Historical Events
1861 – Confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union’s Richmond on Mississippi
1901 – Theodore Roosevelt renames the “Executive Mansion” as “The White House”
1970 – Rock Memorabilia Auction at Filmore East
1994 – Iranian Fokker F28 explodes between Isfahan and Tehran, killing 66
1999 – Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup
Famous Birthdays
1897 – Inez Courtney, American stage and screen actress (The 13th Man; Crime Ring; The Raven), born in Amsterdam, New York (d. 1975)
1928 – Al Held, American painter and sculptor (hard edge-style), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2005)
1950 – Dave Freudenthal, American economist and politician (31st Governor of Wyoming), born in Thermopolis, Wyoming
1969 – Dave Chaytors, CFL defensive tackle (British Columbia Lions), born in Calgary, Alberta
1975 – Lex Lang, American actor (Power Rangers), born in Hollywood, California
Famous Deaths
1924 – Anatole France [Jacques Anatole Thibault], French writer (Thaïs, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921), dies at 80
1996 – Trevor Illtyd williams, scientific writer, dies at 75
2001 – Quintin Hogg, British politician, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, dies at 94 (b. 1907)
2015 – Eugene Louw, South African minister of Internal affairs and Defense, dies at 84
2015 – Joan Leslie, American actress (High Sierra, Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 90