Historical Events
1821 - Greek War of Independence: Greeks defeat the Turks in Gravia
1895 - China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
1924 - Memel territories given to Lithuania
1942 - Aircraft carrier USS Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack in Coral Sea
1989 - US space shuttle STS-30 lands
1994 - President Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people
Famous Birthdays
1786 - Thomas Hancock, British engineer, founded British rubber industry, born in Malborough, Wilshire (d. 1865)
1893 - Francis Ouimet, American golfer (US Open 1913, US Amateur 1914, 31), born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 1967)
1921 - Graham Leonard, Bishop of London, most senior Anglican to convert to Catholicism since the reformation (d. 2010)
1932 - Phyllida Law, Scottish actress (Much Ado About Nothing, The Time Machine), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1977 - Joe Bonnamassa, American blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter ("Dust Bowl"; "Redemption"), born in New Hartford, New York
1981 - Stephen Amell, Canadian actor (Arrow), born in Toronto, Ontario
Famous Deaths
1941 - Heinrich Zöllner, German composer, dies at 86
1974 - Graham Bond, British RandB musician, dies jumping under a train at 36
1976 - Ulrike Meinhof, German journalist who lead Germany Red Army Faction ( "Baader-Meinhof gang"), dies in uncertain circumstances in prison at 41
1976 - Fred McLeod, Scottish golfer (US Open 1908), dies at 94
1992 - Richard Derr, American actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at 74 of cancer
2004 - John Peel, British politician (C), dies at 91
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