Historical Events
1915 - Parris Island is officially designated a Marine Corps Recruit Depot.
1951 - Johnny Mercer's "Top Banana" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 356 performances
1951 - First atomic explosion witnessed by troops, New Mexico
1954 - KUON TV channel 12 in Lincoln, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1972 - 1st gay theme TV movie - "That Certain Summer"
1979 - Bolivia military coup under Gen Busch, pres Guevara flees
Famous Birthdays
1661 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (d. 1725)
1887 - L. S. Lowry, British painter of industrial scenes (d. 1976)
1907 - Rio Gebhardt, composer
1941 - Johnny Kendall, [Johan Donkerkaat], Dutch blues singer
1969 - Tie Domi, Windsor, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1970 - Alla Korot, Odessa USSR, actress (Jenna Norris-Another World)
Famous Deaths
1750 - Gustaaf W van Imhoff, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1736-40), dies at 45
1895 - Aleksander Zarzycki, composer, dies at 61
1982 - King Vidor, director (War and Peace), dies at 88 of a heart ailment
2004 - Mac Dre, American rapper (b. 1970)
2008 - Shakir Stewart, American music producer (b. 1974)
2008 - Nathaniel Mayer, American soul musician (b. 1944)
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