Historical Events
1904 – American runner Thomas Hicks wins the marathon gold medal with a time of 3:28:53 over a 40 km course at the St. Louis Olympics
1926 – Jack Hobbs scores 316 not out at Lord’s (Surrey vs. Middlesex)
1949 – WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 – White mob prevents enrollment of Black students at Mansfield High School, Texas
1991 – Mike Powell of the US sets a long jump record of 29 ft 4½ in (8.95 m)
Famous Birthdays
1902 – Arnold Maria Walter, Canadian composer, born in Hanušovice, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1973)
1912 – Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics 1952 for nuclear magnetic resonance), born in Taylorville, Illinois (d. 1997)
1922 – Regina Resnik, American mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth), born in New York City (d. 2013)
1927 – Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (8 Coty Awards), born in Haynesville, Louisiana (d. 2004)
1976 – Mike Koplove, American baseball player (Team USA 2008), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Famous Deaths
1181 – Alexander III [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies
1999 – Raymond Poïvet, French cartoonist, dies at 89
2005 – Andor Kovach, Romanian composer (Médée), dies at 90
2022 – Gheorghe Berceanu, Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold light-flyweight 1972, silver 1976; World C’ship gold 1969, 72), dies at 72
2023 – Gennady Sapunov, Russian Greco-Roman wrestler (World C’ship gold lightweight 1963, 65; silver 1966) and coach (Soviet GR wrestling team 1979-90), dies at 84