Historical Events
1905 - US Open Men's Golf, Myopia Hunt GC: Willie Anderson wins his 3rd consecutive Open title, and his record 4th overall, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Alex Smith
1910 - Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union forms with an initial 9 team competition
1958 - KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
1969 - China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
2002 - Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Interlachen CC: US regains Cup 15½-12½; Rosie Jones gains winning point in her 3 and 2 victory over Karine Icher
2004 - "Lost" created by J.J. Abrams and starring Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly debuts on ABC in the US
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Famous Birthdays
1864 - Lodewijk van Deyssel, Dutch writer (A Love Affair), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1952)
1870 - Charlotte Cooper, British tennis player (1st female Olympic champion 1900; Wimbledon 1895-96, 98, 1901, 08), born in Ealing, England (d. 1966)
1953 - Richard Fairbrass, English singer and bassist (Right Said Fred), born in Kingston upon Thames, England
1956 - Debby Boone, American singer (You Light Up My Life), born in Hackensack, New Jersey
1961 - Catherine Oxenberg, American actress (Dynasty; Overexposed), born in NYC, New York
1969 - Marian Chlad, Czech soccer player (FC Groningen), born in Teplice, Czechoslovakia
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Famous Deaths
1840 - Anne Lister, English diarist 'the 1st modern lesbian', dies of a fever at 49
1956 - Frederick Soddy, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, dies at 79
1975 - Patricia Doyle, actress (Wuthering Heights), dies at 60
1994 - Leonard Feather, British jazz critic and musician, dies at 80
1997 - Eric William Hunter Christie, barrister, dies at 77
2021 - Orlando Martínez, Cuban boxer (Olympic gold bantamweight 1972), dies at 77
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