Historical Events
1713 – Great Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, Prussia, Savoy, Portugal and France agree the Treaty of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces in North America to Britain
1830 – Robert Schumann hears the violinist Paganini play in Frankfurt
1948 – 12th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Claude Harmon shoots a record-tying 279 (−9) to finish 5 strokes ahead of runner-up Cary Middlecoff
1951 – US President Harry Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of command in Korea
1957 – Britain agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
2002 – An attempted coup d’état takes place in Venezuela against President Hugo Chávez.
Famous Birthdays
1779 – Louise Reichardt, German composer, born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1826)
1862 – Charles Evans Hughes, American statesman, Republican politician and 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41), born in Glens Falls, New York (d. 1948)
1906 – Dale Messick [Dalia Messick], American cartoonist (Brenda Starr, Reporter), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2005)
1919 – Sir Raymond Carr, English historian and warden (St Antony’s College Oxford), born in Bath, Somerset
1935 – Richard Berry, African-American singer and musician (Louie Louie), born in Extension, Louisiana (d. 1997)
1971 – Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein), born in Schwerin, Germany
Famous Deaths
1900 – Seth Barton, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 70
1936 – Mitya Stillman, composer, dies at 44
1976 – Liam Dunn, American actor, dies at 59
1990 – Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1904)
1991 – Walker Cooper, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star 1942–44, 46–50; World Series 1942, 44; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 76
2006 – Proof, American rapper (D12) (b. 1973)