Historical Events
1858 – Abolitionists establish “Crispus Attucks Day” in Boston
1959 – Iran and US sign economic and military treaty
1970 – “Airport” based on the book by Arthur Hailey, directed by George Seaton and starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin is released
1994 – Jefffesron Airplane/Starship singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop
2019 – Japanese architect Arata Isozaki wins architecture’s Pritzker Prize
Famous Birthdays
1817 – Austen Henry Layard, British archaeologist and diplomat (work in Mesopotamia including rediscovery of Nineveh), born in Paris, France (d. 1894)
1921 – Elmer Valo, American baseball outfielder (one of only 4, four-decade MLB players 1939-61; Philadelphia, KC Athletics), born in Rybník Czechoslovakia (d. 1998)
1932 – Earl Woods, American author (father of Tiger Woods; 2 x books about upbringing and coaching), born in Manhattan, Kansas (d. 2006)
1948 – Eddy Grant, Guyanese–British reggae singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist (“Electric Avenue”), born in Plaisance, British Guiana
1973 – Nicole Pratt, Australian tennis star (1995 Futures Australia), born in Mackay, Queensland
Famous Deaths
1950 – Sid Grauman, American entrepreneur, established the Chinese Theatre and Egyptian Theatre, dies from coronary occlusion at 70
1994 – Abdullah Al-Sallal, President of Yemen (1962-67), dies
2006 – Richard Kuklinski, American mafia hit man, dies at 70
2010 – Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer who killed three children, dies in prison at 71
2018 – Hayden White, American “literary criticism” historian (Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe), dies at 89