Historical Events1904 - The Japanese Army capture the City of Dairen after landing troops along the south coast of Manchuria1946 - United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (NY) 42 die1959 - Indianapolis 500: Rodger Ward earns first of 2 career Indy 500 victories as a record 16 cars complete full 500 miles; for the first time all cars required to have roll bars1972 - 3 Japanese PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod Intl airport2010 - Indianapolis 500: Scotsman Dario Franchitti driving for Target Chip Ganassi Racing wins his 2nd Indy title ahead of Dan Wheldon and Marco AndrettiMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1812 - John Alexander McClernand, American politician and Major General (Union Army), born in Breckinridge County, Kentucky (d. 1900)1938 - Lone Koppel, Danish operatic soprano (Danish Royal Theatre, 1962-93) and avant garde rock singer (Savage Garden), born in Copenhagen, Denmark1949 - P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball coach (Seton Hall University; Portland TBs, GS Warriors, OKC), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania1950 - Paresh Rawal, Indian Bollywood actor (Woh Chokri, Woh Chokri), born in Bombay, India1984 - Matt Maguire, Australian rules footballer (St Kilda Football Club, Brisbane Lions), born in Victoria, AustraliaMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1770 - Franois Boucher, French painter (b. 1703)1923 - Camille Chevillard, French composer, dies at 631978 - Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violin prodigy, conductor (CBC, 1935-78), and composer, dies at 681989 - Claude Pepper, American politician (Rep-D-FL, 1963-89), dies at 882006 - David Lloyd, New Zealand botanist, dies from apparent poisoning by acrylamide, a common laboratory chemical, at 68More Famous Deaths