1943 Event 63rd U.S. Mens Tennis: J R Hunt Seaman beats Jack Kramer (63 68 108 60) 1936 Death Jan J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship doc/writer (Seaman's Grave), dies at 38 1928 Birthday Hendrika G "Tine" de Vries, actress, Seaman's Wife 1867 Birthday Nellie Bly, Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, journalist 1861 Birthday Owen Seaman, poet/editor, Punch 1816 Birthday Robert Seaman Granger, Union Army Major general 1788 Birthday Sarah Hale, founder, Seaman's Aid Society of Boston 1709 Event Alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe")
