Historical Events
1839 – Great fire in New York
1876 – Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina
1924 – Assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini fails
1939 – 1st German air attack on Great Britain in WW II
1980 – US College football longest losing streak of 50 games ends for Macalester College (St. Paul)
1991 – Ronald Venetiaan chosen president of Suriname
Famous Birthdays
1890 – Manfred Gurlitt, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1973)
1915 – Franz Josef Strauss, German politician, Minister of Defense (1956-62), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1988)
1939 – Dan Cragg, American soldier and author, born in Rochester, New York
1970 – Igor Korolev, Russian ice hockey player (Team Russia, Winnipeg), born in Moscow, Russia
1974 – Tim Henman, English tennis player, born in Oxford, England
1978 – Cisco Adler, American singer and record producer, born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
394 – Eugenius, linguistic/anti emperor of Rome (392-94), dies in battle
1782 – Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson (b. 1748)
1831 – Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, German composer, dies at 49
1950 – Olaf Stapledon, British writer and philosopher (b. 1886)
1994 – Max Kaminsky, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (Max Kaminsky Orchestra), dies at 85
2020 – Mike Sexton, American poker player (World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions 2006; Poker Hall of Fame) and commentator (WPT), dies from prostate cancer at 72