Historical Events
1813 – “Uncle Sam” 1st used to refer to the US, by Troy Post of New York
1923 – Interpol forms in Vienna
1941 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: 1939 champion Bobby Riggs beats Frank Kovacs 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
1960 – Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m (2:04.3)
1970 – Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053′ Royal George Bridge in Colorado
2008 – 25th MTV Video Music Awards: Britney Spears and Chris Brown win
Famous Birthdays
1726 – François-André Danican Philidor, French composer and chess champion, born in Dreux, France (d. 1795)
1864 – Ernest Halliwell, South African cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests), born in Ealing, England (d. 1919)
1914 – Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer, born in Richmond, Victoria, Australia (d. 2012)
1921 – Arthur Ferrante, American pianist and composer (Ferrante and Teicher – Exodus), born in NYC, New York (d. 2009)
1943 – Beverley McLachlin, Canadian jurist (17th Chief Justice of Canada), born in Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada
1987 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress (Thirteen), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
Famous Deaths
1951 – María Montez [Vidal], Dominican actress known as The Queen of Technicolor (Cobra Woman, Arabian Nights), dies of heart seizure at 39
1954 – Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (Mutt and Jeff), dies at 69
1959 – Maurice Duplessis, 16th Premier of Quebec, dies at 69
1962 – Isak Dinesen [Karen Blixen-Finecke], Danish baroness and writer (Out of Africa), dies at 77
1991 – John Crosby, American columnist/detective writer dies at 79
1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire (1965-97), dies at 66