Historical Events
1965 – Several US states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast Blackout
1965 – San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays named NL MVP
1991 – Joint European Torus (JET) scientists in Culham England successfully harness nuclear fusion to produce the first large amount of controlled fusion power
2007 – Alicia Keys releases her 3rd studio album “As I Am” (Grammy Award Best Female RandB Vocal Performance 2008, 2008 Billboard Album of the Year)
2014 – Asia-Pacific countries, including China and the United States, announce plans to co-operate more closely in the fight against corruption
Famous Birthdays
1837 – Gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer and politician, born in Enschede, Netherlands (d. 1915)
1921 – Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, German-British film scholar and exhibitor, born in Berlin (d. 1996)
1921 – Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast (Olympic gold USSR 4 x 1952, 3 x 1956), born in Krasnoarmeyskoye, Ukraine (d. 1984)
1944 – Bill Hendon, American politician (Rep-R-NC, 1981-83, 85-87), born in Asheville, North Carolina
1959 – Sito Pons, Spanish motorbike racer, born in Barcelona, Spain
Famous Deaths
1208 – Sancha of Castile, wife of Alfonso II of Aragon (b. 1155)
1641 – Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, Cardinal of the Holy Catholic Church and military commander during the Thirty Years’ War, dies at 32
1932 – Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Russian woman who was the 2nd wife of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, commits suicide at 31
1993 – Stanley Myers, English television and film composer (The Deer Hunter), dies of cancer at 63
2024 – Lou Donaldson, American bebop jazz saxophonist (“Blues Walk”), and bandleader, dies at 98