Historical Events
1970 – Daniel O’Hagan (19), a Catholic civilian, is shot dead by the British Army during a serious riot in the New Lodge Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland
1992 – Hungarian swimmer Krisztina Egerszegi earns her 3rd gold medal of the Barcelona Olympics winning 200m backstroke for the 100-200 double along with 400m I/M gold
1994 – Phil Rizzuto (Yanks) and Steve Carlton (Phils) enter the Hall of Fame
2006 – Fidel Castro temporarily hands over power to brother Raúl Castro. This leads to a celebration in Little Havana (La Pequeña Habana in Spanish), Miami, Florida, where many Cuban Americans participated.
2016 – British Open Women’s Golf, Woburn: Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand wins by 3 from Mo Martin and Mirim Lee
2019 – US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the first time since 2008 by 0.25%
Famous Birthdays
1887 – Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1969)
1905 – Trenchard Cox, British museum director, born in London (d. 1995)
1929 – José Santamaría, Uruguayan soccer defender (Uruguay 20, Spain 16 caps; Real Madrid), born in Montevideo, Uruguay
1933 – Cees Nooteboom, Dutch writer and journalist (Rituelen), born in The Hague, Netherlands
1969 – Richard Griffith, NFL tight end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1979 – Jade Kwan, Hong Kong singer, born in Hong Kong
Famous Deaths
1653 – Thomas Dudley, British colonial governor of Massachusetts, dies at 76
1895 – Richard Morris Hunt, American architect and educator, dies at 67
1977 – Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20
1996 – Joan Warburton, Scottish painter, dies at 76
2001 – Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)
2012 – Gore Vidal, American author (Myra Breckinridge, Lincoln), dies from pneumonia at 86