Historical Events
1913 - 1st four-engined aircraft built and flown (Igor Sikorsky, Russia)
1950 - The first round of the Formula 1 World Championship is held at Silverstone.
1973 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1984 - Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff''s last competitive match
1990 - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
2014 - Christopher Columbus's flagship, the Santa María, is discovered off the northern coast of Haiti
Famous Birthdays
1717 - Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria (Wife of emperor Franz I)
1903 - Alfred Pugsley, civil engineer
1918 - John Johnston, British diplomat (Rhodesia, Malaysia)
1928 - Enrique Bolaños, President of Nicaragua
1931 - Sydney Lipworth, CEO (Monopolies and Mergers Commission)
1938 - Giuliano Amato, Italian politician
Famous Deaths
1390 - Robert II the Steward, King of Scots (1371-90), dies
1885 - Juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies
1916 - Sholem Aleichem, yiddish writer (Fiddler on the Roof), dies
1962 - H Trendley Dean, doctor (introduced fluoridation into water)
1993 - Joaquin Garcia, Mexican comic actor, dies of heart attack at 71
2011 - Derek Boogaard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1982)
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