Historical Events
1903 – The Sultanate of Aceh’s Panglima Polim surrenders to Dutch Army Captain Hendrikus Colijn at Atjeh
1944 – Britain’s Home Guard (‘Dad’s Army’) is officially stood down at a special farewell parade in Hyde Park, London.
1960 – Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s musical “Camelot”, starring Richard Burton and Julie Andrews, and introducing Robert Goulet, opens at Majestic Theater, NYC; runs for 873 performances, wins 4 Tony Awards
1982 – 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record)
1995 – Davis Cup Tennis, Moscow: Pete Sampras beats Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 to give US a winning 3-1 lead (ends 3-2); record 31st US title
2020 – ATandT Inc’s Warner Bros studio announces all its 2021 movies will stream online the same day they appear in theatres because of the pandemic
Famous Birthdays
1764 – Mary Lamb, British author (Tales from Shakespeare), born in London, England (d. 1847)
1909 – Dana Suesse, American musician and songwriter (You Ought To Be In Pictures), born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri (d. 1987)
1951 – Mike Stock, British songwriter and producer (Stock, Aitken and Waterman; Rick Astley; Bananarama; Kylie Minogue), born in Margate, Kent, England
1970 – Amy Helm, American singer-songwriter (Ollabelle), born in Woodstock, New York
1973 – Sammy Leung, Hong Kong disc jockey
1976 – Byron Kelleher, New Zealand rugby union halfback (57 caps; Highlanders, Chiefs, Toulouse), born in Dunedin, New Zealand
Famous Deaths
1265 – Odofredus, Italian jurist
1892 – Afanasy Fet, Russian poet, dies at 71
1989 – Jimmy Shirley, American jazz and RandB electric guitarist, and early proponent of the Vibrola vibrato arm (“whammy bar”), dies at 76
1994 – Elizabeth Glaser, American AIDS activist, wife of director Paul Michael Glaser, dies of AIDS at 47
2002 – Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970)
2016 – Antonio Membrado, Spanish-French classical guitarist and composer, dies at 81