Historical Events
1079 – Bishop Stanislaus of Krakow is executed by order of Bolesław II of Poland
1895 – Anaheim completes its new electric light system
1941 – Germany blitzes Coventry, England
1961 – Austrian 4th and last government of Raab resigns
1963 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1993 – 450 prisoners riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continue for ten days, citing grievances about prison conditions and the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis)
Famous Birthdays
1916 – Dan Fortmann, American football guard (Chicago Bears), born in Pearl River, New York (d. 1995)
1927 – Domenico Guaccero, Italian composer, born in Palo de Colle, Italy (d. 1984)
1951 – Robbie House, American rocker (Snuff)
1966 – Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer (Around the World), born in Manchester, England
1966 – Mark Higgs, American football running back (Arizona Cardinals), born in Owensboro, Kentucky
1973 – Reggie Tongue, American football safety (KC Chiefs), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Famous Deaths
1034 – Romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assassinated by wife at 66 or 67
1853 – Louis Emmanuel Jadin, French composer, dies at 124
1908 – Henry Bird, English Chess player and author (b. 1829)
1967 – Donald Sangster, Jamaican prime-minister (b. 1911)
2006 – Proof, American rapper (D12) (b. 1973)
2019 – Monkey Punch [Kazuhiko Kato], Japanese manga cartoonist (Lupin III), dies of pneumonia at 81