Historical Events
1871 - Henry Morton Stanley encounters David Livingstone at Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, with the immortal words 'Dr Livingstone, I presume?'
1959 - Corinne Rottschaeffer of the Netherlands elected Miss World
1968 - Portuguese socialist Mário Soares released from banishment in Sao Tomé under new regieme of Marcello Caetano
1988 - Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award
1989 - Germans begin demolishing the Berlin Wall
2014 - "The Hunger Games" Mockingjay - Part 1" directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson premieres in London
Famous Birthdays
1895 - John Knudsen Northrop, American aircraft designer (Northrop Air), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1981)
1918 - Oda Blinder [Yolanda Corsen], Antillean poetess (Doorstep)
1958 - Massimo Morsello, Italian fascist political singer and songwriter, born in Rome, Italy (d. 2001)
1965 - Eddie Irvine, Irish auto racer (runner-up World F1 Championship 1999), born in Newtownards, Northern Ireland
1971 - Jennifer McFalls, American softball infielder (Olympic gold 1996), born in Arlington, Texas
1985 - Giovonnie Samuels, American television actress (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody), born in San Diego, California
Famous Deaths
1670 - Geory Horn [Hornius], theologist/historian, dies at about 50
1937 - Nikolai Batalov, Russian actor (Tretya meshchanskaya, Mother), dies from tuberculosis at 37
1992 - Chuck Connors, American author, actor (The Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa), professional basketball and baseball player, dies at 71
2001 - Ken Kesey, American author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), dies at 66
2006 - Gerald Levert, American singer (In My Songs) (b. 1966), dies at 40
2015 - Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of West Germany (SPD, 1974- 82), dies at 96
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