Historical Events
1921 – DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens
1923 – Ku Klux Klan surprise attack on black residential area Rosewood Florida, 8 killed (compensation awarded in 1995)
1972 – “Rothschilds” closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 505 performances
1986 – Islanders right wing Mike Bossy scores his 499th and 500th career goals in the final 2:22 to lift the New York to a 7-5 victory over the Boston Bruins; 11th player in NHL history to score 500 goals
1994 – Battles between army and rebellious indians in South Mexico, kill 57
1995 – Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away)
Famous Birthdays
1822 – Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics)
1920 – Peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker
1920 – Isaac Asimov, Russian scientist and sci-fi writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy), born in Petrovichi, Russia (d. 1992)
1928 – Harry Hyams, English immovable goods owner (Center Point)
1967 – Tia Carrere [Althea Janairo], American actress (Wayne’s World, True Lies), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
1976 – Paz Vega, Spanish actress
Famous Deaths
1790 – Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer, German rococo sculptor, dies at 73
1937 – Ross Alexander, American stage and film actor (Captain Blood, Boulder Dam), commits suicide by gunshot at 29
1988 – E.B. Ford, British ecological geneticist, dies at 86
2008 – Gerry Staley, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1952-53, 60; St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox), dies of natural causes at 87
2009 – Maria de Jesus, Portuguese supercentenarian, dies at 115
2013 – Margaret A. Brewer, American soldier and first female general officer in US Marine Corps, dies at 82