EVENTS:
- 1819 – The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
- 1877 – Alexander Graham Bell installs the world’s first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
- 1887 – Victoria Terminus, the busiest railway station in India, opens in Bombay.
- 1960 – The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
- 1969 – The respected Holy Quran recitor Shiekh Mohamed Siddiq El-Minshawi passes away.
- 1990 – Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
- 2003 – The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
- 2011 – RusAir Flight 9605 crashes in Besovets during approach to Petrozavodsk Airport, killing 47.
- 2019 – Iran’s Air Defense Forces shoot down an American surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions between the two countries.
BIRTHS:
- 1860 – Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937)
- 1861 – Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
- 1869 – Laxmanrao Kirloskar, Indian businessman (d. 1956)
- 1915 – Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2002)
- 1939 – Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
- 1952 – Vikram Seth, Indian author and poet
- 1954 – Allan Lamb, South African-English cricketer
- 1956 – Peter Reid, English footballer and manager
- 1978 – Frank Lampard, English footballer
- 1984 – Neetu Chandra, Indian actress
- 1989 – Terrelle Pryor, American football player
- 1995 – Caroline Weir, Scottish footballer
- 1995 – Carol Zhao, Canadian tennis player
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