Historical Events
1661 – French King Louis XIV ends office of premier
1874 – Purdue University (Indiana) admits its 1st student
1906 – Europe’s worst mining accident when a coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres, France
1910 – Pittsburgh Courier begins publishing
1973 – Morocco adopts constitution
1991 – 12th Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament: Seton Hall beats Georgetown, 74-62
Famous Birthdays
1810 – John McCloskey, 1st American cardinal and Archbishop of New York, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1885)
1885 – Hans Luther, German politician and German Chancellor (1925-6), born in Berlin (d. 1962)
1892 – Eva Turner, British operatic soprano, born in Werneth, Oldham, England (d. 1990)
1898 – Cyrus “Cy” Kendall, American actor (Tarzan’s New York Adventure, Mysteries of Chinatown), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1953)
1905 – Rene Bernier, Belgian composer, born in Saint-Gilles (d.1984)
1939 – Irina Press, Soviet 80m hurdles runner and pentathlete (Olympic gold 1960, 64), born in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2004)
Famous Deaths
1391 – Tvrtko I first king of Bosnia (b. 1338)
1819 – Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, German philosopher and writer, dies at 76
1949 – James Rector, American athlete (b. 1884)
1951 – Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese politician and diplomat, Prime minister of Japan (1945-46), dies at 78
1975 – Léopold Samuel, Belgian composer, dies at 91
1977 – Pieter Jan Bouman, Dutch sociologist and historian, dies at 74