Historical Events1938 - England scores 7-903 declared against Australia, with Len Hutton scoring 3641957 - US performs a nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site1982 - USSR performs a nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan2004 - Winning pitcher Lisa Fernandez (4-0) leads the US to the softball gold medal at the Athens Olympics, beating Australia 5-12017 - India's toll from swine flu rises above 1,000 for the year, with 22,186 cases reportedMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1754 - Louis XVI, King of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined, born in Versailles, Yvelines, France (d. 1793)1917 - Tex Williams, American country-western singer, born in Ramsey, Illinois (d. 1985)1949 - Shelley Long, American actress (Diane in Cheers, Money Pit), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana1954 - Halimah Yacob, Singaporean politician (1st female President of Singapore (2017-), born in Singapore1964 - Kong Hee, Singaporean founder and Senior Pastor of the City Harvest movement in Asia, born in SingaporeMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1927 - Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Massachusetts1957 - Eugne Schueller, French chemist, founder of L'Oral, dies at 761989 - Yusef Hawkins, shot by 30 whites in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn NY in a racially motivated attack2006 - Jacques Wildberger, Swiss composer (In My End is My Beginning), dies at 842015 - Jean Darling, American child actress (Our Gang), dies at 93More Famous Deaths