Historical Events
1663 – King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island
1797 – 1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment
1954 – KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast
1981 – France performs nuclear test
1984 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: John McEnroe defends his crown, thrashing fellow American Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
2021 – MLB Padres relief pitcher Daniel Camarena gets his first hit, in his second career at bat – a grand slam – against Washington Nationals’ Max Scherzer, in San Diego
Famous Birthdays
1908 – Louis Jordan, American musician, songwriter and bandleader (“Caldonia”; “Choo Choo Ch’Boogie”; “Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens”), born in Brinkley, Arkansas (d. 1975)
1911 – Ken Farnes, English cricket bowler (fast England in pre-WW II years), born in Leytonstone, England (d. 1941)
1944 – Jeffrey Tambor, American character actor (Larry Sanders – “Hank”; Arrested Decelopment), born in San Francisco, California
1951 – Greg T. Walker, American rock bassist (Blackfoot)
1963 – Mike Ridley, Canadian NHL center (Vancouver Canucks), born in Winnipeg, Canada
1991 – Thuso Mbedu, South African actress (Is’Thunzi), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Famous Deaths
1726 – John Ker, Scottish spy, (for the British government against the Jacobites), dies in a debtors prison at 52
1913 – Louis Hémon, French novelist (Maria Chapdelaine), dies at 32
1957 – Grace Goodhue Coolidge, American First Lady (1923-29), dies at 78
1987 – Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (Canadian Member of Parliament), dies at 84
1999 – Pete Conrad, American astronaut (b. 1930)
2003 – Kunio Toda, Japanese composer, dies at 87