Historical Events
1839 – Cherokee Nation unites and ratifies constitution at Tahlequah, Oklahoma
1920 – Jack Dempsey knocks out Billy Miske in the third round for the heavyweight boxing title in the first radio broadcast of a prizefight
1982 – Dutch Internal Minister Mr. M. Red assigns BVD to spy on communists
1985 – Mark Messier loses control of his Porsche and totals three cars; he is charged with hit-and-run and careless driving and is ordered to pay a fine
2018 – New York and New Jersey state attorneys launch investigations into sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy, bringing to six the number of states investigating
Famous Birthdays
1919 – Wilson Greatbatch, American engineer and pioneering inventor (cardiac pacemaker), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2011)
1946 – Bryan D. O’Connor, U.S. Marine Corps colonel and astronaut (STS 61B, STS 40), born in Orange, California
1947 – Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer and coach, born in Aldershot, England
1956 – Bill Ritter, American politician (41st Governor of Colorado), born in Denver, Colorado
1995 – Mark Andrews, American NFL player (Baltimore Ravens), born in Scottsdale, Arizona
Famous Deaths
1748 – Edmund Gibson, English jurist (b. 1669)
1984 – Ernest Tubb, American country musician (“Walking the Floor Over You”), dies of emphysema at 70
1992 – Pat Harder, American NFL fullback (Cardinals, Lions), dies at 70
1995 – Italo Valenti, Italian sculptor, dies at 83
2003 – Harry Goz, American musical theatre actor and voice actor, dies at 71