Historical Events
1905 - King Leopold II opens Antwerp Central Station in Belgium
1936 - American diver Marjorie Gestring wins the 3 m springboard gold at the Berlin Olympics, becoming the youngest Olympic gold medalist at 13 years and 268 days
1979 - "Whoopee!" closes at ANTA Theatre in New York City after 204 performances
1988 - Boston Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for an AL record 23rd consecutive win at home
2014 - World Health Organization (WHO) gives its 'cautious blessing' to the use of experimental drugs to treat the Ebola virus
Famous Birthdays
1887 - Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist and Nobel Laureate (wave mechanics), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1961)
1910 - Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss opera composer (Romeo und Julia; Raskolnikov; Das Flaschenteufel), born in Feuerthalen, Switzerland (d. 1995)
1925 - George Wetherill, American scientist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
1946 - Ken Caillat, American record producer and audio engineer (Fleetwood Mac), born in the USA
1982 - Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek soccer goalkeeper (16 caps; Panathinaikos, Apollon Smyrnis), born in Athens, Greece
Famous Deaths
1849 - Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American politician and diplomat (4th US Secretary of the Treasury1801-14), dies at 88
1991 - Irene Campbell, British actress/dancer (Wicker Man, St Justice), dies
2004 - George Yardley III, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward (6 × NBA All-Star 1955–60; first player to score 2,000 points in a season; Fort Wayne Pistons), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 75
2020 - Melvin F. Stute, American thoroughbred racehorse trainer (Preakness Stakes 1986, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies 1986, Breeders' Cup Sprint 1987), dies at 93
2023 - Atanas Golomeev, Bulgarian basketball center (FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer 1973 Academic Sofia, 1975 Levski Sofia; FIBA European Selection 1971, 73, 75, 77), dies at 76
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