historical Events
1910 – 1st Israeli kibbutz Deganya Alef, is founded at Umm Juni, Ottoman Empire
1939 – NHL Babe Seibert Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3
1942 – Branch Rickey is named president and general manager of Brooklyn Dodgers
2006 – Lula da Silva is elected President of Brazil, defeating Geraldo Alckmin in the second round
2008 – The 10th-century Archimedes Palimpsest, featuring lost works of Archimedes, is made freely available on the web 10 years after being bought by an unknown tech figure
Famous Birthdays
1934 – (Willem) “Pim” Jacobs, Dutch jazz pianist, composer (with wife Rita Reys – Marriage in Modern Jazz), and TV presenter (Music for Everyone), born in Hilversum, Netherlands (d. 1996)
1940 – Galen Weston, English-Canadian multi-millionaire industrialist, born in Marlow, England
1941 – Brian Yuile, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (17 Tests, 34 wickets, 1 x 50; Central Districts), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand
1944 – Fausto Leali, Italian entertainer, born in Nuvolento, Brescia, Italy
1980 – Ben Foster, American actor (Hell or High Water, 3:10 to Yuma), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Famous Deaths
1911 – Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World) and Democratic politician whose bequest founded the Columbia School of Journalism and the Pulitzer Prize, dies at 64
1936 – Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish writer (Don Quixote and Celestine), dies at 61
1992 – Adrienne Canivez, wife of Victor of Vriesland, dies
1996 – J. Edward Day, 55th U.S. Postmaster General (1961), dies at 82
2005 – Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (Point Blank, Dynasty, Batman), dies of cancer at 81