Historical Events
1920 – Responding to global fear of communism caused by the Russian Revolution, US Attorney General Palmer authorizes raids across the country on unionists and socialists
1923 – Ku Klux Klan surprise attack on black residential area Rosewood Florida, 8 killed (compensation awarded in 1995)
1933 – Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th)
1983 – Several African National Congress (ANC) members detained in Swaziland decide to leave the country voluntarily for Mozambique.
2019 – United States international Christian Pulisic becomes the most expensive American soccer player when he moves from Borussia Dortmund to Chelsea for £57.6M ($73M); remains at Dortmund on loan until the end of the season
Famous Birthdays
1908 – Jānis Ķepītis, Latvian pianist, conductor, and composer, born in Beverīna, Latvia (d. 1989)
1937 – Imerio Massignan, Italian road cyclist (Tour de France Mountains classification 1960, 61), born in Altavilla Vicentina, Italy (d. 2024)
1964 – Pernell Whitaker, American boxer (Olympic gold 1984, 4-division world champion), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 2019)
1982 – Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker (Olympic gold 20k 2004), born in Preveza, Greece
1985 – Heather O’Reilly, American soccer midfielder (231 caps; FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015; Olympic gold 2004, 08, 12), born in East Brunswick, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
1973 – Joe Harriott, Jamaican-British be-bop and free-form jazz, and world-fusion alto saxophonist (Abstract; Indo-Jazz), dies of cancer at 44
1975 – Theo Osterkamp, German fighter pilot, dies at 82
1996 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, dies at 80
2007 – Teddy Kollek, Israeli politician (Mayor of Jerusalem), dies at 95
2020 – Grant Weatherstone, Scotland rugby union winger (16 caps; Edinburgh District), dies at 88