Historical Events 1915 - Dutch merchant navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo 1978 - David Hare's play &;quot;Plenty&;quot; premieres in London 2021 - Former Minnesota police officer who shot Daunte Wright with a gun instead of a taser is arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter‚ 2021 - Chicago White Sox pitcher Carlos Rod&;oacute;n no-hits the Cleveland Indians‚ 8-0 at Guaranteed Rate Field‚ Chicago 2021 - Coinbase becomes the first major cryptocurrency company to trade shares on the New York Stock Exchange 2021 - Human cells grown in monkey cells for 20 days reported by US-Chinese team at the Salk Institute in &;quot;Cell&;quot; More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1721 - William Augustus‚ Duke of Cumberland‚ English army leader‚ born in London (d. 1765) 1827 - Augustus Pitt Rivers‚ English archaeologist‚ born in Bramham cum Oglethorpe‚ Wetherby‚ Yorkshire (d. 1900) 1931 - John Clarke‚ American actor (Days of Our Lives -&;quot;Mickey&;quot;)‚ born in South Bend‚ Indiana (d. 2019) 1933 - Morton Subotnick‚ American electronic music composer (Silver Apples of the Moon; A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur)‚ born in Los Angeles‚ California 1946 - Tom Monteleone‚ American writer (Dark Star and Illumination) 1966 - David Justice‚ American baseball player (Atlanta Braves)‚ born in Cincinnati‚ Ohio More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1685 - Thomas Otway‚ English playwright and poet (Venice Preserv'd)‚ dies at 33 1813 - Joachim Nicolas Eggert‚ Swedish violinist and composer‚ dies of tuberculosis at 34 1924 - Roland Napol&;eacute;on Bonaparte‚ French prince and president of the Soci&;eacute;t&;eacute; de G&;eacute;ographie‚ dies at 65 1964 - Rachel Carson‚ American marine biologist‚ conservationist and author (Silent Spring)‚ dies of a heart attack at 56 1978 - Joe Gordon‚ American Baseball HOF 2nd baseman (World Series 1938‚ 39‚ 41‚ 43 NY Yankees; 1948 Cleveland Indians; AL MVP 1942; 9 x MLB All Star)‚ dies of a heart attack at 63 2007 - Don Ho‚ Hawaiian-American pop and Hawaiian music singer (&;quot;Tiny Bubbles&;quot;; &;quot;Ain't No Big Thing&;#33;&;quot;)‚ dies of heart failure at 76 More Famous Deaths »