gamy adjective: 1. Having the flavor or odor of game, especially game meat. 2. Having the flavor or odor of meat kept until slightly tainted. 3. Ill-smelling; rank. 4. Sordid, seamy, corrupt, or disreputable. 5. Suggestive or racy. 6. Plucky or spirited.
☰Thought of the Day
"The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions." - John Locke, from Second Treatise of Government Chapter 2, Sect 6.
- Friedrich Gernsheim, German composer, born in Worms, Grand Duchy of Hesse und bei Rhine (d. 1916)
- Christina Stead, Australia, novelist (Man Who Loved Children), born in Rockdale, Australia (d. 1983)
- Catherine "Cass" Daley, American actress (Star Spangled Rhythm, Red Garters), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1975)
- Helen Walker, American actress (Brewster's Million; Lucky Jordan), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1968)
- Joe Morello, American jazz drummer (Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Blue Rondo à la Turk"), born in Springfield, Massachussets (d. 2011)
- Regina Belle, American pop, and RandB singer-songwriter, and Grammy Award winner (with Peabo Bryson - "A Whole New World"), born in Engelwood, New Jersey
- Calbert Cheaney, American NBA player (Washington Bullets/Wizards), born in Evansville, Indiana
- Émilie Simon, French pop singer-songwriter and electronic music composer, born in Montpellier, France
- British humorous and satirical magazine "Punch" is first published; it closes in 2002
- The Great Train Wreck of 1856 between Camp Hill and Fort Washington, Pennsylvania kills over 60 people
- Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits
- US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands
- Typhoon Talim, makes landfall on China's Guandong coast with winds of nearly 140km/h (87mph), forcing the evacuation of nearly 230,000 people
- Erle Stanley Gardner, American detective writer (Perry Mason), born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 1970)
- (Alfons) "Fud" Candrix, Belgian jazz saxophonist, violinist, and bandleader, born in Tongeren, Belgium (d. 1974)
- Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan army colonel and President of Guatemala (1970-74), born in Barberena, Guatemala (d. 2003)
- Don Kessinger, American baseball shortstop (6 x MLB All Star; Gold Glove 1969, 70; Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago WS), born in Forrest City, Arkansas
- Tommy Soderstrom, Swedish NHL goalie (Sweden, NY Islanders), born in Stockholm, Sweden
