Historical Events
1914 – Austrian-Hungary and Russia proclaim general mobilization
1948 – Professional wrestling premieres on prime-time network TV (DuMont)
1965 – Milwaukee manager Bobby Bragan says his pitchers threw 75 to 80 spitballs in a 9-2 loss to the Giants
1987 – An ANC car bomb directed at the headquarters of the Wits Command in Johannesburg South Africa kills 1 person and injures 68
1988 – Jordanian King Hussein renounces sovereignity over West Bank to PLO
2000 – British Senior Open Men’s Golf, Royal County Down: Irishman Christy O’Connor Jr. successfully defends his title by 2 shots from John Bland of South Africa
Famous Birthdays
1917 – Eddy Grove, American actor (Dragnet, The Silent Service, Medic), born in NYC, New York (d. 1995)
1928 – Eunice Muñoz, Portuguese actress (Hard Times), born in Amareleja, Portugal
1936 – Ralph Taeger, American actor (Klondike, Acapulco, Hondo), born in Richmond Hill, New York (d. 2015)
1940 – Pat Schroeder, American politician (Rep-D-Colorado, 1973-97), born in Portland, Oregon
1940 – Clive Sinclair, British computer inventor (ZX Spectrum), born in Richmond, Surrey
1966 – Irene Wan, Hong Kong actress, born in Hong Kong
Famous Deaths
1550 – Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (b. 1505)
1655 – Sigmund Theophil Staden, German composer, dies at 47
1875 – George Pickett, American Confederate general (b. 1825)
1916 – Albert Neisser, German physician who discovered the bacterias that cause gonorrhea and leprosy, dies of septicemia at 61
1927 – Robert Marquies de Flers, French writer (Monsieur Bretonneau), dies
2007 – Bill Walsh, American Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (San Fransisco 49ers), dies of leukemia at 75