Historical Events
1594 - Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, creating a ruling class of native nobility known as the PrincipalÃa
1987 - Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term
1988 - Freedom Fest: Anti-apartheid benefit and Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert addresses his continued imprisonment; performers include Whitney Houston, Phil Collins, Dire Straits, Stevie Wonder, Tracy Chapman, Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba, Youssou N'Dour, Peter Gabriel, Al Green, Joan Armatrading; Jessye Norman, and The Eurythmics at Wembley Stadium, London; broadcast to 67 countries with estimated audience of 600 million
1992 - US Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibition game, beat Venezuela 20-0
1994 - 126th Belmont: Pat Day aboard Tabasco Cat wins in 2:26.8
2020 - Bodies of 46 migrants recovered off the coast of Tunisia after a boat capsized a few days before
Famous Birthdays
1908 - George Paine, English cricket spin bowler (4 Tests, 17 wickets; Warwickshire CCC), born in London, England (d. 1978)
1914 - Jack Mann, British fighter pilot and hostage, kidnapped by Islamists in Lebanon in May 1989, born in Northampton, England (d. 1995)
1920 - Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, King of Nepal (1955-72), born in Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Kingdom of Nepal (d. 1972)
1931 - Margarita Pracatan [Figueroa], Cuban-American novelty singer (BBC's Saturday Night Clive), born in Santiago, Cuba (d. 2020)
1949 - Frank Beard, American blues-rock drummer (ZZ Top - "Legs"), born in Frankton, Texas
1964 - Kim Gallagher, American athlete (Olympic silver 800m 1984; bronze 1988), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2002)
Famous Deaths
1879 - William, Prince of Orange, Dutch crown prince of the Netherlands, dies of typhus at 39
1975 - Floro Ugarte, Argentine composer (From My Land; Saika), and educator, dies at 90
1976 - Folke Eriksberg [Eriksberger], Swedish jazz and session guitarist and composer, dies at 65
2005 - Ghena Dimitrova, Bulgarian operatic soprano, dies of cancer at 64
2008 - Võ Văn Kiệt, former prime minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
2015 - Jim Ed Brown, American country music singer-songwriter ("Here Today and Gone Tomorrow"; "Pop a Top"), and radio and television host (Nashville on the Road), dies of lung cancer at 81
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