Historical Events
1869 – Cleveland’s Forest City play their 1st game (vs Cincinnati Red Stockings)
1960 – Broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners and Actors Equity)
1973 – “Nash at Nine” closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 21 performances
1986 – NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token
1994 – Sharon Stone files $12m lawsuit against her jeweler
1996 – 9th Children’s Miracle Network Telethon
Famous Birthdays
1857 – Edward Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode, Pomp and Circumstance), born in Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire (d. 1934)
1929 – Norton Juster, American author, architect and children’s author (The Dot and the Line), born in New York City
1946 – Roger Freed, baseball player
1967 – Mike Stanton, American pitcher (NY Yankees, Boston Red Sox), born in Houston, Texas
1973 – Jayantha Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test left-arm spinner 1995)
1976 – Josef Marha, Havl-brod Cze, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
Famous Deaths
1968 – R Norris Williams, American tennis player, survivor RMS Titanic sinking (US Nat C’ship 1914, 16), dies of emphysema at 77
1990 – Shriram Sharma, Indian spiritual leader and founder of “All World Gayatri Pariwar”, dies at 78
1994 – David Stove, Australian philosopher (b. 1927)
2001 – Imogene Coca, American comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl), dies at 92
2004 – Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian opera singer, dies at 74
2013 – Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor, dies at 82