Historical Events 1949 - Stanley Cup Final‚ Maple Leaf Gardens‚ Toronto‚ ON: 3-peat for Toronto Maple Leafs as they beat Detroit Red Wings‚ 3-1 for a 4 game series sweep 1972 - Two British soldiers are shot dead by the Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) in separate incidents in Derry 1987 - British Conservative MP Harvey Proctor appears at Bow Street Magistrates' Court in London charged with gross indecency 2003 - Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union 2018 - Kendrick Lamar is the first rapper and non-classical or jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for music with his album &;quot;Damn&;quot; 2020 - 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment in 4 weeks (5.2 million in the last week)‚ wiping out 9 1/2 years of job gains More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1927 - Peter Mark Richman‚ American actor (Andrew-Dynasty)‚ born in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania 1948 - Robert Kirby‚ British music arranger (Nick Drake)‚ born in Bishop's Stortford‚ Hertfordshire (d. 2009) 1963 - Hu Na‚ Chinese tennis star‚ born in Chengdu‚ Sichuan‚ China 1979 - Sixto Peralta‚ Argentine footballer‚ born in Comodoro Rivadavia‚ Argentina 1984 - Claire Foy‚ English actress (The Crown)‚ born in Stockport‚ England 1994 - Midori Francis‚ American actress (Dash and Lily)‚ born in Lakewood‚ New Jersey) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1090 - Sikelgaita‚ Lombard princess‚ wife of Robert Guiscard‚ Duke of Apulia and Calabria‚ who often went into battle‚ armed‚ dies at about 50 1915 - Nelson W. Aldrich‚ U.S. Senator from Rhode Island‚ dies at 73 1981 - Eric Hollies‚ English cricket spin bowler (13 Tests‚ 44 wickets; dismissed Donald Bradman for 0 in his final Test innings)‚ dies at 68 1991 - David Lean‚ English film director (Doctor Zhivago‚ Lawrence of Arabia‚ Ryan's Daughter)‚ dies of pneumonia at 83 2010 - Daryl Gates‚ LAPD Chief‚ dies at 83 2023 - Eddie Colquhoun‚ Scottish soccer centre back (11 caps; Sheffield United 363 games)‚ dies at 78 More Famous Deaths »