Historical Events
468 – St Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius
1813 – Office of surgeon general of the US army forms
1893 – Columbian Isabella silver quarter authorized
1919 – 1st international air mail service from US, Seattle-Victoria, BC
1965 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1991 – Miguel Trovoada installed as president of Sao Tomé e Principal
Famous Birthdays
1873 – William Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52)
1913 – Margaret AR Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger
1920 – Julius Boros, golfer (PGA Champ 1968, US Open 1952, 63)
1950 – Re Styles, rock vocalist (Tubes)
1953 – Aleksandr Viktorovich Borodin, Russia, cosmonaut
1966 – Tone-Loc, [Anthony Terrell Smith], LA California, rocker (Letand#039;s Do It)
Famous Deaths
1635 – Philips de l’Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies
1850 – Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
1977 – Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93
1994 – Bob Crisp, cricketer (9 Tests for South Africa, 20 wickets at 37 35), dies
1999 – Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
2005 – Max M. Fisher, American philanthropist (b. 1928)
