Historical Events
1827 - Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada)
1914 - WWI: French fall back at Alsace
1941 - FDR and Churchill's 2nd meeting at Placentia, Newfoundland
1971 - Twins' Harmon Killebrew is 10th to amass 500 HRs, and adds his 501st
1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya
1992 - Soyuz TM-15 lands
Famous Birthdays
1720 - Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer of Schauensee, Swiss composer and organist, born in Lucerne, Switzerland (d. 1789)
1926 - Benjamin Ward, 1st African American NYC Police Commissioner (1984-89), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
1966 - Roberta Donnay American jazz singer, guitarist, and songwriter ("One World"), born in Washington, D.C.
1973 - Javier Zanetti, Argentinian footballer (Inter Milan), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1978 - Daniel Allsopp, Australian footballer (Manchester City), born in Melbourne, Australia
1994 - Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer (Manchester City), born in Lisbon, Portugal
Famous Deaths
1784 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter, dies at 70
1875 - Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (founded journal Globus), dies at 66
1929 - Aletta Jacobs, 1st Dutch female doctor and women's suffrage activist, dies at 75
1945 - Robert H. Goddard, American rocket pioneer (invented and built the first liquid-fueled rocket), dies of throat cancer at 62
1967 - John Francis Larchet, Irish arranger (Irish national anthem), composer (By the Waters of Moyle), and musical director (Abbey Theatre - Dublin, 1908-35), dies at 83
1988 - Adela Rogers St John "The World's Greatest Girl Reporter", American journalist, screenwriter and author (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at 94
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