Historical Events
1954 – Integration begins in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland, public schools
1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa
2008 – 25th MTV Video Music Awards: Britney Spears and Chris Brown win
2013 – Tony Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Australia after the Liberal-National Coalition wins the election
2013 – Fourteen Syrian rebels and two civilians are killed by heavy government shelling in Damascus
Famous Birthdays
1951 – Morris Albert [Maurício Alberto Kaisermann], Brazilian singer (“Feelings”), born in São Paulo, Brazil
1951 – Chrissie Hynde, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Pretenders – “Brass In Pocket”), born in Akron, Ohio
1967 – Leslie Jones, American comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1976 – Oliver Hudson, American actor (Rules of Engagement), born in Los Angeles, California
1983 – Mehmet Topuz, Turkisher footballer (Kayserispor), born in Caferli Köyü, Yozgat, Turkey
Famous Deaths
1775 – Johann Georg Holzbogen, German violinist and composer, dies at 48
1920 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician and 12th Premier of Quebec (1900-05), dies at 64
1944 – Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, Cuban composer, dies at 70
1994 – Terence Young, British film director (Dr No, Thunderball), dies of at 79
2008 – Miljenko “Dino” Dvornik, Croatian singer known as “the Croatian King of Funk”, dies of an overdose at 44