Historical Events
1916 - 1st cargo submarine to cross Atlantic arrives in US from Germany
1957 - 24th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-6 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
1968 - 15.68" (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Miss (state 24-hour record)
1975 - The National Assembly of Senegal passes a law that paves way for a (albeit highly restricted) multi-party system.
1985 - South Africa police arrested Dutch ANC'er Klaas de Jong
1991 - All star MVP: Cal Ripken Jr (Balt Orioles)
Famous Birthdays
1766 - Jacob Perkins, Newburyport Massachusetts, American Inventor
1916 - Joe Liggins, US composer (Pink Champagne)
1927 - Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player
1930 - Buddy Bregman, orchestra leader (Eddie Fisher Show), born in Chicago, Illinois
1932 - John Paul Getty II, US/British oil magnate/billionaire (Getty Oil)
1969 - Jerry Drake, NFL defensive linesman (Arizona Cardinals)
Famous Deaths
1639 - Entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65
1978 - Aladar Zoltan, composer, dies at 49
1979 - Cornelia Otis Skinner, dies at 78
1979 - Betty Evans Grayson, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 53
1979 - Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer (2 Tests for India), dies
2010 - Vonetta McGee, American actress, dies from cardiac arrest at 65
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