Historical Events
1799 – Duke of York and Russians capture Alkmaar in the Netherlands
1889 – First Pan-American Conference is held in Washington, D.C.
1901 – First Royal Navy submarine launched at Barrow-in-Furness
1943 – New York Yankees sweep 14th MLB doubleheader of the year, beating St. Louis Browns 5-1 and 7-6 at Yankee Stadium
1971 – Homing pigeon averages a record 133 km/h in a 1,100 km race in Australia
Famous Birthdays
1800 – Nat Turner, American leader of a major slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831, born in Southampton County, Virginia (d. 1831)
1835 – Louis-Antoine Ranvier, French anatomist and historian, born in Lyon, France (d. 1922)
1920 – James Dobson, American actor (Impulse, Jet Attack), born in Greeneville, Tennessee (d. 1987)
1935 – Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr., 1st African-American astronaut and U.S. Air Force major, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1967)
1967 – Floyd “Bud” Gaugh, American ska-punk rock drummer (Sublime), born in Kihei, Hawaii
Famous Deaths
1802 – Giuseppe Millico, Italian soprano castrato (Christoph Willibald Gluck operas), composer, and pedagogue, dies at 65
1899 – Percy Pilcher, British inventor and pioneer aviator (unpowered gliders), dies in a flight crash at 32
1955 – O. B. Clarence, English actor (Saint Joan), dies at 85
1970 – Alfred Swan, Russian composer, dies at 79
1996 – Robert Bourassa, Prime Minister of Quebec province (1970-76, 85-93), dies at 63