Historical Events
1509 – The Battle of Diu, naval battle at port of Diu, India between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire, establishes Portuguese trading control
1931 – Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of journalist H. L. Mencken, after he calls the state the “apex of moronia”
1947 – 1st black reporter in US Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis)
1975 – Billy Herman, Earl Averill, and Bucky Harris elected to Hall of Fame
1986 – Pixar Animation Studios (Toy Story; The Incredibles) headed by Edwin Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith, is spun off from Lucasfilm, Ltd as an independent film production company, with backing of Steve Jobs
1993 – General Hospital’s Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving
Famous Birthdays
1887 – Carlo Jachino, composer
1908 – Oddbjorn Hagen, Norwegian cross country jumper (Olympic gold 1936)
1946 – Stan Webb, English blues musician (Chicken Shack), born in London
1968 – Frantisek Kucera, NHL defenseman (Vanc Canucks, Olympic gold 1998), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
1968 – Vlade Divac, Yugoslavia, NBA center (Charlotte Hornets, LA Lakers)
1969 – Terry Bradshaw, American baseball outfielder, 1995-96 (St Louis Cardinals), and hitting coach (Kansas City Royals 2018-present), born in Franklin, Virginia
Famous Deaths
1737 – Tommaso Ceva, Italian Mathematician (b. 1648)
1909 – Johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86
1959 – (Charles) “Buddy” Holly [Holley], American rock and roll musician and songwriter (“Peggy Sue”; “That’ll Be the Day”; “Words Of Love”), dies in a plane crash at 22
1979 – Jody Gilbert, American actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies at 62
1991 – Harry Ackerman, American TV executive producer (b. 1912)
2015 – Charlie Sifford, American golfer (first African-American to join PGA Tour, 2 titles), dies of a stroke at 92