Historical Events
657 – St Vitalian begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Eugene I
1905 – Dutch Covenant of Worker’s union, NVV, forms
1942 – FDR signs bill creating women’s Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES)
1953 – RikidÅzan holds a ceremony announcing the establishment of the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance
1960 – 1st AFL preseason game Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo (28-7)
1997 – Eighteen lives are lost in the Thredbo Landslide in New South Wales, Australia
Famous Birthdays
1875 – James W. Tate, English composer, born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (d. 1922)
1880 – Robert R. McCormick, American editor and publisher (Chicago Tribune), born in Chicago (d. 1955)
1940 – Clive Sinclair, British consumer electronics inventor (Executive pocket calculator; ZX Spectrum computer), born in Richmond, Surrey, England (d. 2021)
1959 – Petra Felke, German javelin thrower (world record 1988), born in Saalfeld, East Germany
1981 – Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (MotoGP Champion 2006), born in Owensboro, Kentucky (d. 2017)
1982 – Jimmy Anderson, English cricket fast bowler (most wickets for England in both Test and ODI cricket), born in Burnley, Lancashire
Famous Deaths
1965 – Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (Key), dies at 79
1982 – Roberta Pedon, American glamour model, dies at 28
1994 – Theo van Scheltinga, skater, dies at 80
2008 – Anne Armstrong U.S. ambassador to Britain and first female counsel to the President, dies at 80
2009 – Peter Zadek, German theatre director (b. 1926)
2012 – Maeve Binchy [Snell], Irish novelist (Light a Penny Candle), dies at 72