Historical Events
1967 – Debra Dene Barnes (Kansas), 20, crowned 40th Miss America 1968
1972 – US Open Women’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Billie Jean King retains her title; beats Kerry Melville Reid of Australia 6-3, 7-5
1985 – Race riot in Birmingham, England
1993 – Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization exchange letters of mutual recognition
2018 – Arirang Mass Games begins in North Korea to mark country’s 70th anniversary featuring tens of thousands performing
2018 – Swedish General Election: no party wins a majority with far-right Sweden Democrats making gains
Famous Birthdays
1858 – Benjamin Kidel, English Sudan (Control of the Tropics)
1908 – Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (La belle estate)
1921 – Andrzej Dobrowolski, Polish classical and experimental composer, born in Lwów, Poland (now Ukraine) (d. 1990)
1922 – Hans Dehmelt, German-born American physicist (Nobel Prize 1989), born in Gorlitz (d. 2017)
1938 – Don Hogan Charles, American photographer and first African-American photographer hired by The New York Times, born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
1942 – Luther Simmons, American RandB singer, songwriter and producer (The Main Ingredient – “Everybody Plays The Fool”), born in New York City (d. 2016)
Famous Deaths
1902 – Titus AJ van Asch van Wijck, Governor of Suriname (1891-97), dies at 53
1915 – A. G. Spalding, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, manager and executive (NL wins leader 1871–76; co-founder of Spalding sporting goods company), dies at 66
1964 – Charles O’Neill, Canadian composer, dies at 82
1965 – Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo, composer, dies at 90
1991 – Joop Zwart, Dutch political activist and resistance fighter, dies at 78
2006 – Gérard Brach, French screenwriter (b. 1927)