Historical Events
1416 – Jerome of Prague burned at the stake for heresy by church Council of Constance
1876 – Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.
1925 – Rogers Hornsby replaces Branch Rickey as manager of Cardinals
1947 – Indianapolis 500: Mauri Rose wins in 4:17:52.159 (187.228 km/h)
1959 – 58th Men’s French Championships: Nicola Pietrangeli beats Ian Vermaak (3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1)
1964 – Indianapolis 500: A. J. Foyt wins in 3:23:35.813 (237.137 km/h)
Famous Birthdays
1220 – Alexander Nevsky, Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir, considered the key figure in medieval Rus (1252-63), born in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Vladimir-Suzdal (now Russia) (d. 1263)
1925 – Claude Prey, French composer, born in Fleury sur Andelle (d. 1998)
1945 – Norman Eshley, English actor
1957 – Allison Roe, marathoner (NYC-1981), born in Auckland, New Zealand
1961 – Ella Arolovich, Leningrad USSR, model
1979 – Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player
Famous Deaths
1944 – Jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79
1960 – Boris Pasternak, Russian poet and novelist (Doctor Zhivago) (Nobel Prize 1958), dies at 70
1971 – Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer, dies at 85
1972 – Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104
1996 – Leon-Etienne Duval, French prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church in Algeria, dies at 92
1997 – West Arkeen, American musician, best known for co-writing several Guns N’ Roses songs (It’s So Easy, The Garden), dies of a drug overdose at 36