Historical Events
1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death
1850 – Scottish explorer Edward Eyre reaches Albany, Western Australia
1891 – Marcellus F. Berry, an American Express employee is granted four copyrights for what he called “the travelers cheque”
1939 – “The Rules of the Game”, French film directed by Jean Renoir, starring Nora Gregor and Paulette Dubost, premieres in Paris
1962 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her first Grand Slam singles title beating Chris Evert 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
Famous Birthdays
1813 – William Scott Ketchum, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Norwalk, Connecticut (d. 1871)
1947 – Howard Rheingold, American critic and writer on virtual communities, born in Phoenix, Arizona
1952 – Mando Guerrero, Mexican professional wrestler, born in Mexico City
1968 – Chuck Knoblauch, American baseball shortstop (NY Yankees, Minnesota Twins), born in Houston, Texas
1969 – Robin Weigert, American actress, born in Washington, D.C.
1982 – George Owu, Ghanaian footballer, born in Accra, Ghana
Famous Deaths
1794 – Pascal Boyer, French composer, dies at 51
1816 – Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright (The Rivals, The School for Scandal) and Whig MP, dies at 64
1990 – Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, German Jesuit priest and Buddhism Zen teacher, dies at 92
1992 – Clint Frank, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1937; unanimous All-American 1937; Yale), dies at 76
2001 – Edward Fiennes-Clinton, Australian-born 18th Earl of Lincoln, dies at 88
2014 – Lois Johnson, American country music singer (“Loving You Will Never Grow Old”), dies at 72