Historical Events
1936 – New York Yankees score Baseball World Series record 18 runs in an 18-4 rout of rival NY Giants in Game 2 at the Polo Grounds; Yankees win series 4-2
1951 – 1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel)
1982 – The Portland Building, designed by Michael Graves, considered the 1st postmodern building is opened in Portland Oregon
1990 – WW2 Allied nations cede any remaining rights as occupiers of Germany
1996 – 30th Country Music Association Award: Brooks and Dunn win
2010 – 20th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 31-13 in Chestnut Hill
Famous Birthdays
1873 – Sir Pelham Warner, English cricket batsman, tour manager and administrator (15 Tests; MCC chairman of selectors), born in The Hall, Port of Spain, Trinidad (d. 1963)
1917 – Christian de Duve, British cytologist and biochemist (Nobel 1974), born in Thames Ditton, Surrey (d. 2013)
1938 – Rex Reed, American movie critic and actor (Myra Breckinridge), born in Fort Worth, Texas
1943 – Anna Ford, British broadcaster and actress (Secret Policeman’s Ball), born in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
1955 – Philip Oakey, English rock vocalist (The Human League-Only Human), born in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England
1959 – Luis Fernández, French soccer defensive midfielder (60 caps; PSG), born in Tarifa, Spain
Famous Deaths
1517 – John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37
1860 – Louis Hersent, painter, dies
1988 – Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini, dies at 81
1994 – Harriet (Hilliard) Nelson [Peggy Lou Snyder], American singer and actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Follow the Fleet), dies of heart failure at 85
1996 – Sybil Marion Rosenfeld, theatre historian, dies at 93
2007 – Tex Coulter, American NFL defensive lineman (All Pro 1948, 51-52; Pro Bowl 1951-52; NY Giants), dies at 82