Historical Events
1940 - Luftwaffe bombs Spitfire factory in Southampton for second time
1954 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Ardmore Golf Open
1955 - NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929
1964 - "Gilligan's Island", starring Bob Denver as Gilligan, debuts on CBS
1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1993 - 30th Ryder Cup: US beats Europe, 15-13 at The Belfry, England
Famous Birthdays
1889 - Martin Heidegger, Germany, Existentialist (Being and Time)
1897 - Victor O Stomps, writer
1898 - George Gershwin, [Jacob Gershvin], Bkln, composer (Rhapsody in Blue)
1932 - Clifton C Williams Jr, Mobile Alabama, Major USMC/astronaut
1936 - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician
1963 - Douglas Wakiihuri, Kenyan marathon runner (Olympic-silver-1988)
Famous Deaths
1968 - Daniel Johnson, Sr., French-Canadian politician (b. 1915)
1984 - Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)
1993 - James Boyden, British Labour MP (1959-79), dies at 82
1996 - Geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist, dies at 75
1996 - Mark Frankel, actor (Leon the Pig Farmer), dies on motorcycle at 34
2003 - Shawn Lane, American guitarist (b. 1963)
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