Historical Events
1965 – US soap opera “Days of Our Lives” premieres
1977 – Harvey Milk becomes the first openly gay person elected to public office in California, winning a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
1984 – NASA astronaut Anna Lee Fisher becomes the first mother to go into orbit when she flies on the STS-51A mission
1989 – Hong Kong’s MTR Lam Tin Station comes into service
2018 – Authorities report more than 150 people have been killed in week-long assault by government forces on port of Hudaydah in Yemen
Famous Birthdays
1904 – Horace Mann Bond, American educator, administrator (President of Lincoln University (Pa), 1945-57), and historian, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1972)
1921 – Douglas Townsend, American composer, born in Manhattan, New York City (d. 2012)
1924 – Joe Flynn, American character actor (McHale’s Navy – “Capt. Binghamton; The Love Bug; The Rescuers), born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 1974)
1968 – Parker Posey, American actress (Party Girl, Superman Returns), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1991 – DanTDM [Daniel Middleton], British professional gamer and YouTube personality (The Diamond Minecraft), born in Aldershot, England
Famous Deaths
1830 – Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies (1825-30), dies at 53
1876 – Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Queen consort of Spain (1870-73), dies at 29
1944 – Walter Nowotny, Austrian-born fighter pilot ace (258 aerial victories for Luftwaffe), dies in a plane crash at 23
1978 – Norman Rockwell, American artist and illustrator (Saturday Evening Post covers), dies at 84
1994 – Michael O’Donoghue, American comedy writer (SNL), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 54