Erik Drake, composer, dies at 82

Death

Henry Dale, London, physiologist (Nobel-1936)

Birth

11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:46

Event

Rudolf Borchardt, writer

Birth

Oscar Back, Austrian-Dutch viola player

Birth

Dudley Digges

Birth

1st commercial electric railway line begins operation (Chicago El)

Event

17th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard George Kinney wins in 2:42«

Event

Johannes Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/conductor

Birth

Kusaku Yamada, composer

Birth

21st Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hanover wins in 2:43«

Event

Hugo Kauder, composer

Birth

22nd Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Sir Dixon wins in 2:40¬

Event

Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer

Birth

Leslie Banks, English actor/director (Jamaica Inn, 48 Hours)

Birth

Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago

Event

Painter Gauguin arrives in Papeete, Tahiti

Event

26th Belmont: W Hayward aboard Patron wins in 2:12

Event

Helena Rubinstein, cosmetics CEO/founder (Helena Rubinstein)

Birth

Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer, dies at 59

Death

Cole Porter, Indiana, composer/lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate)

Birth

Samuel N Behrman, US screenwriter (Tale of 2 Cities, Daddy Long Legs)

Birth

Aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio)

Birth

Catherine Filene Shouse, philanthropist (Wolf Trap Institute)

Birth

Alvin Graham Clark, dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40" lens

Death