Historical Events
1371 – Arnold II of Horne chosen bishop of Utrecht
1722 – Hungarian Parliament condemns Emperor Charles VI’s Pragmatic Sanctions
1955 – “Johnny Carson Show” debuts on CBS-TV
1974 – Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Candiac GC: Carole Jo Skala wins by 3 from JoAnn Carner
1979 – “Good Times” single released by Chic (Billboard Song of the Year 1979)
1992 – Total solar eclipse in Uruguay (5m21s)
Famous Birthdays
1843 – Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat and scholar, born in Clapton, London, England (d. 1929)
1939 – Lindembergue Cardoso, Brazilian composer, born in Livramento de Nossa Senhora, State of Bahia, Brazil (d. 1989)
1949 – Bùi Thanh Liêm, Vietnamese cosmonaut, born in Hanoi, Vietnam (d. 1981)
1950 – Leonard Whiting, English actor and singer (Romeo and Juliet), born in London, England
1966 – Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor (Guy de Lusignan-Kingdom of Heaven), born in Invercargill, New Zealand
1983 – Patrick Wolf, British musician
Famous Deaths
1660 – William Oughtred, English mathematician (b. 1575)
1930 – Harvey W. Wiley, American chemist known for leadership in the passage of the landmark Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, dies at 85
1935 – William Brockwell, cricket (British all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies
1993 – George McFarland, American actor (Spanky-Our Gang/Little Rascals), dies at age 65
2014 – Bob Hastings, American actor, dies from prostate cancer at 89
2015 – eonard Starr, American comic strip cartoonist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 89