Historical Events
1942 - An explosion at the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant kills 48 people
1982 - "Murphy's Law" by Cheri hits #39
1987 - Dwight Gooden returns from drug rehabilitation and allows wins game
2010 - French Open Women's Tennis: Francesca Schiavone of Italy wins her first and only Grand Slam title; beats Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-4, 7-6
2012 - American gubernatorial recall election is held in Wisconsin. Governor Scott Walker wins and becomes the first governor to survive a recall election.
2018 - American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. named 2017 top earning sportsperson by Forbes with $285 million
Famous Birthdays
1823 - George Thorndike Angell, American lawyer and advocate for the humane treatment of animals (ASPCA), born in Southbridge, Massachusetts (d. 1909)
1916 - Jack Sutherland, Scottish journalist, born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1996)
1941 - Martha Argerich, Argentine-Swiss classical piano prodigy (concert debut at age 8; Chopin Competition winner, 1964), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1953 - Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park) President of Lucasfilm (2012-), born in Berkeley, California
1977 - Christian Martucci, American musician (Stone Sour), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1983 - Bill Bray, American MLB player, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia
Famous Deaths
1118 - Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester
1915 - Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, French artist and sculptor, killed fighting in WWI at 23
1916 - Horatio Kitchener, British General who commanded British forces during the Battle of Omdurman (Sudan) and the Second Boer War who became British Secretary of State for War during WWI (1914-16), drowns at 65 after the HMS Hampshire struck a German mine
1978 - John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, dies at 71
2012 - Barry Unsworth, British novelist, dies from lung cancer at 81
2015 - Tariq Aziz, Iraqi politician and close adviser to Saddam Hussein, dies at 79
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