Historical Events
1841 – 1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario
1900 – Having been annexed to the USA on 12 August 1898, Hawaii is constituted as an organised territory
1967 – Mariner 5 Launch (Venus Flyby)
1967 – USSR launches Kosmos 166 for observation of Sun from Earth orbit
1983 – 5 killed in a fire at a Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Tx
2022 – First controversial UK flight to take asylum seekers to Rwanda cancelled after last-minute legal ruling from European Court of Human Rights of “real risk of irreversible harm”
Famous Birthdays
1691 – Jan Francisci, Slovakorganist and composer born in Neusohl, Kingdom of Hungary (now Banská Bystrica, Slovakia) (d. 1758)
1904 – Benno Ammann, Swiss composer (Missa Defensor Pacis) and conductor, born in Gersau, Sweden (d. 1986)
1917 – Katherine Rawls, American diver (Olympic silver 3m springboard 1932, 36) and swimmer (Olympic bronze 4×100m freestyle 1936), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1982)
1939 – Steny Hoyer, American politician (Rep-D-MD, 1981-), born in NYC, New York
1940 – William P. Baker, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Oakland, California
1953 – Janet Mackey, New Zealand politician (Member of the New Zealand Parliament for East Coast), born in Auckland, New Zealand
Famous Deaths
1544 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine and military leader (freed the Duchy of Lorraine from the Holy Roman Empire), dies at 55
1750 – Franz Anton Maichelbeck, German composer, dies at 47
1800 – Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general, dies at 47
1800 – Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French military leader (b. 1768)
2004 – Eamonn McGirr, Irish-born singer and entertainer
2014 – Sam Kelly [Roger Michael Kelly], English actor (‘Allo ‘Allo!, Porridge), dies of cancer at 70