Historical Events
1229 – Aragonese army led by James I of Aragon disembarks at Santa Ponça, Majorca, to conquer the island
1961 – USSR performs a nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, USSR
1964 – Canyonlands National Park is designated as a National Park
1973 – USSR performs a nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, USSR
1993 – STS-51 (Discovery) launches into orbit
Famous Birthdays
1829 – Charles Dudley Warner, American novelist (Being a Boy), born in Plainfield, Massachusetts (d. 1900)
1896 – Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell’Alpe), born in Broglio, Switzerland (d. 1952)
1954 – Jeff Jarvis, American journalist (This Week in Google, What Would Google Do?), public speaker, and advocate for the Open Web, born in United States
1978 – Baloji [Serge Baloji Tshiani], Belgian-Congolese rapper and film director known for “Omen”, born in Lubumbashi, Zaire
1994 – Elina Svitolina, Ukrainian tennis player (WTA Finals champion 2018), born in Odessa, Ukraine
Famous Deaths
1860 – John Winebrenner, American clergyman (founded Church of God General Conference), dies at 63
1927 – Walther Amelung, German archaeologist, dies at 61
1949 – Harry Burleigh, African American baritone and composer (Five Songs of Laurence Hope), and Springarn Medal winner (1917), dies at 82
1980 – Lillian Randolph, American radio and screen actress (The Great Gildersleeve; Amos ‘n Andy; It’s A Wonderful Life: Roots; The Onion Field), dies of cancer at 81
2020 – Florence Howe, American scholar, writer and co-founder of Feminist Press, dies at 91