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1940
Nathanael West, author of Day of the Locust, dies in El Centro at the age of 37. Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald died the day before. [Sources: Brittanica, and Embattled Dreams: California in War and Peace 1940 to 1950 by Kevin Starr.]
1941
Japanese Imperial Navy submarine I-17 arrives off the coast of Salem, Oregon. It would spend three weeks with eight other Imperial Navy submarines harassing West Coast shipping before shelling Santa Barbara then returning across the Pacific to resupply. [Sources: Brittanica, and Embattled Dreams: California in War and Peace 1940 to 1950 by Kevin Starr.]
2017
Sportscaster Dick Enberg is found dead in his home in La Jolla. His bags were packed for a planned trip to visit family in Boston. He had retired in 2016 after calling games for the San Diego Padres for seven years. He called UCLA basketball games for nine years, including Houston’s victory over UCLA in 1968 that snapped the Bruins’ 47-game winning streak. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. [Source: Fox News, New York Post, Deadline.]