Historical Events
1513 – Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
1908 – Crete revolts against Turkey and aligns with Greece
1922 – Oud-burgem of Rotterdam Zimmerman becomes High Comm’s of Austria
1922 – Landis insists Game 4 of World Series be played despite heavy rain
1929 – Ramsay MacDonald is first British Prime Minister to address US Congress
1950 – Walter Bedell Smith replaces Roscoe H Hillenkoetter as 4th CIA head
Famous Birthdays
1881 – Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (d. 1918)
1914 – Herman Keiser, American golfer (US Masters 1946), born in Springfield, Missouri (d. 2003)
1952 – Vladimir Putin, Russian politician (President and Prime Minister), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union
1953 – Christopher Norris, American actress (Summer of ’42, Eat My Dust), born in New York City, New York
1964 – Sam Brown, English singer and songwriter (Stop!), born in Stratford, United Kingdom
1987 – Jeremy Brockie, Australian footballer, born in Christchurch, New Zealand
Famous Deaths
336 – Pope Saint Mark, bishop of Rome (336), dies of natural causes
1887 – George James Webb, English-American composer, dies at 84
1924 – Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie), dies at 71
1925 – Hubert Main, American hymn composer, dies at 86
1999 – Rev. Bruce Ritter, American Catholic priest and controversial founder of charity New York City based Covenant House, dies of cancer at 72
2007 – George E. Sangmeister, American politician (b. 1931)