Historical Events
1854 – US Assay Office in NYC, New York opens
1904 – Liberty Theater opens at 234 W 42nd St NYC
1913 – Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic and Pacific waters mix
1935 – Coup under Gen Giorgios Kondylis in favor of Greek monarchy
1960 – WGTE TV channel 30 in Toledo, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1982 – Pope John Paul II canonizes Rev Maximilian Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint
Famous Birthdays
1862 – Arthur De Greef, Belgian composer, born in Louvain, Belgium (d. 1940)
1868 – Guillermo M. Tomás, Cuban composer, born in Cienfuegos, Cuba (d. 1933)
1900 – Helen Hayes [Brown], American actress (Caesar and Cleopatra, Happy Birthday), and 1st female EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winner), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1993)
1916 – Benson Fong, American character actor (Charlie Chan films; Purple Heart; Flower Drum Song), and restaurateur, born in Sacramento, California (d. 1987)
1921 – Boy Trip, Dutch minister, born in Amersfoort, Netherlands (d. 1990)
1936 – Artie Dick, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (NZ of 60’s), born in Middlemarch, New Zealand
Famous Deaths
1473 – Giorgio da Sebenico, Venetian sculptor and architect (Cathedral of St James in Šibenik)
1745 – Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer and organist, dies at 52
1856 – Mikhail Vielgorsky, Russian composer, dies at 67
1977 – Jean Duvieusart, 36th Prime Minister of Belgium, dies at 77
1990 – Dick Jorgensen, NFL referee, dies at 56
2006 – Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (b. 1932)