Historical Events1908 - 1st US-Japanese baseball game Reach All-Americans defeat Waseda U, 5-01967 - USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan1971 - A member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) is killed in a premature bomb explosion in Lurgan, County Armagh1974 - Test Cricket debut of Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards, at Bangalore1975 - Juan Carlos I is proclaimed King of Spain as the monarchy is restored after 36 years of dictatorshipMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1428 - Richard Neville [16th Earl of Warwick], English nobleman and military commander known as 'Warwick the Kingmaker', born in Norwich, England (d. 1471)1838 - Jos Augusto Ferreira Veiga, Viscount of Arneiro, Portuguese composer, born in Portuguese Macau (d. 1903)1924 - Axel Borup-Jrgensen, composer (Nordisk Sommerpastorale; Thalatta! Thalatta!), born in Hjrring, Denmark (d. 2012)1950 - Art Sullivan [Marc Linart van Lidth de Jeude], Belgian pop singer-songwriter ("Un ocan de caresses"), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2019)1955 - James Edwards, American basketball center (NBA C'ship 1989, 90 Detroit Pistons, 1996 Chicago Bulls), born in Seattle, WashingtonMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1946 - Bertie Rose-Innes, cricketer (South Africa's Test), dies1988 - Erich Fried, Austrian-British writer, dies at 671996 - Mark Lenard, American actor (Mr Spock's dad Sarek - Star Trek), dies of cancer at 722011 - Paul Motian, American jazz drummer (Bill Evans Trio; Keith Jarrett), composer, and bandleader (Electric Bebop Band), dies of bone marrow cancer at 802017 - George Avakian, Armenian-American jazz historian, record producer, and label executive who pioneered jazz album and retrospective collection formats, dies at 98More Famous Deaths