1564 - Battle on Gotland: Lubeck and Denmark beat Sweden
1696 - John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius
1914 - Chicago White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleve Indians, 6-1
1977 - Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed
1984 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 - Tornados in Penn, Ohio, NY and Canada kill 88 and injured more than 1,000
1889 - Athene Seyler, London, actress (Make Mine Mink)
1902 - Henk Schaer, [Hendricus JM Schaareman], actor/conductor
1911 - Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector
1943 - Sharon Gless, Los Angeles California, actress (Chris Cagney-Cagney and Lacey)
1962 - Joe Orsulak, Glen Ridge NJ, outfielder (Florida Marlins)
1977 - Scott Klopfenstein, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
1246 - Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England
1504 - Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies
1947 - Adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39
1957 - Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878)
1986 - James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
2004 - Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1941)
When Canadian reporter Mellissa Fung was kidnapped by bandits in Afghanistan, Afghan intelligence identified the kidnapper, kidnapped his family, and then demanded Fung’s release with no ransom paid.
