Historical Events
1922 – British General Election: Conservative party wins a majority under Andrew Bonar Law
1935 – Commonwealth of Philippines inaugurated
1949 – Dmitri Shostakovich’ oratorio “Song of the Forests” premieres in Leningrad, USSR
1978 – Harold Pinter’s play “Betrayal” premieres in London
1988 – Soviet space shuttle makes unmanned maiden flight (2 orbits)
Famous Birthdays
1899 – Avdy Andresson, Estonian cavalryman (Czarist Cavalry, WWI; Estonian Army, 1918-40; Wehrmacht Cavalry, 1940-45), veterinarian, and Estonian Minister of War-In-Exile (1973-90), born in Viluvere, Livonia, Russian Empire (d. 1990)
1919 – Joseph Wapner, American judge (People’s Court), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2017)
1930 – Whitman Mayo, American actor (Grady Wilson-“Sanford and Son”), born in New York City (d. 2001)
1931 – Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan politician, President of Kenya (2002-13), born in Gatuyaini, Kenya (d. 2022)
1985 – Lily Aldridge, American model (Victoria’s Secret), born in Santa Monica, California
Famous Deaths
1028 – Constantine VIII Byzantine Emperor (b. 960)
1629 – Bethlen Gabor, King of Hungary (1620-29), dies at 49
1819 – Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (isolation of nitrogen in 1772), dies at 70
1971 – Rudolf Abel, Soviet spy (b. 1903)
2018 – Zhores Medvedev, Soviet biologist, writer and activist (The Rise and Fall of T. D. Lysenko; Nuclear Disaster in the Urals), dies of a heart attack at 93