Historical Events
1877 – 1st Westminster Dog Show held
1882 – David Belasco’s “La Belle Russe” premieres in NYC
1906 – Philadelphia A’s pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield and hits 2 HRs
1926 – Fire breaks out in Fenway Park, home of Boston Red Socks baseball team
1984 – Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles
1994 – Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game
Famous Birthdays
1912 – George Woodcock, author
1933 – Alistair Service, writer/publisher
1935 – Viscount Falkland, British peer (Lib-Dem)
1942 – Robin Hobbs, cricketer (England leg-spinner 1967-71)
1951 – Deborah Harmon, American actress (Ted Knight Show, M*A*S*H, Just the 10 of Us), born in Chicago, Illinois
1983 – Matt Willis, British singer
Famous Deaths
1876 – Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies
1894 – Clara Fey, German Roman Catholic Nun and the founder of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus, dies at 79
1967 – Laverne Andrews, American singer (Andrews Sisters), dies at 55
1998 – Bebe Rebozo, American banker and Watergate figure (b. 1912)
2012 – Nicholas Katzenbach, American Attorney General, dies at 90
2012 – Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator, dies at 83