Historical Events1879 - Government Kappeijne of Coppello resigns1930 - A week before his 22nd birthday, Australian cricket's batting genius Don Bradman scores 232 in a fifth Test win over England at The Oval in London1957 - Chicago White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Washington Senators, 6-02008 - Spanair Flight 5022 from Madrid to Gran Canaria skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport, killing 146 people in the crash and 8 more afterward. Only 18 people survive2015 - Thirty students at West Point Military Academy are injured in a mass pillow fightMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1824 - Absalom Baird, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Rockland, Maine (d. 1905)1904 - Jaap [Jacobus Albertus Wilhelmus] Burger, Dutch politician and chairman (PvdA), born in Willemstad, Netherlands (d. 1986)1937 - Sky Saxon [Richard Marsh], American rocker (The Seeds - "Pushin' To Hard"), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2009)1966 - Courtney Gibbs, American actress (Baywatch) and Miss USA 1988, born in Dallas, Texas2003 - Prince Gabriel of Belgium, second child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, born in Erasmus Hospital, Anderlecht, Brussels, BelgiumMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1384 - Geert Groote, Dutch founder of the Brethren of the Common Life, dies at 431707 - Nicolas Gigault, French Baroque organist and composer, dies at about 802007 - Larry Hartsell, American martial artist, bodyguard, trainer, student of Bruce Lee and Dan Inosanto, dies at 652009 - Larry Knechtel, American session piano and bass player (Simon and Garfunkel; Johnny Rivers), dies of a heart attack at 692015 - Piotr Warzecha, Polish composer, dies at 74More Famous Deaths