Historical Events
1775 – Continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army
1835 – Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Provisional Government
1948 – “Bicycle Thieves”, Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica, starring himself and Cesare Zavattini, is released (Honorary Academy Award 1950)
1950 – US infantry division conquers Chonju Korea
1956 – Americans go 1-2 in the men’s 100m final at the Melbourne Olympics; Bobby Morrow and Thane Baker both record hand-timed 10.50s but automatic timing gives gold medal to Morrow
1971 – American “Dan Cooper” hijacks plane, extorts $200,000 ransom before jumping out of plane over Washington State, never seen again
Famous Birthdays
1642 – Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, earl of Tourville/knight/admiral/marshal
1766 – Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect, born in Karlsruhe (d. 1826)
1815 – Grace Darling, English heroine (d. 1842)
1893 – Fern Andra [Vernal Edna Andrews], German-American actress (Eyes of the World), born in Watseka, Illinois (d. 1974)
1943 – Barry Milburn, cricketer (NZ wicket-keeper in three Tests 1969)
1950 – Damon Evans, Balt Md, American actor (The Jeffersons), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Famous Deaths
1572 – John Knox, Scottish preacher, dies at about 67
1693 – William Sancroft, 79th Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 76
1914 – Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies
1953 – George Alexander Russell, American organist, composer and the first Frick Professor of Music for Princeton University, dies at 73
1953 – Robert Lightfoot, English theologist and exegetist, dies at 70
1987 – Jehane Benoît, French Canadian culinary author (b. 1904)