chumocracy noun: A government, organization, or culture in which friends and associates are favored, especially in appointments to positions of authority.
☰Thought of the Day
"The roots of tobacco plants must go clear through to hell." - Thomas Edison, from American Heritage, July 12, 1885 [ref]
- Kanō Motonobu, Japanese painter and calligrapher (Kanō school of painting), born in Kyoto, Japan (d. 1559)
- Sam Levene, American Broadway actor (Demon, Gung Ho, Boomerang), born in Russia (d. 1980)
- John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist, and space researcher, born in London, Ontario (d. 1979)
- Johan "Joop" Doderer, Dutch actor (Swiebertje; My Fair Lady), born in Velsen, Netherlands (d. 2005)
- Cristina Deutekom [Stientje Engela], Dutch operatic coloratura soprano, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2014)
- Scott Hamilton, American figure skater (Olympic gold singles 1984; World C'ship gold 1981, 82, 83, 84), born in Bowling Green, Ohio
- Shania Twain [Eileen Edwards], Canadian Grammy Award-winning country music singer ("You're Still The One"; "That Don't Impress Me Much"; "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!"), born in Windsor, Ontario
- Theaster Gates, American installation artist, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands opens the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, an international law administrative building housing the Permanent Court of Arbitration
- Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam make a 190-run stand for the 9th wicket against England
- NY Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 batters in 1-0 win over Texas Rangers
- Noel Gallagher, the guitarist of the British pop-rock band Oasis, quits the band, citing an inability to be with his brother Liam
- North Korea launches a missile that flies over Japan, and the country's J-Alert warning system warns people to take cover
- William Alexander Hammond, American military physician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Annapolis, Maryland (d. 1900)
- Elizabeth Hirsh Fleisher, American architect (Parkway House), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1975)
- Max Robertson, British sports commentator (BBC Radio), born in Dacca, Bengal (d. 2009)
- Jerry Fehily, Irish drummer (Hothouse Flowers - "Don't Go"; "Thing Of Beauty"), born in Cork, Ireland
- Rick Recht, Jewish-American rock singer-songwriter ("Tear Down The Walls"), born in St. Louis, Missouri
