Historical Events
1501 - Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David, a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture
1968 - Albania withdraws from the Warsaw Pact
1988 - Gilbert is measured as the strongest hurricane ever in the Western Hemisphere, 26.13 barometer
1996 - Phil Simmons scores 171 and takes 6-14 for Leics v Durham
2023 - Rise in overdose deaths from fentanyl laced stimulants mark the "fourth wave" of the overdose crisis in the US, according to UCLA research
Famous Birthdays
1475 - Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinois, Italian aristocrat, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1507)
1877 - Stanley Lord, Captain of the SS Californian the night of the Titanic disaster, born in Bolton, Lancashire, England (d. 1962)
1894 - Anton Roosjen, Dutch politician and NCRV-chairman, born in Aalsmeer, Netherlands (d. 1978)
1897 - Gaspar Cassadó, Spanish cellist and composer, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1966)
1942 - Béla Károlyi, Hungarian Romanian-American gymnastics coach (Nadia Comăneci, Mary Lou Retton, Kerri Strug), born in Kolozsvár, Hungary (d. 2024)
Famous Deaths
1967 - Varian Fry, American journalist and recognized as "Righteous Among the Nations", dies at 59
1989 - Yamada Koun, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies at 82
1991 - Ferry Barendse, Dutch trumpeter, composer, and singer (Ramblers), dies at 80
2025 - Mary Rose Oakar, American politician and the first Arab American woman in Congress (Rep-D-Ohio 1977-93), dies at 85
2025 - Akiko Tsuruga, Japanese jazz Hammond B-3 organist, pianist, and composer, dies at 58
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