Historical Events
1908 - King Edward VII of Great Britain visits Tsar Nicholas II at Reval, Russia, where the two discuss the growing power of Germany and British plans for reform in Macedonia
1960 - Roy Orbison releases single "Only the Lonely"; it becomes his 1st major hit - peaking at #2 in the US and topping the UK charts
1975 - Tony Orlando and Dawn receives gold record for "He Don't Love You"
1984 - Jurgen Hingsen of West Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts
1984 - NASA suffers a launch vehicle failure launching Intelsat 509
2013 - The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Shoal Creek GandCC: David Frost of South Africa wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Fred Couples
Famous Birthdays
1898 - Luigi Fagioli, Italian auto racer (oldest to win F1 race at 53), born in Osimo, Ancona, Italy (d. 1952)
1901 - George Price, American cartoonist (The New Yorker), born in Fort Lee, New Jersey (d. 1995)
1938 - Gary Starkweather, American engineer and inventor of the laser printer, born in Lansing, Michigan (d. 2019)
1942 - Ossie Clark, British fashion designer of the Swinging Sixties, born in Oswaldtwistle, England (d. 1996)
1973 - Orlondo Steinauer, American CFL cornerback (Hamilton Tiger Cats) and coach, born in Seattle, Washington
1973 - Tedy Bruschi, American linebacker (New England Patriots), born in San Francisco, California
Famous Deaths
1825 - Pauline Bonaparte, Corsican duchess of Parma and Guastalla, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 44
1892 - William Grant Stairs, Canadian-British explorer and adventurer with leading role controversial African expeditions, dies of malaria at 28
1960 - René Maran, French writer (Batouala, 1st black writer to win Prix Goncourt), dies at 72
1976 - Sybil Thorndike, English actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93
1996 - Edward Morris Bernstein, American economist (US negotiator at Bretton Woods conference and establishment of IMF), dies at 91
2019 - Gerlind Reinshagen, German novelist, children's book author, and playwright (Himmel und Erde (Heaven and Earth)), dies at 93
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