Historical Events
1797 – Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions to Spanish territories in America.
1969 – Czechoslovakia’s Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed
1975 – Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea Natl Day)
1983 – Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter
1984 – Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead
1997 – John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker
Famous Birthdays
1845 – Isabel Barrows, US, editor/penologist (Conference on Negro Question)
1934 – Don Kirshner, rock and roll producer (invented bubblegum music)
1939 – Robin Knox-Johnston, yachtsman
1946 – J R Baines, professor (Egyptologist)
1973 – Ross Aloisi, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1982 – Lee Jun Ki, South Korean actor and model
Famous Deaths
1838 – J Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71
1941 – Al Bowlly, British dance band vocalist (b. 1899)
1987 – Cecil Harmsworth King, owner of Mirror Group Newspapers (b. 1901)
1995 – Nancy Mayhew Youngman, artist/educator, dies at 88
1995 – A R A (Anton) Murray, cricketer (289 runs and 11 wkts in 10 Tests), dies
1996 – Eva Jones, poet/novelist, dies at 82