dogleg noun: 1. A sharp bend or turn. 2. Something having a sharp bend. adjective: Having a sharp bend or angle. verb intr.: To bend or turn sharply.
☰Thought of the Day
"The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter." - Blaise Pascale, from Provincial Letters of Blaise Pascal, Letter XVI
- British forces kill 17 to 40 Stockbridge Indian fighters in Bronx during Revolution
- US President John Tyler authorizes the establishment of the US Naval Observatory
- US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, RI: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier 10-8, 6-4, 9-7 for his lone major singles title
- Russian miner Aleksey Stachanov digs 102 tons of coal in under 6 hours, using a jackhammer
- Bomb attack destroys the Khotso House, the office of the South African Council of Churches
- Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, Russian composer and ethnomusicologist, born in Kaluga, Russia (d. 1949)
- Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, Filipina composer (Filiasiana), concert pianist, and educator (Bayanihan Dance Company), born in San Fernando, Philippines (d. 2008)
- Jim Fassel, American football coach (University of Utah 1985–89; New York Giants 1997-2003), born in Anaheim, California (d. 2021)
- Tony DeFranco, Canadian pop singer (The DeFranco Family - "Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat"), born in Port Colborne, Ontario
- Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer (US Masters 2011), born in Johannesburg, Gauteng
