Historical Events1882 - MLB Louisville Eclipse pitcher Tony Mullane is first to pitch right-handed and then left-handed1944 - Hideki Tojo resigns the position of Prime Minister of Imperial Japan, after losing the support of Emperor Hirohito1972 - 200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns2018 - Kawhi Leonard is traded to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Pltl, and a protected 2019 first-round draft pick2023 - City of Phoenix, Arizona breaks a five decade heat record recording 19 consecutive days of temperature at or above 110F (43.3C); overnight low of 97F (36.1C) highest since 1989More Historical Events Famous Birthdays1850 - Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (Curfew Must Not Ring) and writer, born in Mishawaka, Indiana, Kansas (d. 1939)1884 - Alberto di Jorio, Italian Cardinal and former head of the Vatican Bank, born in Rome (d. 1979)1903 - Victor Gruen [Viktor Grnbaum], Austrian-American architect known for his pioneering work designing shopping centers (Northland Shopping Center in Michigan), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1980)1912 - Harry Levin, American literary scholar, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1994)1946 - Leo Madder, Belgian actor (Spoed), born in Lier, Flanders, BelgiumMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1817 - Jane Austen, English novelist (Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility), dies at 411948 - Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian and politician (b. 1877)1992 - Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist, and first television weatherman in the Netherlands, dies at 642009 - Henry Allingham, oldest male British supercentenarian (born 1896) and World War I veteran, dies at 113 years, 42 days2018 - Wolfgang Hufschmidt, German church musician, academic, and composer, dies at 84More Famous Deaths