Historical Events1930 - 113F (45C) recorded in Perryville, Tennessee (state record)1987 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, PGA National Palm Beach: Larry Nelson wins the second PGA C'ship in a playoff with fellow American Lanny Wadkins2016 - Hungary's Katinka Hossz swims an Olympic record of 2:06.58 in the women's 200 m individual medley, winning her third gold medal of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics2018 - Saudi-led air coalition strikes a school bus in Saada Province, Yemen, killing 43 people, many of whom are children2023 - Ecuadorian opposition presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is assassinated at a campaign rally in QuitoMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1869 - Randle Ayrton, British actor (The Manxman, Nell Gwyn), born in Chester, Cheshire, England (d. 1940)1903 - Tom Tyler [Vincent Markowski], American actor (Stagecoach; She Wore a Yellow Ribbon), born in Port Henry, New York (d. 1954)1938 - Rod Laver, Australian tennis player (1962, 1969 Grand Slam; 11 x Grand Slam singles titles; 8 x Pro major titles), born in Rockhampton, Queensland1957 - Melanie Griffith, American actress (Body Double, Working Girl), born in New York City1963 - Whitney Houston, American singer ("I Will Always Love You"; "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"), actress (The Bodyguard), and film producer (The Princess Diaries), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2012)More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1420 - Pierre d'ailly [Peter de Alliaco], French theologist and cardinal, dies1806 - Louis Ferdinand, Prussian prince and a soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, dies at 331888 - Charles Cros, French inventor and poet (Le Hareng Saur), dies at 451985 - Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league fullback (37 Tests; NSW 27 games; South Sydney; RL "Immortal") and coach (Australia 29 Tests, South Sydney), dies at 582021 - Alex Cord [Alexander Viespi], American actor (Brotherhood; Fire; Street Asylum; Airwolf), dies at 88More Famous Deaths