Historical Events
1882 – University of the Punjab is founded in Lahore in present-day Pakistan
1942 – German assault on Tractor factory, 1000s killed
1962 – USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
1983 – Grenada Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard launches a leftist coup within the revolutionary government and takes power for 3 days
2024 – Russian man is rescued after 67 days adrift in an inflatable boat after his brother and nephew die in the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia’s Far East
Famous Birthdays
1789 – Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder, born in Geraardsbergen, Belgium (d. 1865)
1909 – Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), born in New York City (d. 1997)
1928 – Mary Tsingou Menzel, American mathematician and programmer who worked on the Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator and Computer (MANIAC), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2026)
1934 – Rose Wylie, British artist, born in Hythe, Kent England
1953 – Greg Evigan, American actor (BJ and the Bear: Melrose Place), born in South Amboy, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
1619 – Samuel Daniel, English poet (b. 1562)
2008 – Barrington J. Bayley, English sci-fi author (Collision Course), dies at 71
2012 – Arlen Specter, American Senator (Republican-PA, 1981- 2011), dies at 82
2019 – Sulli [Choi Jin-ri], South Korean K-pop singer (f(x)) and actress (Fashion King), takes her own life at 25
2023 – Park Seo-Bo, South Korean artist (Ecritures series), dies of cardiopulmonary arrest at 91