Historical Events
1890 - Cecil Rhodes' colonists hoist the Union Jack in Mashonaland and Salisbury
1925 - 1st US University for African American, Xavier University, opens in New Orleans
1944 - Last transport out camp Westerbork to Bergen Belsen
1958 - Braves Warren Spahn is 1st lefty to win 20 or more games 9 times
1985 - 2nd MTV Video Music Awards: Bruce Springsteen
1998 - US Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Patrick Rafter retains title; beats Mark Philippoussis 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
Famous Birthdays
1766 - Samuel Wilson, American meat packer and possible namesake of Uncle Sam, born in Menotomy, Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1854)
1830 - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (The Child of the Parish), born in Zdislavič, Moravia (d. 1916)
1919 - George Weidenfeld, British publisher (Weidenfeld and Nicolson), born in Vienna (d. 2016)
1949 - Craig McGregor, American rock bassist (Foghat, 1976-2018), born in Sioux City, Iowa (d. 2018)
1969 - Ilka Knickenberg, German actress
1971 - Richie Anderson, American NFL running back (NY Jets), born in Olney, Maryland
Famous Deaths
1991 - Metin Oktay, Turkish football player (b. 1936)
1996 - Silas Roy Crain, American singer, Founder of Soul Stirrers Gospel Quartet, dies at 85
1996 - Tupac Shakur, American rapper and actor (Juice, Bullet), dies of internal bleeding after a drive by shooting at 25
2012 - William Duckworth, American composer (Time Curve Preludes), teacher (Bucknell, 1973-2011), and internet pioneer (PitchWeb), dies of pancreatic cancer at 69
2015 - Brian Close, English cricketer (played for England between 1949 and 1976), dies at 84
2019 - Eddie Money [Mahoney], American rock singer-songwriter ("Two Tickets To Paradise"; 'Take Me Home Tonight"), dies of esophageal cancer at 70
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