Historical Events
1699 – Pirate Captain William Kidd is captured in Boston
1907 – Tom Reece takes 5 weeks to compile the highest recorded billiards break in a match (499,135) in London, his ‘cradle’ cannon method is soon banned
1956 – Cleveland outfielder Jim Busby hits a second grand slam on consecutive days during Indians 4-2 win v Kansas City A’s
2012 – Gunmen kill 18 people in Turbat, Pakistan
2016 – African American Philando Castile is shot by police in St Paul, Minnesota after being pulled over for a broken rear light, killing is filmed
Famous Birthdays
1885 – Ernst Busch, German field marshal (WWII), born in Essen, German Empire (d. 1945)
1916 – Unica Zürn, German writer and artist, born in Berlin (d. 1970)
1948 – Wadih Sa’adeh, Lebanese-Australian poet (Laysa Lil Massa’ Ikhwah), born in Lebanon
1960 – Lauri Merten, American golfer (US Open 1993), born in Waukesha, Wisconsin
1967 – Heather Nova [Frith], Bermudian singer-songwriter (Oyster), born in Bermuda
Famous Deaths
1218 – Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
1974 – Carlos Isamitt, Chilean composer, dies at 87
2000 – Akira Miyazawa, Japanese jazz saxophonist, dies at 72
2010 – Harvey Fuqua, American RandB singer-songwriter (The Moonglows – “Sincerely”), producer (Marvin Gaye), and record label executive (Motown), dies of a heart attack at 80
2020 – Ennio Morricone, Italian trumpeter, and composer of classical music and film scores (“The Mission”; “Cinema Paradiso”; “The Hateful Eight”), dies at 91