Historical Events
1991 – Ayrton Senna wins Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide; shortest F1 race ever run (14 laps) because of wet conditions; Senna retains his 3rd World Drivers Championship by 24 points from Nigel Mansell
1996 – San Francisco 49ers receiver Jerry Rice grabs 3 passes for 45 yards and a TD to become 1st player in NFL history to reach 1,000 career receptions in 24-17 win over New Orleans Saints; finishes career with 1,549
1997 – British TV comedy “I’m Alan Partridge” starring Steve Coogan premieres on BBC Two
2014 – New York’s 104-storey One World Trade Center officially opens 13 years after the September 11 attacks
2020 – Australia’s Melbourne Cup won by Twilight Payment
Famous Birthdays
1801 – Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (La Sonnambula, Norma), born in Catania, Sicily (d. 1835)
1948 – Hugh Moffatt, American country music singer-songwriter (“Just in Case”), and opera composer (King of the Clouds), born in Fort Worth, Texas
1984 – Ryo Nishikido, Japanese Idol (member of the band NEWS ad Kanjani8), born in Kadoma, Japan
1988 – Angus McLaren, Australian actor known for “Packed to the Rafters”, born in Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia
1994 – Kandy Muse [Kevin Candelario], American drag artist (RuPaul’s Drag Race), born in New York City
Famous Deaths
1914 – Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (Totentag), dies of a cocaine overdose at 27
1949 – Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and art collector (Guggenheim Museum New York), dies at 88
1993 – William Lanteau, actor (On Golden Pond), dies at 70
2002 – Jonathan Harris [Charasuchin], American stage and screen character actor (The Bill Dana Show – “Mr. Phillips”; Lost In Space – “Dr Zachary Smith”), dies at 87
2019 – Louis Eppolito, American police officer, hitman for the Mafia and actor (Goodfellas, Lost Highway), dies at 71
