Historical Events
1954 – WBTW TV channel 13 in Florence, SC (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1968 – Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas
1974 – Chicago Bull Nate Thurmond becomes 1st in NBA to complete a quadruple double-22 pts, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocks
1978 – NY Islanders 1st scoreless tie, vs LA Kings
1979 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1995 – NHL Winnipeg Jets sold to Americans who plan to move them to Phoenix
Famous Birthdays
1611 – Valentin Strobel, composer
1712 – Jeremias van Riemsdijk, gov-general of Dutch Indies (1775-77)
1913 – Robert Gilruth, American aviation and space pioneer (d. 2000)
1958 – Hal Haenel, star sailor (Olympics-8th-1988, 92, 96), born in St Louis, Missouri
1962 – Jody Anschutz, LPGA golfer (1987 du Maurier Ltd Classic), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1975 – Rebeca Tamez, Miss Mexico Universe (1997)
Famous Deaths
707 – John VII, Catholic Pope (705-07), of Greek ancestry, dies
1817 – Etienne-Nicolas Méhul, French composer (b. 1763)
1864 – Jacques Francois Gallay, composer, dies at 68
1876 – Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85
1997 – Nancy Dickerson, American pioneering journalist, 1st female news correspondent (CBS), dies at 70
2007 – William J. Crowe, American admiral and ambassador (b. 1925)