Oscar Pistorius became the first amputee runner to compete at the Olympics in 2012. Pistorius finished
second out of five runners and advanced to the 400m semi-finals, where he finished last.
Deaths: William Cecil, 1598, English statesman; John Burgoyne, 1792, English general; Hans Christian
Andersen, 1875, Danish author; Raul Hilberg, 2007, Austrian-American political scientist.