Historical Events
1927 – 1st Ryder Cup Golf, Worcester CC: US beats Great Britain, 9½-2½; Walter Hagen first American captain; Ted Ray first GB skipper
1942 – Battle of Midway begins; Japan’s 1st major defeat in WW II
1944 – 5th Army enters and liberates Rome from Mussolini’s Fascist armies
1947 – “Louisiana Lady” closes at Century Theater NYC after 4 performances
1990 – Dr Jack Kevorkian assists an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die
1990 – Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy
Famous Birthdays
1867 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish general and 6th President of Finland (1944-46), born in Askainen, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (d. 1951)
1899 – Leo Spies, Russian-born German composer, born in Moscow (d. 1965)
1923 – John Lea, British vice-admiral, born in Shimla, India (d. 2015)
1953 – Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish songwriter and guitarist (Wings), born in Dumbarton (d. 1979)
1968 – Scott Wolf, actor (Broken Arrow, Party of 5), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1970 – Ekrem İmamoğlu, Turkish politician, Mayor of Istanbul (2019-) , born in Akçaabat, Turkey
Famous Deaths
1206 – Adèle of Champagne, wife of Louis VII of France
1872 – Stanisław Moniuszko, Polish composer, dies at 53
1970 – Sonny Tufts [Bowen Charleton Tufts III], American actor (The Seven Year Itch, Variety Girl), dies from pneumonia at 58
1993 – June Smaney, actress (Sainted Sister), dies of apparent suicide at 71
2007 – Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter (Cry to Me), dies at 74
2012 – Herb [Herbert] Reed, American musician (The Platters), dies at 83