Historical Events
1821 - Mercantile Library of City of NY opens
1909 - Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6)
1916 - 1st edition of Joseph Patterson/Sidney Smith's strip "The Gumps"
1931 - Vatican Radio begins broadcasting with the callsign HVJ
1985 - West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket's World Series Cup (Australian Tri-Series)
2000 - 31st NAACP Image Awards: "The Best Man" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
Famous Birthdays
1917 - Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (d. 2006)
1919 - Forrest Tucker, Plainfield Ind, actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail)
1936 - Fang Lizhi, Chinese astrophysicist/dissident (Tiananmen Square, 1989), born in Beijing, China (d. 2012)
1949 - Len Randle, baseball player (NY Mets)
1952 - Michael McDonald, rock keyboardist/vocals (Doobie Brothers), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1985 - Saskia Burmeister Croft, Australian actress
Famous Deaths
1538 - Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57
1929 - Lillie Langtry, British singer and actress (b. 1853)
1980 - Muriel Rukeyser, American poet (b. 1913)
2007 - Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
2013 - Hennadiy Udovenko, Ukranian politician and diplomat, dies at 81
2015 - Steve Strange [Steven Harrington] pop singer (Visage) and nightclub host, dies of a heart attack at 55
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