Historical Events
1668 – Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge
1799 – Ranjit Singh’s men take up their positions outside Lahore
1838 – Central American federation is dissolved
1939 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats fellow American Elwood Cooke 2-6, 8-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 for Wimbledon sweep, also won doubles and mixed doubles titles
1987 – Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women
2016 – Deadlock in battle for Aleppo broken when Russian air strikes cut rebel access to the city, 250,000 people put under siege
Famous Birthdays
1900 – Earle E. Partridge, United States Air Force general (d. 1990)
1919 – William Moses Kunstler, defense attorney (Chicago 8)
1945 – Matti Salminen, Turku Finland, bass player (King Philipp-Don Carlos)
1957 – Jonathan Dayton, American film director, born in Alameda County, California
1963 – Vonda Shepard, American singer, born in New York
1982 – George Owu, Ghanaian footballer, born in Accra, Ghana
Famous Deaths
1861 – John Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies
1889 – Giovanni Bottesini, Italian Romantic composer, conductor and a double bass virtuoso, dies at 67
1901 – Johanna Spyri, Swiss children’s book author (Heidi), dies at 74
1945 – Salomėja Nėris [Salomėja Bačinskaitė-Bučienė], Lithuanian poet, dies of cancer at 40
1965 – Moshe Sharett, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (1954-55), dies at 70
1975 – Ruffian, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1972)