Historical Events
1860 – Comanche, Iowa, completely destroyed by one of a series of tornadoes
1950 – French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal
1964 – Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis
1967 – 99th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 2:28.8
1974 – Yitzhak Rabin forms a new Israeli government
2018 – Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupts killing at least 110, with 332 missing and forcing the evacuation of over 3,100
Famous Birthdays
1771 – Charles Bernard Desormes, Dijon, French Physicist and Chemist who determined the ratio of the specific heats of gases as well as the exact composition of carbon monoxide and carbon disulphide
1864 – Ransom Eli Olds, American auto (Oldsmobile) and truck (REO) manufacturer, born in Geneva, Ohio (d. 1950)
1911 – Olaf Okern, Norwegian Nordic skier (Olympic-medal-1948)
1922 – Alain Resnais, French director (Muriel, Hiroshima mon amour), born in Brittany, France (d. 2014)
1926 – Hamilton Fish Jr, (Rep-R-NY, 1969- )
1974 – Arianne Zuker, American actress
Famous Deaths
1864 – Peter A Porter, US Union colonel (8th NY), dies in battle
1877 – Sophie of Württemberg, Queen of Netherlands as wife of William III, dies at 58
1964 – Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
1967 – Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children’s book author, dies
1994 – Roger Wolcott Sperry, physicist, dies at 89
2009 – David Carradine, American actor (Kung Fu, Mean Streets, Kill Bill V.1 and 2), dies at 72