Historical Events
1941 - Amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro
1944 - 1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor
1957 - WCVB TV channel 5 in Boston, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1975 - US Federal jury finds Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination
1979 - Twins John Castino and Jays Alfredo Griffin tie for AL Rookie of Year
2004 - Ruzhou School massacre: a man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
Famous Birthdays
1905 - Bob Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1982)
1920 - Daniel Petrie, Canadian-born television and movie director (d. 2004)
1929 - Lorraine Macleod, dancer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)
1963 - Allyson Rice-Taylor, Huntington WV, actress (As the World Turns)
1974 - David Barnard, WLAF defensive tackle (Scotland Claymores)
1992 - Louis Ducrut, prince/son of Princess Stephanie and Daniel Ducrut
Famous Deaths
1809 - Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer, dies at 56
1959 - Albert Ketèlbey, British composer (b. 1875)
1959 - Albert William Ketelby, composer, dies at 84
1991 - Francois Billetdoux, French author (Word Awake), dies in Phila
1995 - Max Fernandez, businessman/politician, dies at 52
2006 - Dave Cockrum, American comic book artist (b. 1943)
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