Historical Events
1778 – British forces kill 17 to 40 Stockbridge Indian fighters in Bronx during Revolution
1842 – US President John Tyler authorizes the establishment of the US Naval Observatory
1904 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Newport, RI: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier 10-8, 6-4, 9-7 for his lone major singles title
1935 – Russian miner Aleksey Stachanov digs 102 tons of coal in under 6 hours, using a jackhammer
1988 – Bomb attack destroys the Khotso House, the office of the South African Council of Churches
Famous Birthdays
1879 – Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, Russian composer and ethnomusicologist, born in Kaluga, Russia (d. 1949)
1918 – Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, Filipina composer (Filiasiana), concert pianist, and educator (Bayanihan Dance Company), born in San Fernando, Philippines (d. 2008)
1949 – Jim Fassel, American football coach (University of Utah 1985–89; New York Giants 1997-2003), born in Anaheim, California (d. 2021)
1959 – Tony DeFranco, Canadian pop singer (The DeFranco Family – “Heartbeat – It’s a Lovebeat”), born in Port Colborne, Ontario
1984 – Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer (US Masters 2011), born in Johannesburg, Gauteng
Famous Deaths
1616 – Gemignano Capilupi, Italian choral music composer, dies at 43
1654 – Ole Worm, Danish physician, dies at 66
1997 – Dodi Fayed, Egyptian businessman, died in a car crash in Paris with Diana, Princess of Wales,at 42
2007 – Karloff Lagarde, Mexican professional wrestler, dies at 79
2015 – Colin Hope, British Industrialist (Turner and Newall), dies at 83