Historical Events
1553 – Pope Julius III orders confiscation and burning of Jewish Talmud
1973 – WPBA National Championship won by Betty Morris
1979 – “Whoopee!” closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 204 performances
1980 – Signature of the Montevideo Treaty establishing the Latin American Integration Association.
2021 – US Census reveal country grown more diverse, growth in Hispanic (+23%) and Asian (+36%) populations, 1st ever decline in white population (-2.6%)
2022 – British author Salman Rushdie attacked and repeatedly stabbed on stage prior to giving a lecture at Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York
Famous Birthdays
1751 – Johann Baptist Lasser, German composer, born in Steinkirchen, Electorate of Bavaria (d. 1805)
1915 – Alex Wojciechowicz, American College/Pro Football HOF center, linebacker (Fordham Uni; NFL C’ship 1948, 49; First-team All-Pro 1939, 44; NFL 1940s All-Decade Team; Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles), born in South River, New Jersey (d. 1992)
1915 – Michael Kidd, American choreographer and dancer, born in New York City (d. 2007)
1977 – Iva Majoli, Croatian tennis player (1996 Pan Pacific), born in Zagreb, Croatia
1983 – Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
1999 – Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch football player (Bayern Munich, Netherlands), born in Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Famous Deaths
1546 – Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theologian and lawyer, dies
1689 – Innocent XI [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italian, Pope (1676-89), dies at 78
1864 – Sakuma ShÅzan, Japanese reformer (b. 1811)
1943 – Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76
1973 – Karl Ziegler, German chemist and Nobel Laureate (polymers), dies at 74
2021 – Una Stubbs, English actress (Till Death Us Do Part; Sherlock – “Mrs. Hudson”), dies at 84