Historical Events
1721 – Russian and Swedish sign Treaty of Nystad, ending North Sea War
1933 – Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE)
1958 – US performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean
1960 – US women’s 4 x 100m medley relay team swims world record 4:41.1 to beat Australia and win the gold medal at the Rome Olympics; Lynn Burke, Patty Kempner, Carolyn Schuler and Chris von Saltza
1986 – Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report)
1992 – “Most Happy Fella” closes at Booth Theater NYC after 229 performances
Famous Birthdays
1916 – Kenneth Keith, Lord Keith of Castleacre, English banker, born in Castle Acre, England (d. 2004)
1925 – Julien Schoenaerts, Flemish actor (Daens/Medea), born in Eigenbilzen, Belgium (d. 2006)
1948 – Donnacha O’Dea, Irish poker player and swimmer
1953 – Ron George, American politician (Member of the Maryland House of Delegates), born in Syracuse, New York
1954 – David Paymer, American actor (Love Mary, Mr Saturday Night), born in Oceanside, New York
1959 – Mark Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor, born in Melbourne, Australia
Famous Deaths
524 – Chlodomer, Frankish King of Orléans dies at about 29
1903 – Vicente Fidel López, Argentine historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87
1989 – Dorothy Schiff, American owner and publisher (NY Post), dies at 86
1996 – José Toribio Merino, Chilean admiral (one of the principal leaders of the 1973 Chilean coup d’état), dies at 80
2001 – Julie Bishop [Jacqueline Wells], American actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat), dies of pneumonia at 87
2002 – J. Lee Thompson, English film director (b. 1914)