Historical Events
1813 - Battle of the Thames; American forces under General William Henry Harrison defeat Tecumseh's Confederacy and their British allies led by Henry Procter near Chatham, Upper Canada
1923 - Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star
1944 - Suffrage is extended to women in France
1949 - WOR (now WWOR) TV channel 9 in NY-Secaucus, NY (IND) begins
2013 - New Zealand beats South Africa, 38-27 in Johannesburg to retain the Rugby Championship with an undefeated record; All Black flanker Liam Messam crosses for 2 tries
2017 - Spanish constitutional court suspends Catalan parliament to prevent declaration of independence
Famous Birthdays
1684 - Johann Jacob de Neufville, German composer, born in Nuremberg (d. 1712)
1879 - Halfdan Cleve [née Klewe], Norwegian pianist and composer, born in Kongsberg, Norway (d. 1951)
1941 - Ricardo Hoffmann, marathon swimmer (299 miles)
1943 - Bonnie Bryant, American golfer (only left-hander to win an LPGA Tour event, Bill Branch Classic 1974), born in Tulare, California
1957 - Jeanne Evert, tennis player, Chris' sister
1979 - Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Owen Sound, Canada
Famous Deaths
1606 - Philippe Desportes, French poet (b. 1546)
1924 - Tom Campbell, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, ct 7 stp 1), dies
1986 - James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician (b. 1919)
1993 - Karl Gordon Henize, American astronomer and NASA astronaut (STS-51-F), dies of high altitude pulmonary edema during an expedition on Mount Everest at 66
1996 - Seymour Cray, American inventor (Cray Research, Cray I supercomputer), dies after a car accident at 71
2015 - Chantal Akerman, Belgian feminist filmmaker (Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, Je Tu II Elle), dies at 65
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