Historical Events
1918 - Supreme commander of the army General Cutters resigns
1928 - Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds
1962 - BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote
1974 - Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award
1977 - 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga
1994 - 25th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:11:21
Famous Birthdays
1923 - Clay [David] Jones, Welsh gardener (BBC Gardener's Question Time), born in Cardigan, Wales (d. 1996)
1948 - Rushton Moreve [Morey], American bass player (Steppenwolf - "Magic Carpet Ride"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1981)
1949 - Joseph C. Wilson, Vice Chairman of Jarch Capital, LLC, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1949 - Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-American jazz trumpeter and composer, born in Artemisa, Cuba
1957 - Klaus Kleinfeld, German industrialist, born in Bremen, Germany
1982 - Sowelu, Japanese pop singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
Famous Deaths
1632 - Gustavus II Adolphus, King who made Sweden a major power (1611-32), dies at battle of Lützen at 37
1944 - Hannah Senesh, Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest
1958 - Francis George Scott, Scottish composer, dies at 78
2004 - Johnny Warren, Australian soccer player, dies at 61
2007 - Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and writer, dies at 87
2016 - Zoltan Kocsis, Hungarian pianist and conductor, dies of cancer at 64
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