Historical Events
1936 - Ken Carpenter (50.48 Olympic record) and Gordon Dunn make it an American 1-2 in the men’s discus throw at the Berlin Olympics
1965 - South African cricket batsman Graeme Pollock scores a classic 125 to set the Proteas on the way to a 2nd Test win against England at Trent Bridge
1973 - Atlanta Braves pitcher Phil Niekro no-hits San Diego Padres, 9-0; first no-hitter for franchise in Atlanta
1979 - Government of Mauretania signs peace treaty with Polisario
1992 - Cuba wins baseball's inaugural gold medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, beating Chinese Taipei 11-1
2018 - British Open Women's Golf, Royal Lyham and St. Annes: England's Georgia Hall wins her first major title by 2 shots from Pornanong Phatlum of Thailand
Famous Birthdays
1886 - Óscar Esplá Spanish composer, born in Alicante, Spain (d. 1976)
1942 - Charles "Chuck" and "Bing" Day, American session guitarist, bassist and blues performer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2008)
1946 - Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboardist (Ekseption)
1962 - Richard De Groen, New Zealand cricketer (NZ medium pacer), born in Otorohonga, New Zealand
1962 - Otis Thorpe, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies, Detroit Pistons)
1980 - Jason Čulina, Australian soccer player
Famous Deaths
1778 - Thomas Linley the younger, English composer and musician "English Mozart", dies at 22
1963 - Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer, dies at 64
1971 - Josef Stanislav, Czech composer, and pedagogue, dies at 74
1990 - Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies
2007 - Jean-Marie Lustiger, Cardinal of France
2007 - Oliver Hill, American civil rights attorney (Presidential Medal of Freedom 1999), dies at 100
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