Historical Events
1930 – 1st nonstop airplane flight from NY to Panama
1939 – “Ninotchka” with Greta Garbo premieres
1953 – KTVQ TV channel 2 in Billings, MT (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1970 – The Goodies make their television debut on the BBC
2013 – María Gabriela Isler, a 25yo Venezuelan, is crowned Miss Universe 2013
2018 – Amid Californian forest fires US President Donald Trump accuses state forest management of “gross mismanagement”, threatens to withhold funding
Famous Birthdays
1467 – Charles of Egmond, Duke of Guelder and Earl of Zutphen, born in Grave, Netherlands (d. 1538)
1907 – Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, born in Potsdam, Germany (d. 1994)
1928 – Anne Sexton, American poet (Live or Die; Pulitzer 1967), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
1967 – Ricky Otto, English footballer, born in London
1973 – Nick Lachey, American singer, born in Harlan, Kentucky
1980 – James Harper, English footballer, born in Bell, California
Famous Deaths
1492 – Jami [Mowlanā Nūr Od-dīn ʿabd Or-raḥmān Ebn Aḥmad], Persian poet (Lava’ih), dies at 78
1927 – Ole Olsen, Norwegian composer, dies at 77
1948 – Edgar Kennedy, American actor (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 58
1998 – Ursula Reit [Reith], German actress (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory), dies from natural causes at 84
2001 – Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator, dies at 77
2012 – Bill Tarmey, English actor (Coronation Street), dies at 71