Historical Events
1812 – Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Bonapartre wins a pyrrhic victory against Russian General Mikhail Kutuzov in the most ferocious battle of the Napoleonic era, 70,000 are killed
1909 – Eugene Lefebvre becomes first pilot to die in an airplane craft, while test piloting new French-built Wright biplane at Juvisy
1956 – Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000’+
1987 – South Africa frees Dutch anthropologist/Anc’er Klaas de Young
1991 – Die Laughing wins Messenger Stakes
2008 – 25th MTV Video Music Awards: Britney Spears and Chris Brown win
Famous Birthdays
1635 – Paul Esterhazy, Hungarian prince, composer and patron, born in Eisenstadt (d. 1713)
1957 – Melvin Edward Mays, one of FBI’s most wanted
1964 – Eazy-E [Eric Lynn Wright], American rapper (N.W.A.), born in Compton, California (d. 1995)
1965 – Uta Pippig, German long distance runner, born in Leipzig, Germany
1970 – Tom Everett Scott, American actor (Dead Man on Campus), born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts
1980 – Gabriel Milito, Argentine soccer defender (42 caps; Independiente, Zaragoza), born in Bernal, Argentina
Famous Deaths
1881 – Sidney Clopton Lanier, composer, dies at 39
1893 – Hamilton Fish, American politician (Governor of New York), dies at 85
1944 – Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, Cuban composer, dies at 70
1965 – Catherine Dale Owen, actress (Behind Office Doors), dies at 62
1992 – Henry Ephron, American screenwriter (Daddy Long Legs), dies at 81
1995 – Gordon DeMarco, writer/activist, dies at 51