Historical Events
558 – Dome of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople collapses, Justinian I immediately orders it rebuilt
1949 – 75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2
2006 – On the final day of the Premier League season, Thierry Henry scores a hat-trick against Wigan Athletic in the last match played at Highbury
2011 – 137th Kentucky Derby: John Velazquez aboard Animal Kingdom wins in 2:02.04
2017 – MTV becomes the first major awards show to adopt gender-neutral categories, with Emma Watson winning Best Film Actor and Millie Bobby Brown winning Best TV Actor
Famous Birthdays
1892 – Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), born in Kumrovec, Hrvatsko Zagorje, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (d. 1980)
1936 – Jimmy Ruffin, American soul singer (“What Becomes of the Brokenhearted”), born in Collinsville, Mississippi (d. 2014)
1959 – Michael E. Knight, American actor (Tad Martin in “All My Children”), born in Princeton, New Jersey
1960 – Arnon Ohad, Israeli pilot and first officer of EI Al flight 1862 that crashed in Bijlmer Amsterdam, born in Israel
1964 – Leslie O’Neal, NFL defensive end and 6x Pro-Bowl selection (San Diego Chargers, St Louis Rams), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
Famous Deaths
973 – Otto I, the Great, East Frankish king and Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60
2018 – Mikhail German, Russian writer, dies at 85
2018 – Jeremy D. Safran, Canadian-born American clinical psychologist, is killed during a burglary
2020 – Brian Bolus, English cricket batsman (7 Tests @ 41.33; Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire), dies at 86
2021 – MartÃn Pando, Argentine soccer forward (11 caps; Argentinos Juniors, River Plate), dies at 86