Historical Events
1610 – John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland
1813 – War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin
1922 – Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win
1924 – Military revolt in Sao Paulo, Brazil
1929 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: In the first all-American final Helen Wills Moody beats Helen Jacobs 6-1, 6-2
2012 – Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party is elected President of Mexico after a recount following irregularities
Famous Birthdays
1554 – Elisabeth of Austria, Queen consort of France (1570-74), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1592)
1904 – Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist (evolutionary theory), born in Kempten, Bavaria, Germany (d. 2005)
1957 – David Hanson, British Labour politician, born in Liverpool
1972 – Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Zainichi-Korean wrestler (NJPW), born in Kyoto, Japan
1974 – Márcio Amoroso, Brazilian footballer, born in Brasília, Brazil
1991 – Jason Dolley, American actor and musician (Cory in the House), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1873 – John Robertson, American politician, dies at 87
1887 – August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies
1948 – Piet Aalberse, Dutch minister of Labor (1918-25), dies at 77
1989 – Ernesto Halffter, composer, dies at 84
1996 – Lorna Young, Scottish promoter of Fairtrade products, dies at 44
2006 – Kenneth Lay, American CEO and Chairman of Enron, dies at 64