Historical Events
1869 – Colored National Labor Union, 1st Black labor convention meets in Washington, D.C.
1873 – P B S Pinchback relinquishes office of Louisiana Governor
1893 – U.S. Marines land in Honolulu from the U.S.S. Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
1939 – Belgian premier signs Burgos Treaty for trade relations with Franco’s Spain
1980 – Togo’s constitution becomes effective
2015 – TV comedy “Schitt’s Creek” created by and starring Eugene Levy and Dan Levy premieres on CBC in Canada
Famous Birthdays
1505 – Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (1535-71), born in Cölln (d. 1571)
1610 – Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665)
1901 – Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (d. 1978)
1906 – Zhou Youguang [Zhou Yaoping], Chinese language scholar (father of pinyin), born in Changzhou (d. 2017)
1915 – Edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property developer
1969 – John Flannery, guard/corner (Dallas Cowboys)
Famous Deaths
858 – Aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies
1795 – Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer, dies at 73
1929 – H. B. Higgins, Australian politician and judge (b. 1851)
1982 – Marcel Camus, French film director (Orfeu Negro), dies at 69
1988 – Chiang Ching-huo, president of Taiwan (1978-88), dies at 69
2016 – Brian Bedford, English actor (Anthony-Coronet Blue), dies at 80