Historical Events
1955 - NY Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are first to hit consecutive pinch home runs
1968 - PLO's first hijacking of an El Al plane
1994 - Don Mattingly becomes the sixth New York Yankee to get 2,000 hits
1995 - Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins fifth consecutive Tour, 4 minutes and 35 seconds ahead of Alex Zülle; Laurent Jalabert points winner
1999 - Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the death of his father
Famous Birthdays
1886 - Arthur Whitten Brown, British aviator (first nonstop airplane crossing of the Atlantic with John W. Alcock), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1948)
1898 - Jacob Marschak, Ukrainian-American economist (econometrics), born in Kiev, Russia (d. 1977)
1925 - Pierre Baugniet, Belgian pairs ice skater (Olympic gold 1948), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1981)
1958 - Ken Green, American golfer (5 PGA Tour titles), born in Danburry, Connecticut
1961 - André Ducharme, Canadian (Québécois) humorist (Rock et Belles Oreilles) and author, born in Montreal, Quebec
Famous Deaths
1859 - Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet (Bouquets et prières), dies at 73
1980 - Keith Godchaux, American pianist, and singer (Grateful Dead, 1971-79 - "Let Me Sing Your Blues Away"), dies in a car accident at 32
1995 - Bob Rundick, American poet and DJ, dies at 52
1998 - Vladimir Dudintsev, Ukrainian Soviet writer (Not by Bread Alone), dies at 79
2006 - Jean-Paul Desbiens, Quebec writer and journalist, dies at 79
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