Historical Events1870 - First ascent of Mount Rainier, Washington, by Hazard Stevens and P. B. Van Trump1945 - Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declare Indonesia (formerly the Dutch East Indies) independent from the Netherlands1977 - USSR performs a nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan1988 - First case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in NYC (9-year-old Bronx boy)1991 - Royals' Warren Cromartie's first major league home run since 1983More Historical Events Famous Birthdays1863 - Gene Stratton-Porter, American author "A Girl of the Limberlost," and naturalist, born in Lagro, Indiana (d. 1924)1890 - Stefan Bastyr, Polish pioneering aviator, first flight in independent Poland, born in Ulanw, Poland (d. 1920)1942 - Tommy West [Picardo], American record producer (Jim Croce; Anne Murray), and singer-songwriter, born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2021)1953 - Robert Thirsk, Canadian astronaut (STS 78), born in New Westminster, British Columbia1970 - yvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer, born in Kristiansund, NorwayMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1916 - Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (Unique Forms of Continuity in Space), dies in a military training mishap at 331955 - Fernand Lger, French painter, sculptor and filmmaker, dies at 741969 - Philip Blaiberg, South African dentist, third person to receive an artificial heart, dies after 19 days at 591987 - Charles Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet (Claro Enigma), dies at 842021 - Sheila Bromberg, British orchestral and session harpist (The Beatles - "She's Leaving Home"; Heatwave -"Boogie Nights"), dies at 92More Famous Deaths