Historical Events
657 - St Vitalian begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Eugene I
1905 - Dutch Covenant of Worker's union, NVV, forms
1942 - FDR signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES)
1953 - Rikidōzan holds a ceremony announcing the establishment of the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance
1960 - 1st AFL preseason game Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo (28-7)
1997 - Eighteen lives are lost in the Thredbo Landslide in New South Wales, Australia
Famous Birthdays
1875 - James W. Tate, English composer, born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (d. 1922)
1880 - Robert R. McCormick, American editor and publisher (Chicago Tribune), born in Chicago (d. 1955)
1940 - Clive Sinclair, British consumer electronics inventor (Executive pocket calculator; ZX Spectrum computer), born in Richmond, Surrey, England (d. 2021)
1959 - Petra Felke, German javelin thrower (world record 1988), born in Saalfeld, East Germany
1981 - Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (MotoGP Champion 2006), born in Owensboro, Kentucky (d. 2017)
1982 - Jimmy Anderson, English cricket fast bowler (most wickets for England in both Test and ODI cricket), born in Burnley, Lancashire
Famous Deaths
1965 - Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (Key), dies at 79
1982 - Roberta Pedon, American glamour model, dies at 28
1994 - Theo van Scheltinga, skater, dies at 80
2008 - Anne Armstrong U.S. ambassador to Britain and first female counsel to the President, dies at 80
2009 - Peter Zadek, German theatre director (b. 1926)
2012 - Maeve Binchy [Snell], Irish novelist (Light a Penny Candle), dies at 72
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