Historical Events
1914 – Montenegro declares war on Germany
1930 – MLB St. Louis Cardinals are 12 games back in the NL and go on to win the pennant
1938 – Great Trek Centenary Celebrations commence; the Great Trek was a migration involving Boers leaving the Cape Colony and settling in the interior of South Africa
1992 – Germany goes through the field hockey competition undefeated to win gold with a 2-1 victory over Australia in the men’s final at the Barcelona Olympics
2004 – John Elway is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Famous Birthdays
1899 – Victor Young, American violinist, arranger, orchestra leader, and composer (“Street of Dreams”; “Love Letters”; “I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You”), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1956)
1908 – Chivu Stoica, Romanian politician (Premier of Romania 1955-61), born in Smeeni, Romania (d. 1975)
1928 – Ken Scowcroft, English insurance magnate and founder of Swinton Insurance (1957), born in England (d. 2018)
1977 – Szilárd Németh, Slovak soccer striker (58 caps; Slovan Bratislava, Middlesborough, Alemannia Aachen), born in Komárno, Slovakia
1979 – Richard Harwood, British cellist, born in Portsmouth, England
Famous Deaths
1863 – Angus MacAskill known as ‘Giant MacAskill’, circus performer (b.1825)
1969 – Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German human biologist and Nazi physician, dies at 73
1988 – Félix Leclerc, French Canadian singer and composer (Moi, mes souliers), dies at 74
1992 – Alison L. Gertz, American aids-activist, Esquire women of year, dies of aids at 26
2018 – Richard Searby, Australian right-hand man of Rupert Murdoch and Chairman of News Corporation, dies at 87