Historical Events
219 – Batavian soldiers consecrate altar on Hercules Magusanus Rome
1678 – France and Brandenburg sign peace treaty
1914 – Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
1945 – Chicago Cubs clinch NL pennant with record of 98–56
1983 – US Congress authorizes President Reagan to keep 1,600 US Marines in Lebanon
2003 – Hurricane Juan makes landfall in Nova Scotia.
Famous Birthdays
1803 – Mercator Cooper, American sea captain (first to visit Japan and Antarctica), born in Southampton, New York (d. 1872)
1901 – Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher and activist (d. 1981)
1955 – Mark Mitchell, Australian actor (Larger than Life, Con the Fruiterer), bon in Melbourne Australia
1972 – Oliver Gavin, British racing car driver (Corvette Racing 2002-present), born in Huntingdon, England
1993 – Carlos Salcedo, Mexican footballer, born in Guadalajara, Mexico
1994 – Halsey [Ashley Frangipane], American singer-songwriter (Without Me), born in Edison, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
1927 – Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist and inventor of the electrocardiodiogram (Nobel Prize in Medicine 1924), dies at 67
1952 – John Cobb, British speed record holder (World Land Speed Record 1938-39, 47), dies attempting to break world Water Speed Record at Loch Ness, Scotland, at 52
1993 – Ghuslam Wyne, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Punjab, murdered at 60
1998 – Jared High, American victim of bullying and suicide, dies at 13
2018 – Otis Rush, American blues musician (Right Place, Wrong Time), dies from complications from an earlier stroke at 83
2019 – Larry Willis, American jazz pianist and composer, dies of an aneurysm at 76