Historical Events
1633 - Battle of Liaoluo Bay: Dutch East India Company defeated by Chinese Ming naval forces in southern Fujian sea
1884 - General Gordon receives letter of Mahdi
1936 - 1st commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii
1978 - 8th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:32:30
1997 - Larry Flynt sells Hustler in a non-zoned area of Cincinnati
2005 - Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
Famous Birthdays
1592 - Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (d. 1657)
1922 - John H Chafee, (Sen-R-Rhode Island, 1976- )
1948 - John Peterson, US, Middleweight (Olympic-gold-1976)
1975 - Melchior Schoenmakers, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1976 - Helen Svedin, Swedish model
1990 - Jonathan William Lipnicki, actor (Jeff Foxworthy Show, Jerry McGuirre)
Famous Deaths
1917 - Bob Fitzsimmons, English boxer (b. 1863)
1981 - Michael Granger, actor (Creature with Atom Brain, Pier 5 Havana), dies
1995 - Simone Gallimard, publisher, dies at 77
1996 - Matthew Harding, businessman/football supporter, dies at 42
1998 - Eric Ambler, English novelist (b. 1909)
2005 - Arman, French-born artist (b. 1928)
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