Historical Events
1891 – 1st Women’s Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston)
1924 – Dion O’Banion, leader of the North Side Gang is assassinated in his flower shop by members of Johnny Torrio’s gang, sparking the bloody gang war of the 1920s in Chicago.
1938 – Nobel for literature awarded to Pearl Buck (Good Earth)
1945 – General Enver Hoxha becomes leader of Albania
1978 – NY Yankees trade Lyle, Rajsich, McCall, Heath and Ramos to Texas for Righetti, Mirabella, Beniquez, Jemison and Griffin
1981 – “Oh, Brother!” opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 3 performances
Famous Birthdays
1845 – John Thompson, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (C: 1892-94), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (d. 1894)
1888 – Andrej Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, born in Pustomazovo, Russia (d. 1972)
1935 – Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2004)
1948 – Aaron Brown, American broadcast journalist (World News Now), born in Hopkins, Minnesota
1952 – Pat Severs, American country singer (Pirates of Mississippi-Fred Jake), born in Camden, South Carolina
1981 – Tony Blanco, American baseball player (Washington Nationals), born in San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
Famous Deaths
901 – Adelaide of Paris, Queen of Western Francia
1981 – Abel Gance, French movie director (J’accuse), dies at 92
1984 – Xavier Herbert, Australian author (b. 1901)
1991 – Alessandro Lessona, Minister of Italian Colonies (1931-38), dies
1992 – Chuck Connors, American author, actor (The Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa), professional basketball and baseball player, dies at 71
1993 – Wensley Pithey, South-African actor (Oliver!, The Saint, Little Women), dies at 79