Historical Events
1913 - Floods in El Salvador kill thousands
1936 - Ella Fitzgerald and the Chick Webb Orchestra record "(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have To Swing It (Mr. Paganini)"; it becomes a staple in her repertoire as a launching point for scat vocals
1963 - Edgar Kaufmann Jr. deeds his family property Fallingwater (1935), designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
1989 - NYC MTA opens 63rd street extension to subway
2020 - India records more than 8 million COVID-19 cases, the second country after the US, with a death toll of 120,527
Famous Birthdays
1815 - ĽudovÃt Å túr, Slovak politician and author of Slovak language, born in Uhrovec, Austrian Empire (d. 1856)
1940 - Connie Mack III, American politician (US Senator from Florida, 1989-2001; US Representative from Florida, 1983-89), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1951 - Guy Gelso, American rock drummer (Zebra), born in Oakland, California
1967 - Rufus Sewell, English actor (A Knight's Tale, Middlemarch), born in London, England
1978 - Kelly Smith, English football player (Arsenal Ladies), born in Watford, England
Famous Deaths
1853 - Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, French pianist, music teacher, and composer, dies at 68
1950 - Gustav V, King of Sweden (1907-1950), dies at 92
1991 - Maria Monica, silent film actress, dies
2015 - Murphy Anderson, American comic artist (DC Comics), dies at 89
2020 - J. J. Williams, Welsh rugby union winger (30 caps Wales, 7 British and Irish Lions; Grand Slam 1976, 78), dies at 72
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