Historical Events
1909 – New York’s Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens
1922 – KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions
1945 – World War II: a defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1 to Americans
1946 – Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O’Reilly (5-14 and 3-19)
1997 – TV network Channel 5 begins broadcasting in the UK
Famous Birthdays
1835 – Bernhard Scholz, German composer, conductor, and pedagogue, born in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse (d. 1916)
1906 – Max Tishler, American organic chemist at Merck who synthesized Vitamin B2 and developed antibiotic for poultry, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1989)
1926 – Lord Rayner [Derek Rayner], British businessman and chief executive (Marks and Spencer), born in Norwich, Norfolk (d. 1998)
1948 – Justin Deas, American actor (As The World Turns, Santa Barbara), born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania
1964 – Vlado Bozinovski, Yugoslavian-Australian footballer, born in Ohrid, SFR Yugoslavia
Famous Deaths
1959 – Riccardo Zanella, president of Free State of Fiume (b. 1875)
1969 – Lucien Bianchi, Italian-Belgian auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1968), dies during Le Mans testing accident at 34
1976 – Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, Dutch actress (Hostage Rights), dies at 99
2003 – Valentin Pavlov, Russian politician and Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (1991), dies at 65
2010 – Martin Sandberger, German military officer (b. 1911)