Historical Events 1683 - Expelled Polish and Lotharingians reach Wienerwald 1939 - Nazi Army reaches Warsaw 1944 - US 113th cavalry passes Belgian-Dutch borders 1981 - Vernon E. Jordan resigns as president of National Urban League in the US 1987 - Gary Hart admits on "Nightline" to cheating on his wife More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1908 - John Heaton, American sledder (Olympic silver skeleton 1928, 48, bronze bobsled 1932; American team's flag bearer 1948), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1976) 1931 - Bill Persky, American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter (The Dick Van Dyke Show), producer (That Girl), and television director, born in New York City 1943 - Larry Hosford, American folk singer-songwriter (The King Takes The Queen), born in Salinas, California (d. 2016) 1956 - Avi Wigderson, Israeli mathematician and computer scientist (2023 Turing Prize for randomness), born in Haifa, Israel 1962 - Aleta Rzepecki Sill, American bowler (1983 WIBC single), born in Detroit, Michigan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1974 - Soltan Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer and People's Artist of the USSR, dies at 55 1975 - Ethel Griffies, English actress (Billy Liar, Birds), dies at 97 1997 - Burgess Meredith, American stage and screen actor (Mr Novak; Of Mice and Men; Batman (TV) - "The Penguin"; Rocky), dies at 88 2011 - Jean-Paul Jeannotte, Canadian operatic tenor, educator (Lavall, 1964-79), and artistic director (Opéra de Montréal, 1980-89), dies at 95 2024 - Cecília Gáspár, Hungarian soccer midfielder and captain (28 caps; TSV Crailsheim, SGS Essen), dies at 39 More Famous Deaths »