Historical Events
1877 - Last federal occupying troops withdraw from the South (New Orleans)
1967 - 21st NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers beat SF Warriors, 4 games to 2
1981 - US ends grain embargo against USSR
1982 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Durbin
1996 - "Jack-Night on Town with John Barrymore" opens at Belasco for 12 performances
Famous Birthdays
1804 - Thomas Oliver Selfridge, American naval officer who served during the Mexican-American War and the Civil War, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1902)
1897 - Manuel Ávila Camacho, 45th President of Mexico (1940-46), born in Teziutlán, Puebla, Mexico (d. 1955)
1942 - Valeri Abramovich Voloshin, Russian pilot cosmonaut, born in Yangiyul, Tashkent
1950 - Rob Hyman, American rock singer-songwriter, keyboardist, melodica and accordion player (The Hooters - "All You Zombies"; "And We Danced"), born in Meriden, Connecticut
1963 - Mano Solo [Emmanuel Cabut], French singer, born in Châlons-sur-Marne, France (d. 2010)
Famous Deaths
1617 - Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered
1941 - Karin Boye, Swedish writer (Kallocain) commits suicide at 40
1947 - Willa Cather, American Pulitzer-Prize winning author (One of Ours; My Ántonia), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage while battling cancer at 73
1955 - Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer and theater critic (Yes and No!), dies at 79
1965 - Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at 86
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