Historical Events
1767 – King Charles III of Spain gives orders to expel the Jesuits from the Spanish Empire
1804 – Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off the coast of Portugal
1872 – US engineer George Brayton patents an internal combustion engine (Brayton Cycle)
1902 – Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated by a terrorist in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg
1977 – Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” album goes to No. 1 and stays atop the charts for 31 weeks
Famous Birthdays
1798 – August Heinrich Hoffmann, German writer, born in Fallersleben, Electorate of Brunswick -Lüneburg (d. 1874)
1840 – Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (J’accuse – I Accuse), born in Paris, France (d. 1902)
1927 – Carmen Basilio, American boxer (World Welterweight title 1955-56; Middleweight title 1957-58), born in Canastota, New York (d. 2012)
1940 – Mike Hailwood, British motorcycle road racer (World C’ships: 250cc – 1961, 1966, 1967; 350cc – 1966, 1967; 500cc –1962-65; 76 Grand Prix wins), born in Great Milton, England (d. 1981)
1993 – Keshorn Walcott ORTT, Trinidadian athlete (Olympic gold javelin 2012, bronze 2016), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Famous Deaths
1803 – Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch poet of children’s poems (Proeve van kleine gedigen voor Kinder), dies at 56
1944 – Mikuláš Moyzes, Slovak composer (The Orphans), dies at 71
2002 – Henry Slesar, American writer and playwright (The Edge of Night), dies at 74
2013 – Milo O’Shea, Irish character actor (Barbarella, Staircase and Mass Appeal, Romeo and Juliet), dies at 86
2014 – Urs Widmer, Swiss writer, dies at 75