Historical Events
1896 – 30th Belmont: Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 2:24.5
1943 – 99th Pursuit Squadron flies 1st combat mission (over Italy)
1978 – Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen fourth studio album “Darkness on the Edge of Town”
1985 – RJ Reynolds Company proposed a merger with Nabisco
2024 – Chinese spacecraft Chang’e-6 successfully lands on the far side of the Moon on a mission to analyse and collect rock samples
Famous Birthdays
1715 – Herman-François Delange, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Dutch Republic (d. 1781)
1903 – Mario Pilati, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1938)
1906 – (Abraham) “Albert” Sandler, British violinist and ‘light music’ orchestra leader, born in Mile End Old Town, London (d. 1948)
1955 – Gary Grimes, American actor (Summer of ’42, Class of ’44), born in San Francisco, California
1970 – B-Real [Louis Freese], American rapper (Cypress Hill), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1802 – Pemulwuy [Bembilwuyam] Indigenous Australian (Bidjigal) who resisted colonization, shot to death, his head later sent to Joseph Banks (b. c. 1750)
1962 – Vita Sackville-West, English novelist, poet (The Land) and gardener (Sissinghurst), dies at 70
1962 – Fran Saleški Finžgar, Slovene folk writer (Our Blood, Service Girls), dies at 91
1972 – Franz Philipp, German composer, dies at 81
2012 – Kathryn Joosten, American actress (Desperate Housewives), dies of lung cancer at 72