Historical Events
1846 – Anesthetic ether used for 1st time by American dentist Dr William Morton who extracts a tooth
1927 – Yankees slugger Babe Ruth smacks his MLB record 60th home run off Tom Zachary in 8th inning of New York’s 4-2 win over Washington Senators at Yankee Stadium
1935 – George Gershwin’s opera “Porgy and Bess” premieres in Boston
1962 – NY Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play and beat NY 5-1
1997 – Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 4
1997 – Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits
Famous Birthdays
1824 – Peter Milne, Scottish composer and violinist, born in Kincardine O’Neil (d. 1908)
1883 – Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (d. 1945)
1887 – Lil Dagover [Marta-Maria Lillits], Dutch-born German actress (Spiders), born in Madioen, Dutch East Indies (d. 1980)
1952 – Darrell Hair, Australian cricketer (Australian Test umpire since 1993-94)
1957 – Fran Drescher, American actress (Cadillac Man, The Nanny), born in Queens, New York
1965 – Kathleen Madigan, American comedian, born in Florissant, Missouri
Famous Deaths
1819 – Nicolas Roze, French composer, dies at 74
1884 – Louis Lacombe, French pianist and composer, dies at 65
1958 – Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist (ph-stipulation), dies at 79
1974 – Carlos Prats, Chilean Constitutionalist General, assassinated in the frame of Operation Condor
1997 – Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling, British professor of occupational health, dies at 86
2010 – Stephen J. Cannell, American TV producer (The Rockford Files, The A-Team, 21 Jump Street) and writer, dies of melanoma at 69