Historical Events
1917 - WWI: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins
1948 - Dutch super athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen wins the 200 m in 24.4 seconds at the London Olympics, becoming the first woman to claim three individual track and field gold medals at a Games, having already won the 100 m and 80 m hurdles
1965 - 32nd NFL Chicago College All-Star Game at Soldier Field: Cleveland 24, All-Stars 16 (68,000 attendees)
1974 - Explosion and fire destroy Great Northern Railroad yard in Wenatchee, Washington
2015 - Eqyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi inaugurates the Suez Canal Expansion at a ceremony in Ismaïlia
Famous Birthdays
1738 - Hayashi Shihei, Japanese military scholar, born in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan (d. 1793)
1942 - George Jung [Boston George], American drug trafficker whose story was portrayed in the biopic "Blow", born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2021)
1943 - Ray Buktenica, Greenwich Village actor (Rhoda, House Calls), born in New York City
1953 - Pat MacDonald, American rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Timbuk 3 - "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"), born in Green Bay, Wisconsin
1963 - Charles Ingram, English former British Army major known for cheating on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, born in Derbyshire, England
Famous Deaths
1272 - Stephen V, King of Hungary and Croatia (1270-72), son of Béla IV, dies at 32 or 33
1928 - W. H. Grattan Flood, Irish author and composer, dies at 68
1996 - Richard M. Goodwin, American mathematician and economist (The Dynamics of A Capitalist Economy), dies at 83
2009 - Bahadır Akkuzu, Turkish rock guitarist and singer (Kurtalan Ekspres), dies of a heart attack at 54
2022 - David Muse, American rock and smooth jazz saxophonist and flutist (Firefall - "You Are The Woman"; Marshall Tucker Band), dies of cancer at 73
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