Historical Events
1920 – 1st brothers oppose each other in World Series, Cleveland’s Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy plays 3rd base for Brooklyn
1942 – Allied assault on oil installations of Bula Ceram
1945 – Memorial for the executed unveiled in Terbregge, Netherlands
2013 – Presidents Cup Golf, Muirfield Village GC: US wins for 5th successive time with an 18½–15½ victory over the International team
2018 – Oil tanker collision with a car leaves at least 50 people dead and one hundred with serious burns near Kisantu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Famous Birthdays
1459 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer, designed the Erdapfel, the oldest terrestrial globe in the world, born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1507)
1618 – Miguel Gómez Camargo, Spanish Baroque composer, born in Avila, Spain (d. 1690)
1946 – Millie Small, Jamaican ska singer, and songwriter (“My Boy Lollipop”), born in Clarendon, Jamaica (d. 2020)
1974 – Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer, born in Palmar Sur, Costa Rica
1988 – Maki Horikita, Japanese model and actress known for ” Nobuta wo Produce”, born in Tokyo, Japan
Famous Deaths
1861 – Elias Canneman, Dutch liberal politician and minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84
1992 – Denholm Elliott, British actor (Alfie; A Room with a View; Raiders of the Lost Ark), dies of tuberculosis at 70
2004 – (Hillegonda) “Hilly” Axwijk, Suriname-Dutch social worker and women’s rights activist, dies at 69
2006 – Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (b. 1940)
2011 – Brad Felt, American jazz tuba and euphonium player, composer, and bandleader, dies of pancreatic cancer at 55