Historical Events1538 - Shrine of Saint Swithun in Winchester smashed up in the middle of the night as part of the English Reformation1589 - Battle at Arques: French King Henry IV beats Catholic League1911 - Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier loses the election to Robert Borden of the Conservative Party2003 - 55th Emmy Awards: The West Wing, Everybody Loves Raymond, James Gandolfini and Edie Falco wins2023 - Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch at 92 announces he is retiring from the boards of Fox and News Corporation, leaving his son Lachlan in chargeMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1907 - Lloyd Gough, American actor (Sunset Boulevard, The Front, The Green Hornet), born in New York City (d. 1984)1967 - Faith Hill (McGraw) [ne Audrey Faith Perry], American country pop singer ("Breathe"; "Cry"), and actress (1883), born in Ridgeland, Mississippi1973 - Virginia Ruano-Pascual, tennis star, born in Madrid, Spain1974 - Taral Hicks, American actress (A Bronx Tale) and RandB singer ("Silly"), born in The Bronx, New York City1989 - Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins, American skateboarder (Summer X Games gold Vert 2004, 07, 09), born in San Diego, CaliforniaMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1796 - Franois Sverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (b. 1769)1937 - Henri Capitant, French lawyer (Loi Falcidie), dies at 721964 - Otto Grotewohl, German politician (Prime Minister of East Germany, 1949-64), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 701988 - Henry Koster, German-born Hollywood director, discovered Abbott and Costello, dies at 831994 - "Ossie" O. S. Nock, English railway writer, dies at 69More Famous Deaths