Historical Events
1915 - St Louis 3rd base coach Miller Huggins, calls for ball Bkln rookie obliges, Huggins steps aside, and Card runner scores
1927 - Peace Bridge between US and Canada dedicated
1947 - Thor Heyerdahl and his fellow adventurers aboard the Kon-Tiki reach the Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia after 101 days at sea crossing the Pacific Ocean
1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 - A Catholic man is shot dead by a British soldier in Belfast
1976 - Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Colgate-European Golf Open
Famous Birthdays
1783 - Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (d. 1810)
1943 - Giorgio Alverà, Italy, bobsledder (WC 1975 gold), (d. 2013)
1969 - Dave Smits, soccer player (Willem II)
1971 - Sydney Penny, actress (Danni-New Gidget, Thorn Birds, All My Children)
1972 - Greg Serano, American actor
1975 - Gaahl (Kristian Eivind Espedal), Norwegian musician
Famous Deaths
1943 - Gustav Schmidt, German lt-general, dies in battle
1970 - Harold Haley, US judge, shot dead in courthouse shootout in San Rafael at 67
1972 - Joi Lansing, actress (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 44 of cancer
1976 - Cecil Weston, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86
1995 - Brigid Brophy, novelist/campaigner, dies at 66
2008 - Andrea Pininfarina, CEO of Pininfarina S.p.A.
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