Historical Events
1931 - 1931 George End introduces “Genuine Diamondback Rattlesnake with Supreme Sauce” in a can, by his Florida Products Corporation; the popular item ceases production in 1944 after when the owner dies, a victim of one snake's revenge
1967 - Egyptian President Nasser closes the Straits of Tiran to Israel
1974 - "Julie and Jackie: How Sweet It Is" music and comedy variety special starring Julie Andrews and Jackie Gleason airs on ABC-TV
1977 - Final European scheduled run of the Orient Express (after 94 years)
1983 - Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit HR
2015 - Pakistan begin the first test-playing nation cricket tour of Zimbabwe since 2009
Famous Birthdays
1908 - Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker and cinematographer (Tang), born in Bangkok, Thailand (d. 1970)
1925 - Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist (movement objects), born in Fribourg, Switzerland (d. 1991)
1928 - T. Boone Pickens, American businessperson and oil tycoon (Shamrock, Mesa Petroleum Co) known as the 'Oracle of Oil', born in Holdenville, Oklahoma (d. 2019)
1946 - Howard Kendall, English footballer and football manager (Everton), born in Ryton, County Durham (d. 2015)
1955 - Philip Dybvig, American economist (2022 Nobel Prize - for research on banks and financial crises)
1961 - Dana Williams, American singer (Diamond Rio - Meet in the Middle), born in Dayton, Ohio
Famous Deaths
1457 - Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381)
1961 - Joan Davis, American actress (I Married Joan), dies of a heart attack at 53
1994 - Mitacq [Michel Tacq], Belgium comic strip artist (Beaver Patrol), dies
2004 - Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast who won Olympic gold USSR vault, horizontal bar 1968; World C'ship gold all-round, rings 1966, dies at 59
2019 - Judith Kerr, British children's writer and illustrator (The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Mog books), dies at 95
2020 - Mory Kanté, Guinean singer and kora harp player (Yé ké yé ké), dies at 70
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