1931 - Philadelphia A's Lefty Grove, loses 1-0 (Browns) after winning 16 straight
1938 - England score 7-903 declared v Australia, Len Hutton scores 364
1948 - Earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine
1975 - Philip Kapleau conducts 1st jukai ceremony in Poland
1977 - Marxist philosopher Rudolf Bahro imprisoned in German DR
1993 - Fred McGriff and David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back HRs twice in same game
1741 - Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, French explorer, born in Albi, France (d. 1788)
1773 - Jakob F. Fries, German philosopher, born in Barby, Germany (d. 1843)
1854 - Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German composer, born in Breslau, Prussia (d. 1925)
1960 - Helen Rees, director (Design Museum)
1974 - Christian Beranek, American graphic novelist and actor, born in Council Bluffs, Iowa
1978 - Kobe Bryant, American basketball guard (5-time NBA champion, LA Lakers, 18-time All Star), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1723 - Antoine Mouque, Flemish composer, organist and singer, dies at 64
1878 - Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77
1982 - Stanford Moore, American biochemist (Nobel 1977), dies at 68
1986 - Charles Janssens, Belgian actor (Mira, Malpertuis), dies at 80
1992 - Malcolm Atterbury, American actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way), dies at 85
2007 - Robert Symonds, American actor and associate director of the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, dies at 80