Historical Events
837 - Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AUs of Earth
1934 - Stanley Cup Final, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 1-0 in double OT for a 3-1 series win; Black Hawks' first Stanley Cup
1961 - Washington Senators play first game in franchise history with President John F. Kennedy in attendance; lose a 4-3 decision to the Chicago White Sox
1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 - Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
2021 - China orders Alibaba pay a record fine of 18.2 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) after anti-trust regulations say it has been acting as a monopoly
Famous Birthdays
1921 - Sheb Wooley, American vocalist ("The Purple People Eater"), born in Erick, Oklahoma (d. 2003)
1955 - Lesley Garrett, English soprano singer, born in Thorne, Doncaster, England
1964 - Manon Bollegraf, Dutch tennis star (semi 1996 Aust doubles), born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
1973 - Guillaume Canet, French actor and film director (Tell No One), born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France
1984 - Mandy Moore, American singer ("Candy") and actress (This Is Us - "Rebecca Pearson"), born in Nashua, New Hampshire
2007 - Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Dutch Princess, daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, born in The Hague, Netherlands
Famous Deaths
1945 - Charles Nordhoff, English-born writer (b. 1887)
1955 - Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer, dies at 68
1961 - Irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65
1974 - Roger Bastide, French sociologist, dies at 76
1986 - Joseph P Addabbo, US defence specialist/(Sen-D), dies at 61
2007 - Dakota Staton, American jazz singer ("Where Flamingos Fly"; "Sex Is A Misdemeanor"), dies at 76
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