Historical Events
1654 – Ordinance of Union between England and Scotland passed by the Council of State
1907 – Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer resigns
1946 – LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Augusta CC: Louise Suggs wins her first major title by 2 strokes from Eileen Stulb
1957 – USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1959 – France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria
2016 – Breakthrough Starshot: Scientists and internet entrepreneurs, including Yuri Milner, Stephen Hawking and Mark Zuckerberg, announce interstellar project to send robot spacecraft to Alpha Centauri
Famous Birthdays
1838 – John Shaw Billings, American librarian and surgeon, born in Allensville, Switzerland County, Indiana (d. 1913)
1852 – Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician (Proving π is a transcendental number), born in Hannover, German Confederation (d. 1939)
1939 – Alan Ayckbourn, English playwright and director, born in London, England
1956 – Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer (Mensch, Spruenge), born in Göttingen, Germany
1956 – Doris Baaten, Dutch actress (Sesame Street, Fien), born in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
1964 – Amy Ray, American singer and songwriter (Indigo Girls), born in Decatur, Georgia
Famous Deaths
1687 – Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer
1898 – Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820)
1942 – Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80
1961 – Philippine “Pine” Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress, dies at 93
1972 – C W Ceram, [Kurt Marek], German/American writer (1st American), dies at 57
2013 – Michael France, American screenwriter, dies from complications from diabetes at 51