Historical Events1520 - Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father, Selim I, as Ottoman Sultan and rules until 15661965 - LA Dodger Don Drysdale (23-12) wins his 13th straight game, 7 of which are shutouts1984 - The Kansas City Chiefs set a team record by registering 11 sacks against the Cleveland Browns in a 10-6 victory1986 - US releases Soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov2012 - Car bomb blasts kill at least 32 people across IraqMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1800 - Decimus Burton, British architect (Hyde Park, Palm House Kew Gardens), born in London, England (d. 1881)1917 - Yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov, Soviet director (Taganka Theatre), born in Yaroslavl, Russia (d. 2014)1933 - Emily "Cissy" Houston (ne Drinkard), American Grammy Award-winning soul and gospel singer, and Whitney's mother, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2024)1943 - Jody Powell, American White House press secretary for Jimmy Carter, born in Cordele, Georgia (d. 2009)1963 - Cristina Marsillach, Spanish actress (Barocco), born in Madrid, SpainMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1581 - Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)1986 - Storm Jameson, English writer and critic, dies at 952004 - Justin Strzelczyk, American NFL football offensive tackle, 1990-98 (Pittsburgh Steelers), dies in high speed car crash while being pursued by police at 36; autopsy revealed brain damage due to chronic concussion injuries2014 - Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist (1995 Nobel Prize for Physics for discovery of the tau lepton particle), dies from a heart attack at 872017 - Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian-American mathematician (homotopy theory, motivic cohomology), dies of an aneurysm at 51More Famous Deaths