Historical Events
1936 – Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie and family flee Abyssinia
1960 – Harry Belafonte’s 2nd Carnegie Hall performance (New York City)
1984 – New York Yankees Don Mattingly’s single breaks up Chicago White Sox pitcher Lamarr Hoyt’s perfect game bid, at Comiskey Park
1987 – 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4
1992 – Allen Toussaint’s musical revue “High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club” closes at the Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, after 13 performances
1995 – Serbian missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six
Famous Birthdays
1901 – Willi Bredel, German writer, born in Hamburg (d. 1964)
1902 – Erin O’Brien-Moore, American actress (Peyton Place, Our Little Girl), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1979)
1929 – Luc Ferrari, French composer, born in Paris (d. 2005)
1929 – Edward Levy, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
1945 – Bianca Jagger [Blanca Pérez-Mora Macías], Nicaraguan model and socialite who married Mike Jagger, born in Managua, Nicaragua
1950 – Randy Colley (Moondog Rex), American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team champion 1981), born in Alexander City, Alabama (d. 2019)
Famous Deaths
1250 – Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered
1985 – Milton S Eisenhower, US diplomat, dies at 85
1991 – Leib Lensky, dies at 82
2009 – Marilyn French, American author (The Women’s Room), dies at 79
2018 – Bill Torrey, Canadian ice hockey executive (New York Islanders, Florida Panthers), dies at 83
2018 – Wang Danfeng, Chinese actress, dies at 93
