Historical Events
1851 – Anti-slavery novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe first published in serial form in “The National Era”
1925 – US Open Men’s Golf, Worcester CC: Scotsman Willie Macfarlane beats Bobby Jones by 1 stroke in a second 18-hole playoff for his only major title
1965 – Lopez Arellano becomes president of Honduras
1993 – “Livin’ On The Edge” by Aerosmith hits #18
1994 – “Gray’s Anatomy” opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 8 performances
2018 – Miss America pageant announces an end to its swimsuit competition
Famous Birthdays
1916 – Eddie Joost, baseball player
1919 – Richard Scarry, children’s author and illustrator (What Do People Do All Day?), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1994)
1925 – William L Dickinson, (Rep-R-AL, 1965- )
1931 – John Dellow, commisioner (London Metropolitan Police)
1932 – A R Dawson, rugby player
1946 – Gillian Hills, English actress (Blow-up, Clockwork Orange), born in Cairo, Egypt
Famous Deaths
754 – Boniface, [Winfrid], English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79
1316 – Louis X, King of France (1314-16), dies at 26
1826 – Carl Maria von Weber, German romantic composer (Der Freischutz), dies at 39
1910 – O. Henry [William Sydney Porter], American short story writer (Cabbages and Kings), dies at 47
1998 – Alfred Kazin, American writer and literature critic (The Inmost Leaf), dies at 83
2012 – Barry Unsworth, British novelist, dies from lung cancer at 81