Historical Events
1773 – A skirmish at Grass Cove in Queen Charlotte Sound results in the deaths of two Māori and nine members of James Cook’s expedition, New Zealand
1774 – Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia
1980 – Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts minister Van Agts abortion laws
1997 – HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium
1998 – Romantic comedy film “You’ve Got Mail”, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, directed by Nora Ephron, and written by sisters Nora and Delia Ephron, is released
2020 – International body Covax, established to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to low and middle income countries, announces deals with vaccine manufacturers and method for countries to share excess vaccines
Famous Birthdays
1835 – Lyman Abbott, American theologian and author, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts (d. 1922)
1860 – Edward Alexander MacDowell, American composer (Indian Suite), born in New York (d. 1908)
1898 – Jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist (d. 1975)
1960 – Yoon Suk-yeol, South Korean prosecutor and President of South Korea (2022-), born in Seoul, South Korea
1971 – Joe Dziedzic, NHL left wing (Pitts Penguins), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1987 – Miki Andō, Japanese figure skater
Famous Deaths
1894 – Erastus Flaval Beadle, American publisher (Beadle’s Dime Novels), dies at 73
1930 – Clarence Kummer, American Racing HOF jockey (Preakness Stakes 1920, 25; Belmont Stakes 1920, 28; US Champion Jockey by earnings 1920), dies from pneumonia at 31
1931 – Jack “Legs” Diamond, American gangster and bootlegger, murdered at 34
1971 – Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Russian poet and editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61
1992 – Charles Leatherland, Baron Leatherland, British journalist and Labour Party politician, dies at 94
2008 – Mark Felt, the infamous “Deep Throat”, American FBI official and whistle blower during the Watergate Scandal dies aged 95