Historical Events
1638 – Duke Bernard of Saxe-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden
1821 – American tailor and inventor Thomas L. Jennings (30) receives US patent for his “dry-scouring” process. the forerunner of today’s modern dry-cleaning
1959 – San Francisco Giants rename their stadium Candlestick Park
1962 – British Antarctic Territory forms
1985 – “Moonlighting” with Cybill Shepard and Bruce Willis premieres on ABC TV in the US
1991 – United Airlines 737 crashes near Colorado Springs, kills 25
Famous Birthdays
1886 – (Reginald Owen) R.O. Morris, British composer and music teacher, born in York, England (d. 1948)
1920 – James Doohan, Canadian actor (Star Trek), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2005)
1933 – Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor (The Crach, Sinatra), born in Pamplona, Spain (d. 2013)
1940 – Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian writer and journalist
1951 – Lindsay Cooper, British bassoonist, oboe player, and composer (Henry Cow; News from Babel), born in Hornsey, North London, England (d. 2013)
1981 – Sung Yu Ri, South Korean singer and actress
Famous Deaths
1965 – Carlo Gatti, Italian musicologist (Verdi), dies at 88
1988 – Lois Wilson, American silent and sound screen actress (Miss Lulu Bett; The Great Gatsby; The Covered Wagon: Bright Eyes), dies of pneumonia at 72
1993 – Carlos Montoya, American flamenco guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966), dies at 89
2004 – Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director (b. 1958)
2012 – Leonardo Cimino, Italian-American actor (The Monster Squad, V, Dune, Waterworld, Hudson Hawk), dies from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 94
2012 – Alex Webster, American football coach (NY Giants), dies at 80