Historical Events
1119 – Guido di Borgogna elected Pope Callistus II
1869 – James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade
1962 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972 – Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs and William Harridge selected for Baseball Hall of Fame
1973 – Richard Helms, ends term as 8th director of CIA; succeeded by James R Schlesinger (until July)
1992 – IRS and Willie Nelson settle on $9M tax bill (of $16.7M)
Famous Birthdays
1522 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565)
1926 – Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, 1st Cent American cardinal (Nicaragua)
1968 – Sean Elliott, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
1970 – Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer
1975 – Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
1983 – Alex Westaway, British rock singer (Gunship; Fightstar), born in Northamptonshire, England
Famous Deaths
1688 – Abraham Duquesne, French naval officer (b. 1610)
1970 – Jaroslav Vogel, Czech composer and conductor, dies at 76
1980 – William H. Stein, American biochemist (Nobel 1972), dies at 68
1981 – Louise Lorraine, actress (Adventures of Tarzan), dies
1988 – Clive Epstein, British music artist manager, and brother of Brian Epstein, dies at 51
2005 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (world heavyweight champion 1930-32), dies at 99