expiscate verb tr.: To fish out; to find out by careful investigation.
☰Thought of the Day
"I hate the present modes of living and getting a living. Farming and shopkeeping and working at a trade or profession are all odious to me. I should relish getting my living in a simple, primitive fashion." - Henry David Thoreau, from Henry at Work: Thoreau on Making a Living p91.
- Lawrence of Brindisi [Giulio Cesare Russo], Italian theologian, Capuchin monk, and Roman Catholic saint, born in Brindisi, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1619)
- Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar, linguist (Nederduitsche Spraekkunst), poet, and lexicographer, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1711) [O.S. birthday July 12]
- Oskar Maria Graf, German-American writer (Wir sind Gefangene (We Are Prisoners)), born in Berg, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire (d. 1967)
- Angus Tait, New Zealand electronics innovator and businessman, born in Oamaru, New Zealand (d. 2007)
- Bill Perkins, American cool jazz tenor saxophonist (Woody Herman; Stan Kenton; Bud Shank; The Tonight Show Band, 1970-82), and recording engineer, born in San Francisco, California, (d. 2003)
- George Hunter, South African boxer (Olympic gold light heavyweight 1948), born in Brakpan, South Africa (d. 2004)
- Guich Koock, actor (Harley Puckett-Carter Country), born in Austin, Texas
- Emilio Butragueno, Spanish soccer striker (69 caps; Real Madrid 341 games), born in Madrid, Spain
- Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl: Army of the Old Swiss Confederacy defeats an allied force of Zurich and Habsburg troops at the gates of Zurich; without means to lay siege to the city, they withdraw
- General Francisco Craveiro Lopes appointed President of Portugal
- Richard Nixon becomes the first US Vice President to preside over a cabinet meeting
- 2 Catholics are abducted, beaten, and shot dead in a Loyalist area of Belfast
- Mudslides from heavy rains kills at least 229 people in Kencho Shacha Gozdi district, southern Ethiopia
- Katarina Stenbock, Swedish third wife of Gustav I of Sweden, born in Torpa Castle, Sweden (d. 1621)
- Kōmei [Osahito], 121st Emperor of Japan (1846-67) during the final years of the Edo period, born in Kyōto, Japan (d. 1867)
- Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, born in Neustrelitz, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz(d. 1914)
- Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer, 1995-2012 (Santos, São Paulo, Corinthians) , born in Nova Friburgo, Brazil
- Selena Gomez, American actress (Wizards of Waverly Place; Hotel Transylvania), and singer ("Wolves"; "Lose You To Love Me"), born in Grand Prairie, Texas
