Historical Events
1931 – Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26′ 2½”
1957 – WPTA TV channel 21 in Fort Wayne, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1986 – Paul McCartney releases single “Pretty Little Head”
1992 – Tipper Gore, wife of future Vice President Al Gore, admits to covering the clock on her VCR with black tape so she doesn’t have to watch it blink
2024 – A long-lost waltz by Frédéric Chopin is reportedly rediscovered after 200 years at the Morgan Library and Museum in Manhattan
Famous Birthdays
1842 – Giovanni Giolitti, 5x Prime Minister of Italy (1892-93, 1903-05, 1906-09, 1911-14, 1920-21), born in Mondovì, Kingdom of Sardinia (d. 1928)
1944 – Bob Flick, American folk musician (The Brother Four – “Greenfields”), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1951 – K. K. Downing, British rock guitarist (Judas Priest – “Breakin’ The Law”), born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
1964 – Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer (3 x Olympic gold 100/200m butterfly, 4x100m medley 1984; WR 100/200m butterfly 1981), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1986 – Matty Pattison, South African footballer (Whickham), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
Famous Deaths
1617 – Ralph Winwood, English politician (b. 1563)
1789 – John Cook, American farmer and Governor of Delaware (b. 1730)
1935 – Ernest Eldridge, British auto racer (world land speed record 1924 at Arpajon, France; 1 mile −145.89 mph), dies from pneumonia at 40
1999 – Charlotte Perriand, French architect and furniture designer (Unité d’habitation), dies at 96
2006 – Joe Niekro, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1979; NL wins leader 1979; Houston Astros; World Series 1987; NY Yankees), dies from a brain aneurysm at 61
