Historical Events
1642 – Battle at Turnham Green outside London: King Charles I vs English parliament
1918 – Prince Friedrich, last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, abdicates
1968 – William Craig, Home Affairs Minister, bans all marches, with the exception of ‘customary’ parades, in Derry, Northern Ireland; the exception of ‘customary’ parades meant that Loyalist institutions could parade but civil rights marches could not
1973 – “Gigi” opens at Uris Theater NYC for 103 performances
2020 – British strategist and chief advisor to the PM Dominic Cummings is let go by Boris Johnson
2020 – Kylie Minogue becomes the first woman to top the UK album chart over five consecutive decades with “Disco”
Famous Birthdays
1856 – Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1941)
1882 – John Lowry, American NYC builder (Radio City Music Hall), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 1962)
1940 – Jack Birkenshaw, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 1 x 50, 13 wickets; Yorkshire CCC, Leicestershire CCC) and umpire (2 Tests, 6 ODIs), born in Rothwell, England
1967 – Jimmy Kimmel, American TV host and producer (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), born in Brooklyn, New York
1980 – Monique Coleman, American actress (High School Musical), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina
1990 – Jibbs [Jovan Campbell], American rapper (Chain Hang Low), born in St. Louis, Missouri
Famous Deaths
1726 – Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle, repudiated wife of future King George I of Great Britain, and mother of George II, dies at 60
1996 – Kenneth Watkins, British woodland conservationist and founder (The Woodland Trust), dies at 86
1997 – André Boucourechliev, Bulgarian-French composer, dies at 72
2007 – Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician and Congressman, dies at 47
2016 – Leon Russell, American musician and singer-songwriter (Carny), dies at 74
2020 – Peter Sutcliffe, English murderer of 13 women “The Yorkshire Ripper”, dies in prison of COVID-29 complications at 74