Historical Events
1751 - Fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses
1879 - The first cable connection between South Africa and Europe is laid by the British electrical engineer Charles Tilston Bright as part of his project to link the British Empire with growing telecommunications technologies
1948 - American swimmer Wally Ris wins the coveted 100m freestyle gold medal at the London Olympics beating teammate Alan Ford by 0.4 seconds
1983 - US Open Women's Golf, Cedar Ridge CC: Australian Jan Stephenson wins her 3rd major title; beats JoAnne Carner and Patty Sheehan by 1 stroke
1987 - A rare, class F-4 tornado rips through Edmonton, Alberta, killing 27 people and causing $330 million in damage
2007 - Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end
Famous Birthdays
1939 - Norm Snead, American NFL quarterback (4-time Pro Bowl; Philadelphia Eagles), born in Halifax County, Virginia
1953 - Ted Baillieu, Australian Politician, Premier of Victoria (2010-13), born in Melbourne, Australia
1953 - Jimmy Cook, South African cricket opening batsman (3 Tests), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal
1962 - Troy Murray, Canadian NHL center, broadcaster (Chicago Black Hawks), born in Calgary, Alberta
1969 - Richard Griffith, NFL tight end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1972 - Chris Weinke, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2000, Florida State; Carolina Panthers), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Famous Deaths
1972 - Rollie Hemsley, American baseball catcher (5-time MLB All Star), dies of a heart attack at 65
1985 - Murray Chapple, New Zealand cricketer (NZ Test batsman through the 1950's), dies at 55
1992 - G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72
1993 - Baudouin, king of Belgium (1951-93), dies at 62 from heart problems
1997 - Edith Fore, pitchwoman (I've fallen and I can't get up!), dies at 81
2000 - Hendrik Christoffel Van de Hulst, Dutch astronomer (correctly predicted the existence of the 21 cm hyper-fine line of neutral atomic hydrogen in interstellar space), dies at 81
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