Important Days
World Elephant Day (International)
Important Events
1676 – Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip’s War.
Birth/Birth Anniversary
1918 – Guy Gibson, Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944)
1919 – Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist and academic (d. 1971)
1948 – Siddaramaiah, Indian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka
1972 – Gyanendra Pandey, Indian cricketer
1987 – Vanessa Watts, West Indian cricketer
1994 – Sara Ali Khan, Indian actress
Death/ Death Anniversary
2016 – Juan Pedro de Miguel, Spanish handball player (b. 1958)
2017 – Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1942)
2019 – DJ Arafat, Ivoirian DJ and singer (b. 1986)