Historical Events
1916 – Austrian forces capture Mount Lovćen, Serbia. Serbian army retreats, evacuating to Greek island of Corfu
1917 – Guy Bolton and PG Wodehouse’s “Have a Heart” premieres in New York
1919 – 3 year old German communist party (Spartacus) crushed
1989 – 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)
1999 – American comedian Jon Stewart succeeds Craig Kilborn as host of late-night talk and satirical news program “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central in US
2022 – Quebec announces it will impose a healthcare tax on unvaccinated adults who are accounting for 50% of ICU cases (scrapped Feb 2022)
Famous Birthdays
1322 – Emperor Kōmyō of Japan, 2nd Northern Emperor (1336-48), born in Japan (d. 1380)
1449 – Domenico Ghirlandajo, Italian Renaissance painter and teacher of Michelangelo, born in Florence (d. 1494)
1818 – John Reese Kenly, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1891)
1905 – John Henry Jacques, English co-operative retailer and politician, born in Ashington, Northumberland (d. 1995)
1915 – Robert Blair Mayne, British soldier, co-founder Special Air Service (d. 1955)
1956 – Big Bank Hank [Henry Lee Jackson] American rapper (The Sugarhill Gang – “Rapper’s Delight”), born in The Bronx, New York City (d. 2014)
Famous Deaths
1650 – Paul Hallman, composer, dies at 49
1763 – Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)
1928 – Thomas Hardy, English novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd) and poet, dies near Dorchester at 87
1973 – Rudolf Kubin, Czech cellist, dies a day after 64th birthday
1995 – John AG Gere, English art historian (Raphael and his Circle), dies at 73
2016 – Gilberto Mendes, Brazilian composer, dies at 93