Historical Events
1310 – Fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France for being heretics
1925 – Communist Party of Holland splits
1942 – Japanese troops conquer Kalewa
1965 – West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
1976 – Last broadcast of “Marcus Welby, MD” on ABC-TV
1983 – Aberdeen of Scotland win 23rd European Cup Winner’s Cup against Real Madrid of Spain 2-1 in Gothenburg
Famous Birthdays
1733 – Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)
1858 – Carl Hauptmann, German writer, born in Obersalzbrunn (d. 1921)
1905 – Marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner
1940 – Juan Downey, Chilean video artist (d. 1993)
1954 – John Gregory, English football manager
1973 – Dean Pullar, Cobram Victoria Australia, diver (Olympics 1996)
Famous Deaths
1779 – John Heart, American farmer (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at about 68
1924 – Moses Walker, American baseball catcher (first African-American open about his heritage to play MLB; Toledo Blue Stockings), dies at 66
1935 – Edward Herbert Thompson, American archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78
1960 – John D. Rockefeller Jr., American financier and philanthropist, dies of pneumonia at 86
1981 – Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist (Nobel 1969 – the study of the three-dimensional geometric structure of molecules), dies at 83
1986 – Fritz Pollard, American football player, dies at 92