Historical Events
1863 – -7] After 59 day siege Confederate troops vacate Fort Wagner SC (1700 casualties)
1876 – Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina
1939 – World War II: The Battle of Barking Creek.
1958 – US performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean
1992 – Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m (3:28.86)
2012 – 61 illegal immigrants die after a fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Turkey
Famous Birthdays
1876 – Willem Adriaan Bonger, Dutch criminologist (Race and Crime), born in Amsterdam (d. 1940)
1908 – Anthony Wagner, Officer of Arms at the College of Arms in London (d. 1995)
1917 – George Mann, English cricketer, born in Byfleet, Surrey, England (d. 2001)
1926 – Claus von Amsberg, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, born in Hitzacker, Germany (d. 2002)
1955 – Carl E. Walz, American NASA astronaut (STS 51, 65, 79), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1970 – Torrance Small, American NFL wide receiver (New Orleans Saints), born in Tampa, Florida
Famous Deaths
1780 – William Allen, Mayor of Philadelphia, dies at 76
1962 – Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
1966 – Luigi Perrachio, Italian composer, dies at 83
1997 – Philippe Rossillon, administrator, dies at 66
1999 – René Lecavalier, French Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)
2019 – Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean revolutionary, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1980-87) and 1st black President of Zimbabwe (1988-2017), dies at 95