Historical Events
1920 – Detroit radio station 8MK (now WWJ, 950AM) is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air
1944 – Allied offensive at “Gothen-linie” Italy
1977 – Spyros Kyprianou appointed president of Cyprus
1978 – Constitution adopted by Sri Lanka
1997 – Don Mattingly’s #23 is retired by NY Yankees
2012 – Apple loses its patent dispute with Samsung in Tokyo, Japan
Famous Birthdays
1749 – Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer (Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow), born in Moscow (1802)
1889 – Bombardier Billy Wells [William Thomas Wells], English heavyweight boxer (Lonsdale Belt, 1911), born in London, England (d. 1967)
1892 – Claire DuBrey, American actress (Lightnin’ in the Forest), born in Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho (d. 1993)
1908 – Peter Conrad Baden, composer
1957 – Colm O’Rourke, Former Gaelic footballer and Current panelist
1982 – Ian Crocker, American swimmer
Famous Deaths
1631 – Nicolaus Erich, composer, dies at 43
1796 – John McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware, dies at 75
1995 – John Erik Jonsson, American businessman and Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93
2005 – Michael Sheard, British actor (b. 1940)
2007 – Gay Brewer, American golfer (US Masters 1967), dies of lung cancer at 75
2017 – Edward du Cann, British politician and Chairman of the Conservative Party (1965-67), dies at 93