Historical Events
1899 – 8.3 earthquake shakes Yakutat Bay Alaska
1932 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Keller GC: Olin Dutra wins the first of 2 major titles, beating Frank Walsh, 4 and 3
1947 – Champion Middlesex cricket batsman Denis Compton scores 101 for South of England in tour match defeat to South Africa at Lord’s; his record 17th century of the English season
1978 – Jerry Lewis’ 13th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $29,074,405
1979 – Iran army conquers Baneh
1981 – Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC
Famous Birthdays
1932 – Bevo Francis, American basketball player (college basketball record scorer), born in Hammondsville, Ohio (d. 2015)
1951 – Judith Ivey, American actress (Lady in Red, Hello Again), born in El Paso, Texas
1962 – Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician, born in Esbjerg, Denmark
1963 – John Vanbiesbrouck, American NHL goalie (Team USA, Florida), born in Detroit, Michigan
1966 – Bireli Lagrene, French jazz guitarist, born in Alsace, France
1979 – Kristina Krepela, Croatian actress, born in Zagreb, Croatia
Famous Deaths
799 – Musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam, dies at 53
1960 – Alfred E Green, director (Copacabana), dies after long illness at 71
1979 – Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (b. 1904)
1994 – Laurens van Deenen, Dutch biochemist, dies at 66
1997 – Aldo Rossi, Italian architect (b. 1931)
2009 – Iain Cuthbertson, Scottish actor (Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger UXB), dies at 79