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
"Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history." - Winston Churchill, from his 1935-05-02 House of Commons remarks
- Friedrich Fleischmann, German composer, born in Marktheidenfeld, Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1798)
- Charles Erwin Wilson, American engineer (President and CEO of General Motors) and politician (United States Secretary of Defense 1953-57), born in Minerva, Ohio (d. 1961)
- Lupe Vélez [María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez], Mexican-American actress (Joe Palooka), born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico (d. 1944)
- Jo [Jozef Maria Laurens Theo] Cals, Prime Minister of Netherlands (1965-66) and Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences, born in Roermond, Netherlands (d. 1971)
- Glenn Hughes, American disco singer (Village People), born in New York City (d. 2001)
- Jack Layton, Canadian politician, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2011)
- Kostas Eleftherakis, Greek footballer (Panathinaikos), born in Greece
- Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor, born in Vienna, Austria
- MLB Louisville Eclipse pitcher Tony Mullane is first to pitch right-handed and then left-handed
- Hideki Tojo resigns the position of Prime Minister of Imperial Japan, after losing the support of Emperor Hirohito
- 200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns
- Kawhi Leonard is traded to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Pöltl, and a protected 2019 first-round draft pick
- City of Phoenix, Arizona breaks a five decade heat record recording 19 consecutive days of temperature at or above 110°F (43.3°C); overnight low of 97°F (36.1°C) highest since 1989
- Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (Curfew Must Not Ring) and writer, born in Mishawaka, Indiana, Kansas (d. 1939)
- Alberto di Jorio, Italian Cardinal and former head of the Vatican Bank, born in Rome (d. 1979)
- Victor Gruen [Viktor Grünbaum], Austrian-American architect known for his pioneering work designing shopping centers (Northland Shopping Center in Michigan), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1980)
- Harry Levin, American literary scholar, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1994)
- Leo Madder, Belgian actor (Spoed), born in Lier, Flanders, Belgium
