Historical Events
878 – Battle of Edington: Alfred the Great and his West Saxon army defeat Viking army of Guthrum the Old [earliest possible date]
1541 – King Henry VIII orders a bible in English be placed in every church in England
1907 – 33rd Kentucky Derby: In muddy conditions and against a reduced field Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in a slow 2:12.6
1935 – British King George V and Queen Mary celebrate silver jubilee
1967 – 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College, Pennsylvania
1975 – Bundy victim Lynette Culver disappears from Pocatello, Idaho
Famous Birthdays
1638 – Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, English politician and First Lord of the British Admiralty, born in Hadham Parva, Hertfordshire (d. 1696)
1926 – Johnny Bragg, American doo-wop singer-songwriter (The Prisonaires – “Just Walkin’ in the Rain”), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2004)
1951 – Samuel Doe, President of Liberia (d. 1990)
1956 – Tim Simpson, American golfer (4 PGA Tour titles, born in Atlanta, Georgia
1970 – Emerson Martin, NFL guard (Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers, Packers)
1977 – Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist
Famous Deaths
1836 – Christian Ignatius Latrobe, English clergyman and composer (Selection of Sacred Music), dies at 78
1840 – Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792)
1890 – Hubert Léonard, Belgian violinist, and pedagogue (Brussels Conservatoire, 1848-67), dies at 71
1995 – Hilda Toledano [Maria Pia de Braganca], Portuguese journalist and writer who claimed to be the bastard daughter of King Carlos I of Portugal, dies at 88
2004 – Philip Kapleau, American Zen teacher and founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven), dies at 91
2013 – Giulio Andreotti, Italian Prime Minister, dies at 94