Historical Events
1653 – Johan de Witt is sworn in as the Grand Pensionary of Holland
1864 – Battle of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: Confederate forces under McCausland burn the town of Chambersburg
1870 – Staten Island Ferry “Westfield” burns, killing 100
1907 – Filipinos elect their first legislature, which will meet on 16 October
1984 – Hollie Roffey, aged 10 days, is the youngest person to ever receive a heart transplant and survives 28 days
Famous Birthdays
1824 – Eugenio Terziani, Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1889)
1837 – Elon John Farnsworth, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Green Oak, Michigan (d. 1863)
1906 – Ľudovít Rajter, Slovak composer and conductor, born in Pezinok, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 2000)
1927 – Victor Wong, American actor (Big Trouble in Little China), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2001)
1974 – Jason Robinson, English dual-code rugby player, born in Leeds, United Kingdom
Famous Deaths
1566 – Guillaume Rondelet, French naturalist famous for his study of marine animals, dies at 58
1966 – Edward Gordon Craig, British modernist actor, director and theorist (On the art of theatre), dies at 94
1976 – Emil Solomon “Solly” Sachs, South African socialist, dies in London
1983 – Lynn Fontanne, British Emmy Award-winning stage, screen, and radio actress, dies of pneumonia at 95
1993 – Frank L. Howley, American general (Commander of American sector of Berlin after WWII), dies at 90