Historical Events
1813 – British invade Plattsburgh NY
1941 – U-boats sink and damage 21 allied ships this month (80,521 tons)
1964 – Rolling Stone concert in Ireland halts after 12 minutes due to riot
1969 – Mariner 6 makes its closest approach to planet Mars at 3410 km
1973 – ABA Virginia Squires trade Julius Erving to NY Nets
1987 – Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed
Famous Birthdays
1835 – Henri Brisson, French statesman (d. 1912)
1901 – Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor (Landscape with 2 Personages)
1916 – Verdun Scott, NZ cricketer/rugby player
1919 – Norman Del Mar, composer
1948 – Leaveil Degree, rocker (Whispers)
1958 – Wallace Kurth, actor (Days of Our Lives, Ned/Ed-General Hospital)
Famous Deaths
1566 – Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92
1875 – Andrew Johnson, 17th US President (Unionist: 1865-69), dies of a stroke at 66
1942 – Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies at 79
1968 – Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66
1985 – Murray Chapple, New Zealand cricketer (NZ Test batsman through the 1950’s), dies at 55
1985 – Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78