Historical Events
1301 – Battle at Breukelen: Holland vs Lichtenberg
1884 – Statue of Liberty presented to US in Paris
1938 – France-Turkish friendship treaty
1952 – Canadain Currency, Mint and Exchange Fund Act allows gold coins of $5, $10, and $20 to be minted
1980 – Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) fans Reds’ Cesar Geronimo to become 4th pitcher to 3,000 MLB strikeouts
2004 – The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. (This was largely a symbolic event; actual construction would not start for several weeks)
Famous Birthdays
1826 – Stephen Foster, American composer (Oh! Susanna, Swanee River), born in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania (d. 1864)
1868 – Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer (period-luminosity relation), born in Lancaster, Massachusetts (d. 1921)
1928 – Sylvius Gerald Marie Rozendal, Premier of Netherland’s Antilles, born in Willemstad, Curacao (d. 2003)
1966 – Adrian Caldwell, American NBA forward/center (Indiana Pacers), born in Falls County, Texas
1968 – Mark Lenzi, American 3m spring diver (Olympic gold 1992), born in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama (d. 2012)
1980 – Max Elliott Slade, American film actor, born in Pasadena, California
Famous Deaths
1187 – Reinoud van Châtillon, French prince of Antioch, dies
1754 – Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist and author, dies at 74
1848 – Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala), dies at 79
1910 – Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer, dies at 70
1961 – William Franklin “Frank” Smith, American actor (Cowboy and Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days), dies of lung cancer at 83
1983 – Claus Adam, American composer and cellist (Juilliard Quartet), dies at 65