Historical Events
1955 – World’s most powerful aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga, launched
1962 – Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes article “Bedingt abwehrbereit” (“Conditionally prepared for defense”) about NATO manoeuver called “Fallex 62”, uncovering sorry state of West German army. Magazine soon accused of treason.
1963 – Sultan of Zanzibar cedes his mainland possessions to Kenya
1965 – Post Office Tower opens in London, tallest building in England
1972 – Lerrin LaGrow Campy, who had been hit by a pitch, is fined and suspended
2016 – 140 people are killed in an air strike during a wake in Sanaa, Yemen
Famous Birthdays
1828 – Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), born in Dourdan, France (d. 1899)
1837 – Otto Winter-Hjelm, Norwegian musician and composer, born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1931)
1883 – Dick Burnett, American musician (Man of Constant Sorrow), born in Monticello, Kentucky (d. 1977)
1918 – Ron Randell, Australian actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera), born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 2005)
1949 – Hamish Stuart, Scottish guitarist and singer (Average White Band), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1952 – Edward Zwick, American film director (Shakespeare in Love), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Deaths
1651 – Isaac Elsevier, book publisher, dies at 55
1659 – Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary
1970 – Mitr Chaibancha, Thai film actor (b. 1934)
1994 – Brian Hartley, mathematician, dies at 55
1996 – Watkins Shaw, British musicologist, dies at 85
1997 – Brown Meggs, CEO (Capitol Records), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 66