Historical Events
835 – Chinese Emperor Wenzong conspires with chancellor Li Xun and general Zheng Zhu to kill all the eunuchs, but the plot is foiled. Also known as the Sweet Dew Incident
1814 – The Battle of Lake Borgne in Louisiana: British victory over the United States
1894 – Test Cricket debut of Joe Darling, Ernie Jones, Archie MacLaren
1924 – Respighi’s symphony “Pini di Roma” premieres in Paris
1944 – Beginning of Liese-Aktion: Germany tries to recruit Dutch men for the Germany labor force
1987 – Chrysler pleads no contest to selling driven vehicles as new
Famous Birthdays
1917 – Wilf Ferguson, West Indian cricket leg-spinner (West Indian of post-WWII years), born in Longdenville, Trinidad (d. 1961)
1927 – Richard Cassilly, American tenor, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1998)
1932 – Étienne Tshisekedi, Congolese opposition leader, born in Luluabourg, Central Congo (d. 2017)
1935 – Butch [David William] White, English cricketer (England opening attack Brown and White v Pak 1961), born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire
1976 – Leland Chapman, American bounty hunter, born in Groom, Texas
1985 – Ren Yagami, Japanese actor and singer, born in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Famous Deaths
1942 – Eduard C “Edo” Fimmen, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 61
1965 – Hermann Sandby, Danish cellist and composer, dies at 84
1973 – Yitzhak Edel, Israeli composer, dies at 77
1979 – Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricketer (2 Tests for India, avg 205), dies at 56
1997 – Kurt Winter, Canadian musician (The Guess Who), dies of kidney failure at 51
2005 – Trevanian [Rodney William Whitaker], American film scholar and author, dies at 74