Historical Events
1876 – Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan
1907 – New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame backstop Roger Bresnahan becomes first catcher to wear shin guards
1939 – Hungary leaves League of Nations
1991 – UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration
2019 – Ex-Pope Benedict XVI claims Catholic sexual abuse caused in part by 1960s sexual revolution
Famous Birthdays
1904 – Arthur Ernest Mourant, British hematologist, born in La Hougue Bie, Jersey (d. 1994)
1906 – Dalia “Dale” Messick, American cartoonist (Brenda Starr, Reporter), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2005)
1918 – Richard Wainwright, English politician, Liberal MP for Colne Valley (1966–70), born in Leeds (d. 2003)
1925 – Viola Liuzzo (née Gregg), American civil rights activist, murdered by Ku Klux Klan, born in California, Pennsylvania (d. 1965)
1932 – Max Schubel, American composer (Opus One Records), born in New York (d. 2010)
Famous Deaths
1648 – Matthäus Appelt, German composer, dies at 53
1842 – John England, bishop of Charleston Carolina, dies
1981 – Marie Ney, British character actress (The Lavender Hill Mob), dies at 85
1990 – Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece, dies at 86
1998 – Rodney Harvey, American actor and model (Salsa), dies of a drug overdose at 30