Historical Events 1904 - American runner Thomas Hicks wins the marathon gold medal with a time of 3:28:53 over a 40 km course at the St. Louis Olympics 1926 - Jack Hobbs scores 316 not out at Lord's (Surrey vs. Middlesex) 1949 - WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 - White mob prevents enrollment of Black students at Mansfield High School, Texas 1991 - Mike Powell of the US sets a long jump record of 29 ft 4½ in (8.95 m) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1902 - Arnold Maria Walter, Canadian composer, born in Hanušovice, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1973) 1912 - Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics 1952 for nuclear magnetic resonance), born in Taylorville, Illinois (d. 1997) 1922 - Regina Resnik, American mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth), born in New York City (d. 2013) 1927 - Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (8 Coty Awards), born in Haynesville, Louisiana (d. 2004) 1976 - Mike Koplove, American baseball player (Team USA 2008), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1181 - Alexander III [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies 1999 - Raymond Poïvet, French cartoonist, dies at 89 2005 - Andor Kovach, Romanian composer (Médée), dies at 90 2022 - Gheorghe Berceanu, Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold light-flyweight 1972, silver 1976; World C'ship gold 1969, 72), dies at 72 2023 - Gennady Sapunov, Russian Greco-Roman wrestler (World C'ship gold lightweight 1963, 65; silver 1966) and coach (Soviet GR wrestling team 1979-90), dies at 84 More Famous Deaths »