Historical Events
1918 – Supreme commander of the army General Cutters resigns
1928 – Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds
1962 – BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote
1974 – Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award
1977 – 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga
1994 – 25th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:11:21
Famous Birthdays
1923 – Clay [David] Jones, Welsh gardener (BBC Gardener’s Question Time), born in Cardigan, Wales (d. 1996)
1948 – Rushton Moreve [Morey], American bass player (Steppenwolf – “Magic Carpet Ride”), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1981)
1949 – Joseph C. Wilson, Vice Chairman of Jarch Capital, LLC, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1949 – Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-American jazz trumpeter and composer, born in Artemisa, Cuba
1957 – Klaus Kleinfeld, German industrialist, born in Bremen, Germany
1982 – Sowelu, Japanese pop singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
Famous Deaths
1632 – Gustavus II Adolphus, King who made Sweden a major power (1611-32), dies at battle of Lützen at 37
1944 – Hannah Senesh, Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest
1958 – Francis George Scott, Scottish composer, dies at 78
2004 – Johnny Warren, Australian soccer player, dies at 61
2007 – Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and writer, dies at 87
2016 – Zoltan Kocsis, Hungarian pianist and conductor, dies of cancer at 64