Historical Events
1745 - Jacobite Rising 1745: Bonnie Prince Charlie raises his standard at Glenfinnan, Scotland, igniting the second Jacobite rebellion
1897 - First electric taxis drive in London
1931 - Lefty Grove wins an AL record-tying 16th consecutive game
1962 - Homer Blancos plays his finest round in golf, shooting a 55
2018 - Two more earthquakes hit Lombok in Indonesia, killing 14 people two weeks after previous earthquakes
Famous Birthdays
1824 - Georg Goltermann, German cellist and composer, born in Hanover, Kingdom of Hanover, German Confederation (d. 1898)
1963 - John Stamos, American actor (General Hospital; Full House; ER) and musician, born in Cypress, California
1972 - Elizabeth Wolfgramm, American singer (The Jets), born in Salt Lake City, Utah
1977 - Callum Blue, English actor (Dead Like Me, The Tudors), born in London, England
1982 - Melissa Fumero [Gallo], American actress (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), born in Lyndhurst, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
1900 - Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer, dies at 67
1967 - Isaac Deutscher, Polish-English historian (Stalin/Trotsky biography), dies at 60
1987 - Hayden Rorke, American actor (I Dream of Jeannie, When Worlds Collide), dies from multiple myeloma at 76
1992 - Norvel Lee, American boxer (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 67
2016 - Jack Riley, American actor (The Bob Newhart Show - "Mr. Carlin"; Rugrats -"Stu Pickles"), dies of pneumonia at 80
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