Historical Events
1919 – Communist Party of America organizes in Chicago
1945 – Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independent from France (National Day)
1972 – American breaststroker Cathy Carr swims a world record 1:13.58 to win the 100m gold medal at the Munich Olympics
1973 – Netherlands win their first men’s hockey World Cup, 4-2 on penalties over India in Amstelveen, Netherlands
2020 – Australia officially enters recession for the first time in almost 3 decades with GDP falling 7% (April-June)
Famous Birthdays
1912 – Ernie Bromley, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests; first Western Australian to play Test cricket for Australia), born in Fremantle, Western Australia (d. 1967)
1917 – Cleveland Amory, American animal rights activist and TV reviewer (TV Guide), born in Nahant, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
1943 – Rosalind Ashford, American rock vocalist (Martha Reeve and Vandellas – “Heat Wave”; “Dancing In The Street”), born in Detroit, Michigan
1943 – Đorđe Novković, Croatian pop singer-songwriter (Pro Arte), and television personality (Hrvatski Idol), born in Vladimirci, German-occupied Serbia (d. 2007)
1971 – Rich Aurilia, infielder (SF Giants), born in Brooklyn, New York
Famous Deaths
1645 – Alice Lisle, Last woman to be executed by a judicial sentence of beheading in England, beheaded for harboring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at around 68
1872 – N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher, dies at 88
1955 – Rudolf Kattnigg, Austrian composer, dies at 60
1994 – Richard M Major, US anti-terror specialist (CIA Red Book), dies at 72
2024 – James Darren [Ercolani], American actor (TJ Hooker; Gidget movies -“Moondoggie”; Diamond Head; Venus in Furs), singer (“Goodbye Cruel World”), and director, dies of heart failure at 88