Historical Events
1930 – William Taft, US 27th President and Chief Justice buried in Arlington
1954 – US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics
1968 – Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 12nd string quartet
1986 – 187.27 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1995 – -36.8°F (-38.2°C) in Chosedachar, Komi-district, on 67°N
2014 – Refugees from Syria pour into the Kingdom of Jordan
Famous Birthdays
1863 – Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist
1876 – David Wijnkoop, Dutch revolutionary socialist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1941)
1922 – José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, director and comedian (La Cabina, Travels With My Aunt), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2009)
1942 – Charles Swan, American actor
1948 – Roy Barnes, 80th Governor of Georgia
1971 – Jiri Vykoukai, Olomouc CZ, hockey player (Team Czech Rep, Olympic gold 1998)
Famous Deaths
1857 – Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author and poet (A la paz), dies at 84
1897 – Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist, evangelist, dies at 45
1931 – F.W. Murnau, German film director (b. 1888)
1979 – Victor Kilian, American actor (Gentleman’s Agreement), dies at 88
1982 – Horace Gregory, American poet, dies at 83
1994 – Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69