Historical Events
1911 - 46" of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Philippines
1941 - Jam rationed in Holland
1990 - "Howard Stern's Summer Show" premieres on WWOR-TV (NYC)
2009 - Singapore experiences a seasonally adjusted and annualised growth of 20.4% in the second quarter as a result of increased pharmaceuticals production and construction, bringing the country out of the recession
2019 - First Ebola case on Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, city of 1 million, as toll of outbreak reaches 1600 victims
2019 - US President Donald Trump ignites racial controversy by tweeting four Democrat women of color "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came"
Famous Birthdays
1874 - Abbas Hilmi II, last khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt (1892-1914), born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1944)
1941 - Andreas Khol, Austrian politician, born in Bergen auf Rügen, Germany
1952 - Jerry Houser, American actor (Slapshot, Summer of '42, Class of '44), born in Los Angeles, California
1961 - Jackie Earle Haley, American actor (Breaking Away), born in Northridge, California
1966 - Brian Selznick, American author and illustrator (The Invention of Hugo Cabret), born in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey
1973 - Candela Peña, Spanish actress (Take My Eyes), born in Gavà , Spain
Famous Deaths
1711 - John William Friso, Prince of Orange and monarch of Nassau-Dietz, drowns at 23
1966 - Julie Manet, French painter (b. 1878)
1994 - Taeko Kuwata, Japanese Belgian pianist (Duo Crommelynck), commits suicide at about 47
2010 - Bengt Emil Johnson, Swedish author and composer, dies at 73
2010 - Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor, dies of cancer at 84
2010 - Gene Ludwig, American jazz organist (b. 1937)
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