Historical Events
1827 - Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada)
1906 - Pope Pius X bans Associations cults
1943 - Dutch submarine attacks Hertenbeest Island, NW Bali
1954 - At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway is held.
1972 - Paul and Linda McCartney are arrested in Sweden on drug possession
2019 - Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang province, China, killing at least 32 with one million evacuated
Famous Birthdays
1878 - Alfred Döblin, German writer (d. 1957)
1918 - Arnett Cobb, American jazz tenor saxophonist (Lionel Hampton), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1989)
1926 - Benjamin Ward, 1st African American NYC Police Commissioner (1984-89), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
1946 - James Reynolds, American actor (Days of our Lives), born in Oskaloosa, Kansas
1952 - Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
1979 - Yannick Schroeder, French racing driver
Famous Deaths
1928 - Rex Cherryman, American actor (Camille, The Sunshine Trail, In for Thirty Days), dies from septic poisoning at 31
1979 - John Nicholas "Dick" Foran, American actor (OK Crackerby, Fort Apache, Winners of the West), dies at 69
1994 - Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Curacao, murdered at 58
1996 - Adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest, dies at 78
1997 - Conlon Nancarrow, American composer (Soundings 4), dies at 84
2010 - Antonio Pettigrew, American athlete (World C'ship gold 400m 1991), dies by overdose medication containing diphenhydramine at 42
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