Historical Events
1790 – US copyright law enacted
1913 – Alexis Ahlgren runs world record maraton (2:36:06.6)
1921 – Boston Red Sox 1st baseman John “Stuffy” McInnis begins an errorless string of 1,700 chances
1930 – British Amateur Championship, Men’s Golf, St. Andrews Links: Bobby Jones scores a 7 and 6 win over Englishman Roger Wethered for the first leg of his Grand Slam
1949 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Hermitage CC: Sam Snead beats fellow American Johnny Palmer, 3 and 2; first time reigning Masters champion wins PGA Championship in the same calendar year.
1977 – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani becomes heir apparent to throne of Qatar
Famous Birthdays
1699 – Alexander Cruden “Alexander the Corrector”, Scottish biblical scholar and eccentric, compiler of a concordance to King James Bible, born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1770)
1818 – John Albion Andrew, American politician (25th Governor of Massachusetts), born in Windham, Massachusetts (d. 1867)
1919 – Emmanual Tettey Mensah, musician
1931 – Steve Horn, (Rep-R-California)
1940 – August “Augie” Meyers, American singer-songwriter, producer, and record label owner (Sir Douglas Quintet, Texas Tornados), born in San Antonio, Texas
1945 – Bernard Goldberg‎, American journalist
Famous Deaths
1091 – Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies
1665 – Pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67
1849 – Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69
1957 – Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878)
1961 – Walter Little, Canadian politician (b. 1877)
1994 – Doug Freeman, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Wellington), dies at 79