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Tyler Skaggs (July 13, 1991 – July 1, 2019) was an American left-handed starting pitcher in professional baseball. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Angels from 2012 until his death. Born in Woodland Hills, California, Skaggs was a supplemental first-round selection for the Angels in the 2009 MLB draft. Traded to the Diamondbacks in 2010, he made his MLB debut in 2012. Traded back to the Angels in December 2013, he was fifth in the team's rotation until an ulnar collateral ligament injury in 2014 and subsequent Tommy John surgery derailed his career. After a visiting game in 2019, Skaggs was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Southlake, Texas, and was pronounced dead the same day. An autopsy concluded that he had accidentally died of asphyxia after aspirating his own vomit while under the influence of fentanyl, oxycodone, and alcohol. His team wore patches with No. 45, his uniform number, for the rest of the season in his memory. (Full article...)

Reverse of the 1909-S VDB cent

• ... that the US Mint released the 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent (pictured) on August 2, 1909, and discontinued it on August 5 because it showed the artist's initials?
• ... that Alex Horton made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Glamorgan despite no actual play being possible due to rain?
• ... that spiritual jazz originated in the 1960s, partially due to the civil rights movement?
• ... that dermosyphilopathologist Giuseppe Mariani received a silver medal for his bravery under fire at the Third Battle of the Isonzo?
• ... that based on the biblical principle of omnia sunt communia, Thomas Aquinas argued that theft is not a sin if the thief genuinely needs what they are stealing?
• ... that jazz fusion and funk musician Mark Lettieri graduated with a degree in marketing?
• ... that the first time The Witcher universe was portrayed outside the novels was in the 1993–1995 Polish comic book series of the same name?
• ... that the Beacon Theatre, once described as "a true bit of Bagdad on Broadway", later gained a reputation as a rock venue?

Webb's First Deep Field

• NASA releases the first operational image (shown) taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.
• Protesters storm the President's House in Colombo, Sri Lanka, forcing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to agree to resign.
• Angola's former president José Eduardo dos Santos dies at the age of 79.
• Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is assassinated while giving a speech in Nara.

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Wallachian copy of Regulamentul Organic

• 1831 – Wallachian officials adopted the Regulamentul Organic (cover shown), which engendered a period of unprecedented reforms that provided for the westernization of the local society.
• 1863 – Four days of rioting began in New York City in response to laws passed by the U.S. Congress to draft men to fight in the American Civil War.
• 1942 – World War II: The 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment was converted from a battalion to accommodate a larger number of volunteers spurred on by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.
• 1962 – In an unprecedented reshuffle, British prime minister Harold Macmillan dismissed seven members of his Cabinet.
• 2008 – War in Afghanistan: Taliban guerrillas attacked U.S. troops at the Battle of Wanat in Nuristan Province.