Historical Events
1571 – -13] Synod of Emden, Calvinist leaders establish the Dutch Reformed Church.
1917 – British assault on Broodseinde, France
1918 – Musical “Sometime” with Mae West premieres in NYC
2001 – Brendan Shanahan scores a hat trick in Red Wings 4-3 OT win at San Jose; becomes second player in NHL history to score an opening-night hat trick twice in his career
2015 – American rock band Van Halen’s final public performance takes place at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California.
2019 – Fuel subsidies end in Ecuador after four decades, prompting nationwide protests and President Lenín Moreno to declare 60-day state of emergency
Famous Birthdays
1807 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (Prime Minister of the Province of Canada), born in Boucherville, Lower Canada (d. 1864)
1872 – Ernest Blood, American Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Passaic HS, NJ, 200-1 record, 1915-24), born in Manchester, New Hampshire (d. 1955)
1936 – Charlie Hurley, Irish soccer centre half (40 caps Republic of Ireland; Sunderland 402 games), born in Cork, Ireland (d. 2024)
1942 – Jenny Arean [Joanna Klarenbeek], Dutch actress, cabaret and theatre singer (“Vluchten kan niet meer”), born in Lisse, Netherlands
1948 – Tom Webster, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings) and coach (NY Rangers, LA Kings), born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario (d. 2020)
1949 – Armand Assante, American actor (Private Benjamin, Unfaithfully Yours), born in New York City
Famous Deaths
1590 – Cujacius [Jacques Cujas], French lawyer, dies at about 68
1946 – Barney Oldfield, American auto racer (International Motorsports Hall of Fame; first to drive at 60mph on circular track), dies of a heart attack at 67
1948 – Arthur Whitten Brown, British aviator (first nonstop airplane crossing of the Atlantic with John W. Alcock), dies at 62
1970 – Curtis Turner, American auto racer (184 NASCAR races over 17 years, 17 wins), dies in aeroplane crash at 46
1974 – Anne Sexton, American poet (Live or Die; Pulitzer 1967), dies at 45
2013 – Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general (Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam War) and politician, dies at 102
