Historical Events
1808 – Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser River, British Columbia, lands at Musqueam
1935 – Great Britain amateur boxing team beats United States in the first International Golden Gloves tournament in NYC, New York
1940 – Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta
1993 – Muslim fundamentalists in Sivas, Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36
2018 – English pop singers Cheryl Cole and Liam Payne announce they are splitting up after two years
Famous Birthdays
1821 – Charles Tupper, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative: 69-day term in 1896), born in Amherst, Nova Scotia (d. 1915)
1884 – Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist, born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria (d. 1931)
1904 – Gerarda Rueter, Dutch sculptor, born in Amsterdam (d. 1993)
1928 – Line Renaud [Jacqueline Ente], French pop and cabaret singer, actress, and AIDS activist, born in Pont-de-Nieppe, France
1949 – Joe English, American musician and drummer (Wings; Sea Level), born in Rochester, New York
Famous Deaths
1656 – François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French army commander (Thirty Years’ War), dies at 44
1743 – Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington, Prime Minister of Great Britain (Whig: 1742-43) statesman who served in government from 1715 until his death, dies at about 70
1917 – Herbert Beerbohm Tree, British actor and theatre manager (King John, Trilby), dies at 64
1993 – Fred Gwynne, American actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters), dies of pancreatic cancer at 66
1994 – Ralph Rinzler, American folklorist, Greenbriar Boys, founded Smithsonian Folklife Festival, dies at 59