Historical Events
1824 – General Lafayette returns to the US
1984 – West Indies complete 5-0 series annihilation of England
1993 – Nigerian presidential election
1995 – Shannon Faulkner becomes the first woman to attend The Citadel
2023 – Former US President Donald Trump and 18 others, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, are indicted by a grand jury in Atlanta on felony charges for attempting to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia
Famous Birthdays
1738 – Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer and kapellmeister (Cathedral of St. Stephan, 1772-93), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1793)
1910 – Pierre Schaeffer, French electronics engineer and composer, born in Nancy, France (d. 1995)
1926 – (Armando) “Buddy” Greco, American jazz and pop singer (“Ooh! Look-A There, Ain’t She Pretty”; “The Lady Is A Tramp”), pianist, and television personality (Away We Go), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2017)
1947 – Danielle Steel, American author (Rememberance, Zoya, Star, Daddy), born in New York City
1983 – Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-American actress (Friends with Benefits; That ’70s Show – “Jacki'”), born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union
Famous Deaths
1975 – Joris Baers, Belgian priest and librarian (founded magazine Boekengids), dies at 87
1988 – Robert Calvert, South African-British writer and musician (Hawkwind), dies of a heart attack at 43
2000 – Cuan McCarthy, South African cricketer (36 Test wkts for South Africa, 1 career no-ball), dies at 71
2009 – Lawrence Lucie, American jazz guitarist (Fletcher Henderson, Louis Armstrong), and educator (Manhattan College, 1974-2004), dies at 101
2020 – Angela Buxton, English tennis player (French C’ships, Wimbledon women’s doubles 1956 [with Althea Gibson]), dies at 85