Historical Events
1735 – First opera performed in America, “Flora,” in Charleston, South Carolina
1856 – The American Party (Know-Nothings) convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate its first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore.
1900 – Battle at Paardeberg, 1,270 British killed/injured
1970 – US President Richard Nixon launches the “Nixon doctrine”
2019 – Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei says “There’s no way the US can crush us” in interview with BBC, saying his daughter’s arrest politically motivated
Famous Birthdays
1836 – Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji], Indian mystic and yogi (preached unity of religions), born in Kamarpukur, British India (d. 1886)
1884 – Burton “Burt” Mustin, American actor (All in the Family, The Andy Griffith Show), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1977)
1929 – Len Deighton, British spy novelist (The IPCRESS File; An Expensive Place to Die), cookbook writer, and illustrator, born in Marylebone, London
1939 – Maxine Clair, American poet and novelist (Rattlebone, October Suite), born in Kansas City, Kansas (d. 2025)
1957 – Vanna Marie White, American television host (Wheel of Fortune), born in Conway, South Carolina
Famous Deaths
1861 – Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal Affairs, dies at 74
1915 – Frank James, American outlaw (member of the James-Younger gang), dies at 72
1933 – James J. Corbett, American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1892-97), dies of liver cancer at 66
1993 – Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler, commits suicide at 33
1996 – Nicholas Beriozoff, Lithuanian-British dancer, choreographer and ballet master, dies at 89