Historical Events
1755 – Battle of Lake George in the Province of New York: British army beats French
1921 – 1st Miss America crowned in Atlantic City – Margaret Gorman (16) of Washington, D.C.
1973 – Rebecca Ann King (Colo), 23, crowned 46th Miss America 1974
1974 – US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon of all federal crimes
1978 – 2nd game of Boston Massacre; NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 13-2
2019 – Brazil’s Supreme Court rules Marvel comic depicting two men kissing can be sold after mayor of Rio de Janeiro attempted to ban it
Famous Birthdays
1815 – Alexander Ramsey, American politician (1st Governor of Minnesota Territory), born in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania (d. 1903)
1925 – Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson, Icelandic pianist and avant-garde composer, born in Skálar, Iceland (d. 2005)
1950 – Will Lee, American bassist (Late Show with David Letterman), born in San Antonio, Texas
1983 – Diego Benaglio, Swiss-Italian footballer, born in Zürich, Switzerland
1986 – Matt Grothe, American football player, born in Lakeland, Florida
1987 – Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian freestyle skier (Gold in 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics), born in Montreal, Quebec
Famous Deaths
1100 – Clement III [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies
1780 – Enoch Poor, American Revolutionary War general, dies at 44
1956 – Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-45), dies at 84
1980 – Hermann Claudius, German folk poet (Meister Bertram), dies at 101
2003 – Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actress (b. 1986)
2014 – Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (Adriana Lecouvreur; La Voix Humaine), dies at 104