Historical Events
1969 – Seattle Pilots’ last game in Seattle; crash to 98th season loss, 3-1 to Oakland in front of just 5,473; move to Milwaukee as the Brewers next season
1977 – Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda finishes 4th in the US Grand Prix East at Watkins Glen to clinch his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; Englishman James Hunt wins the race
1983 – Green Bay Packers erupt for NFL record 49 points in the first half (35 in the second quarter) to clobber the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 55-14 at Tampa Stadium
1984 – Papa John’s Pizza is founded by John Schnatter in Jeffersonville, Indiana; it would go on to become the fourth-largest pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States
1990 – Radio Berlin International’s final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is “The End” by Doors
1990 – US Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter’s appointment to Supreme Court
Famous Birthdays
1470 – Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (1489-1494), born in Naples, Italy (d. 1524)
1897 – (William) “Bud” Abbott, American comedian (Abbott and Costello), born in Asbury Park, New Jersey (d. 1974)
1914 – Albe Vidaković, Croatian composer, born in Subotica, Serbia (d. 1964)
1928 – Robin Duthie, British accountant and CEO (Britoil), born in Greenock, Scotland
1943 – Franklin Rosemont, American poet, artist and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group, born in Chicago, Illinois
1946 – Jo-El Sonnier, American country singer (Louisiana), born in Rayne, Louisiana
Famous Deaths
1724 – François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (Quatre dialogues sur l’immortalité de l’âme), dies at on his 80th birthday
1842 – William Ellery Channing, cleric/writer, dies
1872 – Eberhard Friedrich Walcker, German organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies at 78
1989 – Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Neth’s 1st female advisor of State, dies
2003 – John T. Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
2007 – Lady Katherine Brandram, Princess of Greece, the last surviving great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, dies at 94