Historical Events
1929 – Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini illius magistri
1950 – Jockeys Bill Shoemaker and Joe Culmone set record of 388 wins in a year
1962 – “Match Game” debuts on NBC with host Gene Rayburn
1982 – TV soap “Doctors” ends 19 year run
1997 – Microsoft buys Hotmail email service for $400 million and re-launches it as MSN Hotmail
2004 – Official opening of Taipei 101, then the tallest skyscraper in the world, at a height of 509 metres (1,670 feet)
Famous Birthdays
1908 – Marko Rothmuller, Croatian composer, born in Slavonski Brod, Croatia (d. 1993)
1939 – Hugh Lewin, South African anti-apartheid activist and writer (Bandiet: Seven Years in a South African Prison), born in Lydenburg, South Africa (d. 2019)
1956 – Steve Rude, American comics artist, born in Madison, Wisconsin
1956 – Martin Joseph Fettman, American researcher and astronaut (STS 58), born in Brooklyn, New York
1971 – Heath Shuler, NFL quarterback (Washington Redskins, New Orleans Saints), born in Bryson City, North Carolina
1982 – Luke Schenscher, Australian basketball player, born in South Australia, Australia
Famous Deaths
1890 – Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (Costa Rica’s first woman in the military), dies at 74
1975 – Donal Michalsky, composer, dies at 47
1986 – Lester Trimble, American composer, music critic and educator, dies at 63
1994 – Leo Fuchs, Polish-born Jewish American actor (The Six Million Dollar Man, Avalon), dies at 83
1994 – BAM “Bob” Schreiner, airline owner (S Aviation Group), dies at 79
2000 – Alan Cranston, American politician (b. 1914)