Historical Events
1889 – Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890
1896 – Oscar Wilde’s “Salome” premieres in Paris
1922 – US intervention army leaves Honduras
1968 – Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River New York
1968 – Madison Square Garden III closes Madison Square Garden IV opens (NYC)
1979 – Iran’s premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power
Famous Birthdays
1847 – Thomas Edison, American inventor (lightbulb, phonograph, motion picture camera), born in Milan, Ohio (d. 1931)
1873 – Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author/novelist (Pages from My Life)
1943 – Iain Cameron, British brigadier
1969 – Joe Valerio, American NFL outside corner/tackle (KC Chiefs), born in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
1971 – Damian Lewis, British actor, born in St John’s Wood, London
1975 – Andrew “Andy” Lally, American sports car and stock car racing driver, born in Northport, New York
Famous Deaths
824 – Paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24), dies
1894 – Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70
1961 – Kate Carew [Mary Williams], American caricaturist, dies at 91
1989 – George O’Hanlon, american actor and director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71
1991 – Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building, Centre Pompidou), dies at 90
2004 – Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and Cold War spy for NATO, dies at 73