Historical Events
1250 – Kublai is acclaimed the Great Khan by a Mongol Great Council
1502 – Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres, new Governor of the Indies, lands in Hispaniola, replacing Christopher Columbus
1900 – An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hrs
1960 – Guy Carawan sings “We Shall Overcome” to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Raleigh, popularizing the song as a protest anthem
1989 – Hillsborough disaster: 96 people are crushed to death and 766 are injured at Hillsborough Football Stadium in Sheffield, England, during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest
Famous Birthdays
1469 – Guru Nanak, Founder of the religion of Sikhism and the 1st Sikh Guru, born in Rai-Bhoi-Di-Talwandi, Punjab, Pakistan (d. 1539)
1766 – Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher and critic, born in Oker, Hanover, Germany (d. 1828)
1922 – Harold Washington, 1st African American Mayor of Chicago (Democrat: 1983-87), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1987)
1959 – Emma Thompson, British actress (Henry V, Howards End, Oscar 1992), born in London, England
1982 – Seth Rogen, Canadian actor and writer (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Interview), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Famous Deaths
1962 – Esther Minciotti, Italian actress, dies at 73
1974 – Giovanni D’Anzi, Italian pianist and songwriter (with Alfredo Bracchi – “Malinconia d’amore”, “El Biscella”), dies at 68
1991 – Marjorie Warfield, American stage, radio, and silent film actress, dies of pneumonia at 88
1991 – Martin Ashe, American actor, dies at 81
2002 – William Leonard “Will” Reed, British pianist and composer, dies at 91