Historical Events
1744 - French troops conquer Kortrijk
1948 - Tommy Lasorda strikes out 25 Amsterdam Rugmakers (in 15 innings)
1958 - 57th Men's French Championships: Mervyn Rose beats Luis Ayala (6-3, 6-4, 6-4)
1959 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Cavalier Golf Open
1980 - Police and youthful rebels battle in Zurich
1985 - Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York State and Canada kill 88 and injured more than 1,000
Famous Birthdays
1875 - Italo Montemezzi, composer
1892 - Louis Fourestier, composer
1899 - Ilse Lagner, German antiwar writer, born in Breslau (d. 1987)
1902 - Henk Schaer, [Hendricus JM Schaareman], actor/conductor
1913 - Peter Gibson, British Rear-Admiral
1958 - Kyle Secor, actor (Tim Bayliss-Homicide), born in Tacoma, Washington
Famous Deaths
1198 - Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies
1696 - Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75
1862 - Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34
1972 - Walter Freeman, American physician (developer and practitioner of psychiatric surgery transorbital lobotomy), dies
1989 - Terry Drinkwater, CBS news correspondent, dies at 53 of cancer
2009 - George Tiller, American abortion doctor (b. 1941)
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