Historical Events
1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognises Charles’s claim to Naples, and Charles recognises Francis’s claim to Milan.
1521 – Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortés capture Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc in Tenochtitlan marking the end of the Aztec Empire
1792 – Revolutionaries imprison French royals, including Marie Antoinette
1906 – Black soldiers raid Brownsville, Texas
1914 – -14] German army occupies forts at Liege
2004 – 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi
Famous Birthdays
1752 – Maria Carolina of Austria, Queen of the Two Sicilies, born in Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna (d. 1814)
1911 – James Benton Parson, American judge, 1st African American federal judge, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1993)
1940 – Tony Cloninger, American MLB pitcher and coach (2 Grand Slams in one game), born in Cherryville, North Carolina (d. 2018)
1941 – Jim Barnes, American basketball player (Olympic gold 1964), born in Tuckerman, Arkansas (d. 2002)
1970 – Matt Hyson, American professional wrestler, born in Providence, Rhode Island
1984 – Niko Kranjčar, Croatian soccer midfielder (81 caps; Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, QPR), born in Zagreb, Croatia
Famous Deaths
1886 – Adolf von Doss, German composer, dies at 62
1937 – Arthur Plunkett, English civil engineer (designed Sydney Harbour Bridge) (b. 1890)
1947 – Tobias Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies at 68
2005 – David Lange, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (Labour: 1984-89), dies of complications associated with renal failure and diabetes at 63
2012 – Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager, dies at 92
2016 – Françoise Mallet-Joris, Belgian writer (Signs and Wonders), dies at 86