Historical Events
1519 – City of Havana moved to its current location to avoid mosquito infestations
1916 – Russian La Satannaya ammunition factory explodes, killing 1,000
1918 – Hungarian People’s Republic declared
1990 – Manuel Noriega claims US denied him a fair trial
2019 – 500th anniversary of the founding of Havana, Cuba
2019 – Samoa declares state of emergency over measles epidemic closing all schools after six deaths
Famous Birthdays
1904 – Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1st President of Nigeria (1963-66), born in Zungeru, Northern Nigeria Protectorate (d. 1996)
1922 – Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist who designed the IBM mainframe, born in Flandreau, South Dakota (d. 2015)
1938 – Robert Nozick, American philosopher (Anarchy, State, and Utopia), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
1938 – Toni Brown, American guitarist, singer and keyboardist (Joy of Cooking)
1967 – Craig Arnold, American poet
1973 – Sedrick Shaw, running back (New England Patriots)
Famous Deaths
1512 – Jemme Herjuwsma, Fries rebel, beheaded
1548 – Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer, dies at 44
1934 – Carl von Linde, German engineer and chemist who invented mechanical refrigeration, dies at 92
1943 – Marcel Verhamme, Belgian resistance fighter, executed
1994 – Dino Valenti [Chester “Chet” Powers], American rock guitarist/vocalist (Quicksilver Messenger Service), dies at 57
2016 – Jay Forrester, American engineer, invented random-access magnetic core memory, dies at 98