Historical Events
1855 - Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens
1913 - Wheatland Hop Riot
1955 - Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7)
1969 - Reds beats Phillies 19-17
1981 - 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike
1984 - 365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
Famous Birthdays
1900 - Ernie Pyle, England, correspondent during WW II
1924 - Leon Uris, Baltimore, novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry)
1940 - Joseph Dorfman, composer
1970 - Stephen Carpenter, American musician (Deftones)
1973 - Kurt Grote, US, 100m/200m breaststroke (Olympics-6th-96)
1977 - Tómas Lemarquis, Icelandic actor
Famous Deaths
1546 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (b. 1509)
1857 - Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804)
1975 - Ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79
1994 - Christy Henrich, US turnster, dies of anorexia nervosa at 22
1995 - Marcus Chenault, killer of Martin Luther King Jr's mother, dies at 54
2002 - Carmen Silvera, British actress (b. 1922)
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