Historical Events
768 – Charlemagne and his brother Carloman I are crowned Kings of The Franks
1740 – Dutch governor general Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8,000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia
1924 – Municipal Grant Park Stadium, in Chicago Illinois (now known as Soldier Field) is officially dedicated
1981 – United States Auto Club appeals panel restores disputed Indianapolis 500 victory to disqualified first-across-the-line Bobby Unser
1990 – Saddam Hussein threatens to hit Israel with a new missile
2015 – Selena Gomez releases her studio album “Revival”, goes to #1 on Billboard 200
Famous Birthdays
1766 – Bedrich Divis Weber, Bohemian composer and musicologist, born in Velichov, Czech Republic (d. 1842)
1933 – Peter Mansfield, British Physician whose discoveries led to MRI (2003 Nobel Prize), born in London (d. 2017)
1935 – Paul Barton, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests, 1 x 100; Wellington), born in Wellington, New Zealand
1944 – Nona Hendryx, American RandB singer-songwriter (Patti LaBelle and Blue Belles; LaBelle – “Lady Marmalade”), born in Trenton, New Jersey
1950 – Mick Malone, Australian cricketer (WA seamer, Test 1977, made 46 took 5-63, 1-14), born in Scarborough, Australia
1955 – Linwood Boomer, Canadian-American actor (Adam-Little House on the Prairie), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Famous Deaths
1709 – Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, English mistress of Charles II of England, dies at 68
1967 – Andre Maurois [Emile Herzog], French writer (Balzac), dies at 82
1973 – Sister Rosetta Tharpe [Nubin], American gospel and RandB singer, songwriter, and electric guitarist (“This Train”; “Down By The Riverside”), dies of a stroke at 58
2001 – Herbert Ross, American film director and producer (Footloose, Steel Magnolias, dies at 74
2011 – Pavel Karelin, Russian ski jumper (b. 1989)
2013 – Mark “Chopper” Read, Australian criminal and crime author (Chopper: From the Inside), dies from liver cancer at 58