Historical Events
1905 – Cairo-Capetown railway opens
1987 – IBM introduces PS/2 and OS/2
1995 – Longest strike in American major league sports history (232 days) ends as MLB owners accept players’ offer to return to work without a contract; MLB is first major pro sports league to lose an entire postseason due to labor struggles
1996 – Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minnesota Timberwolves, 105-103 at General Motors Place Arena to end their NBA single-season record 23-game consecutive loss streak
2010 – Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant signs a three-year contract extension with the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers worth $87 million
2013 – Uruguay passes legislation to legalize same-sex marriage
Famous Birthdays
1740 – Armand-Gaston Camus, French revolutionary and Chairman of the Council of 500, born in Paris (d. 1804)
1900 – Roberto Arlt, Argentine writer (The Seven Madmen), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1942)
1910 – Arnie Herber, American Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (NFL C’ship 1930, 31, 36, 39; First-team All-Pro 1932, 35, 36; Green Bay Packers, NY Giants), born in Green Bay, Wisconsin (d. 1969)
1963 – Dermot Reeve, English cricket all-rounder (3 Tests, 29 ODIs), born in Kowloon, Hong Kong
1982 – Jeremy Bloom, American alpine skier (FIS Freestyle World Ski C’ships gold dual moguls 2003) and football wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Loveland, Colorado
1982 – Leyla Milani, Iranian-Canadian actress and model, born in Toronto, Ontario
Famous Deaths
1787 – Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican Jesuit teacher and writer, dies at 55
1956 – Chester Clute, American actor (“Arsenic and Old Lace”; “Too Many Girls”; “Niagara Falls”), dies of a heart attack at 65
1980 – Pascual de Rogatis, Argentine composer (Huemac; Estampas Argentinas), dies at 99
1993 – Eugenie Leontovitch, Russian actress (Homicidal, The Rains of Ranchipur), dies at 93
1995 – Harvey Penick, American golfer, coach, author (World Golf Hall of Fame), dies of degenerative arthritis at 90
2002 – Henry Slesar, American writer and playwright (The Edge of Night), dies at 74