Historical Events
1873 - Government bond agent Jay Cooke and Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St, the start of the panic of 1873 and the Long depression
1914 - South African troops land in German South West Africa
1922 - Hungary admitted to League of Nations
1937 - The first New Zealand State house opens in Miramar
1939 - William Joyce's first Nazi propaganda broadcast.
1960 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Memphis Golf Open
Famous Birthdays
1750 - Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (Fabulas Literarias)
1895 - Tomoji Tanabe, the oldest man in the world as of June 2007
1933 - Robert Blake, Nutley NJ, (Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast)
1937 - Norman Dinnerstein, composer
1956 - Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player
1973 - Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur
Famous Deaths
1684 - Jan A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Ystroom), dies at 37
1721 - Matthew Prior, poet/diplomat, dies
1735 - Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51
1931 - Hazrat Babajan, a Baloch Muslim saint (b. c. 1806)
1966 - Jeno Vecsey, composer, dies at 57
2012 - Steve Sabol, American filmmaker, dies from brain cancer at 69
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